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Law Enforcement Conference Aug. 21-22

FROM STAFF REPORTS
THE CROWLEY POST-SIGNAL
CROWLEY - The Acadia
Parish Chamber of Commerce
will host the third annual Aca-
diana Law Enforcement Con-
ference Aug. 21 and 22 at the
Grand Opera House.
For the past two years, the
conference had been open only
to Acadia Parish law enforce-
ment. This year the event is be-
ing expanded to include an invi-
tation to law enforcement across
Acadiana, according to Kathryn
Shea Duncan, special projects
manager for parish chamber.
The event will bring together
law enforcement agencies who
serve the region for a series of
training, speakers and team
building.
The event will kick off Tues-
day night, Aug. 21, at Crowley
City Court.
“We will have Judge Har-
mon Drew again as our keynote
speaker,” Duncan said.
Drew will update law en-
forcement on recent develop-
ments in search-and-seizure as
well as applicable changes in
criminal law statutes.
“All participants will receive
a copy of the ‘True Blue Book’,”
Duncan added.
These guides contain the
SEE CONFERENCE, PAGE 2

Medical, food waste

facility eyes Acadia
BY STEVE BANDY
MANAGING EDITOR
CROWLEY - A new
medial and food waste
treatment facility is looking
to locate in Acadia Parish.
Stuart Ancelet and Gary
Sutton, owners of Med
Green, appeared before the
Acadia Parish Police Jury
Tuesday night to tell of
their plans to locate a steril-
ization facility somewhere
near Interstate 10.
“We sterilize medical
waste and food waste,” An-
celet explained. “After the
waste is sterilized, it will be
transported to the landfill in
Welsh.”
The location of the final
disposal was important be-
cause, as mandated by its
permit, the Acadia Parish
Landfill will not accept any
waste from outside the par-
ish.
“It’s a very clean opera-
tion. There’s no burning,
no emissions and no chem-
icals released,” explained
Sutton. “We are very, very
highly regulated by DEQ.”
“We want to set up shop
in Acadia Parish,” added
Ancelet. “We’re looking at
locations now,” including
a building in the industrial
park in Duson. THE POST-SIGNAL / Desiray Seaux
The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile recently made a stop in Crowley. The Weinermobile is 11 feet in height, 27
Ancelet said he esti-
feet in length and 8 feet in width ... or 24 hot dogs high, 60 hot dogs long and 18 hot dogs wide. Since 1936,
mates the facility will ini- the world-famous Wienermobile has brought “Miles of Smiles” to kids of all ages.
SEE FACILITY, PAGE 2

Crowley native newest member of CFMA Hall of Fame

‘Papa Cairo’ was one of the region’s
largest ‘sidemen’ in the music scene
BY WADE FALCON
SPECIAL TO THE POST-SIGNAL
RAYNE - When you think of
Hank Williams, many people in
Louisiana remember his major
hit song “Jambalaya.” However,
it may never had happened if it
weren’t for Crowley native who
spent most of his music career try-
ing to get the song popularized.
He became one of the region’s
largest “sidemen” in the local mu-
sic scene but few people remem-
ber him; lost among the bigger
names such as Happy Fats, Joe
Falcon and Joe Werner. He was
Julius Angelle Lamperez, a steel-
guitar playing boxer and World
War II veteran that recorded for
both national labels as well as in-
dependent Louisiana record pro-
ducers.
Most remember him by his
nickname: Papa Cairo.
Julius Angelle Lamperez, a steel-guitar playing boxer and World War The Early Years
II veteran was better known as Papa Cairo in the local, area and Papa was born on July 27,
national music world. He was inducted into the Cajun French Music 1920, and was adopted by Adonis
Hall of Fame during ceremonies Friday night in Rayne. and Elena “Birdie” Lamperez in
New Orleans shortly afterwards.
His father was a World War 1 vet-
eran that had served overseas and
had suffered from being gassed in
the trenches on the European front.
Returning home, Prohibition
had gained momentum and Adon-
is did what he could to make a liv-
ing. He ran into trouble with the
law multiple times moving boot-
leg liquor and got caught running
a “blind tiger” saloon when Papa
was only 6 years old. Yet, through
this turbulent upbringing, Papa be-
gan to acquire a musical talent.
Western swing music of Texas
was always Papa’s favorite. He
grew up listening to bands such as
Light Crust Doughboys, but Jim-
mie Rodgers was his idol.
“I just figured it out,” he told
historian Kevin Coffey. “Didn’t
have nobody around. No musi-
cians at all. The first musician I
heard was Jimmie Rodgers and
‘All Around The Water Tank’.”
So, with very little money, he
went to work building his own
guitar from scratch.
“I got me a big box. My buddy
got a neck and put it on there. I got
a knife, I cut in and made me a bar.
I used just a straight pick and he
used part of a telephone for a pick-
up. Man, that sounded good! And
he made me a homemade ampli-
fier. Two tubes!”
The first place he played was
at the Tee Maurice in Bosco. He
recalled that the only people he
could remember playing Cajun
music in the area was accordionist
Joe Falcon and the Breaux family;
jokingly referring to their instru-
ment of choice as the “swamp or-
gan.”
Always a big talker, people
who knew him remembered him
to have a larger-than-life reputa-
tion.
Outside of music, as a young-
ster, sports were his main interest,
especially football and boxing.
Among his boxing friends and
family, he claimed he never lost a
bout!
As a young teen, he mastered
the guitar, occasionally dabbled
in playing the fiddle, until 1935,
when he stated, “I got commer-
cial.”
When he was around 15
SEE HALL OF FAME, PAGE 12

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Obituaries
Ruth Cecile
Thibodeaux
McBride
RAYNE - Funeral ser-
vices will be held on Mon-
day, Aug. 20, 2018, at an
11 a.m. Mass of Christian
Burial at St. Joseph Catho-
lic Church in Rayne for
Ruth Cecile Thibodeaux
McBride, who died Fri-
day, Aug. 17, 2018, at Our
Lady of Lourdes Hospital
in Lafayette.
Interment will be in the
St. Joseph Cemetery #2,
Mausoleum in Rayne.
Fr. Cedric Sonnier, Pas-
tor of Sacred Heart Catho-
lic Church in Baldwin, will
be the Celebrant of the Fu-
neral Mass and will con-
duct the funeral services.
Two cases of measles reported in La.;
rash of additional cases not expected
BATON ROUGE -
While the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Preven-
tion this week included
Louisiana in an advisory
warning people about a
high number of measles
cases across the country,
the two cases reported in
New Orleans do not indi-
cate there is an outbreak,
state health officials said
Thursday.
The CDC’s report listed
21 states in which the infec-
tious disease was reported
from January through July
14. Louisiana’s cases in-
volved unvaccinated per-
sons who traveled or lived
outside the U.S., said Dr.
Frank Welch, the immuni-
zations director for the state
Department of Health. The
cases were unrelated.
“Measles is not endem-
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Survivors include her
husband of 62 years, War-
ren S. McBride of Rayne;
son, Bryan McBride and
wife Mary Beth Hebert
McBride of Crowley; two
daughters, Katie McBride
Lalande and husband Mark
Lalande of Lafayette and
Lisa McBride Mooney and
husband Danny Mooney
of Rayne; eight grand-
children, Blake McBride,
Emily Lalande, Pascal Lal-
ande, LeaAnne Mooney,
Jacob Mooney, Andree
Trahan Smith, Mollie Mae
McBride, Miles McBride;
sister, Linda Thibodeaux
McDaniel and husband
Terry McDaniel of Lafay-
ette; and two godchildren,
Todd Boudreaux and Kev-
in Champagne.
She was preceded in
death by her son, Carl
McBride; father, Roy
Joseph Thibodeaux Sr.;
mother, Adeline Fisette
Thibodeaux; and broth-
er, Roy “Bud” Joseph
Thibodeaux Jr..
Pallbearers will be her
eight grandchildren.
Mrs. Ruth began school
at Duson Elementary,
then went on to St. Joseph
ic in the U.S. anymore,”
Welch said. “This is not
a measles ‘breakout,’”
meaning a disease that can
be transmitted rapidly from
person to person.
The U.S. has been “mea-
sles-free for 20 years,” he
said. “The MMR vaccine
(measles, mumps, rubella)
is very effective.” Measles
is still common in other
parts of the world people
traveling abroad should be
current on their vaccina-
tions, the CDC says.
Measles is an extremely
contagious viral illness
with an incubation pe-
riod of about 7 to 14 days.
Symptoms include a high
fever, a cough, runny nose
and rash. The worst cases
can lead to hospitalization
or death.
In the CDC report,
turn over any evidence fa-
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Mayor
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018
Academy in Bay St. Louis
where she was Homecom-
ing Queen, then went to
Southwestern University
(UL) in Lafayette. She
went on to be a teacher
in Lafayette at Our Lady
Fatima Catholic School
and then on to Branch
Elementary in Branch.
She was a member of
the Rayne Beautification
Board, Rayne Garden
Club, Crowley Garden
Club, Catholic Daughter,
and Wally Baum Travel
Club.
A Rosary will be prayed
Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018, at
6:30 p.m. in Gossen Fu-
neral Home in Rayne.
The family requests
that visitation be observed
in Gossen Funeral Home
in Rayne on Sunday, Aug.
19, 2018, from 4 p.m. to 9
p.m. and on Monday, Aug. LSN PHOTO / Lisa Soileaux
20, 2018, from 8 a.m. to Work began during this past week on a major sidewalk project in Rayne. Here, Mayor
10:30 a.m. Chuck Robichaux and Police Chief Carroll Stelly (at left) supervise DOC workers as they
Friends may view the begin laying out one of the sidewalks that will be installed along both the east and west
obituary and guestbook side of The Boulevard from Oak Street to Interstate 10. The sidewalk will be five feet in
online at www.gossenfu- width, providing travel for wheelchair-bound residents.
neralhome.net.
Arrangements have
been entrusted to Gos- APSO Daily Bookings for Aug. 15 - 16
sen Funeral Home, Inc. of
Rayne, (337) 334-3141. August 15 Police Department on illegal possession of
• Fredrick Michael Martinez, Robert stolen things (no bond).
Street, Rayne: Arrested by Acadia Parish • Lovekio VonCarlos Sonnier, West
Sheriff Office on hold for other agency (no 11th Street, Crowley: Arrested by Acadia
bond); a bench warrant (no bond).
• Alfred Mondele Rigmaiden, North
Parish Sheriff’s Office on DOC ID verifi-
cation (no bond).
Avenue C, Crowley: Arrested by Crowley • April C. Viguerie, Veterans Memorial
Police Department on a simple robbery
charge (no bond).
Drive, Kaplan: Arrested by Acadia Parish
Sheriff’s Office on four counts of felony
Louisiana had measles possession of stolen things (bonds totaling
cases this year along with August 16 $30,000); possession or dealing in unreg-
Arkansas, California, Con- • Kristin Ashley Gotte, Gotte Cove istered or illegally transferred weapons
necticut, Florida, Illinois, Road, Iota: Arrested by Acadia Parish (bond $ 5,000); 11 counts of possession of
Indiana, Kansas, Mary- Sheriff’s Office on a bench warrant (no firearm/carry concealed weapon by a per-
land, Michigan, Missouri, bond); fugitive warrant (no bond). son convicted of certain felonies (bonds
Nevada, New Jersey, New • Johnathan Davone Dixon, South Polk totalling $25,000).
York, North Carolina, Street, Rayne: Arrested by Crowley Po- • Christopher Don Byerley, Tanner
Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn- lice Department on a fugitive warrant (no Road, Rayne: Arrested by Acadia Parish
sylvania, Tennessee, Texas bond); bench warrant (no bond). Sheriff’s Office on four counts of felony
and Washington. The Dis- • Markel Deshaune Cormier, West Jeff possession of stolen things (bonds totaling
trict of Columbia was also Davis, Rayne: Arrested by Crowley Police $30,000); possession or dealing in unreg-
on the list. Department on illegal use of weapons/ istered or illegally transferred weapons
There was a total of 107 dangerous (bond $5,000);illegal posses- (bond $ 5,000); 11 counts of possession of
measles cases in the U.S., sion of stolen firearms (bond $5,000). firearm/carry concealed weapon by a per-
the CDC said. “The major- • Tyler D Wheat, William Egan Ave., son convicted of certain felonies (bonds
ity of people who got mea- Crowley: Arrested by Crowley Police totalling $25,000).
sles were unvaccinated,” Department on two bench warrants (no • Lauren Alexis Jones, Second Street,
the agency said. bond). Rayne: Arrested by Rayne Police Depart-
People are considered • Andrew Devon Jolivette, North Av- ment on domestic abuse battery - first of-
immune to measles once enue I, Crowley: Arrested by Crowley fense (no bond).
they have had the disease,
but Welch said medical
CONFERENCE: Blue Book update
staff advised the parents
to still have their child
vaccinated, for protection
against mumps and rubella. FROM PAGE 1 introductions, Duson Po- After lunch from 12:25
The last time that Loui- lice Chief Kip Judice and a.m. to 1:15 p.m., the re-
siana saw an incident of most relevant statutes used Sgt. Tammie Shea will mainder of the afternoon
measles was a single case by street officers. discuss “effective report will be devoted to updates
in 2009, Welch said. The Tuesday session is writing” beginning at in the Blue Book by Judge
Louisiana state law re- scheduled to run from 5 8:15 a.m. and Mrs. Harmon Drew.
quires that children receive p.m. until 7 p.m. Following a short The session is sched-
two MMR vaccinations, The Wednesday, Aug. break, District Attorney uled to close at 3:30 p.m.
one at a year to 15 months 22, program opens with Keith Stutes will address Participants will re-
of age and the second one registration and breakfast “Brady Material” begin- ceive 7.5 continuing edu-
at age 4, before they start from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. ning at 9:30 a.m. cation credits.
school. After the welcome and Brady material law is Duncan notes that the
a technical term for a spe- content of the conference
cific type of prosecutorial is geared for only official
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parish currently has no which include portions of
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Green guide: Master plan to steer Public Forum

