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9-7-21

FIVE RESIDENTS WERE FOUND DEAD AT A SENIOR LIVING FACILITY AND MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED WERE DEEMED TO BE IN IMMINENT DANGER.  CAROLINE MARCELLO HAS MORE.

 

VOICER K :40

 

When Hurricane Ida swept ashore, the town of Houma was the first major population center in its path. Power isn’t expected to be restored until the end of the month. One apartment complex called Chateau Creole suffered heavy damage, and residents have to move out. But at a time when housing across the region has been severely damaged, many aren’t sure where they’ll go.

 

PASTOR JOHN JORDAN JUNIOR OF FAITH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN RAYNE SAYS A GROUP OF CHURCHES AND COMMUNITY LEADERS HEADED TO HOUMA.  JORDAN SAYS THEY BROUGHT NON-PERISHABLE FOOD, WATER, TARPS, HAND SANITIZERS AND FACE MASKS, PLUS THEY SERVED HOT MEALS WHILE THERE.  JORDAN SAYS THAT, SOONER OR LATER, IT’S GOING TO BE THIS AREA’S TURN AND RESIDENT HERE WOULD WANT SOMEONE TO COME TO OUR RESCUE.  RAYNE COUNCIL MEMBER CURTRESE MINIX SAYS, BECAUSE OF THE SHORT SUPPLY OF GAS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS, THE GROUP BROUGHT GAS AND EXTRA GAS CANS IN CASE IT WAS NEEDED TO MAKE IT BACK HOME.

 

THE ST. MARY PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IS OFFERING TO REGISTER STUDENTS WHO HAVE RELOCATED IN SAINT MARY PARISH BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IDA.  TOMORROW AND THURSDAY FROM NOON TO THREE, SCHOOL SYSTEM SUPPORT STAFF WILL BE AT THE SAINT MARY PARISH MATERIAL AND OPERATIONS CENTER IN MORGAN CITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES WISHING TO ENROLL THEIR CHILDREN IN AREA SCHOOLS.  THE GOAL IS TO OFFER FAMILIES A WAY TO GET THEIR CHILDREN BACK IN SCHOOL WHILE THEY AWAIT RECOVERY EFFORTS.  FAMILIES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN INFORMATION REGARDING VARIOUS SUPPORTS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS TO HELP EASE THEIR TRANSITION INTO A NEW SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT.

 

A MEGASHELTER IN ALEXANDRIA IS HOSTING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BECAUSE OF HURRICANE IDA.  THOSE STAYING AT THE SHELTER ARE GETTING THREE HOT MEALS A DAY AND A COT, PLUS IT IS AIR CONDITIONED.  A DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY OFFICIAL SAYS A MEGA-SHELTER RAN FOR TWO AND A HALF MONTHS LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF HURRICANE LAURA, BUT THEY ARE HOPING IT WON’T BE THE CASE HERE.  DONATIONS FOR THOSE AT THE SHELTER CAN BE MADE AT THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL LOUSIANA WEBSITE, U-W-C-L-DOT-ORG.

 

A GROUP OF ACADIANA VETERANS AND SUPPORTERS MARCHED ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY IN LAFAYETTE YESTERDAY TO REMEMBER THOSE MILITARY MEMBERS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN DURING THE EVACUATION.  ON AUGUST 26TH, A SUICIDE BOMBER AND GUNMEN KILLED THIRTEEN MEMBERS OF THE U-S MILITARY.  THE GROUP WALKED SIX-AND-A-HALF MILES NORTH ON AMBASSADOR CAFFERY AND THEN TURNED AROUND AND WALKED ANOTHER SIX-AND-A-HALF MILES, EACH MILE HONORING ONE OF THE SERVICE MEMBERS WHO DIED.  THE ORGANIZER OF THE EVENT, JACOB THIBODEAUX, SAYS THEY WANTED TO SHOW SUPPORT TO THE ONES WHO DIED AND FOR THOSE CURRENTLY SERVING.

 

AN OAKDALE MAN DROWNED AT A BEACH IN DESTIN, FLORIDA SATURDAY.  A GROUP OF SWIMMERS GOT CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT OFF OF HENDERSON BEACH STATE PARK.  THE FIFTY-EIGHT-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM OAKDALE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT BACK TO SHORE.  HIS BODY WAS PULLED FROM THE WATER AND HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.  THE MAN’S IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

 

A TEENAGER FROM EUNICE HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE SATURDAY.  EUNICE POLICE AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD THOMAS POUSSON, WHO IS FIVE FEET NINE INCHES AND TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE POUNDS WITH BROWN HAIR.  HIS MOTHER SAYS THOMAS MAY BE OUT IN THE WOODS.  SHE ASKS ANYONE WHO KNOWS HIS WHEREABOUTS TO CONTACT EUNICE POLICE.