PAGE 10 Teche News, St. Martinville, La. 70582 Wednesday, Crime Stoppers searches October 31, 1984 Parks EIem- P8er contests, bingo the soil needs conservation to live. Everything benefits from ACP. Why do we have the ACP? The Agricultural Conservation Program was established by the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Actin 1936 following the days of the early thirties when our lands were ravished by erosion, land waste by dust storms and washed by floods.
Purpose of the program was then, as is today, to assist farmers in making land use adjustments and in carrying out soil and water conserving practices. Through cost-sharing, farmer receive a-bout 50 percent of the total cost for purchase of conservation materials and services in carrying out needed conservation practices. Farmers bear all the expenses for time, machinery, labor and other costs in performing the practices. Thibodeaux urges anyone with questions about the Agricultural Conservation Program to contact the St. Martin Parish ASCS office in Breaux Bridge.
In observance of National "My Favorite Lunchroom Week, Oct. 15-19, Students were asked to make a poster contest was held at posters about the president Parks Elementary. The they most admired, event was directed by Elaine i The posters were judged on Landry, cafeteria manager, both artistic appeal and con-with the heb of Alice Filer tent. The winners were as Once inside, the suspects went to the dresser where they took items from a woman's jewelry box and also from a man's jewelry box. The most expensive item taken was a ring from a crystal ring holder also on the dresser.
The ring is described as an antique ruby ring with a four-karat round cut ruby set in 18-karat gold and platinum with a 14-karat ring guard with diamonds valued at $10,000. Publications available from Office of Forestry and Barbara Melancon, cafeteria workers. Each homeroom in the school entered a poster. Joseph Wiltz, assistant superintendent and Sylvia Porche, cafeteria supervisor, judged the posters. The winning homerooms were as follows: fourth grade, Mrs.
Melancon's homeroom; fifth grade, Mrs. Broussard's homeroom; and sixth grade, Mr. Potier's homeroom. The winning homerooms were given a treat of punch and cake made by the cafeteria workers. Parks Elementary recently sponsored another poster contest with the theme of follows: Stephanie Myers, first place; Casi Alpha, second place; Jonathan Wiltz, third place; and Tamra Boyd, honorable mention.
Parks Elementary also recently held its first P-ACT Team meeting, followed with a bingo held in the school gym. Prizes were donated by many area merchants for the year-long fundraising activities. The school wishes to thank the merchants, the Parks Youth Club for the use of their bingo game equipment, and all of the people who contributed their time to make the bingo a successful fundraising activity. Wr CASH REWARDS LABI feels voting records disappointing the Legislative Voting Record published annually by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry gave the Legislature a poor report card for the 1984 session. This is the ninth consecutive year LABI has published its annual voting record, and of the years analyzed, only two really stand out as major disappointments to the business community 1977 and 1984, states the report.
The report says this year there were more representatives with records of 30 percent or worse, than there were representatives with records of 70 percent or better. In fact less than half of the legislators in both houses and 50 percent or better records. According to the LABI tabulation, Sen. Oswald Decuir compiled a 55 percent voting record during the 1984 session, while Rep. Harry L.
Benoit voted with business 68 percent of the time. Of the 105 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, 32 voted with business over 70 percent of the time, 50 voted with business over 50 percent of the time, and 39 voted against business 70 percent of the time, states the report. The report finds the Senate's overall voting record equaly disappointing. Onlsy nine lawmakers in the Seante had records of 70 percent or more, while 15 had records of 30 percent or less, states the report. Of the 39 senators in the Legislature, On Sept.
17, a residence located at 310 Harrel Drive was burglarized. Suspects took the screen off of the front bedroom window, raised the window and entered the residence. TTERS DITOR Wa ara otad to print MMrt el mumI mftfMI HM community and pariah. Tho Tod Nwi in no rty iMpontltlo lor iMtomontt or otirioM aaooofina In thl apaca. libalMM or olMMlvt poroanal Itfdit at not ptrmitMd.
Bravlty mud to oboorvoa. lr commnnle-liont mutt bo atanad by mo wrltor lor Mtntllieatlon. Tho Ttcho Naw morvot tho right to oia mo naino ot tho wrltor to any unsionad lottor to any paraon having a right to It. No lattari will ba ralumad. City has more problems than bar curfew First let me say thanks to Mr.
Bernard J. Mitchell Jr. for a letter well written. (Letter to the editor, Oct. 24, 1984).
I agre with Mr. Mitchell 100 percent on his views on the Curfew and police situation in St. Martinville. On numerous occasions I have seen people getting drunk standing outside of convenience stores and on street corners. These drunks also get behind the wheel of a car and pose a threat to innocent people.
What about the drunks that drive away from various festivals, church fairs (Morals or Money?) football games and 1.1. Ttn klntMA Via gatherings? Do you blame the bars or tne cunew ior uus. i should hope not. A person that is going to drink to the point of being drunk doesn't need a time limit within which to do it. He will do it regardless of what time it is.
