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BSpring League - 2023
Week 4
W L
Lady & The Champs......21 15
Pole Chasers.................20.5 15.5
Kool Kats........................20 16
Pit Bosses.......................17 19
AARP Bandits................15.5 20.5
Whatever.........................15 21
High scratch point average: (30’) Tim Gilmore 76.9, Burnie Williams 64.2 and Clyde Landry 58.1; and (40’) Randy Giroir 48.0, Dwain Arceneaux 44.7 and Tim Hayles 44.4.
High individual ringer percentage: (30’) Gilmore 57.5, Williams 39.2 and Landry 38.9; and (40’) Giroir 28.3, Arceneaux 28.1 and Dale Pearce 27.3.
High scratch game: (30’) Gilmore 92, Jimmy Percle 76 and Williams 73; and (40’) Pearce 52, Arceneaux 58 and Giroir 57.
Most ringers: (one night) Gilmore 77, Landry 51 and Williams 50; and (one game) Gilmore 28, Percle 22, Canty 19, Williams 18, Landry 18 and Arceneaux 17.
Most points one night: Gilmore 258, Williams 203, Landry 186, Canty 178 and Percle 174 and high game over average: Pearce 20.8 and Mary Guzdial 15.7.
Best won-loss record: Landry 7-2, Gilmore 6.5-2.5, Jim Guzdial 6-3, Williams 6-3, Glenn Caillouet 4-2, Warren Raymond 2-1, J. Percle 2-1 and Angela Percle 2-1.
Most points one night – team: Kool Kats 480 and Pit Bosses 442; and most ringers one night – team: Kool Kats 124 and Pit Bosses 113.

Cliff Dressel, St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court has announced that he will not be seeking re-election when his present term of office concludes on June 30, 2024, his office said Monday in a press release.

Dressel began his career with the St. Mary Parish Clerk of Court in June 1965 as a deputy clerk of court. In August 1969, he was appointed chief deputy clerk.

Dressel was elected clerk in July 1984 upon the retirement of his uncle, Benny Blakeman. He has been elected to 10 consecutive terms over 40 years, bringing his total service to 59 years at the end of his term.

Dressel is the only official to be elected as president of the Louisiana Clerks of Court Association for two terms.

Dressel attributes his success to hiring good employees and providing them with the training and equipment “to maintain and provide the highest level of service to the public, court system, legal community, and the parish’s official records as its custodian.”

Dressel thanked his longtime chief deputy clerk of court, Jane C. Pilant, his current employees and all of his retired deputy clerks for their excellent service throughout the many years.

Dressel also thanked his wife, Renelle Robicheaux Dressel, their children and family for their love and support throughout his long career.

And he thanked the people of St. Mary Parish for having the confidence to elect him to office and to a career that has been the source of great pride
and fulfillment.

When asked whether Dressel was concerned about someone breaking his record as the longest-tenured clerk of court in the State, Dressel commented that he’d “become concerned when they reached 50 years.”

Dressel is the latest in a line of St. Mary officials who will be leaving posts after this state and parish election year.

State Sen. Bret Allain, R-Franklin, is term-limited. He serves as chairman of the Senate Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Committee.

Sheriff Blaise Smith, who began battling health problems more than a year ago, also announced that he won’t seek re-election.

Parish President David Hanagriff is also term-limited. Homeland Security Director David Naquin announced recently that he is retiring, and Chief Administrative Officer Henry C. “Bo” LaGrange retired effected April 3.

The Parish Council approved Hanagriff’s appointment of Public Works Director Jean Paul Bourg as the new CAO.

After a multiday trial, a St. Mary Parish jury on Thursday unanimously convicted Arthur Donald Lacoste Jr., 56, of Patterson of sexual battery and indecent behavior with a
juvenile, the 16th Judicial District Attorney's Office said.

The conviction stems from inappropriate sexual conduct with a juvenile victim whom Lacoste befriended. The inappropriate conduct occurred over a period of several years and
continued until 2020. when the victim made a report to the St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office, the DA's office said.

The St. Mary Parish Sheriff’s Office investigated the complaint and subsequently obtained an arrest warrant for Lacoste.

Lacoste is a registered sex offender. In 1998, he was convicted of multiple counts of molestation of a juvenile and sexual battery involving more than one victim. In 2004,
Lacoste was convicted of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

A sentencing hearing is set before District Judge Keith R.J. Comeaux on July 5. LaCoste could receive a sentence of 10 years with parole on the sexual battery charge. The indecent behavior charge carries a sentence of up to seven years.

However, Louisiana has special sentencing provisions for serial sexual offenders, which require that serial sexual predators be sentenced to life imprisonment, without benefit
of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. Lacoste is a third felony sex offender and would be eligible for those special sentencing provisions, the DA's Office said.

Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Reasoner prosecuted the case with assistance from Heather Hendrix