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Contents C O V E R S T O RY
Tax Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PUBLISHER
EN T E R P R I S E B LV D
The 411 On Lake Charles’s Water Drainage and Sewer Systems. . . . 9
Patrick Marcantel
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EDITOR Chaney Ferguson
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ASSISTANT EDIT OR Jessica Ferguson CONTRIBUTORS Garrett Lumpkin Brett Downer D.B. Grady Katie Penny Matt Jones Terri Schlichenmeyer Lisa Miller
POL I T IC S John Maginnis Dan Juneau
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Inside Baton Rouge: Louisiana Has Shaped Healthcare Debate . . . . 13 Legal Eagle . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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Lake Charles Lakefront Slated for National Hurricane Museum and Science Center . . . . . . . . . 14 Home Grown: Moss Bluff Mower Sales. . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Times Bandstand . . . . . . . . 16
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SALES MANAGER Andy Jacobson
ART/PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Keri Ellender
Geeks & Gadgets: Microsoft Windows 7: A Review . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Microsoft Windows 7: A Review
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t’s hard to believe that Microsoft Windows XP is eight years old. In computer years, that’s just slightly younger than the abacus. And though I was a reluctant convert, would come to adore its jellybeanexplosion user interface and remarkable stability. When Windows Vista hit the market, however, it felt like a bad redesign of a classic muscle car. Microsoft bungled Vista’s release with confusing versions, weak driver support, and User Account Control, the engine behind that multitude of nagging nanny prompts asking, “Are you sure you want to do that?” followed by prompts asking, “Are you really sure you want to do that?” followed by prompts demanding administrative permissions, which amounted to clicking the OK button. But in fairness, Windows Vista got a bum rap. UAC could be disabled, and driver support quickly improved. The worst of its reputation was not Microsoft’s fault. Vista hit the market as computer prices plummeted. To compensate for diminished revenue, PC makers turned to third-party developers to subsidize the cost of manufacturing. The result was computers bundled and overburdened with “shovelware,” rendering many systems so sluggish out-of-the-box as to be useless to the average consumer. The shiny Powered by Vista stickers suddenly looked like warning labels, even though Vista had little to do with the performance issues. It remains to be seen whether software bloat will so cripple the newest version of Microsoft’s
flagship product, Windows 7. On its own, however, Windows 7 is in many ways what Vista should have been. (Indeed, in a lot of ways, Windows 7 is Vista, polished, much in the way that Apple Snow Leopard is an incremental improvement on Leopard.) It’s faster. It’s more aesthetically pleasing. It’s packed with features that Windows users have desired for years (and Mac users have enjoyed since the 90s). It’s a tremendous product of engineering that many thought the Redmond company was no longer capable of producing. Computers running multicore processors (that is to say, most modern computers) will notice a pronounced speed boost, as the new Windows is more adept at leveraging this technology. Everyone will see decreased boot times. Internet functionality is now seamless and tightly integrated, blurring the line between the “cloud” and the physical. Windows 7 was designed with an eye toward the future. The most obvious visual enhancement is the taskbar, which now allows programs to be pinned alongside running programs, a clear nod to the Mac’s Dock. If there were a statue of User Account Control in the town square, rejoicing computer users everywhere would have overturned it in celebration of Windows 7’s release. UAC has been heavily refined so as to be invisible for general computing. Some speculate that this leaves Windows 7 vulnerable to spyware and viruses, but experience tells me that the same people who’d stumble across and install malware
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never hesitated to click “Yes, Yes, Yes” in any event. As always, it is critical to run a good antivirus program such as Microsoft Security Essentials, a free download at: http://www. microsoft.com/security_essentials/ While nobody will be disappointed with Windows 7, it does come at a steep price: $159.95 at the lowest end, up to $299. Therein lies another of Microsoft’s weaknesses: multiple versions of the same software. Do you need Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Premium, or Professional or Enterprise or Ultimate? Microsoft offers a checklist of features available to each one, but the real question is: why not give users the best experience, every time, at a reasonable price? Why ask users to decide whether or not they need Domain Joining, AppLocker, or DirectAccess, when most users have no idea what such features entail? Regardless, Windows 7 is the best operating system from Microsoft since Windows XP, and well worth upgrading on any multi-core system. But do your homework first. There is a world of difference between Ultimate and Home Basic.
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ou’ll have four decisions to make on Saturday, Nov. 14, on law enforcement and justice operations in Calcasieu Parish. Top officials are making their pitch to civic groups, the news media and online to advocate their proposals, but taxpayers will have the final say when they go to the polls. THE BOTTOM LINE There are four items on the ballot: -- Continuation of a property tax that supports the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff ’s Office — with a rollback if it passes. -- A new tax to increase pay at the Calcasieu Parish District Attorney’s Office. -- A bond issue to fund capital improvements for law enforcement and justice facilities. -- A new, higher millage for courthouse and jail maintenance. If you’re a registered voter and live in Calcasieu Parish, you’re able to vote. As the election approaches, Sheriff Tony Mancuso is among those who are out front and are talking up the proposals — whether he is making a speech in a restaurant meeting room, speaking at a League of Women Voters forum or fielding questions from the news media. He hopes that Calcasieu voters won’t transfer whatever frustrations they might have about tax-and-spend issues in Washington when they step into the voting machine. (Mancuso has mentioned his own post-Rita frustrations in that regard.) “I know people are up in arms with the federal government,” Mancuso told the Times. “But on a local level, the officials are right there — and the people can see what their money is being spent on.” CAPITAL PROJECTS By law, it’s up to the Police Jury to see that parish agencies are properly housed. A proposal on the Nov. 14 ballot would provide more or better space or facilities for the Sheriff ’s Office, 14th Judicial District Court, the DA’s Office, the Clerk of Court’s Office and Coroner’s Office. The parish points out that there haven’t been capital-improvement projects for these offices in two decades. On the ballot are two items tied to this new effort. One proposition is a 20-year, $55 million bond issue for capital Improvements, paid for with a property tax likely below 1.5 mills (and offset with gambling revenue). The other proposition is a 10-year renewal of the 3.27-mill maintenance tax for the courthouse and jail — plus a 2.48-mill increase. Additionally, passage of the bond issue would trigger a 0.5-mill increase in this
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maintenance renewal -- in order to cover the additional maintenance needs. If the bond issue is approved, here’s what would be built, expanded or improved: - A new pod of single cells to separate certain people at the ever-crowded Sheriff ’s Prison and the Calcasieu Correctional Center. “A single-bed bed pod will enable us to free up about 250 beds in our facility,” Mancuso told the Times. “By law, we have to classify prisoners. We have inmates who are very violent, who are mentally ill, who have contagious diseases. We’re wasting (multi-bed) cells by having only one person in them.” He offered another example of what people are separated from others: “If we arrest some 18-year-old on, say, a drug charge at Walmart, and you put them in with a violent criminal — if something were to happen, we’d be liable civilly.” With the pod could come an expansion of the intake area with a secure walkway. Pricetag: $14.4 million. - A new, 48,000-square-foot Family and Juvenile Court south of the Charleston in downtown Lake Charles. Pricetag: $11.5 million. - A four-level, 469-slot parking garage at the corner of Kirby and Pithon streets with secured areas for judges and inmates. “The garage will also provide parking capacity for downtown events on evenings and weekends,” the parish touts on its Web site. Pricetag: $11.5 million. - A new, consolidated forensic facility and crime lab. Pricetag: $8.5 million. - Conversion of two second-floor courtrooms into one large one at the parish courthouse — and adding holding-cell capacity. Pricetag: $2.5
