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The Webster Parish Sher-iff’s Office and the MindenPolice Department assistedin a high speed chase thatended in Bossier Parish.

Webster Parish chiefdeputy Bobby Igo Jr. saysthey received a call for assis-tance from Bienville Parishjust after 10 a.m. Tuesdaywhen a man was coming

through the parish at a highrate of speed.

“It started around the 61mile marker on I-20 on atraffic stop,” he said. “Thealleged passenger of thatvehicle ended up jumpingbehind the wheel, and theystarted a high speed chase

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Suspect leads policeon multi parish

high-speed chase

A truck driven by John Garcia of Plano, Texas sits in the ditch on Interstate 20 aftercrossing over spike strips while leading police on a high-speed chase. BruceFranklin/Press-Herald SeeCHASE, Page 3

WPSO, MPD assist in high-speed chase

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Discussion on what to dowith the Webster ParishPenal Farm has been tableduntil after the first of theyear.

In the Webster ParishPolice Jury’s buildings andgrounds committee meetingTuesday, jurors began talk-ing about the fate of the oldprison, some saying theywanted to sell it, others say-ing they wanted to keep theproperty.

One thing made clear,though, is that if anything issold, it will be the prisonfacility and the warden’shouse, which is about 10acres. The rest of the proper-ty will remain with the jury.

Juror Daniel Thomas sayskeeping the property is justcosting the taxpayers money.Jury presi-dent JimBonsall sayshe’d like tokeep it as hesees it as aninvestment.

However,T h o m a sadded he isa d a m a n tabout doing something withthe penal farm and the war-den’s house; he just doesn’tsee why they need to keepthe rest of the property.

Bonsall says it’s a goodaccess point to the jury’sremaining property, butThomas says an easementwould alleviate that issue.

“This is one of the mainaccess points to the rest ofour property out there,” Bon-sall said.

“I love land, but when weare elected, are we reallyelected to go investing ingrowing pine trees?” Thomasasked. “Is that really the best

BONSALL

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PenalFarmtalks

tabled

Parish Fair Kicks Off

The 2015 Webster ParishFair parade Fair QueenSommer Laliberte, above,kicked off the week long,much-anticipated car-nival of fun for kids of allages. The Webster ParishFair is in full swing untilSaturday. BruceFranklin/Press-Herald

WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE>>Fair gates open at 5 p.m.

(Armband night: $16 for anarmband to ride rides untilclosing. Gate fees are $2)

>>4-H Swine showman-ship at 6 p.m.: 4-H studentswill participate in showingtheir animals, with empha-sis on the students’ show-manship abilities. Swineweight classes will follow,where swine will be dividedinto their respective weightclasses.

>>Stormy Weather Bandwill begin at 7 p.m.

Annual fairparade marks

start of funand festivities

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

Thanks to a $50,000grant, Cultural Crossroadswill now be able to offer artsprograms at The Farm toabout 30 at risk freshmenand sophomores.

Chris Broussard, co-founder and executive direc-tor, says this grant resonateswith her in a very personalway, because when she relo-cated to Doyline from Paris,France 50 years ago, she wasa freshman in high school, afailing freshman.

“Our family’s statisticsmirror those of our nation’schildren,” she said duringTuesday’s Webster ParishPolice Jury meeting, “withonly half of our freshmenseeing their way to gradua-tion. So this grant is aboutme, and it is about all theother failing freshmen whofelt like me.”

Through the Blue CrossBlue Shield of Louisiana’sFoundation “Angels forChange,” Cultural Cross-roads will be able to offerhope to these young minds to

spark their desire for learn-ing.

“Our goal is to reduce thenumber of young minds whofor whatever reason have notrealized their own potentialor self-importance,” she said.“Our goal is to expose themto a variety of art-relatedexperiences that we hope willhelp them find their sense of

self-worth.”Broussard says she decid-

ed to make the big announce-ment at the police jury meet-ing because of their staunchsupport of Cultural Cross-roads through the years.

“We wanted to make theannouncement here and theacceptance in front of you,our jurors, because years

ago, when we questioned ourown existence as an organi-zation, you believed in us andsupported us,” she said.“Thank you for believing inus, and now we are out toconvince some 30 youngpeople and a host of childrenthat we believe in them.”

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use of the taxpayers’ money?If you’re thinking about put-ting an industrial park therelater on or a gravel pit therelater on, I understand that.To me, it changes up whatwe’re elected to do.”

