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East Feliciana Welcomes New School Board MembersBy Patricia Stallman

Prior to the first East Feliciana Parish School Board meeting of 2015, Clerk of Court David Dart administered the oath of office to the School Board members, who were elected or re-elected last No-vember. Returning to the Board are: Michael Bradford, Broderick Brooks, Sr., Beth Dawson, Mitch Harrell, Milton Hollins, Paul Kent, Rhonda Matthews, and Richard Terrell; new members are: Timo-thy Corcoran, Curtis Jelks (who has served previously), Joyce Kent and Derald Spears.

Next, Clinton Elementary School Junior BETA Club Presi-dent Kenndi Brown led the Pledge of Allegiance to open the Janu-ary 6 meeting. Chyna King, Vice President of CES Junior BETA, addressed the Board: “We bring you greetings from the CES Fam-ily…. In our Junior Beta Club, we put Education First and we also support our community. Just last month, our school partnered with Quad Area and donated 1,069 canned goods to feed the hungry. We are dedicated, motivated and

Chiquita Spears, center, congratulates her husband, Derald Spears, left, on his elec-tion to the East Feliciana Parish School Board. With them are their children, Der-quisia Spears, right, and Derald Spears, Jr., front. Photograph by Patricia Stallman

Louis Kent, left, congratulates his wife, Joyce Kent, on her election to the East Felici-ana Parish School Board. Also present for the swearing-in ceremony were the Kents’ granddaughter, Madyson, front, daughters Shandreka and Courtney, and Devyrn Baker. Not shown is grandson Kyron. Photograph by Patricia Stallman

The Baroque Concerto Symphony Performance in Saint Francisville set

for FridayThe fouth concert in the Ba-

ton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Chamber Series titled “The Ba-roque Concerto” will take place on Friday, January 16 at 7:00 pm at Grace Episcopal Church in Saint Francisville. The concert will be conducted by Timothy Muffitt, Musical Director of the BRSO and will feature compositions by some of the most recognized names in classical music. Individual tickets are available for $25 at the Bank of St. Francisville, by calling the BRSO Ticket Office at (225) 383-0500, or at the door.

Aucoin Elected New East Feliciana Police Jury President

At the January 5 meeting, East Feliciana Police Jurors elected Dennis Aucoin, right, the new president and Edward Brooks, Sr., the new vice president.

By Patricia Stallman

Of his election January 5 as president of the East Feliciana Par-ish Police Jury, Dennis Aucoin said, “My heart’s in this parish. That’s the main thing. I was born here, I was raised here, and I’m going to die here. And I want the best for every-one who lives and works here.

“East Feliciana is rich in natu-ral resources—timber, oil and gas, gravel, and sand—it’s a beautiful parish, with the Amite and Comite Rivers and Thompson Creek and all the tributaries that lead into the bigger scenic waterways. It’s a gor-geous parish.

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Dear Friends and Neighbors,

I just want to take this opportunity to thank you for any part that you played in 2014 to help our Food Bank in Jackson, Helping in His Name. We greatly appreciate your donations of food and money and your volunteer-ing; we are thankful for each and ev-ery one of you.

The big game—the Super Bowl—is Sunday, February 1, 2015, and

Helping in His Name’s official Souper Bowl of caring is that same day. We ask that each church have someone stand at the door with a soup pot after the service and, as people leave, take donations of money or a can of soup or other canned good. Naturally, we would love for the churches to donate the contributions to our Jackson food bank. Those who wish to contrib-ute checks should make them out to Helping in His Name.

We are excited to see what we will accomplish this year, and we hope you will help us tackle hunger in 2015 so that we can help to feed our hungry neighbors. In advance I’d like to thank you for participating in Souper Bowl Sunday.

Always a friend,

Beth DawsonDirector, Helping in His Name

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Concerned West Feliciana Citizen Aims to "Set the Record Straight"Let’s get the facts straight!!I am amazed at the arrogance of

some of our parish council members and fellow citizens. Last week’s let-ter to the editor concerning the pro-posed development on highway 966 drives home my point.

