Editorial

What my dad wants most

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My dad isn’t doing so well. His wife of 65 years and six kids could be doing better, too.

On Flag Day: Eisenhower’s baseball ‘secret’

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Since baseball’s earliest years, U.S. presidents have been big fans of the national pastime. Among the most avid baseball fans were William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson and Richard M. Nixon. After his political career ended, the players’ union lobbied to have Nixon appointed to head the Major League Baseball Players Association.

Craving some fatherhood advice?

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No one wants to have to face the loss of life or property due to a fire, but when that day comes, what if no one was there to answer the call for help?

Reading program forestalls ‘summer slide’

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Summer is an important time for students to keep reading and improve their language skills.

Stay safe this summer

Boaters should take necessary precautions to ensure this summer is filled with fun and not fatalities.

Are you wild about bookazines?

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Did you get your copy of “Queen Elizabeth II: Reign in Pictures” in time for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee ceremonies?

Growing up in a world of childhood worries

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The only worry I had was that Old Man Miller might be hiding out behind the shed trying to catch us running through his garden when we played “Tag” in our back yards.

TODAY IN HISTORY

1929 - Chile and Peru sign the Treaty of Lima, finally resolving their border dispute from the War of the Pacific (1879–83). Chile keeps Arica and Peru regains Tacna.

Evil in Texas

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Is there anything more painful than parents burying their children? How about children losing both of their parents in the same week? There’s so much pain emanating out of the Uvalde, Texas, Robb Elementary School shooting.

Get a game plan

Hurricane season is upon us and it is time to start getting prepared in the unfortunate event a storm comes into Jeff Davis Parish.