By STEVE BANDY LSN Staff Writer CROWLEY - Fire Protection District No. 11 is asking the state Bond Commission for permission to sell $500,000 in bonds to get its volunteer fire department up and go- ing. The Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night approved a reso- lution approving “the issuance, sale and de- livery of not exceeding $500,000 of Certifi- cates of Indebtedness” for the recently created district. The bonds would be repaid with revenue from the $100 parcel fee approved by district voters on May 4. Nei- ther the parish nor the police jury will be li- able for payment of the principal or interest on the certificates. The parcel fee in FPD 11 is expected to generate about $120,000 annually. The bond money would be used to “pay costs of acquiring and constructing fire pro- tection facilities and equipment and pay costs of issuance.” The resolution was adopted unanimously with David Savoy and Julie Borill absent. In a related matter, jurors appointed Larry Cassard to the board of directors for FPD 11, replacing Chad Mon- ceaux, who has been appointed fire chief for the district. Jurors also ap- proved the calling of a special election on April 5, 2014, in Fire Protection District No. 1 — the Richard area. Voters in that dis- trict will decide wheth- er or not to levy a 10- Come join us for a delicious breakfast with Santa Claus. The children will enjoy story time with Mrs. Claus, sitting on Santa’s lap, making a Christmas keepsake, and writing a Christ- mas wish list to deliver to Santa. A professional pho- tographer will be on hand for pictures. Weather permitting a “Polar Express” train ride will be available around the park (addi- tional cost of $2). The event will take place on Saturday, De- cember 7 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the Church Point Community Cen- ter (City Park), 104 E. Darbonne. Advance tickets will be $8 per person, tickets at the door will be $10 per per- son. Adults and chil- dren must purchase a ticket. Children under 12 months get in free. Tickets available at Farmers State Bank, Nina’s, Rod’s, and Pig- gly Wiggly. For more informa- tion contact Jill Myers at 684-1961 or 349- 5850. Woodmen of the World Chapter 444 held an Awards Cer- emony at the Church Point Bank Annex on November 20, honor- ing two citizens of the Church Point Commu- nity. Chapter 444 Presi- dent, Adam Doucet, Jr. introduced Church Point Mayor Roger Boudreaux to explain why the two recipi- ents of the Life Saver Awards had been cho- sen. Mayor Boudreaux read a short story about a life-threaten- ing experience he ex- perienced recently. He named Mr. Edmund Hanks and Mr. David Smith as the “good Sa- maritans” who saved his life. Mayor Boudreaux assisted Adam Doucet, Jr. in awarding the Life Saver Awards to these two deserving heroes. See Page 2 for more. Toys for Tots Toys for Tots, sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps, is collecting new, unwrapped toys at City Hall and at Farmers State Banks. • Breakfast With Santa Breakfast With Santa will take place on Sat., Dec. 7 from 9-11 a.m. at the Church Point Community Center. See the story inside for more information. • Richard Toy and Food Drive The 2nd Annual Toy and Food Drive will be held Thursday, December 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Richard Elementary. See the story inside for more information. • Feast of St. Nicholas Acadia-St. Landry Medical Foundation would like to invite everyone to the Feast of St. Nicholas on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 at 6 p.m. on the Acadia -St. Landry Hospital Grounds. For a live Nativity Scene, with the choir from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, also a visit from St. Nicholas. We will also be serving cookies and hot chocolate. Also we will be selling bar-b-que hamburg- ers for dinner. • At City Hall Melinda Frith, leg- islative assistant for Senator Jonathan Perry, will be at City Hall the third Tuesday of every month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. • Turn in Old Cellphones CPHS asks any- one with an old cell- phone to drop it off at the school office. The school is able to redeem the old cell- phones for cash. BULLETIN BOARD Agnes Brasseaux celebrated her 100th birthday on November 23. See more on Page 14. The Church Point NEWS 80th Year No. 38 Wednesday, December 4, 2013 $1 Have Breakfast With Santa Open house at Vieux Presbytere Le Vieux Presbytere will have a Christmas Open House for all of the community to visit and view the Museum all done-up in Christ- mas style. Come on and have coffee or hot chocolate on Wednesday, Decem- ber 18 or on Thursday 19th between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. Feel free to being an ornament for the me- morial Christmas tree. Hosting is provided by curator, Glenn Faul and the advisory coun- cil members. Christmas Event set at Museum The public is invit- ed to attend and enjoy the presentation of the Live Nativity on the lawn of Le Vieux Pres- bytere on December 22, 2013 at 4 p.m. Music, choirs, Church Point High- School Band and Alumni, a public sing- a-long and Santa bear- ing gifts for children are planned. Admission is free but donations are ac- cepted. The event is spon- sored by Curator Glenn Faul and the Presbytere Advisory Council. Church Point Cankton • Judice Youngsville • Rayne www.farmers24.com Member F.D.I.C. 684-3301 N eed a little help with this year’s wish list? Equal Housing Lender We can brighten your day with a holiday loan! FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING INFORMATION, CALL 684-5711 A meeting of the Acadia Parish Board of Election Supervisors will be held in the Reg- istrar of Voters office at 568 NW Court Circle, in Crowley. The meeting is set for 10 a.m. on Friday, January 10, 2014 to draw the Commission- er-in-Charge for the year 2014, The meeting is open to the public, accord- ing to Billie J. Meyer. Meeting Jan. 10 in Crowley WOW PRESENTS LIFE SAVER AWARDS - Woodmen of the World Chapter 444 awarded Life Saver Awards to David Smith and Edmund Hanks for their part in helping Mayor Roger Boudreaux during a health crisis. From left to right are David Smith and wife Alissa Smith, Polly Hanks and husband Edmund Hanks, Mayor Boudreaux, Adam Doucet, Jr. WOW gives Life Saver Awards Police Jury OKs bond sale for FPD 11 Contingent on Bond Commission nod; Richard District seeks parcel fee vote (See POLICE, Page 6) THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR LESS FORTU- NATE - National Wild Turkey Federation donated turkeys for Thanksgiving, along with non-perishable food items, collected by the OMP 4-H Club. The tur- keys were brought to Msgr. Jeff DeBlanc, left, who had them distributed. Pictured here are, from left, Msgr. DeBlanc, Renee Noel, Eli Noel, Matt Noel and Javis Noel. Photo by Diana Daigle
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By STEVE BANDYLSN Staff Writer
CROWLEY - Fire Protection District No. 11 is asking the state Bond Commission for permission to sell $500,000 in bonds to get its volunteer fire department up and go-ing.
The Acadia Parish Police Jury Tuesday night approved a reso-lution approving “the issuance, sale and de-livery of not exceeding $500,000 of Certifi-cates of Indebtedness” for the recently created district.
The bonds would be repaid with revenue from the $100 parcel fee approved by district voters on May 4. Nei-ther the parish nor the police jury will be li-able for payment of the principal or interest on the certificates.
The parcel fee in
FPD 11 is expected to generate about $120,000 annually.
The bond money would be used to “pay costs of acquiring and constructing fire pro-tection facilities and
equipment and pay costs of issuance.”
The resolution was adopted unanimously with David Savoy and Julie Borill absent.
In a related matter, jurors appointed Larry
Cassard to the board of directors for FPD 11, replacing Chad Mon-ceaux, who has been appointed fire chief for the district.
Jurors also ap-proved the calling of
a special election on April 5, 2014, in Fire Protection District No. 1 — the Richard area.
Voters in that dis-trict will decide wheth-er or not to levy a 10-
Come join us for a delicious breakfast with Santa Claus.
The children will
enjoy story time with Mrs. Claus, sitting on Santa’s lap, making a Christmas keepsake, and writing a Christ-mas wish list to deliver to Santa.
A professional pho-tographer will be on hand for pictures. Weather permitting a “Polar Express” train ride will be available around the park (addi-tional cost of $2).
The event will take place on Saturday, De-cember 7 from 9 - 11 a.m. at the Church Point Community Cen-ter (City Park), 104 E. Darbonne.
Advance tickets will be $8 per person, tickets at the door will be $10 per per-son. Adults and chil-dren must purchase a ticket. Children under 12 months get in free. Tickets available at Farmers State Bank, Nina’s, Rod’s, and Pig-gly Wiggly.
For more informa-tion contact Jill Myers at 684-1961 or 349-5850.
Woodmen of the World Chapter 444 held an Awards Cer-emony at the Church Point Bank Annex on November 20, honor-
ing two citizens of the Church Point Commu-nity.
Chapter 444 Presi-dent, Adam Doucet, Jr. introduced Church
Point Mayor Roger Boudreaux to explain why the two recipi-ents of the Life Saver Awards had been cho-sen. Mayor Boudreaux read a short story about a life-threaten-ing experience he ex-perienced recently. He named Mr. Edmund Hanks and Mr. David Smith as the “good Sa-maritans” who saved his life.
Mayor Boudreaux assisted Adam Doucet, Jr. in awarding the Life Saver Awards to these two deserving heroes.
See Page 2 for more.
Toys for TotsToys for Tots,
sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps, is collecting new, unwrapped toys at City Hall and at Farmers State Banks.
•Breakfast With Santa
Breakfast With Santa will take place on Sat., Dec. 7 from 9-11 a.m. at the Church Point Community Center. See the story inside for more information.
•Richard Toy and Food Drive
The 2nd Annual Toy and Food Drive will be held Thursday, December 5 from 9:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Richard Elementary. See the story inside for more information.
•Feast of St. Nicholas
Acadia-St. Landry Medical Foundation would like to invite everyone to the Feast of St. Nicholas on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013 at 6 p.m. on the Acadia -St. Landry Hospital Grounds. For a live Nativity Scene, with the choir from Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, also a visit from St. Nicholas. We will also be serving cookies and hot chocolate. Also we will be selling bar-b-que hamburg-ers for dinner.
•At City Hall
Melinda Frith, leg-islative assistant for Senator Jonathan Perry, will be at City Hall the third Tuesday of every month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
•Turn in Old Cellphones
CPHS asks any-one with an old cell-phone to drop it off at the school office. The school is able to redeem the old cell-phones for cash.
BULLETIN BOARD
Agnes Brasseaux celebrated her 100th
birthday on November 23. See more on Page 14.
