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Every teacher and support personnel in Caddo Parish deserves the $1,000 stipend that the school board is proposing, without any exception. There should be no teacher or support personnel who doesn’t qualify. In fact, all of the teachers should be given $1,500, which is a way to show them that they are respected for what they do every day, and that the citizens of the parish appreciate their commitment. The school district will be receiving millions of dollars from the COVID rescue package, money that was not expected, and should be used to shore up teachers, who are woefully underpaid already.

The flashlight in my eyes was too bright and the question, “Do you know who you are and where you are?” was strange. I answered, and the lights went out. Later, inside the Level 1 Trauma Center at Oschner’s, the same question: “Do you know who you are and where you are?” I was glad that they did not ask me who was president; that was still up in the air for My Pillow Guy and some of my friends.

Caddo Schools District 7 Board Member Raymond Green recently stepped down. The customary process of the remaining board members selecting an interim board member now begins. The process used by the board is similar, or “just like,” the process used by the Caddo Commission and the city of Shreveport.

Birds bring joy. I like nothing more than sitting on the patio – with coffee in the morning, a cold drink in the evening – while watching the feathered throng at feeders some 10 yards away. And always, my well-worn bird guide at hand.

City of Shreveport will provide a safe experience for football fans

How many times have we recently said and heard, “This has been a tough year?” Perhaps that is an understatement of immense proportions; we have endured COVID-19, quarantining, a divisive election a

Recently, the city of Shreveport passed an ordinance to decriminalize marijuana.

Today’s column comes from the Department of Useless Info. You’ve been warned.