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Remembering Vinton Crosby
State moves forward with 2 river diversion projects
Ready to Bring It On!
Crosby Tugs founder, president was “a true southern gentleman” Bridget Mire Houma Courier Staff Writer
Cain Burdeau Associated Press
At 12 years old, Vinton Crosby left school and hopped on a tug boat. Years later, he approached his son, Kurt, who was studying physical education to become a coach, with a business idea. The two founded the Galliano-based Crosby Tugs in 1977. Crosby, a Golden Meadow native and Houma resident, died Monday at age 76. Kurt Crosby said he learned the value of hard work from his father as they grew the company to include more than 120 vessels and 720 employees. “He had an attitude of never quitting, no matter how bad it is,” he said. “He had the attitude where if he wanted something, there was no stopping him.
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Volunteers worked endlessly in order to bring on the festival fun! The French Food Festival Rocks concert was held Thursday night with headliners 38 Special wowing the crowd. Pictured above is Karla Cheramie putting the finishing touches on the festival’s entrance sign.
At left is Bob Faulk and Earl Hebert cooking seafood gumbo, typically prepared by Donald Uzee. Donald was unable to prepare his festival hit this year but Bob and Earl stepped up to the plate and promised to follow his recipe to a tee.
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LAFOURCHE PARISH FIRE DIST. #3 Board of Commissioners Regular Meeting 6:30 p.m. Fire Central 17462 W. Main, Cut Off. LOCKPORT AMERICAN LEGION Post #83 7:00 p.m. Lockport TUESDAY, OCT. 27
LAFOURCHE PARISH COUNCIL 5:00 p.m. 4876 Hwy. 1, Mathews LAFOURCHE LODGE F & AM 7:30 p.m. West Main Cut Off
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Arrests............................8-A Calendar of Events.........2-A
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Horoscopes.....................7-A Lottery.............................2-A
Memorials.......................7-A News In Brief...................5-A
Obituaries........................7-A
Surfin’ The Net................8-A
Worship Directory............4-A
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The French Food Festival is ongoing through Sunday afternoon.
Agency votes against using BP restoration funds on bridge Doug Cheramie, II | Contributing Writer
A proposal to use portions of fine money from the BP oil spill in 2010 for construction of the elevated LA1 improvement project was defeated by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) at its meeting in Baton Rouge on Wednesday. Instead of using oil spill fine money for the highway improvements, a compromise was reached in which the CPRA will develop criteria in which the highway project can use funding from the Gulf of Mexico Energy Securities Act
(GOMSEA), an act passed by the U.S. Congress in which the coastal states of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama will receive 27 percent of oil and as revenues in state waters up to three miles off their coastlines. Beyond the three miles limit, these states will receive 37 percent royalties in federal waters beginning in 2017, according to the Act. The compromise was reached because CPRA members, as well as numerous environmental groups, felt that the BP oil spill fine monies should be spent on coastal restoration projects.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is moving ahead with plans to divert the Mississippi River’s sediment and freshwater below New Orleans. On Wednesday, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, a panel overseeing coastal work in south Louisiana, voted to continue work on the Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton river diversion projects. The two diversions would flush sediment and freshwater into estuaries on the east and west sides of the Mississippi River in an effort to rebuild land. Kyle Graham, the executive director of the CPRA, told the board that 40,000 acres of land could be created over time by the two diversions. At the same meeting in the state Capitol in Baton Rouge, the CPRA voted to abandon two river diversion projects at the river’s mouth. State coastal scientists had determined that those diversions would not create as much land as previously hoped. Graham said modeling by the state shows that the Mid-Barataria and MidBreton diversions would not cause “catastrophic changes” for fishermen in the basins where the diversions would be built. Fishermen oppose the state building more river diversions because they say the fresh river water kills oysters and hurts shrimp catches. With the board’s approval on Wednesday, the state can now move on to working out engineering and design problems and seeking federal permits. Officials said they expect to spend up to three years designing the diversions. The Mid-Barataria diversion, slated to be built in Plaquemines Parish, would move at most 75,000 cubic feet per second of sediment and water into Barataria Bay. The Mid-Breton diversion is slated to be built on the other side of the Mississippi and push at most 35,000 cubic feet of water and sediment into the Breton Sound. The diversions are part of a 50-year, $50 billion master plan the state developed to combat land loss. See Diversion Page 3-A
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Judge issues final ruling against Jindal’s Common Core suit MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A federal judge has issued a final judgment rejecting Gov. Bobby Jindal’s federal lawsuit against the Common Core education standards, clearing the way for him to take his case to an appeals court. U.S. District Judge Shelly Dick refused the Republican governor’s claims that the U.S. Department of Education was illegally coercing states to use the standards. In September, Dick had refused Jindal’s request for a preliminary injunction to block federal officials from penalizing his state if it quits using Common Core. She said Jindal failed to show any such threat exists in legal briefings and a two-day hearing in May. Jindal attorney Jimmy Faircloth asked the judge to make that a final judgment to speed the appeal process, rather than hold a trial on the governor’s broader lawsuit against the Department of Education. The judge granted Faircloth’s request Tuesday. “We’ve briefed these issues extensively to her
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and all the experts testified, so there’s no reason practically to have another trial,” Faircloth said. “There’s no expectation of a different outcome.” Faircloth is challenging the decision to a New Orleans-based appeals court. Jindal, running for the GOP presidential nomination, sued the Education Department in August 2014, accusing President Barack Obama’s administration of manipulating $4.3 billion in federal grant money and policy waivers to illegally pressure states to adopt the English and math standards and associated testing. In her September decision, Dick said Jindal didn’t prove the state faces any possible injury if Louisiana decides to drop its use of the multistate standards and testing, which state lawmakers and education officials have so far refused to do. The judge also suggested Jindal would have difficulty winning the lawsuit’s broader effort to declare the federal grant and waiver programs illegal and unconstitutional. See Jindal Page 3-A
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Sunday, October 25, 2015 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE
Green Head club to kick off season Oct. 28
CALENDAR OF EVENTS NEWS TO USE …
SLHS posts upcoming homecoming activities
South Lafourche High School homecoming week activities are as follows: Tuesday, October 27, at 3 p.m. – Pirogue Race Bayou Lafourche across from SLHS Thursday, October 29, at 3 p.m. – Messy Games Back yard of SLHS Friday, October 30, at 4:30 p.m. – Returning Graduates from the Classes of 1975, 1985, 1995, and 2005 are invited to attend a reception in the commons area of South Lafourche High School. The returning graduates will walk across the field at 5:45 p.m. with the presentation of the 2015 SLHS Homecoming Court following at approximately 6 p.m. The Homecoming Dance will begin after the football game on Friday night and end at 1 a.m. At the dance, the presentation of the 2015 SLHS Homecoming Court will begin at 11: 30 p.m.
The Green Head supper and meeting will be kicking off its season again at Jackson’s Place in Golden Meadow on Wednesday, October 28, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Commodities to be given out Wed., Thurs.
The Lafourche Council on Aging, Inc. and Catholic Charities will give out monthly commodities for qualifying seniors 60 years of age and older between 7 and 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28 at the Cut Off Youth Center and Thursday, October 29 at the Raceland Recreation Center.
Catholic youth essays due Oct. 31 to KCs
All Catholic students in public, private and parochial schools in the Larose and Cut Off area in grades 8 - 12 are invited to participate in the 2015 Knights of Columbus Catholic Citizenship Essay Contest. Students are encouraged to write a 500 to 750word essay on the theme of The Importance of Religious Freedom. Entries must be in the possession of the
council by October 31. All contestants on the local level are recognized for their participation in the contest. Participants are required to furnish written parental consent. For entry forms and additional information contact Davis Becker, Grand Knight, at 985-696-1983, or John Guidry, at 985-798-7977.
Halloween alternative event to be held in G.M.
A Halloween alternative event will be held at the First Baptist Church in Golden Meadow on Saturday, October 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. Hay rides, games for kids, candy and prizes will be offered along with a chili cook-off. No costumes are asllowed. All are invited. For more information contact 4755490.
