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See RECOGNITION on page 2

See MLK on page 4

See EXPAND on page 5

by NaliNi RaghavaN goRe

Last Friday, January 18, three East Feliciana civil service employ-ees were recognized for their dedi-cation, professionalism, and work ethic by the Louisiana Civil Service League at the Doubletree Hotel in New Orleans.

Gary Shotwell, corrections assis-tant warden 3 at Dixon Correctional Institute and Gustave Freche Jr., ad-ministrative program manager 4 at the Louisiana War Veterans’ Home in Jackson were both winners of the Charles E. Dunbar Jr. Career Ser-vice Award. These two were among only 12 recipients of the award statewide.

Ursula H. Shaw, East Feliciana Parish 4-H extension educator, an East Feliciana resident, received a Certificate of Merit at the award lun-

by TheResa DolD PaymeNT

The city of Wilson hosted an an-nual Martin Luther King Walk on Monday, January 21. Organized by Debra Thomas, the walk began with a prayer service in front of Wilson City Hall. “We began with a prayer and then walked about a quarter of a mile to the Second Baptist Church,” said Thomas. Once the crowd made

their way into the church, a prepared program began. The Mayor of Clinton, Lori Ann Bell, gave a speech on the importance of leadership. She stressed the importance of following Dr. King’s quest of coming together and working together, setting aside differences.

Following her speech, the Jr. Beta

by NaliNi RaghavaN goRe

Last week, Clerk of Court Da-vid Dart announced to the East Feliciana Police Jury in one of its regular meetings that his office had obtained a $200,000 grant from the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation for construction of an addition to the existing Clerk of Court’s Office, located at 12305 St. Helena St. in the old Clinton bank building.

As Dart explained, the office, which houses all of the legal re-cords for the parish including mar-riages, mortgages, conveyances,

Three Locals Receive Career Recognition

MLK Day Observed in Wilson

Clerk of Court’s Office to Expand

Gary Shotwell (left) and Ursula Shaw (right) attended an award luncheon in New Or-leans where they received recognition for their careers in the Louisiana Civil Service.

Gustave Freche, Jr. was a recipient of the Charles E, Dunbar, Jr. Career Service Award.

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Three Locals Receive Career Recognition ..........MLK Day Observed ............................................Clerk of Court’s Office to Expand .......................Letter to the Editor ..............................................On February 1, the Felicianas Go Red ...............EFP School Board Notice ...................................Davidson Signs with LSU Eunice .......................Retiree Honored for 36 Years Service .................Classifieds ...........................................................Calendar of Events .............................................

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cheon, one of only six selected this year for having scores very close to those of the winners.

Gary Shotwell has worked at Dixon Correctional Institute (DCI) since 1977. He began his tenure there as a correctional officer and has been promoted to the rank of assistant warden. In this capacity, he supervises several departments including the business office, food service, warehouse, maintenance and construction, communications, educational and vocational pro-grams and informational technol-ogy. Gary has directed large scale improvements of DCI buildings and grounds, and he also played an im-portant role in the formation of Pen Pal, Inc, a dog and cat shelter on prison grounds whose genesis came about spontaneously when DCI ac-cepted hurricane Katrina res-cues.

Gary described the honor as, “very humbling.” In his acceptance speech, Gary ac-knowledged the four wardens for whom he has worked over the years. “The common denomina-tor that each of them held was that they were all very good leaders. They lead by example…My career has been molded by these man and others like them,” he said. Gary also recognized his staff, who he said made him look good, and his wife and three sons.

Gustave (Gus) began his career in civil service at Villa Feliciana Medical Complex in June of 1970.

He transferred to the La. Veterans Home in 1983 as a supervisor in the home’s first physical therapy department and has since been pro-moted to assistant administrator.

In that role, he is responsible for directing and managing the follow-ing departments at the home: fiscal, human resources, social services, di-etary, therapeutic recreation, main-tenance and housekeeping. He also oversees the facility’s quality assur-ance program and serves as princi-pal assistant to the administrator of the home, assuming full responsi-bility for all activities of the facility during the administrator’s absence.

