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USDA grant to help state
(University of Louisiana's) MEPoL assists about 5,300 manufacturing businesses throughout the state and can be compared to the cooperative extension service provided to farmers by LSU Ag Center, Landry said.
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(Charles Tillman) It's all business
When Bears second-year cornerback Charles Tillman heard that first-round draft pick Tommie Harris was a likely holdout, he wasn't about to urge the rookie to get into camp.
Last year Tillman missed the start of camp as a second-round holdout, so he's understanding of the process.
"It's business," Tillman said. "He's got to take care of his business. I had to take care of my business, whether you're here on time or not.
"Try to get it done as quick as possible, but at the same time get something out of it that's going to be good for you."
It's often said by coaches that players miss to much by holding out.
"In my case, last year when I got here late I didn't miss too much and so I was OK," said Tillman, who missed the first two days.
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Mickey Mantle may no longer be among the living, but as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, his legacy on cardboard lives on in the hearts of millions of sports memorabilia collectors and baseball fans.
A dream of a lifetime was achieved when Chris LeBlanc walked into his local Wal-Mart store and purchased one of the top-selling sports card products in the industry, a TRISTAR Hidden Treasures Graded Baseball Card. Inside, he found a redemption certificate for one of the product´s Grand Treasures: a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle valued at $18,000.
"I still can´t believe that I got a Mantle card. I walked into Wal-Mart to get a few things for my son," said LeBlanc, 25, owner of Precision Flooring. "I had a little extra cash and ended up getting two packs of Hidden Treasures. My girlfriend thought she was going to have to call an ambulance when she saw my face after I opened the pack that said I´d won the Mantle card."
LeBlanc will be presented with the Mantle card in a special event to take place inside the Wal-Mart store where he purchased his treasure 12:30 p.m. today.
Former New York Yankees pitcher Ron Guidry, known as "Louisiana Lightning" will take part in the special presentation.
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Angel Pagan, Ron Acuna, and Chase Lambin hit solo homers for the B-Mets
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Regardless, Walker's absence didn't cause the loss. Reliever Scott Dohmann, a stand-up kid from Louisiana, pointed the finger at himself.
In a game of 307 pitches, Dohmann paid a heavy price for a single sloppy slider to Los Angeles' David Ross. With the Rockies protecting a one-run lead, the catcher deposited a two-run homer into the left-field bleachers. The pitch illustrated baseball's evil desire to humble anyone who plays the game.
Before Thursday, Dohmann had strung together 15 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings, the most by a Rockies pitcher this season.
"It was one bad pitch," Dohmann said. "I don't care about any personal streaks. I am upset because I cost our team a win."
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Human Interest from the ARCHIVES of the WEB The Guide to Southwestern Louisiana, (the area)
Four years ago, the Chronicle attempted its first guide to Southwestern Louisiana. The concept was simple: Many people drive to New Orleans for Jazz Fest and Mardi Gras, and few realize what wonderfully diverse and culturally rich country they drive through on the way. Having explored this area individually and in groups through vacations and weekend trips, we wanted to share our discoveries and good times with everyone, and were pleased to see even the local daily follow our recommendations in their recent sojourn there.
This guide began with Ed Ward, who was teaching a cooking class when he still lived here some years back. Ward decided it wasn't enough to get ingredients locally -- they should come from the source... crawfish from Lake Charles, boudin from Jennings, garlic sausage from Eunice. Somehow, the results just tasted better for having made the trip. This concurred with something that Louis Black, Nick Barbaro, and I had known but hadn't admitted: that while we talked a lot about Louisiana music, we were really dreaming about Louisiana food.
Ward's culinary excursions resulted in a three-page handout for his cooking class, in which the other cultural aspects were almost an afterthought: As long as you're there buying sausage, etc., why not stay over and go to Fred's or Slim's? Why not, indeed. We started making regular trips back and forth, each time discovering new places to go and more things to do, and sharing the knowledge with each other. We were inspired by Ward's guide, agreeing with some of it, disagreeing with parts, and adding our own favorites. Most of these stops are within an hour's drive off Interstate 10.
In his original introduction, Louis Black cautioned readers to consider this "an arbitrary listing of food, music, and places of interest on the road between the Texas border and the Atchafalaya," and he couldn't be more right. We hope you'll find the same charm and pleasure in puzzling over this arbitrary guide as we got in stumbling upon and returning to these wonderful jigsaw bits of Louisiana.
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-- Margaret Moser
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