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Wheel House for June 8

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 10:35am

SUMMER FOOD
St. Mary Community Action Committee Association is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all eligible children without charge. Meals served Mondays-Fridays, now through July 9 (closed July 5). Breakfast: 8-8:30 a.m. Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sites and meals: Yogi Bear Head Start Center, 318 Wren St., Morgan City, breakfast and lunch; Bayou Vista Community Center, 1333 Belleview St., lunch; Siracusa Recreation Center, 1106 Grace St., breakfast and lunch; and Patterson Community Center, 1101 First St., Suite A, breakfast and lunch.

Bayou Horseshoe Pitchers Association

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 10:33am

Spring League
Week 6
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We Got This.....34.5 19.5
Misfits...............31.5 22.5
Super Slingers..30.5 23.5
20/40.................27.5 26.5
Flip Cop Dough..27 27
High scratch point average: (30’) Tim Gilmore 77.3, Calvin Johnson 40.0 and Mary Guzdial 19.5; (40’) Dwain Arceneaux 50.3, Clyde Landry 48.6 and Glenn Miller 46.1.
High individual ringer percentage: (30’) Gilmore 57.2, Johnson 20.2 and Guzdial 9.2; and (40’) Arceneaux 31.5, Miller 28.0 and Landry 27.2.
High scratch game: (30’) Gilmore 90, Johnson 61 and Guzdial 33; and (40’) Arceneaux 63, Miller 58, Dale Pearce 58 and Landry 57.
Most ringers: (one night) Gilmore 73, Arceneaux 45, Miller 41 and Landry 38; and (one game) Gilmore 27, Johnson 17, Miller 17, Arceneaux 16, Landry 15 and Randy Giroir 15.
Most points one night: Gilmore 250, Arceneaux 177, Landry 159, Johnson 152, Miller 131 and Giroir 131.
High game over average: Dwain Arceneaux 24.1 and Guzdial 6.4.
Best won-loss record: Jim Guzdial 10-2, Randy Giroir 10-2, Johnson 9-3, Gilmore 8-4, Arceneaux 8-4, M. Guzdial 8-4 and Carl Reed 2-1.
Most points one night – team: We Got This 514 and Super Slingers 366; most ringers one night – team: We Got This 136 and Super Slingers 76.