UL’s commitment to sustainability Superintendent

10th hole. The Crowley
Art Association is grateful
pay package to the hole sponsors.
The CAA is looking
LAFAYETTE - The University
of Louisiana at Lafayette has is-
public record forward to holding this
golf tournament again next
sued a master plan that will govern year. This is an effort to fi-
its ground — and water and air — Dear Editor: nance The Gallery which
game for the next three years. The salary and com- affords many art opportu-
The Sustainability Strategic pensation package for the nities for the community.
Plan is UL Lafayette’s first com- new superintendent of Sincerely,
prehensive statement of environ- schools is a matter of pub-
mental objectives. It enumerates lic record, and would have Shirley Griffin
goals through 2021 that seek to been disclosed to the pub-
reduce the University’s greenhouse
gas emissions, and overall energy
lic before he took office
without someone having Now is not
and water consumption. to request it. The disclo- the time to
The plan touches most aspects
of campus life but also represents
sure should state the de-
tails of the package, how prune oaks
UL Lafayette’s broader commit- it was arrived at, and how
ment to sustainability, said Dr. Jo- it compares to that for the Editor:
seph Savoie, University president. former superintendent. At this time of year,
He approved the 60-page pro- I believe that the school I get a lot of calls for
posal in July. The plan “ultimately board presdient is respon- pruning trees — naturally
reaches beyond campus boundaries UL LAFAYETTE / Doug Dugas sible for seeing that it gets because it’s hot and the
because the environmental chal- UL Lafayette students help prepare a bioswale, a natural filtration system, done without delay. middle of the growing
lenges we face are global,” Savoie near Oliver Hall on campus. Sincerely yours, season — not to mention
said. it’s the mowing season
Gretchen Lacombe Vanicor, di- to the installation of bioswales, or /s/ Charles R. King when the guy or gal on
rector of the University’s Office natural filtration systems, as an ex- ‘To guarantee that our the mower doesn’t like the
of Sustainability, said UL Lafay- ample. natural environment Inaugural Crowley Art low-lying limbs.
ette established an environmental These shallow troughs hold Pruning live oaks in the
policy in 2014 “that was designed plants and other vegetation that act
survives for future Association/Bayou hot times of the growing
generations to enjoy, we Bend Golf Tournament
to create a campus culture of green as sieves to remove contaminants season like now puts a lot
stewardship.” from rainwater before it’s funneled have to set objectives, then of stress on them — espe-
“The strategic plan builds on the into drainage systems. we have to establish Editor: cially this year because of
progress we’ve made. It incorpo- “By populating areas of campus strategies to realize those Golf balls were fly- the stress they’re already
rates sustainability principles into with native grasses and flowers, plans. The University’s ing at the Inaugural Golf in. The response will be
the University’s operations and its we’re combating nonpoint source Sustainability Strategic Tournament chaired by the a lot of sucker growth
education and research missions. pollution while also reducing emis- Crowley Art Association (stressed limbs) will shoot
Plan does both.’
It also proposes ways we can part- sions because maintenance crews and Bayou Bend Coun- up, creating more stress
ner with faculty, staff and students. don’t have to mow bioswales,” she try Club. A team of CAA on the tree.
Together, we can ensure a more re- said. Gretchen Vanicor members and friends com-
silient future for campus,” Vanicor In addition, the recently opened UL Office of Sustainability peted. Due to inclement Bob Thibodeaux
said. Photovoltaic Applied Research and weather the tournament Consulting Arborist
The 21-point plan includes calls Testing Lab enables the University from the U.S. Department of Edu- had to be ended after the
for: to generate a portion of its own cation and Louisiana Department
• a 10 percent reduction in over- power, Vanicor said. of Wildlife and Fisheries that
all campus energy use; The array of 4,500 solar panels
• a 10 percent increase in on- in University Research Park pro-
recognized the University’s eco-
friendly initiatives. Tractor Supply Co.
campus sustainable energy sources; duces 1.1 megawatts, or nearly 10 The timeline starts in 1901,
• a 10 percent reduction in the percent of UL Lafayette’s daily when founding President Dr. Ed- to host FFA in Action
use of drinkable water; and power needs. win Lewis Stephens planted the
• continued efforts to curb run- Over a year, the PART Lab will
off from storm water, which carries provide about 3 percent of the Uni-
first live oaks on campus. The Cen-
tury Oaks, 10 of the original 18
event on Aug. 25
litter and natural and human-made versity’s energy, reducing both its saplings Stephens sowed, remain CROWLEY - The Jai Credeur, manager of
pollutants into waterways. power bill and emissions of green- near the intersection of Johnston Crowley Tractor Supply, Crowley Tractor Supply
It also suggests a 15 percent re- house gases that are produced when Street and University Avenue. located at 204 Old Fel- store.
duction in the emission of green- nonrenewable fossil fuels are used “The trees Dr. Stephens planted lows Road, will host an “Through this FFA in
house gases, such as carbon di- to generate electricity. are magnificent symbols of UL FFA in Action event on Action event, our custom-
oxide, that trap heat in the earth’s The PART Lab, which will test Lafayette’s strength and stability,” Saturday, Aug. 25, from 9 ers can show their support
atmosphere. They’re a major con- solar panels to determine their vi- Vanicor said. “They also remind the a.m. until 3 p.m. for local FFA youth and
tributor to climate change. ability in Louisiana, exemplifies campus community that a healthy, Tractor Supply is a learn more about the or-
Under the plan, the University another objective the strategic plan sustainable tomorrow requires us platinum sponsor of the ganization’s commitment
would protect air quality by pro- sets: to use campus as a living lab, to think beyond today. National FFA Founda- to leadership, personal
hibiting shuttles and buses from Vanicor said. “To guarantee that our natural tion, and this event is the growth and career success
leaving motors on between stops. The concept “merges our envi- environment survives for future Crowley store’s way of through agricultural edu-
It would also reduce traffic conges- ronmental goals with UL Lafay- generations to enjoy, we have to supporting the organiza- cation.”
tion – and resulting emissions – by ette’s mission as a research univer- set objectives, then we have to es- tion on a local level, ben-
encouraging bicycle use and walk- sity. We want to utilize campus and tablish strategies to realize those efitting Crowley FFA.
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Guest Editorial
Alert system
reminds us
to be vigilant
Nearly everyone in America knows what
an Amber Alert, also known as a Child
Abduction Emergency, is. They stop our
hearts — and remind us we must all be vigi-
lant — each time we see or hear one on our
cellphones, TVs, radios, digital road signs
or social media.
But too few Americans know that the
Amber Alert system was named for Amber
Hagerman, a 9-year-old Arlington, Texas,
girl abducted on Jan. 13, 1996, while riding
bikes with her 5-year-old brother.
The sole witness to Amber’s abduction,
78-year-old retiree Jim Kevil, promptly re-
ported it to police, saying he saw her being
forced, screaming, into a black pickup by an
adult male.
Neighbors, friends and more than 50
police officers and federal agents spent the
next four days searching for Amber. On
the fifth day, near midnight, her lifeless
body was found in a creek 4 miles from the
parking lot where she had been abducted.
Her throat had been cut. Her family and the
entire Dallas-Fort Worth community were
heartbroken.
Amber’s murder remains unsolved. But
the grief that overwhelmed our community
22 years ago was channeled in a positive
direction. After the slaying, a Dallas mother
named Diana Simone suggested to a lo-
cal radio station that a program be put in
place using the Emergency Alert System to
notify the public when a child is abducted.
If Americans across the country could get
early warnings for tornadoes and floods,
why not for child kidnappings?
Today, the Amber Alert system is used
in all 50 states, U.S. territories and 22 other
countries. According to the U.S. Department
of Justice, as of March, 924 children had
been successfully recovered through Amber
Alerts.
If only we had more stories like this.
What began as a local tragedy was trans-
formed into a worldwide effort, using the
most advanced technologies available, to
better protect our most precious assets: our
children. It’s perhaps not surprising that this
global movement took root in Dallas, where
for 30 years the Dallas Children’s Advocacy
Center has held its annual Crimes Against
Children Conference. This year’s event
begins Monday.
As Facebook’s Emily Vacher, a former
member of the FBI agency that helps find
missing children, writes, the social media
company has partnered with the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children
to launch an Amber Alert program to “target
information — including photographs of the
missing child — to people who are in the
search area for the missing child and who
might be in the best position to help.”
The Columbus Dispatch
Government Information
Governor John Bel Edwards, P.O. Box 94004,
Baton Rouge, LA 70804; Phone: (225) 342.7015
Website - http://gov.louisiana.gov
U.S. Senator John Kennedy, B11 Russell Senate
Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; Phone:
(202) 224.4623 or (504) 589.2753
www.senate.gov/senators/115thCongress/
Kennedy_John.htm
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, 703 Hart Senate Office
Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; Phone: (202)
224.5824
Website - http://cassidy.senate.gov
U.S. Congressman 3rd District Clay Higgins, 1711
Longworth HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515;
Phone: (202) 225.2031
Website - http://clayhiggins.house.gov
State Senator - District 26 Jonathan Perry, 407
Charity Street, Suite 102, Abbeville, La. 70548;
Phone: (337) 643-6425; (225) 342-2040
E-mail - perryj@legis.la.gov
State Senator - District 25 Dan “Blade” Morrish,
119 W. Nezpique Street, Jennings, LA 70546;
Phone: (337) 824.3979
E-mail - morrishd@legis.la.gov
State Representative - District 41 Phillip DeVillier,
P.O. Box 986, Eunice, LA 70535; Phone: (337)
457.0194 or 1.800.660.6819
E-mail - devillierp@legis.la.gov
State Representative - District 42 John Stefanski,
P.O. Box 687, Crowley, LA 70527; Phone: (337)
384.8999.
Email - stefanskij@legis.la.gov
Editorial
The double standard of justice
in the U.S. is risking the
collapse of the entire system
The political world is waiting with
bated breath for the outcome of Paul
Manafort’s trial. The former one-
time Trump campaign chairman is
being prosecuted by Special Counsel
Robert Mueller for various tax and
bank fraud crimes, most of which
occurred over a decade ago. Manafort
is also facing charges in the District
of Columbia for Foreign Agent
Registration Act violations. In total,
Manafort is looking at more than
three centuries behind bars.
Many recall Mueller was
appointed to investigate Russian
election interference and if the
Trump campaign colluded. Yet for
some unknown reason, Mueller
is vigorously pursuing Manafort
even though none of the charges in
Virginia or D.C. have nothing to do
with Russia or the 2016 election.
Despite being on trial for nothing
to do with Russia or the election
by someone that is supposed to be
investigating Russia and the election,
Manafort is likely to spend more time
in prison than rapists or murderers. Is
that justice?
The mainstream media has
reported authorities raided a
compound last week in New Mexico
and found malnourished children.
But what really happened is much
more sinister, and the actions of a
local judge have called into question
what the word “justice” means.
Siraj Wahhaj and his relatives,
sisters Hujrah Wahhaj and
Subhannah Wahhaj, his partner Jany
Leveille, and brother-in-law Lucas
Morten were taken into custody with
11 children after law enforcement
raided their compound.
The children found to be in
horrible living conditions and
malnourished. What is more
disturbing is according to one of the
boys, he was taught to fire a rifle in
preparation for a school shooting.
The information takes the case well
beyond child abuse. The case now
takes a turn into possible terrorism.
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On top of all
that, a child’s
remains have
been discovered
on the compound
also. It is believed
the body belongs
to 3-year-old
Printus Abdul-Ghani
Wahhaj, son of
LeBlanc Siraj Wahhaj.
Siraj is already
wanted for
kidnapping the child in Georgia.
That makes the other four adults
released accessories to that crime.
So we have multiple counts of child
abuse, possible terrorism charges,
and accessories to kidnapping, surely
the judge is going to keep the adults
behind bars until the situation can be
fully investigated.
That didn’t happen. Despite the
danger posed to the children and the
community, a judge granted bail with
only a $20,000 bond. How does this
happen?
Another miscarriage of justice
took place in California last week.
At a free speech rally in Berkeley on
April 15, 2017. Unfortunately, like all
public gatherings involving Antifa
violence broke out. In an effort to
suppress speech they disagree with,
Antifa members attacked.
One of the violent thugs was
a former Diablo Valley College
professor, Eric Clanton. Clanton
was captured on video smashing an
individual on top of the head with a
heavy-duty bicycle lock. The kind of
lock with sharp edges that bolt cutters
cannot cut. The individual struck
immediately went down, and blood
poured from the wound on his head.
Clanton would assault seven more
people in the head and neck regions
with the bike lock according to
Berkeley police. Make no mistake
about it, Clanton committed multiple
counts of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Surely this type of behavior is not
be printed as letters to the edi-
tor prior to or during an election
campaign. The Crowley Post-Sig-
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names.
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tolerated in California, right?
And you would be wrong. It is
tolerated, and after the “punishment”
handed down, it may encourage
more violence. Despite having
video evidence, the weapon, and
the clothing used in the assaults,
Clanton was allowed to plead guilty
to misdemeanor battery, only getting
probation. Clanton will have served
a whopping four days in jail for
multiple attempts to cave people’s
skulls in.
How can the Justice Department
sit on the sidelines when the State
of California is going to allow the
violation of civil rights? Yes, beating
someone over the head with a deadly
weapon to silence them is a violation
of that person’s civil rights.
There is a problem with the U.S.
justice system. Clearly, politics
is playing a role when justice is
supposed to be blind. How can
someone that attempted to cave
multiple people’s skull in and people
involved in planning and training
school shootings be on the streets,
but Paul Manafort is such a danger
to society he must be locked up in
solitary confinement and potentially
sentenced to hundreds of years in
prison?
The U.S. justice system must get
out of the business of politics before
it finds itself completely untrusted by
the majority of Americans.
Printus LeBlanc is the Legislative
Director at Americans for Limited
Government.
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Mexican menu ideas for simple dinners

