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Community

Hodges: Community should be important

Charles W. Hodges traded in his rattlesnakes for maybe a water moccasin or two, with a few other types thrown in for fun over the course of his 90 years.

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Sixth-graders team with Slidell Wal-Mart for recycling program

Sixth-graders at Carolyn Park Middle School in Slidell ended the school year on a positive note by teaming up with the Northshore Boulevard Wal-Mart for a recycling program.

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'€˜Jazzing It Up'€™ with Miss Louisiana Jazzland set Thursday

Kristen Hilliard, Miss Louisiana Jazzland and an aspiring Miss America, is not resting on her crown this summer. Instead, she is “Jazzin’ It Up for Kids,” raising money for the Children’s Miracle Network.

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Local dancer to compete in ballroom dancing

Students from Geaux Dance Ballroom will be representing the Northshore-Mandeville and Slidell, in the Louisiana Challenge June 6-8 in Baton Rouge.

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Social Scene

Friends of the Library awards scholarship

Amanda Garrett, 2008 graduate of Fontainebleau High School, received the Friends of the Library West St. Tammany 2008 Lisabeth Millard Scholarship.

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Arts & Entertainment


Education

St. Tammany students among fair winners

Winners of the annual Region VIII Social Studies Fair, hosted March 18 by Southeastern Louisiana University, have been announced.

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NCS student wins Plaque Attack poster contest during Dental Health Month

“Plaque Attack” was the theme of National Children’s Dental Health Month activities held throughout St. Tammany Parish during February.

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Natalie Babington

What is your name? Where do you teach? My name is Natalie Babington. I teach second grade at Riverside Elementary School.

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Food

Pasta salads for supper taking you right into summer

Mention pasta salad, and traditional macaroni salad with elbows, chopped onion and celery, and mayonnaise pop immediately to mind. Everyone has a favorite macaroni salad that stars in cookouts and picnics all summer long, and I, too, have my favorite. But there is a lot more to pasta salads than elbows slathered with the usual stuff.

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Eat well even when a hurricane knocks out power

A friend was lamenting not too long ago that she was bewildered about hurricane preparations. She specifically mentioned the column I ran last year about storing and preparing food in anticipation of a long power outage. She had clipped it out and filed it with other hurricane preparation stuff, but when the new tracking charts complete with hints recently came out, she tossed away last year'€™s file.

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