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Cecily Bateman

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Those we lost in 2023

By CECILY BATEMAN CECILY BATEMAN
Thu,01/11/24-5:08PM, 477 Reads
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"When a great man dies, for years the light he leaves behind him, lies on the paths of men."
----Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A regular reader of the obits, I am. And Franklinton lost a legion of lovely ladies and gentlemen in 2023, from a myriad of maladies.
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Rev. Jimmy Oalmann

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Jesus Christ, son of God and son of man

By REV. JIMMY OALMANN REV. JIMMY OALMANN
Wed,01/31/24-6:21PM, 477 Reads
"He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end," Luke 1:32-33.
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Tuesday's Scores

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tue,12/27/22-8:51PM, 475 Reads
GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=
Albany 65, Ouachita Parish 33
Ascension Catholic 77, West St. John 10
Bolton 63, Lake Charles College Prep 21
Breaux Bridge 54, Iota 42
Choudrant 58, Calvin 42
Delcambre 38, Acadiana Renaissance Charter 29
E.D. White 50, Erath 19
East Beauregard 65, Pitkin 59
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A Leopard 2 tank is pictured during a demonstration event held for the media by the German Bundeswehr in Munster near Hannover, Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to announce Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023 that his government will approve supplying German-made battle tanks to Ukraine. The long-awaited decision comes after U.S. officials said Tuesday that a preliminary agreement had been struck for the United States to send M1 Abrams tanks to help Kyiv push back Russian forces entrenched in the east almost a year since the start of the war. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

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Russia plays down West's move on tanks, attacks Ukraine anew

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Thu,01/26/23-3:30AM, 475 Reads
From Washington to Berlin to Kyiv, a Western decision to send battle tanks to Ukraine was hailed enthusiastically. Moscow first shrugged it off — and later launched a new barrage of attacks.
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