The very first paragraph of last week’s letter states that the develop-ment will “when completed and ful-ly occupied, generate approximately $750,000 in property and sales tax for the parish annually." My cal-culations determine that to get this kind of income from 27 “rooftops” would require an average annual contribution from each of the prop-erty owners of $27,000 plus. Even if the residents of this development bought everything in the parish and paid $3,000 a year property tax their contribution would not nearly be $27,000. My estimates are $180,000 ($6,000/rooftop”) maximum annual contribution from this development.

We should also consider that this in-come will come with increased ex-penses for our parish. It would be nice to run a business that is only concerned with income and does not need to consider expenses.

After this gross misinformation in the first paragraph can we believe any of the rest of the statements in last week’s letter to the editor? I think not.

The malintent to misinform the public on issues with the haphazard application for developing the subdi-vision on highway 966 is shocking and disgraceful.

I and many of the residents sur-rounding this proposed development are not anti-development as we have been labeled by some of the parish residents and some council mem-bers. We are very interested in smart growth and developments that com-ply with common sense rules which should not be changed to satisfy a

special interest group. In this case smart growth does not appear to be the objective of some.

I commend the parish council members who wisely voted against approval of this development.

Alfred W. DeVauxSt. Francisville

Writer Seeks to Clarify Numbers“One Too Many Zeros”

In my recent letter to the editor of the Feliciana Explorer, I inad-vertently added one zero too many to the dollar figure of property and sales taxes that the parish can antici-pate getting once the Oak Run sub-division is completed. This figure should have been $75,000 and not $750,000.

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West Feliciana Offers Free Career Search Class January 16

Bettsie Norton, West Feliciana Parish Economic Development Di-rector, announced January 5 that a free Career Search Training Class, open to all West Feliciana Parish residents, will take place Friday, Jan-uary 16, from 9 a.m. to noon at the new West Feliciana Parish Library at 5114 Burnett Road.

“We are very excited to offer this program to West Feliciana Par-ish residents,” Norton said. “After learning of the need for job search training at a Coffee with Kevin event December 22, we immediate-ly began working to prepare a class that would teach participants how to maximize their job search activities, gain expert tips from industry pro-fessionals, and nail a job interview.”

The course will include four parts, each playing a key role in the job search process. First, participants will examine an overview of the greater Baton Rouge economic and job climate for 2015 and beyond. This information is important, as it provides a big-picture perspective of the area’s economy, details the industry sectors economists believe will experience the most growth, and highlights the geographical ar-eas where participants may want to target their job search, depending upon their skill set and the appropri-ate industry.

Second, participants will learn

all the steps n e c e s s a r y to prepare their job search docu-ments—in-cluding writ-ing a cover letter, draft-ing a resume, and creating a list of pro-fessional ref-erences. At-tendees will receive an information-al packet with samples of each step.

Next, participants will learn about a variety of methods for find-ing open positions within the greater Baton Rouge area.

Presenters will discuss, as po-tential resources for investigation: online job sites, Louisiana Job Con-nection, industry associations and organizations, and staffing services.

Finally, course attendees will learn how to conduct company re-search for a job interview.

Spaces are limited to 20 partici-pants on a first-come, first served basis. To register, contact Bettsie Norton at [email protected] or call (225) 635-3864.

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Feliciana Lodge #31 Installation 2015

Pictured from left: PM SD Allen Hester, MC Stan Branton, PM Chaplain Dane Taylor, PM Secretary Robert Honeycutt, SW John Piper, WM Danny Honeycutt, JW Bill Brumfield, PM John Thompson, JD Drew Murrell, PM Treasurer Paul Martin, and PM Kevin Bearden. Not pictured: SS Brennon Rush, JS Elvis Calhoun, and PM Tyler Warren Lachney.

Feliciana Masonic Lodge #31 held its annual Officer Installation Ceremony at the Lodge Hall located on Ferdinand Street in St. Francis-ville, Louisiana. There were several family members and friends present for the ceremony where the incom-ing Officers officially assumed their respective duties for the coming year. The incoming Master, Danny Honeycutt, thanked everyone in at-tendance and pledged his lodge’s support to the community and to those in need. Feliciana Lodge is the primary entity responsible for the local reenactment known as ‘The Day the War Stopped," and is

celebrated on June 13-15 (or respec-tive dates – annually). In addition, Feliciana Lodge # 31 is currently sponsoring a dyslexia program in an effort to provide students, in our community, who may need a com-prehensive range of information and services that address the full scope of dyslexia and related difficulties in learning to read and write. . . In a way that creates hope, possibili-ties, and partnership. This has only been accomplished by the generous and continued partnership with our lodge members, community and the West Feliciana School System. For this, we are eternally grateful.