(Family Features)
When the school year is
back in full swing, fami-
lies often find themselves
battling the mealtime
crunch.
Mexican-inspired
meals bursting with fla-
vor are known family-
friendly picks that can
be easily prepared and
put on the table on those
frenzied weeknights.
These simple ideas
from the experts at Orte-
ga can help make “taco
night” and other Mexi-
can meals better than
ever.
Encourage kids to
get hands-on. It’s no se-
cret that kids like finger
foods, and many Mexi-
can dishes are best en-
joyed by hand. Tacos
Evan Alexander Doucet are an obvious favorite,
but other options like
and Simone Catherine Habetz quesadillas, taquitos and
Ortega Fiesta Flats are
Habetz, Doucet also easy to enjoy sans
silverware.
Step outside of tradi-
Offer a variety of in-
gredients. One of the ben-
efits of a Mexican meal is
all the ways each family
member can customize
plates to their own tastes.
Try setting out a wide
range of ingredients and
encourage the kids to ex-
periment with toppings
they may not have tried
before, like olives and
guacamole.
Don’t forget the sauce. Poblano Ranch Tacos
Taco sauces can bring
unique, unexpected fla- Add sliced poblano pep- 1 cup cotija cheese
vor to recipes. One to try pers and yellow onion to 1 bottle Ortega Fla-
is Ortega’s line of bold pan. Saute until cooked vor Craver Ranch Taco
and creamy Flavor Crav- through. Add squeeze of Sauce, to taste
er Taco Sauces. Varieties lime to pepper and onion Add olive oil to skillet
include Taco Ranch, Chi- mixture, if desired. over medium heat. Coat
potle and Jalapeno Lime, Bake taco shells ac- chicken with chili pow-
all perfect for tacos, taco cording to package direc- der. Cook chicken 8 min-
salads, dips, burgers and tions. To assemble tacos, utes on each side, or until
more. add poblano and onion cooked through. Remove
Find more recipes and mixture to base of taco. chicken from pan and let
ideas to add a unique Top with sliced radishes, rest. Slice chicken into
twist to any Mexican corn and cotija cheese. strips when cooled.
meal at Ortega.com. Finish with taco sauce. Prepare tortilla bowls
Poblano Ranch Tacos
Makes: 8 tacos
2 tablespoons olive oil
Bowl
Steak Fajita Burrito

Makes: 4 bowls
as directed on package.
Fill with shredded let-
tuce, black beans, corn

set to wed Oct. 26 tion. If you’re looking

for something that makes
mealtime feel extra spe-
4 poblano peppers,
sliced
1 yellow onion, sliced
3 tablespoons olive
oil, divided
1 pound skirt steak
and sliced chicken. Top
with diced avocado, to-
mato and cotija cheese.
LAFAYETTE - Damian and Dinah Habetz of Rob- cial, skip the basic taco 1 tablespoon fresh 1 red pepper, sliced Finish with taco sauce.
erts Cove are announcing the engagement and forth- and choose a meal kit lime juice (optional) 1 yellow pepper, Stock Your Pantry for
coming marriage of their daughter, Simone Catherine, that lets you serve up a 1 box Ortega Yellow sliced Mexican Cooking
to Evan Alexander Doucet, son of Jason Doucet of restaurant-style experi- Corn Taco Shells 1 package instant rice You can enjoy the fla-
Rayne and Shelby Fuderer of Katy, Texas. ence at home. For exam- 6 radishes, sliced 1 tablespoon fresh vors of a Mexican can-
Simone and Evan will be married on Friday, Oct. ple, Ortega’s Bakeable 1 cup corn kernels lime juice tina in your kitchen any-
26, during a 7 p.m. wedding ceremony at the Cathedral Tortilla Bowl Kits bring 1 cup cotija cheese 1/2 packet Ortega time if you’re stocked up
of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette with Fr. Kevin a new and simple way to 1 bottle Ortega Fla- Original Taco Seasoning with the right goods.
Bordelon officiating. change up your Mexican vor Craver Ranch Taco 1 Ortega Bakeable Pantry and Dry Goods
The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Lawrence meals. Just bake and fill Sauce, to taste Tortilla Bowl Kit • Keep dried or
and Enola Libby of Crowley and Phillip and Dolores with your favorite ingre- Add olive oil to skil- 3 cups green leaf let- canned chiles of all sorts
Habetz of Roberts Cove. dients. let over medium heat. tuce, sliced on-hand. Dried chiles
Simone is a graduate of Notre Dame High School of 2 avocados, diced include ancho, chipotle,
Acadia Parish in Crowley, attained a bachelor’s degree 1 cup corn kernels guajillo, negro and mu-
in nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafay- 1/2 cup cotija cheese lato.
ette, and is currently employed by Lafayette General 1 bottle Ortega Green • Expand your spice
Medical Center in the intensive care unit and also the Taco Sauce, to taste rack with Mexican sta-
progressive care unit at Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Add 2 tablespoons oil ples like chili powder,
Medical Center in Lafayette. to skillet over medium- cayenne pepper and pa-
The prospective groom is the grandson of Rich- high heat. Cook skirt prika, as well as oregano
ard and Helen Doucet of Rayne and Roger and Betty steak 5 minutes on each and cumin.
Doucet, also of Rayne. side. Remove steak from • Buy white rice in
Evan is also a graduate of Notre Dame High School pan and let rest. When bulk so you can create
of Acadia Parish in Crowley, obtained an associate’s cooled, slice into strips. Spanish rice to accom-
degree in applied science from LSU-Eunice and a Add remaining olive pany any dish.
bachelor’s degree in petroleum engineering from the oil to skillet over medi- • Stock up on canned
University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is present- um-high heat. Saute red refried beans, black
ly employed as a service engineer for Altec, Inc., in and yellow peppers until beans and pinto beans
Broussard and Midland, Texas. cooked through. for use in your favorite
Following their wedding, the couple plans to reside Prepare rice as di- Mexican dishes.
in Rayne. Southwest Chicken Salad rected on package. Add Refrigerator and Pro-
squeeze of lime and taco duce
seasoning. Stir to com- • Keep ready-made
bine. salsa and spicy sauces
Fall Music & Market line-up told Prepare tortilla bowls
as directed on package.
chilled and serve them
alongside chips, tacos
OPELOUSAS - The fall Music & Market series will The downtown edition of Music & Market will take Fill with rice, shredded and other Mexican dish-
kick off Sept. 28 in historic Opelousas and continue place Oct. 19 with the award winning, all-female band lettuce, sliced steak and es.
every Friday through Oct. 26 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sweet Cecilia. The event will be held on the Court- peppers. Top with diced • Always have garlic,
The outdoor music series, now in its 12th year, house Square. Prairie Ronde Rice, locally produced in avocado, corn and cotija onions and fresh cilan-
showcases some of Louisiana’s best musical artists and St. Landry Parish, will be the featured commodity, and cheese. Finish with taco tro handy. Keep lemons
fresh homegrown vegetables from local farmers. samples of a dish using the rice will be served. sauce. and limes within reach to
The Fall 2018 lineup includes a va- Rounding out the series on Oct. 26 Southwest Chicken add bright flavor to your
riety of bands. Deuce Chambers & The is Wallace Trahan & Rice and Gravy Salad dishes. Also, buy fresh
Zydeco Integrity, a newcomer to the with swamp pop and progressive Ca- Makes: 4 bowls chiles like jalapeno and
Music & Market event, will kick off jun hits. Farmers will be showcasing 2 tablespoons olive oil pasilla to spice up a vari-
the outdoor series with zydeco tunes at pumpkin at this event. 4 chicken breasts ety of dishes. If possible,
the Sept. 28 event, while okra will be With the exception of the Oct. 19 2 teaspoons chili pow- grow them yourself.
the highlighted vegetable. The Oct. 5 downtown edition of Music & Mar- der • Store flour and corn
concert will feature Jamie Bergeron & ket, all performances take place at Le 1 Ortega Bakeable tortillas in your cupboard
The Kickin’ Cajuns and a popular staple, sweet pota- Vieux Village/Farmers Market Pavilion, located in the Tortilla Bowl Kit or refrigerator to create
toes. Opelousas Tourist Center at 828 East Landry Street, 3 cups green leaf let- burritos, tacos, enchila-
On the heels of his new CD, Goin’ Live, T-Brous- just off Interstate 49. Le Vieux Village is one of the tuce, sliced das and wraps.
sard & The Zydeco Steppers will take the stage Oct. area’s largest community preservation efforts, offering 1 can Ortega Black • Keep Monterey
12. Broussard will have a special guest join him for visitors a glimpse into early rural life in St. Landry Par- Beans Jack, queso fresco and
the concert with the appearance of his mother, Creole ish. 1 cup corn kernels cotija cheese on-hand to
music icon Mary Jane Broussard. Meanwhile, mustard Concert-goers are welcome to bring lawn chairs for 2 avocados, diced include in enchiladas and
greens will be the featured vegetable. seating. 1 tomato, diced burritos.

