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Craig McCulloch Joins Congressional RaceEthel businessman faces crowded field in the Sixth District for November election

Craig McCulloch

Craig McCulloch, a resident of East Feliciana and local business owner has entered the race for Congress in the Sixth Congressional district.

McCulloch’s roots are more than five generations deep in the Sixth Dis-trict. His childhood mem-ories are from life growing up in Baker. Today, along with his wife, Wanda, they call now call Ethel home.

“Daddy was a plant worker and mom was a home-maker. We weren’t even considered a part of the middle-class but I wouldn’t of known it,” said McCulloch, thinking back on his child-hood.

A graduate of Baker High School and member of the Baker football hall-of-fame, McCulloch took his athletic skills to Nicholls State University on a football scholarship where he was one of the first starting quarterbacks on their first varsity team. In 1975, he fin-ished his pre-physical therapy school-ing at Nicholls and in 1977 graduated physical therapy school at Louisiana State Universi-ty.

ing waste deep in the muck and some-times it would be close to freezing outside. Without a doubt though, I can say that experience coupled with foot-ball taught me the definition of hard work and the value of a dollar.”

In 1984, Baker Physical Therapy opened its doors and McCulloch began his career as a small business owner.

“It was definitely a risk,” McCull-och said. “No one invested in me and the government definitely didn’t help start my business. We built it from the ground up. It’s a family business.”

Today, Baker Physical Therapy continues to serve residents of the Bak-er, Zachary, Central and Greater Baton Rouge area.

McCulloch is the first cousin of for-mer state senator and mayor of Baker, Mike Cross, who passed away last No-vember after a brief battle with lung cancer.

Cross’ son, Ryan Cross, is serving as McCulloch’s campaign manager.

“Outside of knocking on doors for Mike, I’ve never been involved in poli-

tics and never consid-ered running for office,” McCulloch said. “I’m learning quickly why more honest, hard-work-ing people don’t run for office. The political establishment doesn’t like an outsider challenging the status quo.”

McCulloch said he made the de-cision to enter the race after much thought and prayer because, “we can’t afford to settle for status quo career politicians or for candidates who don’t share our values or have the life experi-ences necessary to help fix the mess in DC.”

“I want to preserve the American Dream for my children and grandchil-dren,” McCulloch said.

McCulloch says he also under-stands the needs of District Six’s nu-merous small towns.

“Career politicians seem to neglect our small towns because there are just not a lot of voters there,” McCulloch asserted. “That’s not me. I’ll fight for all of our plant workers, our farmers,

See McCulloch on page 2

During his breaks from school, Mc-Culloch would work on oil platforms in South Louisiana.

“I was always at the bottom of the totem pole,” McCulloch said of the ex-perience. “They would have me wad-

Foreign Student Exchange Program Member Visits the FelicianasBy GeorGe A. Turner

Breanna Lindo, is an exchange student from Hawaii visiting East and West Feliciana Parishes. When asked what inspired her decision to participate in an exchange program, she stated, “to be a Foreign Exchange Student is a once in a life time oppor-tunity.” Brenna is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. George A. Turner of The People’s Workshop, Inc.; a Non - Profit organi-zation in Ethel, Louisiana and a partner with the Parent and Teacher Associa-tion.

This is a unique situation, because Breanna had the opportunity to visit South Korea, Denmark and Taiwan as a Foreign Exchange Student. But, The People’s Workshop program gave her the opportunity to learn, participate and study the education, culture, life styles and Languages of these south-

ern Louisiana Parishes. As a result of this experience, Breanna strongly sug-gests that every child, especially com-ing from a small town prospective, be given an opportunity to think outside

of the box and to explore life in differ-ent environments.

