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PRESORT STD US POSTAGE PAID ZACHARY, LA PERMIT NO. 6 CAR-RT PRESORT POSTAL CUSTOMERS ECWSS Postal Patron Local Feliciana Explorer • Tuesday, December 9, 2014 • Vol. 4, No. 49 • Published Weekly • Circulation 17,000 • felicianaexplorer.com • © 2014 EXPLORER EXPLORER Feliciana Proud to be the Felicianas' only locally owned, managed, and staffed newspaper. See DISTRICTS on page 6 BANK of ZACHARY (225) 654-2701 bankofzachary.com MAIN OFFICE: Main Street | Zachary PLAZA OFFICE: Church Street | Zachary CENTRAL OFFICE: 13444 Hooper Road | Central Member FDIC See COURTHOUSE on page 2 Courthouse Renovation Praised “A Community Effort, a Com- munity Project” — Leslie Ligon BY PATRICIA STALLMAN At the December 1 meeting of the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury, Ann Jones, Blairstown, representing Our Courthouse, LLC, introduced Phase II Chairman Leslie Ligon, Clinton, and, as Parish Secretary Barbara He- bert reported, “Together they present- ed to the Jury the National Trust of Historic Preservation Award for the restoration of the Parish Courthouse in Clinton.” In an interview after the meeting, Ligon remarked, “The Na- tional Trust named, throughout the entire United States, eight recipients of the National Preservation Honor Award in 2014, and we were one of them.” Congress, Ligon explains, set up the National Trust in the 1940s “to be active in preserving historic struc- tures.” The Trust, which is “patterned Presenting the National Preservation Honor Award are Ann Jones, left, and Leslie Li- gon, second from right, of Our Courthouse, LLC. Accepting on behalf of the Police Jury and all community members who took part in the restoration of the Parish Courthouse are Our Courthouse, LLC, members Louis Kent, second from left, Police Jury president, and Dennis Aucoin, right, Police Jury member. Photograph by Marilyn Goff. after a similar British organization, was established by Congressional act and signed into law by President Harry Truman.” The presentation of the award December 1 in Clinton read in part, “The 1840 East Feliciana Parish Courthouse was rehabilitated to re- verse previous alterations and to ad- dress years of rising damp, allowing the building to continue to serve the community for decades to come.” The Courthouse, Ligon recalls, was "restored in the 1960s, and with the best advice (which turned out to be wrong), a concrete floor was poured, which caused moisture to rise up through the walls. The condi- tion of the building was a disgrace. Plaster was falling from the interior walls, and the interior of the building smelled like mildew. The Our Court- Home Rule Charter Redistricting Debate Roils Council BY PATRICIA STALLMAN Mike Hefner, of Geographic Plan- ning and Demographic Services, Du- son, Louisiana, ended his December 1 redistricting workshop in St. Fran- cisville by noting that with the current seven-district system, “we had three out of the seven districts at 52 percent or higher” minority population. With the four districts plus one at-large member, “now we have two out of the four single-member districts with over 54 percent minority population.” The goal is to ensure that minor- ity representation on the Parish Gov- ernment Council reflects the overall population. Before the U. S. Supreme Court ruled the U. S. Department of Justice’s Section 5 review unconsti- tutional, Hefner said, designers of a redistricting plan had to “prove the plan they submitted maintained or improved minority population rep- resentation. Even though a Section 5 review is no longer required, by and large we’ve been able to maintain or improve” that representation, and “we’ve done that by working togeth- er.” More districts means fewer resi- dents per district and more precincts. Fewer districts means that while Council members will represent more people in their district, the costs of parish representation will be less, since the 4 + 1 plan calls for fewer elected Council members. The seven-member Council plan includes a “very wide variation,” He- fner says, in the number of people the current districts represent. In develop- ing the four districts, Hefner is “try- ing to get the size of the districts the same” or as close as possible to that goal. “A zero deviation would mean that all districts have exactly the same number of people; that would be the ideal.” An equal division under the 4 + 1 plan would mean 2,623 people in each of the four districts. If the current seven-district plan had equal representation, an equal number of people in each district, each would count 1,499 people. In ac- tuality, Hefner says, the number goes from a low of 1,197 to a high of 1,809, which is a 40.8 percent deviation for some of the current districts. In Heffner’s Plan 2A versus his earlier Plan 2, “the districts have a lit- tle more deviation—31 percent—but 2A is still better than the current 40 percent deviation of the seven-mem- ber Council plan.” Hefner says that he is “real pleased with the way Plan 2A came out; it does a good job representing the de- mographics of the parish.” “The concern,” he explains, “is: If we go to the 4 + 1 plan, would we have the proper minority representa- tion?” Plan 2A shows, for District A, a 55 percent minority representation; for District B, 60 percent; for District C, 11.5 percent; and for District D, 15.1 percent. The Home Rule Charter, which West Feliciana Parish residents vot- ed to embrace, to replace the Police Jury system, calls for fewer districts, perhaps in part because many people may have a sense that smaller govern- ments are generally more responsive governments, that a smaller Council could be more responsive to residents’ concerns and needs. In addition, op- erating costs, including salaries for a smaller Council, would be less. Hefner, who has “worked all over the State” helping parishes make their government plans final, notes that in West Feliciana the parish has voted to move from a Police Jury design, in which the jurors hold both leg- islative and executive powers, to a parish-developed Home Rule Charter plan, in which Council members hold only legislative powers and the parish

