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Ground breakingA groundbreaking for the Port of Morgan City’s new Govern-ment Emergency Operations Center was held Tuesday atthe site on La. 182 next to the Morgan City Municipal Audi-torium. From left are Port Commissioners Matt Ackel, TimMatthews Sr., Joey Foret, Deborah Garber; Port Executive

Director Raymond “Mac” Wade; Port Commissioner GaryDuhon; State Rep. Sam Jones; State Commissioner ofAdministration Kristy Nichols; State Sen. Bret Allain; PortCommission President Jerry Gauthier; and Port Commis-sioners Duane Lodrigue, Joseph Cain and Scott Melancon.

Ground broken on emergency ops centerMORGAN CITY —

Groundbreaking ceremoniesfor the $10 million Govern-mental Operations andEmergency Center were heldTuesday in Morgan City.

The site for the center is lo-cated on La. 182 adjacent tothe Morgan City MunicipalAuditorium. The buildingcan serve as an emergencycommand center duringevents such as hurricanesand also will house tenantsfrom governmental agencieson a day-to-day basis.

Morgan City Harbor andTerminal Director Raymond“Mac” Wade said the ground-breaking is the culminationof six years of discussion. TheDeepwater Horizon oil spillof 2010 and the flood of 2011made it apparent that such afacility was vital to residents,businesses, first respondersand the region, Wade said.Morgan City — and its audi-torium —historically havebeen used as a staging areafor emergency response indisasters such as hurricanes.

The local legislative dele-

gation of Sen. Bret Allain,Rep. Sam Jones and Rep. JoeHarrison worked tirelessly tosecure over $7 million fromthe state for the project,Wade said.

Kristy Nichols, the statecommissioner of administra-tion, agreed, saying the localdelegation “really have beenyour true advocates.”

She said the operationscenter will be critical in theevent of a disaster, support-ing the port, oil and gas oper-ations and housing localemergency operations. Shesaid it was critical to keepinga Coast Guard presence inMorgan City.

Allain, R-Franklin, ex-pressed his gratitude toNichols and the governor’soffice for giving the delega-tion time to explain why thebirth of the center in St.Mary Parish is so important.

Wade credited Allain withthe “heavy lifting” concern-ing the governor’s office.

Jones, D-Franklin, credit-ed the positive working rela-tionship with Allain for the

consolidated effort to get thefunding.

“You’ve just got to dreambig. You have to have a pur-pose. You have to have a goal,and the port did just that,”Jones said.

The entire project budgetis fixed at slightly more than$10 million. The project isfunded with $7.1 millionfrom the state and a roughly$2.3 million match from thePort of Morgan City. Thecommission also previouslyapproved an additional$400,000 in port funds to beused, if necessary. The Cityof Morgan City donated asection of the property for thebuilding through a coopera-tive endeavor agreement.

Acadiane Renovations, thecontractor for the first phaseof work, already completedwork to prepare the site forconstruction, Wade said. Thecontracted completion datefor the center is projected forthe middle of October 2015,though Wade hopes to occupyit by mid-September to Oct.1, Wade said.

The district received con-struction bids Nov. 20 andwill award the contract tolow qualified bidder, M.D.Descant LLC, toward the endof this week after receivingstate approval Monday, Wadesaid.

The 36,000-square-foot fa-cility, designed by ArchitectCarl Blum, will include roomfor two tenants and a confer-ence room that can seat 100people and can also be divid-ed into three smaller confer-ence rooms. The center willhave designated sleepingspace for 10 to 12 people, butcan house more people, ifneeded, in the conferenceroom. It will be able to with-stand hurricanes, Jones said.

Jones hinted that the con-struction of the project couldbe the start of something big.

“Somewhere in the ’70sand ’80s it kind of got lost. Iremember (then-Mayor TimMatte) said, ‘we’ve lost ourswagger.’ I think this is onestep in the return of gettingthat swagger back,” Jonessaid.

Shakeup atFoundationcontinues

Allan Von Werder was un-seated as chairman of theHospital Service District 1Board of Commissioners byhis fellow board members ina special meeting Wednesdayat Franklin Foundation Hos-pital.

The action was just the lat-est in a series of moves bythe board that has elicitedobjections from many resi-dents. Von Werder and Com-missioner Didi Battle did notattend the meeting.

Also Wednesday, the boardretained the legal services ofMurphy J. Foster III’s BatonRouge law firm Breazeale,Sachse and Wilson, “in orderto uphold our reputation, tokeep from being slanderedand vilified,” said Commis-sioner Clegg Caffery.

Last week Claudia Eisen-mann, the hospital’s chief ex-ecutive officer on board forjust over six months, re-tained the same legal counselthreatening defamation, libeland slander suits againstDrs. Brent Allain and Ran-dall Horton.

The two physicians, whohave been vocal in their op-position to the CEO andboard’s recent actions, re-ceived a letter dated Nov. 25from Foster informing themof the possible litigation.

In special and regularmeetings over the past sixweeks the board has termi-nated, reinstated and sinceextended the current con-tracts of Drs. Steve McPher-son, internist, and DonnaTesi, general surgeon. Amidpublic outcry, the board vot-ed three weeks ago to honorboth contracts until March31 and asked Eisenmann tobegin new contracts.

“While no suit has yet beenfiled, one is currently beingcontemplated depending up-on the result of our investiga-tion and your further actionsand comments,” the letter toAllain and Horton stated.“As CEO of Franklin Foun-dation Hospital, ClaudiaEisenmann has at a mini-mum, been subjected to out-landish and inaccurate state-ments made by both of you topublic media outlets and, atleast in the case of Dr. Allain,by Facebook posting.”

The potential litigationcould be avoided if Allain andHorton would “make a publicapology to Ms. Eisenmann,”Foster wrote. “Your state-ments go far beyond the paleand are not becoming of pro-fessionals in your position.You should apologize.”

He also said they “mustimmediately cease and desistany public comment whatso-ever, either oral, electronic orwritten, which speaks ill ofMs. Eisenmann in her role asCEO. Failure to comply witheither of these requests willlikely result in a lawsuit anda subpoena of all written andcomputer generated commu-nications, whether on socialmedia or otherwise.”

That did not stop AllainWednesday as he attemptedto once again argue thatmedical staff bylaws werenot followed when correctiveaction was initially attempt-ed against McPherson follow-ing an alleged patient carecomplaint.

He was called to order,however, since acting chairEugene Foulcard had said atthe beginning of the meetingthat public comment wouldbe restricted to the threeitems on the agenda.

Before taking a seat, Al-lain said if the bylaws hadbeen followed, Eisenmannshould have issued writtencomment to the chief of stafffollowed by investigation ofwhat the problem was.

Allain disagreed with legal

counsel Russel Cremaldi whosaid there was no correct ac-tion taken.

Of the three agenda itemsthat included “discussion andconsideration of board offi-cers; discussion and actionon board representation byBrazeale, Sachse & Wilson;and discussion and action onCEO moving expenses,”Franklin resident JohnO’Niell had some recommen-dations.

He urged the board to notunseat Von Werder.

Von Werder “has done anexceptional good job for thisboard and for this communi-ty and I think what y’all aredoing is wrong and youshould be embarrassed,”O’Niell said. “I don’t think itshould happen and I hopethey will not do that today.”

On retention of the lawfirm he said, “We don’t wantto spend our tax money onmore lawyers, you’ve alreadygot two law firms represent-ing you. You’re more than ad-equately represented.”

On CEO moving expensesO’Niell said, “Claudia, I hopethey give you the expensemoney that you want, but Ihope it’s to move and notstay.”

Franklin resident KaySchwitz spoke on her opinionon Eisenmann’s resume.

Schwitz said the resume is“extremely outstanding,” butadded, “In my opinion an ap-plicant who changes posi-tions every one, two or eventhree years sends out a redflag of possible trouble in thepast.”

After being reminded tostick to the agenda Schwitzsaid, “Excellent administra-tors build teams and developa culture of mutual respectin their institution and com-munity.”

She told the board that liti-gation “can be extremelycostly to the taxpayers,” andasked them “to continue thegood work they haveachieved before the arrival ofthe present CEO.”

In making a motion to re-move Von Werder as boardchairman, CommissionerClegg Caffery said, “I thinkour chairman of this boardshould be someone who hasthe support of a majority,that is five members of thisboard. I don’t think the cur-rent chairman enjoys thatsort of support.”

His motion was secondedby Commissioner Nick Accar-do and passed with no oppo-sition. Other board memberspresent included Dr. RolandDegeyter and Ann Luke.

“I believe that this boardand Claudia Eisenmannhave been reviled unjustly bypeople in the community onFacebook, Twitter wherever,”Caffery said. “And I herebymove that we join Ms. Eisen-mann in being representedby the Brazeale, Sachse &Wilson law firm and MurphyFoster the Third in order touphold our reputation andkeep from being slanderedand vilified.”

That motion also passedwith no opposition after asecond by Degeyter.

After an hour in executivesession in which they atelunch, the board also ap-proved additional moving ex-penses for Eisenmann not toexceed $15,000 in total.

