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Patterson Garden Club holds meeting

Patterson Garden Club held its first meeting of the new garden club year on Sept. 16. It was also the club’s first meeting in 18 months.
Members expressed happiness about being back.
Hostess Iris Roy presented gardening notes. She provided fellow members with a meal of po’boys and brownies.
The next Patterson Garden Club meeting is Oct. 21 at the Pilant Court Reporting office on Main Street in Patterson.

Causes of acne in adolescents, adults

Acne is a common skin condition that often appears for the first time during adolescence. However, acne can develop at any age. In fact, Intermountain Healthcare notes that it’s even possible for people who never had acne as a teen to develop it later in life.
Even though acne is quite common, misperceptions about it persist. For example, consuming chocolate or greasy foods like French fries will not lead to a bout of acne.
Various factors directly contribute to acne, offers Harvard Medical School, and such factors include:
—Bacteria: Bacteria contribute to inflammatory lesions in acne. At various times, including during puberty, bacteria on the surface of the skin can increase. Antimicrobials can suppress certain bacteria in patients with acne.
—Hormones: Fluctuating hormones, including fluctuations that occur during pregnancy and menopause, can lead to acne. Stopping or starting birth control also can lead to acne. Hormones that increase in boys and girls during puberty can cause sebaceous glands to enlarge and make more sebum as well, says the Mayo Clinic.
—Excess oil production: Some people may produce more sebum than others. When coupled with skin care products and makeup that can clog pores, this may lead to acne.
—Inflammation: Inflammation caused by diet can lead to inflammation throughout the body, and that may result in acne.
—Underlying medical condition: Certain conditions, such as polycystic ovarian syndrome in women, are often accompanied by chronic or difficult-to-control acne.
—Medications: Medications people take for various conditions may actually cause acne as a side effect. This includes drugs that contain testosterone, lithium or corticosteroids. Changing medications may reduce breakouts.
It’s important to note that acne is not caused by dirty skin. Scrubbing skin too harshly with chemicals or soaps may actually make acne worse by irritating the skin.
Though makeup will not contribute to acne, opt for oil-free, noncomedogenic products and remove makeup each night before going to bed.
Acne is often tied to adolescence, but it also can persist into or even first appear during adulthood. Learning the causes of acne can help people of all ages successfully confront it.

Jail sentence complicates longtime, 'close' friendship

DEAR ABBY: I have a former high school classmate who, over the years, I’ve gotten pretty close to. He has been there for me when I was at my lowest, and I have been there for him as well. He lives several hours away, but we talked almost daily in addition to being on social media.
A few months ago I stopped hearing from him, and his social media profile went dark. I had a bad feeling, so I Googled him and was shocked to see he had been arrested! While it wasn’t a violent crime, it was horrible just the same. He has called me several times from prison, declaring his innocence — always requesting money. Abby, I live paycheck to paycheck. Even if I had extra money, I wouldn’t feel comfortable giving it to him.
I feel hurt and used. Part of me says I need to end the friendship; the other part says he needs friends right now and it’s not my place to judge him. I have refused to accept his last few calls because I really don’t know what to do. Your thoughts are appreciated.
BLINDSIDED IN PENNSYLVANIA

DEAR BLINDSIDED: This person hasn’t used you — yet. The next time he reaches out, accept the call. When you do, make clear that you can offer moral support, but you cannot give him money because you live paycheck to paycheck. You may not hear from him after that. But if he continues to ask, take a giant step backward and recognize this friendship has run its course.

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for three years. He recently went back to his home state 1,000 miles away for what I thought would be a two-day trip to grab some things from his late mother’s estate. He has been unemployed for most of this past year due to the pandemic, so I’m somewhat conflicted about something he told me when I called to ask when he was coming home. He said he found a job and decided he wants to stay there and work for some months to save up enough money to pay off the bulk of our debt.
He did not consult me before making this decision. He told me he has worked out a COVID-safe housing arrangement with his sister and his aunt. The type of work he will be doing there is something he could do here, where our home is. I don’t want to discourage him, but it baffles me that he would take a job 1,000 miles away. What if something were to happen to me or our animals? When I told him I didn’t agree with his decision, he told me I should be happy he’s no longer unemployed. How should I handle this?
FAR AWAY IN MISSOURI

DEAR FAR AWAY: Your husband shouldn’t have taken a job 1,000 miles away without first talking with you. That said, what’s done is done, and you need to let this play out. There’s nothing to stop you from visiting. Fortunately, you and the animals are all doing well. If circumstances change, he can always quit the job and come back.
When the time comes, welcome your debt-free husband home. There will be plenty of time for the two of you to hash out IN PERSON what caused him to make such a disruptive decision if there were similar jobs available in your own community.
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What teens need to know about sex, drugs, AIDS and getting along with peers and parents is in “What Every Teen Should Know.” Send your name and mailing address, plus check or money order for $8 to: Dear Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, IL 61054-0447.

