Lifestyles Columnists
ROBERT--The LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station hosts various gardening and agriculture events throughout the year. It’s on Old Covington Highway just south of US 190. Photo by Mark Mathes.
Apply for fall Master Gardener classes by August 6
AMITE--Applications for the current year’s Master Gardener Program are now available at the LSU AgCenter Extension office in Amite. "We feel that this is an excellent horticulture training progra...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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HAMMOND--Columnist and historian Antoinette Harrell of Kentwood donates her history collection to the Southeastern Louisiana University Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies. Director Dr. Sam Hyde has family roots in the Amite area.
NURTURING OUR ROOTS: As you gather family collections, consider donating to Tangi Library or SE Louisiana Studies Center
KENTWOOD-- As a genealogist researcher, you can spend countless of hours and years collecting documents, photographs, newspaper articles and other sources that can be important to your family hist...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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GREENSBURG--Dr. Thomas Tucker Jr. attended St. Helena schools and led AME church conference.
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK: Dr. Thomas Tucker attended St. Helena schools and led AME conference
GREENSBURG--Dr. Thomas Tucker Jr. was born to the wedlock of the Thomas Sr., and Flora Coleman Tucker on March 12, 1879, in Chipola, Louisiana. Dr. Tucker married Ida Wright on January 24, 1898 a...
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BENJAMIN'S GARDEN JOURNAL: Bermuda grass commonly infests weakened St. Augustine grass
AMITE--For a homeowner there is no immediate gratification for taking out Bermuda grass in St. Augustine grass. Using non-selective herbicides like glyphosate (Roundup, Eraser, Hi-Yield etc.) the...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Antoinette Harrell: "In the hot summer of 2004, I set out on my maternal ancestral expedition. I wanted to explore Niger to learn about the people, history and culture— all in the two short weeks I was there. "
NURTURING OUR ROOTS Discovering my African maternal ancestry in Niger, West Africa
KENTWOOD--Sitting at home and gazing out of the window, I found myself reflecting on my ancestral trip to Niger, West Africa. I asked myself today: what is so special about this moment that remin...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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ROSELAND--Alice Luberta Irving was born in 1890 and died in1993 in Tangipahoa Parish.
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK Alice Irving Vernon had a large Tangi farm and was a Roseland seamstress
Photo and story by Jacqueline James Pendleton-Dukes ROSELAND--Alice Luberta Irving was born in 1890, she met and married Fred Vernon Sr. around 1917 in Roseland and died in1993 in Tangipahoa Paris...
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ALLEN OWINGS ON GARDENING: Rose of Sharon adds to summer landscapes, Aphrodite named a Louisiana Super Plant
HAMMOND – Althea goes by the scientific name of Hibiscus syriacus. When they look at althea, most gardeners are reminded of the hibiscus family, to which this popular, Southern heritage plant belo...
May 10, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Brenda Ardillo Bellavia
Welcome to our new column, Lagniappe and Leftovers
By Brenda Ardillo Bellavia AMITE--A long, long time ago, mid-1960s, from a land far, far away, well in those days there was plenty of undeveloped acreage between my home and downtown Amite, there ...
May 03, 2013 | 1 1 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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BENJAMIN'S GARDEN JOURNAL: How spot stinging caterpillars and what to do if bitten
AMITE--Stinging caterpillars produce a burning, itching sting when touched. The fluid released from the spines on the caterpillar causes this irritation. The spines puncture the skin and let the ...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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BENJAMIN'S GARDEN JOURNAL: How to control weeds in your yard
AMITE--Herbicides can reduce weeds in your turf. Useful chemicals are 2, 4-D blends, Confront, Image, Vantage, Simazine and Atrazine. Follow label rates and warnings. Your county agent can advise...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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ARCOLA--Robert Perry Jr. looked for treasure in Arcola and saw plenty of ghosts
HISTORY PICTURE OF THE WEEK: Robert Perry Jr. looked for treasure in Arcola and saw plenty of ghosts
ARCOLA--Robert Perry Jr., was born in 1930 to Robert Perry Sr., and Molly Lewis Perry in Arcola, in a village called Perry Town. Robert's daughter Lillie said that her father was a hard-working...
Apr 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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BENJAMIN'S JOURNAL: How to fertilize shade trees
AMITE--Trees growing in urban areas typically require more attention to fertilization (nutrient management) then do trees growing in a more natural type habitat. Urban sites can be lower in ferti...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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