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Zachary Post • Tuesday, August 6, 2013 • Vol. 8, No. 32 • Published Weekly • Circulation 16,000 • zacharypost.com © 2013 PRESORT STD US POSTAGE PAID ZACHARY, LA PERMIT NO. 6 CAR-RT PRESORT POSTAL CUSTOMERS ECWSS Postal Patron Local The Post is the place for Zachary news. Proud to be Zachary’s only locally owned, managed and staffed newspaper. Future of Annison House Renovations Unclear Current Funding of Zachary Historic District Questioned by Mayor Amrhein See ZACHARY HISTORY on page 2 BY JAMES RONALD SKAINS “The people of Zachary elected me to, among other things, watch out for how their taxpayer money was being spent,’’ Mayor David Amrhein told the Zachary Post in an interview this week. “I was on the Council when the An- nison House was donated to the City of Zachary 11 years ago. The questions that I asked then are the same questions that I’m still asking for answers today.” “In my opinion, my questions are quite simple, but need to be answered sooner rather than later. First, who is going to use the Annison House? Sec- ondly, how much is it going to cost to get it ready for public use? And, who is going to operate and maintain the An- nison House?” “We can’t delay getting these questions answered,’’ the Mayor em- phasized. “The Council has formed a Committee to look at all the financial variables involved in dumping a lot of taxpayer dollars into the project. This is not about money; the City of Zach- ary has plenty of money but I want to be very prudent as to how that money is spent.” “We have much more pressing needs than dumping money into the Annison project with so many unan- swered questions when we need to spend money on our natural gas infra- structure. With gas leaks in our trans- mission lines, the City pays for the gas that is lost to leaks, so replacing our old gas lines is certainly a priority for my administration.” The Annison House, now under conservation by the City government of Zachary was built around 1810. It was part of a large tract of plantation land that grew cotton and other com- modity crops. The acreage had shrunk to slightly less than an acre of land when the Annison heirs donated it to the City of Zachary in 2002. “We already have 7 museums in Zachary when you count what we have in our Historic Village along with our Train Depot and the train caboose,’’ the New Zachary YMCA to Open August 12 The YMCA of the Capital Area will expand their organization to the Zachary community, when they open their ninth branch on Monday, August 12. Membership registra- tion will be available at the Zachary Chamber on Tuesday, August 6 from 4pm until 7pm and the Bank of Zach- ary on Friday, August 2 from 1pm until 5pm. The Y invites all com- munity members to come in and tour this state-of-the-art family friendly wellness facility located at 4200 Lib- erty Way, Zachary, La 70791. Tours and Membership registration will take place at the Americana YMCA on August 10th from 8am until 3pm and August 11, 1pm until 5pm. The 26,000 square-foot facility resides on 5.25 acres of land located within the Americana Development. This facility features a fitness center, aerobics studio, computer labs, free weights, cardio equipment, locker rooms, kids zone, community meet- ing room, outdoor pool/splash pad, locker rooms and tennis courts. “This is an exciting time for the Y” said Bob Jacobs, President/CEO, YMCA of the Capital Area, “For 96 years, we’ve focused on changing lives for the better and we are grateful to have this opportunity to expand into Zach- ary to help fulfill community needs” Mayor emphasized. “I think we have more than enough museums for a town the size of Zachary. I always believe that whatever you have, it should be the best and that is my reasoning with our museums, I want them to be the best. There is only so much money that we have to spend on museums, and we just can’t afford the Annison House.’’ “The attendance, even at the Histor- ic Village, is not what we would like it to be,’’ Mayor Amrhein noted. “School groups did visit the Historic Village but that has now tapered off. I think the real reason the kids liked to visit the Historic Village was because they were able to visit the Police and Fire Station as part of visiting the Village.” Mysterious Illness Sidelines Local Teacher, Mayo Clinic Seen as Last Option See MYSTERY on page 6 BY JAMES RONALD SKAINS “I realized many years ago that teaching was my passion,’’ a gaunt 37 year old Lori Lee Dunn Castello told the Zachary Post. “Although I’ve had a number of severe illnesses in my adult life, I’ve always been able to continue my teaching career even though I had to take a year off in 2007 to recover from one illness.” However, the last day in the class- room for Castello was September 25, 2011 at Baker High School. Lori was preparing a lesson plan on the chalk- board board when she suddenly col- lapsed and fell striking her head on her desk. Unfortunately, this ended Lori Castello’s ten-year teaching career. “I later learned that that one of my students found me unconscious on the floor, and got another teacher to my room who then called 911,” Lori, who hasn’t driven a car in nearly two years, continued. “At first the EMS people thought I was dead, but finally I showed some sign of life and they rushed me to the hospital. I was in the hospital for three weeks.’’ “Since my last day in the classroom, I’ve seen numerous medical special- ists and undergone too many medical tests to count, but still I have no de- finitive answer to my health problems. My best diagnosis to date is Immune Devastation which Dr. Neshiewat, my Rheumatologist, has suggested. I’ve been treated for six other medical con- ditions without showing any improve-

