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Researchers study oil-spill effects on marsh birds

Researchers study oil-spill effects on marsh birds

by Rick Bogren

LSU AgCenter researchers are studying a bird species that lives only in coastal marshes to try to determine how it may be affected the by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.

Sabrina Taylor and Philip Stouffer in the LSU AgCenter School of Renewable Resources are collecting and analyzing feathers and tissue from seaside sparrows to see how they are surviving the presence of spilled oil.

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City of Lake Charles to sponsor Summer Food Service Program

City of Lake Charles to sponsor Summer Food Service Program

The following is a news release from the City of Lake Charles:

Beginning May 31 and continuing through July 26, 2013, the City of Lake Charles will sponsor the Summer Food Service Program. The program will be closed for July 4.

Eligibility requirements are as follows: any child 18 years of age or younger or any person over 18 who has been determined mentally or physically handicapped by a state educational agency or local public educational agency of a state and is enrolled in a public or private nonprofit school program. 

Sulphur PD announces arrests from May 10-13

Sulphur PD announces arrests from May 10-13

The following is a news release from the Sulphur Police Department:

The Sulphur Police Department has reported that from May 10-13, officers of the department investigated four traffic accidents reporting no injuries and issued twenty-three traffic citations.

Officers also responded to several other incidents resulting in eight arrests:

Amy Jan Barge, a White Female, 36, of Sulphur, was arrested and booked into the Sulphur City Jail for possession of drug paraphernalia.

McNeese announces winner of 75th Anniversary Logo Design Contest

McNeese announces winner of 75th Anniversary Logo Design Contest

Photo cutline: McNeese President Dr. Philip C. Williams, left, presented visual arts student Karlee Broussard, of Lake Charles, with a $100 gift card to the McNeese bookstore as the winner of the McNeese 75th Anniversary Logo Design Contest.

The following is a news release from McNeese State University:

Karlee Broussard, a Lake Charles visual arts major at McNeese State University, is the winner of the McNeese 75th Anniversary Logo Design Contest.

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McNeese to hold Summer Reading Clinic

McNeese to hold Summer Reading Clinic

The following is a news release from McNeese State University:

The McNeese State University Summer Reading Clinic will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon Mondays through Thursdays on June 3-27 for elementary students entering grades 1-6.

The students will receive one-on-one tutoring and participate in reading-enriched activities with a teacher.

The cost is $175, which includes a $50 deposit with the completed application.

Master Gardeners attend appreciation program

Master Gardeners attend appreciation program

The following is a news release from the LSU AgCenter:

More than 200 Louisiana Master Gardeners braved downpours to be recognized for their volunteer efforts at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station on May 10.

Attendees came from almost all parishes across the southern part of the state, in addition to small groups from several parishes in north Louisiana, said LSU AgCenter Master Gardener coordinator Rene Schmit.