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PUBLIC NOTICE
Accepting sealed bids for Qty- 1 surplus generator 150 kw.
Needs rebuilt engine and various electrical issues.
To be sold to highest bidder as is where is.
Contact Mickey @ 985-992-7254 or Calvin @ 985-992-6890.
Bids can be mailed to:
Generator Bid
P O Box 181
Berwick, LA 70342
Adv. April 16, 18, 23, 25, 30, May 2, 7 and 9, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
Accepting sealed bids for one (1) surplus 1997 Dodge Pickup, mileage 58,542
To be sold to highest bidder as-is, where-is.
Contact Jacob or Kenney at 985-384-8990.
Bids can be mailed to: Pickup Truck Bid, P O Box 322, Berwick, LA 70342
Adv. April 30, May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21 and 23, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
ST. MARY
PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
OFFICIAL JOURNAL PROPOSALS
The St. Mary Parish School Board will accept proposals from every newspaper in the Parish to serve as Official Journal for the School Board for the year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026.
The proposals will be opened at 2:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at the School Board Central Office Complex, 474 Hwy 317, Centerville, Louisiana.
Alaina L. Black
President
Buffy S. Fegenbush, Ed. D.
Superintendent
Adv. April 30, May 7 and May 14, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
2025 HURRICANE ROOF DAMAGE REPLACEMENT AND ASSOCIATED WORK
BERWICK HOUSING AUTHORITY
Bids for construction of the “2025 Hurricane Roof Damage Replacement And Associated Work” at the Berwick Housing Authority, Berwick, LA., will be received until 2:30 PM, local time, on Thursday, May 29, 2025, at the Housing Authority Office at 2751 Fifth St, Berwick, LA 70342 at which time and place all bids will be publicly read aloud. This project is funded in part under the Capital Fund Program of the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development.
The general scope of work for this project in- cludes roofing re- placement on approx 410 Squares of existing roof area with new shingle roofing as specified, together with associated work at various apartment buildings at the Berwick Housing Authority. Bids will be received for a Base Bid and Additive Alternate Bids. Contractors desiring to bid on this project shall obtain a paper copy of the plans and specifications from the Architect to facilitate dissemination of Addenda and other pertinent information to bidders. Contractors must also visit the Site and shall attend the Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting noted below.
Copies of the plans and specifications and related contract documents are on file at the office of the Housing Authority Office at 2751 Fifth St, Berwick, LA, and the office of Firmin Architects, Ltd, 530 Third Street, P.O. Box 972, Morgan City, Louisiana, (985/384-3094) and are open for inspection at each of these offices without charge. Contractors may obtain plans and specifications from the Architect by making a deposit of $100 which will be fully refundable upon return of the plans.
Contractors are required to visit the site prior to submitting their bids and should make appointments to do so by calling the Housing Authority Office at 985/385-1546. Attention is called to the insurance requirements and to the provisions for equal employment opportunity, and payment of not less than the minimum wages that must be paid on this project, as set forth in the Specifications.
EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALE AND/OR MINORITY INDIVIDUALS AND SUB-CONTRACTORS:
The attention of the Contractor(s) proposing to submit a bid on this project is expressly called to the interest and desire of the Housing Auth- ority, that female and minority individuals, particularly those residing in or near the housing developments of the Authority, be given preference for positions of new employment.
All bids shall be accompanied by a bid bond or certified check equal to at least five percent (5%) of the amount bid for the Base Bid and made payable without condition to the Owner as a guarantee that the bidder, if awarded the contract, will promptly enter into a contract for the project. The form of this security shall be as stated in the Instructions to Bidders included in the Bid Documents for this project. The successful Bidder shall be required to furnish a Performance and Payment Bond or Irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit written as described in the in the Bid Documents for this project.
A MANDATORY PRE-BID
MEETING WILL BE HELD
at 2:30 PM on May 19, 2025 at Administrative Office - 2751 Fifth St, Berwick, LA 70342
Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction or Specialty; Roofing and Sheetmetal, Siding. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and requirements of LA R.S. 38:2212(B)(5). No bid may be withdrawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. Any contractor and/or sub-contractor whose bid exceeds $50,000.00 shall be licensed in accordance with current statutes of Louisiana Law.
The Owner re- serves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause. In accordance with La. R.S. 38:2212(B)(1), the provisions and requirements of this Section; and those stated in the bidding documents shall not be waived by any entity.