TheChurch Point NEWS
80th Year No. 38 Wednesday, December 4, 2013 $1
Have Breakfast With Santa
Open house atVieux Presbytere
Le Vieux Presbytere will have a Christmas Open House for all of the community to visit and view the Museum all done-up in Christ-mas style.
Come on and have coffee or hot chocolate on Wednesday, Decem-
ber 18 or on Thursday 19th between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Feel free to being an ornament for the me-morial Christmas tree.
Hosting is provided by curator, Glenn Faul and the advisory coun-cil members.
Christmas Event set at Museum
The public is invit-ed to attend and enjoy the presentation of the Live Nativity on the lawn of Le Vieux Pres-bytere on December 22, 2013 at 4 p.m.
Music, choirs, Church Point High-School Band and Alumni, a public sing-
a-long and Santa bear-ing gifts for children are planned.
Admission is free but donations are ac-cepted.
The event is spon-sored by Curator Glenn Faul and the Presbytere Advisory Council.
Church Point Cankton • Judice
Youngsville • Raynewww.farmers24.com
Member F.D.I.C. 684-3301
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A meeting of the Acadia Parish Board of Election Supervisors will be held in the Reg-istrar of Voters office at 568 NW Court Circle, in Crowley.
The meeting is set for 10 a.m. on Friday, January 10, 2014 to draw the Commission-er-in-Charge for the year 2014,
The meeting is open to the public, accord-ing to Billie J. Meyer.
Meeting Jan. 10 inCrowleyWOW PRESENTS LIFE SAVER AWARDS - Woodmen of the World Chapter 444 awarded Life Saver
Awards to David Smith and Edmund Hanks for their part in helping Mayor Roger Boudreaux during a health crisis. From left to right are David Smith and wife Alissa Smith, Polly Hanks and husband Edmund Hanks, Mayor Boudreaux, Adam Doucet, Jr.
WOW gives Life Saver Awards
Police Jury OKs bond sale for FPD 11Contingent on Bond Commission nod; Richard District seeks parcel fee vote
(See POLICE, Page 6)
THANKSGIVING MEAL FOR LESS FORTU-NATE - National Wild Turkey Federation donated turkeys for Thanksgiving, along with non-perishable food items, collected by the OMP 4-H Club. The tur-keys were brought to Msgr. Jeff DeBlanc, left, who had them distributed. Pictured here are, from left, Msgr. DeBlanc, Renee Noel, Eli Noel, Matt Noel and Javis Noel. Photo by Diana Daigle
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 29, 2013 for Beatrice Sa-voy Constantine who died on the morning of Tuesday, November 26. Mrs. Constantine died of natural causes at the glorious age of 100. She was born on December 24, 1912 to Berchman and Alice Leger Savoy. She was a life-long resident of Church Point where she raised her fam-ily. She was married to Frank “Yan” Alvin Bergeron and Joseph Ovey Constantine. She was a member of Our Lady of the Sa-cred Heart Catholic Church.
She is survived by her children, Wayman Bergeron and his wife Benita of Lafayette, Helen Bergeron of Church Point, Charles “Shirley” Bergeron (spouse of the late Madeline Johnson) of Scott, Sylvia Bergeron
Daugereaux and her husband Rodney of Church Point, Antho-ny “Tony“ Constantine and his wife Susan of Bloomington, Ind., a daughter-in-law, Madeline Bergeron of Church Point as well as a host of grandchil-dren, great-grandchil-dren and great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Constan-tine was preceded in death by her par-ents, her husbands; her son, Charles Ray Bergeron; three grand-children, Diana Lab-be and Ronald and Kurt Thibodeaux; a son-in-law, Kurtney Thibodeaux and two great-grandchildren, Daniel and Gabrielle Bearb.
A Rosary was held at 1:15 p.m. on Friday.
The services and Rosary were officiated by Monsignor Jeffer-son J. DeBlanc with entombment in the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mausoleum on Highway 35 north of Church Point.
Pallbearers were Sylvia and Rodney Daugereaux, Paul and Susie Daigle, Anthony “Tony” Constantine and Wayman, Charles “Shirley” and Frank Bergeron.
Arrangements were handled by Guidry Fu-neral Home, Inc.
View the obituary and guest book on-line at guidryfuneralhome.com.
MR. PHILIP JOHN GRAF
Funeral services were held Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cha-pel of Geesey-Fergu-son Funeral Home for Philip John Graf, 69, who died Thursday, November 21 at 11:30 p.m. in Crowley.
Philip was a native of Glendale, CA and
a longtime resident of Crowley. At the time of his death he was a geography teacher at Church Point High School.
Deacon Phil Lizotte officiated for the ser-vices.
Philip is survived by two sons, John Philip Graf and Samuel Graf both of Crowley; two brothers, Lindal Graf of Carpenteria, CA and Allan Graf of Agoura Hills, CA.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary Maddux May and Virgil Graf.
Words of comfort may be sent to the family at www.geesey-ferguson.com.
Arrangements were entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley.
MRS. JUANITA (PUTSY) RICHARD
A Mass of Chris-tian Burial was held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 29, 2013, at Our Mother of Mer-cy Catholic Church in Church Point for Juanita (Putsy) Rich-ard, 69, who passed away Friday, Novem-ber 22 at 9:25 a.m. at the Regional Medical Center of Acadiana in Lafayette.
Reverend Francis Butler, SSJ, Pastor of Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church was the celebrant of the Mass and conducted the funeral services.
Burial took place in the St. Charles Cem-etery in Grand Coteau.
Survivors include two daughters, Shir-ley and husband, Cur-ley Landry of Church Point and Debra and husband, Jo-seph Pierre-August of Church Point; three
sons, John and wife, Roxanna Richard of Ville Platte, Anthony and wife, Mechelle Richard of Lafayette, and Jeffery Richard and Raquel Courville of Church Point; two step-sons, Michael Lastie of Houston, Texas and Ricky and wife, Erin Lastie of Opelousas; one step- daughter, Jacqueline Lastie of Opelousas; two brothers, Joseph Richard of Kenner and Peter Johnson of Lake Charles; ten grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren; several step-grandchil-dren and several step- great-grandchildren; special nieces, Elize-beth Lewis of Sunset, and Gloria Brown of Beaumont, Texas; and her long time friend, Shirley Richard of La-fayette and Madgeline Duhon of Sunset.
Ms. Juanita was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Lastie; her parents, Alcee and Eva Fran-cis Richard; one sis-ter, Mary Coleman and four brothers, John, David, Joseph and Mi-chael Richard.
Please send person-al condolences to the family at www.duhon-funeralhome.com.
Duhon Funeral Home, LLC of Church Point was in charge of the arrangements.
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Woodmen of the World Chapter 444 held an Awards Cer-emony at the Church Point Bank Annex on November 20 honoring citizens of the Church Point Community.
Barbara Doucet, Social Media Coordi-nator, presented the Adult Fraternal Spirit Award to the much deserving Connie Figueron. Miss Connie has served as Chap-ter 444’s treasurer for many years as well as being instrumental in
many of our communi-ty projects. She is ter-rific at organizing and serving quietly in the background. God bless you, Miss Connie. We would be lost without you.
Adam Doucet, Jr. presented the Commu-nity Partnership Award to the American Legion Post 225 in thanks for their willingness to always provide the Woodmen of the World with a professional Color Guard for WOW Woodmen of the World Chapter 444
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This past week, Americans remembered the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Ad-dress by President Abraham Lincoln. As he closed his very brief remarks at the cemetery where he recognized those who had died in the Civil War, he stated “…that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
In an Old Testament reading, a mother tells her seventh son, after the killing of her prior six sons, that he should not abandon his ancestral customs which were part of their worship of God. She concludes her ad-vice to him by saying: “I beg you, child, to look at the heavens and the earth and see all that is in them; then you will know that God did not make them out of existing things; and in the same way the human race came into existence.”
Even though man has so many times turned his back on God and found and fol-lowed “false gods”, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, has never left, and is, and was, always ever-present in the lives of His creation. Our country’s founders and genera-tions past realized that their life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was indeed a gift and a privilege granted by God, and not from any country, president, monarch, dictator, or form or philosophy of government. They be-lieved that a loving spouse, a supportive fam-ily, friends, neighbors, and associates, and their relationships, were sufficient reasons and the cause and purpose to be thankful, appreciative, and grateful to God. Experi-encing good weather or health, a bountiful harvest, and living in a great country (which permits one to enjoy “freedoms”) were all considered as “blessings” for which the “giv-ing” of “thanks” was believed to be appropri-ate and due to God.
The national Holiday, termed “Thanks-giving”, has a great heritage focusing on the “giving of thanks” to the “Creator”….God! :
The first declaration for Thanksgiv-ing came from the Council of Charlestown, Mass., in the year 1676. The Council met and set a “day of Solemn Thanksgiving and praise to God for such His Goodness and Favour, many particulars of which, mercy might be instanced….”
After the first Thanksgiving was recog-nized, the Declaration of Independence (100 years later-1776) was signed at which time recognition of the “Creator”, “Nature’s God”, “Supreme Judge of the World”, “Divine Provi-dence”, was further documented…. In 1789, President George Washington recommended “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer…acknowledging with grateful hearts the many
and signal favors of Almighty God”…. Con-gress has requested that I… “recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiv-ing and prayer, to be observed by acknowl-edging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Al-mighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of
government for their safety and happiness:” “Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday….of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the be-neficent author of all that the good that was, that is, or that will be…and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.”
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln stated that “my fellow citizens” ….. should “set apart and observe…a day of Thanksgiv-ing and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the heavens”…..”and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquility, and Union.”
Each day, we have the opportunity to return to the core beliefs upon which this great nation was founded “under God” and “In God We Trust” by inviting our Creator into our lives. Instead of comparing what we each have or lack in terms of material pos-sessions, we can be truly grateful for what we do have, and that is “life”, in a land where the worship of God is “free” and uninhibited. Respect for life, and the protection of it, ac-knowledges our belief that life is a gift from God the Creator. Our great republic form of democracy has resisted the challenges which socialism, communism, and many dictators and monarchs have tried to bring to this country by force or by influence. Our fore-fathers and generations past knew that they were created to give praise and thanks to our Creator, by living our lives based upon val-ues, principles, and service to, and for, one another.
