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LAGNIAPPE MAGAZINE • NOVEMBER 21, 2013 • VOLUME 31 NUMBER 22
32 32 MAXIMUM SECURITY GOLF The only U.S. golf course located on prison grounds is in Angola, in the midst of the country’s largest maximum security facility. If you make the cut, you can play … for 10 bucks. 39 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE In a new column, Lagniappe looks at everyday people who’ve done something amazing in the course of their lives. 40 BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY ROUNDUP The Mexican Legislature may soon allow the U.S. to invest in Mexican oil. What could it mean for SWLA? Also, what’s it like for people in the Lake Area who work on the holidays?
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65 SPOTLIGHT ON SULPHUR A special section looks at this growing city’s historical beginnings, its crucial early figures and the surprising number of big attractions it offers today. 82 GIFT GUIDE Lagniappe begins its annual guide to Christmas gifts by looking at this season’s hot toys and gifts that are ideal for the lover of the outdoors.
Lagniappe Magazine Serving SWLA Since 1983 Publishers Bob Hartnett Greg Pavlovich Editor Brad Goins Associate Editor Karla Wall Assistant Laura Landry Layout & Design Mike Manis Advertising Sales Tanya Alsobrook Patty Hebert Chester Rogers Classified Manager Rose Sauls Distribution Manager Edward Frazer Contributing Writers Jeremy Alford Dr. Dale Archer Duane Bergeron Angie Kay Dilmore Todd Elliott Pierre Fontenot Rocke Fournet Arthur Hebert John Maginnis Rick Sarro Chuck Shepherd Calvin Tyler Vic Wukovits
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Office Phone (337) 433-8502 Office Fax (337) 433-8964 Mailing Address PO Box 3292 Lake Charles, LA 70602 Shipping Address 2906 Deaton Street Lake Charles, LA 70601 Editorial e-mail edit@thelanyap.com Advertising e-mail ads@thelanyap.com Classified e-mail class@thelanyap.com Lagniappe Magazine is published the first and third Thursday of each month. Manuscripts, photographs, comments and queries are invited. Return postage must accompany all materials submitted if return is requested. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Opinions presented by the columnists in this publication do not necessarily express the views of Lagniappe Magazine.
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Lake Area People Up Front Pierre Sez Economics, Etc. Taking Charge
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LA Politics Weird News File 13 Bands What's Happening
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Reel Talk Mounted Memories High School Cross Country Sarro On Sports Uncle P's
COVER: Pappy Sylvester tends the flag as Derek Smith drains a tough uphill putt. Fran Stout lines up her putt as Bill Turner looks on. Photo by Jesse Hitefield. 4 LAGNIAPPE November 21, 2013 www.BestOfSWLA.com