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PRESORT STDUS POSTAGE

PAIDZACHARY, LAPERMIT NO. 6

CAR-RT PRESORTPOSTAL CUSTOMERS

ECWSS Postal Patron Local

Feliciana Explorer • Tuesday, December 9, 2014 • Vol. 4, No. 49 • Published Weekly • Circulation 17,000 • felicianaexplorer.com • © 2014

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Courthouse Renovation Praised“A Community Effort, a Com-

munity Project” — Leslie Ligon

By Patricia Stallman

At the December 1 meeting of the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury, Ann Jones, Blairstown, representing Our Courthouse, LLC, introduced Phase II Chairman Leslie Ligon, Clinton, and, as Parish Secretary Barbara He-bert reported, “Together they present-ed to the Jury the National Trust of Historic Preservation Award for the restoration of the Parish Courthouse in Clinton.” In an interview after the meeting, Ligon remarked, “The Na-tional Trust named, throughout the entire United States, eight recipients of the National Preservation Honor Award in 2014, and we were one of them.”

Congress, Ligon explains, set up the National Trust in the 1940s “to be active in preserving historic struc-tures.” The Trust, which is “patterned

Presenting the National Preservation Honor Award are Ann Jones, left, and Leslie Li-gon, second from right, of Our Courthouse, LLC. Accepting on behalf of the Police Jury and all community members who took part in the restoration of the Parish Courthouse are Our Courthouse, LLC, members Louis Kent, second from left, Police Jury president, and Dennis Aucoin, right, Police Jury member. Photograph by Marilyn Goff.

after a similar British organization, was established by Congressional act and signed into law by President Harry Truman.”

The presentation of the award December 1 in Clinton read in part, “The 1840 East Feliciana Parish Courthouse was rehabilitated to re-verse previous alterations and to ad-dress years of rising damp, allowing the building to continue to serve the community for decades to come.”

The Courthouse, Ligon recalls, was "restored in the 1960s, and with the best advice (which turned out to be wrong), a concrete floor was poured, which caused moisture to rise up through the walls. The condi-tion of the building was a disgrace. Plaster was falling from the interior walls, and the interior of the building smelled like mildew. The Our Court-

Home Rule Charter Redistricting Debate Roils CouncilBy Patricia Stallman

Mike Hefner, of Geographic Plan-ning and Demographic Services, Du-son, Louisiana, ended his December 1 redistricting workshop in St. Fran-cisville by noting that with the current seven-district system, “we had three out of the seven districts at 52 percent or higher” minority population. With the four districts plus one at-large member, “now we have two out of the four single-member districts with over 54 percent minority population.”

The goal is to ensure that minor-ity representation on the Parish Gov-ernment Council reflects the overall population. Before the U. S. Supreme Court ruled the U. S. Department of Justice’s Section 5 review unconsti-tutional, Hefner said, designers of a redistricting plan had to “prove the plan they submitted maintained or improved minority population rep-resentation. Even though a Section 5 review is no longer required, by and

large we’ve been able to maintain or improve” that representation, and “we’ve done that by working togeth-er.”

