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Podcast: Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home
Episode: Episode 97 John Atkins - "Shreveport-Bossier: My City, My Community, My Home"
Description: Businessman, Public Servant, and Caddo Parish Commissioner John Atkins sits down with Jeffrey Goodman, Director of Marketing and Development for the YMCA of Northwest Louisiana, to answer the following questions:
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0:30 1. John, you’ve long been one of the people I really look up to in town.
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Let’s start here today.
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What role did the Atkins Family play in bringing Centenary to Shreveport in 1908?
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8:35 2. Tell me about the loss of your grandfather in the plane crash of 1954.
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20:43 3. How does a former...