Her love for the peaceful life style of the Feliciana’s has its own reward-ing values. She says that, “watching the deer play only a few feet from her, while breathing clean fresh air and feeling the refreshing movement of the trees is breath taking”. Breanna had no idea how beautiful the Feliciana’s are and she is convinced that children from other Countries should be exposed to our schools and the cultures of this area. She cannot wait to share her ex-periences in Ethel, Louisiana with her friends back in Hawaii, and she hopes to have the opportunity to come again. Although Breanna is in her teen years, without hesitation, she supports the concept that a Community Parent and Teacher Association is a great place to start a Student Exchange Program.

Breanna Lindo

Amateur Boxing Show set for April 5

Hands of Stone will be host-ing a amateur boxing show on April 5, 2014 at East Feliciana Middle School in Clinton, La. start time 2 pm. There will be action pack bouts with teams from Clinton, Zachary, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Or-leans and Lake Charles par-ticipating. Come out and sup-port some your locator boxers you will get a chance to see Henry Allen as he prepare for international competition. For question please contact Kevin at 225 241 3388 or handsofs-toneinc@yahoo.com

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our fishermen and our countless other hard-working individuals, no matter the size of your business or your town.”

McCulloch said that passing a bal-anced budget amendment would avoid “government shutdown fiascos” and “endless fiscal cliffs.”

“I balance my personal and busi-ness checkbooks,” McCulloch said. “Why can’t Washington do the same? If a small business spends more than it takes in we call it bankrupt, but Wash-ington is allowed to just kick the can down the road and write the federal government a blank check. Enough with the special treatment for Washing-ton, D.C. This kind of mismanagement is hurting our children’s futures.”

McCulloch said his top priorities are creating jobs, getting our fiscal house in order and true healthcare re-form.

“I’m the only candidate in this race who is in the healthcare industry,” Mc-Culloch said. “We need real healthcare reform that is based on competition and the free market, not that rests on the backs of hard working families and individuals.”

“We don’t need to just repeal Obamacare. That’s just another talking point that career politicians are using to get reelected or move up,” McCulloch said. “We need to replace it with poli-cies that incentivize healthcare savings accounts, allow for insurance to be pooled and sold across state lines, re-duce burdensome regulations on small business owners like myself and allow individu-als to take a new job and keep their current coverage.”

McCulloch said another key issue facing our nation is energy security.

“The President’s war on energy is costing Louisiana residents jobs and

its harming our national security,” Mc-Culloch said. “We need to promote domestic drilling and encourage inter-national exportation of energy. We will create more jobs, become energy inde-pendent, strengthen our national secu-rity, keep our kids out of harm’s way overseas and take power away from our en-emies abroad.”

“In Congress, I’ll be another voice calling for President Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline and open up federal land for domestic drilling,” McCulloch said. “I’m more concerned about Louisiana families than I am po-lar bears.”

McCulloch is an upfront advocate for term limits.

“I think that’s a big part of the prob-lem up there,” McCulloch said, “Peo-ple get elected and sud-denly they get starstruck and start falling in line with the Washington establishment. Politi-cal service shouldn’t be a career, that’s

not what the founders had in mind.”McCulloch describes himself as be-

ing “100 percent pro-life and a firm be-liever in traditional Lou-isiana values.”

“My view on marriage is simple: One man. One woman. Period,” Mc-Culloch said.

“I’m a proud conservative, and not ashamed to say it,” McCulloch said. “I don’t think believing in traditional marriage is a radical view, unlike some of my opponents who run away from the question. I’m also no career politi-cian and I haven’t been waiting to do this my whole life. I don’t have to take a poll to know my positions, and I be-lieve in doing what is right and just be-ing hon-est. Our grandma’s were right, just tell the truth and work hard, it’s what I’ve done my entire life.”

There are currently 12 people run-ning for the open congressional seat being vacated by Congressman Bill Cassidy.

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Particpants will be invited into these artists’ studios to learn about how they do what they do!

