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Parent Talk by Dorman Jackson - December 30, 2009

A New Year … A New Beginning

With the advent of a New Year, may you treasure your fondest memories of Christmas. And, as we begin 2010, let us also be mindful that it is a time for new beginnings.

The year 2010 is just around the corner. Baby-boomers cannot believe it....because a monumentous birthday is slowly creeping up. I, personally, am not going to have any more birthdays and I don’t want to think about it!! Perhaps this is the year for an un-birthday...with presents welcome!!...

New Year’s Resolutions 2010

Well, here it is again. Time to make my yearly resolutions so I’ll know ahead of time which ones I‘m going to break. Every year, my resolutions start off with, “lose weight, walk daily, take better care of myself, vow to eat better, quit having to put so much...

GOOD ATHLETES IN MHS FOOTBALL
We don’t have to go far to find some exceptionally fine high school football players from this past season. These might have been some of our finest produced, as far as a group, ever. Their team was Many High School football team.

The Louisiana Class 2...

Christmas Cantata praised

Dear Sir,

We would like to express our extreme gratitude and our heart-warming benefit to the folks who performed at the Many Community Cantata, which we were able to hear and see performed on Dec. 8. The music that these performers brought forth can only make one really think that for...

Doctors warn higher taxes cost jobs

Dear Editor,

As the owner of the Wall Center for Plastic Surgery in Shreveport, we find ourselves possibly facing higher taxes for owning a small business. The current bill will also cause our patients to pay more for our services through an “elective” medical procedures tax.

Dear Fellow Citizens,

Americans like their automobiles, don’t they? All you have to do to confirm this is get in your automobile and go somewhere.

Automobiles are a part of every American subculture with the exception of the Amish. Cars serve as our main source of mobility and...

Dear Fellow Citizens,

We seriously urge you to not try to apply neither logic nor reason to what the Obama administration is doing. If you do, you’ll start blowing circuits and end up with a nervous tick.

We have come to the subtle conclusion that those liberals, the ones in...

Treating Self and Others with Respect

The Sabine Parish School District takes this opportunity to remind parents, guardians and families about the toll that bullying behaviors bring with them. It is important for adults to remind the young people of our community that treating self, and...

POSSIBLE TAX ELECTION - SCHOOL

It is only in the talking stages at this point, but several members of the Many School Board are exploring the idea of a new tax election to build a new elementary school. It would be paid for by a millage and a sales tax. Temporarily, your local millage...