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Festive Foods by Holly Clegg

Traveling with Security by Elaine Marze

Be Mine, Valentine by Dennise Aiello

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6 The Biggest Health Crisis Families Don’t Want to Talk About: Dementia Ric Cochran

8 Never Getting Back to Normal Terry Sneler

11 Traveling with Security Elaine Marze

16 Top 5 Interesting Adult Education Classes

18 Puzzle Savvy

22 College Baseball Schedules LSU, Louisiana Tech, Centenary & Northwestern

26 Festive Foods Holly Clegg

30 Vietnam: Living Historians Elaine Marze

35 Jackson Assembly Antiques Show and Sale

36 Current Events

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ON THE COVER:We are proud to feature Holly Clegg on our cover this issue. Be sure to check out her fabulous recipes (page 26) that not only taste great, but are good for you!


February 14 is the special day for sweethearts – and it’s also the day to celebrate special friends. Young and old alike send Valentine cards, give boxes of chocolate candy, red roses and stuffed animals with Valentine motifs, show-ering affection on sweet-hearts and friends.

The Roman Catholic church recognizes three saints named Valentine. One St. Valentine was a third century priest, who was put to death for performing mar-riage ceremonies for young lovers at a time when Emperor Claudius II had outlawed marriage for young men because the emperor thought single men made better soldiers.

Certainly our Valentine memo-ries do not represent the harshness

of St. Valentine’s martyrdom. Most of us have happy memories of school and church parties, celebrated with cupcakes, Kool-Aid, Red Hots candy and Conversation Hearts.

At Claiborne Elementary School where I spent six glorious years of my childhood, we went all out for Valentine’s Day. Each student started planning early in February for Valentine’s Day. We brought shoe boxes to school to cover with con-struction paper and decorate with red

hearts and paper doilies. These were our “mailboxes” for Valentines. Every child cut a mail slot in the top of the box and on Valentine’s Day, everyone brought cards for their friends.

Some of the Valentines were store bought, but most were handmade. Many of the store bought cards were simply cut from a booklet, together with its cut-out envelope that had to be glued together before the Valentine was placed

inside. The handmade Valentines were as unique as the individuals making them.

Construction paper was a neces-sity. And red construction paper was the color of choice for Valentines. Remember folding the paper in half and cutting those half-hearts shapes?

Be Mine, Valentine!BY dennise aiello

Most of us have happy memories of school and church parties celebrated with cupcakes, Kool-Aid, Red Hots candy and Conversation Hearts.

Then opening the fold, there was the start of your beautiful Valentine art. For really fancy Valentine cards, the construction paper was only the beginning. White paper doilies cut in heart shapes could be added to the first heart. Or the construction paper heart would be glued to a lacy doily. The more intricate the design was, the better.

At our school, the room moth-ers planned simple, but memorable Valentine parties for the elementary classes. Cupcakes and conversation hearts, served with bright red fruit punch turned an ordinary day into a party day for school kids who loved parties of all kinds.

As we grew older and left elemen-tary school for junior high, Valentine’s Day was celebrated at churches with Sweetheart Banquets. For most of us, the Sweetheart Banquet was our first “date” and it was well chaperoned at the Baptist ( and other) churches. The girls wore their first formals and were given small, but beautiful sweetheart corsages.

In high school the traditions we enjoyed continued and sometimes we memorized lovely verses by poets like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and even Shakespeare, celebrating romance and the image of Victorian love.

Then, as now, Valentine’s Day was not only for children. Our parents celebrated with red satin-covered, heart-shaped boxes of choc-olates, sentimental cards, red roses or special bouquets, and sometimes din-ner out for just mom and dad.

The legend of St. Valentine and his support of young sweethearts

continues to be celebrated through-out the world today. February 14th remains the special time for hearts and flowers. The Greeting Card Association estimates that a bil-lion Valentine cards are exchanged each year, the second largest

number of greetings, exceeded only by Christmas cards.

St. Valentine lives on!

Dennise Aiello is a freelance writer/photographer who lives in Benton, Louisiana. Her email address is [email protected].

Sonnets from the PortugueseNumber 43

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Then opening the fold, there was the start of your beautiful Valentine art. For really fancy Valentine cards, the construction paper was only the beginning. White paper doilies cut in heart shapes could be added to the first heart. Or the construction paper heart would be glued to a lacy doily. The more intricate the design was, the better.

At our school, the room moth-ers planned simple, but memorable Valentine parties for the elementary classes. Cupcakes and conversation hearts, served with bright red fruit punch turned an ordinary day into a party day for school kids who loved parties of all kinds.

As we grew older and left elemen-tary school for junior high, Valentine’s Day was celebrated at churches with Sweetheart Banquets. For most of us, the Sweetheart Banquet was our first “date” and it was well chaperoned at the Baptist ( and other) churches. The girls wore their first formals and were given small, but beautiful sweetheart corsages.

In high school the traditions we enjoyed continued and sometimes we memorized lovely verses by poets like Elizabeth Barrett Browning and even Shakespeare, celebrating romance and the image of Victorian love.

Then, as now, Valentine’s Day was not only for children. Our parents celebrated with red satin-covered, heart-shaped boxes of choc-olates, sentimental cards, red roses or special bouquets, and sometimes din-ner out for just mom and dad.

The legend of St. Valentine and his support of young sweethearts

continues to be celebrated through-out the world today. February 14th remains the special time for hearts and flowers. The Greeting Card Association estimates that a bil-lion Valentine cards are exchanged each year, the second largest

number of greetings, exceeded only by Christmas cards.

St. Valentine lives on!

Dennise Aiello is a freelance writer/photographer who lives in Benton, Louisiana. Her email address is [email protected].

Sonnets from the PortugueseNumber 43

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use

In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose

With my lost saints, I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! and, if God choose,

I shall but love thee better after death.

~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Back in November, we recog-nized family caregivers, National Family Caregivers Month, along with the devastation caused by demen-tia, National Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. While some disabilities are being overcome to varying degrees, dementia is absolutely incurable at this time and growing at an alarming rate! So is the cost.

To understand the cost of demen-tia, consider that if dementia were a company, it would be the world’s largest by annual revenue ($604B). These costs are conservative and rec-ognized to be underreported because they are difficult to measure. It’s dif-ficult to measure the lost tax revenues or cascading financial instability when family members leave the work-place early and under-fund their own

retirement. What about the spouse who spends everything caring for a husband or wife and becomes finan-cially insecure? What is the value of uncompensated care provided by family caregivers who may imperil their health due to injury or stress? How do we measure the full cost to companies of time employees spend on the phone or away from work car-ing for family members, especially in small businesses?

