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Trump moves to expand drilling off US coasts

Toddler dies after tragic accident in Larose

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke an- nouncement, which would be the most exnounced the plan Thursday, saying that pansive offshore drilling proposal in WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump admin- responsible development of offshore en- decades. The proposal follows President istration on Thursday moved to vastly ex- ergy resources would boost jobs and eco- Donald Trump’s executive order in April pand offshore drilling from the Atlantic to nomic security while providing billions of encouraging more drilling rights in federal the Arctic oceans with a plan that would dollars to fund conservation along U.S. waters, part of the administration’s stratopen up federal waters off the California coastlines. egy to help the U.S. achieve “energy domcoast for the first time in more than three The five-year plan would open 90 per- inance” in the global market. decades. cent of the nation’s offshore reserves to See Drilling Page 5-A The new five-year drilling plan also development by private companies, Zinke could open new areas of oil and gas explo- said, with 47 leases proposed off the naration in areas off the East Coast from tion’s coastlines between 2019 and 2024.

Georgia to Maine, where drilling has been t Nineteen sales would be off the coast of blocked for decades. Many lawmakers in Alaska, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, nine in V S states support MATHEWS • alGHEENS • and LOCKPORT • VALENTINE • LAROSE those offshore drilling, the Atlantic seven in the Pacific, inthough governors of North C the Democratic • GALLIANO • GOLDEN MEADOW • LEEVILLE • GRAND ISLE cluding six off California’s coast.

Carolina and Virginia oppose drilling off “This is a draft program,” Zinke said their state coasts. in a conference call with reporters. “NothFlorida Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, ing is final yet, and our department is conalso opposes offshore drilling near his tinuing to engage the American people to state, as do the three Democratic gover- get to our final product.” nors on the West Coast.

Industry groups praised the anBy MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press

A oneyear-old child died after being accidentally struck by a vehicle at Cai Crosby his resiW Wednesday night. dence Cai Crosby of Larose was pronounced dead at Ochsner St. Anne Hospital following the incident.

At around 9:40 p.m.

Wednesday, deputies responded to Crosby’s residence on LA Highway 1 in Larose after a concerned citizen reported hearing screaming and crying.

Investigators learned Cai’s mother, Tralyn Crosby (age 35), was backing her vehicle when she struck the one-year-old child.

EMTs arrived on the scene and transported Cai to Ochsner St. Anne Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

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Elmer’s Island boardwalk, fishing piers proposed

By Holly Duchmann Daily Comet Staff Writer

Elmer’s Island and another local area are targeted for recreational improvements as compensation for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

The Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group, which is overseeing the oil spill settlement money, released a draft plan with four projects that would be built in areas that experienced “missed recreational opportunities” due to the spill.

The plan proposes over $3 million in construction for improvements on Elmer’s Island, as well as more than $1.8 million to go toward operation and maintenance costs of the island for 15 years.

The plan aims to improve parking and boat launches in multiple locations and construct a boardwalk from Elmer’s Island Road to the beach to improve access to the eastern end of the island.

The island access proposal is estimated to cost $6 million, and construction is estimated at 16 months.

The Elmer’s Island Wildlife Refuge was restored as a part of the Caminada Headland Restoration Project.

The project cost more than $200 million, and Elmer’s Island was reopened to the public in the fall of 2016.

The project was paid for by state tax money and payments from BP from the 2010 oil spill.

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From frozen fountains to frozen water lines like the one pictured above on the Grand Isle bridge, sights like these could be found in abundance during the recent cold spell.

And while the sights may be “pretty” to look at, most will say they’re done with winter and are ready for summer.

Temperatures should be returning to normal this weekend.

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VOLUME 29 NUMBER 19

Department offers tips to minimize the spread of the flu

Louisiana’s health department says flu is widespread in the state, and it’s still early in the season.

Secretary Rebekah Gee says in a news release Wednesday that Louisiana appears on the way to a severe flu season.

“In more severe seasons, the flu causes approximately 700 deaths and nearly 8,000 hospitalizations each year,” said Dr. Gee. “In Louisiana we are already on track to meet and possibly exceed these statistics for the current flu season.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Louisiana is among 36 states with widespread flu activity.

“Now is still a good time to get a flu shot. Flu vaccine is readily available for both children and adults throughout the state at health care providers, community

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The CDC and the Louisiana Department of Heath recommend a yearly flu shot for everyone over six months of age who does not have a complicating condition, such as a prior allergic reaction to the flu shot.

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GI Rotary Club sponsors farmers market Sat. Jan. 12

The Grand Isle Rotary Club will sponsor a Farmers’ Market on the second Saturday of each month from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Oak Lane, Grand Isle (old Methodist Church building).

Vendors are currently wanted who have fresh fruits and vegetables, pies, jams, jellies, pickled vegetables, farm products, fresh eggs, homemade cheeses, raw/fresh local honey, seafood, handmade makeup and body products, etc.

FMI or to reserve spaces, contact Linda Goldman at (985) 6960107. __________________

Hispanic Alcohol information school offered this month

The Bayou Council Behavioral Health Services announces Hispanic Alcohol Information School, (6 hour class for court mandated DWI offenders only), on Saturday January 14, 2018 from 9 a.m. till 3:30 p.m To enroll, please report to the Bayou Council Behavioral Health Services in Thibodaux with court paperwork, picture ID and $225 fee (Money orders only).

For more information call 985-446-0643. __________________

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The LCO Boys Baseball League will be holding registration for the 2018 season on Tuesday, January 9, 16, and 23. The signup will be at the concession stand near the fields from 6 to 8 p.m. The entry fee is $45, with a $5 discount for each additional child.

The cut off date for each age group is May 1, 2018. The child’s age on Apr 30, 2018 is their age for the league year.

The league will accept any equipment donations your child may have outgrown.

The league is in need of board members, umpires, and coaches.

There will be volunteer forms at each registration.

If you have any questions, please contact Mark Comeaux at 985-273-1787, email lcoboysbaseball@gmail.c om, or search LCO Boys Baseball on Facebook. __________________

Pastors breakfast set for Jan. 11

Pastor Morris Hunter Jr. invites all pastors to the Pastor’s Breakfast at the Hope Center on January 11, located at 18100 East Main St. Breakfast will be served at 8:00 a.m.

Please join in for breakfast, prayer, and fellowship.

RSVP to (985)-3254673 by January 8th. __________________

Bayou Council offering Parent Education classes

The Bayou Council Behavioral Health Services announces Parent Education Presentations at the Bayou Council Office in Thibodaux. It will be held on January 11, 18, 25th and February 1, 8 from 10 a.m. till noon.

Admission is free and presentations are open to the public. No children allowed.

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Analysis: In new year, Louisiana political debates unchanged By MELINDA DESLATTE Associated Press

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The new year is shaping up to look a lot like the old year, at least in Louisiana politics.

