CROWLEY -When describing the style of Notre Dame High’s successful football teams over the years, one could easily pull an ar-ticle written following the team’s last state title in 2009.

Adjectives and descriptions such as “chemistry”, “cohesive-ness” and “fundamentally sound” have been used when discussing the successful Pioneer teams of the past. Perhaps the reason for that is the one word you rarely hear associated with the pro-gram’s athletes — “star.”

While, of course, the school has produced several college players (and a few players are being looked at by colleges this year), it’s hard to remember any-

one ever saying, “You’ve got to see this kid play,” when describ-ing the Pioneers.

The Pioneers won their state title this year the same way they

won the past three under Head Coach Lewis Cook — they sim-ply outworked everybody.

Cook appeared somewhat weary when The Post-Signal in-terviewed him Monday. Coach-ing Friday’s title game (which was described as being “extreme-ly physical and tough”) along with the numerous interviews and other appearances that surely fol-lowed that victory would explain that.

However, when he discusses this year’s championship team, he seems to get a jolt of energy.

Asked to compare this year’s championship to the titles he won with Crowley High in 1989 and with Notre Dame in 2000 and 2009, he paused for a second.

“For some reason, this one feels really special,” said Cook.

“They’ve all been gratifying and satisfying. In 2009, we fi nally won one after losing in the title game the previous few years so that was like getting a monkey off of our backs. But the feelings that we have for this team are tough to match.”

So was this year’s defense. The Pioneer’s defense held

opposing teams to a grand total of 1,340 yards this season — in-cluding the teams they faced in the playoffs. They had eight shut-outs. They held their opposition to only 60 fi rst downs all season. And they came through in the clutch during the fi rst half this past Friday when Notre Dame had to overcome two botched punts and a turnover which left

CROWLEY – Ross Elemen-tary has become an old pro at The Leader in Me Process in many ways.

Last week, the school received one of the only missing pieces from its process’ puzzle: Light-house School designation.

Lighthouse School designa-tions aren’t just thrown about in The Leader in Me Process. It is earned and takes years to do so.

Ross Elementary, in that re-gard, has been building up to last Friday’s announcement for years, but it’s Lighthouse Committees – faculty and student – knew that this was the year to show that they were ready.

It is hardly an opportunity to rest on laurels at the school as later this month the school – along with all others with students in grades three through eight – will receive school performance scores. As Principal Paula Cutrera explained, in many ways, Friday was just the beginning for Ross Elementary.

Lighthouse School status is not an easy thing to earn. Ross El-ementary became school number 161 to do so out of 2,574 schools in 35 countries in The Leader in Me Process. Moreover, once again, Acadia Parish itself gets to

boast as it has four of those 161 schools now – Martin Petitjean El-ementary in Rayne, Rayne Kinder-garten, Rayne Catholic and Ross

Elementary.In Louisiana, there are 60

schools in the process, with two other Lighthouse Schools, T.S.

Cooley Elementary in Lake Charles and Shreve Island El-

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Letters to SantaIt’s not too late to

get those letters off to Santa Claus.

The Crowley Post-Signal will make sure that all letters are de-livered on time. In addi-tion, just to make sure that Santa gets the chance to read them, letters will be published in our special Christ-mas Greetings Section on Sunday, Dec. 20. (Santa’s a long-time subscriber.)

All you have to do to get your letters in on time is address them to:

Santa ClausP.O. Box 1589Crowley, LA 70527Make sure they’re

delivered to that ad-dress by Friday, Dec. 11. Or you can drop them off at the Post-Signal business offi ces at 602 N. Parkerson Ave., any time between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

The letter should in-clude the child’s name and age.

As many of the let-ters as space will allow will be published — but ALL will be delivered to the North Pole!

Another titleCongratulations to

the Notre Dame Pio-neers on their fi fth state football championship.

In case you missed it, the Pios defeated Riverside Academy, 13-3, Friday afternoon in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome to claim the Division III select title.

The win also marks Coach Louie Cook’s fourth state champion-ship — three at Notre

Project ‘substantially completed’CROWLEY – The Acadia

Parish School Board has de-clared that the Performance Based Energy Effi ciency Servic-es Project conducted by Johnson Controls, Inc. is substantially completed.

And, the board is already re-

ceiving applause from CLECO for the project, receiving a re-bate of over $40,000.

The project is the designed to help the board seave mon-ey through energy effi ciency. Lights and air conditioning units were replaced, among other things, with more effi cient ones that are designed to save elec-tricity as well as have longer

lives“These last few weeks we

have made great progress,” said Project Manager “Chip” Moore in his update Monday night.

The project is now moving into training, mostly. Moore be-lieves it will be completely done in about two weeks. Measure-ment verifi cations will also be done now.

Meanwhile, there is still one big item to take care of by JCI. It’s work on the Crowley High water well has been embattled by weather delays. The well is dug and JCI is hoping that the latest stretch of promising weather will mean it too will soon be checked off the list.

Throughout the process, Moore provided the board with

monthly updates as to how the project was progressing, and most of the work was done af-ter hours, over the summer or over holidays, all to not interrupt class time.