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educated; we are CES JUNIOR BETA!” East Feliciana—Educa-tion First is the school system’s motto.

Assistant Principal Tongia San-ford says that membership in Ju-nior BETA requires fourth and fifth graders to achieve and maintain a grade point average of at least 3.0, to exhibit good character, and to complete at least 10 hours of com-munity service. Clinton Elemen-tary School received a School of Distinction award in 2014 for rais-ing its achievement level from an F to a strong C in just one year.

After his unopposed re-elec-tion as School Board President, Michael Bradford reminded the Board, “We have one goal: to edu-cate the young people.” Next, the Board re-elected Mitch Harrell as vice president. Committee chairs, Bradford said, will remain the same for the new year.

As Clinton Kindergarten Teach-er Mary Anne Newman recorded the meeting for the school system by taking photographs, School Board Director Edna Thomas sur-prised her by naming Newman Employee of the Month. Thomas read Clinton Elementary’s nomi-nation, which describes Newman as “a warmhearted soul who shares her talent with all…and is always willing to volunteer her servic-es” both during and after school hours. The nomination cited New-man for raising money to augment school supplies and for seeking out speakers for Red Ribbon Week to promote the avoidance of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco. “Clinton El-ementary runs well because of Ms. Newman,” the nomination read. “She even checks the buses when they arrive and depart” to make certain that children are riding the correct bus and that all are ac-counted for.

Thanking Thomas and Principal Thelemese Porter for the award, Newman responded, “Those of you who know me well may find this hard to believe, but I am truly at a loss for words!”

When Tiffani Dorsa and Matt Breaux of Postlethwaite and Net-terville delivered their firm’s de-tailed 2014 audit report for the East Feliciana schools, Bradford asked them to assign the school system a grade of A through F. The reply was, “A+.” The explanation: “Expenditures came down, and the general fund balance went up.”

Tommy LeJeune, CPA, of Faulk and Winkler, rose to comment on the audit report and to congratu-late the Board, describing its 2014 performance as “outstanding.” He noted that the system had built a $900,000 surplus in the general fund while meeting significant expenses involving the charter school. Explaining his firm’s role in the school system’s finances for the benefit of new Board members, LeJeune said, “We help you inter-nally” by reporting to the Finance Committee monthly and preparing the financial statements.

After the meeting’s close, Pres-ident Bradford, Vice President Harrell, and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., welcomed the School Board mem-bers to their new year of service.

Newly re-elected East Feliciana Parish School Board Member Melvin Hollins with his wife, Brittani Lewis Hollins, and their son, Cannon Luke Hollins. Photo-graph by Patricia Stallman

Congratulating Kindergarten Teacher Mary Anne Newman, center, on her award for Employee of the Month are newly-elected School Board Members and Superintendent of Schools Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr. Presenting the award to Newman was Kim Cam-bre of Taylor and Sons Insurance and Financial Services. From left are: School Board Members Tim Corcoran and Derald Spears, Newman, Superintendent Lewis, Cambre, and School Board Members Joyce Kent and Curtis Jelks. Photograph provided by Mary Anne Newman.

Preparing to enter the School Board meeting room are, from left: Parent Joyce Sensley and BETA members Brianna Bolds, Patrionna Miller, Tommy Ringo, Amauri Brown, Quade Harris, Riley Smith, Kennedi Brown, Chyna King, Pachie Simmons, Natilie Hodges, Frankeina Sensley, and Samyrah George. Assistant Principal and BETA Club Sponsor Tongia Sanders is at the right of the group. Photograph by Patricia Stallman


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Eyeing Governors Race, Angola Warden Burl Cain talks Common Sense Approach

Angola Warden Burl Cain addressing the Baton Rouge Press Club this week.

By JameS ronald SkainS

“People with a strong sense of mo-rality don’t steal, rob people or kill people,” Angola Warden Burl Cain ex-plained. “So, where do you find most of the moral people? They are tied in some way to one church or another. Philippines 3:13 in the Bible says; “For it is God who works in you, to will you to act according His good purpose.”