Housing Authority of the Town of Berwick, LA
By:
Clarence Robinson Jr.,
Exec Director
Adv. April 23, 30 and May 7, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Sixteenth
Judicial District Court
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PARISH OF
ST. MARY
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STATE OF
LOUISIANA
Wells Fargo Bank N A
Vs. No. 134455 Div “G”
Marc A Mireles AKA Marc Alexander Mireles and Courtney R Mireles FKA Courtney R Ackman AKA Courtney Renee Ackman Mireles
TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of Order of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 16th Judicial District Court, in and for the Parish of St. Mary, and to me directed, in the above numbered and entitled suit, I have seized the following mentioned and described property, to wit:
That certain lot or parcel of land together with all buildings and im- provements thereon situated and all rights, ways, privileges, prescriptions and servitudes thereto be- longing or in anywise appertaining and all appurtenances thereof, lying and being situated in Morgan City, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, being known designated and des-cribed as LOT NUMBER 16 IN SQUARE “W” OF DITCH’S ANNEX of Morgan City, Louisiana, according to the S.A. Bradford’s map and Plan of Survey recorded in St. Mary Parish COB XX, folio 357, Entry No. 37,224; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affecting the property.
to satisfy the sum of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SIXTEEN AND 45/100 ($120,416.45) DOLLARS, with interest thereon at 4.750% per annum from June 01, 2019, until paid; all expenses in- curred in enforcing the note and mortgage including reasonable attorney’s fees; of/as applicable, such other or additional amounts incurred or advanced for taxes, insurance premiums, special assessments, re- pairs to and/or maintenance of the property, for the protection, preservation, re- pair and recovery of the property, for the protection and preservation of the lien of the mortgage, for the protection and preservation of the mortgagee’s interest thereunder, and other amounts provided by the mortgage and ap- plicable law, such as late charges, escrow advances for the payment of taxes and insurance, corporate advances, property appraisals, inspection fees, prior attorney fees and expenses, abstract and title charges, NSF charges, attorney fees and expenses, and other charges which plaintiff is permitted to prove by verified petition, verified supplemental petition, or affidavit filed or submitted before distribution by the sheriff of the proceeds of the judicial sale herein; and all law charges, fees and expenses incurred in connection or relating to this proceeding including without limitation sheriff’s commission, sheriff’s costs, and all costs of this proceedings, as well as all sheriff’s costs and commission
All successful bidders must have cash, cashier’s check or a verifiable letter of credit in favor of said bidder from a solvent bank, savings and loan association or other such financial institution authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana and full payment must be made on the date of sale. Letter must state that money is available on the date of sale.
I shall expose the same at public sale, for Cash, according to law WITH appraisement to the last and highest bidder, at the principal front door of the 1st floor lobby area of the Court House in the Parish of St. Mary, Town of Franklin, Louisiana, on Wednesday, the 14th day of May A.D., 2025, be- tween the legal hours commencing at 10 O’Clock A.M.
Sheriff’s Office
Parish of St. Mary, La.
Tuesday, the 1st day of April A.D., 2025
GARY L.
DRISKELL
SHERIFF
BY: Heidi Rineholt
Deputy Sheriff
Adv. April 11 and May 7, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Sixteenth
Judicial District Court
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PARISH OF
ST. MARY
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STATE OF
LOUISIANA
Nationstar
Mortgage LLC
Vs. No. 137424 Div “B”
Jacob W Irion AKA Jacob William Irion And Tausha Nash Irion AKA Tausha AnnMarie Nash AKA Tausha Nash AKA Tausha AnnMarie Irion AKA Tausha Irion
TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of Order of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 16th Judicial District Court, in and for the Parish of St. Mary, and to me directed, in the above numbered and entitled suit, I have seized the following mentioned and described property, to wit:
That certain tract of land situated in Section 25, Township 15 South, Range 11 East, Ward 5, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, being known, designated as lot No. Thirty-one (31) as per plan of land which is paraphed “Ne Varietur” for identification and which said plan of land is made by Richard T. Dading, Land Surveyor, dated May 9, 1981. Said Lot Thirty-one (31) fronts One Hundred Fifty (150’) feet on the South side of a private road, with a depth between equal and parallel lines of Ninety-four and Seventy-four Hundredths (94.74’) feet each with a rear or Southern boundary line of One Hundred Fifty (150’) feet; together with all buildings and improvements thereon situated and all rights, ways, servitudes, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining.
