BY LISA SOILEAUXManaging Editor

RAYNE - Most of the traditions of the holi-day season have arrived or are in the process

of being completed -- stockings are hung, Christmas trees up and decorated, and for Rayne citizens, decorations up and lit around the city in preparation for the annual Christ-mas parade.

This year’s Christmas Parade will be held at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, to offi cially ush-er in the holiday season.

The Christmas Parade will again see beau-tiful fl oats, along the decorated boulevard and Depot Square.

Floats this year will feature the Mayor and city offi cials, city royalty, students from lo-cal schools, Little Miss Merry Christmas and Master Noel royalty and contestants, and the big jolly man himself, Santa Claus.

Also to be included is a special veterans fl oat with all local and area veterans invited to participate.

Leading the parade in her place of honor will be 2018 Miss Rayne Mary-Kate Simon.

Parade lineup will be on Gossen Memorial Drive (the street leading to the Civic Center) and those interested in participating should begin arriving after 5 p.m. Incoming traffi c will be routed north on Section Street, around the City Barn to the Civic Center or the parade lineup depending on the purpose of each vehi-

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CITY DECORATIONS GO UP - City employees were busy last week as they hung decorative lights, wreaths and pole decor throughout the city in preparation of Tuesday’s Christmas Parade. (Acadian-Tribune Photos by Lisa Soileaux)

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BY LISA SOILEAUXManaging Editor

RAYNE - What Acadia Parish has to offer visitors and tourists was offered during the inaugural “Fam Tour” (Fa-miliarization Tour) presented by the Acadia Parish Tourist Commission.

The fall tour, held Wednesday, Nov. 14, focused on the northtern por-tion of the parish including stops in Crowley, Maxie, Roberts Cove, Rayne, Church Point and Richard.

As noted by Bart Wild, APTC Board member and steering committee who spearheaded the event, “The Tour was held to let others throughout the state see what we have to offer right here in Acadia Parish.

Wild continued, “We’re using the state’s “Feed Your Soul” theme to offer participants “a taste of Acadia Parish’ by visiting all these communities.”

Held between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., the tour began at the Tourist Com-

mission offi ce just north of Crowley, then heading along the route to Crow-ley City Hall, the German Heritage Museum in Roberts Cove, points of Rayne, Church Point and Richard.

While in Rayne, visitors were given sights of the city’s murals, frog stat-ues, unique St. Joseph Church Cem-etery, and other welcoming sights by emcee Fran Bihm, Executive Director of the Rayne Chamber of Commerce.

The only Rayne stop for the bus tour was at The Bank, part of the The Crossing at Mervine Kahn and site of Rayne’s fi rst bank in the late 1800s, The Bank. There, guests enjoyed a delicious lunch, part of the day-long ‘taste’ of what Acadia Parish has to of-fer the pallet.

On behalf of the city, Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux welcomed every-one to Rayne and gave an abbreviated history of the”Frog Capital.”.

Acadia Parish, Rayne welcomes ‘Fam Tour’ visitors

GUESTS WELCOMED TO RAYNE - Welcoming visitors to Rayne during the 2018 “Fam Tour” where they enjoyed a delicious meal at The Bank and musical entertainment were, standing from left, Rayne Chamber Executive Director Fran Bihm, steering committee member Martha Royer, Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux, APTC Board President Charlotte Jeffers, APTC Executive Director Gwen Hanks and APTC Commissioner Bart Wild. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

As Christmas nears and holi-day programs begin, the sec-ond annual “Breakfast With Santa” will be held on Satur-day, Dec. 15, at the Rayne Civic Center.

The City of Rayne, Ron-ald Stutes and committee members with the social media group Rayne Remem-bered have joined forces once again to provide this special holiday event for the children of Rayne.

The event will be free for children from throughout the community; however, due to limited space, only 300 tickets will be available, ac-cording to Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux and the committee.

The children-only break-fast will be served at 9 a.m. at the Civic Center with events concluding at noon.

After breakfast, young-sters can have fun by making an ornament, listen to Christmas sto-ries, play a variety of games and make rein-

deer food.Little ones can also write a let-

ter to Santa or play in the “snow” while making memories to last a lifetime.

Tickets are available at City Hall on a fi rst come, fi rst serve basis. Only fi ve children tickets per fam-ily will be dispensed.

‘Breakfast With Santa’ eventplanned Dec. 15 at Civic Center Rayne’s Daily Manna

Christian Service Center, located at 600 Section, will accept donations dur-ing the 2018 annual Aca-diana’s Food For Families Drive on Tuesday, Dec. 4, between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., announces Deacon Tommy Adams, director.

Non-perishable food donations would be ap-preciated for the less for-tunate of the Rayne com-munity.

“I would like to take this time to thank every-one for their help in the past,” Adams stated. “We have made another year and could not have made it without the generous donations from everyone.”

Manna Center food drive set

RAYNE - The deadline is approaching for the public’s assistance for the annual drive for the War Veterans Home, as announced by the local Woodmen Life Chapter 31.

WOW will bring their last load of donations the fi rst week of December so your donations are needed soon.

The WOW has been busy collecting needed supplies for the veterans who are residents of the War Veterans Home in Jennings.

The local Woodmen 31 is collecting the follow-ing needed supplies for a special holiday fundrais-er: men’s elastic waist pants, t-shirts, slippers, diabetic socks, body spray, Depends undergar-ments, thermal coffee cups, after shave and shav-ing products, electric razors, wall calendars, along with ladies’ medium stretch pants and matching shirts.

Collecting will continue until Dec. 1st with a delivery in time for the holidays.

Contact Robert (581-4317) or Bernadette (581-7484) for questions or for pickup.

Last chance for WOW War Veterans Home donations

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Obituaries

PARADEContinued From Page 1Acle. Outgoing traffi c will be routed in front of the Civic Center and around Armstrong School.

There is no fee to enter parade, but pre-registration is a must by calling City Hall (334-3121) or stop by City Hall to register.

There will be no four-wheelers allowed in the parade with the excep-tion of police and/or pa-rade personnel.

The parade route will follow the Boulevard and disembark at the Ameri-can Legion Parking Lot or the City of Rayne Power Plant parking lot, at which time all are invited to walk a block back to the Rayne Depot Square.

There will be a May-or’s Award Trophy awarded to the best dec-orated unit in this year’s parade and the winner will be announced after the parade from the De-pot Square platform.

Once at the Depot Square, Santa will be available until 8 p.m. for visitation, wish list re-

quests and photos. Chil-dren who have written letters will be able to de-posit their letters to San-ta in a specially marked Santa’s mailbox.

The Christmas Pa-rade and visit with Santa activities have be-come an annual event

celebrating the holidays as the streets of Rayne glitter and glow.

Anyone needing fur-ther information can contact Suzette Leon-ards at 334-6682, via email at Suzette.leon-ards@rayne.org or stop by Rayne City Hall.

Gerlis M. Pellerin

RAYNE - A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated for Gerlis M. Pellerin, 82, at 1p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Mire, with Rev. Brent Smith as celebrant.

Visitation was held in the Duhon Funeral Home - Rayne Chapel. on Friday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. and continued

until just prior to the time of service on Sat-urday. Recitation of the Holy Rosary was held at 6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 23, in the funeral home chapel. Interment was in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Cemetery fol-lowing the church ser-vice.

Mrs. Pellerin passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, at her resi-dence in Rayne.

Mrs. Pellerin is sur-vived by her children, James Bert Comeaux and wife Terry Lynn of Duson, Patricia Ann Cormier of Church Point, Cynthia Marie Galley of Rayne, Linda Sue Credeur and hus-band Roy J. Credeur Sr of Rayne, Joseph Norbert Comeaux of Lake Charles, and Don-ald Ray Comeaux and wife Hope of Morse; 17 grandchildren; 32 great-granchildren; one

great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Laurence Constantine of Lafayette and Mary Sonnier of Duson; and one brother, Lee Meche of Rayne.

She was preceded in death by her compan-ion of 16 years, Evans “Black” Daigle; parents, Norbert Meche and Cle-mentine Meche; sisters, Gladys Venable, Rosa Bella Meche and Ancy Mae Broussard; broth-ers Roosevelt Meche, Emar Meche and Ewell Meche; as well as six great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers were her grandsons.

Visitors may view the obituary, sign the guest registry and express condolences online at www.duhonfuneral-home.com

Duhon Funeral Home, LLC-Rayne, 334-3600, 900 East Texas Ave., Rayne, was in charge of of arrange-ments.

Richard VictorHammer, III

RAYNE - Funeral ser-vices for Richard Victor Hammer III, 34, of Vin-ton, was held on Friday, Nov. 23, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. in Gossen Funeral Home Chapel, Rayne.

Reverend Gene Lee, pastor of Rayne First Baptist Church offi ci-ated and interment fol-lowed in Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cemetery in Mire.

Visitaiton was ob-served Friday, Nov. 23, from 8:30 a.m. until ser-vice time in Gossen Fu-neral Home, Rayne.

Richard passed away on Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018 in Vinton.

Survivors include his wife, Marilyn Prejean Hammer of Vinton; daughter, Kirstin Ben-oit of Iowa; sons, Elijah Hammer and Mayson Hammer of Vinton; fa-ther, Charles A. Ham-mer II and wife Mar-

ian of Iowa; siblings, Dorothy Cormier and husband David Mouton of Oakdale, Chimmie Lovett and wife Tina of Iowa, Crystal Lovett of White Castle, Cassan-dra Weaver of Leesville, and Charles Walsh and wife Alexandra of Flo-rien.

Preceding Richard in death were his mother, Mami O. Cormier; and brother, Charles Albert Hammer III.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.gossenfuneral-home.net.

Arrangements were entrusted to Gossen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne, 334-3141.

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If you haven’t already put up your “outside” Christmas decorations, it’s time to get that done.

For four consecutive weekends in December, a “best-decorated” house and business will again be recognized.

Co-sponsored by the City of Rayne and Santa Claus, four houses and businesses will receive the distinction of “Christmas Decorations of the Week” — one each on Dec. 2, Dec. 9, Dec. 16 and Dec. 23 — and will receive a yard sign.

Also, any kids wanting to send a letter to Santa should put a return address so Santa can write back. Letters can be given to Santa on one of the hayrides or dropped off at the mailbox in the depot square.

‘Best-decorated’ houses to be recognized in Dec.

Blaine Dupont be-gan a project of giving “Christmas Gift Bags for the Elderly” at the Rayne Guest Home two years ago and hasn’t looked back at its suc-cess.

For the event, Du-

pont, who also loves be-ing “Santa,” spends his Christmas afternoon go-ing to the Rayne Guest Home and handing out a gift bag to every resi-dent.

He is planning to do this again this Christ-

‘Christmas Gift Bags for Elderly’ program continues

mas day.Anyone interested in

donating items for the gift bags for the elderly can bring them to C.J. Prevost Insurance Com-pany in Rayne (West Branche/Hwy 90) dur-ing normal business hours (Monday through Friday).

Items such as men’s and women’s socks, tis-sue, deodorant, color-ing books, word search books, shampoo, lip balm will be appreci-ated.

Any cash donations will be used to purchase whatever is needed. If you prefer to write a check, make it payable to cash or Blaine Du-pont. All donations will be used for the gift bags.

Items not allowed are sweets and aerosol cans.

Recognizing the unpredictability of weather in South Louisiana, es-pecially around this time of the year, organizers will stage the December “Christmas” Farmers Market inside the Rayne Civic Center.

This special Christmas-themed event will be held between 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 2, and attendees are being invited to bring their little ones to take “selfi e” pictures with Santa as announced by Chairperson Marietta Sikat.

There will be no admission fee and organizers report that more than 25

vendors will be on hand offering vari-ous homemade and hand-crafted items, perfect for Christmas gifts.

Concessions will be offered for sale by the Chamber (soft drinks, coffee, hot chocolate, water).

Also, food vendors will have food available for sale.

Vendors wanting to participate are asked to contact the Chamber of Com-merce offi ce at 334-2332 or Chairper-son Marietta Sikat at 210-667-7914.

