Task Force

Sheriff Mike Couvillon encourages all citizens with infor-mation in regards to illegal drug activities to contact the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Office or the Vermilion Parish Municipal Narcotics Task Force at 337-740-4501 or e-mail the Task Force anonymously at taskforce@vpso.net and your e-mail will be held in the “strictest of confidence” and replied to in a very timely manner. More info on reporting drug activities can be seen on their Web Site at www.vpso.net.

T-shirts Sale The Les Dames de Gueydan are now taking orders for “If you lived in Gueydan” T-Shirts. Short and long sleeves T-shirts can be purchased through any Les Dames member.

Relay for LifeAmerican Cancer

Society M.H.S. Alumni team will hold a Wom-anless Beauty Pageant and Pork Jambalaya dinner on Saturday, March 14 at the Guey-dan Civic Center. Do-nation of $7.00. Will began serving at 5 p.m. Presentation of the Beauty Contest will begin at 7 p.m. with an auction during the intermission. For more information call 788-1039.

St. Peters Book Fair

St. Peters Catholic School will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair from March 9-13,2015. For more informa-tion call the St. Peters School offi ce at 536-7930.

Benefi t for KennedySaturday, April 18,

2015 there will be a skeet shot and family day for the benefi t of Kennedy Thompson who is fi ghting a termi-nal disease. The fund-raiser will be held at the Fournerat Hunting Club in Kaplan with a silent and live auction, music, food, fun jumps and games. For more information call Jenni-fer (581-1504), Angela (458-1131), Eric (581-6056) or www.ican-4kennedy.com.

Local Events Birthdays parties, anniversaries, baby showers and wedding shower photos can be emailed to gueydanjo-urnal@bellsouth.net or dropped off at the Main Street offi ce. For more information please call 536-6016.

LAKE ARTHUR - Jefferson Davis parish sheriff offi ce re-ceived a call around 8 p.m. Sat-urday night that an abandoned vehicle was on fi re north of Hwy 14 on FT Smith Road in Vermil-ion Parish. The vehicle, a 2012 Hyundai, white in color was reg-istered to Charles Raymond Tal-en, Sr. of 1216 Pom Roy Road in Jefferson Davis Parish.

Deputies responded to the Talen residence to inform him of the vehicle fi re and discovered a white male down in the resi-dence. Deputies entered the resi-dence and found Talen, 73, dead in his home. The coroner was dispatched and Calcasieu Parish

Sheriff’s offi ce Forensic investi-gative unit responded to gather evidence and process the scene.

Detectives are investigating the death as a homicide at this time.

If anyone has information pertaining to this investigation, please contact Jefferson Davis Sheriff offi ce detectives at (337) 821-2106.

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Search Committeefi nds a jewel when looking for a pastor

GUEYDAN - On Friday, February 27, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. the 7th District Baptist Association, will install Reverend Peter J. Joseph as the new Pastor of Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church of Guey-dan. Reverend Gerald Perkins, Sr. President of the 7th District Baptist Association will offi ciate and Reverend Ivan Lewis of Israelite Baptist Church of Crowley will deliver the Instillation sermon.

Reverend Joseph, a native of Crowley, will be the 6th Pastor in the 129 year history of Mt. Zion, which was formed by Rev. W.M. Baker in 1886.

Reverend Joseph is the son of the late Peter A. Jo-seph and Sevelia of Crowley. He is a 1974 graduate of Crowley High and the famed E.K. Bailey Exposi-tory School of Ministry of Dallas, Tx.

The Mt. Zion Pastoral Search Committee was formed after Reverend Jean Goodie resigned as Pas-tor due to health complication. The Committee com-prised of Deacons Ned Robinson, Robert Guilbeaux, Kendrick Wilson, Sr., and Vanessa Maxile, Cas-sandra Wilson, Andrew Huntley and Tonry Maxile begin their search in October 2014. In their recom-

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SUBMITTED PHOTOA burnt 2012 white Hyundai four door car was found on FT Smith Road last Saturday night and is now part of a homicide investigation in Jefferson Davis Parish. The car belonged to Charles Raymond Talen.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOReverend Peter J. Joseph will be the new Pastor at the Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church. He will begin his work on Friday, February 27.

Honeybear fans waiting for a winBY JUSTIN ZAUNBRECHERSPORTS EDITOR

GUEYDAN - The Gueydan Hon-eybears took to the road on one of the coldest days in a month after mov-ing their game from Tuesday night to Wednesday night. With hazardous road warnings throughout North Louisiana the Honeybears leave hoping to come back with a win.

It started off with the win from last Thursday, playing to a full house on home court and has taken the Honey-bears to this week’s road trip to Mer-ryville.

The Honeybears took down Mont-gomery in fi rst round of playoffs.

On February 19, the Honeybears welcomed the Montgomery Lady Ti-gers to Gueydan for the Bi-District

round of the playoffs. The Honeybears were ranked number 12, and the Lady Tigers were ranked number 21. The Lady Tigers are from District 3-1A. Ev-eryone knew that this was going to be a great game because it is the playoffs.

