The Ville Platte Gazette from Ville Platte, Louisiana • 3

Ville Platte Gazette Sunday, October 12, 2003 (9-1-1) Yes 4,651 No 2,963 Police Jury (Ward 1) Yes 2,184 No 1,694 ELECTION Richard Ieyoub 1,286 I Bobby Jindal 2,053 Buddy Leach 1,483 Lt. Governor Clyde C. Holloway. 4,355 Mitch Landrieu 3,816 Melinda Schwegmann 574 Secretary of State PPHS Al Donovan 2,538 Scott Lewis 628 W. Fox 5,972 Attorney General Charles C.

Foti 5,269 Suzanne Haik Terrell 4,228 Commissioner of Ag Don Johnson 2,638 CLOSE-OUT WILL GO AT THESE SACRIFICED PRICES ENTIRE INVENTORY 3A Continued From Page 2A Mamou Gravity Drain (5) Yes 278 No 192 SALE we always deliver what Ville Platte, La. "7off Bob Odom 6,819 Commission of Insurance E. "No Fault" Fletcher 2,001 John Brent T-T Fontenot 1,846 Dan Kyle. 1,616 Robert Wooley 3,548 State Representative (38) Eric Lafleur .6,530 Brent Sanders 1,758 State Representative (41) GregFruge 381 Mickey J. Guillory 702 Assessor Dirk Deville.

7,280 Arthur Savoy. 2,726 Police Jury (3) Mitch Ardoin .293 Turlind Deville 215 Greg Manuel 312 Police Jury (4) Keith Deville 564 Hill Johnson. 688 Police Jury (6) Terry Fontenot 414 Marc Guillory 673 Town of Basile Alderman (1) Rodney J. Bellon 59 Kent Duplechin 48 Randy Miller 45 Town of Basile Alderman (3) Jessica G. Denette 81 Gregory Jenkins 58 Communications District EVERYTHING Why do our customers lelPBHS WatchcsNj "'WEBBS" 1 Engagement Rings 1 WSSHjpJ- Silver Jewelry l4iK(flad7i0ao" always respond to our sates? Simple, because vnu'll nntiff the Salvarlnr's Hiffprpnrp.

NOT KZr I NOT not sSnrni not not not Saturday suspect. Fontenot went to the home of the 15-year-old male student, whose par-' ents had kept him home that day because they "heard of the threat. The -juvenile suspect took responsibility for writing 'the letter, and authorities turned him over to the school board. Pine Prairie Police Chief L.C. Deshotel, who voiced concerns over not being notified on Tuesday by the school, said everything was back to normal at school by midday.

Superintendent Rayford Fontenot said procedures were followed in the handling of the incident. He -said Tom Ardoin, Jerry Joseph and Toni Hamlin 1 went to the school and did exactly what they were sup- pose to do. He said school was not called off, and as a WAL-MART the store might be pushed 'over a little bit to save the trees. E.J. Deville said Wal-Mart also was purchasing a strip of land he owned, located between Morein Motors' Used Car Lot and O'Reillys for another entranceexit to the property.

Last year, Wal-Mart paid the parish $382,883 in sales taxes and the city received $255,255. With the proposed Supercenter, the store predicts the parish will receive $870,000 in sales tax revenue and 'the city will receive $580,000. Personal property taxes are proposed at quadrupling, while real estate taxes could be five times as much what was paid in 2002. Carlton also gave a letter of reference from the Mayor of Zachary, John A. Womack.

He wrote that the Wal-Mart Superstore opened there in 1996. "The Zachary Community also has a Winn Dixie and a Super Fresh, along with numerous other small family-owned stores as well as some franchise stores, that carries many of the prod- Continued From Page 1A precautionary measure, students were checked for weapons. He commended school personnel and thanked the Pine Prairie Police Department for handling the situation as quickly as it was handled. Fontenot said the student, who was a minor, will be handled by the school system. The student will face an expulsion hearing.

Students, who were kept home by their parents, were marked absent. He said students would be allowed to make up their school work because these were extrinuating circumstances. Reports indicate there were approximately 100 students remaining Thursday out of the 800 students who attend the school. Continued From Page 1A ucts of the Superstore. Originally my concern was as to the impact on these stores, much as the concerns voiced by individuals in your area.

The following numbers reflect that those concerns were unfounded: Percentage increase of tax dollars for the year prior to the opening of the Superstore to the current time is approximately 91-percent. Percentage decrease of Winn Dixie and Super Fresh over fhat" sarag Jeri-od is a decrease of 21-percent. The old Wal-Mart store was vacant for approximately one year. At that time, a Stage has opened in roughly one-third of the old building and has become the city's fourth largest tax payer, ahead of such stores as McDonalds." Before the meeting, a group of concerned busi-nesspersons approached the council to be on its agenda Tuesday evening. There have been several concerns raised over this meeting by the business community.

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