To understand the scope of dementia, consider that every nation with an aging population is facing a ticking time bomb. Some, like China, have exacerbated the prob-lem with extreme efforts to control births, leaving fewer future adults by percentage to care for aging relatives. Many have rightly been concerned

with how to provide food, housing, energy, and health care for growing populations. But the unintended consequence of fewer children is fewer people to provide for a growing population of elderly people.

To understand the risk of demen-tia, consider that while most demen-tia patients are diagnosed after turning 65, some are diagnosed or were showing signs in their fifties. After 65, the risk of dementia doubles every five years. In the fastest grow-ing population, those 85 and above, dementia strikes one out of two.

Patients and families are at the mercy of a dysfunctional health care system that tries to control budgets by making benefit eligibility rules difficult to access or understand. We have had to use the open records

The Biggest Health Crisis Families Don’t Want to Talk About:

DementiaBY ric cochran


laws in Louisiana to obtain informa-tion from Medicaid that belongs to the public and which they still rou-tinely withhold. When eligibility information isn’t being hidden from public view, it is often incomplete and incomprehensible to the aver-age person as well as many profes-sionals. States often add restrictions that violate federal guidelines drafted by Congress. When crooks con the elderly out of their savings, we recog-nize the injustice. When the elderly are denied information that could keep them from losing most of their life’s savings if they need long-term care, we shrug and call it bureaucracy. But whether you or your parents went broke investing with Bernie Madoff, or from Medicaid hiding informa-tion and adding restrictions in viola-tion of federal policy, broke is broke.

Since our dysfunctional health care system hides information from the public and allows states to employ federally non-compliant restrictions, the amount of misinformation in the public sector is enormous. Insurance representatives (especially those sell-ing long-term care policies), finan-cial planners, accountants, attorneys, brokers, bankers, clergy, even people in the health care field, those typi-cally relied on for information and advice are often repeating informa-tion that is both outdated and inac-curate to the point of being harmful while they’re trying their best to help.

Make no mistake! Dementia is the world’s biggest health crisis families don’t want to talk about. Maybe someone is repeating things frequently or getting lost going to familiar places. In engaging them,

it’s often better to avoid using the D-word or the A-word (dementia or Alzheimer’s) which can offend or scare them. Using words like “for-getful” can be less threatening. You might want to get some informa-tion about how to engage them from the Alzheimer’s Association at their website (alz.org) or by calling 1-800-272-3900 where you can speak to a trained counselor day or night, even on weekends. Ignoring symp-toms leaves people at an increasingly greater risk of losing their financial security and having fewer options if they need long-term care.

Procrastinating also leaves peo-ple a target for those who would take advantage of them by mail, by phone, over the internet (if they’re web-savvy), or at their door. I see it too frequently, from the politi-cal organizations and preachers who “desperately need their support” to the psychics, contests, and “busi-ness opportunities,” to the handy-man who collects repeatedly for the same job or collects up-front for a project and disappears. Some prey on their fears touting ways to “hide” their assets. Sadly, the hiding done by some can truly make assets disappear and not in a good way. When the sav-ings have already been drained, it’s a little late to be looking for a leak.

Ric Cochran assists clients and families in crisis dealing with long-term care and those wishing to plan ahead to avoid a crisis. He can be reached at S.A.F.E. Planning by calling (318) 869-3133.

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50 to 70 percent of dementia cases.

Alzheimer’s is not the only cause of memory loss.Many people have trouble with memory — this does NOT mean they have Alzheimer’s. In fact, most do not. There are many different causes of memory loss. If you or a loved one is experiencing symptoms, it is best to visit a doctor so the cause can be determined.Alzheimer’s is not a normal part of aging, although the greatest known risk factor is increasing age, and the majority of people with Alzheimer’s are 65 and older. But Alzheimer’s is not just a disease of old age. Up to 5 percent of people with the disease have early-onset Alzheimer’s (also known as younger-onset), which often appears when someone is in their 40s or 50s.

Alzheimer’s Association1-800-272-3900www.alz.org

It’s normal that we miss you,It’s normal that we cry,It’s normal that our love for youMakes it hard to say good bye. This year it won’t be normalAs we gather round the tableTo eat and celebrate our LordAnd His birth inside the stable. We would love to hear your voice againAnd see your smiling faceBut we can be thankful your pain is gone,And you’re comforted by God’s embrace. Time may erase our heartacheAnd good memories may ease our sorrowBut life will never be normal againWithout you in our tomorrow.

You are your sisters’ only brother,And your mother’s only son.Our home with only Joey and meTo finish things left undone. If time goes as quickly without you hereAs it seems to do year after yearWe will be reunited by and byAnd share our mansion in the sky. I have but one request of youYou’ve done this since we were wedI’ve needed this since you’ve been gonePlease warm up my side of the bed.

Terry Sneler has taught elementary school in Louisiana and Texas for 30 years. She currently teaches at Family Christian Academy in Houston, TX. She discovered Savvy and Sage Magazine this past November while her husband was being treated for cancer at MD Anderson Hospital. During that month of saddness and stress, she picked up the magazine and laughed (a lot) at the article, “It’s a Woman Thang.” She tore the article out of the magazine and made copies for other people whom she thought needed a laugh. Sadly, Terry’s husband died the end of November. Weeks later Terry contacted the article’s writer, Elaine Marze, and shared with her what a bright spot in her month the article had made. This is the poem Terry wrote after her husband’s passing.

Never Getting Back to Normal by Terry Sneler



It’s normal that we miss you,It’s normal that we cry,It’s normal that our love for youMakes it hard to say good bye. This year it won’t be normalAs we gather round the tableTo eat and celebrate our LordAnd His birth inside the stable. We would love to hear your voice againAnd see your smiling faceBut we can be thankful your pain is gone,And you’re comforted by God’s embrace. Time may erase our heartacheAnd good memories may ease our sorrowBut life will never be normal againWithout you in our tomorrow.

You are your sisters’ only brother,And your mother’s only son.Our home with only Joey and meTo finish things left undone. If time goes as quickly without you hereAs it seems to do year after yearWe will be reunited by and byAnd share our mansion in the sky. I have but one request of youYou’ve done this since we were wedI’ve needed this since you’ve been gonePlease warm up my side of the bed.

Terry Sneler has taught elementary school in Louisiana and Texas for 30 years. She currently teaches at Family Christian Academy in Houston, TX. She discovered Savvy and Sage Magazine this past November while her husband was being treated for cancer at MD Anderson Hospital. During that month of saddness and stress, she picked up the magazine and laughed (a lot) at the article, “It’s a Woman Thang.” She tore the article out of the magazine and made copies for other people whom she thought needed a laugh. Sadly, Terry’s husband died the end of November. Weeks later Terry contacted the article’s writer, Elaine Marze, and shared with her what a bright spot in her month the article had made. This is the poem Terry wrote after her husband’s passing.

