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Feliciana Explorer • Tuesday, March 11, 2014 • Vol. 4, No. 10 • Published Weekly • Circulation 17,000 • felicianaexplorer.com • © 2014

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Mardi Gras Through the Felicianas

Jackson Elementary Mardi Gras MagicJackson Elementary students, staff and friends of the school join in Mardi Gras Feb. 28 in front of the school. It was a grand time, according to Beth Dawson, who provided these Carnival photos. More photos page 4.

Wilson Mardi Gras wows the crowdsMardi Gras in Wilson is a good time to enjoy costumes, candy and Carnioval throws. More photos by Beth Dawson on page 5.

Halcón Resources Plans 12 More Wells in Tuscaloosa Shale

Halcón Resources reported last week that it plans to drill 10 to 12 wells this year in the Tus-caloosa Marine Shale, an oil-rich formation that covers Louisiana’s midsection. Goodrich Petro-leum announced two weeks ago its intention of drilling upwards of 3 dozen new wells this year.

The company also will participate in several wells that other firms will be drilling.

Halcón has about 307,000 acres leased or under contract in the formation. Roughly 77 percent of the acreage is in southwest Missis-sippi and the Felicianas, an area known as the “Eastern TMS,” according to Halcón.

Halcón plans to sell for $450 million 83,000 acres in east Texas, where average daily pro-duction in January was the equivalent of 3,800 barrels of oil. The money would allow Halcón to pay for the Tuscaloosa drilling program. But Halcón also is evaluating joint-venture options for its entire Tuscaloosa acreage and is discuss-ing that approach with several potential part-ners.

“We have been working the Tuscaloosa Ma-rine Shale from a geologic standpoint and mon-itoring industry activity in the play for quite some time,” said Charles E. Cusack III, chief operating officer.

The company’s strategy is to identify re-source plays where the company can “meaning-fully improve” the economics by using its ex-tensive technical experience, he said.

“We believe the TMS fits that strategy, and we are excited about our position in the play,” Cusack said.

The company plans to operate two drilling rigs for the rest of 2014, and its next well will be drilled in Wilkinson County, Miss., near other producing wells.

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LETTER: The Use Of Daylight Saving Time Purpose DefeatedEditor:

It was stated in 1967, the nation chose to implement the use of daylight saving time. Daylight saving time was supposed to save energy by allowing for an extra hour of daylight, thereby decreasing the use of electricity by de-laying the time for use of artificial light by an hour. The plan did not work. One only need to pull up to a gas pump and observe ever increasing prices to realize that we are not conserving energy.

Daylight saving time does have sev-eral negative effects. The negative ef-fects of

daylight saving time include the fol-lowing:

The time changes around the same time that students and teachers embark upon high stakes testing. Their bodies have not made the proper adjustment and children are forced to take the test when they are often sleep-deprived.

It is dark when our most precious resource, the children, get on the bus. This creates a dangerous situation for children, bus drivers, teachers on duty, and other travelers.

Studies show that lack of sleep can affect circadian rhythms and cause students to be less attentive, lethargic, irritable and display other negative be-haviors.

Eating habits are also interrupted because of daylight saving time.

Ms. Donna Britt, Mr. Andre Moreau, and others in the news area should conduct an “Opinion Survey Polls” or “You Decide Polls” on televi-sion (use online polls as well as other media sources) on whether the citizens prefer Central Standard Time or Day-light Saving Time or as some people re-

fer, “The Fast Time” of the “Old Time.”I am speaking for quite a few citi-

zens who hate daylight saving time. Some citizens have told me that they don’t ever change all their clocks--it is too much of a hassle. Conntued on page 6

Gov. Bobby Jindal and legislators: if you do not have time, or if you are afraid, or don’t care to address the is-sue, please put it on the ballot, and al-low the fourth branch of government, the People, decide this issue.