Fall Festival to be held Oct. 31 in Cut Off
South Lafourche Baptist Church, 17077 E. Main St. in Cut Off will host their fall festival on Saturday, October 31 starting at 6 p.m. The event will include food, games, fun and a hay ride. For more information call 985-632-4119.
Photography contest to begin Nov. 4
The Terrebonne Fine Arts Guild’s Downtown Art Gallery announces its fourth annual photography contest and show in celebration of American Art Week. The event will take place at 630 Belanger St., Houma Nov. 4 - 19. Registration will be held on Wednesday, November 4. For more information call 985-851-2198.
Parent education classes to begin Nov. 4
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Inc. will offer parent education presentations on Wednesdays from 10 a.m. till noon at the Terrebonne Parish DA’s Office, 118 Armour Drive in Houma, on Nov. 4, 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16. The presentations will also be offered on Thursdays from 10 a.m. till noon at the Bayou Council Office, 504 St. Louis St. in Thibodaux, on Nov. 5, 19; Dec. 3, 10, 17. Admission is free and presentations are open to the public. No children allowed.
Veterans Day luncheon slated for Nov. 8
A Veterans Day luncheon will be held on Sunday, November 8 at the VFW Hall in Larose, starting at 11 a.m. The luncheon is free to veterans and a guest and is sponsored by the Veterans Memorial District Ward 10. Door prizes will be awarded to registered veterans and five handmade quilts will be given away.
Yearbooks from past years available at SLHS
South Lafourche High School has past yearbooks available for purchase at the SLHS Library. Yearbooks for the following years are available: 1986, 1997, 1999-2000, 2001-2004, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015. For more information call SLHS at 632-5721.
Gumbo cook-off event to be held Nov. 7
Friends of Grand Isle, a non-profit community service organization, has opened registration for the annual Gumbo Cook-off and Beer & Wine Tasting event. The cook off will be open to the public on November 7 at 4 p.m. at the Bridge Side Marina pavilion. A $20 donation buys full tasting privileges for gumbo, beer, and wine; there will be premium wines available for $10 more. Judging starts at 4 p.m., followed by the live
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SLHS Student Council appreciative of community support
There’s a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Well the village of South Lafourche is raising some amazing individuals. The Student Council of South Lafourche High School is blessed to be a member of the South Lafourche Community. We can never show enough thanks to the businesses, individuals, volunteers, administration, students, faculty and staff that made the 81st Southern Association of Student Council (SASC) Convention a huge success. F o r three days, we submerged more than 1,200 people into our one of a kind Cajun culture. From feeding the masses, to
Handgun Course Saturday, November 7
Eymard Shooting Academy is offering a Concealed Handgun Training Course at 14968 Hwy. 3235 in Cut Off on Saturday, November 7. Class is from 8am - 5pm with a break for lunch. Cost is $125, includes student packet and State Police packet.
Advance registration and pre-payment is required by Monday, November 2 and will be accepted at Eymard Guns. (Payments are cash/check only)
This course is a pre-requisite for those applying for a Concealed Handgun Permit from the State of Louisiana.
For more information, please contact Hugh Eymard or Blair Cheramie at (985) 632-4000 or (985) 632-4002 or by email at eymardguns@viscom.net or blair@viscom.net.
Special arrangements can be made for clubs / families wanting to take the class as a group or on a weekday. Participants need to bring 50 rounds of ammunition,
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teaching a few Cajun phrases and networking with leaders throughout our community, our students were able to reveal the beauty that is South Lafourche to students from 14 other states. We would not have had this opportunity had it not been for the generous people of our area. We thank you for giving us the opportunity to showcase our culture and to learn the power of leadership. We will forever be grateful and beyond proud to say we were a part of South Lafourche and of SASC 2015- Laissez Les Leadership Rouler! SLHS Student Council Members
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Crosby From 1-A
When someone would tell him no, he would work that much harder to make it happen. He was always challenging himself.� He said his dad experienced heart failure last week while returning home from a Bayou Lafourche dredging event in Donaldsonville. Some Good Samaritans stopped to perform CPR, but the family never found out who they were. Kurt Crosby said his dad had a heart attack and stroke 16 years ago. “The doctor told us he didn’t have much time to live, and look what he accomplished in those 16 years,� he said. Along with being company president, Vinton Crosby was a president of the Greater Lafourche Port Commission, admiral for the Golden Meadow-Fourchon Tarpon Rodeo and king of the Krewe of Neptune and seafood festival in Galliano. He also belonged to the state thoroughbred, quarter horse and cattlemen’s associations, Louisiana Boxing Commission, Propeller Club and the Masons, and he was the Lafourche Parish Chamber of Commerce’s Businessman of the Year. Crosby’s wife, Sam, said they were married for a little over a year but had known each other since 2003. She called him her soulmate whom she couldn’t replace. “He was a man with a lot of integrity and honesty,� she said. “I would call him probably one of the last few gentlemen – a true southern gentleman. I’ll never find another husband that treats me the way he did, with respect.� She said Crosby embraced her children and grandchildren as his own. He was a man of great faith, she added, and the couple frequently prayed the rosary together. Sam Crosby said she and her husband called his horses their babies and that racing helped him through chemotherapy after he was diagnosed with lymphoma.
They named their “All Right Stables� after his famous saying, “All right, all right.� Even amid the oil bust of the mid-1980s and struggling industry today, Crosby persevered, his wife said. His employees were like family, and he looked forward to visiting the shipyards. “He was slow to anger,� she said. “When he went through his chemo, not once did he get angry or question God. He was very strong and courageous.� Though he married Crosby’s sister, Larry Griffin said the two men were more like brothers than brothers-in-law. Just two years apart, they worked together for several years before going their separate ways, still talking over the phone nearly every day. Blake Dardar, who works in sales and marketing for Crosby Tugs, said he knew Crosby for about 30 years. “It was my understanding of how he ran his business and treated his employees that led me to work for him,� he said. “He was always trying to understand the business, what direction it was going in and how we could better serve the customers.� Dardar said for about 10 years, he and Crosby shared the tradition of going to the New Orleans racetrack on Thanksgiving Day. Crosby had recently purchased three young horses and was looking forward to seeing them run. Crosby leaves a legacy his descendants can be proud of, his wife said. He was loving, generous, humble and had a positive effect on everyone he met. “From the rich to the poorest people, he didn’t see that,� she said. “He thought everyone was equal. He felt everyone was rich in their own way. ... He just made everyone feel that they were important and could accomplish anything they wanted.� This article has been reprinted with permission from the Houma Courier / Daily Comet. Bridget Mire can be reached at 4487639 or bridget.mire@dailycomet.com. Follow her on Twitter @bridget_mire.
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The state has lost nearly 1,900 square miles of coast since the 1930s due to a variety of factors, including building levees that interrupted the land-building processes of the Mississippi River and allowing oil and gas drilling to take place across the coast. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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The Common Core standards are math and English benchmarks adopted by more than 40 states to describe what students should know after completing each grade. Jindal once supported the standards but changed his position as Common Core became more unpopular among Republicans. In his lawsuit, the governor claimed the education department’s actions forced states to move toward a national education curriculum in violation of the state sovereignty clause in the Constitution and federal law. The Obama administration encouraged states to use the standards but said Louisiana’s decision to adopt Common Core was voluntary. In her September ruling, Dick said Jindal provided “no evidence� his state was made to adopt a particular set of education standards, curriculum, instructional programs or standardized testing. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Agency From 1-A
To that end, Governor Bobby Jindal had backed a proposal to spend any residual oil spill fine monies on LA1 improvement work, a proposal that was opposed by the CPRA and environmental groups, which led to Wednesday’s compromise. In a prepared statement, LA1 Coalition Executive Director thanked Governor Bobby Jindal for his support of the highway project and also thanked and pledged to work with all the coastal entities to maintain a balance toward both coastal restoration and infrastructure improvements. “The LA1 Coalition is grateful to both Governor
Jindal and the CPRA for passing a resolution with a goal of providing funding to advance the LA1 project. We must recognize that we are not in an either/or position relative to coastal restoration and infrastructure, we need them both. In Louisiana, wildlife and fisheries coexist with oil and gas and restoration is intertwined with infrastructure. Without projects like LA1, we lose our ability to live and work on our coast, and ultimately lose the benefits of coastal restoration,� Boulet said on behalf of the coalition.