“It was great working with [JCI],” said Superintendent Bourque. “We were apprehen-

SEE SCRIPTS, PAGE 2

At NDHS, Cook’s legacy grows even stronger

School honor not taken ‘Light’-lyRoss Elementaryearns ‘LighthouseSchool’ designationBY JEANNINE LEJEUNEONLINE EDITOR

THE POST-SIGNAL / Jeannine LeJeuneIt was all smiles at Ross Elementary’s Synergy Assembly Friday morning when Principal Paula Cutrera, with the help of some of her students, announced that the school had earned the recognition of being a Leader in Me Lighthouse School.

SEE HONOR, PAGE 2

BY JEANNINE LEJEUNEONLINE EDITOR

SEE PROJECT, PAGE 2

Coach Lewis Cook

BY HOWELL DENNISNEWS EDITOR

SEE LEGACY, PAGE 2

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 20152 THE CROWLEY POST-SIGNAL

ObituariesJames

Dale BakerCARLYSS - James

Dale Baker, 77, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015.

James loved to hunt and fi sh but his biggest love was his grandkids. James was a Eucharistic minister at St. Theresa Catholic Church and de-livered Holy Communion to the sick and to the nursing homes. He swam in the senior Olympics for the past several years. James also served his country in the United States Army. James loved everything Cajun and was a big fan of McNeese State University football. James was retired from Shell Oil.

James is survived by his two daughters, Veronica “Ronnie” Fontenot and husband Kim, and Katrina “Tri-na” Kemmerly and husband Kurt; his grandchildren, Dillon Fontenot, Peyton Fontenot and Margeaux Kem-

merly; his two sisters, Sister Justina Baker and Roxy Long and husband Robert; and numerous nieces, neph-ews, family and friends.

James was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Mary Faye Baker; his parents, Sidney and Eunice Bak-er; and one grandson, Jordan Fontenot.

Services for James will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Carlyss at 2 p.m. with Father Luke Krzanowski, M.S., offi ciating.

Burial will be at Mimosa Pines South under the di-rection of Johnson and Robison Home.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Johnson and Robison Funeral Home in Sulphur from 9:30 a.m. until time of leaving for the church. A rosary will be recited at 12:30 p.m.

In lieu of fl owers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at www.johnsonrobisonfh.net.

Johnson and Robison Funeral Home, 107 W. Napo-leon St., Sulphur, LA 70663, is in charge of arrange-ments.

ementary in Shreveport.“We are honored to become

a Leader in Me Lighthouse School,” said Cutrera. “We have seen such amazing results from implementing The Leader in Me process at our school such as at-tendance, parental involvement and academics.

“One example [of many] is a student who didn’t like coming to school, but now, as a leader in the school and classroom, he’s here everyday. This process not only has had a signifi cant impact on this student, but on all our students. And, we expect to see greater results over time.”

Cutrera added her congratula-tions to all the students, parents

and faculty and staff of Ross El-ementary as it is a team effort.

As was the case with designa-tions and recognitions at other schools, Acadia Parish Superin-tendent John Bourque pointed out that a win for Ross Elemen-tary is also a win for the whole parish.

“We’re just extremely proud of Ross Elementary,” he said. “It’s quite an accomplishment. A lot of effort and hard work went into it. We are so proud of Ross Elemen-tary and its accomplishments.

“I think it’s another positive for [all of] us. We are doing great things with our kids.”

Leader in Me is Franklin-Covey’s whole school transfor-mation process. It teaches 21st century leadership and life skills to students and creates a culture of student empowerment based on the idea that every child can be a leader.

The process was started by an educator, Muriel Summers, prin-cipal of A.B. Combs Leadership

Magnet Elementary School in Raleigh, North Carolina. Sum-mers was told to fi nd someway to turn around the failing school and looked to FranklinCovey for partnership in designing, de-veloping and implementing a leadership model for her school, which drew on The 7 Habits and also incorporated Baldridge qual-ity tools and other educational best practices.

Within a few years, A.B. Combs experienced what they

viewed as a complete turn-around, ultimately being named No. 1 Magnet School in the U.S., twice.

Other schools took notice and began adopting the program. It found its way to Acadia Parish and has since been adopted by other schools, fi ve in total, four of which now hold Lighthouse School designations.

The Acadia Parish School Board presented its adulations to Ross Elementary in the open-ing items of its meeting Monday night, commenting on the great progress and accomplishments the school has made in the past few years.

Lighthouse Schools are rec-ognized because they have achieved outstanding results in school and student outcomes by implementing The Leader in Me process with fi delity. It is also be-cause of the extraordinary impact the school is having on its staff, its students, its parents and the community at large.

FROM PAGE 1

HONOR: ‘A lot of effort and hard work went into’ the designation

‘We have seen suchamazing results from

implementing The Leader inMe process at our school

such as attendance,parental involvement

and academics.’

Paula CutreraPrincipal, Ross Elementary

LAFAYETTE - The Moody College of Business Ragin’ Sales Team student team celebrated top hon-ors as it placed ninth out of 36 colleges and universi-ties in the Russ Berrie Institute National Sales Chal-lenge, held Nov. 18-20.

The team consisted of Courtney Sanders, a mar-keting senior from New Iberia, and Casey Dugas, a marketing junior from Lafayette. They are sponsored by Service Chevrolet Cadillac and led by sales in-structor Reece Theriot.

Both students advanced to the semi-fi nals, and Sanders placed seventh in the speed-selling competi-tion.

The ninth annual sales challenge, held at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, featured competing teams from colleges and universities across the United States and Scotland. Executives from 16 corporations judged skills of more than 100 students in the sales role-play and speed-selling com-petitions.

Theriot said he is proud of the students’ accom-plishments.

