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Zachary Post • Tuesday, June 10, 2014 • Vol. 9, No. 23 • Published Weekly • Circulation 16,000 • zacharypost.com © 2014

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By Jen Bayhi-Gennaro

The Zachary Community School board met at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3 at the School Board Office for an ex-tended work session in lieu of a formal meeting. Following the call to order, invocation and roll call, the primary item on the agenda was the discussion and review of the recently released state test scores.

Among the highlights discussed, the board was informed that the Zacha-ry Community School District ranks at the 100th percentile for students scor-ing “Mastery and Above” and “Basic and Above.” The district has exceeded the Louisiana Department of Educa-tion’s 2025 goal of 45 percent Mastery and Advanced performance on state-wide assessments for two consecutive years with 47 percent this year.

Zachary Community Schools also has the highest average percentage of students performing at Basic and above in statewide testing programs with 88 percent of students reaching this mark.

The district performed better than

Zachary Schools Top District Test Scores in State

the state across the board with the highest performance in the state for all six grade levels tested (3rd - 8th) based on the district’s internal estimated as-sessment index

Although District and School Performance Score calculations are not released until the fall, this year’s scores show an improvement in stu-dent achievement across the board.

Discussion of contracts took up the remainder of the meeting. Patrick Jen-kins presented the long-awaited trans-portation agreement between Zachary Community Schools and First Stu-dent. Among the highlights are First

Students’ pledge to address the long-time driver shortage issue in the area with new competitive pay rates for both new hires and existing employ-ees (although it is important to note ZCSD will have the final authority on new hires following comprehensive background checks). The proposed fleet replacement plan will also pro-vide air conditioning on all units for the 2014-15 school year. All buses will be equipped with digital cameras and the new Z Pass system, a program which allows for tracking students as they board and exit the bus. An added bonus, Jenkins says, is that if the bus

is running late, we can identify who the students are on that bus, and get the GPS location of the bus to note it’s running behind. Finally, First Student is contributing two $1,000 scholar-ships annually to the ZCS system for the duration of the five-year contract. The student selection and criteria will be the choice of the schools.

The next contract discussed was that between MIS Technology Group and Zachary Community Schools, which is up for renewal on June 30. The proposed contract will include in-creased technical support and services to the school system. Increased sup-port will be required to support tech-nology expansion based on PARCC, End of Course and college and career readiness. Student computers have seen a dramatic increase over the course of the last school year when the school board voted to allocate re-sources from the fund balance to ex-pand technology offerings. This is a one-year agreement with automatic renewal unless nonrenewal is request-ed.

Ronny Cupit, General Manager of the Tri-Parish Co-Op, has been employed for41 continuous years with the Co-Op.

Tri-Parish Farmers Co-Op Going Strong After 53 YearsBy James ronald skains

In the fall of 1960, a group of dairy farmers in the tri-parish area of East & West Feliciana and St. Helena Parish came together to buy bulk feed by the train carload for their cows. This was the begin-ning of what has now grown into a two-location business with a com-bined employment of 28 people. Initial operating money was raised by asking the dairy farmers to buy one share of common stock in the Co-Op for $50.

“I think the best way to describe the Tri-Parish Co-Op is to look at it as one big family operation,” Donny Cupit, General Manager of the Co-Op, told the Zachary Post “It seems that once a person goes to work here at the Co-Op that they

are very happy in their job. W. C. Hopkins recently retired with 45 years of employment at our Co-Op.”

“I’ve been with the Co-Op since 1973, some 41 years. Amos James, our spreader truck driver and deliveryman is in his 47th year working at the Co-Op. James Tolar and Delois McKey retired after more than 40 years with the Co-Op. We have several people who have been employed at the Co-Op more than 25 years.”