There are so many cuts in our state and nation until it seems that with day-light saving time, the state and federal government are even cutting back on rest time for citizens. Perhaps when the children become leaders of tomorrow, they can bring common sense back to

the issue of daylight saving time. Above all, no matter what man attempts to do, God is in control.

More so now than ever, because our children are losing an extra hour of valuable rest time, my prayers are with them, as well as with the parents, bus drivers, teachers, and all components of the educational process. I pray that God will bless the efforts of the children and those who prepare them.

I am an advocate for children, the senior citizens, underprivileged, and less fortunate, and I think daylight sav-ing time does not benefit any of these groups. Most of all, I am a concerned citizen.

Earnestine D. Gordon, EducatorClinton

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Nicolas Turner, Social Studies teacher, arranged a Black History Program for the students, teachers, parents, and guest at East Feliciana High School on February 28. The program showcased an abundance of talent of the stu-dents at EFHS, according to Beth Dawson.

There were vocal music, instrumental music, skits, and poems--all of which celebrated the African American heritage and culture.

Sierra Sterling, the mistress of ceremony, gave a welcome. Charleston Hawkins led the pledge, Dominaque Collis sang the National Anthem, and Nick’kyra Turner gave the purpose.

Then the performances began by some very talented young people. The EFHS Choir sang “Jesus Will” and “Lift Every Voice” and they were fol-lowed by the EFHS band.The Poetry Club wrote a poem just for the special occasion. The extremely talented group wrote the poem, “It’s All Over,” together and then recited the poem together with each one having their own part to recite. Poetry Club members who wrote and recited the poem are Terry Dunn, Diamond Alexander, LaRachel Everson, Ashlyn Ellender, Keyaris Jones, Robert Guerrero, Jamarcus Goudeau.

Destiny Dunn sang a beautiful solo, “Open My Heart.” She was followed by students who gave short biographies of some famous African Americans.

A standing ovation was given to Deiontae Dennis for his oration of “I Have A Dream.” He did the recitation from memory and with such feeling.

A skit called, “Mr. Teacher’s Class” received some laughs and during this segment several young ladies recited some well-known poems. Stealing the show was Tiara George for her recitation of “Phenomenal Woman” by Maya Angelou. The East Feliciana High School band closed the program with another beautiful number.

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Jackson Elementary students, staff and friends of the school join in Mardi Gras Feb. 28 in front of the school. It was a grand time, according to Beth Dawson, who provided these Carnival photos.

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The village of Wilson celebrated Mardi Gras with a parade and festivities involving friends and neighbors. Photos provided by Beth Dawson.

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Milestones Births • Engagements • Weddings • Awards Obituaries • Anniversaries • Reunions

Travis William “TW” Prewitt, 81, of Jackson

Amari Wolfe, Mya Matthews, Darinesha Dunn, Lilian Havard, and Tyler Rider know that readers are leaders. They are part of a schoolwide program to improve reading.Story, more photos in March 18 edition of Feliciana Explorer.

Superstar Readers at Jackson Elementary

Travis William “TW” Prewitt, 81, a native of Liverpool, LA and a resi-dent of Jackson, died at his home on Monday, March 3, 2014. He was retired, after serving with the East Feliciana Parish School Board for over 40 years.

Visitation at Charlet Funeral Home, Inc. in Zachary, on Thursday, March 6, from 5-8 p.m. and March 7, at the Jackson United Methodist Church from 9 a.m. until funeral services at 11 a.m., conducted by Rev. Kibbie E. Hat-field. Burial in the Second Baptist Cemetery.

He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Ella Jane Prewitt; one daughter, Tricia Prewitt of Zachary; one son, Thomas Prewitt of Jackson; two sisters, Rosa Morris and her husband John D. Morris of Jackson; and Katherine Auer of Slaughter and her husband Frank Auer; sister-in-law Mary Prewitt of Jackson; and three grandchildren: Mackenzie Boyd, Katie Boyd, and Marguerite Boyd. He was preceded in death by his son, Travis W. Prewitt II; brother Walter Ray Prewitt; mother Pearl Prewitt and father Wilford Prewitt.

