The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, September 2, 2014, Page 1

BY LONNY CAVALIERContributing Writer

Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack said in a Friday media release that deputies are searching for Jamison Dunigan, 39, who pre-viously had an address of 128 Ag-nes St., Pierre Part, after he escaped custody on Thursday. Authorities say that Dunigan was initially arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and outstanding warrants from the state of Alabama.

Dunigan escaped after he was able to remove all restraints while being treated at Teche Regional Hospital, in Morgan City.

He also had previous addresses in Atmore, Alabama, and Shubuta, Mississippi.

Dunigan is 5 foot, 10 inches tall, weighs 155 pounds, with brown hair and green eyes and was last

seen wear-ing a white T-shirt and blue shorts. He was spotted on the Spillway side of the Atcha-falaya Basin levee.

D u n i g a n is wanted by Morgan City Police for sim-ple escape and possession of drug paraphernalia. Dunigan escaped while in the custody of the Morgan City Police Department.

Anyone with information on the suspect’s whereabouts should con-tact the Assumption Parish Sheriff’s Offi ce at (985) 369-2912 or Crime Stoppers at (504) 822-1111.

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BY LINDA COOKE Reporter

Residents of Pierre Part and Belle River were disturbed recently to discover they had low water pres-sure in their homes. In a few places, some people even saw water district employees opening a hydrant and fl ooding the nearby ground with wa-ter. What was going on? No, there wasn’t a huge leak. And no, plant employees weren’t just wasting wa-ter by letting it fl ood onto the ground in a few places! The Assumption Parish Waterworks District, and all other water districts, is required by the state of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to take fre-quent water samples to determine the level of chlorine in the water. Doing so means fl ushing the water lines at various places and taking samples in order to maintain acceptable water quality. This fl ushing takes places Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at varying sites, and in general, takes place at about seven different locations in Pierre Part and Belle River. Water pressure is some-times temporarily lowered while the fl ushing takes place and some water has to be released to obtain a correct sample.

At last week’s water board meet-ing, plant superintendent Ginger

Rushing said that the state will be raising the acceptable chlorine levels from the current .5ppm up to .8ppm. Rushing and plant general manager B.J.Francis asked board members to urge their constituents to be patient with the fl ushing, making sure every-one understands this is required by the state and is for the good of all.

In other business, parish engineer Joseph Savoie reported that a con-tractor involved in a project has not met the punch list requirements as yet. As a result, the board will au-thorize Francis to pay the contrac-tor $10,099 but withhold $1,400 for 10 days pending completion of the punch list items.

The board approved $600 for de-sign completion of brick exterior sealing, $1,500 for 85 percent com-pletion of Raw Water Intake project, $11,865 for 65 percent completion to Filter No. 3 system and $3,277 fi nal payment to Bron Contractors, Inc. Francis was given authority to purchase a mini escavator from H&E for $29,000.

The newest inspector, Fred Bar-trum, was briefl y introduced.

The matter of water bill collectors was tabled until more information can be gathered from said collectors.

To date there are 8,412 automatic meter readers installed.

Howell announces school board re-election bid

I, Lawrence “Larry” How-ell wish to announce my can-didacy for the Ward 5 seat on the Assumption Parish School Board.

I served four years in the U.S. Air Force and received an honorable discharge. I am a 1972 graduate of Nicholls State University, having ma-jored in computer science and minored in mathematics and business. My graduate degree is in mathematics from Clem-son University. I have recent-ly retired from Nicholls after almost 40 years of service. I served in several capacities – Associate Professor of Com-puter Science, Director of Assessment and Institutional Research, Assistant Vice-President for Academic Af-fairs, Interim Vice-President for Academic Affairs, the As-sociate Provost and Executive Vice-President. During the past year I even had the honor to serve my alma mater as its Interim President.

I have been active in edu-cation at all levels during my adult life. I have been involved in the following capacities: serving as Head Start liaison, serving the children and citi-zens of Assumption Parish as a school board member for 30 years, teaching in the Talented and Gifted program, teach-ing at the college level and serving on the State Technol-ogy Advisory Committee for kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Our hectic society places pressures and demands on our children that we never

Larry Howell

Venture expected to produce 400 jobs BY LONNY CAVALIERStaff Writer

The Assumption Parish Police Jury has given the green light to Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, LLC, to open its doors at the old McDermott site in Amelia.

The company constructs offshore jackets and platforms used in the oil-fi eld.

Police Jury President Marty Triche said that he has been in talks with the company and they intend to open some time in October. The company expects to hire 150 people in its fi rst phase and hopes to increase that to 400 within a year or two. Offi cials

expect that the operation will ease some of the pain tax wise that the parish lost when McDermott shut-tered its operations.

In drainage committee matters, ju-rors approved the following projects:

– Catch basin at 215 Cherry St. for $500.

– Catch basin at Highway 662 for $1,000.

– Outfall project on LA 401 for $2,100.

– Catch basin at the corner of LA 403 & King St. for $500.

– Culvert replacement at 100 Mam & Pap St. for $2,400.

– Culvert replacement on River Bend Street for $2,600.

In other matters, jurors gave pre-liminary approval on the survey and re-subdivision of tracts A & B of Ingleside Plantation for Peltier Warehouse, Inc., Stephen G. Peltier

Danos & Curole to revive McDermott yard

Flushing water lines for chlorine sampling lowers water pressure Water district asks for patience

Family, LLC and Lafourche Sugars, LLC. The jury has scheduled a pub-lic meeting at its next regular meet-ing to discuss any public comments.

The jury approved a pair of reso-lutions for elections to be held on Dec. 6, for the Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drainage District and

the Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drainage Districts and to levy parcel fees.

The jury also approved occupa-tional licenses for Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, LLC, Cribs to Crayons Child Care, and Moe’s Lawn and Tractor Service, LLC.

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Assumption Parish detectives ar-rested two teens Aug. 28, and issued two warrants for vehicle burglaries.

Jayd Adams, 17, of 712 Kelli Drive, Patterson, and Mikayla Rock, 18, of 196 Shady Grove, Patterson, were arrested in direct connection with a string of vehicle burglaries that occurred in the morning of Aug. 26, on Andras and Ann streets, in Bayou L’Ourse.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Kaleb Gros, 17, of 154 Sun Street, Bayou Vista, and Callen Slay Richard, 17, of 1900 Saturn Road, also of Bayou Vista. The two male subjects were arrested on Aug. 27, in St. Mary Parish on burglary charges relating to a string of burglaries in Bayou Vista.

Adams and Rock were booked in the Assumption Parish Detention Center for four counts of simple bur-glary.

Their bond was been set at $20,000 each and have not bonded out

as of the time of this release.

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This year, the St. Elizabeth Church Harvest Festival will feature a tour of the church on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 9:30 a.m.

The beautiful gothic build-ing was the third church built by the parishioners of Pain-courtville since the parish was established 174 years ago by the Vincentian Fathers of Plattenville’s Church of the Assumption. It was built to resemble the resident priest’s own church in Ploubalay, France, and was completed in 1902. Then in the 1920’s the interior was painted by Farther Grall, a refugee from Mexico, who was an art teacher at the University of Mexico. He was assisted in the ornate paintings by C. C. Bolderas, a young horseman who had escaped from Mexi-co with Father Grall, and later became his art student.

Also part of the tour, there will be a discussion of the many beautiful features in the church and the spiritual

St. Elizabeth Church tour set for Harvest Festival

background of each work of art; such as the Stations of the Cross, the stained glass windows, the great heresies, the white Italian marble altar, hand carved pews and pulpit, and many more.

So please join us for the tour of beautiful St. Elizabeth Church, followed by mass at 10:45, and a great day of food, fun, entertainment, shopping, and games at the St. Elizabeth Church Harvest Festival.

The St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, in Paincourtville.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A potentially deadly brain-eating amoeba was discovered in a water system that serves

more than 12,500 people, and state officials started flushing the system Thursday.

No illnesses or deaths have

been attributed to the amoeba.The flushing process will

take two months, but the wa-ter is safe to drink for people

Potentially deadly amoeba found in Louisiana water in St. John the Baptist Parish, which is in southeast Loui-siana, the state Department of Health and Hospitals said. Swimming or diving in fresh-water lakes and rivers is the most common way to contract the amoeba, which can cause injury or death if it gets to the brain, usually through nasal passages.

The amoeba is rare. In 2011, a child died after appar-ently contracting the organism in St. Bernard Parish, a New Orleans suburb.

The water system is lo-cated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, which pro-vides drinking water for many communities near it. The sys-tem was sampled as part of a state surveillance program launched earlier this month.

Water purification process-es usually kill the organism before it gets into drinking water, but health officials say it can seep through pipe cracks underground after the purifi-cation process.

Normal purge treatment

involves raising chlorine lev-els in drinking water, which produces a strong odor when water flows out taps in homes and businesses.

St. John the Baptist Parish is an industrial and farming community roughly midway between New Orleans and Ba-ton Rouge.

Officials said the Naegle-ria fowleri amoeba was found in the water system serving for people in the Reserve, Garyville and Mount Airy communities.

The Napolenville Middle School administration, fac-ulty, and staff would like to invite all families to its annu-

al Open House on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 5:30 p.m. Teach-ers will give an overview of their content areas, proce-

dures, and pertinent informa-tion to get this school year off to a great start. We hope to see you at NMS.

Napoleonville Middle to host open house

I, Constable Jamie P. Ponville, would like to announce my candidacy for re election. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the constituents of Assumption Parish Wards 7,8 & 9 for the past 6 years. As your Constable, the set goals of making this an active and duty engaged

position have been realized. And if re-elected, it is my intention to continue the forward progress that has been achieved during my term. Myself and my family, humbly and respectfully, request your support to continue the service to the people of Wards 7, 8 & 9. Please cast your vote on

November 4, 2014 for #72 Constable Jamie P. Ponville.

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Pierre Part School hosting 5K Fun Run/Walk

See registration form on page 9

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Friends and supporters of St. Jude Children Research Hospital will gather for a day of fun, food, balloons, hay rides, biking, raffl es, and but-terfl ies on Saturday, Sept. 6.

The Pink Team is hosting its 14th Annual St. Jude Bike-a-thon and Butterfl y Release. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Riders will leave from Our Lady of the Lake Community Hospital, in Napoleonville, at 9 a.m. Riders can obtain forms needed to list sponsors by calling Glenda at (985) 369-2111. The Butterfl y re-lease is at 11 a.m.

So bring your bikes and join the group as they ride from Our Lady of the Lake Assumption Regional Hos-pital in Napoleonville to the Paincourtville Fire Station and back, or be a part of the St. Jude Hayride Court as the

St. Jude Bike-a-Thon slated for Saturday, Sept. 6

pre-school and kindergarten children compete for king and queen and ride the route.

Box dinners, sweets, and drinks will be available.

Be part of a great day for a greater purpose, to support the children of St. Jude Hos-pital.

dreamed possible. As adults, we must step forward to help them in making the right choices so that they can have the opportunities to become the best persons they can be. I have worked with the young people of our parish in several programs, including Biddy Basketball, Babe Ruth Base-ball, and the Bayou Lafourche Raiders. My positions at Nicholls State have afforded me the opportunity to teach and interact with many stu-dents from not only our par-ish, but also the entire region. I have recently been asked to serve on the board of the Chil-dren’s Museum in Thibodaux.

I am married to the former Catherine “Tina” Bordis, who has taught and served in the public schools for over 35 years. We are the proud par-ents of two children – Cami and Jonathan, both educated in the public schools in Napo-leonville. Our six grandchil-dren, like the other children in our parish, are part of our hope for tomorrow.

Although our schools have made tremendous strides in recent years, we still face many challenges. I sincerely feel that I have much to offer in helping to meet those chal-lenges.

I am actively involved in education and have a deep concern for the public schools or our parish. I made a com-mitment to education when I chose to become an educa-tor. It is with this commit-ment and concern that I seek your support in allowing me to continue to serve as your school board member. Since I am now retired from Nicholls State Uniiversty, I am looking forward to having even more time to devote to our children as your school board member. I pledge to you that I will con-tinue to dedicate my time and energy to the education of our young people.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In a move certain to bolster his national standing with conservatives, Republi-can Gov. Bobby Jindal sued the Obama administration Wednesday, hoping to strike a blow against the controver-sial Common Core educa-tion standards and raising his profi le as he builds a likely presidential campaign.

Jindal's lawsuit accuses the Department of Education of illegally manipulating federal money and regula-tions to force states to adopt Common Core by dangling $4.3 billion in grants and policy waivers that encour-aged them to adopt uniform standards and testing.

"The federal government has hijacked and destroyed the Common Core initia-tive," Jindal said in a state-ment. "Common Core is the latest effort by big govern-ment disciples to strip away state rights and put Washing-ton, D.C., in control of ev-erything."

While even supporters of the lawsuit question its like-lihood for success, the legal challenge represents a new attack on the multistate stan-dards, with Jindal at the fore-front of the dispute between conservatives and President Barack Obama.

And the lawsuit comes as opposition to Common Core grows nationally, particular-ly with Republicans.

The Common Core stan-dards are math and English

benchmarks describing what students should know af-ter completing each grade. They were developed by states to allow comparison of students' performance. More than 40 states, includ-ing Louisiana, have adopted them.

A PDK/Gallup Poll re-leased Aug. 20 found 60 percent of those surveyed don't support the standards. Among Republicans, oppo-sition was 76 percent.