“Not only have we had a lot of long-term employees but also a large number of faithful cus-tomers,” Cupit pointed out. “That has been the key to our success I

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Upcoming Health Events Oakwood Village is proud to bring to the community, “Alzheimer’s 101,” presented by Katherine Schillings, LMSW, program coordinator for Alzheimer’s Services of the Capital Area. Topics of dis-cussion will be: Ten Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Dementia, Myths Associated with Challenging Behaviors, and other topics that will assist in helping families and healthcare professionals better understand how to improve the quality of life for those living with Alzheimer’s Dementia as well as their caregivers. Please join us on Tuesday, June 17 at 6:00 p.m. at Oakwood Village. Located at 4400 McHugh Road in Zachary (directly behind Lane Regional Medical Center). Please RSVP

(225) 658-8888. Seating is limited. Refreshments will be served.

Lane Regional Medical Center will hold a DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP meeting on Tuesday, June 10, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in the hospital’s West Wing Conference Room.

Are you Type 1 or Type 2? An Old Hand or Newly Diagnosed? Know a friend or loved-one with Diabetes? Would you like to learn more about Diabetes, or reinforce what you already know?

We welcome all who have Diabetes including family, friends and any others in a supporting role. Registration is NOT Required. For more information, contact Sherri Brady, RN, at (225)658-4583

Lane Regional Medical Center is hosting New Mom’s Hope, a monthly support group for new moms suffering from postpartum depression. The group will meet Thursday, June 12, 2014, from 6:30 p.m. - 7:45 p.m., in the West Wing Conference Room at Lane Regional Medical Center, 6300 Main Street, in Zachary. This FREE support group will be led by local Licensed Professional Coun-

selor, Dana LeTard Vicellio.

CAR SEAT SAFETYA Special Class Designed for New and Expectant Parents and Grandparents

Lane Regional Medical Center, in partnership with Baker Fire Department and Lexlee’s Kids, will hold a FREE Car Seat Safety Class on Wednesday, June 18, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., in the Staff Develop-ment Classroom. Installing the car seat is often the last step in preparing for the arrival of a new baby. Car seats often come with lengthy instructions that parents may not fully understand, caus-ing many car seats to be used incorrectly. The class will be facilitated by a Certified Child Passenger

Safety Technician to provide information on:• Properly installing the car seat into the vehicle.• Properly securing the baby in the car seat.• Common car seat errors and solutions

Registration is required. Call (225) 658-4587 to register.

First Baptist Church of Zachary, LA invites you to enjoy their annual “Mondays for the Master” revival event Monday nights in July at 7 p.m.

Scheduled Speakers:

July 7 – Dr. Jimmy Draper (Former SBC President and Pres-ident Emeritus Lifeway)

July 14 – Rev. Buddy Sheriff (Pastor of FBC Lizana in Gulf-port, MS)

July 21 - Dr. Chuck Pourciau (Pastor of Broadmoor Baptist Church in Shreveport, LA)

July 28 – Dr. Tim Piland (Pres-ident Emeritus SBC of Virginia)

FBCZ is located @ 4200 Main Street in Zachary, LA (225-654-2755).

This worship event is free. Child-care will be provided – go to fbcz.org for more.

First Baptist Church of Zachary to Continue Annual

Mondays for the Master Series

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In Our CommunityZachary Orthodontics Celebrates Ribbon Cutting

On Thursday June 5, 2014 Zachary Orthodontics celebrated opening their new loca-tion located at 1215 Independence Blvd. in Zachary. The new facility is located in the business park directly in front of Copper Mill Elementary School. Zachary native Dr. Elizabeth Russell Hess has been splitting her time between her practices in Baton Rouge and Zachary, but now want to focus primarily on her Zachary and Felicianas clientele. Zachary Orthodontics is now accepting new patients. They can be reached at 225-570-8808 or on their website www.geauxbraces.com

RACZ Celebrates Outgoing President Joy Petty

Regional Arts Council of Zachary Board of Directors held a reception for out-going President Joy Petty. Pictured from left to right are: Tom Jones, Sylva Wahoske, An-nette Bernardi, departing President Joy Petty, Treasurer Marjorie Moore, new interim President Margaret Harmon, Gary Chaney, Trae Welch and Secretary Jason Bowers.