The Honeybears outscored the Lady Tigers in the fi rst quarter 7-3. Scoring for the Honeybears in the fi rst quarter was Sheridan Guidry (2), Ashari Terry (2), and Kylie Crochet (3). Scoring for the Lady Tigers was Karlee Teddlie (2), and Kelsey Scraggs (1). In the second quarter, both the Honeybears and the Lady Tigers scored 10 points. At half-time, the Honeybears had the lead 17-13. Scoring for the Honeybears in the second quarter was Ke’ara Charles (2), Sheridan Guidry (2), Ashari Terry (3), and Kylie Crochet (3). Scoring for the

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Berwick Bay, the bay that leads to the Atchafalaya River at Mor-gan City, was a busy place in the middle 1800s, and in the view of a St. Mary Parish newspaper editor it was the gateway to paradise.

The bay was one of the few places between New Orleans and Galveston with deep enough draft to allow bigger boats to come in from the Gulf, and it was at the conjunction of the Atchafalaya River and Bayou Teche, the major arteries into the plantation country of south Louisiana.

In later years it would become the westernmost point where side-wheel steamships from the Gulf could connect with a rail line run-ning from Algiers (across the Mis-sissippi River from New Orleans) to Brashear City (as Morgan City was then known). That would make the bay and its wharves a strategic point for shippers by the late 1850s and a much fought over point during the Civil War.

But the railroad had not yet been built and war clouds were not yet ominous in Septem-ber 1849 when a letter signed “S.C.R. Jr.” was published in The Planters’ Banner, giving a glimpse into the fl avor and character of the busy bay in the days when practi-cally everything moved by water.

This was just about the time that plantations that had been established by Walter Brashear, one of the fi rst men to make a fortune off of sugar in south

Louisiana, were being subdivided by his descendants, but before Brashear City had been developed as a substantial port. Brashear died in 1842, and his descendants evidently began to sell parts of his two plantations in the late 1840s.

At the time the letter was writ-ten, paddle-wheeled steamboats had been plying the inland waters of south Louisiana for some time (regular steamboat service be-tween New Orleans and New Ibe-ria began in 1819), but the activity described in S.C.R.’s letter draws a picture of a burgeoning inter-national port where the steamers that worked the inland bayous met sailing ships from faraway and exotic places.

Some of these sailing ships could travel a good way up Bayou Teche and had established regular runs to bring trade goods for sale in communities such as Patterson-ville (now Patterson) and Frank-lin. The Planter’s Banner regularly ran notices advertising that “a new schooner load” had replenished the stock at one store or another,

“In the winter the bay pres-ents a perfect panorama,” the letter tells us, “numerous steam-

ers, brigs, and barks, with other smaller craft, are seen coming up the harbor under full sail; vessels are visible, too, along the bay and rivers, at plantations, discharging or receiving freight, and the alter-nately hoarse and shrill cries of the sailors and their merry songs sound oddly enough echoing through the woods.”

Daniel Dennett, the editor of the newspaper and a constant pro-moter of south Louisiana, added his own observations to those of the letter writer.

“When this parish arrives at a high state of perfection in regard to the cultivation of our soil and the banks of these bayous and lakes are fi lled with beautiful greenery and the waving branches of ornamental trees and rich … shrubbery, and luxuriant and high-ly cultivated fi elds, and splendid dwelling houses, and smiling villages, the eye of the stranger will be captivated, and those who visit St. Mary will look upon these bayous, lakes and bays, whose borders will be clothed in all the rich beauties of nature and art, as the scenery of a perfect para-dise, where the verdant images of romance have become realities and where Utopian dreams are no longer considered visionary.”.

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Obituaries

John Wilfred Lege, Jr.

GUEYDAN - Funeral services for John Wilfred Lege, Jr., 68 of Gueydan, were held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 11 a.m. with Chaplin Francis Fontenot offi ciating. Visitations were held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 17, from 3:30 p.m. until 9 p.m. Visi-tations were resumed on Wednesday, February 18 at 8 a.m. until the time of his service.

Wilfred was born in Crowley, on November 17, 1946 to the late John Wilfred Lege, Sr. and the late Louisiana Trahan Lege. He was called to his Heavenly Father on February 14, 2015. Wilfred worked as a Boat Captain. He loved doing woodworking and small engine repair. Wilfred was loved by many and will be greatly missed.