Sunday, October 25, 2015 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE
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The South Lafourche High School 4-H Club members celebrated National 4-H Week on October 4-10. During this week members promoted 4-H and participated in a parish wide display contest showing their pride for 4-H with the theme, “4-H Grows Here, “ winning 1st place in the parish. Officers Hannah Gisclair, Abby Dupierre, Laurel Chiasson, and Victoria LeBlanc decorated the yard and school. Members also treated the school staff with refreshments donated by Walmart, Frank’s Supermarket and 4-H volunteers. Sebastian Vizier SLHS 4-H Club Reporter
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Sunday, October 25, 2015 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE
What a Life!
By: Rev. Wilmer L. Todd
Amid the exploitation of African slavery, champions of Justice existed
The capture and transport of Africans to work in the “new world” as slaves is a tragic story of exploitation. Yet amid tragedies, there are heroes. One Christian hero is St. Peter Claver. Born in Catalonia, Spain, he joined the Jesuits in 1605. His missionary work landed him in Cartagena, Colombia, in 1610, the center of the slave trade in the new world. Appalled by the dehumanizing business of slave trading, he vowed he would advocate as “a slave of the Blacks forever.” He insisted that Black slaves were sons and daughters of God and equal in worth and dignity to the Europeans. Claver baptized and instructed more than 300,000 Africans before his death in 1654. The following is a letter he wrote to his superiors. “Yesterday, May 30, 1627, on the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, numerous blacks, brought from the rivers of Africa, disembarked from a large ship. Carrying two baskets of oranges, lemons, sweet biscuits, and I know not what else, we hurried toward them. When we approached their quarters, we thought we were entering another Guinea. “We had to force our way through the crowd until we reached the sick. Many sick were lying on the wet ground or in puddles of mud. To prevent excessive dampness, someone had thought of building up a mound with a mixture of tiles and broken pieces of brick. This, then was their couch, a very uncomfortable one not only for that reason, but especially because they were naked, without any clothing to protect them. “We laid aside our cloaks, therefore, and brought from a warehouse whatever was handy to build a platform. In that way we covered a space to which we at last transferred the sick, by forcing a passage through bands of slaves. Then we divided the sick into two groups: my companion approached one
group with an interpreter, while I addressed the other group. There were two blacks, nearer death than life, already cold, whose pulse could scarcely be detected. “With the help of a tile we pulled some live coals together and placed them in the middle near the dying men. Into this fire we tossed aromatics until they were used up. Then, using our own cloaks, for they had nothing of this sort, and to ask the owners for others would have been a waste of words, we provided for them a smoke treatment, by which they seemed to recover their warmth and the breath of life. The joy in their eyes as they looked at us was something to see.
“We spoke to all of them, not with words but with our hands and our actions. In fact, convinced as they were that they had been brought here to be eaten, any other language would have proved utterly useless. Then we sat, or rather knelt beside them and bathed their faces and bodies with wine. We tried to encourage them with friendly gestures and displayed in their presence the emotions that somehow naturally heartened the sick. “After this we began an elementary instruction about baptism, that is, the wonderful effects of the sacrament on body and soul. When by their answers to our questions they
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Charis Church
314 East 74th St. - Cut Off
Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Pastor Audie Crochet (504) 952-6603
South Lafourche Assembly of God 17618 West Main - Galliano - 632-2109 Sunday Morning Service 10 a.m. Children’s Church 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Night Service - 6:30 p.m. Pastor Roger Hunt
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First Baptist Church
187 Oakridge Dr. - Golden Meadow Sunday School 9:15 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Prayers 6:30 p.m. Dr. Bobby N. Duck - Pastor www.fbcgoldenmeadow.com
129 Cedar Ln. - Grand Isle - 985-787-3410 Sunday Small Groups: 7:00 p.m. Sunday Worship: 11:15 a.m. Wednesday Kids Elevate: 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Youth Worship: 7:00 p.m. Pastor John Boss www.fbcgrandisle.com
First Baptist Church of Larose 105 W. 16th Street - Larose
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Gary Hanberry, Pastor Res: 693-4891 - Church: 693-3258
5545 Hwy. 1 - Lockport
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Evening Worship 6:30 p.m. Pastor Kevin Celestin
Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Lord’s Supper Service: 2nd Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Prayer Breakfast: 2nd Saturday, 8:00 a.m. Bible Class Thursday 7:00 p.m.
Isrealite Baptist Church Hwy. 308 - Valentine
Worship Service 7:00 a.m. Lord’s Supper, Second Sunday, 7:00 a.m. Reverend K.W. Jackson, Pastor
Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Church 6:30 p.m. Church: 632-4119 Shane Terrebonne, Pastor
Trinity Baptist Church
195 Johnny Dufrene Drive - Mathews
Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting, 7:00 p.m. Rod King, Pastor - 532-2936, Res.
Crosspoint Church
16640 West Main St., Cut Off (Near South Lafourche Bridge)
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. Thursday Kids & Adults: 6:00 p.m. Thursday Youth Worship: 7:00 p.m. Pastor John Boss and Pastor Noah Blackburn www.crosspointgalliano.com (985-772-7400)
St. Mathews Missionary Baptist Church Hwy. 308 - Mathews
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Our Lady of the Isle Grand Isle
Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Mass at 8:00 a.m. Fr. Carlos Talavera, Pastor
Our Lady of the Rosary
12911 E. Main - Larose - 985-693-3433 Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 7:00, 10:00 and 5:30 Weekday Mass Monday thru Friday, 8:30 a.m. Adoration Chapel open all day, everyday Rev. Ronilo Villamor, Pastor www.ourladyoftherosarychurch.net
Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m., Central Std. Time Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m., Daylight Savings Tm Sunday Mass 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: W.-Th.-F., 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays: 6:00 p.m. Rev. Wilfredo “Freddie” Decal, Pastor
Holy Savior Church
612 Main Street - Lockport
Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m. Sunday Masses 7:00 and 10:00 a.m.
Sunday Worship Service 7:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Services Prayer Service & Bible Study Thurs., 6-7 p.m. Speaking Meeting/Testimony 2nd Sun. 7:30 p.m. Lord’s Supper Every 3rd Sunday Reverend Roland J. Bradley, Sr.
Valentine Baptist Church 9334 Hwy. 308 - Valentine
Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. Bible Study: 10:00 a.m. Bro. John Mooring
Bethel Baptist Church
122 Matherne St. - Grand Bois Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Wed. Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Pastor Jimmy Autin
New Sunlight Baptist Church 452 St. Patrick Street - Raceland
Sunday School 2 p.m., Sunday Worship 3 p.m. Prayer Service/Bible Class-Thurs., 6 p.m. Testimony/Prayer & Praise, 3rd Sunday, 3 p.m. Communion, 4th Sunday, 3 p.m. Reverend Charles Hawkins Sr., Pastor
If we have not included your church, or you would like to be a part of the Worship Directory, please call the Lafourche Gazette at 693-7229.
Christian Fellowship Church 13581 East Main - Larose
Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m. Children’s Ministry, Spanish Translation Available, and Nursery Provided Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Discipleship Classes, Youth Ministry, Royal Rangers and Missionettes Scott Cheramie, Senior Pastor www.welcometocfc.com - online sermons
Victory Life Church
Services: Sun. 9:00 a.m. and Wed. 7:00 p.m. Children’s Ministry and Nursery Provided Youth Service: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Senior Pastor Danny Knight - 532-6561
Iglesia Evanbelica Christiana Espiritual
13298 East Main - Larose
Tuesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Thursday Prayer Service 7:30 p.m. Sunday Morning Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship Service 6:00 p.m.