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Some solutions for the control of weedy vines

BATON ROUGE - This
time of year weedy vines
can be a major issue.
Meet the enemy
A variety of vine spe-
cies can become problem
weeds. Because vines are
among the fastest-growing
plants, they can quickly
create major problems and
rapidly recover from con-
trol efforts. When control-
ling weedy vines, one of
the most important things
to do is to be prepared for
a fight.
Every situation is dif-
ferent, and gardeners often
have to use a variety of
methods for best results.
There are, however, some
basic techniques that are
generally effective if ap-
plied persistently over
time.
Physical control
The first method is hand
pulling and digging out,
best done when the soil is
moist and softer. It’s very
Dan
Gill
LSU AgCenter
important to get out as
much of the below-ground
roots, bulbs, tubers or rhi-
zomes as possible. Done
regularly, this is a great
way to deal with occasion-
al seedlings and lighter in-
festations. Physical control
may also include cutting
down and removing vines
from buildings or fences
to clean up a situation, fol-
lowed by digging out the
roots and below-ground
parts.
Spraying with herbi-
cides
The second method is to
carefully spray the foliage
with a systemic herbicide.
This is only possible when
the spray will not get on the
foliage of desirable plants.
If needed, nearby desir-
able plants can be covered
with plastic sheets or bags
to protect them while you
do the spraying. Be sure
to spray enough to wet the
foliage of the vine thor-
oughly, but avoid exces-
sive application and runoff
into the ground. You may
spray the vine intact or cut
it back, let it resprout and
spray the new growth, de-
pending on the situation.
Systemic herbicides
are absorbed by the foli-
age. They enter the plant’s
circulatory system, which
sends the herbicide into
the vine’s roots, killing
them as well. Glyphosate
(Roundup, Eraser, Kill-
zall and other brands) or
triclopyr (Brush-B-Gon,
Brush Killer, Cut Vine and
Stump Killer and other
brands) are commonly rec-
ommended for weedy vine
control. Triclopyr is gen-
erally recommended for
woody vines, and glypho-
sate is recommended for
herbaceous vines (although
triclopyr is considered bet-
ter than glyphosate against
cayratia). Herbicides that
contain a combination of
dicamba (banvel) and 2,4-
D also work well, but you
must be more careful with
these. Once a vine dies, it
may be removed.
Treating cut stems with
herbicides
The third method is for
larger, established vines
growing on trees, buildings
or fences or intertwined in
shrubs. Spraying the vine
foliage is not practical in
these situations because of
the potential to injure desir-
Vines can quickly create major problems and rapidly
recover from control efforts. Photo by Eric Bogren
able surrounding landscape shrub to do this. Once you
plants. Weedy-vine control make the cut, the vine in the
in sensitive areas can best tree or shrubs will die be-
be achieved by the cut-vine cause it has no root system.
method. The treated stump will die
Cut the vine off a few because the herbicide gets
inches above the ground absorbed by the freshly cut
and immediately treat the surface and is translocated
freshly cut stump with un- to the roots. This method is
diluted triclopyr (such as very effective, especially if
Green Light Cut Vine and done in fall. But it can be
Stump Killer). Applying done anytime.
the herbicide to the fresh Do not get discouraged
cut is necessary because it if early efforts are not as ef-
prevents the stump from re- fective as you hoped they
sprouting. You may have to would be. Persistence is
crawl under a vine-infested the key.

Toxic family casts doubt on couple’s future plans

DEAR ABBY: I am in
my late 20s and dating a
man in his mid-30s whom
I am crazy about. We have
been dating for a year
and are starting to discuss
marriage and children.
He’s kind, hard-working,
gives back to the commu-
nity, and does everything
he can to make me happy.
My problem is his fam-
ily. His mother curses and
yells at him every few
months, usually around
the holidays when he tells
her he’s splitting his time
between his family and
mine. She breaks him
down any way she can,
such as finding fault with
me or bringing up mis-
takes he made 10 or 15
Dear
Abby
By Abigail Van Buren
years ago.
His sister tells him of-
ten that she doesn’t like
me because of things she
claims I said or did. She
has also attacked me on
social media. The rest of
the family gets involved in
the drama and even black-
mailed him (insinuating
they would get him fired)
when he tried to ignore
them. A week or so after
these outbursts occur, his
family pretends nothing
happened.
He admits his family
has “issues,” but he still
wants a relationship with
them. I try to limit my
time with them, but I’m
worried about our future.
He would make an amaz-
ing husband, but I am un-
sure how – or if – I can get
past his toxic family. Any
words of wisdom would
be appreciated. – HAP-
PILY EVER AFTER?
DEAR HAPPILY: I
can see why you would
question a future with a
man from a family that
guilts, manipulates and
lies to the degree that his
does. Whether you can
overcome the baggage he
will carry after you leave
the altar is debatable. It
might help if the two of
you discuss this not only
with each other, but also
with a clergyperson who
can give you unbiased
premarital counseling. If
you do get married, con-
sider moving farther away
from his family to secure
your independence. He
may also have to find an-
other job if he’s under
their thumb financially.
DEAR ABBY: My
teenage son came to us
because he feels lonely
and like no one cares. He
says he knows his family
is there for him and loves
him, but he’s looking for
that special girl. I talked
to him and tried to let him
know that right now he
needs to focus on himself
and where he wants to go
with his life, and eventual-
ly he will meet someone.
He has now told me
that he has had thoughts of
hurting himself and wants
to talk with a counselor.
We have made an appoint-
ment for him.
My question is, is it a
good sign that he is seek-
ing help now before he
has done anything? He
hasn’t harmed himself
in any way, doesn’t use
drugs, doesn’t drink or
engage in risky behav-
ior. I want to believe that
since he is asking early,
all will be OK. – VERY
CONCERNED MOM IN
ARIZONA
DEAR MOM: It’s ap-
propriate to believe that.
Kudos to your son. The
people you have to worry
about are the ones who
hide their sadness and
pretend everything is OK
when it really isn’t.
I assume that you made
an appointment for your
son with a licensed mental
health professional. When
your son goes, encourage
him to be as open with his
therapist about his feel-
ings as he can, so he can
get the help he is asking
for.