African American Genealogy Seminar Set for June 14Le Comité’s African American Special Interest Group (SIG) will hold a

genealogy seminar on Saturday, June 14, at the Delta Sigma Theta Life De-velopment Center on Southern University’s campus in Baton Rouge. Speak-ers and their topics will be: Kenya Key Rachal, “An Overview of Laws that Impacted Louisiana’s 19th Century People of Color;” Joyce Dixon Lawson, “Tracing Your African American and Native American Ancestors in Missis-sippi;” and Judy Riffel, “Using the Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plan-tations for Slave Research.” A panel of members will also discuss their DNA test results. The meeting is free to members and non-members may join at the door for $20. Lunch is on your own. Registration starts at 9 a.m.


In Our CommunityThe Nationals of the Zachary Youth Baseball League

Win the 11/12 Year Old League Championship

Pictured Kneeling L-R: Tyron Lucas, Hunter Harrell, Landry Stevens, Braeden Med-lockMiddle row L-R: Caleb Harrell, Joshua Harrell Jr, John Aaron Guillory, Jeffrey Davis, Aaron ReilyBack Row L-R: Coaches Josh Harrell and Brian SartinNot pictured: Kevin Spears, Anthony Voeis, and coaches Chris Harrell and Erik Med-lock

Live Oak Trace Subdivision Holds Annual Neighborhood Picnic

Residents of Live Oak Trace subdivision celebrated the unoffi-cial start of summer with a neigh-borhood picnic. Adults and kids en-joyed food, sno balls, a spacewalk, laser tag and video games in the Games 2 U van.

Special thanks to Detective Lo-gan with the ZPD who gave the children important information on staying safe during the summer break.


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Zachary Soldier Helps Thwart Robbery, Receives Medal of CommendationBeing a soldier has never been a 9

to 5 profession. On Friday May 16th, four soldiers from Alpha Company, 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion answered the call of civic duty at a 7-Eleven in El Paso, Texas, and have been awarded the Army Commenda-tion Medal for their actions.

Spc. James Cerqua, Pfc. Drew Coursey, Pfc. Troy Johnson and Spc. Sterling Meachamlane stopped to refuel and grab snacks as the work week ended. As they fueled up and went inside to pay, the soldiers no-ticed a man attempting to rob the store clerk.

Johnson is an native of Zach-ary, and a graduate of Zachary High School.

“I was walking inside and saw a man aggressively waving his arms at Cerqua and the store clerk,” said Johnson. “Once we came inside, I asked him what was going on and tried to calm him down.”

As the other soldiers entered the store, the suspect attempted to flee. Cerqua and Johnson pursued the as-sailant and subdued him a short dis-tance from the premises, recovering the stolen items.

“When my battle buddies took off after the guy, Meachamlane and I searched the store for any additional suspects and locked the door, to make sure the clerk was safe,” Coursey commented. “We told her to call the police and stood near the door as we waited for the police to arrive.”

As Johnson and Cerqua detained the assailant and recovered the pur-

Pictured left to right: Spc. Sterling Meachamlane, Pfc. Drew Coursey, Spc. James Cerqua and Pfc. Troy Johnson of Alpha Company, 86th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, 11th Signal Brigade were awarded the Army Commendation Medal on Thursday, May 29 for their heroic acts of civic duty in El Paso for stopping the attempted robbery of a local 7-Eleven convenient store.

loined items, a second suspect ap-proached. With the authorities en route, the soldiers complied with the man’s order to leave, but not before returning the items to the store clerk. After consoling the shaken employ-ee, the soldiers left as the police ar-rived on scene, making an arrest.

“The El Paso community has al-ways supported those of us in the Army here at Fort Bliss,” Command Sgt. Maj. Morgan Barnett of the 86th ESB noted. “This is just one exam-ple of our soldiers giving back to the community. We’re thankful for the hospitality El Pasoans extend to us as

neighbors in this great community.” The actions of these four men

from the 86th ESB are evidence of the importance the Army places on being both soldier and civilian.