Bonsall says for him, theproperty is more valuable,adding the prison is not, butthe property itself is theasset.

“It is one of the prime

pieces of property over therejust because of the location,”he said. “I’m not telling youthat if there was a companyto come along wanting tobuild something that mighthire 25 people, I’d be tickledto sell it to them.”

Juror Steve Lemmonsalso brought up the fact thatif an oil company approachedthem with lease options thatwould be a win-win.

Committee chairmanRandy Thomas says theyneed to look at the facilityand the house, once thehouse is vacated to assess its

current condition. Discus-sion will resume once thathas taken place.

In other jury news, duringits regular meeting, theyapproved:

n the certification of taxrolls. Only two companiescontested their assessments.Will Drill only contested sothey could take their issue toBaton Rouge, parish assessorofficials say. Autozone tookissue with their inventorytax.

n recreation expenses:$420 to purchase a heater forthe Cullen Senior Center

(district 2), $182.73 (district2) and $719.29 (district 9) topurchase kitchen equipmentfor the Webster Parish HeadStart, $800 (district 9) and$800 (district 10) to build afence and for van repair forthe Webster Parish Councilon Aging.

n the appointment ofBobby Dodson as boardchairman for Cullen Fire Dis-trict 6, replacing Ted Owens.

n Third quarter budgetamendments.

n and off-system bridgesystem requirements for2014.

JURYContinued from page 1

Special to the Press-Herald

B.F. Griffith was operat-ing a quarter horse racingtrack at this location in theearly 1900s. In 1906 Griffithorganized the WebsterParish Fair Association andthe Webster Parish Fairbegan.

In 1917 the fair associa-tion suspended operationand the property was left inthe hands of Griffith and its’stockholders.

In the late 1920s, Mindenwas considered as a possiblesite for a junior college, theproperty was offered as apotential location. Thedream of a junior college waslost in the legislative process.

1930s saw the field beingused for the American Legionbaseball games. The areawas also used for recreationby CCC cadets at CampMeyer, located adjacent tothe present stadium.

After WWII, Mr. Griffithwas instrumental in havingthe property transferred tothe City of Minden. June 2,

1947, the Board of Aldermenof Minden voted unanimous-ly to name the property Grif-fith Park.

In 1951, the city donatedpart of the property to thestate for the construction ofthe Northwest LouisianaVocational-Technical School.

Dec. 16, 1952, a vote wasapproved for a 1 mil propertytax for 5 years, to construct amunicipal stadium and base-ball park. The city councilvoted in 1953 that the Munic-ipal Ball Park as it was beingcalled then shall be open toany and all ball teams playingat that time without charge.All gate receipts would go tothe playing teams and con-cession stand proceedswould go to the BaseballCommission.

By late 1950s, the parkwas used by Minden HighSchool, American Legion andRedbirds Ball teams. In 1957a motion was entertainedfrom the Minden BaseballAssociation to change thename of the stadium to Grif-fith Stadium, in honor of thecontributions of B.F. Griffith

Sr., to the sport of baseball inMinden and his work indonating property to the city.Griffith originally came toNorth Louisiana as a youngman when hired as a profes-sional baseball player by theL&NW Railroad Company inHomer, Louisiana. Griffiththrew the first pitch at the1957 Redbirds opening gameand a name change ceremo-ny followed. Because oflegalities, the name was notofficially changed until threeyears later after Griffith’sdeath.

In the years since, thepark has seen standing roomonly crowds for semi-progames, the home field forLHSAA state championshipteams for Minden High andhome field for Webster HighSchool prior to desegregationof schools.

The site has been the loca-tion of rodeos, speeches bynational-known political fig-ures such as Gov. GeorgeWallace of Alabama, andmany kid’s day activities forthe Webster Parish Fair.

Cultural Crossroads of Minden was presented with a $50,000 grant from the Blue CrossBlue Shield of Louisiana Foundation's Angels of Change program. The Webster ParishPolice Jury was instrumental in its support of the arts program in its beginning throughtoday. The grant will go towards the Arts and Soil program at The Farm for roughly 30at risk freshmen and sophomore students.. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

Cultural Crossroads receives $50k grantARTS IN MINDEN

History of Griffith Stadium and Webster Parish Fair Grounds

The Webster Parish fair during the 1950s era is shown. Courtesy Photo

AROUND LOUISIANA

ARNAUDVILLE — A St.Landry Parish high schoolprincipal and a coach havebeen placed on administra-tive leave following theirarrests in a physical con-frontation with a student.

