October 2019

KCs Donate to Caring Hands

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On Oct. 1, Grand Knight Carl Benoit of Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians Parish in Jennings presented a donation of $300 to the staff of Caring Hands in Jennings to help with the Coats for Kids program. Accepting the check for Caring Hands was Director Rosie Richards.

PBIS monthly winners named

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Lake Arthur High’s PBIS Students of the Month for August were recently announced. Students are nominated and chosen by teachers who look for the four aspects of PBIS, including leadership, acting responsibly, honesty and respect. Students are able to choose from four rewards, including four free dress days, a free athletic event pass, a free red spirit shirt or a free gray PBIS shirt.

What is palliative care?

The moment a person is diagnosed with a disease or illness is life-changing for both patients and their families. Thanks to the tireless efforts of medical researchers, many conditions, including diseases like cancer, are now routinely discovered in their earliest stages, which greatly improves patients’ prognoses.

While medical care typically focuses on treating and curing a disease or illness, sometimes patient care focuses on improving quality of life. Such care is known as palliative care.

What is the goal of palliative care?

Students named to SOWELA Dean’s List

The following students achieved a grade point average of 3.5 or higher while carrying 6 or more credit hours during the summer term for classes taken at SOWELA’s Lake Charles campus, Morgan Smith site in Jennings or at the Oakdale site.

It’s time for introductions

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Hi there. The name’s Drea.

I cannot remember a time in my life when I genuinely wanted human children.

One Christmas long ago, I desperately ripped open the biggest, most promising present placed underneath the tree. To my five-year-old dismay, the large box that vowed something magical was instead filled with one of those terrifying, real-life baby dolls. Even as a child, I was immediately creeped out. My sweet, darling mother insisted, “Look, Drea! You can feed her and give her actual diaper changes!”

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Calendar Guidelines

JALH CFO speaks to Welsh Rotary Club

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The Rotary Club of Welsh met Sept. 26 and was briefed by Jennings American Legion Hospital Chief Financial Officer Jenny Bono (above left). She spoke about the improvements at the hospital and how the community has benefited from a medical point of view. At the same meeting, Welsh Elementary students (left) Sawyer Guinn, Cohen Fontenot and Rhett Fontenot were guests.

The safest place for kids in the car

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Studies have shown that the rear middle seat is the safest in the vehicle if a 3-point seat belt is available.

Riding in a vehicle can be an exciting prospect for children. Such rides provide a chance to see the world outside of the house, and the speed with which scenery is flying by can be exhilarating for young minds.

MERMENTAU MADNESS

Blown out, was expected as had been threatened

About thirty or forty feet of the north section of the Mermentau dam was blown out, presumably with dynamite, either Monday night or early Tuesday morning.

The first news of the blowing up of the dam was received at Lake Arthur last evening, being brought to that place by a gasoline boat from Grand Chenier. The boatmen stated that three sections of the dam had been blown up and that thousands of pounds of fish had been killed by the explosion, the banks of the river being strewn with dead fish for some distance.

Residents threaten with armed force

Threaten to blow up or prevent repair

Residents of Grand Chenier in Cameron Parish have sent to Congressman Pujo, to be forwarded to the secretary of war, a numerously signed petition asking the war department not to permit the rebuilding of the Mermentau dam at Grand Chenier. The petition sets forth that the dam injures property in Cameron Parish by backing up the water of the Mermentau river in times of flood. The feeling against the dam is very strong in Cameron Parish and threats are openly made that if an attempt is made to rebuild the dam it will be resisted by armed force.