LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) -

As of October of 2011, Louisiana crowned its newest Miss Louisiana Teen. That crown went to Marlee Henry, a 2011 graduate of Lacassine High School, and current student at McNeese State University.

Henry is getting ready to compete in Miss Teen USA next month in the Bahamas.

Marlee Henry
Age: 18
Hometown: Lake Charles, Louisiana

http://www.kplctv.com/story/18750796/miss-louisiana-teen-2012-calls-lake-charles-home

It doesn’t work in slow motion, but we can show you what it looks like working at normal speed in slow motion.

This is what I lazily could find online, this photo is outdated already. I will lazily take an up to date photo of my own when I think to do so.
Google maps still has images of before the Pineville lot was developed.
Dollar General Store: 1106 Main Street, Pineville, LA 35 ft E (318) 442-7503

I have been to the store many times since it’s opening.  It is nicer than most Dollar General Stores, and not just because it is new.  They recognize the lack of a grocery store nearby, and have more refrigerated foods and frozen items than most.  Some of the items they can’t keep on the shelves.

The employees seem overworked but extremely friendly.  I think they need more employees.

As of my last visit, the  front register’s grocery belt thingy was not working and hasn’t been since it’s opening.  Employee’s say Corporate is aware of it, and a work order is in for it to be fixed.  It’s not a big deal, it’s a short aisle, it’s almost not necessary. BUUuuut it would make the employee’s job just a little bit easier if Corporate would get on that.

All in all it is a great addition to the downtown area.  It was something sorely needed.

Rumor has it that Mrs. Walker of Walker Properties in Pineville was approached in regards to the property where her office is located – there were attempts to buy that property from her to build a Dollar General store there.  She said at the time she just wasn’t ready to sell the property, but thinks she might should have.  Anyway, I bet there will be other opportunities to sell that property if she wants to in the future.

If you see her, tell her Dick Waffllermann sent you – I’ll deny it.

Brick Waffllermann
“From behind a desk, cellphone & an answering machine – I lazily show you how truly lazy the Louisiana Online Media are…”

The only major disappointment so far is that about the first two weeks after they opened, they carried Cherry Dr. Pepper.  They couldn’t seem to keep it stocked.  Seems to me they were selling a lot of it, and could have used even more stock.  However, they have stopped carrying Cherry Dr. Pepper since then, why? That,  I don’t know.  I do know it is hard to find stocked regularly in many places, and I wish they would start selling it again.

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http://www.ratcliffcompanies.com/my-fourth-news-item

The City of Alexandria is starting a new project. It’s a way for the community to tell city leaders what they want in their neighborhoods. And, it all kicks off on Monday.

It’s called THINKAlex. And if you’ve ever wondered why a turn lane is where it’s at, or if you have questions about drainage in your neighborhood – now’s the time to ask.

The city’s been awarded a half million dollar grant to fix problems citywide and to make things even better.

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Several community meetings are set up for you to voice your concerns and ask questions about your neighborhood. The first will take place Monday at 6 pm at the Bolton Avenue Community Center.

http://www.kalb.com/story/18747737/thinkalex

Pavement puzzle adds intrigue on Chimes

Code created to form pattern

By Steven Ward

Advocate staff writer

June 10, 2012

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Landscape architect Brian Goad has a secret and he doesn’t think the community can solve the puzzle.

Goad designed a recently completed sidewalk on the north side of Chimes Street, from Highland Road to Infirmary Drive, in the Northgate community near LSU.

[...or you can look at this...]

Although the sidewalk has new lighting, benches and bicycle racks, Goad’s secret can be found easily atop the concrete pavement of the sidewalk itself.

Deciphering the secret code is something else altogether.

“All I can say is the code relates to LSU, Baton Rouge and Chimes Street. It took a lot of research because it involved fields not in my expertise,” Goad, 32, said recently while standing on the sidewalk in front of Highland Coffees.

“I’d be surprised if anybody can figure it out,” he said.

And you can solve the puzzle at home with this amazing picture:
Advocate staff photo by ADAM LAUBrian Goad, a landscape architect currently with Susan Turner & Associates

[...or you can look at this ...using street view - and watch it be built over time - since the satellite images are from 2008.  You solve the mystery as it updates over the years...]

http://theadvocate.com/news/3019678-123/pavement-puzzle-adds-intrigue-on

MICHAEL DEMOCKER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE A distraught woman is carried from the scene after collapsing at the scene of a seven-year-old girl shot at a birthday party on a porch in the 1200 block of Simon Bolivar Avenue just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. In all five people were shot in the incident.

Until last week, I had cried on the job just once in my 16 years as a photographer for The Times-Picayune. That was in September 2006, when Steve Gleason flew into the left side of my camera’s viewfinder and blocked the Falcons punt into the end zone.

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I raised my camera and through the zoom lens realized with dawning horror that 5-year-old Briana Allen did not have a large pink flower on her dress. A bullet had emptied the contents of her abdomen.

http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/06/tragedy_rips_away_a_newsmans_h.html#incart_river

Was she 5 or 7 as it is reported in the caption? All the stories say she was 5 that I have read.

http://battleofourtimes.com/2012/05/30/fatal-shooting-at-birthday-party-in-central-city/

I feel sorry for all involved, but the fact is -  this is the media making the story about themselves – knowingly or not.  There is not really anything new to the story at this time, but this keeps the story going in the news even though it sheds really no new light to the case except this man’s feelings.  Not that there is anything wrong with him sharing his opinion.  But I have my opinion too.  The story is about the little girl’s death and those who knew her and their feelings, not what some reporter or photographer think or feel about the story, or what I or the public think about the story.

That’s my thoughts,  Tell’m Brick sent ya.  I will deny it.