Which has the address of 404 Paradise Lane, Patterson, LA 70392
to satisfy the sum of SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FORTY FOUR AND 81/100 ($68,744.81) DOLLARS, with interest thereon at the rate of 6% per annum from April 1, 2018, together with accrued late charges in accordance with the note and mortgage, together with late charges on additional de- linquent installments and any additional amounts which petitioner has advanced or hereafter advances, as permitted by the Note and Mortgage, for taxes, assessments, re- pairs to and maintenance and preservation of the mortgaged property, together with reasonable attorneys’ fees of all sums due, owing and unpaid and all costs of this proceedings, as well as all sheriff’s costs and commission
All successful bidders must have cash, cashier’s check or a verifiable letter of credit in favor of said bidder from a solvent bank, savings and loan association or other such financial institution authorized to do business in the state of Louisiana and full payment must be made on the date of sale. Letter must state that money is available on the date of sale.
I shall expose the same at public sale, for Cash, according to law WITHOUT ap- praisement to the last and highest bidder, at the principal front door of the 1st floor lobby area of the Court House in the Parish of St. Mary, Town of Franklin, Louisiana, on Wednesday, the 14th day of May A.D., 2025, be- tween the legal hours commencing at 10 O’Clock A.M.
Sheriff’s Office
Parish of St. Mary, La.
Tuesday, the 1st day of April A.D., 2025
GARY L.
DRISKELL
SHERIFF
BY: Heidi Rineholt
Deputy Sheriff
Adv. April 11 and May 7, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The City of Morgan City, Louisiana, will receive sealed proposals until 2:00 PM (local time), on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, for the following:
DISASTER DEBRIS
MONITORING SERVICES
for the City of Morgan City
All questions or concerns regarding this proposal may be submitted in writing or by email to Chad Albert calbert@royal.us no later than May 30, 2025, at 2:00 PM.
The City Council reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, with or without cause, to waive technicalities, or to accept the proposal which, in its sole judgement, best serves the interest of the City.
CITY OF MORGAN CITY, LOUISIANA
/S/ Lee Dragna
Lee Dragna
Mayor
Adv. May 7, 14 and 21, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
May 2, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the St. Mary Parish Council will hold a Public Hearing at 5:50 p.m. and will meet in Regular Session at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in the Parish Council Meeting Room, Fifth Floor Courthouse, Franklin, Louisiana.
The purpose of the Public Meeting will be to receive written and/or oral comments and to adopt the following ordinances:
An Ordinance of the St. Mary Parish Council condemning the im- provements consisting of an abandoned burnt house, situated at 9365 Hwy. 182, Centerville, Louisiana, Parcel ID No. 2474581029.00, as a result of same being in a dilapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare and ordering the demolition and removal of said improvements by the owner thereof in not less than sixty days from the effective date of this Ordinance.
An Ordinance of the St. Mary Parish Council condemning the im- provements consisting of an abandoned structure, situated at 141 Friendship Aly, Amelia, Louisiana, Parcel ID No. 3524241206.00, as a result of same being in a dilapidated and dangerous condition which endangers the public welfare and ordering the demolition and removal of said improvements by the owner thereof in not less than sixty days from the effective date of this Ordinance.
An Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2254 Re- garding Public Comment During Parish Council Meetings.
In accordance with Act 393 of 2023 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact Lisa C. Morgan, Clerk of the Council at 337-828-4100, Ext. 505, describing the assistance that is necessary.