Never Getting Back to Normal by Terry Sneler

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On the other hand since my husband has a tendency to camp our RV in secluded areas in unknown parts of the country, there have been times I was especially glad the dogs were with us. One time we were camped off a dirt road near a dam (alone) with no buildings or street lights in sight nor any sign of human habi-tation. My husband was sleeping soundly (snoring loudly) when I awoke to headlights shining in the back window. Acres of empty space were available to them yet a truck was parked right on our bum-per. I could see three men in the truck when the inte-rior light came on as they got out and moved toward us. The dogs were growl-ing, but I kept them quiet until I opened the door

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sound like they want to eat sweet little old ladies, and though I couldn’t see everything that went on, I heard lots of barking, snarling and men screaming like little girls as they ran and jumped into their truck and spun out!

Traveling WiTh SecuriTyBY elaine marze

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Grandson Colton plays with one of my English Mastiff puppies that just weighed in at 183 lbs.

It seems that the older some people get the more they fear traveling, especially after dark. Perhaps all the movies about kindly old folks who are stranded with a flat tire and are murdered by some psychopath inspires insecurity. Whatever the rea-son, seasoned citi-zens are concerned about travel secu-rity, and the num-bers who are getting concealed carry permits contin-ues to rise – along with crime statis-tics. Many retirees have four-legged “babies” they can’t leave home with-out, and though it is easier traveling without animals, sometimes circum-stances dictate that pets accompany us. Some pet own-ers have friends or relatives willing and able to care for their furry or feathered friends while they are gone, but others take comfort in the security and built-in alarm systems provided by their pets.

It is a fortunate man or woman who can hit the road with canine or feline companions that do not get car sick or have an attack of nerves that causes the animal to for-get potty-training etiquette. Our English Mastiffs love to ride, but their massive drooling heads hanging over our

shoulders has negative consequences too. Many a time while my husband drives, I nap in my reclining truck seat only to wake up to find one of our dogs was using my head as a pillow and drool cushion. Ugh!

On the other hand since my husband has a tendency to camp our RV in secluded areas in unknown parts of the country, there have been times I was especially glad the dogs were with us. One time we were camped off a dirt road near a dam (alone) with no buildings or street lights in sight nor any sign of human habi-tation. My husband was sleeping soundly (snoring loudly) when I awoke to headlights shining in the back window. Acres of empty space were available to them yet a truck was parked right on our bum-per. I could see three men in the truck when the inte-rior light came on as they got out and moved toward us. The dogs were growl-ing, but I kept them quiet until I opened the door

and let the dogs out.Even when big dogs are barking friendly they can

sound like they want to eat sweet little old ladies, and though I couldn’t see everything that went on, I heard lots of barking, snarling and men screaming like little girls as they ran and jumped into their truck and spun out!

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When I called the dogs back in they had wide grins on their faces to let me know they’d had a good time.

After my husband retired and we moved to Colorado, our son, Daniel, made several trips back and forth between Louisiana and Colorado by himself so I always sent our family’s communal mastiff with him because when Daniel gets sleepy he pulls over on the side of the road for a nap which (in his mother’s opinion) is not smart. As long as Abby was with him, I didn’t worry too much.

I’m better at sleeping than driving so when Rex, our capuchin (organ grinder) monkey, and I were com-ing from Colorado to Louisiana by ourselves I stopped at a hotel in Clayton, New Mexico to get some sleep. Rex flirted with the night clerk who acted like she was not used to meeting monkeys wear-ing a diaper so it took time getting checked in. It was a hotel where you parked outside your room so when we finally got settled for the night with Rex curled up beside me, I stuck a 9mm pistol under my pillow since room invasions and robberies are a reality.

The next morning I came awake gradually with the sense that something wasn’t quite right. I awoke more abruptly when my unfocused eyes looked down the bar-rel of my pistol held by Rex who was sitting on my chest acting as if he was going to do a little target practicing on my nose! I could just see the headlines, “Woman Shot by Monkey!”

When I made a grab for my gun the little “monkid” took off dragging the pistol behind him clenched in his prehensile tail. Over and under the bed he went; me chas-ing and Rex grinning and teasing me by letting me get close before he took off again. I was really hoping the safety was still on because anything a human can do with his hands, a capuchin can do twice as fast. As smart as Rex is though, I’m still an IQ point or two ahead of him

so I sat down and pulled out the goodie bag full of trail mix and granola bars and waited to trade him a pecan crunch bar for the 9mm.

As for traveling with animal security, it comforts me that if any bad guys break in on Rex they would face 12 pounds of fury which may not come close to the size and weight of 180 pound mastiffs, but an angry monkey can be likened to a furry, enraged piranha chewing up one side and down the other while emitting unearthly screams.

I know from personal experience how difficult it is to get away from a monkey who doesn’t want to let his human loose. It was late evening at our home in Louisiana when I was walking outside with Rex draped around my neck. I wasn’t wearing my glasses or contacts so could not see clearly but just as I was going to step over what I thought was a stick, Rex jumped off my shoulder and grabbed hold of a four foot long snake before climbing back

up my body to his perch on my shoulder – carrying the snake! You’ve heard the term, “blood-curdling screams,” well, I was uttering those in abundance while trying to get loose from Rex and the snake. I made three laps around the house slapping, jumping, leaping and screaming hys-terically while trying to throw Rex and his snake off me! The result was that I scared Rex and maybe the snake too more than they scared me. No! That’s not possible.

Rex’s hands had a death-lock on my head while his feet were holding tight to the snake. Rex’s tail was wrapped around my neck in a choke hold. The reptile was flop-ping against my body from all the gyrations until I finally headed (leaping and slapping to dislodge one of my riders), toward the pond thinking wildly that maybe by jumping in one of us might get loose from the others. I guess Rex figured out my intentions because all of a sudden he let go of the snake so he could hang on tighter with both feet, covering my eyes in the process. I was just about to dive

Rex flirted with the night clerk who acted like she was not used to meeting monkeys wearing a diaper so it took time getting

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into the pond when I real-ized the snake was no longer slapping me on the chest and back. My hysterical screams gradually decreased, but the body tremors and revul-sions continued for days. It took a while longer for Rex to stop screaming, and the smell indicated he’d filled his diaper with what had been scared out of him. Our house was in the middle of a five acre lot, but not-so-nearby neighbors swore our screams about gave them heart attacks. Ha! Try having a monkey holding a big snake attached to your body. My heart didn’t go back to beating normally for weeks!

Rex and I were coming back to Louisiana from Nash-ville, Tennessee when a sudden blizzard turned the inter-state into a dangerous super-slide from which vehicles of all kinds slid off into ravines or flipped over when they slid into a hillside. Autos with over-confident drivers passed me by blowing at my five-miles-per-hour speed, but prob-ably regretted it later when I tooted at them as they waited for snow-plows to dig them out of snow-filled ditches.