Another round of budget and tax disputes looms in 2018, with the same philosophical and political dividing lines that made it difficult to reach consensus in 2017.

The same tax proposals that have been rejected

by House Republicans are again being pushed

by Gov. John Bel Edwards.

And many of the political talking points and decisions are being made with an eye toward 2019, the next round of statewide elections. Many officials — term-limited or otherwise — are jockeying for their next position, Edwards is running for re-election and Republicans are hoping they’ll be able to unseat the Democratic governor.

Edwards sought to strike an optimistic tone at his end-of-year news conference, touting an unemployment rate at its lowest percentage since 2008, economic development wins and a $120 million-plus state surplus from last year.

He also can point to a recent poll from Southern Media and Opinion Research that showed his approval rating at 65 percent, a number Edwards says “reaffirms that the people of Louisiana appreciate the moderate, balanced approach that we’ve taken.”

But the governor doesn’t have that same approval rating within the halls of the Louisiana Capitol, where Republicans hold the majority in the House and Senate and where Edwards is about to run into a buzz saw of criticism from opponents of his proposal to close Louisiana’s latest budget gap with taxes.

He’s hoping to strike a compromise with legislative leaders, but he’s philosophically at odds with some lawmakers who say state government is too large.

The governor believes the urgency of the “fiscal cliff” that hits July 1 may change some minds, since no one has offered a plan to cut $1 billion in general state tax dollars from the $28 billion operating budget. Officials estimate that shortfall

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Rep. Blake Miguez, an Erath Republican, posted on Twitter: “Why does the Governor always focus on more taxes to solve LA’s fiscal problems? Shouldn’t he be more focused on the budget and ways to reform the spending process?” ___ EDITOR’S NOTE: Melinda Deslatte has covered Louisiana politics for The Associated Press since 2000. Follow her at http://twitter.com/melindadeslatte

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Frozen to death

Two men waiting at the pearly gates strike up a conversation.

“How’d you die?” the first man asks the second.

“I froze to death,” says the second. “That’s awful, how does it feel to freeze to death?” says the first.

“It’s very uncomfortable at first, you get the shakes, and you get pains in all your fingers and toes. But eventually, it’s a very calm way to go. You get numb and you kind of drift off, as if you’re sleeping.

“How did you die?” says the second.

“I had a heart attack”, says the first guy.

“You see, I knew my wife was cheating on me, so one day I showed up at home unexpectedly. I ran up to the bedroom, and found her alone, knitting. I ran down to the basement, but no one was hiding there. I ran up to the second floor, but no one was hiding there either. I ran as fast as I could to the attic, and just as I got there, I had a massive heart attack and died.”

The second man shakes his head. “that’s so ironic” he says.

“What do you mean?” asks the first man.

“If you had only stopped to look in the freezer, we’d both still be alive.”

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House Speaker Taylor Barras, a Republican, has described it as a “difficult exercise” to make the full amount in cuts, saying he doesn’t see a way such reductions in spending could spare colleges, the TOPS free college tuition program and health care services.

Edwards will have to propose a way to make such reductions to comply with the law. He owes a budget for the upcoming budget year to lawmakers this month, and he has to craft it with only the money available — without the $1 billion in temporary sales taxes that expire July 1.

The governor said his office will unveil that spending plan, with slashing he described as “so nasty” that lawmakers wouldn’t agree to pass it, on Jan. 19. That’s the same deadline he set to reach a tax deal with House GOP leaders.

If he hasn’t reached an “agreement in principle” with House Republican leaders by then, Edwards said he won’t call a February special session on taxes.

Lawmakers can’t consider taxes in the regular session that runs from mid-March to early June. Without a February special session, that could leave lawmakers trying to craft a budget that strips the $1 billion through cuts or letting the spending plan linger unfinished until a lastminute June special session, weeks before the shortfall hits.

Edwards wants to raise enough taxes to offset the expiring ones. His proposals largely follow suggestions from a nonpartisan study group, ideas previously rejected in the House that would raise or maintain higher

taxes for certain businesses and middle- and upper-income earners.

He said he’s “flexible” if lawmakers have other ideas. But he’s already facing pushback.

House Appropriations Chairman Cameron Henry criticized the deadline Edwards set, saying the governor is seeking agreement before proposals are vetted. The Metairie Republican posted on Facebook: “Gov. Edwards, once again, is trying to bypass the entire legislature to raise your taxes before one bill has been filed,

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Edwards: La. utility rates should drop amid federal tax cuts

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards wants the recent congressional tax overhaul to drive down utility rates for Louisiana consumers.

The Democratic governor sent a letter to the Louisiana Public Service Commission, the state’s utility regulators, citing the new cut to federal corporate income tax rates.

Federal income tax rates are a consideration in calculating what utilities charge customers.

Edwards says a 14 percent cut to tax rates businesses pay should force a lowering of the rates Louisiana residents are charged for utilities.

C o m m i s s i o n spokesman Colby Cook said Thursday that the five-member elected commission already is looking at the issue.

At the board’s December meeting, Cook says, Commission Chairman Eric Skrmetta directed utility companies to report back in February about possible savings for ratepayers tied to the new federal tax laws. ___

It’s so cold in Florida, iguanas are falling from trees

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It’s so cold in Florida that iguanas are falling from their perches in suburban trees.

Temperatures dipped below 40 degrees Fahrenheit early Thursday in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service in Miami.

That’s chilly enough to immobilize green iguanas common in Miami’s suburbs.

The cold-blooded creatures native to Central and South America start to get sluggish when temperatures fall below 50 degrees, said Kristen Sommers, who

oversees the nonnative fish and wildlife program for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

They’re not the only reptiles stunned by this week’s cold snap: Sea turtles also stiffen up when temperatures fall.

The wildlife commission’s biologists have been rescuing coldstunned sea turtles found floating listlessly on the water or near shore, but no such rescue is planned for iguanas.

A two-week cold snap with temperatures below 40 degrees in 2010 killed off many iguanas, along with Burmese pythons and other invasive pests that thrive in South Florida’s subtropical climate.

Those populations have since rebounded.

Elsewhere in Florida, the effects of a brutal winter storm rolling up the East Coast were less exotic. It snowed briefly Wednesday in the state’s capital, Tallahassee, for the first time in 28 years. ___

National WWII Museum: 2017 had the most visitors since it opened

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A museum in New Orleans exhibiting the United States’ role in World War II had record-breaking numbers of visitors last year.

The National WWII Museum says in a statement that its 706,664 visitors in 2017 were the most it’s had in a calendar year since opening in 2000. The museum also broke its single-day attendance record when 6,642 visited Dec. 27.

The previous single-day record of 5,553 was set in 2016.

Stephen J. Watson, museum president and CEO, says December had 67,119 visitors and that roughly half came in one week alone.

