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Southeastern Livingston Center sets Walker classes Check out these classes planned for the Southeastern Livingston Center in Walker. Mahjong: Learn how to play Mahjong during this beginners class set for Sept. 17 and Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 and Oct. 8. Class is $40. Grow Your Own Onions and Garlic: Livingston Master Gardeners will present a class on how to grow onions and garlic from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 25. $35. For a complete schedule and registration information, visit https://southeastern.nbsstore. net/life-long-learning-livingston-center.
Play cornhole in Walker Play cornhole every Friday at the Walker Community Center. The weekly tournaments are $10 for the lower division and $20 for the upper division. For information, call (225) 3057183.
Women’s conference speakers Journalist Kiran Chawla and motivational speaker Jen Gomez are the main speakers for the Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce’s Women’s Leadership Conference and Expo. Registration is underway for the event, set for 10:45 a.m. Sept. 18 at Abundant Life Outreach Center in Denham Springs. The event brings together women from across the region for a day of connection, inspiration and growth with a variety of vendors showcasing products and services tailored to women. Speakers cover topics like personal development, wellness and leadership. For information, visit tinyurl. com/3tznu7ha.
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Photography hobbyists look over their latest photos Sept. 6 at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish in Denham Springs for an event hosted by the Professional Photographers of Louisiana.
Photographers pick up tips on lighting, use of flash during class in Denham Springs BY RICHARD MEEK Contributing writer
Amateur photographers were able to experience their passion through a different lens during a recent popup in Denham Springs. Nearly 20 shutterbugs, the majority from the Lafayette area, gathered Sept. 6 at the Arts Council of Livingston Parish for an event hosted by the Professional Photographers of Louisiana. Lake Charles photographer Leroy Tademy educated the budding photogs on lighting, composition
effective use of a flash, perhaps one of the more perplexing and frustrating aspects of photography to grasp. “I don’t know a thing about flash or a thing about artificial lighting,” said Parri Morrow, of Lafayette, one of several members of the Lafayette Photography Society who made the trek from Acadiana. “I just kind of wanted to acclimate myself, get resources and some help to learn some different things. “These cameras are more complicated than what people think.” Tademy said his goal was for the cam-
Central uses last-minute heroics to take down Denham Springs in rivalry game
The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce is planning its 30th annual Golf Outing on Oct. 17 at Carter Plantation in Springfield. Registration is underway for sponsors and teams. Visit https://business.livingstonparishchamber.org/events/ details/30th-annual-golf-outing-8609 for information.
Farmers market Saturday
At the library Check out these programs at the Denham Springs-Walker Branch. Please contact the Denham Springs-Walker Branch at (225) 686-4140 or visit www.mylpl. info for more details on any event at this LPL branch. Thursday, Sept. 18, 2 p.m., Box of Chocolates Book Club (ages 18+). Are you an avid reader or are you just looking for some great new titles to try? Do you like mysteries, historical fiction, or thrillers? Join the library staff at the Box of Chocolates Book Club, because you never know what you’re going to get. We enjoy discussing a wide variety of books
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
Chamber plans golf tourney
Four Seasons Farmers Market opens every Saturday at 116 North Range Ave. in Denham Springs. The event includes fresh produce and crafts items. For information, call (225) 366-7241 or email thefourseasonsfarmersmarket@ gmail.com.
era buffs to “get their hands dirty” and familiarize themselves with the nuances of flash photography. “I wanted to let people get comfortable and find some comfort in their uncomfort,” he said. “What I mainly do, I establish a person’s skill set and see what their holes are. “Once you find the pain points you address those first and then you make them a priority.” Tamedy, who for the past 14 years has
BY JACKSON REYES Staff writer
them into virtual ones for students to study on touch-screen tables and tablets. Anatomage’s educational tools mimic the dissection process, letting students zoom in on screen to view parts of the human body and separate them from the rest to look at their structures. Two high schools, Albany High and Live Oak High, use Anatomage tables for anatomy classes and other medical classes. Walker High School recently began using the company’s tablets for its program. Anna Harrison, Live Oak anatomy teacher and athletic trainer, teaches her students with
Trailing by two points most of the second half, Central managed to force a stop defensively and get the ball back at the Denham Springs 39 with 1:54 left on the clock. With the game on the line, Wildcats junior wide receiver Marcus Watson had a simple message for his coach, David Simoneaux. “Just believe in me,” Watson said. “Told coach I was ready. Then just made a play.” Junior quarterback Max Gassiot dropped back on the second play of the drive and glanced to his right. He found Watson sprinting down the field toward space. Gassiot connected with the receiver for a 33-yard touchdown to put the Wildcats up for good and secure a win in the “Amite River Rivalry.” “We’ve been working on that for a while,” Gassiot said. “We could do that in our sleep.” Central defeated Denham Springs 34-28 on Friday night at Yellow Jacket Stadium. Watson had two catches for 88 yards. Both receptions were for touchdowns. “Just gutsy as hell,” Simoneaux said about Watson. “He was the difference in this game for us.” Simoneaux noted that Watson had a tremendous week of practice and earned the chance to become a big-time player for Central in the game.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY JAVIER GALLEGOS
Baryn Phenix asks his teacher, Anna Harrison, if he’s right about the muscles on his forearm after viewing the muscle system on the virtual cadaver table at Live Oak High School on Friday.
Virtual cadavers? Schools use high-tech medical program for anatomy classes BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD
Staff writer
A group of Live Oak High School seniors took a scalpel and peeled back the skin of a cadaver named Victor to display his muscle system on Friday. The scalpel and Victor, however, were both virtual. It is part of new advanced technology in Live Oak’s anatomy class to teach students about the human body. The virtual dissection now being implemented in Live Oak and other Livingston Parish schools is a 3D medical technology called Anatomage that takes real cadavers and turns