The Town Talk from Alexandria, Louisiana • Page 41

i- Alurankia Duila Zmn Talk General News Thursday, September 23, 1 976 Section Alexandria Man Charged In Bunkie Assault Case throwning the shotgun and a CB radio from their car. Rapides Deputy Johnny Willmore arrested Columbus Brevelle, 24, of 1611 Terre-gano Street and Christopher Brevelle, 20, of 605 Compton Street. The radio belonged to Mrs. Sonia Tassin of Bunkie. After questioning the suspects police discovered an ice chest in the trunk of Co- iuiiiuiu iiiv elle's car that belonged to Bunkie policeman Leon J.

Franklin, son of the chief. The chest was stolen while Franklin's car was parked on Lower Third Street in Alexandria Aug. 23. Columbus Brevelle was re-lased on $1,012.50 bond and Christopher Brevelle remains in the Bunkie jail pending $787.50 bond. Trial has been set Sept.

27. Cena Briefs Readers to Meet The Cenla Reading Council will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Rapides Parish Media Center to hear Mrs. Gladys Robinette of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (USL). Mrs.

Robinette's subject will be "Fun Enrichment for All." Church Fair BELLEDEAU St. Martin of Tours Church here will hold its church fair Saturday and Sunday. There will be a chicken and sausage gumbo, cochon-delait and barbecue chicken dinners will be served beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday. Other food, drinks and cakes will be available.

Nix to Speak irn mi TTimi Mi i A innil Special to the Town Talk BUNKIE Police have arrested an Alexandria man in connection with the alleged assault of a drug store worker earlier this month. Alexandria police arrested "Bobby" Smith, 25, of 710 Willow Glen River Road and returned him to the custody of Bunkie police. He is charged with simple assault, simple battery, petty theft and flight to avoid arrest. Smith allegedly attempted to shoplift in the Eckard Drug Store here when stopped by Mrs. Patricia Hanks.

The woman was assaulted in trying to detain Smith and another man. Trial of the case has been set Sept. 27 by City Judge James Lee. Smith was released on bond. Arrest Yields Property A Rapides Sheriff deputy arrested two men Monday after receiving a report from Bunkie police of a reported theft of a shotgun.

Bunkie Police Chief Leon Franklin reported his department received a call about 4 p.m. from Chris Juneau saying he saw two men take a shotgun from Mark Juneau's pickup truck while it was parked near the Piggly Wiggly store here. The car was later spotted by Cheneyville Police Chief Terry Daigrepont. The men were chased and seen Her Choice LSUA student Wanda Gabour casts her ballot Wednesday following a student debate on the merits of presidential contenders Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Students selected Ford their presidential favorite and chose the debate team supporting the Ford-Robert Dole ticket as winners in the forensic competition.

J.I. Barron III and Louis Rachal, both Pine-ville High School graduates, were the winning debaters. (Town Talk Photo by Lee Huebner) Natchitoches Hospital Plans Are Outlined in Jury Session Special to The Town Talk NATCHITOCHES The projected improvements at the Natchitoches Parish Hospital would cost between $5 million and $6 million, according to Tom Elkins, chairman of the Hospital Service District Board. Elkins and other board members told the Natchitoches Parish Police Jury Tuesday that the basic plans would turn the present hospital into the long-term care unit or nursing home. A multi-story hospital would be constructed adjacent to the present structure.

He said that if the project were undertaken all efforts would be made to obtain federal funds. "If these are available, then we would perhaps have to ask the voters for approval of a bond issue to go along with such federal funds for the improvements," said Elkins. He explained the bonds would be retired by revenues from the hospital and there would be no millage levied. He said that if "federal funds were not forthcoming, then we would perhaps have to have a combination of revenue bond sales plus a millage from property owners." Elkins said the board has had meetings with at least five architectural firms and "at this time we are leaning toward one that has an excellent track record and one that does a complete turnkey job." Elkins told the jury that the nursing home section of the hospital has a long waiting list and that the facilities of the hospital need to be updated and enlarged so additional specialists could be attracted to the Natchitoches area. 20 Named to Enforcement Council JENA Kelly Nix, state superintendent of education will address the LaSalle Parish Citizens Council for Quality Education at 7 p.m.

Monday in Jena Elementary School cafeteria. French Banquet LAFAYETTE Jean-Jacques Peyronnet, consul general of France, was honored at a banquet here as he ended five years of service in Louisiana. Peyronnet praised the state's involvement in teaching the French language through the Council on the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOF1L). Peryronnet conferred the Ordre des Palmes Acade-miques to Mrs. Mathe Allain, professor of French at USL; Dr.

Thomas Arceneaux, former dean of the College of Agriculture; Jeanne Castille, retired teacher of French; Anthony Mayeau, instructor of French at McNeese, and Dr. Hosea Phillips, retired instructor of French at USL. Faculty Recital LAKE CHARLES William Kushner, director of the Rapides Symphony Orchestra, Mrs. Sylvia Kushner and Dr. Fred Sahlmann will be presented in faculty recital Monday at McNeese State University.

Mrs. Kushner also is a member of the Rapides Symphony. The program, which begins at 8:15 p.m. in Ralph Squires Recital Hall, is free to the public and features chamber music. It will include compositions for varying combinations of clarinet, bassoon and piano by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Mozart and Blinka.

Avoyelles, Dist. Atty. Eddie Knoll and Bunkie Mayor Warren Constant. Catahoula, Thomas Jackson and D.V. Tolliver.

Concordia, L.W. Davis and J.T. Jacobs. Grant, Sheriff Leonard Hataway and Leon Dean. Winn, Sheriff Dan Page and Percy Roberts.