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Zachary Post • Tuesday, August 6, 2013 • Vol. 8, No. 32 • Published Weekly • Circulation 16,000 • zacharypost.com © 2013

PRESORT STDUS POSTAGE

PAIDZACHARY, LAPERMIT NO. 6

CAR-RT PRESORTPOSTAL CUSTOMERS

ECWSS Postal Patron Local

The Post is the place for Zachary news.

Proud to be Zachary’s only locally owned, managed and staffed newspaper.

Future of Annison House Renovations UnclearCurrent Funding of Zachary Historic District Questioned by Mayor Amrhein

See ZACHARY HISTORY on page 2

By James Ronald skains

“The people of Zachary elected me to, among other things, watch out for how their taxpayer money was being spent,’’ Mayor David Amrhein told the Zachary Post in an interview this week.

“I was on the Council when the An-nison House was donated to the City of Zachary 11 years ago. The questions that I asked then are the same questions that I’m still asking for answers today.”

“In my opinion, my questions are quite simple, but need to be answered sooner rather than later. First, who is going to use the Annison House? Sec-ondly, how much is it going to cost to get it ready for public use? And, who is going to operate and maintain the An-nison House?”

“We can’t delay getting these questions answered,’’ the Mayor em-phasized. “The Council has formed a Committee to look at all the financial variables involved in dumping a lot of taxpayer dollars into the project. This is not about money; the City of Zach-

ary has plenty of money but I want to be very prudent as to how that money is spent.”

“We have much more pressing needs than dumping money into the Annison project with so many unan-swered questions when we need to spend money on our natural gas infra-structure. With gas leaks in our trans-mission lines, the City pays for the gas that is lost to leaks, so replacing our old gas lines is certainly a priority for my administration.”

The Annison House, now under conservation by the City government of Zachary was built around 1810. It was part of a large tract of plantation land that grew cotton and other com-modity crops. The acreage had shrunk to slightly less than an acre of land when the Annison heirs donated it to the City of Zachary in 2002.

“We already have 7 museums in Zachary when you count what we have in our Historic Village along with our Train Depot and the train caboose,’’ the

New Zachary YMCA to Open August 12

The YMCA of the Capital Area will expand their organization to the Zachary community, when they open their ninth branch on Monday, August 12. Membership registra-tion will be available at the Zachary Chamber on Tuesday, August 6 from 4pm until 7pm and the Bank of Zach-ary on Friday, August 2 from 1pm until 5pm. The Y invites all com-munity members to come in and tour this state-of-the-art family friendly wellness facility located at 4200 Lib-erty Way, Zachary, La 70791. Tours and Membership registration will take place at the Americana YMCA on August 10th from 8am until 3pm

and August 11, 1pm until 5pm. The 26,000 square-foot facility

resides on 5.25 acres of land located within the Americana Development. This facility features a fitness center, aerobics studio, computer labs, free weights, cardio equipment, locker rooms, kids zone, community meet-ing room, outdoor pool/splash pad, locker rooms and tennis courts. “This is an exciting time for the Y” said Bob Jacobs, President/CEO, YMCA of the Capital Area, “For 96 years, we’ve focused on changing lives for the better and we are grateful to have this opportunity to expand into Zach-ary to help fulfill community needs”

Mayor emphasized. “I think we have more than enough museums for a town the size of Zachary. I always believe that whatever you have, it should be the best and that is my reasoning with our museums, I want them to be the best. There is only so much money that we have to spend on museums, and we just can’t afford the Annison House.’’

“The attendance, even at the Histor-

ic Village, is not what we would like it to be,’’ Mayor Amrhein noted. “School groups did visit the Historic Village but that has now tapered off. I think the real reason the kids liked to visit the Historic Village was because they were able to visit the Police and Fire Station as part of visiting the Village.”