I lost my mother and little sister in an accident caused by a drunk on the highway 29 years ago. A curfew would not have prevented this accident, because, it was only eight o'clock at night. I went to the Bayou Festival for about an hour Saturday night. I saw at least 30 kids under 17 years oa age walking around with beer cans in their hands. Where were the parents? Where was Clean Sweep? Where were the police? Where was the editor? I think you had better guess again at your age group.
Why is no mention ever made of the drug situation in and around St. Martinville? Could it be that it would be hitting to close to home for some people in St. Martinville? Is the City Police Department really trying to keep St. Martinville safe and peaceful? If so, then why are people allowed to stand on the street corners and drink and litter and be totally ignored by the Police? Several times I have seen two policemen riding in a patrol car. Why doesn't the City Police Department have foot patrol like other cities? I recently saw a man run a red light, and a patrolman was at the intersection.
Was that man stopped? No instead the patrolman waved at the offender. If you ever attempted to make a left turn from N. Main to E. Bridge, surely, at one time or another, you were passed on the right side (illegally). This happens every day all day long.
When city policemen were sent to football games, (crowd and traffic control) they, walked the sidelines and followed the ball from one end of the field to the other; instead of performing their duties. How many patrol cars were involved in accidents in the past three years? Some were totaled. Clean Sweep and concerned parents should gather at the football stadium early Saturday morning and from there go to convenience store parking lots and street corners, collecting empty beer cans, and liquor bottles. I am sure that the end result would be that there were several drunks out there on Friday night, many that did not enter a bar. Thank you, Larry P.
Hollier 112 Jeanette St. St, Martinville, La. 70582 written forest management plan, marketing assistance, providing forest tree seedlings at cost of production, prescribe burning as a woodland management and firefuel reduction tool, forest insect and disease control, protection against wildfire, firebreak plowing, advice on shade tree care and information and education programs. FOREST FIRE LAWS OF LOUISIANA defines such terms as "simple arson," "criminal negligence" and "fire prevention interference" and gives penalties for infractions of forest fire laws. RURAL HOME FIRE SAFETY tells how to be sure your home can be made more easily accessible for firefighters and their equipment, how to provide the necessary water supply, construction standards for buildings to increase fire safety, vegetative clearance requirements, safe disposal of trash, basic firefighting tools and precautions to take with outdoor fireplaces and barbeque equipment.
Local elementary students improving writing skills Fourth grade classes at St. Martinville Elementary School were recently visited by Patricia Landrum, regional coordinator of the Learn Reading Program and Eliza Jacobs, a teaching assistant for the program. The women were invited to help the students improve their writing abilities. St. Martin Parish schools are emphasizing writing activities in all academic areas this year and St.
Martinville Elementary students will be doing this at least once weekly. The objective of the teaching leasson was to show the students how to write a good note. The program coordinator and her assistant emphasized how important note-writing is in everyday life. A note-writing "recipe" was posted in chart form and then groups were formed. Each group then shared their note-writing activity by following the suggested recipe.
Students were told that this same recipe could be used in many kinds of writing activities and a "writer's notebook" was given to each child. KATEAALL1E Alhe (Jane Curtin) finds herself caught up in a local political campaign and drawn to the young, good-looking and charming candidate, on 'Kate Allie." airing MONDAY, MOV. 5 on CBS. CHECK LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIME 1M4Compulog Publications now available free on request from the Louisiana Office of Forestry include those on shade tree care, professional forester services available from the agency to Louisiana woodlands owners, the state's forest fire laws and tips for protecting homes in wood areas from forest fires, among others. To obtain them, write the Office of Forestry, Post Office Box 1628, Baton Rouge, 70821 and specify- publications.
URBAN FORESTRY NOTES is a series of six publications on proper care of shade trees. Topics of individual NOTES are fertilization, proper pruning techniques, correct planting procedures, landscaping for energy conservation, protection against damage during construction, and additional tips for successful shade trees. YOUR LOUISIANA OFFICE OF FORESTRY CAN HELP outlines services offered by the agency, many of them without charge. Services include woodland examination and Mushrooms often appear in fall Mushrooms often appear in lawns during the fall of the year. Although they grow beneath the surface throughout the year, they are usually not noticed until their reproductive structures are formed, says Dr.
Clayton A. Hollier, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service plant pathologist. Reproduction often occurs following a period of heavy rainfall and cooler weather. This induces a change in the fungus from the vegetative to reproductive status, he explains. "The two most common types o'f mushrooms in yards are the slime molds and the larger gilled mushrooms," says Hollier.
"Slime molds usually appear as gray powdery growths on grass. The grass looks stained in spots one to two feet in diameter." The plant pathologist says slime molds are caused by soil inhabiting non-parasitic fungi. Under certain environmental conditions, they grow from the soil to reproduce and form the powdery spore masses on the aboveground grass. The spore mass is unslight-ly and may cause some shading of the grass, he notes, but if left alone, it will soon disappear. Water from the garden hose can speed up its departure.
"The larger mushrooms are often formed in rings," he says. "They are perennial guests in the lawn and reappear with the ring growing slightly larger each year." Like slime molds, mushrooms are nonparasitic. However, the grass sometimes changes color where the mushrooms are utilizing the organic matter in the soil. Most mushrooms do not warrant control, he points out. But if it be necessary to get rid of them, soil fumigation is the best method.
