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Saturday, July 05, 2008

General Interest

Rannah Gray

Don’t ever spend more than five minutes in a job you don’t enjoy,” Huey P. Gray once told his little girl.

2008 Business Awards and Hall of Fame

Success in business is worthy of recognition, and local companies make a major contribution to the quality of life in our community.

Road kill cleaner

Eddie Poole answers the telephone. Someone is calling to report a dead dog on the side of Airline Highway.

Pedicurist

When 20-year-old LSU accounting student Diane Hoang tells others what she does for a living, the reaction is usually the same: “You’re gross. Why would you touch other people’s feet?”

Crawfish farmer

Vernon Pfister has managed the LSU AgCenter’s crawfish ponds since they were created in 1983 as part of the University’s Aquaculture Research Station on Ben Hur Road.

Cow artificial inseminator

Tim Hastings has heard all the wisecracks.

Chimney sweep

Chris Clouatre’s relationship with Mary Poppins is, shall we say, conflicted.

Boudin maker

There are some people who consider making boudin to be a dirty job.

Somebody’s gotta do it

For a portion of the community, artificially inseminating cows, scooping up road kill, making boudin or cleaning chimneys is all in a day’s work. These are dirty jobs, but …

Miles considered front-runner at Michigan after Carr announces retirement

Now that Michigan Coach Lloyd Carr has officially stepped down, speculation about Les Miles leaving LSU to take the job has reached a fever pitch.

Survey shows 1 in 12 U.S. workers using illicit drugs

WASHINGTON (AP) - The government's taking a fresh look at American workers and drug use. According to the findings: One in 12 full-time workers acknowledges having used illegal drugs in the past month.