Over the past year, the museum opened a new exhibit about the millions of workers who supported the U.S. industry during the war and launched PT-305, a restored combat-veteran patrol-torpedo boat that visitors can ride on Lake Pontchartrain.

2017 saw significant ‘firsts’ in Louisiana Sunday, January 7, 2018 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE

By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Monuments to the Confederate era disappear.

New Orleans elects its first female mayor ever.

A popular congressman is nearly murdered.

Baton Rouge scientists help make a major discovery.

Here is a look at those and other top stories in Louisiana for 2017, as selected by The Associated Press: LANDMARKS REMOVED — Century-old landmarks, three honoring Confederate leaders and one heralding white supremacy, disappeared from New Orleans’ landscape.

Proposed by Mayor Mitch Landrieu and approved by the City Council, the removals sparked two years of emotional debates, state and federal court battles and tense confrontations at monument sites.

A statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was the last of four monuments to Confederate-era figures to be removed under a 2015 City Council vote.

E C O N O M Y BRIGHTENS BUT BUDGET BATTLES LOOM — Lawmakers failed to pass a budget during a regular session for the first time since 2000. That forced lawmakers into a special session to cobble together a deal on a more than $28 billion spending plan.

The plan will keep most agencies free of cuts and fully fund the TOPS free college tuition program. More than 38,000 state workers will get 2 percent pay raises, and dollars will be allocated for a new juvenile prison facility that had been vacant to finally open in Acadiana.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE OVERHAUL — The early release of roughly 1,900 inmates in October re-

sulted from a new package of laws overhauling the state’s criminal justice system.

The inmate releases are among the changes in 10 laws that Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards signed in June.

The measures are projected to reduce the state’s prison population by up to 10 percent over 10 years.

NEW ORLEANS MAYOR — The city elected its first female mayor in November. City Council member LaToya Cantrell won 60 percent of the vote and will succeed term-limited fellow Democrat Mitch Landrieu as the city celebrates its 300th anniversary next year.

But a pall hangs over the incoming administration as an investigation looms into Cantrell’s use of a city credit card.

COSMIC CRASH — Astronomers at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory in Baton Rouge and Washington state discovered the crash of two neutron stars —collapsed cores of a large star and the smallest, densest stars known to exist.

The crash happened 130 million years ago, while dinosaurs still roamed Earth, but the signal didn’t arrive on Earth until Aug. 17 after traveling 130 million light-years.

Measurements of the light and other energy emanating from the crash have helped scientists explain how planet-killing gamma ray bursts are born and where heavy elements like platinum and gold come from.

SCALISE SHOT — Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise is back at work after a gunman sprayed fire at a baseball practice and left the lawmaker clinging to life.

The 51-year-old Republican and four others

were wounded in the June 14 shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, where members of the GOP were practicing for their annual face off against Democratic lawmakers.

The shooter, James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois, was killed by two Capitol Hill police officers.

ALTON STERLING — The U.S. Justice Department has ruled out federal criminal charges against the two white officers who struggled with Alton Sterling before his July 5, 2016, shooting.

Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office is still reviewing evidence to determine whether any state criminal charges are warranted. A white Baton Rouge police officer shot and killed the 37-yearold Sterling outside a convenience store where he was selling homemade CDs. Two cellphone videos of the shooting quickly spread on social media, sparking nightly protests in Louisiana’s capital city.

BOY KILLED-MARSHALS CONVICTED — A former Louisiana law enforcement officer was sentenced to 7 ½ years in prison in the shooting death of a 6-year-old autistic boy after a car chase with the boy’s father. Norris Greenhouse Jr. also pleaded guilty to malfeasance in office in a deal that allowed him to avoid trial.

A second former offi-

cer, Derrick Stafford, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 40 years in prison. Greenhouse and Stafford were moonlighting as deputy city marshals in Marksville at the time of the November 2015 shooting.

FRATERNITY HOUSE DEATH — Ten people were arrested on misdemeanor hazing charges in the death of a Louisiana State University fraternity pledge whose blood-alcohol content was more than six times the legal limit for driving.

One of the 10 also faces a felony negligent homicide charge in the death of 18-year-old Maxwell Gruver, a freshman from Roswell, Georgia, who was trying to join Phi Delta Theta.

FATS DOMINO — One of Rock ‘N’ Roll’s founding fathers, Fats Domino, died of natural causes this year. He was 89. Domino sold more than 110 million records, with hits including “Blueberry Hill,” ‘’Ain’t That a Shame” — originally titled “Ain’t It A Shame” — and other standards.

Domino’s dynamic performance style and warm vocals drew crowds for five decades.

One of his show-stopping stunts was playing the piano while standing, throwing his body against it with the beat of the music and bumping the grand piano across the stage.

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SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 • Krewe Des Les Petite Lions - Golden Meadow, 1 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2 • Krewe of Hercules - Houma - 6 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3 • Le Krewe Des T-Cajun - Larose - noon • Krewe of Tee Caillou - Chauvin - noon • Krewe of Aquarius - Houma - 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4 • Krewe of Versailles - Larose - noon • Krewe of Hyacinthians - Houma - noon • Krewe of Titans (Following Hyacinthians) - Houma • Krewe of Shaka - Thibodaux - 1:30 p.m.

Krewe of Ambrosia (Following Shaka) - 2:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9 • Krewe of Athena - Golden Meadow - 7:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Aphrodite - Houma - 6:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10 • Krewe of Apollo - Lockport - noon • Krewe of Atlantis - Golden Meadow - noon • Le Krewe du Bon Temps - Larose - 6:30 p.m.

• Krewe of Mardi Gras - East Houma - 6:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11 • Krewe of Terreanians - Houma - 12:30 p.m.

• Krewe of Cleophas - Thibodaux - 12:30 p.m.

• Krewe of Chronos (follows Cleophas) - Thibodaux • Krewe of Grand Isle - Grand Isle - 1:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Montegut Children’s Parade - 2:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Nereids - Golden Meadow, 6:00 p.m.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12 • Krewe of Cleopatra - Houma, 6:30 p.m.

MARDI GRAS DAY, TUESDAY, FEB. 13 • Krewe of Houmas - Houma - 11:00 a.m.

• Krewe of Kajuns - (follows Houmas) • Krewe of Gheens - Gheens - 11:00 a.m.

• Krewe of Neptune - Galliano/Golden Meadow - noon • Krewe of Ghana - Thibodaux - 1:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Maasai - Thibodaux - 2:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Choupic - Chackbay - 1:00 p.m.

• Krewe of Bonne Terre - Montegut - 4:00 p.m.