Gus has been recognized by the Office of Risk Management for ini-tiating a facility-wide quality as-surance program, the first award

presented to a state agency. He is also very active in his community, mentoring local East Feliciana Par-ish high school students through the Job Training Partnership Act Sum-mer Program and serving as a board member, coach, umpire and statisti-cian for baseball and football teams in Kentwood, La. He is also a mem-ber of the Sons of American Legion. His distinguished and outstanding

service to the veterans, their fami-lies, and the employees of the Loui-siana Veterans’ Home in addition to his community service is what made Gus stand out to the judges.

Of his award, Gus said, “It has been an honor to be a part of a team that continues to provide second-to-none health care to all veterans re-siding at the La. Veterans Home. To receive this award is the highlight of my career as a state employee.”

Ursula Shaw, LSU Ag Center ex-tension agent and point person for the parish’s 4H program, has been involved with 4H since she was in fourth grade herself, though she nev-er could have dreamed that she’d be working with 4H as an adult. She be-gan her journey six years ago thanks to the confidence former 4H agent Beverly Bailey had in her abilities.

A native of East Feliciana, Ursula knows the parish, knows the makeup of the schools, and understands the needs of the kids with whom she works. Though they cover a broad range of topics in 4H, Ursula has re-cently been focusing on the parallel issues of obesity and nutrition, es-tablishing a student garden in front of the old Clinton High School. The garden was such a success that this spring, she and her 4Hers will install pallet gardens in all the schools in the parish.

Ursula described what working for 4H means to her: “4H was my life [as a child] and it was something that brought me a long way. So I was honored to come back to my own parish to do what I’m doing.”

“4H was my life [as a child], and it was something that brought me a long way. So I was honored to come back to my own parish to do what I’m doing.”

- Ursula Shaw

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Dear Editor: I would like to extend my deepest

gratitude to the Explorer and all the readers who voted for me as the 2012 Hometown Heroes. It is such a great honor. It has been such a joy over the last 25 years to serve Zachary as a Community Helper.

I would especially like to thank Laura Steen, Bridget Richards, and Mary Whittle for nominating me; it is a great honor to know that I am held in such high esteem in your eyes. Also, a special thanks to Howard and Loretta McDaniel for their tireless assistance over the last several years.

I look forward to helping more families in the future. the Explorer’s donation to the Community Helpers fund will definitely come in handy this year.

Congratulations to all the other nominees who are all just as deserv-ing. Thank you all, again, for the honor and for the increased com-munity awareness of Zachary Com-munity Helpers that this award has afforded.

Mary Bellcase

For the tenth year, the American Heart Association (AHA) is raising awareness about the risks of heart disease in women by encouraging Americans to wear red on Febru-ary 1, National Wear Red Day. In St. Francisville, Mayor D’Aquilla has proclaimed February 1 as Paint the Town Red Day, and local busi-nesses and community members are invited to participate in the activi-ties planned for that day. In Clinton, Mayor Lori Ann Bell has invited the community to wear red.

Heart disease is the number one

killer of women in Loui-siana and in the USA, taking one in three wom-en each year. It kills more women than all forms of cancer combined. Yet the disease does not affect all women alike, and the warning signs for women aren’t the same as in men.

Through this cam-paign, the AHA continues to give women the tools with which to take control of their heart health. In 2004 when the initiative was started, cardiovas-cular disease claimed the lives of nearly 500,000 women. Ten years lat-er, these numbers have dropped significantly. According to the Go Red for Women website, 21% fewer women are dying from heart disease and

23% more women are aware that it’s their number one health threat. Lives have literally been saved, thanks to the collective energy, passion, time, money and HEART of the 25 million Americans who have supported this movement.