La. 324 closed at Charenton bridge

Effective immediately, La. 324 at the Charenton Bridge over the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish is closed until further notice pending structural repair.

The bridge will be open to marine traffic only.

The detour will consists of La. 182, La. 670, La. 87 and La. 326. The detour route will be posted.

Emergency vehicles will not have access to the area.

The Department of Transportation and Development asks drivers to be cautious when approaching DOTD workers and equipment.

New guidance on vaccine boosters; legislators want OK for Ivermectin prescriptions

The rules for coping with COVID-19 have changed again after federal authorities on Friday recommended authorization of vaccine booster doses for people 65 and over and others at high risk.
A local legislator has signed on to an effort to change the rules even more, allowing for the wider use of Ivermectin as a COVID treatment.
In Friday’s Louisiana Office of Public Health report, 42 new St. Mary COVID-19 were reported in the 48 hours ending at midday Friday. That raises the pandemic case count to 8,197.
Another COVID-related death was reported in the parish, raising the pandemic toll to 205. Fifty-eight St. Mary COVID deaths have been reported since Aug. 1.
Statewide, 2,182 new cases and 52 deaths were reported Friday for the previous 24 hours.
The number of COVID-positive people in Louisiana hospitals continues to fall after peaking at more than 3,000 last month.
The number of hospitalizations was at 1,367 Friday, down 154 since Wednesday.
Also Friday, an advisory panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended emergency use authorization for a booster dose of vaccine for people 65 and over and those at risk of severe COVID cases.
“Today was an important step forward in providing better protection to Americans from COVID-19. We stand ready to provide booster shots to eligible Americans once the process concludes at the end of next week,” White House spokesperson Kevin Munoz said.
The panel had rejected an application to OK booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for everyone 16 and older six months after their vaccination takes effect.
There is a debate among public health professionals about whether the emphasis should be on booster doses or on encouraging unvaccinated people to get their shots.
The vaccination rate in St. Mary Parish is just less than 35%, according to the Office of Public Health. The state rate is about 44%.
Also Friday, a group of state legislators, including state Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Houma, were quoted in a press release urging Gov. John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Health to allow Medicaid prescriptions written to treat COVID-19.
A department memorandum forbids the filling of Medicaid prescriptions for Ivermectin for COVID treatment.
The press release says Ivermectin has been approved for human use and is administered to immigrant refugees as an anti-parasitic.
“How can it be that Ivermectin is being prescribed for illegal refugees but not for Louisiana citizens?” the press release said.
The legislators who sent a letter to the department and the governor Sept. 13 are identified as Amedee, Kathy Edmonston, Dottie Horton and Valarie Hodges.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention note that while oral doses of Ivermectin are approved for treatment of some parasitic conditions, the drug has not been approved as a treatment for COVID-19, and there are no data showing Ivermectin is effective as a COVID treatment.
The CDC also expressed concern about a rising number of poison center calls related to misuse of Ivermectin. The CDC saw a four-fold increase in Ivermectin outpatient prescriptions from early July, and a five-fold increase in poison center calls due to Ivermectin in July over pre-pandemic levels.