Jindal's lawsuit says the federal education depart-ment's policy "effectively forces states down a path to-ward a national curriculum" in violation of the state sov-ereignty clause in the Con-stitution and federal laws that prohibit national control of education content.

The lawsuit, obtained fi rst by The Associated Press, was fi led in the federal court based in Baton Rouge.

Praise quickly poured in for the legal challenge from conservative groups.

"Gov. Jindal is defending the liberties of citizens and the constitutional structure intended to protect those lib-erties," Emmett McGroarty, education director of the Washington-based American Principles Project, said in a statement.

When the Louisiana edu-cation board embraced the standards in 2010, Jindal supported them, saying they would help students prepare for college and careers. He

Louisiana Gov. Jindal sues feds over Common Core reversed course earlier this year, calling the standards an effort by the Obama admin-istration to meddle in state education policy.

The governor's change of heart is not shared by state lawmakers, the education board or his hand-picked education superintendent. They refuse to jettison Com-mon Core from Louisiana's classrooms. Jindal tried to derail use of the standards by suspending testing contracts, but a state judge lifted that suspension.

Turning to federal court represents a new tactic, and Common Core supporters quickly accused the gov-ernor of playing politics in court.

"This certainly looks like a frivolous lawsuit that's geared more toward pub-

licity than substance," said Barry Erwin, president of the Council for A Better Loui-siana, a nonpartisan orga-nization that has previously worked with Jindal on his education policy initiatives.

U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has criticized the governor's opposition to Common Core as politically driven. Duncan's spokes-woman Dorie Nolt didn't di-rectly comment on the law-suit Wednesday.

"The most important thing is that children in Louisiana have gone back to school this year with high academic standards in place in their classrooms to help prepare them to succeed in college, career and life," she said in a statement.

Louisiana's education de-partment defended its use of the standards.

"The Common Core State Standards have been funda-mental expectations in Loui-siana for four years because our kids are just as smart and capable as any in America. The courts have ruled, and it is time to move on," state ed-ucation department spokes-man Barry Landry said in a statement.

The Obama administration embraced the standards and encouraged states to adopt them as part of the applica-tion process for the Race to the Top grant program. Two state testing consortia — the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium — received $330 million from the grant program to develop standardized testing material tied to Common Core.

Louisiana received more than $17 million from Race to the Top and joined the PARCC consortium. It also received a waiver from cer-tain federal education re-quirements.

Neal McCluskey, of the libertarian-leaning Cato Institute's Center for Edu-cational Freedom, said he doesn't expect the lawsuit to be successful, even though he agrees with its premise. Historically, states haven't

had many victories in argu-ing against rules tied to fed-eral funding, he said. Rules for the grant program and waiver policy were written

to give the administration "wiggle room," he added.

"They've defi nitely got a steep hill to climb on this lawsuit," McCluskey said.

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Get High On Life By HAROLD KELLER

Hearts In Touch By RONNY MICHEL

What a Life! By REVEREND WILMER L. TODD

Keeping the Faith By Ronnie McBrayer

WaguespackPresident of La.

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Stephen

See FRIENDS, page 5

This is the first year of the offi-cial September 11th Museum and Memorial. Located underground,

on the foun-dation stones of the World Trade Cen-ter Towers, it contains more than 10,000 artifacts of the day, 23,000

pictures, and an archive of more than 500 hours of video.

Within the collection of artifacts and archives there is also an assem-bly of audio recordings; Final con-versations of those in the towers as they called home, spouses, parents, partners, friends, and left voice mails. Rabbi Irwin Kula is respon-sible for collecting a good many of these conversations.

In the days after 9/11 he began seeking out the last words and sen-tences of anyone he could find who was killed that day. He took those words and adapted them into a chant for his synagogue. The tune and meter of the chant he chose was traditionally about the destruction

of the Jewish temple. He thought it appropriate for the aftermath of the September 11th attacks.

What he discovered was not only that the words fit the tradition-al chant perfectly, but also this: All the final conversations he had in his collection were about love. Not a single person used his or her last breathe to say, “Kill those bastards for what they have done…Be sure to get revenge…I hate them for what they did to me…Avenge my memory.” Every last word was an “I love you” of some variety.

Here is what Rabbi Kula learned, “Then I recognized what the real Torah, the real wisdom…the real experience behind reli-gion is…it is about love…and it’s no more complicated than that. As a rabbi, my community of rabbis, and I think priests, ministers, and monks – we’ve made it a lot more complicated than it is. When you make it more complicated than it is, you lose the experience.” Beau-tifully said.

As I understand the Bible, par-ticularly as I read it through the lens of Jesus of Nazareth, God isn’t

much into religion. He’s not inter-ested in carving up the world along tribal or cultic lines. He’s not offi-ciating a spiritual contest, declaring winners and losers in who can most strongly declare how right they are. That’s all much too complicated. Rather, he works to put the world on the right path, on the road to re-demption, on the way of love.

Jesus came to reveal God’s love to us, to draw it out of us, to show us that love is the beginning, the means, the path, and the end; it’s the only road to travel. This is what Jesus meant, I believe, when he said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” The only way to know God is through the doorway of re-deeming love. To choose a differ-ent path is to more than “lose the experience,” it is to absolutely cor-rupt it.

I suppose this makes me an “ex-clusivist;” one who denies that all religious paths are equal and simply have their own unique twists and turns along the way. No, I do not believe such a thing, for the morbid irony is that religion brought down those iconic towers more than a

decade ago. Hard. Inflexible. Dog-matic. Immovable religion (And such religion can be perpetuated as easily by we who are “Christian” as any other group).

God surely can’t be associated with anything of the sort, no matter what name it is called or however right and correct it purports to be. God must be - absolutely must be - in what is loving, absolving, and just, not destructive. For love is what saves us. It is what gives us life. It is the only thing that over-comes hate and injustice. It is the only way.

Memorials built to honor those who have suffered and died as the result of hate are appropriate, and we should “never forget.” But let us never forget that neither hate nor religion will have the last word. That word has already been spo-ken; in the words of Dorothy Day, “Love is the final word.”

Ronnie McBrayer is a syndi-cated columnist, pastor, and author. His newest book is “The Gospel According to Waffle House.” You can read more at www.ronniemc-brayer.me.

“When you face a crisis, you know who your true friends are.”

The significance of this quote, attrib-uted to Earvin “Magic” Johnson, plays out quite often in our own daily lives. As you recall times throughout your life when you have encountered either per-sonal hardship or professional challenges, you can likely list the people who stepped up to the plate when you needed help the most. Time and time again, it is the same names and faces, or at least the same per-sonal attributes, that define the list of your true friends.

As a nation, we have also found this to be true over the years. The most glaring example was in the days after 9/11, when countless countries around the world joined to help America respond to that cowardice moment of terrorism.

As a Louisiana people, we can all re-flect on stories of true friendship in the aftermath of hurricanes throughout the years that have instilled a community-based camaraderie in many parts of this state. When times are bad, true friends know how best to come together and help in a way that delivers the most relief.

In politics, an election season can often represent a crisis for certain candidates, and this year has the potential to be a full-fledged five alarm fire for national Demo-crats running for re-election.

While national journalists have written a considerable amount of articles about Republicans and the internal spirited de-bates amongst conservatives, probing commentary about national Democratic disagreements has been few and far be-tween. Some may argue this lack of jour-nalistic curiosity is simply the media ral-lying to defend their philosophical allies on the left, but even if it is just that simple, there are signs that perhaps that wall of protection is starting to show some cracks.

Rallying of true friends has not been the norm in the nation’s Capitol lately when it comes to the president’s own political party. In fact, the tension has become so hot lately that even The New York Times took notice. That daily newspaper is well known for rarely taking lightly any deci-sion to cross the threshold of writing criti-cal pieces about messy internal Demo-cratic politics.

Last week, The Times blasted the lack of any real relationship between the Obama Administration and Congressio-nal Democrats, describing a recent meet-ing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., where Reid expressed his anger with President Obama for his lack of interest and engagement in the Senate appointment process for White House nominees. The Times also had a few Sen-ators willing to go on record to explain just how fractured their friendship with the president seems to be. When asked to describe his relationship with the presi-dent, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said, “It’s fairly nonexistent. There’s not much of a relationship.”

Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, who cau-cuses with Senate Democrats said, “…I think one of the things the White House has not done well and the president has not done well is the simple idea of estab-lishing relationships before there is a cri-sis.”

If those statements don’t reveal just how bad the relationship has become be-tween the disengaged White House and members of Obama’s own party, The Times delivered the knockout blow with this statistic, “…only twice in more than 180 rounds of golf has the president in-vited members of Congress to play with him, and only one Democratic official — Senator Mark Udall of Colorado — has joined a presidential foursome.”

So if stalled presidential appointments and countless rounds of golf cannot cause the president to work closely with his na-tional Democratic friends, perhaps King is correct. It truly will take a crisis for these natural allies to set aside their dif-ferences and lean on one another in ways only true friends do.

Enter the albatross around the neck of national Democrats known as the Afford-able Care Act during election season. This crisis finally may be a disaster worthy of true friends rallying to one another’s de-fense.

This fall, most states will start to ap-prove the pending health insurance rates

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, if Eve had not messed up I may have. Whenever food is in

question, I of-ten make poor choices.

H o w e v e r , when I read the following Scripture, I was not so un-derstanding.

“ ‘Certainly this fellow was with him, for he is a Galilean.

“Peter replied, ‘Man, I don’t know what you’re talking about!’ Just as he was speaking, the roost-er crowed. The Lord turned and

looked straight at Peter. “Then Peter remembered the

word the Lord had spoken to him: ‘Before the rooster crows today, you will disown me three times.’ And he went outside and wept bit-terly.” Luke 22:54-62

From the comfort of the couch, I shook my head as I read these words and mentally cast a disap-proving look toward Peter. Peter watched Jesus preach. He heard Jesus teach. He saw the miracles of His Master. Yet, he not only failed to defend his friend, he denied ever even knowing Jesus.

I can’t believe that Peter could do something like that. Deny Je-

sus? Not I, Lord. At least I don’t think I would. Well, I hope that I would stand up for You, Jesus. No, I would never act like Pe-ter… would I, Jesus? Would I deny knowing You? Have I ever denied knowing You?

The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I have denied knowing Jesus. When I say I’ve forgiven someone, yet continue to dwell on the hurt, I am denying knowing the power of Jesus’ for-giveness. I am denying knowing Jesus.

I know of His provisions, yet when faced with a financial hur-dle, if I worry instead of pray, I’m

denying that I trust Jesus with the solution to my problem. I’m de-nying that I know He will pro-vide.

And I know of Him as Savior, Redeemer and the answer to all of my needs. Yet, when I with-hold this knowledge from those around me who are struggling, I’m denying Him. I’m denying knowing Jesus.

So, I have denied Jesus. And when I realize that He has seen each and every time that I have denied Him, I can suddenly relate to Peter… and I weep bitterly.

Ronny may be reached at rmi-chel@rtconline.com.

Years ago, I wrote an article about an important murder trial took place in an Albany Court-

house in New York. Ama-dou Diallo, a West African i m m i g r a n t , was shot and killed by four plainclothes New York po-

lice officers as he stood on the gal-lery of his home. The four police officers who were on trial fired 41 shots claiming self-defense. Di-allo had no gun. The officers mis-took his reaching for his wallet as reaching for a gun.

At the trial, Dr. Joseph Cohen who performed the autopsy on Amadou Diallo, said he had 19 gunshot wounds to his body. He also said he found no traces of drugs or alcohol in his body. The four officers were accused of sec-ond-degree murder. A brief look at their records shows that three of them have been involved in

prior shooting incidents. Does this sound familiar?

This case and the Michael Brown shooting surfaced many moral issues. How much did ra-cial prejudice play a part in these shooting? What were the officers’ intentions in firing so many shots? If someone is “acting suspicious,” is there a better way to appre-hend the suspect without shooting them? The issue I would like to focus on is: When is it justified to take a life in self-defense?

Today, we are exposed to many violent “action movies” where life is cheap, and people are constantly killing each other. We should not accept this as the normal way of life. We need to step back and look at the big picture: are we ever jus-tified in taking another person’s life? The church teaches that all human life is sacred. God alone is the Lord of Life from beginning until the end, from conception to eternity. No one can claim the right to destroy another human be-ing.

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus refers to the Commandment, “You shall not kill,” and then adds that we should never harbor any abusive anger, hatred or revenge toward another. The legitimate self-defense of a person is not an exception to the law against inten-tional killing.

The great theologian St. Thom-as Aquinas said, “The act of self-defense can have a double effect: the preservation of one’s own life, and the killing of the aggres-sor. One is intended, but the other is not.” If someone is being at-tacked, that person has a right to value their own right to life. Mor-ally, they can try to stop the at-tacker using as little violence as possible. The moral principle is: a person should stop another by hitting the person with an object, or shooting them in a limb, rather than shooting to kill.

St. Thomas again says, “If a per-son in self-defense uses more than necessary violence, it will be un-lawful. Whereas if he repels force

with moderation, his defense will be lawful.” Apply this principle to both the Amadou Diallo and the Michael Brown cases. We have to ask, “What was the threat to the lives of the officers in both cases to justify the firing of so many shots?” There were no guns. Some officers thought they “might be” reaching for a gun. It is not self-defense until an attack happens. Even if an attacker did have a gun, trained police officers could prob-ably stop a person without firing so many deadly shots.

