The fourth annual Relay For Life Scholarship Pageant was held Saturday, May 29, at Central Middle School Auditorium. Seventy young ladies competed for the title of Little Miss, Duchess, Countess, Junior Miss, Princess, and Queen of the Mid and South County Relay For Life supporting the American Cancer Society. The Van Buren Buddies Relay For Life Team wants to thank everyone who supported this effort by their donations, attendance and also to the contestants who participated in the pageant.
The winners received crowns, sashes, and trophies. All participants received a trophy. The Queen and her runner-ups also received scholarship given by Brammer, Begnaud, & Lattimore, Certified Public Accountants & Consultants, Golden Triangle Federal Credit Union, Bailey-Buchanan Masonry, and Debbie’s Dance, Etc. We wish to thank these sponsors for their generosity.
The Van Buren Buddies Relay For Life Team is grateful for the generous donations from Sabina Petrochemical LLC, Triangle Therapuetics, Occasions, The Collection, Leo Weeks Photography, Classic Hair Studios, Groves Auto Body, McPillip’s Tire and Auto, Harris Florist, Ken Denby Insurance, Culver Medical Supplies, Alamo Glass, Sports Connection, Shawn Landry Insurance, Groves Plumbing, UBS Financial Services, Sew-N-Sew’s, The Pampered Chef.
We would also like to thank Ashley Rodrique, Danese Fondren, and Carolyn Quibodeaux for volunteering their time to perform the most difficult job of judging and Rachel Dubois for acting as Mistress of Ceremonies.
Jeff Kuchar
Van Buren Relay For Life Team
Pageant Coordinator
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In a long Saturday Nov. 12 feature column, the writer suggested that President Obama "could only take credit or blame for those things that are the result of his ideas." He then listed twelve items for consideration in making that assessment. An only slightly edited version of those twelve items will make them more useful for that purpose and that version follows. (1) President Obama inherited Bush's Great Recession....which had actually been created, not by Bush, but by a failed seventy year experiment in socialism. (2) He stabilized the banking system....using borrowed money. (3) He extended unemployment benefits....using borrowed money. (4) He reduced taxes....using borrowed money. (5) He signed a health-care law....funded by borrowed money. (6) A nuclear arms treaty was signed with the Soviet Union....which had been defeated by Ronald Reagan twenty years ago. (7) Job loss steadily decreased and eventually has resulted in job gains....among government workers and funded by borrowed money. (8) Obama saved the three American auto companies....using borrowed money. (9) He passed a stimulus plan....using borrowed money. (10) Several Al Qaeda leaders were killed....by our remarkable military teams trained during the Bush Administration. (11) The President is trying to solve the nation's short and long-term economic problems....using borrowed money. (12) President Obama has been willing to compromise....in order to raise taxes or borrow more money.
Based on the writer's list, does President Obama deserve credit or blame?
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