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Judge H. Ward Fontenot ofthe 38th Judicial Districtissued two important rulingspertaining to hurricane prop-erty damage claims and took athird issue under advisementon May 17, 2007.

The rulings were inresponse to three motions for

partial summary judgment inthe case of Geneva Griffith vs.State Farm Fire and CasualtyCompany.

All three motions werefiled on behalf of Mrs. Griffithby her attorney, JenniferJones.

In the first ruling, JudgeFontenot held that StateFarm was not allowed to takea credit against the amount ofpayments owed under Mrs.Griffith’s homeowner’s policywith State Farm for fundsreceived by her from a sepa-rate flood insurance policy.

Secondly, Judge Fontenotheld that pursuant toLouisiana’s Valued Policy Law(LSA-R.S. 22:695), if a coveredperil such as windstormcaused a substantial amountof damage to Mrs. Griffith’simmovable property, StateFarm was obligated to pay theentire face amount of coveragefor that immovable property

under the homeowner’s policy. In a third matter, Mrs.

Griffith asked the court todeclare null and void a provi-sion of the State Farm policywhich would allow the compa-ny to exclude coverage forwindstorm damage if floodingoccurred concurrently. Thismatter was taken underadvisement and a ruling isexpected soon.

Ms. Jones characterizedthe rulings as “a huge break-through for all CameronParish homeowners who con-tinue to struggle to obtain afair recovery from their insur-ers.”

Mrs. Griffith was inCameron on May 17 for abook-signing at the CameronParish Library. It was also her85th birthday.

State Farm indicated itwould appeal JudgeFontenot’s ruling.

Meetings set on NationalHurricane Museum project

The Creole Nature TrailAll-American Road Board ofCommissioners is invitingeveryone to two meetings todiscuss the top four sites forthe National HurricaneMuseum and Science Center(NHMSC) to be located inSouthwest Louisiana.

These public input meet-ings will be held on Thursday,May 31. The first session willbe hosted at the Lake CharlesCivic Center from 10 a.m.-12noon, and the second sessionwill be conducted at theGrand Lake High School’s ele-mentary cafeteria from 5-7p.m.

During these public meet-ings, the NHMSC’s profes-sional design team will reviewthe site selection criteriadeveloped for the center andlisted in the NHMSC masterplan. The design team will bejoined by members of theLouisiana Department ofTransportation andDevelopment’s (LaDOTD)architectural and disastermanagement divisions.

These LaDOTD profes-sionals have worked with theNational Weather Service andother weather monitoring ser-vices and have used theirsophisticated computer mod-eling equipment to simulate aCategory 5 storm hittingSouthwest Louisiana at the

precise point of impact ofHurricane Rita.

All this information alongwith the public input fromthese two sessions will beused to judge each of the topfour Southwest Louisianasites for the NHMSC. A finalsite decision by the CreoleNature Trail All-AmericanRoad Board of Commissionerswill be announced in June.

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P i l o tMay 24, 2007 Vol. 50--No. 33 Cameron, La. 70631

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DeQ. man’s 1966 Chevytruck ‘stars’ in movie

A DeQuincy man’s 1966Chevrolet truck is going to befamous--it’s in a movie.

The producers of the movie“Little Chenier,” which wasshot in Cameron Parish in2005, needed an old pickuptruck for a scene being shot inCreole.

Linda Dahlen, who workedat the South CameronHospital and was helping themovie crew, worked with EveHyatt who works forSouthern Home Health inDeQuincy, and got Eve’s hus-band, David Hyatt, to makehis truck available for theshot.

The movie is having itsLouisiana premier thisWednesday and Thursday in

the Lafayette area and Hyattand his wife Eve will be onhand to watch the debut of histruck.

The scene, in which thetruck appears, was shot infront of an old Creole grocerystore which had been turnedinto the sheriff ’s office. Itshows one of the stars carry-ing his brother out of the jail.

Lake Charles natives andsiblings Bethany Ashton Wolfand Jace Johnson wrote anddirected the movie, which hasalready won a number ofawards at several movie festi-vals.

A Lake Charles showing ofthe movie is expected laterthis year.

CELEBRATING THE breaking of ground for the Grand Lake elderly apartments were(from left): Scott Trahan, Myrna Conner, Darryl Farque, Sheriff Theos Duhon, PriscillaStoute, Carolyn Thibodeaux, developer Archie Jones, architect Jack Tolson, and CCOADirector Dinah Landry. (Photo by Cyndi Sellers.)

SIX HUNDRED ROSES were given away at the Cameron Library on Friday. TheRestoring Roses to Southern Gardens project was made possible by a grant fromSempra Energy and the help of the SW Louisiana Rose Society.

(Photo by Cyndi Sellers.)

THE CAMERON - CREOLE Watershed Committee meeting held in Cameron Mondaynight brought much discussion and some compromise. (Photo by Cyndi Sellers.)

THIS SCENE from the new movie, “Little Chenier,” wasshot in Creole. The pickup truck belongs to David Hyattof DeQuincy.

Compromise may be possibleon watershed controversy here

Ground broken for apartmentsand two Head Start buildings

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A meeting of the CameronCreole Watershed AdvisoryCommittee held Mondaynight in Cameron held outhope for compromise betweenvarious groups impacted bythe state of the watershed.

Representatives of theNatural ResourceConservation Service, USFish and Wildlife Service,National Marine FisheriesService, US Army Corps ofEngineers, LA Dept. ofWildlife and Fisheries, LADept. of Transportation,Cameron Parish GravityDrainage Districts 3 and 4,and watershed landownersmet to discuss the permitapplication for installingsheet pilings in the breachesin the watershed levee causedby Hurricane Rita. A secondagenda item was to covermodifications to the water-shed operations.

With representatives of thePolice Jury, Oyster TaskForce, and shrimpers on hand,the discussion ranged fromwhether to plug the breachesnow, with grant funds fromthe Coastal WetlandsPlanning, Protection and

Restoration authority, and ifso, what to do about the histo-ry of alleged poor manage-ment of water control struc-tures on the levee.

Some committee memberswanted to vote on the firstissue before taking up themanagement issue, but in theend a motion by Don Voros ofthe USFWS to support the clo-sure of the breaches whileleaving the weirs "wide open"for at least a year passed.Under this plan, a smallercommittee includingshrimpers' representativeswould meet, beginning inJuly, to discuss modificationsto the operation of the watercontrol structures to accom-modate the movement ofshrimp in the estuary. Thecommittee's plan would gointo effect next year, and bestudied for a year for furthermodifications if necessary.

In the meantime, theNRCS would go ahead with itsplan to place sheet pilings inthe breaches to inhibit saltwater from killing more of themarsh. It will take 90 days toget a signed contract, if a per-mit is issued by the parish.Then the contractor will have180 days to complete the

work.Concerns over the closure

of the No Name Bayou breachmay lead to a lawsuit, accord-ing to Monroe Gray, Cameronshrimper. Gray said the struc-ture at No Name, which has asix inch slot for shrimp toescape the marsh, does notwork. He said if the breachthere is closed the shrimp willhave no way out of the marshno matter how many otherweirs are left open, andthreatened an injunction toprevent its closure.

Another audience member,however, thanked the commit-tee for at least listening toshrimper concerns "for achange." Richard Hartman, ofthe National Marine FisheriesService Habitat ConservationDivision first suggested thesmall working group toredesign the control structureoperation. Scott Henry,Gravity Drainage #4, asked toleave the breaches open for 1-2 years, since there wouldonly be a 1% marsh loss peryear. Darryl Clark, USFWSSenior fish and wildlife biolo-gist, said a 1% annual losswas not a viable option, but he


The Cameron Council onAging and CameronCommunity Action agenciesbroke ground this week onthree facilities designed toimprove Cameron Parish.

On Thursday, dirt wasturned for the 30 unit seniorcitizen apartment complexplanned for the Grand Lakecommunity. On Monday, itwas the turn of the HackberryHead Start building, and onWednesday, it was back toGrand Lake to break groundfor a new Head Start buildingthere.

On May 3, ground was bro-ken for the new CommunityAction Agency/Council onAging office and SeniorCenter, also to be located inGrand Lake.

All three Grand Lakebuildings will be located onthe 80 acre tract owned by theparish near the CalcasieuParish line. Construction onthe apartments is expected tobegin immediately and becompleted within 90 days,weather permitting. TheCouncil on Aging is takingnames of those interested inliving in the complex.

The 30 units designed byarchitect Jack Tolson ofGaudet and Tolson will bebuilt by developer GeminiHoldings on 2.5 acres leasedfrom the parish. The samecompanies will be involved inthe design and construction ofa 32 unit senior apartmentcomplex to be built inHackberry in 2008.

According to CCOA boardpresident Darryl Farque, the

40 unit Cameron PlaceApartments in Cameron willbe rebuilt in late 2008, afterall other construction is com-pleted. A satellite office is alsoplanned for Cameron at alater date.

Agency director DinahLandry said that none of theapartments will be designatedas Section 8 housing, and theCamion apartments will opento any renters, not justseniors.

The Grand Lake HeadStart building will have threeclassrooms, and Hackberrywill have two. HackberryHead Start will be built onMain Street near the PostOffice, and the temporarybuilding now in use willbecome available for futureuse elsewhere in the parish.

Judge issues ruling on claims

Splash dayto be heldat H’berry

Summer is just aroundthe corner and with it comesHackberry Summer Splash,the official kickoff of thesummer swimming season atthe Hackberry RecreationCenter.

This year’s event will beheld on Saturday, June 2from 12 to 5 p.m. at theHackberry RecreationCenter. Hamburgers andhotdogs will be served from12 p.m. to 3 p.m. and theswimming pool will open at 1p.m.

Come out and enjoy thefree food, fun and festivities.The event is generouslyunderwritten by CameronLNG, Targa MidstreamServices and CameronCommunications.

MemorialDay serviceset Sunday

Veterans, families of for-mer and active duty military,and others are invited toattend a special MemorialDay service at First BaptistChurch in Cameron thisSunday, May 27, beginningat 9:30 am.

Special music will be per-formed by soloist SuzanneKelley and guitarist/singerMatt Dixon of Lake Charles.The message will be given byRev. Henry Prentice.

All branches of the mili-tary will be recognized, withspecial emphasis on thosewho have given their lives inservice to their country. Allare invited to attend andtake part.

Police Juryto leaseoffice space

The Cameron ParishPolice Jury is advertising forbids on leasing office space inthe Creole Fire Station.

Bonnie Conner, jury sec-retary, said the jury hadreceived a request from a pri-vate firm to lease space inthe building which has beenrestored since HurricaneRita.

However, she said, thejury is required to make sucha lease available to anyonedepending who makes thehighest bid.

Bid information can befound elsewhere in this issueof the Pilot.

Almost all buildings inlower Cameron Parish weredestroyed or badly damagedby Hurricane Rita makingoffice space almost unavail-able in the area.

The Police Jury itself willbegin holding its monthlymeetings in the Creole firestation.

Johnson Bayouoffice planned

The Lower CameronHospital Service District #2is seeking a full service man-agement company to operateand staff a medical office inJohnson Bayou.

To receive an information-al packet phone 794-9609.

Road Homemeeting setin H’berry

The state Office ofPlanning and Developmentwill offer updated informa-tion on The Road HomeProgram in Cameron Parish.If you owned a home thatwas damaged by eitherHurricanes Katrina or Rita,you may be eligible to receiveup to $150,000 for your loss-es.

A meeting will be held at6 p.m., Thursday, May 24, atthe Hackberry CommunityCenter, 986 Main St.

To start an application toThe Road Home program,visit www.road2LA.org onthe Internet or call 1-888-762-3252. TTY callers use711 relay or call 1-800-846-5277.

LSU gradsMay 2007 LSU graduates

from Cameron Parish are:Graduate School - Crystal

Deer Lee Grayson, Doctorateand Lori Nicole Willis,Doctorate.

Cont. on pg. 2

Congratulations to all the graduates of CameronParish from the staff of the Pilot.

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for individuals or family prop-erty loss during a natural dis-aster cleared Congress onMay 15 when the House gavefinal unanimous approval tothe measure.

Rep. John Breaux, D-La., amember of the Public WorksCommittee which had report-ed the bill to the House, saidthe main provision of the leg-islation was a federal pay-ment to individuals and fami-lies of 74 percent of the actualcost of the loss up to $5,000 onexpenses not covered byinsurance or other disasteraid programs.

“This bill is important toSouthwest Louisiana becauseof the hurricane damages wesuffer almost every year,”Breaux said. “People who suf-fer such losses could receiveassistance under this legisla-tion.”

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The Victor Thornton fami-ly received a surprise lastweek when they dug theirpotatoes in their garden onMonkey Island at Cameron.

In addition to a bumpercrop of fresh new red potatoesthey found tiny tomatoesgrowing on the top of thepotato vines.

Since the Thorntons hadnot tomato plants growing intheir garden they could notunderstand how the phenom-enon had come about.

A check with CameronParish County Agent CliffordMyers revealed that thetomato and potato plants arein the same family.

Myers said that perhapswith the recent high winds,some pollen from flowering

plants in a neighborhood gar-den had blown over and crosspollinated with the potatoblooms, which caused theunusual incident.

Luther Burbank, anAmerican plant breeder andhorticulturist, years agodeveloped a plant he called aPomato which grew potatoeson the bottom of the plant andtomatoes on the top.

However, he used his ownmethods of cross pollinationto achieve these results.

The Thorntons have har-vested most of their potatoes,but have left a few of theplants in the garden to checkthe progress of the growth ofthe tomatoes that are growingon top.

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Commencement exercisesat South Cameron HighSchool will be at 7 p.m.Thursday, May 23, in TarponStadium.

Jean Ellen McCall, with aperfect 4.0 grade average, hasbeen named valedictorian ofthe class. Homer H. Williams,is salutatorian with a gradeaverage of 3.9.

Other honor studentsinclude Dinah Marie Miller,Robin O. Tanner, ChristiDiane Dyson, Mary AnnClark, Rachel Marie Viator,Susan Marie Baccigalopi,Veronica Marie Hebert,Vernon U. Primeaux, OrsonRay Billings and MaureenGreta Johnson.

The other 1974 graduatesare Cheryl Gail Armentor,Debra L. Bertrand, Dona D.Booth, Rosetta WashingtonBrandon, Charlene L. Canik,Susan K. Cheramie, DeborahA. Conner, Gay Lynn Gibson,Cheryl Ann Hunott, BrendaLaBove, Melasey AnnLaBove, Jena Kay LaLande,Theresa Renee Long, SheilaMcDaniel, Nancy Lee Miller,Patricia Dale Miller, RubyMarie Nunez, Sybil AnnPorche, Frances DianeRichard, Marilyn Lea Roux,Debra Kay Swire, Terri GailTheriot, Daena Ann Trahan.

Joseph C. Baccigalopi,Jason Ray Billings, EverettKirk Burleigh, Kent GerardCrochet, Terry P. Dronet,David A. Dupuie, DudleyThomas Fawvor, RaymondGerard George, James AustinGuthrie, Marlon VanHarrison, Joseph WayneHebert, Charles GregoryHenry, Fred AnthonyJohnson, Robert MitchellKelley, Keith J. Kovach, Kirk

First Baptist Church ofCameron will host twoVacation Bible Schools thissummer, the first being athree day school June 5-7,sponsored by MissouriHelping Hands.

This mission team was inCameron last month to hold a"free garage sale" which waswell patronized and muchappreciated. This time theywill be here for a week, doing

Bible School and helpingrebuild the church.

The next school will beheld June 18-22 and is spon-sored by NorthStar BaptistChurch of Bristol, Va. TheNorthStar group was inCameron last summer as wellfor Bible School.

Both schools will be opento children ages 5-12 and willtake place in the mornings.

, The Cameron Parish Pilot, Cameron, La., May 24, 2007

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John Preston “Buddy”Stephenson, Sr., 71, of BigLake died May 17, 2007 inhis home.

Mr. Stephenson was bornin Dothan, Ala., raised inPanama City, Fla. and haslived all of his adult life inCameron Parish. He worked30 years as a boat captain forLake Charles Pilots beforeretiring.

Survivors include oneson, John “Buck”Stephenson, Jr. and wifeRhonda of Big Lake; onedaughter, AngelaStephenson Jouett and hus-band Jeffrey of Big Lake; sixgrandchildren; one great-grandchild; two brothers,Charles Stephenson andRonnie Stephenson, both ofPanama City, Fla.; one sister,Sylvia Calhoun of PanamaCity, Fla.

He was preceded in deathby his parents; his wife,Irene LeBleu Stephensonand three brothers, and twosisters.

Funeral services wereheld Sunday, May 20, in theJohnson Funeral HomeChapel. Rev. Gary Mann offi-ciated. Burial was in PujolCemetery in Big Lake.

Memorial donations maybe made to Lou Gehrig’sFoundation, 5550 WestTouhy Ave., Suite 302,Skokie, IL 60077.

H. Landry, Keith DwainLaSalle, Anthony J. LeDano,Michael G. McArthur, JodyMcCall, Paul Evans Miller,Donnie L. Nunez, John E.Rice, Jr., Roland J. Roux,Terry Rutherford, AnthonySturlese, Sidney LouisTheriot, Harold J. Vincent,Donald B. Whittle.

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Nineteen seniors willgraduate from HackberryHigh School in commence-ment exercises at 7:30 p.m.,Friday, May 24 in the schoolauditorium, according toPrincipal John DeBarge.

Ronald Hebert is the vale-dictorian. Tina Simon is thesalutatorian.

Other members of thegraduating class are: JoeSuchanek, Jo Ann Kershaw,Johnny Poole, ChesterSpicer, Cecil Spicer, MonaNunez, Katie Andrus, ToniaPenny, Dana Sheffield, MattEllender, Randy Nolan,Phillip Lowery, DavidHinton, Anthony Hicks,Kathy Ellender, PerfectoGallegos.

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The Cameorn TelephoneCompany has filed a requestthis week with the LouisianaPublic Service Commissionfor authority to increase itslocal rates.

William L. Henning, com-pany president, said theincrease on residence tele-phones would not exceed 50cents a month.

The company is seekingan eight percent increase. Ifapproved, it would be thesecond increase for the com-pany in 22 years. The lastincrease was five years ago.

would be "willing to talkoperations later," after thebreaches were repaired.

Everyone agreed that theproblem originated with thecreation of the CalcasieuShip Channel, whichchanged the natural tidalflow in the estuary andallowed massive amounts ofsalt water to enter and beginkilling the marsh. However,the only way to block saltwater from the ship channelwould be a lock system cost-ing hundreds of millions ofdollars, which is just notavailable at this time.

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DO YOU REMEMBER? These were members of the third and fourth grades at theGrand Chenier Elementary School in 1941. Pictured with teacher Eva Breaux are: (frontrow, from left) Loretta Theriot, Leona Mae Thibodeaux, Walden Doxey, CharleyBoudreaux, Sybil Thibodeaux, Floyd East, Oren Doxey, Eucide Bourque, Betty LoisLaBove, Columbus Conner, Wynita Mhire; (middle row) Elton Nunez, Wynona Mhire,Neil Crain, William Roy, Maxine Landry, Henry Albert McCall, Verna Miller, GeneSturlese, Madge Meaux, Lee Nunez, Jr., Steven Theriot; (back row) Grandville Theriot,Vergie Primeaux, Edna Mae Nunez, Lillian Roy, Ruby Swire, Geraldine Sturlese, PerryDoxey, Jerry Jones, and Oliver Theriot.