We live in a violent society. Violence can easily become part of our lives without us even real-izing it. Applying moral principles to these cases might help us reject violence and hatred in any form, and help us live with Christ’s peace and love in our hearts. We should judge these situations by moral principles, not by emotions or racial biases.

New York has reformed its po-lice forces. Ferguson and other cities should do the same.

I’ve been blessed with an inter-esting life. I grew up in a great family, love life, enjoy sports and

have a godly wife, four children, fif-teen grand-children and nine great-grandchildren. I have an ex-citing life and

a hobby of meeting new people. I believe if you’re sincerely inter-ested in others, you never meet a stranger.

Recently, when I went to PJ’s for coffee, my good friend, Tom Daley, was at a table with someone I had never met. It happened to be his brother, Anthony, from Nay-pac, New York. I, immediately,

discerned that he was a man with class and integrity.

In our short conversation, I found out his wife, Maria, was from New Orleans and that they met when she was attending Loyola. They have five children – two boys and three girls.

He was in Louisiana, not only to visit his brother, but also to bring his youngest daughter to LSU where she is enrolled as a fresh-man.

I questioned Anthony about his children and asked permission to write about our visit.

His oldest son, Sean, lives in New York and graduated from the University of Vermont in mechani-cal engineering.

His daughter, Carey, a graduate of George Mason University with

a business major in marketing, lives in California.

Nicole graduated from the Uni-versity of South Carolina with a degree in exercise science and lives in North Carolina. She is em-ployed by an orthopedic surgeon.

Paul is a junior at the University of West Virginia, majoring in me-chanical engineering.

Megan, the youngest, wants to be a teacher. She is attending LSU and is majoring in education. Anthony said she was accepted at a few colleges, but chose LSU, because a counselor advised her to pick a school where she could see herself living after graduation. This is a credit to our state that we, as natives, sometimes take for granted.

I also found out that Anthony

makes each child sign a promis-sory note when they go to college. “That motivates them to finish in four years,” he said. After gradu-ation, they are expected to reim-burse their parents for the cost of their education only, at terms de-cided by the graduate, according to their income. I think that’s a great idea!

Anthony and Tom grew up in a family of 13 children. Their mom and dad had to be exceptional par-ents!

Needless to say, meeting Antho-ny was a pleasure.

If you have any questions, or comments, please write to Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Re-serve, LA 70084, call (985) 652-8477, or e-mail: hkeller@comcast.net.

That’s what friends are for…

The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, September 2, 2014, Page 5

FriendsContinued from page 4

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A group supporting taxpayer-funded private school tuition vouchers is appealing a federal judge's order that Louisiana must provide regular reports to federal offi cials on the state's voucher program.

U.S. District Judge Ivan Lemelle ordered the reports in April. He ruled that they are needed to make sure Louisiana complies with a 1975 desegre-gation order about state money going to private schools. The order requires that the state pro-vide federal offi cials with lists of voucher applicants, informa-tion on schools in the voucher program, and enrollment and racial breakdowns on public schools and private schools in

the voucher program.A group of voucher fami-

lies, represented by the con-servative Goldwater Institute, say the ruling resulted from a Justice Department effort to "stifl e" the voucher program. Also involved in the appeal is the Louisiana Black Alliance for Educational Options, a pro-voucher group.

State offi cials have said the ruling won't impede the pro-gram.

In August, lawyers for the Goldwater Institute's litigation arm, the Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation, said Lemelle lacks jurisdic-tion over the voucher program because it has not been found unconstitutional and federal at-

torneys have never contended that it is.

Lemelle had ruled that the matter clearly is covered by an injunction and consent decree issued in the 1975 case.

The statewide voucher pro-gram was pushed through the Legislature in 2012 by Gov. Bobby Jindal. It provides state-funded private school tuition to some low- and moderate-income families whose children would otherwise go to a low-performing public school.

Arguments about the pro-gram had largely centered on the funding and effectiveness of voucher schools, and whether the program bled away money needed by public schools. Then, in an August 2013 fi ling, the

Pro-voucher group seeks to undo order in La. case Justice Department fi led a mo-tion in the case of Brumfi eld v. Dodd, the desegregation lawsuit that resulted in the 1975 deseg-regation order.

Justice offi cials fi rst sought an injunction blocking the is-suance of future vouchers in districts under desegregation orders unless the state fi rst obtained permission from the appropriate federal court — a move branded by Jindal and other voucher supporters as an Obama Administration at-tack on vouchers. Justice De-partment attorneys have since backed away from seeking an injunction but have continued to seek information.

Lemelle's April ruling was hailed by both the Jindal ad-ministration and the Justice Department as a victory, with Jindal saying the ruling won't impede the voucher program and didn't grant Justice offi cials "veto power" over vouchers.

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for 2015, and most of them will spike signifi cantly, thanks to the market manipulating power of Obamacare.

In fact, in an article Politico published this week, the paper stated that, “With Democrats looking to hang on to Senate seats in many Republican-lean-ing states, they’ll be hoping that the fi nal numbers don’t come in anywhere near the 24.6 percent hike that the report from the anti-Obamacare Heritage Foundation projected for a family of four in Arkansas, or even the 13.1 per-cent increase in Alaska or 12.4 percent in Louisiana. So far, although no state has fi nalized its rate, 21 have posted bids for 2015. Average preliminary pre-miums went up in all 21, though only a few by double digits.”

These rate increases are hor-rible news for small businesses, families and anyone else work-ing hard to recover from the multi-year national recession that has held back economic growth. Even worse for national Democrats is that voters will start to take notice of next year’s planned hikes this fall.

The duct tape, twine and other

tricks embedded in Obamacare hide the devastating impact of this law until after elections are starting to wear out. For in-stance, the early data shows that the risk pools in Obamacare are not working. Additionally, the Obamacare premium supple-ments, basically government subsidies to keep premiums lower (particularly for those more expensive pre-existing pa-tients) will be reduced by rough-ly 40 percent in 2015, thereby showing voters the true market response to this Act. The premi-um tax on insurers included in Obamacare will increase by 41 percent in 2015 and slam small businesses and family-owned shops that purchase insurance on the open market.

This is a crisis in every sense of the word for hardworking Americans and it is a political disaster for national Democrats this fall.

Magic Johnson was right when he said true friends step up in a crisis. The true friends that pushed, drafted, supported and passed this law on the American people are now working togeth-er out of desperation to message their way through these next few months.

In fact, that same Politico ar-

ticle accurately detailed this ef-fort as follows, “In what aides say is a sign of a changed ap-proach within the White House — but also heightened concerns around the midterms — they’re even coordinating with Hill Democrats, funneling localized background analysis and talking points to each state’s delegation through Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and New York Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Senate Dem-ocratic Policy and Communica-tions Committee. They’ve also relied on California Rep. Henry Waxman’s staff at the Energy and Commerce Committee to produce rebuttal reports, of-ten in advance, on GOP claims about insurance.”

A political crisis of this mag-nitude has fi nally done what stalled presidential appoint-ments and countless rounds of golf could not. National Demo-crats are fi nally putting their dif-ferences aside and desperately working together to convince voters Obamacare is not really as bad as everyone knows it to be.

Good luck selling that one to the American people, you’re go-ing to need it.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled an East Baton Rouge city-parish ordinance that pro-hibits residents from keeping firearms in their parked cars while they're inside establish-ments that sell alcohol is un-constitutional.

The Advocate reports Chief U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson found the ordi-nance runs afoul of the Sec-ond Amendment and can no longer be enforced.

Ernest Taylor challenged the ordinance in federal dis-trict court after he was pulled over in October 2012 while leaving Romeo's Old School Lounge because he didn't have his headlights on. Taylor

was arrested after three rifles were found in his car.

Jackson said Monday the ordinance unlawfully infring-es on the constitutional right of Taylor and other citizens to keep and bear firearms.

"Thus, any law-abiding citizen who exercises his or her right to keep or bear arms within the confines of his or her personal vehicle will violate 13:95.3 anytime he or she, for example, stops to refuel a vehicle at a service station that sells alcohol, or stops to purchase groceries at a grocery store that sells alco-hol," the judge wrote.

"Similarly, the ordinance prohibits law-abiding citizens from purchasing and pos-

sessing firearms at any estab-lishment that sells alcohol, thereby rendering the sale of firearms at establishments like Wal-Mart a criminal act," he said.

Bar and liquor store own-ers in Baton Rouge decried the ruling Wednesday, using the old adage that guns and alcohol do not mix.

"I just don't see any way that it's going to be a posi-tive," said Marc Fraioli, own-er of Fred's Bar in Tigerland. "It's just going to increase bad things happening."

The judge scheduled a hearing Oct. 23 to determine the amount of monetary dam-ages to which Taylor is en-titled.

Judge strikes down Baton Rouge gun ordinance

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The Thibodaux Tigers took advantage of Assumption’s turnovers and a generous Mustang defense and scored early and often to shut out the Ponies, 31-0 in jamboree play Friday night in Thibodaux.

The Mustangs got the ball first and could only produce 3 yards before being forced to punt.

Thibodaux got the ball at their own 47. Five plays lat-er Peyton Bonvillain raced around the left side on a quar-terback keeper and took it the distance, 34 yards and with 10:34 to play in the first half,

the Tigers were up 6-0.The Mustangs took their

next possession over at their own 27, but on first down, Daron Williams was picked off and the Tigers were back in business at their own 47.

Three plays later, Peyton Bonvillain took it around left end and scored, this time from 34 yards. Thibodaux was up 12-0.

The Mustangs got their next possession at their 25. The Ponies fumbled two plays later and Thibodaux re-turned it to Assumption’s 15.

Two plays later, Jaquan Chenier stuck it in from the 9 to put the Tigers up 19-0 after

the PAT.The Tigers added another

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It was a rough night for the Pony defense as they gave up 258 yards rushing, four

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The Assumption High Mustungs got an eye-opener in a shut out Friday against the Thibodaux Tigers.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana firearms com-pany at the center of the real-ity TV show "Sons of Guns" distanced itself from the pro-gram's star this week after he was arrested on charges of re-peatedly raping a child.

Will Hayden was arrested Tuesday. As of Thursday, Red Jacket Firearms said that "with heavy hearts," it had legally cut ties with him but would continue to operate.

"We are the heart and soul of Red Jacket and will remain steadfast in our commitment to quality and our customers, for years to come," a state-ment on its website said.

An email request for infor-mation from the company was not immediately answered.

After the arrest, The Dis-covery Channel canceled the show, citing "the serious and horrific nature of the charges" against the star.

Hayden remained in prison Thursday morning, jail re-cords showed, with bail set at $250,000. He was arrested on aggravated rape charges involving a child, the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said. He already faced child molestation and aggra-vated crime against nature charges stemming from an ar-rest Aug. 9.

Hayden began having sex with the child, then 11 years old, in 2013, according to al-legations in an affidavit filed by sheriff's deputies. The lat-est rape, the report said, hap-pened in July.

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Gun company cuts ties with reality TV star contacted deputies Aug. 16. The victim confided to the guardian after Hayden's Aug. 9 arrest, according to the re-port.

Deputies said they met with the child and guardian and took a statement.

According to the affida-vit, the child told deputies Hayden took her virginity when she was 11 years old and that sex acts happened al-most daily thereafter.

The report says Hayden coerced the victim into si-lence with threats of physical abuse.

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The polling places set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the said election, and the CommissionersinCharge and Commission-ers, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law.

Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement sys-tems in the manner required by law.

The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers ap-pointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Police Jury Meeting Room, 4813 Hwy. 1, Na-poleonville, Louisiana, on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2014, at SIX O’CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said spe-cial election. All registered voters of the Parish are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used.THUS DONE AND SIGNED at Napoleonville, Louisiana, on this, the 23rd day of April, 2014.

ATTEST /s/ Martin S. Triche President

/s/ Kim M. Torres Secretary

EXHIBIT “A”

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Police Jury of the Par-ish of Assumption, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), on April 23, 2014, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Parish on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2014, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the Parish qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to wit:

MILLAGE RENEWAL PROPOSITION

Shall the Parish of Assumption, State of Louisiana (the “Parish”), continue to levy and collect a special ad valorem tax of three and one-half (3.5) mills on all property subject to taxation in said Parish (an estimated $607,500 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024 for the purpose of operating and maintaining programs for the elderly and disabled persons in the Parish through the Assumption Council on Aging Incorporated?

The said special election will be held at the following polling places situated within the Parish, which polls will open at six o’clock (6:00) a.m., and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit:

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYNOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

At the regular meeting of September 3, 2014, the Assumption Parish School Board will consider and adopt interim revisions to the 2014-2015 Pupil Progression Plan. The revisions have been approved by the Pupil Progression Plan Committee. These changes are required to comply with adopted policy of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE).

Copies of the proposed Pupil Progression Plan are available for public view from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday at Assumption Parish School Board located at 4901 Highway 308, Napoleonville, Louisiana 70339.