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million. -Relocation of the DA’s Office to the former US Unwired headquarters on Lakeshore Drive. Pricetag: $1 million. -New use of freed-up space by the vacating Family & Juvenile Court as a storage and preservation area for the Clerk of Court’s Office. The clerk currently pays for private, off-site storage. Pricetag: $1 million. - Other costs, such as furniture and fees, for about $4.5 million. The bond issue for these projects would cost homeowners the following annual amount: $3.75 if their home is assessed at $100,000; $11.25 if $150,000; $18.75 if $200,000; and $26.25 if $250,000. For the homes assessed below $75,000, there’s no tax. Here’s the formula for the maintenance proposition: $7.45 if $100,000; $22.35 if $150,000; $37.25 if $200,000; and $52.15 if $250,000. If the bond-issue proposition passes but the maintenance proposition fails, the Police Jury will not sell bonds or put the tax into effect. AT THE DA’S OFFICE District Attorney John DeRosier seeks a parishwide 10-year, 0.75-mill tax. He wants to implement a performance-based plan to make pay increases possible for his employees — DeRosier himself wouldn’t get a raise out of it — and to retain talented staff. For example, the starting salary for a secretary, now about $16,000 annually, would increase to $18,000. DeRosier would tie an employee’s satisfactory annual evaluation to a 3 percent cost-of-living increase. The tax would go into effect Jan. 1 if approved. It would raise an estimated $988,000 annually. For the owner of a home assessed at $150,000, the annual tax would be $5.36. SHERIFF’S TAX Mancuso seeks renewal of a 10-year, 7.58-mill property tax in the parish — with an automatic rollback to 4.39 mills. The tax expires in 2010; the renewal would go into effect in 2011. The renewal-with-a-rollback is a maneuver to avoid placing the item on the ballot as a “new” tax. Mancuso is careful to point out that a reduction goes hand-in-hand with passage. In short, the Sheriff ’s Office still needs part of the current millage, but not all of it, so the idea of a renewal with a rollback was considered better than a new tax proposition. The figure of 7.58 mills is original figure when the millage was approved two decades ago. For the owner of a home assessed at $150,000, the current tax is $58.57. If the renewal passes, the millage rollback will reduce that by $26.65 — and Mancuso plans to roll back another millage, for an additional $25.58 in savings for a property owner. Mancuso is circulating campaign material that calculates that the passage of all four ballots, coupled with his rollbacks, will mean “you will actually see a decrease of $12.17 in your property taxes” if you own a $150,000 home. TO LEARN MORE For a sample ballot, connect to www.calclerkofcourt.com and, in the right column, click “Sample Ballots.” To read the full wording of the propositions as they appear on the ballot, click the “Propositions” links. Also the Calcasieu Parish government Web site, www.cppj.net, has information, charts and video about the proposals. For voter information, call the Registrar of Voters’ Office, 721-4000. The polls will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day. Have a photo ID with you when you show up.
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DICKENS CONTEST
Recognize these quotes? Each one is from a famous work by Charles Dickens. If you answer two or more correctly you will be eligible to win a family pack of 5 tickets to Dickens on The Strand in Galveston, TX. Send your answers to contests@timessw.com. Please include your name and contact information in the email. We will contact you if you win. Good luck! 1) “Please, Sir, I want some more.” 2) It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. 3) I never had one hour’s happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death. 4) “It is a fair, even-handed, noble adjustment of things, that while there is infection in disease and sorrow, there is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good-humour.” 5) “Perhaps second-hand cares, like second-hand clothes, come easily off and on.”
McNeese Speech and Debate Team The McNeese Speech and Debate team continues to have a successful fall semester, bringing in several awards on both the team and individual level from two recent tournaments. The team placed second in the overall tournament sweepstakes behind University of Texas-Austin at the Forum in the Forest Swing Tournament hosted by Lonestar College-Kingwood (Texas) and by Rice University. The team won its first sweepstakes championship of the season, taking first in debate sweepstakes, during the first swing of the tournament. Individual trophy winners included Cody Hensarling, junior from Kilhua, Hawaii, who placed first in extemporaneous speaking and persuasion, second in impromptu speaking and third in after dinner speaking. Hensarling and his debate partner, Lance Schexnider, a senior from Jennings, took second in parliamentary debate. Hensarling was also the second place overall speaker in debate. Ashton Warnken, senior from Lake Charles, was the eighth place speaker in debate and Schexnider was the 10th place speaker. At the second half of the swing tournament, the team placed third behind Tyler Junior College and the UT-Austin. Individual trophies went to Hensarling, who took first place in impromptu speaking and second place in both extemporaneous speaking and persuasion. Schexnider took fourth place in poetry interpretation. Hensarling was also the number one speaker at this half of the tournament and for the overall swing tournament. Next, the team competed in the Steve Hunt Classic tournament hosted by Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Ore., where several students placed. Hensarling and his partner, Julie Mangrum, a junior from Lake Charles, were tournament champions in British parliamentary debate, while Warnken and Schexnider were semi-finalists in this competition, which was the first time McNeese has competed in this new and growing type of debate. In individual events, Holly Burns, a junior from Kingwood, Texas, was named tournament champion in dramatic interpretation, while Hensarling was named tournament champion in extemporaneous speaking and impromptu speaking as well as third place in after dinner speaking. He is now qualified for the American Forensics National Individual Events Tournament in impromptu, extemporaneous and after dinner speaking.
CSB Outdoor Adventure Giveaway October Winner Announced in Cameron State Bank’s Outdoor Adventure Giveaway Dale Champagne of Sulphur is the October winner in Cameron State Bank’s Outdoor Adventure giveaway. He won a guided duck hunting trip for two at Jim Bel’s Hunting Lodge. The trip includes lodging, meals, a boat and dog for the hunt. Dale also won a signed and numbered print by Elton Louviere. His name goes back in for the grand prize drawing, as do all the monthly winners. The grand prize is a (pictured left to right): Leslie Harless, vice president 17-foot fishing boat, motor and with Cameron State Bank presents a signed and numbered trailer to be given away this print by Elton Louviere to Dale Champagne and his wife Bobbie. month. Registration slips are available at all Cameron State Bank locations.
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I^bZh EgZhZcih Brett Downer of Outsourced Media Group is a contributor to The Times. Brett, a local writer and editor for 25 years, is now an independent media consultant and content producer. His firm’s services include news, specialty writing, promotional materials and online content. He has won first-place Associated Press and Louisiana Press Association writing awards for his newspaper work. He has edited four book on local historical topics, including “Surviving Rita.” He also has taught journalism courses at McNeese.Brett is a Barbe and McNeese graduate. He and his wife Barbara have two children, Caroline and John. Contact him at Brett@OutsourcedMediaGroup.com. Keri Ellender joined The Times team as Art/Production Director. Born in Lake Charles, Louisiana and raised in Slidell and Jennings, LA, Keri enjoyed playing piano, dancing, creative writing and photography before venturing into the graphic design world. She spent the last fourteen years working for various local businesses such as Cameron Communications, Lake Charles American Press, AdSource and had her own freelance design business as well. She has worked in graphic design and marketing as well as photography. She obtained her Bachelors of Arts degree specializing in Graphic Design with a minor in Photography from McNeese State, where she was a member of Chi Omega sorority, Cowgirl Kickers and Pom-Pom Girls. Keri resides in Lake Charles and enjoys spending as much free time as possible with her three sons, Ty, Alex and Ethan. She has future plans of furthering her education and taking graduate level classes in photography and web design.