Your attendance will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
GWENDOLYN L. HIDALGO,
CHAIRPERSON
ST. MARY PARISH COUNCIL

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PUBLIC NOTICE
BEFORE THE
LOUISIANA PUBLIC
SERVICE
COMMISSION
Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC, Ex Parte
DOCKET NO. U- ————
In Re: Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC - 2024 Formula Rate Plan Annual Report, Request for Adjustment of Water and Sewage Rates and Any Other Related Relief
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2024 FORMULA RATE PLAN ANNUAL REPORT, REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT OF WATER AND SEWAGE RATES AND ANY OTHER RELATED RELIEF
Name and Address of Party Making Filing: Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC, 10761 Perkins Road, Suite A, Baton Rouge, LA 70810
Name, Address, Email Address, and Telephone Number of Attorney For Party Making Filing: Andrew B. Ezell, EZELL LAW FIRM, LLC, 10761 Perkins Rd., Ste. A, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810; Telephone: (225) 763-2272; Facsimile: (225) 763-2273; Email: aezell@ezellfirm.com
Statement of Action Sought:
Applicant, Magnolia Water Utility Operating Company, LLC, requests that the Louisiana Public Service Commission take the following action:
1) Consider and implement rates to provide the following monthly rates for water and sewer customers:
Water
Tier I – Rates by Meter Size
5/8” & 3/4”: $21.72 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed;
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
1”: $27.14 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
1.5”: $108.60 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
2”: $173.76 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
3”: $325.81 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
4” or greater: $543.01 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$2.50 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
No Meter: $32.48 flat
Tier II – Rates by Meter Size
5/8” & 3/4”: $43.46 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed;
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
1”: $54.33 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
1.5”: $217.26 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
2”: $347.63 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
3”: $651.79 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
4” or greater: $1,086.32 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
$4.00 for each additional 1,000 gallons consumed
No Meter: $64.96 flat
Tier III – Rates by Meter Size
5/8” & 3/4”: $11.66 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
1”: $14.58 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
1.5”: $58.32 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
2”: $93.24 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
3”: $174.95 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
4” & 6”: $291.59 for the first 2,000 gallons consumed
plus applicable third-party flow through rate
Wastewater
Tier I
Residential: $37.86
Commercial: Based upon formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code
Tier II
Residential: $75.72
Commercial: Based upon formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code
Schools: $37.86
Tier III
Residential: $37.86
Commercial: Based upon formula specified in Title 51, Chapter 15, Section 1501, of the Louisiana State Sanitary Code
2) Consider and grant any other related relief.
Magnolia’s filing may be viewed in the offices of the LPSC located at 602 North Fifth Street, Galvez Building, 12th Floor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802, phone 225-342-4404, and on the LPSC website (www.lpsc.org).
Date by Which a Party Who Desires to Participate In the Proceeding Must File Notice of Protest: June 3, 2025
Adv. May 7, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
CITY OF
PATTERSON
DELINQUENT TAX LIST
CITY OF PATTERSON VS. DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS
BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTH- ORITY VESTED IN ME BY THE CONSTITUTION AND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, I WILL SELL, AT PATTERSON CITY HALL, WITHIN THE LEGAL HOURS FOR JUDICIAL SALES BEGINNING AT 9:00 O’CLOCK A.M. ON THE 10th DAY OF JUNE, 2025 AND CONTINUING UNTIL SAID SALES ARE COMPLETED, TAX SALE TITLE TO ALL IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ON WHICH TAXES ARE NOW DUE TO THE CITY OF PATTERSON, TO EN- FORCE COLLECTION OF TAXES ASSES- SED IN THE YEAR 2024, TO- GETHER WITH INTEREST THEREON FROM JANUARY 1ST IN THE YEAR OF DE- LINQUENCY, AT THE RATE OF ONE PERCENT (1%) PER MONTH UNTIL PAID AND ALL COSTS. THE NAMES OF SAID DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORS, THE AMOUNT OF STATUTORY IMPOSITIONS DUE, INCLUDING ANY DUE FOR PRIOR YEARS, AND THE IMMOVABLE PROPERTY ASSESSED TO EACH TO BE OFFERED FOR SALE ARE AS FOLLOWS:
2924281013.00
ADAMS ASSETS W/UNION BANK AS SECURED PARTY 2
208 MAIN ST, PATTERSON, LA 70381 TOTAL DUE IS: $243.71 LOT POR NO 3 RIVER BEND SUBD PER PLAT 20M 170959 SITUATED SEC 49 T16S R11E ACQ 380 331791 LOT POR NO 3 RIVER BEND SUBD PER PLAT 20M 170959 SITUATED IN SEC 50 T16S R11E ACQ 380 331791
2894361005.00
ALSCO PROPERTIES LLC
1504 MAIN ST, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $458.54 LOT BD CUTRERA - CARINHAS - HAYDEL - MAIN ST ACQ 444 341801
2834341119.00
ANSLUM JOSEPH
150 SHADY GROVE DR, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $351.61 LOT 27 SHADY GROVE SUBD BLK 1 ACQ 44X 276852
2894361112.00
AUCOIN DANIEL ANTHONY
117 CLEVELAND ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $421.82 LOT BD CLEVELAND AVE - BROUSSARD -ROUSSEL - BROWN ACQ 443 341562 LOT BD E JENNINGS - J BROUSSARD -G ROUSSEL - F MCNEELY ACQ 443 341562 LOT CLEVELAND AVE - W ROGERS - W ROGERS -MCKNEELY ACQ 443 341562
2834281041.00
BAZILE PATRICK A SR
602 LEO DR, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $594.28 LOT 1 CANE COUNTRY EST BLK G ACQ 109 293284 IMPROVEMENT ON THE LAND OF BAZILE PATRICK A SR ACQ 109 293284 LOT 2 CANE COUNTRY EST BLK G ACQ 106 292809
2924281014.00
BOYNE ED- WARD
208 MAIN ST, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $821.98 LOT POR NO 3 RIVER BEND SUBD PER PLAT 20M 170959 SITUATED IN SEC 50 T16S R11E ACQ 380 331791 LOT POR NO 3 RIVER BEND SUBD PER PLAT 20M 170959 SITUATED SEC 49 T16S R11E ACQ 380 331791
2864361250.00
BROWN JULIAN W
1602 PLUM ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $277.16 LOT 6 HENRICKS SUBD AS PER PLAT MM 30446 BD CLEVELAND AVE - LOT 5 - R ELGY - PLUM ST ACQ 341 325812
2864361137.00
BUTLER BESSIE M 1/2 ET AL 1/2
1705 SEYBURN ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $435.67 LOT F BROWN-ROBBINS SUBD BLK 7 PER PLAT 20T 172237 BD T SCOTT - SEYBURN ST -LASSUS ET AL - LASSUS ET AL ACQ 24F 191234
2864361038.00
BUTLER BESSIE M
506 WILLIAMS ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $246.15 LOT POR NO 48 BLK 5 BD M STEVENS - A BUTLER -WILLIAMS AVE - M ALOISIO ACQ 24F 191234
2894381036.00
BYRD RICKY JAMES
208 BRIDGE RD, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $331.69 LOT 3 RIZZO SUBD ACQ 39M 254618
2864341188.00
DUGAS BERTRAND
405 CLEMONS ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $373.86 LOT BD CLEMONS ST - L CLEMONS - C TURNER -A TAYLOR BEING WEST 40 FT LOT 2 PER PLAT 9I 95072 ACQ 41L 262011
2894281313.00
FUSELIER DUSTIN
310 SANDI DR, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $283.10 LOT 29 TIFFANY PLACE SUBD ADD 2B BLK 5 PER PLAT 168 301595 ACQ 424 338448
2864361348.00
GRAY ARTHUR RUDOLPH
1805 O ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $504.58 LOT MIDDLE 66.66 FT NO 74 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD B BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘BCIHB’ PER PLAT 40S 259427 ACQ 40S 259427 LOT MIDDLE 66.66 FT NO 73 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘BCIHB’ PER PLAT 40S 259427 ACQ 40S 259427 LOT EAST 66 2/3 FT NO 73 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘ABCDA’ PER PLAT 21N 177061 AND ALSO BEING TRACT ‘AHIDA’ PER PLAT 40S 259427 ACQ 225 309320 LOT EAST 66 2/3 FT NO 74 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘ABCDA’ PER PLAT 21N 177061 AND ALSO BEING TRACT ‘AHIDA’ PER PLAT 40S 259427 ACQ 225 309320 LOT EAST 66 2/3 FT NO 75 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘ABCDA’ PER PLAT 21N 177061 AND ALSO BEING TRACT ‘AHIDA’ PER PLAT 40S 259427 ACQ 225 309320 LOT 76 PHARR AND WILLIAMS SUBD BLK 7 BEING TRACT ‘EFGDE’ PER 2024,22101,
