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WHERE WILD THINGS ARE
Going ‘One on One’ with rock legend John Oates Superstar to headline Ozone Music Festival
PHOTOS BY GRANT THERKILDSEN
Jaxson David touches a rare Louisiana pine snake at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wild Things festival on Oct. 12 at the Bayou Lacombe Center.
Bayou Lacombe fest highlights outdoors fun
Anna and Grace Morrow build a bird feeder at Wild Things.
Wild Things, held each October at Bayou Lacombe Center, is one of the biggest public outreach efforts staged by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service annually. Several thousand people flock to Southeast Louisiana National Wildlife Refuges headquarters in Lacombe each year to enjoy dozens of family-friendly activities Casen Seippel checks out the freshly painted bluebird art. that spill across the 110-acre property.The festival often offers the first bit of cooler autumn weather, too, and Oct. 12 was no exception. Organized by the Friends of Louisiana Wildlife Refuges, Inc. group, the fundraising arm for local service efforts,Wild Things is a recreational and educational experience for everyone. Dozens of exhibitors educate about wildlife conservation, and there are live animals, boat and canoe tours, a youth wildlife art exhibition, live music, tasty food and much more to satisfy all sorts.
If you’re looking for Generation X, your search stops with me. Big hair, Swatch watches, John Hughes movies, the mall, New Coke — all that was an integral part of my formative years. Well, all except New Coke. That was a friggin’ mistake and no one my age is quite over it. Sociologists somewhere call us the MTV Generation and that’s as accurate a deAndrew about scription as I’ve found. Canulette As memory serves, cable ANDREW’S television came to St. ANGLE Tammany Parish sometime in 1981 and that hapä Read pens to be the same year Music Television (MTV) the interview. went on the air — Aug. 1, 1981, to be exact. PAGE 2 MTV changed the way we kids (now 50-somethings) saw the world. Artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, Duran Duran, George Michael and Culture Club influenced our dress, our tastes and our attitudes. Part of the MTV smorgasbord was a healthy helping of Oates. Yeah, maybe the Quaker variety for breakfast, too, but more specifically, I’m talking John Oates. He and his longtime musical
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Early voting begins Friday Races for president, U.S. representative, more BY ANDREW CANULETTE Staff writer
THE GREAT PUMPKIN SEARCH Families shopped for pumpkins at the First United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch in Slidell on Oct. 5. Sales from the patch support the church’s mission work and will continue daily
Pumpkin Spice makes the rounds at the pumpkin patch. The pumpkin patch opening was
through the end of the month.
part of the 11th annual Olde Towne Pumpkin Festival, which
STAFF PHOTOS BY SCOTT THRELKELD
Bowden Wood, 2, mulls his choice for the perfect pumpkin at the First United Methodist Church Pumpkin Patch in Slidell on Oct. 5.
featured games, activities, pony rides, a petting zoo, pumpkin chunkin’, inflatables and more. It was also a one-day fundraiser for Rainbow Childcare.
Early voting for the Nov. 5 presidential election will begin Oct. 18 and continue through Oct. 29, with polls closed ä See on Sundays (Oct. 20 and Oct. 27). Votes can be cast from sample 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the ballot. early-voting period. In addition to the race for PAGE 4G president, St. Tammany Parish voters will choose the District 1 representative in the U.S. House. Voters across Louisiana also will decide on an amendment to the State Constitution that would require federal revenue received by the state from outer continental shelf alternative or renewable energy production be used for coastal protection and restoration projects. Voters who reside within Abita Springs’ town limits will choose a member of its Town Council to replace Lynne Congemi, who died in January. Congemi’s term ends in 2026, and three candidates seek to fill the remainder of her term.
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