Eighteen-wheelers either poked along or they too over-turned along the side of the road. The situation was scary and dangerous with little visibility. I had visions of my little monkey frozen like a fuzzy pop-sickle when we were finally discovered weeks later beneath the snow. It seemed like hours that Rex and I were the only travelers left on the interstate that had been reduced to barely dis-cernable one lane tracks down the middle of the highway until State Police barricaded and closed the interstate. I exited thankfully, sliding down the off-ramp to a service road and skidded into the first hotel I came to. The lobby was full of other stranded travelers wanting rooms. Maybe the desk clerk knew how freaked out I was or maybe it was the monkey head that kept poking out of my coat long enough to “woop-whoop” pitifully, but he gave us a room. When we got to our room I called my husband and told him to put money in the bank to cover the hotel bill because I wasn’t getting back out on that highway

until spring thaw! He said I couldn’t stay in the hotel till spring, but I convinced him I was never driving again until all the snow was gone, and since it was January that might be a while.

But early the next morn-ing my hero knocked on our hotel door. Rex and I were so glad to see him that we wrestled each other to hug him the longest. I still don’t know how my husband got through to us when the

roads were closed, but Rex wouldn’t ride anywhere with me for a long time after that. He acted like the whole bliz-zard thing was my fault.

There are times when protection is needed as hap-pened on another memorable trip from Nashville with my mother-in-law, Inez, and sister-in-law, Bonnie Sue. We were about an hour the Tennessee side of Little Rock when the interstate was closed because President Clinton’s motorcade was coming through – eventually. According to people stalled with us, the then-President’s schedule typically disrupted traffic for hours. Finally around mid-night, we decided to follow other vehicles backing up and squeezing around until I got my T-bird down an off-ramp in the middle of the boonies to look for a hotel. The selec-tion was limited. All we found was a little run-down-look-ing strip motel. I pulled in and walked up to the window because according to the sign the man wouldn’t open the door after 10pm. I paid for a room BEFORE the man told me in very poor English that the room was actually several miles on down the road.

Not that I’m suspicious natured, but that didn’t sound good to me. Sure enough, it looked BAD on the outside, so I turned around and went back to the man in the win-dow, but amazingly he wouldn’t answer the bell this time. Traffic was still stalled on the interstate, and being women we didn’t want to spend hours without a bathroom so we decided to try the room we had paid for. It was late, and we were all exhausted.

I pulled up in front of the door with our room number

“You’re the one with the gun, and you were asleep!”


on it. There was a big party going on outside. Booze was flowing freely so when we three “mature” women got out of my car with our necessary bags we got what sounded like ovations. At least, I preferred to think of it that way. In view of the catcalls liberally interspersed with profan-ity, I made sure my large handgun was prominently dis-played so that any stupid among them might think twice before invading our privacy.

Inside, the room was worse than we imagined. None of us would take a shower. Our dirt was better than what was in the tub. We decided to sleep with the lights on after seeing some crawling critters since bugs like the dark. The sheets at least looked clean. Noises from the other rooms sounded like people were playing dodge ball against the walls, and according to Inez and Bonnie Sue it went on all night long. I didn’t hear it because I tucked my pistol under my pillow and slept.

When I woke up the next morning, my disgruntled in-laws were exhausted from sitting up all night on guard-duty. They said somebody kept trying to get in our door

during the night, and Inez said, “You’re the one with the gun, and you were asleep!”

“I knew ya’ll were on guard-duty so I figured one of us should get some sleep,” I told her.

Inez and Bonnie Sue kind of shared Rex’s attitude of going anywhere with me for a while after that, and we all still recall our night in the hotel from you know where. Did I mention that we found a bloody, dead cat stretched across the hood of my car that morning?

The good times and rewards of travel out-number the bad many times over. It just seems like some of the worse trips are more memorable. With common sense and a lit-tle thought to some security, whether it squawks, barks or goes bang, in case you run into any bad guys, traveling at any age can be exciting and fun. See America!

Elaine Marze is a freelance writer who also works in public relations and advertising. She can be reached at [email protected].

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The blue ones that I use a lot Tell me I’m happy when I’m not.

The purple pill goes to my brain And tells me that I have no pain.

The capsules tell me not to wheeze Or cough or choke or even sneeze.

The red ones, smallest of them all Go to my blood so I won’t fall.

The orange ones, very big and bright Prevent my leg cramps in the night.

Such an array of brilliant pills Helping to cure all kinds of ills.

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Date Opponent Location Time (CT)Feb 19 Louisiana College Shehee Stadium 12:00 p.m.Feb 19 Louisiana College Shehee Stadium TBAMar 04 SFA Shehee Stadium 6:00 p.m.Mar 05 SFA Nacogdoches, Texas 3:00 p.m.Mar 06 SFA Nacogdoches, Texas 2:00 p.m.Mar 08 Texas A&M College Station, Texas 6:35 p.m.Mar 12 Grambling Grambling, La. 12:00 p.m.Mar 12 Grambling Grambling, La. TBAMar 13 Grambling Grambling, La. 1:00 p.m.Mar 18 Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i 10:30 p.m.Mar 19 Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i 10:30 p.m.Mar 20 Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i 5:05 p.m.Mar 21 Hawai’i Honolulu, Hawai’i 10:30 p.m.Apr 01 UT-Pan American Edinburg, Texas 6:00 p.m.Apr 02 UT-Pan American Edinburg, Texas 12:00 p.m.Apr 02 UT-Pan American Edinburg, Texas TBAApr 08 Oral Roberts * Tulsa, Okla. TBAApr 09 Oral Roberts * Tulsa, Okla. TBAApr 09 Oral Roberts * Tulsa, Okla. TBAApr 10 Oral Roberts * Tulsa, Okla. TBAApr 15 South Dakota State * Shehee Stadium 6:00 p.m.Apr 16 South Dakota State * Shehee Stadium 1:00 p.m.Apr 16 South Dakota State * Shehee Stadium TBAApr 17 South Dakota State * Shehee Stadium 11:00 a.m.Apr 22 IPFW * Shehee Stadium 6:00 p.m.Apr 23 IPFW * Shehee Stadium 1:00 p.m.Apr 23 IPFW * Shehee Stadium TBAApr 24 IPFW * Shehee Stadium 12:00 p.m.Apr 29 North Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. 6:30 p.m.Apr 30 North Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. 1:00 p.m.Apr 30 North Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. TBAMay 01 North Dakota State * Fargo, N.D. 1:00 p.m.May 06 Southern Utah * Shehee Stadium 6:00 p.m.May 07 Southern Utah * Shehee Stadium 2:00 p.m.May 07 Southern Utah * Shehee Stadium TBAMay 08 Southern Utah * Shehee Stadium 12:00 p.m.May 13 Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. TBAMay 14 Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. TBAMay 14 Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. TBAMay 15 Western Illinois * Macomb, Ill. TBAMay 19 Oakland * Shehee Stadium 6:00 p.m.May 20 Oakland * Shehee Stadium 1:00 p.m.May 20 Oakland * Shehee Stadium TBAMay 21 Oakland * Shehee Stadium 12:00 p.m.* Conference Games

