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PATRICIA GASH BROWN

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 2:32pm

Patricia Gash Brown, age 57, a native of Jeanerette, La., and a resident of Morgan City, La., passed away on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 at her resident at 3:54 p.m.

Visitation will be observed on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017 at the Siracusaville Recreation Center from 9 a.m. until funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will following funeral service in the Morgan City Cemetery. Memories of Patricia “PAT” will forever remain in the hearts of her father, Joseph Sidney Gash of Morgan City, La; five daughters, Mrs. Gary (Obea Brown) Bartley, Jr. of Dallas, Texas, Treanisha Lashaun Brown of Carencro, La., Jaquita Allonna Brown of Morgan City, La., Mrs. Rondell (Shara S.) Dugan of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Sabashan (Annika Lewis) Prevot of Lafayette, La; two brothers, James Gash Sr. and Charles Gash all of Morgan City, La; fifteen grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends, brothers-in-law and sister-in-law.

Patricia was preceded in death by her mother, her husband, two sisters, and a brother.

Jones Funeral Home of Morgan City-Franklin-Houma- Jeanerette in charge of arrangements.

Visit www.jones-funeral-home.com to send condolences to family.

America's school system stands at crossroads

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 2:29pm
THOMAS SOWELL

One of the painful realities of our time is that most public schools in most low-income, inner-city neighborhoods produce educational outcomes that are far below the outcomes in other neighborhoods, and especially in more affluent neighborhoods.

Attempts to assign blame are too numerous to name, much less explore. But as someone who has, for more than 40 years, been researching those particular minority schools that have been successful, I am struck both by their success and by how varied are the ways that success has been achieved.

In doing research for a 1976 article, “Patterns of Black Excellence,” I discovered that the educational methods used to educate low-income, minority children in successful schools ranged from very traditional and strict methods in some parochial schools to very different approaches in other schools.

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Treaty designed to expel French sent them to Louisiana instead

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 2:28pm
JIM BRADSHAW

A treaty that was signed in Paris in early February 1763, had far-reaching consequences for the great European powers of the day, but it was also one of the most important documents in the history of south Louisiana.

It officially ended the struggle that was known as the Seven Years’ War in Europe, as the French and Indian War in North America, and in Louisiana as the crisis that gave the British the excuse they’d been looking for to send the Acadians into exile.

The treaty ending the war allowed Acadians who had been scattered throughout the English colonies to return to their ancestral homelands, or to go someplace else. Some of them came to Louisiana at that time, but not in large numbers.

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AARP holds Mardi Gras celebration

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 2:22pm

Gordon and Faye Smith were presented as St. Mary AARP Mardi Gras King and Queen XXIX during the 29th St. Mary AARP Chapter 4435 Mardi Gras Court and Ball held Feb. 4 at the St. Mary Senior Citizens Center, home of St. Mary AARP. Theme of the gala was “Legends of 20th Century Music.”

St. Mary AARP President Bill Darce welcomed attendees. Emcees were Morgan City Councilman Tim Hymel and his wife, Debra.

The Hymels guided the audience through the evening’s Mardi Gras court events, featuring the music of entertainers who have immortalized themselves as “Kings and Queens” of their respective musical fields.

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Pipeline hearing stirs emotions in Napoleonville

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 1:59pm
LINDA COOKE

NAPOLEONVILLE — The public hearing on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline project began relatively quietly, but opponents in the bleachers made themselves heard in short order.

The Wednesday hearing at the Napoleonville Community Center was the second public hearing on the controversial pipeline which, if allowed, will extend from Lake Charles to St. James Parish and the Mississippi River.

Technically, the Bayou Bridge pipeline would be the last section of the Dakota Access Pipeline, 1,300 miles to the north by the same companies, Energy Transfer Partners, Phillips 66 and Sunoco Logistics Partners.

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Deplorables Should Boycott Hollywood

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 1:04pm
Jeff Crouere

During the presidential campaign, several dozen brainless Hollywood stars were so upset at Donald Trump that they promised to leave the country if he won. Well we are still waiting for them to do everyone a favor and exit stage left. Of course, they lied and continue to pollute the airwaves here in America.

Now that it is awards season for the movie industry, it has been non-stop criticism of our new President. At the Golden Globes Awards, Meryl Streep blasted President Trump for his supposedly hateful gesturing about a disabled reporter during the campaign. Never mind that the Trump gestures were like other ones he has made about a variety of non-disabled individuals. In addition, he denied it was directed at the reporter in question or meant as a sign of disrespect, but facts never get in the way of the Hollywood star making an idiotic statement.

At the crazy Women’s March on January 21, hundreds of thousands of people converged on Washington D.C. to hear from washed up stars like Madonna. During her speech, she incredibly boasted that she had “thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House.” Later, she claimed that her comments were “taken out of context,” but if a star had made such an incendiary remark about the White House during President Obama’s administration, not only would there have been universal media and Hollywood condemnation, but it is also likely the individual would have been hauled in for questioning by the Secret Service.

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Education at a Crossroads

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 1:02pm
Thomas Sowell

In just a matter of days — perhaps next Monday — a decision will be made in Washington affecting the futures of millions of children in low-income communities, and in the very troubled area of race relations in America.

An opportunity has arisen — belatedly — that may not come again in this generation. That is an opportunity to greatly expand the kinds of schools that have successfully educated, to a high level, inner-city youngsters whom the great bulk of public schools fail to educate to even minimally adequate levels.

What may seem on the surface to be merely a matter of whether the U.S. Senate confirms or rejects the nomination of Betsy De- Vos to be head of the U.S. Department of Education involves far bigger stakes.

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Mathews demands citizens advisory committee

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 1:00pm
BILL DECKER

Is the west end of St. Mary Parish, especially the black community in the west end, getting a raw deal from the School Board?

St. Mary Parish Council member Craig Mathews thinks so. Mathews asked the board at its monthly meeting Thursday to form a citizens advisory committee. The committee would solicit advice from people throughout the parish and “consider those problems which vitally affect the future of our children,” according to a written statement submitted by Mathews.

The board delayed action on Mathews’ request on procedural grounds. But board President Michael Taylor said the district will prepare a review of his proposal, possibly before the March meeting.

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Armato receives 'good grades' on SB review

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 12:57pm
BILL DECKER

St. Mary Parish Superintendent Leonard Armato, who has led the district to the brink of an A grade in the state accountability system, got good grades on his review Thursday.

The St. Mary School Board emerged from a brief closed session during its regular monthly meeting and approved a two-year contract extension with a $5,000 annual raise for Armato.

The raise sets Armato’s salary at $140,000. The raise and the new contract go into effect in June, two years after he succeeded Donald Aguillard as superintendent. Aguillard became the Lafayette Parish superintendent in spring 2015.

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Pipeline over basin stirs emotions in Napoleonville

Fri, 02/10/2017 - 12:55pm
LINDA COOKE

The public hearing on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline project began relatively quietly, but opponents in the bleachers made themselves heard in short order.

This Feb. 8 hearing at the Napoleonville Community Center was the second public hearing on the controversial pipeline which, if allowed, will extend from Lake Charles to St. James Parish and the Mississippi River.

Technically, the Bayou Bridge pipeline would be the last section of the Dakota Access Pipeline, 1,300 miles to the north by the same companies, Energy Transfer Partners, Phillips 66 and Sunoco Logistics Partners.

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