The Clinic Celebrates Urgent Care Awareness Week
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he Urgent Care Centers of Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic join urgent care centers around the country in celebrating Urgent Care Awareness Week, November 9-13. The goal of Urgent Care Awareness Week is to help educate communities - individuals, families, groups, primary care physicians and emergency departments about urgent care and how urgent care centers can help meet their healthcare needs. Tonya Richard, Assistant Administrator, with The Clinic explains that urgent care centers provide walk-in, extended-hour medical care for minor to moderate illness and injury that needs treatment immediately, but does not belong in an emergency department. “We provide treatment for conditions such as cuts and lacerations, sprains/strains, colds, fever, flu, insect bites, ear infections, rashes, back aches, vomiting and diarrhea, stomach aches, simple fractures, and many other illnesses that are not life or limb threatening.” The Clinic’s Urgent Care Centers are located in Lake Charles at 4320 Lake Street, and in Moss Bluff at 277 Hwy. 171 N. They are both staffed by experienced physicians, nurses and technicians, and are equipped to care for adults and children. Appointments are not required, and extended weekday, weekend and holiday hours are offered.
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The 411 On Lake Charles’s Water Drainage and Sewer Systems
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hen it rains excessively in Lake Charles, we experience some flooding on roads and sometimes we may see sewer refuse coming up into the streets. When the city of Lake Charles works on low drainage problems, they evaluate and grade the projects and use several factors to determine where they will replace drainage systems and sewer lines. “One is roadway conditions—the condition of the road, traffic congestion, and the need for drainage water and sewer improvements. So, throughout the year we monitor those different variables and when it comes time to do our calendar budget we grade it and the road projects that need the most improvements those are the ones that we recommend to the city council,” said John Cardone, City Administrator of Lake Charles. In addition to road and drainage projects, the city puts a certain amount of money each year just into drainage improvements. “The year before last we put a million dollars into it and this past year we put $900,000 in it and so we continue to build a plan and put improvements into maintaining the drainage system,” said Cardone. In the more mature areas of town, the system is older and it may be undersized for the development in the area. The streets are the drainage and there are no catch basins—that is the way it was done 40 or 50 years ago. Development can also alter drainage in an area. “I’ll give you an example. As McNeese develops, and it continues to build buildings and pour concrete, you have less surface area on the ground for water to go to so it goes into the street quicker. As areas develop, the drainage system may not be sized large enough to handle all of the development or anticipate all of the
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development,” said Cardone. Some streets in the City of Lake Charles are state roads. “Ryan St. is a state roadway. It doesn’t mean there is failure it just means those are older areas,” said Cardone. Because Lake Charles is surrounded by an abundance of water, if the waterways get full or reach flood stages, there is nowhere else for the water to go accept for our streets. “What I do try to remind people of is that all of our drainage systems drain into drain laterals or navigable waterways and when we have heavy rains and these waterways and drainage laterals fill-up—like Contraband Bayou, English Bayou, Calcasieu River— those areas back-up, our
drainage system and even areas outside the city drain into these areas,” Cardone said. Low lying areas and low streets will experience flooding. It happens all of the time because the system drains into Contraband Bayou and other laterals. These areas that crest and reach their maximum and all the other drainage systems draining into it will then back-up in the low areas. “If you happen to be in that low area your street is going to flood more. Ideally you want the water to go down quick enough so you can move traffic along that roadway, but there are streets within the city limits that the drainage system continues to be re-done—Lake Street
for example—was a major drainage lateral from Sale Road to I-210. That project, we 4-laned Lake Street, we put new water lines in, sewer lines in, and a major drainage system to help drain the entire area. So, as we go through and do these projects we continue to upgrade the sewer and drainage systems,” Cardone said. With the bond issue, the city put $21 million aside for water and sewer improvements and they’ve spent about $16 million up to this date on water and sewer improvements. They’ve spent $5.3 million on water and $11.4 million on sewer under the bond issue for making improvements. “Under the road projects under bond issues from Sale Road to Country Club Road, we made drainage improvements on that roadway. We made improvements to the intersection of Lake Street and Sallier Street and when we did the intersection improvements, drainage systems were put in. So, we try to identify those areas that are major drainage laterals and try to make those improvements because the other areas drain to it,” said Cardone. It would seem that the heavy hurricane activity the city has experienced would erode or undermine the infrastructure. “I don’t think the infrastructure gets eroded because of the hurricanes. What happens is you have debris that not only gets into our drainage system, but also you have debris—downed trees, limbs, and branches—in those navigable waterways and drainage laterals,” said Cardone. Those areas are stopped-up and they do not drain as well and then the systems that drain into it won’t drain as well. The goal after a hurricane is to clean those major waterways and also to clean out the drainage system. “We brought a company in and we cleaned all the debris out of our catch basins and drainage systems,” said Cardone. Every so often the City will put a notice out in continued on Pg. 15
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November 12, 2009
Inside Baton Rouge - By John Maginnis
Biz Bytes - By Dan Juneau
Louisiana Has Shaped Healthcare Debate
The Forms Emerging from the Mists
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t is appropriate that the Democratic leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled their latest attempt at health care reform shortly before Halloween. It has the countenance of a rather sinister looking phantom as it slowly begins to emerge from the mists of back door Congressional deals between special interests, Speaker Pelosi, and the Obama White House. Even before the fog totally lifts to expose the full form of the legislation, it is obvious that some features that really would work to reign in costs of a new health care system are totally missing. Most obvious—and unsurprising—is the lack of any tort reform measures that would reduce the expensive practice of defensive medicine currently being practiced by medical service providers to reduce their exposure to expensive lawsuits. The nation’s trial lawyers didn’t even have to work up a sweat to prevent any medical malpractice reform language from entering the House bill. The majority party that relies heavily on contributions from well-heeled plaintiffs attorneys successfully carried out its role as lap dog of the plaintiff ’s bar and kept any vestige of tort reform out of the legislation. Allowing health insurance to be purchased across state lines also failed to be included in the House version of the health care reform legislation. The Pelosi team has continually harped on the need to make sure that there is enough competition in the health insurance marketplace to keep the insurance companies honest. Unfortunately, they don’t want that competition to be unleashed into the private sector. They prefer to create a public insurance option instead—one that will be directly or indirectly backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and will have undeniable competitive advantages over the private sector.
What is very clear as the beast emerges from the mists is that Congress’s penchant for playing the taxpayers as fools is alive and well on the Potomac. Pelosi and Company gleefully proclaimed that the cost for their legislation comes in slightly under $900 million and doesn’t add to the deficit. The validity of that claim was questioned immediately by those who pointed out that the House bill removes the $250 billion doctor and hospital “fix” that would prevent them from being exposed to the drastic Medicare cuts in reimbursement that the current law calls for. In order to prevent an avalanche of opposition from those providers, the House leadership—in a testimony to cynicism—plans to introduce a separate bill to do the “fix.” The official scorer of the fiscal impact of legislation, the Congressional Budget Office, was not authorized to include the cost of the “fix” in the health care reform legislation since it is not in the health care reform bill. But it will happen and when it does it will result in a further expansion of the huge federal deficit. Perhaps the most serious flaw—and there are many—in the House bill is the relatively small penalty individuals will have to pay if they do not purchase health insurance. If younger individuals only have to pay a relatively small penalty for not having health insurance, they will take the easy way out and simply pay the penalty. If they get seriously ill, they will then opt in. If the final legislation allows this option, higher premiums for the vast majority of the privately insured are inevitable. The House bill is ill-conceived and scary. It is a witches’ brew of partisan politics and special interest favoritism. It needs to re-enter the mist and come back in a more fair and affordable form.
