The Era-Leader from Franklinton, Louisiana • 1

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traffic causing another trucker to swerve to avoid hitting the assembly After swerving this truck came back onto the road and hit die truck being driven by Tommy White 42 of Mora Both of these trucks caught fire and White died in the blaze of his truck THE CHIP TRUCK that caused the accident via loss of the tire and rim assembly continued on toward Franklinton with the driver apparently unaware of what had occurred First responders to the scene quickly put out a radio alert for the missing truck and by coincidence a dispatcher at the Rear wheel assembly broke off causing accident Staff commended for keeping RMC open during hurricane were also slightly up Mizell said the hospital is applying again for a $10000 grant money can be used for a variety of services including EMS training and she said She also reported that the hospital had gone a bit over the budget for charity cases charity program is closed for the year We reached the ceiling ($150000) and a little Please See Page A3 By MOGGIE BICKHAM Riverside Medical Board of Commissioners has approved the leasepurchase of a PAC digital system for the CAT Scan department The purchase price is $65454837 to be paid over a five year period at $12000 per month Commissioner of Finance Walt Sylvest said his committee approved the purchase of the state of the art equipment because it will eliminate the cost of film for the old system will save $9000 a month on the cost of film and that will partially offset the monthly CFO Patty Mizell gave the financial report for the month of August were having a really good month until this she said Hurricane Katrina shut down services for several days except for the Emergency Room There were 784 ER visits during August which was up 15 from the previous Outpatient visits and surgeries 110th birthday Milestone celebrated at Franklinton nursing home S- i yt I I- Mrs Rosa Magee Williams was honored on her 110th birthday at Good Samaritan Nursing Home on Friday October 7th Family members and friends gathered to wish her Happy Nursing Home Administrator Hugh Cassidy presented Rosa a bouquet of roses from the staff and another from Sheriff Aubrey Jones (right) She also received many other tokens of love and admiration Rosa was born in 1895 in the San Pedro community She was married to the late Howard Williams and raised ten children four of which were step-children Three of her children were present for the birthday celebration She also served as midwife to many dozens of families in Washington Parish A record of her birth was found in a family Bible PHOTO BY MOGGIE BICKHAM Getting ready for the fair Work bas proceeded full-blast at the Washington Parish fairgrounds as volunteers and contractors along with help from inmates at WCI prepare for the October 19 opening of the 2005 Washington Parish Fair In photo above a tree trimmer is shown removing branches that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina from some of the pine trees near the stage Removal of damaged branches is critical because of the large number of people who will be walking below the trees on the fairgrounds Watch for The Era-Leader's annual Fair Edition coming in next edition Smooth sailing for local Red Cross assistance program Members of the Red Cross Disaster Center and local volunteers were welcomed at Trinity Baptist Church last week According to the public the assistance registration went smoothly with no long lines only an hour or so waiting and that was in an air conditioned room with chairs Handicapped people were taken immediately to the sign in table Shown at right is Trinity Baptist Churh pastor Stan Statham and Franklinton Alderman Florence Manning who organized the center A volunteer at City Hall said excess of 4000 people signed Ward 3 election is Saturday A spirited race for constable in Ward 3 is the only issue on the ballot in this coming special election Gladys Johnson registrar of voters said a low turnout is expected because only one office is on the ballot She said 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