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4 DAILY WORLD MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2000 3 POLICE BEAT ROUND AND ABOUT LOCAL i 1 'Vt WW 't ple battery, assault and disturbing the peace by using loud and profane language. Tony Lavergne, 18, 1380 Lavergne Opelousas, charged with criminal trespassing and criminal mischief. Alton Breaux, 48, 107 South Bullard Opelousas, charged with simple battery and disturbing the peace by public intoxication. Sara Vidrine, 20, 208 Vieux Orleans Circle, Lafayette, charged with disturbing the peace by using loud and profane language and disturbing the peace by public intoxication. Eunice I The Eunice Police Department reported booking the following i people: Dusty Bordelon, 33, 1178 Oberlin Mamou, charged with disturbing the peace by fighting.

Kevin McDaniel, 31, 1682 West Main, Ville Platte, charged with disturbing the peace by fighting, Kenneth Malveaux, 37, 122 charged with disturbing the peace by public intoxication. Marlon Clark, 20, 160 Sparta Road, Eunice, charged with dis- turbing the peace. i Mark Lejeune, 39, 500 South 7th Eunice, charged with dis- i turbing the peace by public intoxi- cation, remaining after being for- i bidden and simple assault. Roxanne Saucier, 38, 1682 West Main Ville Platte, charged with disturbing the peace by fighting. Lori Courville, 21, 510 South 7th Eunice, charged with sim- i pie battery and disturbing the peace by public intoxication.

Billy Thibodeaux, 29, 741 East Vine Eunice, charged with simple battery (domestic). Timothy W. La Vernge, 19, 574 Suzie Drive, Eunice, charged with reckless operation and driving while intoxicated. Photo by Christy Krantz The Tournoi de la Ville Platte was held Sfinday as part of the Cotton festival. From left are, WarreW Fontenot, rider in the Tournoi, and his grandaughter, Tournoi Queen Angelique Penn.

Cotton Festival ends with Tournoi Complaints The St. Landry Parish Sheriffs Department logged a complaint about a person burning trash Sunday on La. 167 near Plaisance. Records indicate the person responsible for the fire was told he had to put out the fire because of the ban on open burning. St.

Landry Parish The St. LandiV Parish Sheriffs Department reported booking the following people: HNicole Ventress, 17, 51 Cherry Blossom Port Barre, charged with simple escape. Zachary Dwayne Richard, 17, 128 Thibodeaux Lawtell, charged with second-degree battery. Randy P. Jeffers, 32, 2455 La.

103, Opelousas, charged with damage to property with the intent to defraud. John Christopher Bertinot, 21, 421 West Koury Church Point, charged with 'isareless operation, no driver's license arid driving while intoxicated. Travis Clark, no age given, 1337 Castille Grand Coteau, charged with unauthorized entry of an inhabited dwelling, carnal knowledge of a juvenile and simple battery on a juvenile. Shelea Chaisson, 21, 218 Trewhill Ossun, charged with simple battery. Mary Savoie, 19, P.O.

Box 631, Sunset, charged with simple battery. Opelousas The Opelousas Police Department reported booking the following people: James Thomas, 43, 1032 East Leo Opelousas, charged with criminal trespassing. Ladarain Lemon, 20, 407 Guidry Opelousas, charged with simple battery and simple criminal damage to property. Bryan Williams, 18, 1059 Pandora Opelousas, charged with criminal trespassing and resisting an officer. Rodney Mack, 36, 670 Berdie Opelousas, charged with remaining after being forbidden.

BJerome Joseph, 32, 1350 Frilot Opelousas, charged with simple battery. Shane Bryant, 17, 928 Paggo Opelousas, charged with sim Beau Chene parents The Beau Chene High Parent Advisory Group will meet Oct. 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday at the school.

Anyone interested in attending is invited to attend. Adoption, foster care New people interested in becoming a foster parent or adopting a waiting child should attend the Foster Care and Adoption Orientation informational meeting at 10 a.m. Oct. 17 at the Office of Community Services, Welfare Office, 1283 Service Road, Highway 167, Opelousas. For more information, call 1-800-256-8611.

Leonville PTC meeting A first meeting of the Leonville Parent and Teacher Club is 6 p.m. Wednesday in the school gymnasium. All parents are encouraged to Blood drives LifeShare Blood Center schedules drives to collect blood that supplies local hospitals and clinics. Donors can save up to four lives. Donors can safely donate every 56 days.

Call LifeShare Blood Center if there are any questions concerning medications or current health conditions (1-800-256-7439) or attend one of the following drives: Oct. 17 St. Landry Bank, 9 to 11 a.m.; Oct. 18 Opelousas High School, 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Oct, 19 North Central Higl School, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 27 OGH, 7 a.m. to 2 DU banquet Carencro Ducks Unlimited will hold a membership banquet at 6 p.m.

Wednesday Oct. 18, at Evangeline Downs. Doors will open at 6 p.m. for refreshments and silent auctions, dinner will be served at 7 p.m. Numerous raffles, door prizes, live and silent auction will be offered as well.

