Born in Port Arthur, Texas, and left for good after graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School then attended Sam Houston State University on an athletic pass, eventually earning a BBA, RAB, and CRMC. Became a Broadcaster on 25 October 1976. Worked for a decade in environmental marketing for a company that cleaned up oil and hazardous materials spills inclusive of many in-plant maintenance projects in the Lake Charles area from 1993-2003. Spent time on oil spills and hazardous incidents that made national news, including the anthrax cleanup at the Central New York City Post Office, following the 911 attack. Broadcasting and media were always my first love and over the years, I've broadcast in Beaumont, Houston, Denver and Lake Charles. Hobbies include small engine repair and vintage lawnmower restoration, woodworking, gardening, and Astros baseball.
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Happy Birthday Buzz Aldrin 87
The 1960's were a heck of a ride, there were high-profile political assassinations, the Viet Nam War, 'hippies' and the so-called counter culture springing up all over the place.
The Rolling Stones hired a motorcycle gang as 'security' for a concert in California that produced a riot and deaths, the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago produced riots, there were race riots in Cal
Land For Sale
Property Developers and those that want to own land will soon have more property to develop – After a vote from the Lake Charles city council to combine several state and local laws governing adjudicated properties in an effort to ultimately get some 375 properties back into a tax generating position...
VA Clinic Open By August!
After years of chronic setbacks, delays and waiting the Veterans Administration local Lake Charles clinic will likely start seeing patients by August 28 this summer.
This week a ceremony was held with VA officials and veterans ‘signing a beam’ placing their names on the final steel I-beam to go into the building...
Slow In…ter… ..net
In 2016 what's the most aggravating thing you can imagine? Traffic jams and a slow internet connection certainly ranks right up there with squalling cats outside your windows at night, yes?
Pity rural DeRidder residents.
It’s not exactly Pony Express slow but it could be a lot faster – DeRidder residents outside the city limits in largely rural areas are demanding faster internet...
How Much Red Snapper Can You Catch?
How much Red Snapper can you catch? Depends on the kind of deck you’re bobbing up and down on.
Charter captains wanted it, private fishermen didn’t and the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans this week refused to strike down a federal rule that limits private anglers a mere nine days of red fishing in the Gulf, while charter boat, commercial operators get forty days...
We Don’t Think Florida Gators Live This Nicely
In Jennings at the Oil and Gas Park at Exit 64, the Jeff Davis Tourism Commission is ready to construct a new office building and they aren’t forgetting the national reptile of Louisiana.
Bids will be awarded next month with construction to begin soon afterwards and the resident Jennings alligators will have an indoor area where the 3 to 4,000 monthly visitors to the park will be able to actually
‘Now Batting Third, the First Base-Man, Jeff Bagwell!
"...and there it goes, way back, way way back and it's gone!"
Better late than never and after seven tries the brilliant Baseball Writers have finally seen the light and voted Jeff Bagwell the iron-man former first baseman of the Houston Astros to forever grace the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York...
Plot to Kill President Elect!
A plot is discovered to kill the President-Elect, how shocking and stunning to hear of the news that ne’er do wells can’t accept the results of a Constitutional, legal, certified and binding national election in a democratic representative republic...
Beauregard School Sales Tax Reserve Fund Near the Bottom of the Barrel
A recent audit of the Beauregard Schools sales tax reserve fund shows only $29,000 remaining, when it’s board policy to keep $300K in the bank.
These sales tax funds are used to supplement teachers in June and December, the teachers depend on these funds and so the school board paid in December, already knowing the balance was low...
The Strawberries are Looking Good This Year Say’s LSU
Out between Bogalusa and Baton Rouge is Amite City, Heart of the Louisiana Strawberry farm country. And the strawberries are looking good for this year in spite of unseasonable weather events..
The LSU Ag center is optimistic about this springs strawberry crop...
City of DeRidder Disappointed They Can’t Dig Deeper into Your Pockets
While online retailers like the gigantic Amazon now routinely collect sales taxes on various objects in different jurisdictions – the DeRidder City Council figures it still ain’t enough. The council just recently demanded the mayor send a proclamation to state leaders to let them know that the council is disappointed that more state sales taxes aren’t being collected from online vendors...
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The City of Lake Charles Say’s Not Now and Maybe Never
Regarding the old Sears and Roebuck property in downtown, the city sold it to a developer (Roger Landry) for a little over a million, and in 42 months nothing has happened so the city has the option of buying it back for the same price.
The land is 3...