Mysterious Illness Sidelines Local Teacher, Mayo Clinic Seen as Last Option

See MYSTERY on page 6

By James Ronald skains

“I realized many years ago that teaching was my passion,’’ a gaunt 37 year old Lori Lee Dunn Castello told the Zachary Post. “Although I’ve had a number of severe illnesses in my adult life, I’ve always been able to continue my teaching career even though I had to take a year off in 2007 to recover from one illness.”

However, the last day in the class-room for Castello was September 25, 2011 at Baker High School. Lori was preparing a lesson plan on the chalk-board board when she suddenly col-lapsed and fell striking her head on her desk. Unfortunately, this ended Lori Castello’s ten-year teaching career.

“I later learned that that one of my

students found me unconscious on the floor, and got another teacher to my room who then called 911,” Lori, who hasn’t driven a car in nearly two years, continued. “At first the EMS people thought I was dead, but finally I showed some sign of life and they rushed me to the hospital. I was in the hospital for three weeks.’’

“Since my last day in the classroom, I’ve seen numerous medical special-ists and undergone too many medical tests to count, but still I have no de-finitive answer to my health problems. My best diagnosis to date is Immune Devastation which Dr. Neshiewat, my Rheumatologist, has suggested. I’ve been treated for six other medical con-ditions without showing any improve-

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“I would like to concentrate our ef-forts on restoring the Train Depot and Caboose so that we could hopefully lease the depot out to someone for use as a restaurant. We have already had a lot of in-kind work donated to the Train Depot project by local groups. The Eagle Scouts worked on the De-pot, the Mormon Church painted it, the DCI people took down the rotted load-ing dock, and the Zachary High School baseball team poured sidewalks around the Historic Village.’’

As a member of the Council, Am-rhein did vote reluctantly to accept the donation of the Annison House to the City of Zachary from the Annison fam-ily heirs. However, the now Mayor was on record with his opposition to the City taking the house for the reasons he stated earlier; who is going to visit, who is going to maintain it, who is going to staff it, and how much is it going to cost.

“In comparison, our Ball Park com-plex had 13 tournaments this year, and have 15 booked for next year. The Ball-park complex has proven to be a good investment of tax dollars as it is about a $500,000 a year economic factor for

Zachary,’’ Mayor Amrhein pointed out. “There were monies appropriated by the State Capital Outlay Budget in the amount of $140,000 for the Annison House, but nothing was ever done with the House. We were about to lose the money, so I want to redirect that money to use for infrastructure projects.’’

However, former State Representa-tive Tom McVeigh disagrees with May-or Amrhein about the financial burden of the Annison House and the City of Zachary’s abitily to use the state appro-priated funds for projects other than the Annison House.

“Senators Sharon Weston Broome, Bodie White and I worked to get that money appropriated for the restoration of the Annison House. The group that was working on the project had some very good plans for the Annison House. I can understand the need for money for a City like Zachary to redirect that mon-ey to fix their infrastructure problems; however, that money was appropriated to fix up the Annison House and that is what the money should only be used for, not to fix problems in the infrastruc-ture in Zachary,” State Representative Tom McVeigh said.

McVeigh represented Zachary in the State Legislature for twelve years prior to retiring last year.

Pinpointing the exact history source of Zachary is rather complex. Zachary is like a city built on the location of a much older culture and economic cen-ter. The history of the surrounding areas of Zachary, Port Hudson, Plains (upper Plains and lower Plains), Port Hickey, and Deerford pre-date, in some cases, the city of Zachary by more than 100 years.

Zachary became a town almost by the luck of the draw when the railroad came through the area and picked pres-ent day Zachary as a train stop location. The Mississippi River had changed course in the late 1800’s, leaving both Port Hudson and Port Hickey off the main channel. Agricultural producers in the surrounding areas rushed to the new train station location to load their crop produce and cattle on trains to send to market, and Zachary flourished.

Writer’s note: The real “histori-cal question” for Zachary seems to be, what is the real history of Zachary? Is it just the confines of Zachary proper that came into existence with the ar-rival of the railroad in the late 1880’s or is the history of Zachary really that of its neighborhood that includes Port Hudson, the Plains, Port Hickey, and Deerford, all which historically pre-date Zachary?

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Angola Prison Continues to be Economic Engine for Zachary AreaBy James Ronald skains

“We like to have visitors coming to Angola,’’ Warden Burl Cain, in an exclusive interview told the Zachary Post. “Our weekend Rodeos in Oc-tober and the one weekend in April draw a lot of people to St. Francis-ville. Motels fill up; restaurants and gas stations are very busy during those weekends. Some people com-plain about the traffic, but the amount of money coming into the town is sig-nificant.”