The St. Landry ParishSheriff's Office says BeauChene High School Princi-pal Anthony K. James, andbasketball coach LorensoT. Williams were arrestedMonday after detectivesreceived a complaint Sept.30 regarding incidentsbetween the student,Williams and James.

The child told policethat while Williams wasscolding him for not tuck-ing in his shirt, Williamsthrew him against lockersand dragged him. Investi-gators say the child latergot into a physical alterca-tion with James.

Williams and James saythey were attempting todiscipline or control thestudent.

Williams was chargedwith cruelty to a juvenile,while James was chargedwith simple battery.

Police: Principal,coach arrested forabusing student

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OBITUARYLarry Harlan Hamner

Larry Harlan Hamner died peacefully onSept. 26 2015 at the age of 65 in Baton Rouge.

He was born in Minden on May 1, 1950and is preceded in death by his parents, Vir-

ginia Reeves and Emory Maxwell Hamner. He is survived by his children, Genevieve

Delaune Hamner Silverman and husbandPhilip, and Bradley Stewart Hamner and wifeEmily, and three grandchildren.

A graduate of Minden High School and

LSU, Larry spent his entire career as aninvestigator for the US Dept of Labor, Wageand Hour Division in Baton Rouge.

He was a kind-hearted man and enjoyedspending time with family watching movies,parades, and LSU football. He also found joy

and beauty in music, amassing an impressivecollection of artists of all genres.

A memorial service will be at 9:30 a.m.Thursday, Oct. 8, at the Unitarian Church ofBaton Rouge, with burial to follow in LaneMemorial Cemetery in Sibley.

which started eastbound, buthe turned westbound.”

He says about four unitsfrom Webster joined thechase around the 52 milemarker and led the waythrough the parish, andwhen they arrived at Exit 47(the Minden/Sibley exit), thedriver got off where the Min-den Police Department putout spike strips. The driverwent around the spike stripsand got back on to I-20 andthe chase continued toBossier Parish.

The Louisiana StatePolice, by this time had also

joined in the chase, saysBienville chief deputy RandyPrice, and just on the otherside of the parish line, spikestrips were again put out,which caught the front dri-ver’s tire of the truck in ques-tion.

“About mile marker 34, hehit the spike strips and thedriver’s front tire blew off;the tire just shreds,” Pricesaid. “The rim is still on thetruck, but the tire just disin-tegrated.”

By that time, six or sevenunits from all agencies werethere and were able to takehim into custody withoutincident.

Price says the incidentbegan when deputies con-ducted a traffic stop on the

truck for speeding.“Our units were out work-

ing traffic this morning, andone of the deputies clocked avehicle going 86 in the east-bound lane of I-20,” Pricesaid. “He initiates a trafficstop, approaches the vehicle,and the vehicle is being driv-en by a female at that partic-ular time.”

The deputy smells astrong odor consistent withthat of marijuana comingfrom inside. He says she isasked to step out of the vehi-cle and come to the back, towhich she complies.

“He radios anotherdeputy who was close byworking traffic,” Price said.“That other deputy arrivedon scene, pulled up behind

the other deputy’s unit, atwhich time Garcia jumps intothe driver’s seat, takes offand almost immediately cutsacross the median and headswest. The female was leftthere; he took off just thatfast.”

The two deputies engagein a pursuit, and another unitwas coming to the scene totake care of her, Price says.Meanwhile, she hitched aride before the third deputycould arrive, he said.

When the parishes east-bound were notified, theyreceived a call that she hadbeen detained in Rayville inRichland Parish, he said.

The vehicle was broughtback to Bienville Parish, andfollowing the retention of a

search warrant, deputies dis-covered suspected marijuanaand a pipe commonly usedfor smoking marijuana,along with a blow torchinside.

John Albert Garcia, 27, ofPlano, Texas, was chargedwith aggravated flight froman officer, improper laneusage, reckless operation of avehicle, resisting by givingfalse information, two countsof possession of a Schedule ICDS (marijuana), possessionof drug paraphernalia, and ahold was placed on him forcharges of drug traffickingout of Texas and Arkansas. Ahold will also be placed onhim for charges in Webster.No bond has been set.