Wilfred is survived by his loving wife of forty seven years, Juanita Mae Martin Lege of Gueydan; one son, Dema David (Kari) of Richmond, VA; three daugh-ters, Anita Lyn Lege of Gueydan, Mary Amanda Lege of Gueydan, Andrea Faith Lege of Prairieville; three brothers, Willis James (Edna) Lege, Sr. of Kaplan, Jes-sie Roy (Jennifer) Lege of New Jersey Michael Lloyd (Marylin) Lege of Gueydan; four sisters, Mary Edna (Thurman) Floyd of Kaplan, Gloria Ann Hoffpuier of Alexandria, Theresa (Chris) Broussard of Gueydan, Renella Ann (Allen) Viator of Gueydan; seven grand-children, Mallory Lege Lee, Dante Lege, Alexander Lege, Allison Lege, Keegan Lege, Amaiya Buckner and Mekei Buckner; one great grandchild, Adric Dema Lege Lee.

Wilfred was welcomed into Heaven by the family whom preceded him in death; his parents, John Wilfred Lege, Sr. and Louisiana T. Lege; one sister, Peggy M. Lege.

To extend online condolences, please visit the Mat-thews and Son website at www.matthewsandsonfuner-alhome.net.

Arrangements were entrusted to Matthews andSon Funeral Home.

Kenneth Michael Mouton

GUEYDAN - Ken-neth Michael Mouton, 69 of Washington, LA was called from this life on February 17, 2015. Ken-neth was born in Guey-dan, to the late Vernis P. Mouton and the late Mary Bernice Hebert Mouton on November 20, 1945. Kenneth loved to listen to French Music and Country Music. He loved to watch TV on a big screen TV. Kenneth loved to travel with ARC.

Kenneth is survived by four brothers, James “Jim-my” (Anita “Mac”) Mouton of New Iberia, Randy (Jennifer) Mouton of Arnaudville, Richard “Ricky” (Melissa) Mouton of Gueydan; two sisters, Emilie M. McCown of Iowa, Lucinda “Cindy” (Randy) Stelly of Lake Charles; one sister-in-law, Lana Mouton of Guey-dan.

He is preceded in death by his parents; Vernis and Bernice Mouton; one brother, Ronald “Ronnie” Mou-ton.

A Mass of Christian burial was held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Gueydan, on Thursday, Febru-ary 19, 2015 at 2 p.m. with Very Reverend Anthony Fontenot offi ciating. Burial followed in the Gueydan Cemetery under the direction of Matthews and Son Fu-neral Home. A gathering of family and friends was held at Matthews and Son Funeral Home in Gueydan, on Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. with a Rosary recited at 7 p.m. by Lana Mouton and Junior Marceaux. Visitation resumed on Thursday at 9 a.m. until the time of his Funeral Mass.

The family would like to extend a sincere Thank You to all the employees of Arc of Iberia and Arc of St. Landry. They made Kenneth’s life so full of friends and good times during the fi nal two decades of his life. Special Thanks to Tiffany Jones for her compassionate care and love during the last six years. Monetary dona-tions to these two very special organizations would be appreciated.

Special thanks also to the ER and ICU of Opelousas General Hospital, especially Shayna, Nicole and Jo-

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Gueydan Library recently held a Valentine party for children of all ages on Thursday, February 12. Children and mothers attending the party are, from left, Jayden Lege, Michael Melancon, Payton Price, Parker Abshire and Jaylin Lege.

seph, his registered nurses and Dr. Quebodeaux and Dr. Parks his doctors.

To extend online condolences, please visit the Mat-thews and Son website at www.matthewsandsonfuner-alhome.net.

Arrangements were entrusted to Matthews andSon Funeral Home.

Book Fair slated for March 9-13

SUBMITTED PHOTOJesse Owens Elementary School’s first grade students recently enjoyed having a guest speaker tell them about good dental care. Guest speaker Amanda Lege with Dr. Mancuso Dental Office held the students attentions while explaining the advantages of dental care. First grade students are in no particular order, Millie Elliott,Isaac Walton ,Braxton Leger, Braylie Plaisance, Kylan Romero, Andrew Richard, Melania Neil, Rylee Broussard, Joshua Mayer, Hunter Laseter, Jolie Trahan, CJ Benoit, Jenna Slack, Kamryn Vincent, Rylee Mouton, Christopher Foreman, Laiken Jones, Taylen Fontenot, Shawn Perrin, Baili Meaux, and Layne Porter. Back row, Amanda Lege.

GUEYDAN - St. Pe-ters Catholic School has recently announced the school will be holding a Scholastic Book Fair from March 9-13,2015.

According to school librarian Kay Ockwell, “The book fair is being held to raise money for

the school library. The li-brary is in desperate need of new books”.

The fair will be in the St. Peters School library during school hours and will also be open Wednes-day March 11 and Thurs-day 12 from 3-4 p.m. for

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Birthdays

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL 3A Lifestyles

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Gueydan Library recently helped children learn about National Dental Health Month by hosting a story hour. A short dental clip was shown to the children and an activ-ity center with crafts and information was available. Gia Martin learned simple instructions and experimented on how to brush.