Board asked to “con-tinue the good workthey have achievedbefore the arrival ofthe present CEO.”

Sheriff seeks sales tax to maintain servicesThe St. Mary Parish Sher-

iff ’s Office is requesting pub-lic approval on Saturday’sballot to levy a half-centsales tax to maintain the lev-el of service it provides,Sheriff Mark Hebert said.

The tax would increase theparish tax rate from 4 per-cent to 4.5 percent in all ar-eas except Morgan Citywhere it would increase from4.3 percent to 4.8 percent,Jeff LaGrange, parish salesand use tax director, said.

Hebert said the sheriff ’soffice borrowed about $1.5million annually from thestate bond commission eightout of the last 10 years to fu-el operational expenses.

The department’s annualbudget is $14 million, andthe sales tax is expected toraise about $5 million eachyear in additional funds,Chief Deputy Lonnie LaBou-ve told the St. Mary Indus-trial Group in November.

The sheriff said 73 percentof the budget goes to staffingcosts.

LaBouve said staffing hasbeen reduced from 210 to170.

“It takes a lot of people todo what we do,” he said.

Efforts to contain costs in-cluded streamlining person-nel costs, training regionallyas opposed to offering allclasses here and closing theseventh floor jail at the St.Mary Courthouse, Hebertsaid.

“We’ve really, really lookedat streamlining before wetried to go forward with aplan like this,” Hebert said.

Costs have increasedthough. He said new soft-ware has been necessary to“give officers tools to be effi-cient at what they do.” Forexample, fuel costs have in-creased for the fleet of about100 vehicles the departmentmaintains, and officers needequipment to stay ahead of21st century crimes likeidentity theft and other cy-bercrimes, the sheriff said.

LaBouve said since 1997,several federal and statemandates have been imple-mented, including the PrisonRape Elimination Act. WithPREA, you have to have peo-ple with certain skill sets.

The state has mandatesrelating to the work releaseprogram, he said. The sher-iff ’s office had to startadding more employees justto keep up with those pro-grams, LaBouve said.

The state is trying to getout of the jail business andplace that responsibility onsheriff ’s departments,LaBouve said. State officialswill call the sheriff ’s office ona weekly basis to see if thejail is over capacity. “If we’refive over our maximumcount, they’ll come in andtake five of our best in-mates,” LaBouve said.

“We’ll call that basicallyour trustees that we want toput in a work release pro-

gram,” he said. “They (thestate) will take them so theycan put them in a program.”

The sheriff ’s office is leftwith the sick inmates andtrouble inmates when thestate comes and takes in-mates out of the parish jail,he said. “Every time we losethese state inmates, our rev-enue sources go down,” hesaid.

The department’s revenuesources come from sales tax-es, ad valorem taxes andfees, he said. Operation costsare the lowest they’ve beenin 14 years, he said.

Hebert said, the fact is,“nobody is operating on abusiness plan they put inplace 17 years ago,” headded.

A ½-cent sales tax dedicat-ed to law enforcement ap-proved by voters in 1997 wasthe last time a dedicated lawenforcement tax was ap-proved. Of that, ¼ cent goesto the sheriff ’s departmentand the remaining ¼ cent isdivided between the munici-palities. Hebert said hespoke to the various munici-palities, and they said theywere OK with the moneythey receive currently.

LaGrange, the tax direc-tor, said a ½-cent sales taxwill cost consumers aboutfive cents for every $10spent.

Teche setto presentChristmasproduction

Teche Theatre for the Per-forming Arts is presenting“Miracle on 34th Street”tonight and Friday night.

The Christmas specialpromises to take the audi-ence back to yesteryearwhen the radio was the onlymode that transmitted en-tertainment.

The production stars KateScelfo, Craig Matthews,Tony Scelfo, Tyra Yarber, Ed“Tiger” Verdin, JahlonThomas, Amber Lanclos,Ricky Pellerin, Gabby Pillaroand Phillip Boudreaux.

Curtain times are at 7p.m. each night. Ticketsavailable at the door aheadof each performance are $10for adults and $5 for chil-dren.

MARY BELLJACKSON-DAVIS

Mary Bell Jackson-Davis,77, a native of Four Cornersand a resident of Franklin,died Saturday, November 29,2014, at 12:20 p.m., at IberiaExtended Care Hospital.

Visitation will be Friday,Dec. 5, at the St. Joseph Bap-tist Church in St. Joseph,from 9 a.m. until funeralservices at noon. Burial willfollow services in the churchcemetery.

Mary leaves to cherish hermemories her husband, Eu-gene Davis of Franklin; foursons, James Davis (Lorrie),Rev. John Davis Sr. (Simone)and Barry Davis (Carla), allof Franklin, and RonaldDavis Sr. (Sharon) ofLafayette; one daughter,Mary Ann Hawkins ofFranklin; a granddaughtershe reared as a daughter,Kandice Hawkins of Hous-ton, TX; two brothers, LouisJackson of San Bernardino,CA and Nolan Jackson ofFour Corners; one sister,Lessie Edwards ofJeanerette; 14 grandchil-dren; six great grandchil-dren; and a host of nieces,nephews and other relativesand friends.

She was preceded in deathby her parents, two brothersand two sisters.

Jones Funeral Home ofMorgan City/ Franklin/Jeanerette/ Houma is incharge of arrangements. Vis-it www.jones-funeral-home.com to send condo-

lences to the family.MACLIN PICKETT

Macklin Pickett, 71, a na-tive of Centerville and resi-dent of Franklin, died Satur-day, November 29, 2014, at 6p.m., at her residence.

Visitation will be Saturday,Dec. 6, at Jones FuneralHome in Franklin, from 11a.m. until funeral services at2 p.m. Burial will follow serv-ices in the Franklin Ceme-tery.

Macklin leaves to cherishher memories three daugh-ters, Mrs. Edwin (Angela L.Pickett) Steward Jr., Mrs.Dwight (Monica D. Pickett)Mitchell Sr. and Trina M.Pickett, all of Franklin; twograndchildren; three nieces,two great nieces, two greatnephews; and a special nieceshe helped to rear, ClaudiaPickett; and a host of otherrelatives and friends.

She was preceded in deathby her parents, three broth-ers and one sister.

Jones Funeral Home ofMorgan City/ Franklin/Jeanerette/ Houma is incharge of arrangements. Vis-it www.jones-funeral-home.com to send condo-lences to the family.

ELIZABETH LOCKETTE

WILLIAMS JOSEPHOn Friday, November 28,

2014, God sent his angel tothe Belle Teche NursingHome & Rehabilitation Cen-ter in New Iberia, at 7:27p.m., to deliver ElizabethLockette Williams Joseph,82, a resident of Jeanerette,to her eternal resting place.

Visitation will be from 8a.m. until 11 a.m., on Satur-day, December 6, 2014, atOur Lady of the RosaryCatholic Church, 11200 OldJeanerette Road inJeanerette, with a rosary be-ing recited at 10 a.m. A Massof Christian Burial will beginat 11 a.m., with the Rev. Dis-mas Mauk, SVD, serving asthe celebrant. Burial will fol-low in the church cemetery.

Cherished and divinememories will forever be re-membered by her loving anddevoted husband, MiltonJoseph Jr. of Jeanerette; fourdaughters, Shirley Williams-Haggray, Janice Williamsand Ava Williams-Richard(Carl Sr.), all of New Iberia,and Felicia Williams-Brownof Savannah, GA; three sons,Antonial Lamar Williams,Francis Reginald Williamsand Kenneth “Ronto”Williams, all of Jeanerette;three stepdaughters, Mrs.Nelson (Karen Joseph) Har-rison and Sandra Joseph,both of Lafayette, and Mrs.Percy (Pamelor Joseph)-Senegal of Rayne; one step-son, Milton Joseph III ofCarencro; four sisters,Dorothy Prevost of Oakland,CA, Savannah Bing of

Jeanerette, Aldonia Charlesof Franklin and EvelynRhodes of Houston, TX; threebrothers, Louis Lockette Jr.of Jeanerette, RaymondLockette of Charenton andLionel Lockette of NewIberia; 13 grandchildren; 12great grandchildren; threegreat great grandchildren; aswell as several nieces,nephews, relatives andfriends.

Mrs. Joseph was precededin death by her parents, herfirst husband, two sons, onedaughter-in-law, three sis-ters, three grandchildren andone step grandson.

Jones Funeral Home ofMorgan City/ Franklin/Jeanerette/ Houma is incharge of arrangements. Vis-it www.jones-funeral-home.com to send condo-lences to the family.

VERDA ‘DOOKIE’PERSILVER HEBERT

Funeral services celebrat-ing the life of Verda “Dookie”Persilver Hebert will be heldFriday, December 5, 2014, ata 1 p.m. memorial service atLittle Pass Baptist Church inCharenton. A gathering offamily and friends will beheld Friday at the church,from 11 a.m. to time of serv-ice. A private inurnment willbe held at a later date. TheRev. Dr. Chris Holloway andthe Rev. Bobby Hodnett willofficiate the services.

