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Christmas Land opens Nov. 30

The grand opening of Christmas Land for Toys for Tots will begin Nov. 30, with a caravan guided by two search lights to the home of Ray and Sue Daigle.

Vehicles will begin staging at 5 p.m. at the Assumption High School parking lot and leave for Christmas Land, in Paincourtville, at 5:30 p.m.

Theft caught on camera, suspect arrested

A 21-year-old Baker man confessed to stealing a four-wheeler and a dirt bike from a Napoleonville residence af-ter detectives reviewed video footage from an area business.

Eric J. Smith Jr., 21, of 706 Sherron Avenue, was seen driving a red Dodge pickup truck leaving the area with the stolen items on a trailer. Smith was working in the area making repairs to the bridge on Hwy 402.

Both ATVs, valued at ap-proximately $15,000, were re-turned with minimal damage.

Detectives from Baker Po-lice Department, Zachery Po-lice Department, and the West Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office were instrumental in the outcome of the investiga-tion.

Smith was subsequently ar-rested for district court war-rants for two counts of felony theft. He is currently incarcer-ated at the Assumption Parish Detention Center. Bond was set at $10,000.

Anyone with additional in-formation is asked to contact Detective Donnie Calamia at the Criminal Investigation Division (985) 526-1627 or the Communications Division (985) 369-2912.

Eric J. Smith Jr.

BY LINDA COOKE

The weather was ‘picture per-fect’ Sunday when the American Legion Landry Domingue Post 328 held its annual Veterans Day program at Veterans Park, in Pierre Part. The flag in memory of WWII veteran Sgt. Allen Price donated by Allen’s Cable TV; the United States flag in memory of Ames J. Talbot and and the black MIA/POW flag given by Nathan Templet, all were beautifully out-lined against a cloudless, blue sky.

American Legion Post 328 Commander Dudley LeBlanc welcomed those who came to honor the veterans. St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church Fa-ther Davidson gave the invoca-tion followed by a prayer by Post 328 Chaplain Donald Hebert.

LeBlanc spoke of those sol-diers who had sacrificed their lives for all of us from WWI to Desert Storm. He especially mentioned those soldiers who

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Grandchildren of Dudley LeBlanc, com-mander of the American Legion Landry Domingue Post 328, read a tribute to their grandpa and all veterans at a Vet-erans Day ceremony held in the Pierre Part Middle School Gym.

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have come home only to end their own lives by suicide, unable to readjust to civilian life.

Post 328 Ladies Auxiliary Chaplain Anna Mayet invited ladies to come forward and accept a white flower in honor of their loved one. Dozens of

people who had lost family members in battle stepped forward to name the deceased and accept a small American flag in their memory.

Anna Mabile and Donald Hebert presented the traditional wreath. The program ended with a 21-gun salute.

Staff photo by LINDA COOKE

BY LONNY CAVALIERReporter

While the Bayou Corne incident has caused a sig-nificant hit to the Assumption Parish Police Jury fund balance, Assumption Parish residents can be assured that parish coffers are in good financial condition and in substantially better shape than many of our neigh-boring parishes, according to budget information re-leased at the last police jury meeting.

The general fund has an estimated ending fund balance of $7,122,004, and with the exception of its standard operating recurring expenses, parish gov-ernment is debt free.

Expenses for 2014 will increase minimally as com-pared to 2013.

Employees will realize step and cost of living in-creases of about 3 percent. Elected jurors pay is not affected.

Recreation allocation will remain at $25,000 per ward, and the parish health unit was allocated $10,000 for maintenance and repairs. The jury also allocated $10,000 to the 2014 Summer Feeding Program.

The building allocation for 2014 was set at $20,000 to cover necessary repairs and renovations.

The jury did have to pump $135,000 into the crimi-nal court fund from the general fund.

Jurors allocated $10,000 to the Chamber of Com-

Police jury: Managing tax payer dollars in tough times

merce for the implementation of economic development and tourism within the parish.

The 1 percent sales tax fund accounts for revenues gen-erated from tax collections throughout the parish. Those tax collections declined slightly for 2014 from 2013 to $2,339,274. Expenditures are slightly increased compared to previous years. An allocation of $70,000 was earmarked for building renovations.

BY LONNY CAVALIERReporter

The Assumption Parish Police Jury voted at its regularly scheduled Wednesday night meeting to take a long, hard look at the current ordinances that regulate family subdivisions, subdivisions, etc., and to take the necessary steps to tweak the ordinances as such to not be burdensome, and to be more constituent friendly.

The ordinance, last revisited in 2005, has become the sub-ject of scrutiny by residents of the parish attempting to create subdivisions, family subdivisions, division of property, etc.

The ordinance on its face, is costly and not people friendly.Wednesday night’s agenda was home to a number of vari-

Jury to revisit property, subdivisions ordinances

BY LONNY CAVALIERStaff Writer

An audit commissioned by the As-sumption Parish Assessor indicates that the owners and operators of the salt dome near Grand Bayou have been un-der reporting their assets by hundreds of millions of dollars yearly, according to Assessor Wayne Blanchard.

The assessor’s office has asked the Louisiana Tax Commission to add the new numbers, and if agreed, dome part-ners could be forced to pay $6 million just for the past year.

Blanchard hired an outside audi-tor shortly after the sinkhole developed when companies announced figures on products that had to be moved because of the incident. The volume the companies were reporting was nowhere near what the assessor’s office had on their books.

Current advalorem tax revenues are about $14 million and could realize a bump up to nearly $20 million. The rev-enue would be shared by government bodies of the parish in accordance with their millage authority.

Under reporting could cost dome partners millions

The American Legion Landry Domingue Post 328 held a Veterans Day ceremo-ny at Veterans Park on Sunday.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Hefty investment earn-ings increased the Teachers Retirement System of Loui-siana's assets more than $1 billion during the past fis-cal year ending June 30.

TRSL Executive Director Maureen Westgard told The Advocate the investment return was 13.8 percent.

System assets jumped

from $13.5 billion to $14.66 billion, according to the latest valuation report by TRSL's actuary Shelley Johnson of Foster & Foster Actuaries.

On those earnings, TRSL paid $1.6 billion in annual benefits to some 70,000 re-tirees.

"Ninety percent of that stays in Louisiana ... That's

good economic news for Louisiana," said Westgard.

From retirees' perspec-tive, Westgard said there is a potential for a small cost-of-living adjustment be-cause of the $219.7 million deposited in what is called an "experience account."

She said it would likely be similar to the 1.5 percent of Social Security based on

the Consumer Price Index."Clearly, there's enough

in there to pay that COLA if the Legislature authoriz-es it," she said.

There are 71,031 teach-ers system retirees but not all of them would benefit because individuals must be retired for a year, be 60 or older and get less than a certain amount in benefits

today.Westgard said the sys-

tem's unfunded accrued liability — the amount re-quired to pay off all com-mitments today — went up slightly from $10.95 billion to $11.3 billion.

But even in that area there was good news, West-gard said.

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Teachers retirement fund earns $1B year the payment for the state made a small amount of payment on the principal of the UAL," she said.

The system is 56.4 percent funded, up from 55.4 per-cent last fiscal year. TRSL's membership includes public school teachers, administra-tors and some school work-ers as well as people who work in higher education.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Fewer than 400 Louisiana residents were able to sign up for health in-surance last month through the federally run online marketplace created under

President Barack Obama's health revamp, according to data released Wednesday.

Website problems left many people unable to en-roll for coverage despite re-peated attempts.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released enrollment figures for October, showing few-er than 27,000 people had completed the full process to get coverage across the

36 states using the federal website.

In Louisiana, the number was 387.

"Things have not picked up that much since Octo-ber on the exchange. We're

387 health insurance signups completed in La. pretty disappointed in the performance of the federal-ly-facilitated marketplace," said John Maginnis, spokes-man for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, which is offering plans on the web-site.

Applications seeking cov-erage for more than 14,100 people in Louisiana have been filed. About 13,600 of those have been deemed eli-gible for insurance through the marketplace, but they haven't yet decided if they'll buy a coverage plan, accord-ing to the federal data.

Republican members of Louisiana's congressional delegation seized on the dis-mal numbers, saying they provide proof that Demo-crats in Congress and the White House need to reverse course on the federal health overhaul called the Afford-able Care Act.

"Americans knew Obam-acare was not ready for prime time, and these terribly low enrollment numbers prove it," said U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, in a statement.

U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, called the website rollout a failure and a "demonstration of what bureaucrat-run health care looks like."

Democratic U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, a staunch supporter of the federal health law, defended it Wednesday, noting that people have more than four months remaining to sign up for coverage.

"The website isn't working how it should, which is unac-ceptable, and it needs to be fixed as quickly as possible," Landrieu said in a statement. "But the promise and hope of the Affordable Care Act, that for the first time middle and working class families will be able to have access to affordable, quality health care that is there when they need it most, is worth fight-ing for."

The head of the Louisiana Democratic Party, state Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, also said she remains confident in the law, calling it desper-ately needed in a state with high numbers of uninsured.

"Once the website glitches are worked out, we expect the enrollment numbers to grow," Peterson said in a statement.

The marketplace offers health insurance options for people who are uninsured or who currently pay for indi-vidual policies, rather than getting insurance through their jobs.

The federal government is handling the online market-place for Louisiana because Gov. Bobby Jindal, an op-ponent of the health law, re-fused to let the state create its own website.

Enrollment opened on Oct. 1, and people have until March 31 to sign up.

Federal subsidies are available to many low- and middle-income families

to help cover costs, with 344,000 Louisiana residents estimated to be eligible for the assistance. At the same time, most people need to have insurance by mid-Feb-ruary or face fines.

Two companies are of-fering insurance plans on the marketplace throughout Louisiana: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and the Louisiana Health Coop-erative. Vantage Health Plan is offering coverage for most parishes.

Blue Cross offers the largest number of coverage options to state residents through the federal market-place. Maginnis said most of the 387 successful enrollees in Louisiana were getting in-surance through Blue Cross.

"We wish it were a bigger number," he said.

Colston sets Saints all-time receiving mark

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Marques Colston has become the New Orleans Saints career leader in yards receiving dur-ing Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers.

The eighth-year pro, and former seventh-round draft choice out of Hofstra, entered the game needing 12 yards to break Eric Martin's two-decade-old record of 7,854 yards receiving, which was set over nine seasons (1985-93).

Colston surpassed Mar-tin with his first catch of the game, a 14-yard reception on a third-and-12 play in the third quarter.

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Elenora LeBlanc reached her goal of losing 40 pounds and earned the long awaited status of Keeping Off Pounds Sensibly in the TOPS pro-gram.

do. All I had to do was put them into practice. My TOPS friends were so happy for me that I finally made up my mind to get serious again about reaching KOPS status.

At the beginning of Novem-ber 2010, I was still 8 pounds away from my goal. By the end of November, I was still 6 ¾ pounds from my goal. I knew I really had to push to lose those last few pounds. With the holidays facing me, that would really be a chal-lenge. But on December 30, I had finally had lost those last few pounds for a total weight loss of 39 ½ pounds and earned the long awaited sta-tus of KOPS! Everyone was so happy for me and I was so proud of my accomplishment.

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It is now almost three years that I reached my KOPS status and even though it is not easy, I’m proud to say that I have maintained my weight and feel so much better about my-self and my health. I continue going to the meetings with my TOPS family every week where we give each other the help and support that we need.

LeBlanc’s personal TOPS story, 40 pounds laterBY ELENORA LEBLANC

My journey with TOPS started in July of 2004. I knew it was time for me to do some-thing about my weight. My friend, Winnie Fernandez, invited me to be a guest at their Thursday night meeting. She had lost approximately 50 pounds in less than a year. That motivated me, since that is what I wanted to lose also.

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The first thing I did was give up the late night snack that I had gotten into the habit of eating. I started exercising again, measuring and weigh-ing everything I ate, keeping a diary sheet and drinking eight glasses of water a day, all of which I had stopped doing. The pounds finally began fall-ing off again and by the end of May, I had lost 15 pounds. What a good feeling! The road wasn’t easy, but going to TOPS meetings for more than five years, I had learned all the things I should and shouldn’t

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Pierre Part School students, parents, veterans, guests and teachers packed the school gym Nov. 11 for this annual and very special occasion.

Guests stood as the Ameri-can Legion, VFW members, and Ladies Auxiliaries pro-ceeded from the back doors to the seats near the stage. The Pledge of Allegience was led by the Ladies Auxil-iaries followed by the middle school band under the direc-tion of Jordan LeBlanc. Stu-dent Council member Elise Vidrine delivered the opening prayer and Beta Club Presi-dent Emily Blanchard wel-comed everyone.

A group of adult song lead-ers sang God Bless America after which Assistant Prin-cipal Nancy Rousseau intro-duced all the veterans pres-ent.

The fourth and eighth grade students recited trib-utes to The Unknown Sol-

dier and Old Glory. Alexis Blanchard, 4-H leader, read the names of active service men and women.

As the song leaders and guests sang God Bless the USA, Junior Auxiliary mem-bers brought forward small memorial wreaths. Princi-pal Wanda Templet read the names of 2012-13 deceased veterans during this proces-sion.

Guest speaker, American Legion Post 328 Commander Dudley LeBlanc, spoke of the sacrifices each veteran makes no matter where they serve. LeBlanc’s grandchildren read a tribute to him and all other veterans.

The traditional memorial wreath was brought forth by family members of recently deceased veterans. Post 328 gave a 21-gun salute. Evan Clelland played Taps and all veterans proceeded out of the gym. A reception for all guests was held in the school’s library.

Pierre Part Middle School eighth-graders read a Tribute to Old Glory. Staff photo by LINDA COOKE

Veterans Day celebration by the Pierre Part schools

ATLANTA (AP) — Next time you go for a checkup, don't be surprised if your doc-tor gets on your case about your weight.

