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People who owe fines for traffic or other misdemeanor violations to the town of Clinton may take advan-tage of an “amnesty” program dur-ing an upcoming 35-day period to avoid being arrested, Police Chief Fred Dunn said.

The amnesty period, called “35 for 35” began Monday June 3, 2013 and continues through July 12.

If an arrest warrant has been is-sued against someone who did not pay a ticket or appear for Mayor’s Court, the person may come to the Town Hall during the amnesty pe-

riod, pay $35 and get an extension of time to pay the outstanding fine, Dunn said.

Dunn, who took office in Janu-ary, said the town has 600 to 700 outstanding arrest warrants, some of them dating back to the 1990s.

Beginning July 13, Clinton police will begin “Operation Roundup” to begin arresting people on the war-rant list, he said.

Anyone arrested after the am-nesty period will have to pay the full amount of his or her fine to be re-leased from jail.

Port Hudson Cannons Boom to Celebrate HistoryBy James Ronald skains

“We are the best kept secret in this region,’’ Greg Thomas, Director of the Port Hudson State Commem-orative Area, told the Explorer. “We have 2 or 3 people each week who come in here and say, “We’ve seen you passing by on Highway 61 for 20-30 years and didn’t know what the Port Hudson Commemorative Area was all about.”

“Few people seem to know the significance of Port Hudson during the Civil War or what interesting things that we have at the Park for people to see,’’ Thomas explained. “In addition to the Museum and the Battlefield, we have 6 miles of sce-nic walking trails through the 643 acre park.”

“Only a portion of the actual Port Hudson battlefield is within the perimeters of the commemorative area,” Thomas pointed out. “The Confederates had 4.5 miles of earth-en breastwork in place plus 11 bat-teries along the River itself.”

The guns at Port Hudson con-trolled who sailed up or down the Mississippi River, and protected the

entrance of the Red River, which led to the “bread basket of the Confed-eracy.” Vicksburg, 110 miles from

Port Hudson as a crow flies, con-trolled the navigation on the River and protected the entrance to the Red River from the north.

To be able to surround Port Hud-son, the Union military brought gun-boats and troop transport boats up the Atchafalaya River in order to access the Mississippi River. Once above Port Hudson, the Union military landed infantry and cavalry troops at Bayou Sara in order to move south to surround and attack Port Hudson.

“We have our Firepower Enact-ment four times a year where we fire the 6 pound cannon, the 42 pound cannon, and various rifle muskets,” Mike Fraering, who has worked at the Park for 25 years, explained. “A #6 cannon fires a 6 pound shell for about 1600 yards. A #42 cannon fires a 42 pound load for 1900 yards or a little over a mile.”

Fraering continued, “There are various types of shells used in these guns. The solid round iron ball was

150th Anniversary of the Day the War StoppedBy anne ButleR

As communities across the coun-try mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the observance in the quaint little river town of St. Fran-cisville, LA, will not celebrate a victory in battle or commemorate a heart-wrenching defeat. Rather, St. Francisville’s observation of events 150 years past preserves a moment of civility in the midst of a bloody war, and the bonds of brotherhood that proved stronger even than the divisiveness of a bitter civil conflict pitting brother against brother. St. Francisville’s observance on June 7, 8 and 9th is called The Day The War Stopped, and that is exactly what happened, at least for a little while.

In June 1863, the bloody Siege of Port Hudson was pitting 30,000

Union troops under Major General Nathaniel P. Banks against 6,800 weary Confederates under Major General Franklin Gardner, fight-ing over the all-important control of traffic on the Mississippi River. Port Hudson and Vicksburg were the only rebel strongholds left along the Mississippi, and if the Union forces could wrest from them control of the river traffic, they could cut off sup-plies from the west and completely surround the Confederacy. Admiral David Farragut had attempted to destroy Confederate cannons atop the bluffs from the river, but of his seven ships, four were turned back, one was completely destroyed, and only his flagship and the USS Al-batross passed upriver safely, leav-

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used to knock down buildings or other gun batteries, while canisters were loaded with all kinds of de-structive pieces of metal to kill peo-ple, as the exploding shell was filled with round balls of metal. The grape shot was similar to the canisters. To-day, as usual, we will be using only a 2 pound charge of power in the #6 cannon and a 10 pound charge in the #42 cannon.’’

My guess as an observer of the firing of the two cannons on June 1, 2013 was that the boom of the #42 would probably carry 5 miles. I can only imagine what the cacoph-ony of sound would have been like with dozens of these cannons going off in a continuous battle. Accord-ing to Fraering, the #6 gun could be loaded, primed, and fired 3 times a minute. The big #42 firing sequence would take a full minute.