“Our weekly safety briefings are intended to ensure our soldiers know what the American people expect of them as members of this community, and how to act accordingly,” said Lt. Col. Keith Dawson, commander, 86th ESB. “Our men and women have a vested interest in El Paso being a safe community because this is our home and where we raise our families.

The soldiers involved are safe and

back to work on post. The store clerk called the Alpha Company leader-ship and extended her gratitude for their soldiers’ role in thwarting the attempted robbery.

They were formally recognized on Thursday May 29th and received the Army Commendation Medal. “These soldiers did the right thing and deserve to be recognized,” said Col. James Parks III, commander, 11th Signal Brigade. “Service mem-bers are both soldier and citizen. The acts of these men are commendable and we are proud of them.”


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By James ronald skains

Jean Byers, Director of the Zach-ary Historic District, met with the Zachary Historical Association on the evening of June 3 to inform the Association of plans for the Historic Village during the upcoming year.

“The annual City of Zachary bud-get for FY2014-2015 has provided sufficient funding to accomplish quite a lot in the Historical Village,” Jean Byers, Director of the Zachary Historical Association, told the more than a dozen members of the Asso-ciation in attendance.

“I asked for twice what we got, but I’m pleased with the funding we did receive. I asked for over $100,000 and was able to get $55,000. A lot of our initial action will be directed to-ward the Train Depot and Caboose. We plan to replace the loading dock, repair and upgrade the restroom fa-cilities, install protection for the his-toric graffiti on the Depot’s cargo room walls. Also, we have money for painting and repairing the Caboose, minor repair to the Depot, and a new roof on the Old Town Hall building that is now the Archive Building,” Director Byers added. “This funding will allow us to make repairs on the A/C unit at the McHugh House and with regular repair and maintenance funding; we will be able to replace the roof on the Alison House.”

“One of the really neat things we are doing is purchasing genealogy software for the archives, and we will also subscribe to Ancestry.com. Our plan is to be able to offer genealogy workshops and provide assistance and research capabilities for public use, with no cost to the public, except

for the cost of printing any research that is desired to be copied.”

Also of interest in the mix of things happening in the upcoming year for the Historical Society in Zachary was information on a pre-construction meeting for work on the Annison House on Old Scenic High-way. The meeting was held on June 3rd and was attended by the Archi-tect’s representative, the contractor/builder, city administration mem-bers, and a COZ Utility representa-tive. Permits will be secured imme-diately with the contractor moving onto the jobsite. Actual construc-tion work is expected to start in two weeks from the date of the meeting.

“The Historical District has been the benefactor of the fruits of labor of several groups within the last 12 months,” Director Byers added. “The Eagle Scouts have been very active on our behalf. They did fenc-ing around the Blacksmith forges, made repairs to the Outhouse exhib-it, built a potting shed, and did land-scaping around the patio by the Old Town Hall.”

“We are particularly grateful to Murphy Oil Company for sending crews around every quarter to pres-sure wash the windows and build-ings in the Historical District. That keeps everything looking clean and smelling fresh. Also the Lighthouse Church has been mulching the flow-erbeds in the District we greatly ap-preciate. In addition, we want to remember that the Rotary Club in-stalled the benches in the District for us.”

“Since the Zachary Arts Council’s Annual Art Crawl will be headquar-

tered at the Train Depot for their Sep-tember event, work on the Depot will start soon after the first of July which is the beginning of the new fiscal year for the City,” Byers explained. “This will create our “Gateway to the Past” that we’ve talked about.”

“Another very interesting oppor-tunity that may unfold for us is to become part of the MAIN STREET USA program. On June 11, Ray Scriber, Louisiana’s administrator of the national Main Street Historic Preservation Program, will survey the Zachary Historic District and its connection to our commercial district. We’re hoping to qualify for funding and guidance for future pro-grams.”

“The overall plan we are work-ing on is to establish a “gateway entrance” to our Historic Village on East Central at Main Street, with wide brick-lined sidewalks along East Central to Virginia Street and into the Village,” Director Byers emphasized. “I’m calling our plan, “Museum Meets Main Street.” We want to upgrade the Caboose to serve as a vendor station during festivals and Open House activities in the dis-trict. The Train Depot would be the location of our visual presentation of the history a Zachary, the Railroad and the Plains.”