The event is beng co-sponsored by the Rayne Chamber of Commerce and the City of Rayne.

December ‘Christmas’ FarmersMarket scheduled this weekend

FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY - Veterans of Arceneaux Post 77, American Legion, conducted the annual United States Flag Retirement Ceremony at 9 a.m. during the November Farmer’s Market hosted every month by the Rayne Chamber of Commerce at The Depot. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)

Iola Johnson Leger

RAYNE - Funeral services for Mrs. Iola Johnson Leger, 89, of Lafayette, will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018, at 2 p.m. in Gos-sen Funeral Home Cha-pel, Rayne.

Deacon Tommy Adams of St. Joseph Catholic Church will offi ciate. Entombment will follow in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery No. 2 Mausoleum, Rayne.

Visitation will be held on Thursday, Nov. 29, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Gossen Funeral

Home Chapel, with a rosary being prayed at 1:30 p.m.

Mrs. Leger passed away on Monday, Nov. 26, at her Lafayette resi-dence.

Survivors include her daughters, Victoria Ann Leger Sonnier and hus-band Larry of Lafayette and Constance Marie Leger Abshire and hus-band Percy of Groves, Texas; brother, Thomas Johnson Jr. and wife Cassie of Rayne; grand-children, Karen Sonnier Demette and husband Randy of Lafayette, Kurt Joseph Sonnier and wife Jonnie of Crow-ley, Stephanie Abshire Chamberlain and hus-band Brad of Spring Branch, Texas, and Christopher Abshire and wife Angela of Orange, Texas; great-grandchil-dren, Frankie Sonnier Roche and husband Logan of Rayne, Farrah Rae Sonnier of Crow-ley, Chandler O’Neil of Huffman, Texas, Adam James Demette of La-

fayette, Andrew James Demette of Lafayette, Lauren Gayre of Dallas, Texas, Cody Gayre of Spring Branch, Texas, Kaylin Abshire of Or-ange, Texas, Molly Ab-shire of Orange, Texas, and Chloe Abshire of Orange, Texas; and great-great-grandchild, Charlee O’Neil of Huff-man, Texas. She is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Preceding Mrs. Leger in death were her husband, Paul Boyce Leger; parents, Thomas Johnson Sr. and Marie Prejean Johnson; sis-ters, Mildred Martin, Verna Zaunbrecher and Martha Gilbert; and brothers, Glady John-son, Flemon Johnson and Jasper Johnson.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.gossenfuneral-home.net.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Gos-sen Funeral Home, Inc. of Rayne.

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TOURContinued From Page 1A

Wild then presented a short fi lm depicting the infl uence Mervine Kahn played of Acadiana’s musical beginnings.

The group was also entertained by Richard Landry and Katherine Stagg who depicted the famous Rayne musicial duo of Joe Falcon and wife Cleoma Falcon. The duo provided some toe-tapping music that even inspired some to take to the dance fl oor.

“We would welcome groups like this ev-eryday,” stated steer-ing committee member Marth Royer as guests were enjoying their noon meal.

“We have something so special here and we want to share it with everyone,” Royer con-tinued. “Look around us -- the scenic byways connects us all -- and there’s something for ev-eryone.”

Royer continued, “Acadia Parish is con-nected in many ways, either by our delcious food, entertaining music or our welcoming peo-ple. Our cities, commu-nities and outlying areas are ready to welcome visitors. And that’s what this day is all about -- to see if we’re ready -- and I think we are.”

As noted in the brouchere, the Taste of Acadia Parish Fa-

miliarization Tour, the steering committee ac-complished it’s objec-tive: “Today’s menu special was a multi-cul-tural feast of sights and sounds and tastes as only Acadia Parish can serve up ..... all courses served with heart and hospitality ..... a taste of where Acadia Parish be-gins!”

A spring “fam tour” is being planned for the southern part of the parish.

Musicians Richard Landry and Katherine Stagg (steer-ing committee member) provided musical enteratain-ment while telling the story of Rayne musician Joe Falcon and wife Cleoma Falcon during the Rayne stop. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

BEGINS OF ACADIA PARISH TOUR - Tourism industry representatives from through-out the area and state participated in the first-ever Acadia Parish Fall Familiarization Tour - Fam Tour - with stops in Crowley, Rayne, Church Point, Richard, Maxie and Roberts Cove. Above, leaving from the Acadia Parish Tourist Information Office on Tower Road just north of Crowley were, front, Amy Mathiew, executive assistant, APTC; and Carrie B. Stotts; second row from left, Renee Brown, Ann Palmer, Peggy Sweeney McDonald and Ginger Latiolais; third row, Eddie Palmer (Acadia), Kathy Denny, Jimmy McDonald and Bonnie Prejean; fourth row, APTC Executive Director Gwen Hanks, Laraine Croall and APTC Commissioner Bart Wild; back row, APTC Board President Charlotte Jeffers and Elista Istre. (Acadian-Tribune Photos by Steve Bandy and Lisa Soileaux)

Rayne Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Fran Bihm wel-comes visitors during the Rayne stop of the “Fam Tour.” (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

Mayor Charles “Chuck” Robichaux welcomes the “Fam Tour” group to The Bank during the Rayne stop where he highlighted just a few sites of the “Frog Capital.” (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

Bart Wild presented a brief film of the musical influence Mervine Kahn played of Acadiana musicians. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

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The “Fam Tour” group bus was welcomed to The Bank during the Rayne stop of the “Taste of Acadia Parish Familiarization Tour.” (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

People who fol-low politics, even casually, learn not to expect high moral standards from politicians. But there are some outrages that show a new low, even for politicians.

Among the consequences of Democrats’ recent election victories, especially at the

state and local levels, is the election of offi cials who have publicly announced their opposition to charter schools, and their determination to restrict or roll back the growth of those schools.

What have the charter schools done to provoke such opposition?

Often located in low-income, minor-ity neighborhoods, these schools have in many cases produced educational outcomes far better than the traditional public schools in such neighborhoods.

A Success Academy charter elemen-tary school in Harlem had a higher proportion of the children in one of its classes pass the statewide math exam than in any other class at the same grade level, anywhere in the state of New York.

As a result of the charter schools’ educational achievements, it is not un-common for thousands of children to be on waiting lists to get into such schools -- in New York City, tens of thousands.

This represents a huge opportunity for many low-income, minority young-sters who have very few other oppor-tunities for a better life. But, to politi-cians dependent on teachers’ unions for money and votes, charter schools are expendable.

In various communities around the country, charter schools are already be-ing prevented from moving into empty school buildings, which would allow them to admit more children from wait-ing lists.

Denying these children what can be their one chance in life is a new low, even for politicians.

Political rhetoric can camoufl age what is happening. But the arguments

against charter schools are so phony that anyone with a decent education should be able to see right through them. Unfortunately, the very failure of many traditional public schools to pro-vide a decent education enables their defenders to get away with arguments that could not survive any serious anal-ysis.

Consider the incessantly repeated ar-gument that charter schools are “taking money away from the public schools.” Charter schools are themselves public schools, educating children who have a legal right to be educated with taxpayer money set aside for that purpose. When some fraction of children move from traditional public schools to charter schools, why should the same fraction of money not move with them?

What is the money for, if not to ed-ucate children? The amount of tax-payer money spent per child in charter schools is seldom, if ever, greater than the amount spent per child in tradition-al public schools. Often it is less.

Another argument used in attacking charter schools is that, despite particu-lar charter schools with outstanding re-sults, by and large charter school stu-dents’ results on educational tests are no better than the results in traditional public schools. Even if we accept this claim, it leaves out one crucial fact.

White students and Asian students together constitute a majority of the students in traditional public schools. Black students and Hispanic students together constitute a majority of the stu-dents in charter schools.

On virtually all educational tests, black and Hispanic students score sig-nifi cantly lower than white and Asian students. If charter schools as a whole just produce educational results com-parable to those in traditional public schools as a whole, that is a big im-provement.

If you want to make a comparison of educational results with comparable students, you can look at results among children living in the same neighbor-hood, at the same grade levels -- and with both charter school children and children in a traditional school being educated in the very same building.

Such comparisons in New York City

showed, almost every time, a majority of the students in the traditional public school scoring in the bottom half in both math and English, while the percentage of charter school students scoring in the top half was some multiple of the per-centage of other students scoring that high.

This is what the teachers’ unions and the politicians want to put a stop to. Who will speak up for those children?

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at

the Hoover Institution, Stanford Uni-versity, Stanford, CA 94305. His web-site is www.tsowell.com. To fi nd out more about Thomas Sowell and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

Eat local, eat well

Throughout our 20 years of Ringside Politics TV and radio programs, we have established an annual contest of award-ing our “Turkey of the Year.” This Thanksgiving tradition was started to recognize those individu-als who distinguished themselves in a particu-larly idiotic way. It seems appropriate since turkeys are commonly regarded as one of the dumbest animals on the planet.

Every year, the com-petition is fi erce for there are many deserving ce-lebrities and politicians. Previous winners have in-cluded fi lmmaker Michael Moore, former House Speakers John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi, former President Barack Obama and former New Orleans Mayor, current federal in-mate, Ray Nagin.

We have recognized both Republicans and Democrats, men and women. Last year, then Mayor of New Orleans Mitch Landrieu was the

consensus choice by placing his selfi sh politi-cal aspirations over the well-being of his city. He removed historic monu-ments without a vote of the people and used the issue to garner national publicity, while ignoring long standing problems such as violent crime, poor drainage and hor-rifi c street conditions.

This year, our ra-dio listeners nominated several dozen individu-als and groups, all with outstanding credentials to become our Ring-side Politics Turkey of the Year. Nevertheless, the clear winner with the most votes and the best choice for our 2018 award is House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI).

Ryan is an establish-ment Republican who has been a very weak House Speaker. He has not pursued an aggres-sive congressional agenda and has none of the lead-ership qualities of a suc-cessful House Speaker,

such as Newt Gingrich, who campaigned on the ambi-tious Contract with America. Gingrich help deliver capi-tal gains tax cuts, welfare reform and produced the fi rst budget surplus in de-cades. In the mid-term election, Ryan barely campaigned and strongly advocated few, if any real issues.

What really motivates Ryan is the opportunity to criticize Donald Trump. Ever since Trump burst upon the political scene, Ryan has relished occa-sions to appear before the media and make critical comments. After Trump’s 2005 “locker room” re-marks to Access Hol-lywood host Billy Bush were improperly released to the public, Ryan told fellow Republicans that he would no longer “de-

fend Trump.” Thereafter, he cancelled a joint appearance with Trump, claiming he was “sickened” by the comments. Instead of stand-ing by his party’s presidential can-didate and con-demning the me-dia for releasing a tape that was secretly recorded,

this so-called GOP leader abandoned his party’s presidential nominee.

Of course, President Trump achieved victory without any help from Ryan. In fact, he has been working to “Make America Great Again” without much assistance from the top congressio-nal leader of the Repub-lican Party. Ryan has not championed many of the major issues on the President’s agenda such as the funding of a border wall, even though it was a prime reason why Re-publicans won the White

House and maintained control of Congress in the 2016 election.

It was no surprise when Ryan deserted his party and his colleagues by announcing his re-tirement from Congress several months before the end of his term. An honorable man would have immediately re-signed, allowing his party an opportunity to select another House Speaker before the mid-term elec-tion. Instead, Ryan re-mained in place, offering no leadership and with-holding funding from candidates who were in-volved in close races. The result was a bloodbath for the House Republi-cans as Democrats took back control of the House and won close to 40 new seats.

Ryan’s leadership was pathetic and his fund-raising for GOP candi-dates was anemic. While fi nding little time to show support for President Trump and his agen-

Ringside politics Turkey of the Year: House Speaker Paul Ryan

Our good cook-ing is one of the greatest things that sets south Louisiana apart from other plac-es. Visitors are amazed when they get their fi rst taste of what we can do with a big black pot and a pinch of this and dash of that. They discover that we eat bet-ter every day than

most of them do when they put on a family feast for Thanksgiving.