More districts means fewer resi-dents per district and more precincts. Fewer districts means that while Council members will represent more people in their district, the costs of parish representation will be less, since the 4 + 1 plan calls for fewer elected Council members.

The seven-member Council plan includes a “very wide variation,” He-fner says, in the number of people the current districts represent. In develop-ing the four districts, Hefner is “try-ing to get the size of the districts the same” or as close as possible to that goal. “A zero deviation would mean that all districts have exactly the same number of people; that would be the ideal.” An equal division under the 4 + 1 plan would mean 2,623 people in each of the four districts.

If the current seven-district plan had equal representation, an equal number of people in each district, each would count 1,499 people. In ac-tuality, Hefner says, the number goes from a low of 1,197 to a high of 1,809, which is a 40.8 percent deviation for some of the current districts.

In Heffner’s Plan 2A versus his earlier Plan 2, “the districts have a lit-tle more deviation—31 percent—but 2A is still better than the current 40 percent deviation of the seven-mem-ber Council plan.”

Hefner says that he is “real pleased with the way Plan 2A came out; it does a good job representing the de-mographics of the parish.”

“The concern,” he explains, “is: If we go to the 4 + 1 plan, would we have the proper minority representa-tion?” Plan 2A shows, for District A, a 55 percent minority representation; for District B, 60 percent; for District C, 11.5 percent; and for District D,

15.1 percent.The Home Rule Charter, which

West Feliciana Parish residents vot-ed to embrace, to replace the Police Jury system, calls for fewer districts, perhaps in part because many people may have a sense that smaller govern-ments are generally more responsive governments, that a smaller Council could be more responsive to residents’ concerns and needs. In addition, op-erating costs, including salaries for a smaller Council, would be less.

Hefner, who has “worked all over the State” helping parishes make their government plans final, notes that in West Feliciana the parish has voted to move from a Police Jury design, in which the jurors hold both leg-islative and executive powers, to a parish-developed Home Rule Charter plan, in which Council members hold only legislative powers and the parish

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COURTHOUSE continued from page 1house, LLC, project resulted in the removal of the concrete floor and the return to the original air space, with ventilation and wood floors.”

The rehabilitation of the Court-house began with then East Felici-ana Clerk of Court Debbie Hudnall, now executive director of the State of Louisiana Clerks of Court As-sociation. As the first chair of the project, Hudnall “researched funding sources,” Ligon says, “made contact with the Pennington Foundation, and approached the Police Jury.” The Irene Pennington Foundation agreed to provide $1 million for Phase I, the restoration of the exterior of the building. The project, Ligon says, could not have succeeded without the Pennington funding, as that initial $1 million served as matching funds that

“enabled us to qualify for a State Fa-cility Planning grant” for Phase II.

In September 2004, the East Feliciana Parish Police Jury, as the owner of the Courthouse, set up the limited liability company, Our Courthouse, LLC, a non-profit or-ganization, and called for volunteers to oversee the details of the restora-tion project. Louis Kent, president of the Police Jury, and Hudnall, who served as principals, established a committee of 20 members, among whom were architects, attorneys, CPAs, and community leaders, in-cluding Jones, Mildred Worrell, and Carol Shirley. Ross Maggio fol-lowed Hudnal as chair for Phase I, the privately-funded restoration of the Courthouse exterior. Community officials, including Police Jury Vice President Larry Beachamp, who “at-tended meetings religiously,” Ligon says, and Presidents Kent and Den-

nis Aucoin, as well as Clerk of Court David Dart and Judges Hal Ware and William Carmichael, all contributed to the “thousands of hours” the com-munity dedicated to the project. Dart, for example, “provided clerical help and a meeting room and was very much involved in the day-to-day workings of the committee. Jackson Businessman Leroy Harvey was also an active and contributing committee member.” Instrumental in acquiring the Phase II funding were then-State Representative Tom McVea of St. Francisville and Jones. Current State Representative Kenny Havard, Ligon says, “was very involved in preserv-ing the funding and seeing the project completed.”

Phase I volunteers hired restora-tion architect Annie Sauser of John Milner and Associates of Virginia; Phase II volunteers worked hard—and successfully—Ligon says, to keep Sauser and her firm on board for the State-funded final phase.

The National Trust invited the Penningtons, Jones, Ligon, and Can-gelosi-Ward, contractor for the first and second phases, as well as the project’s architects, to attend a cere-mony in Savannah, Georgia, Novem-ber 13, honoring their contributions.