“What a great opportunity to represent our school, network and showcase hours of preparation — not only preparation for competitions, but for successful sales careers in our community,” he said.

Ragin’ Sales Teamplaces ninth inNat’l Sales Challenge

SUBMITTED PHOTOThe Ragin’ Sales Team of Courtney Sanders, Reece Theriot and Casey Dugas recently placed ninth out of 35 colleges and universities in the Russ Berrie Institute National Sales Challenge held at William Paterson Uni-versity in Wayne, New Jersey.

FROM PAGE 1

SCRIPTS: Networking

Dame and one at Crowley High. Congratulations to him and his staff of coaches.

Business After HoursThe Crowley Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday Busi-

ness After Hours Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Grand Opera House.

The event is being hosted by The Grand Opera House; Du-gas, Soileau and Breaux, CPAs; Rice Palace and The Evangeline Bank and Trust Co.

Chamber members and their guests are invited to register now to attend the networking event.

SUBMITTED PHOTOWomen leaders from Acadia Parish attended the Louisi-ana Farm Bureau Women’s Committee Fall Leadership Conference last month. Farm Bureau holds two confer-ences yearly to promote both agriculture and women’s leadership in the state. In addition to the seminar, the group toured the ConAgra Food Lamb Weston sweet potato processing plant in Delhi. Attending the confer-ence from left are Lynn Hundley and Eldine Richard of the Acadia Parish Women’s Leadership Committee.

the Riverside Rebels in good fi eld position each time.

Each time the Pio defense rose to the occasion and held them to only three points during this span.

An offensive spurt just prior to halftime gave the Pios 13 points. As it turned out, it was all they needed.

“Riverside was a great team,” said Cook. “A lot of people thought we would lose that game.”

Cook recalled the 2009 team as

having a great defense, but he didn’t mention any other teams that he’s coached that had a comparable de-fense to the one the Pios fi elded this past season.

“These guys worked so hard and were so coachable,” he said. “They were a bunch that was on a mission. They weren’t going to let anything get in their way.”

In fact, just prior to taking the fi eld against Riverside on Friday, Cook, who was inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

earlier this year, had some special words for his team that had nothing to do with the outcome of the game.

“I told them that win or lose, no matter what the score was, that the only disappointment I would have is knowing that we wouldn’t be tak-ing the fi eld together on Monday,” he said.

When asked how long he would celebrate this year’s state title be-fore getting back to work, he smiled and said, “I’m already going over the depth chart for next year.”

FROM PAGE 1

LEGACY: Many thought ND would lose

Deadline for award nominations tomorrow

FROM PAGE 1

PROJECT: ‘Super job not interrupting schools’

LAFAYETTE – The deadline to submit nominations for Com-munity Foundation of Acadiana’s (CFA) 2016 Leaders in Philan-thropy (LIP) Awards is by close of business Wednesday, Dec. 9. Applications should be com-pleted online at www.cfacadiana.org/2016LIPNominations.

Leaders in Philanthropy Awards are presented to outstanding indi-viduals or couples across CFA’s eight-parish service area who have made a philanthropic impact in their communities through substan-tial charitable contributions or by attracting substantial contributions.

An award recipient will be cho-

sen from each of the eight parishes if nominations allow. (CFA’s pri-mary service area includes the par-ishes of Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary and Vermilion.)

One or more Corporate Award(s) will also be presented to a corpora-tion that has made a philanthropic impact through substantial chari-table contributions in at least one of the above-mentioned parishes. The Corporate Award winner(s) need not be headquartered in Acadiana.

Nominees do not need to be fund owners at CFA nor contribu-tors to the Foundation in order to be selected for an award. CFA’s

past board of directors will review and choose the award recipients for all parishes, except for Iberia and St. Mary. CFA has affi liates in those parishes with local boards of directors who will review and choose their parish’s award selec-tions. Once selections are made, a fi nal list will be submitted to CFA’s board of directors for fi nal approv-al. Recipients will be selected in February and will be presented with awards at the sixth-annual Leaders in Philanthropy Awards Luncheon in November 2016.

Contact CFA Communica-tions and Development Director Erin Winder with any questions at 337.769.4842 or by email at ewind-er@cfacadiana.org.

Looking to honor ‘Leaders in Philanthropy’

sive at fi rst going into the schools at night.

“[JCI] did a super job not interrupting the schools.”

Moore complimented Acadia Parish’s schools’ staffs from the top to the bottom for working with them and being so accom-modating throughout the process.

“What made this proj-ect such a success, from an installation standpoint,

is the cooperation we’ve had with all the schools and the custodian person-nel and principals,” said Moore.

“It’s really been un-believable and it’s really a big part as to why this project was so successful.”

School board members like Milton Simar compli-mented JCI for always be-ing accommodating when questions arose. Simar refl ected that if he were to stroll into a school around 8 o’clock to see how it was

progressing one night, the person in charge would stop what he or she was doing to show Simar around and point out how it was moving.

The Crowley High School weight room proj-ect also received substan-tial completion.

The facility was ap-proved by the state fi re marshal’s offi ce inspec-tion last week.

Board members were invited to visit the facility as it was reported to be in

“great shape.”The project’s remain-

ing punch list is “very minor” and should be fi n-ished very soon.

Keys are now being turned over to Crowley High’s coaching staff so that the weights can be moved in and set up prop-erly.

Both items were passed unanimously.