SUBMITTED PHOTOLiam Vallo, son of Scott and Brandy Vallo of Gueydan celebrated his first birthday with a “Sock Monkey” theme party. Helping celebrate were family, friends and neigh-bors.

mendation address to the church, Deacon Robert Guilbeaux said, “It is our humble opinion that Rev-erend Joseph personifi es the request set forth in our search for a pastor. He has the passion and skills to provide spiritual guidance to members of all genera-tions and he is an experi-enced, holy-spirit fi lled Servant, Leader, Preacher and Teacher. He is natu-rally compassionate and has a passion for reaching

people for Christ. Rev. Jo-seph embodies the quali-ties and demonstrated leadership that will effec-tively lead Mount Zion to Reach Up, Reach In, and Reach Out.”

The Installation ser-vice will be held at Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church located at 310 13th Street, Gueydan. A reception honoring Rev-erend Joseph will follow the service and will be conducted at the Gueydan Civic Center at 901 Wilk-erson Street, Gueydan.

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Pastor: Generations

Wedding dresses made from a parachute

SUBMITTED PHOTORelay and Joycelyn Adams married on her birthday wearing a beautiful silk dress hand made by her mother from a parachute.

SUBMITTED PHOTOWedding dresses made out of silk parachute were not rare during the time of rations in 1947.

SUBMITTED PHOTOMrs. Isaac Saltzman made many dresses for her daughters.

She may not have walked down the aisle in a couture dress made by a famous designer, but, Joycelyn Saltzman Ad-ams did wear a wedding dress made from the lov-ing hands of her mother, Mrs. Isaac Saltzman.

At the time Joycelyn and her groom, Relay Adams married, the Ho-locaust was happening thousands of miles away causing the death of mil-lions and having an ef-fect on folks across the United States with ef-fects here in South Loui-siana.

Rationing would deeply affect the Ameri-can way of life, food, gas, and even clothing, including silk, what

most wedding dresses are made of were what Americans had to stand in line for.

Knowing full well that Americans were asked to conserve on ev-erything Mrs. Saltzman made her daughters each a dress out of a brilliant white silk parachute. First using it as gradua-tion dresses then later to marry in.

Joycelyn and Relay married on the bride’s 18th birthday on June 14, 1947.

As it turns out, para-chute silk, used for wed-ding dresses, happened quite a few times in that era, Putting a smile on many bride’s faces.

Womanless Beauty Pageant slated for March 14 The American Cancer

Society M.H.S. Alumni Relay for Life Team will hold its’ annual fund raiser on Saturday, March 14 at the Gueydan Civic Center.

A Pork Jambalaya dinners for $7 per plate will be served at 5 p.m. with cold beverages and sweets. Dinners will be served to go with drive through service or dine in. The promenade of contes-tants will begin at 7 p.m.

Anyone interested in participating in this event may pick up forms at the Morse City Hall or Guey-dan Journal.

The winner of the pag-eant will be determined by

the most money pick-up by the contestant during their presentation.

All proceeds from the event will go to the Aca-dia Relay for Life Cancer Team.

Admission is $5 for adults and $1 for students and under. Music will be provided by Louisiana Sounds, D.J. Scott Ab-shire.

This year’s fund raiser will have auction dur-ing intermission. Anyone wishing to donate auction items or purchase Jamba-laya tickets can call, Con-nie Fruge (337) 783-5798 or Thelma Fusilier (337) 788-1039.

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SUBMITTED PHOTO2014 Womanless Queen Blaize Lantier and first runner-up Justin Broussard.

Editorial4A THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015

Five Years Ago Four students from the Gueydan FFA Chapter completed their leadership activities at Gueydan High School they were Josh Breaux, Austin Zaunbrecher, Alex Trahan, and Canaan Delhomme. Shyla Viator at Jesse Owens El-ementary in fourth grade placed fi rst in the non-fi ction category of the Young Authors Contest. More than 150 elementary students from St. Peter School in Gueydan col-lected bottles of loose change to benefi t Miles Perret Cancer Services. The total from St. Peter was $850 and these funds raised will stay in Acadiana area. Members of the St. Peter Beta Club for the year 2009-10 were Bayli Simon, Olivia Richard, Gabe Hebert, Lexi Langlinais, Randy Lepretre, Gabriel LeBouef, Jude Hebert, Anna Nguyen, Caitlyn Abshire, Alina Nguyen, Kaitlyn Thevis, Kailey LeJeune, Madison Petry, Diana Nguyen, Lance Gaspard, Keigan Hanks, Madison Lege, Holly Hebert, Annie Simon, and Mason Reed.

Ten Years AgoSt. Peters School held a Clay Shoot-out for a fundraiser at the Elite Shooting

Club in Evangeline. Lloyd Suire, Bob Theriot, Ronald Mouton, and Hubert Suire placed third out of 22 teams. Emma Claire LeJeune daughter of Damian LeJeune and Bobbie Jo LeJeune celebrated her fi rst birthday at the home of her grandparents, Bob (Pappy) and Nancy (Nana) Hens-gens. She is also the granddaughter of Dwight and Rowena Hardee and John and June Istre. Members of Les Dames de Gueydan attended the annual Louisiana Federa-tion of Women’s Clubs International Supper in Lafayette. Members at-tending were Kayla Langlinais, Judy LeBlanc, Kristi Gaspard, Tammy Broussard, Becky Fluitt, Eva Smith and Antia Dupuis. .