So many in our world are in need of as-sistance, guidance, and direction. We are encouraged to support local faith-based or-ganizations, churches and synagogues, and those non-profit organizations dedicated and committed to providing vital human servic-
es to those in need. As part of our personal “thanks giving”, we can do more for others by giving of our time, talent, and treasure, so that another might experience hope, sourced from faith, and witnessed by our works of mercy. By doing so, we may actually experi-ence justice, peace, and happiness.
Please continue to pray for the continued protection of the U.S. and Allied Military and Armed Forces throughout the world. Thanks are due to each of them for their extraordi-nary service to, and for us, and our great country. Special thanks are also due to the ordained clergy who provide spiritual guid-
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The 34th President of the United States was assassinated 50 years ago this week under controversial circumstances that leave a number of questions unanswered to this day. Republicans look to Ronald Reagan as their ideal. But John Kennedy captured the hearts of the American people like no other president, before or since. And from the first stirrings of his efforts to become president, to events that took place after his death, my home state of Louisiana has had a special place in the Kennedy legacy.
John Kennedy’s first foray in building Louisiana relationships began in 1956, during the then young Senator’s efforts to become the vice presidential candidate on the Adlai Stevenson ticket. Stevenson had promised the VP spot to Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, but didn’t want to offend the Kennedy patriarch, Joseph Kennedy. So he threw the nomination open to the convention floor.
As luck would have it, the Louisiana delegation sat right beside the Massachusetts delegates. John Kennedy and his campaign manager and brother Bobby became fast convention friends with two senior Louisiana delegates, Judge Edmund Reggie of Crowley, and my mentor and friend, Camille Gravel from Alexandria. But the Louisiana delegation was controlled by Governor Earl Long, and he was firmly committed to Kefauver for the vice presidential nomination. Long left the convention early, having given strict instructions to Reggie and Gravel to support Kefauver.
Despite orders from Ole’ Uncle Earl, Reggie and Gravel led the whole Louisiana delegation in support of John Kennedy. Long was furious, since the rest of the southern states went with Kefauver, the southern candidate. But the efforts by Reggie and Gravel built a special bond between Louisiana and the Kennedys.
Four years later, when John Kennedy set his sights on the presidency, he knew his Catholicism would be a problem. There had never been a catholic president, and Kennedy wanted to build some initial political bridges in friendly territory. On October 16, 1959, he headed for Crowley, Louisiana, at the invitation of Judge Reggie and his wife Doris, to be the Grand Marshall of the International Rice Festival. (A sad side note. Judge Reggie passed away this week at the age of 87.) One Hundred and thirty thousand people packed the streets to show their support and affection. There are some marvelous photos taken at the Rice Festival of the future president, who never wore anything on his head in public, sporting a hat made from rice.
Following the Rice Festival, it was on to Baton Rouge, and then to the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans where Kennedy received similar accolades from the city’s large Catholic population. There was no doubt that
Louisiana was in Kennedy’s corner. After he had become president, he reminisced that he felt his campaign had really taken off after his initial foray into the deepest of the deep southern states.
Under the Kennedy presidency, many Americans throughout the country felt a new wave of optimism, which they referred to as Camelot. But then came Dallas. An unstable 24-year-old man with a $21 rifle changed the world. Some historians have written that the Kennedy assassination caused America to loose its innocence. And sadly, Louisiana ties to Kennedy’s death emerged. Lee Harvey Oswald was born in New Orleans, and was active for years in the Crescent City as a pro-Castro Marxist.
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison alleged a conspiracy involving a number of Louisianans, and even the CIA. Garrison exposed contradictions in the Warren Commission Report, but his witnesses turned out to be unsavory characters and he was too small a player to take on an alleged international conspiracy. And by the way, a key member of the Warren Commission was New Orleans Congressman and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs. The Louisiana Connections abound.
I knew “Big Jim” (he was 6’ 5”) well, and shared a locker right beside him at the New Orleans Athletic Club throughout the investigation and trial. He would often whisper that a new bombshell was about be revealed and he was certain that he would solve the case of the century. Jim, as it turned out, was both delusional and paranoid. The case consumed him and he died a few years later at 70.
So at the beginning of the Kennedy presidential quest, and at its end, Louisiana was in the mix of history. Both the highs and the lows of the Kennedy mystique were partially framed by those who loved him and by those who hated him in the Bayou State.
Fifty years later, President John F. Kennedy is remembered as one of Americana’s most inspiring and creative presidents. But his story would not be complete without an acknowledgement of the strong feelings of affection between this popular president and the people of the deepest of the deep southern states. Louisianans by the thousands were there for him on his path to the White House from the very beginning. And, tragically, at the end, as well.
"It certainly was one of the most spectacular political tours I've seen... If I ever had any doubts that Kennedy should be the nominee, as far as Louisiana was concerned, any other candidate would be totally unsatisfactory by comparison."
Philip Des Marais
Peace and JusticeJim Brown
Jim Brown’s syndicated column appears each week in numerous newspapers throughout the nation and on websites worldwide. You can read all his past columns and see continuing updates at http://www.jimbrownusa.com.
JFK and his special relationship with Louisiana
Jim Brown
Random thoughtsRandom thoughts on the passing scene:Many people take pride in defying the
conventions of society. Those conventions of society are also known as civilization. Defy-ing them wholesale means going back to bar-barism. Barbarians with electronic devices are still barbarians.
After the government shutdown crisis, the one thing that Congressional Demo-crats and Republicans finally agreed on was to kick the can down the road a few more months, so that we can go through all this again -- and perhaps again after that.
One of the best peace speeches I ever read was one delivered back in the 1930s -- by Adolf Hitler! He knew that peace speeches would keep the Western democracies from matching his military buildup with their own, or attacking him to prevent his buildup from continuing. Peace speeches by Iran to-day serve the same purpose of buying time -- until they can create a nuclear bomb.
President Obama really has a way with words, such as calling the problems that millions of people have had trying to sign up for ObamaCare "glitches." When the Titanic sank, was that a "glitch"?
Among the painful signs of our time are TV programs built around paternity tests. Apparently the way these women live, it is anybody's guess who their child's father might be.
Don't you love it when a politicians says, "I take full responsibility"? Translated into plain English, that says, "Now that I have ad-mitted it, there is nothing more for me to do (such as resign) and nothing for anyone else to do (such as fire me)." Saying "I take full re-sponsibility" is like a get-out-of-jail-free card in the Monopoly game.
No one seems as certain that they know what the Republicans need to do to win pres-idential elections as those Republicans who have lost presidential elections, such as Mitt Romney, John McCain and Bob Dole. More-over, people take them seriously, and seem not to notice that what the losers advocate is the opposite of what won Ronald Reagan two landslide election victories.
If you believe in equal rights, then what do "women's rights," "gay rights," etc., mean? Either they are redundant or they are viola-tions of the principle of equal rights for all.
One of the painfully sobering realizations that come from reading history is the utter incompetence that is possible among lead-ers of whole nations and empires -- and the blind faith that such leaders can neverthe-less inspire among the people who are en-thralled by their words or their posturing.
The one thing that the national debt ceil-ing does not do is put a ceiling on the nation-al debt. It just provides political melodrama when the existing ceiling is repeatedly raised to accommodate ever higher spending.
Those who want to "spread the wealth" almost invariably seek to concentrate the power. It happens too often, and in too many different countries around the world, to be a coincidence. Which is more dangerous, inequalities of wealth or concentrations of power?
President Obama said to the world that Bashar Assad's days as ruler of Syria are numbered. All our days are numbered but Assad will probably still be ruling Syria on Obama's last day in the White House.
Parole is just another way of lying to the public -- in this case, lying about the time that convicted criminals will spend behind bars. Suspended sentences are another form of make-believe punishment to mollify the public.
Writing about the Habsburg Empire, dis-tinguished British historian Paul Johnson said, "Every reform created more problems than it solved." That was not peculiar to the Habsburg Empire. The same could be said of modern welfare states, and especially our own ObamaCare.
Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellec-tuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is go-ing to hire creatures who do not make mis-takes is a question they leave unanswered.
One of the reasons it has taken so long for some people to finally see through Barack Obama is that people do not like to admit, even to themselves, that they have been played for fools by a slick-talking politician.
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stan-ford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndi-cate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Cre-ators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
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The giving of thanks - a real ‘Thanksgiving’
J.H.Campbell Jr.
Some stories are more complex than others
Baton Rouge, La. - You can’t judge a book by its cover.
I can only assume that some marketing-minded publisher way back when originally coined this phrase in an effort to overcome a horrendous cover and boost readership and sales of a well-written book. While that may have been the original intent, over time this saying has been commonly used to justify all sorts of actions and encourage someone to overlook a bad first impression.
I guess we should not be surprised that Washington has flipped this saying on its head to justify one of their actions. In fact, the Equal Employment Opportunity Com-mission (EEOC) is now requiring that em-ployers must judge the book solely by its cover. It is refusing to allow the employer to view a critical chapter in the applicant’s life story.
The EEOC issued guidance last year restricting employers from using criminal background checks to make employment decisions. This policy is a federally induced tripwire for employers who are desperately trying to fill job openings in an informed and responsible manner. As we embark as a state on the challenge of filling the 250,000 skilled worker positions needed to construct the more than $70 billion in new projects announced, employers are being prohibited by the Feds from relying on criminal histo-ries as a basis for extending job offers to ap-plicants. This is despite the fact that most states have laws allowing or sometimes even mandating these types of checks.
In Louisiana, there are a number of agen-cies, as well as boards and commissions that by law require a criminal background check for employment with the department or within a particular profession. Employment in child care, education, social work, health care, financial institutions, not to mention alcohol, firearms and explosives, are all ar-eas wherein criminal background checks are authorized or required by state law.
The EEOC argues that relying on ar-rest and conviction records to make hiring decisions is discriminatory. Don’t we want to give employers the flexibility to consider this information as they decide whom best to build complex manufacturing or industri-al facilities? Don’t we want to give them the flexibility to consider this information when determining who best to transport the goods produced there?