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Marcell Renee’ Meaux andDavid James Clement weremarried at a 7 p.m. in a dou-ble ring ceremony at HolyRosary Catholic Church onSaturday, May 5. FatherDavid Broussard officiatedthe ceremony.

The bride is the daughterof Gregg and Deborah Meauxof Kaplan and the groom isthe son of Thomas “Poochie”Clement of Creole, andTommy and Paula Thompsonof Cameron.

Given in marriage by herfather, the bride wore a dia-mond white, MoonlightDesign ball gown made ofregal satin. The fitted bodicefeatured a beaded sweetheartneckline adorned with ricepearls, silver buglets, andswarovski crystals. Ricepearls decorated the cappedsleeves and the Basque waist-line. Matching beadworkdetailed the semi cathedraltrain. She wore a single layerfinger-tip length veil with adelicate satin trim. The veilwas complimented by a silver,rhinestone tiara. The bridecarried a full nosegay of freshyellow roses.

Natalie Trahan was themaid of honor. Bridesmaidswere: Ashley Davis, JessicaFontenot, Brooke Meaux,Emily Thibodeaux, andMelanie LeBoeuf. They worestrapless, two-piece, floorlength, buttercup yellowdresses. The dresses had acream sash accented with a

pearl and rhinestone brooch.Each bridesmaid carried anosegay of ivory roses.Madilyn Meaux was thejunior bridesmaid. She wore aspaghetti strapped two-piece,floor length, buttercup yellowdress, accented by a crystalribbon at the waist. MorghanDimas was the flower girl.

Jason LaBove was the bestman. Groomsmen were: JasonTate, John Canik, WayneNunez, Brandon Harrington,and Lex Theriot. Jude Meauxwas the ring bearer. Usherswere Mitchell Meaux andCody Thompson.

Readers were JessicaRiebel and Stephanie Dimas.The music was provided byJoshua Stutes on trumpet,Lenwood Meaux, organist,and Meredith Boudreaux,vocalist.

A reception was held at theV-Arena Hall in Kaplan fol-lowing the wedding.

The bride is a graduate ofKaplan High School and isattending McNeese StateUniversity in the graduatedegree program and isemployed by Volunteers ofAmerica as a case manager inLake Charles. The groom is agraduate of South CameronHigh School and is a produc-tion operator with BakerEnergy in Hopedale.

After a wedding trip to BarHarbor, Maine the couple ismaking their home inSweetlake.

Nola Mae Ross of LakeCharles has just publishedher 20th book dealing withlocal and area history andstorms. Her new book,“Diaries of Louisiana CircuitRiders,” tells the stories of theMethodist (and a few Baptist)preachers who traveled thewilderness of Louisiana dur-ing the early 1800s bringingthe word of God to the earlysettlers.

The book’s prologueanswers the question of“What is a circuit rider?” asfollows:

“Circuit Rider” was a termused rather loosely in the late1700s and early 1800s, todescribe the gallant youngmen--mostly under 30 yearsof age--who were selected tospread the gospel. Theseyoung men had to be willingto leave home, enter the fron-tier lands and cover on horse-back areas from 300 to 500miles, called circuits. Theirrisky travels were to unset-tled and isolated states wherethere were no churches,schools and very little lawand order.

They rode horseback car-rying saddlebags filled with afew religious books, food forthem and their horse, and ifthey had it a change of cloth-ing. They were promised $30per year, but sometimes thechurch conferences could notdeliver the money. The natureof their lives led to the term“Circuit Riders.”

Although the term CircuitRider was used intermittentlyby other denominations, thisbook is about LouisianaMethodist Circuit Riders,with one exception. It is thestory of one Baptist CircuitRider, an ex-slave, the Rev.Joseph Willis, who againstgreat odds, rode into the wildand woolly Louisiana territo-ry and founded the earliestchurch in SouthwestLouisiana, near the Texas

border, long before Texas waspart of the United States.

Three of her circuit riderswere well known throughoutSouthwest Louisiana--Rev.Martin Hebert, Rev. WilliamHenning and Rev. WilliamShepherd.

Mrs. Ross has writtenbooks on both HurricaneAudrey and Hurricane Rita,which devastated CameronParish in 1957 and 2005. Shehas also written books on thepioneers of Calcasieu andCameron Parishes, Louisianahistoric homes, famous areacrime, Jean Laffite and twocrime novels set in CameronParish.

Information on orderingbooks can be gotten by callingMrs. Ross at 477-6243 or online [email protected]. Thebooks are also available atarea bookstores.

Mrs. Ross will hold a booksigning at 10 a.m.,Wednesday, June 13, at theGrand Lake Library andagain at 10 a.m., on Friday,June 15 at the CameronLibrary.

Dear Editor:The 4 day school week: will

it work or not? You don’t knowuntil you try it.

The extra day off would bereally nice for some kids andparents, as long as the kidsdon’t have to suffer for it. Whoknows, the kids may workharder knowing they canhave an extra day off for it.

But if this doesn’t work,please have a plan so our kids’education doesn’t suffer anymore than they already have.

We’re still hearing com-plaints about the 2 1/2 dayslast year. My family thankseveryone for this. None of usasked to be put in the situa-tion we were put in.

The difference in my sonand my grandchildren werelike night and day when theywere able to come back toschool with familiar faces,their friends, teachers, etc.It’s like they were happyagain.

It’s time to put the past inthe past and stop complainingabout it after all that’s over(the 2 1/2 days)

/s/ Wardella PughCameron, La.

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Dear Editor:Special recognition should

be given to a busy lady whohas given herself by taking aday off from her busy job todrive her cousin BradEllender to L.S.U. MedicalCenter in Shreveport. Therewas no one else to take him orable to go with him, and theydid not know what to expect.His appointment was for 10a.m., so therefore she had toleave home at about 4 a.m.and returned home aboutmidnight. Her name is CindyMcGee. But it seems this is atrue fact about people likeCindy. It’s the busiest peoplewho find time to help some-one in need.

Brad and Cindy’s Aunts,Dolores McQueen,

Orange, Tex.Ruby Gauley,

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Frith-authored bill to allowcollection of future taxes

BByy EELLOONNAA WWEESSTTOONN((AAmmeerriiccaann PPrreessss))

Louisiana house membersadvanced a bill Tuesdayallowing Cameron Parish togrant future ad valorem taxcredits based on prior tax col-lections.

The author of House Bill567, Rep. Mickey Frith, D-Abbeville, said the legislationbecame necessary whenCheniere Energy Inc.--whichis building a liquefied naturalgas facility in westernCameron Parish--offered topay its ad valorem taxes 10years in advance.

Frith said Cheniere askedfor an ad valorem tax creditbased on prior collections atthe end of the 10 years. Hesaid the exchange means an

infusion of millions of tax dol-lars into the state, and mostimportantly, money toCameron Parish.

“This is the first in thestate of Louisiana that an oilcompany has stepped up tothe plate like this, realizingwhat Cameron has gonethrough with Hurricane Ritaand helping them to rebuild.You can’t find a better stew-ard of the land than that,” hesaid.

Cheniere Energy has a his-tory of donating money insupport of Cameron Parish.

In 2005, in response toRita, the company donatedmore than $500,000 to fundseven fully furnished class-room buildings to house thestudents of Johnson BayouSchool.

Nola Mae Ross

Letters to the Editor4-day week

McGee lauded

Registrar back in CameronThe Cameron Parish

Registrar of Voters is nowback in Cameron located onthe east side of the court-house next to Hebert AbstractCo.

Their new telephone num-ber is 775-5493. The Fax

number is 775-8014.The mailing address is

Registrar of Voters, P. O. Box1, Cameron, La. 70631.

Suzanne Sturlese and herstaff have worked out of tem-porary offices at Grand Lakesince Hurricane Rita in 2005.

All-Districtsoftball team

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The Hackberry LadyMustangs had three playersmake the All District 7C soft-ball team. Freshman AmberByler made the team with a.615 district batting average.Eighth grader Erica Duhonbatted .350 in district andsenior Natasha Hicks had a.200 batting average.

Johnson Bayou's TabithaHarrington and CharmayneBarrentine were also namedto the team. Harrington, ajunior, batted .429 in district,while the junior Barrentinehad a .250 batting average.

“If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, youdevelop the habit in little matters.

Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.”--Colin Powell

The White Cap, the quar-terly publication of theCharity Hospital School ofNursing Alumni Assoc., has anumber of articles in its cur-rent publication written byalumni members about theirpresent endeavors.

One was written by NellColligan, a 1956 alumna, for-merly of Cameron, where sheand her husband, Jimmy,were associated with theCameron Drug Store. Theynow live in Lafayette. Hercontribution to the publica-tion follows.

“I moved to Cameron aftergraduating from Charity andlived there for the next 46years. I was Cameron Parish’ssole school nurse for twenty ofthose years. In this capacity Icame to know people in everycommunity of this sparselypopulated parish.

“By the time HurricaneRita leveled the parish I wasretired and living inLafayette. After the storm Iwas torn in two wonderingwhere my friends were as noone at all was left inCameron. Like the rest of theGulf Coast we were left towonder and wait.

“Since I had written aweekly column some yearsback for the Cameron weekllynewspaper, The CameronPilot, I wrote the editor andasked if I could do a columntitled ‘Where Are They Now?’The Pilot is published inDeQuincy, is mailed to sub-scribers, and has a websitewhere the whole paper can beaccessed online.

“For the next 27 weeks,from November 2005 to May2006, I wrote the personalnews of the Cameron resi-dents who were displaced bythe storm. They e-mailed,they phoned, and they sentletters. We printed theiraddresses, their stories of howthey spent the storm, the fateof their homes. For most ofthem nothing remained.

“They literally pouredtheir hearts out to us via thatlittle column. It was the mostpersonal sharing I have everwitnessed in a newspaper.There were moments sittingat my keyboard when I felt Iwas treading on sacredground.

“Somewhere between the

mud and the tears I think weall drew closer together as acommunity - old friendsreaching out across the milesevery Thursday morning. Wewere able to keep everyoneapprised of the ever-changingwhereabouts of friends, and ofthe post-hurricane activitiesin the communities within theparish. You might say wewalked with them in theirjourney toward tomorrow,which continues as I write.

“When all else is lost, whatis more dear than the voice ofa friend or a message acrossthe miles? I guess the oldCharity nurse in me wantedto give them that.”


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DO YOU REMEMBER? This photo was taken about 50 years ago and had somethingto do with the construction of the Sabine Causeway Bridge between Cameron Parishand Jefferson County, Texas. Seated, from left, were Percy Richard; Eraste Hebert,Cameron Parish Police Jury president; Joe Doxey, Police Jury secretary. Standing werean unidentified man; Bernard Duhon, police juror; Ed Lynn, Jr. of Port Arthur; HoraceMhire, police juror; and J. B. Jones, Jr., Cameron attorney and assistant district attor-ney at the time. Plans are now underway to replace the old Causeway bridge with a newone.

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Cameron Parish studentsgraduate from McNeese

Dr. Jeanne Daboval,provost and vice president foracademic affairs at McNeeseState University, conferreddegrees on 701 graduates atthe university's spring com-mencement at 10 a.m.Saturday, May 12, at BurtonColiseum.

According to the McNeeseRegistar’s Office, area candi-dates are:

Master of Arts in Teaching:Secondary Education, Grades7-12: Ruby Dolores Young,Grand Lake.

Master of Education:Administration andSupervision: Stevie DuaneBarnett, Creole.

Education: Penny ManscoChampion, Grand Lake.

School Counseling: FelishaNicole Schultz Nunez,Sweetlake.

Bachelor of Science inEngineering Technology:Jonathan Doyle Taylor,Cameron.

Bachelor of Science inMass Communication: LindySue Delome, Hackberry.

Bachelor of Arts: Sociology:Bethany Claire Boudreaux,Creole.

Bachelor of GeneralStudies: Terry James Murphy,Hackberry; Todd Lee Jinks,Johnson Bayou.

Bachelor of Science:Chemistry: Paige LeAnneSanders, Hackberry.

Family and ConsumerSciences: Tess AlixandraDimas, Cameron.

Health and HumanPerformance Education:Matthew Patrick Schultz,Bell City; Parry DeanLaLande Jr., Creole.

General Health andHuman Performance: CaseyLauren Fruge', Bell City.

Radiologic Technology:Jennifer Diane Conner,Cameron; Micah Aaron Silver,Hackberry.

Bachelor of Science inAccounting: Michelle MarieJinks, Hackberry.

Bachelor of Science inMarketing: Lynsi KaitlynConner, Cameron; Josie AnnBrown, Hackberry.

Bachelor of Science inNursing: Stephanie LynnArceneaux, Lacey JoZaunbrecher, Bell City;Rebecca Ann PattersonMurphy, Cameron.

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Fisheries has made it easierto buy recreational fishing orhunting licenses, by usingyour telephone. Call toll free1-888-765-2602, or by access-ing the internet web site,www.wlf.louisiana.gov. Usingyour Mastercard or Visa cred-it card, you may get an autho-rization number for immedi-ate use, and your license willbe mailed to you.

The weather has beengreat for all outdoor activi-ties, to include fishing.Although a high pressure wasover us, cool in the morning,fish were still active.Crabbing has really been on aswing. Folks are catchingcrabs in all of our our marsh-es and road side ditches.

I counted 51 cars andtrucks from the GibbstownBridge to the Oak GroveBridge Saturday, 90 percentwere crabbing. There werelots of kids and grownups aswell, which is really a danger-ous situation for cars travel-ing to and from the lowerCameron area. Saturday’straffic was high as SouthCameron High had theirgraduation and over 1,000attended.

CCAAMMEERROONN JJEETTTTIIEESSI spoke with James Trahan

this past week and he told methey were catching redfish 18to 24 inches in length, just theright eating size. James saidthey were using dead shrimp,but he said the Big Bull Redsweren’t there. There’s also alarge sea turtle that’s beenhanging around the Jetties.One good area for the Jettiesis at the end of the rocks onthe west side, where the oldBeacon platform was beforeRita.

Fishing the RutherfordBeach area is a little differentnow since Rita. It gets deepfast until you get to the sand-bar, where it’s better to try forreds. Not much speckle troutin either place.

I talked with Mr. Reynoldswho was principal of JohnsonBayou when Rita hit, and losthis camp at Holly Beach likeeveryone else did. He’s build-ing a new home there, andwill return. Reynolds is a fish-erman who likes to fish therocks between Holly Beachand Constance Beach andwading is the name of thegame. The speckle trout haveshown up last week, soanglers, another good spot.

MMEEMMOORRIIAALL DDAAYYThis weekend is Memorial

Day weekend, and we’ll seeplenty of tourists and fisher-men all over Cameron Parish,so be safe, operate your boator other watercraft in a safemanner as you do your per-sonal vehicle. Wear your lifejackets and get everyone on

board to do the same. Boatoperators, latch on your killswitch, that’s what it’s therefor.

The Big Lake/CalcasieuLake area will be crowded asthe CCA’s S.T.A.R. tourna-ment begins this weekend.Good catches of trout on theeast/southeast part of thelake, as well as reds.

Lacassine Refuge is stillslow, but still some big bassare being caught.

The Big Burn area is stillslow on bass fishing, but red-fish are there and great forcrabbing. The GibbstownMiami Corp. launch on thesouth side of the bridge is notused by many anglers like itused to, most are going downdown the Intracoastal Canal,taking the Superior Canalcut, which has plenty ofwater, compared to crossingthe north.

I didn’t get any offshorereports, but this is the time ofthe year to go out red snapperfishing and then catch a mix-ture of fish as only two redsnapper limits don’t take longwhen you get where they are.

NNEEWW FFRROOGGMore and more anglers are

using plastic frogs, mostlyfished on top, and a good basscatcher. Different companieshave different legs and feet onthe frog to make the actionbetter and water splash, andit’s weedless.

However, the Gene Larewcame out with a three leggedfrog, which the middle leg cre-ates extra action on the water.The body floats, but the legsare molded with sinkingmaterial. So you can cut themiddle leg off, or cut the twoouter legs off to get differentaction.

CameronOutdoorsBy LOSTON MCEVERS

5 Hornets are All DistrictBByy CCHHRRIISS && LLAAUURRIIEE

MMUUEELLEELLRR

The Grand Lake Hornetbaseball team placed fiveplayers on the All District 7Bfirst team. Junior pitcher LeviStephenson made the teamwith a 2-2 district record anda 2.66 ERA.

Also making the team and

their averages were seniorJordan Precht, .360 average;junior Ryan Monceaux, .487average; sophomore DylanMorgan, .423 average; andsophomore Jace Hebert, .379average.

Named to the second teamwere Hunter Leger, CalebYoung, Jacob Hebert, andStephen Smith.

Six Lady Tarpons namedto the All District team


The class 1A state runnerup South Cameron LadyTarpons placed six players onthe All District 5-1A firstteam.

Sophomore pitcher KimilyBourriaque compiled a 4-3district record. Joining her onthe first team are junior firstbaseman Whitney Richard,with a .437 average; fresh-man second baseman KelseyMudd, who batted .250; senioroutfielder Haley Willis with a.217 average; freshman out-fielder Shelby Willis with a.379 average; and sophomoreutility player Hayley McCallwho batted .305.

Second team honors wentto catcher Blair Bellanger,outfielder Kassie Benton, andutility player Michelle

Champion.The Tarpons Marcus Mudd

and Daniel Dupre made theAll District 5-1A first team.Mudd, a senior outfielder, bat-ted .423 in district. Junioroutfielder Dupre had a .452district batting average.

Second team honors wentto pitcher Jody Trosclair,pitcher Thomas Trosclair, sec-ond baseman Ronnie George,shortstop Johnathan Trahan,outfielder Dex Murphy, andutility player Tyrell Harmon.

Hackberrypitcher MVP


Hackberry's senior pitch-er Nick Moore was namedthe All District 7C MostValuable player. Moore had aperfect 5-0 district record.

Joining Moore on the firstteam were Judd Addison, ajunior with a .225 average;junior Chris Spicer, .277average; junior DillonThibodeaux, .347 average;sophomore Austin Moore,.444 average; sophomoreDrew East, .363 average;and freshman NathanBerwick, .416 average. Headcoach Terry Murphy wasnamed Coach of the Year.

Johnson Bayou'sJohnathan Trahan alsomade the team. The sopho-more batted .320 in districtplay.

Councilseeks applications

The Cameron Council onAging is accepting applica-tions from residents interest-ed in becoming members ofthe Council on Aging and itsboard of directors.

Council on Aging mem-bership is free. The board ofdirectors is voted on eachJune at the annual meeting.The annual meeting will beheld on June 25 at 12 noon atthe Grand Lake FiremanCenter. Applicants must beage 18 or older and reside inCameron Parish or intend toreturn to Cameron Parish(evacuees).

Board members serve fortwo year terms.

If you are interested inseeking a board member seat(non paid, volunteer only),please mail or fax yourname, address, and contactphone number to DinahLandry, P.O. Box 8801,Grand Lake, La. 70606, Fax:905-6500 before June 22.Terms are staggeredthroughout the board.

L. Duhon isnamed MostValuable


Grand Lake's LakeynDuhon was named the AllDistrict 7B Most ValuablePlayer. Lady Hornet coachLindsay Smythe was namedcoach of the year. The juniorpitcher compiled a 6-0 recordwith a 0.43 ERA, while bat-ting .567.