The medical profession has issued new guidelines for fighting the nation's obe-sity epidemic, and they urge physicians to be a lot more aggressive about helping pa-tients drop those extra pounds.

Doctors should calcu-late your body mass index, a weight-to-height ratio. And if you need to lose weight, they should come up with a plan and send you for counseling.

"We recognize that tell-ing patients to lose weight is not enough," said Dr. Donna Ryan, co-chair of the guide-lines committee.

The good news? By next year, most insurance com-panies are expected to cover counseling and other obesity treatments, following in the steps of the Medicare pro-gram, which began paying for one-on-one help last year.

More than a third of U.S. adults are obese, and that's been the case since the middle of the last decade. Officials define someone with a BMI of 30 or higher as obese. A 5-foot-9 person would be obese at 203 pounds.

Doctors are well aware that excess weight can trigger dia-betes and lead to heart disease and other health problems. Yet surveys have shown that only about a third of obese pa-tients recall their doctor talk-ing to them about their BMI or counseling them about weight loss.

The guidelines were re-leased this week by a group of medical organizations that include the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology and the Obesity Society.

They come amid a spate of important developments in the fight against obesity.

Last year, the Food and Drug Administration ap-proved two more obesity-fighting drugs. And this year, the AMA labeled obesity a disease, a measure intended to get doctors to pay more atten-tion to the problem and prod more insurers to pay for treat-ments.

Yet many people have been on their own when it comes to slimming down, left to sift through the myriad diets and exercise schemes that are pro-moted for weight loss. And most doctors have little train-ing in how to help their obese patients, other than telling them it's a problem and they need to do something about it.

"I feel for these guys," said Dr. Tim Church, a researcher at Louisiana State Univer-sity's Pennington Biomedical Research Center. "They have patients who come in and ask them about the latest fad diet. They're not trained in this stuff and they're not comfort-able" recommending particu-lar diets or weight-loss plans.

The guidelines advise doc-tors to:

— At least once year, cal-culate patients' BMI, measure their waists and tell them if they are overweight or obese.

— Develop a weight-loss plan that includes exercise and moderate calorie-cutting.

— Consider recommend-ing weight-loss surgery for patients with a BMI of 40 or for those with a BMI of 35 who also have two other risk factors for heart disease such as diabetes or high blood pressure.

— Refer overweight and obese patients who are headed for heart problems to weight-loss programs. Spe-cifically, discuss enrolling them in at least 14 face-to-face counseling sessions over six months with a registered dietitian, psychologist or oth-er professional with training in weight management.

Web or phone-based coun-seling sessions are consid-ered a less effective option.

Diane LeBlanc said the new guidelines are overdue.

More than year ago, the Baton Rouge, La., woman sat down with her longtime fam-ily doctor to talk about her weight and get a referral for some kind of help. She had tried dieting without success for more than a decade, had

high blood pressure and was about to hit a dress size of 20.

She said the doctor smiled and told her: "There's a lot of programs out there. But real-ly, you just have to eat less."

"It just devastated me," LeBlanc recalled. "He was saying, 'It's all in your mind.' I was thinking, 'If I could do that, don't you think I would have done it by now?'"

She changed doctors and has lost 40 pounds from her 5-foot-4 frame since May after getting into an inten-sive Pennington weight-loss program that includes counseling sessions.

Doctors "need to get the message," ''LeBlanc said. "Just telling someone you need to push the plate away is not going to work for ev-eryone."

Doctors are told to get serious about obesity

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Get High On Life By HAROLD KELLER

Hearts In Touch By RONNY MICHEL

What a Life! By REVEREND WILMER L. TODD

Keeping the Faith By Ronnie McBrayer

WaguespackPresident of La.

Assoc. of Business & Industry

Stephen

Elmore’s Department Store was one of the three more enjoyable places for a young child to visit

in my small, S o u t h e r n , home town. There was the Super D Five-a n d - D i m e which had the best popcorn and hotdog

stand for a hundred miles; Western Auto with its mechanical horse on the front sidewalk that one could ride for a dime; and Elmore’s.

Elmore’s had the finest selec-tion of Matchbox cars and base-ball cards available. And while Elmore’s was likely not much big-ger than a closet in comparison to today’s superstores, for a young-ster with a couple of dollars in his pocket, it was a shopping nirvana.

My dad took me there one Sat-urday afternoon and I apparently wandered away. While searching for those magical Matchboxes my three feet tall frame got lost in the clothing department, dwarfed as I was, by the towering racks of dress shirts and blue jeans.

I called for my father, “Daddy!

Daddy!” Nothing. On the verge of panic I changed tactics, and started calling my father by name: “Roy! Roy!” He showed up within sec-onds. A hundred mothers can hear a hundred children call “Mommy” and each one will know her own. A dad is seemingly a bit denser.

There were a lot of dads in El-more’s that day, but I needed the one with a unique name. I needed the father to whom I belonged. I needed the one who would scoop me up in his arms, and make things right again. I needed the one who was my father.

In the immediate days to come, millions of Americans will gather around bountiful tables for an-other annual feast of gratitude. We will gorge on turkey (about 50 million of the birds) and cranber-ry sauce (80 million pounds or so of the little red berries). We will cram ourselves with stuffing and pumpkin pie.

Afterwards, with the blessed luncheon weighing heavy on our tummies, many of us will col-lapse onto sofas barely fatter than ourselves. There we will watch football, nap from the near lethal doses of tryptophan, and fortify

ourselves for a second, yea, third helping from the festive table.

Somewhere during the day, maybe a prayer will be offered; a nice little invocation. To God or the gods. Generically. An obliga-tory ritual that is little more than a tip stuffed quickly into the pocket of the nameless, faceless, cosmic Concierge who helped set our Thanksgiving feast.

But for many (and I hope for more of us rather than less), the prayer prayed over the November turkey will be offered in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln who first in-stituted this national holiday. The Great Emancipator declared, “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, to set apart a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Fa-ther.”

This is no mere god to whom we pray. This is our God. This is the God to whom we belong; the One who will still scoop us up in his arms and make things right again; who will find us when we are lost. This is the beneficent Fa-ther who provides uniquely for his children.

Those of the Jewish faith have

a marvelous way of spontaneous-ly giving thanks. They exclaim, “Blessed be the Name!” They are doing much the same as I did when I was lost in that department store. They are not calling on the awk-ward collection of sheer constants and vowels that spell God’s name. They are calling on their distinc-tive God. The “Name” represents all the extraordinary goodness they have come to know about the one to whom they belong.

They know God as someone who is better to us than anyone else ever could be; someone who loves us with unconditional love; someone who welcomes us to the table without qualification or res-ervation; someone who provides us with what we really need; someone we can call on when we have lost our way.

For that, and so very much more, we should bow our heads in sincere thanksgiving, and bless the Name.

Ronnie McBrayer is a syndi-cated columnist, pastor, and au-thor of multiple books. You can read more and receive regular e-columns in your inbox at www.ronniemcbrayer.me.

Billy Graham has been the most effective Christian evange-

list in my life-time. He is a man of integ-rity and lived his life about reproach.

As Chris-tians, we are called to be ambassadors

for Christ. Mr. Graham repre-sented his God with dignity. His evangelistic crusades carried the same simple message of salva-tion, acknowledging Jesus as Lord and Savior. He’s had for-mal interviews with many men and women in high positions throughout the world. President

Eisenhower is said to have re-quested his presence before his death.

As Americans celebrate his 95th birthday this month, his message is still the same with much more urgency. He recently shared that, in his lifetime, he had the privilege of seeing God move across America in a power-ful way and yet we have seen our nation steadily sliding into moral and spiritual ruin.

He believes, and I agree, that unless God sends a sweeping re-vival, America, as we know it – a nation rooted in Biblical values – will be a thing of the past.

He reported that 60 percent of Americans don’t attend church regularly. Among young people

in our churches, half think that many religions can lead to eter-nal life.

Since 1990, the number of people who specifically identify themselves as atheists or agnos-tics have more than tripled.

With that negative report, he still has hope for America. He encourages everyone to reach out to our unsaved neighbors and loved ones with the only true hope – the Gospel of the Lord Je-sus Christ.

Research shows, if you live in the typical community – with 100 neighbors – here’s the reality:

7 – of your neighbors struggle with depression; some consider suicide.

14 – feel crippled or trapped by

fear and anxiety.8 – abuse or are addicted to

drugs or alcohol.8 – are struggling with the loss

of a job.3 – are grieving the death of a

loved one.60 – don’t profess to be born

again.What can we do to change

the course we’re on? We must have a deep burden for the many Americans who live with no last-ing hope. Together, we can make a difference!

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

Thanksgiving used to be the last national family holiday day

that was not commercial-ized. Unfor-tunately, some merchants are trying to take this day away from us by opening their stories early

Thanksgiving morning. Resist! People, especially families, are more important than “things.” Put your energy is making this Thanksgiving a most memorable occasion.

To help us deepen our sense of gratitude, I would like to present the following story by Dr. James Sutton, a child and adolescent psychologist. It’s taken from his book, Windows II: Book for those with a heart for helping kids heal.

“On November 11, 1620, the Mayflower dropped anchor in a natural harbor on the inside the northern tip of Cape Cod. There it stayed. The location was not

the Pilgrims’ first choice; they had planned to settle near the mouth of the Hudson.

“The area where the ship made landfall had belonged to the Patuxets, a fierce tribe that took intense delight in murdering any-one who would dare invade their territory. A sickness, however, had wiped them out, leaving their land free for the taking. (Other Indians, fearing “bad spirits,” would have no part of it.) The Pilgrims didn’t even have to clear fields for planting. They were al-ready there for them.

“The nearest neighbors were the Wampanoags, a civilized tribe ruled by Massasoit. The chief and his people accepted the Pil-grims and helped them. Squanto, a lone survivor of the Patuxets, made his home with these new inhabitants and taught them how to survive in this new and chal-lenging land.

“Although the bounty of the summer of 1621 brought a time of heartfelt gratitude (the first Thanksgiving), the Pilgrims’ ob-ligation to repay the backers who

had financed their voyage left them dangerously close to star-vation. Food supplies had all but disappeared.

“At one point, a daily ration of food for a Pilgrim was five ker-nels of corn. With a simple faith that God would sustain them, no matter what, they pulled through. History records that not a single one of them died of starvation that winter. Not a one.

“The harvest of 1623 brought a surplus of corn, so much that the Pilgrims were able to help the Indians for a change. So joyous were they that they celebrated a second Thanksgiving Day and again invited Massasoit to be their guest.

“He came, bringing with him his wife, several other chiefs and 120 braves. All sat down to a feast of 12 venison, six goats, 50 hogs and pigs, numerous turkeys, vegetables, grapes, nuts, plums, puddings and pies. But, lest any-one forget, all were given their first course on an empty plate. They were each given five ker-nels of corn.”

The following prayer could be used on Thanksgiving Day.

Dear God, we thank you for this day. You have blessed us in so may ways and you keep bless-ing us. We thank you for your presence with us. We are blessed because you are a loving, for-giving, and understanding God. Help us to be like you: loving, forgiving, and understanding.

Continue to watch over us and keep us safe from all danger. Help us to deepen our spirit of gratitude. Help us to realize that all life is a gift from you and we should treasure it always. Con-tinue to bless us so we may be a blessing to others. Keep us strong so we may help the weak. Keep us uplifted so we may have words of encouragement for others.

We pray for all our sisters and brothers. We pray for peace, love and joy in their homes that all their needs will be met. Thank you Lord for our family gather-ing and for the food that we are about to share. In gratitude we make this prayer in your holy name. Amen.

Separated they would never leave the ground.

If the wings, engines, stabiliz-ers and rud-ders were just lying around on the runway, they could not take off. But because all the parts were

properly fit together, held in place by the fuselage, and filled with fuel, this plane was going to bring my two youngest daughters and I to In-diana for my niece’s college play.

A sudden appreciation for each part of the plane, large or small, seen or unseen, travels through my mind as I pray for a safe, smooth flight. For that prayer to be answered, ev-ery part of the plane must function

according to pilot’s plan.The same could be said for a suc-

cessful marriage, family, business, school, or church. Every part, every person, and the unique talents they possess, are important. In his letter to the Corinthians, Paul compared the body of Christ to a human body. Both are made up of many elements which are all required to work to-gether for a whole, successfully

functioning body. Whether I’m fulfilling a role in

my marriage, family, or church, I pray to be a fully functioning ad-dition. My part may not seem sig-nificant, but I trust when I fulfill my role and follow the Pilot’s plan, to-gether with the other members, we will soar.

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

Louisiana’s high noon

You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

That thoroughbred we call Loui-siana has traveled far, through rocky terrain at times, to get to where it stands today. It galloped through tough policy fights and government downsizing, and slogged through a national recession. Along the way, it hauled on its back a federal gov-ernment that weighed it down with unnecessary mandates and burden-some restrictions. Having navigated that harrowing trail, our horse now finds itself standing on the shores of a great river of opportunity and flow-ing before its very eyes are limitless instances of jobs, investments and economic growth for our people.

All of us have heard the announce-ments of more than $70 billion in new projects, the manufacturing and industrial expansions due to afford-able energy, the new market sectors that are expanding in technology and research, and the small businesses in our communities aggressively grow-ing and expanding for the first time in years. All of that opportunity is no mirage. It is real. It is all there for the tasting and, frankly, it all looks pretty darn refreshing.

However, we have been this close to a river of promise before. In fact, in the 70s the water felt just as warm and tasted just as good. Back then, we sat around the campfire and told stories of energy booms that would never end, corporate entities and professional jobs that would never leave no matter how badly we treat-ed them, and government spend-ing that would cure every problem. Those campfire stories, as we all know, turned out to be fiction and that chapter of our novel still haunts us today. That river dried up and hasn’t been seen around these parts in a long, long time.