A lot of people think what is known as “Cajun cuisine” came whole, or al-most so, when the Acadians settled in Louisiana, and that our good eats can be traced to old Acadie. In fact, many cultures have helped to shape and sea-son our famous cuisine. Native Ameri-cans, Africans, Frenchmen of many ilks, Spaniards, Germans, Italians, people from the Caribbean, and from practically every European country in-vented or added to the recipes that now up the “traditional” food we serve.

Folklife authority Ulysse Richard put it this way: “The infl uence of the many peoples and cultures that came to Louisiana, the cooking traditions and methods of these people, the natu-ral richness of Louisiana’s soil, and its abundant supply of seafood have all had a part in creating the native culi-nary richness that Louisiana offers and that cannot be matched in any other state or region in the United States.”

In fact, we can fi ll our tables, on Thanksgiving or any other day, with nothing but home-grown foods and eat like royalty.

After the mapmaker William Darby visited southwest Louisiana 200 years ago, he wrote that “few spots on the globe of equal extent exhibit more di-versity … or a greater variety of soil and vegetable production.”

Early planters on the Mississippi brought plants from around the world to Louisiana. It is said that Valcour Aimé, one of the most important of them, won a $10,000 bet by serving a complete and perfect dinner, including the coffee, wine, and cigars, using only products grown on his St. James Par-ish plantation. (He was also the subject of a long-told tale, that may or may not be true, that he served up a banquet on solid gold dishes when French Prince Louis-Philippe visited in 1798. After the feast, according to the tale, Aimé threw the gold dishes into the Missis-sippi River to impress the prince with his wealth. Aimé didn’t tell the prince that he’d stretched a net beneath the water and pulled the plates back to the bank after the prince was gone.)

Their dishes may not have been made of gold, but practically all of the early settlers in south Louisiana could eat well from what they grew on their land, shot in the woods, or fi shed from the bayou.

On New Year’s Day of 1786, Louis

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da, Ryan never missed chances to belittle his Commander-in-Chief in the media. For example, in the aftermath of the President’s comments at the news conference following the Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ryan eagerly offered his criticism. He was upset that Trump was reluctant to accept the fi ndings of U.S. intelligence services, the same groups which had surveilled a mem-ber of his campaign team during and after the 2016 presidential election.

As the caravan of mi-grants headed toward the U.S. border, the President expressed his support to use executive action to eliminate birthright citi-zenship for children of illegal aliens. Ryan criti-cized the idea and said it was akin to what Barack Obama did as President. In response, President Trump fumed that “Paul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Major-ity rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!”

Sadly, Ryan did not focus on holding the House in this mid-term election, so now the next Speaker will be liberal Democrat Nancy Pelosi. The blame for this de-bacle does not rest with President Trump, who won major victories for several Republican U.S. Senate candidates, but directly with Paul Ryan who leaves his post with few victories. He also leaves his Republican Party in the minority in the House and in a se-verely weakened position. Clearly, Paul Ryan is the right choice for our 2018 Ringside Politics Turkey of the Year.

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Judice, commandant of the Lafourche district, wrote that corn was the settlers’ principal crop, but also lima beans and English peas. He said they planted orchards that in-cluded peaches, apricots, plums, pears, three types of fi gs, pecans, pome-granates, and several va-rieties of grapes.

Then and for years to come families plant-ed large gardens that, thanks to our climate, supplied fresh vegetables practically all year long. Most families also kept chickens, both for meat and for eggs that were im-portant not only as food but because they could be bartered for fl our, cof-fee, and other things, and also kept a hog or two,

from which they har-vested meat, lard, sau-sage, cracklins, and “ev-erything but the squeal.” The boucherie each fall was an early institution in south Louisiana.

Whatever they cooked, they cooked “low and slow” in their black pots or skillets. It’s a tech-nique that is still impor-tant in south Louisiana cooking. It’s part of what makes today’s cooking so tasty, but it probably be-gan as a necessity. The old hens, wild game, and aging cattle that were turned into supper were usually either tough or stringy or both; they had to be cooked for a long

time. In more recent times,

a lot of the visitors who have come to sample our cuisine, and have tried to imitate to imitate it, don’t realize that you can’t cook like we do in a microwave. It takes time, patience, and a well-seasoned old pot. Simply creating some sort of spicy abomination doesn’t cut it, even if they tell unsuspecting diners in far-off places that it is “authentic Cajun.”

While I was searching the internet a while back for “authentic” dishes, I was stopped by a recipe for a “Cajun corndog.”

I’m pretty sure that is a stretch for “authentic,”

and I’m absolutely sure that wasn’t part of my Grandma’s repertoire.

A collection of Jim Bradshaw’s columns, Ca-juns and Other Charac-

ters, is now available from Pelican Publishing. You can contact him at jim-bradshaw4321@gmail.com or P.O. Box 1121, Washington LA 70589.

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LAFAYETTE - Donna Shetler Corley of Crowley was among 15 individuals named philanthro-pists of the year during the 2018 Leaders In Philanthropy Awards ceremony recently at the Cajun-dome Convention Center in La-fayette.

The event is hosted by Com-munity Foundation of Acadiana and presented by Hancock Whit-ney Bank.

The Leaders in Philanthropy Award is given to an individual or couple in each of the eight parish-es of CFA’s primary service area who have made a philanthropic impact in their communities through substantial charitable contributions to or by attract-ing substantial contributions for nonprofi ts, churches or schools.

A charitable biography of each honoree can be seen online at www.cfacadiana.org/lip.

Along with Corley, those rec-ognized included:

• Evangeline Parish - Mary Al-ice and Leonard Fontenot;

• Iberia Parish – Carol and

Tommy LeBlanc;• Lafayette Parish – Joann and

Nick Pugh;• St. Landry Parish – Bruce

Gaudin;• St. Martin Parish – Lydia and

Cyril Guidry;• St. Mary Parish – Alice and

William Pecoraro;• Vermilion Parish – Charles R.

“Charlie” Sonnier; and• Corporate Honoree – Travel

Machine, Kermit Duhon and Maegan Sonnier.

Paul Hillard, the chairman emeritus of Badger Oil, served as keynote speaker, sponsored by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.

Hilliard is the recipient of the 2015 Leaders In Philanthropy Award, Lafayette Civic Cup, and Horatio Alger Award. He and his late wife, Lulu, contributed $5 million dollars in seed money to start the Paul and Lulu Hilliard Art Museum at UL-Lafayette.

He is a veteran of World War II and lives in Lafayette. Hilliard joined The National World War

II Museum’s Board of Trustees in 2006 and in June 2018 was named Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Leaders In Philanthropy Awards were made possible by the generous contributions of Home Bank, Cleco, Iberia Bank, The Shea Family, MidSouth Bank, City Club River Ranch, Taco Bell, Gulf Coast Bank, and SLEMCO.

CFA is a nonprofi t organiza-tion whose core purpose is to build legacies and improve com-munities by connecting generous people to the causes they care about. CFA is one of south Loui-siana’s premier philanthropic or-ganization benefi ting our region, with a particular focus on the parishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Mary, St. Martin and Vermilion.

Since inception in 2000, CFA has realized cumulative gifts ex-ceeding $230 million and has made cumulative grants of more than $121 million. Learn more at www.cfacadiana.org.

Crowley’s Donna Shelter Corley recognized at CFA ceremony

Donna Shetler Corley, Acadia Parish Philanthropist of the Year

BY STEVE BANDYLSN Staff Writer

CROWLEY - Budget projections for the Acadia Parish Police Jury show a de-crease in revenues of $2.8 million com-pared to what the jury was looking at this time last year.

However, the majority of that shortage is in the area of grant funding that has ended. When that happens, according to offi cials in the police jury offi ce, there is a decrease in revenues and a correspond-ing decrease in expenditures.

Gone from the 2019 budget are grants in areas such as hazardous mitigation (over $1 million), Gustav/Ike grants (more than $400,000), Louisiana Com-munity Water Enrichment Fund (down $31,000) and more.

A public hearing on the budget, which includes a 3 percent across-the-board raise for all parish employees with pos-sible merit raises up to 5 percent, will be

held at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, im-mediately preceding the monthly police jury meeting.

According to the proposed budget for fi scal year 2019, the police jury expects total revenues in all funds of $29.3 mil-lion, compared to the 2018 projection of $26.5 million. That’s a 9.6 percent de-crease.

With the anticipated drop in income, expenditures have been trimmed by $2.6 million — from $28.8 million to $26.2 million — compared to last year’s bud-get, a 9.1 percent decrease.

That’s a difference of only $337,233 in revenues over expenses for 2019.

A worse outlook is in the jury’s gener-al fund, the day-to-day operational fund for the parish.

Revenues in that fund are down 21.7 percent, from $7.2 million in 2018 to a projected $5.6 million next years.

The largest decrease in revenues in the general fund is in the area of “inter-

governmental revenue,” which dropped from an estimated $2.8 for 2018 to $1.4 for 2019.

“Intergovernmental revenue” is de-scribed as money from the state.

Anticipated expenditures in the gener-al fund were slashed 21.7 percent, from $7.2 million to $5.6 million.

The line item “other protection, de-scribed as emergency management took the biggest hit in expenses. That’s where the majority of the grant funding men-tioned above was funneled.

For the 2018 budget, that line item was estimated at $1.8 million. For 2019, it has been slashed by 90.3 percent to $173,550.

In the 2019 budget, the general fund has a total of $325 in the fund balance for any contingencies.

Anyone desiring to review or comment on the proposed budget may do so be-tween the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at the Police Jury Administrative Offi ces.

Police Jury has little wiggle room in 2019 projections

BY STEVE BANDYLSN Staff Writer

CROWLEY – If Aca-dia Parish Police Ju-rors didn’t have enough trouble balancing their budget, now they’re facing a nearly $30,000

repair bill on a bulldoz-er at the landfi ll.

But the dozer is leased from Doggett Machinery Services in Broussard and jurors aren’t sure that they’re responsible for the cost of repair under the

lease.“I talked to the shop

foreman and one of the managers at Doggett and they told me that machine was sup-posed to be pushing dirt only,” said David Savoy, police jury pres-

ident. “We’ve been us-ing it for over a year to push garbage.”

Savoy pointed out that service represen-tatives from Doggett had been out to the landfi ll to service the equipment during the

year.“Basically, they’re

saying it’s negligence on our part that caused the damage,” Savoy said. “What really gets me is that there are guards to protect the fi nal drive that can be

Landfi ll equipment could cost parish $30,000 to repairinstalled in the fi eld and no attempt was made by Doggett to in-form us of that.”

The fi nal drive hy-draulic motor is a cru-cial component to the dozer power train sys-tem. “It’s what makes it go,” Juror Ronnie Fa-bacher explained.

Solid Waste Supervi-sor Robert Hebert said this is the fi rst time in 15 years that some-thing like this has hap-pened to a dozer at the landfi ll.

“They (Doggett) sent us a smaller one to use until we get this one re-paired,” said Hebert.

Doggett’s estimate for repairs comes to $28,880.41.

The jury tabled the repairs pending fur-ther discussion with Doggett concerning terms of the lease and warranty issues.

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Upcoming eventsThe Woodmen Life Chapter 31 is col-

lecting needed supplies for the veterans who are residents of the War Veterans Home in Jennings. Needed items include men’s elastic waist pants, t-shirts, slip-pers, diabetic socks, body spray, De-pends undergarments, thermal coffee cups, after shave, wall calendars, along with ladies’ medium stretch pants and matching shirts. Collection will continue until the holidays with an early Decem-ber delivery. Contact Robert (581-4317) or Bernadette (581-7484) for questions or for pickup.

November 29A planning meeting for the 2019 Dr.

Martin Luther King City-Wide Celebra-tion will be held at 7 p.m. at Our Mother of Mercy Convent. All are welcomed to join in the preparation meeting for the Jan 21st celebration.

December 1The annual Rayne High School Base-

ball Po-Boy Fundraiser will be held be-tween 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. with pickup at the school. A $6 ticket (available at school or with any baseball player) will purchase a meal including a sausage po-boy, drink and bag of chips.

