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Print Edition #15: January 31, 2007
It's a numbers game
Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007
Clint Maedgen and the New Orleans Bingo! Show are calling all the shots Read story.
Let us play
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Alicia Gautreau, 18, plays for the Nicholls State University women’s soccer team. She grew up in Gonzales where she played a variety of youth sports. Read story.
Leave the kids alone
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Child’s play is dead, and it was we, the parents, who killed it. Read story.
Get on with it
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
It’s time for Baton Rouge’s elected leaders to get out of the way of the investors and entrepreneurs who are trying to make this a better city to live in—specifically, Baton Rouge needs to finish what it has started and create a downtown entertainment district. Read story.
Best Bets
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
A collection of 50 mixed-media works dating from the 1970s to 2004 by renowned artist Howardena Pindell is on display now through April 7 at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum. Read story.
One twang at a time
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Paul Burch is doing all he can to save country music Read story.
Benjy Davis
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Singing helps stuttering kid evolve into experienced acoustic artist a new monthly 225 feature Read story.
Hot Lunch: American Market
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
What does former LSU wide receiver Michael Clayton miss most about home, now that he lives in Tampa? Read story.
The Kingfish
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
On Aug. 30, the birthday of Huey P. Long himself, Baton Rouge’s old Hotel Heidelberg came back to life. Read story.
Signature: Beth Hansen
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Okay, so it may be impolite to discuss a lady’s age. Read story.
Chill, Mom and Dad
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
According to kids, even well meaning, supportive parents manage to get it wrong on the sidelines. Read story.
How Parents Are Poisoning Youth Sports
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Too many parents meddle with children’s sports in Baton Rouge. The coaches and kids speak out.
Read story.
Selling on Sunday
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Denham Springs did it. Will Baton Rougeans soon vote for wine and liquor sales on Sunday? Read story.
The Imperfect Samaritan
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
How an ex-con rapper became an activist doing more than anyone to stop the killing in the ’hood Read story.
Painful stories, comforting words
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Her mother is quiet, patient and publicly detailing her life with cancer. Read about how Sarah Anderson learns from her mother as the community does. Read story.
Overcoming disrespect
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Author Jill Rigby opens up about why it’s so hard to raise respectful children in today’s world Read story.
Organize your life
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
A professional guides you through the storage room you dread Read story.
Baby daddy
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
In a little house-like office on North Boulevard near South Foster Drive, a sign for DNA Testing of Baton Rouge poses the question “Who’s the father?” Read story.
Long Distance: Jeanine Dent
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
HERE: owner, home-based art consulting business
THERE: Executive director, LifeAwaits, a nonprofit helping New Orleans artists and musicians. She and her husband, Fred III, live in McLean, Va. Read story.
Kip Holden’s ties
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Mayor Kip Holden can’t argue with a well-made Italian suit. Read story.
Tortoise and the hair
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Abby Ter Haar has lived without eyebrows, eyelashes and all of her body hair since she was 6 years old. Read story.
30 SECONDS: Roxanne Leachman
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Saturday, three days before Mardi Gras, the spectacle of kitschy pink lawn ornaments that is the Spanish Town parade will roll down Spanish Town Road. Read story.
What's Up?
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
Day trippers, Horsing around, Artistic pursuits, Going back to Cali, Cosby Kids Read story.
It’s just a game
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007
My 4-year-old twin boys saw their 7-year-old sister playing soccer and dad coaching them, so the boys decided in the fall they wanted to play soccer for the first time. Read story.