Caress Nicole Montelon-

ga, 22, of Dallas, was citedfor speeding 86 in a 70 mileper hour zone, resisting anofficer by flight, two countsof possession of a Schedule ICDS (marijuana) and posses-sion of drug paraphernalia.No bond has been set.

Igo says Garcia facescharges in Webster forspeeding and aggravatedflight from an officer.

“I want to emphasize howwell all the agencies workedtogether for the safety of thesuspect as well as the units,”he said. “It was good team-work with the state, Bienvilleand ourselves. The commu-nication was just really, real-ly good.”

CHASEContinued from page 1

An official ribbon cutting was hosted at the Germantown Colony Museum Tuesday with many special guests, including Secretary of State Tom Schedler. Descendants from theoriginal Germantown colony were on hand to take part in the ceremony. Thanks to the hard work of so many, legislators like Sen. Robert Adley, Gene Reynolds and former Rep.Jean Doerge, now curator, made this possible. In 2008, the Germantown Colony Museum was added to the statewide museum program under the secretary of state. Germannative Michael Fluhr welcomed everyone and led prayer in his native language. A short history of the founding of the colony was given as well. Refreshments with a German flavorwere served following the program. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

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Oct. 6The Webster Parish Police Jury will meet at 9 a.m. in thejury's committee meeting room on the third floor of theWebster Parish Courthouse. The monthly meeting willbegin at 10:30 a.m., in the jury meeting room on the sec-ond floor.

Oct. 10Webster Parish Relay For Life for the American CancerSociety will be from 3 until 10 p.m. at the Minden Recre-ation Center. There will be a car show, kids games andbouncing house, entertainment and a special ceremonysupporting cancer survivors and honoring those who havebeen taken.

Pink Pearl Tea at Orleans on Main at noon. Call 318-639-5035 for more information.

Junior Service League of Minden’s Annual One Mile FunRun and 5K starts at 7:30 pm and costs $5. The 5K willbegin at 8 p.m. and costs $35. Race location is EastsideMissionary Baptist Church. For more information call KelliWaller at 272-5194 or Ashley Gruner 840-6389.

Oct. 11West Lake Baptist Church homecoming will be at 10:30a.m. with guest pastor Bro. Eddie Sowders and musicalguest Aaron Watson and Friends.

Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church’s 120th Anniversarywill be celebrated at 2:30 p.m. with guest speaker PastorBrady L. Blade.

Mt. Nebo Baptist Church’s women’s day will be celebratedat 3 p.m. with special guests Prophetess Theresa Jack-son, Evangelist Sharon Lewis, Evangelist Gennell Loftonand Prophetess Roshanda Hammond.

St. James Missionary Baptist Church’s musician appreci-ation program will be at 3 p.m.

Yellow Pine Christian Church’s 113 anniversary will be cel-ebrated at noon.

Oct. 11-14Mt. Nebo Baptist Church’s revival will be nightly a 7 p.m.with guest evangelist Pastor Timothy Henderson.

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Central Elementary 6th Grade ELA Unit 1 Spelling Bee Winners, fromleft, are Maya Merritt (first place), Kendravious Dubose (secondplace) and Kristopher Redden (third place). Courtesy Photo

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COLUMBIA, S.C. —South Carolina athletic direc-tor Ray Tanner is not "100percent sure" that Saturday'sfootball game against No. 7LSU will be played atWilliams-Brice Stadiumbecause of the devastatingfloods that hit the state thispast weekend.

Tanner said Tuesday thatofficials at both schools andthe Southeastern Conferencehave gone through severalscenarios, including playingthe game at LSU. He said adecision will be made withinthe next day and half whetherthe game can go on.

Tanner said logisticalissues like roadways thathave been washed away andwhether there would beenough first-responder per-sonnel available to handle thetypical duties on game daylike traffic and crowd control.

"There are a lot of con-cerns and a lot of things toconsider," Tanner said.

The contest between LSU(4-0, 2-0 SEC) and SouthCarolina (2-3, 0-3) is sched-uled for noon.

Tanner said many citieshave been discussed aspotential alternatives.

"Certainly, a game at LSUis not out of the realm of pos-sibility as well," he said.

The SEC Network hadplanned on hosting its "SECNation" show from SouthCarolina on Saturday, butmoved to Knoxville,Tennessee because of thefloods.

If the Gamecocks cannothost the game, it would take asignificant financial hit.Projections from the athleticdepartment's budget presen-tation to the Board ofTrustees in June showed theschool expected to make$3,854,476 from game ticketsales.