You’re invited to the inaugural Win-ter Wonderland at Branch Elementary School. Pre-sale wristbands are avail-able for $5 for adults and $10 for chil-dren. Between 8-9 a.m. enjoy breakfast with Santa and pictures with Santa will be taken between 9-11 a.m. Other activi-ties will include send a letter to Santa, prepare reindeer food, decorate Christ-mas cookies, make an ornament, play in the snow, facepainting and fun winter games.

Relax and create on Teen Scene Sat-urday at The Rayne Library. Unwind with a coloring page -- choose from many page options. Enter your masterpiece to be judged and you could win a Se-cret Santa gift card. Winners will be an-nounced Dec. 21st. The event will begin at 10 a.m. for 12-18 year olds only.

December 2The monthly Farmers Market will fea-

ture a Christmas theme and will be held at the Rayne Civic Center between 1-5 p.m. Numerous vendors will be on site and Santa will make a special visit. Ad-mission is free.

December 4The annual City of Rayne Christmas

Parade will be held at 6 p.m. throughout the streets of the city. The parade will be-gin at the Rayne Civic Center and end at The Depot where Santa will await Christ-mas wish lists and pictures.

Arceneaux Post 77, American Legion, will meet at 7 p.m. at the Legion Home. All Legionnaires are encouraged to at-tend.

December 5The monthly meeting of the Rayne

Chamber of Commerce will be held at noon at the Chamber offi ce.

December 6The Rayne Garden Club will host its

monthly meeting at the home of club member Jeanette Daigle at 10 a.m., fol-lowed by the annual Christmas Lun-cheon and plant exchange.

The Rayne Library will host a home

school holiday program, “Meet Sweden - Passport Around the World.” Decorate Christmas ornaments at 10 a.m. and then enjoy a Swedish-style tea party at 10:45 a.m.

December 8The Rayne Library will host a “Christ-

mas Children’s Bingo” at 10 a.m. as part of their countdown to Christmas at the Library. Four games will begin at 10 a.m. when trinket toy prizes will be awarded and DIY reindeer party mix will be en-joyed.

December 9The 95th annual CDA Anniversary

Mass will be held at 10 a.m. at St. Jo-seph Catholic Church, immediately fol-lowed by the Anniversary Banquet at Chef Roy’s Restaurant. RSVP with Mary Comeaux at 334-7216 or Annie Leger at 581-4881 -- no money will collected at the door.

Mire Elementary School will host Cookies With Santa between 1-4 p.m. in the school gym where little ones can enjoy the magic of Christmas by visiting Santa and Mrs. Claus. Provided will be Santa and Mrs. Claus visit, cookies and milk, letter for the North Pole, reindeer food bar, arts and crafts, and profession-al pictures with Santa will be available.

Little ones will enjoy the afternoon visit of St. Nick, Santa Claus and Little Black Peter during the annual obser-vance of St. Nicholas in the Roberts Cove area. The St. Leo IV Catholic Church Choir will also provide favorite Christmas carols for the special event.

December 10The Rayne Library will host a toddler

time holiday event, “Meet Mrs. Claus” which will include story time and crafts. The event begins at 10 a.m. for the little ones.

December 14Rayne Catholic will host the annual

Cookies and Milk with Santa between 6-8 p.m. in the RCE gym. Admission is $8 per child in advance; $10 at the door. Parents and children under the age of 1 are ad-mitted free. A limited number of tickets is available. Call 334-5657 or visit the school for tickets or information.

December 15Rayne’s 2nd Annual Breakfast With

Santa will be held at the Rayne Civic Center between 9 a.m. and noon. Come eat breakfast with Santa (children only), make an ornament, listen to Christmas stories, play games, make reindeer food, write a letter to Santa, play in the snow and make memories. Tickets are avail-able at City Hall - fi ve children’s tickets per family - fi rst come, fi rst served.

The Rayne Library will present “Po-lar Express Pajama Party” at 9:30 a.m. Youngsters need to bring a blanket for the movie. In addition, a decorate your own Christmas cookie workshop will be held at 11 a.m.

December 17The program for seniors, “Food For

Seniors,” will continue at the Southside Community Center between the hours of 7-10 a.m. For more info, call 334-4848.

The Rayne Library will host an adult craft hour at 3 p.m. when greeting cards will be created. Come and join the fun.

BY STEVE BANDYLSN Staff Writer

CROWLEY – The courthouse will keep its front-door security and the jail will get a second medic.

Though still not con-vinced that they are mandated by the state to foot the entire bill for security, members of the Acadia Parish Police Jury agreed dur-ing a special meeting Wednesday night to a plan that will ensure a two-man security team at the front entrance of the parish courthouse.

That plan includes a one-year intergov-ernmental agreement with Sheriff K.P. Gibson to share evenly in the $73,000 cost of hiring Southern Security, Inc., to provide two armed guards for the court-house entrance.

The guards will re-place two deputies that had been in that posi-tion since the security detail was established in 2010. The salary of one of the deputies had been paid by the police jury. Pay for the other was absorbed by the sheriff’s offi ce.

The jury had bud-geted $60,000 for that position this year. By hiring the security com-pany and splitting the cost with the sheriff -- $36,500 each – the jury will save $23,500.

Also as part of the funding plan, the jury will withdraw its mem-bership in the Acadi-ana Planning Commis-sion – saving $12,000 – and transfer the entire $25,000 it had budgeted for economic develop-ment. This will zero-out any funding budgeted for economic develop-ment in the parish for the coming year.

With the $23,500 savings in security costs, the $37,000 in fund transfers from APC and economic de-velopment, and $1,500 in prior year funds, the jury has $62,000 to pay for a much-needed sec-ond medic for the Aca-dia Parish Jail.

With the deadline for adopting a balanced budget for 2019 rapidly approaching, the jury had been going back and forth for the last few weeks on whether to fund security or fund that second medic. And

though jurors are un-sure as to whether they are mandated to pay for security, they have no doubt that the parish is responsible for medical care costs for prisoners, costs that would sky-rocket if prisoners have to be taken to the hospi-tal for treatment.

At the regular No-vember meeting (Nov. 13), the issue was tabled when Gibson offered to approach each of the governmental offi ces lo-cated in the courthouse – the district judges, district attorney, clerk of court and tax asses-sor – to ask if they would share in the cost of se-curity. The sheriff’s of-fi ce also has offi ces in the courthouse.

In a letter to the po-lice jury dated Nov. 20, Chief Judge Charles Fitzgerald and Judges John Trahan, Kristian Earles and David Smith said they would not con-tribute.

The letter cited Loui-siana Revised Statute 33:4713, which the judges said “provides in pertinent part:”

Each parish shall provide and bear the expense of a suitable building and requisite furniture for the sitting of the district and circuit courts and such offi ces, furniture, and equip-ment as may be needed by the clerks and re-corders of the parish for the proper conduct of their offi ces and shall provide such other of-fi ces as may be needed by the sheriffs of these courts and by the tax collectors and assessors of the parish and shall provide the necessary heat and illumination therefor.

In addition, the judges cited La. R.S. 33:4715, which pro-vides:

The police jury of each parish shall pro-vide a good and suffi -cient courthouse, with rooms for jurors, and a good and suffi cient jail, at such place as they may deem most con-venient for the parish at large, provided that when the seat of justice is established by law, they shall not have pow-er to remove it.

In the letter, the judg-es acknowledge that, “While there is little case law on the subject, the issue of responsibility for courthouse security has been squarely ad-dressed in opinions by at least two attorneys general.”

According to the judges, “Every Attorney General Opinion on the subject states that the courthouse security is the responsibility of the parish governing au-thority.”

In conclusion, judg-es wrote, “As you know, the district judges do not contribute to the cost of courthouse secu-rity in any of the three parishes we serve. We

feel it would be an inap-propriate, and perhaps legally unauthorized use of the judicial expense fund to contribute to the cost of security in Aca-dia Parish when we do not make such a con-tribution in Lafayette or Vermilion Parishes, and where such an expendi-ture is not our legal re-sponsibility.”

A similar letter, citing the same two statutes, was issued by District Attorney Keith Stutes prior to the Nov. 13 meeting.

“The judges don’t want to pay a penny. The district attorney doesn’t want to pay a penny. The clerk and the as-sessor said they would (contribute) if everyone else would,” said Police Jury President David Savoy, adding that the security was installed at the behest of the 15th Judicial District Judges, though not every court-house in the state has armed security.

Glen Howie, par-ish attorney, reiterated what he told jurors after reading Stutes’s letter earlier this month, that neither of the statutes “specifi cally address the issue of security” for the courthouse.

“It appears the judg-es’ position is that ‘a good and suffi cient courthouse’ means one that is secure from the outside,” said Howie.

“I totally understand the need for security,” Savoy continued, “but they’re talking about protecting themselves. I guarantee you no one is coming in here after the police jury.”

But Gibson ex-plained, “It’s more a matter of security for the people that use the courthouse, especially on trial days. It’s amaz-ing what people will come to court with.”

Gibson and vari-ous jurors said they had seen a “bucket full of stuff” that had been confi scated at the front entrance. Included were pocket knives, kitchen knives, steak knives, ra-zor blades and “even a gun that was discovered in a purse.”

Gibson reiterated that his offer to split the cost of security is for one year only.

“During the fi rst part of the coming year, we need to decide exactly who is responsible for security,” he said. “As a public entity, I will seek an attorney gen-eral’s opinion to fi nally determine this so we’re not back here next No-vember doing the same thing.”

Savoy lauded Gibson for his efforts.

“K.P. is the only per-son outside of us right here that has at least tried to come up with an answer,” he said.

The jury is mandated by state law to adopt a balanced budget before the end of December.

APPJ OKs funding plan

In addition to the live entertainment that con-tinues to be presented at the American Legion Home in Rayne, plans have been fi nalized for the annual New Years Eve Dance.

The Legion’s New Years Eve Dance will be held on Monday, Dec. 31, between 8:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. at the Legion Home

High Performance will perform and a limit-ed amount of tickets are now on sale. Tickets are $20 per ticket or $35 per couple which includes a gumbo supper, party fa-vors and champagne to toast in the new year.

Call the Legion Home for tickets at 334-4774 or (337) 458-8322.

Regular events con-tinuing at the Legion Home includes the monthly dinner dance and supper on the fi rst Friday of every month. Louisiana Knights will perform between 6:30-10:30 p.m. with a $5 cover.

Come by and support your local American Le-gion.

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By Lisa SoileauxManaging Editor

The A & O 21st Century Club, Inc. staged its 2018 Annual Beautillion on Saturday, Nov. 24, at the Rayne Civic Center entitled, “22nd Anniversary - Grow, Learn, Lead.”

During the festivities set against formal black and white background with a touch of red, the 2016 honoree, Damian LeBlanc Jr., crowned his successor, King Braeden Board.

Braeden is the son of son of William and Joselyn Board of Rayne and is a junior at Rayne High School. He was escorted by Mariah Price.

Named First Runner-Up was Rufus Senegal, son of Khensa Charles and Rufus Senegal and a junior at Rayne High School. He was escorted by Kelsey Kelly.

Second Runner-Up honoree was John James Jr., son of John and Tiffany James and a senior at Carencro High School. He was escorted byAmbra Shae Forman.

John James Jr. was also named “Mr. Debonair” during the presentation and ball.

The Academic Excellence Award was presented to Antonio Cormier, son of Antionetta Cormier,

stepfather Greg Bellard and father Tony Leger. He was escorted by Nae Francis.

Completing the list of Beaus, along with their escorts were:

Brandon Auguillard, son of Gwen Mouton and a junior at Rayne High School, escorted by Ke’asa Chavis.

Malik Clark, son of Shameka and Anthony Huval, junior at Acadiana High School, escorted by Kayla Kemper.

Kye Price, son of Amanda Buchanan and Gilbert Price, senior at Rayne High School, escorted by Briana Bernard.

Devin Sellers, son of Roy Dickson and Ursula Sellers, senior at Carencro High School, escorted by Amiyah Price.

Darion Senegal, son of Naomi Senegal and a senior at Rayne High School, escorted by Jayla Aucoin.

