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Andrew and Olivia Cezar: Carrying on the Soileau Mardi Gras Chicken Run (opens the original)
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OBERLIN, La. (KPLC) - A Southwest Louisiana couple left Louisiana for 40 years before their hearts said it was time to return home to carry on a family tradition. They say that once you leave Southwest Louisiana, you’ll always find a reason to return. No matter how many years go by. For Andrew and Olivia Cezar, they took the long route of forty years, with stops in Michigan and Chicago before they decided to return home to carry on the tradition of opening the family property to the annual Soile
Linda Prendergast: 58 years of nursing and counting (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - This week’s Hometown Hero is a nurse who says that even after fifty-eight years, retirement is just not something that she can prescribe for herself. For Linda Prendergast, her recognition comes in the healing of her patients that she has seen for the past fifty-eight years. But before finding her passion, she, like all other teenagers, was working the normal nine-to-five. “I was flipping burgers in high school, and the teacher had the class write a paper on what they
Dr. and Mrs. Smith: Service aboard the USS George Washington (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - This week’s Hometown Hero is a retired duo who both served on the USS George Washington. Their service has served as an inspiration not only to Southwest Louisiana, but they have also now ushered in the next two generations from their own home. “We were in the same division at this time,” remembers Mrs. Yvonne Smith. Doctor and Mrs. Smith both served in the Navy and retired after 25 years of service. They both served aboard the USS George Washington. The same ship that
Brenda Helmers: Planting seeds in kindergarten to last a lifetime (opens the original)
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SULPHUR, La. (KPLC) - This week’s hometown hero is a retired teacher from Sulphur who will still check on her former students dating all the way back to the 1980s. “This was made for me when I retired,” Brenda Helmers recalls, looking at a scrapbook made by her students. It’s just a small reflection of the impact that she’s had on her community. For 25 years. She ushered in the next generation of scholars with a mindset of releasing their imagination and challenging them to ask for more. It’s a
Vincent and Orielia Rene: Two lives celebrated as one (opens the original)
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - This week’s Hometown Hero is a duo that not only includes a wife who is celebrating her 100th birthday, but also a WWII veteran who will be awarded a posthumous congressional gold medal. These two are a package deal, and that’s how it was for Vincent and Orielia Rene of Lake Charles for nearly 60 years. But before any marital milestones, Vincent was a member of the Monfort Point Marines who played a pivotal role in supplying ammunition and support during WWII. And in 2
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