Warden Cain continued, “So com-mon sense told me that allowing a Church Seminary to come to Angola was a good thing because they could teach our inmates morality. They had a captive audience at Angola. Since we allowed the New Orleans Baptist Seminary in 1996 to come to Angola, we have seen a dramatic turn of events. From being classified as the worst prison in America, Angola has now become the model prison for not only America, but for the world. We call An-gola the Land of New Beginnings.”

“After a few inmates begin gradu-ating from the Seminary with a degree in theology, other inmates began to no-tice the change in their lives,’’ Warden Cain emphasized. “We began to put our Seminary graduates in different areas of the prison to influence more people.”

“As the graduates of the seminary began to recruit more people to attend Seminary, we began to build chapels at Angola. We call them Freedom Cha-pels. We have 14 such chapels onsite now. One is built as a replica of the Alamo. If you want to see the Alamo, and can’t go to San Antonio, just come up to Angola. While you are there you can also visit our Museum.”

“The Angola Museum is the most visited state museum in Louisiana,” Warden Cain told the Feliciana Ex-

plorer. “The American Queen riverboat even stops at Angola occasionally. An-gola is more than just a destination for convicts.”

Warden Cain is the longest serving warden at a state or federal prison in America, with 18 years of continuous experience as head of the largest prison in the United States. Angola has nearly 6,300 inmates with a staff of around 1,300, making Angola by far the largest employer in the Felicianas.

“Once you teach an inmate moral-ity, you can rehabilitate them by teach-ing them a trade,” Warden Cain stated. “If I send to a business an inmate who has been released, but only has skills to mop the floor, that company is not go-ing to be very impressed with a former inmate.”

“However, if I send a company like Gerry Lane Motor Company a highly

trained mechanic with all the ASE cer-tifications, then they don’t really care if he is an ex-convict or not. They are most interested in his ability to suc-cessfully work on cars. An inmate who has been rehabilitated in prison by teaching them first morality, then a high paying trade, is able to go back into society and be a productive, law abiding citizen.”

“It’s not just the inmate and what happens to him,” Warden Cain added. “Many inmates have families. Chil-dren of prison inmates are much more likely to commit crimes than children of people who have never been to pris-on. Moral people aren’t usually crimi-nals.”

“If you teach an inmate morality, rehabilitate them with education and by teach them a skill to use in the free world to earn a good living, you have prevented a lot of crimes that would have been committed by inmates re-leased without any skills. Also, you have to take into consideration the po-tential crimes that might be committed by the children of the unskilled inmate that has no one to mentor them.”

“I’ve been criticized by some out-siders and victims of crime for my Malachi Dad program. This is a pro-gram that brings the kids of inmates into the prison at the rodeo arena once a year. The son of a father murdered in Shreveport a few years ago heard about his dad’s murderer participating in the Malachi Dad program. He called me very angry saying that “here the guy that killed my dad is having visita-tion with his son and I won’t ever get to see my dad.”

“I told him that I very much empa-thized with him about the loss of his dad, but there was unfortunately not anything I could do about it,” Warden Cain related. “I explained that the visit

to the prison by the son of the man who killed his father was not about the man but the son.”

“A son of a criminal is seven times more likely to be commit crimes than the son of a non-criminal unless there is some positive intervention. The father that is in prison still has the opportunity to be a positive mentor to his son if he so chooses. It’s all about trying to do something positive with the children of criminals to keep them from becom-ing criminals to their generation. The son from Shreveport that had lost his father was okay with the Malachi Dad program after I explained its common sense approach for the good of society.”

“Another principle that I use in op-erating Angola is not to do dumb or stupid things,” Warden Cain elaborat-ed. “Keep it simple with the common sense approach. Another thing that I do that works real well is that I don’t hire or promote high level people unless they are smarter than I am. This really works to my advantage in operating Angola.”

“When I got into the prison busi-ness in 1981 at Dixon Correctional, I didn’t know anything about the pris-on system or how it was supposed to work. I didn’t have a degree in criminal justice or anything related to that. I was just an agricultural person. But most importantly, I was willing to think out of the box to solve problems. I wasn’t a traditionalist who insisted on doing things the way they had been done in the past.”