“We average about 16,500 visi-tors a year,’’ Thomas noted. “Our biggest crowds come on the 4th weekend of March when we have a full-scale re-enactment. However, It is more difficult to take care of our visitors now, than it was three years ago before we lost 4 employees due to State budget cuts.”

War was nothing new to the Feli-ciana’s, Bayou Sara, and the Plains area, as all were involved to a de-gree in the Revolutionary War of 1776 and the War of 1815 However, neither compared to the blood, tears, horror and agony suffered by its res-idents during the siege of Port Hud-son and the battle of Plains Store 5 miles eastward. Union Army officer,

Major Love of the 116th New York Regiment won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his action in the battle of the Plains.

There are several reasons why Port Hudson and the ensuing Red River campaigns never have re-ceived as much spotlight as have other Civil War Battlefields. One is that the victor gets to write the his-tory of the war first. Neither, the fall of Port Hudson or the ensuing Red River campaigns by the Union Army were outright success. Port Hudson was a “surrender” scenario for the Union Army based on short supply of rations and ammunition for the defenders. The fall of Vicksburg upriver rendered the defense of Port Hudson a futile Confederate military objective.

Within the last 25 years, a young

Texas based scholar, author, and Professor at McMurray University in Abilene, Texas, Donald S. Fra-zier, has added new insight into the Civil War as it was fought in Louisi-ana. Texas not only supplied a large number of troops to fight in Louisi-ana, but the Texans undertook cattle trail drives to resupply Port Hudson. The cattle were herded into swim-ming across the Mississippi River around the Woodville area where they butchered and smoked the meat and delivered it to the soldiers at Port Hudson.

The next firing of the cannons at Port Hudson will take place on June 23rd starting at 1 PM in conjunction with the Zachary Historical Associa-tion Tour of historical homes in the area.

Above: Artillery Re-enactors showcase some of the cannons at the Port Hudson Com-memorative area

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Jackson High Class of 1963 Celebrates 50 Years

The Jackson High School Class of 1963 celebrated their 50th class reunion on June 1, 2013 at Club South of the Border.

Shown Seated from left to right are: Becky Graves Bellue, Nettie Deville Brown, Tena Jenkins Mills, Mary Allen Prewitt, Paulette Williams Holden, Marie Woodside Sisson and Barbara DeLee Wilson. Standing from left to right are: Dalton Holden, Lonnie Brown, Kenneth Jenkins, Glenn Martin, Jerry Whittington, Russell Kent, Carey Leggett, Gerald Blanchard and J.D. Noland. Teachers in attendance were James Soileau and Claude Wilson.

Those not able to attend were LaNelle McGraw Lanoue, Myrtle Spillman Netterville, Carlene Rushing Aronstein, Carolyn Hagan, Mary Ann Johnston, Ann Carpenter Barnett, Donna Manuel Murano, Julia Ross Jett, Beverly Santora McCormick, Billy Taylor, Bobby Taylor, Elliott Stott and W.D. Strahan.

Deceased class members are: Toppy Peterson, Dwight Odom, Timothy Palmer, Roland Guillory, David Dawson and David Griffin.

The group had much fun talking and reminiscing about old times. Traveling the farthest was Marie Woodside Sisson of Marietta, Georgia.

Superior Ford in Zachary welcomes Rich-ard Hitt to their staff as Finance Sales Manager. Originally from New York state, Hitt came down to Louisiana in 1992 to attend Nicholls State University. He met his wife, Tara, while attending college. In 2003, he began his automotive career after graduating college and has worked in the industry since. He and his wife live in Baton Rouge with their four children: Taylor, 19; Olivia, 16; Austin, 7; and Grant, 3. Richard has been working at Superior Ford since April 1, 2013.

Lane Nursing Home residents and staff celebrated National Nursing Home Week with an Open House on Tuesday, May 21, and a Garden Party on Thursday, May 23. “The two celebrations were a way for residents and staff to enjoy each other’s company,” said Patsy Lofstrom, RN, Lane Nursing Home Director. “It was great because the nursing home residents and staff were able to celebrate together as a team.” Cake and punch were served at the Open House, and popcorn and lemonade were served at the Garden Party. Residents and staff donned their best garden hats and enjoyed live musi-cal entertainment.

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ing ground troops to fight it out for nearly another month.