Now we find ourselves with that second chance we always asked for. The river returned and it is flowing like we haven’t seen in years. As we bend down to take that first sip, just like any good western movie, we find ourselves suddenly attacked at the river’s edge by bandits from the brush. Trial lawyers are lining up governing boards, parishes and com-munity participants to file lawsuits that will bring a fist full of dollars for the brazen few in amounts that could rival any bank or train holdup. They are also lining up lobbyists and pontificators to peddle their snake oil as an elixir full of community purpose rather than one of personal fiscal gain. These bandits see all that the water offers and they want it for themselves.

The word is out, the plans are set, and more bandits are likely to emerge and follow that gold rush. You can bet your bottom dollar that more lawsuits will drop in the days and weeks ahead. The amounts will be staggering and the brazenness of it all will be the stuff of legend. Ev-ery one of them will stake their claim and no stagecoach will be safe.

We are outmanned and outgunned, but we must stand and fight. That river is Louisiana’s river. It doesn’t belong to the brazen few; it belongs to the people of this state. We all traveled too far to get here to give up without a fight. The job creators and the innovators of our new economy need the water to grow and prosper. Without it, they will become just an-other cactus along a dusty creek bed where hope was forgotten.

Will Louisiana drink this time, or See SECOND CHANCE, page 5

The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, November 19, 2013, 2013, Page 5

BY DAVID BOZEMANYou almost have to pity North

Carolina Senator Kay Hagan — she just never knows which way the wind is blowing. In all fairness, even the most astute political watchers can’t agree as to whether the Tarheel state is predominantly red or blue, so can we reasonably demand more from a freshman political oppor-tunist?

Senator Hagan rode into power on Barack Obama’s coattails in 2008. Mitt Romney, however, carried the state in 2012 — barely. GOP governor Pat McCrory’s ap-proval ratings appear mixed, but, worthy of note, Fayetteville just elected its first Republican mayor in 40 years — again, barely.

Yet on one thing everyone agrees — Obama-care is the big-gest national flop since new Coke, thus Senator Hagan, along with fellow Democrats Mark Begich (AK), Mary Landrieu (LA), Mark Pryor (AR) and Jeanne Shaheen (NH) have all urged President Obama to delay both the deadline for signing up and the penalty for non-compliance. By an odd coincidence, Hagan and the aforemen-tioned Democrats are all — I’m not making this up — facing re-elec-tion in 2014!

Yet they also, in September of 2010, voted down a Republican reso-lution to protect policies from being grandfathered into the Affordable Care Act, which has lead to thousands of cancellations. And, need I add, they also voted for Obama-care to begin with.

Now that Americans for Prosperity has begun running ads in NC against the senator, Hagan (with help from national Democrats) is fighting back, predictably touting herself as a common-sense voice for her state. North Carolinians, like most everyone else, are indeed out-raged at the reality of Obama-care, but Hagan could well get away with her opportunistic ruse. With no Republican frontrunner yet to emerge, poll numbers remain hard to decipher, but no one thought her a serious challenger to Elizabeth Dole in 2008.

In a nutshell, if you’re a liberal, why all the centrist posing? Em-brace your progressive ideology. Shout it from the rooftops. The left-wing Americans for Democratic Action rates Sen. Hagan 95 percent on positions. By contrast, the American Conservative Union gives her a lifetime score of just 9 percent and Americans for Prosperity 12. In 2010, North Carolina decisively approved a Constitutional amend-ment protecting the definition of marriage as one man/one woman. Yet

when prominent national Democrats reversed their long-held opposi-tion to gay marriage, Hagan fell in line like a domino. If her stand is based on principle, fine, but don’t count on her to champion that stand in TV ads next year. She, after all, is one of us.

Kay Hagan is by no means the only political opportunist in Wash-ington and is far from the worst. But what a sad commentary on lead-ership when we expect noting better. To complicate matters more for the average voter, a handful of Democrats out there actually can, argu-ably, claim the mantle of moderate or even moderate-conservative. NC Congressman Mike McIntyre joined one other Democrat (Jim Mathe-son of Utah) in late September in voting with Republicans to defund Obama-care while keeping the government in operation. He stands by that vote. However, he and Matheson both won in 2012 by narrow margins. Opportunism or principle? McIntyre is clearly a better ideo-logical fit for a marginally conservative NC than Kay Hagan is, but can one ever be sure?

Moderates and opportunists of either party are insidious threats to liberty, as they are too hard to predict. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is more principled, courageous and easier to read than Hillary Clinton, the very face of modern political opportunism. Rule of thumb: a D by a politician’s name is no guarantee that your liberty is in jeopardy, but proceed with extreme caution.

David Bozeman, former Libertarian Party Chairman, is a Liberty Features Syndicated writer.

Opinion

BY THOMAS SOWELLThird parties have had an unbroken record of

failure in American presidential politics. So it was refreshing to see in the Tea Party an insur-gent movement, mainly of people who were not professional politicians, but who nevertheless had the good sense to see that their only chance of getting their ideals enacted into public poli-cies was within one of the two major parties.

More important, the Tea Party was an insur-gent movement that was not trying to impose some untried Utopia, but to restore the lost heritage of America that had been eroded, un-dermined or just plain sold out by professional politicians.

What the Tea Party was attempting was con-servative, but it was also insurgent -- if not radi-cal -- in the sense of opposing the root assump-tions behind the dominant political trends of our times. Since those trends have included the ero-sion, if not the dismantling, of the Constitutional safeguards of American freedom, what the Tea Party was attempting was long overdue.

ObamaCare epitomized those trends, since its fundamental premise was that the federal gov-ernment had the right to order individual Ameri-cans to buy what the government wanted them to buy, whether they wanted to or not, based on the assumption that Washington elites know what is good for us better than we know ourselves.

The Tea Party's principles were clear. But their tactics can only be judged by the conse-quences.

Since the Tea Party sees itself as the conserva-tive wing of the Republican Party, its support-ers might want to consider what was said by an iconic conservative figure of the past, Edmund Burke: "Preserving my principles unshaken, I reserve my activity for rational endeavours."

Fundamentally, "rational" means the ability to make a ratio -- that is, to weigh one thing against another. Burke makes a key distinction between believing in a principle and weighing the likely consequences of taking a particular action to ad-vance that principle.

There is no question that the principles of any-one who believes in the freedom of American citizens from arbitrary government dictates like ObamaCare -- unauthorized by anything in the Constitution and forbidden by the 10th Amend-ment -- must oppose this quantum leap forward in the expansion of the power of government.

There is nothing ambiguous about the prin-ciple. The only question is about the tactics, the Tea Party's attempt to defund ObamaCare. The principle would justify repealing ObamaCare. So the only reason for the Tea Partyers' limiting themselves to trying to defund this year was a recognition that repealing it was not within their power.

The only question then is: was defunding ObamaCare within their power? Most people outside the Tea Party recognized that defunding ObamaCare was also beyond their power -- and events confirmed that.

It was virtually inconceivable from the out-set that the Tea Party could force the Democrats who controlled the Senate to pass the defund-ing bill, even if the Tea Party had the complete support of all Republican Senators -- much less pass it with a majority large enough to override President Obama's certain veto.

Therefore was the Tea Party-led attempt to defund ObamaCare something that met Burke's standard of a "rational endeavour"?

With the chances of making a dent in Obam-aCare by trying to defund it being virtually zero, and the Republican Party's chances of gaining power in either the 2014 or 2016 elections being reduced by the public's backlash against that fu-tile attempt, there was virtually nothing to gain politically and much to lose.

However difficult it might be to repeal Obam-aCare after it gets up and running, the odds against repeal, after the 2014 and 2016 elections, are certainly no worse than the odds against defunding it in 2013. Winning those elections would improve the odds.

If the Tea Party made a tactical mistake, that is not necessarily fatal in politics. People can even learn from their mistakes -- but only if they admit to themselves that they were mistaken. Whether the Tea Party can do that may deter-mine not only its fate but the fate of an America that still needs the principles that brought Tea Party members together in the first place.

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

Tea Party at the crossroads

The moderate Democrat: Friend or foe?

BY TOM TOTH

In his campaign to become the first democrat in 20 years to be elected mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio confidently took aim at the city’s wealthy for causing the plight of the city’s poor, making income inequality the foundation of his campaign. He painted himself as the advocate of the impoverished, willing and ready to tax the city’s rich for the sake of the poor in a progressive show of force. For de Blasio the campaign was a success and he pronounced in his victory speech that New York had chosen a “pro-gressive path.”

That path, however, is never a victory for those he claimed to champion.

Before the city’s mayoral election, thousands marched over the Brooklyn Bridge in a highly-overlooked statement of support for the city’s charter school system. New York City has maintained a remarkably fast-growing and successful charter school network that accepts public funding for tuition while maintaining more freedom to make personnel and curriculum decisions than public schools. Charter schools and other alternative education programs put incen-tive behind success for the student, not maximizing teacher union dues. These educational institutions offer hope and an alternative to families forced to send their children to failing schools because of their zip code.

Despite the program’s success and widespread popularity, Bill de Blasio is outspoken about his opposition to charters. Ironically, de Blasio’s attacking the charters through fees and increased taxation, the same tool he’s using to narrow the income gap and allegedly help the poor. Two-thirds of the city’s charter schools meet on city property, receiving basic maintenance from the city and operating rent-free, offering an estimated savings of $2,400 per student. De Blasio’s intentions to end the rent-free policies for many or all of the city’s 183 charter schools cut the knees from under thousands of educators who use the taxpayer’s education dollars to actually offer decent education to economically disadvantaged children.

New York is only one of many regional charter networks under at-tack from progressives relentlessly fighting alternative education in the United States. Mere weeks ago, the Eric Holder-led Department of Justice (DoJ) filed suit against a similar state-wide voucher pro-gram in Louisiana. Why? Because by helping a “disproportionate” amount of minority students in families living below 250 percent of the poverty line (to date, about 90 percent of those taking advantage of the vouchers in Louisiana are African-American), they are alleg-edly violating federal desegregation orders from the 1960s. All the while, Louisiana standardized testing results show that students at-tending charters have higher reading and math competencies at the equivalent of 50 and 65 additional days of learning, respectively.

Tactics like these from New York and the DoJ reek of despera-tion. Progressives are frantically seizing any foothold available to quell the advance of alternative education, especially those that aim to aid children in impoverished regions. This effort has unveiled telling trends from the left.

First, teachers unions lose money every time a family takes the opportunity to reassign the responsibility of educating their child from a public school. These unions, led by the powerful National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers, donate millions to political campaigns every year, 95 percent of which go to Democrats. The obvious conflict then falls into the bat-tle between uninhibited teacher union growth versus non-unionized alternative school growth. Receiving zero campaign dollars from poor students given alternative education options, the trending po-litical allegiance with unions makes sense. Therefore, the standard Democrat education solution: without condition, throw more money to teachers unions in failing schools and hope for different results.

Second, progressives show no willingness whatsoever to use al-ternative education as an engine to drive upward economic mobility for those born into poverty. De Blasio is only the latest to lambast income inequality; speeches citing a “tale of two cities” and prom-ising more welfare for the poor reliant on the government are hol-low rhetoric if there are no means by which the poor can economi-cally transcend poverty into gainful employment and self-reliance.

In Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s famous final speech be-fore the British House of Commons, she rightly challenged liberals concerned only with income inequality that they “would rather the poor are poorer, provided the rich are less rich.” The left’s educa-tion policy only proves these words true. Instead of providing the means for the poor to improve their economic condition and quality of life, liberals advocate policies that keep the poor in poverty to be promised endless government welfare benefits with dollars taken from others–all in exchange for votes.

Protecting teachers unions ensures consistent campaign funding. Promising welfare enhancement provides votes from those stuck in poverty. At the end of the day, the rich elected progressive wins and the uneducated poor lose.

Brooklyn_Bridge_March2Alternative education works, it’s cost-effective, it’s fair, and the left knows it very well. Those thousands marching across the Brooklyn Bridge from the poorer of de Bla-sio’s “two cities” represent liberals’ most dangerous political threat: the poor that have tasted opportunity and can’t shake the American dream of self-sufficiency and a better future for their children. Thus alternative education is in the crosshairs.

Tom Toth is the Social Media Director for Americans for Limited Government.

Alternative education threatens the left

will it simply turn and walk away down the trail? Will Louisiana leave spoils from the riverbed for the bandits from the brush, or will she drink all the nutrients and refreshment it offers so our entire trav-eling party can be rejuvenated? Will this be the same old Western we last saw in the 70s, or will we write a new story with a happy ending? The choice is ours. Let’s make the right one this time. I say we drink.

Second chance Continued from page 4

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ObituariesIrving Blanchard

Irving D. Blanchard, 88, a native and resident of La-badieville, LA passed away on Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at the Lafourche Home for the Aged in Thibodaux, LA. He was born on Octo-ber 9, 1925 in Labadieville, LA. A Visitation will be held on Saturday, November 16, 2013 at St. Philomena Cath-olic Church, Labadieville, LA from 9:00am until funer-al time. A Mass of Christian Burial will be at 12:00 noon. Burial will be in St. Philom-ena Cemetery. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Al-ice Martinez Blanchard; three step-children, Floyd Talbot of Labadieville, Gail T. Clause and husband, Richard of Napoleonville, and Emile Talbot and wife, Amelie of Thibodaux; three grandchildren, Richie Clause and wife, Bonnie of Morgan City, Wendy Hebert and hus-band, Chad of Thibodaux, Leah Reppel and husband, Justin of Belle Chasse; three great-grandchildren, Robbie Clause, Shawn Hebert, and Whitney Reppel; brothers, Lawrence “Al” Blanchard of Labadieville, and Dave Blanchard and wife, Myrtle of Napoleonville; sisters, Mamie Braud and hus-band, Charles “Bubba” of Thibodaux, Mary Ann Dill of Thibodaux, and Lorraine Barrilleaux and husband, Gerald of Plaquemine. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lawrence E. and Ida C. Blanchard of Labadi-eville; and great grandson, Joey Clause. He was a re-tired electrician from Nich-olls State University. Byrd, Brother - “To Blanc” or Paw Paw as he was affectionately known to many was a very loving and giving husband, father, brother, grandfa-ther, and great-grandfather. He will be sadly missed by his family. Landrys Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of ar-rangements.

