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The News-Star Tuesday, October 8, 2002 5A" LocalRegion Parishes hope to total cleanup costs McCallum unsure when he'll leave legislative post winds. Caldwell Parish Civil Defense'; Director Rube Bates said officials arc-also looking at similar costs incurred' from the storm, particularly overtime for Caldwell Parish Sheriff's deputies and debris removal. "The Sheriff's Office put extra people on at night to take care of roads," Bates said. "We didn't have all that much damage to buildings. It was" mostly trees and limbs down yards." winds and heavy rains late Thursday to northeastern Louisiana, primarily parts of Caldwell, Ouachita, Richland and LaSalle parishes.

Caldwell Parish suffered widespread power outages, while Ouachita Parish suffered sporadic outages for a short period of time. Officials said last week the Monroe Regional Airport, the Monroe Convention Center and the Monroe Civic Center Theater received some minor damages as a result of high Ouachita Parish Civil Defense Director Tom Malmay said the estimates are being made in hopes of future reimbursement to local governments by state and federal agencies. "We're looking mostly at overtime costs and costs associated with debris removal," Malmay said. "We're in the process right now of reviewing and refining cost estimates and should have a good idea by Thursday what those costs were." Tropical Storm Lili created high By ROBBIE EVANS revansthenewsstar.com Several northeastern Louisiana parishes may determine by week's end the cost of damage to the area by Tropical Storm Lili. Local governments began Friday reviewing the extent of damages and associated costs incurred by various emergency and nonemergency agencies when the storm blew through several northeastern Louisiana parishes last Thursday.

contacts to cataracts By NANCY BERGERON nbergeronthenewsstar.com RUSTON District 12 state Rep. Jay McCallum expects to know more next week about when he'll resign his House seat in preparation to take the newly created district judgeship he won in Saturday's election. McCallum, D-Farmerville, will be sworn in Jan. 1 as judge of the 3rd Judicial District's Division C. The 3rd District is Lincoln and Union parishes.

A special election will have to be held to fill the year remaining in McCallum's legislative term. But uhpn that vntp mav oe is sua uncertain. House Speaker Charles DeWitt cannot call an election until McCallum either resigns or sub 1 ml opening of the 2003 regular legislative session. But he said he doesn't want a long gap between his departure and the arrival of a successor. want the gap between the time I leave office and the time somebody takes my seat to be as small as possible," the third-term lawmaker said.

At least four potential successors three Republicans and one Democrat are gearing to run for McCallum's seat. Ruston resident Hollis Downs issued a statement confirming his candidacy now that McCallum has won. "'e know now we're going to be in a race," Downs, a Republican, said Monday, "I will make my formal announcement, including my platform, most likely after the date for the election is set by the speaker," Downs said. Farmerville attorney Chuck Earle, also a Republican, is the only formally announced candidate. Others who say they are going to run are Ruston Democrat Jim Ball, former head of Louisiana's Office of State Parks, and Ruston Republican Ty Bromell, the state's current scenic byways administrator.

Meanwhile, McCallum said he's excited about his new job. "I'm looking forward to the challenge," he said. "I'm just so appreciative to the people of Lincoln and Union parishes for the overwhelming confidence they've placed in me." Complete but still unofficial returns show McCallum with 63 percent of the vote to challenger Ruston attorney Scott Killen's 37 percent. mits a letter of prospective resigna tion containing the McCallum date of his departure, Hafk Hrfmble Eye Center Total Eye Care tor Lite House Clerk Alfred "Butch" Speer said Monday. District 12 includes about half of Lincoln Parish, almost all of Union Parish and the northwestern corner of Morehouse Parish.

McCallum said he would wait to make a decision at least until Secretary of State Fox McKeithen certifies Saturday night's returns, probably sometime early next week. The election could be held as soon as Dec. 7, depending on McCallum's decision. McCallum said he's "pushing" for the election to be prior to the March 3 1 the trained, caring professionals to help. The new Haik Humble Eye Center is your total eye care team.

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