Also acknowledged during the Beautillion with Community Excellence Awards were the following individuals who have served the City of Rayne and A&O Club, including RJ Buchanan, Jeremy Thomas, Milton Francis, John Davis, Don Charles, Laquinta Wycoff, Sadie Wheeler and Byron George.

Honorees and guests

BEAUTILLION COURT INTRODUCED - Members of the 2018 Beautillion Court, including the Beaus and their escorts, introduced during the 22nd Annual Beautillion presented by the A & O 21st Century Club of Rayne were, seated from left, beaus - Rufus Senegal, Antonio Cormier, Darion Senegal, John James Jr., Brandon Auguillard, Kye Price, Devin Sellers, Malik Clark, Braeden Board; standing, escorts - Kelsey Kelly, Nae Francis, Jayla Aucoin, Ambra Shae Forman, Ke’asa Chavis, Briana Bernard, Amiyah Price, Kayla Kemper and Mariah Price. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)

SPECIAL AWARDS - Honored during the 2018 Beautillion Ball held at the Rayne Civic Center by the A & O 21st Century Club with special Community Excellence Awards were, from left, RJ Buchanan, Jeremy Thomas, Milton Francis, John Davis, Don Charles, Laquinta Wycoff and Sadie Wheeler. Honored but absent was Byron George. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Henry)

A & O 21st Century Club presents Beautillion

KING AND FAMILY - Rayne’s newly crowned 2018 Beautillion King, Braeden Board, seated, was joined by his family during Saturday’s Beautillion Ball held at the Rayne Civic Center by the A & O 21st Century Club, including, standing from left, escort Mariah Price, 2016 King Damian LeBlanc Jr., and parents Joseplyn and William Board. (Acadian-Tribune Phto by Josie Henry)

King crowned, community service awards presented

were welcomed by A & O member Reggie Mouton, who delivered the welcome address, followed by the invoca-tion by Cutina Jolivette Gabriel.

Serving as mistress of ceremonies was Brittany Delco Guidry, who introduced the out-going 2016 honoree, Damian LeBlanc Jr.

A minuet choreo-graphed by Cutina Joluvette Gabriel and Brian Seth Mouton pre-sented the Beaus and their escorts, along with last year’s king who delivered his farewell address.

The toast to the roy-alty was led by Hilda

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grand waltz participated by the Beaus and their mothers.

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Rayne High’s monthly announce-ment of the school’s “Teacher and Stu-dents of the Month” is published each month on the pages of Teen Scene.

Students are selected by members of the faculty and are recognized for their character, leadership, contribu-tion to RHS, and academic perfor-mance.

Each student/teacher is rewarded the following: a care package that in-cludes goody bag with special treats, a student/teacher of month t-shirt, exposure in the local newspaper, and a free luncheon with administrators prepared by the Rayne High School Pro-Start students.

Rayne High School’s November “Teacher of the Month” is Dan Adams who teaches Psychology, World Ge-ography Honors, World History and World History Honors.

The November “Students of the Month” are: Senior - Hannah Mcken-zie; Junior - Alix Thibodeaux; Sopho-more - Ashlyn Bieber; and Freshman - Kayley Zimmerman.

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NOVEMBER HONOREES - Rayne High School student and teacher honorees for the month of November during the 2018-2019 school year are, front row, from left, senior Hannah Mckenzie, sophomore Ashlyn Bieber, teacher honoree Dan Adams, junior Alix Thibodeaux and freshman Kayley Zimmerman. (Photo Submitted)

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ARMSTRONG 4-H CLUB OFFICERS - Leading the way during the 2018-2019 school year at Armstrong Middle School as officers of the 4-H Club are, front row, from left, Carter Benoit and Landon Fontenot; top row, Alana Gabriel, Leah McDowell, Kyla Clark and Madison Touchet. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

The annual “Cookies and Milk With Santa” will be hosted by Rayne Catholic Elementary on Fri-day, Dec. 14, on the school cam-pus.

A number of fun ac-tivities and pictures with Santa will be held be-tween the hours of 6-8 p.m. in the school gym. Entry to the gym will be on the east door facing Parker-son Street.

Admission cost is $8 per child in advance and $10 at the door. Parents and children under one year of age are free.

A limited number of

tickets are available for purchase. Please call 334-5657 or visit the school offi ce to make your pur-chase.

Join in the holiday fun as ev-eryone can enjoy cookies

and milk, reindeer food, Christmas Bingo, letters to Santa, Rudolph face painting, Christmas photo booth, and much more Christmas fun.

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The FFA club at Rayne High School is very active, and are honored to be part of a wonder-ful organization. FFA is as strong as it has ever been, and is still growing.

At this time, over 655,000 FFA members are noted nationwide, with over 10,000 FFA mem-bers in the state of Louisiana, and 85 FFA mem-bers at Rayne High School alone!

Since 1928, FFA has been working toward the mission of developing Premiere Leadership, Personal Growth, and Career Success in high school students. Louisiana currently ranks 15th in the nation amongst all states in FFA success according to the National FFA Association.

There are numerous ways for high school students to become more active in the FFA club, and more involvement is always welcomed.

Last summer over a dozen students traveled to leadership conferences and the state conven-tion. In the last year, the Rayne High FFA Chap-ter has won numerous awards in FFA contests, even on the state level, such as State Champi-ons in Dairy Cattle Evaluation, 4th in Welding, and 4th Land Evaluation Competition.

RHS students work extremely hard to suc-ceed at such a high level, and FFA advisors yearn to give students every opportunity to do so.

Recently, six Rayne High FFA students at-tended the National FFA Convention in India-napolis Indiana, where they represented Loui-siana in the Dairy Cattle Evaluation Contest. In May, they will represent Louisiana in the National Land Evaluation Contest in Oklaho-ma City. These opportunities are rare for high school students and Rayne High works hard to keep the trips FREE or as affordable as possible to the students through fundraising, but travel-ing is very expensive.

Rayne High is currently working on a fund-raiser in conjunction with girls’ athletics entitled “Christmas Extravaganza.” The local chapter is selling a maximum of 1,000 tickets, numbered 000-999 with a cost of $50 per ticket.

Every night in December, the Louisiana Lotto Pick 3 numbers will be used to select a win-ner. Prizes are valued at a minimum of $400 per day, with $1,000 prize every Friday. Numbers once drawn remain in the pool, and every ticket has the same chance of winning every night.

Rayne High School FFA Christmas Extravaganza

OCTOBER STUDENTS OF THE MONTH - Students of the Month for October of the 2018-2019 school year at Branch Elementary School are Luke Taylor, Adalie Kirkpatrick, Nathyn Svendsen, Baylor Moody, Elana Guidry, Tucker Miller, Payten Rafal, Case Richard, Aubree Comeaux, Tyson Lyons, Addilyn Jones, Hunter Savoy, Lainey Wynn, Bennett Leonards, Brycen Comeaux, Samantha Trahan, Cohen Andrus, Ashley Briceno, Sara Deshotel, aiden Maloney, Sion, Brown, Brandon Judice, Whitney Kibodeaux, Sarah Taylor, Sarigh Mitchell, William Guidry, Leah Trahan and Warren Richard. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

QUALIFY FOR NATIONAL CONTEST - The Rayne High School FFA Land Judging team competed in the State Contest in Woodworth, on Wednesday Nov. 7, against 53 teams from across the state. Gaven Berard, Kassidie Bourgeois, Jaiklyn Floyd, and Tyler Simon placed 4th in the state and qualified for the National Contest to be held in Oklahoma City, OK in May of 2019. Also pictured are the freshman members of the Land team: Hunter Richard, Britton Cope, Grant Kilmer, and Gavin Bertrand, joined by FFA Advisors Max Fontenot and Spencer Stelly. (Photo Submitted)

The local FFA chapter needs the support of the wonderful Rayne community and are grate-ful for the help. With Rayne’s support, Rayne High can continue to provide RHS students

with the best opportunities available.Tickets can be purchased by Nov. 28 at

Rayne High through Coach Stephanie Garrett or Max Fontenot (337-334-3691).

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BY LISA SOILEAUXManaging Editor

Rock Hard Mighty Mason Menard will bring his 34-3 record to not only live televi-sion on Saturday, Dec. 8, but to sports leader ESPN.

The Rayne native will face Tedfi mo Lopez (10-0) during a live broadcast as the two lightweights will enter the squared circle where one will claim the NABF Lightweight belt.

The live show will be broadcast from the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Ac-tion begins at 8 p.m. central time.

The 10-round fi ght that will be part of the Top Rank Boxing on ESPN card.

The fi ght will be one of three tele-vised bouts on the card that will also include the previously announced main event, a lightweight world title unifi cation fi ght between pound-for-

pound king Vasiliy Lom-achenko and Jose Pedraza, and a junior featherweight world title defense by Isaac Dogboe against mandatory challenger Emanuel Na-varrete.

Menard (34-3, 24 KOs), 30, is 2-2 in his past four fi ghts, with both losses com-ing by knockout to the best opponents of his career in former lightweight world ti-

tlist Raymundo Beltran in December 2016 and top prospect Devin Haney in May of this year.

Menard bounced back for a low-level victory on Oct. 13, a six-round decision over Ronald Rivas. But, he’s ready to face Lopez in his very fi rst fi ght in Madison Square Garden.

The 21-year-old Lopez (10-0, 8 KOs), who fi ghts out of Las Vegas, rep-resented his parents’ home country of Honduras in the 2016 Olympics.

Menard to fi ght during ESPN event

Mason Menard

Time is running out for Bidy Basketball regis-tration as announced by Rayne Recreation Director Dwayne Derise.

Registration for the 2018-2019 Biddy Basketball season is being accepted for players between 7 and 10 years of age until Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Civic Center Green Room (9-11 a.m.) or until Dec. 3, at City Hall where registration forms are available. Registration fee is $20 per participant.

As of date, number of registration is low and more are needed to fill team rosters.

Any registration collected at tryouts will be charged a late fee of $10.

Tryouts will be held for the boys’ leagues on Monday, Dec. 3, at the following times:

Boys Iddy (7-8 years): 5:30 p.m. at the Ballroom of the Civic Center;

Boys Middy (9-10 years): 6:15 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Tryouts for girls’ leagues will also be held on Monday, Dec. 3, at the following times at The Ballroom:

Girls Iddy (7-8 years): 7 p.m. at the Ballroom of the Civic Center;

Girls Middy (9-10 years): 7:45 p.m. at the Civic Center.

Please remember the cutoff date for age groups is Sept. 1, 2018.

Time running out for 2018-19 Biddy Basketball registration

BY TOM BROWNLSN Sports Writer

CROWLEY - As the fog rolled in just before the half Friday night, any prospect for a Newman upset of top seed Notre Dame was quickly rolling out of Gardiner Memorial Stadium. The Pios turned in one of the most complete team efforts in recent mem-ory with a 48-21 semi-fi nal win over the Greenies, and folks, it wasn’t that close.

Notre Dame scored the fi rst six times it touched the ball on offense, racking up 314 yards of fi rst half of-fense. Newman was outmatched in every phase of the game, scoring two of its touchdowns in the second half when the Pios had already fi nished feasting for the night.

“I’m just happy that this group gave themselves another shot at it,” noted Pios Coach Lewis Cook who will take his team to the fi nals for the third time in four seasons. “They have been a wonderful group to coach and be with. It’s been a lot of fun to be around them and I have enjoyed the ride they have taken us on again.”

The Pios stopped Newman on three pass plays to start the game and you could almost feel the relief from a ner-vous Pios fan base that had heard all about the Greenies passing attack heading into the game. After a punt to midfi eld, the Pios gave a preview of thigs to come with Noah Bourgeois running for thirteen yards on fi rst down.

Two plays later, Ben Broussard tossed a swing pass to Bourgeois on the edge and he picked up blockers for a 38-yard touchdown. The extra point by John William Lamm gave Notre Dame the lead less than three min-utes into the game.

On the next possession, the Pios defense chased Newman QB Martin Butcher out of the pocket repeatedly. On a third down play Cody Leblanc offered the chase and Zack Satch-el broke up the throw to send the Greenies punting team back in action.

