The Independent Weekly January 4, 2012
January 4, 2012

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Leadershift

coverJanuary 4, 2012

Leadershift

As a new year dawns on our political landscape, local influence over the Legislature seems precarious at best,
especially compared to Lafayette’s headier days.
By Jeremy Alford   •   Photos by Robin May

It wouldn’t be fair to call Lafayette Parish cursed when it comes to the title of House speaker, but it hasn’t exactly been pumping out gavel-wielders during the long and storied history of the Louisiana Legislature. World class chefs, sure.

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Baby Bump

news3Baby Bump
Pippin McGee’s owners say they are ‘taking care of our business ... not running from anyone.’
By Heather Miller and Leslie Turk

For Pippin McGee children’s furniture store owners Kim and Robert Crouchet, a weeks-long liquidation sale on all floor models that’s been repeatedly blasted through email alerts should have served as a sure sign that the Ambassador storefront was planning to close.

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Pooyie 01.04.12

news-4Wednesday January 4, 2012

C'est Bon

Lafayette Parish Clerk of Court Louis Perret is questionable for Saturday night’s Saints-Lions game with a strained hamstring.

Pas Bon

If possible air pollution and groundwater contamination weren’t enough to red-flag fracking, now come earthquakes rumbling into the picture.

Couillon

When Professor John Oller filed suit against UL recently we got a look at the dark side of university tenure: keeping nutty professors on staff despite the adverse effect th

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Remember Me

The loss of family members to Alzheimer’s inspires a local partnership to open Lafayette’s first facility solely dedicated to dementia sufferers.

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Go Red Update: Will Power

Avoiding the Christmas cookies, eggnog and champagne, this year’s Go Red challengers shed the pounds.

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Resident Aliens

LivingIND2The Acadiana Center for the Arts’ resident theater company finally comes home to play.

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Party Girl 01.04.12

Local performing arts patrons ate, drank and were merry in the festively decked IberiaBank Tower lobby during “Land of the Sweets,” an annual opportunity to mingle with the stars of The Nutcracker, produced by Lafayette Ballet Theatre.

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