Texas is pushing back. Earlier this month, it filed a federal lawsuit attempting to strike down this EEOC guidance. In essence, Texas is arguing that Congress did not give the EEOC authority to set these restrictions and that it should have the right to enforce its own rules. Sounds like a pretty reason-able argument to me. The states should be allowed to legislate responsibly in this area.
The reality is that we are a forgiving na-tion. We are all human and we all make mis-takes. There are countless individuals that have been arrested and convicted in the past of crimes but who are perfectly able to con-tribute effectively in the workplace. We know that for countless others still incarcerated we simply must do a better job of training and educating them to re-enter society ready to be productive citizens at the appropriate time.
Having said that, how can the EEOC step in and mandate under threat of lawsuit to tell employers they cannot make hiring decisions that best meet the needs of their workplace based upon prior arrests and convictions? Is that really the role of govern-ment? Will it next be discriminatory to make hiring decisions based upon educational background? Will it soon be discriminatory to make hiring decisions based upon work ethic?
Judge Edmund Reggie, who died Nov. 19 at the age of 87, was one of the last of the old-style Louisiana politicians who worked for causes and can-didates, but who also just loved to play the game.
Politics, and par-ticularly political cam-paigns, were a high form of recreation and entertainment for them, and he was a master of the art.
In Louisiana, he made his name in the late 1950s when he campaigned for Earl Long in races that involved such other memorable politicians as Bill Dodd, Dudley LeBlanc, Hale Boggs, deLesseps Morrison,
Willie Rainach, Jim-mie Davis, and lovable losers such as Allen “Black Cat” LaComb.
He later worked in gubernatorial cam-paigns for John McK-eithen and Edwin Edwards, which by then, thanks largely to television, had lost some of the character — OK, chicanery — of the old campaigns that had been built around stump speeches from the steps of a court-house.
Reggie fell out with Uncle Earl when the judge and his political cohort, Alexandria at-torney Camille Grav-elle, held a secret del-egate meeting during the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago while Long was off playing the horses, and helped swing the Louisiana delegation to John F. Kennedy, who was a candidate for the par-ty’s vice presidential nomination.
Long’s favorite, Es-tes Kefauver, won the nomination as Adlai Stevenson’s running mate, and the rela-tionship between Long and Reggie stayed cool thereafter. However that loss was more
than made up for with a warming relation-ship with JFK and the Kennedy family.
Reggie was a leader in Kennedy’s presiden-tial campaign in Loui-siana, starting with an invitation sent to JFK and Jackie to be honored guests at the 1959 International Rice Festival in Crow-ley.
More than 130,000 people showed up to hear Kennedy speak (and were particularly charmed when Jack-ie spoke to them in French).
In 1961, President Kennedy sent Reggie on a State Department cultural exchange mission to the Middle East, during which Reggie was given a hero’s welcome in his parents’ hometown of Ihden, Lebanon.
In 1968, Judge Reggie led Bobby Ken-nedy’s presidential primary campaign in Louisiana and invited him to speak at the 1968 Rice Festival, as JFK had done nine years earlier. Bobby planned to attend, but was murdered four months before the fes-tival.
Reggie’s ties to the
family moved from po-litical to personal when his daughter Victoria married Ted Kennedy in 1992.
For practically all his political life, the judge preferred to work behind the scenes. He ran for (and won) only one elective office, City Judge of Crowley. Reggie served on the Crowley bench for 25 years. He was appoint-ed to the judgeship at age 24 following the death of the sitting judge, Denis T. Canan, who also was his law partner. He was then the youngest judge in the United States. He retired from the bench in 1976.
He did hold a variety of appointed positions in state government, including Louisiana Commissioner of Pub-lic Welfare, chairman of the Louisiana Min-eral Board, and execu-tive counsel to Gov. Edwards.
More importantly, he was a power in the state Democratic Party in the days when Dem-ocratic nominees were almost automatically elected. Candidacy for high office in Louisi-ana required his bless-ing.
It is more than co-
incidence that three of the last five U.S. Congressmen from southwest Louisiana — Edwin Edwards (1965-1972), John Breaux (1972-1987), and Chris John (1997-2005) — have been from Crowley, and that the current represen-tative is kin to Reg-gie. (Lafayette’s Jimmy Hayes broke into the dominance from 1987-1997.)
Breaux, who be-gan political life as an aide to Congressman Edwards and went on to become a respect-ed U.S. Senator, said Reggie’s quiet coun-sel, congeniality, and charm built friend-ships that “allowed him to have a very positive effect on the country’s entire politi-cal landscape for de-cades.
“Many people say he was just a city judge,” Breaux said, “but his influence greatly ex-ceeded that position. He had contacts all over the world.”
There was a bit of trouble along the way. Reggie ran into tax problems in 1992 and was convicted of misapplying funds of a Crowley savings and loan he’d help found.
Nonetheless, Reg-gie was inducted into the Louisiana Political Hall of Fame in 2004. He said that was “a real honor ... I’d just like people to look at my career and say ‘He tried to help us all do a little better.’”
“Judge lived a life filled with great pas-sion for his faith, fam-ily and politics,” said U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, a nephew and a Republican. “His stories about legends became legends them-selves for his telling of them. I will miss the hearty and some-times heated debates I had with him regard-ing political policy and positions and am the better man for having had the opportunity to have them. Now Ed-mund is among those legends he so often re-galed us with and we are left to be the tellers of his story.”
Judge Reggie is survived by his wife of 62 years, nee Doris Boustany, six children, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchil-dren.
You can contact Jim Bradshaw at [email protected] or P.O. Box 1121, Wash-ington LA 70589.
With the cold weather lately I am concerned again about heaters etc. I do not so much want to focus on fire hazards though this should be an area of concern but I would like to look at health concerns.
It is a common practice to attempt to make houses air-tight especially during cold weather to keep the heat from escap-ing or the cold com-ing in. From a comfort standpoint as well as financial side this does make good sense but in doing so please con-sider the heat source used to produce heat.
Central heat units are specially designed to be sort of isolated from the living space which minimizes the danger of carbon mon-oxide buildup and ex-posure but these still need to be in good working order.
Gas type space heaters whether por-table or mounted, es-pecially if the heater is not well tuned can be a real concern. Also of a concern if proper ven-tilation is not provided, is the level of oxygen in the air. All burner type heaters need the same oxygen you breathe to be able to burn. It is important to vent or air out the house some to keep oxygen at proper levels. Your stove uses this same oxygen but most of the time it is not on for extended lengths of time and the opening of doors as you enter and exit helps with ventilation. Also note that these stove top burners are often a source of car-bon monoxide concen-trations if not in good working order.
Kerosene heaters even if designed to be used in the home needs to be used cor-rectly and with the
knowledge proper working order and ventilation are neces-sary concerns.
Once again burn-ers, commonly called crawfish burners, are not designed to be used indoors.
A note to those who have a workshop and employ the use of smudge pot style heaters or salamander type injected kerosene heaters; these heat-ers also require proper ventilation. Wood fired and used oil fired heat-ers can create unique health concerns if not properly set up and maintained.
It is indeed im-portant to stay warm and as we see colder temperatures it is im-portant to check on those who may be at risk for exposure to cold and may not have the means to check on things themselves.
Sometimes in despera-tion people tend to ig-nore safety concerns so it is important to avoid these types of desperate situations.
The cold we can-not prevent but safely coping with the cold is a doable endeavor if we are aware and plan well.
Be aware, be safe. Non-emergency phone number 684-5429 Questions or com-ments anytime at [email protected] Check back next week.
Berl Adams CPVFD PubliczInfor-mation Officer.
The Church Point News - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - Page 5
Judge Edmund Reggie loved old-style politics
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all in need. Every day, those in law enforce-ment and in the intel-ligence communities, and those who serve in the emergency, health care, and other hu-man service profes-sions and providers are also available to be of assistance to us all. All of the above special service providers meet our needs seven days a week, and twenty four hours a day. Actu-ally, we should always thank “anyone”, who by their service, make our life better or im-
proved. Such happens every day, when we en-counter any person at a retail store, or in any business or personal relationship.
We all have frailties and limitations, and surely make mistakes, err, and sin, but we can be also thankful for the mercy and the forgiveness freely giv-en by, and from, our God and Creator. We must permit humility to counter our person-al pride, and give our God and Creator the praise and thanksgiv-
ing rightfully due.May each of you,
your families, friends, and associates expe-rience a very Happy Thanksgiving, with gratitude, and thanks for our life, our free-doms, our great coun-try, and our Faith, all of which are gifts from God, our Creator.
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SSpecial Thanks From the whole OMP Faculty and Family, we would
like to express our appreciation to all the wonderful gen-erous people who donated and purchased dishes from our “Grandma’s Kitchen’’ fundraiser. We would also like to thank Traci Miller, Stacey Richard, Verna Richard, Mr. Richard, Meghan Thibodeaux, Phyllis Bergeron, Wanda Matte and Shannon Deranger, for their help on the day of the sale. Without these people, it would not have been possible.