PRESBYTERIAN
Gheens Presbyterian Church Sunday Services 8:00 a.m. Wednesday bible Study 6:00 p.m. Doctor John Spaulding, Pastor
JEHOVAH’S WITNESS
St. Anthony Church
St. Hilary of Poitiers
Golden Meadow United Methodist Church
333Twin Oaks Dr. - Raceland
333 Twin Oaks Drive - Raceland
St. Joseph Catholic Church 17980 West Main - Galliano
Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m. Sunday Mass 7:00 and 10:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: M. - W. - Th. - Fri. 7:00 a.m. Tuesday 6:00 p.m.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Larose Church of Christ 13379 East Main - Larose
Sunday Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Bible Class 11:00 a.m. Evening Services 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Class 7:00 p.m.
FULL GOSPEL
Lighthouse Worship Center 18082 Hwy. 3235 - Galliano
Sunday Schedule: 9:59 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Christian Education: 7:00 p.m. Eno Dantin, Pastor Personas de habla hispana Bienvenidos
Mathews Full Gospel Temple Hwy. 1 - Mathews
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service 11:00 a.m. Sunday Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
Open Door Revival Center
16164 W. Main St. - Cut Off. - 325-2456 Sunday Services 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday Night Service 7 p.m. Senior Pastor: Monty Duke Church Pastor: Darren Felarise Spanish Pastor: Marcos Ferriera
INTER-DENOMINATIONAL
Community Bible Church 14757 East Main - Cut Off
Sunday Worship Service: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Senior Pastor Dr. Bill Jemison III Pasor of Discipleship Robert Durbin Youth Pastor Robert Schwertz Phone: (985) 632-3077 www.communitybiblecutoff.com
Christian Family Center 11819 East Main - Galliano
Sunday Services 9:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. Pastor Morris Hunter, Jr.
Bethany Community Fellowship Hwy. 1 & St. Ann Street - Raceland
Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Children’s Church 10:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship When Scheduled Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.
Community Fellowship
901 Barataria Street - Lockport Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. Thursdays 7:00 p.m. Reverend Carlos Nieves (504) 532-2992
Golden Meadow • Cut Off • Larose • Mathews Member FDIC • All Full Service Bank • Equal Housing Lender
Crosby Boat Co., Inc. Keep Your Soul In Tow - Go To Church!
632-7575
1200 Crescent Avenue - Lockport
Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses
First Baptist Church
17077 East Main - Galliano
Has “No Ethanol” Gasoline
Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m. Sunday Mass 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Reverend Henry Sebastian, Pastor
Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m. Sunday Mass 7:00, 9:00 and11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: Mon., Tues., Thurs., 5:00 p.m. Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Nursing Home Friday Mass 7:00 a.m. Rev. Benny Rebosura www.sthilaryraceland.parishesonline.com
Worship Service 7:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Prayer Service/Bible Class Wednesday 6:30 Lord’s Supper: First Sunday 7:00 a.m. Prayer Breakfast: Sat. before 1st Sun., 8 a.m. Speaking Meeting: Thurs. before 1st Sun. 7 a.m. Reverend Nolan Smith, Pastor
South Lafourche Baptist Church
13019 Hwy. 1, Larose
723 North Bayou Drive Golden Meadow
New Mt. Zion Baptist Church
1859 Fontinelle - Lockport
Jimmy’s Service Station
CATHOLIC
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
Sat. Mass 6:00 p.m. - Sun. Mass 9:00 a.m. Wednesday 5:30 p.m. Very Rev. Dean Danos, V.F. www.stanthonygheens.parishesonline.com
13841 East Main - Larose
The privilege of naming the street adjacent to Holy Rosary Catholic School is annually auctioned at the Spring Friends of the Rosary Banquet. At the 2015 banquet, Pat Brady was the top bidder of the street sign naming. This year’s street is dedicated to Kate and Troy Brady in their memory. The dedication of Kate & Troy’s Path took place on October 16, with Mr. Brady cutting the ribbon. Pastor of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, Father Ronilo Villamor, presided at the street blessing. Pictured are Altar Servers, Acolyte Wilber Lewis, Fr. Ronilo Villamor and the Pat Brady family members at the blessing of Kate & Troy Brady’s Path, which is adjacent to Holy Rosary Catholic School.
Call 693-7229 to reserve your spot on the Worship Directory.
Sacred Heart Catholic Church First Baptist Church of Grand Isle 15300 West Main - Cut Off
Greater New Fountain Baptist Church
Adopt a shelter animal … 985-446-3532
showed they had sufficiently understood this, we went on to a more extensive instruction, namely, about the one God, who rewards and punishes each according to his merit, and the rest. We asked them to make an act of contrition and to manifest their abomination of their sins. “Finally, when they appeared sufficiently prepared, we declared to them the mysteries of the Trinity, the Incarnation and the Passion. Showing them Christ fastened to the cross, as depicted on the baptismal font on which streams of blood flow down from his wounds, we led them in reciting an act of contrition in their own language.”
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UNITED METHODIST
18803 East Main - Golden Meadow Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Chris Thomas, Pastor
Memorial United Methodist
201 Central Lafourche Dr. - Mathews
Sunday School & Adult Bible Class, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m. Communion First Sunday at 8:30 a.m. www.mathewsmethodist.org
United Methodist Church of Grand Isle Oak Street - Grand Isle Sunday Service 8:30 a.m. Chris Thomas, Pastor
PENTECOSTAL
New Beginning Pentecostal
Hwy. 1 • Lockport • 532-6015 1917 So. Bayou Dr. • Golden Meadow • 475-7131 13086 Hwy. 3235 • Larose • 693-7188
Falgout Funeral Homes, Inc. Caring You Can Count On! Four locations to better serve the Bayou Region! 3838 Hwy. 1, Raceland • 537-5261 600 Church St., Lockport • 532-2317 Hwy. 1, Galliano • 632-6112 211 Westside Blvd., Houma • 876-5442
13051 East Main Street - Larose Sunday Service 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m. Pastor Ronnie Melancon
First United Pentecostal
Central Lafourche Drive - Mathews Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Sunday Service 6:30 p.m. Thursday 7:30 p.m.
NON-DENOMINATIONAL
Lighthouse Christian Fellowship 115 E. Central Avenue - Grand Isle Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. 985-787-3453
Bethel Christian Ministries 107 East 123rd Street - Galliano
LA Carriers • 632-5858 16849 East Main Street • Cut Off, LA 70345
THERIOT, DUET & THERIOT, INC. Serving Lafourche Since 1957
Insurance Agents
• Marine • Life • Auto • Fire • Casualty • Notary Public 144 N. 1st St. • Golden Meadow Phone: 475-5126 • FAX: 475-7276
Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m. Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Reverend Nathan Hayes
The Crossway Ministry, Lafourche
18219 West Main St., Suite 10 Galliano
Sunday Worship Service, 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Worship Service, 7:00 p.m. crosswaystudies@gmail.com
LUTHERAN
Grace Lutheran Church 422 Valhi Blvd. - Houma
(Only Lutheran Church between Grand Isle and Kenner) Rev. Richard Rudnik Sunday Service 9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m. 879-1865 - FMI Call Rev. Rudnik 879-1865 or Joelle Gerken (from Larose) at 693-3222.
MORMON
Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints East 57th St.