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☛ Looking back at Crowley’s history ☛
A Historical Stroll on
North Parkerson
BY ANN MIRE
CORRESPONDENT
400th Block North Parkerson
According to the 1895 Sanborn Fire Insurance map,
only four buildings/businesses were located on the east
side of the 400 block of Parkerson Avenue at that time.
The two lots at the southern corner were occupied by an
Agricultural Machinery business that made buggies and
wagons and just north of it was a sewing machine of-
fice. Two other offices were located on the block as well.
Among the many businesses that located on the block
in later years were a dry goods store, general store, bar-
ber, ice cream parlor, millinery, plumbing and electrical
businesses.
B. Meyer constructed a one story wood frame build-
ing in 1891 to house his grocery store. The adjoining
building to the north was constructed in 1895 and housed
many businesses throughout the years, including Miles
Plumbing. Both buildings were demolished in 1983.
This photo, circa 1915-20, of the east side of the 400
block of Parkerson Avenue shows the shop of plumber
and electrician J.W. Miles as well as a Chinese Café.
The building to the right of Miles’ shop may have been
where Meyer’s grocery store was located.
In 1919 Paul C. Marx erected a one story brick build-
ing and opened Marx Tailor Shop. Born in New Orleans
on July 4, 1876, the centennial of the “birth” of the Unit-
ed States, Paul was given the middle name of Centen-
nial to commemorate that historical event. Marx came
to Crowley in the late 1890’s. According to his obituary,
he is credited with establishing “the first cleaning and
pressing shop and tailoring business in the young com-
munity in 1896.” Following in the footsteps of his father
Adolph, Paul became a tailor and set up a tailor shop.
About 12 years prior to erecting the building on the 400
block, he operated his business in a shop in the 300 block
of Parkerson. Upon his retirement in 1947, his son Elmo
continued to operate the business until 1970 when the
family sold the building. The building was demolished
by the early 1980’s and nothing but a courtyard remains
on the site today.
Marx, left, is shown inside tailoring business.
Around that same year of 1919, another brick build-
ing just south of Marx’s was contructed. Born in Rayne,
Frank A. Marks (1899-1991), the son of Italian immi-
grants came to Crowley in 1919 and operated a shoe re-
pair business for over 65 years in this location.
One of Crowley’s earliest physicians Dr. Llewellyn
C. Pulliam settled here about 1892 and opened his medi-
cal office in a one story frame building at 414 Parkerson
in 1906. John B. & Martha J. Gibson later purchased
the building and opened a restaurant in 1919 which they
operated for nearly 20 years. Joe and Sarah Ragusa op-
erated a restaurant in the 200 block of Parkerson for sev-
eral years prior to 1940 when they bought the building
at this location in the 400 block and ran Joe’s Place until
retiring in 1968. It was very popular with the soldiers
during World War II.
Over the next few decades, various restaurants have
operated at this location. In the 1970’s there was Shir-
ley’s Restaurant, under the guidance of Shirley Istre. In
the 1980’s Forest Broussard had a pool hall and later
a Bar-b-que Restaurant. In the 1990’s Johnny Foreman
operated Johnny’s Café. After a few years of vacancy,
Joppe Café opened in 2009. Currently, the Vanilla Bean
café occupies this location.
Photo of Joe’s Place Cafe.
About 1951, Walter “Bevo” Bier, Jr. (1909-1983) pur-
chased an old wood frame building at 410 North Park-
erson. He had a brick building constructed and opened
Bier’s Pharmacy, which he operated until his retirement
in the late 1970’s. John Monteilh purchased the business
and building at that time and continues with a pharmacy
business.
West Side 400th Block North Parkerson
On the southern corner of the west side, Preston
Knodell constructed a two-story commercial building in
1893. The following year he sold the building to Joseph
A. Sabatier and W.E. Lawson, who operated a general
store at the location for several years before selling the
business to Samuel Eldrich.
Eldrich Building. This building was later bricked.
Russian born Samuel Eldrich (1867?-1927) immi-
grated to the United States and was a businessman in
New Orleans before coming to Crowley in 1900. He and
his wife Bertha established a dry goods store on the east
side of Parkerson Avenue. About 1903, he moved into
this west side corner location and here operated “one of
the finest” businesses in the city. According to an article
in the December 24, 1909 Daily Signal issue, it featured
“a select line of dry goods, men’s clothing and ladies’
and men’s furnishings” Eldrich’s store continued to
conduct business in 1913 while the outside of the frame
building was bricked over. He returned to New Orleans
sometime after 1921 where he died in 1927.
Besides his drug goods and clothing business, one
part of the building was used as a drug store from as
early as 1915. The second floor has been home to both
the Odd Fellows Lodge, of which Eldrich was a high
official, and the Knights of Columbus in the 1920’s and
30’s.
Born in Avoyelles Parish, Wiley J. Gremillion (1903-
1988) came to Crowley in early 1930’s and began his
pharmacy business in 1934 at 101 North Parkerson.
In 1941, he relocated to 401 North Parkerson Avenue,
where he remained in business until 1965. At that time,
druggist Paul (1938-1977) and Laura “Tee” Broussard
purchased the pharmacy, which continues to be operated
under the proprietorship of “Tee” Rosenbaum.
Gremillion’s Drug Store
Emile Joseph (1923-1995) opened Emile Joseph’s
Men’s Wear store at 122 North Parkerson Avenue in
1950; in the mid- 1950’s, he purchased several lots
in the 400 block and constructed a brick building. He
moved his men’s clothing store to the 411 North Parker-
son location. The other building sites just south of that
were rented to other businesses. About 1966, he moved
his business to the south corner of the 300 block (later
the site of Beau’s). By 1970, he closed the business and
moved to Lafayette, where he retired in 1990.
About 1967, Emile Joseph sold the building in which
his store was located to J.D. Miller (1921-1996). Mod-
ern Music was moved to this location from its site on
the 100 block of Parkerson. In 1984, a second floor was
added to the building. The other business sites of the
building remain in the Emile Joseph family. One is cur-
rently unoccupied; while the other two are rented by the
Crowley Art Gallery and Tower Loan.
On the site just north of Modern Music, the Jumon-
ville Furniture building was located. A native of New
Orleans, Alcee J. Jumonville (1860-1940) came to
Crowley about 1900 with his wife Alice. Within a year
of making Crowley his residence, he constructed a three
story brick building and opened the Acadia Furniture
store. According to a December 24, 1909 article in the
Daily Signal, Jumonville’s “pleasing personality” and
“excellent taste in selecting his stock” contributed to the
store attracting “a large and loyal trade.” Besides furni-
ture, the store featured a wide variety of carpets. Two of
his sons became involved in the family business; Leonce
(1888-1950) went into the business with his father at an
early age; Louis (1893-1984) joined the business in 1930
after a career as an industrial chemist. Louis continued
to conduct the business until his retirement about 1966.
The Jumonville family sold the building to J.D. Miller
family. In 1975, the city began proceedings to demolish
the building. In discussion with architects and engineers,
THE CROWLEY POST-SIGNAL 7
it was determined that it was more cost effective to de-
molish rather than renovate the deteriorating building.
Within the next year or two the building was demolished
and Jack Miller constructed a brick building that now
houses his law firm. Bricks from the Jumonville Furni-
ture Store were used for the short columns in the front
of the building.
Just north of the Miller law office is the Mull Build-
ing. A native of Indiana, Robert A. Mull (1861-1924)
came to Crowley with his parents Henry and Didama in
the late 1890’s and engaged briefly in rice farming with
his father. However, he returned to the brick mason trade
and in 1900 he began construction of a brick building.
In the census of 1920, his occupation is listed operating
a market, presumably in the building he had built. At the
time of his death four years later, the Power Manufactur-
ing Company occupied the building.
Janette’s Café was on the bottom floor in the 1930’s.
However, the Mull Building is probably best remem-
bered as the Bruce Theater. A.J. Broussard operated
Broussard Gas & Electric in the facility from about 1938
until 1940 before converting it into a theater, which he
ran until 1956.
The building was recently purchased from the J.D.
Miller family by Ed and Cheryl Habetz.
Just north of the Mull Building at 425 North Parker-
son Avenue is the current Crowley City Hall. In 1919,
the Ford Motor Company purchased these corner lots
and constructed a three story brick building. James A.
“Scotty” Boggs (1888-1951), a native of Minnesota,
came to Crowley about that time and managed the Crow-
ley Motor Company. He remained with the company for
30 years, retiring in 1949. Another long-time associate
of Boggs was John A. Finley (1883-1984). The Indiana
native came to Crowley prior to 1910 and began his ca-
reer as a stenographer in a feed store. A few years later
he was involved in the automobile business and helped
charter the Ford Motor Company. W.E. Lawson (1868-
1936) was an integral part of the company’s beginning.
On July 28, 1919, the Daily Signal reported that the
Ford Motor service people of Crowley would soon have
“another large and impressive brick building, one that
will be a distinct addition to the substantial structures of
the city.” Just over a year later, on August 19, 1920, the
Daily Signal noted that “tiling is being laid,” which “will
be one of the striking features of the new building.”
For a time Chrysler owned the building. It was then
closed. While J.D. Miller owned the building, he estab-
lished his recording studio on the second floor. From
1967 to 1982, Rice City Beauty School was located on
the ground floor of the building.
The City of Crowley purchased the building in 2000;
under the leadership of Mayor Isabella de la Houssaye,
renovations began in 2003. The new Crowley City Hall
opened on February 26, 2006. Besides housing many
city government offices, a museum and a recreation of
the J.D. Miller Studio are also enclosed in the building.
This photo from an Armistice Day parade 1920 shows
from right to left Crowley Motor Company, the Mull build-
ing, Jumonville Furniture Store, two unknown wood
frame buildings, and at the far left on the corner is
Gremillion’s Drug Store.
This photo, circa 1930’s, shows from left to right the
Jumonville Furniture and Carpet House Store, the Mull
Building, with Janette’s Café on the bottom floor, and the
Crowley Motor Company.
Gremillion’s Drug Store street view, photo taken around
1966.
8 SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2018
Sports
Pios pass the scrimmage phase of preseason
BY TOM BROWN “The technical term for that “The second time around,
LSN STAFF WRITER is eye candy”, laughed Coach they threw it 21 of 24 plays,”
Cook. “That’s what the big tim- added Cook. “They couldn’t run
LAFAYETTE – Notre Dame ers are doing. We ran a guy in on our defense. I told coach Mac
squared off against St. Thomas motion and we may fake it to to get ready for the air attack
More Thursday in their an- him or give it to him. We can and they launched it. We rushed
nual skills and drills scrimmage do some play action out of that just four men on every play, we
heading into jamboree action also.” never blitzed, and they blocked
this week. Notre Dame scored twice six. We were tagging off on the
The teams matched up for on 12 play drives in the team QB so he knew he wasn’t going
inside blocking drills, passing scrimmage. Bourgeois and C.J. to get hit. What I liked about our
skels and defensive rush drills. Thibodeaux had a couple of big secondary was several times a
The scrimmage concluded with runs and Broussard completed ball was going into their hands
a team on team scrimmage. passes to Kaizer Lamm, Jack and it got yanked out. So, we
“We’ve been doing this for Faulk and Thomas Bellard. were close enough to make
about 15 years now,” explained “Our ones got to run 36 plays.”
Pios coach Lewis Cook. “We plays and all our kids got in Notre Dame will face Caren-
feel this format reduces the risk some work,” continued Cook. cro in the second game of Thurs-
of injury while at the same time “C.J. Broke a big run on an day nights action at the Kiwanis
giving us the chance to evaluate inside zone and in the second Jamboree played a Cajun Field.
blocking and other techniques series we converted two third Cook will approach the half
that helps in our development as downs. Ben (Broussard) rolled game as he always does, evalu-
a team.” to his left on one play and turned ating players.
The Pios offense will have a and set his feet to hit Lamm for “At STM we threw two
slightly different look this sea- a big completion.” screens on the first two plays.
son. With junior Ben Broussard St. Thomas More came back We got them on film, saw what
taking over under center and the to tie the scrimmage on their we needed to see and moved on
THE POST-SIGNAL / Jason Faul return of Noah Bourgeois in the final drive with a 20-yard TD to other areas. We want to keep
Notre Dame’s Brant Theunissen makes a play on a ball during the Pios’ backfield, teams may see an un- pass. The Cougars earlier scored moving forward and getting
scrimmage against St. Thomas More Thursday in Lafayette. characteristic Pios attack. on a 46-yard pass. ready for the season.”