Mrs. Verda was a native ofFranklin and a lifelong resi-dent of Charenton whopassed away at the age of 67on Tuesday, December 2,2014 at Franklin FoundationHospital.

Survivors include her hus-band of nearly 51 years, Eu-gene “Neg” L. Hebert Sr.; twodaughters, Rona H. Conci-enne and her husband, Jed;and Cindy H. Johnson; oneson, Eugene “Brother” L.Hebert Jr. and his compan-ion, Katherine Jones; twobrothers, Roy Persilver andhis wife, Margie; and BarryPersilver and his wife, Julie;five grandchildren, Hollie C.Colvin and her husband, BJ;Jake Concienne and his wife,Natalie; Chay A. Guillory,Bryce Hebert and BraylonHebert; and three greatgrandchildren, Kathryn andJames Colvin and Evange-line Concienne.

Mrs. Hebert was precededin death by her parents, LeoWilliam Persilver and NellieHiggins Persilver; two broth-ers, Leo “LJ” Persilver Jr.,Russell “Cat” Persilver; twosisters, Birdie Mae Johnsonand Gertie Fay Bailey; andtwo infant sisters, Ruth andBarbara Persilver.

Family and friends mayview the obituary and ex-press their condolences on-line by visitingwww.iberts.com.

Arrangements have been

entrusted to Ibert’s Mortu-ary, Inc. of Franklin.

MARY MATTHEWSYELLING

Mrs. Mary MatthewsYelling, 70, a resident of NewIberia and native ofFranklin, died Wednesday,November 26, 2014, at 6:40a.m., at her residence follow-ing a short illness.

Visitations will be Satur-day, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 11a.m., at Mt. Horeb BaptistChurch, 3040 Irish BendRoad, Oaklawn.

Burial rites will be readSaturday, at 11 a.m., at thatchurch, with the Rev. JamesF. Otis officiating. Intermentwill follow in the OaklawnCemetery.

She is survived by one son,Alvin (Danielle) Yelling ofBaldwin; four daughters,Michelle (Matthew) Carey,Janet (Robert) Stevenson Sr.,Yolanda (Eric) Yelling andMarvel (Dwayne) Boutte, allof New Iberia; six brothers,Frank Matthews, Vince Fer-guson, Charlie Ferguson Jr.,Murrary Ferguson, GlennFerguson and Tommy Hais-ley; three sisters, Amy Hais-ley, Shirley Webb and DorenaBurrell; two sisters-in-law;one brother-in-law; and ninegrandchildren.

Mrs. Yelling was precededin death by her husband andparents.

The Otis Mortuary ofFranklin is in charge ofpreparations.

LEONARD D. PIGG JR.

Mr. Leonard D. Pigg Jr.,70, a resident of Franklinand native of Oklahoma, diedThursday, November 27,2014, at 11:17 p.m., at PostAcute Specialty Hospital inLafayette following a shortillness.

Visitations will be ob-served Saturday, Dec. 6, from10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., at OtisMortuary Chapel.

Burial rites will be readSaturday, at 10:30 a.m., atthe mortuary, with the Rev.Ulysses Mitchell Jr. officiat-ing.

He is survived by his wife,Gloria J. Mitchell Pigg ofFranklin; two sons, Paul A.Pigg and David G. Pigg, bothof Franklin; two brothers,Arthur C. Pigg of Lynwood,WA and James Odum ofSeattle, WA; and two grand-children.

Mr. Pigg was preceded indeath by his parents.

The Otis Mortuary ofFranklin is in charge ofarrangements.

INCOMPLETEARRANGEMENTS

AGNES DOMAINPatterson

St. Mary Parish SheriffMark Hebert reported thefollowing arrests:

Joseph Andrews, 35, of 501Roderick St, Morgan City,was arrested Wednesday ona warrant for failure to ap-pear on charges of second of-fense operating a vehiclewhile intoxicated and operat-ing a vehicle with a suspend-ed license. Bond had notbeen set as of this morning.

Justin Tessitore, 33, ofHammond, was arrested

Wednesday on a warrantcharging him with criminaldamage to property. He wasreleased on a recognizancebond.

Rendaryl Jordan, 18, of115 Ronald Lane, Jeanerette,was arrested Wednesday oncharges of disturbing thepeace and resisting an offi-cer. He was later released ona summons to appear incourt.

Mary F. Nelson, 42, of 1019Belanger St., Morgan City,was arrested Wednesday oncharges of criminal trespassand disturbing the peace.Nelson was released on asummons to appear in court.

Glen Rochel Jr., 32, of 135Laura St, Patterson, was ar-rested Wednesday on a war-rant for failure to appear oncharges of simple assault andtelephone harassment. Hewas released on a summonsto appear to court.

Kelly Kendall, 23, of 1517Canal Road, Bayou Vista,was arrested Wednesday at10:16 p.m. on charges of pos-session of synthetic cannabi-noids and drug parapherna-lia, and on a warrant chargeof criminal neglect of family.Bond was set at $12,662.27.

Joseph Williams, 26, of 271Grandwood Drive, Apt 42,Patterson, was arrested to-day, on warrants charginghim with failure to appear oncharges of operating a vehi-cle with a suspended license,no seatbelt, expired motorvehicle inspection, speeding,operating a vehicle without adriver’s license, simple bat-

tery and aggravated assault.Bond had not been set as ofthis morning.

A juvenile male, 16, ofJeanerette, was arrestedTuesday at 9:39 a.m. on acharge of disturbing thepeace at the St. Mary ParishAlternative School. He wasreleased to a guardian pend-ing juvenile court proceed-ings.

The sheriff ’s Narcotics Di-vision made the following ar-rests:

Wanya Francis, 20, of 1503Live Oak St., Patterson, wasarrested Wednesday at 11a.m. on a charge of posses-sion of marijuana with intentto distribute. Bond hadnot been set as of this morn-ing.

Robert Johnson Jr., 27, of1405 First St, Patterson, wasarrested Wednesday at 12:51p.m. on a warrant charginghim with possession of co-caine with intent to distrib-ute, possession of marijuanawith intent to distribute, andpossession of drug parapher-nalia. Bond had not been setas of this morning.

Franklin Police ChiefSabria McGuire reported thearrest of Tommy Morgan, 25,of Blakesley Street,Franklin, Wednesday at11:45 a.m. on a warrantcharging him with theft ofgoods and on additionalcharges of threatening a pub-lic official, resisting an officerwith force, and resisting anofficer.

Bond had not been set as ofthis morning.

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WeatherThis afternoon: Mostly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of

showers in the afternoon. Highs in the mid 70s. Southeastwinds 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows inthe lower 60s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers.Highs in the mid 70s. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.

Friday night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance ofshowers. Lows around 60. South winds 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of show-ers. Highs in the lower 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday night and Sunday: Mostly cloudy. Lows in themid 50s. Highs in the upper 60s.

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance ofshowers. Lows in the lower 50s.

Monday: Mostly cloudy in the morning then becomingpartly cloudy. Highs in the mid 60s.

Monday night and Tuesday: Partly cloudy. Lows around50. Highs in the lower 60s.

Tuesday night and Wednesday: Partly cloudy. Lows in themid 40s. Highs in the lower 60s.

MARINE FORECASTSynopsis: A frontal boundary near the south Louisiana

coast and adjacent north Gulf of Mexico is expected toremain nearly stationary overnight then lift north of theregion as a warm front on Thursday. The next cold front willmove through the region on Sunday.

Coastal waters from Port Fourchon to lower AtchafalayaRiver out 20 nm and coastal waters from the southwest passof the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon out 20 nm:

Today: East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet domi-nant period 6 seconds. Areas of fog in the morning. Slightchance of showers in the afternoon. Visibility 1 nm or less inthe morning. Tonight: Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2to 4 feet dominant period 6 seconds. Areas of fog after mid-night. Friday: Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 4feet dominant period 6 seconds. Areas of fog early in themorning. Slight chance of showers through the day. Fridaynight: Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet domi-nant period 6 seconds. Saturday: South winds near 5 knotsbecoming northeast in the late morning and early afternoonthen becoming north late in the afternoon. Seas 1 to 2 feetdominant period 6 seconds. Slight chance of showers. Satur-day night: Northeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feetdominant period 6 seconds. Slight chance of showers. Sun-day: East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Sundaynight: Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Mon-day: North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Slightchance of showers. Monday night: North winds 10 to 15knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet building to 3 to 5 feet with occasionalseas to 5 feet after midnight.

TOMORROW’S TIDESThe Associated PressHere are the tide predictions from the National Oceanic

and Atmospheric Administration Ocean Service for principalpoints along the Gulf of Mexico for Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.