APSB will hold no committee meetings in December and will next meet Jan. 11, 2016.

DEAR ABBY: A good friend of mine recently found out his daughter, “Rhonda” (who is over 18), feels she should have been born a boy.

“Ronnie” is now living life as a man and plans to change genders complete-ly.

To say the least, my friend and his wife are fi nd-ing it diffi cult to deal with. He doesn’t understand why she can’t just be gay, which he would be fi ne with.

I want to give them emotional support while at the same time supporting Ronnie, but I’m having a hard time relating to their feelings.

Could you provide some resources for them, such as organizations that help families deal with gender changing and all that it entails? -- WANTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE

DEAR WANTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE: I know an excellent LGBT organization that has been mentioned before in my column. It’s called Par-ents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG).

The largest increase in new individuals reach-ing out to PFLAG is now among trans people and their family members.

Ronnie can’t “just be gay” because the issue isn’t sexual orientation; it is Ronnie’s GENDER IDEN-TITY. PFLAG can help to

explain this to Ronnie’s father, and he should visit pfl ag.org for guidance.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with “John” for 18 years. We married while he was in prison.

I know I have outgrown him, but I’m scared to say it’s over in case I realize later that we should be to-gether. Over the years, we have both cheated and hurt each other.

I don’t know exactly what I am holding onto with him. There doesn’t seem to be anyone else out there to choose from, so maybe I should stay.

I’m not afraid to be alone, but I am confused. I am suffering from de-pression over this. Please help. -- STUCK IN DES MOINES

DEAR STUCK: If the only reason you haven’t left John is that there’s no one else around to choose

LifestylesTUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015 3

Dear Abby

By Abigail Van Buren

Birthdays & Anniversaries

RAYNE - The Rayne Frog Festival Committee has an-nounced that it will hold a contest for the design of the offi cial poster to commemorate the 2016 Festival.

A $100 prize will be awarded to the winner.All posters must be submitted on poster board or art

board and be 18 x 24 inches in size.The design must refl ect the celebration of the Frog Fes-

tival and include the following information:• 44th Annual Rayne Frog Festival• Frog Capital of the World• May 11-14, 2016• Rayne, LouisianaFrog festival events such as the frog leg cooking con-

test, dance contests, frog leg etiquette eating contest, ac-cordion contest, poker run, diaper derby, arts and crafts show, frog racing and jumping contests, carnival and fes-tival royalty may be used in the poster design.

All posters must be original artwork. Computer en-hanced original work will be allowed. Non-winning en-tries from previous years may be resubmitted with cor-rect information. There is a limit of three submissions per entrant. Entrant’s name, address and phone number must appear on the back of the poster. All entries must be camera-ready.

Entries are to be submitted to Fran Bihm at the Rayne Chamber of Commerce office located at 107 Oak St., Rayne.

The deadline for entry is Jan. 15, 2016. Judging will be done by the Rayne Frog Festival Committee at its Jan-uary meeting.

All poster entries become the property of the Rayne Chamber of Commerce/Rayne Frog Festival. The win-ning poster design and all rights to the design’s use shall become the property of the Rayne Chamber of Com-merce/Rayne Frog Festival.

For more information contact Bihm at 334-2332.

Frog Festival poster contest announced

December 8Amber King

Clevanda HollierDavid H. James

Fayetta PrimeauxGeneva Daigle

Hailey Kimble DoucetHannah Kimble DoucetHarley Duane DoucetHaven Duane DoucetHunter Duane Doucet

Jack WyattJenna Landry

Jessica BurnettJimmy Gotte

Jonah CormierJunior Hoffpauer

Michael Shayne RichardMona Cormier

Quintella SolomonRandy NanceRobert Simon

Shayne RichardStephanie Prather

Susie LeBeoufTaylor Webb

Tiffany CredeurWayland HarmonsWillie Mae Bias

Dot and Curley Gautreaux

from, it’s understandable that you would be de-pressed.

The status quo isn’t fair for you or your husband.

As I see it, you have two choices: Fix your marriage or leave. Of course, the bet-ter option would be for you and John to have counsel-ing to see if your love can be revived.

However, if it doesn’t work, then it might be bet-ter for you both to separate. The reason there is no one else out there right now may be that you are un-available.

DEAR ABBY: Call me ungrateful, but I am very uncomfortable receiving gifts.

How can I get longtime friends to stop bringing hostess gifts when I invite them over? I don’t need anything, and I resent feel-ing I am obligated to take something to them, too.

Why do women do this and men not feel so com-pelled? I have tried re-marking, “The present of your ‘presence’ is present enough,” but it continues. Help! -- UNGRACIOUS IN FLORIDA

DEAR UNGRA-CIOUS: Women usually bring hostess gifts because they were raised to believe it is the gracious thing to do. (“Don’t come empty-handed.”) Since “remark-ing” hasn’t gotten your message across, you will have to be more direct with your friends. TELL them that when they visit, you would prefer they bring only themselves and noth-ing more. Then explain that you are at a point where you have enough “things” and do not need or want any more.

Daughter’s changing gender identity baffl es her family

THE POST-SIGNAL / Saja HoffpauirMembers of the Acadia Parish Retired Teachers Association gathered for their annual Christmas luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 3, after which they delivered approx-imately 30 poinsettias to home-bound retired educators in the parish. Among those enjoying the luncheon and delivering poinsettias were, from left, President Eurella Cahanin, Denise Trahan, Barbara Doucet and Ezora Proctor.