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Apt. For rent: 1 bedroom, unfurnished. LA 308 near Golden Meadow bridge. Single or couple; no pets; no smoking. $460 month and $460 deposit. Call 985-258-6277. _________________________ Multiple homes for rent: All 3 bedroom homes in Larose and Cut Off. Quiet neighborhoods. $850-$950 per month. Call Diane at 691-1367, leave message. _________________________

For Rent! Half off first months rent with new lease! Large 2 bedroom, 1 bath apartment in Cut Off. Pets welcomed. unfurnished unit is $795/month with 6 month lease. $750 security deposit. Unit has washer and dryer. to see pics go to www.coteblancheapartments.co m. Call Bill at 985-325-5626 for more info. _________________________

For rent: 3 bedroom 2 bathroom home at 177 Rue Ponche Vida, Golden Meadow. $750/mo. 1st and last months rent and cleaning deposit.

Please call Hannah at 985-2589154. _________________________ Camper spaces for rent: Golden Meadow. $340/month 985-475-7696 or 985-398-0172. _________________________

Are you here from out of town and need a nice, clean, comfortable and affordable place? Then don’t look any further!

If you are single, family, worker, company, fisherman, or anyone else looking for short-term or long-term housing, we have what you need.

All of our places are furnished with a full kitchen. We also have camper lots and a new fish cleaning station with a full bath. A fully stocked store in walking distance. The nicest laundry mat around. Pets are allowed. Come be another one our satisfied customers. Call Tommy at 985-637-4133.

Small Trailer for Rent: 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom; 12x40; fridge, stove, washer/dryer; All utilities paid; Grass cut; North of intracoastal bridge in Larose. $650/mo $400/dep. No pets.

Call 665-2548. _________________________ For rent: 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom in Larose. Washer/dryer, covered parking and deck, grass cutting included. No pets, no smoking. $825/mo and $800/dep. Call 258-3773. _________________________ Apartment for rent: 2 br.; 1 bath; washer, dryer, stove, refrigerator. No pets. FMI Call 985-665-7621. _________________________ For Rent: 2 bedroom; 1 bath; Jacuzzi tub; new carpet and paint; located in Valentine; $550/month, $550/deposit; 6960438. _________________________ For Rent: 3 bedroom, 2 bath, spacious mobile home in Cut Off; background checks; no pets; no smoking; Call 985-4757272 or 985-637-7273. _________________________ For rent: 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment partially furnished.

Golden Meadow. $700/mo and $300 deposit.

985-475-7696 or 985-398-0172. _________________________ Trailer for rent: 3 bedroom; 2 bath. $700/mo and $500/dep.

205 W. 126th St. Cut Off. Call Ross at 985-258-1737 for more information. _________________________

RENTED

MERCHANDISE

Tractor for sale: 1959 Farmall Cub Tractor; 2 hitch with choppers. Call 985-278-9978 for details; $1800. _________________________

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HELP WANTED

Southern Guard Service, Inc. is now accepting applications for Security Guard positions.

Apply at 109 W. 12th St., Larose.

Call 985-693-4316. _________________________ Coastal Janitorial Services is now hiring! Cleaning ladies needed 5 days a week. Call 632-5791 after 9am on Monday. _________________________ Jan Serve Cleaning personnel needed in Lafourche Parish. Call to apply at 985-262-4084. Resume preferred but not required. Submit resume to P.O. Box 143 Cut Off, LA 70345 _________________________ Now hiring: Class A driver needed immediately. Hazmat preferred, but not needed. 6 months oilfield experience required. Dodge 5500 with 40’ gooseneck. Pay is percentage of load based on experience.

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200 Hwy. 3161 Suite #1, Cut Off 985-325-7107

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OBITUARIES

BETTY VEDROS

Betty Joyce Vedros, 79, a native and resident of Cut Off passed away on December 31, 2017. Visitation took place at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Cut Off on January 5, 2018 from 10 a.m. until service time. Funeral Mass began at 12 noon with burial followed in the Church cemetery.

Mrs. Betty is survived by her husband of 61 years, Wilbert Vedros; children, Marty Vedros (Jennifer), and Patty Musgrave; grandchildren, Derek Vedros, Westley Musgrave, Ronni Berry, Chase Pennington, Kaelyn Musgrave, Blake Vedros, and Jacob Vedros; great grandchildren, Alex Vedros, Max Vedros, Emmalynn Berry, and Reese Berry; brother, Sergent Dufrene; and sister, Rose Billiot.

Mrs. Vedros was preceded in death by two infant daughters; parents, Harris and Lucia Plaisance Dufrene; 11 brothers and sisters; and son-in-law, Ralph Musgrave.

Falgout Funeral Home of Galliano entrusted with arrangements. ___________________

ANDREW VERDIN

Andrew Noray Verdin, Sr., 95, a native of Le’Bleu and a resident of Galliano for 59 years, passed away on January 1st. Visitation was held at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Catholic Church on Friday, January 5 from 9:30 a.m. until funeral time.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 11:30 a.m. with burial followed in the church cemetery.

He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Odelia Theresa Billiot Verdin; children, Nancy Bourg, Ruby Verdin Naquin (Elton), Andrew Paul Verdin (Carol) and Judy Verdin Heatherly (Ranthy); grandchildren, Cecille Durapau (Brian), Billy Bourg (Amanda), Danny Bourg, Randy Naquin (Deborah), Christy Naquin Badeaux (Larry, Jr.), Ryan Verdin (Theresa), Rachel Verdin Floyd (Scott), David Heatherly and Desire’ Heatherly; great-grandchildren, Jacob Badeaux (Ashlyn), Claire Badeaux, Taylor Naquin, Hayley Naquin, Makayla Durapau, Makensey Durapau, Madalyn Durapau, Jared Verdin, Noah Floyd, Taylor Floyd, Luke Heatherly, Brandon Bourg, Grace Bourg, Holdon Bourg and Tristin Bourg; brothers, Cleveland Verdin (An-

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nadel), Widless Verdin (Aline) and Ebro Verdin (Leona); sisters, Bridget Chapple, Esther Billiot (Jake), Arlene Naquin (Efran), Shirley Verdin, Theresa Naquin Billiot (Frank), Rose Naquin Hebert, Edna Naquin Dantin (Herbert) and Rita Naquin Pitre (Gus).

He was preceded in death by his mother, Cecille Monet Billiot; father, Desire’ Verdin; brothers, Innerce Darda, Alex Darda, Harris Darda, Alvin Verdin, David Verdin, Aramise Naquin and Oliver Naquin; sisters, Kelicia Clara Verdin Billiot, Dolia Verdin Kenan and Pearl Verdin Ledet.

In lieu of flowers, please make donation to family.

Samart-Mothe Funeral Home entrusted with arrangements. ___________________

FLAVIA LEBLANC

Flavia Toups LeBlanc, 88, a native and resident of Galliano, passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, January 2nd with her husband by her side.

Visitation was held from 10 a.m. until 12 p.m. on Saturday, January 6 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Galliano. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 12 p.m. Saturday with burial followed in the church cemetery.