Fifteen Years Ago Gueydan artist, Joseph Boatner He-bert won fi rst place in the Rice Capital Juried Art Competition held at the Crowley Art Association. He carved a statue of Jean Pierre Gueydan our founder. Julie Baker, a member of Vermilion Parish Young Farmers and Ranchers Committee attend the Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers and Ranchers Leader-

ship Conference. Baker is the daughter of Roy and Beverly Baker of Gueydan. Gloria Babin, LPN received a plaque for the Employee of the Month at the Gueydan Memorial Guest Home from Administrator Bob Hensgens.

Giulianiversus Obama

The fi restorm of denunciation of former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, for having said that he did not think Barack Obama loved America, is in one sense out of all proportion to that remark -- especially at a time when there are much bigger issues, including wars raging,

terrorist atrocities and a nuclear Iran on the horizon.

Against that background of strife and dangers on the world stage, it may seem as if Barack Obama’s feelings, or Rudolph Giuliani’s opin-ion about those feelings, should not matter so much, especially when it is hard to know with certainty how anyone feels. Yet when someone is the leader of a

great nation at a historic juncture, it is more than idle curiosity to know what drives him.

It is not clear what the basis was for so much outrage at Mayor Giuliani’s opinion about Presi-dent Obama. Was it that what Giuliani said was demonstrably false? Was it that Barack Obama is supposed to be considered innocent until proven guilty?

Anyone who simply looks at the factual evidence as to whether Obama loves America, or does not, will fi nd remarkably little to suggest love and a large amount of evidence, over a long period of years, showing his constant close association with people fi ercely hostile to this country. Jeremiah Wright was just one in a long series of such people.

Barack Obama’s campaign promise to “fundamentally change the United States of America” hardly suggests love. Nor did his international speaking tour in 2009, telling foreign audiences that America was to blame for problems on the world stage.

President Obama’s record in the White House has been more of the same. Among his earliest acts were offending our oldest and closest allies, Britain and Israel, and betraying the country’s previous commitments to provide anti-missile defenses to Poland and the Czech Republic.

Obama’s refusal to let Ukraine have weapons with which to defend itself from Russian inva-sion was consistent with this pattern, and consis-tent with his whispered statement -- picked up by a microphone that was still on -- to tell “Vladi-mir” that, after the 2012 election was over, he would be able to “have more ‘fl exibility.’”

Conceivably, these might all have been simply blunders. But such a string of blunders would require someone very stupid, and Barack Obama is by no means stupid. The net effect is that in Europe, the Middle East and Asia, America’s allies and America’s interests face far more setbacks and dangers today than when Obama took offi ce.

His policies have been publicly criticized by two of his own former Secretaries of Defense, by two retired four-star generals who served during his administration, and a retired four-star admiral who also served in the Middle East during the Obama administration has called his policies “anti-American.”

Some people who are denouncing former mayor Rudolph Giuliani seem to be saying that it is just not right to accuse a President of the United States of being unpatriotic. But when Barack Obama was a Senator, that is precisely what he said about President George W. Bush. Where was the outrage then?

If all else fails, critics of Mayor Giuliani can say that a man is entitled to be considered “in-nocent until proven guilty.” But that principle applies in a court of law. Outside a court of law, there is no reason to presume anyone innocent until proven guilty. It is especially dangerous to presume a President of the United States -- any president -- innocent until proven guilty.

Whoever is president has the lives of hun-dreds of millions of Americans, and the fate of a nation, in his hands. It is those millions of people and that nation who deserve the benefi t of the doubt. We need to err on the side of safety for the people and the country. Squeamish politeness to an individual cannot outweigh that.

We need to keep that in mind for the next president, and for all future presidents. We might have been better off if the question of Obama’s patriotism had been raised before he was fi rst elected. Never should we ignore so many red fl ag warnings again.

There is little that can be done about President Obama now, no matter what he does. Impeach-ment, even if it succeeded, would mean Joe Biden as president and riots across the country. It is hard to know which would be worse.

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

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Highlights of the PastCompiled by Cheryl Simon • From past issues of the Gueydan Journal

Relationships can be easy to start but difficult to end.

The trepidation that comes with breaking a heart or hurting a friend can incentivize a person to stay in a relationship that is clearly not working. In the younger years, these moments deliver some strong life lessons as we move from adolescence to adulthood. In the later part of our lives, the ending of a relationship can more likely come in the form of losing a family member or dear friend to sickness, a painful life lesson we all will experience at some point.

In between youth and end of life, our relationships can be plentiful and take many different forms with our friends, family, neighbors and business relation-ships. How these all begin, and whether or not they grow, stagnate or end, can be some of our most challenging deci-sions to make throughout our lives.

