“I love animals. There’s no doubt I would have a zoo,” Lisa Bridges said. “After my last dog, I waited 10 years for another one. Murphy didn’t like little yippy dogs, but I wanted a small dog – not too little and not too big. Every once in a while I’d ask [Murphy], but the answer was always ‘no.

“Caddo Common will be very uncommon,” she said. “It will be an urban park that will help revitalize an area that is already on the grow by offering a venue for weddings, receptions, Shakespeare in the Park … a production for blankets on the ground,” Atchison said.

During the recent State of Bossier Address, sponsored by Gibsland Bank & Trust, a sold-out crowd at Hilton Garden Inn heard what would turn out to be an overwhelming theme from three speakers – Dr.

Years later, Blount gave his life to Christ. “The Lord told me, ‘I sent you to Atlanta to set you among the pharaohs of fitness so you would have a knowledge way beyond many people, and I could bring you back to Louisiana to set my people free,’” he said.

Held annually in Shreveport and produced by Robert “Super-Mann” Blount, Fit for Life, in its 13th year, promotes health and fitness for everyone with family-friendly events that focus on improving overall quality of life.

Ann Inabnet is a licensed professional counselor and marriage and family therapist, who has been on staff with the center since 1991. Her specialties include life transitions through the ages, from adolescence to seniors; stress reduction; relationship issues; anxiety; depression; grief and loss; women’s issues; and infertility.

The iStent is implanted during cataract surgery to reduce eye pressure in adult patients with mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma being treated with glaucoma medications. In clinical trials, the FDAapproved device has been shown to safely reduce eye pressure, which is the primary cause of open-angle glaucoma.

Some women carry certain genetic changes in their BRCA genes that increase their risks for getting breast, ovarian and other kinds of cancers at a young age. BRCA stands for BReast CAncer susceptibility gene. There are two BRCA genes: BRCA1 and BRCA2..