Below is a list of our “chefs’’ for the 2013 Grandma’s Kitchen:
Monica LejeuneShane Richard
Tammy/Virgie CourvilleJody BertrandJaime Matte
Michelle LatiolasJoyce Lavergne
Liz HoreckyAngie Devillier
Jo Ann HarmonJenee Barousse
Candace LapointConnie Anderson
Celeste SavoyTanya Lazarus
Christine DoucetAmanda Carrier
Sarah CarrierWanda LegerHailey AndrusNicole Alleman
Stephanie HargroderJanea BoudreauxMonique Leger
Brenda PourciauMiranda Mire
Roxanne FalconLisa Mire
Peggy FalconJenny Olivier
Louise ClaytonGermaine Robinson
Delores ElkinsVerna RichardAlyce Richard
Karen MatteShari MorainCarla DaigleDenise’ StellyKelly EstiletteVicki RichardKathy Little
Meghan ThibodeauxRaymond & Brandi Dohmann
Kim DaigleAimee’ Daigle
Mac & Connie FigueronJanice OlivierDot Wimberly
Denise DaugereauxMaria SmithWendy MillerDavid Smith
Crissie DaugereauxJo Lynn MecheBrandi Richard
Courtney AndrepontGeraldine Thibodeaux
Judy ThibodeauxSonya Daigle
Janet JohnsonLisa Thibodeaux
Pam BenoitBarbara Stanford
Keith FaulDora Faul
Janet BernardLana CormierMegan Israel
Willie Mae Olivier
Jackie DecouBobby WimberlyKristy Venable
Brittni/Dolores MillerApril Faul
Christine BellardPiper VenableTonia Johnson
Sheila LavergneCarlie Richard
Nakia WimberlyJudy Suire
Nicki GaspardNatalie Lyttle
Fumiko LaVergneLisa Mire
Miranda MireKathy Venable
Special thanks toChurch Point
Bankfor the use of the building
And everyone that supported our fund raiser by purchasing
all of the wonderful
items/dishes
Holiday in the City! STARTING FROM $129 WEEKNIGHTS
At the local Knights of Columbus’ recent meeting Chaplain Msgr. Jeff DeBlanc thanked the members for their help with the 2013 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Autumn Fest, which raised $20,000, despite the inclement weather. Monsignor also en-couraged the knights to learn more about Pope Francis in the KC’s Columbia maga-zine.
Grand Knight Lee Ward Bellard reminded his brother knights of the considerable works of mercy performed by Catholic hospitals and schools, institutions whose freedom of con-
science is threatened by the mandates of Obamacare. Brother Belllard also thanked the knights for leading the flag-raising cere-mony at football games at Church Point High.
The knights contin-ue to look forward to the Area Gumbo Cook-off, the annual Free-Throw contest, and the Substance Abuse Essay Contest, as well as the January men’s retreat at Maryhill, the State Family Meeting, and the Catholic Youth Leadership Awards.
The knights will complete their crèche at OLSH at 8 a.m. De-cember 7, after the monthly Mass attend-
ed by the OLSH Men’s Guild. Again this year “Keep Christ in Christ-mas” car magnets are available for purchase. Finally, the Keep Christ in Christmas Poster Contest is un-derway at OMP Catho-lic School.
Brother Donald Lejeune has graciously agreed to continue on as Financial Secre-tary, John Dale Rich-ard is the Knight of the Month, and the John Thibodeaux family is Family of the Month. For more information about these activities or membership in the Knights of Columbus, please contact Mem-bership Director Don-
ald Lejeune at 684-3470 or Harold Fonte
year parcel fee of $50 on “each lot, subdivid-ed portion of ground or individual tract upon which is located, either in whole or in part, a residential or commer-cial structure, regard-less of the structure’s being occupied or un-occupied.”
If approved, the fee would generate an es-timated $42,000 an-nually “for the purpose of acquiring, con-structing, maintain-
ing and operating fire protection facilities and equipment for the District, including the cost of obtaining water for fire protection pur-poses and all purposes incidental thereto.”
The District cur-rently has a pair of property tax millages on the books.
A 3-mill levy will ex-pire in 2022 and gen-erates about $24,500 annually. A 4.83-mill tax brings in about
$39,500 a year. The latter expires in 2021.
November birthdayscelebrated at AS7GH
BINGO AT THE SWLA VETERANS HOME - Members of VFW Post 9903 and American Legion Post 225 and Auxiliary Unit 225 hosted bingo at the South-west Louisiana Veterans Home on November 20. The group brought $200 in prize money for the residents of the home, as well as serving refreshments. Two mem-bers of the post, Warren Bourgeois and Dave Richard, now reside at the Jennings home. The Church Point group hosts bingo there two times a year. Seated from left to right are Auxiliary Unit 225 President Jackie Monroe, Warren Bourgeois and Dave Richard; stand-ing from left are gine volunteer Ron Schultz, Joe Tom Citizen, Yusef Abdul Bellard, Freida Richard, VFW Post 9903 Commander Albert Meche, Gwen Meche, Gloria Brown and the home's Assistant Social Activi-ties Director Pam Stanga; standing in back are Joseph Monroe, left, and Rodney Richard.
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LIFESTYLES
Sisters 2 Sistahs hosted the Novem-ber birthday party at the Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home.
The party was held on Friday, November 22, 2013.
A large decorated birthday cake centered the cake table which had an assortment of
cake. Cake and punch were served.
Celebrating birth-days were Evie Har-mon, Cleveland Guil-lory, Francis Guillory, Don Dugas, Gladys Carriere, George Citi-zen, Doris Franche-bois, Gladys Savoie, Angela Soileau and Geneva Martinez.
A Happy Anniver-sary also to Rose and Cleveland Guillory who were married 41 years on Nov. 18.
Hosting the party were Kris Dominge-aux, Christine Semien Ruby Richard, Letitte Ceasar, Shirley Guil-lory and LaShonda Mouton-Jean Batiste.
HOSTED NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY PARTY - Sisters 2 Sistahs of Church Point hosted the November birthday party at the Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home on No-vember 22. Hosting the party were from left, Ruby Richard, Kris Domingeaux, Shirley Guillory, Christine Semien, LaShonda Mouton-Jean Batiste and Letitte
Ceasar. Photo by Diana Daigle
November birthdays at Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home.
PILGRIMS FOR THANKSGIVING - The little kindergarten students of Mrs. Angie Vautrot at Branch Elementary dressed like Pilgrims for Thanksgiv-ing. Mrs. Vautrot designed and made the attire.
9/11 Ceremonies, Flag Day Ceremonies, and our Veterans’ Day Cer-emonies. Post Com-mander Dallas Matte was not able to attend.Post 225 Adjutant Jo-seph N. Monroe and Mrs. Jackie Monroe, President of Auxiliary Unit 225, graciously accepted the Com-
munity Partnership Award on behalf of the American Legion Post 225.
Many thanks to all the members of the American Legion Post 225.
Mr. Steve Carriere received this award
for his work of the past eleven years on raising funds to sup-port the Ronald Mc-Donald house at St. Jude’s Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Carriere accomplishes this through the Ca-jun Woodstock festi-val put on in the park in Church Point ev-
ery spring. Over the years this festival has grown and has provid-ed over $300,000.00 and large amounts of non-perishable items to the Ronald McDon-ald House to support the parents of children undergoing cancer treatment at St. Jude’s Hospital.
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POLICE From P 1
KCs discuss upcoming events
November birthdays at Acadia-St. Landry Guest Home.
Bethanie Claire Leger and Jared Ga-briel Bullock were united in marriage on September 21, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. The cer-emony took place at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Msgr. Jefferson J. DeBlanc, Jr. officiating at the ceremony.
The new Mrs. Bull-ock is the daughter of Carl and Lisa Leger. She is the granddaugh-ter of Joyce Carriere and the late Joseph Lee Carriere and Hil-man and Sable Leger all of Church Point.
Mr. Bullock is the son of William (Bil-ly) Bullock and Mary Bullock of Branch. He is the grandson of Marlton and Shirley Bullock of Branch and the late Early and Iris Guidry of Rayne.
The bride was giv-en in marriage by her father. The bride was attired in a stunning soft white all over lace gown. It had an ultra-feminine sweetheart bodice featuring el-egant all over lace de-tail. A beaded empire
waist added drama and created a flatter-ing silhouette. It had a fit and flare skirt that added dimensions that finished off the look. She wore a two tier veil featuring a beautifully beaded scallop edge with pearls. She car-ried a bouquet of burnt orange calla lilies with soft white roes.
Her attendants wore floor length teal blue dresses and car-ried burnt orange calla lilie bouquets. Maid of honor was Jodi Ewing sister of the groom. Bridesmaids were Ash-ley Comeaux, Candace Godeaux, Shayla Ho-raist, Jazzy Leger and Mackenzie Fontenot friends of the bride.
Best man was fa-ther of the groom Wil-liam (Billy) Bullock. Groomsmen were Brayton Leger, Brent Andrepont, James Wingate, Andre Guidry and Jordan Bullock. They wore charcoal grey tux with teal blue colored ties and the boutonnieres were cal-la lilies.
Flower girl was
McKenzie Ewing, daughter of Jodi and Landon Ewing and godchild of the groom. She wore a white sleevless knee length dress with white pearl beadng on top. She carried a small bou-quet of burnt orange calla lilies.
Bennett Leonards was ring bearer. He dressed identical to the
groommen and carried a sign saying "Here Comes the Bride."
Mother of the bride wore a grey two piece top with black palazzo pants.
Mother of the groom wore a two piece chev-ron top with black palazzo pants.
Mothers and grand-mothers wore broach-es instead of flowers.
For something old the bride wore a garter made by her grand-mother, Joyce Carri-ere, with fabric from her mother's dress. Something borrowed was a pearl bracelet from her grandmother, Joyce, as well. Some-thing blue were her shoes and something new was her wedding dress.
Readers were Dick-ie Faul, godfather of the bride, and Kyle Carriere, cousin of the bride. Gift bear-ers were Clarke and Yvonne Bullock, god-parents of the groom.
For the reception the tables were deco-rated with centerpiec-es of large vases that contained brown twigs with submerged burnt orange calla lilies. The vases were placed on a piece of teal blue fabric and surrounded by tea light candles.
The wedding cake was three tier white round cake topped with calla lilies. Pearl like beads surrounded the layers. The second tier displayed the cou-
ple's initials. The cake was filled with pecan filling and bavarian cream.
The theme for the groom's cake was Dal-las Cowboys which cor-related with his Dallas Cowboys football back drop for the groom's table. The cake was red velvet with cream cheese icing.
Photographer was a family member, Pat Gross.
The couple traveled to Pigeon Forge, Ten-nessee on their wed-ding trip. The new Mr and Mrs. Bullock are residing in Branch.
The bride is a 2009 graduate of Church Point High and a 2013 graduate of McNeese State University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She is pres-ently employed at La-fayette General as an RN.
The groom is a 2006 graduate of Church Point High school and a 2008 graduate of La. Technical College as a machinist. He is pres-ently employed at Bell Helicopter.