Warden Cain has been recognized both nationally and internationally for his common sense, non-traditional ap-proach to operating a prison. Not only has Warden Cain proved adept at using non-traditional and spirit faith based methods to dramatically change the largest prison in America, but he has proven very capable in getting more in his system with less money.

“We’ve seen our budget cut by so much money that we had to lay off 300 staff people while seeing 1,000 new prisoners come into Angola,” Warden Cain pointed out. “I complained but I knew it wouldn’t do any good because the state just didn’t have any money, so we rolled up our sleeves and started thinking out of the box about how to solve our budget problems.”

When Warden Cain was asked if he would be a candidate for Governor in 2015, Cain replied: “I know that there has been talk about that happening, and even a few signs around the state urg-ing me to run. I am seriously thinking about it and praying about it. To run for governor, I would have to resign my position at Angola and I honestly don’t know if I’m ready to do that.”


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est taxes in Louisiana, we have very little to work with when it comes to running the parish. I’ve been in the logging business 36 years, so I know about doing the most you can with what you’ve got.

“In fact, all of the members of this police jury know how to make the most of the revenue coming into East Feliciana.

“When I was president from 2011 to 2013, we finally got the finances turned around. During his 2014 term, Louis Kent did a good job of maintaining what we’d started, and I plan to keep it that way in 2015.

“I’ve never been for new taxes, but I was certainly appreciative of the voters supporting the renewals last November so we can keep run-ning the parish the way we’ve set it up. If you don’t put gas in your car, it’s going to run out of gas. If you don’t fund the basic needs of the par-ish, it comes to a halt. We need to keep the solid waste fund strong, for example; if the voters hadn’t agreed to that renewal, I don’t know what would have happened. The voters did the right thing.

“We need to search for grants to help finance ongoing work on the parish roads. We need to keep our equipment updated. We need to keep on moving forward in every way we can.

“The litter problem, for example, is a pet peeve of mine. We’ve im-proved a little, but I wish everyone would appreciate this parish the way I do, and do everything they can to maintain its beauty.”

Voting for Aucoin were Larry Beauchamp, Edward Brooks, Sr., Chris Hall, Sean Smith, and Aucoin. Hall then proposed Brooks for the vice presidency, and Aucoin named Beauchamp as chair of the finance committee, with Hall and himself as members. Aucoin also named Brooks head of the personnel com-mittee with Sean Smith a member. The new president called upon the jurors to inform him of their com-mittee interests as he considers the remaining appointments, which he will announce at the January 20 meeting.

Dr. Kemp Amacker Retires After 35 Years of Family Practice

Dr. Amacker in 2015

Dr. Kemp Amacker with Zach-ary Family Practice has retired after 35½ years of service in the Zachary community.

A retirement party for pa-tients, staff and friends will be held in his honor on Thursday, January 15th, from 3-4:30 p.m., in the cafeteria of Lane Region-al Medical Center, 6300 Main Street, Zachary.

Born in Poplarville, Missis-sippi, and raised in Bogalusa, Dr. Amacker graduated from LSU Medical School - Shreveport in

1976. Upon completion of his family practice residency at Earl K. Long, he founded Zachary Family Practice in 1979. Lane Regional Medical Center pur-chased the practice in 1993 and has been instrumental in helping the practice thrive ever since.

For the past 28 years Dr. Amacker has also served as Med-ical Director for the residents at Lane Nursing Home, a role in which he will continue, as well as attending to the residents of

Grace Nursing Home. He is an active member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Louisiana State Medical Society, and has enjoyed many years as a preceptor for LSU medical students.

Looking back over his career, Dr. Amacker said, “I have thor-oughly enjoyed my years of prac-tice here. I don’t think my pa-tients realize how much they have meant to me, sharing their health concerns, their joys and sorrows, and even allowing me into their private lives. I will truly miss seeing them on a regular basis.”

“As a family physician Dr. Amacker cared for thousands of patients from the region for ev-erything from treating the com-mon cold to diagnosing more serious illnesses,” says Randy Olson, Lane CEO. “Dr. Amacker has always embodied Lane’s core values of excellence, integrity, compassion, respect and commit-ment, and all of us at Lane wish him the very best and thank him for his dedication to the health and welfare of his patients.”