Galveston — 12:36 a.m. 1.81 H; 7:57 a.m. -0.59 L; 4:22p.m. 2.13 H; 9:17 p.m. 1.66 L

Biloxi Bay — 6:58 a.m. -0.37 L; 9:21 p.m. 2.01 HVermilion Bay — 12:43 a.m. 1.44 H; 8:29 a.m. -0.47 L; 4:29

p.m. 1.7 H; 9:49 p.m. 1.32 LAtchafalaya Bay (Eugene Island) — 12:50 a.m. 1.77 H;

6:59 a.m. -0.58 L; 4:36 p.m. 2.09 H; 8:19 p.m. 1.62 LGrand Isle (Barataria Pass) — 7:45 a.m. -0.27 L; 10:07

p.m. 1.08 HMississippi River (Southwest Pass) — 5:15 a.m. -0.29 L;

7:52 p.m. 1.56 HWine Island — 8:01 a.m. -0.35 L; 9:43 p.m. 1.41 H

RIVER STATEMENTLocation Stg Wed Chg Lower Miss. RiverRed River Lnd 48 23.3 0.0 Baton Rouge 35 10.3 0.1

Donaldsonville 27 5.4 0.3 Reserve 22 4.0 0.2 New Orleans 17 2.8 0.1 Atchafalaya RiverBayou Sorrell 12 2.7 0.0

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BALDWIN: Church special guest Sunday, Dec. 7 will bethe Rev. Anthony Mula at 10:30 a.m. service. Rev. KathrynBrand, pastor.

SENIORS DINNER: Thursday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m., at theFranklin Recreation Center. Door prizes will be given out bin-go starts at 10 a.m. Mrs. Franklin CEO of CAA thanks theparish council, cooks and volunteers who made the dinnerspossible.

DIPLOMA: Out with GED, in with HSE. Need a secondchance to earn your High School Equivalency Diploma?Young Memorial’s WorkReady U Program offers adult educa-tion classes in Morgan City (Dec. 10) and Franklin (Dec. 11)Registration for MC campus at 900 Youngs Rd., Morgan City,from 8-11 a.m. for day students and 5-7 p.m. for night stu-dents; registration for Franklin Adult Education, from 8-10a.m., at 1013 Perret St. Applicants must be at least 18 yearsold, provide a state or federal picture ID, Social Security Cardand pay $25. Spanish testing and instructor available in Mor-gan City only. Call 985-380-2957, Ext. 350, or 337-828-1171for more information.CAKE BINGO: On Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2 p.m., at Sacred HeartChurch Hall in Baldwin. Concessions will be sold: nachos, hotdogs, drinks, peanut butter fudge, chili Fritos, etc. First 10 games 3for $5 and 1 for $2; half time cards 6 for $5 and 1 for $1.

BANQUET: Rec. District #5 annual Holiday Banquet Sat-urday, Dec. 6, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., at West St. Mary CivicCenter, for District 1 residents. Admission is one unwrappedgift for a child between the ages of 0-12 years for Toys forTots. Please RSVP by Dec. 3 to Virginia Sutton, 337-276-4896.

COA CENTER: December events include lunch daily at11:30 a.m.; center and transportation new hours Monday-Fri-day, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Exercise equipment available daily. Linedancing Mondays and Fridays, 9; Arts & Crafts, exerciseTuesdays and Thursdays, 10. Dec. 4: safety inspection,Natchitoches trip; Dec. 5: Teche Theatre Presentation 7 p.m.;Dec. 6: Christmas parade p.m.; Dec. 8: Board meeting 6 p.m.;Dec. 9: Berwick; Dec. 10: safety meeting parish; Dec. 11:Baldwin; Dec. 15: Kemper Williams Park/Patterson Site.

By Abigail Van Bu-ren

DEAR ABBY: Youmentioned in a recentcolumn that few peoplewrite to follow up onwhat happened sincetheir original letter waspublished. You printedmine April 1, 2001.

I am “Hurting inHouston,” the son who,with his partner, wassuddenly no longer wel-come in his parents’home after they movedto a retirement commu-nity, because they wereafraid their neighborswould shun them if theydiscovered they had agay son. You advisedthat I should live myown life and, maybe,someday they would comearound — and that is whatI did.

After a number of years,

I received a call from asibling informing me thatmy father was ill with on-ly a short time left, and Ishould fly to their city tosee him. I asked if I waswanted, and he said, “Itdoesn’t matter, just come!”So I swallowed my pride,flew there and made myway to the hospice house.

Although my mother re-ceived me well, Dad didnot, and we never had agood moment before hedied a few days later. Itold my mother I was stay-ing for the funeralwhether she liked it or notand had my partner fly in.

After the service therewas a gathering at mymother ’s house with alltheir friends. I introducedmy partner to them andeveryone was as kind ascould be. Many mentionedtheir own gay siblings orrelatives.

When the event wasover, my mother said,“Wow, this has all beenpretty silly, hasn’t it?” Itwas such a colossal under-statement that I could notfind words to respond.

Ten years have passed;my mother is now in hos-pice care with only a shorttime left. We have built agreat relationship, andshe loves my partner ofmore than 20 years verymuch. We are glad to beable to be there for her.

Much has changed inthe world over these yearsand the acceptance of gayshas been remarkable, butfor me, having these lastyears with my mother ’slove will be a comfort I canhold onto for the rest ofmy life.

I have no great moralhere, I just wanted to letyou know what has hap-pened. Thank you, Abby.

— NO LONGER “HURT-ING IN HOUSTON”

DEAR NO LONGERHURTING: And thankYOU for letting me andmy readers know yourstory has a happy end-ing. I couldn’t be morepleased to know you aredoing well.

In case you didn’t seeit, there was a follow-upcolumn regarding yourletter that was pub-lished May 24, 2001, inwhich a family in Cali-fornia offered to adoptyou and your partner!PFLAG (Parents, Fami-lies and Friends of Les-bians and Gays) wasmentioned in that fol-low-up and is still anexcellent resource for

building bridges of under-standing in families. Findit at pflag.org.

******DEAR ABBY: I am the

caregiver for my husband,who is in a wheelchair andhas to be helped when us-ing the bathroom. Whenwe are out in public andhe needs a bathroom,should I use the handi-capped stall in the men’sor take him into thewomen’s? Unisex rest-rooms — one big room thatcan be locked — are won-derful. — CAREGIVER INVIRGINIA

DEAR CAREGIVER: Iagree, but not all build-ings and businesses pro-vide unisex restrooms. Ifnone is available, then therule of thumb is the dis-abled person should usethe restroom of his/hergender — in your case, themen’s room.

******Dear Abby is written by

Abigail Van Buren, alsoknown as Jeanne Phillips,and was founded by hermother, Pauline Phillips.Contact Dear Abby atwww.DearAbby.com orP.O. Box 69440, Los Ange-les, CA 90069.

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NEW YORK (AP) —Helen Bradley isn’t oneof those women who fan-tasized about her wed-ding as a girl , so whenthe time came to tie theknot on the 10th tee of agolf course, she wantedto be relaxed, comfort-able and economical.

A short gown was justright for her Septembernuptials, said the 27-year-old bank worker inMadison, Wisconsin.

“I had tried on a fewlong dresses and none ofthem felt l ike me. I ’m avery practical person.My mom picked out theshort dress from a salerack and it ’s rare that Iwould like anything thatmy mom picks out,” shesaid with a laugh.

Once the domain ofolder or remarryingbrides, short gowns areenjoying a l ittle more ofthe love, from luxurybrands l ike MoniqueLhuil l ier, Oscar de laRenta and Marchesa tomore affordable offeringsat David’s Bridal, whichhas a bustl ing retailwebsite and about 300stores around the coun-try.

The short looks aren’tjust stand-in dressesoriginally intended forbridesmaids or cocktailparties. Designers areoffering a greater rangeof shorter styles as morebrides break from tradi-t ion and personalizetheir weddings.

“A lot of people are do-ing more intimate set-tings, so a shorter dressjust feels more appropri-ate. I f they do the bigwedding, some changeinto a shorter dress sothey can dance and havea good time,” Lhuil l iersaid.

Exactly how short isup to the bride. Thereare minis, high-low hem-lines (high in the frontand lower in the back),knee lengths, tea lengthsbelow the knee and so-

called “transformers,”where a long train orsheer skirt detaches toshow off a short dressunderneath.

Designer Zac Posenput his own sister in oneof the convertibles — inred — for her 2004 wed-ding.

“Her huge train cameoff to become a mini andshe took it off to JudyGarland’s ‘Zing! Wentthe Strings of MyHeart, ’” he said. “It cov-ered the grandeur of theceremony and the fun ofthe party.”

Long gowns remain theclear majority of the $2.6bil l ion-a-year bridalgown market, noted Dar-cy Miller, editorial direc-tor for Martha Stewart’sbridal site, Marthastew-artweddings.com. But“more and more bridesseem to be seeking no-fuss, l ightweight andeasier si lhouettes,” shesaid. Some “want a dressthey can run on thebeach in or travel withto their destination wed-ding.”

At David’s Bridal, 26 ofthe 75 gowns launchedfor spring 2015 areshort, said Anne Acierno,executive vice presidentfor design, merchandis-ing and product develop-ment.

Posen creates luxuryshort looks but also in-cludes a few in his TrulyZac Posen collection atDavid’s Bridal . He saidred-carpet trends influ-ence some brides, andthese days they’re seeingmore short, fancy dress-es.