Notre Dame mounted a 15-play, 90-yard march to the end zone that took seven minutes of game clock. Bourgeois logged two 18-yard runs and QB Ben Broussard hit tight end Thomas Bellard for 14-yards to the Newman 28.

The Pios chipped away at the Greenie defense and on third and nine at the Newman 14 Broussard rolled right and Kaizer Lamm settled

in the zone coverage for an eleven-yard reception at the Greenies three. C.J. Thibodeaux got the score for the power formation and a 14-0 lead.

“They took a lot of chances on de-fense and we were able to get some big plays because of that,” added Cook. “Our defense did great for as well as they throw it, the routes they run and the receivers they get it to. They put up a lot of yards this season. Their QB Butcher had broken the yardage re-cords set by Peyton Manning when he was there.”

Butcher led his team on an 84-yard drive to answer the Pios score and keep Newman in the game as teams changed sides for the second quar-ter. Butcher hit Jarmone Sutherland down the right sideline for a 38-yard score to make it 14-7.

The problem for Newman was they could never stop the Pios running game. Notre Dame tacked another 76 yards on their fi rst half offensive to-tals with a 12-play drive that included a 13-yard Ben Broussard run and a 30-yard run by Noah Bourgeois. Ben Broussard sneaked it in from two yards to cap the nearly six-minute drive and extend the Pios lead to 21-7.

The Pios defense held Newman to just 99 fi rst half yards and gave the vaunted passing game fi ts with its de-fensive package. Zeke Petitjean came up to drop a bubble screen for a loss of three. Stephen Cormier and Zack Satchell chased the Newman QB out of bounds as he scrambled from the pocket for a short gain. Linebacker Cody Leblanc dropped running back T.J. Bush for no gain and defensive end Tylan Turner sacked QB Butcher for a two-yard loss. It was that kind of night for the Pios defenders.

“We tried to fi nd ways to match protect and bring pressure with some zone drops and some rotation on the coverage when the ball was on the hash marks,” explained defensive co-ordinator James McCleary.

The Pios then played make it, take it with the Newman defense taking over at the ND 11 with 2:50 to go in the half. C.J. Thibodaux powered for 19-yards on fi rst down and on the next play QB Broussard connected over the middle to Noah Bourgeois for a 32-yard pass. Bourgeois ran for ten, Thibodeaux added runs of 17 and 7 yards and Bourgeois ran it in from a yard out for a 27-7 Pios halftime lead.

Newman tried and onside kick to start the third quarter and Gabe Leon-ards recovered to set up the offense at

Pios roll through Greenies for another trip to the Domemid fi eld. The Pios needed just four plays to put up a quick score with Bourgeois getting his second rushing TD on a 34-yard journey through the Greenies defense. Bourgeois logged his eighth hundred-yard rushing game of the season fi nishing with 24 carries for 186 yards.

“This bunch blocks as well as any bunch we’ve had, and we have some pretty good runners behind them,” Cook said in complimenting his of-fense which rushed for 339 yards and posted 442 total yards. “With the things Ben Broussard can do when we need it, and Noah, C.J. and the two Gabes, we have some depth and we have options which is nice.”

The Pios defense picked up where it left off at halftime with a three and out on the fi rst Newman series. Tylan Turner swatted away a third down pass and fi nished with fi ve tackles and fi ve QB hurries to go with a sack and two pass breakups and. Jacob Dore led the Pios with seven tackles and cornerbacks Kane Bergeron and Stephen Cormier each made six stops with Bergeron adding three pass break ups.

“We worked so hard on coverage techniques and man to man and they have done a phenomenal job,” Coach Mac explained of his defense that midway through the third quarter had yielded a mere 149 yards to the New-man passing game.

A snap over the punters head and the Pios were back in business at the Greenies four. Gabe Doucet banged it in from a yard out to put the PIos up 41-7.

Coach Cook began pulling his starters and Newman pieced together a score with Butcher completing a 24-yard TD pass to Southerland on a post pattern.

Newman tried another onside kick and Kaizer Lamm snared the bounc-ing ball in mid-air returning 48 yards for a Pios score.

Newman added a touchdown with less than a minute to play against the Pios backups who had taken over for the fourth quarter.

The Pios kept the football for just under thirty minutes of the 48-minute game. Coach Cook will be taking his 10th Pios team to the fi nals and says he still gets just as excited.

“I was more nervous today than I have been at any time this season,” Cook laughed. “It’s stressful, but I still get just as excited about going to the Dome. It’s a hard trip with a lot of planning and so many bodies you have to get there and account for, but it’s what you play for. It’s so nice to have another chance and we’ll see if we can come out on top.”

The Pios will meet Catholic High of New Iberia once again on Thursday, Dec. 6, a repeat of last year’s fi nale. Kick-off is slated at 7 p.m. at the Mer-cedes-Benz Superdome.

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RAYNE - The Home and School Association of Rayne Catholic El-ementary will host a “31 guns in 31 days” raffl e with tickets able to win multiple prizes of fi re-arms.

A limited number of tickets of $50 each can be purchased at the school during regular school day hours or by contacting the school at 334-5657.

Raffl e winners will be determined by Loui-

siana Lottery Pick 3 numbers. Winning numbers are chosen at 9:59 a.m. seven days a week and the raffl e will run through the entire month of January of 2019.

Participants can check the results on the Louisiana Lottery web-site at https://louisi-analottery.com/pick-3/tab/winningnumbers.

Every attempt to contact the winner will be made on the day of

the drawing or the next business day. Names will also be published weekly on the RCE Facebook page.

Prizes can be re-deemed at Bullets and Bows in Rayne and must be redeemed with-in 60 days of winning.

Winners must be of legal age to purchase fi rearms and pass all necessary background checks prior to obtain-ing a prize or the prize will be forfeited.

RCE ‘31 guns in 31 days’ raffl e

RECEIVES 2018-2019 EDUCATIONAL GRANT - Adrienne LeJeune, a kindergarten teacher at Central Rayne Kindergarten, was the recipient of a $250 educational grant from Meritus Credit Union. Meritus is presenting five $250 classroom grants each month from September 2018 to April 2019. Teachers in Acadia, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Martin and Vermillion Parishes are eligible to apply for the grants that will assist teachers with classroom needs during the school year. LeJeune is using her grant to purchase a class subscription to Let’s Find Out magazine. This weekly reader program from Scholastic is for kindergarten students and focuses on pre-reading skills, as well as cross curricular stan-dard in science and social studies. During the month of November, students learned about hibernation, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving and gingerbread. Here, LeJeune and CRK Principal Christy Higginbotham are joined by her students with her over-size check received from Meritus. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Lisa Soileaux)

Central Rayne Kindergarten is partnering up once again with the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves as a Toys for Tots drop-off location.

The school also is hosting a Toys for Tots drive through Friday, Dec. 7. During this time, dona-tions of any new, unused and unwrapped toys or books will be accepted to help the Marines reach their goal and to send out a message of hope to the less fortunate at Christmas time.

Anyone wishing to participate can drop off do-nations through the car rider line and/or in the offi ce during normal school hours.

For questions about donations or for more in-formation about the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Campaign, visit www.toysfortots.org.

Central Rayne drop site for Toys for Tots

Honor RollAs announced by

principal Marlene Courvelle, students who have attained principal’s list and honor roll status for the fi rst nine weeks at Branch Elementary School during the 2018-2019 school year in-clude:

Principal’s List1st grade: Madison

Boudreaux, Sawyer

Cavender, Aubree Co-meaux, Juan Carlos Delgado, Ella Fruge, Cristal Olalde Guevara, Annie Guidry, Grant Guidry, Estelle Guillory, Onezime Ledee, Gabriel Lemon, Lillian Meaux, Alex Menard, Case Rich-ard, Brooklyn Simon, Maddisyn Trahan.

2nd grade: Charl-eemae Blanchard, Isa-

bella Carrell, Levi Dev-ille, Sawyer Moody, Adilynn Sonnier, Ana-Claire Talhelm, Lainey Wynn.

3rd grade: Cohen Andrus, Ella Artall, Brycen Comeaux, Ian Cormier, Abgail Guidry, Gabriel Hebert, Ethan Leonards, Brayden Mat-thews, Carter Meaux, Brielle Menard, Camille

Menard, Addison Peltier, Reiley Terro, Samantha Trahan.

4th grade: Addison Benoit, Drewe Bertrand, Karter Deculus, Noah Deville, Mckenzie Ewing, Shariah Louis, Madison Meaux, Kailyn Richard.

5th grade: Sion Brown, Evan Lemon, Ethan Simoneaux.

6th grade: none.7th grade: none.8th grade: Leah Tra-

han.Honor Roll

1st grade: Carter De-nais, Alexis Dominguez, Jessie Meche, Lawrence Mitchell, Payten Rafal, Jackson Richard, Madi-son Seaux.

2nd grade: Baylee Bergeron, Heidy Bri-ceno, Owen Eckstein, Addilyn Jones, Bennett Leonards, Camille Lou-

is, Hunter Savoy.3rd grade: Haven Ad-

ams, Gavin Bushnell, Gracie Comeaux, Tarreh Guidry, Layten Jones, Daelon Lee, Jeanne Me-nard, Addison MIller, Elli Miller, Kaitlynn Son-nier.

4th grade: Alaisha Augustus, Drake Adam Bertrand, Drake Mat-thew Bertrand, Madi-lyn Bieber, Cheylea Boudreaux, Mackenzie Boudreaux, Marley Clif-ton, Liam Collins, Abby Cormier, Angelle Cormi-er, Sarah Deshotel, Cate Guidry, Collin Landre-neau, Rylee LeBlanc, Emilee Lemon, Aiden Maloney, Claire Prejean, Skylar Sonnier.

5th grade: Beau Bel-lard, Katlee Bellard, Emily Bertrand, Caiden Griffi n, Macy Henry,

Drea Matte, Danny Meche, Cullen Richard, Lily Richard, Gabriel Seaux, Kora Washing-ton.

6th grade: Aaliyah Bourque, Andrew Cope, Damien Deshotel, Riley Fruge, Brea Hoffpauir, Whitney Kibodeaux, Ava Matte, Sarah Taylor, Alyssa Thevis.

7th grade: Jaiden Bozone, Christian De-shotel, Harlee Doucet, Analie Dupuis, William Guidry, Tessa Hoover, Sarigh Mitchell, Anna-beth Savoy, Christopher Trahan, Lyla Walton, David Williams.

8th grade: Jenyth Allen, Camille Arce-neaux, Paul Guillory, Lane Hoffpauir, Victoria LaVergne, Spencer Mire, Zoey Trahan, Hunter Yammarino.

Mire Elementary School will host Cookies With Santa between 1-4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9, in the school gym.

During the inaugural event, little ones can en-joy the magic of Christmas by visiting Santa and Mrs. Claus.

To be provided during the afternoon program will be visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, cookies and milk, letter for the North Pole, reindeer food bar, and arts and crafts.

Professional pictures with Santa will also be available.

Mire Elem. to host Cookies With Santa

Thursday, November 29, 2018 — The Rayne Acadian-Tribune ■ Page 13A

Lot 13, Block 1Plan of Rayne

“That fellow that owns his own home is always just coming out of the hardware store.” –– Barbed Wire

By SIDNEY STUTESSpecial to the Tribune

Any study of early local his-tory is given direction by exam-ining the legacy of the several Jewish merchants who chose to come to Rayne Station at its start. Any listing of these entrepreneurs begins with Mervine Kahn and the Levys – Frank, who died by acci-dental gunshot in 1886, and David, who, twice “burned out of business house” by 1909, died of heart failure at his resi-dence on Polk Street at 9:50 p.m., Monday, May 8, 1911.

This is not to say, how-ever, that the Levy name dis-appeared from the registry of businesses at David Levy’s passing that late spring eve-ning in Rayne

In the intervening years, one Ernest Levy, born on March 11, 1871 in lsace-Lor-raine, had attended college in Strasbourg and Paris, France before immigrating to America at age 19, to live fi rst in New Iberia for a while before mov-ing to Rayne.