Four newcomers, friends of Ryan Southall, who also share his love for history, attended the Association. John Ryan McGehee is a Zachary na-tive with roots to many of the pioneer families in the area. John Ryan is at-tending LSU studying History and Political Science. Andrew Delette is from Lafourche Parish and is work-

ing on his Master’s Degree in history at LSU.

The two young ladies attending the Historical Association meeting were Zachary natives, Emily Moore and Rachel Pecora. Both Pecora and Moore, who are attending ULL and ULM respectfully, have participated with Southall and Betty Tucker in costumed reenactments at Port Hud-son and open houses at historical plantation homes in the area.

Others attending the Association meeting were the legendary Betty McDaniel, Margaret Cline Harmon, Amy Allen and Ron Skains. Marga-ret Cline Harmon is a local writer, artist and president of the Zachary Arts Council.

Betty Tucker, president of the As-sociation presided over the meeting in which Director Byers delivered her report. Betty noted the publica-tion of a new book on the Plains area titled: “The Plains Store Rangers: Riding in Company of Brothers,” by Walter Earl Waddell, a native of the Plains area living in North Carolina.

“At the appropriate time, I want to donate this book by Waddell about the Plains Store Rangers to Port Hud-son Commemorative Area,” Betty Tucker noted. “I think a copy of the book will be well received by Port Hudson.”

“On another note, we are working with Billy Guidry to obtain some for-mal dining room chairs he purchased at an estate sale in Natchez. This would allow us to use some here and others at the Annison House,” Tucker said in conclusion. “The Association has already provided furniture for the Annison House.”

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Day the War Stopped Celebration this WeekendBy anne Butler

One Saturday in June each year marks The Day The War Stopped in the little 19th-century river town of St. Francisville, Louisiana. This is surely one of the most unusual and touching of Civil War re-enact-ments, commemorating the events of another hot June day in the year 1863, when a small procession trudged up the steep hill from the Mississippi River, sweating in the summer heat and staggering under the weight of a coffin. The white flag of truce flew before them, and the guns of their federal gunboat, the USS Albatross, fell silent at anchor behind them as the ship’s surgeon and two officers struggled toward St. Francisville atop the hill.

The procession was not an im-pressive one, certainly not an un-usual event in the midst of a bloody war, and it would no doubt have escaped all notice but for one fact--this was the day the war stopped, if only for a few mournful moments.

It was June 12, 1863, and 10 miles south of St. Francisville the Siege of Port Hudson was pitting 30,000 Union troops under Major General Nathaniel P. Banks against 6,800 weary Confederates under Major General Franklin Gardner, fighting over the all-important con-trol of traffic on the Mississippi River. Port Hudson and Vicksburg were the only Rebel strongholds left along the Mississippi, and if the Union forces could gain con-trol of the river traffic, they could cut off supplies from the West and

completely surround the Confed-eracy. Admiral David Farragut had attempted to destroy Confederate cannons atop the Pt. Hudson bluffs from the river, but of his seven ships, only his flagship and the USS Albatross passed upriver safely, leaving ground troops to fight it out for nearly another month.

Commanding the Albatross was Lt. Commander John E. Hart of Schenectady, New York. A young naval officer whose bravery in life was renown, Commander Hart would have even more lasting im-pact through his death, for after having shelled St. Francisville, Hart “suicided,” died by his own hand in a fit of delirium, perhaps brought on by yellow fever, perhaps by remorse over some past military shortcoming. Hart was a Mason and had asked that his remains not be consigned to the river waters, so a delegation was sent from the Alba-tross to determine if there might be brother Masons in the town of St. Francisville.

There they found one of the old-est Masonic lodges in the state, Fe-liciana Lodge No. 31 F and AM; its Grand Master was absent serving in the Confederacy, but its Senior Warden, W. W. Leake, was report-edly nearby, “his headquarters be-ing in the saddle.” Leake was soon found and persuaded to honor the request for Masonic burial; as a sol-dier, Leake said, it was his duty to permit burial of deceased members of the armed forces of any govern-ment, and as a Mason it was his

duty to accord Masonic burial to the remains of a brother Mason regard-less of circumstances in the outside world.