Publish: August 26, 2014 September 1, 2014

ASSUMPTION PARISH SCHOOL BOARDNOTICE

The Assumption Parish Police Jury is now seeking applications for the position of General Maintenance Worker for the Assumption Parish Community Center. This position requires general knowledge of mechanical, electrical, cooling, plumbing, and carpentry skills. This person shall be responsible for all general maintenance associated with the interior, exterior, and mechanics of the facility, repairs, janito-rial duties and event-specific associated tasks. This person must be capable of completing necessary paperwork on a daily basis and may be required to possess a CDL. Applications can be picked up at the Assumption Parish Police Jury Admin-istration Office at 4813 Highway 1 in Napoleonville. The deadline for submittal is September 8, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. The Assumption Parish Police Jury is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program and is in compliance with the Americans with Dis-abilities Act. Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Publish: The Bayou Journal, The Assumption Pioneer August 26, 2014 September 2, 2014

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYSEEKING APPLICATIONS FOR GENERAL MAINTENANCE

WORKER

The Assumption Parish Police Jury will be sitting as Board of Review for appeals on September 10, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. Appeals by taxpayers must be submitted in writing (with any supporting documents), either by certified mail to Assumption Par-ish Police Jury – Board of Review, P. O. Box 520, Napoleonville, LA 70390, or hand delivered to the police jury office located at 4813 Hwy 1, Napoleonville, LA no later than September 3, 2014. Appeal forms may be obtained through the Assumption Parish Assessors’ Office.

Wayne P. Blanchard, AssessorAssumption Parish

Publish: August 26, 2014 September 2, 2014

ASSUMPTION PARISH ASSESSOR’S OFFICENOTICE

Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Planning Organization (HTMPO)The HTMPO’s Technical Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, September 11, 2014, at the South Central Planning & Development Commission (SCPDC) offices located at 5058 West Main Street in Houma, LA 70360. Regularly scheduled future meetings of the Technical Advisory Committee are to be held on December 11, 2014, and March 12, 2015. Regularly scheduled future meetings of the HTMPO’s Policy Committee are to be held on Thursday, October 23, 2014, and January 22, 2015, at 12:00 p.m. at South Central Planning & Development Com-mission offices located at 5058 West Main Street in Houma, LA 70360. Two public hearings have been called to allow public to give input on the 2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP details expected public expenditures on transportation projects coming up in the next five years. The two dates and times are as follows: Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 10AM and Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 12PM. Both hearings will be held at South Central Planning & Develop-ment Commission offices located at 5058 West Main Street in Houma, LA 70360. Copies of these documents can be found in area libraries, the SCPDC office, and online at http://www.htmpo.org. Any person needing reasonable support to be able to attend these public meetings, should contact Leo Marretta, MPO Administrator leo@scpdc.org, (985) 851‐2900, P.O. Box 1870, Gray, LA 70359 at least five days prior to the meeting date to request auxiliary aids. If you are interested in further in-formation or in contributing public input please use the contact info above or simply participate in the public hearing held at the beginning of each meeting.

SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENTPUBLIC NOTICE

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYRESOLUTION

BAYOU PIERRE PART NORTH GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICTThe following resolution was offered by Myron Matherne and seconded by Jeff Naquin:

RESOLUTION

A resolution approving the holding of an election in Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, on Saturday, December 6, 2014, to authorize the levy of a parcel fee therein.

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drain-age District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), act-ing as the governing authority of Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana (the “District”), adopted a resolution on July 14, 2014, calling a special election in the District on Saturday, December 6, 2014, to authorize the levy of a parcel fee therein; and

WHEREAS, the governing authority of the District has requested that this Police Jury, acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Assumption, State of Loui-siana, give its consent and authority for the District to hold the aforesaid election, and in the event that the election carries to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein; and WHEREAS, as required by Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, it is now the desire of this Police Jury to approve the holding of said election and in the event that the election carries, to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of As-sumption, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish, that:

SECTION 1. In compliance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 15 of the con-stitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and in accordance with the request of the Board of Commissioners of Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, this Police Jury hereby approves the holding of an election in the District, on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at which election there will be submitted the following proposition, to-wit:

PARCEL FEE PROPOSITION

Shall Bayou Pierre Part North Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assump-tion, Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect an annual parcel fee of fifty dollars ($50) on each lot, sub-divided portion of ground and/or individual tract located in said District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and ending with the year 2024 (an estimated $500.00 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the fee for an entire year), in the manner set out in Sec-tion 2740.16 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and maintaining levees, levee drainage, flood protection, hurricane flood protection, and all purposes incidental thereto, including paying compensation for the exercise of permanent or temporary servitudes, and to pay, in whole or in part, debt obligations of said District issued for purposes, and shall the proceeds of the parcel fee by subject to funding into bonds for any of the purposes set forth above including any necessary reserve therefor and paying the costs of issuing such bonds?

SECTION 2. In the event the election carries, this Police Jury does hereby further consent to and authorize the District to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein.

This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: Patrick Lawless, Jeff Naquin, Irving Comeaux, Patrick Johnson, Martin Triche, Calvin James, Booster Breaux, Myron Matherne

NAYS: None

ABSENT: Henry Dupre

And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 27th day of August, 2014.

/s/ Kim M. Torres _____ /s/ Martin S. Triche _____ Secretary-Treasurer President

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYRESOLUTION

PIERRE PART SETTLEMENT GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICTThe following resolution was offered by Myron Matherne and seconded by Jeff Naquin:

RESOLUTION

A resolution approving the holding of an election in Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, on Saturday, December 6, 2014, to authorize the levy of a parcel fee therein.

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drain-age District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana (the “District”), adopted a resolution on July 14, 2014, calling a special election in the District on Saturday, December 6, 2014, to authorize the levy of a parcel fee therein; and

WHEREAS, the governing authority of the District has requested that this Police Jury, acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Assumption, State of Loui-siana, give its consent and authority for the District to hold the aforesaid election, and in the event that the election carries to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein; and

WHEREAS, as required by Article VI, Section 15 of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, it is now the desire of this Police Jury to approve the holding of said election and in the event that the election carries, to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Police Jury of the Parish of As-sumption, State of Louisiana, acting as the governing authority of said Parish, that:

SECTION 1. In compliance with the provisions of Article VI, Section 15 of the con-stitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974, and in accordance with the request of the Board of Commissioners of Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana, this Police Jury hereby approves the holding of an election in the District, on Saturday, December 6, 2014, at which election there will be submitted the following proposition, to-wit:

PARCEL FEE PROPOSITION

Shall Pierre Part Settlement Gravity Drainage District of the Parish of Assumption, Louisiana (the “District”), levy and collect an annual parcel fee of seventy-five dol-lars ($75) on each lot, sub-divided portion of ground and/or individual tract located in said District for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2015 and end-ing with the year 2024 (an estimated $1,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the fee for an entire year), in the manner set out in Sec-tion 2740.16 of Title 33 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing and maintaining levees, levee drainage, flood protection, hurricane flood protection, and all purposes incidental thereto, including paying compensation for the exercise of permanent or temporary servitudes, and to pay, in whole or in part, debt obligations of said District issued for purposes, and shall the proceeds of the parcel fee by subject to funding into bonds for any of the purposes set forth above including any necessary reserve therefor and paying the costs of issuing such bonds?

SECTION 2. In the event the election carries, this Police Jury does hereby further consent to and authorize the District to levy and collect the parcel fee provided for therein.

This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: Patrick Lawless, Jeff Naquin, Irving Comeaux, Patrick Johnson, Martin Triche, Calvin James, Booster Breaux, Myron Matherne

NAYS: None

ABSENT: Henry Dupre

And the resolution was declared adopted on this, the 27th day of August, 2014.

/s/ Kim M. Torres _____ /s/ Martin S. Triche _____ Secretary-Treasurer President

PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OFWATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 1 OF THE PARISH OF

ASSUMPTION, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT THEREGULAR BOARD MEETING HELD ON

JULY 28, 2014 AT 6:30 PMPUBLIC MEETING

JULY 28, 2014

President Bryan Dugas called the meeting to order.

Board Members Present: Bryan Dugas, Scott Sternfels, Glen Comeaux, Paul Lewis, Vincent Nelson, Jim Boudreaux, Charles Brown Jr., Calvin Steward and Kevin Peterson. Absent: Donna Robertson and Dennis Cavalier.

Also present: Linda Cooke representing the Bayou Journal, Joseph Savoie repre-senting CJ Savoie Consulting Engineers, Inc.; and Assumption Parish Waterworks District (APWW) employees: B.J. Francis, Lucille Guillot, Ginger Rushing , Amy Daigle and Rickey Mollere.

Public Hearing Discussion on Budget 2014-2015

No comments or action was taken for discussion.

Closed public meeting.

REGULAR MEETINGJULY 28, 2014

A motion was made by Glenn Comeaux, seconded by Charles Brown Jr., and unanimously carried, to approve the minutes of the June 23, 2014 Regular Board Meeting.

A motion was made by Scott Sternfels, seconded by Vincent Nelson, carried, to approve the minutes of the July 1, 2014 Special Board Meeting.

Board member Donna Robertson entered the meeting.

Lucille Guillot reported on the Monthly Financial Report for June 30, 2014.The operating Revenues (88.24 %) and Totals Revenues (91.16%) for the month were slightly low (11 Months-91.67).

Joseph Savoie reported on the estimated cost for new roof. He gave 3 estimations and options, a motion was made by Vincent Nelson, seconded by Jaime “Jim” Boudreaux to move forward and go to bids with option # 1 on flat roof estimate of $43,500.00.

Joseph Savoie reported on the New Raw Water Pumps, Bayou Bulkhead and Bayou Dredging Project. New pumps are installed . Some issues have occurred. In progress to get resolved.

Joseph Savoie reported on the Bayou Crossing Projects. The project is complete but still requires minor site work.

Joseph Savoie reported on the 4 cost estimates from the Community Enrichment fund for $151,000.00 that was applied by the Police Jury. The state cut funding to $126,698.00 this grant needs to be spent in construction. Manager Bernard J. Francis Jr. and Joseph Savoie itemized a list .#1 cross connection between the 2 water pump station. # 2 Air release valves on pump station. # 3 Run a new 12” line direct from ground storage tanks for back washing purposes. # 4 new distribution line to be dug up and reinstalled.

A motion was made by Scott Sternfels, seconded by Calvin Stewart, and unani-mously carried, to make a commitment and to go out for bids.

Joseph Savoie reported on the LA Recovery Grant. This project is complete and the contractor has resolved some of the issued and he is still currently in the pro-cess of completing the punch list items. We are still encountering valve issues from the 1 MG Ground Storage Tank.

Joseph Savoie reported on the LA Recovery Grant that will allow water line im-provements on Belle Rose Lane/Hwy. 998, Ewell Street/Virginia Street and the Hwy. 1016-2 Projects. There is no change in status. These projects are still moving forward.

Joseph Savoie reported on the Bond Projects. Mr. Savoie stated that the Design of all Bond Projects are moving forward as projected.

A motion was made by Calvin Stewart seconded by Glen Comeaux, and unani-mously carried, to pay a partial payment request to LA Contracting Services in the amount of $1,345.00 for change order request.

Rickey Mollere reported an update for AMR meters. To date there are 8,306 AMR meters installed.

Rickey Mollere reported on update status in distribution. Distribution installed 5 new 2” meters. Manager B.J. Francis Jr. discussed the intergovernmental agree-ment with the Assumption Parish Police Jury on fire hydrants.

Ginger Rushing reported on Plant Updates. Still have issues on air release valve, and flow. Rickey, B.J. and Dondie installed new flow meter on plant # 1. Ginger sent Electrical Engineer Ron Boudreaux a scada data list. Ginger discussed flush-ing report.

Suggested action items for August 25, 2014. Report on fire hydrant update, infor-mation and update on Hwy 402 and update on pump house.

A motion was made by Vincent Nelson seconded by Jaime ”Jim” Boudreaux and unanimously carried to add other business to agenda.

Scott Sternfels discussed collectors about imposing a fee on their side to collect bills and to check on software for scanning the bills. Glen Comeaux suggested to look at new bills and information for due date and disconnection dates.

A motion was made by Scott Sternfels seconded by Donna Robertson and unani-mously carried to approve and adopt Budget 2014-2015.

A motion was made by Glen Comeaux, seconded by Kevin Peterson, and unani-mously carried to adjourn.

President Bryan Dugas adjourned the board meeting._______________________________ _______________________________Donna Robertson, Secretary Bryan Dugas, President

Page 8, The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, September 2, 2014

Legals

Legals

WHEREAS, it is necessary to renew Proclamation No. 82 BJ 2012, as extended by

subsequent proclamations, to further extend the state of emergency due to

the continuation of emergency/disaster conditions as above indicated;

NOW THEREFORE I, BOBBY JINDAL, Governor of the State of Louisiana, by virtue of the

authority vested by the Constitution and laws of the State of Louisiana, do

hereby order and direct as follows:

SECTION 1: Pursuant to the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance

and Disaster Act, R.S. 29:721, et seq., a state of emergency is hereby

declared to exist in the Parish of Assumption, as a result of the threat of

the continued bubbling, location of new bubbling sites, reported pockets of

natural gas in the alluvial aquifer near the sinkhole, subsidence, and

sinkhole enlarging, threatens the lives and property of the citizens of the

State.

SECTION 2: The Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and

Emergency Preparedness is hereby authorized to undertake any activity

authorized by law which he deems appropriate in response to this

declaration.

SECTION 3: All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, and officers of the State

or any political subdivision thereof, are authorized and directed to

cooperate in actions, the State may take in response to this incident.

SECTION 4: This state of emergency extends from Saturday, August 23, 2014, to

Sunday, September 21, 2014 unless terminated sooner.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have set my hand officially

and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of Louisiana, at the

Capitol, in the City of Baton Rouge, on this 23rd

day of

August, 2014.