Wear Red Day is always held on the first Friday of February; this year, that day falls on February 1. Paint the Town Red sponsors in St. Francisville include West Feliciana Parish Hospital and the St. Francis-ville Chamber of Commerce. They are encouraging all local businesses

On February 1, the Felicianas Go RedLetter to the Editor

EFP School Board NOTICE

to drape their store-fronts in red, and residents are encouraged to drape themselves in red that day as well. Just as important as raising aware-ness is raising funds, and community members are also asked to consider making a donation to the cause.

Mayor Bell hopes residents will consider participating in National Wear Red Day, as it will “remind our citizens of the vital importance of preventive health care and to support educational programs to help fight against heart disease and stroke.”

“Now is the time to act. Heart dis-ease is still the number one killer of women, and ninety percent of wom-en have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease,” said Don-na Arnett, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., president of the American Heart Association. “With the right information, educa-tion and care, heart disease in wom-en can be treated, prevented and even ended.”

Letters to the Editor are un-edited sub-missions to the Feliciana Explorer newspa-per. Letters to the Editor may be submitted for publication at info@felicianaexplorer.com. Submissions will be printed in the next issue of the Explorer, space allowing. Deadline for submission is by 5 p.m. the Friday before Tuesday publication.

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Any civic or community organization(s) wishing to schedule a date and time during the months of February and March, 2013, to receive first hand Saturday, April 6, 2013 Election Ballot Informa-tion please contact Mrs. Tonia Tay-lor with the East Feliciana Parish School Board Central Office at 225- 683-8277 Ext. 231.

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students from Jackson Elementary School read original poems that they wrote inspired by the life and example of Dr. King. They were given a stand-ing ovation by the attendees. Sidney Picou, attorney in St. Francisville, and Betsy Jones, assistant district attor-ney for West and East Feliciana, were among those in attendance. According to Thomas, there were 65 participants in the 3rd annual walk.

Thomas is the founder and director of the Wilson Community Youth Or-ganization, which began in 2004. The organization works mostly with the educational and recreational aspects of all youth in Wilson. In addition to after school tutoring, the organization also offers programs during the sum-mer months to help prepare students for their upcoming school year by fo-cusing on math and reading skills to which they will be introduced in the fall. The teachers communicate with the tutors to help ensure the students are prepared for a better year.

For more information on the Wil-son Community Youth Organization, contact Debra Thomas at 225-244-3256 or Yvonne Allen at 225-324-4558.

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E(Left): Debra Thomas, Jonathan Loveall, and Yvonne Young planned the MLK March; (top): The group of marchers gathered for a prayer before the walk; (above): Wilson Mayor Marilyn Broadway (white shirt) was among the 65 participants.

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etc., is “bursting at the seams.” “We are constantly growing be-cause we are the agency cast with the responsibility of holding all the records for the parish...So we’re always getting bigger; we can’t throw stuff away,” said Dart.

Six months ago, recognizing that the office was less than two years away from running out of room, Dart approached the parish police jury, which is responsible for housing the parish’s govern-mental agencies. However, accord-

ing to Dart, the tight financial cir-cumstances of the parish as well as the fact that the Clerk of Court is a fee-based agency, receiving no dedicated tax revenues, required that he take steps to secure funding through other avenues. With the instrumental help of Ann Reiley Jones, who took an interest in the project for its association with the court system, the grant from the Pennington Foundation was se-cured.

Without an architect yet at the helm, plans are very preliminary; but Dart said the addition, which is to run the length of the back of the existing office, will provide an

additional 1500 s.f. of space that will, “provide for the most precious re-cords of our parish to be in a climate controlled area.”

At the current rate of growth of the parish, and con-sidering new tech-nologies that may serve as space sav-ing measures, Dart estimates that the addition should provide 25 years of

storage for the parish. From start to finish, including

the planning stages, Dart hopes that the addition will be completed within one year, cutting close to

the now-14 months worth of stor-age left in the building.

Dart expects that the $200,000 will cover the entire project.