At the December 1 Police Jury meeting in Clinton, Juror Dennis Aucoin made a motion, seconded by Juror Ed Brooks, to adopt a resolu-tion commending the following: the Irene Pennington Foundation, the State of Louisiana Office of Facil-ity Planning, and John Milner and Associates for the funding of and work performed on the Courthouse. This motion “passed unanimously,” Hebert says, “with supporting com-ments.”

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See PALMERS on page 4

The End of an Era in Jackson: Palmer’s Antiques and Collectibles to CloseBy Patricia Stallman

The decision to close Palmer’s Antiques and Collectibles in Jackson and to liquidate its inventory, Dianne Palmer Parker said December 1, “was bitter sweet.” Parker has planned an auction of the more than 2,000 items that include antiques, collectibles and furniture for Saturday, December 13, at 10 a.m. The sale will take place at the store, 1429 Charter Street (Highway 10), Jackson, Louisiana.

Palmer’s Hardware and Dry Goods began 58 years ago, in 1956, with Park-er’s grandfather, N. L. Palmer, Sr., who married Mabel Rust of Texas. N. L., Sr.’s, call name was Lipp, as the initials N. L. stand for Nehemiah Livingston. His parents, Louis Riley and Laura Gore Palmer, are buried at the Concord Methodist Cemetery in West Feliciana.

N. L., Sr., and Mabel lived in Clin-ton before their move to Jackson in 1954. “My mother told stories,” Parker says, “of Paw Paw having an ice truck and delivering ice.” More significant, perhaps, were his two terms as sheriff of East Feliciana Parish, from 1948 to 1952, and from 1952 to 1956. Lipp and Mabel’s children were N. L. Palmer, Jr., and Mildred Palmer Peters, both now deceased.

N. L., Jr., married Wilhelmina Dawson; their children are Charlene Palmer Netterville of Norwood, Di-anne Palmer Parker of Jackson, and N. L. (Sonny) Palmer, III, of the Clin-ton area. Sonny Palmer recalls that his grandfather “hauled freight in a horse-drawn wagon. He also moved people from one house to another. One time, some folks in Jackson wanted him to move them to the Wilson and Nor-

wood area. When he gave them a price, they complained. He answered, ‘That’s a long way up there and back,’ and they replied, ‘We don’t need you to take us back.’”

N. L., Sr., and Mabel lived in what the Historic Register lists as The Palm-er House, on Church Street in Jackson, though, Parker says, her grandparents did not build it.

N. L., Sr., bought the hardware and dry goods business—though not the building, Parker says—from his cousin, Irene Rogillio and her husband Erwin. Their son, Henry Rogillio, still lives in Jackson.

Under N. L., Sr.’s, ownership, the business remained for four years in the Rogillio Building—one block east of the present-day Palmer’s, and now owned by the Catholic Church in Jack-son. In 1960, N. L. Palmer, Sr., moved the business two blocks east to Bank Street and bought that building, which was formerly a Ford dealership owned by Joe Howell.

In 1969, N. L., Sr.’s, children, N. L., Jr. and Aunt Mildred, Parker says, sep-arated the business “under one roof,” with N. L., Jr., buying the hardware part, which fronted on Bank Street, and his sister buying the dry goods part, which fronted on Charter Street. Aunt Mildred sold clothing, piece goods, and shoes, and provided as well the all-white uniforms for employees of Eastern Louisiana State Mental Health System (then East Louisiana State Hospital) in Jackson.

In 1985, Charlene Palmer Net-terville and her husband bought the business, and N. L., Sr., retired and later died the same year. N. L., Sr., and

Mabel are buried at Jackson Cemetery. Netterville ran the business until her husband’s death in 1993, and in 1994, Parker bought the business and in 1995 moved it to the current location on Charter Street.

Soon afterward, Parker says, the big box stores, Home Depot and Walmart, opened south of the Felicianas and her hardware sales fell. She changed her focus to gifts, antiques, collectibles and furniture.

The three siblings say that their father, N. L., Jr., worked as a deputy under Paw Paw, both terms. “Honey,” as their dad was known, also owned a dairy farm, where Dianne’s job was to feed the cows, to distract them. “They had to be occupied when you put that machine on them,” she laughs. In 1967, N. L., Jr., got out of the dairy business.