The Church Point News - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - Page 7
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Gabriel Bullock
Leger, Bullock wed Sept. 21 in OLSH Church
VISITED CALIFORNIA - Theresa Arceneaux, right, with her granddaughter, Leith Ann Carrier, left, flew to San Diego, California to visit with There-sa's daughter, Cheryl Arceneaux. They spent a week there visiting places of interest. One day was spent at the San Diego Zoo which was very interesting and was among the many places visited.
HAPPY 94TH BIRTHDAY AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY - American Legion Auxiliary Unit 225 donned red, white and blue hats to celebrate the 94th birthday of the American Legion Auxiliary at the November 12 auxiliary meeting. There was also a cake, shown below right, trimmed in red, white and blue frosting. Shown in the picture are, seated from left to right, Stella Carrier, Auxiliary President Jackie Monroe and Sherry Miller; standing from left are Charlotte Miller, Carol Dugas, Joyce Matte, Kate Miller, Lorita Fontenot, Charlene Hanks, Amanda Leger and Jenny Bellard. Auxiliary member Carolyn Hart is not shown. Photo by Carolyn Hart
NDHS ACADEMIC SWEATERS - Seniors at Notre Dame High School of Acadia Parish who were awarded the prestigious Academic Sweater are pictured with NDHS Chancellor, Fr. Matthew Higginbotham, front left. Seniors are, front Wyatt Breaux, Allison Daigle, Jeff Michael Daigle, Brent Didier, Delanie Duna-gan, Jacob Faulk, Winston Faulk, Chirstopher Fleming, Rachel Fogleman, Estelle Fontenot, Kevin Frank, Klein Gates (certificate), Kyler Habetz, Michael Herpin, Katie Istre, Alyson Kratzer, Jaclyn Lalande, Emma Lavergne, Elizabeth Leger, Lindsey Meyer, Alex Miller, Kaitlin Miller, Mallory Perry,Curt Petitjean, Hans Prevost, Caroline Robertson, Alex Rozas, Laura Schmid, Mollie Stelly, Aislinn Thibodeaux, Sarah Treadway, Sam Veillon, Bryant Venable, Allie Wimberley. Absent were Lance Edwards and Michelle Leonards. Stu-dents must maintain a 3.3 GPA over six semesters at NDHS. GPA with less than six semesters at NDHS earns a certificate of academic achievement.
Homecoming for next year-2014, will be held the sixth (6th) week of the season, against the Pine Prai-rie Panthers on Friday, October 10, 2014.
On Thursday, Octo-ber 9 at 5:30, the an-nual homecoming pa-rade will leave CPHS, and go through town. Groups, alumni, and individuals are invit-ed to participate. On Friday, the honored classes are invited to attend a reception at the school. The gym parking lot will be open for you to use. Alumni are invited to register at the gym and tour the school and facili-
ties from 9:30- 10:15. At 10:15, we will have a program in the gym to recognize those in attendance and intro-duce the homecoming court.
After the program and refreshments you are invited to tour the high school and el-ementary school, have lunch in the cafeteria and return at 2:00 for the regular pep rally (which will be held in the stadium.
The classes that will be honored next year are 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.
CPH homecoming coming up in 2014
It came down to the final seconds Friday night at Bear Stadium, but this time it wasn't meant to be for the Bears, as they fall to Livonia in the 3A quar-terfinal round of play-off action.
Livonia, the num-ber one seed, came to town to take on the Cinderella Bears on Black Friday. Church Point had made school history the week be-fore by becoming the only team to ever ad-vance to the quarterfi-nal round of the play-offs and was looking to avenge a week 10 loss to the Wildcats for the District 5-3A title.
Instead of Black Friday, the Wildcats must've thought they stepped into a black hole as the fans and team made the atmo-sphere electric. The game promised to be as electric as the air was with anticipation of a slugfest.
Livonia won the toss and elected to de-fer possession. Antho-ny Thibodeaux took the ball at the Bear 38 where Church Point began play.
No surprise the Bears came out pounding the turf. The trio of James Bellard, Brett Richard, and Deion Monroe came on the field guided by Senior signal caller Jake Morvant. Bellard took the first handoff for ten yards to start the drive. Handoffs to Richard and Monroe kept the drive going for quick first downs. On second and nine, Morvant handed off
to Brett Richard who took the ball up the middle and through traffic. Breaking tack-les, he sped through the secondary 37 yards to paydirt. Kian Richard's PAT was good, and at the 10:13 mark in the first quar-ter it was Church Point drawing first blood on the Cats.
Church Points spe-cial teams have been outstanding this sea-son, and to no ones surprise, Richard's kickoff sailed through the end zone to put the ball in play for Livonia at the twenty.
Livonia, mainly be-hind the arm of Kerry Savoy and the legs of Russell Farris, were able to move the ball down the field. Tackles by Alex Higginbotham, Jackson Bellard, Tedrick Citizen and pass defense by Tyler Wheeler and Fredrick Williams stalled the Wildcats drive and they were forced to try a 26 yard field goal. Henry Frech's kick was good, and the Bears held a 7-3 lead with 6:42 to play in the first.
Church Point's next drive started at their 41 yard line, but on the second play of the drive, James Bellard couldn't hold on to the ball and it was forced loose. Livonia recov-ered the ball at the midfield mark.
Savoy's passes and the ground game of Li-vonia worked the short field all the way down to the Bear 2 yard line. That's when Livonia's Malcolm Dedrick took the handoff and snuck
in from 2 out to put Li-vonia in the lead. Fred-rick Williams blocked the extra point and with 4:30 to play in the first, Livonia was on top 9-7.
Livonia's kickoff went to Tyler Wheel-er, who returned the ball to the Bear 25. The Bear ground and pound moved the ball well until Church Point's second fumble of the night, this time by Monroe. Livonia re-covered and took over inside Bear territory.
A tough defensive stand by the Bears and tackles by Alex Higgin-botham, Tedrick Citi-zen, and Jaylan Kelly forced a third down and seven. Savoy's pass was broken up by Justen Roscoe forcing fourth down. Savoy's pass fell incomplete on fourth down and the Bears took over on downs.
The second quar-ter was scoreless, as both teams fought for ground and both defenses held their ground. Livonia drove down the field late in the second quarter, but their drive was killed when Tyler Wheeler picked off a Kerry Sa-voy pass at the Bear 7 yard line. The first half ended with a 9-7 score.
Livonia took the second half kickoff at their 20 yard line. Livo-nia took the ball all the way down to the Bear side of the field before their drive stalled. On fourth down, Frech was once again called in to attempt a field goal. The 34 harder split the uprights, and at the 9:18 mark in the third, it was Livo-nia padding their lead 12-7.
Livonia kicked the ball off to Fredrick Williams. His return, plus a late hit penal-ty gave the Bears the ball at the Livonia 48 yard line. Brett Rich-ard came in to lead the Bears grizzly forma-tion (aka the wildcat). His first handoff went to Deion Monroe for four yards. On second down, Richard took the direct snap up the middle for a first down. Out of the griz-
zly, Richard handed off to Monroe for six, then called his own number. On third and eight, Church Point had their third fumble of the night, but Bel-lard was able to re-cover, forcing a Bear punt. Under a heavy rush, Trae Lavergne's punt was blocked by the Wildcats.
Livonia's Malcom Dedrick picked up the
loose ball and appeared on his way to the score. Trae Lavergne, doing his best Don Beebe impersonation, wasn't going to let that happen. Dedrick, do-ing a little premature celebrating, held the ball out, taunting the Bears. Lavergne was able to knock the ball free, forcing a fumble. It was recovered by the Bears, and in addition to the unsportsman-like conduct penalty, the Bears had new life at their 35yard line.
Morvant, back in at quarterback, gave the ball to Richard and Bellard before turn-ing the signals over to Richard.
Out of the "Griz-zly" formation, the Bears moved the ball down the field. Be-tween the running of Richard and Williams, the Bears drove down field until Williams ran it in for the three yard score. The two point conversion failed, and Church Point held a slim 13-12 lead.
Richard's kickoff was returned to the Church Point 29, and it didn't take long for the Wildcats to strike. Russell Farris slipped
through and eluded the Bear defense 29 yards for the score. Kerry Savoy's two point run conversion was good, and Livonia had slipped back on top 20-13, with 3:09 to play in the third quar-ter.
Livonia once again squib kicked to the Bears, this time recov-ered by Tedrick Citi-zen. Bellard, Christian Veronie, and Deion Monroe all had car-ries until Monroe took the handoff on third down and lost the ball. The loose ball was re-covered by Livonia, who then carried and fumbled the ball away back to the Bears. This gave Church Point a first down at their 41. Multiple handoffs to Bellard, Monroe, Wil-liams and Richard pushed the Livonia defense backwards. With 11:14 left in the game, Richard, operat-ing out of the Grizzly, took the ball through the defense 18 yards to paydirt. Kian Rich-ard's PAT was good, and it was knotted up at 20-20.
Livonia took over at their 25 on the ensu-ing drive. They drove the length of the field to the Bear goal line.
Savoy, under pres-sure, took the ball and appeared to have fumbled the ball into the end zone where it was recovered by Church Point. The ball was ruled dead at the 1 yard line however, and the Wildcats had another shot at scor-ing. Savoy again called his own number, and again fumbled, but recovered his own fumble to score for the Cats. Frech's PAT was good, and Livonia was on top 27-20, with 6:14 to play in the con-test.
From their 30 yard line, Church Point seemed primed to play ball. Bellard, Monroe, and Richard all carried until Richard took the ball 48 yards through the Wildcat defense for the score. Livonia, sensing a two point conversion did not rush on the PAT, caus-ing a little confusion. Richard's kick was low and left, hitting the left upright and falling left. With 3:59 to play in the game, Livonia held a 1point lead.
Church Point's at-tempt at an onside kick failed, and Livonia started their posses-
sion inside Bear terri-tory. An outstanding defensive stand, and a sack by Jaylan Kelly forced Livonia to punt the ball to the Bears.
Church Point drove from other 26 all the way across midfield with the clock running down. Facing a fourth and seven from the Li-vonia 41, and trying to get into field goal range, the Bears fourth down pass attempt fell short, turning the ball over to Livonia.
The Wildcats took three snaps in vic-tory formation to end the clock and end the Bears historic sea-son. Livonia moves on to face the Jennings Bulldogs this Friday in semi- final action, with the winner headed to New Orleans for the 3A Championship game.