Joining her on the firstteam and their averages arejunior Brandy Carroll, .471average; sophomore LaceyBroussard, .235 average;junior Maggie Fruge, .275average; junior BrittanyHebert, .389 average; juniorSonya Lavergne, .500 aver-age; senior Elizabeth Reon,.353 average; freshmanAmber Trahan, .333 average;and junior Haley Pesson,.533 average.

Second team honors go toJoeAnna Gaspard, HaileyQuinn, and RebeccaMonceaux.

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Capt. Charles Burch ofJohnson Bayou recalled

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During the mid-nine-teenth century, cotton steam-boat captains on Sabine Lakewere held in high esteem inboth East Texas andLouisiana, for often they werethe only link between an iso-lated village with the outsideworld. Captain Charles C.Burch of Johnson Bayou andSabine Pass was one of thosecaptains; in fact, there werethree Burch brothers, each ofwhom sailed as a steamercaptain on various occasions.

Sherwood K. Burch wasthe oldest of them, havingbeen born in New York In1816; he was also the last ofthe brothers to arrive atSabine Pass. It is believedthat he traveled with his par-ents and the Neil McGaffeyfamily when he was about agethree to Circleville, Ohio.Charles Burch was born inOhio in 1823, and Increase R.Burch was born in the samestate in 1820.

The writer believes thatthe Burch brothers wereapprenticed as cabin boys andlaborers aboard the OhioRiver steamers at an earlyage, and thus had workedtheir way up to such voca-tions as captains, mates,steam engineers, and clerks(supercargoes) by the timethey reached Sabine Lake, fornone of them were everemployed below those ranksin Texas.

Increase R. Burch, hus-band of Julia Marie McGaffey,followed his father-in-law,Neal McGaffey, to Texasabout 1846. McGaffey, alawyer, had become well-to-dofor that age, having becomethe owner and proprietor ofthe new townsite of SabinePass. About 1849 C. C. Burchand his wife Hannah followedhim, and in the 1850 SabinePass census, were living inthe Increase Burch house-hold. However, HannahBurch died in 1851, probablyduring childbirth, and on Feb.22, 1852, Charles Burch mar-ried Johanna Orr of SabinePass.

Orr, daughter of Georgeand Priscilla Orr, were for-merly of Johnson Bayou, butabout 1822 Orr followedHenry Griffith, Reuben and

Solomon Barrow to ChambersCounty, Texas. In 1825 Orrwas appointed the Mexican“alcalde” for the LibertyMunicipality, which then con-tained an area the size of tenpresent-day Southeast Texascounties. In 1826 Stephen F.Austin appointed Orr toaccompany and guide John C.Williams, who had beenappointed by Austin to mapand chart all navigablewaterways, which fed intoSabine Lake. By 1860Charles and Johanna Burchwere the parents of four chil-dren, to wit, George,Elizabeth, Priscilla andHannah.

About 1855 C. H. Ruff ofBeaumont hired CharlesBurch as captain aboard hissteamboat, the Mary Falvey,which picked up cotton alongthe lower Neches River twicemonthly. In November 1859,as H. R. Green rode theFalvey up Pine Island Bayouto Concord, he noted that: “. .. Charlie Burch, her popularcommander, sociable, gener-ous, clever, is a whole team inall respects . . .” Green alsoadded that the Mary Falveyhad: “. . . good accommoda-tions, excellent fare, and kindand gentlemanly officers . . .”The Falvey was 120 feet long,weighed 298 tons, and couldcarry 450 bales of cotton.

In 1860 a new steamer,named the Sabine, arrived atSabine Pass, it being whollyowned by the Burch brothers,and Captain Charles left hiscommand on the Falvey tobecome pilot aboard theSabine. Like the Falvey, theSabine could also load 450bales of cotton. Increase R.Burch became the captain; S.K. Burch became the clerk;and among others in the 15man crew were two engi-neers; a steward, cook andbartender; a fiddler, two car-penters, 3 seamen and onecabin boy. Both the Sabineand Falvey were tied up atSabine Pass when the CivilWar began in April, 1861, andthe writer believes that bothvessels entered the blockade-running trade, loaded withcotton.

In Nov. 1862, Ruff, whoformerly owned the Falvey,was one of the owners of thesteamer Uncle Ben, which

was 135 feet long and couldcarry 1,000 bales. And whenTexas’ Confederate Gen. J. B.Magruder chose to arm theUncle Ben, he commandeeredthe Ben and its crew into theTexas Marine Department.Ruff brought a variety of sea-men aboard the Uncle Ben asmasters, mates, and pilots,which also included Capt. C.C. Burch.

On Jan. 21, 1863,Magruder sent the armedsteamboats Uncle Ben andJosiah Bell to sea to break theSabine Pass blockade by 2sail ships, the Morning Lightand Velocity. The blockadersfled for 30 miles at sea beforethe slow steamers caught upand the fight began.Magruder had sent a habitualinebriate, Major Watkins, tocommand the engagement,but the latter lay drunk in abed during the fight. After anhour the blockaders surren-dered and were towed back toSabine Pass. However the 32-pound guns and 400 tons ofsupplies on the MorningLight were lost when themajor refused permission tokedge the vessel over the barto safety.

Sherwood K. Burch, theoldest of the brothers did notarrive in Sabine Pass until1858, for all of his childrenwere born in Ohio. In 1864Increase R. Burch died, but itis unknown whether or nothis death was war-related. In1870 Julia Marie Burch wasthe head of her household andher youngest child was bornin 1864. In 1865 CharlesBurch chose to become afarmer, so he moved Johannaand his five children toJohnson Bayou. However, inthe fall of each year when cot-ton and other produce weresent to market in Orange, thesteamers Emily P. and Larkwere constantly in theJohnson Bayou-Orange tradeand the schoonerDreadnaught plied constantlyin the Bayou-Galveston trade.And Charlie Burch agreed tocaptain the Emily P. until thecotton season ended.

Between 1880 and theyear after the storm, 1886,Johnson Bayou enjoyedimmense prosperity, withabout 1,200 residents on thebayou, and 700 acres plantedin cotton and 100 acres plant-ed in sugar cane. during someyears, cotton productionreached 900 bales, withFerdinand Pavel, FrederickSchmidt (my great grandfa-

ther), and Caswell Pevetoowning cotton gins. Pavellalso owned one of the twosugar mills located there. Andas captain of the emily P., itwas Burch’s duty to bargainfor the cotton, cattle, andother produce shipped to mar-ket.

On one of his trips toOrange, the Emily’s steamboiler exploded, and Capt.Burch was killed instantly onJan. 28, 1884. His body wasreturned to Johnson Bayoufor interment, but no head-stone exists there for himtoday.

In Feb. 1873, Capt. S. K.Burch was the last of thebrothers to command asteamboat named theComargo, and he made voy-ages that year in both theSabine and Neches rivers. InJan. 1874, the Comargostruck a snag at TownsendsFerry on Angelina River andsank, a total loss.

Nothing else is knownabout S. K. Burch. JuliaMarie Burch resided inBeaumont for most of theremainder of her life, and hertombstone notes that she diedin 1918. Johanna Burch con-tinued to live with her chil-dren on Johnson Bayou, andthe last information abouther was in 1906 when sheapplied for a Confederatepension.

Built by Stephen Berzas,the new Plantation Cottagewill be featured during theopen house event, May 25-28,at the Lake Charles Stinelocation and will be on displaythrough the summer. Theopen-house event offers thepublic the opportunity to tourthe home and talk with thebuilder and other industryprofessionals who will be onhand to answer questions.The New Plantation Cottagesare designed to meet thegrowing need for safe, energyefficient, comfortable, smallermodular homes

“We saw a need in thisarea and found an affordable,convenient solution. Now thatwe’re beginning to see theresults of the Road Home pro-gram locally, Stine wanted tohelp those rebuilding by pro-viding a high-quality, safeand quick housing product.The Plantation Cottage isdelivered to you--practicallyready to live in, in just a mat-ter of weeks.”

Plantation Cottages areanew generation of modularsteel mainframe homes thatare built to meet new 2007International Building Codes(IBC) and are engineered forwind loads of 145 MPH. Thecottages also can be easily ele-vated to meet flood zonerequirements.

The homes are built offsitein a controlled factory envi-ronment in Louisiana anddelivered completed andready to move in with mini-

mal preparation to existingproperty.

This innovative new con-struction process utilizesSIPS (structured insulatedpanels) to add strength andextreme energy efficiency.Roofs, walls, and floors aremade from steel frame panelsand all tie into together forsuperior strength. AllPlantation Cottages areEnergy Star rated.

“With the strength of SIPSpanels there is no need forusing a wood truss for roofsupport. This opens thedesign with vaulted ceilingsgiving you the feel and look ofa larger room. Using this newconstruction method alsomakes this home termiteproof. There is no wood to rotat all on the mainframe. I wasso convinced SIPS construc-tion is the way to go, I builtmy own home with this tech-nology. My utilities run lessthan half of what they usedto. It’s unbelievable,” saysBerzas.

One, two, and three bed-room floor plans are avail-able. All Plantation Cottagescome with vaulted ceilings,crown molding, and sheetrock walls in addition to qual-ity, double-insulated, argon-gas filled, vinyl windows withlow-e film.

Stine began in Sulphur in1954, and now has more thaneight hundred employees ineleven stores acrossLouisiana and Natchez,Mississippi.


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Thirteen parishes affectedby hurricanes Katrina andRita have benefited from theFederal EmergencyManagement Agency’s(FEMA) private propertydebris removal program.Now, 14 months after thestate of Louisiana requestedassistance with the effort,FEMA is nearing the comple-tion of this mission.

Only four parishes remainin the program. As estab-lished by FEMA, residentsfrom Jefferson and Orleansparishes interested in freestorm debris pick up fromtheir properties have untilMay 31, 2007 to submit theirrequests to their local parish-es. Residents of Plaquemineshave until June 29 and thoseof St. Bernard until July 31.

FEMA has completed theprivate property debrisremoval in Calcasieu,Cameron, Iberia andVermillion parishes –all ofwhich were strongly hit byHurricane Rita. The otherparticipating parishes wereLafourche, St. Charles, St.Tammany, Terrebonne andWashington.

To date, a total of 60,746properties have been servicedin the 13 affected parishes.This number will reach64,000 when the debrisremoval program ends in Julyin St. Bernard. By then, of allthe parishes, Orleans willhave generated the mostnumber of houses in need ofdebris removal assistance,almost 26,200; followed by St.Tammany, about 16,000;Jefferson, approximately10,150; and St. Bernard,almost 7,300.

“By removing a substan-tial amount of debris, we aresaving the parish a largeamount of money, as well aseliminating a safety andhealth hazard for residents,”said Jim Stark, FEMA direc-tor of the LouisianaTransitional Recovery Office.“We are committed to pavingthe way for the reconstructionof Louisiana neighborhoods.”

The disaster-relateddebris picked up from privateproperties includes construc-tion and demolition rubble,sediment, tires, vehicles, ves-sels and vegetative material,such as saltwater-killed trees.

As of today, 58,336 saltwa-ter-killed trees have beenabated from private and pub-lic properties in seven parish-es: Cameron, Jefferson,Orleans, Plaquemines, St.Bernard, St. Charles and St.Tammany - areas inundatedwith saltwater from the Gulfof Mexico. The saltwater-killed tree number willincrease to almost 71,000 bythe end of the debris removalprogram. It is estimated thatOrleans will produce the mostsaltwater-killed trees, 37,800;followed by St. Tammany,15,262; Plaquemines, 9,100;and St. Bernard, 6,500.

Most of the parishesimplemented their own pro-grams. The U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers executed thedebris removal in St.Tammany Parish and is exe-cuting it in Jefferson andOrleans parishes.

“The approaching end ofthe private property debrisremoval program is an excit-ing milestone for the Corps,”said Mike Smith, deputydirector for the Corps’Louisiana Recovery FieldOffice. “That means thatproperties have been readiedfor thousands of families tobegin their return to as nor-mal a life as possible afterKatrina.”

To register for the privateproperty debris removal inJefferson Parish, call theJefferson Parish Departmentof Environmental Affairs at(504) 731-4612. In OrleansParish, call the city of NewOrleans Information Hotlineat (504) 658-2299. To registerin Plaquemines Parish, callPlaquemines ParishGovernment at (504) 297-5300; and in St. Bernard, theDepartment of Public Worksat (504) 278-4317.

homes better.” Dr. Reinhold has identified

five steps homeowners ortheir contractors can take tomake homes more hurricane-resistant:

Shutter all openings:Windows and doors are keyentry points for wind andwater, so shutters are critical.Shutters should have theproper ratings for impactresistance (including windpressure and large missileimpact), such as the Miami-Dade Protocols.

Protect gable end vents.These can also be an entrypoint for wind and water.Louvers that cover them arenot designed to keep out raindriven by hurricane-forcewinds. Keep your attic, andinsulation, dry by shutteringit as if it were a window. Andif you pre-drill and perma-nently install all shutterhardware, you will save timewhen a storm hits.

Secure loose roof shingles:Keeping shingles attached iscritical to protecting yourhouse. Loose or ragged shin-gles should be replaced orsecured with roofing cement,which is available at mosthardware stores.

Seal openings, cracks andholes: Water can invadehomes in a number of ways,especially when it is beingblown horizontally. Use caulkto seal cracks and holeswhere phone and cable linesenter your home.

Strengthen doors: Anyarea that allows access to thehouse can be a potential trou-ble spot. Install impact resis-tant garage doors, which aremade with twice as manysteel struts and strongertracks. Double doors, alsoknown as French doorsshould have heavy duty bar-rel bolt anchors at the top andbottom and a dead bolt atleast one-inch long. Doorsthat open outwards instead ofinwards are even better.

“If you do everything onthis list, it could cost $4,000or more but your home will bemuch stronger and safer,”said Jeanne Salvatore, seniorvice president and consumerspokesperson at the I.I.I. “Onthe other hand, if you don’tmake these improvementsand you’re hit with majordamage, you could end uppaying a sizable hurricanedeductible before the insur-ance payment kicks in. Incomparison, the $4,000 willseem like a bargain.”

If you are remodeling orre-roofing your house, you can

increase its defenses even fur-ther by making sure the roofis well-fastened to the raftersand by choosing materialsthat are rated and installedfor high winds.

For more information onfortifying your home, go to theIBHS Web site at www.disas-tersafety.org.

For more information oninsurance, go to the I.I.I.’sWeb site at www.iii.org

You can view a video aboutfortifying your home athttp://www.iii.org/static/video/mediaplayer/5ThingsYouCanDo.wmv

You can download theassociated I.I.I. audio file athttp://www.iii.org/media/radio/prhurricaneresistance/.

Hurricanes can causeextensive damage to homesand property. With expertspredicting an active hurri-cane season this year, it ismore important than ever forhomeowners to take the prop-er precautions to reduce thatdamage, according to theInsurance InformationInstitute (I.I.I.) and theInstitute for Business &Home Safety (IBHS).

“The most important pre-caution you can take toreduce damage to your homeand property is to protect theareas where wind and watercan enter,” said Dr. TimReinhold, director ofEngineering and vice presi-dent, IBHS. “Our damageinvestigations in past hurri-cane seasons have taught us alot about how to protect

Dear Savvy Senior,Do you have any sugges-

tions to help keep my 78-year-old mother from falling down?She fell three times last year,without serious injury, butI’m very concerned about hersafety.Worried Rita,

Dear Rita,Falls have become a grow-

ing concern for millions ofelderly Americans and theirfamilies. In the UnitedStates, more than one inthree people age 65 or olderfalls each year, often with direconsequences, and the riskrises with age. Here’s whatyou should know.

As we age, our vision,hearing, muscle strength,coordination and reflexeschange and weaken our bal-ance. In addition, somehealth conditions, such asdiabetes, heart disease, circu-lation problems, and evenmedications, can affect equi-librium. Unfortunately, all ofthese factors make falls morelikely. But the good news is,with a few simple steps yourmother can improve her bal-ance and reduce her risk offalling.

Fact: In 2004, more than14,900 seniors died and morethan 1.8 million were treatedin emergency rooms becauseof falls.

FFaallll PPrreevveennttiioonnMany falls are preventable

(see www.stopfalls.org). Hereare some simple tips that canhelp your mother stay on herfeet and prevent a possibleinjury:

· Drug review: Does yourmom take any medicine (orcombination of medicines)that make her dizzy, sleepy orlightheaded? If so, gather upall the drugs she takes (pre-scriptions, over-the-counterand dietary supplements) andtake them to her doctor orpharmacist for a drug review.

· Exercise: Improving bal-ance and strength throughexercise is one of the bestways to prevent falls.Exercises that can helpimprove balance (like tai chi,yoga, Pilates, stretching andeven dancing) are the mosthelpful. Some simple balanceexercises she can do at homeinclude walking heel-to-toeacross the room, standing onone foot for 30 seconds orlonger, or get up from a chairand sit back down 10 to 20times.

· Fall proofing: About halfof all falls happen around thehome. You can make yourmom’s living areas safer byclearing out the clutter andremoving things she can tripover, including small throwrugs or use double-sided tapeto keep them from sliding. Inthe bathroom use non-slipmats in the bathtub and onshower floors, and installgrab bars next to her toiletand in the tub or shower. Puthand rails on both sides of thestairs and make sure thelighting throughout the houseis good. Also organize her cab-inets so things she uses mostoften are within easy reachwithout using a step stool,and try to get her to wear low-heeled sensible shoes withgood support and thin, non-

slip soles. (Tip: Seewww.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/pre-ventadultfalls.htm for a homefall prevention checklist.)

· Eye exam: Poor visioncan be another contributor tofalls. Your mom may be wear-ing the wrong glasses or havea condition like glaucoma orcataracts that limits hervision. She should have hereyes checked by an eye doctoronce a year.

· Balance checkup: Yourmother may also need to bechecked for a balance disor-der. Poor balance can becaused by a variety of condi-tions such as inner ear prob-lems, allergies, heart prob-lems, head injury, or problemswith blood circulation. Herdoctor may recommend shesee an ear, nose and throatspecialist (otolaryngologist)for evaluation.

· Bone up: Strong bonescan be a lifesaver if you fall.Make sure your mom is testedregularly for osteoporosis andgets plenty of calcium (1,200mg daily), vitamin D (600 IUdaily) and necessary medica-tion to maintain healthybones.

SSaavvvvyy TTiippss: Dependingon your mom’s balance, shemay need to use a cane orwalker for assistance. And forpeace of mind (if she livesalone), consider getting her apersonal emergency responsesystem (see www.seniorciti-zens.com/k/eprs.html) whichis a small transmitter “helpbutton” that your mom car-ries or wears that will allowher to call for help 24 hours aday, if needed. Or better yet,check out the new high techhome monitoring systems( w w w . q u i e t c a r e . c o m ,w w w. h e a l t h - w a t c h . c o m ,www.grandcare.com) thatoperate around the clockautomatically letting youknow when help is needed.

Send your senior questionsto: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box5443, Norman, OK 73070, orvisit www.savvysenior.org.Jim Miller is a contributor tothe NBC Today show andauthor of “The Savvy Senior”books.

(NAPSA)-Has your childread any good books lately?Encouraging reading is oneway parents can help theirchildren succeed academical-ly and develop an enjoyableand positive habit.

“Children who have read-ing problems can performpoorly in school, finding itharder to master increasinglydifficult subjects. So it’s veryimportant to promote a love ofbooks at an early age-and youcan start a lot earlier thanyou might even imagine,” saidBeverly Ellman, a readingand writing specialist.