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Date Opponent Location Time (CT)Feb 18 BYU Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Feb 19 BYU Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.Feb 19 BYU Brown-Stroud Field 4:00 p.m.Feb 22 Mississippi State Starkville, MS 4:00 p.m.Mar 01 Tulane New Orleans 6:30 p.m.Mar 02 Tulane New Orleans 3:00 p.m.Mar 04 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 6:05 p.m.Mar 05 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 2:05 p.m.Mar 06 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL 1:05 p.m.Mar 08 Louisiana - Lafayette Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Mar 11 McNeese State * Lake Charles 6:30 p.m.Mar 12 McNeese State * Lake Charles 3:00 p.m.Mar 13 McNeese State * Lake Charles 1:00 p.m.Mar 15 Southern Mississippi Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Mar 18 Stephen F. Austin * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Mar 19 Stephen F. Austin * Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.Mar 20 Stephen F. Austin * Brown-Stroud Field 1:00 p.m.Mar 23 Louisiana - Monroe Monroe 6:00 p.m.Mar 25 Texas - Arlington * Arlington, TX 6:30 p.m.Mar 26 Texas - Arlington * Arlington, TX 2:00 p.m.Mar 27 Texas - Arlington * Arlington, TX 1:00 p.m.Mar 29 Louisiana - Lafayette Lafayette 6:00 p.m.Mar 30 Grambling Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Apr 01 Sam Houston State * Huntsville, TX 6:30 p.m.Apr 02 Sam Houston State * Huntsville, TX 2:00 p.m.Apr 03 Sam Houston State * Huntsville, TX 1:00 p.m.Apr 05 Louisiana Tech Ruston 6:00 p.m.Apr 08 Nicholls * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Apr 09 Nicholls * Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.Apr 10 Nicholls * Brown-Stroud Field 1:00 p.m.Apr 12 LSU Baton Rouge 6:30 p.m.Apr 15 Texas - San Antonio * San Antonio, TX 6:00 p.m.Apr 16 Texas - San Antonio * San Antonio, TX 2:00 p.m.Apr 17 Texas - San Antonio * San Antonio, TX 1:00 p.m.Apr 19 Grambling Grambling 6:00 p.m.Apr 21 Texas State * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Apr 22 Texas State * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Apr 23 Texas State * Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.Apr 27 Louisiana Tech Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.Apr 29 Lamar * Beaumont, TX 6:30 p.m.Apr 30 Lamar * Beaumont, TX 2:00 p.m.May 01 Lamar * Beaumont, TX 1:00 p.m.May 06 Central Arkansas * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.May 07 Central Arkansas * Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.May 08 Central Arkansas * Brown-Stroud Field 1:00 p.m.May 11 Baylor Waco, TX 6:30 p.m.May 13 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Corpus Christi, TX 2:00 p.m.May 14 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Corpus Christi, TX 2:00 p.m.May 15 Texas A&M - Corpus Christi * Corpus Christi, TX 1:00 p.m.May 17 Louisiana - Monroe Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.May 19 Southeastern Louisiana * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.May 20 Southeastern Louisiana * Brown-Stroud Field 6:30 p.m.May 21 Southeastern Louisiana * Brown-Stroud Field 2:00 p.m.* Conference Games

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Food Savvy

Festive FoodThis time of year means festive foods with Valentine’s Day and the Mardi Gras season. Valentine’s Day is a time to focus on romance, and my philosophy is a way to a man’s heart is through is stomach. I have been married 31 years so trim & terrific cooking must do the trick however, did you know there really is “food for the mood?” Oysters are high in zinc content which aids in the production of testosterone and pine nuts are considered an aphrodisiac. How

about a sultry chicken dish, Blackberry Chicken, served with Lemon Angel Hair Pasta with Pine Nuts? –all from Food For The Mood Chapter in Too Hot in the Kitchen. I will leave the oysters up to you!

Mardi Gras season means king cakes are out and about! King cakes are my weakness, and with my simple recipe that is made with crescent rolls, you can make a king cake in the comfort of your own home. Not only is this simple but I received an email from someone who is pre-diabetic – she thanked me profusely for my king cake recipe as it is lower in sugar and fat than those you buy. So back by popular demand, the one and only King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling in my Gulf Coast Favorites Cookbook! And, try using red food coloring for the icing for a Valentine’s Day dessert.

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1 tablespoon all-purpose flour1/2-3/4 cup fat-free chicken broth1/2 cup seedless blackberry jam2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar1 teaspoon olive oil1/2 cup chopped red onion1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leavesSalt and pepper to taste

1. In large nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and sauté onion 5 minutes. Season chicken with thyme and season to taste. Dust with flour.

2. Add chicken to pan, cooking until browned on each side, about 7-10 minutes. Add broth and continue cooking another 15 minutes.

3. Add jam and balsamic vinegar, bring to boil, reduce heat, and cook chicken for another 15-20 minutes or until tender.

Blackberry chickenThe sultry blend of blackberry jam and balsamic vinegar infuse the chicken with unbeatable flavors while the caramelized onions make a slightly sweet, savory sauce.

Makes 4 servings

Nutritional information per serving: Calories 339; Calories from fat 15%; Fat 6g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 99mg; Sodium 113mg; Carbohydrate 31g; Dietary Fiber 0g; Sugars 27g; Protein 40gDietary Exchanges: 2 other carbohydrate, 5 very lean meat

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1/4 cup lemon juice1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon rind1/4 cup chopped parsleySalt and pepper to taste8 ounces angel hair pasta, reserving1/4 cup cooking water2 tablespoons olive oil1 teaspoon minced garlic2 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted

1. Cook pasta according to package directions, reserving 1/4 cup cooking water; drain well and set aside.

2. In small nonstick skillet, heat olive oil and sauté garlic, stirring, one minute. Transfer to large bowl and add remaining ingredients, mixing well. Season to taste.

3. Add pasta with reserved cooking water to bowl and toss together until well combined. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Lemon Angel Hair Pasta with Pine nutsPine nuts are considered to be an aphrodisiac so make this lover’s lemon pasta side of choice with whatever you are serving!

Makes 4 servings

Nutritional information per serving: Calories 297; Calories from fat 29%; Fat 10g; Saturated Fat 1g; Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 9mg; Carbohydrate 45g; Dietary Fiber 2g; Sugars 3g; Protein 8gDietary Exchanges: 3 starch, 1 1/2 fat

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King cake with cream cheese cinnamon FillingNow, you can make a quick King Cake recipe in your own home any time, without worrying about a complicated yeast dough. Kids love helping with this cake year round—try red and pink colors for Valentine’s Day, pastels for Easter, and red and green for Christmas!