___________________________

GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

ATTEST BY

THE GOVERNOR

_______________________

SECRETARY OF STATE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT

PROCLAMATION NO. 85 BJ 2014

EXTENSION OF STATE OF EMERGENCY – THREAT OF SUBSIDENCE,

SUBSURFACE INSTABILITY, AND PRESENCE OF NATURAL GAS

IN BAYOU CORNE COMMUNITY AREA

______________________________________________________________________________

WHEREAS, Proclamation No. 82 BJ 2012 was issued on Friday, August 3, 2012,

declared a state of emergency in the Parish of Assumption, due to the

threat of subsidence and subsurface instability that threatens the lives and

property of the citizens of this State;

WHEREAS, the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster

Act, R.S. 29:721, et seq., confers upon the Governor of the State of

Louisiana emergency powers to deal with emergencies and disasters,

including those caused by fire, flood, earthquake or other natural or

manmade causes, in order to ensure that preparations of this state will be

adequate to deal with such emergencies or disasters and to preserve the

lives and property of the people of the State of Louisiana;

WHEREAS, when the Governor determines that a disaster or emergency has occurred,

or the threat thereof is imminent, R.S. 29:724(B)(1) empowers the

Governor to declare a state of emergency by executive order or

proclamation, or both;

WHEREAS, local, state, and federal agencies began monitoring and investigating

unexplained bubbling and subsurface seismic activity occurring in the

vicinity of Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish in June of 2012, and

continue to do so;

WHEREAS, on Thursday August 2, 2012, an area of wooded swamp located in this

area began to subside, and continues to subside;

WHEREAS, on Friday August 3, 2012, in response to this subsidence, Commissioner

of Conservation, James H. Welsh made a declaration of emergency under

the authority of Louisiana Revised Statutes 30:1 et seq., ordering the

operator of the salt cavern underneath the area of subsidence to undertake

all necessary activities to evaluate and abate any deterioration of the

cavern’s integrity;

WHEREAS, the Parish of Assumption declared a state of emergency in order to

monitor and respond to the threat posed by this incident to its citizens in

the Bayou Corne area;

WHEREAS, the State anticipates that further assistance may be needed to assist

Assumption Parish in their response to this continuing threat;

WHEREAS, natural gas has been discovered in the sinkhole area, the cavern, and the

aquifer in the surrounding area;

SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENTCOMMISSION

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed bids will be received by South Central Planning at 5058 W. Main Street, Gray, Louisiana 70359 in the MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM, until 2:00 PM on September 24, 2014.

Any person requiring special accommodation shall notify South Central Planning of the type(s) of accommodations required not less than seven (7) days before the bid opening:

For: FIRST ADDITIONS TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN-NING & DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 5058 W. MAIN STREET GRAY, LOUISIANA 70359 ARCHITECT’S PROJECT NUMBER: 06-11 EDA INVESTMENT NUMBER: 08-79-04729

Complete Bidding Documents for this project are available in elec-tronic form. They may be obtained without charge and without de-posit from http://dfs.lettermans.com/. Printed copies are not avail-able from the Designer but arrangements can be made to obtain them through most reprographic fi rms. Plan holders are responsible for their own reproduction costs.

Additionally, copies of contract documents are on fi le at the following locations for review during normal working hours:

A. Kevin Belanger South Central Planning 5058 W. Main Street Houma, LA 70359 Phone: (985)851-2900 Fax: (985)851-4472

B. Offi ce of the Architect E.A. Angelloz, AIA Architect (A Professional Corporation) 112 Bamboo Lane Thibodaux, LA 70301 Phone: (985)447-5919

All bids must be accompanied by bid security equal to fi ve percent (5%) of the sum of the base bid and all alternates, and must be in the form of a certifi ed check, cashier’s check or Bid Bond Format provided with Bidding Documents written by a surety company licensed to do business in Louisiana, signed by the surety’s agen-cy or attorney-in-fact, and countersigned by a person who is under Contract with surety as a licensed agency in this State and who is residing in this State. Surety must be listed on the current U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Manage-ment Service list of approved bonding companies as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates itself in the Bond, or must be a Louisiana domiciled insurance company with at least an A-rating in the latest print-ing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide. If surety qualifi es by virtue of its Best’s list-ing, the amount of the Bond may not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M. Best’s Key

Rating Guide. The Bid Bond shall be in favor of South Central Planning, and shall be accompanied by appropriate power of attorney. No Bid Bond indicating an obli-gation of less than fi ve percent (5%) by any method is acceptable.

The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Treasury Financial Management Service List (Treasury List) as ap-proved for an amount equal to or greater than the contract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana residents. If surety is qualifi ed other than by listing on the Treasury list the contract amount may not exceed fi fteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent fi nancial statements fi led with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of $500,000. However, a Louisiana domiciled insur-ance company with at least an A-rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide nor fi fteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent fi nancial statements fi led with the Louisiana Department of Insurance. The Bond shall be signed by the surety’s agent or attorney-in-fact and counter-signed by a person who is under contract with surety as a licensed agent in this State, and who is residing in this State.

A PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 3:00 PM AT THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING OFFICE, MAIN CONFERENCE ROOM 5058 West Main, Houma, LA.

The Bidder is advised that forms, attachments, certifi cations and other requested supplementary information generated by the Bidder and other sources are required to be submitted as Post-Bid and Pre-Contract information. The Bidder shall take due consideration in compiling, completing and presenting all required supplemen-tal information within the stipulated time limits.

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA R.S. 37:2150-2163 for the classifi cation of Building Construction. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212 (A)(1)(c). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty fi ve (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA.R.S. 38:2214.

It is imperative that the successful bidder must register with the Terrebonne Parish Sales and Use Tax Department for Use Tax purposes and it is understood that all applicable state and local Sales and Use Taxes are included in each bid amount.

Kevin Belanger, CEOSouth Central Planning5058 W. Main StreetHouma, LA 70359

FIRST PUBLICATION: August 25, 2014SECOND PUBLICATION: September 3, 2014THIRD PUBLICATION: September 8, 2014

PRE-BID CONFERENCE DATE: September 10, 2014

BID OPENING DATE: September 24, 2014

One citizen’s perspective…When you hear “Bayou

Corne” what comes to mind? Do you think of the sinkhole, gas bubbling, and burning fl ares? I remember the days too well when Bayou Corne was a happy place, a place where peo-ple came to have a good time. I remember well the days when Bayou Corne was mentioned, it instilled visions of tall moss-draped cypress trees, sprawling live oaks, clear bayou waters –thoughts of bass, brim, sacalait, egrets, herons, eagles, alliga-tors – the beauty of nature all around, a bayou paradise.

I wonder how many of you know the origin of the name

Bayou Corne? It is called “Corne” because some old farmer who planted a lot of “corn” for his family and ani-mals? “Corne” is French for the horns or antlers of a deer. Some believe it was called “Corne” because of the many big bucks found in the woods and swamps in the area. Others say that if you look at the old maps of the upper reaches of Bayou Corne, the many branches resemble the spreading antlers of a deer.

In centuries past, Bayou Corne was traversed by many indians hundreds of years before the fi rst white man ever cast his eyes on the beauty of this me-andering stream. No doubt, the

Bayou Corne…past, present, and futureNative American mound builders of “LaButte”, only three miles away along Grand Bayou (back Brusly St. Martin) at LA Hwy. 69 and LA 996, sent many a hunting and/or fi shing parties to nearby Bayou Corne.

The fi rst settlers of Cana-dian (Acadian) and/or European origin had to arrive in the early 1800s, perhaps earlier. Early re-cords seem to indicate that Bayou Corne has been inhabited for at least 200 years. There were a few families living on both sides of the bayou earning a meager liv-ing from fi shing, farming, hunt-ing, and trapping. In later years, logging and moss gathering were common. Sugar cane was grown in the early days with some pro-duction continuing into modern times, as recently as the 1970s.

Bayou Corne never had a great population and developed very slowly in the 1800s, along with settlements in nearby Grand Bayou and Pierre Part. A hand drawn ferry on the bayou accom-modated pedestrians and horses and wagons through the area. Early accounts in the 1850’, by the most prosperous plantation owners in the parish, describe Bayou Corne as a wonderful place they frequented by horse and buggy on holidays to picnic, cook, fi sh, and swim in the clear waters of the picturesque bayou. Yes, Bayou Corne was always a happy place, a place to come and have a good time, and a happy place to live.

Into the 1900s, again only a few families were earning a sub-sistence living at Bayou Corne. However, sometime in the 1940s, various individuals (among them a Mr. Romero and a Mr. Aucoin) leased some land along the tree lined bayou to establish some sort of business establishment catering to the general public’s need for entertainment. However, it was Jim DeGregory who really made the area popular in 1963 with the establishment of “Camp Bayou Corne”. Many of us re-member well the bingo, crawfi sh boils, bands, carnival rides for the kids, camp grounds, and the Olympic size swimming pool! Later operators on the “Camp Bayou Corne” lease were B.J. Cox, Phil Simoneaux and others.

The fi rst big infl ux of residents and campers to Bayou Corne took place in the 1970s with the Joffrion brothers of Belle Rose purchasing the Militus Babin tract on the north side of Hwy. 70. They developed over 100 campsite lots, dug canals, and put in streets with names that invoke good times – names like Gumbo, Jambalaya, Sauce Picquante and Crawfi sh Stew! Soon some of those campsite lots were convert-ed to many full time residences.

The next big increase in the number of residents came in the 1990s when my former wife (Cathy Settoon) and I purchased some 31 acres at Bayou Corne. In August of 1993 we acquired from Dugas & LeBlanc, Inc. a 24-acre tract on the south side of Hwy. 70 and a 7.5-acre strip of land north of LA Hwy 70, between the high-way and Jambalaya Street.

Without it sounding like a cli-ché, we had a “dream”, a dream to create a beautiful waterfront community on what we con-

Brine offi cials have assured us that they do not wish to disturb or disrupt our lives any more than has already taken place. They have promised us to be “good neighbors” into the fu-ture. They’ve also promised to monitor the sinkhole and the threat of gas.

For those of us staying in Bayou Corne, we are very hap-py and content with our deci-sion to stay. We’ve studied the science and truly believe the worst is over. No science or ex-pert is predicting the sinkhole will reach our homes, Hwy 70 or Bayou Corne to the south. It also seems like the gas is dimin-ishing with no signs of it being re-charged! The bubbling in the bayou in most places is also greatly reduced. The world also needs to know that the bayous and swamps near the sinkhole remain lush, green, and fi lled with fi sh and wildlife.

For the most part, Grand Bayou, Bayou Corne and the

route to Lake Verret is as beau-tiful and scenic as ever. Waters remain unpolluted and cypress trees just as green and healthy as they were before the sink-hole.

Into the future, life on our lovely bayou may never be quite the same. To those of us staying, our community will be much smaller and thus per-haps even quieter, more se-rene, more peaceful than ever before! Sportsman’s Landing and Cajun Cabins and RV sites will remain open for business, hopefully for a long time into the future. However, make no mistake, unless something much worse happens, there will always be a residential community at Bayou Corne, a neighborhood, a picturesque happy place where people live in harmony with the beauty of nature all around them, truly a Sportsman’s Paradise!

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sidered to be one of the most beautiful bayous we had ever seen.

Our dreams became real-ity with the creation of Sports-man’s Paradise on the south side, and Magnolia Ridge on the north side of LA 70. We developed over 50 lots, and over 40 families established happy homes in Bayou Corne. In 1993 we knew this land was near the salt dome, but not over it. We never imagined, not even in our worst nightmare, that this beautiful place could be threatened by a salt cavern collapse!

I built my small business here, I created a life for my-self, I fi nished developing the lots, put in a boat ramp, built three fi ne Cajun Cabins and a handful of R.V. sites. Soon, the cabins had visitors coming from around the state, the na-tion, and even from around the world. I’ve had visitors from every state in the nation and even from Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, England, Norway, and Sweden and even as far away as Australia. My wife Pat and I enjoy sharing our small piece of Cajun bayou paradise with the world. We relish sharing our Cajun culture for all who want to come and enjoy!

However, sad days have come to our bayou paradise. We are greatly saddened by the departure of so many people. Such a small close-knit com-munity, so many years in the making, now being disman-tled, taken apart piece by piece, family by family, home by home. We all know the facts, the gas bubbling fi rst reported May 30, 2012, the sinkhole formed August 3, 2012, gas re-leased into the aquifer, the vent wells installed, slough-ins on the hole, mediation and “buy-outs” started.

When the sinkhole fi rst formed, it was estimated that about 350 people and 150 homes/camps were located in Bayou Corne. Currently, of the 150 homes/camps only about 30 remain occupied. Some 66 or so residents/campers have been bought out, probably more by this time. Those who did not “opt-out” of the class action suit will get a buy-out and soon leave their homes for-ever. Bayou Corne Holdings, LLC (owned by Texas Brine Co.) will own the properties. Now, as far as the 27 homes on the south side of LA Hwy 70, as best as we can determine at this time, only nine homes will remain occupied – eight homes directly on the bayou and one on the corner of the bayou and the canal that encircles Sports-man’s Paradise.

On the north side of LA Hwy 70, it is not offi cial yet, but it appears that only two camps and only one full time residence will remain. Across the bayou from Sportsman’s Paradise on the Triche Estate, it appears that the two residences there may remain. On the east side of Grand Bayou, the lone resident there now will remain also. While it is all still not certain, it appears that Bayou Corne will be reduced to no more than 15 homes/camps to-tal!