Our laws sometime govern the legal-ity of these relationships. One example is the fact that Louisiana is one of three states in the country to offer a Covenant Marriage to its residents. This option requires pre-marital counseling, an agreement to live together as husband and wife forever and a commitment to pursue counseling should a significant disagreement arise before seeking to terminate the marriage. No one in Loui-siana is required to enter into this type of union, but it is available for those who have discussed the option, debated the merits and feel strongly about the longevity of their relationship.

In short, this voluntary, elevated level of commitment calls for ad-ditional steps before a relationship is ended without some specific steps and significant cause. While no similar law exists for lawyer/client relationships, the members of the New Orleans area Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) appeared to have inadvertently entered a “Covenant Lawsuit” relationship that they are find-ing very difficult to terminate on their own.

Two years ago, these members de-cided to enter into a relationship behind

closed doors with an aggressive trial attorney on a big contin-gency fee basis to file a lawsuit against numer-ous employers around the state. Just like many relationships, at first it seemed too good to be

true for these members. Unlike many relationships, this one drew national publicity for its unorthodox legal basis and breathtaking disregard for work-ing within the existing master plan approach and cavalier disinterest in protecting Louisiana’s improving busi-ness climate.

Last week, this relationship was dealt a big blow thanks to U.S. Dis-trict Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown’s ruling to dismiss the suit for failure to state a valid claim. The writing is now on the wall for this relationship and it sure seems that SLFPA-E members are looking for a way to break up.

These members could cite sev-eral significant pieces of the ruling as justification for this breakup, such as when the court stated that there isn’t any specific law creating a duty to these employers, or the even SLFPA-E themselves, to protect the public from the results of coastal erosion allegedly caused by operators.

Other worthwhile points to make would be the court again clarifying that a permit or license is not a contract or when it said that, “Plaintiff fails to present any authority suggesting that a dredging permit issued by the federal government is a contract. Nor does he state the authority for the proposition that the third party beneficiary doctrine applies outside of a contractual relation-ship.”

If that doesn’t work, the members could possibly remind the attorneys that the court said, “Plaintiff essentially urges this Court to expand Louisiana law by finding that a natural servitude

of drain may exist between non-adjacent estates with respect to coastal storm surge. However, neither the codal articles nor the case law supports such a finding,”

It would seem citing this language to reveal the clear position by this federal court would be enough to terminate the relationship, but if not, the extremely poor odds of success on appeal should be enough to deliver the knockout blow.

Enter the fine print.The contract that originally consum-

mated this relationship had the follow-ing poison pill provision: “In the event of a judgment unfavorable to client or the levee districts in said court, JSHG will, in consultation with client, and if in JSHG’s sole opinion good grounds exist, appeal said cause to the appropri-ate court of appeals and prosecute same to a final determination therein.”

Despite the obvious irreconcilable differences brewing between members of SLFPA-E and their legal counsel, this attorney is citing this poison pill and threatening to charge SLFPA-E millions of dollars if they refuse to continue the relationship by agreeing to his demand to appeal. The message is clear: leave me now and you will pay handsomely.

Normally, the rule of thumb for lawyers is that the client comes first, but I guess we now know who wears the pants in this family. You don’t typically see prenups more one-sided than this one.

In a relationship, tempers can flare and emotions run hot. It happens from time to time, but cooler heads must prevail.

It is time for the attorney in this case to take a step back and do the right thing. Let the relationship go. The spark is gone. It’s over. It is time to move on to other things. We can still be friends. It’s not you…it’s us.

Stephen Waguespack is the presi-dent of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the largest and most effective advocacy organization in the state.

It’s not you...It’s us

StephenWaguespack

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL 5A

SUBMITTED PHOTOGueydan High School student Spencer Broussard shows his swine at the Livestock Show in State Level and he place first in showmanship.

SUBMITTED PHOTOGueydan High School students attended recently attended the Livestock State Show. Placing their division, are, from left, first place showmanship, Spencer Broussard; first place in reserve champion intermediate showmanship, Hunter Lepretre; and third place showmanship, Ernest Stone.

SUBMITTED PHOTOStudents at Gueydan High School show their superhero pride for the Honeybears and Montgomery game held on Thursday, February 19, they are front row, Trenton Latiolais and Kade Guillory; back row, from left, Zach Blanchard, Trevor Ladelle, Brandon LeBlanc, Anthony Levy, and Colton Woods.

When LSU AgCenter and Sea Grant agent Mark Shirley was busy survey-ing a crawfi sh pond south of Abbeville recently, he found both good and bad news for connoisseurs of crawfi sh – cold water, but a healthy supply of very small crawfi sh.

Shirley said the catch has been slow for the area but not unusual for late winter. He found the pond’s water temperature to be 52 degrees, which is cold for cold-blooded ani-mals like crawfi sh. They typically are not actively feeding under such condi-tions, which makes craw-fi sh diffi cult to catch.