Hurricane cuts into nation's petroleum supply

Hurricane Ida has already caused oil supply losses of 30 million barrels, the International Energy Agency reports, resulting in the first decline in global oil supply in five months.
Hurricane Ida shut in 1.7 million barrels per day of oil production in the Gulf at the end of August, “with potential supply losses from the storm approaching 30 mb. An uptrend in supply should resume in October as OPEC+ continues to unwind cuts, outages are resolved and as other producers increase,” the agency stated in its September Oil Market report.
“Unexpected outages during August forced a decline in supply for the first time in five months and extended the sharp drawdown in global oil stocks,” it added.
Offshore installations and refineries have been slow to restart due to the severity of the storm, forcing massive stock draws of both crude and products in key global markets, IEA said. “The biggest impact on supply will be seen in September, with total supply losses estimated at around 30 mb.”
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement reported Wednesday that staff are still evacuated from 36 production platforms, or 6.43% of the 560 manned platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Two dynamically positioned rigs remain off location, or 13.33% of 15 currently operating in the Gulf.
Initially, when Hurricane Ida made landfall, 288 production platforms in the Gulf were shut down, halting the production of 1.74 million barrels per day, or 95.65% of Gulf production.
BSEE estimates that approximately 29.52% of current oil production and 39.40% of gas production in the Gulf of Mexico are shut in. The percentages are calculated using data from offshore operators’ daily reports, BSEE said.
The numbers are an improvement from Monday, when 44% of U.S. Gulf of Mexico oil production remained offline, or 800,000 barrels per day, Adam Lipow of Houston-based Lipow Oil Associates told The Center Square in an email.
With oil prices remaining resilient and the West Texas Index pricing at over $70 per barrel, Lipow said consumers probably won’t see much relief at the pump.
“And we will easily see total production losses in excess of 25 million barrels,” he added.
In addition to the rigs that are still shut down, many of the refineries in Louisiana that have since regained full or partial power are still struggling to restart operations, making it difficult to meet the demand for gasoline and diesel the market requires.
“The result is going to be more declines of refined product inventory which will support prices,” Lipow said.

“At least two refineries, Shell Norco and Phillips66 Belle Chasse are each expected to be down another four weeks and the two refineries account for a combined 500,000 barrels per day of capacity.”
The longer it takes Louisiana refineries to fully operate, the less likely it is that gasoline prices will fall.
“With worldwide oil demand recovering at a time that worldwide inventories are declining, there is little chance that gasoline prices fall in a big way unless we see the return of Iranian oil to market if the USA and Iran can agree to a nuclear agreement, or if OPEC+ decides to increase production faster than their current plan,” Lipow said.

KAREN THERESA ALFRED-KNIGHT

February 21, 1952 – September 17, 2021
Karen Alfred Knight of Morgan City passed away September 17, 2021 at her home surrounded by her loving family. Karen was born on February 21, 1952 at Elgin Air Force Base in Florida to Bernie J. Alfred, Sr. and Rita Mae Grandin Alfred.
Karen loved spending time with her children and grandchildren. She loved playing and calling bingo at the American Legion Post 96, where she was also the President of the Auxiliary for many years.
She is survived by four loving children, Tara Alfred-Pellerin and her husband Kevin of Centerville, Anna Knight Streva and her husband Philip of Morgan City, Jimmie Knight, Jr. of Morgan City, and Charita Knight McCullough and her husband Bobby of Morgan City; nine beautiful grandchildren that she loved dearly: Tristin McCullough, Kolin McCullough, Lexi Pellerin, Lance Pellerin, Luke Pellerin, Kobe Streva, Mathew Griffin, Tony Griffin, and Aaleyah Griffin; One daughter-in-law, Paula Alfred; Nine siblings:, Debbie Beadle, Bridget Thibodaux Carla Autin, Regina Brown, Becky Clark, Bernie Alfred, Jr., David Alfred, Gerard Alfred, and Bede Alfred.
She wanted to send a special thank you to all her nieces and nephews who made time to visit her on a weekly basis. She loved visiting and spending time with family. She was preceded in death by her parents, stepmother, three brother-n-laws, one brother, and one son. The family would like to thank Heart of Hospice staff for everything they did to make her comfortable, especially nurses’: Sue, Dori, Stephanie, aides: Lamarla, Yolanda, Megan, and sw: Nicky.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Henry Sebastian officiating. Visitation will be held Monday, September 20, 2021 at Twin City Funeral Home, from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., with a family remembrance service and rosary being held at 7:00 p.m. Visitation will resume Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at Twin City Funeral Home from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m.

