James Burton Saucier, a Marine veteran of World War II and Korea, is just as proud of his 20-plus years of teaching and coaching as he is of his military service. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Lifestyle
Master weavers will show workshop participants how to create river cane baskets like this during a day-long course this Saturday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., at the Tunica-Biloxi Culture & Educational Resource Center on La. Hwy 1 in Marksville.
Signs on Avoyelles Parish School Board 16th Section property -- like this one at Spring Bayou -- warn visitors they must have a user’s permit and vehicle decal or run the risk of being prosecuted for trespassing.
Lease holders, APSB continue war of words over 16th Section camps
Sat, 11/07/2015 - 05:00
Raymond Daye
Can you see him?
The ghostly image of a man on this Sarto bridge pillar is called “Marlboro Man,” because people say it looks like a cowboy looking over the range. Legend is that it is the image of a construction worker who fell into the cement of this pillar when the bridge was under construction 100 years ago.
Ghost stories around a virtual campfire
Tue, 11/03/2015 - 08:06
Raymond Daye
{Last in a series on ghost stories of Avoyelles Parish}
By Raymond L. Daye