The Albatross was patrolling the Mississippi River off the port city of Bayou Sara just below St. Fran-cisville when a single shot rang out from the captain’s stateroom. It was 4:15 p.m. on June 11, and the ves-sel’s commander, John Elliot Hart of Schenectady, New York, lay mor-tally wounded on the floor, his pistol beside his body and a note detailing his despondency over his sufferings from dyspepsia. Attempts to find a metal coffin in which to ship his body home proved futile, and so the ship’s surgeon went ashore in hopes of making arrangements for burial on land.

He was a Mason; Commander Hart was also a Mason. Living near the river he found several helpful brothers named White who were also Masons, and in St. Francis-ville was the second oldest Masonic Lodge in the state, its senior war-den a Confederate cavalry officer who happened to be at home on furlough. It would be his duty, this Confederate officer felt, to afford a decent burial to a fellow Mason and fellow military officer, regardless of politics. And so the war stopped, if only for a few mournful moments.

The commemorative events be-gan on Friday, June 7, at 7 p.m. in St. Francisville, with graveside his-tories in the peaceful oak-shaded cemetery at historic Grace Epis-copal Church, where several par-ticipants in the original event lie buried---the grave of the Albatross’ commander John E. Hart, whose burial stopped the war and united fellow Masons in both blue and grey, is marked by a marble slab and monument “in loving tribute to the universality of Free Masonry,” while nearby lie the Reverend Dr. Daniel Lewis, Episcopal rector who presided at the burial, and W.W. Leake, the local Masonic leader and Confederate cavalry officer who expedited Hart’s burial. An Open House and presentation of lodge history at the double-galleried Ma-sonic Lodge just across Ferdinand St. from the graveyard follows at 8 p.m. Friday evening.

At 10 on Saturday morning, June 8, a lively parade processed through St. Francisville’s downtown His-toric District, after which lunch was served.

Visitors were pleasantly trans-ported back in time during the af-ternoon at Grace Church’s Bishop Jackson Hall from 11:30 to 1:30 as a concert of antebellum period music was followed by a graceful demon-stration of vintage dancing. At 1:30 commenced the moving dramatic

presentation showing Commander Hart’s young wife in New York as she read his last letter to their small son and then receives the terrible news of his death. This was fol-lowed by the burial of Hart in Grace Church cemetery, with re-enactors in the dignified rites clad in Union and Confederate Civil War uniforms accurate down to the last button and worn brogan. A representative of Commander Hart’s New York Ma-sonic lodge travels south every year to participate in the re-enactment with local Masons, and some years there are actually descendants of the original participants involved.

On Saturday evening from 6 to 8:30 p.m., at Oakley Plantation (Audubon State Historic Site), bril-liantly costumed vintage dancers performed stylish dances popular during the Civil War period in the museum theater, encouraging par-ticipants to join in and learn the steps. Oakley House, which is never lovelier than by candlelight, opened for special evening tour, with all three floors filled with costumed liv-ing historians demonstrating what life was like during the trying Civil War years for civilians and soldiers on both sides of the conflict. A pick-et greeted guests at the entrance in full military uniform. In the din-ing room the discussion was about wartime shortages of foodstuffs as ladies converse over their ersatz coffee made from okra, and other ladies were attending to their mend-ing in the hallway as they made sure the solders’ uniforms had all the buttons sewed on. Convalescent soldiers were cared for in the office, and the little drummer boy waited anxiously in the bedroom to go off to war. In another bedroom, as his anxious wife looked on, a gentle-man dons his uniform and packed his gear into a haversack. The Con-federate headquarters in the library was the scene of discussions of the nearby bloody Siege of Port Hud-son, while in Audubon’s room for-aging soldiers confiscated civilian goods for the military, candles, for example, and much-needed food.

On Sunday, June 9, Rosedown Plantation State Historic Site from 1 to 3 presented a program on Civil War medical techniques and their all-too-often conclusion, period burial customs. All of these activi-ties were free and open to the pub-lic.

Among sponsors were St. Fran-cisville Overnight! (Bed & Break-fasts of the area), the Feliciana Lodge No. 31 F and AM, Grace Episcopal Church, and St. Francis-ville Main Street. For more infor-mation contact the West Feliciana Tourist Commission at 225-635-4224; online visit www.daythewar-stopped.com, www.stfrancisville.us

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Circle A Maintenance: Helping Cool Us Down During Hot Summers By James Ronald skains

Chances are that the ice cream cones you have bought in Louisi-ana, south Mississippi, south Ala-bama and the Panhandle of Florida at Sonic Drive-Inns or Dairy Queen has a Zachary connection. Circle A Maintenance located on McHost Road is a Distributor for Electro Freeze, one of the leading national manufacturers of Soft Serve Ice Cream & Custard, Shake, Frozen Daiquiri, Slush and Italian Water Ice machines.