2924281010.00
GUIDRY RALPH E JR
216 MAIN ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $1,495.62 LOT 1 RIVER BEND SUBD PER PLAT 20M 170959 ACQ 306 320494
2864341364.00
HARVEY JAMAL
1005 RED CYPRESS RD, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $238.36 LOT POR NO 38 MARY FLEUROT ADDN SITUATED IN SEC 26 T15S R11E ACQ 451 342987 LOT POR NO 39 MARY FLEUROT ADDN SITUATED IN SEC 26 T15S R11E ACQ 451 342987 LOT POR NO 39 MARY FLEUROT ADDN SITUATED IN SEC 26 T15S R11E ACQ 451 342987 LOT POR NO 38 MARY FLEUROT ADDN SITUATED IN SEC 26 T15S R11E ACQ 451 342987
2894361001.00
HAZEL SHARON CHRISTY
1400 MAIN ST, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $1,098.04 LOT POR TRACT ABCDEFGHIJKLA PER PLAT 427 338907 SITUATED IN SEC 27 T15S R11E ACQ 454 343354
2864321048.00
KENNER TELISA
1306 ELEVENTH ST, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $255.82 LOT 16 HAUSMAN BROS AND NORMAN LTD BLK 10 ACQ 458 344099
2894301178.00
KENTWOOD SPRING WATER INC DS WATERS OF AMERICA
100 STABLE RD, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $485.09 LOT TRACT A-1 PER PLAT 22S 183720 ACQ 14U 133415
2894341047.00
KING ROSEMARY
1409 FIRST ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $395.32 LOT POR BD BROWN - FIRST ST - NORA -M E CHURCH SITUATED SEC 27 T15S R11E ACQ 40O 258766 LOT POR BD BROWN - FIRST ST - NORA -M E CHURCH SITUATED SEC 26 T15S R11E ACQ 40O 258766
2834341087.00
MACIL CESAR
175 SHADY GROVE DR, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $368.32 LOT 36 SHADY GROVE SUBD BLK 2 ACQ 458 344119
2894361137.00
MCPHERSON KIMBERLIN FRANK
1602 CHERRY ST, PATTERSON, LA 70392 TOTAL DUE IS: $239.43 LOT TRIGGS - BROUSSARD - GOVERNALE - WALLS ACQ 415 337191
2894321188.00
MITCHELL SUSAN TRAHAN
707 LEONARD ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $477.73 LOT 14 WAVELAND SUBD BLK 3 ACQ 43S 271808
2864281367.00
PELLERIN MARCUS C
333 CHARLOTTE DR, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $585.04 LOT POR NO 17 TIFFANY PLACE SUBD ADDN 1B BLK 5 PER PLAT 121 295058 SITUATED IN SEC 47 T16S R11E ACQ 122 295145 LOT POR NO 17 TIFFANY PLACE SUBD ADDN 1B BLK 5 PER PLAT 121 295058 SITUATED IN SEC 48 T16S R11E ACQ 122 295145
2864341192.00
RATLIFFE SAM (ESTATE)
406 CLEMONS ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $314.66 LOT NORMAN AND S - CLEMENTS - MATHEWS -CHAPMAN ACQ 251 312874
2864321115.00
RENTROP EUGENE O
1105 TWIN ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $425.05 LOT POR NO 2 CARLINO SUBD NO 1 SQ A SITUATED IN SEC 27 T15S R11E ACQ 26Z 205150
2864341206.00
ROBERSON HERBERT C
1419 LIVE OAK ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $256.17 LOT BD ROBERSON - LIVE OAK ST - CLEMONS -CAMPBELL ACQ 270 315526
2864341037.00
WASHINGTON CHRISTINA
1703 FERN ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $278.73 LOT 23 TALL TIMBERS BLK 3 ACQ 223 309090
2864321116.00
WHITE EU- GENE O
1105 TWIN ST, PATTERSON, LA TOTAL DUE IS: $246.12 LOT POR NO 2 CARLINO SUBD NO 1 SQ A SITUATED IN SEC 28 T15S R11E ACQ 26Z 205150
ON THE DAY OF SALE I WILL SELL A TAX SALE TITLE TO SUCH PORTIONS OF THE PROPERTY AS EACH TAX DEBTOR WILL POINT OUT AND, IN CASE THE DEBTOR WILL NOT POINT OUT SUFFICIENT PROPERTY, I WILL AT ONCE AND WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY SELL THE UNDIVIDED INTERESTS OF SAID PROPERTY OF ANY TAX DEBTOR WHICH ANY BIDDER WILL BUY FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE STATUTORY IMPOSITIONS FOR WHICH THE SALE IS MADE, TOGETHER WITH INTEREST, FEES AND COSTS DUE BY SAID TAX DEBTOR. THE SALE WILL BE WITHOUT APPRAISEMENT, FOR CASH OR OTHER PAYMENT METHODS ACCEPTABLE TO THE TAX COLLECTOR, IN LEGAL TENDER MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE TAX SALE TITLE TO PROPERTY SOLD WILL BE REDEEMABLE AT ANY TIME DURING THE APPLICABLE REDEMPTIVE PERIOD BY PAYING THE PRICE GIVEN, INCLUDING COSTS AND FIVE PERCENT (5%) PENALTY THEREON, WITH INTEREST AT THE RATE OF ONE PERCENT (1%) PER MONTH UNTIL RE- DEEMED.
