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Local superintendents across the state have dedicated their professional lives to the education of Louisiana’s public school children. As such, they shoulder the responsibility of mitigating a variety of issues, events and circumstances that may impact student learning.

The daylily has been called “the perfect perennial.” There are few plants that can compete in hardiness and beauty. They are also easy to care for. For the most part, daylilies need to be divided every three-five years. Last summer, I got some from my sister-in-law, who now lives on the “Dillard home place.” Dividing them is easy: Dig down deep and around a large clump of lilies. When you bring the root ball up, simply shake. The dirt will fall off, and you will see defined divisions in the lilies. Dig a hole, make sure you have some good soil (may want to mix a little garden soil in to make it nice and rich), shake in some Osmocote, drop in the lily, fill the hole in and voila! Daylilies are hardy and should be fine on their own.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Louisiana State Treasurer John M. Schroder announced today that the Department of Treasury will return another $10.4 million in unclaimed property to citizens across Louisiana. More than 45,000 people will receive a check in the mail beginning this week.

Its a good question. There are No set rules. Every 5 years could be a good rule of thumb.

I stood before a mirror in our bathroom last night, grasping my hair with both hands, a grimace slashing my face.

Dear Gabby,

COVID-19 came energetically. An energy to disrupt. An energy that did disrupt. Now because of COVID-19, life as we all knew it stopped.