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Pictured bottom left: Joseph Savell – painter, framer, gallery ownerAfter Joe the Mailman gave up his route his wife said “get a job”, and running a gallery and frame shop was the easiest thing he could do. Joe opened Backwoods Gal-lery in 2001 next to the original BirdMan coffee shop which is now the Magnolia Cafe. The gallery moved around to 11931 Ferdinand St. in 2009, and is opened Tuesday -Saturday, 10:00-5:30. Here Joe had studio space to get to work. He has produced many works of local scenes and trees and a series of ab-stracts. Come by and see his and his wife’s work along with Murrell Butler and Krista Roche.

Pictured top left: Marcia Kistner Ro-berg was born and raised in Houston, where she received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston, met her husband and gained experi-ence in a variety of media including blacksmithing and metalsmithing. After moving to Baton Rouge, she went in a different direction, earning her Master of Science from L.S.U. It wasn’t until after their children were born in South Carolina that the over-whelming urge to make stuff “came back with avengeance”. While living in Michigan, Marcia was finallyable to obtain her own forge and anvil, and then set up aproper smithy when they moved to St. Francisville. In addition to her outdoor workshop, she has an indoor studio in which she does chasing and repousse’, found object sculpture, col-lage, weaving, hand quilting, and the “radical” return to drawing after a 20 year hiatus

Pictured above: Craig Roth, potter - Craig was born in New Orleans in 1946 and educated in business at the University Of Southwestern Louisiana, in Lafayette; where he took art classes as an elective, to satisfy a desire for expression and creativity. After graduating he pursued further studies of ceramics at Newcomb College in New Orleans at night, while supporting his family. After a 27 year career in business, as an entrepre-neur, he moved to St. Francisville and sold his business. He then decided after several years that he would engage in art again.

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Feliciana Resident Provides High Quality Feed and Service at Zachary Feed StoreBy JAmes ronAld skAins

“It took me 26 years to finally get a job in my field of expertise of my college degree,” Phil Scroggs, owner of Zachary Feed told the Feliciana EXPLORER. “When I bought the Zachary Feed Store and starting work-ing with the best nutritional feeds for animals, I felt like I was back at home where I belonged.”

Actually, the name of the store that Scroggs has owned for the last eight years is Zachary Feed & Gar-den Supply. They provide many more products than just Scroggs’ specialty, high-grade nutritional food for show horses, cattle, and pigs.

“We handle a lot of container plants at our store,’’ Scroggs pointed out. “If you compare our plants with those at the big box stores, you will quickly notice that our plants look a lot better,

much fresher. The reason is that we water our plants and keep them off the concrete in the hot sunshine.”

“Our plants come to us on consign-ment so if any die, the wholesaler re-places them. However, our lost plants are less than anyone else’s in the area because of our care for them. Anoth-er unique service we offer is that we weigh your garden seeds instead of just selling them to you by the pack-age. If you have rows of 50 feet that you want to plant with beans, you don’t need to buy a package of seeds that will plant 200 feet.”

Scroggs is not only an animal nu-tritionist by trade, but also a horseman. He is a member of the National Cut-ting Horse Association (NCHA) and the Louisiana Stock-horse Associa-tion. His specialty is cutting horses.

“When you are on a cutting horse in the ring, you are competing at a

different level than most other horse events,’’ Scroggs related. “All that you have to control your horse is your legs, your seat, and your voice. Your horse is totally zeroed in on the cow in front of him, and you may go from one side of the cow to 30 feet on the other side of the cow, all in couple of jumps.”

“I’m also involved in the Tri-Par-ish Totters group here in East Baton Rouge Parish and the Feliciana Par-ishes. We meet once a month at an are-na that I have behind my house near Ethel. I teach the Master Horseman Program developed by LSU. We teach both kids and adults.”

“Sometimes it’s easier to teach adults horsemanship than it is kids because of their short attention span,” Scroggs acknowledged. “Also, some parents are reluctant to start kids riding at a very young age. I think the earlier they start the better. I was riding my grandfather’s horse by the time I was four years old.”