Help Me Find My Home!

My name is Sammie. I was found in a neighborhood near the West Feliciana animal shelter just wandering. No one knew who I was. I am about 5 years old and a lab mix. I have a very sweet disposition. To come adopt me and take me home, please call the shelter at 635-5801. Photograph by Darlene Reeves

West Feliciana Animal Humane Society Receives $100,000 Grant

By Jennifer rome

Ruth Waller, treasurer of the West Feliciana Animal Humane Society, announced that the organization has received a $100,000 grant from the Irene W. and C.B. Pennington Foun-dation. Waller said, “Special credit goes to Daryl Pennington, Sam Bougeus, Phyllis Gallent and Hu-mane Society Director Josette Lester for making this award possible.”

As part of the application pro-cess, the all-volunteer organization developed and submitted marketing collateral as well as detailed goals and objectives. “Having a deadline for meeting these requirements re-ally helped us get organized,” said Waller. She also added that timely reports on the use of the funds will be an ongoing task.

The West Feliciana Animal Hu-mane Society plans to complete the cat facility and to expand the dog facility to provide more kennels and protection from seasonal changes. Long-term plans of the organization include construction of a pole barn to shelter larger animals and expan-sion of its Guardian Angel Program, which provides special medical care to animals in need.


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ClassifiedsTruck Driver: Heavy Equipment, Lowboy Driver Needed for State-wide hauls. MUST have experience. Email resume’ [email protected] or fax to 225-658-2243 and call 225-259-0576.Collin’s Cottage, 1840’s with 6.33 ac, Clinton, heart pine floors, 12 ft. ceilings, modern kitchen. Ap-praised $260,000. Will consider offers, financing available through Landmark Bank. Steve DiLorenzo, Feliciana Hill Country, Office: 683-5454 or Cell: 719-18104 acre Homesite, off Blairstown Rd. (Hwy 959) $32,000 No restrictions, owner financing available. Steve DiLorenzo, Feliciana Hill Country, Office: 683-5454 or Cell: 719-1810Condo for Rent in Zachary. 1100 sq. ft., 2 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, all electric. $975 deposit, $975 monthly rent, 1 year lease. Call 225-287-2350. 6 acre mature wooded homesite. 450 ft highway frontage, Clinton $60,000. Steve DiLorenzo, Feliciana Hill Country, Office: 683-5454 or Cell: 719-181022 acres all wooded, peace and qui-et on short dead end road, 4 miles from Clinton. $7,000/acre. Steve DiLorenzo, Feliciana Hill Country, Office: 683-5454 or Cell: 719-1810Now Hiring! All Star Chevrolet North is hiring for all sales posi-tions. Contact Jim or Mark at 225-490-7903.Cross Creek Cowboy Church. 21160 Plank Rd, Zachary in blue Legendz building. Sundays 10:30. Come as you are, bring your lawn chair. 225-721-0333. Facebook.com/CrossCreekCowboyChurch.Immediate opening for experienced Medical Clerk and Medical As-sistant. Please fax resume to: (225) 658-8840.1137 sq. ft. udpated home in Jack-son, La. 2/3 BRs, 1 bath. Gas and electric. $66,900. Feliciana Proper-ties, LLC. 225-683-6032.HOUSE FOR RENT. 8473 Steve Johnson Drive in Solitude, LA. $400 monthly rent. For more infor-mation, call(225) 931-5939, (225) 301-1540, or (225) 939-8533.For Sale 5 x 5 round bale bahaia hay $30. Square bales $4. Delivery available. Randy 658-8792Prime multi acre residential home-site in the heart of Zachary. Coun-try living in the City! Ready to build your dream home. Brokered by Monte Real Estate 225-658-1515. Listed at $69,000 with 100% lot financing available through Brandy Westmoreland at Guaranty Bank.For Sale! Seasoned firewood. $125 per truck load. Pick up only in Slaughter. 225-654-3236Drivers, CDL-A:Home EV-ERY Weekend!ALL Loaded/Empty Miles Paid! Dedicated Southeast!Or Walk Away Lease, No Money Down. For more informa-tion-Call: 1-855-747-6426

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