Among high-profi lebrides to go short re-cently were fashion “it”girl Olivia Palermo andactress Cheryl Hines,who married Robert F.Kennedy Jr. last Augustin a strapless, white,tea-length creation byRomona Keveza.

Vera Wang makesshort gowns too, in a

range of pricepoints thatinclude her White collec-tion for David’s Bridal.

“I think you shouldwear what you feel mostbeautiful and most com-fortable in, and alsowhat is most you, mostindividual,” Wang said.

Shorter dresses can beless expensive — a hugefactor for Bradley at hercountry club wedding be-fore 125 guests. The re-ception was in a cozyroom with a big f ire-place, wood f loors andsconces all around.

Her dress cost $400.She spent another $100on a chunky glass state-ment necklace withmatching earrings, and$99 for a pair of 4- inchCalvin Klein heels industy gold with a T-strapand side buckle.

“I ’m an accessory per-son, so I knew when Isaw the dress it was ablank canvas,” Bradleysaid. “I could go out andpick the perfect necklaceand the perfect shoesand you could see them.”

But embellished, hand-sewn, custom shortgowns aren’t necessarilycheaper, depending onthe materials and de-signer.

Emmy Mitchell , 33, ofColumbus, Ohio, worecustom when she wentshort for her 2011 wed-ding. She had originally

planned to modify the75-year-old, long, ivorysatin gown worn by hermother and grandmoth-er, but a mishap with aseamstress left much ofthe fabric unusable.

She regrouped, foundanother seamstress andwas able to salvage someof the original fabric forthe bodice of a newgown, inspired by thestrapless, full , VivienneWestwood design that“Sex in the City” charac-ter Carrie Bradshawwore when Mr. Big jiltedher at the altar in thefirst movie based on theTV series.

Unlike Bradley out onthe golf course, Mitchellwore her short gown fora church ceremony.

“Everyone asked me,‘Aren’t you worriedabout the church? Is itlong enough?’” the free-lance graphic designersaid. “I was, like, no, I’mnot worried. We wantedit to be fun, but we did-n’t want it to be too ca-sual.”

Mitchell ’s advice forothers who want to goshort?

“Go with your gut. Justgo for it. It was the bestdecision of our wedding.It made everyone loosentheir col lars and say,‘OK, this is a fun event.We can all cut loosetonight.’”

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FRANKLIN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL’SNational Honor Society recently sponsoreda food drive for the needy. All items weredelivered to the Franklin Emergency AidCenter. Pictured above are Club SponsorLaquanda Gray, FSHS Principal Ty Burdettand members of the Franklin High HonorSociety Zekaira Anderson, RegiontaBurgess, Hunter Champagne, AshalahCross, Ne’Keiah Gibson, Natalie Hughes,

Wynesha Jenkins, Landon Landry, JohnMcClean, Kammi Randolph, DavidBlakesley, Zharia Brown, Ashley Duhon,Samantha Frederick, Almetra Granger,Jaynise Hopkins, Loraisha Jones, AshleyMalloy, Mary McLean, Aisha Ortiz, KimberlyPhillips and LaShanta Skinner. The FranklinEmergency Aid Center is an agency for Unit-ed Way of South Louisiana.

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By Eugenia LastSAGITTARIUS (Nov.

23-Dec. 21) — Education isan ongoing search for knowl-edge. You will outmaneuverthe competition if you contin-ue to hone your skills andexpertise. Don’t overexertyourself while exercising ordoing physical or laboriouschores.

CAPRICORN (Dec.22-Jan. 19) — Whether dec-orating your home forupcoming festivities or reno-vating to better suit yourneeds, comfort and conven-ience should be scheduled.Get everyone you live with tochip in and help.

AQUARIUS (Jan.20-Feb. 19) — Overemotion-al or irrational outbursts willcause others to alienate you.Prevent hurt feelings orangry confrontations bythinking matters throughbefore you act or speak.Limit your consumption andyour spending.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Turn somethingyou enjoy into a moneymak-ing venture. Extracurricularactivities will help round outyour social life and lead to amore diverse and interestinglifestyle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Don’t expecteveryone to agree with you.Work diligently to get every-thing in place before youshare your plans. The moreprepared you are, the lessopposition you will face.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Financial andpersonal disappointmentsare likely if you don’t keepyour emotions in check. Con-sider the motives of anyonewho is soliciting a donation,making questionabledemands or asking for assis-tance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Your stress levelis on the rise. Altering yoursurroundings or a moving toa new location will changethe dynamics of your currentproblem or situation. Devotetime to something you enjoydoing.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Others may notagree with your plans, butyou have the expertise andintelligence to make yourdreams come to life. Leteveryone know that youintend to move forward.

LEO (July 23-Aug.22) — Take a step backbefore you make an irre-versible decision. Observewhat’s going on around youand determine the extent ofthe situation and the conse-quences that lie aheadshould you make a move.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — An unfortunatemisunderstanding betweenyou and someone close toyou is apparent. Chooseyour words carefully and beaware of the pressures thatboth you and those aroundyou are facing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Love is on therise. Your creativity level ishigh, allowing you to comeup with solutions to any chal-lenge you face. A short tripwill provide inspiration.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — With your abun-dance of energy you willbreeze through your tasks.Taking on additional dutieswill boost your reputation,but be sure to leave sometime for more enjoyable pas-times.

Finding comfort in global cuisineMost of us think of “comfort food”

as food that brings us back to child-hood and our family’s home cooking.It is a term first coined in 1977 andattributed to Phyllis Richman, then arestaurant critic for The WashingtonPost. She used it to describe a plate ofthe Southern classic, shrimp andgrits. For a Southerner, that mightfeel just right. For other Americans, itmight mean mac ‘n’ cheese, or chick-en soup, or Mom’s meatloaf. It can bestore-bought, like a bowl of Ben &Jerry’s or a White Castle burger.

Our ideas of comfort foods oftenrelate to our cultural heritage; Polish-Americans might yearn for pierogi,while those of Irish descent mighthanker for colcannon.

But for Carla Hall, the term hasno geographical or cultural bound-aries. To the former CPA-turned-model-turned caterer-turned-food-show co-host, “comfort food” can be aBrazilian fish soup, a Liberian pep-per and goat stew, or a Haitianbreakfast porridge.

Hall, who was raised in Tennesseeand is currently a co-host of ABC’s“The Chew,” believes that food is thegreat connector. In her new cookbook,“Carla’s Comfort Foods,” she says,“I’m gonna take you from Nashvilleto Naples to Nigeria so you can tasteand see how we’re all united by greatmeals shared with family andfriends.”

That, in itself, is a comfortingthought. “Sure, I grew up with grits,but it’s served as polenta in Italy,”writes Hall. “I love seeing — andtasting — how home-cooked foodworks in uniting people.”

I confess that I had never heard ofHall nor of the splash she made on“Top Chef,” where she won fans withher yoga stretches, her dance movesand singing, and by revealing thatshe and her husband do a call-and-response (“Hootie!” “Hoo!”) when try-ing to locate each other in a crowd.But her approach to cooking seemson target: She believes that if youcook with love, it will show in yourfood. As her website declares, “Ifyou’re not in a good mood, the onlything you should make is a reserva-tion.”

As an Italian American who inex-plicably finds comfort in Chinese Hotand Sour Soup, I found that Hall’srecipe for Hot and Sour Eggplant hithome. The blistered skin and tenderflesh of the eggplant make for an irre-sistible texture, while the spice is justright: enough to engage your tastebuds, but not enough to numb them.This dish is among the many inHall’s home-cook-friendly book thatwill help us all start finding comfortin foods from around the world.

******HOT AND SOUR EGGPLANTYield: 4 servings

5 small, striped eggplants or Chi-nese or Japanese eggplants,trimmed, cut in eighths lengthwise,then cut in halves crosswise

Kosher salt3 quarts warm water2 Serrano chilies, stemmed and

minced, with seeds1 tablespoon sugar1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce1 tablespoon red wine vinegar1 teaspoon cornstarch2 tablespoons canola oil2 scallions, trimmed and cut into

1-inch pieces2 tablespoons sliced fresh basil

leavesSprinkle the eggplant pieces with

1 tablespoon salt, then immerse inthe warm water in a large bowl. Letstand while you prepare the otheringredients.

In a small bowl, stir the chilies,sugar, soy sauce, vinegar and corn-starch until the sugar dissolves.

Drain the eggplant well and pressdry between paper towels.

Heat a wok or large skillet overhigh heat until very hot. Add 1 table-spoon of the oil, and wait until itlooks wavy, then add half the egg-plant. Cook, tossing and stirring,until browned and just tender, about5 minutes. Transfer to a plate.Repeat with remaining oil and egg-plant, and then return the first batchof eggplant to the wok.

Add the scallions and the chilimixture. Cook, tossing and stirring,for 2 minutes. Toss in the basil andserve immediately over PerfectBaked Rice (below).

******PERFECT BAKED RICEYield: 4 servings1 cup white riceWater for rinsing1 1/2 cups water, homemade chick-

en or vegetable stock, or salt-free orlow-sodium store-bought broth

1 tablespoon butter or oil (option-al)

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.Place rice in a bowl and cover with

water. Swish around and drain.Repeat, draining well.