Makes 16 servings

2 (8-ounce) cans reduced-fat crescent rolls4 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese2 tablespoons confectioners sugar1 teaspoon vanilla extract2 tablespoons butter1/3 cup light brown sugar1 tablespoon ground cinnamonMardi Gras Icing (recipe to the right)

1. Preheat oven350°F. Coat 10-inch round pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.

2. Separate crescent rolls at perforations, into 16 slices. Place slices around prepared pan with points in the center. About halfway down from points, press seams together.

3. In mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, con-fectioners sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Spread on dough in the center where seams have been pressed together.

4. In another small bowl, combine but ter, brown sugar, and cinnamon with a fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over cream cheese.

Fold dough points over filling, then fold bottom of triangle over points forming circular roll like king cake.

5. Bake about 20–25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool slightly and drizzle with colored Mardi Gras Icing.

Mardi Gras Icing1 cup confectioners sugar1–2 tablespoons skim milk1/2 teaspoon vanilla extractYellow, green, red, and blue food coloring

1. In a small bowl, combine all ingredients, except food color. Divide mixture into three bowls.

2. In first bowl, add a few drops of yellow food coloring. In second bowl, add a few drops of green food coloring. In third bowl, add equal amounts of drops of red and blue food coloring (to create purple).

3. Drizzle over cooled cake.

The icing colors represent power (yellow), faith (green), and justice (purple).

Nutritional information per serving: Calories 184; Calories from fat 36%; Fat 7 g Saturated Fat 3 g; Cholesterol 9 mg; Sodium 275 mg Carbohydrate 26 g; Dietary Fiber 0 g; Sugars 16 g; Protein 3 gDiabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 carbohydrate; 1-1/2 fat


“If you won’t stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them!” This statement represents my feelings pretty well. I grew up during the 1960’s when war protes-tors consistently made prime-time news preaching, “Make love, not war!” We watched on tele-vision as returning Vietnam veterans got spat on and called “baby killers,” among other derogatory terms.

Growing up, I lived on the edge of Fort Polk’s training range where the sounds of sonic booms and exploding bombs were a frequent symphony. England and Barksdale Air Force Bases were within a hundred miles north and south of us so the kind of anti-military bias we watched on television was not noticeable in my world. Unfortunately, many of the young men who fought in Vietnam had to fly in and out of airports where protesters hung-out to spew their vitriol. No wonder so many ‘Nam vets felt bitter about their homecom-ing reception.

Many American families were touched by Vietnam, and us boomers lost school friends and family members to the high body count. The draft, if not patriotism, ensured that baby-boomers and prior generations served in the armed forces. My daddy was with the 82nd Airborne and his four brothers served with various branches of the military. As evi-denced by Memorial and Veterans Day congregations when pastors asked veterans to stand up for recognition in decades past, nearly every man stood. Today, whenever veterans are asked to stand, it is mostly the gray-haired population who

rise to their feet. Past rosters of the American

Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars were filled with World War and Korean vets, but the absence of Vietnam era men has contributed

to a marked decline in active memberships. It may be that the hostility these veterans were shown upon their return from duty caused them to shun organizations that celebrated

their participation. The parades and enthusiastic welcomes given to First and Second World War and Korean troops who came back home as heroes encouraged the openness whereby veteran organizations flourished.

Gradually, Vietnam veterans are getting some of the rec-ognition they were denied decades ago. One positive affirma-tion occurred a few months ago in Shreveport, when retired U.S. Army Major Ron Chatelain was inducted into the Hall of Heroes at Municipal Auditorium along with Gen. David Patraes, currently the head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

Chatelain, a Shreveport city engineer, is Louisiana’s most highly decorated living Vietnam veteran. He has received the Distinguished Service Cross (second only to the Medal of Honor) and multiple Silver and Bronze Stars (with V for Valor). He is also a Purple Heart (for wounds received) recipient.

Chatelain’s buddy, Ranny Griffin, a Keithville resident, was at the induction ceremony. “Ronnie is a quiet and unas-suming guy who is a close friend,” says Griffin. “We attended high school and church together prior to our military service.

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Ronnie served several tours in Vietnam. He and I were ‘in country’ at the same time back in 1967 and ‘68. Ronnie is a soldier’s soldier. The DSC is the second highest award for valor falling right under the Medal of Honor, and based upon comments from others who served with him, he should have received the Medal of Honor on more than one occasion.”

“While in Vietnam, Ronnie, who was with the 25th ID, found himself close to Phu Lam, where I was stationed,” recounts Griffin. “He hitchhiked to my base, and we hooked up with Sergeant Major West, who went to church with us at Morningside Baptist and was also our Army recruiter. SM West was in military intelligence. The three of us spent the day touring war ravaged Gia Din, Cholon and Saigon. SM West was working all the time while Ronnie and I were tak-ing in the sights.”

Griffin deployed to Vietnam in August, 1967. “My MOS was 34C20, data processing auxiliary equipment repair. Upon arrival at Long Binh, I was informed that I was posted to Vietnam in error,” he says. “The Army needed nine men with my MOS, but they had typed the orders for 90. The first nine GIs in country got the assignment; the rest of us were scattered to the four winds. I landed at C Company 41st Signal Bn (Combat Arms), 21st Signal Group, 1st Signal Brigade (C/41st). This was a combat signal company that maintained the US Army communications equipment and center at Cam Ranh Bay.”

Griffin was later transferred to the top secret AUTODIN (AUTOmatic Digital Network) Company, Phu Lam Signal Bn, located west of Phu Lam village near the Phu To/Cholon/Saigon area.

Phu Lam Signal Battalion was command communica-tions for all of Vietnam mili-

tary and embassy business. The small but important military installation was protected by one company of ARVN sol-diers. Griffin explains, “We were part of the western defense during both Tet offensives in February and May, 1968. Most people only hear about the first Tet offensive when the American embassy was attacked. For us, the second Tet offensive was more vicious and involved both VC and NVA with over 3,000 killed in and around the Phu Lam area.”

Griffin said the transition to civilian life after ‘Nam was not hard for him though he admitted his wife might have a different opinion. “I never did drugs, in or out of the service,” states Griffin. “I had no social issues on returning from Nam other than not liking crowds, noise, or confining spaces. I had a job with the railroad waiting on me where my dad and his WWII vet buddies worked so I fell into their crowd easily. Later, my military background helped get me hired at South Central Bell as a manager in the Revenue Accounting Office.” Today he works as a Consultant Project Control Analyst at Center Point Energy.

Bossier City resident and retired Chief Warrant Officer C-WO4, Ron Adams, was awarded two Bronze Stars dur-ing his service in Vietnam in addition to other “I been there” medals, as he describes them. Also a friend of Ron Chatelain’s, Adams retired as Property Manager for the City of Shreveport, and he was a member of the Caddo Parish School Board for four years.