Honey, his children recall, also drove a school bus from 1962 to 1968. At one point, Honey was working all three jobs. Dianne Parker recalls that her mother “stayed at home, though she did work at the hardware store at her leisure!”

N. L., Jr., was born in 1922 and attended McKowen school through the fifth grade, later earning his GED while serving his country. At age 17 he volunteered for the Army and served with the 101st Infantry, Airborne, The Screaming Eagles. He “jumped D-Day,” Parker says, “onto the beaches of Normandy,” later receiving the Purple Heart.

He and Wilhelmina Dawson mar-

ried in 1942, and while he was in the service, Wilhelmina, a graduate of Draughn Business School in Baton Rouge, worked as a secretary at East State Mental Hospital in Jackson.

When Honey returned after his ser-vice, the couple lived with her mother from 1945 to 1952, when they built their own home. Wilhelmina’s father had died when she was young, and her mother and three uncles ran the family’s dairy for 51 years. That en-terprise probably “spurred” Honey’s own venture into the dairy business on Highway 68, beginning around 1952. Sonny recalls that his dad “sold milk in big stainless steel milk cans to East State Mental Hospital, and the hospital bottled it.”

In 1945, when Honey came out of the armed services, he and his brother in law Frank Dawson opened one of the area’s first convenience stores, Scott’s Store or Scott’s Grocery, which offered a pool hall and a saloon.

The siblings’ parents and grandpar-ents lived during times in rural Louisi-ana when men carved a living out of a series of undertakings and enterprises, and often multiple businesses all at the same time, though in the days when East State Mental Hospital still figured in the financial health of the commu-nity.

N. L., Jr., and Wilhelmina are bur-ied in the Dawson Family Cemetery in Jackson.

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Each generation, from great grand-parents down to the present day, car-ried on that entrepreneurial spirit and kept the family hardware business go-ing.

Now, however, though Sonny Palmer worked at his dad’s hardware store at certain points in his life, he found his career with Louisiana Wild-life and Fisheries. And the younger generation has other interests.

Though it’s time to say, “A job well done!” and to find new direc-tions, the end of the family business is, as Parker says, “bittersweet.”

The auction December 13 will, however, be a celebration of family.

A preview of the items that Parker will offer will take place on Thursday, December 11, and Friday, December 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Early regis-tration will occur only on Friday.

Prospective buyers may visit www.auctionzip.com (key word: Feliciana auctions). Put in zip code 70775 and click “View photo gallery” to view photographs of the Palmer auction in-ventory.

PALMERS continued from page 3

When superintendents and other public officials from across Louisiana receive a holiday greeting card from East Feliciana Super-intendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr.,this Christmas, they will assuredly appreciate the talent of East Feliciana Parish Schools student Mikaela Payne. A sixth grader at Slaughter Elementary School, she is the artist and designer behind this year's holiday card. Here, she is pictured with School Board Vice President Mitch Harrell; her mother, Paula Payne; School Board member Paul Kent, and Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr.

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East Feliciana Clerk of Court David Dart (pictured left) administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Coroner Laura DeJohn (center) on November 26.

West Feliciana Schools Giving Back...Superintendent Hollis Milton, above, center, has announced that West Feliciana Parish Schools raised $3,996.00 during the St. Jude Walk Fundraiser on November 22 in Baton Rouge.

Ryan Reed Named Player of the WeekFrom the Nola.com website: "Reed did a little bit of everything for West Feliciana on Friday, contributing on both sides of the ball as the Saints defeated defending Class 3A champ Union Parish in the quarterfinals, 48-21. The senior quarterback completed 4 of his 6 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown, while rush-ing 12 times for 157 yards and three more scores. The defensive safety also snagged an interception to help secure the win."

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president is the executive. The change in roles for the former jurors, includ-ing their current role in the redistrict-ing of the parish, requires an adjust-ment to that change and thus requires time as the members address further changes, such as the redistricting.

Hefner recommends that residents check http://1drv.ms/1vD0DSJ to re-view the maps for the seven-member Council plan and the most recent 4 + 1 plan, Plan 2A.