Carroll L. ‘Boomie’ Chustz

Carroll L “Boomie” Chus-tz, retired safety manager, was a resident of Maringouin and Belle River. He passed away peacefully on Tues-

day, November 12, 2013 at 4:10am, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Belle River at the age of 55. He was an avid fisher-man and hunter, along with his faithful canine compan-ion, Molly. He is survived by his wife, Annette Landry Chustz; daughter, Maggie Chustz; stepsons, Christo-pher and Nicholas Lossett; brothers, Larry Chustz and wife Sharon and Mel Chustz and wife Carolyn; nieces, Tonya Maynard, Shannon Melancon, Dana Robin and Leah Kassebaum; nephews, Blake Chustz and Bryan Phenix. He is also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. He is preceded in death by his father, Jo-seph Laurie Chustz, mother, Lula Jarreau Chustz. Visita-tion will be at Niland Fu-neral Home in Livonia, LA on Thursday November 14, 2013 from 4:00pm to 9:00pm with a memorial service in the funeral home chapel at 7:00pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wounded Warrior Project or Building Homes for Heroes. Arrangements under the di-rection of Niland Funeral Service.

Aaron Jeffery “Jeff”Rousseau

Aaron “Jeff” Jeffery Rousseau, a native of New Orleans and resident of Klotzville, LA. He died on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 at 8:25pm at his home after a battle with bone cancer. He was 54 years old born on Oct. 12, 1959 and disabled. He is survived by his dear sister who loved and adored him dearly Pam Dugas and husband Darrell Dugas of Donaldsonville; favorite niece Michelle Dugas; and also Pam’s dog Patch who he loved dearly. Jeff’s interest were baseball and football especially LSU and Saints. He was diehard Chicago Cubs fan. He was preceded in death by his parents Roy and Carolyn Rousseau Jr. His wishes were to donate his body to Science. A me-morial mass will be held at a later date. The family would like to thank dearly his lov-ing caretakers Margaret Du-

gas, Gwen Calvaruso, and Monque Ballard. Thanks a Million! Gwen don’t forget Jeff will be waiting for that dance.

Claire Dolese Landry Safford

Claire a native of Labadi-eville, La and a resident of Port Allen, La, she was born January 1, 1925 and passed away on Thursday, Novem-ber 14, 2013 at her home. Visiting will be at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Brusly on Monday, Novem-ber 18, 2013 from 9:30 am until mass of Christian Buri-al at 11:00 am, celebrated by Father Matt Lorrain. En-tombment in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Cemetery. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, J.C. Safford, Jr.; son, Theo-dore Landry of Port Allen; step children, Daniel Saf-ford and wife Karen of Don-aldsonville, Charles Safford and wife Janice of Kenner, James Safford, III and wife Mary Brasseaux Safford, MD of Port Allen, Margaret Safford Canella and husband Victor, Sr. of Brusly and Elizabeth Safford Hawkins, DPM and husband Robert of Baton Rouge; daughter in law, Cathy Dupuy Safford of Parks; 15 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Claire leaves behind an ar-ray of cousins, nieces, neph-ews and friends that will miss her gifts of love. Pre-ceded in death by her first husband, John Theodore Landry, Jr.; parents, Eugene and Corinne Blanchard Do-lese; son, Harold L. Safford; granddaughter, Deanna Joy Safford; sisters, Lucille D. Gaudet, Jeanne D. Arce-neaux and Mae D. Koenenn; and brothers, Dr. Eugene D. Dolese, Jr. and Lt. Francis C. Dolese. Pallbearers will be her grandsons. Memorial donations may be made to St. John the Baptist Catho-lic Church building fund or American Cancer Society . Special thanks to Total Live In Care caregivers, St. Jo-seph Hospice and Dr. Vince Cataldo for their loving care and devotion. Arrangements with Wilbert Funeral Home in Port Allen. Not responsible for typographical errors.

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The library fund was ap-propriated for a transfer of $225,000.00, the same as previous years.

The transfer allocation for the road and bridge fund re-mained at $1,019,400.00.

The Health Unit allocation remained at $18,400 for util-ity costs.

The 1 percent sales tax fund has a fund balance of $1,682,116.

The ¼ percent sales tax fund dedicated to drainage

TaxesContinued from page 1

OrdinanceContinued from page 1ance requests over numerous issues. All were tabled.

While debating the issues regarding the applicable ordi-nances, Police Jury President Marty Triche stated that the laws should not be intended to cause unnecessary bur-dens and costs to constituents. “That was never the intent of the ordinances, and we need to address it,” Triche said. The jury will schedule a meeting in the near future to discuss and amend if necessary those ordinances which apply.

In other matters, the jury heard from representatives of, “Keep Assumption Beau-tiful”, which promotes re-cycling and the anti-litter campaign. The group spoke about their continued efforts and representative Arthur Boudreaux said that the group is organizing an event for the spring of 2014 that will target the collection of household chemical contaminants that

The dome is owned and/or operated by nine companies and they operate a total of 53 storage and brine caverns.

Dow Hydrocarbons is the largest owner, along with Tex-as Brine, Oxidental, Poncha-train Natural Gas, Chevron Pipeline, Crosstex, and KDS Promix.

Blanchard said all were under reporting. The product stored is taxed as business in-ventory.

Blanchard said that parish government has not had dis-cussions with dome compa-nies yet about how to handle past years.

If the companies are forced to pay for past years, the amount of money would be astronomical.

The audit was conducted by Pritchard and Abbot, Inc. of Houston. The firm specializes in those types of assessments.

Blanchard said the audit found that none of the dome’s 53 storage and brine caverns were part of the respective company’s assessed values and also found that the asses-sor’s office was not properly assessing the values of the wells attached to those cav-erns.

AuditContinued from page 1

are no longer needed or use-able. The event will be staged at a central location for one day. Once more information is available, The Bayou Jour-nal will publish the announce-ment. The jury agreed to as-sist the group with an ad cam-paign and will provide some reserve supplement so that no one is turned away.

In other matters, jurors ap-proved a 3 percent cost of living raise for employees as well as a 1 step increase for all employees. There will be one 2 step increase and one three step increase for two employ-ees respectively.

The jury approved the fol-lowing drainage projects:

–Outfall project at 3739 Highway 308 in Ward 2 at a cost of $4000.

–Outfall project at 3647 Highway 308 in Ward 2 at a cost of $4300.

–Culvert installation in Country Village Subdivision in Ward 3 costing $450.

–Catchbasin at 3938 High-way 1 in Ward 5, at a cost of $2750.

–Outfall project at Grant Loop in Ward 6 at a cost of $2050.

–Pump motor replacement on LA 70 pump in Ward 7 at a cost of $2150.

–Culvert replacement at 116 Derrick St. in Ward 8 at a cost of $350.

–Catchbasin at 2912 High-way 70 in Ward 8 at a cost of $1500.

–Catchbasin at Cross Cul-vert at 2929 Lee Dr. in Ward 8, at a cost of $500.

–Culvert replacement at 140 Reno St. in Ward 9 at a cost of $1650.

In unrelated matters, Jury President Martin Triche signed a proclamation declar-ing the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.

–Approved occupational li-censes for M.J. Snack Shop in Napoleonville, and Pizza Hut in Napoleonville

–Juror Jeff Naquin opened for discussion, unsightly mo-bile homes on Brule Road in Ward 2. Jurors agreed to send a letter to the owner ordering him to comply with skirting and tow attachment require-ments and if not, he would face ordinance penalties.

–Juror Henry Dupre re-quested a resolution asking DOTD to install school bus stop signs on Highway 996.

In budget matters, the jury accepted proposed budgets for 2014.

comes from sales tax collec-tions throughout the parish. Estimated revenues declined slightly to $560,000 and ex-penditures are a tick up, but the fund balance is solid at $536,364.

The public buildings fa-cilities fund expects rev-enues of $190,000 with ex-penditures expected to be at $222,400.

The Community Center will be fully operational for the entire year and the fund

balance is expected to be $1,186,722.

Revenues and expendi-tures of all remaining funds are in line with past years with some minor dips and peaks.

The total parish end-ing fund balance will be $20,242,389.

The parish may see addi-tional revenue as a result of the dome audit which will result in product assessments against dome partners.

Additionally, the par-ish hopes to recover unpaid expenses due the jury from Texas Brine.

Like it or not, the po-lice jury has put the parish in good fiscal position, and that’s a tall order when you are fighting a bottomless money pit, ie., the sinkhole.

Hopefully, vigilance and civility prevails allowing jurors to keep the dollars in the bank as much as possible without affecting services.

Peggy Morgan and her granddaughter, Trinety Morales, were able to flee from their burning trailer early Saturday morning. The Pierre Part Fire Department began battling the flames at 4 a.m. It took two hours to extinguish the fire. Morgan had minor burns on her back, foot and hand. The trailer was a total loss.

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LegalsLOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

“NOTICE OF NAMES OF PERSONS APPEARING TO BE OWNERS OF ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY INASSUMPTION PARISH”

The names listed below have been re-ported to the Louisiana Department of the Treasury as being persons possibly entitled to unclaimed funds subject to the provisions of LRS 9:151-181, Uni-form Unclaimed Property Act.

Most of these funds are currently in the custody of the Louisiana Department of the Treasury and will remain until such time as a valid claim is made. There is no expiration date for making a claim; however, proof of ownership must be submitted before the funds are re-leased. You may expedite your claim by sending a legible copy of your driver’s license and any other information that will positively identify you as the rightful owner of the property.

Information concerning the description of the funds or company that remitted the funds may be obtained by contact-ing the Unclaimed Property Division at 1-888-925-4127 or 225-219-9400, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., or by writing to State Trea-surer John Neely Kennedy, Louisiana Department of the Treasury, Unclaimed Property Division, P. O. Box 91010, Ba-ton Rouge, LA 70821-9010. Visit www.latreasury.com for a complete list of names.

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ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

The Assumption Parish Police Jury will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday, December 18, 2013 at 5:50 p.m. The hearing will be held at the Assumption Parish Police Jury Administration Building located at 4813 Highway 1, Napoleonville, LA.

The purpose of the public hearing is to receive input from the residents of As-sumption Parish regarding the Proposed Budgets for 2014. The proposed budgets for 2014 are available for review at the Police Jury Administrative Offi ce, Monday through Friday, located at 4813 Highway 1 in Napoleonville, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYKim M. TorresSECRETARY-TREASURERPublish: Bayou JournalNovember 20, 27 and December 4, 11, 2013

Assumption Parish Police Jury 11/13/2013

2014 Proposed Budgets

General Summary of Summary of Grand

Fund Special Revenue Capitol Project Total

Funds Funds

1 Revenues

2 Taxes

3 Ad Valorem Tax 741,702 2,833,428 0 3,575,130

4 Sales Tax 0 4,372,035 0 4,372,035

5 Beer Tax 25,693 0 0 25,693

6 Severance Tax 661,315 0 0 661,315

7 Franchise Tax 225,000 0 0 225,000

8 Licenses & Permits 386,175 102,494 0 488,669

9 Intergovernmental Revenues

10 Federal Grants 0 1,014,525 0 1,014,525

11 State Funds

12 Parish Transportation 0 236,404 0 236,404

13 State Revenue Sharing 112,073 0 0 112,073

14 Video Poker 253,365 0 0 253,365

15 Grants 0 206,900 349,760 556,660

16 Other 18,754 4,000 0 22,754

17 Fees, Charges, & Comm. 40,572 2,707,984 0 2,748,556

18 Fines & Forfeitures 0 147,250 0 147,250

19 Use of Money & Property (60,225) (42,105) (10,000) (112,330)

20 Other Revenue 1,000 472,271 0 473,271

21 Total Revenues 2,405,424 12,055,186 339,760 14,800,370

22 Expenditures

23 General Govt.

24 Leg. 353,582 0 0 353,582

25 Judicial 369,111 343,377 0 712,488

26 Executive 37,263 0 0 37,263

27 Elec. 60,130 0 0 60,130

28 Fin. & Adm. 348,218 0 0 348,218

29 Other 168,838 222,415 0 391,253

30 Public Safety 488,205 2,795,690 0 3,283,895

31 Public Works 106,783 5,900,849 742,072 6,749,704

32 Health & Welfare 75,668 1,949,863 0 2,025,531

33 Culture & Recreation 853,608 1,120,458 0 1,974,066

34 Ec. Dev. & Prom. 66,533 260,411 0 326,944

35 Debt Service 0 0 0 0

36 Total Expenditures 2,927,939 12,593,063 742,072 16,263,074

37 Excess (Defi ciency) (522,515) (537,877) (402,312) (1,462,704)

38 Other Fin. Sources (Uses)

4 Bond Proceeds 0 0 0 0

5 Transfers In 27,589 1,794,383 66,967 1,888,939

6 Transfers Out (484,130) (1,385,682) (50,227) (1,920,039)

7 Total Sources (Uses) (456,541) 408,701 16,740 (31,100)

8 Excess (Defi ciency) of

Revenue and Other Sources

Over Exp. and Other Uses (979,056) (129,176) (385,572) (1,493,804)

9 Fund Balance (Beginning) 7,484,481 13,159,561 385,572 21,029,614

10 Fund Balance (Ending) 6,505,425 13,030,385 0 19,535,810

Advertisement for ProposalsLawn Services

Sealed proposals will be received at the Assumption Parish Public School Board Offi ce, located at 4901 Hwy. 308, Napoleonville, LA until 110:00a.m. on Friday, December 6 2013. All proposals which have been duly received will be publicly opened at the Assumption Parish School Board Offi ce. Late proposals will not be accepted. All sealed proposals shall be addressed as follows:

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Lawn service packets may be picked up at the Assumption Parish School Board Maintenance Department, at 5542 Highway 308, Napoleonville, between the hours of 8:00a.m. and 3:00p.m., excluding the holiday week of November 25th through November 29th. Call (985)369-7753 for information.

