Area senior citizens are invited to the upcoming “Lunch and Learn” workshop, which will be held from 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Allen P. August Annex Building, 2000 Moeling St., Lake Charles.

Jody Barrilleaux of Living Information for Today, or LIFT, is the featured guest speaker. She will discuss the LIFT Program and how it is helping area widows and widowers - and others who have lost loved ones - join together and cope with their grief and depression.

The event is hosted by Calcasieu Parish TRIAD and the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury’s Human Services Department. Lunch will be provided.

The event is free but pre-registration is required. To register or for more information, contact Michelle Guidry at 337-721-4030

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Register by calling 337-475-5529, email lsbdc.msu@lsbdc.org, or at www.lsbdc.org/msu

February Teen Connection Seminars will be held from 5 – 6 p.m. Thursday, February 7, and Thursday, February 21. 

On Thursday, February 7, Julian Green, Program Director at BBBS SWLA, will teach teens that they are never too young to start an organization that addresses problems or fills a void in their community. He’ll also discuss steps to take to get a nonprofit organization started. This session will be held at the Cpl Donald Ray Stevens Center, formerly Goosport Recreation, located at 1619 Cessford St. 

On Thursday, February 21, Teen Connection will take a closer look at how teens can start their own business. For this session, the City of Lake Charles is teaming up with Ward 3 Recreation and the event will be held at the Huber Park Community Center located at 2401 4^th Ave. 

In October 2017, the City of Lake Charles began hosting Teen Connection for teenagers, 13 to 18 years old, in Calcasieu Parish. All sessions are offered free of charge. 

Teen Connection is designed to help teenagers learn job skills, college prep, social media, interview skills, and ACT prep among others. The classes are instructed by educators, government officials, and business leaders in the community.

On Thursday, February 21, Teen Connection will take a closer look at how teens can start their own business. For this session, the City of Lake Charles is teaming up with Ward 3 Recreation and the event will be held at the Huber Park Community Center located at 2401 4^th Ave.

Teen Connection is designed to help teenagers learn job skills, college prep, social media, interview skills, and ACT prep among others. The classes are instructed by educators, government officials, and business leaders in the community.

Once upon a time, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx, and Francis) who discovered that they shared a love for music and then got together to become their idols - The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo's, and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge's family's plumbing supply company, they became 'FOREVER PLAID'. On the way to their first big gig, the 'Plaids' are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins...

Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with over zealous precision, the 'Plaids' are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
Written by Stuart Ross.

Cast: Cole Becton as Spanky; Jaylin Williams as Smudge; Clay Corley as Jinx; and Quaid Nichols as Francis.
Directed by: Dan Sadler       Musical Director: Michael Parker

February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 at 7:30 pm
February 10, 17, 24 at 2:00 pm

Adults $20      Seniors (65+) $15      Students $10
Tickets online at www.thelclt.com or call 337-433-7988 for reservations

Sometimes it’s the illnesses that you can’t see that can be the most harmful. Abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA) is the enlargement of the abdominal aorta. It is rarely symptomatic unless it ruptures—then it can be fatal. The causes of the condition are unclear, but smoking, high blood pressure and family history can all be risk factors. Fortunately, with routine screening, early diagnosis, and appropriate intervention, AAA can be treated and managed.

To learn more about abdominal aortic aneurisms and their signs, risk factors and treatments, join J. King White, MD, FACC, for his lecture. Abdominal Aortic Aneurisms: the Silent Killer

is a free seminar being held at 12 noon on Friday, February 22, in the Shearman Conference Center at Memorial Hospital on Oak Park Boulevard. Light lunch will be provided, and reservations are required at least 24 hours in advance.

Dr. White is a native of Lake Charles.  He received his medical degree from Louisiana State University Medical School in Shreveport.  He went on to complete his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in cardiology at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is board certified in cardiology through the American Board of Internal Medicine/Cardiovascular Disease, and is also a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. White has treated patients in the Lake Area since 1988.  He is experienced in many facets of cardiovascular disease treatment including coronary and peripheral vascular disease and aneurysm repair. As a notable figure in the world of cardiology, Dr. White has served as lead investigator in many medical studies throughout his career.  He also performed the first coronary artery stent in Southwest Louisiana, and pioneered the carotid artery stent procedure that is widely used today

Once upon a time, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx, and Francis) who discovered that they shared a love for music and then got together to become their idols - The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo's, and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge's family's plumbing supply company, they became 'FOREVER PLAID'. On the way to their first big gig, the 'Plaids' are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins...

Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with over zealous precision, the 'Plaids' are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
Written by Stuart Ross.

Cast: Cole Becton as Spanky; Jaylin Williams as Smudge; Clay Corley as Jinx; and Quaid Nichols as Francis.
Directed by: Dan Sadler       Musical Director: Michael Parker

February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 at 7:30 pm
February 10, 17, 24 at 2:00 pm

Adults $20      Seniors (65+) $15      Students $10
Tickets online at www.thelclt.com or call 337-433-7988 for reservations

Once upon a time, there were four guys (Sparky, Smudge, Jinx, and Francis) who discovered that they shared a love for music and then got together to become their idols - The Four Freshman, The Hi-Lo's, and The Crew Cuts. Rehearsing in the basement of Smudge's family's plumbing supply company, they became 'FOREVER PLAID'. On the way to their first big gig, the 'Plaids' are broadsided by a school bus and killed instantly. It is at the moment when their careers and lives end that the story of Forever Plaid begins...

Singing in close harmony, squabbling boyishly over the smallest intonations and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with over zealous precision, the 'Plaids' are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that keeps audiences rolling in the aisles when they're not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
Written by Stuart Ross.

Cast: Cole Becton as Spanky; Jaylin Williams as Smudge; Clay Corley as Jinx; and Quaid Nichols as Francis.
Directed by: Dan Sadler       Musical Director: Michael Parker

February 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, 23 at 7:30 pm
February 10, 17, 24 at 2:00 pm

Adults $20      Seniors (65+) $15      Students $10
Tickets online at www.thelclt.com or call 337-433-7988 for reservations