Children learn to read atdifferent ages. Some can reada simple book by age 2 whileothers struggle into gradeschool.

Here are a few tips rough-ly broken down into agegroups; you can adapt them toyour own child’s abilities:BBiirrtthh ttoo aaggee 33

• Even a 6-month-old babycan enjoy sitting on your lapand looking at picture bookswithout words. Parents candescribe the pictures as theyturn the pages. Be sure booksare tough enough to with-stand tugging, pulling andthrowing.

• Establish a time of daywhen you read to your chil-dren.

• Talking helps developreading ability. Talk withyour child all day using short,simple sentences. If yournative language is notEnglish, talk to your child inyour native language anyway.Practicing their first lan-guage will help them practiceEnglish.

• Let your children see youread. Children love to imitatetheir parents.AAggeess 33 ttoo 55

• Introduce your child tobooks with poems and sillyrhymes, which children loveto repeat. Children have agreat sense of the absurd, sorhyming books such as thoseby Shel Silverstein canimprove their language abili-ty and tickle their funnybone.

• Take your child to thelibrary to get his or her ownlibrary card. Let her chooseher own books within reason. Choosing a book makes read-

ing it extra special, becausethe books a child choosesreflect her special interests.

• Give your children booksas gifts. Share your favoritesfrom when you were theirage.

• Set up a reading area inyour home where children caneasily reach their books.

• Restrict the time yourchildren watch television andlimit their viewing to educa-tional programs that teachreading basics.AAggeess 55 ttoo 1111

• As children get older, youcan take turns reading a bookwith them.

• Ask them what part ofthe book they like best. If thechild has read more than onebook by an author, ask whichone he likes best and why.

• Stay involved in yourchild’s schoolwork. Researchshows that when parents areinvolved in a child’s learning,achievement increases.

• Use tools to help olderchildren (grades 4 and 5)experience success. For exam-ple, reading and writing pro-grams such as KnowledgeAdventure Books by You helpchildren to tap into their cre-ativity while learning andapplying reading and writingprocesses. The software prod-uct is designed to allow kids,ages 8 and up, to create, edit,illustrate and personalizebooks.

In this program, award-winning author and actorJohn Lithgow motivates andguides children through thebook-development process byasking thought-provokingquestions. Kids’ answers anddetails are woven into thestory in unexpected ways thatmake reading the story a funand involving experience. For more information, visitwww.parentspace.com.

One of the best gifts a par-ent can give is the gift of read-ing. It’s a gift that not onlyentertains but benefits chil-dren for a lifetime.

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4 Year-old Pre-School ProgramFor all schools in

Cameron Parish: 2007-2008 School Year

Second Round RegistrationMay 25 - June 1

Parents, Pre-K will be offered to the children of CameronParish at all four school sites. Transportation will be pro-vided.

The Cameron Parish School Board is in the process ofhiring and placing teachers who are fully certified in thestate of Louisiana in Early Childhood Education (pre-K).

For that reason, it is very important that parents registertheir children now, to be sure that an adequate number ofteachers are hired.

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR PRESCHOOLER THIS WEEKAT THE SCHOOL THAT YOUR CHILD WILL BE ATTENDING

Grand Lake: 905-2231Hackberry: 762-3305

Johnson Bayou: 569-2138South Cameron: 542-4401

RUN: May 23 & 31 M-73)

— JOB AD —The Cameron Parish School Board is accepting

applications for a Sweeper (8 hrs./day) at Grand LakeSchool. High School diploma is preferred.

To make application contact: Mr. David Duhon,Principal, Grand Lake School; Phone: 337-905-2231or 337-905-2056.

The deadline for submitting applications is Friday,June 8, 2007, at 10 a.m.

RUN: May 24, 31 & June 7 (M-74)

•NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC•Due to the Memorial Day

holiday, the Cameron ParishPolice Jury will hold its

agenda meeting at 5:30 p.m.,Tuesday, May 29, 2007.

RUN: May 24 (M-46)

— PUBLIC NOTICE —No roadside construction material, white

goods or debris of any kind will be picked upby the Parish or by Waste Management.Persons placing this material on the Parishright of way will be required to remove anddispose of material. Please help keep ourParish right of ways clean.

RUN: May 17, 24 & 31 (M-28)

— NOTICE —Lower Cameron Hospital

Service District #2 is seeking a fullservice management

company to be responsible for thedaily operation and staffing of a

medical office in Johnson Bayou, La.To receive an information packet

phone 337-794-9609 oremail [email protected]

RUN: May 10, 17 & 24 (M-24)

— NOTICE —The Board of Directors of Cameron

Parish Water and Wastewater District#1 has adopted a policy to change thebilling date from the first of the monthto the 15th of the month so as not tointerfere with the monthly boardmeetings. The delinquent date willchange to the 10th day of the follow-ing month. Your May billing will beJune 15, 2007.

RUN : March 3 & 24 (M-12)

–– NNOOTTIICCEE ——The Cameron Parish School Board is advertising the

following job openings:Two full-time Supervisors of Instruction, Middle School

and Secondary Areas.Individuals wishing to apply should mail or hand deliv-

er a letter of intent, a resume, a copy of their Louisianateaching certificate and driver’s license, and a releasestatement granting Ms. Rodrigue permission to verifyresume data and quality of previous performance for eachposition in which interest is expressed. Applicants must becertified in the State of Louisiana as Parish/City Supervisorof Instruction, with middle school and/or secondary gradesor area(s) if certification at the time of application. Thesedata should be sent or delivered as follows to be receivedno later than Monday, June 4, 2007, at 2:00 PM:

US Postal Service: Ms. Stephanie Rodrigue;Superintendent of Schools; Cameron Parish Schools; P. O.Box 1548; Cameron, LA 70631

Hand Delivery or Other Service: Ms. StephanieRodrigue; Superintendent of Schools; Office - CameronParish Schools; 1039 Hwy 384 Grand Lake; Lake Charles,LA 70607.

RUN: May 24 (M 75)

–– NNOOTTIICCEE ——The Cameron Parish School Board is advertising the

following job openings:One-half time Assistant Principal and One-half time

Classroom Teacher, Johnson Bayou High SchoolAssistant Principal, Hackberry High SchoolIndividuals wishing to apply should mail or hand deliv-

er a letter of intent for each position of interest, a resume,a copy of their Louisiana teaching certificate and driver’slicense, and a release statement granting Ms. Rodriguepermission to verify resume data and quality of previousperformance for each position in which interest isexpressed. Applicants must be certified in the State ofLouisiana as School Principal, grades K-12, at the time ofapplication. These data should be sent or delivered as fol-lows to be received no later than Monday, June 4, 2007, at2:00 PM:

US Postal Service: Ms. Stephanie Rodrigue;Superintendent of Schools; Cameron Parish Schools; P. O.Box 1548; Cameron, LA 70631

Hand Delivery or Other Service: Ms. StephanieRodrigue; Superintendent of Schools; Office - CameronParish Schools; 1039 Hwy 384 Grand Lake; Lake Charles,LA 70607. RUN: May 24 (M-63)

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FOR SALE: Crawfish con-veyor, cleaner, washer, grader.For more information call 489-4313. 5/23c.

FOR SALE: 1996 30ft.Chateaux 2000 fiberglass 5thwheel on goose neck hook-up.Four feet slide out, non smok-er, good condition. As is,$11,000. Call (337) 309-0669or (337) 775-7589.

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HELP WANTED: Dumptruck driver with CDL. Call(337) 540-7634 or (337) 905-4636 after 5. 5/9 & 5/16p.

OFFICE HELP needed inGrandlake area, must haveaccounting background and beproficient in Excell, please faxresume to 337-905-5268.

CARPENTER HELPER/fin-isher needed at DupontBuilding, Inc. Must be able topass drug screen, call 337-905-5928. 5/23c

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PART TIME job positionavailable: Cameron Council onAging meal delivery person.Must provide own transporta-tion. Call Donna or Mary at905-6000, or LA relay 711.Equal opportunityemployer/agency. Auxiliaryservices are available uponrequest to individuals withdisabilities. 5/23c.

MARSH BUGGY Draglineoperator needed for CameronMeadows field located inJohnson Bayou area. Must beknowledgeable in the opera-tion and maintenance ofmarsh buggies. Equipment iscurrently under fabrication.Annual salary $41,000.Benefits available includeshospitalization and dentalinsurance, 401(K) plan, vaca-tion. Qualified individualsshould call Tommy Wright at337-540-1243. 5/23 & 5/30c.

CAMERON MEADOWSLand company seeking highschool graduate interested inpursuing a career in marshmanagement. Applicantshould be knowledgeableabout Cameron Parish game -hunting & fishing. Jobdemands hard worker withgood work ethic and willing-ness to learn marsh buggydragline operations. $8.50 perhr. Contact Melissa Fontenotat 337-502-5224 to apply. 5/23& 5/30c.

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Nutria Incentive programends with 375,683 harvested

LDWF releases report on theeffects of Hurricanes Katrina &Rita on LA’s coastal fisheries

Recreational fishing forpaddlefish to beallowed on May 20

The LouisianaDepartment of Wildlife andFisheries (LDWF) annualCoastwide Nutria ControlProgram concluded its 2006-07 season on March 31, 2007with 365 participants havingharvested 375,683 nutria.

The harvest began on thefirst day of trapping season,Nov. 20, 2006. The goal of theprogram, funded by theCoastal Wetlands PlanningProtection and RestorationAct, is to reduce or eliminatedamage to Louisiana’s wet-lands caused by nutria byincreasing the annual harvestto 400,000 nutria. Registeredparticipants received a $5incentive for each nutria tailbrought to official collectionlocations along Louisiana’scoast.

The program area isbounded on the north byInterstate 10 from the Texasline to Baton Rouge,Interstate 12 from BatonRouge to Slidell, and I-10from Slidell to the Mississippiline.

Licensed trappers harvest-ed 206,840 more nutria thanlast year, bringing the total

within 25,000 nutria of theannual goal.

The majority of nutria har-vested this year were in thesouth central portion of thestate. The highest harvestoccurred in St. Martin Parishwith 113,629 nutria, followedby Terrebonne Parish with99,433 nutria. St. Mary(34,693 nutria), Lafourche(28,038 nutria) and Iberia(18,910 nutria) parishes alsocontributed significant har-vests.

LDWF assesses theamount and severity of thenutria damage for 2007 dur-ing aerial surveys conductedin April and May. A finalreport on the 2006-07 incen-tive program and aerial sur-veys will be available in Julyat the following Web sites:

www.nutria.com andwww.wlf.louisiana.gov.

Information was collectedfrom each participant todetermine the method of take,carcass use, and harvest dateand location. This informa-tion along with the harvestmaps and aerial survey datais used to track the progressof the program.

The Louisiana Department ofWildlife and Fisheries hasreleased an April 2007 statusreport on the impacts andrecovery of Louisiana com-mercial and recreationalmarine fisheries fromHurricanes Katrina and Rita.The report can be downloadedfrom www.wlf.louisiana.govand specifically focuses on thecomposition and volume ofcatch and fishing effort foreach major marine fisheryand fishing infrastructure,but it does not address all theeffects of the storms onLouisiana fisheries.

One aspect of the stormeffects that was not addressedwas the differential impactsof the storms across theLouisiana coast; fisheries inthe central part of the coastgenerally were not as heavilyimpacted as those in the east-ern and western portions ofthe state. The available infor-mation did not allow charac-terization of the amount ofthis variation because, forexample, fishing effort wasre-directed to less-impactedareas where needed infra-structure was available andwhere debris problems wereless critical.

This is an interim report,which will be updated asadditional informationbecomes available.

Significant reductions inlandings were seen in severalcommercial fisheries duringthe 12-months following thestorms. Finfish (several, butnot all species), oyster, andmenhaden fisheries sufferedthe greatest declines, withthe finfish fishery experienc-ing the largest decrease inlandings (58%). While shrimpand blue crab landings werenot reduced, value was signif-icantly less.

Comparing landings datafrom the three months imme-diately following the storms (September - November of2005) with the same timeperiod in 2006 shows that thecommercial fisheries arerecovering, however manyhave not returned to pre-storm levels.

This may partially be dueto reduced participation dueto vessel losses in the com-mercial fishing fleet and dam-age to fishing infrastructure,such as boat docks and pro-cessing, storage, and mainte-nance facilities, which sup-

The LouisianaDepartment of Wildlife andFisheries (LDWF) hasannounced that on May 20,2007, it will once again belegal to recreationally harvestpaddlefish, sometimesreferred to as spoonbill cat-fish, from many of Louisiana’swaters.

Similar to a catfish, thespoonbill has no scales.However, it is easily distin-guishable by its rostrum, thepaddle that makes up thefirst third of its body. Someanglers claim the flesh of pad-dlefish is a delicacy, whileothers question its palatabili-ty.

The paddlefish has beenprotected from both sport andcommercial harvest since1992 to protect it from overharvest. At that time, LDWFhad little information on thepopulation status. Since1992, the department hasinvestigated its numbers andestablished artificial spawn-ing techniques.

“We feel the limited har-vest of paddlefish, one thatdoes not include the taking ofmature females, will provideanglers with an opportunityto harvest a unique fish,” saidLDWF Inland FisheriesAdministrator Gary Tilyou.

Properly licensed recre-ational fishermen using legalrecreational gear may takepaddlefish. For a list of legalgear types please refer to thedepartment’s 2007Recreational FishingRegulations pamphlet or toour Web site atwww.wlf.louisinana.gov. Noperson shall take or possesspaddlefish in violation of anyof the following provisions:

a. Area - The taking or pos-session of paddlefish is closedin all saltwater areas of thestate and in border watersshared with Texas.

b. All possessed paddlefishmust be dead. The possessionor transportation of live pad-dlefish is prohibited.

c. All paddlefish possessedon the waters of the stateshall be maintained intact.

d. No persons shall possesspaddlefish eggs on the watersof the state which are notfully attached to the fish.

e. The daily take and pos-session limit of paddlefish istwo per person.

f. Maximum size limit - Allpaddlefish greater than 30inches (lower jaw fork length)must be returned to the waterimmediately. Lower jaw forklength is the distance fromthe tip of the lower jaw to themid-line of the caudal fin. Fora picture depicting this,please refer to the LDWFfishing pamphlet.

The commercial take andpossession of paddlefish willremain prohibited. No personshall purchase, sell, barter,exchange or trade or attemptto purchase, sell, barter ortrade paddlefish, their eggs orparts thereof.

port fishing activities.Statewide only 60% of

commercial fishery facilitieswere operational immediatelyfollowing the storms. At thetime of this report, this num-ber had increased to 85%however not all had returnedto their full pre-storm opera-tional capacity. The numberof vessels participating incommercial fishing was sig-nificantly reduced followingthe storms, and while therehas been an increase in thenumber of participating ves-sels towards the end of 2006,they have not returned to pre-storm levels. Sales of com-mercial licenses sold has alsofollowed this same pattern.

The private boat and shoremarine recreational fisheryinitially suffered in much thesame way as the commercialfishery. There was an initialsevere decrease in both thenumber of pounds landed andnumber of trips taken duringthe four-month period follow-ing the storms.

However, unlike the com-mercial fishery, the privateboat and shore marine fisheryhas rebounded well, and land-ings and trips have increasedover pre-storm levels.Landings and trips bothdecreased by approximately70 percent in the for-hireindustry in the first fourmonths following the storms,but in the 12-month periodfollowing the storms, bothhave increased above pre-storm levels.

While many individualrecreational fishermen wereseverely impacted by thestorms, Louisiana’s recre-ational marine fishery as awhole seems to have recov-ered to pre-storm fishingeffort and harvest levels.Immediately post-storm only58 percent of recreationalfishing marinas and infra-structure was available. Thatnumber now is 81 percentindicating some recovery ofopportunities for recreationalanglers.

Sales of recreational salt-water fishing licenses, howev-er, decreased by 19 percentover the five year average inthe 12-month period post-storm, and were 54 percentbelow the five year averagefor the four-month periodpost-storm.

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• Purchase a fan with alight kit to increase its versa-tility. Some fans that don’tcome with a light are adapt-able in case you ever want toadd one.

• The right type of mount-ing maximizes the coolingeffect. If you have low ceil-ings, choose a ceiling-huggingflush mount; for higher ceil-ings, use longer downrods tobring the circulating actiondown into the room. Sloped

ceilings require an angledmount.

• If you’re going to useyour fan outside, the motorshould be designed to with-stand moisture and tempera-ture changes, and the bladesshould be constructed from aman-made material thatwon’t warp with humidity.

• It’s not the number ofblades but the blade pitch(from 8 degrees to 15 degrees)that affects air circulation.The higher the pitch, themore air the fan circulates atslow speeds.

• Fans labeled with anenergy rating use less energy,so you save money on utilitybills while protecting theenvironment.

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• A cast-iron motorabsorbs and removes heatbetter than steel motors, isrustproof and is extremelystable, making the fan virtu-ally wobble-free.

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Cont. on Page 10

Hwy 384 Grand Lake, LakeCharles, LA 70607, Phone: 905-5784 ext. 105.

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard reserves the right to rejectany and all bids submitted.CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARDBy:Run: May 17, 24, 31 (M 45)

PUBLIC NOTICESealed bids will be received by

Cameron Parish Police Jury until11:00 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2007in the Police Jury AdministrativeOffice, 122A Recreation CenterLane, Cameron, Louisiana, for thesale of one (1) 1997 ChevroletSuburban, VIN#3GNEC16R9V178136, as is,where is.

All bids must be submitted onbid forms which may be obtainedfrom the Police JuryAdministrative Office by calling(337) 775-5718.

BY: /s/ Bonnie W. Conner BONNIE W. CONNER,

SECRETARYRUN: May 17, 24 (M-47)

NOTICE FOR BIDSThe CAMERON PARISH

SCHOOL BOARD will receivesealed bids until the hour of 11:00a.m., Thursday, June 7, 2007, forthe furnishing of copy paper to theschools of CAMERON PARISHduring the 2007-2008-school ses-sion.

Detailed bid list and specifica-tion sheet may be obtained fromthe Cameron Parish School Board,Cameron, Louisiana.

Bid price on all items shouldbe the delivery price to theCameron Parish School BoardOffice. All bids must be submittedon or before the above date andtime. Envelopes should be marked“BID ON COPY PAPER”.

The School Board reserves theright to reject any and all bids sub-mitted.CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD/s/ Doug ChanceDR. DOUG CHANCE,SUPERINTENDENTRUN: May 17, 24 (M 50)

NOTICE FOR BIDSThe Cameron Parish School

Board will receive sealed bidsuntil the hour of 11:00 a.m. onThursday, June 7, 2007, at theCameron Parish School BoardOffice, 1039 Hwy 384, GrandLake, Lake Charles, LA 70607 forthe purchase of MILK products forthe schools of Cameron Parishduring the 2007-2008 session andany summer programs during thesummer of 2008.

A detailed bid form and speci-fications may be obtained from theCameron Parish School BoardOffice, P. O. Box 1548, Cameron,LA 70631.

Bid is to be on delivered priceto all school lunchrooms ofCameron Parish. Bid price is notto include sales tax.

All bids must be returnedsealed, indicating "Sealed MilkBid" clearly on the outside of theenvelope.