Pallbearers: Mackenzie Boyd, Cliff Morris, David Morris, Donald Morris, Paul Allen Prewitt and Matt Leggett. Honorary pallbearers: Scotty Dawson, Victor Morris and Ronnie Martin. He was a veteran of the US Army, where he received the Good Conduct Medal. He was a graduate of McKowen High School. He received his BS from Southeastern Louisiana University in 1954. He then received his M.Ed. from Louisiana State University in 1960. He held a Master’s Degree plus 30 graduate hours. He was a long-time treasurer of the Lions Club, and proudly served as both an EMT and a Jackson Volun-teer Fireman, serving until recently as Fire Chief. He enjoyed serving as the conductor for the Old Hickory Railroad. For over 25 years, he worked for local Homeland Security, even during the crisis of 9/11. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Jackson United Methodist Church, St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or the Jackson Volunteer Fire Department.

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Cedric Darnell Thomas and Urika Williams Thomas Will Be Celebrating Their One Year Anni-versary Sunday February 23,2014. The Couple was United In Holy Matrimony February 23,2013 in A 4:00p.m. Ceremony We The Fam-ily We Like to Say Happy Anniver-sary and Many more to come we love you.

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West Feliciana 4-H Photography Club made a visit to the Food Pantry to drop off canned goods collected by 4-H members and for a photo shoot, according to Meredith L. DeLee. Mrs. Betty Martin and volunteers at the food pantry were very patient and co-operative with the 4-H Photography Club members. Volunteer Leader Tara Morris gave them pointers on taking pictures.

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West Feliciana Spring Adult Soft-ball- Coed League Online Registra-tion is now open for Spring League.

Game dates: March 23 & 30, April 6, 13 & 27 (no games on April 20). May 4 league Ggames will be played on Sundays starting at 3 p.m. Six weeks of games. League play will be determined by the num-ber of teams registered. $250 per team.

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Daily, Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site, St. Francisville – Civil War Display, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. A display featuring the Civil War in Louisiana will be mounted in the gift shop conference room. The ex-hibit will present various aspect of the conflict, and will be displayed the entire month to coincide with the annual Port Hudson re-enact-ment. For more information call 888.376.1867 toll free or 635.3110 locally.

East Feliciana Minister’s Con-ference Will meet on Monday, March 17 at 7 PM; Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Norwood, LA; Women’s Auxiliary meets at 6 PM

Audubon PilgrimageThe forty-third annual Audubon

Pilgrimage March 21, 22 and 23, 2014, celebrates a southern spring in St. Francisville, the glorious garden spot of Louisiana’s English Plantation Country. For over four decades the sponsoring West Feliciana Historical Society has thrown open the doors of significant historic structures to commemorate artist-naturalist John James Audubon’s stay as he painted a number of his famous bird studies and tutored the daughter of Oakley Plantation’s Pirrie family, beautiful young Eliza.

Carefully selected features this year—three antebellum homes in the countryside and one townhouse-- il-lustrate the grand good luck of needy historic homes fortunate enough to fall into the hands of dedicated and knowledgeable preservationists.

Live Oak, built along Little Bayou Sara around 1808, is a significant early Louisiana plantation house which was unoccupied, its rear gallery falling off, when rescued and beautifully restored by a longtime preservation activist. Also now in the Weyanoke plantation community, Sunnyside, a fine exam-ple of vernacular architecture built in 1838, was languishing abandoned in a field in Pointe Coupee until a dedicated historian trucked it across the Missis-sippi River bridge and reassembled it, meticulously following its original floorplan.

Nydrie is a handsome raised Creole cottage from the 1850s that was filled with stored hay until salvaged and relo-cated from Tangipahoa, its broad cen-tral stairs now accessing the upper gal-lery entrance to the main living spaces. In town, the comfortable little cottage called Ardisia, perched on a high lot overlooking the main thoroughfare by the courthouse square, has benefitted from a succession of master builders enhancing its charms through the gen-erations.

