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Franklin Republican Women install new officers
THE FRANKLIN REPUBLICAN WOMEN recently held its Installation of Officers for 2012 at the Forest Restaurant in Franklin. Newly elected officers pictured from left are LFRW President June Williams ar...
Feb 23, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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PATTERSON GARDEN Club has presented one of its February Yard of the Month awards to Carol and Alayna Portier. The Portier yard is landscaped with crape myrtles, agapanthus, nandina, liriope, poinsettia and various shrubbery.
PGC recognizes Portier yard

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Entrants sought for March Cypress Sawmill Pageant
The Patterson Cypress Sawmill Festival Pageant will be held on March 17 at 6 p.m. at the Patterson Area Civic Center. Deadline for entry is March 2. Young women from St. Mary Parish, Assumption Par...
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Hanson students visit nursing home
HANSON MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL Touch Team members recently visited Franklin Health Care Center to spread Mardi Gras cheer. The students walked through the halls of the facility handing out Mardi Gras ...
Feb 22, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Boudreaux grows huge turnip
Eugene Boudreaux grew this 12.8 pound turnip this winter in his garden. Boudreaux grows along La. 182 on the Franklin side of the Baldwin Bridge.
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BETH ERWIN, left, presented a program on wildflowers and other native plants that are grown in Louisiana, during Bayou Vista Garden Club’s February meeting. Erwin is Louisiana Garden Club Federation Wildflowers and Native Plants chairman, curator of the Kalorama Nature Preserve in Collinston and secretary of the Louisiana Native Plant Society. Presenting her with a gift of appreciation is BVGC Vice President Program Chairman Donna Bucci.
Native plants topic of BVGC February meeting
“Wild and Wonderful: Louisiana’s Native Plants for Public and Private Gardens” was the theme for Bayou Vista Garden Club’s February meeting held at the Bayou Vista Community Center. Beth Erwin, Lou...
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BRENDA AND Michael Cremaldi’s yard was selected by Patterson Garden Club as one of its February Yard of the Month winners. Crape myrtles shade the property that is colorfully landscaped with beds of lilies, agapanthus, petunias, Plum Delight, fern and more.
PGC recognizes Cremaldi yard

Feb 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Hammond, Covington set AgCenter garden shows
The Hammond Spring Garden Day is set for March 10 and the Northshore Garden Show is March 16-17 in Covington. Spring Garden Day will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research St...
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Krewe of Sucrose holds Maid's Luncheon
THE KREWE OF SUCROSE held its Maid’s Luncheon on Monday, February 20 at the Grevemberg House in Franklin. Pictured from bottom are Queen Sucrose LXXI Kily Landen, Maid Allison Lorenzo, Maid Emma Du...
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PATTERSON GARDEN CLUB held its monthly meeting Feb. 15 at the Patterson Area Civic Center. Hostesses were Sharon Larson, left and Sandra Underwood.
Patterson Garden Club holds February meeting
Patterson Garden Club held its monthly meeting Feb. 15 at the Patterson Area Civic Center. Hostesses for the meeting were Sandra Underwood and Sharon Larson, who decorated with a Mardi Gras theme a...
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Krewe of Sucrose holds Queen's Luncheon
THE KREWE OF SUCROSE held its annual Past Queen’s Luncheon on Sunday, February 19 at Oaklawn Manor in Franklin. Several of the past queens are pictured above with hostess Alice Foster.
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Five generations of Carmen Solar's family gathers
FIVE GENERATIONS of Carmen Solar’s family gathered recently. Comprising the generations are, clockwise from seated, Solar of Morgan City holding her great-great-grandson Tate Christopher Martin, he...
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