And so Lt. Commander John Hart was laid to rest in the Masonic burial lot in the cemetery of Grace Episcopal Church, whose bell tower had made such a tempting target for his shells. Episcopal services were conducted by the Reverend Mr. Daniel Lewis, rector of Grace, and respect was paid by Union and Con-federate Masons alike. And then the war resumed, with Lee’s northern invasion turned back at Gettysburg July 3, Vicksburg falling July 4, and Port Hudson finally surrendering July 9, all in one catastrophic week.

But for one brief touching mo-ment of brotherhood, the war had stopped in St. Francisville, and this moment is re-enacted one weekend each June. In 2014, the Day The War Stopped is celebrated the weekend of June 13, 14 and 15th. The com-memoration opens Friday evening with a presentation of graveside histories in the oak-shaded cem-etery at Grace Episcopal Church, where the graceful monuments date from the 1800s and bespeak several centuries of life and death in the community, followed by a an open house across the street at the Ma-sonic Lodge.

On Saturday, June 13, downtown St. Francisville’s main street is the locale for a lively parade, then lunch at the Masonic Lodge, vin-

tage music and period dancing by beautifully costumed performers at Grace’s Jackson Hall, and begin-ning at 1:00 p.m. a moving dramat-ic presentation focusing on Hart’s young family in Schenectady. The drama depicts Commander Hart’s wife reading his last letter to their young son just as the news of his death arrives. It is followed imme-diately in Grace Church cemetery by the re-enactment of the burial.

These activities are all in histor-ic downtown St. Francisville, and all are open to the public. Beauti-ful Grace Episcopal Church, estab-lished in 1827 as the second oldest Episcopal congregation in the state, is a well-preserved brick structure reminiscent of Gothic country churches which dot the English countryside, and its peaceful oak-shaded cemetery where Command-er Hart rests in peace is filled with fine statuary and Victorian monu-ments of marble and stone.

The commemoration of The Day The War Stopped spills over to sev-eral outlying sites as well. At Oak-ley Plantation, now a state historic site preserving the early plantation where flamboyant artist-naturalist John James Audubon was hired to tutor the young daughter of the family while painting a large num-ber of his Birds of America studies in the parish, Civil War encamp-ments, lectures on the war in this particular area, black powder and musket demonstrations and authen-tic costumes bring to life the war years for visitors on Saturday,

Details on the annual Day The War Stopped in St. Francisville may be obtained online at www.daythewarstopped.net


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believe. Our long-term employ-ees have accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the Co-Op’s products and operation in order to be able serve our loyal patrons over the past four decades. “

In 1960, there were approxi-mately 150 dairies within a 50-mile radius of Slaughter. Of the dairymen in the vicinity, about half became regular customers of the Co-Op. The first officers of the Tri-Parish Co-Op were Frank Thompson, president, Gilbert C. Mills, vice-president, and G.C. Waton was secretary.

Gilbert Mills is still an active member of the Co-Op Board of Directors and normally visits the store each Friday. The first manager of the Co-Op was A.E. Wicker who held the manage-ment position for only 90 days before Louis M. Womack be-came Manager and Treasurer of the Co-Op.

“Louis Womack was who got me started working at the Co-Op 41 years ago,’’ Cupit recalled. “I had worked for Louis on his farm near Liberty, Mississippi during my high school days. After high school, I was hired by the Co-op

as a fertilizer spreader driver. Six months later, they had moved me onto the sales counter.”

The Tri-Parish Co-Op started out in a small building on the south end of the town of Slaughter.

Now the Co-Op occupies nearly 29,000 square feet of space under roof, on the north side of Slaughter on Hwy 19. Ten Thousand square feet of the facility is for sales and displays, 16,000 square feet is in the warehouse and the offices take up about 3,000 square feet.