Other features of the 2014 Audu-bon Pilgrimage include Afton Villa Gardens, Audubon (Oakley) and Rose-down State Historic Sites, three 19th-century churches in town and beautiful St. Mary’s in the country, plus the Ru-ral Homestead with lively demonstra-tions of the rustic skills of daily pioneer life. Audubon Market Hall houses the popular antique show and sale, and the Audubon Play will be performed sev-eral times daily on Saturday and Sun-day in recently restored Temple Sinai. Daytime features are open 9:30 to 5; Friday evening activities are scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday soiree begins at 7 p.m.

The Historic District around Royal Street is filled during the day with the happy sounds of costumed children singing and dancing the Maypole; in the evening as candles flicker and fire-flies flit among the ancient moss-draped live oaks, there is no place more invit-ing for a leisurely stroll. Friday evening features old-time Hymn Singing at the United Methodist Church, Audubon Play in Temple Sinai, Graveyard Tours at Grace Episcopal cemetery (last tour begins at 8:15 p.m.), and a wine and cheese reception at Bishop Jackson Hall (7 to 9 p.m.) featuring Vintage Dancers and young ladies modeling the pilgrimage’s exquisitely detailed 1820’s evening costumes, nationally recog-nized for their authenticity. Light Up The Night, the Saturday evening soiree, features live music and dancing, dinner and drinks beginning at 7 p.m.

the St. Francisville area is a year-round tourist destination. A number of restored plantation homes are open for tours daily: Cottage Plantation, Myr-tles Plantation, Greenwood Plantation, plus Catalpa Plantation by reserva-tion; Afton Villa Gardens and Imaha-ra’s Botanical Garden are open in sea-son. Particularly important to tourism in the area are its two significant state historic sites, Rosedown Plantation and Oakley Plantation in the Audubon state site, which offer fascinating living-history demonstrations some weekends to allow visitors to experience 19th-cen-tury plantation life and customs

For tickets and tour information, contact West Feliciana Historical Soci-ety, Box 338, St. Francisville, LA 70775; phone 225-635-6330 or 225-635-4224; online www.audubonpilgrimage.info, email sf@audubonpilgrimage.info . New this year is a package including

daytime tours, all evening entertain-ment Friday and Saturday, and a Saturday picnic lunch. Tickets can be purchased at the Historical So-ciety Museum on Ferdinand Street. For information on St. Francisville overnight accommodations, shops, restaurants, and recreation in the Tunica Hills, see www.stfrancisville.us, www.stfrancisville.net, or www.stfrancisvillefestivals.com

March 21-23, Audubon State Historic Site, St. Francisville – ASHS, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. This pro-gram is held in conjunction with the West Feliciana Historical Society’s Audubon Pilgrimage. From Friday through Sunday, in-terpreters, costumed in the style of 1821, take visitors through Oakley House. Outside the home the kitch-ens for the plantation will be pre-paring food using period recipes in the open hearth style. For more information call 888.677.2838 toll free or 635.3739 locally.

March 21-23, Rosedown Plan-tation State Historic Site, St. Fran-cisville – 42nd Annual Audubon Pilgrimage, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Par-ticipate in the annual West Felici-ana Parish Audubon Pilgrimage weekend, seeing various historic activities on site, as well as enjoy-ing the beautiful spring gardens. A historic down-hearth cooking demonstration will be featured on Saturday. For more informa-tion call 888.376.1867 toll free or 635.3110 locally.

EVENTS IN THE FELICIANAS

There’s something to do every day in the Felicianas. From choir performances and rodeos to Main Street markets and special library programming for children, this area is rich in cultural and social activities. If you have an event you would like the public to know about, send and email to

info@felicianaexplorer.com. Space allowing, your event will be included for free in the Event Calendar section.