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The Marks Post: Digesting 2020

Well, we made it through another year. This past year had its challenges resulting in people saying it was one of the worst year’s ever. But, it all depends how you look at it. For me, 2020 as a whole was a good year. For one thing, I ate well.

The Marks Post: Getting consumed in what we eat

Well, it’s the end of the year, and I was going to write a column reviewing some of my personal highlights from the past year. However, something happened over the Christmas break that disturbed me. So, my year in review will have to wait until Sunday.

The Marks Post: Thankful for the light

Four hundred years ago, Puritans left religious persecution in England in search of a place to create a colony in the New World. They landed at Plymouth in what is now Massachusetts. Countless others followed, and 13 colonies were ultimately created.

The Marks Post: Mixed emotions

The new look MLB playoffs began last week with its best-of-three Wild Card Series. The Cubs, winners of the NL Central, were matched up against a rather familiar playoff opponent in the Miami Marlins. It was, of course, a rematch of the infamous 2003 NLCS.

Nancy’s Notes: A hard rain

I’m at my desk on a Monday morning, listening to the steady roll of thunder, as a rain falls hard and fast, then ebbs away to a patter, only to come roaring back, drowning out the office sounds around me. I’m reminded of my favorite Bob Dylan song, “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall.”

Is there light at the end of the tunnel for HS football?

The ongoing battle to breath life into a high school football season that may be on its last legs has taken a couple of twists and turns over the past couple of weeks.

The Marks Post: Weathering the storm

My earliest hurricane memories revolve around my dad’s aunt Eva. Every weekend, my dad would go pick her up in Pecanière, and she would spend the weekend at our house here in Ville Platte. Every time a storm would enter the Gulf, she would get so paranoid.

The Marks Post: Footprints

You ever had one of those days where what seems to be a series of random events turns into a time for personal growth? Well, I had one of those this past Sunday. Reeves High School baseball coach Jason Savant and I follow each other on Twitter, and we stay in contact with each other because of it.

The Marks Post: The great American pastime returns

We are still in the midst of everything that is plaguing our society today, but, beginning tonight, all will be right with the world for at least the next 60 days. The reason is tonight is Opening Day of Major League Baseball.

Delay or flip-flop; either way sports need to happen

By: TRACEY JAGNEAUX Sports Editor As a sports writer and a fan, I am very excited that the LHSAA has come out and reaffirmed the commitment to play sports in the fall. There are people out there that believe that fall sports should be shut down for safety purposes, just ask Senator Cleo Fields.