 BY VICKI FERSTEL | Staff writer Those stories! What else would you expect from friends and family of the late Smiley Anders, the humor columnist who kept Louisiana laughing for decades. I especially enjoyed the diaper story, which staff writer Robin Miller relates here. By the way, Smiley loved nothing more than a clever limerick. So we've started the Smiley Anders Limerick Contest. Sharpen your pencils and follow this link for the details.
There's money in those swamps! Specifically, in the hardwood forests that scientists say hold a key to controlling climate change. As staff writer David J. Mitchell notes, it's all a matter allowing the trees more time to hold carbon before cutting them down. Read how this practice is to be funded by the sale of carbon credits.
It's a bit like summer school for East Baton Rouge education officials who are trying to avoid the school bus transportation catastrophe that marred last year's school opening. Staff writer Charles Lussier writes how the school system doesn't have enough spare buses or enough auto mechanics, uses obsolete software, and its bus driver pay structure needs, well, restructuring. | 
