Two area residents named to Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board
Two area residents have been named to the board. Larry Avery, of Sulphur, is the co-owner of Gulf Island Shrimp Seafood. Avery will be appointed to serve as a seafood processor, as required by statute....
View ArticleGreg Zyla: Eastern one-mile dragstrip is ECTA home
Q: Hi, Greg. I know you race a drag car, so is it true that there is a one-mile dragstrip in the east somewhere that officially sanctions races? Id love to see it in person. David D., email from...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: H-Drive is a mixed blessing in Infinitis M35
After decades of scoffing at it, I have become not just a fan but a connoisseur of cruise control. This stems from an encounter last July between two Maine state troopers, one in a Ford Interceptor and...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Ford SHOws how its done
Everything old is new again. Fortunately, with a few exceptions, new invariably beats old, at least in automobiles. Fords revival of the SHO variant of its Taurus sedan is a case in point. When...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: Reader disagrees with recommendation
Q: Greg, I just read your column about the 1968 Mercury six cylinder and if it was worth restoring. However, I totally disagree with your recommendation, and heres why.You are right the car will never...
View ArticleGreg Zyla: Flathead V-8 cylinder heads and Danica Patrick
Flathead V-8Q: Greg, what changes have to be made to put overhead valves on a flathead engine? Thanks, Dennis Mike Scott, Manson, N.C.A: Dennis, the Flathead Fords have really caught on again with...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Azera, the gentlemans express
To gaze upon Hyundais shapely Azera is to realize how few cars today are truly pretty. In a market that values fuel economy, luxury, green-ness, low lease payments or whatever, pretty evidently...
View ArticleSulphur businessman appointed to state board
Avery will serve as a Seafood Processors Representative on the board, which is comprised of 14 appointment members from the commercial seafood, crawfish, and alligator industry in Louisiana.
View ArticleNatural playground built at Jake Drost School
Volunteers worked to build a natural playground — called The Learning Park — with the school's two classes of special needs children, along with Jake Drost's 30 Head Start three- and four-year old...
View ArticlePinnacle acquisition approved by Ameristar stockholders
According to an Ameristar news release, approximately 99.8 percent of the shares voting at Thursday's meeting were in favor of the agreement and plan of merger.
View ArticleCITGO Lake Charles donates 619 eye glasses to Lions Club
The Lions Club International recycles donated glasses, making them available for millions of people in need across the world.
View ArticleGreg Zyla: 1958 Lincoln was massive
Q: Greg, Id like to know about what happened to the Lincolns from back in the 1950s. Up until 1958, I thought the styling was quite nice for a luxury car. Then in 1958, Lincoln came out with a massive...
View ArticleSilvio Calabi: Enclave is the good news, bad news Buick
Just when we thought it was safe to go back to Detroit, after the hard lessons carmakers learned in the Great Contraction, along comes the Buick Enclave. I dont mean to suggest that its a new car ...
View ArticleRetro style: Longtime Sulphur business gets back-in-time facelift
One of Sulphur's oldest and most beloved businesses recently got a facelift.Bob's Exxon on East Napoleon St. has gone retro with a remodel that has modernized the old gas station while retaining some...
View ArticleDave Ramsey: Pay off home equity loan?
Dear Dave,Im retired, and I have $400,000 in an IRA thats earning 10 to 12 percent. The only debt I have is $20,000 on a home equity line of credit, and my home is worth $500,000. Should I pay off...
View ArticleFinancial Digest: What life expectancy means to retirement planning
Pension planners and insurance actuaries alike rely on life expectancy data to set rates and forecast payouts. Obviously, there is a need for a baseline. But, most people do not realize that life...
View ArticleCitgo facility achieves three million hours with no OSHA events
This is the second major safety milestone the employees of the CITGO Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex (LCMC) have achieved in 2013. On Jan. 29, the CITGO LCMC also marked one full year without an...
View ArticleSulphur business honored with LED Lantern Award
A long-time Sulphur business was honored at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge Tuesday night. Century Group was awarded the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Lantern Award for Region 5, an area...
View ArticleSulphur business honored with LED Lantern Award
A long-time Sulphur business was honored at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge Tuesday night. Century Group was awarded the Louisiana Economic Development (LED) Lantern Award for Region 5 ...
View ArticleSasol Executive provides testimony to U.S. House
In his testimony, de Ruyter highlighted the opportunities created by the U.S. shale gas revolution for Sasol's further growth and investment in the U.S. market and the role of Sasol's transformational...
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