(Top): Every nook and cranny of the Clerk of Court’s Office houses shelves of parish legal records packaged into books dating back to the early 1800s.

(Left): Rolling shelving systems are used throughout the office to store parish records. The new addition will contain storage units like these.

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Kayla Davidson, a senior at Silli-man Institute, has signed a national letter of intent to play softball for Louisiana State University at Eu-nice. During her career as a Lady Wildcat, Kayla pitched 53 shutouts, 5 no hitters, and had 933 strike-outs. In addition, she had a career .398 batting average.

Kayla received the District MVP award her 11th and 12th grade years and was a member of the AA South State Championship team her 10th through 12th grade years. She was a member of the state runner-up team her 10th and 12th grade years, and

was selected to the All-tournament team both years. Kayla was also se-lected to the MAIS Softball Fab 15 Senior team. In October, 2012, she participated in the AA/AAA All-Star game and was selected MVP of the South. She was also selected “Class AA Pitcher of the Year.”

Kayla has played travel softball for the Louisiana Patriots since she was 9 years old. In 2011, she led her team to win the IFA Elite National Championship, and received the Na-tional MVP Award.

Congratulations and best of luck to this talented young lady.

(Top row, l to r): Administrator Ann A. Kent, Coach Trae Weaver, Coach Rick Hurst, Athletic Director Sharon Kline; (bottom row l to r): sister Jessica Davidson, mother Ni-cole Davidson, Kayla Davidson, father Michael Davidson, brother Michael Davidson.

Mrs. Carolyn Smith-Davis re-tired on December 21, 2012. Mrs. Davis has served the East Feliciana Parish School Board in several ca-pacities for the past 36 and a half years. She began her career in 1974 as the Title III secretary. In 1980 she began her career as a teacher at Clin-ton Elementary School, then went on to serve as curriculum coordina-

Pictured with Carolyn Davis (holding plaque) are ( l to r) School Board President Michael Bradford, Superintendent Henderson Lewis, James Davis (husband) and Title 1 Director Edna Thomas.

tor at Jackson Elementary School in 1999, principal at Jackson Elemen-tary School in 2007, and in 2010 served as the instructional support specialist at the central office. At its regular meeting in January 2013, the school board recognized her years of service by presenting her with a re-tirement plaque.

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WF Parks and Recreation Baseball Registration

January 22–February 27Registration is now open for youth baseball and t-ball with West Feliciana Parks and Recreation league. Games will be played April 2-May 10 (no games the week of LEAP testing) and All Stars will be announced week of May 6. Registration deadline is February 27. Boys youth baseball is $60 and includes jersey, cap and belt. T-ball cost is $50 and includes jersey and cap. Teams are co-ed. Register at Sports Park located at 10226 West Feliciana Parkway in St. Francisville

or online at www.wfprec.com.

5K and 10K RegistrationNow-February 4

West Feliciana Parish Parks & Recreation is accepting registrations for their 5K (3.1 miles) and 10K (6.2 miles) training programs. Sessions include meeting twice a week with certified coaches, detailed training plans and strength workouts. The fee to participate is $80, which covers the 5K (10 week program) or 10K (8 week program). Both programs start February 4. Register online at www.wfprec.com or in person at 10226 West Feliciana Parkway, St. Francisville.

For more information call 225-784-8447.

WFP School System Celebration January 31, 6 p.m.

Come out to the West Feliciana High

School auditorium and celebrate the accomplishment of receiving an “A” district ranking. Join community members, teachers, parents and students at this benchmark celebration with presentations for each school. The event is sponsored by the St. Francisville Chamber of Commerce and the Bank of St. Francisville. Light

refreshments will be served.

St. Francisville’s Paint the Town Red Day | February 1

Mayor D’Aquilla has proclaimed February 1 as Paint the Town Red Day in support of the American Heart Association’s efforts to raise awareness on the risks of heart disease in women. Local businesses are encouraged to participate by draping their store-fronts in red, and residents are encouraged to drape themselves in red that day as well. Just as important as raising awareness is raising funds; consider making a donation to the cause. Paint the Town Red sponsors are West Feliciana Parish Hospital and the St. Francisville Chamber of

Commerce.