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ongress, or congressional Democrats, move closer to passing major healthcare legislation that would extend insurance coverage to nearly all Americans, whether they want it or not. Major provisions, from the public option to employer mandates and taxes, are still to be decided. But barring some intra-party blow-up, and a Republican goal-line stand notwithstanding, the president most likely will get a bill that will largely reshape the healthcare system. As a recent public opinion poll indicates, voters in few states are more opposed than in Louisiana to what President Obama and Democratic leaders propose. The Southern Media survey showed 58 percent of respondents oppose “the Obama administration healthcare reform position” to 36 percent who favor it. That should be no surprise to anyone who attended any of the town hall meetings on the subject held in Louisiana in August and September. Yet, despite that strong local opposition to the Democrats’ plan, few states’ voters have done more to move it forward than in Louisiana. They reelected Mary Landrieu. Because of last year’s election, which was closer than polls and pundits predicted, John Kennedy is not the junior senator from Louisiana, Republicans do not have 41 votes to maintain a filibuster, and Democrats have just wide enough a window to push through most of what they want in a bill. The handful of Minnesota voters who provided the thin margin of victory for liberal Democrat Al Franken are just as responsible. Yet, with the possible exception of Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas, who is up for re-election next year, no Democratic senator is swimming against a stronger tide of public opinion than is Landrieu by even considering voting for the bill under discussion. But for the choice made by Louisiana voters last year, the president and liberal Democrats would not have as strong a hand in fashioning maximum change. Landrieu has not committed to support whatever bill emerges. But she, who wants to find a way to expand coverage to 650,000 uninsured
Louisianians, is in a key position to negotiate major aspects of a final bill and, as these things go, to get something in return for the state for her vote. As for accountability, she must face the voters again in 2014. For the next five years, however, she will work within a possible Democratic majority either as a player or a marginalized maverick, largely depending on this vote. She has maintained her opposition to the controversial public option provision, which appeared to be killed a few weeks ago, but, appropriate to the season, has returned from the dead. Many voters oppose the government getting into the health insurance business on conservative philosophical grounds, even though senior citizens can’t imagine life without Medicare and the middle-aged can’t wait to get on it. Another major concern is that many workers would be forced into the public system because their employers will dump private healthcare plans for it. There is strong disagreement that would be the case, just as it is irrelevant to growing numbers of the self-employed and those whose employers don’t offer health insurance. The resurgent public option would be a major problem for Landrieu but for the best idea to come out of the whole healthcare debate, an opt-out provision for the states. This would allow Landrieu to vote for a bill that contains a public option, knowing full well that state legislators will be falling over themselves to vote to keep the government-run plan out of Louisiana. More than just a political solution, the opt-out idea would set up a national experiment that would compare states with public options to those without. Over the not-so-long-term, the fears of government-run insurance plans will be confirmed or dispelled state by state, instead of by Congress betting one way or the other. There are other hard points for Landrieu to settle on, such as employer or individual coverage mandates, funding restrictions on abortions, how much it will cost and who will pay. But by her statements, it’s clear the senator is looking for more reasons to vote with the president and her party than against. That would not be her choice to make had voters chosen differently last fall.
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;ZVijgZ Hidgn Lake Charles Lakefront Slated for National Hurricane Museum and Science Center By Nancy Correro
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s we know, Lake Charles’s lakefront is slated for a facelift, but what some residents may not know is there is a possibility that the lakefront will also be host to a National Hurricane Museum and Science Center. While the Museum is still in the developmental stages, it has been moving forward at a steady pace since 2002 according to Jill Kidder, Project Coordinator for the Creole Nature Trail. In 2005, they needed someone to get the project off the ground so they hired Jill Kidder as a contractor. “In 2003 the Creole Nature Trail received a grant and I wasn’t a part of it at that time. I didn’t come on until 2005. They received a grant from the National Scenic Highways Program to develop a Hurricane Audrey Memorial,” Kidder said. Kidder and their group sent out a Request-for-Quote (RFQ) to designers and fourteen designers showed interest in doing an exhibit to memorialize Hurricane Audrey. The RSQ was sent in June or July of 2005 and then Hurricane Rita hit in August and the designers were to have submitted by September 15th. Kidder’s team put everything on hold at that point. “I told them we just can’t do anything right now. Our state is topsy-turvy and we don’t know what is going on so ‘ya’ll just hang in there with us and we’ll get back to this.’ They all came back to us later, the exhibit designers, and said, ‘look, ya’ll have got to think bigger than this. We understand that ya’ll are in a position right now that you don’t want to think about this, but you are going to have to later.’ And why not Southwest Louisiana. So that is what we did,” Kidder said. They did some research on a National scale to see if there was anything like a Hurricane Museum and, it turns out, there is not. They started talking about expanding the Hurricane Audrey project and talking to people who work on these types of projects. “So we received 14 proposals and we narrowed them down to the top five. Those top five exhibit designers came in from all across the country and shared with us their suggestions and we chose a firm, did a master plan, began formulating how this could all work, formed a 501c3 [non-profit organization], and began developing the 501c3. Most museums establish themselves that way so that they can receive donations and grant funding,” Kidder said. They started garnering state, federal, and local support as well as grants and one for $1.36 million for the design of the exhibits. “After we developed a master plan, we then decided it was time to go out and get some schematic designs for the facility so we could sell this to somebody. We didn’t have any pretty pictures,” said Kidder. The Hurricane Center did some research, and also wrote a grant to hire fundraising consultants. In 2008, the consultants began helping them with more development and a fundraising plan. At the same time, the design group began to develop a program of work for the museum, a storyline that would show how the museum exhibits work together. “We want to have a lot of hands-on exhibits for the kids, and have them show interest in the maths and sciences that lead to these weather related phenomena. So the question is, how do you do that? What does it look like
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and feel like? How will they flow through the museum? So that is what the designers are doing,” said Kidder. The designers came up with concepts that they then tested on focus groups in five major cities across the country: Houston, Atlanta, Mobile, New York, and Chicago. The artisan drawings on the Hurricane Museum’s website are some of the ideas the design team has come-up with after their research, but those are only the drawings they have so far. “What we put up there has been tested. And certainly that is not final. Those are drawings where we said, ‘if we had something that looked like this, would you be interested?’ Now, we may not be able to do all of that. It all depends on how much money is raised for this project,” said Kidder. In May, the Hurricane Museum and Science Center (NHMSC) began conversations with America’s Wetland Discovery Center to merge their projects and it looked like from the conversations that what would happen is The National Hurricane Museum would be the surviving entity and America’s Wetland Discovery Center would become a part of the National Hurricane Museum. “You really can’t tell one story without the other. The merger is still in the works. We are still working through merger documents and articles have to be approved and bylaws and all of that. We are just working through all of the details,” said Kidder. The city council has approved to change or amend the property agreement that they had with America’s Wetland Discovery Center so that if these two organizations do merge then it will be transferable over to the National Hurricane Museum. There were a lot of similarities between the two projects. The America Wetland Discovery Center and the National Hurricane Museum both had the idea of educational rooms, a big theatre, a cafe, and a ticketing booth. “It didn’t seem right for us all to be going along the same path trying to raise money and ultimately compete for visitors in the end. So, we saw it as a great opportunity for us to come together, and it was spearheaded by the vision of the mayor and the America Wetlands Discovery Center. We are fortunate they wanted to come and join forces with us,” Kidder said. The project is on hold at the moment as the merger takes place and the designers do more research. They want to do some funding feasibility work continued on Pg. 15
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and they want to go out and show some people who may be interested in funding the project to see if they would be interested in supporting it. “We’ve hired a company to do the demand analysis and the financial feasibility work and to write a business plan for us that will help us update our master plan for the project that would include America’s Wetland Discovery Center,” said Kidder. The center’s first phase will be a memorial project in Louisiana’s Southwest corner in Cameron. The larger museum and science center’s location is slated for the Lake Charles downtown and lakefront area along Interstate 10. “We have often talked about the fact that the genesis for this project was the Audrey Memorial and we feel like there should be a memorial concept developed. Our Creole Nature Trail is what got this whole thing started and it runs
through Calcasieu and Cameron Parish. We’ve always wanted to do something in both parishes. So we feel that if our research continues to come back and say that that is a viable option then that is what needs to happen and we certainly will do that,” Kidder said. The completion date is not known at this time simply because the project is still in the planning stages. “This is a big project and a long project. It’s going to take time,” said Kidder. “We’ll better know [the completion date] sometime after this research comes back and our business plan is complete, but at this point I’d hate to give any kind of indication of a completion date or even the size of it. We just really want to be careful and make the right decisions for the project.” If you would like to view the artist renderings and watch the project as it unfolds through the online timeline, go to: www.nhmsc.org.