Mandatory site inspections will be required on Tuesday, 12/3/2013.

You must report to the Maintenance Department, located at

5542 Highway 308, Napoleonville, LA,no later than 7:45a.m. to begin site inspections.

Advertising dates in the Bayou Journal, offi cial journal of Assumption Parish Public Schools, shall be:

Week of, 11/11/13 - 11/17/13Week of, 11/18/13 - 11/24-13Week of, 11/25/13 - 12/1/13

The Assumption Parish Public School Board reserves the right to reject any and all proposals.

Assumption Parish Public SchoolsAndrea Barras, Board PresidentEarl T. Martinez, Superintendent4901 Highway 308Napoleonville, LA 70390

Revised 11/2013

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The Assumption Parish Council on Aging, 166 Hwy 1008, Napoleonville, LA 70390, will be hiring an Accountant to begin working on January 2, 2014. This position is for a full-time, full charge accounting position in Non-Profi t, Governmental Fund Accounting. A degree in Accounting is preferred, but not necessary if experienced in Non-Profi t accounting, Excel spreadsheets, budgets and computer is necessary.

Please mail resumes to : Assumption Parish Council on Aging-166 Hwy 1008, Na-poleonville, LA 70390.

Interviewing will begin on December 2 through December 6, 2013, with a decision made on December 6, 2013. Introduction and training will begin December 9th through December 27th.

ASSUMPTION PARISH COUNCIL ON AGINGTAKIING RESUMES FOR ACCOUNTANT POSITION

Page 8, The Bayou Journal, Pierre Part, November 19, 2013

The American Farm Bureau Federation’s 28th annual infor-mal price survey of classic items found on the Thanksgiving Day dinner table indicates the average cost of this year’s feast for 10 is $49.04, a 44-cent price decrease from last year’s aver-age of $49.48.

“The cost of this year’s meal, at less than $5 per serving, re-mains an excellent value for consumers,” said AFBF President Bob Stallman, a rice and cattle pro-ducer from Texas. “America’s farm and ranch families are honored to pro-duce the food from our nation’s land for family Thanksgiving celebrations. During this holiday season, many farmers and ranchers will be reaching out to consumers in-person or through social media, to answer questions about the food they grow or the poul-try, pork and livestock they raise.”

The AFBF survey shopping list in-cludes turkey, bread stuffi ng, sweet potatoes, rolls with butter, peas, cran-berries, a relish tray of carrots and celery, pumpkin pie with whipped cream, and beverages of coffee and milk, all in quan-tities suffi cient to serve a family of 10. There is also plenty for leftovers.

The big-ticket item, a 16-pound turkey, came in at $21.76 this year. That was roughly $1.36 per pound, a decrease of about 3 cents per pound, or a total of 47 cents per whole turkey, compared to 2012. The whole bird was the biggest contributor to the fi nal total, showing the largest price decrease compared to last year.

“This year we can be thankful that Thanksgiving Dinner, a special meal many of us look forward to all year, will not take a bigger bite out of our wallets,” said Ronnie Anderson, president of the Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation. “Most Americans will pay about the same as last year at the grocery store for a turkey and all the trimmings. Slightly higher turkey production for much of the year coupled with an increase in birds in cold storage may be responsible for the moderate price decrease our shoppers reported.”

Strategic shoppers may pay even less for frozen tom tur-key compared to AFBF’s 167 volunteer shoppers who checked prices at grocery stores in 34 states.

“Special sales and promotions on turkey and other holiday food items will continue right up to Thanksgiving,” Anderson explained. “If you have the patience to wait until the last min-ute to buy a turkey you might come home with an exceptional bargain.”

In addition to the turkey, other items that declined in price included a dozen brown-n-serve rolls, $2.18; one pound of green peas, $1.54; a 14-ounce package of cubed bread stuffi ng, $2.67; fresh cranberries, $2.42; a half pint of whipping cream, $1.85; and two nine-inch pie shells, $2.49.

Items that showed a moderate price increase from last year included three pounds of sweet potatoes, $3.36; one gallon of whole milk, $3.66; and a 30-ounce can of pumpkin pie mix, $3.10.

In addition, a combined group of miscellaneous items, in-cluding coffee and ingredients necessary to prepare the meal (onions, eggs, sugar, fl our, evaporated milk and butter) in-creased to $3.20. A one-pound relish tray of carrots and celery increased to 81 cents.

The average cost of the dinner has remained around $49 since 2011. Further, Anderson noted that despite retail price increases during the last year or so, American consumers have enjoyed relatively stable food costs in general over the years, particularly when adjusted for infl ation.

The stable average price reported this year by Farm Bureau for a classic Thanksgiving dinner tracks closely with the gov-ernment’s Consumer Price Index for food eaten at home which indicates a 1 percent increase compared to a year ago.

Farm Bureau volunteer shoppers were asked to look for the best possible prices, without taking advantage of special pro-motional coupons or purchase deals, such as spending $50 and receiving a free turkey. Another option for busy families with-out a lot of time to cook is ready-to-eat Thanksgiving meals for up to 10 people, with all the trimmings, which are available at many supermarkets and take-out restaurants for around $50 to $75.

The AFBF survey was fi rst conducted in 1986. While Farm Bureau does not make any scientifi c claims about the data, it is an informal gauge of price trends around the nation. Farm Bureau’s survey menu has remained unchanged since 1986 to allow for consistent price comparisons.

The President’s

ColumnRODNEY SIMONEAUX

Legals

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SOUTH CENTRAL PLANNING & DEVELOPMENTCOMMISSION

PUBLIC NOTICE FOR ASSUMPTION PARISH POLICE JURYBOAT LAUNCH

FINAL NOTICE AND PUBLIC EXPLANATION OF A PROPOSED BOAT LAUNCH - HWY 662,

BAYOU L’OURSE, LOUISIANA 70380IN A 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN AND WETLAND AREAS

This is to give notice that the Assumption Police Jury Parish has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Orders 11988 and 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C Procedures for Making Determina-tions on Floodplain Management and Wetlands, to determine the potential effect it may have on the human environment for the proposed construction of a boat launch on Highway 662, in Bayou L’Ourse, as a Community Development Block Grant-Sustainable Coastal Communities Program Project, 04FSCC3501, known as “BAYOU BEOUF BOAT LAUNCH - HWY 662”.

The proposed project consists of construction of a public boat launch that is im-perative to the revitalization of the fi shing industry serving both recreational and commercial purposes in Assumption Parish. Additional measures will be taken in accordance with state building code requirements and an approved compensatory mitigation plan for unavoidable impacts on jurisdictional wetlands in its design and installation. The site is already cleared of trees and is under a 99 year lease by the parish. The project will enhance and support the parish’s recovery, resiliency and revitalization goals. There is no alternative site.

The project site for the landing will provide direct access to Lake Verret, Grassy Lake, Lake Palourde and the Intercoastal Waterway which leads to the Gulf of Mexico. Currently, the commercial fi shermen who attain a livelihood in the south-ern parts of the Parish must travel long distances to other parishes for water ac-cess. This inconvenience has directly resulted in increased fuel costs as well the lost opportunity to sell their catch at local markets in Assumption Parish. The con-struction of the boat launch will provide a regional impact, given its easy access via Highway 90, drawing commercial fi shermen and recreational boaters from across South Louisiana including the parishes of St. Mary, Lafourche, Terrebonne, St. Martin, Iberville, Iberia, St. James and Ascension. The boat launch is located in a waterfront area and will not be intrusive to the land. No agriculture and/or soil impact is anticipated and there will be no change in the land use or topography of the fl oodplain. The project is located in Flood zone, AE El 3 & El 8. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has determined there will be unavoidable impacts to jurisdic-tional wetlands. As a result, the Parish will undertake a compensatory mitigation program.

Assumption Parish has determined that there is no signifi cant impact to the fl ood-plain as the construction activities will be confi ned to the immediate footprint of the boat launch. The project engineer has incorporated into the design construc-tion elements to prevent or mitigate any effects on the fl oodplain and to minimize potential damages to the facility from fl ooding. There are no other alternative loca-tions for the project area. This is the only site offered along the waterfront area that will not be intrusive to the land. Neither the No Action alternative nor any other action alternatives that were evaluated are practicable alternatives.

There are three primary purposes for this notice. First, people who may be af-fected by activities in fl oodplains/wetlands and those who have an interest in the protection of the natural environment should be given an opportunity to express their concerns and provide information about these areas. Second, an adequate public notice program can be an important public educational tool. The dissemi-nation of information about fl oodplains and wetlands can facilitate and enhance Federal efforts to reduce the risks associated with the occupancy and modifi cation of these special areas. Third, as a matter of fairness, when the Federal govern-ment determines it will participate in ac tions taking place in fl oodplain or wetlands, it must inform those who may be put at greater or continued risk.

The project fi le is located at Parish Administration Building and may be exam-ined during the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday at 4813 Highway 1, Napoleonville, Louisiana 70390. Comments may be submitted to the Parish until November 26, 2013. No action will be taken before this date.

Martin S. TricheEnvironmental Certifying Offi cialPresident, Assumption Parish Police JuryNovember 19, 2013

C.J. SAVOIE, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Project No. S-60-142

Assumption Parish School Board (herein referred to as the “Owner”)

Sealed bids marked “Sealed Bids” – Assumption High School Ath-letic Track Resurfacing Project No. S-60-142 will be received by the Owner for the construction of the project described as follows:

Assumption High SchoolAthletic Track Resurfacing

Proposals shall be addressed to the Assumption Parish School Board and delivered to the offi ce of the Assumption Parish School Board located at 4901 Louisiana Hwy. 308 Napoleonville, LA 70390 not later than 2:00 o’clock p. m. on December 19, 2013. Propos-als shall be designated as “Sealed Bid–S-60-142 Assumption High School Athletic Track Resurfacing.” Any bids received after the specifi ed time and date will not be considered. The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 o’clock p. m. December 19, 2013 in the Conference Room of the Assumption Parish School Board Offi ce located at 4901 Louisiana Highway 308, Napoleon-ville, LA. The information for Bidders, Form of Bid Proposal, Form of Con-tract, Plans, Specifi cations and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance Bond, and other contract documents may be examined at the Offi ce of C. J. Savoie Consulting Engineers, Inc. located at 5650 Louisiana Highway 1, Plattenville, LA. 70393 (mailing address P. O. Drawer R, Paincourtville, LA 70391). Copies may be obtained at this offi ce upon payment of $50.00 which constitutes the cost of reproduction and handling and is non-refundable.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities incidental thereto, and to accept any bid which the Owner feels serves their best interest. Such action will be in accordance with Title 38 of the Louisiana Re-vised Statues.

Each Bidder must deposit with his/hers bid, security in the amount equal to fi ve percent (5%) of the total bid in the form of a certifi ed check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

All bidders must show proof that he/she is licensed in the State of Louisiana to perform this type of construction.

Contractor’s license number must appear on the face of the sealed envelope containing his/hers bids.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to business in Loui-siana, in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. Certifi cates of Insurance will also be required.

No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of opening thereof. The Contractor shall begin mobilization and procurement of nec-essary materials within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the Notice to Proceed.

Any person with disabilities requiring Special Accommodation must contact the Assumption Parish School Board no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. Participation by minority and female owned business, as well as businesses located in Assumption Par-ish is encouraged.

ASSUMPTION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Earl T. Martinez, Superintendent

Publish:November 19, 2013November 26, 2013December 3, 2013

C.J. SAVOIE, CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Project No. S-60-140

Assumption Parish School Board (herein referred to as the “Owner”)

Sealed bids marked “Sealed Bids” – Belle Rose Primary School Classroom Build-ing “A” Window Replacement and Renovations Project No. S-60-140 will be re-ceived by the Owner for the construction of the project described as follows:

Belle Rose Primary SchoolClassroom Building “A”

Window Replacement and Renovations

Proposals shall be addressed to the Assumption Parish School Board and deliv-ered to the offi ce of the Assumption Parish School Board located at 4901 Louisiana Hwy. 308, Napoleonville, LA 70390 not later than 2:00 o’clock p. m. on December 19, 2013. Proposals shall be designated as “Sealed Bid – Belle Rose Primary School Classroom Building “A” Window Replacement and Renovations.” Any bids received after the specifi ed time and date will not be considered. The sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 o’clock p. m. December 19, 2013 in the Conference Room of the Assumption Parish School Board Offi ce located at 4901 Louisiana Hwy. 308, Napoleonville, LA 70390. The information for Bidders, Form of Bid Proposal, Form of Contract, Plans, Speci-fi cations and Forms of Bid Bond, Performance Bond, and other contract docu-ments may be examined at the Offi ce of C. J. Savoie Consulting Engineers, Inc. located at 5650 Louisiana Highway 1, Plattenville, LA. 70393 (mailing address P. O. Drawer R, Paincourtville, LA 70391). Copies may be obtained at this offi ce upon payment of $80.00 which constitutes the cost of reproduction and handling and is non-refundable. Checks made payable to C.J. Savoie.