Shirley did fi nd a good number of small crawfi sh. And as spring approaches and brings warmer weath-er, these crawfi sh should grow to market size and increase the available sup-ply.

“Right now it looks like we should have a suffi cient supply of craw-fi sh on into springtime. It’s just right now during Lent when we want a lot of them, it’s a little bit in short supply,” Shirley said.

Also typical for this time of year is smaller crawfi sh. But for consum-ers, Shirley said, this is not necessarily a negative. “Larger crawfi sh have less percentage of meat be-cause they have big claws and heavier shells,” he said. “So if you’re look-ing to get the most meat out of the crawfi sh, enjoy some of those medium to smaller crawfi sh.”

About 15 percent of a

medium-to-small craw-fi sh’s body weight is tail meat, Shirley said. This drops to about 12 percent for large crawfi sh, so it takes about 8 pounds of large crawfi sh for 1 pound of tail meat. For medium crawfi sh, it takes about 7 pounds.

Louisiana has about 180,000 acres in crawfi sh pond production. Last year, nearly 102 million pounds of crawfi sh were caught in ponds. Louisi-ana’s pond-raised craw-fi sh harvest is supple-mented by wild crawfi sh caught primarily in the Atchafalaya Basin. Last year’s wild catch was about 6.5 million pounds.

The majority of pond production comes from fi elds that grew rice the previous year. The left-over stubble plays an im-portant role for crawfi sh. “It’s important to have some amount of veg-etation, organic matter, in

that fi eld. That stimulates the whole food chain from little microorganisms all the way up to the craw-fi sh,” Shirley said.

A well-managed pond can produce somewhere between 800 to 1,000 pounds of crawfi sh per acre, Shirley said. From two-thirds to three-quar-ters of the catch will come during the warmer months of April and May.

While inspecting a trap, Shirley found about one-third of a pound of crawfi sh. He said when the catch is good, traps will have at least 1 pound of crawfi sh with some having 2 or more pounds.

In Louisiana, pond pro-duction typically begins in late January and will run into June. The wild crawfi sh season is depen-dent upon spring fl oodwa-ters but usually runs from April through early July.

Crawfi sh catch starting slow but showing promise

SUBMITTED PHOTOGabriel Smith gets into the game spirit and dresses up as a pigeon.

Principal accepts $500 checkGUEYDAN - Helping

local schools can be good for your business!

Jesse Owens Elemen-tary School was presented a $500 check last week from a local business.

According to JOES principal Anita Dupuis, the school was awarded a grant from Exxon Mobil/Lard Oil. “We are very thankful for the support from this local business. The funds will be used to purchase instructional supplies in the areas of math and science. Many changes are occurring in education and having the means to purchase materi-als and equipment needed for the changes is a great support.”

Because our communi-ty is setting and support-ing good education and high learning standards, businesses such as Lard

Oil help strengthen the standards as well as help-ing improve the educa-tion of future generations

of well-educated citizens ready to contribute to the community.

SUBMITTED PHOTOCraig Petry of Lard Oil presented Anita Dupuis with a $500 check from Exxon Mobil/Lard Oil.

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s Department cooked up pork jambalaya for the Gueydan Museum’s annual fundraiser on Sunday, Feb. 22. Members of the cooking team serving the dinners at the Civic Center are from left, James Wall, Randy Primeaux, Jason Suire, Ted Saltzman, and Chad Vallo.

SUBMITTED PHOTOIn 2014 nearly 102 millions pounds of crawfish were caught in Louisiana.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 20156A THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL

Matthews & Son Funeral Homes

Marceaux’s Superette

Bank of Gueydan

JOHNNY’S DRIVE INN

Lady Tigers in the sec-ond quarter was Kaitlin Mitchell (1), Karlee Ted-dlie (3), Kayla Trisler (3), and Riley Dean (3). The third quarter was a huge quarter for the Honey-bears. They outscored the Lady Tigers 14-6. At the end of the third quarter, the Honeybears still had the lead 31-19. Scoring for the Honeybears in the third quarter was Ke’ara Charles (4), Ashari Terry (6), Kylie Crochet (2), and T’nia Leger (2). Scor-ing for the Lady Tigers in the third quarter was Riley Dean (6). The Hon-eybears sealed their Bi-District win in the fourth quarter by outscoring the Lady Tigers 10-5. The Honeybears won and ad-vanced to the Regional round of the playoffs by a fi nal score of 41-24. Scor-

ing for the Honeybears in the fourth quarter was Ke’ara Charles (2), Sheri-dan Guidry (4), Ashari Terry (2), and T’nia Leger (2). Scoring for the Lady Tigers in the fourth quar-ter was Karlee Teddlie (2), and Kelsey Scraggs (3). Leading the way in scor-ing for the Honeybears that night was Ashari Ter-ry. She fi nished the game with a total of 13 points. Other scorers for the Honeybears were: Ke’ara Charles (8), Sheridan Guidry (8), Kylie Cro-chet (8), and T’nia Leger (4). The leading scorer for the Lady Tigers was Riley Dean. She fi nished the game with a total of nine points. Other scor-ers for the Lady Tigers were: Kaitlin Mitchell (1), Karlee Teddlie (7), Kayla Trisler (3), and Kelsey Scraggs (4).