In an oven-proof Dutch oven ordeep skillet with a lid, bring thewater and butter or oil (if using) to aboil over high heat. Stir in the rice,remove from heat, cover and pop intothe oven. Bake until the water isabsorbed and the rice is perfectly ten-der, 17 1/2 minutes. (After years ofexperience, Hall calls this the “magicnumber” but advises that “of courseovens are different, so your may takea little more or less time.”)

(Recipes from “Carla’s ComfortFoods,” Atria Books, 2014. Copyright(c) 2014 by Carla Hall.)

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Swollen legs and ankleshave multitude of causes

DEAR DOCTOR K: Whyare my legs and anklesswollen?

DEAR READER: Swellingof the legs from a buildup ofextra fluid is known as edema.In addition to the swelling, theskin above the swollen area isstretched and shiny. Your doc-tor can easily check for edemaby gently pressing a fingerover your foot, ankle or legwith slow, steady pressure. Ifyou have edema, you will seean indentation where the doc-tor pressed.

Swelling of the legs andankles is usually not serious.However, it can be caused bydiseases of the heart, lungs,liver and kidney.

Where does the extra fluidcome from? About 60 percentof our body weight is fromwater. The water is in three“spaces.” Most is in the spaceinside each cell. Some is in thespace between our cells. Therest is in the space inside ourblood vessels and a few otherlocations. Water passes backand forth between thesespaces.

The presence of edemameans that there is more fluidthan normal in the spacebetween the cells. Usually,this extra fluid comes from thefluid inside the blood vessels.

Edema of any cause is oftenworst in the legs and ankles.When we’re sitting or stand-ing, gravity pulls the waterinside blood vessels down-

ward. That raises pressureinside the blood vessels, whichpushes water out into thespace between the cells.

The two most common caus-es of leg and ankle swellingare (1) prolonged standing orsitting, especially in hotweather; and (2) weakness oftiny valves inside the veins ofthe legs. The weakened valvesmake it more difficult for theveins to pump blood back tothe heart. As a result, waterleaks out of the veins and intothe space between the cells.

Pregnancy can cause edemain the legs. The baby anduterus press on the veins car-rying blood from the legs tothe heart. Like weakenedvalves in leg veins, this causeswater to leak out of the veins

and into the space betweenthe cells. Fluid retention dur-ing pregnancy also can becaused by a more serious con-dition called pre-eclampsia.

One serious cause of leg andankle swelling in adults iscongestive heart failure. Whenthe heart is not pumping effi-ciently, some blood pools in theveins of the legs (again,because of gravity), and waterleaks into the space betweenthe cells.

Another cause is low proteinlevels in the blood, often theresult of malnutrition or kid-ney and liver disease. Thisproduces swelling not only inthe legs and ankles but every-where; puffy eyes and face arecommon.

A more serious cause of

swelling in the legs andankles, and in the face, is aseriously underactive thyroidgland.

In tomorrow’s column we’lldiscuss what your doctorshould do to diagnose thecause of your edema, andwhat you and your doctorshould do to treat it.

(Dr. Komaroff is a physi-cian and professor at HarvardMedical School. To send ques-tions, go to AskDoctorK.com,or write: Ask Doctor K, 10Shattuck St., Second Floor,Boston, MA 02115.)

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Stir it Up! Marialisa Calta

Today in HistoryToday is Thursday, Dec. 4, the

338th day of 2014. There are 27days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History:On Dec. 4, 1984, a five-day hijack

drama began as four armed menseized a Kuwaiti airliner en routeto Pakistan and forced it to land inTehran, where the hijackers killedAmerican passenger CharlesHegna. (A second American,William Stanford, also was killedduring the siege before Iraniansecurity seized control of the plane.)

On this date:In 1214, Alexander II became

King of Scots at age 16 upon thedeath of his father, William theLion.

In 1619, a group of settlers fromBristol, England, arrived at Berke-ley Hundred in present-day CharlesCity County, Virginia, where theyheld a service thanking God fortheir safe arrival.

In 1783, Gen. George Washing-ton bade farewell to his ContinentalArmy officers at Fraunces Tavernin New York.

In 1816, James Monroe of Vir-ginia was elected the fifth presidentof the United States.

In 1918, President Woodrow Wil-son left Washington on a trip toFrance to attend the Versailles(vehr-SY’) Peace Conference.

In 1945, the Senate approvedU.S. participation in the UnitedNations by a vote of 65-7.

In 1954, the first Burger Kingstand was opened in Miami byJames McLamore and DavidEdgerton.

In 1965, the United Stateslaunched Gemini 7 with Air ForceLt. Col. Frank Borman and NavyCmdr. James A. Lovell aboard.

In 1978, San Francisco got itsfirst female mayor as City Supervi-sor Dianne Feinstein (FYN’-styn)was named to replace the assassi-nated George Moscone (mahs-KOH’-nee).

In 1980, the bodies of four Ameri-can churchwomen slain in El Sal-vador two days earlier wereunearthed. (Five Salvadorannational guardsmen were later con-victed of murdering nuns Ita Ford,Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel,and lay worker Jean Donovan.)

In 1991, Associated Press corre-spondent Terry Anderson, thelongest held of the Westernhostages in Lebanon, was releasedafter nearly seven years in captivi-ty.

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In accordance with thelaws of the State ofLouisiana, and withparticular reference to theprovisions of Title 30 ofLouisiana RevisedStatutes of 1950, a publichearing will be held in theHearing Room, 1st Floor,LaSalle Building, 617North 3rd Street, BatonRouge, Louisiana, at 9:00a.m. on TUESDAY,DECEMBER 16, 2014,upon the application ofENERGYQUEST II, LLC.At such hearing theCommissioner ofConservation will considerevidence relative to theissuance of Orderspertaining to the followingmatters relating to the St.Mary Sand, Reservoir A,in the Bayou Sale Field,St. Mary Parish,Louisiana.1. To permit the applicantto drill, designate andutilize a substitute unitwell for the ST MY RASUK, at the locationshown on the platsubmitted with theapplication, in exceptionto the spacing provisionsof Office of ConservationOrder No. 87, effectiveSeptember 1, 1944, orwithin a tolerance radiusof 50 feet thereof toaccount for any slightvariation between theproposed location and the“as drilled” location.2. To permit the applicantto drill, designate andutilize four alternate unitwells for the ST MY RASUA, ST MY RA SUI, andST MY RA SUJ, said wellslocated as shown on theplat submitted with theapplication, in exceptionto the spacing provisionsof Order No. 87, effectiveSeptember 1, 1944.3. To find that these wellsare necessary toefficiently andeconomically drain aportion of the reservoircovered by each unitwhich cannot be sodrained by any existingwell within such unit.4. To permit the unitoperator to produce theunit allowable for the STMY RA SUA, ST MY RASUI and ST MY RA SUJfrom the respectiveexisting unit and alternateunit wells and theproposed alternate unitwells, in any combination,at its discretion.5. Except to the extentherein set forth, tocontinue in full force andeffect the provisions ofOrder No. 87, effectiveSeptember 1, 1944, asamended andsupplemented by the 87-ESeries of Orders, the unitscreated thereby andapplicable StatewideOrders.6. To consider such othermatters as may bepertinent.The St. Mary Sand,Reservoir A was definedin Order No. 87, effectiveSeptember 1, 1944, andfurther defined in OrderNo. 87-E-16, effectiveFebruary 19, 2014. Plats are available forinspection in the Office of

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In accordance with Act186 of 1984 the public ishereby notified that theproposed budget of St.Mary Parish Library forthe fiscal year endingDecember 31, 2015 isavailable for inspection at206 Iberia Street,Franklin, Louisianabetween the hours of 8:30a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,Monday thru Friday.

Also, the publicis hereby notified that apublic hearing will be heldon December 3rd, at 4:00p.m. at the CentervilleBranch Library located at9340 Hwy 182,Centerville, Louisiana.The purpose of this publichearing is to allow citizensto provide comments andopinions on the proposedbudget of St. Mary ParishLibrary for the fiscal yearbeginning January 1,2015 and endingDecember 31, 2015.

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Angola inmates makecane syrup the old way

ANGOLA, La. (AP)— Inmate PeteClement, who’d beendriving the mule thatpowers the LouisianaState Penitentiary’ssugar mill, bit into asyrup-sopped biscuitas armed guardslooked on.

“Boy, that is good!”he said.

It was syrup-mak-ing day at theLouisiana State Peni-tentiary. Last year,Angola got back intothe cane syrup busi-ness after a decades-old hiatus. Prisonerscook the sticky-sweetfood using ancienttechniques and sellthe product at theprison gift shop.

Workers fed theprison-grown sugarcane into a mill driv-en by the slow pacingof Bonnie the mule.Nearby, prisonersextracted juice froma comparativelyhigh-tech mill con-nected to the engineof a 1952 John Deeretractor.

Once they gotabout 150 gallons,the prisoners pouredthe juice into anevaporator, a shallowvat heated by a woodfire that thickens thesyrup. As impuritiesbubble up, the work-ers skimmed the topof the liquid withladles before pouringthe syrup through asilk screen.