Pastor Peter Tai Le of St. Joseph Catholic Church, was the Celebrant of the Funeral Mass and did conduct the funeral services.

Flavia lived for her family.

Over the years she was a business woman with a Merle Norman cosmetics studio where she also provided electrolysis.

In her spare time as a youth she loved and excelled at bowling, gardening and cooking. However, her favorite pastime was playing bourré and pedreaux with her beloved circle of lady friends.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Nolan J. LeBlanc; children, Faye L. Galjour and husband Kim, Gaye L. Kamyar and husband Amin, M.D.; grandchildren, Wesley Galjour and wife Lindsey, Leyla Kamyar, Cyrus Kamyar and Roya Kamyar; great-grandchildren, Pierce Galjour and Vaughn Galjour; sister, Mabel Gislcair; brothers, Anson Toups and Raymond Toups; sisters-inlaw, Mary Ann Champagne, Elaine Domangue, Normalie Doucet, Alice LeBlanc, Victoria LeBlanc, Wilma LeBlanc, Laurella Miller, Genevieve Pitre and Ruth Toups; and brothers-inlaw, Hubert Champagne, James Domangue, and Walter LeBlanc; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Remie Jr. and Octavie Toups; sisters, Mary Louise Toups and Josephine Toups; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Benjamin and Florestine Guidry LeBlanc; sister-in-law, Rosalie Toups, and brothers-in-law; Ervis Doucet, Ted Gisclair, Clyde LeBlanc, Malcolm LeBlanc, Roland LeBlanc, Surgin LeBlanc, Richard Miller and James Pitre.

The family would like to thank her compassionate and dedicated physician, Dr. Camille Pitre and all of her other caregivers.

In lieu of flowers please send donations to Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Falgout Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. ____________________

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“To kick off a national discussion, you need a national plan something that has been lacking the past several years,” said Randall Luthi, president of the National Ocean Industries Association. Former President Barack Obama blocked Atlantic and Pacific drilling under a five-year plan finalized in 2016.

A coalition of more than 60 environmental groups denounced the plan, saying in a joint statement that it would impose “severe and unacceptable harm” to America’s oceans, coastal economies, public health and marine life.

“These ocean waters are not President Trump’s personal playground. They belong to all Americans and the public wants them preserved and protected, not sold off to multinational oil companies,” read the statement, which was signed by leaders of the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, League of Conservation Voters and other environmental groups.

“This extreme proposal is a shameful giveaway” to the oil and gas industry, which supported Trump in the election campaign, the groups said.

The proposal comes less than a week after the Trump administration proposed to rewrite or kill rules on offshore oil and gas drilling imposed after the deadly 2010 rig explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident on BP’s Deepwater Horizon

Arrest reports

The following information is based on reports from the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office. Those individuals have been booked with, not convicted of, the offenses shown. All accused should be presumed innocent until proven guilty.

JANUARY 1, 2018 Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Billy Bruce, 60, Cut Off. Operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses.

JANUARY 2, 2018 Lockport Police Department Kenneth Curole Jr., 37, Lockport. Simple criminal damage to property under $500.

Simple assault (Misd).

Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Charles Foret Jr., 35, Lockport. Violation of probation/parole.

Jessie Guidry Jr., 42, Galliano. Possession of/dealing in firearms w/obliterated number/mark.

Jesse Matheerne, 33, Des Allemands. Violation of probation/parole.

Colby Perez, 28, Raceland. Simple criminal damage to property (Misd).

Garrett Sheets, 34, Bourg.

Simple burglary-immovable structure.

rig killed 11 workers and triggered the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history.

The Trump administration called the rules an unnecessary burden on industry and said rolling them back will encourage more energy production.

Environmentalists said Trump was raising the risk of more deadly oil spills.

The Obama administration imposed tougher rules in response to the BP spill. The rules targeted blowout preventers, massive valve-like devices designed to prevent spills from wells on the ocean floor. The preventer used by BP failed.

The rules require more frequent inspections of those and other devices and dictate that experts onshore monitor drilling of highly complex wells in real time.

Nearly eight years after the BP spill, the Gulf of Mexico is still recovering, said Diane Hoskins, campaign director for the marine conservation group Oceana.

“Americans have seen the devastation that comes from offshore drilling,” she said. “Will we allow Florida’s white beaches or the popular and pristine Outer Banks to share a similar fate? What about the scenic Pacific coast or even remote Arctic waters?”

Zinke’s announcement “ignores widespread and bipartisan opposition to offshore drilling,” including from more than 150 municipalities nationwide and 1,200 local, state and federal officials, Hoskins said.

Scott, the Florida Bryan Tillman, 36, Raceland. Contempt of court.

Joanna Grabert, 46, Houma. Possession of amphetamine less than 28 grams.

Brett Rodrigue, 34, Houma. Possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; operating vehicle with suspended license; fugitive (2 CTS); possession or distribution of drug paraphernalia; license plate required.

Thibodaux Police Department Wayne Moore, 55, Thibodaux. Fugitive.

Golden Meadow Police Department Kevin Bonvillian, 23, Houma. Domestic abuse battery.

JANUARY 2, 2018 Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office Darren Baudoin, 56, Cut Off. Contempt of court; criminal trespass.

Jason Copper, 40, Baldwin. Possession of firearm/carry conceal weapon by convicted felon; simple burglary of inhabited dwelling.

Hakeam Drane, 27, Schriever. Armed robbery.

Cary Griffin, 36, Galliano.

Domestic abuse battery involving strangulation.

Gabriel Leblanc, 24, Homeless. Contempt of court (2 CTS).

Mark Trosclair, 33, Mathews. Contempt of court.

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 It is time to take a relationship to a new level, Aries. You are confident you know just the way to accomplish this. Enjoy the excitement that comes with this new beginning.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, many things are on your plate, but you don’t feel overwhelmed at all. In fact, you’re ready to lend a helping hand to anyone who needs one.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Recreation is the name of the game this week, Gemini. Coming off of a busy period, you are anxious to put your feet up for a few days. Book that vacation right now.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Use your intuition in regard to others’ feelings this week, Cancer.

Give someone who needs it a little leeway, and your thoughtfulness will be appreciated.

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CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, although the digital age has taken over, this week you might be ready to unplug for a while. Stock up on some books that can fuel your imagination.

governor, said in a statement he has asked for an immediate meeting with Zinke to discuss his concerns. “My top priority is to ensure that Florida’s natural resources are protected,” Scott said.

Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson said Florida cannot afford a spill like BP’s.

“Every Floridian remembers what happened to us when the beaches of Pensacola Beach were blackened with tar and oil, and we lost a whole season of our guests, our tourists who come to this extraordinary state,” Nelson said, vowing to “do everything I can to defeat” Trump’s plan.