Bible Study: Tuesdays 7:00 p.m. English Elders: 985-360-7501 Spanish Elders: 985-791-6561 www.mormon.org
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SPANISH
Iglesia Adventista del 7MO Dia 504 Seventh St. - Lockport
Viernes - 7:30 p.m. Sabado - 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. Pastor R. Prieto Phone: (504) 505-2642 or (985) 693-6946
Mision Bautista Hispana - Larose 105 W. 16th St. - Larose
Servicios Viernes - 7:30 p.m. Domingo Escuela Dominical - 9:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.m Servicio De Adoracion Pastor Juan Morales 504-468-1300
Crunch time at small businesses as health care demands loom Joyce M. Rosenberg AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s crunch time for thousands of small business owners who must comply with requirements of the health care law for the first time. Companies with 50 to 99 full-time employees must offer affordable insurance to employees and their dependents starting Jan. 1. They must also file tax forms with the government by Jan. 31 detailing the cost of their coverage and the names and Social Security numbers of employees and their dependents. While companies of all sizes are subject to the law must file the forms, smaller businesses without big staffs to handle the paperwork may have to hire someone to do it — at a cost of hundreds or thousands of dollars. “It’s probably going to be a big nightmare for a lot of businesses,” says David Lewis, president of OperationsInc., a human resources provider based in Norwalk, Connecticut,. He expects his company’s business to be up 20 percent this year as businesses seek help to comply with the law. The enrollment period for buying insurance starts Nov. 1. All the new requirements are likely to take
many small business owners by surprise, says Bob Wheeler, a certified public accountant in Los Angeles. UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY Companies that don’t currently offer insurance must sign up for policies that meet the law’s standards for minimum coverage and that employees can afford. Finding the right policy can be a steep learning curve. Consultants 2 Go, which has nearly 100 employees, hired a human resources executive this year to do the research into the different plans. The owners of the Newark, New Jerseybased marketing company want to give their staffers good insurance, but are worried about the cost. “We needed someone to spend 24 hours a day reading through all this stuff,” co-owner Sandi Webster says. “We have to make sense out of this.” Even companies that already offer insurance may be in for a surprise if their current plans don’t meet the law’s requirements, says Lewis, the OperationsInc. president. “For some businesses, it’s going to be more expensive than the plan they’ve offered and that they hope to renew,” he says. Owners must make
some strategic decisions — for example, do they want to forgo insurance and pay a $2,000 per employee penalty. For some, the penalty might be cheaper. FILLING OUT FORMS The new tax forms require employers to gather information on employees’ pay and health coverage, as well as the number of months workers and their dependents were covered. For many small businesses, that information must come from more than one source — payroll companies and
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BRIEF Northwestern State, Delgado partner in nursing program
NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Northwestern State University and Delgado Community College in New Orleans are partnering in a new nursing program. The schools on Friday, at a ceremony in Alexandria, will sign a memorandum of understanding for a 2 + 2 program that will allow Delgado students who are pursuing an Associate of Science in nursing degree to complete the first two years of study there and transfer all credit hours to Northwestern State toward completion of a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. Administrators say the partnership is mutually beneficial for each school. ____________
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Essence announces dates for 2016 festival in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Next year’s Essence Festival will heat up New Orleans’ summer, beginning June 30. Organizers Wednesday announced the event’s official dates: Thursday, June 30, through Sunday, July 3. Independence Day falls on a Monday in 2016. Essence has not yet announced any talent for the annual event held over the Fourth of July weekend, which draws more than 450,000 people to the city and has an economic impact of more than $200 mil-
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health brokers or insurers. They must then make calculations to determine whether their coverage was affordable according to the health care law. If they make a mistake in their math, they can face penalties from the IRS. Companies that try to do the work themselves will find it labor-intensive. And asking employees for information about their families may cause friction, says Samantha Reynolds, a spokeswoman for A Plus Benefits in Boise, Idaho.
lion locally. Last year, the festival featured performances by Frankie Beverly and Maze, Charlie Wilson, India.Arie, Kem, Usher, Mary J. Blige and rappers Missy Elliott, Common and Kendrick Lamar. Organizers last week announced a three-year partnership with eThekwini Municipality to host an expansion in Durban, South Africa, in 2016 and 2017. Exact dates will be announced soon. ____________
inXile Entertainment to open video game development studio
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A video game development studio is opening in New Orleans later this year. Gov. Bobby Jindal and inXile Entertainment founder and CEO Brian Fargo, in a news release Wednesday, said the company expects to open the studio by Dec. 1. The company will create 50 new direct jobs over the next five years, with an average annual salary of $75,000, plus benefits. The new facility will be inXile’s first expansion outside its headquarters in Newport Beach, California. The company specializes in the development of interactive entertainment software for game systems, ranging
Sunday, October 25, 2015 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE
“You don’t want to just send a letter and say, answer these questions,” she says. Some payroll companies will, for a fee, compile the forms, but coordination between them and a health broker or insurer can still be a hassle. “The companies have to trust and depend on their HR and payroll providers to gather and handle it,” says Mark Sinatra, CEO of Staff One, a human resources provider based in Dallas. Cathy Trlica has already hired a company to do the paperwork for her Car-
from the PlayStation 4 to iOS and Android smartphones. Game designers at inXile are behind such titles as Torment: Tides of Numenéra, The Bard’s Tale and Wasteland 2. ____________
At 100, woman still working 11 hours a day, 6 days a week
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 two months ago. She tells WGRZ-TV that she got her first job at 15 during the Great Depres-
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ing Senior Service franchise in New Braunfels, Texas. She’s estimating that about 30 of her employees will want the insurance she’ll offer starting Jan. 1; others are likely to be covered through their spouses’ policies. But compiling the tax forms will be too time-consuming for her small office staff. “There’s no way we have the capability of doing that internally,” Trlica says.
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sion and has been working ever since. Rotundo works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. washing clothes and handling dry cleaning at the College Laundry Shoppe. She says she hasn’t considered retirement and will continue working as long as her health is good. Rotundo, who hit the century mark in August, says she likes being out and working because it gives her something to do. She says too many people retire too soon. Her advice to her peers: “Get out and do some work.”
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HOMES
House For Sale: 3 br, 1.5 ba, Reduced to $68,000. Call 985691-1367, leave message. _________________ Mobile Home For Sale: 3 br, 1 ba, 2005, 14x64 Patriot, vinyl siding, shingle roof, central heat / air, all electric, appl., asking $15,900. No rent to own. Call 985-6772975. _________________ House For Sale: 337517-2341 or 337-5172340. Golden Meadow. 3 br, 2 ba, home, 1840 sq ft, on piers, lot 146x120, carport, garage / workshop, municipal sewerage. No owner financing. No rent to own available. _________________ (2) Houses & Property For Sale: Can be seen down E. 37th St. Asking $100,000. Call 985-278-6314. _________________ Free Mobile Home: 1984 Buccaneer Mobile Home, 2 br, 1 ba, needs work but great fixer upper. Must be moved ASAP. Can be seen at 222 E. 36th St., Cut Off. If int. call 696-5021 or 6960215. _________________
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Restaurant Building For Lease: Great location/move in ready, 13025 Hwy. 1, Larose. Fully equipped / additional bbq room attached. Approx. 3,000 sq ft., $3000 / mth, $1000 / dep. Serious inquiries only. Call 985-665-7375. _________________
