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Dardenne touts bayou parish tourism
Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne says recreational opportunities and the cuisine of the Bayou Country are big pluses as they area cultivates its climate for tourism. Dardenne met with Terrebonne and Lafourche Parish officials this past week for briefings on the importance of visitors to the regional economy. Dardenne said 2012 ...
Fort Worth museum displays art of 91-year-old
A Fort Worth museum has granted the wish of a 91-year-old amateur artist by exhibiting her works. Two dozen paintings by Dolores "Toppy" Cochran went on display Friday at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. The exhibit called "Toppy's Passion" is on view through May 29. Cochran lives in ...
12 inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame
A dozen new inductees into the Louisiana 4-H Hall of Fame were recognized in ceremonies May 11 at the 4-H Museum in Mansura. Recognized for their work with 4-H programs across Louisiana were: — The late Sherian Reed, Avoyelles Parish. — Amanda Roberts, Natchitoches Parish. — The late John Cecil ...
Grand opening set for Model A museum in Michigan
A new Ford dealership is opening up in southwestern Michigan. Actually, it's a very old one. The Model A Ford Museum is set to hold its grand opening ceremony on Saturday. Fashioned after a Ford dealership from 1928, the 12,000-square-foot museum sits on the Gilmore Car Museum campus in Hickory ...
Archaeology curator applicant to give talk
An anthropologist seeking a job as archaeology curator at the University of Alaska Museum of the North will speak at a public seminar on prehistoric subsistence next week. University of Alaska Fairbanks officials say Kathyrn Krasinski (cra-SIN'-skee) will speak about mammoth butchering and Alaska salmon harvesting. Officials say Krasinski is ...
NH walk focuses on migratory birds
Early risers are celebrating International Migratory Bird Day with a guided walk in the White Mountain National Forest. Forest biologist Lesley Rowse is leading a two-hour walk Saturday morning starting from Gorham. The program is meant to educate the public about the variety of birds, including warblers and thrush, that ...
Huron water park set to open next Friday
Huron's $12.5 million Splash Central Water Park is set to open next Friday, but the opening of the 50-meter competition pool will have to wait. City Engineer Mike Wever tells KOKK radio that ground water below the 12-foot end of the pool has caused some damage. Contractors and engineers on ...
Raleigh holds annual backyard chicken coops tour
Chicken connoisseurs in North Carolina's capital city are holding their annual tour of backyard pens, part of a national movement of backyard poultry farming. Raleigh holds its ninth annual Tour D' Coop event on Saturday. The one-day tour of chicken coops and urban farms collects food and money for Urban ...
Miami Art Museum gets $15 million gift
A new art museum being built in South Florida has received a $15 million gift from an anonymous donor Miami Art Museum officials announced Friday that they have received $12 million in cash and more than $3 million in art. The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/14yvvCn ) reports that the money comes ...
Philly 'a living monument' to the Civil War
Philadelphians were clearly tired of the Civil War in the days leading up to the invasion. They read regular newspaper accounts of Union setbacks and horrific battlefield losses while wounded soldiers filled their hospitals and fresh military units clogged the streets. To escape, some attended the stage adaptation of Uncle ...
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