California was the site of the first offshore drilling in the U.S. more than 120 years ago, but the region was tarnished by one of the worst spills in U.S. history in 1969, when more than 3 million gallons of oil poured into the ocean near Santa Barbara.

Thousands of sea birds were killed, along with dolphins, elephant seals and sea lions. Virtually all commercial fishing near Santa Barbara was halted, and tourism dropped dramatically.

Public outrage generated by the spill helped spark the modern environmental movement, and no federal leases have been granted off the California coast since 1984.

Toddler From 1-A

Neither impairment nor foul play is suspected as a factor in the crash and no criminal charges have been filed in this case.

“This is a horrible tragedy for this family and the community,” said Sheriff Craig Webre.

“My heart goes out to the family, and I pray they can find peace in such a difficult time.”

tended time because of public safety concerns.

The parking lots would be 125 feet by 25 feet and would be paired with a fishing pier that would be 56 feet long and 8 feet wide.

The project is estimated to cost about $3 million.

Also proposed was construction of a science center and educational complex in Lake Charles at $7 million and $6 million worth of construction of artificial reefs.

The draft plan may be viewed online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/LAREC and the public may comment online until Jan. 19.

— Daily Comet Staff Writer Holly Duchmann can be reached at 857-2205 or holly.duchmann@houmatoday.com. Follow her on Twitter @holly_ evamarie.

Flu From 1-A

- Call your doctor immediately to see if an antiviral medication is appropriate for you.

- If you are sick, do not visit vulnerable loved ones who may be receiving care in a hospital, nursing home, cancer center or other setting.

- If you are sick, do not kiss babies, pregnant women, grandparents, and others who may be at a higher risk of getting sick.

- Cover your cough and sneeze.

- Try not to touch your eyes, nose and mouth.

- Wash your hands frequently.

- Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may be contaminated with germs like the flu.

- It’s still not too late to get a flu shot.

Visit www.ldh.la.gov /fighttheflu for more information and resources.

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NFL Playoffs: Plenty of teams with not-so-Super pedigrees Sunday, January 7, 2018 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE

By PAUL NEWBERRY, AP Sports Writer

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) — The Atlanta Falcons’ claim to fame is the crushing way they lost a Super Bowl.

They’re hardly alone in these playoffs. Seven of the 12 teams still alive have never celebrated in the big game, matching the largest group of playoff-bound squads with not-so-Super pedigrees since the 1999 season.

Will that lack of championship-winning experience prove costly?

If you’re on a team that hasn’t won a ring, it’s only natural to just shrug it off as a meaningless anomaly.

But there’s no denying that six-time champion Pittsburgh and five-time winner New England — the defending champ, as well — are the only true blue bloods in this field.

The Falcons have lost both of their Super Bowl appearances, including last season’s 34-28 overtime defeat in which Tom Brady and the Patriots stunningly rallied from a 25-point deficit in the second half. The NFC’s top seed, the Philadelphia Eagles, is also 0-2 in the Super Bowl, as are the Carolina Panthers.

Buffalo and Minnesota are the only franchises to lose four times in the big game without a title, and the Bills, of course, are the lone team to suffer that fate in four straight years. The Tennessee Titans (who began their existence as the Houston Oilers) came up short in their lone Super Bowl try. Jacksonville has never been to the title game at all.

Kansas City, New Orleans and the Los Angeles Rams have only one title apiece, though the latter’s came during their twodecade-long stint in St.

Louis. The Chiefs reached two of the first four Super Bowls, winning it all in 1970, but they haven’t been back since. The Saints won their lone Super Bowl appearance during the 2009 season.

Since the NFL went to a 12-team postseason format in 1990, the largest group of playoff teams without a Super Bowl title on their resume came 18 seasons ago.

Kurt Warner and the high-flying Rams were among eight squads that had never won the championship until they held off Tennessee in the title game, memorably stopping the Titans’ final play at the 1-yard line.

The only other times that the current playoff structure included as many as seven non-Super Bowl-winning teams were 2008 and 1996.

When it comes to postseason neophytes, the Bills are drawing much of the attention after reaching the playoffs for the first time since 1999, snapping the longest dry spell in any of the four major professional sports. But Buffalo it still known for that unprecedented four-year run of futility in the Super Bowl, which began in 1991 with Scott Norwood missing a potential gamewinning field goal in the final seconds and was followed by three straight double-digit blowouts.

The Vikings were the first franchise to lose four Super Bowls, accomplishing that ignominious feat in an eight-year span that ended in 1976. They haven’t gotten that far again, losing five times in the NFC championship game, most recently during the 2000 season. ___

AP Sports Writers Teresa Walker in Nashville, Tennessee, Mark Long in Jacksonville, Florida, John Wawrow in Buffalo, New York, and Dave Campbell in Minneapolis contributed to this report. ___ For more AP NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL

Elmer’s Island From 1-A

It aimed to protect Port Fourchon, the nearby oilfield hub, and people’s homes and businesses from storm surge by restoring more than 800 acres of shoreline and beach.

Also included in the draft, is a plan to construct five small parking lots with adjoining fishing piers along the twolaned Island Road that connects La. 665 to Isle de Jean Charles and a popular fishing destination in the Point-auxChenes Wildlife Management Area.

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Sunday, January 7, 2018 THE LAFOURCHE GAZETTE

What a Life!

By: Rev. Wilmer L. Todd Elimination of DACA is a national tragedy and a moral challenge for all of us

We have many “leftovers” from last year to deal with this new year.

One is the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

The Most Reverend José H. Gomez, Archbishop of Los Angeles, wrote a pastoral letter dealing with this important subject.

The following is a summary of that letter.

I am deeply disappointed by President Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. I speak as a pastor not a politician.

As a pastor I think we need to understand clearly what this decision means. Today our country is announcing its intention to deport more than 800,000 young people.

This is a national tragedy and a moral challenge to every conscience.

As Americans, we are a people of compassion. I do not believe this decision represents the best of our national spirit or the consensus of the American people.

This decision reflects only the polarization of our political moment.

Americans have never been a people who punish children for the mistakes of their parents. I hope that we will not begin now.

It is not right to hold these young people accountable for decisions they did not make and could not make. They came to this country through no fault of their own.

Their undocumented parents or family members brought them here when they were little children.

America is their home, the only country they have ever known.

Most of them are working hard to contribute to the American dream – holding down jobs, putting themselves through college, some are even serving in our nation’s armed forces.

If we deport them, typically we would be sending them back to countries that they have not seen since they were infants or toddlers.

President Trump is right that Congress should make immigration policy, instead of presidential executive orders.

Unfortunately, his action today may complicate the search for a legislative solution.

We need to remember that President Obama established the DACA program in 2012 because members of Congress could not get beyond their partisan

self-interests.

They could not come together to fix our nation’s broken immigration system.

It is time for Congress to step up.

If we are going to restore the rule of law in this country, then those who make the laws need to take responsibility.