Wall impressed with Gents in three-way scrimmage

BY CHRIS QUEBEDEAUX Marquis Garrett, who connected and making things happen.”
SPORTS EDITOR with a number of his receiv- Also earning praise were the
ers throughout the evening and receivers, who made some great
CROWLEY – It was only a also did a good job of executing grabs, including Rapheus Jo-
scrimmage, but Crowley High some rare quarterback runs. seph and Demarcus Dioron, as
football coach Jeptha Wall left In 2017, Garrett showed well as Butler and the other run-
the Gents’ first test of the 2018 he could get the job done on ning backs in the Gents’ stable.
season with reason to smile Fri- the ground when things broke “We really have a bunch of
day. down, but on Friday, the Gents guys that can make plays,” said
The Gents hosted a three- had some designed QB runs Wall. “Rapheus and Demarcus
way scrimmage with St. Louis scripted in and the junior took are out there making great plays
Catholic and Southside High advantage of his opportunities. and you still have to defend the
School and Wall walked away In the live four-minute quar- slot guys.”
from the three-hour session ter against Southside, Garrett Butler and Jai’Rece Lewis
“very pleased” with what he broke free for a 20-plus yard run each broke a handful of nice runs
saw. for the Gents’ only touchdown with the first team and Camron
“You know, we played with of the frame. Dugar hit paydirt on a nice run
a lot of poise and we never re- Garrett also hit the air for an- with the second unit. Also pick-
ally got rattled,” he said. “We other score when he connected ing up yards on the ground were
never hit that panic mode. They with Obadiah Butler for nearly Rodney Goodley, Jonteyvan
stayed calm, (players) kept their a 30-yard touchdown during the Marks and Tyron Goodley.
mouths shut and played the Gents’ final offensive series be- Part of the Gents’ success in
game and that was good to see.” fore the live quarter. the run game can be attributed to
As in all scrimmages, there “His skills are getting a little the offensive line, which returns
were good and bad things for bit better, a little more refined, starters Jayln SuireAlex Simon
each team. and he played super tonight,” and Havonda Smith. THE POST-SIGNAL / Chris Quebedeaux
Starting with the good: Wall said Wall of Garrett. “He threw “We’re fortunate to have Crowley High’s Rapheus Joseph runs down St. Louis’ quarterback Friday
was quick to compliment the the ball exceptionally well and during the Gents’ three-way scrimmage with the Saints and Southside High
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Iota running back Kollin Guillory attempts to slip past a Vermilion Catholic defender Thursday during the Bulldogs’
scrimmage against the Eagles in Abbeville.
Iota’s offense shines against Vermilion Catholic
BY HOWELL DENNIS
LSN STAFF WRITER
ABBEVILLE – For the
first time in 2018, the Iota
High School football team
had an opportunity to share
the field with another team.
On Thursday, they trav-
eled to Abbeville to practice
and scrimmage against the
Vermilion Catholic Eagles.
There were plenty of
moments when the Bull-
dogs, who return 13 starters
from last year’s 9-3 squad,
showed why they are being
predicted by some to make
a return trip to the playoffs.
There were also several
moments that reminded
Iota fans that there was still
much work to do before the
season begins.
“We still have a lot of
work to do,” said Iota Head
Coach Josh Andrus. “We
made a lot of mistakes that
we will need to get cleaned
up before the season starts.”
Thursday’s session was
delayed for about an hour
as thunderstorms moved
through the area.
Both teams used the
practice session to work on
their special teams and situ-
ational passing situations.
Returning punter/cor-
nerback Mitchell Lege
had some nice kicks as he
placed one inside the five
yard line.
During passing drills,
both returning starters
Chaynery Johnson and
Charlot made some nice
catches. After one play,
Vermilion Catholic Coach
Kevin Fourqier got on his
defense after overpursuing
Johnson following a short
catch, that would have re-
sulted in a touchdown in a
live game.
Both Andrus and defen-
sive coordinator Aucion
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some of those guys back up
front; so as far as the chem-
istry, it’s pretty good,” said
Wall of his offensive line.
“We rotated some guys in
and out at different posi-
tions up front and they did
a good job; they know the
schemes and they know
where to go so that’s nice to
have, finally.”
Not to be outdone, the
Gents’ defense was pretty
impressive as well.
The first unit bent, but
didn’t break during its open-
ing series and the Gents
never allowed Southside to
reach the red zone.
Southside did manage to
score once - on its second
offensive series. But the
Gents held them out of the
end zone in the live quarter
and didn’t allow them to
make a single first down.
Joseph, who was pri-
marily an offensive player
last season, logged a pair of
sacks from his spot on the
defensive side at end.
Markel Domino was an-
got on their defense after
Vermilion Catholic receiv-
ers caught wide open balls
across the middle of the
field. Linebacker Dakota
Breaux had a nice pass
breakup as he appeared to
be getting more comfort-
able in his new position.(He
was a defensive lineman in
2017).
After lightning sent both
teams indoors again for a
short break, the teams lined
up for a full-contact scrim-
mage.
Among the things Iota
fans can take from Thurs-
day’s competition:
- Iota’s passing game
should be improved from
last year with all their skill
positions returning.
Returning starter Trey
Rambin looks as though
he’s gained some weight
since and threw several im-
pressive passes. Receivers
Johnson, Charlot, Renfro
and Ashby each had some
nice catches with Charlot
on the receiving end of a
beautiful 35-yard touch-
down pass.
However, there were
several dropped balls as
well as some mental break-
downs that will have to be
cleaned up before the Bull-
dogs take the field against
Basile in Week 1.
- Both the offensive and
defensive lines appear to
be stout but need to stay
healthy.
When the starters were
on the field, the team moved
the ball fairly well. How-
ever, the second and third
teams seemed to have prob-
lems with defenders break-
ing free in the backfield.
Coach Andrus has already
mentioned depth on his of-
fensive line being a concern
heading into this season.
Also, both lines appear to
other standout on defense as
was Lewis and Dioron, both
of who saw snaps on each
side of the ball.
“I think we are maybe a
little bit further along than
I thought we’d be,” said
Wall. “I think our speed and
conditioning has to get a lit-
tle bit better, but I like what
I’ve seen so far.
“You know, we have
some athletes and they’re
going to make plays. The
big question mark is: can
we put complete games to-
gether?”
The Gents will find that
out this Friday when they
square off with North Ver-
milion at 8 p.m. in the final
game of the Acadia/Ver-
milion Parish Jamboree in
Leroy.
Season Tickets
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ley High’s 2018 football
season can be purchased for
$40 each at the CHS front
office. A purchased set of
two (480) season tickets
will include a free parking
pass.
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Sunday, Aug. 19, 2018
THE POST-SIGNAL / D. Sexton ARIES - (March 21 to April 19) Others are generous
to you at this time, and in return, you will be generous
to them. There is a feeling of mutual generosity that is
uplifting.
TAURUS - (April 20 to May 20) Partnerships are
blessed at this time. You feel close to partners, spouses
and dear friends. If someone needs your help, you will be
be larger than they were last The addition of Luke there for that person.
season though they will still Doucet, who transferred to GEMINI - (May 21 to June 20) You are inspired to do
be outsized when they play Iota after running for 1,600 good through your work, whether this is direct or indirect.
district opponents such as yards at St. Edmonds last You might help co-workers, or you might work for a non-
Crowley, Church Point and year, looks to be a nice shot profit organization.
Northwest. Two of those in the arm to the Bulldogs’ CANCER - (June 21 to July 22) You are in touch with
teams defeated last year’s backfield as the physical your muse, which is why you’re entering a very creative
Bulldog squad in competi- runner appears to seek out time in your life. Enjoy the arts. Enjoy working with chil-
tive games. contact. He had some really dren.
- Though the Bulldogs nice bursts up the middle on LEO - (July 23 to Aug. 22) You feel affectionate and
will surely miss All-Every- Thursday, including one in generous toward family members now. Perhaps someone
thing running back Kaleb which he ran over the North feels this way toward you as well? This is a good time to
work together for the benefit of everyone.
Guillory (2,426 yards, 36 Vermilion middle lineback-
VIRGO - (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) You won’t hesitate
touchdowns), another Guil- er and continued moving
to speak up about your concerns for your everyday sur-
lory and a St. Edmunds forward until three defen-
roundings and your everyday contacts. You feel the need
transfer should have fans sive backs finally brought
to be heard.
excited about this years run- him down. His angry run-
LIBRA - (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Although you see ways
ning game. ning style will surely keep to boost your income, many of you will use your wealth
Kollin Guillory, Kaleb’s his teammates fired up on to benefit those who are less fortunate. Kindness is the
younger brother, is set to the sidelines as well. most important thing.
move into his brother’s - The Bulldog second- SCORPIO - (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Today you feel com-
position from last year. By ary should be a strength, passion for others. This is why you will welcome any op-
all accounts, he is the faster however, they gave up portunity to do charitable work on behalf of those who are
Guillory and, if his 25-yard some wide open passes less fortunate.
touchdown Thursday is any after Mitchell Lege went SAGITTARIUS - (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) Because your
indication, he appears to be down with a pulled groin. idealism is aroused, you’re more in touch with the spiritu-
running the ball with a bit (He shouldn’t miss any ex- al side of your personality. This is why religious, spiritual
more discipline than last tended time.) Nick Gravot and mystical subjects will attract you.
season. During that run, he had a couple of nice pass CAPRICORN - (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) You might over-
seemed to patiently follow breakups and Kam Aucoin idealize a friend or a member of a group today. Be careful
his blockers as he weaved delivered a really nice hit about being misled and disappointed later on. Keep your
through the Eagles’ second- in run support during the head in the clouds, but your feet on the ground.
ary. scrimmage. AQUARIUS - (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) If you can use your
influence with someone powerful to help those who are
The Crowley Boxing Club less fortunate, you will do so at this time. The truth is,
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Odd Fellows & Cherokee 2 5:37 am 2 6:37 am E St Mary at Dupre Library 2 7:11 am 2 8:11 am 2 1:11 pm 2 2:11 pm 2 4:11 pm 2 5:11 pm
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Entergy wants customers to cover $6 million in 2016 flood losses

Entergy Louisiana wants its million. based on 1,000 kilowatt-hours siana stretching from Acadiana Aug. 31, 2016, to March 31,
customers to pay for the bill- Other utilities have been of electricity use per month, to the Florida Parishes. Swollen 2017. In addition, it would use
ing revenue it lost during wide- granted similar requests since would see a 17-cent surcharge rivers, creeks and bayous then the surcharge to recover some
spread flooding in 2016, includ- the disaster, said Mike Burns, an on their bills. A small busi- flooded nearly 150,000 homes $830,000 in “current and ongo-
ing those who weren’t directly Entergy Louisiana spokesman. ness using 12,500 kWh would and thousands of businesses ing carrying costs.” Burns did
impacted by the disaster. The Advocate first reported have about $2.56 added to their over an 11-day period. not respond when asked for spe-
The company is asking the on Entergy’s surcharge request monthly bill. In the aftermath of the floods, cifics on those expenses.
Louisiana Public Service Com- to the PSC, whose staff recom- The money would allow the regulators stopped Entergy The surcharge does not apply
mission to approve a surcharge mends the commission approve company recoup $5.1 million from collecting disconnect and to Entergy New Orleans cus-
on monthly bills for one year, it. in revenue it says was lost af- late fees from its flooded cus- tomers, including those in Al-
according to documents from Entergy Louisiana estimates ter heavy rain fell for two days tomers. The utility said its lost giers who were part of Entergy
regulators, to recoup nearly $6 the typical residential customer, straight over a swath of Loui- revenue covered a period from Louisiana until 2015.