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the paper or advise people not to blow their leaves, grass, and debris into the drainage system. When people blow debris into the street it then gets into the catch basin system. If those areas fill-up, it’s going to slow down the drainage system. “We want to remind people that when they do that it’s having an impact on the drainage of areas that are not even next to them. We try to advise [the community] of that quite often. Our crew spends a lot of time cleaning out the street gutters and the catch basins to try and remove this debris from there. During heavy rains or when the rains are coming the crews are out in the field and these areas that are starting to block-up because of debris, they try to get out there and take it out of the drainage system. It’s an ongoing process,” said Cardone. Outside the city limits there are open ditches and all of those drainage systems connect together. A lot of the areas in the parish drain into Lake Charles and the debris in those open ditches make its way into the drainage system. “Anything, including trash that gets into our drainage system affects the area when there is heavy rain. You may not see it as much with a small rain, but when you have a heavy rain that comes, like 2 or 3 inches in several hours, you want your drainage system to be draining the best it can be and be clear of all of that debris,” Cardone said. The Tank Farm Road Sewerage Plant is running at partial capacity right now. “It should be complete, I think, in the next 15 to 30 days,” said Cardone. “We do put money aside each year to make these improvements with
our road projects, but also with our drainage, water and sewer. Since 2005, under our capital and bond projects, the City of Lake Charles has spent around $35.2 million in street and drainage projects, $48.4 million in sewer line and plant improvements, and $13.3 million in waterline extensions. So, you can see it is serious and we do put a lot of money aside and we do have an ongoing maintenance and improvement program for all three.” One of the complaints in some areas of Lake Charles would be that of sewage coming up out of the drainage systems into the streets. Cardone explains how this can happen. “If you have some older sewer lines, and that goes back to infiltration, it can be a city line or on private property, and if you experience flooding, it gets into our system and when it gets into our system, it overloads the system. So, we continue to put money aside for sewer rehab, we identify those areas that are older and either replace those lines or line an existing sewer line to keep the water from getting into the system.” Residents are encouraged to correct any leaks they may have on their property because it can leak into the system. “We encourage residents that know they have leaks in their lines to fix it because if not when the rain water gets into our sewer system it still gets into our system and causes issues,” said Cardone. The city has a continuous maintenance program for our drainage system. “It will be ongoing probably forever. That is just the way it is. Now, if we continue to grow, we’ll need to put more money aside to maintain the systems.”
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SPONSORED BY THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 Jam Session @ The Western Bar, 7 pm Sweet Root @ JD’s, L’Auberge Casino, 10 pm Boom -A-Rang @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm Ka-Nection @ Delta Downs Gator Lounge, 8 pm T Broussard @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm Travis Benoit Allons Dance @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 Vilkatas @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 10 pm Bonjourneys @ JD’s After Dark, L’Auberge Casino, 11 pm Howard Noel Cajun Boogie @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Sugarfoot @ Luna Bar & Grill, 9 pm The Vettes, Research Turtles @ AJ’s Bar & Grill, 10 pm John Conlee @ Yesterday’s, 8 pm Ron Thibodeaux @ Speckled Trout, Hackberry, 8 pm Bayou Katz @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm Still Kickin’@ Linda’s Lounge, 8:30 pm Mike Taylor Band @ Engine 89-DeQuincy, 8 pm Mike Richard & Step-n-Out @ Scottie Tee Judi’s Konstruxion Zone, 9:30 pm Briant Lloyd Smith & Hot Gritz, Fridays @ Blue Duck, 9 pm Southern Spice @ Bab’s Pub, 7 pm Tom Brandow @ Outriggers Tavern, 5 pm Charles Mann & LA Pride @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm Area Code @ Big Daddy E’s Paragon Casino, 9 pm Ka-Nection @ Delta Downs Gator Lounge, 8 pm
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 When The Word Was Sound, Really Really, The Lochness Mobsters @ AJ’s Bar & Grill, 10 pm Big Daddy @ JD’s After Dark, L’Auberge Casino, 11 pm Devil & the Details @ Luna Bar & Grill, 10 pm Rio Sabine @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm Andy Smith Band @ GG’s Club, Alexandria, 9:30 pm Gino Delafose & French Rockin’ Boogie @ Yesterdays, 8 pm Bayou Katz @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm Colorcast Veteran @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 10 pm Southern Spice @ Love’s Casino, Vinton, 7 pm Briggs Brown Bayou Cajuns @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Pork Chop Express @ Blue Duck, 9pm Ka-Nection @ Delta Downs Gator Lounge, 8 pm Area Code @ Big Daddy E’s Paragon Casino, 9 pm Mike Taylor @ Bobby B’s, Vinton, midnight SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15 Jimmy/Wilson Band, Sundays @ Shorty’s Ice House, Moss Bluff, 5 pm Lacassine Playboys @ Wayne & Layne’s Deli, Sulphur, 4 pm Zydecane @ Fred’s Lounge, 6 pm Andy Smith Band @ GG’s Club, Alexandria, 9:30 pm Bayou Heat Cajun Band @ Speckled Trout, Hackberry, 4 pm Sean Vidrine & Cajunation @ Yesterdays, 8 pm MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16 Singer/Songwriter Open Mic Night @ Luna Bar & Grill, 9 pm TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 Lesa Cormier Sundown Playboys @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18 Jimmy Wilson Band @ Cuz’s Lounge, Sulphur, 6 pm Alvin Touchet @ The Blue Duck, 7:30 pm
Jerry Dee & Shakie @ Granger’s Seafood Restaurant & Lounge, 8 pm Cajun Music Band @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Scotty Doland @ Luna Bar & Grill, 10 pm Jason Stutes @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 10 pm Parker James & Fat Boy South @ Yesterdays, 8 pm THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19 Jam Session @ The Western Bar, 7 pm Krossroadz @ JD’s, L’Auberge Casino, 10 pm Giles Sonnier & The Bayou Idols @ Luna Bar & Grill, 9 pm X-IT 43 @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm Brad Brinkley & Comfort Zone @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm T-Joe Romero @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 Retro 80’s DJ Cage @ JD’s After Dark, L’Auberge Casino, 11 pm Briggs Brown Bayou Cajuns @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Ron Thibodeaux @ Speckled Trout, Hackberry, 8 pm Wilson Miller & Still Kickin’@ Linda’s Lounge, 8:30 pm Travis Matte & The Kingpin @ GG’s Club, Alexandria, 9:30 pm Mike Taylor Band @ Engine 89-DeQuincy, 8 pm Mike Richard & Step-n-Out @ Scottie Tee Judi’s Konstruxion Zone, 9:30 pm Briant Lloyd Smith & Hot Gritz, Fridays @ Blue Duck, 9 pm Southern Spice @ Bab’s Pub, 7 pm Tom Brandow @ Outriggers Tavern, 5 pm Groovy 7 @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm Daylight Broadcast, The 94’s @ Luna Bar & Grill, 10 pm First Friday Party @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 10 pm LA Express @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm Bayou Cats @ Yesterdays, 8 pm SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 Night Ranger, Styx & REO Speedwagon @ Coushatta Pavilion, 7 pm Jamie Bergeron & The Kickin’ Cajuns @ Yesterdays, 8 pm Joe Simon Louisiana Cajun @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Groovy 7 @ Coushatta Casino’s Mikko Live, 7 pm
Pork Chop Express @ Blue Duck, 9 pm Dog Hill Stompers @ Caribbean Cove Lounge, Isle of Capri, 9 pm Hipbootjoe @ GG’s Club, Alexandria, 9:30 pm Mike Taylor @ Bobby B’s, Vinton, midnight Southern Spice @ Love’s Casino, Vinton, 7 pm Retro 80’s DJ Cage @ JD’s After Dark, L’Auberge Casino, 11 pm Live Oak Decline w/Fresh Nectar @ Luna Bar & Grill, 10 pm Last Draw @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 10 pm Red November @ AJ’s Bar & Grill, 10 pm Swamp Pop @ Paragon Casino, 8 pm Darius Rucker @ Isle of Capri Casino, 7 pm SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 Jimmy/Wilson Band, Sundays @ Shorty’s Ice House, Moss Bluff, 5 pm Lacassine Playboys @ Wayne & Layne’s Deli, Sulphur, 4 pm Idol Minds @ Fred’s Lounge, 6 pm Bayou Heat Cajun Band @ Speckled Trout, Hackberry, 4 pm Foret Tradition @ Yesterdays, 8 pm MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23 Singer/Songwriter Open Mic Night @ Luna Bar & Grill, 9 pm TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Felton LeJeune Cajun Cowboys @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25 Blues Tonic @ OB’s Bar & Grill, 8 pm Research Turtles, Devil and the Details, Paul Gonsulin @ Toucans Bar & Grill, 9:30 pm Foret Tradition @ Yesterdays, 8 pm Jimmy Wilson Band @ Cuz’s Lounge, Sulphur, 6 pm Alvin Touchet @ The Blue Duck, 7:30 pm Jerry Dee & Shakie @ Granger’s Seafood Restaurant & Lounge, 8 pm Southbound @ JD’s, L’Auberge Casino, 10 pm Scotty Doland @ Luna Bar & Grill, 10 pm Howard Noel Cajun Boogie @ D.I.’s Cajun Food & Music, Basile, 5 pm Butt Roxx @ AJ’s Bar & Grill, 10 pm
