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While most of my time is spent in the here and now, it does me good to occasionally take a walk down the back roads of my memory, thumbing through the now-yellowed pages of articles I wrote a few decades ago.

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The 13th annual Trista Tyler Scholarship Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 16 at Red River Midway Marina in St. Maurice, La. The cost per two-man team is $200, which includes $10 per boat big bass pot. The first place prize is $4,000 guaranteed. Pay back on entries is 60 percent – 100 percent pay back on big bass. The number of places paid will be based on the total number of entries. Boats will leave in the order which they are registered beginning at safe daylight. Entries are being accepted now at James Tyler, 264 Mars Hill Church Road, Atlanta, La. 71404. Entries will be accepted at the landing at 5 a.m. the day of the tournament. Weigh-in is at 3 p.m.

The 13th annual Trista Tyler Scholarship Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 16 at Red River Midway Marina in St. Maurice, La. The cost per two-man team is $200, which includes $10 per boat big bass pot. The first place prize is $4,000 guaranteed. Pay back on entries is 60 percent – 100 percent pay back on big bass. The number of places paid will be based on the total number of entries. Boats will leave in the order which they are registered beginning at safe daylight.

The WSHS girls basketball team lost Friday’s playoff game against Donaldsonville 63-62. The narrow defeat brought the end of the team’s 16-game winning streak. “We played well and we played hard,” said head coach Kelli Edwards.

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I think I first noticed it around my backyard bird feeder; I’m talking about the “pecking’ order. By definition, it’s the “colloquial term for a hierarchical system of social organization.” Have you ever taken the time to really observe the competition and downright bullying that goes on in the avian world, especially around your feeders?

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It’s that time of year again, Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball. Registration will continue through March 5. Ages are 3 and up, the cost is $55 for the first child and $45 for each additional child per family. You may pick up applications at the Grove Street Recreation Center.

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First Annual Lady C. Gorham Team fishing tournament, to benefit the Gorham Family, will be held February 27, from at Caney Lake from 6:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., weigh in will be at Brown’s Landing. Cost per team is $100.

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As I sit at my computer with fingers poised over the keyboard on Monday afternoon, I’m waiting anxiously for something to get done. The Iowa caucuses are tonight and I can’t wait for all that to be over and finished.  I’m so tired of hearing presidential candidates on both sides of the aisle lambast each other knowing full well that when one is eventually selected, the others will be singing the winner’s praises like he was a long lost brother.

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The 13th annual Trista Tyler Scholarship Bass Tournament will be held Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Red River Midway Marina at St. Maurice, La. Cost per 2 man team is $200.00 (includes $10.00 per boat big bass pot). $4,000 is guaranteed for 1st place. 60% pay back on entries–100% pay back on big bass. Number of places paid will be based on total of entries. Boats will leave in the order in which they are registered beginning at safe daylight.

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Saturday January 23 brought news of a big blizzard hammering the northeast. Forecasts even called for a bit of snow, cold and windy conditions for north Louisiana meaning most rational thinking folks in our area were likely to put another log on the fire and hunker down under less hostile conditions. However, one Ruston duo, LA Tech students Gunner Durrett and his roommate Lane Cox decided to heck with a warm fire; they went fishing instead.

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