DARIN ANDREW TABOR

Darin Andrew Tabor, 54, a resident of Thibodaux, passed away on Friday, September 17, 2021, at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans after a brief battle with cancer.
Darin, the son of Nedra V. Tabor and the late Kenneth Tabor, was born April 24, 1967, in Morgan City, Louisiana and was a graduate of Central Catholic High, class of 1985.
After attending a few semesters at Nicholls State University, Darin found employment at McDermott Shipyard in the drafting/NC department. He also worked for Avondale and Bollinger Shipyards until he started working for his father’s business, K & K Construction Management in Thibodaux.
Many thought of Darin as a very quiet, unassuming person, but those who knew him well, saw a different side. He loved to tell jokes, most of which were actually very funny; he was an avid fan of LSU and Saints football. He had a very healthy appetite for Southern cuisine and enjoyed watching cooking shows and trying out new recipes. Many of his Facebook fans looked forward to him posting photos of his daily meals and worried when he failed to have any postings. He enjoyed the weekly AARP bingo games and was looking forward to the day they would resume because he missed his “Bingo Buddies” and was hoping they were staying safe. He was very passionate about rescuing homeless animals and was a volunteer at the Hope for Animals Center, serving the Thibodaux area.
He was a loving and loyal family man and friend, always putting the needs of others before his own. Darin was a very private person and did not want to burden others with the seriousness of his medical situation. His favorite comment was “It is what it is, deal with it” and it was this attitude which helped him maintain a positive outlook as he dealt with some of life’s most difficult moments.
He will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his mother, Nedra Tabor and friend John Landry, Sr.; sister, Melanie Tabor of Port Angeles, Washington and her companion, Shane Oubre; his daughter, Lindy Tabor of Houma; stepdaughter, Erin Percle of New Orleans; stepmother, Karen Tabor; stepbrother Ryan Naquin (Susan); two step sisters, Mitzi Naquin (Craig) of Thibodaux, and Katie Terry (Phillip) of Austin, Texas. He is also survived by his nephews, Ryan Budd (Cora) of Scott, Louisiana, Tristan and Logan Budd of Port Angeles, Washington; a niece, Lauren Budd of Baton Rouge; his aunt “Nanny” Theresia Albritton and friend, Jay Leonard; and close cousins, Cherie Rigaud and Sonya Johnson.
He was preceded in death by his father Kenneth A Tabor, his paternal grandparents, Murphy “Bud” and Lenora Delaune Tabor, his maternal grandparents, Anthony “Roland” and Sylvania Aucoin Verret; his Aunt, Linda Verret and close cousin, Anthony Malbrough, Sr.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to those who cared for Darin at the Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Houma, Thibodaux Regional Medical Center, Ochsner Medical Center of New Orleans, Dr. Robert Alexander, and his Oncologist, Dr Jitendra G. Gandhi. He was especially grateful to his friends, Brad and Krista Reynaud and Mark and Lisa Adams. The prayers of the various religious groups and well wishes of fiends in the community have been greatly appreciated and have truly been the “Wind beneath our wings.”
Those honored to be pallbearers will be Brad Reynaud, Jessie Reynaud, Tristan Budd, Shane Oubre, Ryan Naquin and Rickey Landry.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ryan Budd, Mark Adams, Logan Budd, John Landry Sr., Anthony “Tony” Malbrough, Jr., Jay Leonard, Charles “Buck” Tabor, Brendan Cloutier and James Giroir.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at St. Andrew Catholic Church with Father Joe Chacko celebrating Mass and Father Henry Sebastian concelebrating.
A visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 5:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Twin City Funeral Home, with a rosary being prayed at 7:00 p.m. The visitation will resume on Wednesday, September 22, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. until 10:15 a.m. at the funeral home. Following Mass, Darin will be laid to rest in the St. Andrew Catholic Church Cemetery.

DONALD KENNEY ROBINSON

Donald Kenney Robinson, 53, a native of Waycross, Georgia, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.
He is survived by children, Abigail, Gabriella Robinson, Brandy Davis, Bobby, Gerald, Claire Buck; six siblings, Paula Schmidt, Greg Robinson, Pamela Newberry, William Robinson, Linda Pendley, Brenda Moody; six grandchildren; and a host of other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandchild.
Memorial visitation will be Monday, 1-3 p.m., at Hargrave Funeral Home, who is in charge of arrangements.

ALEX ANTHONY TRAHAN

Alex “Tony” Anthony Trahan, 63, a resident of Morgan City, passed away at his home, Thursday, Sept.16, 2021.
He was born Aug. 21, 1958, in Morgan City, the son of Etienne Trahan Sr. and Loulia Foreman Peyton.
He is survived by his sister, Cathy Guidry and husband Joe of Morgan City; stepsister Melinda Lamb of Indiana; sister-in-law Rita Trahan of Vicksburg, Mississippi; one nephew, Joshua Guidry; two nieces, Jonette Guidry and Michelle Thompson; two great nephews, Keegan Lang and Paxton Guidry; and one great-niece, Prezli Guidry.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Etienne Trahan Sr. and Loulia Peyton; and two brothers, Etienne Trahan Jr. and Garrett Trahan.

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