Office Space For Rent: 13372 W. Main, Hwy 1 and the corner of W. 25th St., Suite D, 1400 sq ft, with a waiting rm, receptionists space, 6 separate rooms, kitchenette & restroom. FMI call 985-693-8770. _________________
LAND
Rural Property For Sale: 60+/acres for sale. Good hunting, deer, turkey & ducks. Property is between Union & Ouachita WMA’s. Running creek. 16x80 trailer with 3 br, 2 ba, good cond., with back porch. Property is fenced & cross fenced, 3 gas wells on property. $200,000 firm. Marion, LA. Union Parish. Call Larry Dufrene at 318608-1700. _________________
FOR RENT
Apts. For Rent in Larose: 2 br, 1 ba, $750/mth, $750/security dep., no pets, no smoking (no exceptions). FMI call 985537-3567. _________________ House For Rent: 3 br, 1.5 ba, Cut Off. Good neighborhood. $850/mth, $850/dep. Call 985-691-1367, leave message. _________________ Houses For Rent: 4 br, 2 ba, $1400/mth; Newly remodeled, discount available. Near SL bridge, no pets. Call 985-632-6188. _________________ Office For Rent: Professional-Immaculatebrick, 1040 sq ft, generator, 526 Main St., Lockport. $2000 / mth. Call 985-5323531 or 985-8050234. _________________
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Apt. For Rent in Lockport area: 1 br, 1 ba, w/d, $550/mth, $550/dep. Also 2 br, 1 ba, Brick House For Rent in Galliano area, with appl., No pets. $1000/mth, $1000/dep. FMI call 985-798-7433. _________________ Brick House For Rent: 322 W. 47th St., Cut Off. Full kitchen, w/d, dishwasher, central ac, 3 br, 2 full baths. Call 985-2588082. _________________ House For Rent: Ready to move in. 1 br, 1.5 ba, in quiet Cut Off neighborhood, very spacious, appl. included. $650/mth, $500/dep. FMI call 985-693-6510. _________________
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Brick Home For Rent: Ready to move in, remodeled. 3 br, 2 ba, great location in Larose area, appl. included. $1100/mth, $800/dep. FMI call 985-693-6510. _________________ Trailer For Rent: 2 br, 2 ba, fully furn., in the Golden Meadow area, $800 / mth, $800 / damge dep. FMI call 985-665-1220. _________________ Apt. For Rent: Unfurnished in Cut Off area. 2 br, 1 ba, includes stove, fridge & pd. water. No pets. $600/mth, $500/dep. FMI call 985-6326845. _________________ 2 Story House For Rent: Brick, in Galliano. 5 br, 3 ba, unfurn., no pets, no smoking inside. $1400 / mth, $1400 / dep. Call 985-6967373. _________________ House For Rent: 2 br, w/shed, partly furn., quiet neighborhood in Galliano, no pets, no smoking inside, background check. $775/mth, $700/dep. Call 985475-7763 or 985-6377763. _________________
Duplex For Rent in Lockport area: 2 br, 1 ba, w/d, refrig. & included stove, w/d hook up. $750 / mth, $500 / dep. Call 985677-0915. _________________ House For Rent: 2 br, Lockport area, includes w/d, $700 / mth, $700 / dep. FMI call 985-798-7433. _________________ House For Rent: 3 br, 2 ba, unfurn., living rm, kitchen, shared garage, ready to move in. Located in Larose area. Some appl. included. $1300/mth, $1000/ dep. Includes utilities (fixed), no pets, no smoking, Call 985258-6714. _________________ Trailer For Rent: 3 br, 2 ba, private street. Call 985-677-1155. _________________ House For Rent: 106 W. 161st St. in Galliano. 3 br, 1 ba, fenced yard. $900 / mth, $900 / dep. Now taking applications. Call 985-258-7352. _________________ Mobile Home For Rent: 3 br, 2 ba, newly remodeled, new roof, lg. covered porch at 227 W. 64th St, Cut Off. $800/mth, $800/dep. Call 985637-4269. _________________ Trailer For Rent: 145 W. 63rd St., Cut Off. 1-yr. lease, 2 br, 1 ba, remodeled inside. No pets. $700 / mth, $700 / dep. Call or apply at location. 985-6323899. _________________ Mobile Home For Rent: 2 br, 1 ba, renovated, fully furn., utilities included, background checks, no pets, no smoking inside. $800 / mth, $800 / dep. Call 985637-7273. _________________ Apt. For Rent: 1 br, 1 ba, $650 / mth, $600 / dep., 203B W. 45th St., Cut Off. Water pd, fully furn. Cal 985325-2394. _________________ Mobile Home For Rent: 3 br, 1 ba, Cut Off area, $1000/mth, (utilities, water & pest control included), $500/damage dep. Call 985-278-0122. _________________ Grand Isle: Huge 3 br Mobile Home For Rent, furn., on lg. private lot, recently remodeled, 2 people $800 / mth, more $850 / mth. Call Pat at 985-787-2207 & leave message. _________________ Trailer For Rent: 3 br, 1 ba, $800 / mth, $400 / dep. No pets, no smoking, quiet neighborhood. Call 985258-0908 or 985-632-273. _________________
MERCHANDISE
Plastic Pallets For Sale: $10 each or $8 each for 15 or more. Call FMI 985-6937229. _________________ Power Wheelchair For Sale, needs battery. Almost brand new, hardly used. Asking $2000, originally pd. $6400. Call 985-632-6619. _________________ Honey For Sale: Christy’s Local Raw Honey. 1 lb. jars-$5 ea. Call 985-6774178. _________________
MOTORCYCLES
Honda 750 Spirit For Sale: Red flames tank-black body, hard trunk w/saddle bags, stereo, full windshield, butt buddy, 3 power outlets & more. $3000 Firm. Call 985-6967399. _________________
AUTOS
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HELP WANTED
Southern Guard Service, Inc. is now accepting applications for Security Guard positions. Apply at 109 W. 12th St., Larose. Call 985-6934316. _________________ Lafourche Arc is looking for energetic, compassionate individuals to work flexible hrs. & days w / individuals w / disabilities who live in the lower Lafourche area. Assistance with transportation, personal hygiene & household tasks is needed. Agency will train. High school diploma, GED or 5 yrs pd related exp. required. Scheduling flexibility required. FMI contact Meka Williams at 985447-6214 ext. 120 or Gina Gaudet at ext. 115. Applications may be completed at Lafourche Arc, 100 W. Main St., Thibodaux. EOE, M/F/V/H. _________________ Coastal Janitorial Services Now Hiring Positions. 5 days a week. Call 632-5791. _________________ Jan Serve Cleaning personnel needed in Lafourche Parish. Call to apply at 985-798-5800. Resume preferred but not required. Submit resume to P.O. Box 143 Cut Off, LA 70345 _________________ Tower Loan of Cut Off: Positions available – Manager Trainees. Call 985632-7300 for appt. or fax resume to 985632-7305. _________________ Route Manager Needed: No exp. necessary. Excel. pay, health, dental & supplement ins., vacation & holiday pay, Sundays off and more. Apply at 14492 W. Main, Cut Off. Resumes to careers@rtostores.ne t. Frequent delivery and/or pickup of furn/appl. Must be able to lift up to 75 lbs. Clean driving record. Must pass criminal background check. _________________
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PUBLIC NOTICE Attention Louisiana Homeowners! For too long have our hardworking families been taken advantage of by companies claiming to be certified to perform plumbing services on their properties. It is against the law and enforced by the Louisiana State Plumbing Board to ensure the health and welfare of our community. When not installed/repaired by a qualified licensed plumber, water, sewage and gas piping systems can create hazardous conditions such as: water damage, rot, toxic mold, the spread of disease, carbon monoxide poisoning and house fire. Louisiana has strict qualifications and regulations for licensed
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Happy 40th Anniversary EMILY SURLES October 25
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Happy Birthday BETTY IRENE ANN BERNARD
Sunrise: Oct. 25, 1951 Sunset: Feb. 14, 2013 It broke our heart to lose you, but you didn’t go alone. For a part of us went with you, the day God took you home. We love and miss you so much. But we will be together again some day. Love, Mom, Sisters, Brothers, Nieces & Nephews __________________
