If planting trees is the ultimate act of deferred gratification, then the 30th anniversary of the first plantings at LSU in Shreveport proves the statement to be true beyond question, and you can prove it for yourself by taking a drive through the campus.

Out-of-work and no-income performers surround him. As proprietor of Fairfield Studios, a compact video production center in a historic building near Fairfield Avenue and Jordan Street, McCommon has a facility that can answer players’ needs. So he is producing complimentary online concerts several nights a week.