“We not only sell and install Electro Freeze machines in parts of 4 states, but we also train the people how to operate and take care of the machines,” Darren Da-vid told the Feliciana Explorer.

“Some of our major customers are Sonic, DQ or Dairy Queen, Ry-an’s Buffet, Rally’s and Checkers. Usually the machines are shipped from the factory to us and then we deliver and install, and train their people. Normally we are at a new installation for at least a half day, if not a full day.”

David grew up working in his family’s air conditioning and re-frigeration business. 26 years ago, at age 19, David became the young-est licensed state contractor in any trade in Louisiana. That was the year that he started his own AC/Heating/Refrigeration business doing both residential and com-mercial work with one truck.

“We still do some AC & heat-

ing work and refrigeration locally. However, our main focus now is on selling, installing, and maintaining the Electro Freeze machines from Zachary to Lake Charles to New Orleans to Pensacola, Florida to Montgomery, Alabama to Jackson, Mississippi and all points in be-tween,” David related.

“If you don’t enjoy getting a phone call at 2 PM on a Friday afternoon and then have to drive to Mobile to service an Electro Freeze machine, then you prob-ably won’t be very successful in this business. We are very passion-ate about our business and giving our customers the very best ser-vice possible. When I travel to ei-ther install or service a machine, I try to make it as much as an adven-ture as possible by taking different routes and always trying to find a good restaurant in the area for a sit down meal.’’

To improve his capability of presenting a full picture of his Electro Freeze Machines to his clients, David and his wife, Re-nee’ and two sons opened Yogurt Bayou just east of Zachary High School on Main Street in down-town Zachary.

“There is no better way to dem-onstrate a machine to a prospec-tive client than to show him your own machine in operation,” David pointed out. “When they can see one in action and all the moving parts inside, and know that you

Darren David on left and son Trey David on right in front of an Electro Freeze machine.

have bought a machine for your-self to operate in a business simi-lar to theirs; then you have estab-lished a comfortable relationship with your customer.”

“Some of these Electro Freeze Machines are not cheap. It’s almost like buying a new car, so your cli-ent needs to have a high degree of confidence that once he purchases a machine it will operate efficient-ly without a lot of down time for repairs or service.”

Yogurt Bayou (YB) was opened in November of 2011. YB chang-es their flavors of the week each Friday. “We started Yogurt Bayou with the anticipation that it would help us in sales and service with our Electro Freeze machines. But

we have been surprised at the amount of retail business that we have done in our first year and half of operation,’’ David acknowl-edged.

David’s two sons have fol-lowed in his footsteps in learning the art and science of keeping ice cream machines running and mak-ing money for their owners. Trey has been working full time in the family owned and operated busi-ness for four years. He is the job scheduler and supervisor. Lance, the younger son has been working two years and is a machine techni-cian.

“The Electro Freeze machines

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Lane Behavioral Health Expands with Outpatient Partial Hospitalization Program

RACZ Hosts Fashion For Charity WeekThe 1st Annual Fashion For

Charity Week (FFCW) presented by Heiress Productions took place June 2-8 for a week-long, unfor-gettable event of couture, elegance and style!

“Changing Communities Through Fashion and the Arts” was this year’s event theme. A por-tion of the proceeds benefit the Regional Arts Council of Zachary (RACZ).

“RACZ is a volunteer-run orga-nization; therefore, we rely heavily on donations and fundraising. We are very excited about this event because it not only supports our or-ganization, but also reinforces and promotes our mission to enrich our community through the fine arts!”, said Joy Petty, President of Re-

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Lane Regional Medical Center announced today the expansion of Lane Behavioral Health outpatient services.

In addition to its regular out-patient treatment program, Lane Behavioral Health Services now offers an outpatient Partial Hos-pitalization Program for adults experiencing acute mental health crisis, such as major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder, eating disorders and behavioral problems related

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Local Students Win 2013 Georgia Pacific ScholarshipSarah Hahn, a senior at Ba-

ton Rouge Magnet High School in Baton Rouge has been selected as a recipient of a Georgia-Pacific Foundation Employees’ Children Scholarship. She is the daughter of Susie and Michael Hahn. Susie is an Administrative Assistant at the Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson Oper-ations. Also awarded a scholarship was Gerald Tate Sibley, a senior at Walker High School in Walker. He is the son of Seth and Julie Jones. Seth is an Operator in the Towel Area at the Port Hudson mill. Each year the company awards 50 schol-arships to the children of employ-ees across the country.

