Commentary

Wed
15
Jan

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

LOSING POPULATION

It was recently reported by Dan Fagan of The Advocate that Louisiana was one of four states with a population drop of five figures or more between July 2018 and July 2019. The Census Bureau reported Louisiana lost 10,896 people during those twelve months. The Bureau also reported more than 26,000 people chose to leave Louisiana and move to other U.S. states during that time. Our net population dropped only by 10,896 because we had approximately 15,000 more births than deaths during those twelve months.

Wed
15
Jan

Patchwork

Our last camping trip with the Camping Cursillistas was to beautiful Lake Bruin on the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. It was in early November, when we loaded our campers and headed from Many, Slidell, Lake Charles, Haughton and beyond.

Usually, we camp at Indian Creek in Woodworth, but Judy and Irby Gamble invited us to camp on Lake Bruin, where they have a wonderful camp/home. (Gamble coached Tiger football in Many many years ago and hails from Marthaville.)

We all arrived at different times…. some in their usual campers and some in new ones. It was like old home week on the lake!! We took turns providing the evening suppers, but enjoyed eating inside two nights at the Gamble’s abode! Irby fried catfish one night and if we weren’t enough, they invited other nearby Cursillistas that we knew, so we could visit with old friends.

 

 

Wed
08
Jan

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

WATCH OUR ECONOMY

We get caught up in the news about politics but we should never lose sight of what is really going on with our taxpayer dollars in Washington. Congress left town for a few weeks to wrap up the year and they spent a lot of money that bears watching. Before departure, lawmakers spent $1.4 trillion in discretionary spending for the rest of the fiscal year with little debate or objection. A bipartisan deal on the budget was supposed to give Congress time to negotiate 12 individual spending bills, but, as usual they couldn’t agree so they piled it all into two bills, totaling 2,300 pages on Monday. A day later they added a list of tax subsidies and by Friday it was law. Congress can act real fast when it is greasing its own wheels.

Wed
08
Jan

Patchwork

Our last camping trip with the Camping Cursillistas was to beautiful Lake Bruin on the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. It was in early November, when we loaded our campers and headed from Many, Slidell, Lake Charles, Haughton and beyond.

Usually, we camp at Indian Creek in Woodworth, but Judy and Irby Gamble invited us to camp on Lake Bruin, where they have a wonderful camp/home. (Gamble coached Tiger football in Many many years ago and hails from Marthaville.)

We all arrived at different times…. some in their usual campers and some in new ones. It was like old home week on the lake!! We took turns providing the evening suppers, but enjoyed eating inside two nights at the Gamble’s abode! Irby fried catfish one night and if we weren’t enough, they invited other nearby Cursillistas that we knew, so we could visit with old friends.

 

Tue
31
Dec

Ask Rusty – Will Foreign Earnings Count toward my U.S. Social Security?

Social Security Matters

Dear Rusty: I am looking for advice on how our recent decision to take up work in the United Kingdom will affect our U.S. Social Security benefits. I want to understand whether we need to be prepared for a loss in future Social Security benefits, in comparison to what we’d get by continuing to work in the U.S. Signed: Working Abroad

Dear Working Abroad: I’ll start by noting that the U.S. and the U.K. have a bilateral “totalization” agreement which helps those who have worked in both countries qualify for Social Security benefits in the other, but this relates only to you earning enough credits to be eligible for benefits. Your foreign earned income won’t be included when computing your U.S. Social Security benefits.

Tue
31
Dec

Patchwork

This was the year that I was going to cut back. Honestly, I thought I had trimmed the number of gifts for my family.

Paul and Lexie were the first to arrive, prior to Christmas. I had wrapped their gifts and they were under the tree.

“Mom,” Paul said. “I thought you were cutting back.”

I thought I had, but they disagreed with me, as they opened their gifts. 

 

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Wed
18
Dec

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

Speaking Out for Louisiana Citizens

THE RAILROAD JOB

Our media has been captured this week on the hearings of the House Intelligence Committee and the judiciary and its proved to be embarrassing for our nation. It is totally a railroad job. Most Americans don’t care about their horrible words and accusations. Just a lot of speeches where Democrats badmouth Trump and Republicans defend him. The only way they could make people more interested would be if they could swear in Monica Lewinsky and get her thoughts on Ukraine and Hunter Biden. They are trying so hard to get something bad on the president, but it just isn’t working. He was duly elected by the people and they won’t accept this. The media is persecuting him and quite frankly, I am surprised the president can withstand this type of onslaught and still do his job. It will be a relief when the Senate does put an end to it.

Wed
18
Dec

Letters to the Editor

Earlier this month, Energy Transfer and Shell announced that a comprehensive commercial tender package has been issued to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to submit final commercial bids for the proposed Lake Charles LNG liquefaction project under consideration in Lake Charles, LA. The project, if sanctioned by Energy Transfer and Shell, would modify Energy Transfer’s existing LNG import facility for export to global markets to take advantage of the US shale boom.

Lake Charles LNG is the latest in a flurry of major investment in LNG export facilities in Texas and Louisiana. With the United States producing a record amount of natural gas, it is key that we continue to expand our nation’s pipeline network and invest in LNG export terminals to transport energy to our allies around the globe. And the same resources and infrastructure support everything from our state’s propane industry to advancing our power generation capabilities.

 

Wed
18
Dec

LOOKING BACK

50 Years Ago

Week of Dec. 18, 1969

Mrs. James E. Davis was presenting her music students in a Christmas recital On December 21. Some of the students included Ferrell Marr, Junie Havard, Kathy Ramsey, Angela Mc-Cormick, Debbie Nichols, Ann Walsh, Malcom Williams, Lisa Wright, Robbin Miller, Tanya Cabra and Mary Lou Founds.

An 18-year-old Florien teen was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Highway 171. He failed to negotiate a curve. A passenger in the vehicle was injured.

The Zwolle High School Band, directed by Stewart Bird, won the first place trophy in the Many Christmas Parade. They were voted the best out of 14 bands.

 

 

 

 

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Wed
18
Dec

Patchwork

Patchwork

I can’t remember how old Mother’s ceramic Christmas tree was. I can only remember it being placed in a prominent position in our house during Christmastime. If memory serves me correctly, I think she made it at a ceramics class. I really can’t recall a time when it wasn’t put out for the holidays. After Mom passed away, brother dear was cleaning out the house and came across the huge, three-tiered tree. He asked me if I wanted it and being so overwhelmed, I said “NO” because I didn’t have a place to put it. A week or two later, after a friend expressed her desire to have a ceramic tree, I decided I had made a bad decision. I quickly called my brother and asked if he still had the tree. Part of it was out in the trash (which he hadn’t hauled off yet) and another piece was in the house.

 

 

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