Call 234-1012 for tickets or Pp kll Photo by Christy Krantz Geuydan Duck Festival Queen Wendy Benoit participated in the Louisiana Cotton Festival parade Sunday. By STEPHANIE KIRK Staff Writer Good weather made for a cotton pick-in' -good time in Evangeline Parish this weekend. The 47th annual Louisiana Cotton Festival began Wednesday and continued through Sunday. "We had more people this year because last year it rained," said Carissa Hebert, the festival's publicity chairperson. There was music, rides and plenty of food to help keep the crowd coming all week long.

"I remember at the parade there were so many people I had to fight off the crowd to get to the bandstand," Hebert said. The Grand Parade of Cotton began at 1 p.m. Sunday, lead by Parade Marshal Joan Lemoine and it rolled for three hours. The music was a combination of the Fais-Do-Do street' dance with -Walter Lee "and hia' band and Swamp Pop with Freddie 'Patin; Walter Lee is also the'parish clerk of court. New royalty was crowned at the festival.

Theresa Martin, representing St. James Parish, became the new queen and Dwight Landreneau was crowned as the new King of Cotton. Colonel Cotton is Jack Fruge, who was sick during the festivities but his relative, state Rep. Eric LaFleur, stood in his place. There were three new events at the festival this year and organizers said they got more people involved.

More than 100 people signed up for the 5K run held Saturday, OBITUARIES J.C. Brown Funeral services for Mr. J.C. Brown, 67, are incomplete at this time. Sibille Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements.

Kermit David Funeral services for Mr. Kermit David, 88, are incomplete at this time. Duhon Funeral Home of Church Point is in charge of arrangements. Robert David KROTZ SPRINGS Funeral services for Mr. Robert Neal David, 48, will be held at 2 p.m.

Tuesday in St. Anthony Catholic Church here with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. Robert Courville will conduct the services. Mr.

David, a resident of Krotz Springs, died Sunday, October 15, 2000, at his residence. He was a Louisiana DOTD Supervisor. Survivors include: his wife, Julia Langley David of Krotz Springs; his parents, Johnny and Velma David of Krotz Springs; a son, Christopher James David of Krotz Springs; a daughter, Casey Elizabeth David of Krotz Springs; a brother, Michael David of Opelousas; and two sisters, Melinda LeBlanc and Johnnie "BooBoo" Soileau, both of Port Barre. Mr. David was preceded in death by his grandparents, Andrew and Odette Lanclos and Mary and Emeric David.

Visiting hours will be observed from 6 to 10 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. Tuesday until time of ser- 'f. tttm Another new event was the joke telling contest. Becky Lafleur, a teacher in Mamou, won.

People were also able to showcase, their best cooking with the Sauce Piquant Cookoff on Saturday. The overall winner for that event is Weelo's Grocery and Meat Market, who also took first place for the seafood division and the wildlife division. First place for the domestic poultry was Team Budweiser. cited speeding as their main reason for closing the street. St.

Pierre residents, on the other hand, claim a desire to stop the predominately lower income and black neighbors from passing through Markridge streets to be the real reason. The matter will be addressed at 6 p.m. in the Carencro City Hall. ated. Mr.

Thibodeaux, a resident of Krotz Springs, died at 5:05 a.m. Sunday, October Lb, in Opelousas General Hospital. He was a retired carpenter. Survivors include: his wife, Gussie i 1 1 Thibodeaux of Krotz Springs three sons, Farriel Thibodeaux and Francis Thibodeaux, both of Krotz Springs, and Larry Thibodeaux of Coon; a daughter, Beverly Juneau of Huttington Beach, a brother, Nicholas Dicapo of Baton Rouge; seven grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Mr.

Thibodeaux was preceded in death by his parents, Farriel Joseph Thibodeaux and Agnes Soileau Thibodeaux Dicapo; his stepfather, Steve Dicapo; a son, Joey Thibodeaux; and a sister, Christine Dicapo. Visiting hours were observed from 6 to 10 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m. today until time of services. A rosary was recited at 7 p.m.

Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Krotz Springs was in charge of arrangements. Christopher Tyler Funeral services for Mr. Christopher Paul Tyler, 20, are incomplete at this time. Ford and Joseph Funeral Home of Opelousas is in charge of arrangements. Genevie Wilson Funeral services for Mrs.

Genevie Wilson, 68, are incomplete at this time. Fondel Memorial Chapel of Lake Charles is in charge of 11 9 Port Barre The Port Barre Police Department reported booking Tyrone Mitchell, 28, 1051 Benjamin Opelousas, on charges of expired license plate, failure to secure registration, no driver's license, no seat belt, misrepresentation during booking and is being held on a warrant for the Beaumont, Texas Police Department. tion of drainage pipes from farm lands. The idea is to direct the flow i of water so less land is being washed over into the bayous, Sapp i said. After completion of the project, 1 the NRCS will go back in and plant hardwoods along marginal farm lands and evaluate areas that have i been impacted by the equipment used in the clearings, he said.