Hollier cautions that lawn mushrooms should not be eaten and some are poisonous. 0 INFORMANTS REMAIN ANONYMOUS Other items taken were a half-karat marque cut diamond with an ornate diamond shape setting, one pair of ruby earring jackets, a 14-karat gold rope bracelet, a 14-karat heavy gold serpentine choker, one pair of ruby with diamond stud earrings, a man's 14-karat gold bracelet-nugget type, one man's Seiko watch with a silver band and a gold circular face with daydate, and one 14 karat gold cobra link necklace with one diamond chip. The total value of the items taken was $15,000. The race, sex and age of the suspects and the mode of travel is unknown. They took only the most expensive items leaving the costume jewelry behind.
Anyone who recognizes these suspects, was a witness 1 to this crime or has information about this crime is asked to call the Crime Stoppers Tips line at 232-TIPS or 232-8477. Crime Stoppers will pay a $1,000 cash reward to the individual that calls within seven days with information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the persons responsible for this Residential Burglary. Tipsters will not have to give his or her name, talk to police investigators or testify in court to receive the money. The tipster will be assigned a code number, which will be the only method of identification. All information will be treated as confidential.
Crime Stoppers will also pay cash for information on other felony crimes. BBHS lists Honor Roll Breaux Bridge High School recently released its honor roll for the first six-week period of the session. The honor roll students are as follows: Ninth Grade Jennifer Alexander, John Blanchard, Candace Delaune, Michael Green, Devin Harrison, Amy Joiner, Derek Kaupp, Jason Per- rodin, Jamie Smith, and Rachel Theriot. Tenth Grade Haley Barron, Donna Burch, Colleen Dupuis, Sonya Dupuis, Larry Gordon, Wendy Hebert, Robert Hollier, Michael Savoy, Troy Soileau and Dirk Thibodeaux. Eleventh Grade Suzanne Alexander, Eunice Belaire, Craig Champagne, Brett Cormier, Kim Dever, Lesley Devillier, Julie Domingue, Diedra Dupuis, Ada Guidry, Rebecca Ormsby, Michelle Peltier, Sharon Pena and Donald Eric Sharpe.
Twelfth Grade Yvette Alex, Cindy Alle- mand, Tommy Allemand, Sally Batiste, Terrie Belaire, Millie Blanchard, Paula Blanchard. Nina BreaiiY Debbie Broussard, Melinda Broussard, Sandra Calais u-rrol Cormier, Sonya Degetaire, Trisha Degetaire Jane Dupuis, Radonna Douet, Jonathan Fontenot ronienot, the report says only 18 voted with business 50 percent of the time. "This is far below the records of legislators in the four years from 1976 to 1979 and the eight years from 1976 to 1983 when 70 percent or more of the members of both houses had records of 50 percent or better," states the report. Major Issues The report states that the 25 votes tabulated this year do not represent narrow interests. They cover seven major issue areas, including: governmental refor, labor-management, educational reform, punitive damages, economic development, taxation and environmental quality.
When the votes are tallied, they give an acurate assessment of the outcome of the 1984 session, states the report. "The results are neither amusing to citizens nor flattering to the Legislature," states the report. The state isn't better off because of this year's ession, nor is the harm done by lawmakers irreparable, says the report. However, the report also makes it known that the damage done in 1984 to Louisiana's business image, and the serious doubts raised about the state's political stability and what impact that instability will have on economic investment and job growth, can only be repaired if the Legislature changes its course during the remaining years of its term. farmers and the United Government to conserve our natural resources of soil, water, woodland and wildlife.
The Agricultural Conservation Program has played a major role since 1936 in partnership with the landowner in his efforts to conserve these vital soil and water resources for present and future generations while helping improve water quality. Who benefits from ACP? All of the more than 224 million people in the United States plus the generations to follow benefit from the ACP. Most of the food we eat comes from the soil or from animals or fowl that depend on the soil. Much of our clothing comes from plants of the soil or from animals existing on the soil. The lumber for our homes and for our furniture comes from trees depending on the soil.
Thus, the soil is very lifeblood, Thibodeaux said. We need it to eat, to be clothed and to be housed. We need the soil to live Agriculture conservation program explained Shortly, the Agricultural Conservation Program for 1985 will be announced and this is a good time to answer some questions a-bout the program, stated Larry J. Thibodeaux, county executive director for the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service in St. Martin Parish.
What is ACP? Who benefits from ACP? Why do we have ACP? These are some of the questions people usually have when they hear or read about ACP. ACP is the abbreviation for the Agricultural Conservation Program, a joint effort between American Sonia Franks, Pamela Guidry, Wendy Guidry, Randy Hayes, Karen Hebert, Ben Huval, Mandolia Jean-Batiste, Jessica LeBlanc, Troy Menard, Monique Pearce, Amanda Pete, Angela Rivera, Dennis Sen-son, Michele Stephens, James Anthony Tabor and Angela Thibodeaux..