The Owner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities incidental thereto, and to accept any bid which the Owner feels serves their best interest. Such action will be in accordance with Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statues.

Each Bidder must deposit with his/hers bid, security in the amount equal to fi ve percent (5%) of the total bid in the form of a certifi ed check, cashier’s check or bid bond.

All bidders must show proof that he/she is licensed in the State of Louisiana to perform this type of construction.

Contractor’s license number must appear on the face of the sealed envelope containing his/hers bids.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to business in Louisiana, in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the contract price. Certifi cates of Insurance will also be required.

No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within thirty (30) days after the actual date of opening thereof. The Contractor shall begin mobilization and procurement of necessary materials within ten (10) working days of the receipt of the Notice to Proceed.

Any person with disabilities requiring Special Accommodation must contact As-sumption Parish School Board no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. Participation by minority and female owned business, as well as businesses lo-cated in Assumption Parish is encouraged.

ASSUMPTION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Earl T. Martinez, Superintendent

Publish:November 19, 2013November 26, 2013December 3, 2013

LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — For impaired drivers, alcohol is increasingly not the sub-stance of choice that leads to trouble on Louisiana roads, a Lafayette judge said.

City Court Judge Douglas Saloom told the DWI-Vehic-ular Homicide Task Force that state law needs to catch up with evolving reasons for impairment, whether it is marijuana or Xanax instead of one beer too many.

He says it makes little sense to send someone to a substance abuse program for alcohol when the problem is

drugs, The Advocate report-ed.

What we thought would be nice is to require an evalua-tion component. It's no ex-pense to the court. What they charge the offender for the program is the cost of doing business," Saloom said.

The DWI-Vehicular Homi-cide Task Force is tackling a number of issues that could end up next year in the Leg-islature.

Task force members — a mix of legislators and law enforcement experts — thumbed through current

DWI laws need to change, La. judge says laws addressing operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The handout included sug-gested changes.

Another problem Saloom highlighted in his presenta-tion this past week is a gap that occurs when someone is released early from prison for good behavior after serving time for a DWI offense.

Technically, he said, the offender still is a state pris-oner even though he is on the street.

A judge cannot send the of-fender back to jail for violat-ing probation terms because probation only begins once the sentence ends, Saloom said.

"There's a gap," he told the task force.

Saloom recommended adding language to state law explicitly making release and

probation start simultane-ously.

Other issues raised at the task force meeting included:

— Dealing with motor-ists who tally numerous traf-fi c violations involving drug use.

— Making the fi ngerprint-ing of DWI suspects manda-tory.

State Sen. Jonathan Perry, R-Abbeville, asked how the changes should be made, questioning whether they should piled into a single bill or split into multiple bills when the legislative session starts in March.

Saloom said all the chang-es could be fi led into one bill.

He warned against mak-ing the legislation too com-plicated, saying legislators could just decide to study the issues.

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BY MICHAEL DESHOTELS Retired Educator

I attended a 4 hour hearing on the Common Core State Standards Monday at the Cap-itol. For this hearing, mem-bers of the public and teachers were not allowed to testify, but I believe that most of the many legislators in attendance who had actually been hear-ing complaints from parents and teachers did a pretty good job of relaying the tremendous frustration about the imple-mentation of CCSS to Chas Roemer,BESE President, and John White.

Representative Cameron Henry who has already an-nounced that he will propose legislation to eliminate Com-mon Core in Louisiana led off with a barrage of questions where he demanded to see the evidence used by BESE in making the decision to adopt the Common Core. When asked to present any data or studies that showed how Com-mon Core would be good for our students, Roemer was caught off guard and could only say that tougher stan-dards were good for students. (That's been the selling point: increased rigor will make our students better) White told the legislators that the Common Core standards were written by experts who studied the standards that have been used by other leading countries for years that helped their students perform much better than ours. (Diane Ravitch in her new book seriously disputes this conclusion with real statistics). No one could say however, that the CCSS had actually been tested and proven to be effective before being mandat-ed in Louisiana. I happened to be in attendance when BESE adopted the CCSS (sight un-seen) before they were actual-ly written and I know that the actual standards were never reviewed by real educators in Louisiana. The main reason given for their adoption at the time was that Louisiana was in a competition for billions in Race to the Top money and adoption of the CCSS was part of the requirement. That's also why we adopted the VAM evaluation for teachers, even though Louisiana never won any signifi cant Race to the Top money.

I have to complement the teachers out there who have been doing a good job of talk-

ing to their legislators about their frustration with the slop-py implementation of both teacher evaluation and Com-mon Core. In addition there is a rapidly growing organization of parents who are very unhap-py about some of the poorly thought out standards in the Common Core and federal interference in our schools. Parents are objecting to the seemingly nonsensical math methods that many parents do not understand. One legislator said that one of his children had gone from a “B” in math to a “D” and was traumatized by the change. Other parents and teachers have pointed out that many of the standards for younger children are not age appropriate.

Some legislators wanted to know if Louisiana would lose federal money if we decided not to implement Common Core or the PARCC testing. White said that the only thing the US DOE was requiring was that Louisiana adopt rigor-ous academic standards. Many were still skeptical about the ability of Louisiana to resist the power of the Federal gov-ernment to force Louisiana to implement the CCSS since Louisiana is so dependent on federal funding of our schools.

One legislator said he had visited almost every school in his district and had listened to teachers concerns. He said the most common statement he heard from teachers is that they would leave teaching today if they did not have to worry about the need to support their families! He said that these comments were coming from teachers who were considered the best in their school system.

Representative John Bel Ed-wards asked if the DOE did not agree that many of the require-ments for implementation of Common Core amounted to an unfunded mandate because of the need for infrastructure and computers. White and Roemer said they did not consider it an unfunded mandate.

My Representative, Kenny Havard said that one of his parishes had been laying off teachers so that they could meet the infrastructure re-quirements. He said “I guess you can say its not an unfund-ed mandate as long as a parish still has teachers they can lay off to pay for computers.”

Another important ques-tion asked by Edwards was,

“If Common Core is so great, why are we letting some of our students transfer to voucher schools that have not adopted Common Core?” Answer: “Well they still have to take the same tests that we give in public schools. And we do not allow scholarship schools to accept more students if they do poorly on the state tests.”

Edwards: “But you do let them keep the students they have even if they fail the test.”

Most of the legislators com-plained that their parishes did not seem to be ready to imple-ment the new standards. White stated that readiness for CCSS all depended on the quality of local leadership since all lo-cal school systems have had 3 ½ years to prepare out of a 5 year phase in. He said the DOE would help those parishes that were behind in implementa-tion.

When questioned by several legislators about the training of teachers for CCSS, White gave a glowing report about the DOE training of 2,000 teacher leaders from all schools and that they in turn had trained an-other 10,000 teachers. He said, the state will double the teach-er leaders to be trained this year. I happened to interview a few of the teachers who at-tended this leader training and their comment was that anyone can take the Common Core Standards from the DOE web-site and make a power point presentation with them and discuss it with teachers but that does not translate into teaching methods. The teachers I talked to were not impressed with their “training”.

White also indicated that BESE will be asked to adopt fl exibility for school systems that are not yet prepared for the new testing. White also said that he would not adopt the same rating scale for pro-fi ciency that had been adopted by New York and had resulted in over 70% of their students being rated non-profi cient. The initial Louisiana scale for profi ciency will be a 3 on the 5 point scale rather than the 4 that was used in New York. He also said that the DOE will tweak the formula for school letter grades to make sure that schools do not drop more than one letter grade based on PARCC testing. Here's my problem with that tinkering: PARCC testing is designed (by the admission of White and

Roemer) to compare our stu-dent performance with the per-formance of students in other states. So it does not matter how many points we use for profi ciency, our raw score av-erages will still be compared to other states. All the statistics I have seen and the results from NAEP will rank Louisiana near the bottom of the states because of our student pov-erty levels and the fact that so many of our more advantaged students attend private/paro-chial schools. I can assure you that Roemer will be the fi rst to complain to all the newspapers about the terrible performance of our students compared to other states. White has been blathering about how “Louisi-ana students are just as smart as any other states' students” so he can pretend to be shocked when our results do not meet his expectations. Guess who will be blamed?

Throughout the hearing, Roemer said that most of the teachers he talked to said they liked the new approach of the common core. He said that the many teachers who have bought into Common Core would be disappointed if the state drops it now. I don't think Roemer's opinions would qual-ify as a scientifi c study. Every-one agreed that it was great to have high standards. The main complaint according to Ro-emer and White was that we needed to train teachers better and somehow convince teach-ers not to be so stressed about both the CCSS and the new evaluation system. I guess we can “trust” White to take care of teachers even though he is the one who dictated that the new VAM system must fi nd at least 10% of VAM rated teach-ers ineffective each year no matter how our students per-form.

One legislator said that teachers in his district were working until 10 PM each night and on weekends to de-velop curriculum for Common Core which he felt should have been supplied by the state. “If the state mandates something they should provide the fund-ing and the teaching materi-als!”

White: “We wanted to let the teachers to do what they think works instead of telling them what to do as has been done in the past with the GLEs.”

I guess I'm just out of synch with the trend when I keep be-

lieving that CCSS is not appro-priate for all students. I guess I'm just for low standards when I worry that Louisiana has just about killed off most of our ca-reer and technical programs in favor of college prep for all. I suppose it just doesn't matter that almost none of our stu-dents are being prepared for the thousands of voc-tech jobs that will be opening up in our state within the next few years. The workforce Commission predicts a huge boom in new chemical plants along the Mississippi river and in Lake Charles. Yet Roemer told the legislators that Common Core is exactly what our students need to prepare for those new jobs. I just don't know where he gets this!

Here is an amazing statis-tic from the mouth of John White: “Even though 77% of our students are now graduat-ing with a Core 4 diploma, the ACT shows that only 23% are really prepared to do college work! This explains why only 19% are graduating from col-lege.” My question is, “What evidence do we have that implementing Common Core will change that statistic? Why do we insist on going from one college prep for all system to another? When are we going to start preparing our students

for the real jobs out there?” Einstein said “The defi nition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.”

My best advice to educators and parents is this: Keep talk-ing to your legislators about the problems with both the teacher evaluation system and with CCSS. They are our only hope, and the good news is that they are listening! Every legislator I spoke to said that this hear-ing was only the fi rst round of many in questioning the entire education reform package and in fi nally holding our State Su-perintendent accountable for his bad policies!

If you have not already done so, please sign up for our De-fenders of Public Education email system. All you have to do is send me an email to loui-sianaeducator@gmail.comand give me your name, your pre-ferred email and your zip code. I need your home zip code so I can place you in the correct legislative districts. You will then receive timely emails about legislation that affects your profession and your stu-dents. You can then do your part by contacting your legis-lators with your opinion and recommendations on these is-sues. Now is the time! They are starting to listen!

Educator’s View: Common Core, White gets an earful**************** ****************

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The swirling lines from Linden Bateman's pen have been conscripted into a nation-al fi ght to keep cursive writing in American classrooms.

Cursive. Penmanship. Handwriting.

In years gone by, it helped distinguish the literate from the illiterate.

But now, in the digital age, people are increasingly com-municating by computer and smartphone. No handwritten signature necessary.

Call it a sign of the times. When the new Common Core educational standards were crafted, penmanship classes were dropped. But at least sev-en of the 45 states that adopted the standards are fi ghting to restore the cursive instruction.

THE ARGUMENT FOR CURSIVE

Bateman, a 72-year-old state representative from Ida-ho, says cursive conveys in-telligence and grace, engages creativity and builds brain cells.

"Modern research indicates that more areas of the human brain are engaged when chil-dren use cursive handwriting than when they keyboard," said Bateman, who hand-writes 125 ornate letters each year. "We're not thinking this

through. It's beyond belief to me that states have allowed cursive to slip from the stan-dards."

WHY WAS IT DROPPED?State leaders who devel-

oped the Common Core — a set of preferred K-12 course offerings for public schools — omitted cursive for a host of reasons, including an in-creasing need for children in a digital-heavy age to master computer keyboarding and evidence that even most adults use some hybrid of classic cur-sive and print in everyday life.

"If you just stop and think for a second about what are the sorts of skills that people are likely to be using in the future, it's much more likely that keyboarding will help stu-dents succeed in careers and in school than it is that cursive will," said Morgan Polikoff, an assistant professor of K-12 policy and leadership at the University of Southern Cali-fornia.

THE MOVEMENT TO HAVE TEACHING CUR-SIVE RESTORED

States that adopted Com-mon Core aren't precluded from deviating from the stan-dards. But in the world of edu-cation, where classroom time is limited and performance stakes are high, optional of-

ferings tend to get sidelined in favor of what's required.

That's why at least seven states — California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massachu-setts, North Carolina and Utah — have moved to keep the cursive requirement. Legisla-tion passed in North Carolina and elsewhere couples cursive with memorization of multi-plication tables as twin "back to basics" mandates.

Cursive advocates cite re-cent brain science that indi-cates the fl uid motion em-ployed when writing script en-hances hand-eye coordination and develops fi ne motor skills, in turn promoting reading, writing and cognition skills.

They further argue that scholars of the future will lose the ability to interpret valuable cultural resources — histori-cal documents, ancestors' let-ters and journals, handwritten scholarship — if they can't read cursive. If they can't write it, how will they communicate from unwired settings like summer camp or the battle-fi eld?

"The Constitution of the United States is written in cur-sive. Think about that," Bate-man said.

WHAT DO THE STU-DENTS AND TEACHERS THINK?

All the fuss seems a bit loopy to certain members of Gens X, Y and Z — which have diverged increasingly from handwriting to comput-ers.