Now, the future of the Bayou Corne area lies pretty much in the hands of the Texas Brine Company. The “new reality” is that Texas Brine will soon own the over-whelming majority of the residential properties in the area. Texas Brine has publicaly stated that they have not made the fi nal decision as to the fu-ture and fi nal disposition of these properties. However, on several occasions, the company has indicated there is a strong likelihood that the structures (homes) will be demolished and removed, the property con-verted to “green space”, and the grass maintained. Will any of the homes ever be re-sold and re-occupied? Will any of the property be re-developed in the future? Texas Brine and their insurance carriers will determine the future of those properties.

Now, for those of us remain-ing in Bayou Corne, Texas

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Neil Maki, MD, ortho-paedic surgeon on staff at Thibodaux Regional Medi-cal Center, recently attended a bill signing ceremony with Governor Bobby Jindal and other state dignitaries. The bill signed into law by Gov-ernor Jindal addresses the issue of out-of-state physi-cians traveling with their sports teams.

House Bill 1074, au-thored by Representative Lenar Whitney from Hou-ma, will create an exemp-tion from licensure for those individuals who are licensed to practice medicine in an-other state or country and allow them to attend to the acute care needs of the of-ficial traveling party of ath-letes and staff of an athletic

team while the team is com-peting in Louisiana. This measure was spearheaded by the Louisiana Orthopae-dic Association and had the support of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Ex-aminers. House Bill 1074 was and is now designated as Act 535. Approximately 20 states have adopted this similar exemption.

Pictured with Governor Jindal are from left to right, Cindy Bishop, Executive Director, Louisi-ana Orthopaedic Association, Neil Maki, MD, Former President of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association, and State Representative, Lenar Whitney.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The books on Loui-siana's last budget year have been closed, but it took a bit of borrowing from this year to make the numbers work.

To fill gaps in the budget that ended June 30, the trea-sury had to dip into dollars slated to pay for state agency operations this year. Trea-surer John Kennedy said the state used $24 million from this year's budget to plug last year's holes.

That's part of a continuing balancing act used by Gov. Bobby Jindal and state law-makers that relies on patch-work funding from items like property sales, legal settle-ments and hurricane recovery spending reimbursements to keep state programs and ser-vices operating.

Jindal's top budget adviser, Commissioner of Adminis-tration Kristy Nichols, said Tuesday the budget was bal-anced and the borrowing was only temporary.

"We always knew that fis-cal year 2014 was fully fund-ed," she said in a statement.

But Kennedy said there's a "structural deficit" in the state's annual spending plans, relying too heavily on un-certain sources of cash and scrambling to fill gaps when the money doesn't arrive as expected.

"At some point, the ma-neuvers and tricks are going to run out," he said.

While the 2013-14 budget year closed June 30, the year didn't close for accounting purposes until Aug. 14, and number-crunching has been

going on since then to deter-mine how things wrapped up.

Jindal and lawmakers bal-anced last year's $25 billion budget with more than $400 million in piecemeal financ-ing, plugged into what is called the Overcollections Fund, a sort of catch-all fund in the treasury.

Most of that money was earmarked for the state's pub-lic colleges, and the Jindal administration had to take a series of loans from other treasury funds to pay for higher education operations until the dollars arrived.

According to the trea-surer's office, more money poured into the Overcollec-tions Fund than was origi-nally expected, about $419 million, including more cash than anticipated from an an-

Books balanced for last La. budget, with borrowing ti-fraud initiative in the De-partment of Revenue.

The problem is that Jindal and lawmakers budgeted $443 million from the fund in last year's budget, accord-ing to the treasury, spending more than was projected to be available.

Nichols said the patch-work financing "can some-times face delays and come in a little later than we ex-

pect.""But, I don't consider that

a shortfall. FY14 was fully funded and FY15 will be as well," she said.

The Jindal administration and lawmakers gave them-selves a little padding for this year's budget, which could help address any gaps.

They expect more dollars to come into the Overcollec-tions Fund than what they

planned to spend, so if a few revenue sources fall short, the budget still could stay in balance.

"They have some wiggle room in here right now, but we have to see what hap-pens, because you've still got some pretty big figures out there that haven't been col-lected," said Laura Lapeze, chief financial officer for the treasury.

Olive Russo St. Germaine Olive Russo St. Germaine,

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ville, LA. She passed away peace-fully at her home Mon-day, August, 18, 2014. She was 90 years old.

A visitation will be held on Friday, August 22, 2014 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church from 9:00 AM until funeral time. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11:00 AM with burial to follow in the church cemetery. She is survived by her children, Nor-ma and son-in-law Michael Cazenave, Ruby and son-in-law Jerry Ball, Floyd and daughter-in-law Jackie Russo, and Judy and son in law Rob-ert Landry; grandchildren, Chana Cazenave, Jonah Bou-dreaux, Zack, Cade, Landry, and Cachet Mitchell, Yancy and Brycen Ball, Melissa Sul-livan, Floyd Russo Jr., An-gel Russo; great grandchil-dren, Beau Boudreaux, Blaze Landry, Mathew Ball, Mallie Daigle, Chelsie Dinino, Aus-tin Russo, and Harlie Russo, great-great grandchild, Kyn-ler Dinino, and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Mitchell twin boys, and sev-eral nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and neph-ews. She is preceded in death by her husbands, Maurice St. Germaine and August Russo; parents, Rudolphe and Elsie Rivere; one sister, Elsie Cava-lier, and 3 brothers, Rudolphe, Jr., Murphy, and Mervin Ri-vere. Landry’s Funeral Home, INC is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

Genevieve Lois Sonnier Talbot

Genevieve Lois Sonnier Talbot, a native of Morse, LA and a resident of Napoleon-ville, passed from this life on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at Our Lady of the Lake Region-al Medical Center. She was 85. Mrs. Talbot was a former school teacher in Assumption Parish. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. A memo-rial Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, August 29, 2014, at St. Anne Catholic Church, in Napoleonville, with Rev. Paul Gros, celebrant. Inurn-ment will be in the family tomb in the Church Cemetery. Services under the direction of Ourso Funeral Home, Don-aldsonville, LA. Survivors include her 5 children; Greg “Moose” Talbot and wife Mel, Cherie Bozeman and husband

ObituariesDonnie, Laurie Gauthe’ and husband Hammer, Arthur “Buzz” Talbot, Russell Tal-bot and wife Christy. Grand-children; Khipi Parker, Don-nie Bozeman, Tia Barbera, Shonna Wege, Shandie Daze’, Quinn Gauthe’, Jacob Talbot, Brody Bozeman, Clayton Tal-bot, Corinne Talbot. A sister; Lena Dell Richard and hus-band Floyd. Great grandchil-dren; Allison Beaugh, Court-ney Daze’, Bailey Simoneaux, Remy Parker, Peyton Barbera, Greta Bozeman, Karleigh Daze’, Lauren Barbera, Lily Wege, Ava Gauthe’, Maxx Wege, Eli Gauthe’, Adalyn Talbot. She was preceded in death by her parents; her hus-band Lawrence “Billy” Talbot and a grandson; Lauren Tal-bot.

Debbie M. (Kennedy) Parker

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She departed this life on Tuesday, August 26, 2014 at Thibodaux Regional Medi-cal Center. She was 74, a na-tive of Labadieville, LA and a resident of Thibodaux, LA. Visiting at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Thibodaux, from 11:00 am to Religious Ser-vices at 1:00 pm Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, conducted by Rev. McCullen Williams. Burial at Old Fountain Baptist Church cemetery. Arrangements by Williams & Southall Funeral Home, 1204 Cleveland St., Thibodaux, La. (985) 447-2513.

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The Assumption Lady Mustang Volleyball team completed its preseason with a Jamboree contest against Central Lafourche last week.

The Lady Trojans played up to the task by giving As-sumption all it could handle, but the Lady Mustangs held on to win 25-24 in a Jambo-ree contest played at the As-sumption Parish Community Center.

Assumption trailed 4-2 before rallying for six con-secutive points to take a 8-4 advantage. Outside hitter Kevreion Ward led the Lady Mustang surge firing two kills and a point off a block at the net.

The Lady Trojans an-swered with a 6-0 run be-fore Assumption came back

again with a 6-0 surge. Ward and teammate Hannah Diggs each had kills and Caroline Gonzales scored on a service ace to give the Lady Mus-tangs a 14-10 lead.

Assumption commit-ted four straight errors that led to Central Lafourche to score five points. As-sumption's Lorraine Baker delivered a spike that tied it at 16-16. The Lady Tro-jans moved ahead with a point off a block to make it 19-18. Assumption rallied with points off errors and a teamed block attempt by Megan White and Ward that made it 22-20.

A pair of Assumption er-rors gave the Lady Trojans the lead at 23-22 before a service error tied it again at 23-23.

Both teams exchanged er-

rors again that put the score at 24-24, before Ward ended it with a service ace to give the Lady Mustangs the win at 25-24.

"We gave up too many points and they (Central La-fourche) played excellent defense," Assumption coach Sandy Fussell said. "We had too many unforced errors, but it's early in the season and these mistakes are all correctable."

The Lady Mustangs will begin regular season play this week and will host its annual Bayou Classic begin-ning Thursday, Sept. 4th and resume play on Saturday, Sept. 6th. Assumption will play at McGehee on Tues-day, Sept. 9, and then travel to Hahnville on Wednesday, Sept. 10, in a pair of non-district contests.

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BY JIM HENDERSONSports Writer

The 13th Annual Bayou Classic Volleyball Tourna-ment is slated for play on Thursday, Sept. 4, and Sat-urday, Sept. 6, at the As-sumption High School Gym and the Assumption Parish Community Center located across the street from the high school.

This year's tournament will consist of two ten-team divisions. Twenty schools are divided into four pools with five teams in each pool. Pool play will have each team playing on four courts. On Court 1, Pool A teams will consist of Assumption, Brusly, Chalmette, Lutcher and H.L. Bourgeois. On Court 2, Pool B teams will consist of Comeaux, Vande-

bilt Catholic, Ascension Episcopal, Morgan City and E.D. White. Court 3, Pool C teams will consist of Donaldsonville, Thibodaux, Central Catholic, Central LaFourche and Berwick. Court 4, Pool D teams will consist of Houma Christian, East Ascension, St. Charles-Catholic, South LaFourche and South Terrebonne.

Court 1 will be located in the main gym of Assump-tion High School; Court 2 will be located in the back gym of AHS. Court 3 & 4 will be located at the As-sumption Parish Commu-nity Center.

The top two teams in each pool will advance to play in a playoff with the champi-onship slated to be played on Saturday, Sept. 6th at

4:00 p.m.Pool play begins Thurs-

day, Sept. 4th at 3:30 p.m. and continues on Saturday, Sept. 6th beginning at 9:00 a.m. Playoffs will start at 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon with the championship match set for 4 p.m.

Admission both Thursday and Saturday for everyone will be $6. A wide variety of concessions will be sold at all three venues. No out-side food or drink will be allowed inside the gyms or surrounding areas. No ice chests or coolers will be al-lowed inside gyms. Ice and water will be provided at each team bench. A hospi-tality room will be provided for coaches, officials and tournament personnel at both gym sites.

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The Assumption Lady Mustang Volleyball won the Lady Trojans 25-24 in a pre-season game Thursday at home.

Section 2, The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, September 2, 2014, Page 1

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge on Thurs-day asked lawyers battling over Louisiana's new, restric-tive abortion law for an agree-ment that apparently could let clinics stay open — at least for a while — after the law takes effect Sept. 1.

U.S. District Judge John deGravelles said that if the two sides cannot agree, he will rule Friday on a request from clinics and doctors for a temporary order blocking en-forcement of the law while a lawsuit seeking to overturn it remains in court.

The law will require doc-tors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges to a hospital within 30 miles of their clinics. The Cen-ter for Reproductive Rights fi led the court challenge last week, saying doctors haven't had enough time to obtain the privileges and the law likely would force Louisiana's fi ve abortion clinics to close.

Attorneys for the state said in court Thursday that the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals barred enforcement against doctors who have requested admitting privileges but don't yet have responses from the hospitals they applied to.

DeGravelles asked whether a state pledge to refrain from enforcing the law against all such doctors would persuade attorneys for two doctors and three clinics to drop their re-quest for a temporary restrain-ing order to stop the law from taking effect. The clinics are in northwest Louisiana and in a New Orleans suburb.

The state's refusal to in-clude doctors at clinics in New Orleans and Baton Rouge had been a sticking point in attempts to reach an agreement, attorneys for both sides said.

DeGravelles sought state-ments from both Kathy Kli-ebert and the state Board of Medical Examiners. He also wants Kliebert to state that only her department has the power to enforce the law. Attorneys for state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell said he did not plan to get involved unless asked by the health de-partment.

Kyle Duncan, who repre-sents Health and Hospitals Secretary Kathy Kliebert, on Thursday resubmitted a state-ment fi led earlier in the week to add a paragraph explaining the department's authority to

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had gotten in touch with the department would have been told that it cannot enforce the law against doctors who don't have a fi nal decision on their requests to hospitals.

The lawsuit fi led last Fri-day said the 81 days between

Gov. Bobby Jindal's signature and the Sept. 1 effective date was too little time for doc-tors to get responses from the hospitals, so the law probably would shut down Louisiana's fi ve abortion clinics. Each hospital has its own rules,

and some are more compli-cated than others.

Admitting privileges laws have passed across the South.

A panel of the 5th U.S. Cir-cuit Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Louisi-ana, upheld a similar Texas

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Baton Rouge area home sales post gain in July

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Home sales in metro Baton Rouge increased by 2 percent in July, thanks to increased sales in East Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes.