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VINTON CROSBY Vinton J. Crosby, 76, a native of Golden Meadow and resident of Houma passed away October 19, 2015. Visitation was held on Wednesday, October 21 at Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano from 4:00 p.m. till 9:00 p.m. and on Thursday, October 22 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church in Golden Meadow from 8:00 a.m. till service time. Funeral Mass began at 11:00 a.m. with burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were grandson, Aaron Guidry, great nephew Hudson Lee, brother-in-laws Larry Griffin and Nelson Cheramie, nephew Farrell Trosclair, nephew Tommy Crosby, brother-in-law Donald Ledet, and good friend Mitch Martin, and Honorary Pall bears step son Jason Guilbeau, stepson in law Teddy Hulin, good friend Paul Meche, horse trainer Victor Arceneaux, good friend Blake Dardar and grandson-inlaws Myles Cheramie, Brett DeRoche and Jeff Leyrer. Mr. Vinton is survived by his wife Sam O. Crosby; son, Kurt J. Crosby and wife Susan; daughter, Paddy Crosby; grandchildren, Tara C. Cheramie and husband Myles, Allison DeRoche and husband Brett, Lauren Leyrer and husband Jeff and Aaron Guidry; great grandchildren, Caroline Cheramie and Beau Leyrer; step children, Kaye Hulin and husband Teddy, and Jason Guilbeau; step grandchildren, Bryanna Gilley, Kylie Hulin, Avey Hulin, Layn Chautin Guilbeau, Landen Guilbeau, Jay-Lynn Guilbeau, and Layden Ray; sisters, Myrna Griffin and husband Larry, Kathleen Cheramie and husband Nelson, and Beatrice Curole. Mr. Crosby was preceded in death by the mother of his children Lois Pitre; parents, Webster and Cedonia C. Crosby; brother, Lindberg Crosby; sisters, Pearl Eymard and husband Louis, Elma Toups and second husband Larson Toups and father of her children Nolan St. Pierre and brother-in-law David Curole. Mr. Vinton was the company president of Crosby Tugs and a member of many fraternal organizations including the Masons, a past president of the Lafourche Port Commission, a member of Louisiana Thoroughbred Horseman Association and Quarter Horse Association, Louisiana Boxing Commission, Louisiana Cattleman’s Association, past Lafourche Parish Chamber of Commerce Business Man of the Year, past Admiral of the Golden Meadow-Fourchon Tarpon Rodeo, past King of the Seafood Festival in Galliano, Licensed Operator of Uninspected Vessels, past King of the Krewe of Neptune in Golden Meadow and a member of the Propeller Club. Special thanks to doctors and staff of the ER and ICU at Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Acadian Ambulance and the two good Samaritans that stopped to assist. Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano entrusted with arrangements. _________________________
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TROY GUIDRY Troy J. Guidry, age 59, a native of Galliano and resident of Cut Off, passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015. Visitation was held on Friday, October 23 at Falgout Funeral Home in Galliano from 5 until 9:00 p.m. and on Saturday, October 24 at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Larose from 9:00 a.m. until 12 noon. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at the church Saturday at noon with burial at Cheramie Cemetery. Troy is survived by his wife of 40 years, Rose Anna Fonseca Guidry; sons, Christopher Guidry and wife Kelly, Aaron Guidry and wife Jenny, Paul Guidry and wife Sylvia; daughters, Amy Brady and husband Boomer, Emily Guidry and companion, Ryan Fournier, Sarah Guidry and companion Andrew Domangue; sister, Peggy Sue Guidry; grandchildren, Angelle Brady and companion Eric Bruce, Allison Brady and companion Tyler Neill, Cali and Emmie Guidry, Brady and Brooke Doucet, Kate and Ellie Fournier, Linzy, Kodi, Logan and Parker Guidry, Madison Domangue; great grandchildren, Brianna, Mya and Riley Jo; mother-in-law, Loula Mae Fonseca; canine podna, Buddy; grand dogs, Bosco and Jessie one niece and numerous nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, Almate Guidry and Lorraine Pitre Guidry and father-in-law, Norman Fonseca. Troy was a tug boat captain who enjoyed his job. He was an artist and enjoyed painting and carving ducks. He was a devoted family man and will be missed by all who knew him. Falgout Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements. ___________________________
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LORETHEA BILLIOT Lorethea Billiot, 82, a longtime resident of Fort Worth, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, Oct. 16, 2015. She was born Lorethea Virginia Ambrona and was originally from New Orleans. At the age of 13, she met her lifelong companion, Elfere S. Billiot, and they had seven children, Janette Elaine, Robert Joseph, Douglas Anthony, Elfere St. Claire, Jr., Frederick Anthony, Christine Marie and Samson Moses Billiot. She was a hardworking, devoted wife and mother who supported her family by working at Halliburton and A Brandt, a furniture maker. She was a mother to many and was affectionately known as “Mom� or “Grandma Mon� by all her children and grandchildren. She was a wonderful cook and loved to sew and care for her garden. We will miss her immensely. She was preceded in death by her husband, Elfere S. Billiot, and son Douglas Billiot. She is survived by daughter, Janette Diaz and husband Rico; son, Robert Billiot; sons, Elfere Billiot, Jr., Frederick Billiot and wife Sherry; daughter, Christine McFarland; son, Samson Billiot. She had 90 plus grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchild. ___________________________
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JOYCE GALIANO Joyce Lee Galiano, 69, a native of Golden Meadow and resident of Galliano, passed away Sunday, October, 18, 2015. Visitation will be held Sunday, October 25 at Falgout Funeral Home in Galliano from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and on Monday, October 26 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off from 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday at the church starting at 11 with burial to follow in Cheramie Cemetery. Joyce is survived by her husband of 48 years, Ernie Galiano; daughters, Sadie Bennett-Galiano (Tori), Leslie Lefort (N.J.), Shelly Liner (Ace); brothers, Ralph “Boutsie� Cheramie Jr. and David Cheramie; grandchildren, Addie Claire Lefort, Annah Claire Lefort, Ben Anthony Liner; step granddaughters, Ashley Lane Liner and Alexis Rene Liner; step great granddaughter, Alee Mae Liner; father, Duffey Lee; mother-in-law, Bernice D. Galiano; 2 godchildren, Marty Charpentier and Tiffany Gisclair. She is preceded in death by mother, Sadie C. Cheramie; brothers, Robert “Bobby� Lee; step-father, Ralph Cheramie, Sr.; father-in-law, Amy Galiano and grandparents, Benton and Florida Chouest. Joyce was a parishioner and Eucharistic Minister at Sacred Heart where she was also a counselor of Rainbows. She especially enjoyed cooking for family gatherings, specifically making fudge for Christmas and delighted in the thought that her treats brought joy to people and keeping a tidy home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Falgout Funeral Home in Galliano is entrusted with arrangements. ___________________________
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Kalob Burris, 33, of Cut Off and Alex Chatagnier, 29, of Galliano have been charged in a July armed robbery which took place in Cut Off. Phillip Jelks, 31, of Golden Meadow and Eldon Ordoyne, 36, of Breaux Bridge had already been arrested for their involvements. The incident took place during the early morning hours of July 27. Through investigation, detectives learned three male suspects, later identified as Jelks, Ordoyne and Burris, held two men at gunpoint in an armed robbery just outside a residence on East 72nd Street in Cut Off. The victims were then forced inside the residence where the suspects encountered two additional victims. The sub-
jects searched the residence for valuables and eventually fled the scene with clothing, a cell phone, a wallet and a set of keys. Detectives later learned a fourth suspect, identified as Chatagnier, traveled to and from the residence with the three other suspects. Detectives initially obtained arrest warrants for Jelks and Ordoyne. Jelks was arrested July 31 and is charged with two counts of Armed Robbery and Aggravated Burglary in the incident. He also faces several other charges stemming from other incidents, and he remains in jail in lieu of $175,000 bond. Ordoyne was arrested on August 25 and is charged with two counts of armed robbery,
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attempted armed robbery, and aggravated burglary. He remains in jail in lieu of $270,000 bond. Through further investigation, detectives obtained arrest warrants this week for Chatagnier and Burris who were already at the Lafourche Parish Detention Center due to previous arrests. Both are charged with two counts each of armed
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The following information is based on reports from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proved guilty. OCTOBER 18, 2015 Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Tobe James Bergeron, 37, Gray. Operating vehicle w/suspended license/owner to secure registration/driver must be licensed, switched plates, simple criminal damage, simple escape, criminal mischief. Kalob James Burris, 33, Cut Off. Illegal poss. of stolen things, poss. of Schedule II cds hydrocodone, poss. of Schedule IV diazepam, tramadol, attempted theft, criminal theft, carrying of firearm by convicted felon, illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrument. OCTOBER 19, 2015 Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Chris Allen Comeaux, 44, Raceland. 3rd offense DWI. Christopher Joseph Jackson, 43, Thibodaux. Expired drivers license, security required, hit and run driving with no person injury, home invasion, poss. of cannabinoids, synthetic marijuana, simple criminal damage to property. Tuckey J. Scioneaux, 37, Vacherie. Contempt of court. Jake Stacey, 28, Houma. Violation of probation/parole, fugitive. Bennie D. Wilson, 61, Baton Rouge. Fugitive, theft by shoplifting. Patrick S. Donnell, 21, Houma. Fugitive. Juan Michael Martinez, 24, Larose. Contempt of court. Tristen Michael Barquero, 24, Lockport. Contempt of court (2 cts). Cain Messer, 28, Golden Meadow. Contempt of court.
