Donald “Rod” Rodriguez, a former resident and oilfield pilot in Morgan City, died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, at the Hospice of West Alabama.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at St. Joseph Church in Centerville. Visitation will be at 9:30 a.m.
He is survived by his wife, Beryl Rodriguez; stepdaughter Toni Jones; and children Cathy, Debra, Donnie and Gail.
Local legislators expect St. Mary Parish to escape much of the impact of cuts during the special budget session that starts Monday aimed at closing state government’s $304 million mid-year budget deficit.
Higher education and health care are two areas that legislators especially want to try to protect from further cuts.
Gov. John Bel Edwards called for the special legislative session that will end Feb. 22. State government’s fiscal year ends June 30.
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Mardi Gras celebrations are hitting full stride in the Tri-City area.
Next on tap is the women’s Krewe of Galatea on Saturday. Six area Carnival parades will be held in succession starting Feb. 24 and ending on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Ball patrons are reminded that tableaus begin promptly and everyone should be seated prior to the krewe’s stated start time.
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City area football players earned Louisiana Football Coaches Association All-State honors in classes 1A and 3A.
Central Catholic senior offensive lineman Thomas Garber, senior defensive back Ja’len Johnson and senior FLEX Greg Leger were first-team selections in Class 1A, while junior running back Chris Singleton was a second-team choice.
In Class 3A, Berwick High School junior Kenan Jones was a second-team selection as a wide receiver, while Berwick sophomore quarterback Mitchell Sanford was an honorable mention choice.
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The Morgan City High School boys’ bowling team won two games this week, defeating Central Catholic Wednesday at E.D. White Monday, both at Charlie’s Lanes in Morgan City.
Wednesday, Morgan City won 26-1.
Zach Aucoin led Morgan City with a 599 series (196, 216, 187). Other top Morgan City bowlers included Jonathan Spinella (165, 192), Trevor Tong (181), Zachary Stewart (178), Hau Vo (169) and Antoine Bui (166).
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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.
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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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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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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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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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