Morgan City police radio logs for June 3-7

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 10:24am

The following are the radio dispatch logs from the Morgan City Police Department. To report unlawful or suspicious activity, call the Police Department at 985-380-4605.
Thursday, June 3
6:36 a.m. 300 block of Mallard Street; Complaint.
7:08 a.m. 200 block of Franklin Street; Suspicious activity.
8:25 a.m. 100 block of Mount Street; Theft.
9:39 a.m. 600 block of Leona Street; Forgery.
10:40 a.m. 700 block of Terrebonne Street; Juvenile problems.
10:52 a.m. 1300 block of Front Street; Complaint.
11:58 a.m. 200 block of Franklin Street; Complaint.
12:04 p.m. 1400 block of Railroad Avenue; Complaint.
12:16 p.m. La. 70; Assistance.
12:52 p.m. La. 70/U.S. 90 junction ; Stalled vehicle.
2:14 p.m. 500 block of Brashear Avenue; Complaint.
2:23 p.m. 500 block of First Street; Complaint.
2:31 p.m. Sixth and Bowman streets; Traffic.
2:47 p.m. 7000 block of La. 182 East; Complaint.
3:03 p.m. 1600 block of Victor II Boulevard; Theft.
3:06 p.m. 1300 block of Front Street; Traffic.
3:39 p.m. 500 block of Fifth Street; Complaint.
5:05 p.m. 7000 block of La. 182 East; Animal complaint.
Friday, June 4
7:42 a.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Reckless driver.
9:24 a.m. 6200 block of La. 182; Hit and run.
11:03 a.m. 300 block of Fifth Street; Disturbance.
11:48 a.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; 911 hang up call.
12:06 p.m. La. 182 and Ditch Avenue area; Suspicious person.
12:26 p.m. 2300 block of Federal Avenue; Remove subject.
12:36 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Warrant/arrest.
1:52 p.m. U.S. 90 Westbound crest; Accident.
2:12 p.m. 200 block of Patton Street; Complaint.
3:21 p.m. 300 block of Laurel Drive; Stand by.
3:33 p.m. 1700 block of Elk Street; Medical emergency.
3:50 p.m. 200 block of Patton Street; Animal complaint/alligator.
3:54 p.m. 900 block of Fourth Street; Complaint.
3:56 p.m. 700 block of Myrtle Street; Warrant/arrest.
4:18 p.m. 400 block of Aucoin Street; Complaint.
5:50 p.m. U.S. 90 West; Accident.
6:04 p.m. Sixth and Marguerite streets; Medical.
6:16 p.m. 400 block of Railroad Avenue; Animal.
6:36 p.m. 300 block of Laurel Drive; Medical.
6:38 p.m. 600 block of Leona Street; Disturbance.
7:06 p.m. Federal Avenue and Garber Street; Complaint.
7:30 p.m. 1700 block of Dale Street; Assistance.
8:15 p.m. 200 block of Leona Street; Disturbance.
9:26 p.m. 200 block of Franklin Street; Suspicious activity.
10:17 p.m. 700 block of Justa Street; Accident.
10:23 p.m. 800 block of Ditch Avenue; Animal.
11:08 p.m. 1000 block of Greenwood Street; Criminal damage to property.
Saturday, June 5
2:01 a.m. 6300 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
2:21 a.m. 6300 block of La. 182; Hit and run.
2:39 a.m. 1400 block of North Third Street; Suspicious activity.
5:54 a.m. 700 block of Fourth Street; Medical emergency.
7:20 a.m. 2500 block of Elm Street; Medical emergency.
11:53 a.m. 2300 block of La. 70; Alarm.
11:59 a.m. 7700 block of La. 182; Battery.
12:32 p.m. 900 block of Willard Street; Disturbance.
1:34 p.m. 300 block of Halsey Street; Welfare concern.
1:56 p.m. 700 block of Fifth Street; Medical emergency.
2:05 p.m. 1600 block of Chatsworth Drive; Animal complaint.
3:39 p.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Disturbance.
3:49 p.m. 600 block of Egle Street; Remove subject/arrest.
4:20 p.m. 500 block of Freret Street; Lost/found.
4:35 p.m. 900 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard; Stranded motorist.
4:42 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Assist Assumption.
4:44 p.m. 1600 block of Federal Avenue ; Complaint.
6:12 p.m. Seventh and Duke streets; Disturbance.
6:28 p.m. 300 block of Egle Street; Complaint.
6:41 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Assistance.
6:59 p.m. 300 block of Grizzaffi Street; Animal.
7:25 p.m. La. 182/U.S. 90 junction; Stalled vehicle.
8:10 p.m. Federal Avenue and Garber Street; Frequent patrols.
8:38 p.m. 7200 block of La. 182; Criminal damage to property.
8:39 p.m. 1100 block of Marguerite Street; Removal of subject.
8:56 p.m. 200 block of Patton Street; Juvenile problems.
9:43 p.m. 1400 block of Federal Avenue; Disturbance.
9:48 p.m. 100 block of Railroad Avenue; Disturbance.
10:57 p.m. 500 block of Bush Street; Loud music.
Sunday, June 6
12:06 a.m. 2300 block of Cypress Street; Complaint.
12:29 a.m. Louisiana and Fifth streets; Loud music.
12:54 a.m. 600 block of Brashear Avenue; Disturbance.
3:39 a.m. 7400 block of La. 182; Theft.
6:41 a.m. 2400 block of Sixth Street; Alarm.
6:49 a.m. 500 block of Egle Street; Disturbance.
6:55 a.m. 1500 block of Bernice Street ; Alarm.
6:57 a.m. 6500 block of La. 182; Alarm.
10:34 a.m. 3000 block of Lake Palourde Road; Alarm.
11:34 a.m. 800 block of Ditch Avenue; Civil.
1:52 p.m. 1000 block of Front Street; Disturbance/warrant/arrest.
2:59 p.m. 600 block of Shannon Street; Theft.
4:56 p.m. 1900 block of Victor II Boulevard; Animal complaint/gator.
7:29 p.m. 900 block of Seventh Street; Complaint.
8:09 p.m. 300 block of Chennault Street; Disturbance.
8:16 p.m. 1400 block of North Third Street; Disturbance.
8:51 p.m. 1700 block of Victor II Boulevard; Suspicious person.
10:18 p.m. Sixth and Everett streets; Animal.
10:19 p.m. 1200 block of Victor II Boulevard; Alarm.
Monday, June 7
12:42 a.m. 200 block of Wren Street; Complaint.
12:59 a.m. 100 block of Oak Street; Medical.
1:20 a.m. 6600 block of La. 182; Alarm.
2:57 a.m. 2500 block of Elm Street; Suspicious person.
4:52 a.m. 900 block of Marguerite Street; Suspicious person.