Leaders for the Bears on the night were James Bellard with 89 yards on 16 carries, Brett Richard with 152 yards on 15 car-ries, 8 receiving yards, and also had 5 return yards in addition to three touchdowns on the night, Deion Mon-roe with 92 yards on 16 carries, Christian Veronie had 11 yards on 2 carries and added 5 return yards, Fred-
rick Williams had 9 yards on two carries, a touchdown, and added 12 return yards, Jake Morvant had 16 yards on 3 carries, and Tyler Wheeler had 8 return yards and added 1 in-terception. Morvant was 1/5 in passing, for 8 yards and no inter-ceptions.
A team with no stars, no egos and all heart, the Bears finish the season 9-4, and their deepest run in school history. Coach Arceneaux and staff have done a tremen-dous job with this team and look to only improve on their suc-cess next year.
Great job, and con-gratulations to the players, staff, and sup-port and spirit groups! History was made in 2013, and it only looks better!
SPORTSWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 CHURCH POINT NEWS PAGE 8
Bears lose heartbreaker to #1 seeded Wildcats
BEARS ON WAY TO GAMES FIRST TOUCHDOWN - The Church Point Bears were the first to score in the 3A quarterfinal game against Livonia. Ben Richard, right, is shown carrying the ball across the 20 yard line on his way to a touchdown. Bears Layne Matte, Deion Monroe, John-Wyatt Treme, Brock Buller and an unidentified Bear block in the background. Photo by Carolyn Hart
Deion Monroe carries the ball as Bailey Fontenot blocks
Do you have game video?
Church Point High School is look-ing for the following things from Bear fans: If anyone has video of the last second field goal at Donaldsonville, and the celebration on the field after, and/or pictures of the stands and crowd at the quarterfinal game vs. Livonia, please send to Lee Bellard @ [email protected], or 337-288-2497. These are items that we would like to have on file for future reference and use. Thanks!
The November 4-H meeting was called to order Monday, Novem-ber 4, 2013 at 2:10 in the Mire Elementary cafeteria by President Jordan McCrory.
Mason Credeur lead in the Pledge of Allegiance and Thom-as Morales lead in the
4-H Pledge. Vice Presi-dent, Kameron Brous-sard acknowledged all the adults in the room. I, Gracie Bergeron, passed the roll call sheet around and read the October minutes.
There were 45 to-tal members present. 22 were boys and 23
were girls. Treasurer, Doriane Witherwax gave the treasurer’s report. Vice President, Kameron Broussard updated the club on our service learning projects for this school year. Emma LaVergne accepted the officer’s reports. Leah Guardia seconded the motion.
Emily gave old business on Nation-al 4-H week. Kaelyn gave old business on the 4-H dance. Jeffry Bourdeaux gave new business on the Com-modity Cookery. Gavin Berard also gave new
business on food and fitness camp. Ali Dela-houssaye gave new business on operation LA connection.
Mrs. Jennings gave a report on the Decem-ber fun meeting and pet food drive. Mrs. Judy McCrory was our guest speaker and she showed the 4-H members how to make pumpkin pie. The agent, Mrs. Kayla, gave information from the newsletter. Madison Leger adjourned the meeting and Brooklyn Comeaux seconded the motion.
ON CAMPUSWEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 CHURCH POINT NEWS PAGE 9
OMP CELEBRATES 4-H WEEK - 4-H Week was celebrated by the Our Mother of Peace 4-H members during the week of Oct. 7 – Oct. 11, 2013. The theme for this year’s celebra-tion was “Team Up with 4-H”. Fun activities were planned all week for all of the students and faculty at OMP to participate. On Thurs-day, all students were asked to wear a team jer-sey to show their spirit. The 4-H members are pictured showing their OMP 4-H Spirit. Report-ed by Lindsey Lyons, OMP Reporter.
MIRE 4-H DUCT TAPE WINNERS - Mire Elementary 4-H members recent-ly competed in the Acadia Parish 4-H Duct Tape contest. Mire 4-Hers who placed are, from left, Kaelyn Mire - 1st place, Doriane Witherwax - 1st place and Leah Guardia - 3rd place.
Mire Elementary 4-H Club meets
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OMP HOLDS VETERANS DAY PROGRAM - Our Mother of Peace held its Veterans Day Program on November 11. Woodmen of the World representative Barbara Doucet is shown speaking to the audience. Veterans and Msgr. DeBlanc are standing in the background.
American Legion Post 225 veteran Nolan Monroe speaks at OMP
Adam and Barbara Doucet and Malcolm Figueron of Chapter 444 attended the Vet-erans Day ceremony at Our Mother of Peace School on Nov. 11.
The chapter donat-ed 45 desk flags to line the fence, as well as the large one on the flag pole to the school ear-lier for Veterans Day. The children honored local veterans with a morning ceremony in their gym.
Nolan Monroe of the American Legion
Post 225 spoke on honoring veterans and introduced the Color Guard.
As a closing part of the program, Bar-bara Doucet read the prayer that President Roosevelt had read over the radio the day of the Normandy Inva-sion. Principal Debbie Fontenot is to be com-mended for the won-derful job she is doing in instilling in the chil-dren gratitude for our nation’s heroes, our veterans.Flags along the OMP School fence
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Page 10 - Wednesday, December 4, 2013 - The Church Point News
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart ChurchVery Rev. Msgr. Jefferson J.
I wonder, do we really have the eyes of Jesus? Do we see those with so much less than ourselves all around us? Do we re-ally want to live out what we've said we're living out?
I understand some of the ideas that what some have earned, one should be able to keep.
I get that. But what I don't get is living into that idea that Jesus would have us live into and still say we should be able to keep what is ours. The two ideas are inevitably going to clash. You can be-lieve what is mine is mine. You can believe what yours is mine. Or you can believe what’s mine is yours. God al-lows that choice. What He isn’t so happy with, it seems, is to say one thing and live another. He just isn’t.
I wish for every Christian, particular-ly those hung up on theology and doctrine and Protestantism (me much of the time I'm afraid) to listen to these words:
"I prefer a church which is bruised, hurting and dirty be-cause it has been out on the streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from be-ing confined and from clinging to its own se-curity," he wrote. "I do not want a church concerned with be-ing at the center and then ends up by being caught up in a web of obsessions and proce-dures. More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, with-in rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starv-ing and Jesus does not tire of saying to us, 'Give them something to eat.'"
That sounds a lot like the Louisiana Unit-ed Methodist Annual Conference Bishop, Cynthia Harvey, and many other Protestant sources like Rick War-ren and the like but in fact it is Pope Francis, who is a wonderful gift from God. In a 50,000 papal statement this
week, he also said, "Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which as-sume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusive-ness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, express-es a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding eco-nomic power and in the sacra lized work-ings of the prevailing economic system.”
This afternoon, a cold but bright Wednesday, and I write this not to glo-rify the objective, one dear church of mine will take a huge box of goodies to a household that includes two fami-lies, eight children and a load of pain. What they don't have is what we have. Food stuffs. Paper products. Little things for children that let them know there is indeed a church, a people out there, out there that will get dirty and bruised in order to deliver things worth being thankful for. Still.
We just passed Thanksgiving, and even before that I was seeing things like the Great Christmas Light challenge or some such on TV. Rudolph came on to shine his nose on us before the turkey was carved. I've been seeing this commercial for the I-pad Air and there are these two little girls who set up the I-pad to catch Santa and they fall asleep and they're so cute and all I can think of is how beau-tiful and expensive is their house and since as kids they already have an I-pad and ev-erything else imagin-able what can their list to Santa hold?
Is that a message that everyone is com-
fortable with in this country?
Where are we, that the church isn't bruised, hurting and dirty? And why is it so hard to get the church out of the building?
Bishop Harvey has made it a prior-ity in our conference, a group of more than 600 United Methodist Churches, to have a mission, a vision and some core values in the coming year.
She says "we will place the needs and interests of people be-fore the needs and in-terests of the institu-tion. We will prioritize transformative rela-tionships over sustain-ing buildings and bud-gets."
The message, from all sorts of areas in this country, heck in this world, is that we have so we must give. That's not unique to Catholicism or to Prot-estantism or whatever.
It is Christian.Rev. Billy Turner is
the pastor at Eunice First United Method-ist Church, Church Point United Methodist Church and Iota United Methodist Church. He has a daily blog called That’s Life at billys-saints.blogspot.com
Like most people, I have so many good memories of Thanks-giving, centered mostly around food and fam-ily. It’s also a nation-al holiday, a time to thank God for peace and prosperity.
We are blessed, in-deed. I wish people ev-erywhere could have the same benefits of adequate food and housing and the bless-ings of peace and pros-perity.
We thank God for his gifts to us by paus-ing for heartfelt prayer on this special day.
Let’s remember also the millions through-out the world, and here at home, who are in need of any of life’s basics.
We pray: “Lord, we thank you for your blessings. Look kind-ly on those in need. Make us aware of our responsibility in your
sight to be true broth-ers and sisters to all of your children. Amen.”
Hope all of you had a Happy Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Message from Bishop Jarrell
Bishop Michael Jarrell
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2013 CHURCH POINT NEWS PAGE 11
RELIGION
What does the Bible say?
KC's offeringscholarships
Knights of Colum-bus Council 2504 is sponsoring a Catho-lic Citizenship Essay Contest.
The contest is open to all Catholic students currently in grades 8 through 12.
The deadline to en-ter is Monday, Janu-ary 27, 2014.
For more infor-mation contact the Church Point High school office.
“Matthew 5: 44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use you, and per-secute you; 45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” “James 4:17: Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
These verses are a self-check of our spiri-tual condition. There are many different types of people that we
have to deal with ev-eryday in different sit-uations. Some of these situations are not what we would say are pleasant. As we look at God’s Word we will see that everything we do is part of our spiri-tual walk in this life. Can you honestly say you put your dealings with others before God for direction? What is your heart attitude toward them as you present them to God in prayer?
