Bossier’s HIP to the ‘animal’ rescue for Bossier City Animal Control. Hand In Paw, the nonprofit group, finds foster parents, new homes, and donations/funds for spays/neuters. Bossier’s “Hand in Paw” to the Rescue By Kathleen Ward People who rescue animals feel every pet’s dismay lost or abandoned and the strong desire to help find each a loving home. They help …
Snowpocalypse Brought Bossier Families Together The Snowpocalypse of 2021 brought Bossier Parish families together. Residents played and shivered on the coldest days since 1903. By Kathleen Ward Most of us just experienced the coldest days of our lives. The average temperature range for February in Bossier averages between 61° to 41°. The last big February freeze was in 1903 when …
Art can convey complex emotions and intense experiences without saying a word. The 21 works contributed by 13 artists at Bossier Parish Community College’s “Beyond Duty: Artwork by Veterans, Active Military, and Their Family” speak volumes about the patriotism and sacrifices of military service. Artist Dan Wasserman, a veteran of 22 years in the Air Force, submitted a painting that …
Kristine Goodfellow’s overactive imagination has worked out quite well for the prolific writer of seven novels. She has written about a haunted house (“Mansion on Butcher Lake”), the lives and relationships of the homeless (“The Other Twin” and “The Tributary”), and complicated marriages (“Command Performance” and “The Gift of Winter”). She has recast familiar tales from the point of view …
Would it not be good for us all to learn how to calmly and effectively get our point across to someone who disagrees with us? Before persuasive civility becomes a lost art, Be Bossier sought out Emmitt Antwine, the fifth-ranked junior varsity intercollegiate debater in the U.S., for some tips that might prove useful before the next election or family …
From the time Norvel Blaylock met Barbara Kennedy at the post office near Centenary College, he was welcomed into Barbara’s huge boisterous extended family, with one possible exception. “When Barbara and Norvel were dating they sat out on our front steps after dark talking,” said Kathy Kennedy Price, Barbara’s younger sister. “Mama (Essie Laird Kennedy) would come home from work, …
Cody Dollmann, an Army veteran of two Afghanistan deployments, suffered a traumatic brain injury when his vehicle hit the last of the dozen IEDs he survived. Flown to the huge U.S. military hospital in Germany and placed in a medically induced coma to reduce the brain swelling caused by multiple concussions, he slowly made his recovery and was released to …
Year after year we vow to lose weight, exercise, save money, manage stress and the list goes on and on. This time, let’s use these local resources to make changes to our old habits. To help you get there, try visiting some of these places in Bossier.
Barksdale Air Force Base employs almost 9,000 people and adds more than $500 million in payroll to the economy. The base draws talented, dedicated men and women from around the country to live and work on its sprawling 22,000 acres. We asked some of them what makes Barksdale special.
Coming to you from KPAW! Star athletes, short films, school announcements, choreographed cheering and dancing at Parkway High School in Bossier, all written, directed, produced, filmed, technically enhanced and set to music by students to air every school day. Also playing on YouTube! KPAW, the Parkway closed-circuit television system, is just one of the innovative ways theatre instructor Julie Edwards …