In addition, the Port Hudson Op-erations provides a non-endowed scholarship for a Zachary High stu-dent planning to study Engineering at Louisiana State University. This year two scholarships were award-ed. Nicholas Maxey will be attend-ing LSU in the Electrical Engineer-ing program and Lyle Tynes will be

entering the Chemical Engineering Program.

“For more than 20 years, Geor-gia-Pacific has recognized the hard work and academic success of our employees’ children,” said Keith Wahoske, Vice President Port Hud-son Operations. “Supporting edu-cation has always been an empha-sis for Georgia-Pacific because we believe higher education is vital for building a stronger community,” said Wahoske.

The Georgia-Pacific Founda-tion Scholarship Program for Em-ployees’ Children is administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation and is open to children of all active, full-time employees of Georgia-Pacific in the United States. The award is $2,000 per year for up to four years of full time college undergraduate study or un-til baccalaureate degree require-ments are completed, whichever occurs first, for a total maximum award of $8,000.

Georgia-Pacific Foundation Employees’ Children Scholarships are examples of the types of criti-cal needs community investments made by Georgia-Pacific, and other companies owned by Koch Indus-tries. Nationally, Koch companies contribute tens of millions of dol-

lars annually through in-kind giv-ing and direct contributions to causes and organizations focusing on economic education and educa-tional programs, arts and culture, health and human services, com-munity and civic causes, and envi-ronmental projects.

Keith Wahoske presented Charles Koch’s book, The Science of Success, to scholar-ship recipients Sarah Hahn (BR Magnet HS), Gerald Tate Sibley (Walker HS, Nicholas Maxey (Zachary HS) and Lyle Tynes (Zachary HS), from left, at a reception held in their honor. These area students are recipients of the 2013 GP scholarships.

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were originally developed to meet the needs of Dairy Queen Restau-rants,’’ Trey told us. “The reason that you can hold a DQ ice cream cone upside down is because of the pressure of the machine. The pres-sure packs the ice cream in place. You can actually put in one gallon of product and get out a pound and a half of ice cream.”

“The Electro Freeze machines

are made in Moline, Illinois. They are located directly across the street from John Deer Tractor Company, which I thought was ironic. We have been to the manu-facturing facility several times.”

“Technology is being upgrad-ed with these Electro Freeze ma-chines such as having it computer controlled so that someone with an I-Pad or phone can monitor

the machine as to how it is run-ning and also when it needs more product,” Trey pointed out. “We are going to Dallas today to get a firsthand view of some of the new technology.”

“Most people in Zachary don’t realize that a small company like ours has such a far reach in clien-tele in four states,” Darren David concluded. “If anyone in our terri-

tory in those states wants an Elec-tro Freeze machine or parts, then they have to work through us here in Zachary, so sometimes it gets pretty busy around our office.”

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ONSTAR RADIO STK # CD9169 ASCNHC

Lease for$189Per Month!

Or Buy For$20,490After Rebate

MSRP: 23095.00 36 PAYMENTS TOTAL 7762.17 $2309.00 PLUS TTL DUE AT SIGNING 12K /YEAR. RESIDUAL VALUE $13427.00

New 2013 Chevrolet

SONIC 4-DR LS6SPD AUTO 1.8L ECOTEC VVT DOHC

STK # CD8018MSRP ....................................$16,375GM CUSTOMER CASH ..................$500ASCN DISCOUNT ........................-$685FARM BUREAU CASH ..................-$500

$14,69032MPGEST HWY

New 2013 Chevrolet

SILVERADO EXT CAB LT STK # TD7948 ASCN

$23,4990% for 60 Months Available!

in lieu of rebate with approved creditSILVERADO EXT CAB LT MODEL AFTER ALL REBATES INCLUDES $2500 CUSTOMER CASH, $1000TRADE IN BONUS, $2000 INCREMENTAL(ALL STAR) PKG BONUS CASH, $1500 LOYALTY BONUS

CASH, PACKAGE DISCOUNT $1500, ASCN DISCOUNT $3276

JUNESALEPRICE:

JUNE SPECIAL 24/24,000 MAINTENANCE FREE OWNERSHIP! NO WORRIES!

35MPGEST HWY New 2013 Chevrolet

CRUZE LSONSTAR XM RADIO TILT TELESCOPING STEERING COLUMN CD 1.8L

ECOTEC VVT ENG CRUISE PKG ASCN STK # CD8170MSRP ....................................$19,440GM CUSTOMER CASH ..............$1,000ASCN DISCOUNT ........................-$941FARM BUREAU CASH ..................-$500

$16,999

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