That was the second-highest game projection thisseason with its home contestagainst rival Clemson onNov. 28 expected to bring inmore than $4.2 million inticket revenue.

NEW YORK — A yearago, no one could've pic-tured this. Yet here theywere, Dallas Keuchel andthe Houston Astros, soakingin champagne, merrily pos-ing for a victory shot on themound at Yankee Stadium.

After all that losing, thiswas one October win toremember.

Keuchel baffled NewYork for six innings ofthree-hit ball. ColbyRasmus and Carlos Gomezhomered, and the Astrosbeat the Yankees 3-0Tuesday night in theAmerican League wild-cardgame.

"Nobody really gave usanything at the start of theyear. And I don't think any-body gave us a shot at theend of the year," saidKeuchel, the AL's only 20-game winner.

The orange-clad Astrosadvanced to the DivisionSeries against the defendingAL champion Royals start-ing Thursday night inKansas City.

Rasmus sent Tanaka'sfirst pitch of the secondinning soaring into deepright field. Gomez connect-ed on the first offering of thefourth.

"That really settled medown, and that's who weare," Keuchel said. "We hita lot of home runs, pitchwell and play defense."

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Miles considering options

Glenbrook holds homecoming bonfireH I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L

BATON ROUGE — Asmuch confidence as LSUcoach Les Miles expressesin the abilities of hisreceivers, he has apparentlydecided to see if the threat oflost playing time sharpenstheir focus.

"We're looking at shuf-fling the lineup. We're look-ing at all those things,"Miles said Monday. "I likethe effort of my widereceivers. It's not as produc-tive as itneeds tobe. Itneeds tobe morein linewith thecoaching.... Wehave toe x e c u t eb e t t e r .Period."

In a victory over EasternMichigan that had moretense moments than the sev-enth-ranked Tigers wouldhave liked, LSU (4-0, 2-0Southeastern Conference)was 4 of 15 for 80 yards andno touchdowns through theair.

Dupre graded the receiv-ing corps at "F-minus"against EMU, adding that"we can't let anything closeto that happen again."

So far this season, LSU isaveraging 95.5 yardsthrough the air per game. Sofar, low passing numbershaven't mattered because of

a power running game ledby Heisman Trophy candi-date Leonard Fournette,who already has rushed for864 yards and 11 TDs (anaverage of 8.7 yards percarry and 216 yards pergame).

Yet, LSU has six SECgames left, starting at SouthCarolina this Saturday, andfollowed by a home dateagainst currently unbeatenand 11th-ranked Florida theweekend after.

So wide receiver JohnDiarse was not surprised tohear Miles was at least con-sidering "shuffling" the line-up.

"If he does go along withthat, apparently he has aplan and we have to trustthat plan and be prepared forthose changes," Diarse said."Any time you kind of havethose hiccups on your team,your coach has to makesome type of change,whether it's a big change orwhether it's a small change.

"Now we're about to gointo the meat of our sched-ule with SEC opponents, sowe've got to find some-thing," Diarse continued."We've got to find a rhythm.We've got to find a flow ofthings."

Miles recently has notallowed quarterbackBrandon Harris to speak tomedia, but the coach doesnot sound too concernedabout his quarterback'srecent form.

"Brandon Harris is reallydoing what we ask him todo," Miles said. "The ballsthat he's throwing, he's real-ly on target. We just need tocatch it. I think that will hap-pen. I think our widereceivers are poised to havea good year and this is not

characteristic of them, drop-ping those balls."

"We're kind of in a posi-tion where we'd like to be alittle bit more hitting on allcylinders but in reality we'rereally close," Miles added.

Quarterbacks andreceivers at the pro and col-lege levels often talk aboutthe importance of establish-ing rhythm and tempo in the

passing game, which can behard to do at LSU, where 75percent (186 of 248) of totaloffensive plays called thisseason have been runningplays.

LSU's receivers aren'tabout to ask for more passeswith Fournette's success, butthere's an emphasis onimproving the balance, aswell as pitching in to help

the ground game."If they were recruiting

me and they told me theywere going to give the ballto Leonard, or the runningbacks 75 percent of the time,it might be hard to get arecruit at the receiver posi-tion or quarterback posi-tion," Dupre said. "But at theend of the day, we're here ...we've got to live with it.”