In 1978, Tri-Parish Co-Op opened a second location in Wood-ville, Mississippi. Guy T. Kent was the first branch store manager in Woodville serving until August 1982 when Donny Cupit succeed-ed him. Cupit served as store man-ager for 24 years in Woodville be-fore succeeding Conrad L. Turner in the Slaughter location in 2006. Turner had been the Tri-Parish Co-Op manager for 24 years.

“Our Tri-Parish business mod-el has changed dramatically since the 1960s,” Cupit related. “In the early years of the Co-Op, we sup-plied the Dairy Industry primar-ily, and the row-crop farmers sec-ondly. The local dairy went away in the 1990s government buy-out. Prior to that, row-crop farming in the area had diminished a lot, be-

fore it also finally went away to-tally in the 1990s.”

“Now our Co-Op has a vari-ety of different products. We still handle an appreciable amount of feed, but most of it comes to the store in bags. We also handle fertilizer and seed, and still have three spreader trucks for pasture fertilization. We handle bagged feed and bales of hay. In addi-tion, the Co-Op handles a line of clothing geared toward working outdoor people. Also, we have a lot of flower plants as well as to-mato plants. We’ve got a variety of products just like you would see in the big box stores. In addi-tion, we offer a complete tire care center.”

“One year in the early 1970s we unloaded and spread 37 rail-cars of rye grass seed,” Cupit re-called. “I call those the good ole days of the Co-Op, when we were busy from daylight until after dark during rye grass planting season in the fall. During our “heydays,” we had 10 spreader trucks and a total of 36 people working for the Co-Op in the Slaughter location.”

The rye grass was for the dairy industry to provide food for their herds through the winter months. However, the need for rye grass diminished in the Co-Op’s area of operation in the late 1980’s and 1990s as the U.S. Federal Govern-ment undertook a program to re-duce the number of dairy farmers.

In 1986, the government of-fered so-called “whole herd buy-outs” to dairy farmers across the country. Roughly 10 percent of the dairy herds were removed

from the market. Most of the Fe-liciana and Southwest Mississippi dairy farmers took the first round of offered buyouts. Many other dairy farmers in the area took the second round of buyouts in the early 1990s. Today, there are only three dairy farms in the area ser-viced by Tri-Parish.

“It is truly a testament to our employees, our Co-Op members, and our loyal customers, that we have been able to not only survive three dramatic changes in our markets, but prosper,” Cupit add-ed. “First came the diminishing of row crop farming in the area, next we lost our dairy farmers and then came the big box stores into the region selling a lot the products that we had switched to after los-ing our dairy farmers.”

Writer’s note: It does seem that Tri-Parish Co-Op is one big extended family business. The survival of the Co-Op through the tough marketing conditions also illustrates the business ability of the Management and Board of Directors to analyze future mar-ket trends and take advantage of those trends.


Births • Engagements • Weddings • Awards Obituaries • Anniversaries • ReunionsMilestones

Brianna Alexis Whatley and Josh-ua James Brewer will marry in a 6 p.m. Ceremony Saturday June 21st at Greystone Country Club in Den-ham Springs Louisiana. The bride-elect is the daughter of Bruce What-ley and Melissa Kinchen of Zachary. She attended Northeast High School and is currently a stay at home mom of their two sons, Josh Jr. and Joker. Her fiance is the son of Lillian Brew-er and the grandson of Billy Brewer of Zachary. Joshua is a graduate of Northeast High School and is em-ployed as a contractor at CKW con-struction, LLC in Denham Springs.

Whatley and Brewer to Wed June 21 Smith and Priest to Wed June 14Lori Annette Smith, of Kentwood, will join

Slade Buren Priest, of Centreville, Miss., in matri-mony on Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Tatum Plan-tation in Amite County, Miss. Lori Smith is the daughter of Mrs. Debbie Smith Lea and the late Byron Smith of Kentwood. She is a 2007 gradu-ate of Jewel M. Sumner High School. The bride-to-be graduated in 2011 from Southeastern Loui-siana University earning a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. Lori works at Chesbrough Elementary School in Tangipahoa Parish. Slade Priest is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Alan Priest of Centreville. He is a 2003 graduate of Centrev-ille Academy. The groom-elect graduated in 2006

from Belhaven College earning a bachelor’s degree in Business Admin-istration. He is employed as a Realtor with United Country Gibson Real-tors and the host of Trained Assassins on the Sportsman Channel. After the couple’s honeymoon, they will reside in Centreville.