The Board reserves the rightto reject any and all bids submit-ted.CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARDBy: Douglas L. ChanceDOUGLAS L. CHANCE,SUPERINTENDENTRun: May 17, 24 (M 51)

NOTICE FOR BIDThe Cameron Parish School

Board will receive sealed bidsuntil the hour of 11:00 a.m. onThursday, June 7, 2007, at theCameron Parish School BoardOffice, 1039 Hwy 384, GrandLake, Lake Charles, LA 70607 forthe purchase of bread products forthe schools of Cameron Parishduring the 2007-2008 session andany summer programs during thesummer of 2008.

A detailed bid form and speci-fications may be obtained from theCameron Parish School BoardOffice, P. O. Box 1548, Cameron,LA 70631.

Bid is to be on delivered priceto all school lunchrooms ofCameron Parish. Bid price is notto include sales tax.

All bids must be returnedsealed, indicating "Sealed BreadBid" clearly on the outside of theenvelope.

The Board reserves the rightto reject any and all bids submit-ted.CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARDBy: Douglas L. ChanceDOUGLAS L. CHANCE,SUPERINTENDENTRun: May 17 and 24 (M 52)

PUBLIC NOTICECAMERON PARISH COASTALUSE PERMIT APPLICATIONInterested parties are hereby

notified that the CoastalManagement Section of theCameron Parish Police Jury hasreceived the following apparentlycomplete application for a CoastalUse Permit in accordance with therules and regulations of theLouisiana Coastal ResourcesProgram and R.S. 49, 213.1, theState and Local Coastal ResourcesManagement Act of 1978, asamended.

C.U.P. #P20070672L.C.U.P. #070608Name of Applicant: Richard

Harrington, 7386 Gulf BeachHighway, Cameron, LA 70631.

Location of Permit: JohnsonBayou, Section 8, T15S-R14W,Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Character of Work: RichardHarrington proposed filling a por-tion of a man-made excavatedpond. This will result in approxi-mately 15,000 cubic yards ofnative material to fill pond.

The decision on whether toissue a permit will be based on anevaluation of the probable impactsof the proposed activity in accor-dance with the state policies out-lined in R.S. 49:213.2. The deci-sion will reflect in the nationalconcern for both protection andutilization of improtant resources.The decision must be consistentwith the state program andapproved local programs for affect-ed parishes and must represent an

these needs.A written report will be pre-

pared following the hearing toaddress comments received at thehearing and during the subse-quent 10-day comment period. Acopy of the Comment andResponse Report will be preparedand made available at the TxDOTArea Office located at 6101 TwinCity Highway, Port Arthur, Texas.RUNS: May 10, 17, 24, 31 (M 23)

AADDVVEERRTTIISSEEMMEENNTT FFOORR BBIIDDSSSealed proposals for the con-

struction of the following projectwill be received by the CameronParish Police Jury on Friday, 8June 2007 until 2:00 p.m. at theCameron Parish Police Jury tem-porary office, 122 A RecreationLane, Cameron, Louisiana. (337-775-5719)

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Bids must be submitted on theprescribed form. All blank spacesfor bid prices must be filled in,using ink and in both words andfigures, with the unit price for theitem or the lump sum for whichthe bid is made. The bidder shallprovide all information indicatedon the attached forms. Failure toprovide the information indicatedconstitutes an informality in theproposal, rendering it subject torejection by the owner.

All bids must be submitted insealed envelopes bearing on theoutside the name of the project onwhich the proposal is submitted. Ifforwarded by mail, the sealedenvelope containing the proposaland marked as directed above,must be enclosed in another enve-lope addressed as specified in theproposal form, and preferably sentby registered mail.

For the purpose of award, theproduct of the approximate quan-tities of each item shown in theproposal by their respective unitprices will be considered theamount of the bid on each item.The correct summation of theseproducts will be the amount bid onthe entire work.

Proposal forms will not beissued later than 24 hours prior tothe hour and date set for receivingproposals.

Full information and proposalforms are available at the office of:Lonnie G. Harper & Associates,Inc., 2746 Hwy 384, Bell City,Louisiana 70630, (337) 905-1079.

Bids must be submitted onproposal forms provided by theengineer. Official action will betaken at the regularly scheduledCameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing. Cameron Parish Police Juryreserves the right to reject any orall the proposals and to waive anyinformality.Cameron Parish Police Jury/s/ Darryl Farque, PresidentRUNS; May 10, 17, 24, 31 - M 32


struction of the following projectwill be received by the CameronParish Recreation DistrictNumber 7 until 1111::0000 aa..mm.. oonn 44JJuunnee 22000077 at the Cameron ParishPolice Jury temporary office, 122 ARecreation Lane, Cameron, LA,70631. (337-775-5718)

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The rules and regulations forthe State Licensing Board for con-tractors will apply: the projectbeing classified as:

Building Construction.Proposal forms will not be

issued later than 24 hours prior tothe hour and date set for receivingproposals. Every bid submittedshall be accompanied by a certifiedcheck or bid bond in the amount of5% of the bid and shall be madepayable to the Cameron ParishRecreation District Number 7.

Full information and proposalforms are available at the office ofLonnie G. Harper & Associates,Inc., 2746 Hwy 384, Bell City,Louisiana 70630, (337) 905-1079.Plans and specifications may beinspected upon deposit of $50.00per set. Bids must be submitted onproposal forms provided by theengineer. Official action will betaken at the regularly scheduledCameron Parish RecreationDistrict Number 7 meeting. TheCameron Parish RecreationDistrict Number 7 reserves theright to reject any or all the pro-posals and to waive informalities.Cameron Parish RecreationDistrict Number 7/s/Angela Conner, PresidentRUNS; May 10, 17, 24, 31 - M 33


struction of the following projectwill be received by the CameronParish Police Jury until 99::0000 aa..mm..oonn 44 JJuunnee 22000077 at the CameronParish Police Jury temporaryoffice, 122 A Recreation Lane,Cameron, LA 70631. (337-775-5718)

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The rules and regulations forthe State Licensing Board for con-tractors will apply; the projectbeing classified as:

II. Highway, street and bridgeconstruction

9: Earthwork, drainage andlevees or

11: Culverts and drainagestructures

Proposal forms will not beissued later than 24 hours prior tothe hour and date set for receivingproposals. Every bid submittedshall be accompanied by a certifiedcheck or bid bond in the amount of5% of the bid and shall be madepayable to the Cameron ParishPolice Jury.

Full information and proposalforms are available at the office of:

Lonnie G. Harper &Associates, Inc., 2746 Hwy 384,Grand Lake Community, Bell City,Louisiana 70630, (337) 905-1079.

Plans and specifications maybe inspected upon deposit of


LLEEGGAALL NNOOTTIICCEEThis is to advise that the

Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 2nd day of April, 2007 accept-ed as complete and satisfactorythe work performed as Project No.2006-01: Parishwide Road SigningProject, Contract II pursuant tothe certain contract between MidSouth Construction Supply, L.L.C.and said Cameron Parish PoliceJury under File No. 297802 in theBook of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat any person or persons havingclaims arising out of the furnish-ing of labor, supplies, material,etc., in the construction of the saidwork should file said claim withthe Clerk of Court of CameronParish, Louisiana on or beforeforty-five (45) days after the firstpublication hereof, all in the man-ner and form as prescribed by law.After the elapse of said time, theCameron Parish Police Jury willpay all sums in the absence of anysuch claims or liens.BY:/s/ Bonnie W. ConnerBONNIE W. CONNER, SECRETARYRUN: April 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17,24, 31 (A 33)

LLEEGGAALL NNOOTTIICCEEThis is to advise that the

Cameron Parish Water andWaterworks District No. 1 meetingin regular session convened on the26th day of April 2007 accepted ascomplete and satisfactory thework performed under ProjectNumber 2006-13: Post-RitaMaintenance of Cameron ElevatedWater Storage Tower pursuant tothe certain contract betweenPhoenix Fabricators and Erectors,Inc. and said Cameron ParishWater and Waterworks DistrictNo. 1 under File No. 302041, inthe book of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat any person or persons havingclaims arising out of the furnish-ing of labor, supplies, material,etc., in the construction of the saidwork should file said claim withthe Clerk of Court of CameronParish, Louisiana on or beforeforty-five (45) days after the firstpublication hereof, all in the man-ner and form as prescribed by law.After the elapse of said time, theCameron Parish Water andWaterworks District No. 1 will payall sums due in the absence of anysuch claims or liens.

/s/ J. C. MurphyBY: J. C. Murphy, President

Runs: May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, June7, 14 - M 4

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGThe Texas Department of

Transportation (TxDOT) will con-duct a public hearing and openhouse for the purpose of discussingthe replacement of the existingcauseway and swing bridge onState Highway (SH) 82 at theSabine Lake with a new highbridge crossing. The proposedbridge would be 3,775 feet (ft) or0.775 miles in length with a widthof 46 ft on SH 82 at Sabine Lake inJefferson County, Texas and con-tinues on Louisiana Highway (LA)82 in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.An open house will be held from4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with thepublic hearing beginning at 7:00p.m. on Thursday, June 14, 2007,at the Palms Club House atPleasure Island Golf Course locat-ed at 1901 T. B. Ellison Parkwayin Port Arthur, Texas. The openhouse will provide interested citi-zens an opportunity to view pro-ject exhibits and ask questions.

The proposed project wouldrequire a small amount of newROW; however, no relocations ordisplacements would occur. Nodisplacements of any businesses,farms or non-profit organizationswould result from the proposedproject. All ROW negotiationswould be conducted withoutregard to race, color, religion, sex,or national origin. The acquisitionof properties and the relocationprogram would be conducted inaccordance with the UniformRelocation Assistance and RealProperty Acquisition Policies Actof 1970, as amended.

Due to proposed acquisition ofland from Walter Umphrey StatePark, a Programmatic Section 4(f)Evaluation has also been preparedand included as part of the cate-gorical exclusion (CE) document.Approximately 0.64 acres wouldbe acquired from Walter UmphreyState Park along the northernedge of the park where it abuts SH82.

A schematic plan showing thelocation of the project, geometricdesign details, the CE and theProgrammatic Section 4(f)Evaluation prepared for the pro-ject, as well as other informationpertinent to the project are on fileand available for inspection at theTxDOT Area Office in Port Arthur,Texas located at 6101 Twin CityHighway, Port Arthur, Texas.Information regarding the tenta-tive schedules for the proposedconstruction may also be obtainedfrom the Port Arthur Area Officeor by calling (409) 722-8377.

All interested citizens areinvited to attend this PublicHearing. Verbal or written com-ments about the project may bepresented either at the hearing orsubmitted within ten (10) daysafter the hearing (Monday, June25, 2007) to the following address:Texas Department ofTransportation; 6101 Twin CityHighway, Port Arthur, Texas77642. Individuals interested inattending the hearing who havespecial communication or accom-modation needs are encouraged tocontact the TxDOT BeaumontDistrict Office at (409) 892-7311 atleast seven (7) days in advance.Since the hearing will be conduct-ed in English, requests for lan-guage interpreters or other specialcommunication needs should bemade. TxDOT will make everyreasonable effort to accommodate

$50.00 per set. Bids must be sub-mitted on proposal forms providedby the engineer. Official action willbe taken at the regularly sched-uled Cameron Parish Police Jurymeeting. The Cameron ParishPolice Jury reserves the right toreject any or all the proposals andto waive any informalities.Cameron Parish Police Jury/s/ Darryl Farque, PresidentRUNS; May 10, 17, 24, 31 - M 34


struction of the following projectwill be received by the CameronParish Police Jury until 1100::0000aa..mm.. oonn 44 JJuunnee 22000077 at the PoliceJury temporary office, 122 ARecreation Lane, Cameron, LA,70631. (337-775-5718)

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The rules and regulations forthe State Licensing Board for con-tractors will apply: the projectbeing classified as:

Heavy Construction.Proposal forms will not be

issued later than 24 hours prior tothe hour and date set for receivingproposals. Every bid submittedshall be accompanied by a certifiedcheck or bid bond in the amount of5% of the bid and shall be madepayable to the Cameron ParishPolice Jury.

Full information and proposalforms are available at the office ofLonnie G. Harper & Associates,Inc., 2746 Louisiana Hwy 384,Bell City, Louisiana 70630, (337)905-1079. Plans and specificationsmay be inspected upon deposit of$50.00 per set. Bids must be sub-mitted on proposal forms providedby the engineer. Official action willbe taken at the regularly sched-uled Cameron Parish Police Jurymeeting. The Cameron ParishPolice Jury reserves the right toreject any or all the proposals andto waive informalities.Cameron Parish Police Jury/s/ Darryl Farque, PresidentRUNS; May 10, 17, 24, 31 - M 35

LEGAL NOTICEThis is to advise that the

Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 acceptedas complete and satisfactory thework performed under ProjectNumber 2006-06A, Post RitaRestoration of Cameron ParishCourthouse Basement andDistrict Attorney Office pursuantto the certain contract by andbetween Charles MillerConstruction Company and saidCameron Parish Police Juryrecorded under File No. 299601 inthe Book of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat any person or persons havingclaims arising out of the furnish-ing of labor, supplies, material,etc., in the construction of the saidwork should file said claim withthe Clerk of Court of CameronParish, Louisiana on or beforeforty-five (45) days after the firstpublication hereof, all in the man-ner and form as prescribed by law.After the elapse of said time, theCameron Parish Police Jury willpay all sums in the absence of anysuch claims or liens.BY: /s/ Bonnie W. ConnerBONNIE W. CONNER, SECRETARYRUN: May 10, 17, 24, 31, June 7,14, 21 (M 36)


Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 acceptedas complete and satisfactory thework performed as ProjectNumber 2004-05 by and betweenthe Cameron Parish Police Juryand R.E. Heidt Construction Co.,Inc. for Road Improvements inCameron Area-Base Construction& Asphalt Overlay, recorded underFile No. 289206 in the Book ofMortgages, Cameron Parish,Louisiana.



Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 acceptedas complete and satisfactory thework performed under ProjectNumber 2006-17: Post RitaRestoration of Deep Bayou Bridgepursuant to the certain contractbetween F. Miller Construction,LLC and said Cameron ParishPolice Jury recorded under FileNo. 302447 in the Book ofMortgages, Cameron Parish,Louisiana.



Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 accepted

as complete and satisfactory thework performed as SlabDemolition/Removal, East AnnexBuilding - Cameron Square pur-suant to the certain contractbetween HD Truck & Tractor andsaid Cameron Parish Police Juryrecorded under File No. 302800 inthe Book of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.



Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 acceptedas complete and satisfactory thework performed under ProjectNumber 2006-05: Cameron FireSubstation pursuant to the certaincontract between PalermoConstruction Company, Inc. andsaid Cameron Parish Police Juryrecorded under File No. 299694 inthe Book of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.



Cameron Parish Police Jury meet-ing in regular session convened onthe 7th day of May, 2007 acceptedas conditionally complete and sat-isfactory the work performedunder Project Number 2006-15,Post Rita Restoration of CreoleFire Station pursuant to the cer-tain construct by and betweenSam Istre Construction, Inc. andsaid Cameron Parish Police Juryrecorded under File No. 301795 inthe Book of Mortgages, CameronParish, Louisiana.



the Cameron Parish Police Juryuntil 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 4,2007 at the Police JuryAdministrative Office, 122ARecreation Center Lane,Cameron, Louisiana, for an officialjournal. Sealed bids may bemailed to P. O. Box 1280,Cameron, LA 70631.

BY: /s/ Bonnie W. ConnerBONNIE W. CONNER,



Board will receive sealed bids onor before the hour of 2:00 P.M. onFriday, June 8, 2007 at theCameron Parish School BoardTemporary Office, 1039 Hwy 384Grand Lake, Lake Charles,Louisiana 70607 (physicaladdress), P.O. Box 1548 CameronLouisiana 70631 (mailing address)for the delivery and installation ofweight room equipment to theSouth Cameron High Schoolweight room on the campus ofSouth Cameron High School 753Oak Grove Hwy Grand Chenier,LA 70643.

All bids arriving after thisdate and hour will be returned tobidder unopened.

Please include a timeline forinstallation upon acceptance ofbid. Bid envelope shall be clearlymarked on the outside “Bid onWeight Room Equipment.”

Specifications and bid sheetmay be obtained at the temporarySchool Board Office site in GrandLake, LA from 8:00 A.M. - 3:30P.M. on regular workdays.Contact: Doug Welch, Supervisor,phone: 337 905-5784 Ext. 105.

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard reserves the right to rejectany and all bids and to waiveinformalities.Cameron Parish School BoardBy: /s/ Doug ChanceDOUG CHANCE,SUPERINTENDENTRUN: May 17, 24, 31 (M 44)

NNOOTTIICCEE FFOORR QQUUOOTTEESSThe Cameron Parish School

Board will receive quotes until thehour of 2:00 p.m., Thursday June7, 2007, for painting at variousschools. All vendors must attend aprequote walkthrough scheduledfor 8:30 A.M. starting at GrandLake School and proceeding toother schools.

Specifications and quote sheetmay be obtained from Doug Welchat the Cameron Parish SchoolBoard Temporary Office, 1039

appropriate balancing of social,environmental and economic fac-tors. All factors which may be rel-evant to the proposal will be con-sidered; among these are flood andstorm hazards, water quality,water supply, feasible alternativesites, drainage patterns, historicalsites, economics, public and pri-vate benefits, coastal water depen-dency, impacts on natural fea-tures, compatibility with the nat-ural and cultural setting and theextent of long term benefits oradverse impacts.

Certification that the proposedactivity will not violate applicablewater and air quality, laws, stan-dards and regulations will berequired before a permit is issued.

Any person may request, inwriting, within the comment peri-od specified in this notice, that apublic hearing be held to considerthis application. Request for pub-lic hearings shall state, with par-ticularity, the reasons for holdinga public hearing.

Plans for the proposed workmay be inspected at the CameronParish Police Jury AnnexBuilding, Coastal ManagementDivision, Courthouse Square, P.O.Box 1280, Cameron, Louisiana,(337) 775-5718. Written commentsshould be mailed within 25 daysfrom the date of this public noticeto Cameron Parish Police Jury,Coastal Management Division,Post Office Box 1280, Cameron,Louisiana 70631.Sincerely,/s/ Myles Hebert,Coastal Zone AdministratorCAMERON PARISH POLICE JURYRUN: May 24 (M-54)

-4-SWEET LAKE FIELD

07-593LEGAL NOTICE

STATE OF LOUISIANA, OFFICEOF CONSERVATION, BATON

ROUGE, LOUISIANA.In accordance with the laws of

the State of Louisiana, and withparticular reference to the provi-sions of Title 30 of LouisianaRevised Statutes of 1950, a publichearing will be held in theHearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalleBuilding, 617 North 3rd Street,Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00a.m. on TUESDAY, JUNE 12,2007, upon the application ofYUMA EXPLORATION ANDPRODUCTION COMPANY, INC.

At such hearing theCommissioner of Conservationwill consider evidence relative tothe issuance of Orders pertainingto the following matters relatingto the CCrriiss II ZZoonnee,, RReesseerrvvooiirr AA,in the Sweet Lake Field, CameronParish, Louisiana.

1. To establish rules and regu-lations governing the explorationfor and production of gas and con-densate from the Cris I Zone,Reservoir A.

2. To create a single drillingand production unit for the Cris IZone, Reservoir A, designated asthe CRIS I RA SUA.

3. To force pool and integrateall separately owned tracts, min-eral leases and other propertyinterests within the unit so creat-ed on a surface acreage basis ofparticipation.

