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MONCUS PARK HELD ITS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY MONDAY HONORING THE SACRIFICES OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT THEIR LEGACY. GEORGE FAUST HAS MORE.
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A MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE WAS HELD AT THE YAMBILEE BUILDING IN OPELOUSAS YESTERDAY. BELLS RANG AS ATTENDEES GATHERED FOR THE CEREMONY. THERE WERE PATRIOTIC SONGS AND A ROLL CALL OF PRISONERS OF WAR, THOSE MISSING IN ACTION AND SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED IN ACTION. GOLD STAR FAMILIES WHO LOST LOVED ONES IN SERVICE WERE GIVEN SPECIAL RECOGNITION.
FLAGS WERE SET AT HALF-MAST AT THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA VETERANS CEMETARY IN JENNINGS AS PEOPLE GATHERED TO REMEMBER FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS. ONE OF THE ATTENDEES, VIETNAM VETERAN SHELTON HUNT, SAYS SO MANY DID NOT COME BACK INCLUDING A FRIEND OF HIS WHO DIED IN BATTLE BEFORE HIS EYES. HE TELLS KATC THE FRIEND POPPED UP ON THE BATTLEFIELD TO WAVE HELLO AND THAT COST HIM HIS LIFE. HUNT SAYS HE STILL HAS A PIECE OF HIS FRIEND’S BOOT IN HIS HOUSE, WHICH WAS ALL HE COULD FIND OF HIM.
ON SATURDAY AT A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY IN ELTON, ALBERT “BILLY” SONNIER WAS HONORED FOR HIS LIFE AND SACRIFICE. THE ELTON NATIVE WAS KILLED IN ACTION DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. A BLACK GRANITE MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED IN HIS HONOR AT THE SAINT ANN CEMETERY. AS PART OF THE TRIBUTE, THE STREET THAT RUNS NEXT TO THE CEMETARY WAS RENAMED ALBERT SONNIER MEMORIAL DRIVE.
THERE WERE TWO MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES IN CROWLEY YESTERDAY, INCLUDING ONE AT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. CROWLEY SOLDIERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WERE HONORED. GOLD STAR FAMILIES WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED AND THE NAMES ON MONUMENTS WERE READ. THE OTHER MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM, HOSTED BY AMERICAN LEGION POST FIFTEEN AND THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE V-F-W, WAS HELD AT WOODLAWN CEMETARY.
STATE LAWMAKERS ARE POISED TO PASS A BILL THAT WOULD ADD FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS TO A GRANT PROGRAM THAT GIVES LOUISIANA HOMEOWNERS TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH TOWARD A FORTIFIED ROOF. THE MONEY IS COMING FROM EXCESS FUNDS COLLECTED BY CITIZENS, THE STATE-CREATED INSURER OF LAST RESORT. IN ALL, THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR EIGHT THOUSAND NEW FORTIFIED ROOFS THIS YEAR, ALMOST DOUBLE THE NUMBER COMPLETED SO FAR THROUGH THE GRANTS. MOST INSURANCE COMPANIES OFFER SIGNIFICANT PREMIUM DISCOUNTS TO HOMEOWNERS WITH FORTIFIED ROOFS.
A GRILL FIRE SPREAD TO A HOME IN SCOTT BUT WAS PUT OUT BEFORE MAJOR DAMAGE OCCURRED. FIRE CHIEF CHAD SONNIER SAYS THEY RESPONDED TO THE FIRE ON HARVEST POINT CIRCLE AT AROUND TEN-THIRTY YESTERDAY MORNING. HE SAYS THE HOMEOWNER WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE BEFORE FIRE FIGHTERS ARRIVED. THE HOME SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE.
REPAIR WORK ON MULTIPLE WATER ISSUES IN CHURCH POINT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AT NINE THIS MORNING. RESIDENTS WILL BE WITHOUT WATER FOR UP TO SIX HOURS. ONCE THE REPAIRS ARE COMPLETE, A BOIL WATER ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. RESIDENTS ARE ADVISED TO BOIL WATER BEFORE CONSUMING IT, PREPARING FOOD, BRUSHING TEETH OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITY WHERE WATER MAY BE INGESTED.
U-S SENATOR BILL CASSIDY SAYS HE’S FOCUSED ON HIS FINAL SEVEN MONTHS IN OFFICE TO HELP HIS STATE AND COUNTRY. CASSIDY WAS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PRIMARY. CASSIDY TELLS THE ADVOCATE HE’S WORKING ON IDEAS TO HELP REDUCE THE COSTS OF HEALTHCARE AND HEALTH INSURANCE. HE ALSO HAS ANOTHER MEASURE HE’S PUSHING TO PUNISH CHINA FOR NOT ENFORCING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS.
