Lake life

UPDATE: Tainter gate dedication POSTPONED

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ December 3, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

******** UPDATE 2:23 p.m. Tuesday According to the DOTD, Thursday’s planned Tainter Gate dedication has been POSTPONED! We will let you know when we get updated information. ********* The If you look back through enough old documents on Lake D’Arbonne, you’ll find that the original plans recommended a “tainter gate” structure to somewhat help alleviate … Continue reading →

SUMO Holiday

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ December 2, 2013 ⋅ 3 Comments

The Holidays somehow magically offer time to do things we don’t seem to find time for the rest of the year, like get together with old friends scattered by the winds of the world. Granted, it took a pretty strong wind to scatter a small group of friends that affectionately (maybe that should be disinfectant-ly) … Continue reading →

Something special

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 27, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

Okay, I know I said I was going to take a few days off. But today there’s something special you should take a look at. I didn’t write it. A friend, Scott Long, did. Many of you are no doubt familiar with dandydon.com. It’s the best LSU fan website out there and Wednesday Scott will … Continue reading →

ThanksLiving

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 24, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

I heard this last week: Thanksgiving has become a time when Americans give thanks for all that they have, then head out the next day on the busiest shopping day of the year to get more stuff. Wow. I also heard this a few years ago from a great preacher, Dr. Jeff Schreve, whose church … Continue reading →

“Duck the Halls” brings early Christmas

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 22, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

They may run short of Miss Kay’s meatloaf occasionally at Willie’s Duck Diner. And thousands of people who don’t know which end of a duck call to blow into are getting one for Christmas. Someone even asked how long this Duck Mania will last. Even Santa has critics, but tired of Duck Dynasty and the … Continue reading →

Industry without smokestacks (3 of 3)

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 21, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

The final of 3 segments on “The Haven of the Hills” from Sam Hanna and the Monroe Morning World, 1961. “I can forsee a lake that will offer everything — camp sites for families, fishing, water sports, swimming,” Hanna wrote. “It’ll be the biggest thing that ever happened to Union Parish and a definite boon … Continue reading →

Carved from a Canyon (2 of 3)

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 20, 2013 ⋅ Leave a comment

More from Sam Hanna’s take on the building of Lake D’Arbonne in the Monroe Morning World, 1961: “Eighty percent in Union and 20 percent in Lincoln, Lake D’Arbonne is being carved from a canyon,” Hanna wrote. “If a canyon can exist in north Louisiana, flanked by hills that are surprisingly high. Zig-zagging through rows of … Continue reading →

Hanna nailed it ! (1of 3)

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 19, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

The late Sam Hanna‘s legacy of journalistic success in north Louisiana is well documented. We are fortunate that time put the then 28-year-old writer in the right spot to be covering the beginning days of Lake D’Arbonne from the position of Outdoor Editor of the Monroe Morning World back in the early 1960’s. The first … Continue reading →

That sixth sense….

Posted by darbone1 ⋅ November 18, 2013 ⋅ 1 Comment

You know that sixth sense that we often have? The one that tells you “don’t do it “, but you do it anyway? Well, my sixth through ninth senses all told me not to do this, but here goes. I’m sure a lot of you who know me will have a blast with it. Can … Continue reading →