Pastor Berl Adams First Baptist Church 310 S. Broadway Church Point, La 70525 Phone 337-684-2556
OMP STUDENTS OF WEEK - OMP Student of the Week for the week of November 18, 2013 were bot-tom row, left to right, Cassidie Leger, Lainey Daigle, Rhyan Burleigh, Corey Simon, Cayden Bellard and Averi Moore; top row left to right, Msgr. Jeff DeBlanc, Dylan Venable, Ross Bertrand, Joseph Chautin, Ana Brooke Wimberley, Erin Gaspard and Mrs. Debbie Fontenot. Not shown Beau Smith.
Do we have the eyes of Jesus?
By REV. BiLLy TURNER
THANKSGiViNG FOOD DRiVE - The OMP 4-H Club sponsored a Thanksgiv-ing Food Drive. Can goods were collected from the OMP student body during mass on Wednesday, November 20, 2013. The can goods were donated to families in need during the holiday season. The 4-H officers helping to collect the can goods were (left to right) Paige Chavis, Emma istre, Matthew Doucet, Sydney Speyer, Lindsey Lyons and Maddie Daigle. Article was provided by Lindsey Lyons, OMP Reporter.
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1983 The Church Point Catholic Church celebrated it's 100th birthday
April 21, 1885 A new church “L'Eglise du Sacre Coeur de Ma-rie” was formally dedi-
cated.November, 1954
The old church was replaced with the cur-rent church, under the direction of the Pastor, 'Father C.A. Bienvenu'.
Early 1980's, Flo-
rine and Edgar Daigle donated several acres of land to be used as the church's third graveyard.
1840's Several fam-ilies, mostly French/Acadian, settled in the
area, then known as Plaquemine Brulee. Among the pioneer families, were Daigle. David, LeBleu, Breaux, Guidry, Barousse, Latiolais, Bergeron, Comeaux, Thibodeaux and Wimberley. A few years later, several families from England, including the Elkins, Briscoe and McBride arrived.
The French Aca-dians were mostly Catholic, and hav-ing no church, had to travel to Grand Cote-au, which had a Cath-olic, which was built in
1819. In 1848, the Daigle
brothers found a building in Pointe Noir, owned by Mrs. Leon LeBleu, purchased it and moved it to what is now Church Point.
A few years later, finding out that the chapel was too small, a larger one was con-structed on land do-nated by Theodule and Joseph Daigle.
Records from that chapel began on March 25, 1851, with the baptism of Octave David, born October 28, 1850. Also bap-
tized that day was Em-ilie Daigle, born Sept. 6, 1850, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodule Daigle.
A total of 33 bap-tisms were recorded in 1851.
The first record-ed marriage was on March 4, 1856, with Adelaide Blanchard (age 18) and Dupreville Bergeron (age 24).
September 29, 1873 The first Post Of-fice was established and the community 'L'Eglise a la Pointe, became known as Church Point.
CROWLEY - Faced with the possibility of losing a major tenant in the Crowley-Rayne In-dustrial Park, the Aca-dia Parish Police Jury backed off of its plan to stop natural gas service to the park and aban-don the gas line.
Jay Mayeaux, pro-duction manager at Baker Hughes, ex-plained that his plant relies on natural gas as part of its production process, not simply to heat the buildings.
Baker Hughes is one of six businesses in the 8-acre park that use natural gas. Mayeaux said one of the compa-nies is in the process of converting to propane and the rest “are kind of waiting to see what happens here.”
Simply put, with-out natural gas, Baker Hughes may be forced to relocated, Mayeaux told the jury.
In the Park since 1983, the company currently has 26 full time employees with an annual payroll of $2.2 million, not counting contract workers and truck drivers, Mayeaux said. Baker Hughes ships $42.8 million worth of products out of the plant located on U.S. Hwy. 90 east of Crowley every year.
“We just started a $3.3 million expansion that we estimate will in-crease our production by 57 percent,” he said. “But that’s been put on hold pending the out-
come of this.”Mayeaux said con-
version to propane or liquified gas is not an option for the plant as it would necessitate state and federal re-permitting and force retrofitting of much of the equipment.
“Without natural gas, we may be forced to relocate our opera-tion,” he said.
The jury voted in September to abandon the gas line and cut off the service when offi-cials learned that At-mos would no longer maintain the line. At-mos informed the jury that, since the line is not theirs, they were going to stop mainte-nance for liability pur-poses.
Richard “Dickie” Latiolais, said it would cost the parish between $12,000 and $15,000 annually to contract out maintenance of the gas line.
Latiolais said the gas provider is scheduled to cease delivery of natural gas in mid-December.
However, in light of the circumstances out-lined by Mayeaux, the jury voted to delay that cut-off date.
“We’re not asking for a final decision to-night,” Mayeaux said. “We just want time to work something out.”
A.J. “Fatty” Brous-sard, jury president, concurred. “We’ll do our best to keep you in Aca-dia Parish.”
Page 12 - The Church Point News - Wednesday, December 4, 2013
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ACADIA-ST. LANDRY HOSPITAL TAKEN AT THE REGULAR MEETING HELD
ON OCTOBER 24, 2013There were present: Benjamin Bellard, Roger Boudreaux, Claire
Jackson, Myra Lewis and F. Peter Savoy, III-CEO. Absent: Chairman Michael Williams, MD and Nicholas Bellard1. The meeting was opened by Vice-Chairperson Myra Lewis2. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Benjamin Bellard
and unanimously approved to accept the minutes of August 2013.3. The October 2013 Medical Staff Report was presented by Myra
Lewis. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Claire Jackson and unanimously approved to accept the October 2013 Medical Staff Report as presented.
4. The September 2013 Financial Report was presented by Lucille LeJeune, CFO. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Claire Jackson and unanimously approved to accept the September 2013 Fi-nancial Report as presented.
5. The September 2013 Business Office Report was presented by Carlene Roger, Business Office Manager. It was moved by Roger Bou-dreaux, seconded by Benjamin Bellard and unanimously approved to accept the September 2013 Business Office Report as presented.
6. The Administrator’s Report was presented by F. Peter Savoy, III, CEO. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Claire Jackson and unanimously approved to accept the Administrator’s Report as pre-sented.
7. Adoption of revised/amended to hospital Grievance Policy and Procedure was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Benjamin Bel-lard and unanimously approved to adopt policy and procedure.
8. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Benjamin Bellard and unanimously approved to go into Executive Session.
9. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Claire Jackson and unanimously approved to go back into regular session.
10. It was moved by Roger Boudreaux, seconded by Claire Jackson and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting.
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COACHES & SPONSORS - Pictured here at the 2013 Pee Wee and Cheerleader's 2013 end-of-the year banquet held at the Church Point Community Center. Trophies were presented to the boys and girls. Hot dogs, chips and cookies were served after the presentation. Park Director Ike Richard, second from right, was in charge of the banquet. Assisting was Mayor Roger Boudreaux, left. Photo by Diana Daigle
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Local resident celebrates 100th birthday
BUGGY FESTIVAL QUEEN - Mrs. Agnes Bras-seaux, remembers when she was the Church Point Buggy Festival Queen in 1993. Her king was the late Tony Wimberley.
HONOREE AND CHILDREN - The three children of Mrs. Agnes Brasseaux are shown here with their mother at the 100th birthday celebration held on No-vember 23, one day after her actural birthday which was November 22. They are, from left, Brenda Labbie of Carencro, Darrel Brasseaux of Denham Springs and Helen Cormier of Port Arthur, Texas. Photo by Diana Daigle
A native and life long resident of Church Point was honored at a large celebration on her 100 birthday.
The party was held to honor Mrs. Agnes Brasseaux, a well know resident of the community.
Her children are Helen and Melvin Cormier of Port Ar-thur, Texas, Brenda and Ludwick Lab-bie of Carencro and Darrel and Elaine Brasseaux of Den-ham Springs.
The party was held on Saturday, November 23, 2013 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Saddle Tramp Club House on East Ebey Street. Her actual birthday was November 22.
A special guest at the celebration was Mrs. Agnes' sister, Mrs. Rita El-kins. Also attending were Sister Marlene Labbie, Mrs. Ag-
nes' grandson, Fr. Donavon Labbie of Parks, Msgr. Jeff De-Blanc and Fr. Steve.
An assortment of food was served.
The long serving table was overlaid in white. At one end of the table was a min-iature palm tree, the trunk of the tree was covered with fresh fruit, designed and made by her son-in-law, Melvin Cormier of Port Arthur.
The dining tables were overlaid in white and centered with fresh flowers.
On the register-ing table were scrap books about Mrs. Agnes.
The little lady, lives by herself and is assisted dur-ing the day by Mrs. Gussie Bearb.
She attends mass at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church on Sundays.
Mrs. Agnes re-members many
things about the past. She remem-bers the first car in Church Point, re-members seeing an airplane flying over.
She remember the old Langley store which was located where the Church Point News is now located. Across the street was an old hotel which she re-members well and the Hargroder Hotel which was located where Sunny's Fried Chicken is now lo-cated.
She said that on New Year's Eve it will be 50 years that she and her husband, the late Brasse-aux moved into the home that she is re-siding in.
We are sure that she could tell us many stories in her 100 years on this earth.
Congratulations and Happy Birthday Mrs. Agnes, you are a wonderful person.
ENTERTAINED AT BIRTHDAY PARTY - Mrs. Agnes Brasseaux's son Darrel Brasseaux, joined by Kelly Hebert, Nathan Cormier, Robert Elkins, Josh Elkins, Whitey Lejeune and Nolan Cormier entertained dur-ing Mrs. Brasseaux's birthday celebration. Photo by Diana Daigle
HONOREE AND SISTER - Mrs. Agnes Brasseaux, right, is shown here with her sister Mrs. Rita Elkins of Church Point, who was in attendance for the 100th birthday celebration. Photo by Diana Daigle
CAKE AND PUNCH TABLE - The beautiful decorated birthday cake which centered the table was de-signed and made by Monique Purgahn, center, granddaughter of Mrs. Agnes. Assisting her with the serving were Marcella Cormier Purgahn, left, and Miranda Purgahn, right. The three tiered cake was decorated with yellow roses and topping the cake was a miniature lady dressed in red with a bonnet, seated at a little sewing machine. A beautiful arrangement of roses and greenery was on one end of the table. Photo by Diana Daigle