We should not allow still another Congress to go by without addressing our nation’s broken immigration system.

The situation is serious here in Los Angeles.

Nationwide, 790,000 young people have received deportation relief and work permits through DACA. Of those, 223,000 are living here in California, more than any other state.

Here in Los Angeles and throughout the na-

tion, these are our people, our family. They are our brothers and sisters, our classmates and coworkers. We pray together and worship together.

We will continue to stand together as a family and the Church will continue to defend their rights and dignity as children of God. I am praying today and urging our leaders in Washington to set aside their partisan differences and come together to pass legislation that would simply codify the existing DACA program.

Doing this would permanently lift the threat of deportation that hangs over the heads of more than one million hard-working young people. It would

If we have not included your church, or you would like to be a part of the Worship Directory, please call the Lafourche Gazette at 693-7229.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD

Charis Church

314 East 74th St. - Cut Off

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Pastor Audie Crochet (504) 952-6603

South Lafourche Assembly of God 17618 West Main - Galliano - 632-2109 Sunday Morning Service 10 a.m.

Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Night Service - 6:30 p.m.

Guest Speaker Dr. Mark Duplantis Pastor Roger Hunt

First Assembly of God of Raceland Hwy. 1 & St. Ann Street - Raceland

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Children’s Church 10:00 a.m.

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Evening Worship Service 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

New Sunlight Baptist Church 452 St. Patrick Street - Raceland

Sunday School 2 p.m., Sunday Worship 3 p.m.

Prayer Service/Bible Class-Thurs., 6 p.m.

Testimony/Prayer & Praise, 3rd Sunday, 3 p.m.

Communion, 4th Sunday, 3 p.m.

Reverend Charles Hawkins Sr., Pastor

CATHOLIC

Our Lady of Prompt Succor 723 North Bayou Drive Golden Meadow

Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.

Reverend Henry Sebastian, Pastor

Our Lady of the Isle

195 Ludwig Lane - Grand Isle

Saturday Vigil Mass 5:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

Monday thru Thursday, 8 a.m.

Winter Schedule: Sun. 10 a.m. (Nov. - Feb.) Fr. Carlos Talavera, Pastor

Our Lady of the Rosary

12911 E. Main - Larose - 985-693-3433

187 Oakridge Dr. - Golden Meadow

Saturday Vigil 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses 7:00, 10:00 and 5:30 Weekday Mass Monday thru Friday, 7:30 a.m.

Adoration Chapel open all day, everyday Rev. Ronilo Villamor, Pastor www.ourladyoftherosarychurch.org

First Baptist Church of Grand Isle

Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m., Central Std. Time Saturday Mass 5:00 p.m., Daylight Savings Tm Sunday Mass 7:00, 9:00 and 11:00 a.m.

Weekday Mass: W.-Th.-F., 8:30 a.m.

Tuesdays: 6:00 p.m.

Fr. Gregory Fratt

BAPTIST

First Baptist Church

Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Evening Bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Prayers 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Matthew W. Chouest, Sr. www.fbcgoldenmeadow.com

129 Cedar Ln. - Grand Isle - 985-787-3410 Sunday Worship: 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study: 6:00 p.m. (All Ages) Pastor Nathan Stanford www.fbcgrandisle.com

First Baptist Church of Larose 105 W. 16th Street - Larose

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Worship Service 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Evening Bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Gary Hanberry, Pastor Res: 693-4891 - Church: 693-3258

New Mt. Zion Baptist Church 13841 East Main - Larose

Worship Service 7:00 a.m.

Sunday School 9:00 a.m.

Prayer Service/Bible Class Wednesday 6:30 Lord’s Supper: First Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Prayer Breakfast: Sat. before 1st Sun., 8 a.m.

Speaking Meeting: Thurs. before 1st Sun. 7 a.m.

Reverend Nolan Smith, Pastor

First Baptist Church 5545 Hwy. 1 - Lockport

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.

Wednesday Evening Worship 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Dr. Mark Tolbert

Greater New Fountain Baptist Church

233 E. 12th St. - Lockport

Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Lord’s Supper Service: 2nd Sunday, 11:00 a.m.

Prayer Breakfast: 2nd Saturday, 8:00 a.m.

Bible Class Thursday 7:00 p.m.

Isrealite Baptist Church Hwy. 308 - Valentine

Worship Service 8:00 a.m.

Lord’s Supper, Second Sunday, 7:00 a.m.

South Lafourche Baptist Church 17077 East Main - Cut Off

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Church 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Jim Duck, Church: 632-4119

Trinity Baptist Church

195 Johnny Dufrene Drive - Mathews Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m.

Michael Davis, Pastor - 985-278-9852

Crosspoint Church

16640 West Main St., Cut Off (Near South Lafourche Bridge-LA Hwy. 1) Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Thursday Midweek: 6:00 p.m. (All Ages) Pastor Chad Mack www.bayoucrosspoint.org (985-632-0810)

Animals can’t speak for themselves. It’s our duty to be their voice, especially when they are victims of abuse. REPORT IT! Don’t hesitate to voice your concern to the proper authorities when you suspect or see abuse of any kind.

Contact the sheriff’s nonemergency number at 798-2255 to ask someone to check out suspected abuse or neglect.

Remember … animals depend on us for their safety, comfort and care. Don’t be afraid to speak out!

give them permission to work and it would bring peace of mind and stability to our communities.

This is a commonsense proposal and it should not be controversial.

I am praying that Congress will rise to this moment and help these young people.

I am praying that finding a solution to DACA will mark the beginning of new work to seek immigration reform solutions in all areas of our country by securing and protecting our borders and providing a compassionate solution for those who are undocumented and are living in the shadows of our society.

St. Mathews Missionary Baptist Church Hwy. 308 - Mathews

Sunday Worship Service 7:30 a.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Services Prayer Service & Bible Study Thurs., 6-7 p.m.

Speaking Meeting/Testimony 2nd Sun. 7:30 p.m.

Lord’s Supper Every 3rd Sunday Reverend Roland J. Bradley, Sr.

Gulf Coast Baptist Church 18242 W. Main - Galliano

Sunday Worship Service 11:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Worship 6:30 p.m.

Pastor Shane Terrebonne (985) 258-0988

Bethel Baptist Church

122 Matherne St. - Grand Bois Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wed. Night Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Jimmy Autin

Sacred Heart Catholic Church 15300 West Main - Cut Off

Holy Savior Church

612 Main Street - Lockport

Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Masses 7:00 and 10:00 a.m.

St. Anthony Church

333Twin Oaks Dr. - Raceland

Sat. Mass 6:00 p.m. - Sun. Mass 9:00 a.m.

Wednesday 5:30 p.m.

Rev. P.J. Madden www.stanthonygheens.parishesonline.com

St. Hilary of Poitiers

333 Twin Oaks Drive - Raceland

Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass 7:00, 9:00 and11:00 a.m.