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Glenbrook School wasthe place to be Tuesdaynight, as Apache players,students, parents andfans came together tocelebrate homecomingwith a bonfire rally.

The team kicked offthe festivities by destroyan old car in throwback,homecoming fashion, asymbolic gesture of thetype of performanceGlenbrook is hoping foragainst Union ChristianAcademy on Friday

night. The varsity and junior

high cheerleaders kepteveryone pumped upwith performances andrefreshments were pro-vided by the GlenbrookBooster Club.

Plenty of fun was hadbeside the towering blazecreated by an excess ofwood pallets and thefootball team, cheerlead-ers and sundancers tookpart in spirit games towin prizes. A Lion pinatawas destroyed by theyounger Apaches inattendance and the nightconcluded with theMinden Fire Departmentputting out the blaze.

The Apaches willkickoff their homecom-ing game against theLions at 7 p.m. fromApache Stadum.

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JUANITA AGANSpecial to the Press-Herald

Over half a century agoMinden had carnivals visitat least once a year. My rec-ollection is that they werelocated across from theCoca Cola Bottling Compa-ny on Pine Street. The roadinto thec e m e t e r ytoday has asign thats a y s"Rephart" ,but old mapsshow it wasnamed "RedHeart." WithPine Street itforms a triangle of land thatnow has lovely brick homeson it. Back then it wasvacant and that is where thecarnivals put up their ridesand booths.

There was petty thieveryall over town. Most of thosewho worked with the carni-vals looked like they mightbe hoboes. They were notvery clean, and shabbilydressed. These were thedepression years and hard-ly any of us had more than adime to spend on rides(which cost a nickel).

Games Still, there was an air of

excitement when we knewthe carnival was in town. Iremember going with a girlfriend out to the carnivaland just walking aroundlooking at the variousbooths (where you took a

chance to win some worth-less doll or object.) Themoney spent trying to winthe doll would have morethan paid for a similar doll.

There was always abooth where you had yourpicture made - a tiny littlepicture hardly bigger than apostage stamp, but itbrought back memories ofthe excitement of the carni-val. On several occasionsthe local police checked outthose booths where youtried to win a prize, andthey were "rigged" so thatyou could not win. Thepolice closed those boothsdown. Also, they checkedfor "girlie" shows.

I remember when thecarnivals pulled out of Min-den, they took not onlytheir rides and booths buton two occasions younggirls ran away with them.The officers found the car-nival and brought the girlsback on both incidents.

Field Trip Minden did not host the

Webster Parish Fair backthen, so the Louisiana StateFair in Shreveport was areally big event in our lives.The School Board set asidea day for the pupils toattend the fair - on the daythe State Fair designated as"Children's Day." Therewas no charge for childrento get into the fair on thatday. Not only did we have aday out of school for thefair,but a school bus carriedus to the fair for a small fee- about a nickel.

One of the bus driversthat I remember was a manthat everyone liked, hisname was Ray J.Talley. Idid not have very muchmoney to spend at the fair,probably a quarter. Thathad to cover food, the busride and whatever was leftfor rides. There was somuch free to see that I onlyremember riding themerry-go-round once. Theexhibits were free and peo-ple had entered the bestthat they had made - can-ning, quilting, dress mak-ing and many other cate-gories. The thought of a tripto the fair filled us withexcitement.

Today’s Fair Today, Minden is the

home of the annual Web-ster Parish Fair. The spa-cious facilities at the FairGrounds have been updat-ed, along with the parkingarea. The Minden Police arethere to see that everythingand everybody is safe. Thepretty girls from all over theParish vie for the honor ofbeing Webster Parish FairQueen. With local residentsmanning the food booths,we feel safe letting the chil-dren eat there. The displaysalways point out the vari-ous talents the Parish resi-dents possess. We evenhave a "Senior Citizen Day"(which covers me.)