Louisiana State Penitentiary (LSP) currently employs 1,200 correctional officers and staff at Angola. The bud-get appropriated to operate Angola for the current year is $119 million, down from recent years of $135 mil-lion. Angola cultivates many acres of crops out of the total land base of 18,000 acres.

“Since opening our Penitentiary Museum in late 1998, our daily visi-tors have increased significantly,’’ Cain related. “We are the destination of a number of tour groups. Also, our

Pictured Above: Burl Cain (left) with Sheriff Randy Seal of Washington Parish (right)

prison ministry brings in a lot of peo-ple that pass through West Feliciana Parish that usually stop and contribute some money to the local economy.”

“We have several outside Prison

Ministries that visit Angola on a regular basis several times a month. We like very much for these groups to come back for visits. In 1995, the New Orleans Baptist Theological

Seminary (NOTBS) established a school at Angola. This program has been more successful in bringing peace and harmony to Angola than we ever dreamed possible. The Semi-nary has trained numerous inmate preachers.”

“I like to see inmate preachers in the pulpit because they can relate to the other inmates like nobody else. Out of the 5,200 inmates, I would estimate that 2,000 inmates have be-come born again believers in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ since arriv-ing at Angola. It is truly a shame that young men have to come to prison to be taught the difference between im-morality and morality,’’ Warden Cain explained.

“Everyone should learn the differ-ence between immorality and moral-ity at an early age from their parents. That is where I learned the differ-ence and that I was going to be held accountable for my actions. That is what we try and teach, among other things here at Angola, is the differ-ence between immorality and moral-

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013 Zachary POST 5ity, that people are held accountable for their actions and that it is better to give than to take.’’

Education is a primary focus of LSP’s rehabilitative efforts. All of-fenders, regardless of custody status, are offered the opportunity to partici-pate in the STEP (Steps Toward Edu-cational Progress) Program. Offend-ers who achieve acceptable levels in the STEP Program are then eligible for participation in Adult Basic Education and GED Program. Other educational programs offered include the on-site vocational school, a school funded by the Louisiana Technical College, which provides instruction in horti-culture, welding, culinary arts, auto mechanics, body and fender repair, carpentry, graphic arts, and instruction in golf course construction and main-tenance.

“We currently have seven chapels at Angola and are in the process of

building another. Our chapels usu-ally have inmate congregations of about 200 each. I tell the inmates that the Chapels are an island of free-dom. Inside the Chapels, the focus is on God and the spiritual way of life and the inmates are free to wor-ship as they see fit. However, when they step out of the Chapel, they are once again an inmate, subject to all the rules and regulations of the prison system. They also know very clearly that rights can be taken away from them for miss-behavior.”

The NOBTS offers an Associate in Christian Ministry degree and a Bachelor of Arts in Christian Minis-try degree. NOBTS gives credit for a one-year certification program that is taught by LSP offender graduates under the supervision of the Cen-ter Director. The NOTBS has given offenders a chance to educate them-selves and grow spiritually. This pro-

gram has promoted and restored hope to all areas of the prison, as graduates encourage fellow offenders to enroll.

“We also have a number of mov-ies and documentaries filmed at An-gola. There have been numerous books written about Angola and spe-cific inmates. All this kind of activ-ity brings people to West Feliciana Parish,’’ Warden Cain pointed out. “Our Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame, located in our Museum, also brings in a steady flow of traffic. I think the Hall of Fame helps spotlight some of the things that we do right here at An-gola. We can’t get too many visitors here at Angola.’’

Rather than a typical, walled pris-on, LSP has six fenced housing areas with the remaining acreage devoted to farming. The majority of offenders work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week in the farming operations. The primary crops grown for sale by Prison Enter-prises are corn, soybeans, and corn. Approximately 1 million pounds of vegetables, tomatoes, cabbage, okra, watermelon, strawberries, onions, beans and peppers are processed an-nually at LSP. Also, the prison system maintains a beef herd of 1,500 and a horse population of approximately 250 that are used in daily farming op-erations.

Although Angola has progressed from a violent unruly prison to a model prison of rehabilitation, peace

and harmony of the prison for the most part, and an efficiently run sys-tem, Warden Cain has come under intense national scrutiny and criticism for exposing the prison population to the Christian way of life.