There were 856 home sales that closed in July in the nine-parish area. That's according to fi gures released Monday by the Greater Baton Rouge As-sociation of Realtors.

That compares with 839 closed sales in July 2013. The biggest monthly gainer was Livingston Parish, where sales were up 11.7 percent from 137 to 153.

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But the number of homes for sale fell 9.8 percent to 4,003. The supply in months was 5.3, compared with 6.5 in 2013.

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An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight

the outbreak raging through West Africa — once more of it can be made.

The monkeys were given the drug, ZMapp, three to five

days after they were infected with the virus and when most were showing symptoms. That is several days later than any other experimental Ebola

treatment tested so far.The drug also completely

protected six other monkeys given a slightly different ver-sion of it three days after in-

Experimental Ebola drug heals all monkeys in study fection in a pilot test. These two studies are the first mon-key tests ever done on ZMapp.

"The level of improvement was utterly beyond my honest expectation," said one study leader, Gary Kobinger of the Public Health Agency of Can-ada in Winnipeg.

"For animal data, it's ex-tremely impressive," said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Al-lergy and Infectious Diseases, which had a role in the work.

It's not known how well the drug would work in people, who can take up to 21 days to show symptoms and are not infected the way these mon-keys were in a lab.

Several experts said it's not possible to estimate a window of opportunity for treating people, but that it was encour-aging that the animals recov-ered when treated even after advanced disease developed.

The study was published online Friday by the journal Nature.

ZMapp had never been tested in humans before two Americans aid workers who got Ebola while working in Africa were allowed to try it. The rest of the limited supply was given to five others.

There is no more ZMapp now, and once a new batch is ready, it still needs some basic tests before it can be tried again during the African outbreak, Fauci said. "We do need to know what the proper dose is" in people and that it's safe, he said.

Ebola has killed more than 1,500 people this year and the World Health Organization says there could be as many as 20,000 cases before the out-break is brought under con-trol. On Friday, it spread to a fifth African country — Sen-egal, where a university stu-dent who traveled there from Guinea was being treated.

There is no approved vac-cine or specific treatment, just supportive care to keep them hydrated and nourished. Ef-forts have focused on find-ing cases and tracking their contacts to limit the disease, which spreads through con-tact with blood and other flu-ids.

ZMapp is three antibodies that attach to cells infected with Ebola, helping the im-mune system kill them.

Of the seven people known to have been treated with ZMapp, two have died — a Liberian doctor and a Span-ish priest. The priest received only one of three planned doses. The two Americans re-covered, as have two Africans who received ZMapp in Libe-ria — a Congolese doctor and a Liberian physician's assis-tant who were expected to be released from a treatment cen-

ter on Friday. A British nurse also got the drug, reportedly the two unused doses left over from treating the Spanish priest.

Doctors have said there is no way to know whether ZMapp made a difference or the survivors recovered on their own, as about 45 percent of people infected in this out-break have.

ZMapp's maker, Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., of San Diego, has said the small supply of the drug is now ex-hausted and that it will take several months to make more. The drug is grown in tobacco plants and was developed with U.S. government support.

Kobinger said it takes about a month to make 20 to 40 dos-es at a Kentucky plant where the drug is being produced. Officials have said they are looking at other facilities and other ways to ramp up pro-duction, and Kobinger said there were plans for a clinical trial to test ZMapp in people early next year.

The monkey study in-volved scientists from the Canada health agency, Mapp Biopharmaceutical, the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease.

Eighteen monkeys were given lethal amounts of Ebola in a shot, then received three intravenous doses of ZMapp, given three days apart starting three to five days after they were infected. Some were showing severe symptoms such as excessive bleeding, rashes and effects on their liver.

All treated with ZMapp survived; three other infected monkeys who did not get the drug died within eight days.

Primates have been good stand-ins for people for many viral diseases, but how well they predict human respons-es to Ebola, "we just don't know," said Dr. Cameron Wolfe, a Duke University in-fectious disease specialist. The study also "tells us noth-ing about side effects" people might have, he added.

Still, it was encouraging that even monkeys with se-vere symptoms got better, said Wolfe and Erica Oll-mann Saphire, a Scripps Re-search Institute professor who has worked with some of the study leaders on antibodies to Ebola.

"The treatment window in humans needs to be estab-lished in a well-controlled trial" that also would explore the correct dose of ZMapp in people, Saphire wrote in an email. "Given its tremendous efficacy in the nonhuman primates, I don't see how it couldn't be helpful in people."

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Then why not go to a school where clowning around is the way to make the grade? At Mooseburger Clown Camp, students study Beginning Balloons, Face Painting, Comic Movement

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Students at Mooseburger Clown Camp learn that some surprises can make people laugh. Connect the dots to find out what is on top of Lulu’s head.

What will you do after you finish high school? There are lots of choices. For students 18 or older, the companies on today’s Kid Scoop page offer

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“Students, today your assignment is to bake a cake.” How would you like to hear those words come out of your teacher’s mouth? If you are a student at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York City, this is exactly what you could hear.

This school serves up training for people interested in working in restaurants, catering, sales, marketing and other food-related careers.

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Look through the newspaper for a career that you would like to have. Make a list of skills you might need. Research places to get training in this career.Standards Link: Life Work: Students research skills or training for a specific job.

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BEHAVIORThe noun behavior means

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talking with your friends or family members.

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This week’s word:

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3. Next, a “target” (a stick with a floater ball on the end) is put in front of the sea lion. Each time the sea lion touches its nose to the target, the trainer says, “okay” and gives a fish.

Now the sea lion knows: target = okay = fish.

4. This is repeated to reward other behaviors on cue. For example, if the trainer touches a front flipper and the sea lion raises its flipper, the trainer says, “okay,” and gives a fish.

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SCHOOL NEWSDuring the summer break,

a child’s healthy eating of-ten takes a vacation too. Now that school is back in session, it’s time to refocus your efforts to ensure that your children’s nutrition and physical activity habits get back on track.

Breakfast is a crucial meal for developing chil-dren. Benefi ts to children eating a nutritious break-fast include: a higher school attendance rate, less tardiness and fewer hunger-induced stomach-aches in the morning. Stud-ies have also shown higher overall test scores, better concentrate levels, prob-lems can be more easily solved and better muscle coordination result when a child begins their day with a healthy breakfast. So be sure that your children eat a nutritious breakfast every day whether it is at home or at school.

If your child is eating lunch at school, take time to review the menu with them and discuss how they can build a healthful and nutritious meal they will enjoy. Their choices should include whole grains, veg-etables, fruits, and low fat or fat-free dairy at every meal.

If you are a mom who packs your children’s lunches, take them to the grocery with you to shop and allow them to pick out healthy foods with your guidance that they enjoy. They are much more likely to eat what you pack if they have picked it out them-selves.

Children who are in-volved in afterschool ac-tivities will need a healthy snack that they can eat prior to the activity. Good choices are fruit or vegeta-bles slices, 100% fruit juice and whole grain crackers

with low fat cheese which will provide them with en-ergy they will need to make it to dinner.

Routine physical activity is also essential to a child’s development. Not all chil-dren like sports; however, there are still many ways they can get that activity on a daily basis at school and at home. Involving the en-tire family in physical activ-ity is a great way to spend time together and helps everyone get the amount required.

Engage your children in conversations that help you to learn the foods that they like and to help teach them about the foods they need for their growing bod-ies. This will help ensure that they have the knowl-edge and ability to eat healthy and tasty foods at every meal.

For more information about this topic and other

Kandi Kraemer, principal of Bayou L'Ourse Primary School, accepts a donation from Jerry Cherry, of the St. Andrew Knights of Columbus. Thank you to the St. Andrew Knights of Columbus from all the students and staff of BLP.

Back to school with good nutrition

(StatePoint) It happened again this year: The kids are back in the classroom before you’ve had the chance to blink. Thank-fully, new developments in education are mak-ing it easier than ever for students to hit the ground running.

These days, technology has the power to dramati-cally improve how kids digest, retain and apply information – if you know how to use it. Check out these great study tips that can help your student achieve the grades they strive for.

Quit Cramming “All-nighters” are a relic

of the “Saved by the Bell” era. Research now shows that students who cram the evening before a test or quiz are less likely to perform well the following day. Rest is critical for aca-demic success.

Instead of packing learn-ing into marathon ses-sions, students should maintain a regular study schedule leading up to their tests and should make sure to get plenty of shuteye.

Create a Digital Tool-Kit“Be prepared” is the

simple motto of the Boy Scouts, and it applies to almost every facet of life. You wouldn’t try to build

a tree-house without a hammer, saw and nails -- you shouldn’t study with an empty tool kit either. These days, there are unique tech tools avail-able that make the study-ing process more effi cient, engaging and effective.

For example, McGraw-Hill Education’s Learn-Smart provides an adap-tive “digital tutor” that continuously assesses students’ knowledge and skills and provides person-alized recommendations that help them master con-tent over time. By helping students focus their study time more on learning what they don’t know and

less on what they already know, LearnSmart can help turn C students into B students and B students into A students.

The company also of-fers SmartBook, a per-sonalized digital textbook that adjusts on the fl y and highlights important in-formation based on each student’s current strengths and weaknesses. You can fi nd more information on McGraw-Hill Education’s entire family of adaptive learning tools at www.mh-education.com/back-to-school.

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If your children apply themselves and use these tips to guide their studies, they’ll have a leg up in the beginning of the school year. Whether it’s Mc-Graw-Hill Education’s digi-tal learning products, an outside-the-box approach

to test-prep, or just a good night’s sleep, a dynamic, modern approach to edu-cation can help your child thrive.

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(StatePoint) Physical ac-tivity may not be the fi rst thing parents or teachers think about when they want to boost a child’s academic performance, but evidence supports the notion that a bit of exercise for the body is benefi cial to the brain as well.

In fact, kindergarteners who participated in Build Our Kids’ Success (BOKS), a free before-school pro-gram involving physical activity and nutrition educa-tion, had signifi cantly im-proved memory skills as rat-ed by teachers, compared

to their peers who did not participate. A study of the children’s performance also concluded that those who participated in the program exhibited good behavior in the classroom.

“A sedentary life and poor eating habits can lower kids’ performance in the class-room and start a cycle of health problems later in life,” says Kathleen Tullie, Found-er and Executive Director of BOKS and the Director of Social Responsibility for Reebok. “Simply stated, a healthy body and a healthy brain go hand in hand.”

So how can you incorpo-rate more healthy habits into your family’s routine?

• Active weekends: In-stead of a lazy Saturday or Sunday, get outside and get moving. Take a soccer ball to the park for a pick-up game or hike a local trail. Make exercise on the weekends a regular habit for your family, and those habits will extend to the rest of the week as well.

• Fuel throughout the day: A hearty breakfast sets kids up for a great day. Follow that up with a healthful, sat-isfying lunch and snacks

such as nuts and fruit, to help kids avoid the pitfalls of the junk food machines.

• Cook together: Take-out is great when you’re crunched for time, but be sure to cook at home at least a few times a week. Not only are homemade meals one of the only ways you can be exactly sure of what you’re feeding your family, but the act of cooking together is a great opportunity to impart some lessons about nutri-tion and eating right.

• Bed time: Adequate sleep is crucial for a healthy, functional mind and body.

Setting a regular bedtime and sticking to it is best to ensure kids get a full night’s rest.

• Volunteer to get your school involved: Children should have one hour or more of physical activity daily, according to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, physical education class may not be suffi cient. Inves-tigate what other opportuni-ties your child’s school has for physical activity, such as before school programs like BOKS or after school sports. If your school doesn’t have

such a program in place, look into starting BOKS at your school.

BOKS, for example, can be run by anyone -- parents, teachers, the school nurse or a community activist. To learn more, visit www.BOK-SKids.org.

Healthy habits will not only reduce your child’s risk for such problems as obesity, diabetes and heart disease, they can help prime children for more success inside the classroom and beyond. So give your children a leg up and encourage them to get moving.

Regular exercise can help kids do better in school

(BPT) - The summer months are over and the school year is in full swing. As a parent, this means you've traded those lazy summer days for school sports and activities, cold-er temperatures and the morning rush to the bus stop. If you feel like your home's organization is hanging on by a thread, take heart; there are some simple things you can do to return order and make the rest of your school year run smoothly. Here are a few ideas to get you started:

* Take the hectic out of those hectic morn-ings. Let's be honest, the

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learning your child received a failing grade simply be-cause they lost their as-signment. Keep your home organized and your child's assignments accounted for by creating a designat-ed homework area in your home. A space in your of-fi ce, a desk in the kitchen or a spot at the dining room table works great. You can even add a calendar to help your students keep track of the due dates for larger projects.

* Adjust the bathroom rou-tine. Of all the routines that create morning chaos, the battle for the bathroom is king. Simply put, this space

is a one-at-a-time area, and if you have more kids than bathrooms, tension will arise. You can circumvent this by putting some of your children - or even yourself - on the evening shift when it comes to showers. Small children or children who require less mirror time in the morning are the logical choice, but you may want to set up a rotating schedule to keep the peace.

* Have a plan. If you have multiple kids in multiple ac-tivities, it can be impossible to keep track of who needs to be where and when, so don't try. When your child joins a new activity, ask to

see the schedule and in-stantly add the appropri-ate dates and times to your calendar. Don't rely on your kids to remember when they need to be some-where; they won't remem-ber until they are already 15 minutes late. You simply don't need the headache.