Weekday Mass: Mon., Tues., Thurs., 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Nursing Home Friday Mass 7:00 a.m.

Rev. P.J. Madden www.sthilaryraceland.parishesonline.com

St. Joseph Catholic Church 17980 West Main - Galliano

Saturday Mass 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Mass 7:00 and 10:00 a.m.

Weekday Mass: M. - W. - Th. - Fri. 7:00 a.m.

Tuesday 6:00 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST

Larose Church of Christ 13379 East Main - Larose

Sunday Worship Service 9:30 a.m.

Bible Class 10:30 a.m.

Evening Services 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Bible Class 6:00 p.m.

FULL GOSPEL

Lighthouse Worship Center 18082 Hwy. 3235 - Galliano

Sunday Schedule: 9:59 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Christian Education: 7:00 p.m.

Eno Dantin, Pastor

Mathews Full Gospel Temple Hwy. 1 Bayouside, Mathews

Sunday Morning Service: 11:30 a.m.

Full Gospel Temple #2

Hwy. 1, 124 Walter Ln., Golden Meadow Sunday Evening Service: 6:30 p.m.

Thursday Evening Service: 7 p.m.

Open Door Revival Center

16164 W. Main St. - Cut Off. - 325-2456 Sunday Services 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Thursday Night Service 7 p.m.

Senior Pastor: Monty Duke Church Pastor: Darren Felarise Spanish Pastor: Marcos Ferriera

INTER-DENOMINATIONAL

Community Bible Church 14757 East Main - Cut Off

Sunday Worship Service: 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m.

Sunday School: 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Senior Pastor Dr. Bill Jemison III Pastor of Discipleship Robert Durbin Youth Pastor Robert Schwertz Jordy Rousse, Pastor of Worship & Young Adult Ministry Phone: (985) 632-3077 www.communitybiblecutoff.com

Christian Family Center 11819 East Main - Galliano

Sunday Services 10:45 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Morris Hunter, Jr.

Community Fellowship

901 Barataria Street - Lockport Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

Thursdays 7:00 p.m.

Reverend Carlos Nieves (504) 532-2992

The Student of the Year program, sponsored by the Louisiana State Department of Education, is designed to recognize students who have demonstrated excellent academic achievement, leadership ability, and citizenship.

Holy Rosary Catholic School is proud to announce the 2017-2018 HRCS Students of the Year: eighth grader Carmen Duet, daughter of Scott and Christie Duet of Larose, and fifth grader Hayden Lefort, son of Kenneth and Kay Lefort of Galliano.

This Worship Directory is made possible by these civic-minded businesses and individuals.

Please remember to thank them for their support.

Christian Fellowship Church 13581 East Main - Larose

Sunday Worship: 9:30 a.m.

Children’s Ministry, Spanish Translation Available, and Nursery Provided Wednesday, 7:00 p.m.

Discipleship Classes, Youth Ministry, Royal Rangers and Missionettes Scott Cheramie, Senior Pastor www.welcometocfc.com - online sermons

Victory Life Church

1200 Crescent Avenue - Lockport

Services: Sun. 10:00 a.m. and Wed. 7:00 p.m.

Children’s Ministry and Nursery Provided Youth Service: Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Senior Pastor Danny Knight - 532-6561

Iglesia Evanbelica Christiana Espiritual

13298 East Main - Larose

Tuesday Bible Study 7:30 p.m.

Thursday Prayer Service 7:30 p.m.

Sunday Morning Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship Service 6:00 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN

Gheens Presbyterian Church Sunday Services 8:00 a.m.

Wednesday bible Study 6:00 p.m.

Doctor John Spaulding, Pastor

Call 693-7229 to reserve your spot on the Worship Directory.

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632-7575

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The Church aids in the supply of a vital resource to our world - God. Attend the church of your choice this week!

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JEHOVAH’S WITNESS

Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses

108 East 90th Street - Galliano

UNITED METHODIST

Golden Meadow United Methodist Church

18803 East Main - Golden Meadow Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Chris Thomas, Pastor

Memorial United Methodist

201 Central Lafourche Dr. - Mathews

Sunday School & Adult Bible Class, 9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 8:30 a.m.

Communion First Sunday at 8:30 a.m. www.mathewsmethodist.org

Hwy. 1 • Lockport • 532-6015 1917 So. Bayou Dr. • Golden Meadow • 475-7131 13086 Hwy. 3235 • Larose • 693-7188

PENTECOSTAL

New Beginning Pentecostal 13051 East Main Street - Larose

Sunday Service 5:30 p.m.

Ladies Prayer: Tuesdays, 11 a.m., All Welcome Wednesday Service 7:00 p.m.

Pastor Ronnie Melancon

First United Pentecostal

Central Lafourche Drive - Mathews Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Service 6:30 p.m.

Thursday 7:30 p.m.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL

Lighthouse Christian Fellowship 115 E. Central Avenue - Grand Isle Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

504-915-5019

Bethel Christian Ministries 107 East 123rd Street - Galliano Sunday School 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship 11:00 a.m.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m.

Reverend Nathan Hayes

LA Carriers • 632-5858 752 Industrial Park Rd. • Larose, LA 70373

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Insurance Agents

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The Crossway Ministry, Lafourche 9334 Hwy. 308 - Lockport

Sunday Worship Service, 10:00 a.m.

Sunday Night Service, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday Worship Service, 7:00 p.m. crosswaystudies@gmail.com

House of Prayer

15392 Hwy. 3235 - Cut Off (Across from Golden Motors

Bible-based Sermons Saturdays 3 p.m. - Wednesdays 7 p.m.

985-278-0122 (All religions welcome)

LUTHERAN

Grace Lutheran Church 422 Valhi Blvd. - Houma

(Only Lutheran Church between Grand Isle and Kenner) Rev. Richard Rudnik Sunday Service 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School for all ages 10:45 a.m.

Saturday Worship, Thibodaux, 5 p.m. - in the sanctuary at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 718 Jackson St. FMI Call Rev. Rudnik 879-1865

MORMON

Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints East 57th St.

Bible Study: Tuesdays 7:00 p.m.

English Elders: 985-360-7501 Spanish Elders: 985-791-6561 www.mormon.org

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Hwy. 308 • E. 73rd St. Galliano • 632-6571

SPANISH

Iglesia Adventista del 7MO Dia:

504 Seventh St. - Lockport

Ptr. Raul Rivero - Phone: (757) 894-5873 Cultos miercoles y viernes 7 p.m.

Sabado 9:30 a.m.

Sociedad de Jovenes Sabado de Tarde

Mision Bautista Hispana Larose 105 W. 16th St. - Larose

Servicios Viernes - 7:30 p.m.

Domingo Escuela Dominical - 9:30 a.m.

11:30 a.m.m Servicio De Adoracion Pastor Juan Morales - 504-468-1300