Scroggs grew up in Shreveport and Monroeville, Alabama where he graduated from High School. “Monro-

eville touted itself as a literary center of the south because it was the home-town of Jeffery Chaucer and Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird was writ-ten in Monroeville and my English teacher, who knew the author, never let us forget the literary significance of that area.”

“However, after graduating from high school, I left the literary world, came back to Louisiana and enrolled at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches majoring in Animal Sci-ence with a specialty in animal nutri-tion,’’ Scroggs recalled. “I graduated from NSU in 1980 with intentions of working in the animal science in-dustry; however, my career took sev-eral twists and turns before I landed at Zachary Feed & Garden Supply.”

“Mr. Corona owned the controlling interest in the business. He and I were talking about other business when he told me that he wanted to sell Zach-ary Feed. This happened in 2006. The store had been at this location on Plank Road for 32 years so I had to be-lieve it was well known to cattlemen

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Rosedown Planatation Presents

a Day of Love Rosedown Plantation State His-

toric Site invites visitors to an af-ternoon of music, dancing, grace-ful ladies in beautiful gowns, and handsome gentlemen in formal evening dress.

On Saturday, April 12, love is in the air when two historic planta-tion houses and families are unit-ed, as costumed re-enactors pres-ent the wedding of Sarah Turnbull of Rosedown to James Pirrie Bow-man of Oakley. Dressed in 19th century-style costume, Interpretive Ranger Sasha Traña will depict the young bride, Sarah Turnbull. Cu-rator Polly Luttrull and Horticul-tural Attendant Dan Rainwater will portray Martha and Daniel Turn-bull, the bride’s parents, and Man-ager Patricia Aleshire will serve as Maid of Honor, Rosina Benoist, the bride’s cousin. Other site staff members and living history pre-senters will round out the cast as additional family and friends. The wedding service will be performed at 1 p.m. in the Carriage Court in front of the Main House, and will be followed by a reception.

Rosedown Plantation SHS is located on LA Highway 10 in St. Francisville, 30 minutes north of Baton Rouge, off US Highway 61. The site is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. Guided tours of the main house are provided on the hour, beginning at 10 a.m. and concluding with the final tour of the day at 4 p.m. Ad-mission prices are $10 for adults (ages 18-61), $8 for seniors (ages 62 and over) and $4 for students (ages 6-17). Children 5 and under are admitted free. Garden only is $5 (ages 18 and over).

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and farmers in the area.”“Business was good for the first

few years after we bought the busi-ness,’’ Scroggs noted. “But then a Big Box competitor came to town and we

went into a survival mode. With any Big Box store in any business, when they first come to town they sell their products close to wholesale prices which makes it very hard to compete.”

“However, after a couple, three years, the Big Box stores seem to raise their prices back to a retail level which gives people like us the opportunity to compete on a more level playing field.

We expanded our hours of operations for more convenience for our custom-ers. During this period of time, we re-ally focused on the niche market for high end feed for show animals.”

“4-H show pigs is a lot bigger busi-ness than I ever imagined,’’ Scroggs, who has three children, continued. Elliot, one of Scroggs’ children, is a County Agent with East Baton Rouge Parish. “Customers come all the way from Houma and Thibodaux to buy our premium animal feed.”

“I get the opportunity to get to know my customers and their animals and help determine the best nutritional program for them based on what they are trying to do with their animals. Our animal nutrition program is tru-ly unique. We have a 10,000 square foot warehouse here at Zachary Feed, which we keep well stocked. This al-lows us to handle many varieties and brands of feeds, as well as shavings for animals, hay and some tack.”

Zachary Feed & Garden Supply handles between 1,400 and 1,500 tons of animal feed annually. They also handle about 6,500 bales of hay each year.

Scroggs’ wife Meredith, is a sur-gery nurse at Baton Rouge General, daughter Margaret is Nurse Practitio-ner in St. Francisville, and his other son Evan, is in Commercial Real Es-tate.