Zoë Isabella AnselmoCaleb and Brittney

Anselmo of Zachary are proud to announce the birth of their second child, Zoë Isabella An-selmo.

Zoë was born on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at Woman’s Hos-pital. She weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long.

Zoë was welcomed home by her big brother

Sam. Proud grandparents are Jimmy and Melissa Baker of Zachary. Also Kim Hornsby of Baton Rouge and the late Jimmy Bergeron.

Harmony Grace LeeRicky and Tiffany Lee,

of St. Francisville, are proud to announce the birth of their beautiful baby girl, Harmony Grace Lee. Harmony arrived at 12:44 pm on April 22, 2014 at Woman’s Hospital in Ba-ton Rouge. She weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. Harmony was wel-comed by her big sister Se-renity Machelle. Maternal grandparents are Raymond and Gladys Vickery, paternal grandparents are Archie and Elaine Lee, and paternal great grandmother Hilda Mason.

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Dorothy Ann Paseur HollandProverbs 31:10, “ Who can find a virtuous

women? for her price is far above rubies.” Dorothy Ann Paseur Holland, age 80, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grand-mother but most of all loved her Lord and Savior, died at 4:23 am on May 27, 2014 at Baton Rouge General Bluebonnet. She was the devoted administrator of Sonny Holland Evangelism Outreach Ministries for over 50 years. She was dedicated to her husband’s calling and ministry. Visitation will be Thurs-day from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Char-let Funeral Home, Inc., Clinton and continue on Friday at Milldale Baptist Church, Zach-ary from 1:00 p.m. until service at 3:00 p.m. conducted by Rev. Jimmy Robertson and Rev. Danny Greig. Burial will be at Milldale Bap-tist Church Cemetery. She is survived by her

husband of more than 61 years Rev. Claude R. “Sonny” Holland, children Nanci Holland Gayle and husband Steve of Clinton, Claudia Ann Holland of Zachary, and Monte R. Holland and wife Sheila of Denham Springs, brothers and sisters; Charles E. Paseur and wife Alice and Loyce P. Melton and hus-band A.V. all of Olive Branch, MS and Ray M. Paseur and wife Helen of San Diego, CA. Grandchildren; Bradley Gayle and wife Wimberly, Shane Genola, Kelli Gayle, Ben Chasteen and wife Kristin, Ransom Holland, Sunny Brooks and husband Chad, Jessica Almand and husband Brett and Jordan Holland and 10 great grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents Asa E. and Ella T. Mohundro Paseur and granddaughter, Trasa LeeAnn Gayle. Pallbear-ers will be her grandsons. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made for the ministry to S.H.E.O., Int’l , PO Box 265, Clinton, LA 70722.

Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph W. Stern graduated basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week pro-gram that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fit-ness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Air-men who complete basic training earn four cred-its toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Stern earned distinction as an honor graduate. He is the son of Julia and Mark Stern of Zachary. The airman is a 2006 graduate of Zachary High School.

Airman Joseph Stern Graduates Basic Training

Kelcie Hinton Receives Aveda Institute ScholarshipZachary High Senior Kelcie

Hinton took part in the Aveda Institute Baton Rouge Fash-ion Show in April. The fashion show that gives one participant at the opportunity to win a full scholarship for the upcoming year, and Hinton took home the award. Hinton receives a full Scholarship for the upcoming school year as well as $1,000 toward other supplies -- totaling over $20,000. Hinton will start Aveda Institute of Baton Rouge in August. After graduating from Aveda she plans to attend the London School of Media Make-up and to pursue a career as a media make-up artist.


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