Retired teachers deliver poinsettias

PHOTO SUBMITTEDThe National Association of University Women Crowley Branch participated in the Acadiana Area Heart Walk sponsored by the American Heart Association on Saturday, Nov. 7. The walk was held in Lafayette at Martin Hall on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. Among those at the walk “breaking up” with salt for heart health were, from left, Keiasha Benoit (former member), Martha Williams, Cynthia Winbush, Hilda Jones and Jocelyn Potier.

NAUW participates inAcadiana Area Heart Walk

Editorial4 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015

When the President of the United States asks the television networks to set aside time for him to broadcast a speech from the Oval Office, we can usually expect that he has something new to say. But President Obama’s speech Sunday night was just a rehash of what he has been saying all along, trying to justify policies that have repeatedly turned out disastrously for America and our allies.

This was not a speech about how the Obama administration is going to do anything differently in the future. It was a speech about how Obama’s policies were right all along. Obama is one of those people who are often wrong but never in doubt.

The president struck a familiar chord when he emphasized that we shouldn’t blame all Muslims for the actions of a few. How many people have you heard blaming all Muslims?

Even if 90 percent of all Muslims are fine people, and we admit 10,000 refugees from the Middle East, does that mean that we need not be concerned about adding a thousand potential terror-ists — even after we have seen in San Bernardino what just two terrorists can do?

The first responsibility of any govern-ment is to protect the people already in the country. Even in this age of an entitlement mentality, no one in a foreign country is entitled to be in America if the

American people don’t want them here.

Obama’s talk about how we should not make re-ligious distinctions might make sense if we were talk-ing about handing out entitlements. But we are talking

about distinguishing between different populations posing different levels of danger to the American people.

When it comes to matters of life and death, that is no time for the kind of glib, politically correct rhetoric that Barack Obama specializes in.

Obama may think of himself as a citizen of the world, but he was elected President of the United States, not head of a world government, and that does not authorize him to gamble the lives of Americans for the benefit of people in other countries.

The illusion that you can take in large numbers of people from a fundamentally different culture, without jeopardizing your own culture — and everything that depends on it — should have been dis-pelled by many counterproductive social consequences in Europe, even aside from the fatal dangers of terrorists.

Most refugees in the Middle East can

be helped in the Middle East, and many Americans would undoubtedly be will-ing to financially help Muslim countries like Jordan or Egypt to care for these refugees in societies more compatible with their beliefs and values.

The history of millions of European immigrants who came here in centuries past was fundamentally different from what is happening in our own times.

First of all, those immigrants were stopped at Ellis Island to be checked medically and otherwise, and were al-lowed to get off that island to go ashore only after they had met whatever legal standards there were. Otherwise, they were sent back where they came from.

More fundamentally, people came here to assimilate into the American society they found, not to become iso-lated enclaves of aggrieved foreigners, demanding that Americans adjust to their languages, their values and their ways of life.

Like so much that President Obama says, his talk of “stronger screening” of people coming into the United States is sheer fantasy, when even his own intel-ligence officials and law enforcement of-ficials say that we have no adequate data on which to base a meaningful screening of Syrian refugees.

When Obama spoke of the danger of our being “drawn once more into a long and costly ground war in Iraq or Syria,” that was yet another fantasy, that wars are optional.

When terrorists are at war with us, we cannot simply declare that war to be over, whenever it is politically conve-nient, as Obama did when he withdrew American troops from Iraq, against the advice of his own generals. That is what led to the rise of ISIS.

Our only real choice is between destroying ISIS over there or waiting for them to come over here and start killing Americans. As in other cases, Obama has made a choice that reflects politics and rhetoric, rather than reality.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford Univer-sity, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. To find out more about Sowell, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Weather forecasters are saying that the strongest El Niño in 50 years could bring a white Christmas to places that typically do not see snow in December, but the odds are still loaded against Santa needing snow shoes in south Louisiana.

Prognosticators such as Accuweather’s Ben Noll say the El Niño-driven weather pattern will send frequent storms from the West Coast into the Deep South and then up the East Coast. Another forecast gives a 25 percent chance of snow in New Orleans on Christmas.

I wouldn’t bet the mortgage money on either prediction. It is indeed quite likely that El Niño will send us a wet Christmas, but it’s far more likely that we will see rain rather than snow. I’ve got weather records that are even older than me, and, according to them, we’ve never had a Christmas with widespread snowfall across south Louisiana, and very few when even a few fl akes might — might — have fallen.

Statistically, we’re more likely to have snow for Valentine’s Day than for Christmas in south Louisiana.

According to records for the Lafayette, Christmas Day temperatures have dipped to freezing or below only 25 times since 1896: 32 degrees in 1935 and 1947; 31 degrees in 1900, 1918, 1953, 1995, 1998, and 1999; 30 degrees in 1920, 1968, and 1996; 29 degrees in 1896, 1924, 2013; 28 degrees in 1961, 1963, and 2004; 27 degrees in 1966 and 1980, 26 degrees in 1905, 1906, and 1985; 25 degrees in 1990; 19 degrees in 1989; and 12 degrees in 1983.

Christmas 1983 was the coldest on record, when we warmed up to only 25 degrees by mid-afternoon. That Christmas came in the middle of an Arctic blast that chilled Lafayette to 27 degrees on Dec. 23, 15 degrees on Christmas Eve, 12 on Christmas Day, and 16 degrees the day after that.