Adv. May 7, 2025

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PUBLIC NOTICE
May 2, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the St. Mary Parish Council will hold a Public Hearing at 5:45 p.m. and will meet in Regular Session at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in the Parish Council Meeting Room, Fifth Floor Courthouse, Franklin, Louisiana.
The purpose of the Public Meeting will be to receive written and/or oral comments and to adopt the following ordinances:
An Ordinance levying and imposing a tax of 5.72 mills for the purpose of maintaining and supporting the St. Mary Parish Public Library and its branches as directed by a special election in the Parish of St. Mary, excluding the municipality of Morgan City, for the year 2025; and levying and imposing a forty-six hundredths (0.46) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in the Parish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana, excluding the City of Morgan City, for the year 2025.
An Ordinance levying a tax of 7.60 mills Parish Tax located outside the municipalities for all parochial purposes and segregating for local and parochial purposes and levying and imposing a 3.80 mills tax located within the municipalities to help defray the ex- penses of the Criminal Justice System of the Parish of St. Mary, State of Louisiana.
An Ordinance authorizing the Parish of St. Mary to enter into the Third Amendment to Solid Waste Disposal and Landfill Lease agreement with Emerald Land Corporation for use as a solid waste landfill.
In accordance with Act 393 of 2023 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance, please contact Lisa C. Morgan, Clerk of the Council at 337-828-4100, Ext. 505, describing the assistance that is necessary.
Your attendance will be appreciated.
Sincerely,
GWENDOLYN L. HIDALGO,
CHAIRPERSON
ST. MARY PARISH COUNCIL
Adv. May 7, 2025

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The town of Scott has long claimed to be “where the West begins” because timetables  listed it as the “origin of western travel” on the railroad that eventually became the Southern Pacific. But in 1933, when the U.S. Geological Survey published a “Guidebook of the Western United States,” it appeared that “the West” began far to the east, at the Mississippi River.
The guide traces the route along interconnected railroads from New Orleans to Los Angeles with a paragraph or two about each stop along the way. It gives us a glimpse of life in south Louisiana in the 1930s and offers a fair account of how our landscape changes from swamps to bayous to prairies as the train chugs west.
“The line from Algiers to Lafayette now known as Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas Railroad & Steamship Co. was incorporated in 1852 as the New Orleans, Opelousas & Great Western Railroad Co. It reached Morgan City … in 1857 and Lafayette in 1880,” we learn. “It was operated by the United States during the Civil War and owned by Charles Morgan from 1870 to 1878. The Louisiana & Western Railroad Co. was built from Lafayette to the Sabine River in 1881, and the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co. was constructed from Orange [Texas] to [the] Sabine River (at Echo) in 1878-81.”
The first stop heading west from Algiers, across the Mississippi from New Orleans, was Donner, 65 miles from the river, a community that impressed the USGS mostly because it was in the middle of a swamp where all but the ridge that carried the tracks flooded frequently. Gibson, two miles down the line, was little better. It had a population of only 60 people, and “a quaint old church” was about the only thing worth seeing, according to the guide.
At 80 miles the trains reached “the old settlement of Boeuf,” from which the rails followed the north bank of Bayou Boeuf for half a mile to Morgan City. There, the USGS said, the town’s 5,085 people were “principally occupied in agriculture, shipping crabs, and preparing shells for chicken feed and other uses.” Berwick, just across a long railroad bridge, was “a companion town … sharing with it the river trade and crab industry.”
