Rest in peace: Memorial services for iconic cookbook author Holly Clegg will take place in Dallas today and in Baton Rouge on Thursday, Nov. 7, WAFB-TV reports. Clegg ended her battle with stomach cancer on Nov. 1 while surrounded by her loved ones in Dallas. In lieu of flowers, donations are being accepted to support Holly Clegg’s Gastric Cancer Research Fund at MD Anderson. The Baton Rouge memorial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Congregation B’nai Israel, at 3354 Kleinert Ave. Visiting starts at 9 a.m.
Community leader: Dustin LaFont, executive director of Front Yard Bikes, has been selected as one of five national recipients of the 2019 Dorothy Richardson Award for Resident Leadership by NeighborWorks America, Mid City Redevelopment Alliance announced.
By any other name: The volunteer search and rescue group known as the Cajun Navy says it has changed its name to avoid confusion with a similarly named organization whose leader is accused of taking money from a fundraiser meant for children. The director of Pinnacle Search and Rescue, formerly known as Cajun Navy 2016, told KADN-TV it sped up its name change when the president of a separate group called America’s Cajun Navy was charged with fraud two weeks ago. Read the full story.