Ron served classified tours in Southeast Asia in 1967 and ’68 prior to arriving in Vietnam in 1969 on a staff assign-ment to the U.S. Army Support Command in Cam Ranh Bay only to find a group of black soldiers rioting. “It was

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disheartening,” says Adams. “There we were in a war zone and that was no place for warring among our own soldiers. This went on for several days before a black colonel helped ease the situation and some of the instigators were sent elsewhere.”

Adam’s job was to get equipment to combat units in the field and bring damaged and shot-up armory and vehicles back to Cam Ranh Bay for repairs. “I was the only staff offi-cer who went out with the supplies, and I fought just like the grunts and artillery troops,” Adams explained. “The worst part of dealing with damaged vehicles was cleaning body parts off before we took them back for repairs.” When artillery cannons were needed, Adams said they flew the 175 Mm cannon tubes out on helicopters, but most of their sup-plies were trucked out.

In Thailand Adams was baptized by fire the first time he went out with a truck convoy. It was attacked by what were then called “Communist terrorists”. Later, Special Forces gave them protection, but on that trip each of those 60 trucks had two men who were armed with M-16’s so they were able to return fire.

His first “situation” in Vietnam came on New Year’s Eve while he and other soldiers were having coffee when some “sappers” (people who were willing to sacrifice themselves to kill Americans with hand-grenades, bombs, etc.) infiltrated their area. A Chinese hand-grenade landed on the door step of the hooch Adams was in. At the sound, they all dropped and rolled, but thankfully it did not go off. Eventually the Viet Cong got long-range rockets that could reach from the

hills where they hid to the U.S. base, and Ron says it really got dangerous then.

“There was no night or day,” Adams describes. “Everybody was on (duty) all the time and when you couldn’t stay awake any longer, you took cat-naps wherever you were.” One night Adams and a colonel heard “clunk”. The explosion sent shrapnel right through the wall and desk where they had been standing.

There were 50 people in his maintenance pool and Adams made sure they had reinforced sand bags piled around oil-changing pits for fox holes. Maintence was a 24-hour operation and Adams says he never lost a man though one soldier was injured when the out-house he was using got knocked over during an attack. “He sure didn’t come out smelling like a rose,” Adams remembers.

Some things are indelibly printed in a soldier’s mem-ory, and for Adams, it was when he got off a helicopter at a Central Highland camp and body bags were all lined up ready to be loaded on the helicopter. “This really woke me up,” he says. “This was real!” The fighting was so bad there that it was several days until he could go outside the perim-eter of the camp to recover equipment.

Adams credits God for protecting him while he dodged bullets and rocket / mortar attacks. He was anxiously look-ing forward to getting home to see his wife and children when he flew into a Seattle Washington airport to change

Griffin Chatelain at induction ceremony

The Navy encouraged socializing with the locals.

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flights for home. But instead of a welcome, he and fellow combat soldiers were met by “hippies and flower children who spit at us and called us names.” These returning troops had had to sit out on the tarmack for two hours due to cus-toms so they missed their flights home. Since it was hours till another flight, Adams changed into civilian clothes to avoid conflict with the protestors while he waited.

Florida resident, Steve Rainey, CEO of S.A.F.E. Planning and Rainey Asset & Management, joined the marines when he was 17 years old. He landed in Vietnam in 1965 in the first major troop commitment of the war. His first station was at Chu Lai, south of Da Nang, providing security for the air-strip there in his position as a gunner on 155mm Howitzers. Later, his regiment moved into the mountains around Laos. In the fall of 1965, Rainey’s unit got commendations during Operation Starlight for their high number of kills.

Rainey described himself as “an ignorant 18-year-old” who grew up fast during August of 1965 through May of 1967.

“There were long periods of absolute boredom punctu-ated by periods of absolute terror,” he remembers. Three dif-ferent times he was part of amphibious landings where he hit the beaches just like in old war movies. One of those times, his unit went in and provided artillery support (Operation Double-Eagle) for the 7th Calvary in the Ia Drang Valley where Lt. Col. Hal Moore’s soldiers were surrounded as depicted in the movie, “We Were Soldiers Once – and Young,” starring Mel Gibson.

Ironically, Rainey says the time he was most scared was one night when he was on listening post and he heard what he believed were Viet Cong. His ’45 was cocked as he strained hard to hear rustling sounds. He wished his heart would stop beating for a while because the pounding in his head was interfering with hearing the enemy. It turned out to be a mongoose!

Another event that stands out was when he was on guard duty at a base camp in Chu Lai with orders to fire on anyone who did not give the password. Late that night thirteen men showed up who claimed to be Americans – but they did not know the pass word. They claimed to be lost from another regiment. Rainey immediately tried to contact someone at

the command post but nobody ever answered his radio calls. He knew that some non-Vietnamese enemy combatants (Russians) sometimes pretended to be Americans to get on bases. He was in a quandary about whether to follow orders and open fire and perhaps kill Americans in “friendly-fire” or to disobey orders. Also, he knew the 13 soldiers were armed with rocket launchers so the situation could have become a blood-bath. “It was a bad position for an 18-year-old kid to be in,” says Rainey.

He ended up asking the leader to disarm and answer questions about American life although he knew it was no guarantee of their legitimacy. Ultimately, he allowed the sol-diers to retreat and go on their way without firing on them. The next day, his commander was contacted by their com-mander who criticized Rainey for not obeying orders to fire on anybody who didn’t know the password.

Rainey has never attended a reunion of his regiment or kept in touch with his marine buddies. For years he had night-sweats; he just wanted to put it (war) behind him. “I didn’t regret joining the marines, but I was disillusioned with the fact that we could have won that war if politicians had not tied our hands. They put limitations on us instead of doing as the commanders on the ground wanted to do,” states Rainey. “I’ll always be proud of being a marine and the training I received. Only those who have known the cama-raderie built in battle can relate to the positive feelings of confidence in my fellow marines that I brought home to the States with me.”

Luther Marze, Jr, served four years in the U.S. Navy, and during Vietnam he was in the Brown Water Navy, (River Division 521) in I-CORPS out of the city of Hue along with the 101st Airborne which was based on the beach there. His division was anchored on barges out in the water, and he says River Patrol Boat (PBR) crews were like game wardens of the rivers and went out two boats at a time on night patrols to set up ambushes for enemy soldiers. One of his jobs was insert-ing and picking up small teams of Special Forces on classi-fied missions. When the PBR crews were doing insertions of this type, the team getting dropped off would be on one boat while the other boat would provide cover fire as needed. PBR’s also went out during the day in areas such as the Vinh


Te Canal to check for VC (Viet Cong). PBR crews searched sampans and water taxis for smuggled weapons, ammuni-tions and enemy soldiers – an often dangerous job!

