Top O' the Mornin'

Paul McCartney would make a great spokesman for Jenny Craig. After all, he lost 50 million pounds.

You’re invited to Exploring Night Vision at Fairview-Riverside State Park on Aug. 22.

Meet the interpretive ranger in the parking lot of the Otis House Museum for a guided night hike through the dark, weather permitting, at 8 p.m.

The program will explore the senses and allow you to become more familiar with the dark.

You’ll learn how our eyes operate; how we perceive colors, shapes and movement; and how it all relates to some animal night vision.

Exploring Night Vision is designed for ages nine through adult, and is free with park admission of $1 per person. Seniors 62 and up, and children under three are admitted free.

The park is located one mile east of Madisonville on Louisiana Highway 22.

It also includes camping and a day-use picnic area on the banks of the Tchefuncte River.

Got questions? Phone 792-4652.

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than past, that education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think, or say, or do.

“It is more important than appearance, or giftedness, or skill. It will make or break a company, a church, a home.

“The remarkable thing is that we have a choice regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.

“We cannot change the past. We cannot change the fact that people will act a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing that we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

“I am convinced that life is 10 percent what happens to me and 90 percent how I react to it. And so it is with you...we are in charge of our attitudes.”

— Charles Swindoll,

evangelical pastor

Terry Maddox is publisher of St. Tammany News.