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RECENT SEVERE WEATHER IN IBERIA PARISH FLATTENED SUGARCANE CROPS BUT DID NOT NECESSARILY DESTROY THEM. RHETT LANIE OF WHITE STAR FARMS TELLS KLFY TV THEY SAW SIX MONTHS OF GROWTH FLATTENED IN TWENTY MINUTES. HE COMPARED THE STORM TO A HURRICANE WITH THE ABSENCE OF A TIDAL SURGE. LANIE SAYS IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO HARVEST THE CROPS BUT THEY WON’T KNOW IF THERE’S DAMAGE UNTIL THEY GET IT TO THE MILL.
U-L RAGIN’ CAJUN SOFTBALL COACH ALYSON HABETZ WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN MAY. SHE REVEALED HER DIAGNOSIS WITH THE ADVOCATE AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SHE HAS COMPLETED FOUR CHEMOTHERAPY TREATMENTS WITH TWO REMAINING AND, IN THE FALL, SHE WILL UNDERGO SURGERY. HABETZ EXPECTS TO MAINTAIN HER COACHING RESPONSIBILITIES, THOUGH SHE WILL TAKE A WEEK OFF FOLLOWING SURGERY.
STATE SENATOR BLAKE MIGUEZ OF NEW IBERIA ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY HE RECEIVED THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN PARTY IN HIS EFFORT TO BECOME THE NEXT CONGRESSMAN FOR DISTRICT SIX. HE QUALIFIED IN EARLY AUGUST FOR THE SIXTH DISTRICT RACE AFTER A NEW CONGRESSIONAL MAP WAS ADOPTED. TWO OTHER CANDIDATES EXPRESSED THEIR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY’S ENDORSEMENT. THEY INCLUDE STATE SENATOR RICK EDMONDS AND LARRY DAVIS.
TENSIONS GOT HIGH AT A SULPHUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS COUNCILMAN JOSH BADEN INTRODUCED A RESOLUTION ASKING FOR AN OPINION FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ON POSSIBLE BID LAW VIOLATIONS. BADEN RAISED CONCERNS LAST MONTH ABOUT HOW THE CITY CHOSE FIVE-OH-ONE WILLOW AVENUE FOR ITS OFFICES AND WHO BENEFITS FROM THE ARRANGEMENT. BADEN TOLD THE COUNCIL THE PROPERTY UNDER FEMA REIMBURSEMNT FUNDING WAS AQUIRED AND LEASED UNDER A TWO YEAR CONTRACT BUT COUNCIL CHAIR DANNY DIPETTA CALLED BADEN’S ALLEGATION INACCURATE. THE COUNCIL VOTED FOUR TO ONE FOR THE RESOLUTION WITH DIPETTA CASTING THE LONE NO VOTE.
EUNICE POLICE WERE BACK AT CHIP’S DAIQUIRIS YESTERDAY INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED. INVESSTIGATORS BELIEVE SOME OF THE WOUNDED WERE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. POLICE SAY A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE LED TO THE SHOOTING. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE.
A LAFAYETTE MAN WAS ON THE SIDEWALK NEAR EVANGELINE THRUWAY WHEN A TRUCK STRUCK HIM AND KILLED HIM. GEORGE FAUST REPORTS.
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FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO TWENTY-TWO FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND IN LOUISIANA. THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY SAYS OVER ONE HUNDRED NINE ACRES BURNED. MANY PARISHES HAVE BURN BANS IN PLACE DUE TO THE DRY CONDITIONS. THEY INCLUDE ACADIA, ALLEN, BEAUREGARD, CALCASIEU, JEFF DAVIS AND VERMILLION PARISHES.
SEVERAL SUNKEN AND ABANDONED SHRIMPING AND RECREATIONAL VESSELS WERE REMOVED FROM THE DELCAMBRE CANAL. THE TWIN PARISH PORT COMMISSION APPLIED FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING TO PAY FOR THE PROJECT. DELCAMBRE MAYOR CHRISTOPHER TIPPER ESPONGE SAYS THEY ARE USING THE GRANT MONEY TO IMPROVE THE CANAL AND SOME OF THE PORT FACILITIES. HE SAYS THE NEXT PHASE IS DREDGING INSIDE THE DOCKS TO ALLOW LARGE VESSELS EASIER ACCESS.