4. To allow the Commissionerof Conservation to reclassify theReservoir by supplemental order,without the necessity of a publichearing, should the producingcharacteristics of the reservoirschange and evidence to justifyreclassification is submitted toand accepted by the Commissionerof Conservation.

5. To consider such other mat-ters as may be pertinent.

The Cris I Zone is herebydefined as that gas and conden-sate bearing zone found betweenthe depths of 4,345 feet and 5,820feet (electric log measurements) inthe Mission ResourcesCorporation-SLL&O No. 1 Well,located in Section 26, Township 12South, Range 8 West, CameronParish, Louisiana.

A plat is available for inspec-tion in the Office of Conservationin BBaattoonn RRoouuggee and LLaaffaayyeettttee,Louisiana.www.dnr.state.la.us/CONS/CONSEREN/hearings/pubhearings.htm.

All parties having interesttherein shall take notice thereof.

BY ORDER OFJAMES H. WELSH

COMMISSIONER OF CONSERVATION

Baton Rouge, LA5/4/07; 5/9/06Llck

IF ACCOMMODATIONS AREREQUIRED UNDER AMERI-CANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT,PLEASE ADVISE THE OFFICEOF CONSERVATION-ENGI-NEERING DIVISION AT P.O.BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA70804-9275 IN WRITING WITH-IN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OFTHE HEARING DATE.RUN: May 24 (M-55)

PUBLIC NOTICECAMERON PARISH COASTALUSE PERMIT APPLICATION

Interested parties are herebynotifie that the CoastalManagement Section of theCameron Parish Police Jury hasreceived the following apparentlycomplete application for a CoastalUse Permit in accordance with therules and regulations of theLouisiana Coastal ResourcesProgram and R.S. 49, 213.1, theState and Local Coastal ResourcesManagement Act of 1978, asamended.

C.U.P. #P20070594 L.C.U.P. #070523Name of Applicant:

Channelview Harbor HomeownersAssociation, Inc., P. O. Box 373,Hackberry, LA 70645.

Location of Permit: Hackberry,Section 40, T12S-R10W, CameronParish, Louisiana.

Character of Work:Channelview Harbor Project pro-posed maintenance dredging ofprivate canal access for individuallot owners. This will result inapproximately 10,700 cubic yardsof dredge material to be excavated.The excavated material will bepumped to non-wet area within

Legal Notices

approved by the School Board. Thelessee shall have the right to enterinto pooling or unitization agree-ments with respect to develop-ment of the leased premises sub-ject to the approval of the SchoolBoard. The Lessee shall not havethe right to conduct geophysical orseismic activities or exploration onthe leased premises under thislease. Such activities may be con-ducted only if a separate writtencontract or permit is granted toLessee by the Cameron ParishSchool Board for which additionalrights separate and additionalconsideration shall be paid.

Any lease granted hereundershall be on the regular currentCameron Parish School Boardlease form with Approved Riderfor Attachment to State AgencyLease Forms and shall be subjectto the approval of the StateMineral Board. A copy of the saidlease form and rider are availablefor inspection at the office of theCameron Parish School Board inCameron, Louisiana. Certifiedcheck, bank money order, orcashier's check, payable to theCameron Parish School Board forthe full amount of the bonus, shallaccompany and be submitted witheach bid; and no bid thus submit-ted may be thereafter withdrawnor canceled; and the cash bonusaccompanying the bid of the suc-cessful bidder shall be forfeited tothe Cameron Parish School Boardshould he not return the writtenlease, duly executed, within twen-ty (20) days after his receipt of thesame.

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard reserves the right to rejectany and all bids and to grant alease on any portion of the tractadvertised for a price not less thanproportionate to the best bidoffered for the lease on the entiretract.

CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

BY: Douglas L. ChanceDOUGLAS L. CHANCE,

SUPERINTENDENT RUN: May 24, 31, June 7 (M 57)

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Cameron Parish Sheriff

has adopted his final budgetamendments for fiscal 2006-2007.The amended budget is availablefor public inspection in the sher-iff ’s office during regular officehours, Monday through Friday(8:00-4:00).

The following report is a sum-mary only. Detailed financialrecords are on file in the Sheriff ’sOffice, Parish Courthouse,Cameron, Louisiana.

/s/ Theos DuhonTheos Duhon, Sheriff

PARISH OF CAMERONCAMERON PARISH SHERIFF

AMENDED BUDGETFISCAL 2006-2007

BEGINNING FUND BAL-ANCE: $4,134,575

REVENUE:SELF GENERATED FEES,

TAXES, COMMISSIONS, ETC.:$4,188,880.

STATE & PARISH APPRO-PRIATION: $536,796.

TOTAL: $4,725,676.FUNDS AVAILABLE:

$8,860,251.EXPENDITURE:PERSONAL SERVICE:

$2,571,750.CONTRACTED SERVICES:

$711,468.CAPITAL OUTLAY: $169,000.OPERATION & MAINTE-

NANCE: $602,271.TOTAL: $4,184,509.OTHER MEANS OF

FINANCE: $250.EXCESS (DEFICIT) FOR

THE YEAR: $541,167.ENDING FUND BALANCE:

$4,675,992.RUN: May 24 (M-58)

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Cameron Parish Sheriff

will conduct a proposed budgethearing on June 5, 2007 at 10:00a.m. in the Sheriff ’s Office, ParishCourthouse, Cameron, Louisiana.The purpose of the hearing is toinvite public comment in the bud-get process of the sheriff ’s officeand the operation of same. All per-sons are invited to attend regard-less of sex, race, religion, handi-cap, etc.

The following report is a sum-mary only. Detailed financialrecords are available and on file inthe sheriff ’s office. Interested per-sons may examine the budget doc-ument between the hours of 8:00-4:00 Monday through Friday. Thisnotice is prepared and publishedin compliance with LouisianaRevised Statutes 39:1301-1314.

/s/ Theos DuhonTHEOS DUHON, SHERIFF

PARISH OF CAMERONCAMERON PARISH SHERIFF

PROPOSED BUDGET2007-2008

BEGINNING FUND BAL-ANCE: $4,675,992.

REVENUE:SELF GENERATED FEES,

SERVICE: $4,205,958.STATE & PARISH APPRO-

PRIATION: $600,000.TOTAL: $4,805,958.FUNDS AVAILABLE:

$9,481,950.EXPENDITURE:PERSONAL SERVICE:

$2,646,950.CONTRACTED SERVICES:

$750,855.OPERATION & MAINTE-

NANCE: $519,200.CAPITAL OUTLAY: $224,000.TOTAL: $4,281,005.OTHER MEANS OF

FINANCE: $250.EXCESS OF REVENUE

OVER EXPENDITURE: $524,953.ENDING FUND BALANCE:

$5,201,195.RUN: May 24 (M-59)

Minutes of Meeting Cameron Parish Drainage

District #9 March 15, 2007 06:00 PM

Hackberry Community CenterAdministrative

Reuben LaBauve (President)calls meeting to order.

Members Present - ScottBenoit, Alex Seay

Members absent - PaulConstance

Guests Present - None

Minutes for previous meetingwere distributed to Board mem-bers prior to meeting. S. Benoitmotioned to approve minutes ofprevious meeting as prepared. A.Seay seconded motion. Motion car-ried unanimously.

Treasurers’ Report$183,101.21 - Checking Account$150,000.00 - CDs

A. Seay motioned to approvetreasurer’s report as read. S.Benoit seconded motion. Themotion carried unanimously.

Discussions were open for thefollowing:

A. Seay motioned to adopt amillage rate of 4.5 mills for theTax Year of 2007. S. Benoit sec-onded the motion. 3 yeas, 0 nays, 1absent. Motion carried unani-mously. The appropriate informa-tion will be forwarded to theParish Tax Assessor’s Office.

S. Benoit presented invoice forapproval to pay. A. Seay made amotion to pay the invoices. A. Seayseconded the motion. The motioncarried unanimously.

The board reviewed culvertapplications. A. Seay motioned toaccept all applications presentedwith some stipulations as made bythe board. S. Benoit seconded themotion. The motion carried unani-mously.

The board reviewed permitapplications. S. Benoit motioned toaccept all applications presentedwith some stipulations as made bythe board. A. Seay seconded themotion. The motion carried unani-mously.

With no further new businesspresented, the meeting wasadjoined.

Minutes prepared and submit-ted by Scott Benoit, Secretary-Treasurer.

/s/ Reuben LaBauve, President/s/ Scott Benoit, Secretary-Treasurer RUN: May 24 (M 60)

NNOOTTIICCEETO: Cargo Trailer Vendors

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard will receive sealed bidsFriday, June 8, 2007 at 10:00 a.m.for delivery of four (4) 6’ X 12’cargo trailers to the CameronParish School Board temporaryoffice site at 1039 Hwy 384 GrandLake, Lake Charles, LA 70607described herein and in theattached additional specifications.All bids arriving after this dateand hour will be returned to bid-der unopened. The Board reservesthe right to reject any and all bidsand to waive informalities. Thefollowing additional conditionsshall apply to all bids submitted:

1. All bids must be signed,sealed, and hhaanndd ddeelliivveerreedd ormmaaiilleedd, only, to the CameronParish School Board Office, (mail-ing) P.O. Box 1548, Cameron,Louisiana 70631 (physical) 1039Hwy 384 Grand Lake. Please usethe enclosed envelope, with yourLouisiana’s Contractors Licensenumber on it, for returning yourbid.

2. Please submit your bid onthe attached form. Only firm bidswill be considered. Should addi-tional space be necessary forexplanatory notes or data otherthan prices of an item, pleaseplace this information on separatesheets, but state the location ofsuch data in the space assigned tothe item on the bid form.

3. The bid must be signed byan authorized officer of the firmbidding and the title of the officershown.

Sincerely,Eddie Benoit

SupervisorRUN: May 24, 31 & June 7 (M-61)

Hackberry, LouisianaMay 7, 2007

The Board of Commissioners,governing authority of AmbulanceService District No. 2 of CameronParish, Louisiana, met in regularpublic session at 6:00 o’clock p.m.on Monday, May 7, 2007, at theregular meeting place of saidBoard, Hackberry, Louisiana, pur-suant to the provisions of writtennotice given to each and everymember thereof and duly posted inthe manner required by law.

The President, Glenn Trahan,called the meeting to order and onroll call, the following memberswere present:

Charlene Babineaux, GwenConstance, David French, VickyMonceaux, and Glenn Trahan

ABSENT: Reesa BoudreauxThe meeting was called to

order and the roll called with theabove results.

The President of the Boardstated that the purpose of themeeting was for canvassing andtabulating the returns of an elec-tion held in Ambulance ServiceDistrict No. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana (the “District”) onMarch 31, 2007, on the question ofthe levy and collection of a specialad valorem tax of 14.00 mills for aperiod of ten (10) years beginningJanuary 1, 2007, upon all taxableproperty within the District, andthereupon presented the followingproces verbal, which was adoptedby the following vote:

YEAS: Ms. Babineaux, Ms.Constance, Mr. French, Ms.Monceaux, and Mr. Trahan

NAYS: NonePROCES VERBAL

BE IT KNOWN ANDREMEMBERED that on this 7thday of May, 2007, at 6:00 o’clockp.m., in accordance with a resolu-tion of the Board ofCommissioners (the “Board”), gov-erning authority of AmbulanceService District No. 2 of CameronParish, Louisiana, adopted onDecember 4, 2006, and recorded inthe records of said Board, notice ofwhich meeting was issued andpublished according to law, theundersigned members of theBoard, being a quorum thereof,met at the regular meeting placeof the Board, and according to lawexamined the tabulation blanks,certificates and statements whichwere received from theCommissioners andCommissioners-in-Charge of theelection held in AmbulanceService District No. 2 of CameronParish, Louisiana on March 31,2007, in accordance with said res-olution, together with the tran-

scription of the totals made by theClerk of Court and Ex-OfficioParish Custodian of VotingMachines in and for CameronParish to determine the followingproposition:

MAINTENANCE MILLAGERENEWAL PROPOSITIONSUMMARY: AUTHORITY

FOR AMBULANCE SERVICEDISTRICT NO. 2 OF CAMERONPARISH, LOUISIANA, TO COL-LECT FOR 10 YEARS, A TAX OF14.00 MILLS PER ANNUM WITHCOLLECTIONS FROM THELEVY OF THE TAX ESTIMATEDTO BE $1,018,246.16 FOR ONEENTIRE YEAR, FOR THE PUR-POSE OF PROVIDING AMBU-LANCE SERVICE WITHIN ANDFOR SAID DISTRICT.

Shall Ambulance ServiceDistrict No. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana, levy and collect for aperiod of ten (10) years beginningJanuary 1, 2007, a tax of fourteen(14.00) mills on the dollar of allproperty subject to taxation in theDistrict with collections from thelevy of the tax estimated to be$1,018,246.16 for one entire year,for the purpose of providing ambu-lance service within and for theDistrict?

The results of said electionproved to be as follows:

Precinct, Number of Votes inFavor of Proposition, Number ofVotes Against Proposition;

1, 42, 5;3, 3, 1;4, 84, 17;5, 51, 18;16, 85, 16;Absentees, 11, 7.TOTALS: 276, 64.We therefore ascertained that

the majority of qualified electors ofAmbulance Service District No. 2of Cameron Parish, Louisianaqualified to vote under theConstitution and laws of the Stateof Louisiana voting in said electionin the District voted in favor of theMaintenance Millage RenewalProposition.

At the same time and place,we did examine and canvass thereturns as evidenced by said tabu-lation blanks, certificates, andstatements received from the elec-tion Commissioners andCommissioners-in-Charge, thecorrectness of which were sworn toby the election Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissionersaccording to law, and our findingwas that the returns indicated amajority voted in favor of theproposition.

Therefore, we declare that theresult of said election is in favor ofthe Maintenance MillageProposition as stated above.

In accordance with law, a reso-lution promulgating the aforesaidresults was adopted, and theSecretary of the Board wasordered to have a copy of said res-olution signed by the Presidentand published in one issue of theCameron Pilot, a newspaper pub-lished in DeQuincy, Louisiana,and of general circulation in saidAmbulance Service District No. 2.

We did, likewise, order thatone copy of this proces verbal besent to the Secretary of State to berecorded in the archives of theState of Louisiana, and that onecopy be sent to the Clerk of theDistrict Court of Cameron Parishto be recorded in the mortgagerecords of said Parish and that onecopy be filed in the archives of thisBoard.

THUS DONE AND SIGNEDin the presence of David French,Casey Courvelle and BradleyLester, competent witnesses onthis 7th day of May, 2007, at ameeting of the Board inHackberry, Louisiana, by theundersigned members of saidBoard present and participating inthe canvass of said election.

/s/ Glenn D. Trahan, President/s/ Gwen Constance, V. President/s/ Charlene Babineaux, Member

/s/ Vickie Monceaux, Member/s/ David French, Member

WITNESSES:/s/ Casey Courvelle/s/ Bradley Lester

The following resolution wasthereupon introduced, and pur-suant to a motion made by GwenConstance and seconded by VickieMonceaux, was adopted by the fol-lowing vote:

YEAS: 5NAYS: 0.

RESOLUTIONA RESOLUTION PROMUL-

GATING THE RESULTS OF ASPECIAL ELECTION HELD INAMBULANCE SERVICE DIS-TRICT NO. 2 OF CAMERONPARISH, LOUISIANA ONMARCH 31, 2007.

WHEREAS, on March 31,2007, an election was held inAmbulance Service District No. 2of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, todetermine the proposition here-inafter set out;

WHEREAS, the returns ofsaid election were canvassed bythe Board according to law andnotice duly given as provided bylaw, and the result of said electionwas declared to be in favor of theMaintenance Millage RenewalProposition;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE ITRESOLVED by the Board ofCommissioners, the governingauthority of Ambulance ServiceDistrict No. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana, as follows:

SECTION 1. An election washeld in Ambulance Service DistrictNo. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana, on March 31, 2007, todetermine the proposition here-inafter set out; that said electionwas duly and properly called bythe Board by a resolution adoptedon December 4, 2006, and record-ed in the records of said Board,that notice of said election embrac-ing all matters required by law tobe contained therein was given bypublication in the Cameron Pilot,a newspaper published inDeQuincy, Louisiana, and of gen-eral circulation in AmbulanceService District No. 2, on January25, February 1, February 8, andFebruary 15, 2007, and additional-ly in the Lake Charles AmericanPress on January 25, February 1,February 8, and February 15,2007, the first of said publicationsbeing not less than 45 days normore than 90 days prior to thedate set for said election; that this

Board did in said resolution desig-nate the polling places for saidelection and did provide for theuse of voting machines in the con-duct of said election; that electionofficials were duly selected; thateach election official received thecertificate of instruction of the useof the voting machines and hisduties in connection therewith asrequired by law; that the StateCustodian of Voting Machines andthe Clerk of Court and Ex-OfficioParish Custodian of VotingMachines of Cameron Parishmade available on the day of theelection at the polling places des-ignated for the conduct of saidelection the necessary votingmachines and all necessary equip-ment and paraphernalia requiredby law in connection with the useof voting machines at elections;that the \sect softlineRegistrar ofVoters and the Clerk of Court ofCameron Parish furnished to theelection Commissioners andCommissioners-in-Charge copiesof the precinct registers for eachprecinct or ward entitled to vote atsuch polling places; that theLouisiana Secretary of State pre-pared and certified the ballot usedin the voting machines as requiredby law; that the proposition votedon in said election and as itappeared in said voting machinewas in due form provided by lawand the resolution adopted by thisBoard on December 4, 2006, call-ing said special election; that theresults of said election were writ-ten on a large sheet of paper atsaid polling places, which sheet ofpaper was signed by each of theelection officials designated to con-duct such election at said pollingplaces and which sheet was there-upon posted in public view at thepolling places in accordance withlaw; that only qualified electorsunder the Constitution and laws ofthe State of Louisiana voted atsaid election; that the officials whoserved at said election were dulyand properly appointed; that theplaces of all absent election offi-cials were properly filled in accor-dance with law; that before open-ing the polls all election officialswere properly sworn in accordancewith law; that the polls at the vot-ing places were opened at 6:00a.m. and remained open and untilnot later than 8:00 p.m.; that afterthe closing of the polls the votesfor and against the propositionwere properly counted and talliedand the necessary tabulationblanks, certificates and state-ments were made by the electionofficials in accordance with lawand the voting machines deliveredto the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Custodian of VotingMachines in and for CameronParish, Louisiana, and a copy ofthe results of said election deliv-ered to the Clerk of the DistrictCourt of Cameron Parish asrequired by Louisiana RevisedStatutes 18:1190 E; that on April3, 2007, that being the third dayafter said election the Clerk ofCourt and Ex-Officio Custodian ofVoting Machines, after breakingthe seals and opening the votingmachines used in said election didtranscript the totals for the propo-sition voted upon at said election;and that all things whatsoeverrequired by law to be done in con-nection with the holding of saidelection were properly and dulyperformed in manner and form asrequired by Chapter 4 of SubtitleII of Title 39 of the LouisianaRevised Statutes of 1950, asamended, and the general electionlaws of the State of Louisiana.

