“I can remember when originally we were trying to get to $100 million in client assets and $60 million in revenue,” McDonald said. “Now, we’re at $19 billion in client assets and $60 million in revenue. We didn’t think we were going to get here necessarily, but we didn’t put anything in place that would keep us from getting here.

“It (Louisiana’s involvement) was huge,” said Emily Feazel, designer of exhibits and special events at Shreveport’s R.W. Norton Art Gallery. “One of the reasons the National WWII Museum is in New Orleans and Louisiana is because of how much Louisiana did for the war effort and how much people from Louisiana did for the war effort.

Kallenberg is talking about Prize Fest, which recognizes the best-of-the-best in independent short films, regional musicians, and locally and nationally known chefs. This year’s event will take place in various places – most in downtown Shreveport – Oct.

Too much business. “We’ve had 15 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth, and our hotel is full every night,” said Barry Regula, Margaritaville’s senior vice president and general manager. “We realized we have the demand to fill another 150 units in the hotel every day, and we need more suites.

Southern Trace County Club, off Norris Ferry Road in Shreveport, is 30 years old. That’s nine years younger than Ramsey was when he and two partners began development. Today, Southern Trace has approximately 900 members and 500 homes. What started as 550 acres has expanded to 750 acres.

In the late 1960s, Shreveport was brimming with independent geologists who had ideas on how to get the oil and gas from the ground; they just didn’t have the staff and operating knowledge to operate themselves. That’s where L.R. “Bob” Brammer Jr. came in.

“When I started out, we would have basically a bullpen of typists,” Griffith said. “When an appraisal request would be sent out, you would type up a request and mail it out. You did the same thing for a credit report or verification of someone’s employment.

“Do you feel like everything you eat every day is evacuated within a 24-hour time span?” If the answer is “No,” then your body may not be cleansing your colon as often as it should. That can lead to a buildup of a variety of things that could eventually cause you to become sick.