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S o the u t best h wi ne lake s t area L oenter u i tai s in ment a n a’s
H OM E G ROWN B USI NESS ES
By Chaney Ferguson
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oss Bluff Mower Sales was founded about 25 years ago. Since then it has been a staple of the community. Pat and Melissa Mele are the third owners of the thriving business. Melissa has been working in the lawn mower business for about 17 years. Her husband, Pat, worked in retail since he was 16. “I worked here for a while, and then I could tell Roger (the previous owner) was getting ready to move on because he brought Pat in to start working. A year or so after that he said he wanted out and we could either buy it from him or let it fold,” said Melissa. She jokes that Roger brought Pat in because he mentally planned for them to buy the business from him. He knew they wouldn’t let it close if they were both involved. “We were already spending 55 to 60 hours each working for someone else, so we were ready to own our own business,” said Melissa. When they bought the business there were several other lawn mower shops in the Moss Bluff area, but over the past few years they have become the only one. “This is a changing business. It gets harder each year,” said Pat. Both of them talk about the economy, changes in EPA standards, and the rising cost of the products. Their positive attitudes and determination to focus on service and meeting the needs of their customers drives them to find solutions where others might only look at the problems. When the hours get long or the season changes from the busy summer to the slower winter,
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Melissa says she doesn’t mind being at the store other day with a really old lawnmower and we so much because she is with Pat. found the right part to fix it for him. That was “He’s my best friend and it doesn’t matter to me rewarding,” said Melissa. whether we are here at the store, at home, or out Pat says it is important to ask the right camping, which is our hobby, as long as we are questions, like how much yard the customer together I’m happy.” will be mowing. He doesn’t want to oversell or The store is located on Hwy. 171 with easy undersell the customer. The whole point is to access for all the traffic passing by everyday. match the customer with the perfect product. “People do not want to drive to Lake Charles if “We don’t just sell products, we also do repairs. they don’t have to,” said Melissa. If someone buys something at Walmart we will Pat says their customer base comes from all work on it here,” said Melissa. “I know we can’t over the surrounding areas including, have every sell out there, but I want people to DeRidder, Kinder, and Starks. They all come in know they can come here if something needs looking at the assortment of parts the store offers. to be repaired or if they just need a part for Pat says owning your own business is like something.” buying a house compared to renting one. When a person buys a house they want to do more to it. They want it to look nice. “This is ours. We want to be here 20 years from now,” said Pat. “I look at this as an extension of our home,” said Melissa. Melissa is such a people-person that when customers walk in she treats them like they just walked into her home. The couple makes sure they are not trying to sell them something they don’t need. They listen to what the customer says before trying to make a sale. That way each customer is matched with the appropriate product. “My favorite part is getting the customer what they need. I had Melissa and Pat Mele - owners of Moss Bluff an older gentleman come in the
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S o u t h w e st L o u i s i a n a’s H o m e g r ow n B u s i n e s s Pat says they have the parts people need. If they don’t have them in at the moment, they can order and receive the part within one to two days. Since the couple has been in retail for many years their main concern is pleasing the customer. They only deal with manufacturers that will provide warranties and proper care for their customers. Moss Bluff Mower Sales specializes in parts for: American Yard Products, Briggs & Stratton, Honda Outdoor Power, Kawasaki, Kohler, MTD, Murray, Poulan, Hustler, Craftsman, Redmax, Robin, Scag, Shindaiwa, Snapper, Tecumseh, Walbro, Wisconsin, Zama, Yazoo, and more. Moss Bluff Mower Sales and Service is located at 459 Hwy. 171 N. in Moss Bluff. For more information stop by or call 337-855-2983. Check out their website at www.mossbluffmowersales.com.
“My favorite part is getting the customer what they need. I had an older gentleman come in the other day with a really old lawnmower and we found the right part to fix it for him. That was rewarding,” said Melissa.
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Should you See a Doctor for a Cold or Flu? Sneezing, coughing, chills and aches... It’s the time of year when these symptoms become all too common. Many facts on colds and influenza (flu) are published each winter – even more so this year with the H1N1 flu added to the viral mix – but most people still don’t know the difference between the two. “It’s easy to be confused,” says Todd Peavy, MD, family physician with Lake Charles Medical and Surgical Clinic. “Although colds and the flu are similar in many ways, flu can lead to more serious, life-threatening problems, like pneumonia. A stuffy nose, sore throat and sneezing are often signs of a cold, whereas fatigue, fever, headache and major body aches and pain often indicate flu. Coughs can occur with either, but a bad one is usually caused by flu.” Another important clue is how you are able to function. Dr. Peavy says most people can function fairly normally with a cold, but continuing with normal, daily activities is difficult with the flu. He adds that although you feel miserable and desperately want a quick cure, it is not normally necessary to see your doctor about colds and flu unless there is a particular reason to do so. “Remember that antibiotics can do nothing to help, as they only kill bacteria, and colds and flu are both caused by viruses. When you have either one of these, you have to brace yourself for a few days of misery.” In most cases, Dr. Peavy says your best option is to treat the symptoms of the virus. He advises getting plenty of bed rest, drinking warm liquids, and taking acetaminophen or ibuprofen to relieve headache and muscle aches. “In addition, take a mild cough medicine and hot steam or over-the-counter decongestants to relieve congestion. Be sure to avoid aspirin use in children under the age of sixteen. If you aren’t sure which over-the-counter medications to take for your symptoms, check with your doctor.” The good news is most people recover from a cold in a few days, and from the flu in seven to 10 days. Dr. Peavy says if your symptoms get worse, instead of better, call your doctor. He also advises calling your doctor right away if you experience any of the following symptoms in conjunction with your cold or flu: Difficulty breathing or chest pain Aside from the stuffy nose and some general muscle aches, a cold or the flu should not make you short of breath or cause pain in your chest. These could be symptoms of a more serious problem such as heart disease, asthma, pneumonia, or others. Contact your doctor or go to the emergency room. Persistent Fever This can be a sign of a secondary infection in your body that should be treated. Vomiting or Inability to Keep Fluids Down Your body needs fluids to stay hydrated. If you can’t keep down fluids, you may need to go to the hospital to receive fluids intravenously. Painful Swallowing This is not normal. Although minor discomfort when you swallow can come from a sore throat, severe pain can be a sign of an infection or injury that needs to be treated by a doctor. Persistent Coughing A cough that won’t go away is usually just postnasal drip that may be treated with antihistamines. However, it could also be related to asthma or GERD, both of which can be treated by your doctor. In recent years, doctors have found an increase in a former childhood infection called pertussis (whooping cough). So if you have an unexplained cough for more than 2 to 3 weeks, your doctor may want to try an antibiotic to treat this type of infection. Persistent Congestion and Headaches Colds and allergies that cause congestion and blockage of the sinus passages can lead to a sinus infection. If you have symptoms that don’t go away with usual medication, you may need to be treated with antibiotics. If you feel you need to see a doctor for symptoms accompanying cold or flu, call Dr. Peavy at 475-2252.
