CALLING IT HOME: Time May Be Short But It Keeps Going

Over the past decade, I have shared many times of personal joy and sorrow within the St. Bernard community. Recently after writing a memorial for a lady who lived a long and good life into her late nineties, I realized there is a time stamp on everyone.

POINT OF VIEW: Sicilian Heritage

As mentioned in an earlier article Jim Delery, Liz Williams of the Southern Food Beverage Museum, and I are putting together a two-day celebration highlighting our Sicilian community’s contributions to St. Bernard and the region.

PEACE & JUSTICE: Louisiana Should Have Had the First Presidential Primary

This is a big election week all over America. Super Tuesday is the name given to the holding of presidential primaries and caucuses in 15 states and one US territory, all who will hold elections on March 5, 2024.

FROM A RECOVERING POLITICIAN: Special Session, Election and Polls

It’s a Wrap! The Louisiana Legislature actually saved us a few bucks by finishing up their Special Session several days early.

YEARS AGO

25 YEARS AGO • Jacqueline Smith, with her aunt, Lillian Gross, enjoyed a trip to New York.

IN THE GARDEN: Tips for Starting Sweet Potato Slips

Our new last frost date fell somewhere around the last weeks of February, so it is time to begin preparing sweet potato slips for planting. Sweet potatoes are allowed to sprout to produce “slips,” which are then cut, rooted, and planted into soil.

Isleños Fiesta 2024

On Saturday, March 2 through Sunday, March 3, the Los Isleños Heritage & Cultural Society held its annual fiesta at the Los Isleños Museum Complex, 1357 Bayou Rd., in lower St. Bernard Parish. The event showcases the ethnic group's culture, heritage and cuisine.

YEARS AGO

25 YEARS AGO • Happy wedding anniversary to Sue and Stephen Doody. • Claudette Staiger Ponstein was crowned Empress XXVI of the Krewe of Gladiators. The coronation party was held at the Jackson Barracks Officers Club in October.

WHO’S WHO, WHAT’S WHAT

NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 14 Reel Bear: Anthology of Portraits of Rene Broussard though the decades Rene Broussard, the founder of Zeitgeist Theatre is the sole subject of this portrait exhibition of multiple international photographers with works spanning four decades.

IN THE GARDEN: Garden Frost Prep Checklist

Gardeners, it’s time to keep an eye on the lows heading into next week. While it’s still early, the models are starting to point towards some overnight lows around the 30-32°F range for Monday and Tuesday. Though we live in a subtropical climate, a freeze usually does a number on some of our plants.