Palombo receives Chi Chapter grant

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 8:41am

Each year Chi Chapter of The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International awards a Chi Chapter Grant-in-Aid grant to an outstanding area female graduate who will attend college and major in education. Lauren Palombo, a 2018 Centerville High School graduate is the 2021 Chi Chapter Grant-in-Aid recipient. She is majoring in elementary education at the University of Louisiana — Lafayette. Making the presentation are Chi Chapter and Centerville High School faculty members Theri Jo Candella, left and Robbie Leblanc, right.

Father’s Day ideas

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 8:37am

Father’s Day presents an opportunity for people to honor the special men in their lives. These include not only dads, but father figures and other influential men who offer care and guidance to the people they love.
The following are some ways to show dads they are appreciated.
Backyard bash
Outdoor parties are some of the safer ways to bring people together, particularly if attendees maintain their distance.
Weather permitting, families can host barbecues and enlist someone other than dad to man the grill. Serve foods buffet-style and space out tables so people can safely celebrate.
Plan a sports outing
Professional sports teams are once again welcoming fans to stadiums and other venues. It may be possible to purchase tickets to an upcoming game and surprise dad or grandpa with tickets on Father’s Day.
Make Father’s Day festivities sports-centric, with coordinated decorations and themed foods to set the scene.
Plan a game day
Whether your father likes board games, video games or crossword puzzles, gear Father’s Day around fun and games. Let dad lead the way and choose the activity.
Host a beer tasting
If dad is a beer lover, organize a trip to an area craft brewery to sample their offerings. Or pick up beers from a few different breweries and create a beer tasting at home.
An outdoor movie night
Perfect for a father who is a movie buff, borrow or purchase a projector and show a movie on an outdoor screen or against a blank outdoor wall. Select one of dad’s favorite movies to watch and invite friends and family to join in on the fun. Make sure there are refreshments at the ready and plenty of hot popcorn.
Celebrating Father’s Day this year may require some ingenuity, but there is still fun to be had.

Man fed up with proselytizing in-laws

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 8:32am

By Jeanne Phillips, ©United Features Syndicate

DEAR ABBY: I am having trouble dealing with my wife’s extended family, who are mostly evangelicals. My family isn’t overly religious and some are atheists. Her family doesn’t think twice about asking me if I have a relationship with God, and have even declared that they are praying for me and my children. I chafe at these comments because I feel they do not respect our religious beliefs, as I do theirs.
This has been going on for all of the 40 years we’ve been married, and I’m ready to disassociate from them altogether.
I do not want to be negative about their beliefs, but I should be entitled to mutual respect. Can you help, please?
LOSING PATIENCE IN CALIFORNIA

DEAR LOSING: I can try. One of the tenets of the faith of evangelicals is evangelizing — in other words, spreading the word about their beliefs. They feel that by doing this they are following their religion.
When you are asked whether you have a relationship with God, your response should be that your relationship with God is as close as you need it to be, thank you — AND PLEASE DO NOT ASK AGAIN.
When they tell you they are praying for you and your children, say thank you again. A little prayer on our behalf hurts no one, and may make them feel better about their own lives. Limit your exposure if you must, but shunning your in-laws isn’t the answer if your wife wants to maintain a relationship with them.

DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband had an affair with a woman named “Lily” that lasted for the entire year we were separated. Although we tried to work on things, he continued to sleep with both of us. I got PTSD because of how bad it messed with my head. I wanted to keep my family together, but I was tired of being hurt.
When I finally let go, so did Lily. She got engaged not long after meeting her new boyfriend, but she and my ex still slept together. He had four relationships after her and kept trying to pursue me, but I didn’t give him any more chances and met my now-husband.
After cheating in their subsequent relationships, my ex and Lily got back together. (She moved in because her fiancé kicked her out.) Eight months later they are now engaged. I don’t feel safe with my son around them because they are so toxic. Am I wrong for wishing they would separate again and both stay out of my life? It’s affecting me emotionally again, as well as making it hard for me to love.
ALMOST DESTROYED IN ILLINOIS

DEAR ALMOST DESTROYED: You are spending too much time focused on your ex and his fiancée. They are birds of a feather and meant for each other. Because you are unable to eliminate your ex from your life — I presume because of the child you share — and the stress is affecting your mental health, it’s time to consult a licensed mental health professional for help in insulating yourself from this toxic twosome.
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St. Mary CAA summer feeding program sites

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 7:29am

Download the .pdf file at the link below for a list of guidelines and 2021 feeding sites.

Bills signed into law by the governor Monday

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 7:20am

On Monday, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced that he has signed the following bills into law from the 2021 Legislative Session.

ACT 80—HB 697 Provides for sports wagering.

ACT 81—SB 45 Extends the sunset date for Ports of Louisiana tax credits.

ACT 82—SB 48 Provides relative to continuing education requirements imposed by the Louisiana Board of Hearing Aid Dealers.

ACT 83—SB 52 Provides for payment of certain group insurance costs by Livingston Parish sheriff.

ACT 84—SB 57 Provides for the functions of the jury commission in Franklin Parish.

ACT 85—SB 64 Provides relative to acts prohibited during early voting or on election day.

ACT 86—SB 65 Provides relative to dental referral plans.

ACT 87—SB 74 Provides for the disposition of abandoned property deposited at the state archives.

ACT 88—SB 75 Provides an exception for late approval of a capital outlay request for a state-owned and administered project submitted by a budget unit of the state, including public postsecondary education institutions.

ACT 89—SB 82 Provides for external review of health insurance issuers.

ACT 90—SB 88 Authorizes levee boards to spend funds generated from one or more levee districts in another district that benefits an entire levee authority.

ACT 91—SB 89 Provides for the unemployment insurance procedure to be applied by the secretary of the La. Workforce Commission for calendar year 2022.

ACT 92—SB 93 Provides relative to telehealth services provided by licensed hearing aid dealers.

ACT 93—SB 95 Provides relative to the return of certain schools in the Recovery School District to the transferring school board.

ACT 94—SB 98 Provides relative to marine products.

ACT 95—SB 99 Provides relative to TOPS eligibility.

ACT 96—SB 107 Provides relative to the composition of the controlled dangerous substances schedules.

ACT 97—SB 120 Provides for the salary of the marshal of the city court of Lafayette.

ACT 98—SB 129 Creates and provides for the Community Drinking Water Infrastructure Sustainability Act.

ACT 99—SB 132 Provides relative to analysis of the DNA sample collected following an arrest for certain offenses.

ACT 100—SB 144 Creates the crime of unlawful possession, transfer, or manufacture of animal fighting paraphernalia.

ACT 101—SB 168 Provides relative to controlled dangerous substances.

ACT 102—SB 180 Provides relative to state procurement of certain services by use of reverse auction technology.

ACT 103—SB 183 Provides for the acquisition of blighted property in Lake Charles.

ACT 104—SB 186 Provides for post-conviction relief with regard to successful "actual innocence" claims.

ACT 105—SB 199 Designates portions of state highways for certain individuals.

ACT 106—SB 206 Provides relative to group insurance expenses for certain clerks of court.

ACT 107—SB 212 Designates a portion of US 90 Business-Westbank Expressway in the city of Westwego in Jefferson Parish as the "Michael D. Louviere Memorial Highway.”

ACT 108—SB 216 Requires early literacy professional development for certain teachers.

ACT 109—SB 229 Provides for the creation, dedication, use, and investment of the Health Care Employment Reinvestment Opportunity (H.E.R.O.) Fund.

ACT 110—SB 246 Provides relative to the creation of an international language immersion school.

From the Editor: Patterson mayor interviewed for new podcast

Tue, 06/08/2021 - 6:57am

BILL DECKER

bdecker@daily-review.com

Patterson is entering the podcast universe.

Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan has been interviewed by Mayor Matt Seale of Ocilla, Georgia, for the Small Town Podcast, a partnership between the Louisiana Municipal Association and Louisiana Economic Development.

According to a press release, “Mayor Grogan discusses what it’s meant to serve as the first African-American mayor in Patterson and his life leading up to this great honor. Grogan also discusses the efforts being made in revitalizing the great small town of Patterson.”

The podcast became available for streaming or download Monday. Click here to find the podcast webpage.

Podcasts have been around for nearly 20 years, but they’re like opera or liver and onions: You either love them or you don’t acknowledge their existence. For the latter category, podcasts are like radio shows that you can download or stream anytime you want. Generally you can listen to them on the web or use an app like Apple Tunes, Spotify and Stitcher.

Some podcasts are just re-airing of news shows you’d see on Fox News or MSNBC. Some are old-fashioned radio dramas.

Some are devoted to fans rehashing episodes of new or classic TV shows like "The Americans" or "Law & Order." And some are dedicated to hobbies like sewing, boating or amateur radio.

Podcasts have become famous in their own right, like Serial, a true-crime exploration of the conviction of a high school student for killing a classmate. True crime is huge in the podcast world.

Some people have become famous for hosting popular podcasts, such as Joe Rogan.

As you might expect, our weird and wonderful state has been the focus of some special podcasts.

Duking it out

Josh Levin, a New Orleans native who is now national editor for Slate, explored the rise of David Duke in the fourth season of Slate’s Slow Burn podcast.

The Slate blurb about Slow Burn says Levin explores “how a Nazi sympathizer and former Klansman fashioned himself into a mainstream figure, and why some voters came to embrace his message. It will also examine how activists, journalists, and ordinary citizens confronted Duke’s candidacy, and what it took to stop him.”

The series focuses on the political tap-dancing over whether and how state Republicans would support or not support Duke in his 1991 gubernatorial campaign, the one featuring the infamous “runoff from hell” pitting Duke against Edwin Edwards.

The podcast includes interviews with Edwards and the late Beth Rickey, the south Louisiana Republican who did much of the early research into Duke’s ties to the Klan and neo-Nazis.

The podcast is worth hearing in the present day, when national politics wrestles over which side is being radical and what to do about it.

Slow Burn’s other seasons have been devoted to stories including Watergate, the Clinton impeachment and, currently, the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Click here to find the Slow Burn Season 4 page.

The Bulldog

Another ear-opening podcast is Deep Cover, which begins — but only begins — with the notorious Bulldog marijuana smuggling case from the 1980s.

An abandoned barge was found in 1983 at a Vermilion Parish shipyard near a community called Bancker. Inside were the water- and oil-spoiled remnants of what had been an estimated 280,000 pounds of marijuana.

Five years later, a federal grand jury in Louisiana handed down indictments alleging that millions of pounds of marijuana and cocaine were smuggled into the state, and that the proceeds were laundered by none other than Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega.

The drug-smuggling and money-laundering accusations played a role the next year in the decision by President George H.W. Bush to invade Panama and depose Noriega.

Among those interviewed for the early stages of the podcast was Roy Frusha, who was head of Louisiana State Police Region II Narcotics when I covered state police in the early 1990s.

Frusha, who wasn’t yet the Region II Narcotics commander in 1983, describes climbing down into the barge, finding the dope dregs and tracking the smugglers who had stayed in the Bancker area during the off-loading. Utility bills helped investigators figure out what had been going on.

Click here to go to the Deep Cover website.

Frusha, by the way, wrote “Wrestling With Pigs,” a fictionalized account of the case and the politics that followed in its wake. The title comes from a George Bernard Shaw quote: “Never wrestle with pigs. You’ll both get dirty and the pig likes it.”

Bill Decker is managing editor of The Daily Review.

Morgan City police investigate shooting that wounded one

Mon, 06/07/2021 - 7:33pm

A shooting Monday evening in the area near Poncio Street and Railroad Avenue wounded one person, the Morgan City Police Department posted on its Facebook page.

The department said it received calls of shots fired in the Poncio-Railroad area. Responding officers arrived in the area and located one male victim who was struck in the lower extremity.

The department made the post at 7:07 p.m. Monday. The scene is still active and further details will be released at a later time, the department said.