SECTION 2. In said electionthe following proposition wasapproved by a majority of the elec-tors qualified to vote and voting insaid election in Ambulance ServiceDistrict No. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana:

MAINTENANCE MILLAGERENEWAL PROPOSITIONSUMMARY: AUTHORITY

FOR AMBULANCE SERVICEDISTRICT NO. 2 OF CAMERONPARISH, LOUISIANA, TO COL-LECT FOR 10 YEARS, A TAX OF14.00 MILLS PER ANNUM WITHCOLLECTIONS FROM THELEVY OF THE TAX ESTIMATEDTO BE $1,018,246.16 FOR ONEENTIRE YEAR, FOR THE PUR-POSE OF PROVIDING AMBU-LANCE SERVICE WITHIN ANDFOR SAID DISTRICT.

Shall Ambulance ServiceDistrict No. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana, levy and collect for aperiod of ten (10) years beginningJanuary 1, 2007, a tax of fourteen(14.00) mills on the dollar of allproperty subject to taxation in theDistrict with collections from thelevy of the tax estimated to be$1,018,246.16 for one entire year,for the purpose of providing ambu-lance service within and for theDistrict?

SECTION 3. The results ofsaid election shall be promulgatedby publication of this resolution ofpromulgation one time in theCameron Pilot, a newspaper pub-lished in DeQuincy, Louisiana, theofficial journal of the Board and ofgeneral circulation in AmbulanceService District No. 2.

ADOPTED AND APPROVEDthis 7th day of May, 2007.

/s/ Glenn TrahanGLENN TRAHAN, President

Board of CommissionersATTEST:/s/ David FrenchDAVID FRENCH, SecretaryBoard of Commissioners

(Other business not pertinentto the present excerpt may befound of record in the officialminute book.)

Upon motion duly made andunanimously carried, the meetingwas adjourned.

/s/ Glenn TrahanGLENN TRAHAN, President

Board of CommissionersATTEST:/s/ David FrenchDAVID FRENCH, SecretaryBoard of CommissionersSTATE OF LOUISIANAPARISH OF CAMERON

I, DAVID FRENCH, certifythat I am the duly qualified andacting Secretary of the Board ofCommissioners, governing author-ity of Ambulance Service DistrictNo. 2 of Cameron Parish,Louisiana.

I further certify that the above

and foregoing is a true and correctcopy of an excerpt from the min-utes of a public meeting of theBoard of Commissioners held onMay 7, 2007, and of a resolutionadopted at said meeting, as saidminutes and resolution appearofficially of record in my posses-sion.

IN FAITH WHEREOF, wit-ness my official signature and theimpress of the official seal ofAmbulance Service District No. 2of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, onthis 7th day of May, 2007.

/s/ David FrenchDAVID FRENCH, Secretary

[S E A L]RUN: May 24 (M-62)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSWater Works District No. 2,

Ward 6, P. O. Box 334, Hackberry,LA 70645.

Separate sealed BIDS for theconstruction of Water LineExtension (Gallegos Drive toSempra Facility - Hacbkerry);Cameron Parish, Louisiana, willbe received by Water WorksDistrict No. 2, Ward 6, at the officeof Water Works District No. 2,Ward 6; 973 Main Street;Hackberry, LA 70645 until 4:00p.m. on Monday, June 18, 2007,and then at said office publiclyopened and read aloud.

The BID DOCUMENTS maybe examined at the following loca-tions:

Lancon Engineers, Inc., 905McKinley Street, Westlake, LA70669-5005.

Water Works District No. 2,Ward 6, 973 Main Street,Hackberry, LA 70645.

A MMaannddaattoorryy PPrree--BBiiddCCoonnffeerreennccee will be held at 10:00a.m. on Tuesday, June 12, 2007, atthe office of Water Works DistrictNo. 2, Ward 6, 973 Main Street,Hackberry, Louisiana.

Copies of the BID DOCU-MENTS may be obtained at theoffice of Lancon Engineers, Inc.located at 905 McKinley Street,Westlake, Louisiana.

Bids will remain subject toacceptance for thirty (30) daysafter the day of the Bid Opening inaccordance with LA RevisedStatute LA RS 38:2215.

/s/ Alton SchexniderPresident

RUN: May 24, 31, June 7 (M-64)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDSSP# 8032

Sealed bids will be received forthe State of Louisiana by theDivision of Administration, Officeof State Purchasing, 1201 N. 3rdSt., 2nd Floor, Suite 2-160, P O.Box 94095, Baton Rouge,Louisiana 70804-9095 until 10:00A.M., on June 21, 2007, for the fol-lowing:

MARSH MITIGATION BANK PROJECT

FORROCKEFELLER WILDLIFE

REFUGE CAMERON PARISH, LA.

Proposal Number: N 26652 DLSolicitation Number: 2217046

Complete Bidding Documentsmay be obtained from:

OFFICE OF STATE PURCHASING

CLAIBORNE BUILDING, 2ND FLOOR

1201 NORTH THIRD STREETBATON ROUGE, LA 70804

Attn: Pamela AllenEmail: [email protected]

Fax: (225) 342-8688Phone: (225) 342-8019

Bid security MUST beattached (Insurance Company,Bank Money Order, CertifiedCheck or Cashier's Check) in thesum of five percent (5%) of theamount bid (including base bidand additive alternates, if any)and shall become the property ofthe Owner in the event the con-tract and bond are not executedwithin the time set forth above. Ifbid bond is used, it shall be writ-ten by a surety or insurance com-pany currently on the U.S.Department of the TreasuryFinancial Management Servicelist of approved bonding compa-nies which is published annuallyin the Federal Register, or by aLouisiana domiciled insurancecompany with at least an A- ratingin the latest printing of the A.M.Best's Key Rating Guide to writeindividual bonds up to ten percentof policyholders' surplus as shownin the A.M. Best's Key RatingGuide, or by an insurance compa-ny that is either domiciled inLouisiana or owned by Louisianaresidents and is licensed to writesurety bonds. In addition, thebond shall be written by a suretyor insurance company that is cur-rently licensed to do business inthe state of Louisiana.

Bids shall be accepted onlyfrom Contractors who are licensedunder La. R.S. 37:2150-2163 forthe classification(s) of HHeeaavvyy ccoonn--ssttrruuccttiioonn aanndd//oorr ssppeecciiaallttyy ooffDDrreeddggiinngg.. No bid may be with-drawn for a period of thirty (30)days after receipt of bids.

When this project is financedeither partially or entirely withState Bonds, the award of this con-tract is contingent upon the sale ofbonds by the State BondCommission. The State shall incurno obligation to the contractoruntil the contract between ownerand contractor is fully executed.STATE OF LOUISIANADIVISION OF ADMINISTRATIONOFFICE OF STATE PURCHASINGDENISE LEADIRECTOR OF STATE PURCHASINGRUN: May 24, 31, June 7 (M 65)

REGISTRAR OF VOTERSOFFICE

NEW LOCATIONCameron Parish Registrar of

Voters office has been relocated.Physical Address: 122-F

Recreation Ln., which is behindthe courthouse, 1st trailer to theright.

New phone number: 1-337-775-5493.

Fax number: 1-337-775-8014.Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1,

Cameron, LA 70631.Registrar Suzanne Sturlese

RUN: May 24 and 31 (M-66)


confines of private residential sub-division.

The decision on whether toissue a permit will be based on anevaluation of the probable impactsof the proposed activity in accor-dance with the state policies out-lined in R.S. 49:213.2. The deci-sion will reflect in the nationalconcern for both protection andutilization of improtant resources.The decision must be consistentwith the state program andapproved local programs for affect-ed parishes and must represent anappropriate balancing of social,environmental and economic fac-tors. All factors which may be rel-evant to the proposal will be con-sidered; among these are flood andstorm hazards, water quality,water supply, feasible alternativesites, drainage patterns, historicalsites, economics, public and pri-vate benefits, coastal water depen-dency, impacts on natural fea-tures, compatibility with the nat-ural and cultural setting and theextent of long term benefits oradverse impacts.

Certification that the proposedactivity will not violate applicablewater and air quality, laws, stan-dards and regulations will berequired before a permit is issued.

Any person may request, inwriting, within the comment peri-od specified in this notice, that apublic hearing be held to considerthis application. Request for pub-lic hearings shall state, with par-ticularity, the reasons for holdinga public hearing.

Plans for the proposed workmay be inspected at the CameronParish Police Jury AnnexBuilding, Coastal ManagementDivision, Courthouse Square, P.O.Box 1280, Cameron, Louisiana,(337) 775-5718. Written commentsshould be mailed within 25 daysfrom the date of this public noticeto Cameron Parish Police Jury,Coastal Management Division,Post Office Box 1280, Cameron,Louisiana 70631.Sincerely,/s/ Myles Hebert,Coastal Zone AdministratorCAMERON PARISHPOLICE JURYRUN: May 24 (M-56)

NNOOTTIICCEE OOFF PPUUBBLLIICCAATTIIOONNBy virtue of and in conformity

with the procedures of Section 151through 158 of Title 30 of theLouisiana Revised Statutes of1950, as amended, sealed bids willbe received by mail or delivered (ifmailed or delivered must bereceived by 2:00 P.M.) at the officeof the Cameron Parish SchoolBoard in Grand Lake, LA 70607 onor before the 11th day of June,2007 at 5:30 p.m. All bids receivedwill be opened at 5:30 P.M. atCreole Fire Station, 184 E. CreoleHwy, Creole, LA 70632 by theCameron Parish School Board fora lease covering the oil, gas, andother liquid gaseous hydrocarbonmineral rights in, to and under thefollowing described property:

That certain tract of land,excluding the beds and bottoms ofall navigable waters, belonging toand not presently under leasefrom the Cameron Parish SchoolBoard on June 11, 2007, beingmore particularly described as allof Section 16, Township 14 South,Range 3 West, Cameron Parish,Louisiana, less and except thatportion of the “Price-Nunez” lands(sometimes also referred to as the“Nunez-Price” lands in the instru-ments or on the plats referred toherein below) situated within theconfines of Section 16, Township14 South, Range 3 West, and con-taining a balance of 332.96 acres,more or less.

Bids may be for the whole orany particularly described por-tions of the tract advertised here-in.

All bids are to offer a CASHPAYMENT, one-half (1/2) of whichis to be bonus as full and adequateconsideration for every rightgranted by the lease and one-half(1/2) of which is to be rental for thefirst year of the lease, for a leasehaving a primary term which shallnot exceed three years. ANNUALRENTAL for the second and thirdyears shall not be less than theaforesaid cash payment. The leaseis to be granted without any war-ranty or recourse against lessorwhatsoever, either expressed orimplied, not even for return bylessor of any payments receivedunder the lease or being otherwiseresponsible to lessee. Minimumroyalties shall be one-fourth (1/4)of all oil and gas produced andsaved or utilized. This leaseexcludes free sulphur, potash, lig-nite, salt and other solid minerals.Lessee shall not have any rights toexplore, drill for, mine, produce ortake any action whatsoever inregard to any such solid mineraldeposits.

All leases awarded shall beexecuted upon terms and condi-tions provided in the currentCameron Parish School Boardlease form with all applicable rid-ers appended thereto, includingApproved Rider for Attachment toState Agency Lease Forms, andincluding, but not limited to, pro-visions as follows: Should lesseefail to begin the actual drilling(spudding in) of a well on the leasepremises within one year from thedate of the lease, the lease shallterminate as to both parties to thelease, unless on or before suchanniversary date, lessee shall paya delay rental [which shall in noevent be less than the aforesaidcash payment offered for thelease], which shall cover the privi-lege of deferred drilling operationsfor a period of one year. Upon likepayments annually, drilling opera-tions may be further deferred forsuccessive periods of one year eachduring the primary term of threeyears.

The lease shall provide fordrilling of offset wells where nec-essary to protect the Board's inter-est and shall contain the provi-sions against the assignment ofsublease of the lease unless

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CAMERON PARISHWATER DISTRICT NO. 11

PROCEEDINGSMarch 19, 2007

There was a regular meetingof the Board of Water District No.11 at 6:00 p.m., Monday, March 19,2007, at the Grand LakeWaterworks office.

PRESENT: Jeffrey Jouett,Andre Abadie, Gerald Richard,Tim Fontenot, Grace Robideaux

ABSENT: NoneThe meeting was called to

order by Board President JeffreyJouett.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Tim Fontenot andcarried unanimously, the readingof the minutes was dispensedwith.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Tim Fontenot andcarried unanimously, the minutesfrom the February 19, 2007 regu-lar meeting, were approved as pre-viously mailed out.

Mr. Lonnie Harper updatedthe board on the system upgradeprojects. Initial documentationwas submitted March 12, for theCDBG.

On motion of Tim Fontenot,seconded by Andre Abadie and car-ried unanimously, the boardaccepted Mr. Lonnie Harper’s rec-ommendation to accept the workdone under the contract withTeche Construction for the airportwell project as substantially com-plete and begin the 45 day lienperiod.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Gerald Richard andcarried unanimously, the boardaccepted Mr. Lonnie Harper’s rec-ommendation to accept the workdone under the contract withLayne Christensen for the airportwell project as substantially com-plete and begin the 45 day lienperiod.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Tim Fontenot andcarried unanimously, the boardvoted to extend the 4” line onBrister Ln to the end of the parishroad. This work will be completedwith in-house labor with a project-ed completion date of May 15,2007. This line is being extendedbecause it was an existing parishroad when the system was origi-nally installed.

On motion of Tim Fontenot,seconded by Grace Robideaux andcarried unanimously, the followingresolution was adopted:

RESOLUTIONWHEREAS, there is on-going

litigation over the assessment andad valorem taxation of certainpipeline property located inCameron Parish and the Assessorand Sheriff have been named asdefendants in the following suitsand/or proceedings:

Transcontinental Gas PipelineCorp., et al. v. Louisiana TaxCommission, et al.

Suit No. 10-16000, 38thJudicial District Court

Transcontinental Gas PipelineCorp., et al. v. Louisiana TaxCommission, et al

Suit No. 491,194 c/w 491,250,19th Judicial District Court

ANR Pipeline Co. v. LouisianaTax Commission, et al.

Suit No. 528,555, 19thJudicial District Court





Southern Natural Gas Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al.


Southern Natural Gas Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al.


Southern Natural Gas Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al


Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. v.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al.


Florida Gas TransmissionCorp., et. al. v. Louisiana TaxCommission, et al

Suit No. 10-15748, 38thJudicial District Court

Florida Gas Transmission Co.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al.




Florida Gas Transmission Co.Louisiana Tax Commission, et al




WHEREAS, as this litigationproceeds it has become necessaryfor the Assessor to defend theassessments in legal proceedings;

WHEREAS, such a defensewill necessitate the Assessor andSheriff contracting with legalcounsel;

WHEREAS, in an effort tolimit the costs of such legal coun-sel, which cost is ordinarily borneproportionately by the ad valoremtaxing bodies in this Parish, theAssessor intends on engaginglegal counsel on a contingency feebasis, with any fees coming onlyfrom any additional taxes collectedas a result of the new assessmentsof the above referenced tax payers;and

WHEREAS, the CameronParish Waterworks District #11will benefit from the collection ofany additional ad valorem taxescollected with the assistance of thelegal counsel contracted by theAssessor.

NOW THEREFORE BE ITRESOLVED by the CameronParish Waterworks District #11 ina duly called open meeting doeshereby authorize the Assessor andSheriff to engage BRIAN A.EDDINGTON, Attorney at Law aslegal counsel for its benefit in theabove referenced proceedings on acontingency fee basis, not toexceed 10% of the additional taxes,interest and penalties collected forits benefit pursuant to the decisionof the Louisiana Tax Commissionin the above referenced proceed-ings or by judgment of a reviewingCourt and does hereby obligateand encumber an amount not toexceed 10% of the additional taxes(including taxes paid underprotest), interest and penalties col-lected for its benefit for the pay-ment of said legal fees.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEDby the Cameron ParishWaterworks District #11 that theAssessor and the Sheriff be andare hereby authorized to pay saidlegal fees to the legal counsel con-tracted by the Assessor to providelegal services in the above refer-enced matters prior to or contem-poraneously with the disbursal ofany additional taxes, interest andpenalties to it.

NAME: Jeffrey JouettTITLE: President

This Resolution adopted this19th day of March, 2007 in a dulynoticed meeting of the CameronParish Waterworks District #11 atwhich a quorum was present, by avote of 5 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Absentand 0 and Abstained.

ATTESTED TO BY:NAME: Helen Williams

SecretaryThere was a discussion regard-

ing the meter change out on RedBud Ln. By the next meeting wewill have the costs involved and atime schedule.

On motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by TimFontenot and carried unanimouslythe board voted to advertise for bidto refurbish and maintain the tankat the airport well.

There was a financial reportgiven for the month endingFebruary 28, 2007.

On motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by TimFontenot and carried unanimous-ly, the board voted to request adraw from the Calcasieu PublicTrust Authority in the amount of$93,386.52.

On motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by GeraldRichard and carried unanimously,all bills were approved for pay-ment.

There being no further busi-ness, on motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Tim Fontenot and car-ried unanimously, the meeting wasdeclared adjourned.

APPROVED: Jeffrey Jouett,President

ATTEST: Helen Williams,SecretaryRUN: May 24 (M-67)

CAMERON PARISHWATER DISTRICT NO. 11

PROCEEDINGSApril 16, 2007

There was a regular meetingof the Board of Commissioners ofWater District No. 11 at 6:00 p.m.,Monday, April 16, 2007, at theGrand Lake Waterworks office.

PRESENT: Jeffrey Jouett,Andre Abadie, Gerald Richard,Tim Fontenot, Grace Robideaux

ABSENT: NoneOTHER ATTENDEES: Mr.

Charles Precht, Police JurorDistrict 3; Mr. Cecil Sanner,District Attorney; Mr. TomBarrett, Assistant DistrictAttorney

The meeting was called toorder by Board President JeffreyJouett.

On motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by AndreAbadie and carried unanimously,the reading of the minutes wasdispensed with.

On motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by AndreAbadie and carried unanimously,the minutes from the March 19,2007 regular meeting, wereapproved as previously mailed out.

On motion of Gerald Richard,seconded by Andre Abadie and car-ried unanimously, the followingitems were added to the agenda:

1) Adding a fire hydrant onHwy 384

2) 6” pvc pipe for dry hydrantsThere was a general discus-

sion regarding fire protection insouthern Calcasieu Parish. Thefire district in that area would liketo use our water system. This issuewill be addressed further at a laterdate.

On motion of Tim Fontenot,seconded by Grace Robideaux andcarried unanimously, the fee forthe changes to be made in the RedBud Lane area will be $500.00.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Gerald Richard andcarried unanimously, an addition-al fire hydrant will be installed onHwy 384 in an effort to help lowerour fire rating.

On motion of Andre Abadie,seconded by Grace Robideaux andcarried unanimously, the districtwill purchase 10 joints of 6” pvcpipe to be used for dry hydrants inan effort to help lower our fire rat-ing.

On motion of Tim Fontenotseconded by Gerald Richard andcarried unanimously, the boardvoted to separate the electrical ser-vice at the Big Lake well site fromthe electrical service at the BigLake fire department contingentupon cost analysis.

There was a financial reportgiven for the month ending March31, 2007.

The superintendent’s reportwas presented by James Cox.

On motion of Gerald Richard,seconded by Grace Robideaux andcarried unanimously, all bills wereapproved for payment.

There being no further busi-ness, on motion of GraceRobideaux, seconded by TimFontenot and carried unanimous-ly, the meeting was declaredadjourned.

