Mike Gauthier tells how a bartender taught him banking: "A legendary bartender at Baton Rouge's Pastime Lounge, Joe 'Lip' Lippian, obviously had a heart of gold hidden behind the rough, gruff manner ...

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Gene Duke, of Baton Rouge, tells a flood story about the value of recycling: "Harold Newman and I were asked by the minister at Broadmoor Baptist Church to haul an aluminum boat to the junkyard. "It ...