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Diane Deaton retires after 37 years Congratulations, Diane Deaton By Mykal Vincent | December 18, 2020 at 9:29 AM CST - Updated December 18 at 9:29 AM BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - After 37 years of south Louisianans waking up every morning to her smile, her fashion, and her forecasts, Diane Deaton has officially retired. Deaton gave her last weather report on Dec. 18 on 9News This Morning. She held back tears until the last 90 seconds of the show. Watch the tribute below:

Dear Smiley: I read with delight stories on what young children do and say. We have 16 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren, and at family gatherings prior to the COVID-19 situation, some stories were repeated, to the joy of all. One in particular was told to me by another of their granddads. While babysitting grandchild Bella, who was 6 years old at the time, he related to me that the two of them were eating at the table. Bella insisted on having two hot dogs cut on a plate, with a spoon o...