Marze’s river division had ten boats that they rotated from day patrol to night patrol. The American crews lived and fought together; they depended on each other. But the last six weeks Marze was “in country,” his unit trained Vietnamese to take over U.S. PBR’s. Each PBR carried one American with a crew of four Vietnamese. “Whereas before when we went out we had each other’s backs during fire fights on the river, the Vietnamese would hit the decks when we got shot at,” Marze explains. “It takes more than one man to drive the PBR and return fire so they were no help at all hiding on the bottom of the boats. This increased the danger we faced.”

Then, like others who flew back to the states from Vietnam, he says, “We were so proud of serving our country and glad to be home. But when we flew into California a crowd of war protestors at the airport called us baby killers

and other names – certainly not heroes. That was a real kick in the face and made a lot of guys hide the fact they served though we didn’t get that attitude from older people because most of our fathers and uncles had also served and knew what it was like.”

It was decades before Vietnam vets got any public appre-ciation, and as one of them told me, “It’s not that we asked for it (appreciation), but it sure does feel good. It kind of wipes the dirty feelings away and helps us walk with pride beside the warriors who came before and after us.” Two of the men interviewed for this article told me they had never talked to anybody other than their wives about their experi-ences in Vietnam, and I’m just sorry that space limits their stories because these men are actual living, breathing his-tory lessons. It is cliché but I’m prompted to ask, “Have you thanked a vet today?”

Elaine Marze is a freelance writer who also works in public relations and advertising. She can be reached at [email protected].

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The 46th Annual Jackson Assembly Antiques Show and Sale will be held March 25th, 26th, and 27th in historic Jackson, Louisiana. Doors will be open from 10 to 4 Friday, Saturday and Sunday and a tour of Spring Hill Plantation is scheduled each day from noon to 4 p.m.

For forty- six years, the Jackson Assembly has wel-comed visitors to its annual Antiques Show and Sale in the picturesque little town of Jackson, Louisiana. Pres-ervationists and history buffs will enjoy self-guided tours of the Historic District, visiting the interiors of three historic churches and the original 1816 Court-house of the Felicianas. The exteriors of many Greek Revival structures can be viewed from the sidewalk. At Centenary State Historic Site, two blocks from the Antiques Festival, visitors can tour the two story columned 1837 West Wing dormitory and a restored professor’s residence which holds historic exhibits and period furnishings.

Guests can also browse through fine antiques and incredibly varied collectibles assembled by select dealers from seven states, all fittingly displayed in two historic buildings salvaged with proceeds from past shows. After enjoying the fascinating exhibits filling the vintage buildings, visitors can feast on homemade

soups and steaming seafood gumbo, sandwiches and delectable desserts prepared by Feliciana’s finest cooks served in the 1835 McKowen Store’s basement.

An art exhibit and sale by regional artists will also be held all three days in the lobby and ballroom of Old Centenary Inn, next door to the antiques show.

As a special treat, visitors will be able to tour a hid-den gem rarely open to the public. Spring Hill Planta-tion, built circa 1830, has been occupied for 145 years by direct descendants of Dr. Ancil Carruth, one of the early owners. The home is filled to overflowing with remarkable family antiques.

Tours each day from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Admission is $10 and includes the Antiques Show, Art Show, Tour of Spring Hill and Centenary Historic Site, good for all three days. For more information contact: The Jackson Assembly, P.O. Box 494, Jack-son, LA 70748, (225) 634-7155, or email [email protected].

The Jackson Assembly is a non-profit volunteer orga-nization founded in 1962 whose proceeds fund historic preservation. See www.felicianatourism.org.

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A little house with three bedrooms,one bathroom and one car on the street.A mower that you had to pushto make the grass look neat.

In the kitchen on the wallwe only had one phone,And no need for recording things,someone was always home.

We only had a living roomwhere we would congregate,unless it was at mealtimein the kitchen where we ate.

We had no need for family roomsor extra rooms to dine.When meeting as a familythose two rooms would work out fine.

We only had one TV setand channels maybe two,But always there was one of themwith something worth the view.

For snacks we had potato chipsthat tasted like a chip.And if you wanted flavorthere was Lipton's onion dip.

Store-bought snacks were rare becausemy mother liked to cookand nothing can compare to snacksin Betty Crocker's book.

Weekends were for family tripsor staying home to play.We all did things together --even go to church to pray.

When we did our weekend tripsdepending on the weather,no one stayed at home becausewe liked to be together.

Sometimes we would separateto do things on our own,but we knew where the others werewithout our own cell phone.

Then there were the movieswith your favorite movie star,and nothing can compareto watching movies in your car.

Then there were the picnicsat the peak of summer season,pack a lunch and find some treesand never need a reason.

Get a baseball game togetherwith all the friends you know,have real action playing ball --and no game video.

Remember when the doctorused to be the family friend,and didn't need insuranceor a lawyer to defend?

The way that he took care of youor what he had to do,because he took an oath and strivedto do the best for you.

Remember going to the storeand shopping casually,and when you went to pay for ityou used your own money?

Nothing that you had to swipeor punch in some amount,and remember when the cashier personhad to really count?

The milkman used to gofrom door to door,And it was just a few cents morethan going to the store.

There was a time when mailed letterscame right to your door,without a lot of junk mail adssent out by every store.

The mailman knew each house by nameand knew where it was sent;there were not loads of mail addressedto "present occupant."

There was a time when just one glancewas all that it would take,and you would know the kind of car,the model and the make.

They didn't look like turtlestrying to squeeze out every mile;they were streamlined, white walls, finsand really had some style.

One time the music that you playedwhenever you would jive,was from a vinyl, big-holed recordcalled a forty-five.

The record player had a postto keep them all in lineand then the records would drop downand play one at a time.

Oh sure, we had our problems then,just like we do todayand always we were striving,trying for a better way.

Oh, the simple life we livedstill seems like so much fun,how can you explain a game,just kick the can and run?

And why would boys put baseball cardsbetween bicycle spokesand for a nickel, red machineshad little bottled Cokes?

This life seemed so much easierand slower in some ways.I love the new technologybut I sure do miss those days.

So time moves on and so do weand nothing stays the same,but I sure love to reminisceand walk down memory lane.

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for someone seriously ill andneed help? You’re not alone!

Medicare • Medicare advantage Plans • Medicaid • Private insurance • veterans Benefit

Nursing Services, Personal Care, Family Support, Spiritual Care,

Volunteer Services, Medical Equipment, Medications and Medical Supplies

Dr. Robert HernandezDr. Sally Ball

Dr. Michelle SelfDr. Wayne Barksdale

Support Groups:• Grief • Lewy Body Dementia

• Alzheimer’s/Dementia Caregivers

We HonoR veteRanS!

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