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Articles from the April 30, 2014 edition


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  • From the Creaux's Nest

    Updated Apr 30, 2014

    11 YEARS OF GIVING For 56 years a community newspaper has been furnished to the citizens of this area at no charge. In most instances it is delivered, wrapped in plastic, to each door. The Record grew up with the community, half of the population was not born yet or were just babies. For the most part the task of our publications has always been to give small, independent businesses an outlet to advertise their goods at a reasonably low price, yet give them the largest customer reach of any publication in their trade area. Th...

  • Bold and Beautiful with a Cantu spirit

    Updated Apr 30, 2014

    The West Orange Chief’s Reunion Saturday had a special guest from the Class of ‘68. Dolores Cantu flew in from Hollywood to attend the festivities. Cantu is one of West Orange’s most famous graduates. She has worked in the acting industry in commercials, film and TV for 45 years. Cantu was taken by surprise when West Orange Mayor Roy McDonald proclaimed April 26, 2014 “Dolores Cantu Day.” She was as giddy as a school girl as he read the account of her life and accomplis...

  • Early Years Down Life’s Highway

    Updated Apr 30, 2014

    "Those old cotton field's back home." The roots of my raising in low cotton and the knowledge of mankind has fast-forwarded to unbelievable heights in the span of one lifetime. When I was a lad in the Cajun country in the late ‘30s and ‘40s, South Louisiana was no paradise. The heat and dust, along with the humidity, were almost unbearable. Dust so heavy it filled your nostrils, your body became covered with the mixture of dust and sweat. You could have raised cabbage in your...