In 2016, Hefner says, he will try to “rearrange and merge the precincts so that we have fewer precincts and the cost of elections is less.” The new pre-cincts connected with the 4 + 1 plan would go into effect for the Fall 2015 election cycle. The polling places,

however, would not change. Regarding an earlier redistricting

plan, which several Council members favored, Hefner says that it has “tech-nical issues with the configuration of the districts.” The districts, by State law, “must be contiguous,” or adjoin-ing. The earlier plan fails to meet that standard, Hefner says, and “the State would never accept that plan, as it violates the law.”

The next redistricting workshop will take place at the West Feliciana Parish Courthouse on December 15 at 3:30 p.m., with the regular meeting beginning at 5:30 p.m. At the Decem-ber 1 meeting, the Council authorized Hefner to develop, for the December 15 workshop and meeting, a draft or-dinance of Plan 2A showing the pre-cinct changes.

DISTRICTS continued from page 1

East Feliciana School Board Honors Teacher

The East Feliciana Parish School Board recognized teacher Susan Louque as its Em-ployee of the Month for December 2014. Ms. Louque is the district teacher of home-bound students. Here, she is recognized by School Board members Melvin Hollins and Beth Dawson, from left, and Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., right.

Swearing-In Set For Judge-Elect Betsy JonesJudge-Elect Betsy Jones

will be sworn-in at a ceremo-ny on Friday, December 19, 2014 at 9:30 a.m.. The cere-mony will be held in the Main Courtroom (2nd floor) at the Courthouse in Clinton, . Re-tiring Judge George H. Ware

will preside and the oath of office will be administered by East Feliciana Parish Clerk of Court David Dart.

The public is cordially in-vited coffee and refreshments will follow.

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ClassifiedsCDL-A, 6mos. Exp Req’d. EEOE/AAP 866-326-2679 www.drive4marten.comSeeking experienced butcher/deer pro-cessor. Call 683-9256.1137 sq. ft. udpated home in Jackson, La. 2/3 BRs, 1 bath. Gas and electric. $66,900. Feliciana Properties, LLC. 225-683-6032.Free to good home. 7 year old female Calico cat. De-clawed and spayed. Call (225) 721-0994.Seasoned Oak Firewood. $125.00 half-faced cord plus delivery fee. Call (225) 635-0422.Condo for Rent in Zachary: 1100 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, all electric.$975 deposit, $975 monthly rent, 1 year lease. Call 225-287-2350.3BR/2BA Trailer for Rent in Zachary. $650 per month. Call (225) 603-3059.For Sale 5 x 5 round bale bahaia hay $30. Square bales $4. Delivery avail-able. Randy 658-8792Prime multi acre residential homesite in the heart of Zachary. Country living in the City! Ready to build your dream home. Brokered by Monte Real Estate 225-658-1515. Listed at $69,000 with 100% lot financing available through Brandy Westmoreland at Guaranty Bank.For Sale! Seasoned firewood. $125 per truck load. Pick up only in Slaughter. 225-654-3236FOR RENT. 3 BR/1 Bath Trailer. Bluff Creek Area. All Electric. Appliances included. $300 Deposit/$600 per month. No Pets Allowed. Call (225) 683-5265.Now hiring - Medical assistant needed, fax resume to 225-683-3350.St. Patrick’s Episcopal Day School is hiring. Apply in person at 1322 Church St., Zachary, Louisiana.FOR RENT. Furnished 1 Bedroom RV Trailer with Utilities on Highway 61. Call (225) 654-4077 or (225) 721-2730.

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Choose 1 Meat, 2 Sides and a GravyMEATS

o Cajun SMOKED Turkey (12-14 lb. pre-cooked wt.)

o Cajun FRIED Turkey (12-14 lb. pre-cooked wt.) Limited Quantities!!!

o 7-9 lb Spiral Sliced Smoked Hamo 1 Gallon of Chicken, Sausage, and Tasso Gumboo 6 lbs. Chicken, Sausage and Pork Jambalayao 7 lbs. Black Pot Roast Beef & Gravyo 6 lbs. Pecan Smoked Sliced Pork Loin

SIDESo Med Cornbread Dressing o Med Stuffed Potato Casseroleo Med Cajun Rice Dressingo Med Yamso Med Tasso Green Beanso Med Baked Potato Salad

GRAVYo Turkey Gravyo Pecan Praline Glaze

Special Feeds approx 8 People / $64.99

Large Upgrades: (1 meat) $109.99; (2 meats) $139.99CATERING AVAILABLE