Lots of folks will also remember 1989, when the thermometer dipped to 9 degrees on Dec. 23 and 11 on Christmas Eve, before warming up to a balmy 19 on Christmas morning.

There was plenty of ice associated

with both the 1983 and 1989 cold snaps, but no Christmas snow.

As is so typical of Louisiana weather, the Christmas before that frigid holiday season was the warmest ever. Christmas Day warmed up to 78 degrees in 1982. In fact, Acadiana has heated to above 70 degrees on Christmas Day at least 30 times—which is more often than it has fallen below freezing.

The thermometer at Lafayette measured 70 degrees in 1931, 1957, 1960, and 1992; 71 degrees in 1916, 1937, and 1971; 72 in 1948; 73 in 1926, 1936, 1950, and 1954; 74 in 1904; 75 in 1901, 1932, 1944, 1946, and 1969; 76 in 1917, 1922, 1934, 1941, 1955, and 1964; and 77 in 1987and 2008.

Since 2000, the average temperature on Christmas morning has been not quite 40 degrees and the afternoon high has been 55.5.

It’s rained on Christmas about a fourth of the time over the last century, but the precipitation has usually come in the warmer holiday seasons, when it wasn’t cold enough to generate snow. In 1981, a big rain started late on Christmas Day, but most of it fell on Dec. 26 and Dec. 27. Over those two days there was an average rainfall of 15 inches over a 100-mile-wide band stretching diagonally across the state from the southwest to the northeast.

It was both wet and cold on several occasions, but no widespread snowfall came of it.

The two best chances of snowfall appear to have been in 1924 and 1887. The 1924 weather report says it was 29 degrees with 0.06 inches of precipitation. In 1887, according to the Louisiana Weather Review, “a few fl akes of snow, the fi rst in seven years, fell on Christmas Eve in Grand Coteau and Breaux Bridge reported light snow at 10:30 a.m. on December 24.” In both instances, the little bit of snow melted quickly and didn’t hang around for Christmas Day.

In 1949, Christmas Eve temperatures dropped into the upper 20s across much of south Louisiana, but there was no precipitation that might have lingered. The 1915 report shows less than a quarter of an inch of wintry precipitation on Christmas Eve, but the temperature stayed above freezing; if there was snow in the mixture, it didn’t last.

Contact Jim Bradshaw at jimbradshaw4321@gmail.com or P.O. Box 1121. Washington LA 70589.

Better times are ahead

It’s no secret in our region that the oilfi eld is in a downturn.

Low oil and gas prices have slowed activity in the Gulf of Mexico and led to numerous layoffs at area companies.

What we already knew was painful enough.

But jobs numbers from the rest of the nation that were reported on Friday make our local troubles even more confounding.

The nation’s workforce is enjoying job gains. In fact, the national numbers last week said U.S. employers added 211,000 jobs in November.

The energy industry, though, was not among them.

That industry actually cut 11,300 jobs, some of them surely in south Louisiana.

In the past year and a half, oil prices have gone from $107 a barrel to $40. In that same time, gas prices at the pump have decreased from $3.70 a gallon to $2.05 — both national averages.

And internationally, circumstances could be getting even worse. OPEC na-tions last week decided to keep their pro-duction levels high, meaning that there is a worldwide over-supply of oil that could actually drive prices even further down.

That is not the good news we were hoping for here.

But good news is coming — sooner or later.

We know that the oil and gas industry operates on cycles. There are up cycles and down cycles.

And the price and supply of oil on the international market has much to do with our economic health.

We know that times now are not the best. But we also know that the industry doesn’t stay at the top or the bottom forev-er, that prices adjust, the market changes and eventually jobs return.

South Louisiana has depended for decades on the oil industry. We have seen good times and bad. At the moment, things are on the down side of the cycle. That will change.

We were fortunate enough to enjoy a relatively stable and healthy economy through the turmoil that rocked the rest of the nation during our recent economic downturn. We weathered it without huge job losses or economic decline.

Even now, our jobless rates aren’t as high as much of the U.S. endured. And there is every reason to think even this bump in the road will soon be in the rear-view mirror.

The oil and gas industry has sustained south Louisiana. It hasn’t always been a boom time, but it has always endured.

This is the latest downturn, and it might last a while. Or, we might see a turnaround in coming months. All we know is that the high end of the cycle will return.

Here’s hoping it’s sooner rather than later.

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Roundup: Gents remain perfect on hardwoodOPELOUSAS – The Crowley

Gents averaged just over 75 points per game over the weekend and improved to 8-0 on the season after winning three games at the West-minster Tournament.

The Gents opened tournament play with a 75-52 rout of Runnels before cruising past Opelousas Catholic (68-36) and Westminster (84-58) to close out the weekend.

The Gents got production throughout the lineup, with nearly every player on the roster contribut-ing in one way or another.

Josh Burnett’s 32-point perfor-mance against Westminster gave him a total of 65 points in the three games. Travon Nickson poured in 35 points and Chris Osten and Alk-wan Wesby each scored 28. Davon Nickson followed the group with 25 points; Jacolby Byers, 20; Paul Goodley, 15 and Tre Lewis, two.

The Gents return to action this evening when they play host to Eu-nice in the second game of a double-header. The CHS Ladies will take on Breaux Bridge at 6 p.m. in the fi rst game.