Work began justafter sunrise. By 9:30

a.m. the first batchfinished cooking, andAngola staff broughtout a tray of biscuitswith plastic spoonsand take-out boxes.Prisoners and staffpoured the syrupover the biscuits tosample the product,still warm from theevaporator.

“It’s perfect,”declared prisonerHaywood Campbell.

“When I tasted itthe first time, itflashed me back tomy younger days,” hesaid, rememberingthe syrup his motherused to serve him.

Prison staffarrived later withlunch — disks ofground beef someprisoners called Sal-isbury steak, servedwith rice, bread andvegetables. Again,the prisoners headedto the syrup cooler.Thick amber strandsdripped from utensilsand food as prisonersate.

“I got syrup on theokra, and it’s tastingpretty good,” saidinmate JackieWilliams.

Angola grew sugarcane as recently asthe 1970s, when theold refinery was dis-mantled and taken toSouth America, saidpublic informationofficer Gary Young. Afew years ago, a cen-tral Louisiana farmerdonated the oldmule-powered mill

that was once ownedby his grandfather,said Angola WardenBurl Cain.

“This one here isreal primitive,” Cainsaid, gesturing to theold mill. “It’s abouthistory. It’s aboutseeing our past. .Nobody ever doesthis anymore.”

For the warden,the mill conjuresmemories of makingsyrup aroundThanksgiving timewhen he was a childin Vernon Parish,making sure the juicedidn’t ferment wherethe hogs could get toit.

Adam Oliveaux, amechanic at theprison, grew up cook-ing syrup at a farmin Mississippi andhas helped train theprisoners to maketheir own.

Angola has devotedan acre of farmlandto growing sugarcane, yielding about100 gallons of syrupfrom the harvest.Next season, theprison will allocatean additional acre toraising cane.

The prison sits ongood soil, Oliveauxsaid. An acre else-where in the regionmay net only 60 gal-lons of syrup peryear. After it’s made,prisoners bottle theproduct in 16-ouncecontainers to sell tothe public for $8. It’sstocked in the prison

gift shop along withthe farm’s jellies, figpreserves and Guts &Glory, the Angolabrand of hot sauce.Cain pitches thesyrup as the perfectChristmas gift whilesupplies last.

“There’s quite amarket,” he said.

The prison sold outlast year. Customerscame from all over tobuy the prison’ssyrup, Clement said.

His own relativescame over from Lor-anger to buy a fewpints. They had tomake the drive andpay a little more, butthe effort was worthgetting the “familybrand,” he said.

On syrup day,Clement fed stalksinto the mill. Beforehe came to Angola,he trained mules as ahobby, and while inprison he has traineda number of animalsfor work, includingBonnie.

“You can’t just takeanything and hook itup and go to town,”he said.

A few fields away,another group ofprisoners pickedmustard greens. AtAngola, prisoners areexpected to pitch inraising crops. Mak-ing syrup is a wel-come change of pacefrom field work,Campbell said.

“This is, I wouldsay, a break for me,”he said.

Ella Brennan at Brennan’s:First time in 40 years

NEW ORLEANS(AP) — Ella Brennanstepped out of the carin front of Brennan’s,the family restaurantshe had once managedas a young woman.She had not beeninside for 40 years.

She examined thefacade, now a moremuted hue of pinkthan the world-famousbuilding once bore.Ella turned to her sis-ter Dottie and said,“Oh, doesn’t it look bet-ter.”

It was one daybefore her 89th birth-day and one day after agala reopening for the59-year-old restaurant.

Ella’s nephew, RalphBrennan, whom shehired in the 1960s as aprep cook at theFrench Quarterrestaurant, now ownsBrennan’s with busi-ness partner TerryWhite.

“When I came down,I said that I’m onlygoing to go forwardfrom here today,” shesaid. “I’m going to trynot to go back in mem-ories.”

She had managedthe restaurant for herolder brother OwenBrennan until 1974,when a bitter disputesplit the family. Ellaand her siblings tookover Commander’sPalace, which the fami-ly had bought in 1969.Owen’s three sons, Pip,Ted and Jimmy, keptBrennan’s.

Since then, EllaBrennan — “the oldestliving Brennan ever”— hadn’t set foot in therestaurant bearing thefamily name.

She turned Com-mander’s Palace into aworld-class restaurant.Former Commander’schefs include PaulPrudhomme andEmeril Lagasse. Shewas a leader in amovement that con-vinced serious chefs toembrace America’sregional cuisines.

In 2012, Ralph

Brennan and White,bought the building ina sheriff ’s sale. Twoyears later they boughtthe name and otherassets in a bankruptcycourt auction. Thesaga, which sawcousins Ted and PipBrennan lose control ofthe business, playedout in local and nation-al media.

Ella Brennan sat inthe upstairs King’sRoom, a glass of wineat hand, and delightedthe family with storiesabout her 30 yearsworking in the FrenchQuarter: ten withOwen on BourbonStreet and 20 withouthim on Royal Street.

“Only happy memo-ries,” she said. “It wasso fabulous. Somethinginteresting happeningevery day.”

The family enteredthe restaurant busi-ness in 1946 whenOwen Brennan pur-chased the Vieux Carreon Bourbon Street. In1955, he moved hisrestaurant from Bour-bon Street to RoyalStreet. Ella came alongas the manager, a jobshe had held at theBourbon Street restau-rant since she was 18.

When Owen diedunexpectedly beforeBrennan’s on RoyalStreet was finished,Ella rallied the familyto continue with theambitious opening.The bank had pulledback its financial sup-port. The Brennanshad to tell the contrac-tor and the architect,Charles Gresham, thatthey didn’t have themoney to finish theproject.

“They all said, ‘We’lltalk money later,’” Ellarecalled. “You don’thave those things hap-pen today.”

She sent the con-tractor and architectsmall monthly checksfor years, until thedebt was settled.

Despite the precari-ous start, Brennan’s

was a resounding suc-cess.

“When this restau-rant opened,” Ella said,“I can tell you therewas no restaurant likeit in America.”

Even in New York,she said, Frenchrestaurants were“basic bistros.” A fewhotels in Manhattanhad “pretty diningrooms.”

“When we openedthis place, it was thebeginning of Americastanding up and beingcounted in the restau-rant business,” shesaid. “And it worked.”

There were celebri-ties. There was nation-al press.

“You never knewwho was going to walkin the front door,” shesaid.

One afternoon earlyon, a reporter fromLook magazine showedup for breakfast withplans to write a storyabout Brennan’s. Thatsame day, Bill Monroe,the WDSU anchor andfuture host of NBC’s“Meet the Press,” wasthrowing a party to cel-ebrate Ella’s upcomingmarriage to Paul Mar-tin.

“There was Life(magazine) and therewas Look. That wasthe top of the line,” shesaid. “So I called up theparty, and said see youlater.”

Breakfast was madeBrennan’s famous.Bananas Fosterbecame the flamingfinale to that elaboratemeal.

How was BananasFoster invented?

“That’s a long storythat’s been told toomany different ways.Nobody knows the truestory,” Ella said, “but Ido.”

The restaurant wasstill on Bourbon Street.Owen was on a com-mittee to eliminatevice from the FrenchQuarter.

“They were alwayscleaning up the French

Quarter,” she said.For a special dinner,

Owen asked for a newdessert to honor com-mittee chairmanRichard Foster.

She thought about abreakfast dish that hermother often made:sautéed bananas withscrambled eggs.

“That’s the best dishI’ve ever had in mylife,” she said. “Verysoftly scrambled, notoverdone at all.”

She sliced andsautéed bananas. Thenshe flamed them withrum and bananaliqueur, because atrival restaurantsAntoine’s and Arnaud’s“everything wasflamed.” Finally, sheserved it over vanillaice cream, an additionthat Owen consideredplebian.

“Does everythinghave to be ‘a la Wal-greens?’” he askedElla. He reasoned, whyserve ice cream whenyou could buy it at adrugstore?

“I have never under-stood why everybody inthe world thinksbananas Foster is sophenomenal,” Ellasaid. “It’s very ordinaryto me.”

As she told stories, itwas hard to escape thesense that a long sagahad ended. For 40years, there were the“Commander’s PalaceBrennans” and the“Royal Street Bren-nans.”

Now that Ella andher side own bothaddresses, along withmore than a dozenother restaurants,those modifiers seemunnecessary.

In the four decadeswhen Owen’s sons ranBrennan’s, did Ellaever consider visiting?

“No. I didn’t particu-larly want to,” shesaid. “I literally wasfired. I seem to remem-ber that’s the way itworked. We werefired.”

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Bayou Bartholomew History of the bayou. Against the Tide: The History of the Acadian People The culture from Acadian to Cajun.