Patterson, 88 miles west of the Mississippi, was regarded as “the beginning of the lower Atchafalaya River” that met thereabouts “the famous Bayou Teche.” From there, the rails followed the Teche through Franklin (102 miles), Baldwin (106 miles), Jeanerette (115 miles) and New Iberia (127 miles), a scenic route along which travelers viewed “many fine houses, luxuriant gardens, and handsome live oaks and pecan trees.”
At Cade (134 miles), a branch line went to St, Martinville, “a most interesting place,” where travelers could visit Evangeline’s grave under the Evangeline oak, and where “souvenirs of her life are on exhibition.”
At Broussard (140 miles), the train left the Evangeline country and moved into the Attakapas region. Lafayette (146 miles) was a growing railroad center, where the first locomotive used on the Morgan Line could be seen from the passing train. (It was displayed at the depot until, amid much tooth-gnashing, it was reduced to scrap metal in the 1940s to help win World War II.
Insult of all insults, the guidebook about rail travel to the West does not even mention Scott “where it begins,” skipping from Lafayette to Rayne (160 miles) and Crowley (168 miles), centers of the rice industry, as were Estherwood (171 miles), Midland (176 miles),  Mermentau (182 miles), and the “pretty town” of Jennings (186 miles), which was then famous for “the extensive cultivation of Bermuda or Easter lilies, which are shipped … all over the United States.”
At Welsh (197 miles) the rails that had meandered along riverbanks and bayou ridges now turned due west across a flat prairie to head for Lake Charles (220 miles) and its inland port, which shipped more rice than any other in the country. A large mill near the port made cellulose from rice hulls and was “said to be the only plant of its kind in the world.”
Sulphur (230 miles) was duly recognized for the nearby mines that once dominated the world sulfur industry. Oil derricks dotted the landscape just south of Edgerly (238 miles). From Vinton (243 miles), the railroad followed a little ridge to Toomey (245 miles) before crossing the Sabine into Texas and making a great curve to the south toward Galveston.
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DEAR ABBY: I haven’t had a holiday with my grown daughter, “Charly,” since she left the state 12 years ago. When she came out as a lesbian, I wasn’t very accepting and didn’t handle it well. I have since apologized.
Charly and her partner refuse to visit here unless I allow them to share the same bed in my house. I say they can’t tell me what to do in my own home, just as I can’t tell them what to do in theirs. I stayed with them once, and they slept in the same bed. Now they no longer invite me to stay there. Charly told me her partner is uncomfortable with anyone staying there.
I haven’t spoken to my daughter about their relationship in many years. My heart is broken. I don’t get any holidays with them, but her partner’s parents are there every year and live in the next neighborhood. I don’t understand. Any suggestions?
MISSING HER
IN TEXAS
DEAR MISSING HER: I do have one. If the three of you can decide to be civil with each other during a visit, tell your daughter you would be willing to stay in a hotel while you’re there. Frankly, it might be more comfortable for everyone if they agree to it.

DEAR ABBY: I was married for 19 years. We are divorced and have no contact. Divorce was a good choice. Now, two years later, I am in love with a new man whom I’ll call “Grayson.”
We have been together for four months, and things are going really well.
Grayson is gentle and loving in every respect. He’s the only man who has never raised his hand to me. We do a lot together and never argue. We both work. We have talked about marriage. I have met his family, and I was easily accepted. Is this fate, destiny, and should I say yes?
STRUGGLING WITH LOVING A MAN

DEAR STRUGGLING: Because you have a history of choosing men who have “raised a hand to you,” let me advise you that you and Grayson are in the honeymoon phase of your relationship. It’s a little early to be talking about marriage.
Whether this is fate or destiny, I can’t opine.
As to whether you should say yes, assuming he has proposed, you would be wise to have a LONG engagement to be absolutely sure that gentle, loving Grayson is exactly who he seems to be.
DEAR ABBY: I had been developing feelings for my co-worker/boss. I believed those feelings may have been reciprocated. Then, I was fired because of a conflict with another co-worker. This happened more than a month ago. I still think about the guy from time to time. I would like to reach out and let him know, without it being embarrassing or seeming creepy, but I’m not sure how. I really care about him.
FORMER EMPLOYEE IN CONNECTICUT

DEAR FORMER EMPLOYEE: If your feelings for your former boss had been reciprocated, he would be reaching out to you, which hasn’t happened. That said, if you’d like another conversation with him, contact him and ask if he’s willing to be a job reference if he’s contacted by any prospective employers.

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