Lady Pios upend DelcambreDELCAMBRE – The Notre

Dame Lady Pios outscored Delcam-bre 29-11 in the second half to pull away for a 52-32 victory over the Lady Panthers in their fi nal game of the Delcambre Tournament.

The Lady Pios (2-4) dropped their fi rst two games of the tourna-ment to Northside (50-21) and Ver-milion Catholic (50-34).

In Saturday’s victory, Alyssa

BATON ROUGE - Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns senior guard Kia Wilridge was named the Louisiana Sports Writers Associa-tion Player of the Month last week after helping lead the Cajuns to a 4-1 start, including two wins over SEC teams to begin the 2015-16 campaign.

The Crowley native averaged 14.0 points per game over fi ve contests (second on team) and led the Cajuns with 16 assists. The 16 assists placed her in a seventh-place tie (245) in Cajuns history.

WIlridge helped the Cajuns defeat two SEC teams (Ole Miss, Arkan-sas) in a 12-day span. She scored in double-fi gures in four of fi ve games, including two 19-point performances against the University of Houston and the Arkansas Ra-zorbacks. Through fi ve games, her 48.3% shoot-ing percentage is the best among Cajuns with at least 20 shot attempts.

Wilridge is the fi rst Ragin' Cajun to win the award under fourth-year head coach Garry Brod-head.

ULL’s Wilridge earns Player of Month honor

Williams scored 10 of her game-high 24 points in the second quarter to help give the Lady Pios a 23-19 lead at the break.

Williams added six more points in the third quarter and the Lady Pios began to pull away by outscor-ing the hosts 14-5 in the fourth. She scored eight of her team’s 15 points in the fourth quarter as well.

Catherine Gonzalez followed Williams with six points; Annie Matthews, fi ve; Abbey Higginbo-tham and Ali LeBlanc, four each and Abbie Simon, three. Leeann Gray, Hunter LeBlanc and Sydnei Simon rounded out the scoring with two points each.

The Lady Pios will be in action again today when they travel to Port Barre for a 6 p.m. contest.

Lady Dogs clip CarencroSCOTT – The Iota Lady Bull-

dogs improved to 7-1 on the season with a 45-42 come-from-behind victory over Carencro in the Acadi-ana Tournament.

The Lady Dogs trailed 32-23 at the half and faced a 12-point defi cit (38-26) entering the fi nal frame.

Madeline Gatte caught fi re in the fi nal frame and poured in eight points to help the Lady Dogs go on a 19-4 run to complete the rally.

Whitney Landry, who did most of her damage in the fi rst half, led

the Lady Dogs with 16 points while Gatte fi nished with 10. Cambri St. Andre and Avery Wriborg each scored eight points; Shydee John-son, two and Becca Fantroy, one.

The Lady Dogs will travel to Lake Arthur today for a 6 p.m. con-test.

Midland sweeps KaplanKAPLAN – The Midland Rebels

and Lady Rebels were both winners on Friday, pulling off a sweep of Class 3A Kaplan in a doubleheader.

The Lady Rebels got 17 points from Kristen Breaux in a 50-29 thumping of the Lady Pirates while Dagan Patin torched the nets for 32 points in the Rebels’ 59-47 victory in the nightcap.

In the girls’ game, the Lady Reb-els pulled away early and led 31-10 at the half before taking their foot off the gas in the fi nal two frames.

Brooke Comeaux and Andrekia Allen each scored eight points in the victory; Nicole Kraut, six and Jade Boudreaux, four. Also, Brittney Per-rodin, Jackie Sims and Emma Bou-dreaux each had two and Hannah Credeur had one.

In the fi nale, Patin scored 10 points in the fi nal frame to help the Rebels hold off a late push by the host Pirates, who trailed 40-29 en-tering the fourth quarter.

Dylan Boudreaux also hit double fi gures with 11 points and Griffi n Hains had fi ve.

Also contributing in the victory were Bailey Vincent (4), Spencer Richard (3), Anthony Massey (2) and Dylan Cormier (2).

December 8, 2015High School BasketballEunice @ CHS 6 p.m.

Lake Arthur @ IHS 6 p.m.ND @ Port Barre 6 p.m.

College BasketballW. Virginia vs. Virginia 6 p.m.

Michigan @ SMU 8 p.m.

December 9, 2015High School BasketballPine Prairie Tourney

CHS vs. D. Thibodeaux TBACollege Basketball

McNeese @ ULL 7 p.m.UNLV @ Wichita St. 8 p.m.Dayton @ Vanderbilt 8 p.m.

December 10, 2015High School Basketball(G) LCA @ ND 7 p.m.Pine Prairie Tourney

CHS vs. Pine Prairie TBABarbe Tourney

(G) IHS vs. Hamilton 3:30 p.m.(G) IHS vs. Sulphur 6:15 p.m.

December 11, 2015High School Basketball

MHS @ Jennings 5:30 p.m.Barbe Tourney

(G) IHS vs. DeRidder 4:45 p.m.NBA

Heat @ Pacers 6 p.m.Cavs @ Magic 6 p.m.

December 12, 2015College Football

Army vs. Navy 2 p.m.College Basketball

ULL @ La. Tech NoonN. Carolina @ Texas 4 p.m.

Florida @ Michigan St. 5 p.m.UCLA @ Gonzaga 9 p.m.

December 14, 2015High School Basketball

IHS @ MHS 6 p.m.St. Joes @ NCS 5:30 p.m.