“All inmates have a choice of which direction they want to go in their life here at Angola. They can forego any and all Christian education and other activities if they so choose. But once inmates see the difference that Christ has made in the lives of other inmates, they want to experience that hope and enjoyment of the Christian way of life which can be attained in any setting, including a prison,’’ Warden Cain con-cluded.

Writer’s note: 18 years ago, prison experts considered Louisiana’s Angola Prison as the very worst prison system in America. It also gobbled up huge amounts of taxpayer money each year. Then along came a youthful 50 year old Burl Cain, armed not with a lot of degrees or expensive studies on how to make a prison system work better; but with a simple rule book written some 2,000 years ago but much maligned today. With this simple rulebook and a Christian attitude, Cain’s Angola has become the “showcase prison” in America for prisoner rehabilitation, a guidebook for efficient use of taxpay-er money and for its large practicing Christian inmate community.

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considered the medical professionals who can put the pieces of a medical puzzle together since their specialty deals with all parts of the body. Dr. Neshiewat has consulted with the world renowned Mayo Clinic in Min-neapolis who believe they can offer some hope of pinpointing not only the medical condition of Castello, but a treatment program to help restore the classroom teacher’s health. Mayo Clinic has numerous well-known ex-perts from many different medical venues all under one roof and they work in a team concept with critically ill patients. It is estimated that Lori would be at Mayo for some 3-5 weeks.

Lori Dunn Castello was born in West Feliciana Parish where her dad, Andrew Dunn was a Correctional Of-ficer at Angola for 34 years and moth-er Kathy worked in accounting at the prison. Lori was born with a cleft pal-ate and underwent surgery immediate-ly to correct that problem as an infant. During that operation she received a blood transfusion, and later at age eight, one doctor thought her medical problems might be related to an HIV virus received during the transfusion; however, tests proved otherwise. Lori Dunn graduated from West Feliciana High School in 1994.

“I’m watching my wife slowly waste away from a disease our doc-tors can’t identify,’’ Shane Castello, Lori’s husband of five years, related. “The doctors have referred us to Mayo Clinic because it’s our best chance to find a diagnosis and hopefully a treat-ment. We married in 2008 and had 2 good years before her health began the downhill slide that landed us here to-day. After fighting it for a year while still teaching, Lori gave in after her last medical episode at Baker High.”

“Lori’s no stranger to pain,’’ Shane Castello continued. “She has been sick nearly her entire life with either Fibro-

myalgia (FIB), Irritable Bowel Syn-drome (IBS), Degenerative Disc Dis-ease (DDD), Interstitial Cystitis (IC), or other medical problems and even combinations of these problems.”

“Last September, Lori had an IBS attack so horrific, she called an am-bulance because she feared she had a blockage. We thought she had been sick before, but we had no idea how bad it could and would get. She’s lost more than 40 pounds since then and can’t eat any solid food without getting violently sick. The nutritional shakes have kept her alive but they now too are making her sick. Sometimes she has fever spiking as high as 103 de-grees, her joints swell and bleed, she has headaches so severe that she faints from the pain, and her hair is falling out in clumps.”

Shane Castello has been employed with the US Postal Service for 16 years. His normal delivery route is around the LSU Lakes and surround-ing subdivisions. However, for the last year he has been working every extra hour possible. Lori and Shane now live in the Ravenwood Subdivi-sion in Zachary near the intersection of Old Scenic Highway and Highway 64.

MYSTERY continued from page 1

“We were never wealthy,’’ Shane Castello emphasized to the POST “however, we were comfortable fi-nancially with two incomes while Lori was teaching. She does receive a small disability check but we are living from paycheck to paycheck knowing that we are on the verge of financial ruin.”

“In 2011, we spent over $20,000 on medical bills that were not covered by my insurance through the Postal Service. Last year we spent $14,000 on medical bills not covered by in-surance. Our credit cards are maxed out and we know that if she can go to the Mayo Clinic, the cost for that will probably put us totally under.”

To prepare financially for the trip

to Mayo as a last ditch effort to find a medical solution for his wife Lori, Shane took the extraordinary steps of setting up an On-Line Fund Raising effort asking for anyone’s financial help. Using only a Facebook page, friends and strangers have donated over $6,000 to that fund. Another fund has been established at www.gofund.com (Lori Dunn Castello Mayo Fund). Also, friends have established an ac-count at Whitney Bank (Lori D. Cas-tello – Medical Account), administered by Beverly Shaw, while other friends and family have set up an account at Capitol One Bank (Shane and Lori Castello Mayo Fund), account admin-istered by Nancy Castello.