APPROVED: Jeffrey Jouett,President

ATTEST: Helen Williams,SecretaryRUN: May 24 (M-68)

LEGAL NOTICEThe Cameron Parish Clerk of

Court has adopted a final amend-ed budget for Fiscal 2007 and aproposed budget for fiscal 2008.Budgets of the Clerk’s office areavailable for public inspection dur-ing normal business hours at theOffice of the Clerk of Court, ParishCourthouse Building, Cameron,Louisiana.RUN: May 24 (M-69)

LEGAL NOTICEThe Cameron Parish Clerk of

Court will conduct a public hear-ing on the proposed budget for thefiscal year ended June, 2008. Saidhearing shall be held at 10:00a.m., June 13, 2007, at the Officeof the Clerk, Parish Courthouse,Cameron, Louisiana. Presentedbelow are the amended budget forFiscal 2007 and the proposedBudget for Fiscal 2008.

2007 Amended, 2008Proposed;

Revenues:Fees, 905,078; 900,000;Marriage Licenses, 842, 1000;Interest Earnings, 23,047,

4400;Compensation, 17,325, 17400;Hurricane Exp Reimb/Grants,

47,327, 0;Total Revenues: 993,620,

922,800.Expenditures:Personal Services, 573,018,

600,000;Supplies, 27,635, 28,000;Operating Expenses, 171,041,

175,000;Capital Outlay, 21,774,

25,000;Total Expenditures: 793,468,

828,000.Excess: 200,152, 94,800.

RUN: May 24 (M-70)


Cameron Parish Police Jury until11:30 a.m., Monday, June 4, 2007in the Police Jury AdministrativeOffice, 122 A Recreation Lane,Cameron, Louisiana, to grant alease for office space in the CreoleFire Station located at 184 EastCreole Highway, Creole,Louisiana.

All bids must be submitted onbid forms which may be obtainedfrom the Police JuryAdministrative Office by calling(337) 775-5718.

BY: /s/ Bonnie W. ConnerBONNIE W. CONNER,



Board will receive sealed bids onor before the hour of 10:00 A.M. onFriday, June 8, 2007 at theCameron Parish School BoardTemporary Office, 1039 Hwy 384Grand Lake, Lake Charles, LA70607 (physical address), P. O. Box1548 Cameron, Louisiana 70631(mailing address) for the deliveryand installation of playgroundequipment to the four school sitesin Cameron Parish.

All bids arriving after thisdate and hour will be returned tobidder unopened. The Boardreserves the right to reject anyand all bids and to waive informal-ities.

Specifications and bid sheetmay be obtained at the temporarySchool Board Office site in GrandLake, LA from 8:00 A.M. - 3:30P.M. on regular workdays.Contact: Doug Welch, Phone: 905-5784 Ext. 105.

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard reserves the right to rejectany and all bids submitted.

Cameron Parish School BoardBy: /s/ Doug Chance

DOUG CHANCE,SUPERINTENDENT

RUN: May 24, 31, June 7 (M 72)


Board will receive sealed bids onor before the hour of 10:00 A.M. onFriday, June 8, 2007 at theCameron Parish School BoardTemporary Office, 1039 Hwy 384Grand Lake, Lake Charles, LA70607 (physical address), P. O. Box1548 Cameron, Louisiana 70631(mailing address) for the electricalsystem upgrade in the older sec-tion of the Grand Lake HighSchool.

All bids arriving after thisdate and hour will be returned tobidder unopened. The Boardreserves the right to reject anyand all bids and to waive informal-ities.

Specifications and bid sheetmay be obtained at the temporarySchool Board Office site in GrandLake, LA from 8:00 A.M. - 3:30P.M. on regular workdays.Contact: Doug Welch, Phone: 905-5784 Ext. 105.

The Cameron Parish SchoolBoard reserves the right to rejectany and all bids submitted.

Cameron Parish School BoardBy Doug Chance,

SuperintendentRUN: May 24, 31, June 7 (M 76)

Legal NoticesCont. from Pg. 10


Bedding plants providecolor for summer yards

Proper watering neededfor plants to survive

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Successfully creating color-ful flower beds and containerplantings for summer dependsa lot on which plants youchoose. Fortunately, we havemany attractive and colorfulheat-tolerant plants to do thejob.

Much of the research theLSU AgCenter does on bed-ding plants is carried out byDr. Allen Owings in trials atthe Burden Center in BatonRouge. This research evalu-ates the performance of differ-ent types of bedding plantsand also compares differentvarieties of the same beddingplants in typical SouthLouisiana growing conditions.

Here are some of the best

performers from the LSUAgCenter’s Burden Center tri-als to consider as you makedecisions on what to put inyour garden. These plants canbe planted throughout thesummer.

The typical garden zinnia(Zinnia elegans) that many ofus are familiar with has morethan its share of insect anddisease problems, and thisoften leads to disappointmentin mid- to late summer - whenthe plants succumb to thesepests.

A different species of zin-nia, however, called the nar-row-leaf zinnia (Zinnia angus-tifolia) is far more insect- anddisease-resistant and rarelyhas major pest problems. It isa low-growing, sprawlingplant that produces multi-tudes of 1-inch single daisyflowers in orange, yellow andwhite, all with gold centers.The Crystal series, with morecompact, uniform plants, is animprovement over the species.The Star series also is excel-lent, though less uniform.Performance in sunny areas isreally outstanding, and theplants reliably hold upthrough the intense heat andrain of summer.

Profusion zinnias are theresult of crossing common zin-nias with narrow-leaf zinnias.The Profusion zinnias havereceived top marks in perfor-mance at Burden. They pro-duce short, compact, ball-shaped plants that are cov-ered with flowers through thesummer. The flowers are larg-er and come in more colorsthan narrow-leaf zinnias, butthe plants have inherited thepest resistance of that parent.The colors currently availableare Profusion White,Profusion Orange, ProfusionCherry, Profusion Fire(orange-red) and ProfusionApricot.

Torenia, or wishboneflower (Torenia fournieri), hasbeen one of my favorite sum-mer bedding plants for a longtime. You simply can’t beattheir reliable performance insun to part-shade. The neat,compact plants stay under afoot tall and come in variousshades of lavender-blue, pur-ple, pink and white.

When Summer Wave tore-nia became available severalyears ago, a whole new type oftorenia entered the gardeningscene. Producing unusuallylarge flowers of mediumlavender-blue, the plants pos-sess a vigorous low-spreadinghabit. One plant can easilycover a 2-foot-by-2-foot area(or larger), and they neverstop blooming until the firstfrost. Other colors are avail-able these days, such as PinkMoon (light lavender pink)and Amethyst (reddish pur-ple). And Proven Winners hasreleased the Catalina toreniaseries, which look like theywill be very similar.

Many of us have long beenfamiliar with perilla (Perillafrutescens). The most com-monly grown type has aromat-ic foliage that is ruffled anddark purple, and it can beused as a culinary herb as wellas an ornamental. A new vari-ety called Magilla perilla isvery different and rapidlybecoming popular. The darkpurple leaves are highlightedby an area of vivid magenta inthe middle. It closely resem-bles coleus (both are in themint family), grows to be 2feet tall or more and thrives infull sun to part shade. The col-ors are more muted in shadierareas.

A wonderful plant calledangelonia (Angelonia angusti-folia) showed up in nurseries afew years ago and performsbeautifully in sunny beds.Angelonias are outstandingperformers in the summerflower garden and will bloomuntil first freeze. They mayeven survive mild winters inprotected locations and bloomanother year. Look forAngelMist and Carita series,which come in a variety of col-ors. Perhaps the best angelo-nia is the new Serena series.Plants are more compact andbloom more than other types.

Coleus, which had alwaysbeen used in shady beds,began to be part of our sunnygardens with the release ofnew sun-tolerant types in the1990s. This trend has contin-ued, and virtually all the newcoleus varieties released inrecent years have been sun-tolerant. Bucking the trend,however, is the new Kongseries of coleus. Kong coleusessport leaves far larger thanother types of coleus and comein five different colors. Theyare not adapted to sun andmust be planted where theyget some shade to do theirbest. The bold texture andbright colors of the largeleaves make a dramatic addi-tion to shady beds.

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Proper watering can makethe difference between lifeand death to newly plantedlawns, trees, shrubs, beddingplants, vegetable transplantsand ground covers during thesummer.

Because their roots havenot had time to grow out intothe surrounding soil, theseplants do not yet have well-established root systems. Withtheir root systems still limitedto a relatively small area ofsoil, they are especially vul-nerable to drought stress.

TTrreeeessThe first summer after

planting is the most criticaltime for newly planted trees,and proper watering plays amajor role in whether or notthey survive - or how well theysurvive. Here are some effec-tive watering techniques fortrees.

One good method is to turna hose on trickle, lay the endon top of the ground within 6inches of the trunk of the treeand let the water trickle forabout 20 minutes to 30 min-utes. Or build a 4-inch highlevee out of soil around theedge of the area dug up toplant the tree. Fill this areawith water and let it slowlyseep into the root zone.

I’ve found one of the bestmethods is to use a heatedmetal skewer or ice pick topierce five to 10 holes throughthe bottom of a 5-gallon paintbucket or similar container.Make all the holes on one side.Place the bucket next to thetree trunk with the holes clos-est to the trunk. Fill up thecontainer, and the water willslowly seep through the holes,providing excellent irrigation.If you want, you can spraypaint the outside of the bucketdark green to make it lessnoticeable.

Use any of these tech-niques during hot weatherwhenever seven to 10 dayspass without substantial rain-fall. Continue to water twice aweek until a good rain occurs.Drought-stressed trees mayexperience wilting, leaf drop,yellow or brown leaves,scorched leaf edges or evendeath.

SShhrruubbssNewly planted shrubs will

need to be monitored morecarefully and watered morefrequently than establishedshrubs. Water with soakerhoses or sprinklers left on longenough for the water to pene-trate at least 4 to 6 inches intothe soil.

Keep in mind that all of anewly planted shrub’s rootsare in a small area - about thesize of the pot the shrub wasgrowing in before planting.This is especially true forshrubs planted after March,since they have had little timeto grow roots into the sur-rounding soil. A shrub can useup all the water in its root balland become drought stressedeven though the soil in the bedoutside of the root ball ismoist. So when checking thesoil moisture in the bed,

always be sure to stick yourfingers right around theshrubs themselves.

LLaawwnnssNow is a great time to lay

sod to install a new lawn orrepair an established one. Butkeep in mind that newly laidsod needs special attention towatering.

Water newly laid sod forabout 15 to 20 minutes everyday for the first seven to 10days. Then water for about 30minutes every other day foranother seven to 10 days.After that, irrigate the lawnthoroughly once or twice aweek, as needed, to encouragethe roots to grow deep into thesoil.

Do not water every day formore than 10 days or you mayencourage fungus diseases.And, of course, there is noneed to water if adequaterainfall occurs.

SSeeeeddssWater seeded areas (veg-

etable seeds, flower seeds orlawn seeds) lightly by hand orwith sprinklers every dayuntil the seeds germinate andstart to grow. It is critical forthe soil to stay moist duringgermination.

Once the seeds come up,water more thoroughly lessoften to encourage the roots togrow deep into the soil. As theseedlings become established,water normally as needed.

CCoonnttaaiinneerrssWatering plants in contain-

ers outside is a constant jobduring the summer. It is typi-cal to water every day, eventwice a day, when weather ishot and dry. Keep this in mindwhen considering how manyoutside container plants youcan maintain.

How often you have towater container plants isinfluenced by temperature,pot size, the type of pottingmix, the drought tolerance of aplant, whether a plant is insun or shade and how potbound a plant is. Plants needto be watered more frequentlywhen it is hot, if the contain-ers are small, if a light pottingmix is used, when plants arein a sunny location and whenplants are pot-bound. In addi-tion, clay pots tend to dry outfaster than plastic or glazedceramic pots.

To reduce the amount ofwatering you have to do, uselarger rather than smallerpots, choose a potting mix thatretains more water (it muststill be fast draining, howev-er), repot pot-bound plantsinto larger containers, useplastic pots and, if practical,move the plants into some-what shadier conditions.

Potting mixes will retainmore water with the additionof hydrophilic polymers. Thesegelatin-like particles holdlarge amounts of water with-out creating a waterlogged soilcondition. Look for these poly-mer products or potting mixesthat contain them where gar-den supplies are sold.

PROUD FIRST grandparents are Paul and CyndiSellers of Cameron shown above with their twin grand-daughters, Chloe and Claire Sellers. The twins were bornto Michael and Erica Sellers of Denham Springs on May19.

CHLOE ANNE SELLERSand

CLAIRE MICHELLE SELLERS

Michael and Erica Sellers,of Denham Springs announcethe birth of their first twochildren, Chloe Anne andClaire Michelle, on Saturday,May 19. They weighed 5 lbs.15.8 oz and 5 lbs 10.3 oz,respectively.

Grandparents are Pauland Cyndi Sellers of

Cameron, and Dale andPhyllis Woods of Egan. Greatgrandparents are MariannaTanner Primeaux ofBrousard, Murphy Sellers ofAbbeville, Clara Douglas ofEgan, and Wilfred and ZoraWoods of Gueydan.

Michael, a 1996 SouthCameron High School gradu-ate, is employed as a videog-rapher at station WBRZ inBaton Rouge, and Erica is aradiation therapist at BatonRouge General Hospital.

The couple has no otherchildren. The girls are thefirst grandchildren for bothsets of grandparents as well.

Births told


GENEVA GRIFFITH is shown signing a copy of the newHurricane Audrey book while the author, Cathy Post, left,and Mrs. Geneva’s son, Leslie Griffith, and daughter,Cherie Kay Giblin, observe. Book signings were held atfour Cameron parish libraries last week


PICTURED AT the Sundance Film Festival in Park City,Utah, were, from left, siblings and Lake Charles nativesBethany Ashton Wolf and Jace Johnson, who wrote andproduced the movie, “Little Chenier,” and Amy Johnson,associate producer. It was partially shot in CameronParish.

ABOVE IS A scene from the movie “Little Chenier,” which was partially shot inCameron Parish in 2005, just prior to Hurricane Rita. Shown are T-Boy, played by CliftonCollins, Jr., and Pemon, played by Frederick Koehler, at their bait stand. The Louisianapremier was held Wednesday, May 23 in Broussard, and will be shown again at 7:30p.m., Saturday, May 26 at Cité des Arts, 109 Vine St., Lafayette.

JUDGE H. WARD FONTENOT is shown receiving arose bush from Lee Steven, founder of Restoring Rosesto Southern Gardens. Sempra Energy and the SouthwestRose Society also participated in the presentation of 600rose bushes to Cameron Parish residents last Friday.


REPRESENTATIVES OF Sempra Energy are shown being presented a plaque by LeeSteven, founder of Restoring Roses to Southern Gardens, at a ceremony held at theCameron Library last Friday during which rose bushes were given to parish residentsby the organization with the aid of Sempra Energy. (Photo by Cyndi Sellers.)

A LARGE BARGE is now doing dredging in the ship channel at Hackberry.(Photo courtesy of Grace Welch.)

CAMERON PARISH 4-H Horse Essay contest winners are Pictured above, from left:Kennedy Darbonne, Madison Bonsall, Taylor Johnson, Colleen Manuel, and SamanthaWilliams. The horses were picked up by the winners on Sunday, May 20 at the McNeeseFarm. (Photo courtesy of Lou Ann Jenkins.)

THESE DRAWINGS of some of the stained glass windows designated for St. Peter theApostle Catholic Church in Hackberry are located in front of the hall for everyone to see.

(Photo courtesy of Grace Welch.)


Geneva Griffith made atrip back to Cameron lastweek, her first sinceHurricane Rita. She was intown for a court case and forthe Cameron Library booksigning for author CathyPost's new book "HurricaneAudrey: The Deadly Storm of1957", which features herfamily's story as well as oth-ers. Many of her friends mether at the library to say helloand wish her a happy 85thbirthday.

Geneva's daughter CherieKay drove her over fromBaton Rouge, where she nowlives. Neither could recognizemuch. Cherie wasn't surewhich new house belonged toMargaret Jones, since all thefamiliar landmarks weregone. Geneva said she didn'trecognize a single thing.

When asked how she feltabout the changes, she said"I've come to accept thesethings, since I've lost every-thing twice." Both wereamazed at how many mobilehomes have replaced sturdyhouses in the aftermath of thestorm.

Post's book tells the storyof the Griffith family and alsothose of the Cecil Clark,Raymond Bartie, WhitneyBroussard, Cagle andMarshall families. Others dis-cussed include Sheriff O.B.Carter, Tommy and SidneyDeBarge, Johnny and EstherMeaux, and Wynona Welch.

A member of the Caglefamily, Post became interest-ed in her family's experiencesduring Audrey and began

work on her book in the sum-mer of 2004, finishing it onthe day Hurricane Katrinastruck in 2005. She said herpublisher, Pelican Press, wasunder water in New Orleanswhen she tried to ship thefirst part of the manuscript.She called FedEx and gotthem to deliver it. The onlyone in the office was the edi-tor-in-chief. He e-mailed assoon as he had power andinternet and asked for therest of the book. He remem-bered Audrey.

Post said she is delightedwith the way Pelican hastaken off and promoted thebook. It is being sold throughAmazon.com in Canada,Great Britain, Italy, France,Germany, New Zealand,Australia, and Japan, and shehas a host of book signings setup in various states.

She is especially pleasedwith the printing processused for the old photographsin the book. Pelican used aspecialist printer to get thebest results, she said.

Post's book is in a differentformat than others writtenabout Audrey. It is a narra-tive, beginning the day beforethe storm and continuinguntil two days after. Eachfamily's actions and words areinterwoven into a seamlessstory that reads almost like anovel. Except that it is true.

Even if readers havealready purchased the previ-ous books, this one is differ-ent, and well worth the timeto read. Especially since nextmonth marks the 50thanniversary of HurricaneAudrey.

Geneva Griffith returnsfor signing of new book

4-H horse essay winnersCameron Parish 4-H

Horse Essay contest winnersare as follows:

Madison Bonsall, KennedyDarbonne, Colleen Manuel,Taylor Johnson andSamantha Williams.

The 4-H club had 19essays submitted to competefor a horse. The essays werejudged by two 4-H agents indifferent parishes.

If you missed your chanceto write an essay, the 4-H Jr.Leaders are selling raffle tick-ets for a $1 to win a 6 month

old paint colt. The colt was donated by

Ken Venable of Cross Ranch.The raffle tickets can be pur-chased at the 4-H office inGrand Lake or from a Jr.Leader club member.

The Jr. Leaders are sellingthe raffle tickets until June10. The money collected fromthe raffle sale will go towardthe Jr. Leaders summer trip.

For further information onthe raffle sale please call the4-H office at 905-1318.

Port leasesland topipeline Co.

The Lake Charles Harborand Terminal Districtannounced that the Port ofLake Charles and SheehanPipe Line ConstructionCompany have entered into asix month lease agreementon twenty acres of propertylocated in Westlake. Theacreage will be used as astaging area and field officefor the construction company.

Sheehan will use theacreage for staging equip-ment and as a base of opera-tions to install pipeline forCheniere’s Creole Trail LNGterminal. Creole Trail LNGwill be located on 1,463 acresalong the Calcasieu RiverShip Channel in CameronParish, Louisiana. Sheehanwill also use the site as loca-tion for workers to report fortransport to the pipeline con-struction site.

Sheehan is one of thenation’s oldest pipeline con-struction companies and hascompleted more than 23,000miles of pipe since 1903.

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