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he Calcasieu-Cameron Retired Teachers Association had way too much fun at the Pioneer Club on November 2nd. They ate lunch with Donna Douglas, the former Elly May Clampett and heard her Christian testimony. You probably remember Elly May from ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’, a CBS comedy about a Tennessee family who moved to Beverly Hills after oil was discovered on their land. The show ran from 1962 to 1971, and you can still catch reruns today. After a shaky start because of a cranky speaker system, Lena Roach introduced Elly May/Donna. The former star maneuvered around the room until she found the microphone’s sweet spot, and she began her spiel. Elly/Donna had a lot of words of wisdom for old and young alike. Things like: Be the best you can be. We enjoyed watching/hearing her give us the familiar two-finger whistle, exactly the way she did on TV. The woman hasn’t changed much—older, wiser—just like the teachers to whom she spoke. The Shadow met Elizabeth Richard and Barbara Coatney, members of CCRTA, as well as Nell Hayes and Betty Dufrene. At another table, I snapped pictures of Clarence and Barbara Theriot with Teresa Powers. Bert Giffin, Pope Adams, Alice and Fred Fanta posed for me too. As always, the food at the Pioneer Club was fantastic. The view across the water makes the Pioneer Club the perfect setting for just about any function. Donna/Elly May was given a key to the city by Mayor Randy Roach after he declared his heartfelt admiration for her. He confessed that when he watched Elly May Clampett as a young boy, he thought, “She’s beautiful, she’s wonderful, she’s from Louisiana—and now it all makes sense.” He was referring to her good character, her Christian beliefs and told her it all still shows. Mayor Roach turned the microphone over to another admirer, Police Jury President Hal McMillin who admitted he’d been pretty uncomfortable in a room full of teachers: “I feel like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rockers,” he confessed. Hal honored his first grade teacher Pope Adams and commended the great teachers throughout our schools. Hal made Elly May an honorary citizen of Calcasieu Parish. And then, Hal burst into song “Come listen to a story about a man named Jed…” He was joined by Elly May Clampett as well as many of the retired teachers in attendance. To my surprise, everyone knew the words—all the words. This made the Shadow wonder what those retired school teachers are doing in their spare time—watching The Beverly Hillbillies’ reruns?
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Up The Beaded Path The Shadow stumbled onto a great time at the Charleston Hotel Art Gallery on Monday. I found a local beading group that shares their expertise as well as their resources. Charlotte Levingston Metcalf started the group to bring together anyone and everyone who has a love for beading and making jewelry. Charlotte enjoys teaching and sharing
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everything she knows about jewelry making, and what better place to teach, share, network and learn than the beautiful Charleston Hotel Art Gallery. I had a difficult time focusing when I entered the gallery. I was there to check out the beading group I’d heard about, but I couldn’t help browsing the wonderful paintings and antiques. What a unique treasure trove. But back to the beading: Melanie Stahl told me she has always loved walking down the bead aisle at the local craft stores. The various shapes and colors make her long to turn them into bracelets and necklaces. Joining the beading group will enable Melanie to create designs that fit her personality, and someday she hopes to sell her jewelry at various shops in town. Stephanie Couste’ specializes in Louisiana and coastal art. A long time educator,
shadow continued now Stephanie leisurely creates beautiful jewelry and paintings. She had a huge box of Christmas decorations made from shells of all kinds: calico scallops, ponderous ark and cockle shells, just to name a few. Stephanie knows her shells and collects them from beaches all over the world! Then she paints them and enhances them with beads. You can see her shell art at the Charleston Gallery. More of her work was shown at Melanie Stahl
Abbeville’s “5000 EGG” Giant Omelette Celebration this year. The Shadow was privileged to meet Yajaira Rada Guiterrez, another professional artist/jewelry maker. Yajaira creates all kinds of art and handcraft designs, jewelry, mosaic, watercolors, porcelain, paint and stained class. Her jewelry is fantastic and everyone at the Nell Hayes & Betty Dufrene beading get-together is looking forward to knowing Yajaira better and learning from her. This group is aching to share their expertise with anyone and everyone who wants to learn how to make jewelry, or any professional jewelry designer who wants to be a part of this wonderful networking/ teaching/learning opportunity. Some of Charlotte’s jewelry is for sale at the Charleston Hotel gift shop. Charlotte says, “I want to teach people how to create jewelry so they can hone their craft and eventually sell it.” Sounds like a great idea to the Shadow. Count me in! And I think we might even get some Christmas gifts out of these sessions too. The ladies get together every Monday but check out their website www.upthebeadedpath.com for dates, time and more information.
25 Years of Love on Exhibition What a great title for an art exhibit! The Shadow attended the opening reception for local artist Pat Love at the Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center. I want to encourage you to pop in and take a look. Love has chosen works from before she started painting at McNeese where she got her undergraduate degree to when she went to Northwestern and graduated with her Master of Arts degree—and beyond. What a selection. Pat Love The Shadow quickly chose several favorites—one being Love’s self-portrait. I also liked Green Bayou from her McNeese years through 1994. If you get a chance to visit the Love exhibit, be sure to take a look at Cranial Excavation, another from the McNeese years. Interesting. The Shadow met several of Love’s family members: Son Chris and wife Chrissie Gillett with Joshua and Isabelle. Love’s grandchildren had a ball celebrating with their grandmother. Young Joshua has made many art shows but this was Isabelle’s first. I was thrilled to meet a former shadow of The Times, Donna Little. It’s been awhile, but Donna still remembers what it’s like to approach a stranger and ask, “Can I take your picture for The Times?” I’m always glad when that stranger smiles and says yes—the way Henry Sirgo did. Don’t miss the 25 Years of Love exhibit. The exhibition Chris & Chrissie Gillett with Joshua and Isabelle will run through December 26th.