Here – Ernest Levy joined with fellow-Jewish emigre from France, Jonas Weil, to deal in general merchandise as “Levy and Weil,” later to be known as “The Fair,” in ad-vertisements broadly spread in Rayne’s newspapers at the turn of the century (See Rayne Tribune ad, dated November 28, 1903).

In Rayne but for a brief time, the two partners – Levy and Weil – both bought stock and served on the board of the Rayne Ginning Company of 1897. And Jonas Weil was soon elected to the town coun-cil with Mayor Olivier Brous-sard, these two, to join inves-tors August Chappuis, R. C. Holt, Anselm Chappuis, John Taylor, J. D. Bernard, Dr. R. C. Webb, and William Smith – all, to establish Rayne’s third fi nancial institution – the Commercial Bank.

The Rayne State Bank of Mervine Kahn had been fi rst established in 1894 (as the fi rst brick building in Rayne) and the Rayne Building and Loan Company, with Olivier Broussard as president, had begun in 1897 – in wood!

In any case, Mayor O. Broussard, Jonas Weil, and investors established the Commercial Bank of Rayne on W. Texas – in brick, in 1902 . At is fi rst board meeting, Jo-nas Weil was elected vice pres-ident.

Sometime In 1903 – Jonas Weil joined Rayne’s fi rst “vol-unteer improvement group,” the Progressive Union, reno-vating the town hall, even to establish a “weather bureau” with signal fl ags hoisted on two huge poles at the depot square.

Still – in 1905, in what was a fairly common practice among Jewish merchants to “seek greener pastures,” Jo-nas Weil left Rayne for New

Orleans fi rst, then to Baton Rouge, where he became vice president and credit manager of the Rosenfi eld Dry Goods Company, in yet another ex-ample of affi liation among Jewish entrepreneurs.

Ernest Levy, on the oth-er hand, chose to remain in Rayne. He, too, as noted, had invested in the Rayne Ginning Company of 1897 and also engaged in some “cotton bro-kerage” for a fi rm out of New Orleans.

But, it had been in March, 1903, that Ernest Levy had made the decision that “raised many an eyebrow” in social and religious circles at the time. Ernest Levy married Miss Bertha Webb. And – that would be a matter that not only required a “passing of judgment” on the present situ-ation, but would stir a “digging of roots” from several family trees planted in SW Louisiana over a near century.

Editor’s Note: Please refer to the attached diagram to fol-low the amazing genealogy of the Webb, Duson, and Clark families.

Bertha Webb, born on De-cember 11, 1869 at the fam-ily homestead in Plaquemine Brulee (Branch) was the granddaughter of one John Webb of the British Isles, a sailor who somehow survived the sea battle at Trafalgar when Lord Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated France’s navy to stave off Napoleon’s grand design of British conquest.

Sometime later – young John Webb “jumped ship” in Baltimore and, being “on the run” from authorities, eventu-ally found his way to “eccen-tric Mermentau Cove” in Loui-siana.

Here – at the junction of bayous and rivers lay a myr-iad of inlets and coves along the gulf coast, to attract a full spectrum of characters of var-ied backgrounds in a sort of sanctuary refuge – an “an-chorage in life,” so to speak.

About Mermentau Cove, historian Mary Alice Fontenot once wrote. “The general area . . . was said to be a refuge for smugglers, outlaws, and pirates.” James Cathcart, a federal agent, noted, “These places, particularly Mermen-tau and Calcasieu are the harbors and dens of some of the most abandoned wretches of the human race . . . smug-glers and pirates go about and plunder without distinction . . . . “ In fact – in 1829, with Louisiana in the Union since 1812, federal census takers simply skipped the area be-cause of its reputation for “ruf-fi anism.”

Why John Webb settled here is anybody’s guess, but he was bound to associate with some unsavory char-acters, to include the Lafi tte brothers – Jean and Pierre – who often anchored at Mermentau Cove, which gave life to the lore that the pirate

brothers buried treasure along the Louisiana coast, the sto-ries still celebrated today in “Contraband Festival” in Lake Charles.

In any case – John Webb earned a living at Mermen-tau Cove as a saddle maker and leather tanner, in time to marry, at age 40, Miss Nancy Miers, originally from Mis-sissippi. Among their several children were a son, James Webb, and a daughter, Sarah Webb.

Young James Webb “ben-efi ted from little education” – seven months attendance – but, in personal tutelage learned the tanning business and went in cattle and stock. In time, James Webb married Nancy Laughlin, whose family owned prairie property north of present-day Crowley.

James Webb took his fi rst step into politics when he was appointed a justice of the peace, a post he held for some 14 years for a section of St. Landry Parish. But, life was interrupted by the Civil War, wherein he served in the Louisiana Seventh Cavalry, to earn the nickname “Colonel,” though he never earned the position.

Upon his return to the Plaquemine Brulee area, “Col-onel” Webb continued in cat-tle, sawmill, and general store and was elected to the Louisi-ana House of Representatives and Senate, where he is said to have served with “sterling good sense.” He sold his mill interest in 1886, and upon the construction of the Rayne Rice Mill (1887), he took charge of it as manager. In 1888, he was a delegate to the Democratic Na-tional Convention in St. Louis and later served as Mayor of Rayne (1891-1895).

James and Nancy Laughlin Webb had eight children, only four of whom lived to adult-hood – John, Hines, Rufus Clyde, and Bertha Webb, all to receive a college education.

John became a merchant at Plaquemine Brulee. Hines and Rufus Clyde became med-ical doctors, in Crowley and Rayne, respectively. And, Ber-tha Webb “remained at home,” until, that is, she married Er-nest Levy in 1903.

In the interval – patriarch James Webb’s sister, Sarah Webb, married one Corne-lius Duson (McNaughton) – and, therefrom began a story line that had implication in

the creation of Acadia Parish (1886) and the choice of Crow-ley as the parish seat (1887) – all, to involve Rayne Station directly (Please refer to the family chart).

But fi rst – a quick review of some history. At the end of the French and Indian War (1763), England took control of Canada which led to the exile of the French-Canadians to Louisiana. But the area of Quebec remained predomi-nantly French in outlook and, in the 1830’s, broke out in open rebellion against British rule.

A Canadian family – the McNaughtons – remained loyal to England, except for one of their sons, Cornelius Duson McNaughton, who joined the revolutionaries up the Ottawa River preaching rebellion. British offi cials cap-tured most of the rebels, but Cornelius, while being hunted down, assaulted a jail keep-er, took a musket shot to the thigh, and fl ed to Boston “with a price on his head.”

Cornelius Duson Mc-Naughton decided to fl ee as far south as possible – and, not too remarkably, meandered to Mermentau Cove, Louisiana, with his name abbreviated to Cornelius Duson. At Mer-mentau, Cornelius learned a trade – tanning and saddle making – from John Webb, the former British sailor.

In time – Cornelius Duson married John Webb’s older daughter, Sarah Webb, she at age 15. Cornelius and Sarah Webb Duson had fi ve children

– Mary Ann, Ellen, Cornelius “Curley” Duson, William “W. W.” Duson, and Laura (See chart regarding Laura’s mar-riage into the Clark family).

These “Duson children” were, therefore., fi rst cousins to James Webb’s children, among whom was daughter Bertha Webb.

The intrigue about all this is how these two families in-termarried into the Clark fam-ily, which included the area’s venerable Dr. Bennett Clark and his brother, Raymond “R. T.” Clark, the latter to become Acadia Parish’s fi rst Clerk of Court. – all, to play central roles at the birth of Rayne Station (1883), Acadia Parish (1886), and Crowley (1887).

Mary Alice Fontenot de-tailed the machinations that led to the creation of Aca-dia Parish in her remarkable book, “Acadia Parish, Louisi-ana, A History to 1900.”

Suffi ce it to say that these three families which included a sheriff, several doctors, a real estate agent, a newspaper owner, a justice of the peace, a state representative and sena-tor, a town councilman, a mayor, a police jury president, a clerk of court, and a coroner – all, in a grand confl uence of family – Dusons, Clarks, Webbs – to form a “gene pool” of such prominence in early SW Louisiana as to be consid-ered “near royalty.”

And – they were all faith-ful members of the “Methodist Episcopal Church, South.”

See PLAN, Page 14A

The Kahnsof Rayne

The James Webb homestead at Plaquemine Brulee, pictured in 1888, was the scene of major gath-erings at the creation of Acadia Parish.

Pioneer merchant Isaac Lehman operated a general merchan-dise store and lived in the upper quarters. The photo is dated 1894.

William “W. W. “ Duson, the son of Canadian Cornelius Duson McNaughton, came to Rayne as a real estate agent, bought the Rayne Tribune, and moved to Crowley to play a central role in the establish-ment of Acadia Parish.

Cornelius “Curley” Duson, son of Canadian Cornelius Duson McNaughton, was the sheriff of St. Landry Parish and a leading member of the formidable Duson, Clark, Webb circle of families who swayed such political force as to be called “near royalty.”

James Webb, son of English sailor John Webb, became a justice of the peace, a state representative and sena-tor and mayor of Rayne. He was the father of Miss Bertha Webb who married merchant Ernest Levy.

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Such was the case then, that the 1903 marriage of Miss Bertha Webb, age 34 and of the Methodist faith, to Jew-ish merchant Ernest Levy, he, at age 32, presented a certain anomaly in both religious and social circles. But this mar-riage was to be given signifi -cance as yet another example

of the forbearance of the gen-eral community of Rayne.

And – the couple would spring another surprise when, in 1923, Ernest Levy joined the Centenary Methodist Church in Rayne, to serve on the Board of Stewards as chair-man from that time until his death in 1945. Bertha Webb

Levy served with her husband on the same board as record-ing secretary and as an active member of Charity Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, in addition to heading the local Red Cross unit for years.

In his later years, Ernest Levy did not take an active part in business after he suf-fered a heart attack on Christ-mas Day,1944, but he was not confi ned to his home and made it a point to “visit the of-fi ce” periodically.

In fact, he had walked to his business offi ce that late after-noon of Tuesday, September 25, 1945. At the early hour of 1:10 a. m., that Wednesday, Ernest Levy awakened his wife to complain of being ill. Dr. Rufus C. Webb was sum-moned immediately from a block away, but Mr. Levy died “within the hour.” He was 74 years old.

Pastor E. W. Day of Cente-nary Methodist conducted the services, assisted by “friends of the family who were cler-gy.” The list of pallbearers cut across the social structure of Rayne – Paul Breaux, Julian Kahn, Paul Lasseigne, and in-cluded Herschel Webb of Ab-beville, and Lindsey Bauer and Maxwell Duson of Crow-ley. Masonic burial rites were conducted at the Webb family plot in the Crowley Protestant Cemetery.

Mrs. Bertha Webb Levy would be widowed only four years at her passing at age

79 at the Acadia Hospital in Crowley on Tuesday morning, September 13, 1949, “follow-ing an illness of six weeks.” Methodist pastors from Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, Crow-ley, and Rayne offi ciated at her services, before interment next to her husband in the Crowley Cemetery.

Two brothers preceded her in death – Dr. Hines Webb of Crowley and Dr. Rufus C. Webb of Rayne – both promi-nent infl uences in the creation of Acadia Parish.

Mrs. Bertha Webb Levy was survived by a niece, Delia Webb (Mrs. Dan Daboval) and a grand niece, Natka Webb (Mrs. Lee Terry Nesbitt).

Incidentally – Ernest Levy’s business partner in early Rayne, Jonas Weil, pre-ceded both Ernest and Bertha Levy in death, passing away in 1933 in Baton Rouge.

Highlighted, of course, by Mervine Kahn, Michel Schmu-len, Sol Kahn, Charles and Gus Kahn, Maurice Heymann, J. D. Marks, Ernest Levy, Da-vid Levy, Sylvan Sommer, Adolph Sommer and Jonas Weil – any list of Jewish merchants in early Rayne must also include Jacques Weil, his brothers Edmond and Gontran Weil, and Louis Baer, these to be central in Rayne’s unique frog industry (an account soon to be pub-lished).