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Upcoming events
August 21
ROSARY FOR THE UNBORN - Knights
of Columbus Council 5499 and the Ladies
Auxiliary will pray a Rosary for the unborn
at 6 p.m. at St. Theresa Catholic Church,
417 W. 3rd St. in Crowley. The public is
invited. For more info call E.J. Marceaux
at 783-7655.
August 22
SWEET DOUGH PIE SALE - The
Crowley Art Association will sell sweet
dough pies for $2 each from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. at The Gallery, 411 N. Parkerson Ave.
Tickets may be purchased at The Gallery.
Orders of two dozen or more are eligible for
delivery. Call The Gallery at 296-3049.
August 25
“WRITE NOW!” WRITER’S GROUP
MEETING - The Write Now! Writer’s
Group will meet at 10 a.m. at the Acadia
Parish Library in Crowley, 1125 N. Park-
erson Ave. All ages and skill levels are
invited. For more info call the library at
788-1880.
August 27
AMERICAN LEGION MILLER POST
506 MEETING - American Legion Miller
Post 506 will meet at the Post home, 628
W. 3rd St. in Crowley, at 6 p.m. For more
info call Carolyn DeVeaux at 250-3212 or
Nathan Cormier at 384-6482.
ACOA FLU SHOTS - The Acadia Coun-
cil on Aging, 824 E. 1st Street in Crowley,
will give flu shots to persons ages 60 and
over beginning at 8:30 a.m. Please bring
proof of insurance.
August 28
ROSS HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
COMMITTEE MEETING - The H.C.
Ross High School Alumni Reunion Com-
mittee will meet at 6 p.m. at the Martin
Luther King Center, 1725 W. Hutchinson
Ave. in Crowley, to discuss the upcoming
December Grand Reunion. For more info
contact Laverie Pete-George at 788-2401 or
Margaret Young at 581-9003.
August 29
ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUP-
PORT GROUP - The Alzheimer’s Care-
giver Support Group will meet at Encore
Healthcare and Rehab, 19110 Crowley-Eu-
nice Hwy. from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more
info contact facilitator Alecia Bergeaux at
658-6504 or Angelique Credeur at 257-
1328.
August 31
TEEN FREE ART HOUR - The Acadia
Parish Library in Crowley, 1125 N. Parker-
son Ave., will host a Teen Free Art Hour -
Back to School Chill Out beginning at 3:30
p.m. All materials are provided and there is
no limit to participation. There is no fee and
snacks will be served. For more info or to
sign up call 788-1880.
September 1
16TH ANNUAL CROWLEY DAY
DANCE - The Homeland Civic/Social
Organization will host its 16th Annual
Crowley Day Dance from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.
at the Martin Luther King Center, 1725 W.
Hutchinson Ave. in Crowley. DJ. BYOB.
Admission $8.
EGAN COMMUNITY CENTER BIN-
GO - The Egan Community Center, 3276
Egan Hwy., will host nickel Bingo from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. followed by cake/prize Bin-
go from 7 p.m. “until.” Concession stand,
raffle, 50/50 and small auction. Donations
appreciated. For more info call 384-4247.
BINGO - St. Theresa Catholic Church, 417
W. 3rd St. in Crowley, will host a Bingo
beginning at 7 p.m., with doors opening at
5:30 p.m. For more info call the church at
783-1880.
September 3
CHRISTIAN MOTORCYCLIST AS-
SOCIATION MEETING - The Christian
Motorcyclist Assoc. will meet in the Rice
Palace conference room, 2015 N. Cherokee
Dr. in Crowley. Dinner/fellowship begins at
6 p.m.; meeting begins at 7 p.m.
September 8-9
ST. THERESA FALL BAZAAR - St.
Theresa Catholic Church, 417 W. 3rd St.
in Crowley, will host its Fall Bazaar from
6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9
p.m. Sunday. Live music, food, train rides,
games, Bingo, sweets. For more info call
the church at 783-1880.
September 10
CROWLEY COMMUNITY STREET
CORNER PRAYER - PUSH (Pray Until
Something Happens) will hold a Crowley
Community Street Corner Prayer event
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Meet at Greater
Love Family Worship Center, corner of N.
Ave. E and W. 10th St. For more info call
Councilwoman Ezora J. Proctor or Council-
man Vernon Martin at 783-0824.
September 11
AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP - The Aca-
dia Parish Autism Support Group will meet
at Gatti’s Pizza, 2218 N. Parkerson Ave. in
Crowley, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is open
to parents, family, teachers and others look-
ing for support with or info about children
with autism. For more info contact facilita-
tor Victoria Trahan at 288-8412.
September 12
ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUP-
PORT GROUP - The Alzheimer’s Care-
giver Support Group will meet at Encore
Healthcare and Rehab, 19110 Crowley-Eu-
nice Hwy. from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. For more
info contact facilitator Alecia Bergeaux at
658-6504 or Angelique Credeur at 257-
1328.
September 13
VFW MEETING - Veterans of Foreign
Wars (VFW) Post 6720 and its Auxiliary
will meet at the VFW Hall, 475 VFW Dr.
in Crowley, at 7 p.m. Meal is provided after
meeting.
September 15
FIRST UMC GARAGE SALE - First
United Methodist Church, 321 E. Third St.
in Crowley, will hold a garage sale from 8
a.m. to 1 p.m. Hamburgers and sweets will
be sold. Proceeds from hamburger sales
will go to ALS research. For more info call
the church at 783-6754.
September 19
ACADIA POST 15 AND LADIES AUX-
ILIARY MEETING - Acadia Post 15 of
the American Legion and the Ladies Aux-
iliary will meet at 217 N. Parkerson Ave. in
Crowley at 7 p.m. Complimentary meal at
6 p.m.
September 23
BBQ DINNER SALE - The Notre Dame
Ag. Dept. will sell pork steak dinners with
rice dressing, green beans, casserole and
dessert for $10 between 10 a.m. and 12:30
p.m. in front of the Agriscience Building,
910 N. Eastern Ave. in Crowley. Tickets
available from Agriscience students or the
school office. For more info call 380-5296
or 581-0099.
September 24
AMERICAN LEGION MILLER POST
506 MEETING - American Legion Miller
Post 506 will meet at the Post home, 628
W. 3rd St. in Crowley, at 6 p.m. For more
info call Carolyn DeVeaux at 250-3212 or
Nathan Cormier at 384-6482.
September 25
ROSARY FOR THE UNBORN - Knights
of Columbus Council 5499 and the Ladies
Auxiliary will pray a Rosary for the unborn
at 6 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary
Catholic Church, 901 E. Elm St. in Crow-
ley. The public is invited. For more info call
E.J. Marceaux at 783-7655.
September 26
ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUP-
PORT GROUP - The Alzheimer’s Care-
giver Support Group will meet at Encore
Healthcare and Rehab, 19110 Crowley-Eu-
nice Hwy. from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. For more
info contact facilitator Alecia Bergeaux at
658-6504 or Angelique Credeur at 257-
1328.
September 29
ACOA APPRECIATION BANQUET
- The Acadia Council on Aging will host
an appreciation banquet honoring 19 of
the parish’s senior citizens beginning at
5:30 p.m. at the International Rice Festival
Building in Crowley, 717 W. Mill St. Social
mixer begins at 5 p.m. Admission $20. For
more info call Malita Bartie at the ACOA
at 788-1400.