Phil Scroggs with two of his top selling high grade feeds at Zachary Feed & Garden Syupply

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West Feliciana Students Participate in Body WalkOn March 10 and 11 students

at Bains Lower, Bains Elemen-tary, and Family Service Center were “digested” through the hu-man body. More than 590 stu-dents toured the Louisiana Body Walk, a traveling exhibit that vis-its elementary schools throughout Louisiana. Through a hands-on approach, the Body Walk teach-es children healthy habits, such as choosing nutritious foods, by showing them how their choices affect their body.

The Louisiana Body Walk is one of three components of Smart Bodies, a comprehensive health program that provides nutrition education and promotes increased physical activity. The Smart Bod-ies Program is entering its eighth year, and continues to travel to schools statewide through a joint effort by the LSU AgCenter and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation.

“Body Walk engages stu-dents by showing them how to be healthy. By being actively in-volved, students remember the be-haviors and encourage others to be healthy as well,” said Layne Lang-ley, West Feliciana Parish Exten-sion Agent..

The Body Walk features an eleven stop tour of the body in-cluding the brain, my plate,

mouth, stomach, small intestine, heart, lungs, bones, muscles, skin and pathway for life stations.

“The children love the Body Walk because they learn how to

make healthy lifestyle choices in a fun way. They learn what foods are good for them and how to be physically active,” said Langley. “We appreciate the support of our school volunteers and the com-munity organizations that assist-ed with the exhibit and made the Body Walk and the overall Smart Bodies Program possible.”

The Smart Bodies Program was developed to address increasing national concerns about the lack of physical activity and the de-clining nutritional status of young children. In Louisiana, childhood obesity has doubled in the past 20 years, and almost one in three school-aged children is over-weight or obese.

Above: Mr. Lee had the children perform a breathing exercise to show them what it would be like to have emphysema.

Above: To provide the review of the Body Walk, Jennie Kile asked the students questions about the 11 stations

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Head Start Students Learn to be Organ Wise!Do you find your children sit-

ting around watching tv? Looking for ways to get them off the sofa or out of that chair? Then why not have them “Take a Healthy Fitness Break”? Just ask the Head Start students how easy it is. During her nutrition program at the Fam-ily Service Center, Layne Langley, LSU AgCenter Agent, read the OrganWise Guys book “Taking a Healthy Fitness Break”.

When faced with bad weather, the OrganWise Guys, Sir Rebrum (the brain), Madame Muscle (the muscle), and Hardy Heart (the heart) find themselves watching too many tv shows. All of this lack of activity has caused Madame

Muscle to become weak, Sir Re-brum to become dazed, and Hardy Heart to become sluggish. Hardy Heart solves the problem by hav-ing Madame Muscle and Sir Re-brum take part in a healthy fitness break. In between commercials, the OrganWise Guys march, sing, jump, and jog. They find it the perfect solution to a dreary day. Head Start students enjoyed “tak-ing a healthy fitness break” during Ms. Layne’s visit.

On a recent visit with the Head Start students, Ms. Layne intro-duced the students to making healthy choices. She did so by reading the OrganWise Guys book “Making OrganWise Choices”.

In the book. Sir Rebrum teaches the children how to make healthy choices. He has them select a healthy breakfast by choosing ce-real and milk with a banana over a box of donuts. Before riding his bike to the park, Sir Rebrum, teach-es the students they should wear a bike helmet. Instead of relaxing under a tree, Sir Rebrum tells the

students how much fun they can have by playing fun, active games. And, finally, he encourages them to drink plenty of water. After the program, the students were treated to a healthy snack- toasted oats.

The students are doing a great job or recognizing the organs, naming them, and telling where they are located.

Pictured above: Head Start students in Ms. Ferguson’s and Ms. Grimes’ classes enjoy their healthy snack!

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