The school year is a far cry from those relaxing days of summer, but you don't have to let the crazy control your life. Institute these simple changes to maintain some order, and you'll reach the following summer with a smile on your face and your sanity intact.

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Section 2, The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, September 2, 2014, Page 7

Opinion

BY GLENN MOLLETTE

I grew up on bacon, sausage and pork chops. We raised hogs. We butchered at least one a year. There is nothing like a big skillet of fried bacon and sausage in the morning with hot biscuits, scrambled eggs and gravy. Unfortunately this lifestyle of sumptuous dining has its health risks over the long haul. I essentially gave up these breakfast choices several years ago. I can certainly remember those good old days of mommy's cooking and fine dining.

Pork tastes good but the long term impact on our arteries will eventually kill us. An old fellow who lived over in the next "holler" from us ate mostly pork and died at a young age. Right before he passed away his wife thought his last word uttered was oink.

The last death rattling gasps of many Ken-tuckians have been heard in recent months. Unemployment benefits, food stamps, free meals and more have been cut by Congress. This couldn't happen at a worse time for the mountains. These cuts coupled with zero jobs to be found spells economic disaster for the region.

For years Congressman Hal Rogers, backed with government dollars and labeled "Prince of Pork" has kept the bacon rolling into East, Kentucky. Today, there simply isn't enough government bacon to alleviate the financial distress.

During the previous years all seemed well

and good. Depend on coal and the govern-ment will help in hard times. For years this formula worked okay. It doesn't work any-more.

Rogers and Mitch McConnell should have spent the last twenty years helping East Kentucky diversify. I'm not patting any Democrats on the back either. None of them have really cared about the future of the mountains. McConnell could gain a position of prominence in the Senate that ought to be helpful to Kentuckians, if he will.

Central Kentucky and Southern Indiana have both been economically revolution-ized with Toyota plants. Bowling Green has a Corvette plant. Chattanooga is roll-ing Volkswagens off the assembly line. It is reprehensible that East, Kentucky has little to nothing to show for all the billions of dollars that have poured out of our moun-tains and the literal raping of our land.

The cries of "Coal is all we have," are sad. Coal is all we have because all anyone wanted to see was the present. We cared nothing about the future. Government pork has been a temporary meal that only fat-tened us for the kill.

The future is here. The last sound we are hearing as people have to pack up and leave or starve is oink.

Glenn Mollette is an American columnist and author. He is from Martin county, KY.

The political left has been campaigning against the use of force since at least the 18th century. So it is not surprising that they are now arguing that heavily armed or aggressive police forces only inflame protesters and thus provoke violence.

Statisticians have long warned that correla-tion is not causation, but they have apparently warned in vain.

There is no reason to doubt that heavily armed police in riot gear may be more likely to show up where outbreaks of violence are expected. But when violence then breaks out, does that prove that it was the appearance of the police that caused it?

I strongly suspect that people who travel with armed guards are more likely to be mur-dered than people who do not travel with armed guards. After all, they are not paying to have armed guards for no reason.

If so, should we conclude from a higher mur-der rate among people with armed guards that having armed guards increases your chances of getting murdered? Shall we also conclude from this that we the taxpayers should no longer pay to have Secret Service agents guarding our pres-idents?

Actually, the history of assassinations of American presidents could be cited as evidence that armed guards are correlated with higher murder rates, if we proceed to "reason" the same way the advocates of weaker police presence seem to be reasoning.

There have been 43 Presidents of the Unit-ed States, of whom four -- Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley and Kennedy -- have been murdered. That is a murder rate of 9 percent.

If the murder rate in the general population -- most of whom do not have armed guards -- were 9 percent, that would mean more than 27 million Americans murdered today. We haven't quite gotten up to a murder rate that high, even in Chicago.

Does anyone seriously believe that leaving presidents unguarded would reduce assassina-tions? Probably not. But this is the golden age of talking points, as distinguished from serious thinking about serious issues.

These talking points are often based on a pre-vailing social vision, rather than on hard facts. According to the prevailing vision, ghetto riots are due to racial injustices -- and the way to deal with them is to make concessions in words and deeds, while severely restricting the use of force by the police.

Factual evidence cannot make a dent in that vision.

But, for those who are still so old-fashioned as to rely on facts, here are a few: Back in the 1960s when ghetto riots broke out in cities across the country, the region with the fewest riots was the South, where racial discrimina-tion was greatest and police forces least likely to show restraint.

In Detroit, with a liberal mayor in the city and a liberal governor in the state, where the police were warned against shooting during the 1967 riots, there was the largest death toll of any city during any riot during that whole decade -- 43 people dead, 33 of them black.

Both the New York Times and the Washing-ton Post expressed astonishment that such a riot could occur in a city with such liberal policies. But neither of them changed its vision in re-sponse to facts which contradicted that vision.

In Chicago, there were three nights of riot-ing on the westside in 1966. These riots were brought to a halt with what a Chicago corre-spondent for the Los Angeles Times called an almost "miraculous" low death rate of two. Yet that same reporter called the use of both troops and police a "serious over-reaction."

Any force sufficient to prevent riots from get-ting out of hand is almost certain to be charac-terized as "excessive force" or "over-reaction" by people with zero experience trying to stop riots.

During a later and larger riot in Chicago, Mayor Richard J. Daley went on television to inform all and sundry that he had given orders to his police to "shoot to kill" arsonists -- provok-ing outraged denunciations across the country.

The number of people actually killed dur-ing that riot was less than a third of the num-ber killed in kinder and gentler Detroit the fol-lowing year, even though Chicago had a larger population.

Do you prefer that fewer people get killed or that kinder and gentler rhetoric and tactics be used?

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stan-ford, CA 94305. His website iswww.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

Louisiana United States Sena-tor Mary Landrieu has always been a survivor in Bayou State politics. She’s been successful in four races for the U.S. Senate, but the elec-tions have always been close, and until now, her opponents have never had the full weight of the national Republican campaign apparatus be-hind them. But this time it’s differ-ent. Landrieu is in the political fight of her life. She’s under an all out as-sault by Republican organizations all over the country.

There’s a good reason why so much atten-tion is being paid to this Louisiana election. The stakes are sky high. Which party controls the U.S. Senate may be determined by who wins in Louisiana. The Bayou State’s unique “jungle primary” pushes the runoff election back until early December. Every other state election will have been decided by then. And if control of the senate comes down to one vote, which a number of political prognosticators believe could happen, the Louisiana election will captivate the political eyes of the nation.

Can Landrieu pull it off again? Landrieu’s biggest hurdle is not her two aggressive oppo-

nents, but rather a number of problems she has created on her own. The lady is facing a high mountain to climb be-cause of two things: her controversial senate record, and her continuing cam-paign blunders.

Her political problems were high-lighted after she became the deciding vote to pass Obamacare in the Senate, for which she was dubbed “Obamacare Mary,” a yoke Landrieu’s had to carry for legislation highly unpopular in

Louisiana. Adding to her burden, she’s been a longtime champion of The Patriot Act — a dis-tasteful law that allows widespread spying on every American citizen.

She’s received criticism for her vote to tax Louisianans on all out of state Internet sales, a tax increase also highly unpopular back home. Another Landrieu proposed tax would double the security passenger fee — a fee that air trav-elers would have to pay on each flight. In 2011, she became chairman of the Senate’s Home-land Security Appropriations Subcommittee, yet her opponents charge that her leadership on immigration reform has languished as she’s failed to offer any suggestions or legislation to curtail the mass of illegals crossing into the

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Facts vs. Visions

Pork poison goes oink

Landrieu causes her own problems in re-election bid

United States.Landrieu has been a champion of the U.S.

Export-Import Bank, which is presently under siege because of allegations of corruption and cronyism. Most recently, her Republican oppo-nents are on the attack for her attempts to block legislation that would have imposed human rights sanctions for atrocities in Venezuela.

But aside from her voting record, Landrieu’s bigger problems involve the handling of her politics. In recent years, she’s rarely returned to the state, and is running a re-election campaign orchestrated from Washington, driven by mil-lions of dollars in campaign contributions from all over the country. Last year the Baton Rouge Morning Advocate reported that Landrieu was forced to pay penalties and interest three dif-ferent years for failure to pay property taxes on her Capitol Hill home, valued at $2.36 million, on time. Just last week, USA Today and CNN reported that Landrieu has flown in private planes on multiple occasions for campaign events paid for with taxpayers dollars, a viola-tion of federal law.

She is also being accused of running a cam-paign that is aloof from local involvement, with key supporters complaining that phone calls go unreturned. In the northern part of the state, key public officials, including the mayor of Monroe and the Public Service commissioner have volunteered to help the Senator get out the Democratic vote, but have received no response. Apparently, the entire Landrieu campaign is television driven by out-of-state public relations firms.

Nevertheless, Landrieu still has a lot going for her. She is the incumbent and has she’s done her share of political favors over the past 18 years. But, at least for now, her campaign has lost any sense and understanding of re-tail politics. Voters are not happy with incum-bency and the Washington insider mentality. Landrieu is making a big mistake by not en-gaging, relating to, and personally engulfing a constituency that is skeptical and needs some major reassurance.

And, yes, the election is not yet over, but Mary Landrieu is close to being on the ropes. She has less than 10 weeks to turn it all around.

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“We have met the enemy and they are us.” — Pogo

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Jim Brown’s syndicated column appears each week in numerous newspapers through-out the nation and on websites worldwide. You can read all his past columns and see continuing updates at http://www.jimbrownu-sa.com. You can also hear Jim’s nationally syndicated radio show each Sunday morn-ing from 9 am till 11 am, central time, on the Genesis Radio Network, with a live stream at http://www.jimbrownusa.com.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — With a self-imposed deadline looming, President Barack Obama said Thursday he still in-tends to act on his own to change immigration policies but stopped short of reiterating his past vows to act by end of summer.

Obama raised the slim hope that Congress could take action on a broad immigration overhaul after the midterm elections in November. He said that if law-makers did not pass an overhaul, "I'm going to do what I can to make sure the system works bet-ter."

But for the fi rst time since pledging to act by summer's end, he signaled that such a target date could slip. He said that the administration had been work-ing to reduce the fl ow of unac-companied minors attempting to cross the border and noted that the number of apprehensions at the border had fallen in August.

"Some of these things do af-fect time lines and we're just going to be working through as systematically as possible in or-der to get this done," he said in a news conference where he also addressed Russian aggression in Ukraine and action against Is-lamic State militants.

Two months ago, Obama an-grily conceded that the House did not intend to take up immi-gration legislation this year and ordered Homeland Security Sec-retary Jeh Johnson and Attorney General Eric Holder to come up with actions the president could take on his own.

"I expect their recommenda-tions before the end of summer and I intend to adopt those rec-ommendations without further delay," he said at the time.

Since then, the administra-tion was forced to deal with the sharp rise of young migrants from Central America who were crossing the southwest border. Obama asked Congress for $3.7 billion to deal with the fl ow, a re-quest that Republican lawmak-ers rejected.

At the same time, some Dem-ocrats worried that if Obama took action on his own to reduce deportations it would mobilize Republican voters in hotly con-tested Senate races.

Frank Sharry of the pro-immi-grant group America's Voice said there were no indications the White House planned to delay the announcement, and lots of evidence Obama is preparing for an announcement in September.

"If for whatever reasons they decide to delay, it's going to be a huge problem for an immigra-tion reform movement that has worked tirelessly for years and been promised action for years," Sharry said. "I don't think people are going to take a delay without a big response."

Obama said Thursday that ad-dressing the infl ow of unaccom-panied minors has not stopped the process of looking into "how do we get a smart immigration system in place while we're wait-ing for Congress to act.

"And it continues to be my belief that, if I can't see the con-gressional action, that I need to do at least what I can in order to make the system work better."

The most sweeping, contro-versial step under consideration involves halting deportation for millions, a major expansion of a 2012 Obama program that deferred prosecutions for those brought here illegally as chil-dren.

Roughly half a million people have benefi ted from that pro-gram, known as Deferred Ac-tion for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.

In a sign of how heated the demands on Obama to act have become, 145 protesters were ar-rested midday Thursday in front of the White House in an act of civil disobedience. Demanding a halt to deportations, protesters draped themselves in American fl ags and held signs saying "I am a witness for justice" as onlook-ers cheered them on. The U.S. Park Police said the protesters were charged with blocking the sidewalk.

Republicans are already hint-ing they'll consider legal ac-tion to thwart what they've de-

Obama sets no timeline for action on immigration nounced as a violation of the separation of powers. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a conference call this month with GOP House members, ac-cused Obama of "threatening to rewrite our immigration laws unilaterally."

"If the president fails to faith-

fully execute the laws of our country, we will hold him ac-countable," Boehner said, ac-cording to an individual who participated in the call.

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., pre-dicted Thursday that Congress would not tackle an immigra-tion overhaul before the fall

elections."There are too many mem-

bers of the House that are scared of the tea party, and they are afraid to death that they won't get the extremist support in the election," Nelson told reporters in Orlando, Florida. "There is nothing being done on immigra-

tion until after the election, and probably not until we get a bet-ter sense of where we're going into next year."

The House has passed leg-islation to block Obama from expanding DACA and, through its power of the purse, could at-tempt to cut off the funds that

would be needed to implement the expansion. House Republi-cans could also consider widen-ing or amending their existing lawsuit against Obama over his health care law, a case both parties have suggested could be a prelude to impeachment pro-ceedings.