Medical marijuana
in La. planted Friday
WORKING TOGETHER
for Better Healthcare
BATON ROUGE - Louisiana’s first legal crop of med-
ical marijuana was planted this week.
in our community
Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain, whose agency When we need fast, convenient care for an illness or injury, we turn
regulates the burgeoning industry, loosened a regulatory to our local dedicated physicians and nurses. As a skilled physician,
logjam that created a months-long delay. Acadia Parish needs to know about your practice and the services you
The Monroe News-Star reports that Strain’s team met provide that may meet their medical needs. That’s why advertising in the
with LSU AgCenter Chancellor Bill Richardson and Crowley Post-Signal’s Medical Guide is a must. Hurry to reserve your
the head of LSU’s marijuana contractor GB Sciences space. Deadline is 10 a.m. Tuesday, August 21 for publication
Wednesday, August 29. Call 783-3450 and talk to one of our
Wednesday to clear the path for production.
advertising specialists: Alicia Huesers and Janet Doucet.
Strain gave GB Sciences a “temporary go-ahead” af-
ter a final inspection Thursday. The crop could then be
planted in a temporary portion of the growing facility.
GB Sciences President John Davis said the company
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HALL OF FAME: Formed bands
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years old, Papa formed a
makeshift musical group
in Crowley known as the
Daylight Creepers. Among
the members were two
brothers Bill and Hanky
Redlich, drummer Leonard
Campbell and guitarist Irby
Thibodeaux. It even fea-
tured young guitarist named
Jay Denton “J.D.” Miller
and, at one point, had Leo
Soileau playing with him.
Miller explained, “The
band’s name was brought
about originally because
they had an old Model-T
Ford and every time we’d
go to a dance, we’d get back
home at daylight.”
Not only did his group
play on KVOL, they played
in the same dancehalls as
more notable bands such as
Happy Fats’ Raynbo Ram-
blers, the Hackberry Ram-
blers, and Joe Werner.
Over time, he would be-
come familiar with all of the
local musicians, filling in on
guitar from time to time.
Miller recalled, “We
didn’t make much money,
but we had a lot of fun.”
Everything changed
when he got a chance to
pick up a nickel-plated
resonator guitar, commonly
referred to as a Dobro. After
getting a chance to watch
Bob Dunn of the Texas
Wanderers at a dance in
Mermentau, Papa was im-
mediately enamored by the
instrument and purchased
one. From that moment on,
the Hawaiian lap steel gui-
tar would be his identifying
instrument.
Eventually, he was good
enough to land a spot on
radio station KVOL in La-
fayette.
Alons Kooche Kooche
By 1937, guitarist and
showman Joe Werner of
Crowley had made a name
for himself as a string band
artist playing alongside
the Hackberry Ramblers.
Werner and fiddler Wayne
Perry acquired a deal with
Decca Record’s A&R scout
David Kapp for a recording
session and the duo picked
up Papa Cairo to fill out
the group. Together, they
would be billed as the Loui-
siana Rounders.
That year, Decca had
arrived in Dallas and was
looking for traveling bands
to record. The company’s
talent roster already con-
tained hillbilly singer
Jimmie Davis, Derwood
Brown’s country swing
band, and even Cajun musi-
cians Joe and Cleoma Fal-
con.
Joe, Wayne, and Papa re-
corded a slew of songs, in-
cluding two on which Cairo
sang, “Valse A Papa” and
“Alons Kooche Kooche”
— a song about a small
community near Mermen-
tau named “L’anse Kooche
Kooche.”
He remembered, “Dur-
ing the recording sessions,
we made so much noise tap-
ping our feet on the floor we
had to take off our shoes.”
Having kicked off his
1948 - Church Guillory’s Band: Herman Durbin, Jimmy Newman, Chuck Guillory,
Kersey “Pork Chop” Roy, R.R. Sagg (emcee) and Papa Cairo. (Photo courtesy Margie
Lamperez Breaux Collection)
recording career, little did
he know that his “Kooche
Kooche” melody would
inspire one of the biggest
country music hits after
World War II.
Back home playing at
places such as the Avalon
Club, he was introduced to
singer and songwriter Le-
roy “Happy Fats” Leblanc,
fiddlers Oran “Doc” Guidry
and Harry Choates.
“The first fiddle player
we had around here who
could really play (Cajun
music) was Doc Guidry,”
Papa said. “The second one
was Harry Choates. He was
a fine musician.”
As a vibrant showman,
he introduced himself as
“Papa,” signifying he was
the first, therefore, the best
steel guitarist in Cajun
country. Legend has it that
Happy Fats, while working
alongside him, had noticed
he always had a carreau
(or “diamond”) stickpin at-
tached to his necktie. From
then on, he was popularly
known as Papa Cairo.
He found himself filling
in from time to time with
their groups, the Rayne-
Bo Ramblers and the Sons
of Acadians, for different
events. It would be at one of
those events in which FSA
photographer Russell Lee
documented his early per-
formances.
While on stage, Lee
snapped one of the most
iconic photos of Papa play-
ing his lap steel guitar at
the 1938 Rice Festival. As
audiences gazed at his play-
ing, he’d take his hands off
the instrument, keeping the
notes going with feet on the
pedals, amazing the crowd.
He continued filling in as
a sideman for other bands in
the region, playing in many
of the popular clubs.
“One of the biggest plac-
es there was, more people,
was in Breaux Bridge, The
Wild Cherry. The best club
and the biggest club we had
back in the ‘30s. People
used to come in buses –
school buses,” Papa said. “
And one of the biggest be-
fore that was the O.S.T. in
Rayne. And before that, the
Tee Maurice.”
It was in these places
where he met the swing fid-
dle players that he admired.
By 1940, he had a chance
to record with Happy Fats
and Harry Choates in Dal-
las. When he came back, he
landed other gigs at dance
halls like Bourque’s in
Lewisburg, Hank’s Place
in Church Point, the Show-
boat in New Iberia, and es-
pecially the Green Lantern
and Step Inn Club in Law-
tell.
“(Those) were two clubs
and they were both almost
full every Saturday night...
played for Senator Cleve-
land back in the ‘40s.”
One of the biggest
groups he joined in with
was Leo Soileau’s Rhythm
Boys. Leo wasn’t so much
amazed by his playing, but
more amazed that Papa was
constantly selling himself
and his music… and how
sober he remained.
“He’d play all night on
two Coca-Colas. No high
ball, no nothing. That’s one
boy that didn’t drink,” Soi-
leau said.
But for Papa, the selling
of the music was all busi-
ness.
“I never drank, never
smoked, never drank cof-
fee. Why? Money. I love
money,” he exclaimed.
It wouldn’t be long be-
fore both Happy and Harry
borrowed his signature
melody for their RCA re-
cording of “Grand Prairie.”
Although recording oppor-
tunities ceased during the
war, Papa would remain
with Happy Fats’ band until
late 1943.
World War II
He met his second wife,
Bessie Short, in Texas, and
shortly after, they took a trip
to Arkansas to get married.
But, within a few months,
he was called into service.
With World War II in full
swing, Papa headed to the
induction center in Lafay-
ette and enlisted in Army on
September 19, 1943.
He was awarded two
purple heart medals and
four bronze stars for the
four battles he fought.
Soon after the war, he
took a job working at an
oxygen plant in Memphis,
Tennessee.
“He didn’t think he
could continue playing mu-
sic anymore,” said Margie.
The pause was brief
and eventually changed his
mind. Once he got back to
Crowley, he picked up right
where he left off, landing
gigs at places like Quincy
Davis’ Avalon Club, the
Pleasure Club with Leo Soi-
leau’s group, and Speedy’s
Broken Mirror alongside
Harry Choates Melody
Boys band.
After Harry Choates had
landed his hit single “Jole
Blon” in 1946, Quincy had
Choates playing in his club
and Harry would have Papa
join his boys.
“Me and Harry and
them, we played every
night we could…and they
used Nathan Abshire.”
His band could be found
playing near Ruston, open-
ing for Jerry Lee Lewis, and
for a brief time, he toured
with Ernest Tubb. He boast-
ed that he was the only one
to play a triple steel guitar
and called himself the “fast-
est steel in the south!”
Big Texas
By 1948, he settled down
and found steady work
with a local group in Eu-
nice. He joined forces with
Chuck Guillory’s band,
the Rhythm Boys, featur-
ing Curzy “Pork Chop”
Roy, Herman Durbin, and
a young unknown vocalist
named Jimmy Newman.
While playing at a club
in Eunice that year, he and
Chuck were spotted by
music mogul Joe Bihari —
producer for the Los Ange-
les-based record company,
Modern Records.
The Bihari brothers
had surprising success two
Photographer Russell Lee snapped this photo of Papa Cairo on stage at the 1938 Rice
Festival. (Photo courtesy Margie Lamperez Breaux Collection)
years earlier marketing
Harry Choates’ recording
of “Jole Blon” and were
scouring the Gulf Coast for
more Cajun talent. Bihari
convinced Guillory and his
band to head to New Or-
leans and record two songs.
Realizing his opportu-
nity, Papa resurrected his
“Kooche Kooche” tune and
retitled it “Big Texas.” The
flipside contained Jimmy
Newman’s very first record-
ing entitled “Chere Petite.”
The record sold moder-
ately well for the Biharis,
however, it became a local
sensation for Chuck’s band
throughout Louisiana, turn-
ing the tune into Chuck’s
own theme song.
During this time, Papa
also played at places such
as the Lake Shore in Lake
Arthur, Hester’s Bar in
Crowley, Silver Slipper
Club in Eunice, Pleasure
Club, Welcome Club in
Crowley, Hollywood Club
in Rayne, Beacon Club in
Crowley.
By 1949, Papa was now
on the radio again. He be-
came a staple of the Rice
Festival each year and ap-
peared on a recurring pro-
gram on the local radio sta-
tion KSIG.
Young artists who were
making their way into the
country scene either played
in Papa’s band or vice ver-
sa, such as Cajun swing
guitarist Francis “Red”
Fabacher, Cajun-country
musicians Rusty and Doug
Kershaw, fiddler Murphy
Smith, and Cajun fiddler
Rufus Thibodeaux.
While performing with
Chuck in Bridge City, Tex-
as, he met George Jones.
“George Jones worked
for me even before he had
a band,” Papa said. “We let
him sit in with our band.
Later, when my group was
playing in Vidor, Texas,
Jones asked to join the
group. I told my guitar
player, one day, ‘That boy’s
gonna do well in the music
business’.”
He told Coffey, “Many
musicians either worked for
me or against me! I worked
everywhere. You name it.”
But he never traveled
far. He quickly realized all
the opportunities to perform
were right here in South
Louisiana.
“Why I didn’t go to
Nashville? I’m gonna tell
you. I’d make $200-$300
every night.”
However, his decision to
stay home rather than jump
into the limelight with big-
ger stars would eventually
cost him.
Towards the end of 1949,
the Bihari team had created
a new label called Colo-
nial and headed straight
to KSIG in Crowley to re-
record Chuck’s group that
January. The Biharis had a
hunch that Chuck and Papa
would sell well in Texas,
Louisiana, and maybe Mis-
sissippi.
This time, Papa had al-
ready branched out into his
own group which included
many of Chuck’s band
members. With Murphy
Smith on fiddle, Albert Roy
on guitar, Hermin Durbin
on piano, Curly Mertz on
drums and Don Lane on
xylophone, Papa’s group
landed four tunes during a
session at J.D. Miller’s stu-
dio downtown.
Trying to reach a wider
audience, he re-recorded
“Big Texas” as “Big Texas
#2,” this time in English
with credits to Papa Cairo
And His Boys. He even
used the opportunity to re-
record his original “Kooche
Kooche” on the record’s
flipside.
For the first time, he was
going make sure the tune
was firmly in his control,
both with recording and
marketing.
By 1951, before Papa
could market his new re-
cording, bad luck struck
again. The Bihari brand was
changing yet again and the
Cajun music venture with
Colonial was a failure.
Chuck had continued on
with his group, replacing
Papa with Red Fabacher
on steel guitar and added a
young vocalist named Mar-
ty Robbins.
Frustrated by its lack of
success and relieved of his
contract with the Biharis,
Papa convinced J.D. Miller
to quickly re-record his
tune, both in English and
French, again on his fledg-
ling Feature label. He used
every chance to market his
song, bringing his band to
play on KSIG and at differ-
ent festivals such as the Ka-
plan Fair, Bunkie Corn Fes-
tival, Petroleum Festival,
Louisiana Dairy Festival in
Abbeville and, of course,
Crowley’s Rice Festival.
Meanwhile, a young
star of the Grand Ole Opry,
Hank Williams, was domi-
nating the radio waves of
the country music scene. In
June of 1952, Hank (possi-
bly with the help of Moon
Mullican) used the “Big
Texas” melody and wrote
the classic tune known as
“Jambalaya.”
How Hank discovered
the melody is shrouded in
mystery.
Big Bill Lister explains
that Mullican and Williams
composed “Jambalaya”
together while traveling in
Hank’s limo on the way to a
show in Louisiana and that
Don Helms (Hank’s steel
player) wrote the words
down. Big Bill Lister said:
“We stopped and Don
Helms got a sheet of card-
board and Hank and Moon
banged that thing back and
forth, and Don wrote it
down.”
Another theory is that
Happy Fats, who had
played on the same bill-
ing as Hank at the Louisi-
ana Hayride, helped Hank
compose the song. Never-
theless, on Sept. 6, 1952,
Hank’s “Jambalaya” had
reached first place on the
Billboard Country Songs
and it remained on there for
14 weeks.
Furious, Papa immedi-
ately claimed that Williams
stole his tune. When mu-
sic writer Mike Leadbitter
asked him what happened,
he explained that after
“Jambalaya,” he was too
disgusted with the record-
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ing industry and vowed
never to record again. Even
though he gave his family
a bogus reason for quitting
the recording industry, peo-
ple like his daughter Terry
always knew the truth.
“He was a big hunter
and fisherman,” Terry said.
“He told me he didn’t want
to record anymore because
it would mess up his hunt-
ing and fishing. But I think
he was upset about Hank
doing that, and he never
really trusted the music (re-
cording) business after that.
He was done with it.”
Shortly after, Marty Rob-
bins left Chuck’s band and
eventually re-recorded one
of Papa’s other songs, “You
Just Wait And See,” into his
more famously well-known
“Pretty Words.”
Papa remained in mu-
sic the rest of his life. He
continued to perform live
shows including, many
benefit dances. In 1953, he
got a chance to play along-
side Cliff Bruner at Crow-
ley’s International Rice
Festival. In 1954, his group
began playing in Galveston,
Texas, where, over the next
10 years, he found steady
work, usually in small res-
taurants and cafes such as
the 12th Street Inn.
Around the same time,
he landed other long-term
performance contracts
through the ‘50s and ‘60s.
“I had a 12-year contract
at the Silver Slipper —
Monday, Thursday, Satur-
day and Sunday. Then I’m
working the Lake Shore
Club. Same thing, I had a
12-year (contract)…every
Friday night. And every
Wednesday night I’m work-
ing at the Silver Star on Old
90 between Lake Charles
and Sulphur,” Papa said.
Back home in Crowley,
he led a quieter life, staying
out of most public events.
He raised cattle at his ranch
near Cecilia throughout the
1960s.
In the late 1970s, he
continued to perform, usu-
ally as a guest performer at
festivals and charity events
alongside Pee Wee Tra-
han and Hanky Redlich.
By 1989, he regrouped
with Chuck Guillory for a
brief time, playing dance-
halls like Boo Boo’s Bar in
Rayne and appearing at the
New Orleans Jazz Festival.
On Aug. 17, he was in-
ducted in the Cajun French
Music Association Hall of
Fame.
(Information for this ar-
ticle was obtained from http://
arhoolie.org/leo-soileau-in-
terview/; interviews by Kevin
Coffey / Kevin Coffey Collec-
tion; John Broven’s “South to
Louisiana: The Music of the
Cajun Bayous”; Ryan Andre
Brasseaux’s “Cajun Break-
down: The Emergence of an
American-Made Music”; Co-
lin Escott’s “Hank Williams:
Snapshots From The Lost
Highway”; Mike Leadbit-
ter’s “Blues Unlimited” The
Acadian-Signal; The Crow-
ley Daily Signal; The Ruston
Daily Leader; John Broven’s
“Record Makers and Break-
ers: Voices of the Independent
Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers”; Ter-
ry Lamperez interview)