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Making a cute chain for mom’s eyeglasses is easy
By AMY LORENTZEN The Associated Press Making a pretty chain for Mom’s eyeglasses can be a simple, personal and practical Mother’s Day gift. Depending on your skill level, you could make anything fr...
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Prepare mom an easy blend of eggs, veggies
By ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press Mom always said to eat your vegetables, so this Mother’s Day serve her breakfast in bed inspired by a walk through the garden. We began with the idea of egg-in...
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An easy mousse for mom the kids can help make
By ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press It doesn’t matter how skilled — or not — your kids are in the kitchen. This easy, fruity mousse parfait is a great Mother’s Day project they can help with. To ...
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Get It Growing: New plants need special watering
By Dan Gill LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Lots of new planting gets done every spring. Proper watering can make the difference between life and death to newly planted lawns, trees, shrubs and ground ...
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Happiness for Mom is a toasted cheese sandwich
By ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press Happiness is ... a warm cheese sandwich. It’s a sentiment as true today as when I read it as a child in my very first cookbook, the “Peanuts Cook Book.” It ...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Wheelhouse -- A calendar of events for East St. Mary Parish
Lifeguard training Friday, April 26, 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Cost is $300 for a two-year certification. For more information, contact the Mor...
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Nature takes starring role in ink stamping
By JENNIFER FORKER The Associated Press I was chopping vegetables for dinner recently when my 14-year-old daughter, Grace, disappeared with the unusable end of the bok choy. She returned five minut...
Apr 19, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Get It Growing: Little Ruby alternanthera gives summer color
By DAN GILL LSU AgCenter Horticulturist The foliage of ornamental plants generally plays a supporting role to their colorful flowers. Leaves, in all their many different shades of green, typically ...
Apr 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Marci’s Medicare Answers: Are eyeglasses covered?
Dear Marci, I need to get eyeglasses to correct my vision. Does Original Medicare cover eyeglasses? —Cindy Dear Cindy, Original Medicare, the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program offered d...
Apr 11, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
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Autism awareness support
By KATHLEEN SEBELIUS U.S. Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary Every April during National Autism Awareness Month, we recognize the special challenges faced by those living with Autism Spec...
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Get It Growing: Horticulturist says blue blooms are rare
By DAN GILL LSU AgCenter horticulturist Blue, particularly true blue, is a color relatively rare among garden flowers. Blame the pollinators. Remember, flowers are not produced by plants for our en...
Apr 08, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Angelonias offer good landscape performance
By ALLEN OWINGS LSU AgCenter horticulturist HAMMOND — Gardeners have long desired flowers that are low-maintenance in their landscape. But they also want these flowers to last spring through fall. ...
Apr 04, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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