Southwest Louisiana Heart Walk Lake Charles was hoppin’ the weekend of November 7th. There were so many things to do and lots of places to be. The Shadow faced a fun, busy Saturday. The Southwest Louisiana Heart Walk was one of those ‘happenings’ at the Lake Charles Civic Center. The three-mile walk included teams of employees from local companies, along with friends and family members of all ages. Rachel Robinson and Emily Istre looked fresh as daisies, but yes, they did walk. Oh, for their energy! The
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Shadow also met Austin and Barbara Labove who walked for St. Pats and Lance Vincent who walked for Best Buy. According to Cassondra Guilbeau, senior regional director of the American Heart Association of Southwest Louisiana the Start! Heart Walk was designed to help Austin Labove, Lance Vincent and Barbara Labove participants generate a renewed commitment to heart-healthy living through walking. The Shadow wanted to shake a leg as Static played Louisiana Saturday Night, but instead, I watched Philip Marcantel boogie while serving his great jambalaya. Philip cooked his famous recipe on behalf of The Times of SWLA. Keith Woodward represented Turner Industries and told me every time he concocts his jambalaya it tastes different. From the long line of people wanting a cupful, the Shadow figures it was pretty good. However, Donnie Istre and Glenn Reed from Team Citgo won the jambalaya cook-off. Celebrity judges were Philip Marantel KPLC’s Jeff Jumper, Billy Navarre and Richard Cole. A lot of people turned out for the heart walk. The Shadow met Ed and Debbie Yezic who moved here from Atlanta. They’re originally from Michigan and it looked as though they’ve made themselves right at home here. Skip and Dana Wrigley and daughter Allyson appeared to be having a lot of fun. So were Eric and Molly Twachtman with son Coby. They came over from Sulphur to join the walk. Each day, nearly 2,400 Americans die from a Billy Navarre & Richard Cole cardiovascular disease. A leading risk factor for heart attack and stroke is lack of physical activity. At the Southwest Louisiana Heart Walk, people got physical—and that was a good thing. The Shadow calls this Skip & Dana Wrigley with fund-raiser a great Eric & Molly Twachtman with Allyson Colby success.
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here are three varieties of adoption for minor children in Louisiana: 1) agency adoption, 2) private adoption, and 3) intra-family adoption. An agency adoption is an adoption which takes place when a child is placed by the Department of Social Services or a private, but licensed, adoptive agency. In a private adoption, no agencies are involved, but the parties, rather, agree to the adoption. An intra-family adoption is a kind of sub-species of a private adoption, in which the child is adopted by certain family members. For all kinds of adoption, usually at least one of the parents is losing their parental rights. In our country, we actually consider the right of a parent to his or her child as one of the most important rights one can have, and the law takes removal of those rights very seriously. Adoption, by definition, means taking away the rights of a biological parent and giving those rights to a non-biological parent, and that process is understandably one that the courts try very hard to safeguard. The biological parent, even if absent or awful, must be notified at the very least, and usually their consent to the adoption (in an Act of Surrender) is required. This means the consent of the mother of the child, and the consent of the father (usually, and who is meant by the “father” can vary).
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To even give up his or her parental rights, the parent must go through mental health counseling (the father can waive his counseling; the mother cannot) and, in a private adoption, legal counseling as well. The actual Act of Surrender has to be in a particular form, and, in order to protect mothers from aggressive couples trying to get the mother to give up her child, or to protect mothers who want to give up their children before they are born, but might change their minds later, the mother cannot give up her rights until the baby is at least 5 days old. The father can Surrender his rights earlier than the mother, but he can change his mind about his decision to give up his rights all the way up until five days after the birth. At that point, his decision to give up his rights becomes irrevocable. (Under certain circumstances, a parent can surrender their parental rights in open court.) These requirements might seem excessive and complicated, but, really, in light of the irrevocability and finality of Surrendering these very important parental rights, it is reasonable that the courts should want to give parents every change to make sure they are making the right decision. A parent’s rights may be taken away by the court (rather than the parent giving up the rights on their own) if the parent is convicted of the murder or unjustified killing of the other parent, if there is extreme abuse or mistreatment of the child or any other child of that parent, or abandonment of the child in such a way that it shows that the parent is trying to avoid supporting the child. Also, if the child has been removed from the custody of the parent by court order for at least a year, the court may terminate the parental rights. Agency and private adoptions are really rather complicated to address here, and the procedures are very technical. However, it would be good to point out that foster children (when the court has taken the children away from abusive or unfit parents) may be adopted after a period of time being fostered and after the adoptive procedures are followed, and also to point out that the state is in desperate need of wonderful foster parents for the many foster children relying on the State. (If you are interested in providing a foster home for a child, feel free to contact the Office of Child Services in your parish, or the Foster Care program in your area) However, intra-family adoptions are very common and very intriguing, and I will address them in the next issue. The intra-family adoption was designed for the situation of a step-parent desiring to adopt their step-child, usually when the biological parent has died or is willing to give up all parental rights. An intra-family adoption is the only You could treat the symptoms for temporary relief kind of adoption in which all previous OR parental rights need not be terminatedTreat the cause for long-term --the living biological parent retains permanent results. their parental rights. However, the PLUS intra-family adoption procedure may Live a longer, energetic, healthier life... be utilized by several other relatives Pat Landreneau has 40 years of wishing to adopt. Further information professional health care experience. Our products are pure, organic whole food will follow in the next issue. supplements, backed by science and research. The provided information is factwww.shaklee.net/patsnc sensitive and jurisdiction-dependent. Nutrition Specialist Lake Charles & Jennings Consult an attorney before employing the 337-230-3598 above legal concepts.
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Cameron Communications Donates $500 to Alligator Bull Bash
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Cameron State Bank donates $10,000 to the Interview for Life Program. Shown l to r: Mechele Nortman, Interview for Life Board Member and program facilitator, Leslie Montgomery, program facilitator, Roy Raftery, Jr., President & CEO of Cameron State Bank, Angie Rowland, program facilitator, Sandi Ellender, Interview for Life Board Member, and Nikki Fontenot, Interview for Life Director and program facilitator
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Volunteers of America is proud to support National Adoption Month in November
tatewide, Volunteers of America has been uniting families through adoption for over 60 years. The office in southwest Louisiana provides adoption services for couples interested in adopting an infant as a permanent addition to their families. Volunteers of America is a licensed adoption agency. “We don’t have any tricky fees,” said Tameka Mason, Program Coordinator for Adoptions. “I have encountered a couple who was seeking a private adoption without using a licensed agency, and they were required to pay $8,500 toward the mother’s care In the end, the birthmother changed her mind, and the adopting couple was out the $8,500. With a licensed agency adoption, the fees are straightforward, and we go through the process with you so that there are no surprise expenses.” For couples who are pursuing an international adoption, the baby’s country of origin frequently requires that a licensed agency completes the home study for the adoption. Volunteers of America offers licensed agency home studies for families choosing domestic or international adoptions. Flexible schedules are offered to busy families in need of this service.
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For information about the adoption process or to book a home study, call (337) 497-0034 to speak with Tameka Mason. Volunteers of America specializes in helping those who need us most. Since 1896, we’ve sought out the most underserved people in communities throughout the United
States and provided services to support and empower them. In southwest Louisiana, that means providing community supports and housing for individuals with mental illness, programs to assist the developmentally disabled remain at home, assistance to help families who are struggling to stay
together, housing for low income elderly and people with disabilities, pregnancy counseling, and infant adoptions. For questions or more information, call Kay B. Vanchiere at (337) 497-0034 or email: kvanchiere@voaswla.org. Visit our website: www.voagbr.org
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Maybe youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re unsure about transplanting those flowers to another spot in the garden, or adding some fancy new shrubs. When should you do that? And what about fertilizing your yard and garden? In this book, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn how to avoid the crowds at popular vacation sites (and when to get the camera out for magazine-perfect pictures). Learn what time is best to quit your job (or fire someone) and how to run a meeting on time. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll learn tips for health and marriage â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and one reason why not to get married. About this time (here we go again), youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re thinking about a gift for The Person Who Has Everything. May I suggest this book? Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon is quirky, funny, entirely useful, and not at all expensively priced. Author Mark Di Vincenzo mined articles, books, promotional material, and expertsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinions to come up with solid information thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s helpful to anyone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing almost anything. The only thing I wouldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve liked to see is an index. Lacking that, though, individual topics are grouped within broad chapters, so what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for is pretty easy to find. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re punctual, always late, want to save money, or just want to read something different, grab this book. Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon is great to read any time. Buy Ketchup in May and Fly at Noon By Mark Di Vincenzo c.2009, Harper Terri Shlichenmeyer has been reading since she was 3 years old and never goes anywhere without a book. She lives on a hill in Wisconsin with two dogs and 11,000 books.
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