If the name Castello is familiar to those in the Feliciana’s and Zach-ary area, it is because the first Castello came to this area in the 1700’s. Shane’s brother also has an insurance business in Zachary.

Writer’s note: Even though Lori Dunn Castello is one sick lady, I tried to do an extraordinarily good job with my grammar and punctuation in this article as Lori is an English teacher and I didn’t want to leave any “dan-gling participles” in my sentences. Lori is a graduate of the LA Scholar’s Honors College at Northwestern State University with a degree in English. She taught at Zwolle High School for two years before returning to her roots in the Feliciana’s and Zachary, teach-ing for two years at West Feliciana High School before having to go on medical leave.

Bill Cheney Set to Officially Retire August 16

Shane and Lori Castello

Life long Zachary car salesman Bill Cheney will “officially” retire August 16 at a 6:30 p.m. reception in his honor at Fennwood Country Club. The public and friends are welcome to attend. Cheney has been with Superior Ford for 31 years through 3 own-ers and several dealership name changes. Cheney began at Nelson East Ford in 1982 under owner Jim East. In May 1986 Adrian Harris purchased the dealership, and in September of last year Patrick Campbell purchased the dealership from Harris. One of the oldest in the country, the Ford dealership has been in Zachary since 1927.

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Classifieds2002 Ford Ranger “Edge” 75k miles, V6, Automobile looks and drives great- $6995. ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.For rent 2BR 1BA cent a/c & heat wd flrs c fans covered park, shady, fenced yard. $600/mo. Call 347-6778 for more info.For Sale: Oak double pedestal dining room table with 8 upholstered chairs. $750. Tan Natuzzi leather chair with ottoman. $250. Call 225-933-7095 for more info.For Sale: 25 cubic foot side-by-side Whirlpool Gold Fridge & Armoire with TV. $1100 for both. Call 654-6662.For Sale: 16’ x 85’ 2008 Mobile Home. 3 bd/ 2 bath. Paved Drive, Iron Solar Gate, Fenced, Carport, Deck, Shed. Reduced to $95,000 on Hwy 959. Call 225-683-4318.For Lease: 2 Bed/ 2 Bath Condo. Gated Community. Wood Floors. Custom Interior Shutters. $1200/month. Call 654-0605.Help Wanted! Line Cook needed for full-time position. Experience a MUST! Apply in person at Oakwood Village, 4400 McHugh Rd, Zachary.For Sale: 1.6 Acres with fishing pond; 3 bd/ 2ba D/W manufactured moile home. Call Mark Andermann, Keller Williams Realty Red Stick Plus (225) 570-2900; or 955-2115. “Each Office is independently owned and operated”.NOW HIRING: Available for P/T employment: Experienced, Mature and Dependable. Proficient in Peachtree Acct., Word and Excel. Email: [email protected] for more info.For Sale:4 bedroom 1 1/2 baths all brick home on 1.75 acres 2 storage bldgs, new above ground pool, house completely re-modeled from studs to new roof in 2011. Hardwood floors carport attached to home and another carport separate, fenced backyard, new patio $149,900.00 owners relocating motivated sellers home located at 786 Hwy 958 Slaughter LA 70777 call 225-333-1616 for more information.Now Hiring! Immediate openings: Shipping & Receive, Receptionist, Ac-countant, 20 minutes North of Zachary. Resumes to [email protected] Daycare/ Early Learning Center

Classifieds– 15 years of experience! Great references. Clean Safe enviroment. Nutritious meals. Call 570-2143 for more information.1990 Cadillac Deville, One Owner, 67k miles, loaded, Great Classic! $3850. ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.2000 Volkswagon New Beetle. Automatic, runs and drives great. Good on Gas! $3850. ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.2004 Honda Odyssey, white/blue, one owner 119k miles, Excellent Condition! $7995. ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.2006 Ford F150 4x4 Crew Cab, 109k miles. $12,995. ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.2004 Chevrolet 2500 HD Crew Cab, One owner, Duramax Diesel, 125k miles. $13,995ON TIME MOTORS Call 225-775-0477.For Sale: 2011 Whirlpool Washer $250, 2004 Amana Gas Dryer $100, or both for $300. Call 654-2426 for more info.Childcare in My Home! Blackwater Rd- Monhegan Subdivision. 35 years in busi-ness. Limited openings. 225-261-8158.

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