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Patchwork - March 24, 2010

By Donna Smith Ammons

After three days of celebrations, my birthday was finally over. Friends, family and fellow employees reminded me that I was now the Big 6-0 and helped me celebrate.

Remembering When - March 24, 2010

By Lola Russell

When I was newlywed, I tried to be very efficient and make myself useful as I was going to be a stay-at-home mom for the first time in my life. In my first marriage, I worked several jobs and only resigned when I left Alexandria to live in Shreveport.

Dear Editor,

Congratulations and thanks to the Higher Education Review Commission for recommending a single board to govern Louisiana’s four-year universities.

Louisiana is one state, but we have three systems of higher education - the LSU, Southern and University of Louisiana...

Dear Editor,

Letter - Valley customer questions acquisition

In regards to the buyout of Valley Electric Membership Corporation by SWEPCO, I would like to express my opposition to this proposal. As a landowner on Toledo Bend in the Many area, I am concerned that the policies of a privately held corporation will outweigh the concerns of the consumer.

Tiemann family thanks locals for assistance

Dear Editor,

In a day when it’s the norm to look out for one’s own interests, it’s refreshing to see when others come along and go the extra mile for strangers in need. Such was the case when the employees at the Court House, Warren Meadows Funeral Home and Russell Busby, attorney with...

After my mother passed away, my father was so lost. However, after several months of being so alone, he reconnected with a lady he had dated before meeting my mother. When I first met my future stepmother, she showed me a silver dollar my dad had given her when they “broke up” over 45 years...

Tiemann remembered as person, not story

Dear Editor,

Recently, The Sabine Index reported the ugly details of our beloved brother’s death. And while some would find his depression and suicide interesting, the impact of his life is much more newsworthy. And it’s to his life, I write:

William Mark Tiemann was the first...

Friend fondly remembers Tiemann

Dear Editor,

Today, I found out that I had lost a dear friend, Mark Tiemann.

I had the privilege of Mark’s friendship in our formative years. He was a year behind me in high school at Heritage Christian School in Indianapolis, Ind. I met Mark through his older sister, Melony, who...

Rowe offers views on Reid, Sharpton

Dear Fellow Patriots,

We saw Al Sharpton recently debating his view on the Harry Reid racial slur debacle. In observing his defense from an unbiased view, it is clear that double standards are OK with Mr. Sharpton and that if you are a liberal Democrat you can get away with racial...