Now, with less restrictive Covid precautions, the women of Shreveport-Bossier City are ready to take on the world. The ladies on the following pages mean business, and they are ready to inspire us to new heights -- there is no glass ceiling here. Make sure and give them a call.

Public awareness regarding this complex neurobiological disorder continues to increase. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the new updates on estimated prevalence (one in 54 people) show us we will all be touched by this condition in some way -- as parents, friends, family members or co-workers.

The refuge’s headquarters — along with its property and hiking trails — is located along Bossier City’s Arthur Ray Teague Parkway. But late last year, the refuge signed a 99-year lease with the City of Shreveport and the State of Louisiana to manage the park — renamed C.

During the early 1930s, Joseph Stalin was consolidating his power in the Communist Party and purging anyone that criticized him. He called them “enemies of the people” (that sounds familiar) and arrested them. During the peak of these purges, over seven million Soviet citizens were arrested, and millions more died in prison camps (or gulags).

I have always envied those people who could pull off a week-long retreat between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day to reflect on life and make any course corrections for the upcoming year. Little did I know my first opportunity to be like them would come in a fifth-floor hospital room.

Except it didn’t make sense to Clark. “Not at all,” Clark said. “I didn’t have any idea that I would go into education. I had actually interviewed with Xerox and a couple of other companies. I really wanted to move and do the big corporate world thing in marketing – my undergraduate degree is in marketing.

The Southern Belle Apartments – note the “e” added to the word “Bell” – is one of the newer options for those who want to call downtown “home.” At 627 Crockett St., the Southern Belle features one, twoand three-bedroom units, ranging in price from $1,350 to $2,875 per month.

There are always motivations to do what is wrong in order to gain something. Maybe it’s lying on a resumé to get a job or taking something from someone that doesn’t belong to you just because you wanted it (or needed it).

Three years ago, Mark Rodie, a minister who heads a group called Men of Courage, found his group growing and looking for a purpose. They learned about the Cumberland section of old Bossier, the highest crime, highest poverty and the city’s lowest educational achievement area.

The Court wrote, “But even in a pandemic, the Constitution cannot be put away and forgotten. The restrictions at issue here, by effectively barring many from attending religious services, strike at the very heart of the First Amendment’s guarantee of religious liberty.