432. Scott Boatright, Part 2.

432. Part 2 of our interview with Scott Boatright. Longtime local journalist T. Scott Boatright has become the publisher and managing editor of the Lincoln Parish Journal. Boatright, 57, brings deep family ties and more than 35 years experience in our community serving the parish through local media outlets as well as both Louisiana Tech and Grambling State universities.

“I am thrilled about this innovative opportunity to continue serving the people of Lincoln Parish, where my family roots are based and I’ve made my home for more than three decades,” Boatright said. “And to be able to do so through a new and exciting format is gratifying beyond belief. I look forward to providing Lincoln Parish residents with the news and information they need, when they need it, on real-time platforms, free of charge. “The Lincoln Parish Journal is an extremely logical progression for local news and sports content. It’s a smart concept. As publication and production expenses have badly eroded conventional, once-timely print and broadcast coverage that our parish counted upon for decades, this format provides the ‘get it now’ aspect, cost-free to the consumer, convenient by using a cell phone, receiving an e-mail, and accessing social media. It’s the antidote to corporate retreat from news and sports reporting in local communities,” he said, “and we will provide coverage that hasn’t been possible before to bring live events and breaking news to our audience.”

1. This week in Louisiana history. August 28, 1956. Lake Ponchartrain Causeway opened.
2. This week in New Orleans history. Mayor Sidney J. Barthelemy, dressed in an old-time bathing suit, is duking it out with a plastic inflated shark. This photo op preceded His Honor’s actual descent into the actual shark tank at the Aquarium of the Americas! This happened on August 28, 1990, several days before the Aquarium opened its doors to the public. According to the Times-Picayune, Barthelemy had bet that Ron Forman, director of the Audubon Institute (operator of the Aquarium), would not have the facility ready in time for a September 1 deadline. Forman, however, was successful and the Mayor—not he—had to take the plunge.
   
3. This week in Louisiana.
   Louisiana Soul Food Fall Festival
   August 27, 2021 - August 29, 2021
   12:00pm - 10:00pm
   3701 Hudson St
   Shreveport LA 71109
   Get Directions
   The Louisiana Soul Food Fall Festival will be filled with food for your soul. This inaugural festival will be held at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds in Shreveport. This event will showcase local and national recording artists, chefs, soul food and fun for the entire family.
   Please email louisianasoulfoodfallfestival@gmail.com for more information or to be a sponsor, vendor or exhibitor.
   Phone: 318-780-7872
   
4. Postcards from Louisiana. Brass band on Bourbon St.
   

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