I The expected results of the watershed will be: protection of I land productivity; urban flood pro-1 tection; proper maintenance ofj lower watershed channels; and i placing marginal farmlands into forested wetlands. Snapp said despite public hearings held prior to the start of the project, there is still opposition to the project. Thisthlewaite said, "If they had just come down here and cleared and snagged (what was in and over the bayou) we would have been good to go, but, They had to overdo it. "I just believe the way they did it will create more problems for more people," she said. Akers said the extent of clearing going on is damaging to the bayou.

"They took the bayou and turned it into a drainage ditch." "None of this was necessary," he said. Blacknian Continued from Page 1 he can through Blackman 7. Blackman 7 has pushed out of St. Landry Parish and Evangeline Parish, and is becoming involved in similar problems they say are occurring in New Iberia, Lafayette and Acadia parishes. Blackman 7 now has a web site, www.blackaction.com, and Fisher said they are not going away.

"We will not stop fighting until the citizens of southwest Louisiana get what the flag (pledge) says at the end, liberty, freedom and justice for all," said Fisher. He also said the company will not only serve the cities mentioned above but will expand to include Oakdale, Estherwood and Roberts Cove. "The fiber optic cable will also allow us to start internet service by providing cable modems," Savant said. By Stephanie Kirk, staff writer according to race director Dr. Craig Robin, who is also a chiropractor in Ville Platte.

"It was more than expected and said jthey love the T-shirts riol, anything," he winners of the 5Krun were in two categories. The overall male winner was Robert Soileau with a time of 18 minutes and 29 seconds. The overall female winner was Kelly Aucion with a time of 24 minutes 34 seconds. Gate Continued from Page 1 located within the Markridge Subdivision. Some Markridge residents requested Albert Street closed to stop passage by St.

Pierre residents. The Markridge residents vices. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Lafond-Ardoin Funeral Home of Krotz Springs is in charge of arrangements. Lucille Fontenot MAMOU Funeral services for Mrs.

Lucille B. Fontenot, 84, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in St. Ann Catholic Church here with burial in Delafosse Cemetery in Beaver Creek. Williams Funeral Home of Ville Platte is in charge of arrangements.

Mildred Lorden Funeral services for Mrs. Mildred Lorden, 62, are incomplete at this time. Fondel Memorial Chapel of Lake Charles is in charge of arrangements. Labbie Marcantel VILLE PLATTE Funeral services for Mrs. Labbie Fontenot Marcantel, 79, were held at 1 p.m.

today in Our Lady Queen of All Saints Catholic Church here with burial in the Old Ville Platte Cemetery. Ardoin's Funeral Home of Ville Platte was in charge of arrangements. Rosa Ozane Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa Marie Ozane, 58 are incomplete at this time. Fondel Memorial Chapel of Lake Charles is in charge of arrangements.

Joseph Thibodeaux Sr. KROTZ SPRINGS Funeral services for Mr. Joseph Leon Thibodeaux 73, were held at 11 a.m. today in St. Anthony Catholic Church here with burial in the church cemetery.

The Rev. Robert Courville offici- Bayou Continued from Page 1 waterways reach capacity. "We don't see any adverse impact downstream as a result of this project," Sapp said in response to concerns about flooding in upper Lafayette and lower St. Landry parishes. Akers said the simple clearing of overhanging trees and piles of fallen debris within the bayou would have been enough to draw water faster from Opelousas.

"What the National Resource Conservation Service is doing is directly against what they preach," Akers said. "If you look at their Web site they say for the best management practices you want a buffer zone between the waterway and the land." Sapp said the cutting and clearing of bayous, from bank top to bank bottom, as always been part of the project intent. "We are permitted to do this," he said. Thisthlewaite said it seems to her that the project was just not well thought out. Why clear cut and then have to come back and maintain the area to slow an erosion problem, that didn't exist before.

"It doesn't make sense," she said. "I also heard they are planning to spray the grass to maintain it," she said. Isn't anyone concerned that the introduction of a chemical will affect the wildlife along the bayou. Sapp said the grasses will be planted following completion of the clearings. The clearing work should be finished by December.

As far as maintenance of the embankments, that will be up to the various gravity drainage district sponsors, he said. The project begins in southwest Opelousas at Bayou Yabor, runs through Bayou Callahan, Bayou Bellevue, Coulee de Marks and Bayou Bourbeux. Included in the project is the cost for concreting 7,600 feet of Bayou Yarbor to alleviate flooding the Ina Clara area of Opelousas. Also include in the project is money for help with the installa Cable Continued from Page 1 Anyone with outage problems can call their local cable office. The number in Opelousas is 948-3653.

In Eunice the number is 457-3058, and in Church Point the number is 684-6301. ADOPTIOil Christopher This 12-year-old young man loves to cook and aspires to be a famous chef one day. Christopher is bright and inquisitive and eager to learn about things that spark his interest. He has an excellent sense of humor and is charming and articulate when he wants to be. He is active in church and enjoys church-related activities.

Christopher strongly desires to be adopted. An adoptive family that can provide structure and patience to help him with past abuse and neglect issues would be ideal. All families of any race that will agree to let Christopher maintain contact with his siblings will be considered. For more information, call Catherine Logan at the Office of Community Services at 1-800-256-8611 or 337-262-5970. Photo and text by Freddie Herpin Li.