April 2018

Summer ball to kick off in LA

Mother Nature may still be sending a few cold weather days our way but that won’t stop the baseball lovers in Lake Arthur from getting ready for another rec-ball season. Days at the ballpark will start up real soon in Lake Arthur, so dust off your glove, practice your hitting and grab your bag of sunflower seeds because recreation baseball and softball season is getting cranked up.

Max Hungerford

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GUEYDAN—Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at Gueydan First United Methodist Church honoring the life of Maxie Paul Hungerford, 70, who died on Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at his residence.

He was laid to rest in Gueydan Cemetery with Reverend John Krause officiating the services.

10 arrested in heroin bust

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Jennings Police Department arrested 10 individuals including a 17-year-old boy for charges relating to heroin trafficking in separate incidents Monday and Tuesday.

On Monday officers received a call about suspicious activity at a house located at 924 Division Street, Interim Chief Danny Semmes said.

Orie Maynard, 29, of Jennings was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana, heroin and paraphernalia as well as falsifying a screening test.

Dancing in the Park

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Cody Latiolais and Ambush performed at Founders Park this week for the city’s Turn it up Tuesday concert series. The concerts will be held each Tuesday in April from 6-8 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Fenton adopts loose dog ordinance

FENTON – The board of aldermen here voted to pass an ordinance to deal with loose dogs roaming around the village at its regular meeting held Tuesday evening.

The ordinance was introduced at a special meeting in March after Fenton Police Sgt. Vernon O’Quinn said local police were powerless to detain nuisance dogs set free in the village.

Some changes were made to the ordinance before it was passed. The original bill outlined that police would be in charge of capturing and detaining any loose dogs they came across in the village.

Hall places in 4-H Rice Cookery Contest

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Cooking rice is something almost every Southerner learns how to do at some point in their life. For one Lake Arthur Elementary School (LAES) 4-H Club member, cooking rice isn’t just something she knows how to do, it’s something she is good at.

Fifth grader Ava Hall recently competed in the 4-H Parish Rice Cookery Contest where she took the Overall placement for her Rice Side Dish, Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole. This award

Consider giving life

April is designated as National Donate Life Month in support of organ donation, and we hope if you have not already committed to give life one day, you will consider doing so.

According to government data, an average of 75 people receive organ transplants each day. Sadly, an average of 21 people die every single day because there is a shortage of donors.

Facebook scandal shouldn’t shock us

You’ve probably already heard that Facebook founder and super-billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is in hot water with the government for allegedly failing to protect user data of the social media platform.

The times are not a’changin’

THE WAY I SEE IT

Someone wrote me a letter recently and I would have loved to reply to them personally, as I think they made some valid points in their writing. However, it must be easier to give an opinion if no one knows who you are, because whoever it was failed to sign the letter or give me any information as to how I could reach them. I hope it wasn’t you.

I quote from the letter, “It’s time the majority of intelligent people quit sitting on their assets and take an affirmative stand on what’s wrong with our world and do something about it.”

Foster children need help beyond age 18

Monday, a Senate panel voted to extend the state’s foster care program.

Currently, foster kids are kicked out of the system at age 18. At that point, the state stops providing funding to foster parents to help cover costs.

SB 129 by Sen. Ryan Gatti, R-Bossier City, would boost the cutoff age to 21, giving kids extra time to get a high school diploma. The change will cost taxpayers approximately $1 million each year, according to an estimate by the Legislative Fiscal Office.