The volume of fi rst-class mail at the U.S. Postal Service fell in 2010 to its lowest level in a quarter-century, just as computer use — and the key-boarding it involves — was surging.

Some 95 percent of teens use the Internet, and the per-centage using smartphones to go online has grown from 23 percent in 2011 to 37 per-cent today, according to the Pew Research Center. A 2012 Pew report found the volume of text messages among teens rose from 50 a day on average in 2009 to 60 a day on average two years later.

Pew research has also shown that educators don't necessarily think that's a bad thing.

A survey of teachers of American middle school and high school students published in July found 78 percent be-lieved digital tools such as the Internet, social media and cellphones were encouraging their students' creativity and personal expression.

Kristen Purcell, associate director for research at Pew's

Should students learn cursive? Some states say yes Internet & American Life Proj-ect, said researchers found it surprising — given those re-sults — that 94 percent of the 2,462 Advanced Placement and National Writing Project surveyed still said they "en-courage their students to do at least some of their writing by hand."

Teachers gave two primary reasons, she said: Most stan-dardized tests are still in paper-and-pencil format and teachers believed having students write by hand helped them slow down their thinking, encourag-ing deeper and fuller thinking during the writing process.

Pew surveys of teens have found many prefer to write on the computer, which they found faster and neater, but many still use handwriting for notes, letters, journals, short stories or music lyrics — as well as for school.

"I fi nd it hard to think cre-atively when I am typing," a high school boy from the Pa-cifi c Northwest told Pew for a 2008 study. "So I like to hand-write everything, then I put it on the computer. I don't know, that is just how I am."

Kathleen Wright, handwrit-ing product manager for Zan-er-Bloser, a Columbus, Ohio-based textbook publisher, said colleges of education that have

focused on "whole language" education have turned out a crop of young teachers who are unable to either write or teach cursive writing themselves.

That has fi nancial implica-tions to what's required in the Common Core.

"One of the things I've seen over the years is the hesitance on the part of some boards to legislate specifi c things be-cause it may require additional training for teachers," Wright said. "If you specifi cally re-quire things for handwriting at different grade levels, you have to provide professional development. That may be the reason why it wasn't included in the Common Core."

WHAT ARE THE IMPLI-CATIONS?

Adults unable to write cur-sive might think back to the experiences of Jacob Lew when President Barack Obama nominated him as treasury sec-retary in 2013.

As treasury secretary, Lew's signature would be on U.S. currency. But that signature looked more like a series of loops than the distinct letters in his name.

"Jack assured me that he is going to work to make at least one letter legible in order not to debase our currency," the president joked at the time.

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This past week on Capitol Hill, the South Central Plan-ning and Development Com-mission received the 2013 National Roadway Safety Award from the Roadway Safety Foundation and the Federal Highway Adminis-tration for its proactive data-driven action plan, the South Central Regional Transporta-tion Safety Plan, which is a product of collaboration be-tween member agencies of the 14-year-old coalition, the South Central Safe Commu-nity Partnership.

SCPDC administers the SCSCP and SCRTSP highway safety grant initiatives.

Funded by the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, this living document follows through the same goals and strategies set by the Strategic Highway Safety Plan, whose mission is Destination Zero Deaths. It primarily seeks to implement road safety projects at the re-gional and local levels and re-duce the number of roadway fatalities in the region by 50 percent in 2030.

The plan, which is also supported by the Houma-Thibodaux Metropolitan Planning Organization (HT-MPO) and Louisiana High-way Safety Commission, concentrates on four empha-sis areas including: Occupant Protection; Alcohol Related Driving; Crashes Involving Young Drivers; and Infra-structure & Operations.

“We are proud to honor the South Central Planning & Development Commis-sion and the Safe Commu-nity Partnership for creating a path towards zero deaths by developing such strategic traf-fic safety plan,” said Gregory M. Cohen, P.E., Executive Di-rector of the Roadway Safety Foundation. “The plan can serve as a model for other jurisdictions as they put their traffic safety plans to paper.”

From left to right - Tony Furst, Associate Administrator for Safety, Federal Highway; Captain Darrin Naquin, Commander of Louisiana State Police Troop C and Chairman of the South Central Safe Community Partnership; and Gregory M. Cohen, P.E., Executive Director, Roadway Safety Foundation.

Houma-based coalition earns national roadway safety award

“Our coalition has been in existence for over a decade, and we’ve managed to main-tain the momentum of col-laboration. I’m happy to ac-cept this award on behalf of the team,” said Captain Dar-rin Naquin, Commander of Louisiana State Police Troop C and Chairman of the South Central Safe Community Partnership. “This shows that all the hard work and dedica-tion of our partners is creat-ing an impact. It’s nice to be recognized at a national level. We will continue to work col-laboratively towards saving lives.”

National Roadway Safety Award recipients were evalu-ated on three criteria – in-novation, effectiveness, and efficient use of resources. Program categories included infrastructure improvements, operational improvements, and program planning, de-velopment, and evaluation.

Blue Ribbon Panel Judges included: Philip J. Caruso, Deputy Executive Director for Technical Programs, In-stitute of Transportation En-gineers; Gregory M. Cohen, P.E., Executive Director, Roadway Safety Founda-tion; William A. Crank, Se-nior Community Relations

Manager, Michelin North America; Anthony Giancola, P.E., Consultant, formerly of the National Association of County Engineers; Michael Griffith, Director, FHWA Of-fice of Safety Technologies; Tony Kane, Consultant, for-merly of the American Asso-ciation of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and Richard Pain, Transportation Safety Coordinator, Trans-portation Research Board.

Roadway safety programs are a critical part of the na-tion’s solutions to saving lives and preventing injuries on our nation’s highways. There were 32,367 people killed in traffic crashes on U.S. roads in 2011. The Fed-eral Highway Administra-tion and the Roadway Safety Foundation present the bi-ennial National Roadway Safety Awards to programs and projects across the na-tion exhibiting excellence in roadway design, operations and planning. The RSF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit chari-table and educational orga-nization solely dedicated to reducing the frequency and severity of motor vehicle crashes by improving the safety of America's road-ways.

All award winners posed with USDOT Deputy Secretary John Porcari (center). South Central LA was represented by (front line, from right to left) SCPDC CEO Kevin Belanger, SCSCP Chairman LSP Troop C Commander Capt. Darrin Naquin and SCPDC Safety Coordinator Ru-dynah Capone.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The five states that border the Gulf of Mexico are getting $113 million to improve the environment, the first small chunk of $2.5 billion that BP and Transocean were fined as a result of criminal pleas last year following the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

The grants were announced Thursday by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Louisiana is getting $67.9 million, Florida $15.7 million, Alabama $12.6 million, Texas $8.8 million and Mississippi $8.2 million.

Over the next five years, the foundation's Gulf Envi-ronmental Benefit Fund will receive about $1.3 billion for barrier island and river diver-sion projects in Louisiana, $356 million each for natural

resource projects in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi, and $203 million for similar proj-ects in Texas.

Thursday's announcement spent only part of the first $158 million that the com-panies paid earlier this year. Another $353 million will be paid by February, but the largest payments will come in later years, said Thomas Kelsch, who leads the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund for the foundation.

Foundation officials said states would seek further pub-lic input before proposing fu-ture projects.

Louisiana will use its coast-al restoration plan as a guide, foundation officials said.

"There's not a requirement that the funds go directly to the habitats that were affected

by the spill," Kelsch said.In Louisiana, the money

will go for planning and en-gineering to restore coastal islands and divert Mississippi River water and sediment into vanishing marshlands, part of the state's fight to stop its coastline's erosion.

"The work performed with these funds will help to ad-dress uncertainties in criti-cal projects related to recon-necting the Mississippi River system with our coast and re-establishing the land building process in south Louisiana," said Garret Graves, chair of the Louisiana Coastal Protec-tion and Restoration Author-ity Board.

Environmental advocates applauded the $40.4 million for a diversion from the west bank of Mississippi south of

Gulf states get first $113M from oil spill fines New Orleans to the Barataria estuary. That diversion is sup-posed to be a pilot project that will guide the design of others in the future.

"The Barataria Basin has one of the highest rates of land loss in the world, and this large-scale wetland res-toration project is crucial to reversing that trend," the En-vironmental Defense Fund, National Audubon Society, National Wildlife Federation, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the Lake Pon-tchartrain Basin Foundation said in a joint statement.

Money in other states will generally go to improve nat-

ural areas and create better habitats for animals. For ex-ample, Mississippi will use $3.3 million to uproot inva-sive land and wetland plant species in its 26 coastal pre-serves, replanting with native species.

Alabama will use $6.78 million to try to stop sedi-mentation caused by subur-ban development that's mak-ing Mobile Bay muddier and killing sea grass beds that are important nurseries for fish, crabs and shrimp.

"There is a long list of projects that remain in need of funding, but this is a major movement forward," Mobile

Baykeeper Executive Direc-tor Casi Callaway said of Alabama's projects.

In Florida and Texas, foun-dation officials said they tried to choose projects closest to the spill zone. Projects were generally in Florida's western Panhandle and on the eastern part of Texas' coast.

In Florida, $4.19 million will go to restore oyster beds in Apalachicola Bay, which have been hard hit after drought.

"This is a big step in help-ing industries that have been particularly hard hit by the oil spill and the economy," said U.S. Sen Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed toward a vote Friday on legis-lation to let insurance compa-nies sell individual coverage to all comers, even if it falls short of standards in "Obamacare," saying it would ease the plight of millions of consumers reel-ing from cancellation notices.

The White House threat-ened a veto if the measure reaches President Barack Obama's desk. Democratic leaders worked furiously to minimize defections on the is-sue, while mindful it is likely to figure prominently in next year's elections with control of Congress at stake.

The debate and scheduled vote came as Obama arranged a meeting at the White House with insurance company CEOs, and as the industry and state insurance commissioners

began adjusting to an abrupt change in policy he announced on Thursday.

Under the shift, Obama said insurers should be permitted to continue to sell individual coverage plans deemed sub-standard under the health care law to existing customers. Without the change, many ex-isting plans would have been banned beginning next year, and the president's announce-ment was an attempt to quell a public and political furor trig-gered by millions of cancella-tion notices.

The House measure went one step further. It would give insurance firms the ability to sell individual plans to new as well as existing customers, even if the coverage falls short of the law's requirements.

"For the last six weeks the White House stood idly by ig-

noring the pleas of millions," said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Com-mittee and lead sponsor of the legislation.

"Our straightforward, one-page bill says, if you like your current coverage, you should be able to keep it. The presi-dent should heed his own ad-vice and work with us, the Congress, as the founders in-tended, not around the legisla-tive process."

But Democrats said the measure was just another in a long line of attacks on the health care bill from Repub-licans who have voted repeat-edly to repeal it.

"It would take away the core protections of that law. It creates an entire submar-ket of substandard health care

House GOP seeks insurance bill despite veto threat

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The fi nancial picture for Louisiana's state-run property insurer of last resort is im-proving, helped by the state's quiet hurricane season, the company's governing board was told Thursday.

Steve Cottrell, chief fi nan-cial offi cer for the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., said the company's do-ing better than projected but is still $15 million in the red, with more money owed than income available.

But he told the Citizens

Finances improving for state-run property insurer board of directors that the forecast shows the imbalance should shrink by the end of the year and the company's balance sheet should be posi-tive by early 2014.

"As we look at this now, we are ahead of the budget and we will stay there. I be-lieve I can safely say in the absence of any signifi cant storm activity, we will beat our budget for this year, and

so that is good news," Cot-trell said.

"With some luck in the fourth quarter, we could get close to being positive again," he said.

Despite the shortfall, Citi-zens has enough cash to con-tinue operations and pay rou-tine claims. Board members praised the fi nancial turn-around for a company that in past years had struggled to

keep its budget balanced."I think the company is be-

ing better run now," said Jim Napper, executive counsel for the state treasury depart-ment and a Citizens board member.

Citizens provides property insurance mostly to coastal Louisiana homeowners and businesses unable to get in-surance through the private market.

The company's recent money troubles stem from covering claims for Hurri-cane Isaac and a hail storm earlier this year and for set-tling class-action lawsuits for improper handling of past claims from hurricanes Ka-trina and Rita in 2005.

Cottrell said the insurer is saving money by shifting contract services, like claims processing, in-house. The

company is estimated to save more than $2 million from the switch, even after hiring new employees to handle the work.

If a sizable storm were to hit Louisiana and the compa-ny needed more money than it has on hand to pay claims, Citizens has a $125 million bank line of credit that could work as short-term borrow-ing for the company.

plans," said Rep. Henry Wax-man of California.

To qualify under the law, insurance plans would have to conform to numerous con-ditions. Among them, they would have to accept all cus-tomers, regardless of pre-existing conditions, would be limited in additional premiums they could charge on the basis of age and could not cap life-time benefi ts. They also would have to include coverage in a wide range of areas — doctor and hospital care for adults and children, laboratory services, preventive coverage and pre-scription drugs.

In a veto threat Thursday night, the White House ac-cused Republicans of seeking to "sabotage the health care law," and said their measure would allow "insurers to con-tinue to sell new plans that deploy practices such as not offering coverage for people with pre-existing conditions, charging women more than men, and continuing yearly caps on the amount of care that enrollees receive. "

The cancellation issue is only part of the woes confront-ing the president and his allies as they struggle to sustain the health care law.

Obama has repeatedly apol-ogized for a dismal launch of www.healthcare.gov , which consumers in 36 states were supposed to use beginning on Oct. 1 to sign up for new cov-erage. The website is so riddled with problems that the admin-istration disclosed earlier this week that fewer than 27,000 signups have been completed — a number that Republicans noted is dwarfed by the fl ood of cancellations issued due to the law.