And – lest we forget, the remainder of Mervine Kahn’s

extended family – his chil-dren and brothers and sisters – will, likewise, soon be includ-ed in the discussion of Rayne history.

Moreover – one should not overlook the contribu-tions of Isaac Schwartz, husband of Pauline Schmu-len Schwartz, the sister of Mrs. Mervine Kahn, Camille Schmulen Kahn. Employed at Mervine Kahn for a while, Isaac Schwatrz was quite the sportsman, even managing Rayne’s fi rst baseball team, “The Misfi ts,” in 1898. He was, as well, an investor in the Rayne Building and Loan Association in 1900. Upon her husband’s death, Pauline Schmulen Schwartz returned to Rayne from Atlanta, to re-side at 201 N. Polk for the re-mainder of her life.

Additionally – the memory of Isaac Lehmann should lin-ger in Rayne business history.

Yet another Jewish mer-chant, Mr. Lehman was a pioneer in the community, in a two-story general mer-chandise establishment, circa 1894. He was also one of the Master Masons who estab-lished the Rayne Masonic Lodge No. 313 in 1904, hav-ing previously invested in the Rayne Building and Loan As-sociation in 1900.

Indeed – how inestimable was the contribution and in-fl uence of Jewish merchants in the early development of Rayne Station!

PLANFrom Page 13A

Ernest Levy and Jonas Weil, dealers in general merchandise, operated “The Fair” business house in Rayne in 1903.

Who Is Your Neighbor?

Jesus tells the story of the good Samaritan in the context of being asked by an “expert in the law” what he must do to inherit eternal life.

Jesus throws the question back onto the man, asking him “What is written in the law?” to which the man replies “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and, Love your neighbor as yourself.” (Luke 10:27 NIV) After telling the man that he has answered correctly, this expert then asks “And who is my neighbor?” The well-known story of the good Samaritan follows, where a priest and a Levite both ignore a man who has been beaten, robbed, and left for dead on the side of the road, but who is then helped by the Samaritan. In a study done with seminary students at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1973, Darley and Batson found that students, even after being reminded of the story of the good Samaritan, were likely to ignore a person in need if they were in a hurry. This doesn’t speak highly of our altruistic impulses if we are only willing to help when it won’t inconvenience us, but we all know the struggle of wanting to help someone but feeling that our other obligations are a higher priority. Perhaps the moral of this story is not simply that we should be willing to help a stranger in need (who is after all, our neighbor), but more importantly that we shouldn’t be in such a hurry. Slow down and take time to notice the needs of those around you. – Christopher Simon

“But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him.”—Luke 10:33-34 NIV

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BATON ROUGE - On two occasions last week, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center celebrated Sister Lin-da Constantin, O.S.F., a longtime nurse and member of the senior administrative team.

The fi rst was the Sr. Linda Constantin Cour-age and Compassion Award presented to Jea-nette Moore, RN, BSN, OCN, a Cancer Center infusion nurse who ex-

emplifi es Constantin’s deeply held values and beliefs.

The purpose of the award, named in honor of Sister Linda, a long-time nurse and member of the senior administra-tive team at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medi-cal Center, to recognize a cancer center team member who exempli-fi es her deeply held val-ues and beliefs. Sister Linda passed away in 2005 after battling colon cancer.

The second occa-

sion was the Constan-tin Boulevard ground breaking and naming ceremony. This boule-vard will be the gateway to the children’s hospi-tal when it opens next fall. It will begin at Es-sen Lane and end just beyond Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospi-tal, eventually extending to Bluebonnet Boule-vard.

Sr. Linda Constantin was a model of strength and courage, standing up for those in the com-munity needing a voice

and believing everyone should always be treat-ed with the same com-passion they themselves would expect.

A native of Rayne, Sister Linda was born Nov. 3, 1947. Upon her graduation from Rayne High School in 1966, she entered religious life as a sister joining the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady in 1967 and was professed in 1970.

She graduated from the nursing program at Northeast Louisiana University in Monroe and became a registered nurse. She also com-pleted a master’s of arts degree in theology from

Life of Sr. Constantin, OSF, celebrated during award presentation, naming ceremony

Sr. Linda Constantin, O.S.F.

Family members in attendance for the Sr. Linda Constantin dedication ceremony were her brother, Lloyd Constantin, and sister, Margaret “Peggy” Constantin Richard.

The first shovels of dirt are turned for the groundbreaking and naming ceremony of Constantin Boulevard which will serve Our Lady of the Lake Children’s Hospital in Baton Rouge.

St. Bonaventure Univer-sity in New York.

Her personal min-istry and vocation were synonymous as she served friend and stranger alike through her work with the Fran-ciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Sys-tem.

For 30 years as a nurse and administra-tor, she tirelessly served patients, families, phy-sicians and staff at Our Lady of the Lake Re-gional Medical Center in Baton Rouge and St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe. Since 1995,

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She was the daugh-ter of the late Dewey and Marguerite Heinen Con-stantin of Rayne, and granddaughter of the late Martin and Renola Heinen of Roberts Cove and Maurice and Etta Constantin of Rayne.

Her siblings are Mar-garet Constantin Rich-ard of Lafayette, and Lloyd Constantin and Bernadette Constantin Miller of Rayne and the late Sheila Chitwood.

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BY LISA SOILEAUXManaging Editor

RAYNE - After a couple years of ups and downs, smiles and tears, Wendy Moore Tiedemann has released a second cookbook, “Even Moore Recipes to Love!!”.

“In addition to recipes, photos and stories are included in the new cookbook since we had more time to prepare for this one,” Wendy said.

She is referring to the fi rst cookbook, “Moore Recipes to Love”, that she co-authored with her husband, David Moore, just prior to his passing in 2015 after a long struggle with cancer.

“Dave and I created the fi rst cookbook for the kids, something for Nicholas and Allison to have once he was gone.

“The recipes were cooked by us, our family, on a daily ba-sis, including tastes from every-where.”

The fi rst and original cook-book published in 2015 included 84 tasty Cajun, down home cook-ing recipes and has sold 3,376 copies to date.

The new cookbook has 70 rec-ipes, including 17 that couldn’t fi t in the fi rst book. The remain-ing pages are other favorites and a few of Wendy’s creations, in-cluding Asian, Mexican, Italian, German and even Greek recipes inspired by travels by she and John during the past two years.

Once the fi rst batch of 1,000 new cookbooks arrived in late October, she and John, Wendy’s high school sweetheart and lov-ing husband of a little over a year, along with family and friends, held a tasting social at her home.

“This allowed people to basi-cally taste what they’re buying,” Wendy stated. “We did this for the fi rst book with David and it was great having everyone over and enjoying the food and asking

questions about the cookbook.“It always amazes me how

food can bring people together, especially here in Cajun Coun-try. It brings you together.

“Thus far, almost everyone who purchased the fi rst book has also collected the second edition. Actually, I’m get-ting orders from all over the country, including Hawaii. I think its basically with Facebook friends sharing with their friends — it just keeps going and going. I’ve also had sales on Ama-zon, which now includes both editions. I’ve mailed shipments to almost ev-ery state — I’m really amazed.”

In addition to the Rayne Library, both cookbooks also can be found at both locations of the Lafayette Public Library.

“As of November 1, both the original and the new cookbooks are now available on Amazon, but it’s still cheaper to order and get them shipped from me,” Wen-dy noted. “I do urge everyone to leave reviews on Amazon so oth-ers that do no have access to me can see them.”

Wendy is also excited about a weekly podcast she presents on an area radio station, “Moore Recipes to Love by Wendy”.

“That is really exciting,” Wen-dy states. “I’m so appreciative for them allowing me to have this. It’s great.”

As the series goes on, Wen-dy will be sharing some info on great recipes found in her new cookbook. You can check out the series every week at Big1021.com.

“When this all began, Dave and I combined recipes we used at the restaurant and down-home recipes we used at home that we knew everyone liked,”

A new direction for ‘Moore’ recipes as local releases second cookbook

Cookbook author Wendy Moore Tiedemann and husband John J. Tiedemann IV during a book signing of her new cookbook held Nov. 3-4 at Gautreaux’s Donuts in Rayne.

Wendy joined by friends Allison Jenks, Jennie Jadotte-Kanonu and Shawn Murphy busy during the tasting social held for the reveal of her second cookbook.

W e n d y continues. “The original cookbook was basically a gift from Da-vid and I to our children, Nicholas and Allison. And I know David would be proud of me fi nishing

this cookbook.“I guess you can say

this new cookbook is not only a second edition, but a new chapter in our lives.”

CEMETERY SERVICES - On Thursday, Nov. 1, Christians around the world observe All Saints Day by attending cem-etery blessings and ceremonies. Above, Fr. Kevin Bordelon and Fr. Christopher Cambre bless the St. Joseph Cemetery No. 2, one of many in and around Rayne attended by many with the start of Advent. At right, parishioners attend the beautiful sunrise Mass for All Souls Day on Friday, Nov. 2, at St. Joseph Cemetery. (Acadian-Tribune Photo by Josie Herny)

LSU AgCenter 4-H youth development experts from across the state were rec-ognized for achievement in service at the Louisiana As-sociation of Extension 4-H Agents annual meeting held in Marksville.

The professional develop-ment program theme was Back to our Roots and drew over 100 members who pledged to dig deep to pro-mote positive youth develop-ment experiences for Louisi-ana youth.

The annual meeting of-

fers specialized training in program development, lead-ership and team building op-portunities and provides pro-gram updates for AgCenter extension agents conducting 4-H programming in all 64 parishes.

The Louisiana 4-H pro-gram currently supports more than 280,000 youth in grades K-12 and about 9,000 youth and adult volunteers.

Seven association mem-bers were recognized by their peers for outstanding career contributions.

Winn Parish extension agent Walter “Donny” Moon received the award for Meri-torious Service, an honor re-served for one member each year selected from previously recognized distinguished ser-vice award recipients.

The Distinguished Service award, which acknowledges members with more than seven years of service, was presented to Kayla Segura, of Acadia Parish; Karen Shirley, of Winn Parish; and Leslie Moran with the state 4-H of-fi ce in Baton Rouge.

Camille Brady, of Ascen-sion Parish; Brittany Bourg, of Cameron Parish; and Lekeisha Lucas-Powell, of East Carroll Parish, received the Achievement in Service award, which recognizes as-sociation members who have served with the AgCenter for three to seven years.

Jenny Simpson, of Plaquemines Parish; Shan-nan Waits, of Vermillion Parish; and Walter “Donny” Moon, of Winn Parish, were recognized for 25 years of service. Karen Martin, north-

LSU AgCenter 4-H agents honored at annual meetingwest region 4-H coordinator received a 30-year service award, and Ken Guidry, of St. James Parish, was recog-nized for 35 years of service.

Several members were recognized for achievement in marketing and promo-tion, receiving communicator awards on the regional and national levels. They will be recognized in October at the National Association of Ex-tension 4-H Agents meeting in Columbus, Ohio.

Veronica del Bianco, Ag-Center state 4-H volunteer specialist, won the national award for individual promo-tional piece.

A four-member team of Janet Fox, 4-H youth devel-opment department head; Randy LaBauve, AgCenter communication specialist; Christine Bergeron, AgCen-ter 4-H camp director; and Xavier Bell, LSU graduate student; received a national award for outstanding video program.

Southern Region awards went to Acadia Parish team members Megan Sarver, Kayla Segura and Mary Beth Leonards for Promotional Piece –Team, and Winn Par-ish extension agents Karen Shirley and Walter “Donny” Moon won the Excellence in Natural Resources/Environ-mental Education award.

The association elected Jeannie Crnkovic, Bossier Parish extension agent, as president-elect; Adriana Drusini, St. Mary Parish ex-tension agent, as vice presi-dent; and Megan Plattismer, St. Landry Parish extension agent, as treasurer.

Other members of the 2018-2019 executive board are president Kimberly Jones, state 4-H youth de-velopment instructor; past-president Esther Boe, cen-tral region 4-H coordinator; secretary Hannah Devall, St. Martin Parish extension agent; and reporter Lanette Hebert, southwest region 4-H coordinator.