Feliciana Family & Friends Clinton Mardi Gras Parade

February 2, 11 a.m.The 8th Annual Clinton Mardi Gras Parade, themed “Forward Into the Future,” will roll on February 2 at 11 a.m. from the campus of East Feliciana Middle School (10410 Plank Rd). Home and business owners along the route are asked to decorate in Mardi Gras colors of purple, green, and gold.

events in the Felicianas

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

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

For more information, call 225-683-5594 or 225-615-5137.

1st Annual Trail Ride February 2, 3 p.m.

Last of a Dying Breed Riding club presents an inaugural trail ride at the Richardson Pavilion, 11691 Hwy. 10 west in Clinton. This ride is open to all riding clubs. Gates open at noon and the ride leaves at 3 p.m. Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: best zydeco dancer, most members in uniforms, club that travels the farthest. Food and refreshments will be sold. Admission is $10/FREE for kids 12-and-under. Four wheelers are allowed on the ride. For more information, contact Chris McKnight

at 225-362-2424.

Story Time and Crafts February 9, 10–11 a.m.

Join in on the fun at the Audubon Regional Library, Clinton location. Attendees will enjoy an age-appropriate story followed by a coordinating craft project. For more information, contact Becky Newsom

at 225-683-8753.

I Love My Zoo DayFebruary 9, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Take the family for a fun-filled experience at BREC’s BR Zoo on Saturday, February 9 for a Valentine extravaganza. This action-packed day includes safari amphitheater programs featuring the sometimes-strange and

amazing “birds and the bees” facts as they apply to our affectionate animals. Regular zoo admission applies. For more information, visit www.brzoo.

org.

Wilson Mardi Gras Parade February 9, 10 a.m.

The Wilson Community Youth Organization’s Mardi Gras parade will roll in Wilson at 10 a.m. on Saturday, February 9. Grand Marshal of the parade will be WAFB’s Diane Deaton.

WFP Hospital Diabetic Support Group Meeting

February 11, 5:30–6:30 p.m. This support group meets the second Monday of each month in the West Feliciana Parish Hospital cafeteria. Participants enjoy a healthy snack, engage in peer support, participate in fun educational activities and occasionally enjoy a guest speaker. For additional details call 225-635-

3811.

Feliciana’s Spring Series Seminar February 21 & 28

LSU Ag Center presents the “Home Ground” series on February 21 and February 28, n 6-8:30 p.m. Topics and speakers to be announced at the Folkes Campus in Jackson. Free Admission. Door prizes and refreshments provided. For more information contact Andre at 225-635-3614 or

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$22,755OR$189mo

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or 1.9% APR for 60 months!in lieu of rebate with approved credit

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STK #ASCN TD4607 / ASC TD3633 MSRP ..................................................$25,015ASC/ ASCN DISCOUNT ..........................-$1,220YOUR PRICE: ...................$23,795TIMP CERTIFICATE................................-$1,000

$22,795ASK ABOUTTHE $189 A

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MSRP ..................................................$33,290GM REBATE ..........................................-$3,000ASC/ ASCN DISCOUNT ..........................-$3,295SALE PRICE:....................$26,995TRADE IN BONUS CASH ............................-$1,000SALE PRICE:....................$25,995GM TRUCK OWNER LOYALTY ......................-$1,000

$24,995

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or 0% APR for 60 months!in lieu of rebate with approve credit

MSRP ..................................................$31,955GM REBATE ..........................................-$3,000ASC/ ASCN DISCOUNT ..........................-$3,460SALE PRICE:....................$25,495TRADE IN BONUS CASH ............................-$1,000SALE PRICE:....................$24,495GM TRUCK OWNER LOYALTY ......................-$1,000

$23,495