Picture Shows Minden had two movie

theatres - one that I thinkwas called the Rex backthen, and another that was

located by City Drug wherethe jewelry store is nowlocated. I remember it asthe Scout Theatre, othersremember further backwhen it was called theBrownie Theatre or later itwas the Tower Theater..The Scout had westernmovies, that closed eachepisode with a "cliff hang-er" so that you would returnthe next Saturday to seewhat happened. Some chil-dren had enough spendingmoney to go each Saturday.The Christmas of about1937, in addition to gettingthe compact with MHS inGreen (when the colors hadbeen changed to red threeyears before), I was given anickel to go to the pictureshow (as my mother calledthem - not movies but pic-ture show.) When we visit-ed relatives in Shreveportthey had Sunday movies.Once a cousin offered topay my way if I would gowith her to a Sunday movie.I knew my mother did notapprove of such things onthe Sabbath Day, so I wasnot surprised when shesaid, "Now if Jesus comesback today and He could,how will you explain beingin a picture show on Sun-day?" That scared me sobadly that I turned downthe opportunity to go (eventhough I really wanted togo.) Did you know that onApril 5, 1956, the MindenCity Council passed anordinance to allow showingof Sunday night movies in

Minden. Drive-Ins During the war years we

acquired at least one drive-in movie theatre out theShreveport Road pastMcintyre, near where I-20crosses Highway 80. Later,the Joy Drive-In on theShreveport Road insideMinden opened. Earlierthere had already been theRex Theatre and the ScoutTheatre. Later the Joy The-atre (the indoor version)opened down on PearlStreet. This was a greatplace to go to pass the time.Often there were doublefeatures - two movies forthe price of one. I realizedthat most of these doublefeatures were Class Bmovies and the stars werenot very well known. Still,during the war years it wasa wonderful place to spenda couple of hours sincethere was so little to do dur-ing the war years for pleas-ure.

War Years In 1940, while I was

attending MeadowsDraughon Business Col-lege, the Strand was show-ing "Gone with the Wind"during the day as well asnight. I checked out ofschool and went to themovie - it began at about10:00 a.m. and with theintermissions it lasted tillafter 2 p.m. That allowedjust enough time to walkback to the parking lot formy ride back to Mindenwith Mrs. Pauline Oliphant

and Judge Harmon Drew(the grandfather of RichardCarey, and the grandfatherof the current Judge Har-mon Drew and also thegreat grandfather of DrewWhite.) Two other studentsrode with Mrs. Oliphant. ---- Mildred Hobbs and JamesStahl .

Of course, there was notelevision and only a fewhad radios. I listened toother people's radios but Inever had one of my ownuntil about 1941. Thechurches provided someactivities for young people,but there was still a greatdeal of leisure time. So allthese carnivals, fairs, andcheap movie theatres helpfill the war years until theMinden boys came home.

Time has gone by andnow we do not have evenone movie theater, but wedo have television andvideos. And Minden stillhas the annual WebsterParish Fair, and Shreveporthas the annual LouisianaState Fair. Do you remem-ber the excitement whenthe carnivals came to town?

Juanita Agan submitteda weekly column to thePress-Herald for morethan 15 years until herdeath in 2008. She was aresident of Minden since1935. The Press-Herald isrepublishing select articlesfrom Mrs. Agan’s Cameoscolumn every Wednesday.

Carnivals and picture shows from the past

AGAN

NASHVILLE, Tenn. —Country stars Miranda Lam-bert and the late JohnnyCash, along with famed bluesmusician Steve Cropper,were honored Tuesday forhelping to build Music City'sreputation as a home forartists of any genre.

The three musicians,along with Gaylord Enter-

tainment business executiveE.W. "Bud" Wendell, weregiven stars on the Music CityWalk of Fame in downtownNashville, Tennessee.

Lambert, a two-timeGrammy winner originallyfrom Texas, said she firstcame to Nashville a decadeago as a contestant on thetalent show "Nashville Star,"

but has spent the better partof her career on the road.

When she finally tooksome time off of touring andmoved back to Nashville, shesaid she felt like it was home.

"I have never felt moreinspired," Lambert said. "Itwas my first summer kind ofoff the road and I have neverfelt more ready to make

music and learn from musicand learn from musiciansand songwriters."

Cropper got his start atStax Records, in Memphis,Tennessee, as a guitarist withBooker T. and the M.G.s, TheMar-Keys and later as amember of the Blues Broth-ers with John Belushi andDan Aykroyd.

But he was drawn bycountry and studio musi-cians, including Chet Atkinsand Hank Garland, andmoved about 30 years ago toNashville, where he also hasa studio.

"I have always said thatNashville has some of thegreatest musicians that haveever walked on the Earth,

period," Cropper said.Cash's youngest brother,

Tommy Cash, accepted thehonor on his brother'sbehalf. Wendell, an executivewho helped to grow theGrand Ole Opry and GaylordEntertainment, also wasinducted.

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