LaSalle, Sheriff Doyle Windham and Ethel Doyle. Vernon, Sheriff Frank Howard and G.B. Jeane. Twenty persons have been named to the Red River Delta Law Enforcement Planning Council Inc. here, according to council director Ken Walker.

Six Rapides Parish representatives include Sheriff Marshall T. Cappel, Alexandria Police Chief A. Jack Rodgers, 9th Judicial District Judge Guy E. Humphries Dist. Atty.

Edwin 0. Ware, Renaissance Director Robert (Bob) Tillie and Wilber G. Callens, a state juvenile probation and parole officer. Here is a breakdown of the other parish representatives: Winn Jurors Oppose Sheriffs Funding BOTH STORES OPEN SATURDAY SHOP OUR SUPER WEEK-END SPECIALS grounds, water and sewer projects (except sewer treatment plants), street lights and tree removal. Fairly agreed to meet with the jury Monday at 7 p.m.

to discuss applying for the grant. Rep. Bud Brady told the jury that the Maxwell-Ferry Road bridge will not be state-funded as announced earlier. Brady pointed out that the previous jury agreed to furnish the material for the bridge construction. Winn Parish Health Officer Tom McConnell requested a meeting with the Sanitation Committee to discuss adopting an ordinance to remove sewage from ditches in the parish.

McConnell also informed jurors of plans to meet with the State Rodent Control Board this week. Acting on a recommendation by Dist. Atty. Charles Bice, the jury agreed to formulate an ordinance establishing penalties for violation of parish stock laws. Jury President Benny Martin pointed out that recently-passed stock laws in Wards 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are not being enforced.

Martin emphasized the jury is not adopting any new stock laws but merely attempting to enforce those already adopted. Wallace Murphy of District voted against the motion. The panel accepted the resignation of Rayford Higgs, president of the parish Gas Utility District Board, and agreed to appoint a replacement for him at the October meeting. Higgs' term was to have expired next April. A resolution to install boat ramps on Saline Lake was approved.

Sen. Don Kelly told the jury of plans by the Northwest Game and Fish Preserve Commission to lower Black and Clear Lakes three feet each. Special to The Town Talk WINNFIELD The Winn Parish Police Jury has gone on record opposing efforts by sheriffs to receive 15 per cent of the revenue sharing funds which now go to parishes. On a motion by Jim Anyan, the jury voted to ask legislators to reject the proposal. Several jurors said they are not opposed to sheriffs getting more money for their departments but are opposed to juries losing 15 per cent of the revenue sharing monies they now receive.

The action was taken at Monday's regular jury meeting. Also at that meeting, the jury entered into a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Forest Service concerning upgrading and maintenance of parish roads used in Forest Service operation. Ed Frazier, Kisatchie Forest District ranger, outlined the agreement. It specifies that roads of mutual interest be maintained by the police jury and upgraded by the Forest Service, "provided Forest Service use justifies upgrading." Frazier said funds for upgrading the roads will come from timber sales and federal Public Works funds.

Responding to a request by Richard Haydell of the Kisatchie-Delta Regional Planning and Development District, the jury appointed a nine-member Recreation Committee to study the recreational needs of the parish. Data from the study will be used in applying for a federal grant to establish recreation facilities. Wayne Fairly, also of Kisatchie-Delta, explained to jurors projects which might be funded by a $150,000 Community Development grant the jury hopes to secure. Among the possibilities, he said, are parks, play Funds Earmarked for Evergreen Proecf LaSalle Community Action Assn. $75,695 federal, migrant education program for Catahoula, Concordia and LaSalle parishes during summer months.

Ward 5 Waterworks System Inc, $600,000 EDA, water supply well, booster pumping station, transmission line and tank. Southwest Avoyelles Waterworks District, $600,000 EDA, water well and other improvements. -r- Town of Simmesport, $2,100,000 EDA, water well and other improvements. Village of Plaucheville, $12,000 ($9,000 EPA and local), determine means of rehabilitating or expanding the town treatment works to meet federal and state discharge standards. Ward 3 Avoyelles Waterworks District, $160,000 EDA, water distribution line and elevated water tank.

Town of Hornbeck, two grants of $252,000 EDA and $12,000 ($9,000 EPA and $3,000 local), two water supply wells and water supply lines and facility plan for proposed wastewater treatment facility, respectively. Avoyelles Parish Police Jury, $300,000 EDA, water lines and booster pumping stations. Two applications for federal funds for Evergreen were approved by the Central Clearinghouse Review Board here Tuesday night. Both grants were for the wastewater treatment project. One application seeks $575,000 for wastewater treatment.

Of that, $170,750 will come from the Economic Development Administration and $404,250 from the Environmental Protection Agency. The board also approved Evergreen's application to fund the second step of the wastewater treatment project the preparation of plans and specifications. That $495,000 application seeks $370,000 from federal sources and $125,000 in municipal revenues. Other applications approved were: Imani Courts $799,000 (all Farmers Home Administration), 40 multi-family rental units in Mansura. Avoyelles Progress Action Committee two grants for $11,710 (all federal) and $206,666 ($155,016 federal and $51,650 local), meals service for 145 low-income Avoyelles Parish residents and funding of community action agency, respectively.

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"That's about $180,000, and we're going to have to cut the budget by that amount." He said that as employes resign or quit they will not be replaced. DeBlieux said the city may have to curtail some of Its services. The budget for the current fiscal year is $6,730,937. 1 QFBunsre 00 900,12 MILLINERY SALON BOTH STORES II ACCESSORIES BOTH STORES uuei GoiarinQ wei-cpldrincj alexandrla mall I downtown I alexandrla mall I downtown I.