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robbery. Chatagnier was arrested by narcotics agents on September 27 on active warrants for distribution of methamphetamine and contempt of court. His bond has increased to $325,100. Burris was arrested on numerous charges stemming from an unrelated incident on Sunday, October 18. His bond amount has increased to $393,300. Noah Partin, 39, Texas. Contempt of court. Thibodaux Police Department Antoine Jerald Westley, 21, Thibodaux. Fugitive. OCTOBER 20, 2015 Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Tilden Narcisse Billiot, Jr., 47, Cut Off. Illegal poss. of stolen things, poss. or dist. of drug para., illegal poss. of stolen things, contempt of court. Patrick Duane King, 59, Leeville. Contempt of court (2 cts). Jeremy Anthony Dixon, 35, Thibodaux. Contempt of court. Ricky Lynn Jackson, 46, Thibodaux. Contempt of court. Rico Lamorris Askins, 21, Napoleonville. Contempt of court. Christopher Joseph Boudreaux, 38, Larose. Contempt of court. Allisia L. Broomfield, 20, Thibodaux. Contempt of court. Faith St. Pierre Vizier, 49, Larose. Contempt of court PFHP John Randolph Tillman, 24, AL. Fugitive. OCTOBER 21, 2015 Lockport Police Department Richard Dickerson, 27, Slidell. Contempt of court. Shawn Besson, 22, Lockport. Contempt of court. Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Anthony Brooks, 50, Schriever. Contempt of court, violation of probation/parole. Jeffery Pharagood, 22, Thibodaux. Flight from an officer, poss. of marijuana, monetary instrument abuse, fugitive of Terrebonne. Michael Collins, 50. Thibodaux. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation, contempt of court (2 cts). Lynes Ward, 31, Thibodaux. Interfering with a law enforcement investigation. Joseph Ellis, 42, Thibodaux. Domestic abuse battery w/child endangerment. Michael Bermudez, 35, Larose. Contempt of court (support, 3 cts). Timmy Collins, 31, Dulac, Contempt of court. Coby M. Thibodaux, 24, Raceland Contempt of court. George J. Ward, 26, Thibodaux. Possession of marijuana 1st offense, poss. or dist. of drug para. Ron O. Thomas, 39, Houma. Contempt of court, 4 cts. Thibodaux Police Department Javon Davis, 25, Thibodaux. Criminal trespass. Ray Jackson, 35, Thibodaux. Contempt of court. Norman Davis, 57, Thibodaux. Violation of probation/parole.
The Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office reported 12 individuals have been charged over the last six months in an effort to curb criminal damage to parish boat launches caused by reckless driving. Of those, ten of those charged were adults, while two were juveniles. “We continue to shine a spotlight on these violations in the hopes that others will take note,” said Sheriff Webre. “These areas are monitored around the clock by surveillance cameras, and residents are also watching. We have successfully tracked down these violators, and we will continue to do so.” Last week, Trey Falgoust, 19, of Thibodaux became the latest person to be charged with simple criminal damage to property and reckless operation of a motor vehicle after admitting to reckless driving at the Sanchez Boat Launch in Choctaw, which resulted in property damage. Investigators are also looking into other similar incidents, which occurred this month. While recklessly operating a motor vehicle is prohibited, the larger concern
is the damage to parish property. In the past, solar lights have been damaged in incidents of reckless driving, and the parish has been forced to re-grade the parking lot several times due to ruts created by this type of activity. This results in tax dollars being spent on costly repairs. Additionally, private property, such as vehicles parked at the boat launch, could be damaged, and any bystanders present at the location could be injured as well. Investigators have determined that these incidents are occurring mostly on weekdays during the early evening hours. Surveillance cameras are being utilized at boat launches throughout the parish. Citizens are asked to assist by logging vehicle information (make, model, color, license plate number etc.) of any vehicle being operated in a reckless manner or damaging boat launch property in any way. Those incidents can be reported directly to the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office at (985) 4482111, or citizens can report anonymously to Crime Stoppers Bayou Region at 1-800-743-7433.
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against the wall,” said the priest. Then Father Murphy walked up to O’’Toole and said, “Do you want to go to heaven?” O’Toole said, “No, I don’t Father.” The priest said, “I don’t believe this. You mean to tell me that when you die you don’t want to go to heaven?” O’’Toole said, “Oh, when I die, yes. I thought you were getting a group together to go on the trip right now.”
Execution drug shortage makes some think of firing squads Andrew Welsh-Huggins AP Legal Affairs Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights an ongoing dilemma faced by the remaining death penalty states. Although support for capital punishment continues, states are struggling to find a legal means to carry it out, and that has created an opening for opponents hoping to end the death penalty permanently. “It really underscores the public’s growing distrust and dissatisfaction with state corrections departments being able to administer the death penalty,” Kevin Werner, who leads Ohioans to Stop Executions, said Tuesday. Shortages and legal fights over drugs and their source are occurring in several states, among them Arkansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. Yet capital punishment supporters say older methods such as hanging, electrocution and the firing squad are still viable options. “We’ve got plenty of electric and plenty of rope,” said state Sen. Bill Seitz, a Cincinnati Republican. On Monday, Ohio Gov. John Kasich used reprieves to move 11 executions scheduled next year and one in early 2017 further into the future. Ohio now has 25 inmates scheduled to die, including some in 2019. Ohio’s prison agency said it needs more time to find drugs. It hasn’t executed anyone since January 2014. Death penalty supporters acknowledge the shortage could be the wedge in the door that leads to abolition of capital punishment. In central Ohio, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien complains the state has “a functional moratorium” in place. Nebraska currently has no way to execute inmates because it lacks two of the three required lethal injection drugs for its protocol. Voters will decide next year whether to keep a legislative repeal of capital punishment in place. Like Ohio, Nebraska has looked overseas for execution drugs, which the Food and Drug Administration opposes. Two years ago, a federal appeals court ruled in a case brought by death row inmates in Tennessee, Arizona and California that the FDA was wrong to allow sodium thiopental to be imported for use in executions. Congress could easily correct that ruling to allow such importation, said Kent Scheidegger, executive director of the California-based Criminal Justice Legal Foundation, which supports capital punishment. “It is preposterous that well-deserved and already excessively delayed sentences are further delayed due to a completely artificial shortage of lethal injection drugs,” Scheidegger said. Last week, the attorney general’s office in Oklahoma announced no executions will be scheduled until at least next year as the office investigates why the state used the wrong drug during a lethal injec-
tion in January and nearly did so again last month. Earlier this month, an Arkansas judge halted executions of eight inmates who are challenging a law that allows the state to withhold any information that could publicly identify the manufacturers or sellers of its execution drugs. On Oct. 1, Virginia executed serial killer Alfredo Prieto, but only after obtaining pentobarbital from the Texas prison system. Texas has continued to
purchase supplies of compounded pentobarbital without saying how much it has or where it came from. Other death penalty states also are looking at alternatives to lethal injection. Tennessee passed a law last year to reinstate the electric chair if it can’t get lethal drugs, and Utah has reinstated the firing squad as a backup method. Oklahoma approved nitrogen as an alternative method. But that’s just as flawed as lethal injection because it confuses medicine with punishment, said Robert Blecker, a New York Law School professor who
favors capital punishment for the worst offenders. Blecker, author of “The Death of Punishment: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst,” notes there has never been a botched execution by firing squad. “How we kill those whom we rightfully detest should in no way resemble how we put to sleep beloved pets and how we anesthetize ourselves,” he said. Andrew Welsh-Huggins can be reached on Twitter at https://twitter.com/awhcolumbus. Copyright 2015 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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