Lifestyles Columnists
How to select and plant trees for your Tangilena landscape
AMITE--Trees are a vital part of most landscapes and can provide shade, privacy, windbreaks, fruit or nuts, shelter, flowers and real estate value. Select carefully because trees are a part of yo...
Dec 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Imani Blossom and her mother enjoy the cotton exhibit at Nurturing Our Roots Gallery. Photo by Walter C. Black Sr.
The Cotton Exhibition comes to Nurturing Our Roots Fine Arts Gallery, Amite
AMITE--Cotton also known as the white gold shaped the antebellum U.S. history and the South. And Amite. In 1869 Gullet cotton gin owned and operated by Benjamin David Gullett opened in Amite Cit...
Dec 03, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nurturing Our Roots
How Do We Revitalize and Improve  Our Community? Our goals should be to improve and to invest in the future of our communities.  If we developed and strengthen our community, we can enr...
Nov 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rebekah Davis Smith
Mrs. Smith Goes Off
Nov 21 Column
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Mrs. Smith Goes Off
Nov 7 column
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Jason and Rebekah Smith are shown with their children: Jack, Winston, Maggie, Baby Everett, and August.
Mrs. Smith Goes Off
Oct. 31 column
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The Hanger Clinic has helped many patients with prosthetic limbs--as well as this dolphin named Winter who was fitted with a new tail after being entangled in a Florida crab trap.
Giving thanks to strangers for their kindness after loss of a leg
AMITE--Nine months ago I had my right leg amputated above the knee.  I am one of the millions of people in America without healthcare, getting a prosthetic leg was only a thought and perhaps a dre...
Nov 18, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Leonard Smith III is a retired engineer and founder of LS3 Studios “to help people find their roots.”
How to find family history with technology and digital storytelling
AMITE--When it comes down to searching family history through technology and digital storytelling, Leonard Smith III is one of the leading experts. As a retired senior field engineer, Leonard use...
Nov 04, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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How to protect your vegetables in Tangilena during winter months
AMITE--Many vegetables prefer cool weather and do best for us during the winter months. During these colder months, the number of insects to attack vegetable gardens is reduced. In fact, there are...
Nov 01, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Rebekah Davis Smith
Mrs. Smith Goes Off
Oct. 24 Column
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1955 Kentwood PTA Members
Local Legend & Lore
This 1955 group of Kentwood PTA (Parent Teacher Association) members includes a younger Irene Morris on the left, president those 57 years ago, and these parents - Paula Jean Shaw Wall, Nat Schilli...
Oct 07, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Nurturing Our Roots
Cleaning Up Our Neighborhood Every neighborhood resident should take pride in the upkeep and appearance of their neighborhood. To often people are throwing trash on the streets and on the ground. ...
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