FROM PAGE 1A

HONEYBEARS: Playoff

SUBMITTED PHOTOMalik Criner of the Gueydan High School Bears goes up for a shot against Hanson Memorial. Other GHS Bears are, Joel Roche (33), and Cade Sonnier (22).

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015 THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL 7A

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say, “books can be bought from the library or a stu-dent at St. Peters School. The website will be open from March 4 thru March 17, 2015. This will allow anyone from out of town or who cannot attend our fair in person to shop. The

site is easy to access. Fol-lowing these simply in-structions will access the website. Go to Scholastic Book Fair, Click on fi nd a fair, then Click Louisi-ana, after that you will be given a list of towns. Look for Gueydan and click it. This will lead you to the St. Peters page”.

FROM PAGE 2A

Book: Buy onlinePublic NoticeProceedings of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Gueydan, Louisi-

ana, taken on Tuesday, February 3, 2015, at 6:00 o’clock P.M.

The Mayor called the meeting to order and due to lack of a quorum the meeting was rescheduled for Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

Present: CLAUDETTE PRICE, & GALE SMITH

Absent: MARILYN CAMPBELL, SCOTT VALLO & JASON SUIRE

Minutes of the proceeding of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Guey-dan, Louisiana, taken at regular meeting held Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at 6:00 o’clock P.M.

The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Gueydan, Louisiana met in regular session with Mayor Chris Theriot residing and the following Aldermen present:

Present: CLAUDETTE PRICE, SCOTT VALLO, MARILYN CAMPBELL GALE SMITH & JASON SUIRE Absent: NONE

Public Comment on any agenda item (3 minutes per person)

Motion was made by GALE SMITH, seconded by CLAUDETTE PRICE, and carried, that in as much as each member of the Board of Aldermen received a copy of minutes taken at Regular Meeting of January 3, 2015 that the reading of said minutes be dis-pensed with and same be adopted as written.

Motion by JASON SUIRE, seconded by SCOTT VALLO, and carried, that the re-ports of the Bookkeeper and Tax Collector be approved as fi led.

Motion by GALE SMITH, seconded by MARILYN CAMPBELL, and carried that the following transfer, on the date, and amount from fund is hereby ratifi ed and approved:

To General Fund:

January 6, 2015 Utility Fund $50,000.00

Senator Jonathan Perry could not attend this meeting due to prior commitments.

Sellers & Associates had nothing to report.

Fire Chief Evans Bourque presented and recommended applications of Tyler Rich-ard and Drake Vaughn to be added to the roster of volunteers. Motion by SCOTT VAL-LO, seconded by JASON SUIRE and carried to add Tyler Richard and Drake Vaughn to the list of volunteers.

Police Chief Kayla Henry recommended that Hank Viator be hired as a part time Patrolman with the Gueydan Police Department. Motion by SCOTT VALLO seconded by GALE SMITH and carried to hire Hank Viator as a part time patrolman with the Gueydan Police Department.

Motion by GALE SMITH seconded by JASON SUIRE and carried to amend the agenda to include Vermilion Bank Payroll Account and to include signatures for the ac-count.

Motion by JASON SUIRE, seconded by CLAUDETTE PRICE and carried to open a Checking Account at the Vermilion Bank in order that the Town of Gueydan Payroll may implement a Direct Deposit to pay employees.

RESOLUTION 3-2015

BE IT RESOLVED by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Gueydan, in regular session convened, that the Vermilion Bank & Trust Co., be named as a deposi-tory for the Town of Gueydan PAYROLL ACCOUNT and they are hereby authorized to honor checks and/or withdrawals of all payroll funds on deposit in the Vermilion Bank & Trust Co. when signed by Chris Theriot, as Mayor, Roxanna Richard, as Treasurer, or by Gale Smith, as Mayor Pro-tempore, in the absence of the Mayor.

This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:

YEAS: CLAUDETTE PRICE, SCOTT VALLO, MARILYN CAMPBELL, GALE SMITH, & JASON SUIRE NAYS: NONE

ABSTAIN: NONE ABSENT: NONE

And the resolution was declared adopted on this the 18TH day of February, 2015.

S/Roxanna Richard S/Chris Theriot Clerk Mayor

There being no further business to come before the meeting thereupon motion by GALE SMITH, seconded by JASON SUIRE and carried the meeting thereupon ad-journed at 6:12 o’clock P.M. on this 18th day of February, 2015.

S/Roxanna Richard S/Chris Theriot Clerk Mayor

Published in The Gueydan Journal Thursday, February 26, 2015.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 20158A THE GUEYDAN JOURNAL

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