Compounding the adminis-tration's misery, the poor qual-ity of the website has made it that much harder for consum-ers receiving cancellation no-tices to shop for alternative plans.

It is unclear what, if any-thing, the administration is prepared to do to alleviate the threat of a break in coverage for those consumers.

In addition, there already are signs of resistance among state insurance commission-ers, who would have to agree to allow Obama's proposed change to take effect. At the same time, industry offi cials and commissioners alike warn that premium prices could rise beginning with 2015 coverage plans if the changes go into ef-fect.

The Democratic opposi-tion to the House measure was based in part on a fear that opening cheaper substandard plans to all comers could wind up driving premiums higher for the rest of the population.

The concern they express is that younger, healthier Ameri-cans would be attracted to the cheaper coverage, rather than seek out a plan that conforms with the Obamacare require-ments.

Younger, healthier individu-als are generally less expensive to cover for an insurer, and the more they shun the govern-ment-run insurance exchanges set up under the law, the higher the premiums could be for the relatively older, sicker custom-ers who shop there.

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The No. 10 seeded As-sumption High Lady Mus-tang Volleyball team saw its season come to an end when the No. 7 seeded Sam Hous-

ton Lady Broncos registered a 14-25, 25-18, 25-23, 18-25, 13-15 victory in a Divi-sion II regional round of the state playoffs.

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ment at the Ponchartrain in Kenner with the win. The Lady Mustangs dropped to 17-19 with the loss.

After capturing the first win against the Lady Bron-cos, Sam Houston rallied

back by winning the next two. Assumption outlasted Sam Houston in the fourth game with key serving to tie the match at 2-2 apiece. A fifth and deciding game was played with Sam Houston

escaping with a narrow two-point win.

The loss marked the first time in several years that an Assumption volleyball team will not be represented in the annual state tournament.

Lady Mustangs knocked out of playoffs"We were very young this

year," said AHS coach Sandy Fussell. "Most of the team members were seeing their first varsity experience, but they improved each match. We will look to build on this for next year. I am proud of their efforts."

Leading Assumption was Kevreion Ward with 10 kills and five blocks. Han-nah Brister fired nine kills and had four blocks. Trinity Blanchard added six kills and Sunnie Rae Blanchard deliv-ered 29 assists, five kills and had 10 digs.

Emily Landry served six aces and Yasmin Jacobs led the defense with 17 digs. Brooke Daigle ended with 15 digs and Claire Landry finished with 10 digs. It was the final match for Lady Mustang seniors Eriyanne Mollere, Yasmin Jacobs, Brooke Daigle and Trinity Blanchard.

Sam Houston was led by Carleigh Chaumont with 14 kills and Madison Fontenot chipped in with 10 kills. Kennedy McLemore handed out 30 assists. The Lady Broncos went on to lose to Lakeshore (3-1) in a quarter-final playoff.

VOLLEYBALL CLINICCentral Catholic volleyball

coach Latisha Wise,a former Assumption High standout, is hosting a volleyball clinic on Nov. 25-27 at Central Catho-lic High School in Morgan City.

The clinic will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. on Nov.25-27. The cost is $75 and the ages are from grades 5th through the 9th. Pre-registration will be held on Nov. 22. For more informa-tion, call the Central Catholic School office at (985) 385-5372.

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Another successful Grandparents’ Day at Holy Cross Elementary School! Grandparents came from as far as Pennsylvania to spend the afternoon at Holy Cross Elementary with their grandchildren. The afternoon began with prayer, refreshments, and entertainment by the 2nd and 3rd graders in the new Holy Cross Life Center. Grandparents then proceeded to visit students’ classrooms, tour the school, and preview the Octoberfest auction items. The event was attended by approximately 500 grandparents. Pictured with grand-mother Dana Bruni are third grader Presley Bruni and 2nd grader Miley.

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BY ASHLYN MOOREStudent Council Reporter

From Oct. 28 –Nov. 1, Labadi-eville Middle School celebrated Red Ribbon Week.

On Monday it was “Spirit Day,” and all students were able dress in red. At the end of the

day, offi cer Dominique spoke to the students about Red Rib-bon Week. When she fi nished speaking, Ms. Moore and the Student Council representa-tives released red balloons into the air to kick off Red Ribbon Week.

Tuesday’s theme was “Tie Down Drugs” and students were allowed to wear ties.

On Wednesday, it was “Boot Out Drugs,” and students wore boots to school.

On Thursday, it was “Sock Out Drugs,” and students were

able to wear crazy socks.

On Friday, it was “Team Work” and students wore their favor-ite team jersey or T-shirt.

The winner of the poster con-test was Sofi a Ramos who received a Wal-Mart gift card. Second place was awarded to

Jawon Carter who received a Raising Cane’s gift card. Third place was awarded to Jenna Giandelone who received a basket of goodies.

Ms. Lagrange’s homeroom won the door decorating con-test and a pizza party. Second

place was Ms. Nikki Martin’s homeroom and they won do-nuts. Third place was awarded to Mr. Wilson William‘s home-room, and they won a popcorn party.

Red Ribbon Week was a huge success for LMS.

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Castagnos Sara Lynn 03

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Fuller Lexi Nikole 02

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Steep rate increases for fl ood insurance are hitting homeowners and businesses across south Louisiana, and state offi cials and business leaders warn the increases could severely damage local economies.

Despite the calls for alarm, Gov. Bobby Jindal has largely stayed quiet on an issue that is one of the biggest worries in his home state.

While he's called the con-cern a top priority for his administration, the governor has left carrying on the fi ght to his chief coastal adviser, Garret Graves.

That's not the same as when a governor personally champions an issue that has both local and national impli-cations.

Jindal's made no appear-ances on national TV news shows to talk about fl ood in-surance and written no guest editorials for newspapers around the country, like he's done on other matters, some of which have no bearing on Louisiana.

The Republican governor's absence is noticeable as par-ish presidents, local business organizations and state law-makers have talked of the need to try to exert pressure in Washington for an inter-vention in the federally-run program.

"This is affecting people's lives. We have people who are afraid they're going to lose their homes," Rep. Ray Garofalo, R-Chalmette, said at a House and Senate insur-ance hearing.

The rates charged through the National Flood Insurance Program are rising around the country as part of a bipartisan overhaul passed by Congress last year to cut the federal government's costs. Mem-

bers of Louisiana's congres-sional delegation are seeking to keep lower rates in place, but the effort hasn't gained enough support yet for fi nal passage.

About 480,000 Louisiana homes and businesses have federal fl ood insurance.

But concerns about fl ood insurance didn't even make Jindal's top-four list when he outlined issues he wanted President Barack Obama to consider when visiting Loui-siana earlier this month.

The dramatic rise in in-surance rates instead was trumped by Jindal's focus on the Keystone XL pipeline, new federal limits on coal-fi red plants and an Obama ad-ministration lawsuit against Louisiana's school tuition voucher program.

Flood insurance was sec-ond on a list that Stephen Waguespack, president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and a former top Jindal adminis-tration offi cial, assembled of his suggestions for Obama. He urged the president to de-mand that FEMA and Con-gress stop the rate increases.

"This will hit our small businesses, lenders and indi-vidual homeowners bluntly unless Congress and the ad-ministration step in to stop it," Waguespack wrote in his weekly column. He called it "an economic calam-ity for Louisiana if left unad-dressed."

Jindal said he believes the fl ood insurance matter can only be handled by Congress, and said he supports efforts in Congress to stop the rate increases.

Limitations of jurisdiction have rarely stopped Jindal — who recently opined about U.S. relations with Iran — from highlighting an issue he

deems important.But then, fl ood insurance

isn't necessarily a subject that would boost Jindal's conser-vative credentials on his way to a possible 2016 presiden-tial campaign. In fact, loudly suggesting Louisiana needs rate relief could put him at odds with budget-cutting groups.

Until changes were enact-ed by Congress, the fl ood in-surance program subsidized rates for people who lived in areas without fl ood maps or who built their homes and then saw the maps and their risk levels changed.

The program overhaul stripped the subsidy provi-sions starting in October. Homeowners and busi-nesses are receiving notifi-cations that their insurance bills are going up, in some instances by thousands of dollars.

Supporters of the change say the federal government can't afford to subsidize insurance for people who live in areas vulnerable to flooding, citing billions of dollars in payouts after Hurricane Katrina and Su-perstorm Sandy.

Louisiana officials said flood maps drawn up by FEMA don't recognize lo-cal levees or other flood mitigation efforts such as pumps that could lower a community's flooding risk.

"We want the program to be sustainable. We think that's right, but we don't think that this is the right way to make it sustainable, on the backs of these home-owners and other taxpay-ers who have done nothing wrong," Jindal said.

Maybe he should try tell-ing that to people in Wash-ington who could rework the program.

Jindal in shadows of fl ood rate fi ght

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Board of Regents has extended a study of remedial education in community colleges and universities.

The board set up a one-year study of 700 students at 15 institutions. State Commis-sioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell told The Advo-cate (http://bit.ly/19SjcVO) the study is "inconclusive," saying as many as two years' more worth of data is needed.

Many Louisiana univer-sities have traditionally ac-cepted students who are oth-erwise qualifi ed for college-level courses, but are a weak in math, science, reading or English.

Some people want to send students who need such de-velopmental courses to com-munity colleges. Neil Matkin, executive vice president with the Louisiana Community and Technical College Sys-tem, said the issue is about serving students, many of whom start school with fi nan-cial troubles. He said com-munity colleges can best do that.

"Why would you want to take the most at-risk students and put them on a university campus where they have to pay university prices to take developmental courses?" Matkin asked. "We want to prepare students for success. For the students who are not quite college-ready, why send them to a higher cost environ-ment?"

Others want them to be able to enroll in universities and take remedial cours-es alongside college-level courses. University of Louisi-ana System President Sandra Woodley said she's concerned community colleges focus on training for mid-skill jobs such as paralegals and medi-cal assistants, and don't of-fer students support services needed to complete remedial courses and transfer to a four-year campus.

Purcell says students who spend less time in college are more likely to graduate.

"The information we have now says, the less time they spend in college, the better

their completion rate," Pur-cell said. "We need to accel-erate the education process."

Woodley also said the re-medial pilot study should be expanded to touch as many students as possible.

The study includes com-munity colleges and regional universities. Excluded are Louisiana State University, Louisiana Tech University, the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the Uni-versity of New Orleans — all classifi ed as "statewide" schools.

Woodley said thousands of students in New Orleans could benefi t if UNO were allowed to participate.

La. remedial college education study extended

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Turkey For A National Bird?

Do you think the turkey would be a better national bird than the bald eagle? Why or why not?

My family’s favorite holiday is thanksgiving. All of us help prepare the big feest.

My mom and my aunt start baking pies early in the morning. The wunderful smell fills the hole house. The two of them work in the kitchen all day making delisus things.

My grandpa always cooks the turkey. My sister and I peel potatoes and wash all the vegetables. When my cousins arrive, we get to go out side and we usually play football with my uncle.

When dinner is ready, dad always carves the turkey. After dinner, my dad and my uncletalk about football while washing dishes.

Later, we enjoy a slice of pie and Play some games.

Are you an eagle-eyed reader? Read the paragraphs below and circle the seven errors you find. Then rewrite the paragraphs correctly.

My Favorite Holiday

The verb represent means to be a sign or symbol of.

This week’s word:REPRESENT

Try to use the word represent in a sentence

today when talking with your friends and family members.

Our mascot represents our school at many events.

Congress

Look through today’s newspaper to find:• the word Thanksgiving• something you are thankful for• the word turkey or a picture of one• an interesting news story to discuss at Thanksgiving dinnerStandards Link: Reading Comprehension. Follow simple written directions.

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Look in the newspaper for information about people helping others in your community. Is there something you and your friends can do to help others?

Find the words in the puzzle, then in this week’s Kid Scoop

stories and activities.

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognizing identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

TURKEYEAGLENATIONALCOINSSYMBOLROASTEDBILLSGREATGOBBLEWINGSSEALBALDMOONDEBATETHANKFUL

Giving Time

Standards Link: Number Sense: Calculate sums and differences to millions.

As the national symbol of the United States, the bald eagle appears in many government buildings and on official documents, making it the most pictured bird in all of America. The eagle also appears on the President’s flag and billions of bills and coins.

ANSWER: A turkey in scuba gear.

In 2011, about 272 million turkeys were raised. About 46 million of those turkeys were eaten at Thanksgiving, 22 million at Christmas and 19 million at Easter. How many were eaten during the rest of the year?

When Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin sat down to eat their first

meal on the moon, their foil food packets

contained roasted turkey and all of the trimmings.

Which would make a better of the United States – a bald eagle or a turkey?

More than 200 years ago, the Founding Fathers wanted to choose an animal for the great seal of the United States. They wanted an animal that would what the newly formed United States of America was all about.

For six years, bitterly debated which animal would be the country’s symbol. Finally in 1782 the bald eagle was selected.

Not everyone thought the bald eagle was the right animal. Benjamin Franklin thought the turkey was a better symbol. Franklin wrote to his daughter, referring to the eagle’s “bad moral character,” saying, “I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country! The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.”

The bald eagle supporters finally had their way and it has been the national bird of the United States since 1782, when it was placed with wings on the great seal of our country.

But, Ben Franklin’s words remind us that the turkey is also a special creature. In truth, if someone calls you a turkey, take it as a compliment!

Unscramble the letters in each leaf pile to discover the answer (four words).

Standards Link: Visual Discrimination: Sort objects that are similar and different.

Standards Link: Social Science: Students recognize the importance of public virtue and the role of citizens.

Tirkey Puzzle Answer: 185 million.

Standards Link: History: Students recognize national symbols such as the bald eagle.

Look at these quarters. Find each matching pair. Which ones do not belong?

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Tim Turkey removed some

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