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Sports Fishing Jimmy Houston Outdoors

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Louisiana Business and Industry

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Beyond Scared Straight “Fulton County, Ga.: Blood Orange” A 13-year-old rats on a convict. Å

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Centerville’s Tournament of the Teche gets underway today CENTERVILLE _ This

year’s Tournament of theTeche opens today with fourgames on tap at the Center-

ville High School Gym.Eight teams will play in

the three-day tournament intwo boys divisions and two

girls divisions. Every teamwill play at least two gameswith awards being given tofirst and second place teams

in each bracket.In today’s Girls Division 1

opener, Patterson takes onHouma Christian in Game 1at 3:30 p.m. Game 2 will pitLafayette Christian againstH. L. Bourgeois at 5 p.m.

In today’s Boys Division 1openers, E. D. White will bat-tle Centerville at 6:30 p.m.before Berwick and Central

Catholic square off at 8 p.m.in the nightcap.

Four additional games areon tap for Friday with Mor-gan City and CentralCatholic tipping off at 3:30p.m. in the Girls Division 2contest. Action will continuein the Girls Division 2 brack-ets with Berwick playingCenterville at 5 p.m.

Friday’s late games willfeature Loreauville versusHouma Christian andJeanerette against Franklinin the Boys Division 2 brack-ets.

A full slate of games will beplayed on Saturday with con-solation games and champi-onship action in each divisionset to be played..

Lady Hornets notch two winsFranklin’s Lady Hornets

posted a pair of victories inaction on consecutive nights.

On Tuesday, the FranklinLady Hornets topped theHanson Memorial LadyTigers before traveling toDelcambre to notch a winover Delcambre in tourna-ment action.

The Franklin Lady Hor-nets edged past the HansonMemorial Lady Tigers by ascore of 46-33 Tuesday at theFranklin High School Gym.

The Franklin Lady Hor-nets outpointed the HansonLady Tigers the first quarterby an 8-5 margin. At thehalf, the Lady Tigers ralliedfor an 18-12 advantage. Af-ter three quarters, HMS ledby a 26-20 margin. Franklinwent on a 20-7 run in thefourth period to claim the 46-

33 victory. Leading scorers for

Franklin were: Fabian Smallwith 20 points on 8 fieldgoals and 4 of 12 free throws;Mai Francis with 12 pointson 4 3’s; Wynesha Jenkinswith 6 points on 3 field goals;Chardonnae Parker, 6 pointson 1 field goal and 2-of-4 freethrows and Kaira Butler 2points.

Leading scorers for theHanson Lady Tigers were:Stephine Roig with 10 pointson 2 field goals, one trey 3 of8 free throws; Maddy Dye, 7points on 3 field goals and 1-of-3 free throws; BayleeYoung had 6 points on 3 fieldgoals; Allyssa Young had 5points on 2 field goals and 1of 3 free throws; HaleyBolinger had 3 points, andSarah Daniel had 2 points.

The Franklin Lady Hor-nets defeated the DelcambreLady Panthers 65-31 onWednesday night in theLynette Viator MemorialTournament in Delcambre.

Leading scorers forFranklin included: FabianSmall with 28 points on 11field goals and 6 of 8 freethrows; Wynesha Jenkinswith 11 points on 4 fieldgoals and 3 of 3 free throws;Quanta Jones with 10 pointson 4 field goals and 2 of 2free throws; Kaira Butlerwith 8 points on 4 field goals;Mai Francis with 6 points on3 field goals and ChardonnaeParker with 2 points.

Franklin will return to ac-tion on Friday at the LynetteViator Memorial Tourna-ment in Delcambre at 6 p.m.against Highland Baptist.

Saints relying more on receivers Stills, ToonMETAIRIE, La. (AP) —

Not long ago, Saints re-ceivers Kenny Stills andNick Toon merely repre-sented the future of NewOrleans’ passing game.

The young pair, both intheir second season on theactive roster, now appear tobe firmly part of the presentas the Saints enter the finalfour games of the regularseason with their playoffhopes in the balance.

Stills has emerged as theSaints leader in yards re-ceiving this season with691, having moved ahead oftight end Jimmy Graham(670) and veteran receiverMarques Colston (634) inrecent weeks.

Toon struggled to crackthe lineup until receiverBrandin Cooks, the Saints’first-round draft choice lastspring, broke his hand inWeek 11. During the twogames since, Toon hasplayed dozens of offensivesnaps, catching five passesfor 59 yards and his first ca-reer touchdown.

Both Toon and Stillscaught touchdown passesfrom Drew Brees in Pitts-burgh last Sunday, a warn-ing sign to upcoming oppo-nents about the risk of de-signing defensive schemesto deny Graham from get-ting the ball, as the Steelersdid.

“When you have a greatquarterback he finds theguys that are open,” Stillssaid after practice Wednes-day. “Drew’s just finding usand we’re getting the ball inthe end zone.”

New Orleans (5-7), whichis tied with Atlanta for firstplace in the NFC South Di-vision, hosts Carolina (3-8-1) on Sunday.

Brees said he’s noticed “alittle bit of an extra swag-ger” in Stills in recentweeks, as well as “an extrafocus” as the second-yearreceiver realized he wouldhave to help fill the void leftby Cooks’ injury.

“That’s a good thing,”Brees said. “Nick Toon thesame way. Obviously NickToon is now playing a bigrole in the lineup due toBrandin’s absence and hasdone a great job.”

Stills, a 2013 fifth-rounddraft choice out of Okla-homa, caught on morequickly than Toon. Heplayed in all 16 games lastseason and caught 32 pass-es for 641 yards and fivetouchdowns.

Coach Sean Payton hasbeen impressed by Stillsknack for picking things upas well as his speed, whichmakes him a deep threat.

“He’s really smart andhe’s got the skill set you’relooking for,” Payton said.

This season, Stills startedslower, in large part be-cause of a quad injury thatwiped out most of his pre-season.

He also missed the regu-lar season opener and didnot really seem to hit hisstride until Week 7 at De-troit, when he had fivecatches for 103 yards, in-cluding a 46-yard touch-down.

“It nagged for a while,”

Stills said of his quad in-jury, “but I’m feeling greatnow.”

His 69-yard touchdownlast week was his thirdscoring play this season.

“I wanted to improve onwhat I did last year and theseason’s not over yet so I’vegot a lot of work to do,”Stills said.

While Stills brings speedand instinctive route-run-ning to New Orleans receiv-ing corps, Toon providesBrees with a 6-foot-4 targetand good hands. He alsodemonstrated toughnessand balance after the catchin Pittsburgh, spinningaway from and runningover tacklers for his 11-yardscore.

He spent his entire rookieseason on injured reservebecause of a preseason footinjury. Last season, heplayed in eight games withthree starts, but made onlyfour catches for 68 yards.

His father, Al Toon, wasan All-Pro with the NewYork Jets, and the youngerToon said he’s been fortu-nate to be able to lean onhis father for perspectivewhile awaiting his opportu-nity.

“Everybody wishes thatthey’re out there contribut-ing every week but that’spart of the business,” Toonsaid. “If you’re not outthere, it’s about being readyto go when you’re number iscalled. If you are out thereit’s about going out thereand making something hap-pen and making sure youstay out there.”

76ers snap 0-17 start with winMINNEAPOLIS (AP) —

The Philadelphia 76ers were16 seconds into their gameagainst the Minnesota Tim-berwolves and Henry Simswas stepping to the freethrow line when referee ZachZarba blew his whistle andstopped the game.

Turns out the Sixers weregoing in the wrong direction,just like they have been allseason long. The foul waswiped away, the teamsswitched sides and the gamewas restarted and the Sixersgot pointed the right way.

The 76ers avoided tyingthe record for the worst startto a season in NBA history,ending their 0-17 skid withan 85-77 victory over theTimberwolves on Wednesdaynight.

A loss to the Timberwolveswould have tied the 2009-10New Jersey Nets for theworst start to a season inleague history at 0-18. Many

of these Sixers, includingpoint guard Michael Carter-Williams and coach BrettBrown, were part of the teamthat lost 26 straight gameslast season, which tied therecord for consecutive losses.

One-and-17 never felt sogood.

“For me personally, I thinkit’s a big relief off my chest,”Carter-Williams said. “Andthe same is for the rest of theguys now that we got a win.”

Particularly the first onefor a team with the youngestroster in league history.

“We feel like this validatesthe work they’ve put in,”Brown said. “I just have atremendous amount of re-spect for the fact that theynever once quit on them-selves, short-circuited a prac-tice, and they were rewardedtonight.”

Carter-Williams had 20points, nine rebounds andnine assists and Robert Cov-

ington added 17 points in agame between two of theworst teams in the league.

The Sixers shot just 39percent against the poorestdefense in the NBA, turnedthe ball over 19 times andscored only nine points in thesecond quarter.

Gorgui Dieng had 15points and 16 rebounds forthe Timberwolves. But Min-nesota shot just 35.7 percentand turned the ball over 19times to lose for the 11thtime in 13 games.

“That’s what makes itbad,” Wolves forward CoreyBrewer said. “They play thatbad and we still lose? Wehave to look at ourselves,man. It’s tough. We can’t losethat game, period.”

The Sixers were missingleading scorer Tony Wrotenand backup point guard Alex-ey Shved (hip), leaving themwith one healthy pointguard.