NBAMagic @ Nets 6:30 p.m.Suns @ Mavs 7:30 p.m.

Pelicans @ Blazers 9 p.m.

Crowley High’s Josh Burnett drives past a defender

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 20156 THE CROWLEY POST-SIGNAL

HELP WANTED

FARMWORKERSN E E D E D F O Rcrawfish, r ice &soybeans seasonin the Ville Platte,La . r u ra l a rea ,working for Mr. Ro-l ando Sanchezf rom 2/1 /2016–11/1/2016, 7 tem-porary positions, 40h r s . w k . @$10.18/hr. Guar.3/4 work per iodcontract. Work in-cludes: Help re-pair and maintainfarm equipment,s h o p , f i e l d s ,levees, and farmroads. Rice & soy-beans to include:field prep, waterm a i n t e n a n c e ,planting and har-vest ing of crop,drive tractor. Craw-f ish ing invo lvesmanually cutting upof fish bait, baitingof traps; operatecrawfish boat, fre-quent stooping andlifting traps, liftingrequirement of 40l b s . , r epe t i t i v emovements andworking outside ininclement weatherconditions Toolsfurn ished at nocos t . Hous ingp r o v i d e d o npremises. Trans-portation and sub-sistence expensesto the worksite willbe paid by the em-ployer upon com-pletion of 50% ofthe work contract.Must have legal au-thority to work with-i n t h e U n i t e dSta tes . ContactVille Platte CareerSolutions, 306 W.Ma in S t . , V i l l ePlatte, LA 705863 3 7 - 3 6 3 - 6 2 4 1 .Please refer to joborder 586022.

1 TEMPORARYCRAWFISH & riceworkers needed byVONDENSTE INFARMS, in Scott,0 1 / 0 6 / 2 0 1 6 t o10/31/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withdr iv ing t ractors ,field prep, watermain. fert i l iz ing,plant and harvestof crops which in-c l u d e s manua lshovel work andhoeing of weeds,spot spraying treat-ments and generalfarm labor. Repaira n d m a i n t a i nequip., field, farm,levees, shop androads. Load andu n l o a d t r u c k s .Crawf i sh ing in -volves manual lycutting of fish bait,baiting, and check-ing crawfish traps.Grade and washcrawfish for ship-ment, make and re-pair crawfish trapsas needed. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o anyworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4 s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 571099.

LAND

LAND FOR SALELyons Point area25 acres. Black topfrontage $65,000Call 337-319-3909

AVONCOME VISIT MY

Avon Store10% O f f A v onProducts til XmasOpen 9am-6pmMonday- Saturday325 W. 14th Street,Crowley. 337-783-0227

HELP WANTED

1 TEMPORARYCRAWFISH & riceworkers needed byRussell J. Roy, inR a y n e , L A0 1 / 0 6 / 2 0 1 6 t o07/15/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withdr iv ing t ractors ,field prep, watermain. fert i l iz ing,plant and harvestof crops which in-c l u d e s manua lshovel work andhoeing of weeds,spot spraying treat-ments and generalfarm labor. Repaira n d m a i n t a i nequip., field, farm,levees, shop androads. Load andu n l o a d t r u c k s .Crawf i sh ing in -volves manual lycutting of fish bait,baiting, and check-ing crawfish traps.Grade and washcrawfish for ship-ment, make and re-pair crawfish trapsas needed. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o an yworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 570687

2 TEMPORARYR I C E wo r k e r sneeded by TEEGUIDRY FARMS,i n R a y n e , L A0 1 / 0 6 / 2 0 1 6 t o10/31/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withdr iv ing t ractors ,field prep, watermain. fert i l iz ing,plant and harvestof crops which in-c l u d e s manua lshovel work andhoeing of weeds,spot spraying treat-ments and generalfarm labor. Repaira n d m a i n t a i nequip., field, farm,levees, shop androads. Load andunload trucks. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o anyworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 571753.

HELP WANTED

AUTO MECHAN-IC NEEDED. Ex-perience required.Apply in person.Southern Tire &Appliance, 127 W.2nd Street, Crow-ley.

3 TEMPORARYCRAWFISH work-ers needed by Kev-i n Re i n e r s , i nR a y n e , L A0 1 / 0 6 / 2 0 1 6 t o07/31/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withloading and un-l oad i ng t r u cks .Crawf i sh ing in -volves manual lycutting of fish bait,baiting, and check-ing crawfish traps.Grade and washcrawfish for ship-ment, make and re-pair crawfish trapsas needed. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o anyworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4 s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 570645.

1 TEMPORARYR I C E w o r k e rneeded by KevinReiners, in Rayne,LA 01/06/2016 to10/31/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withdr iv ing t ractors ,field prep, watermain. fert i l iz ing,plant and harvestof crops which in-c l u d e s manua lshovel work andhoeing of weeds,spot spraying treat-ments and generalfarm labor. Repaira n d m a i n t a i nequip., field, farm,levees, shop androads. Load andunload trucks. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o anyworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4 s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 570649.

GUEYDAN ME-MORIAL GUESTHome h a s a nopening for a PartTime PRN LPN.C o n t a c t K a y l aHebert at 337-536-6584 , app l y a t1201 Third StreetG u e y d a n , L a70542, or fax yourresume to 337-536-9611 to apply

HELP WANTED

FULL-TIMEMEDICAL

Assistant neededfor 3 physicianmedical office inCrowley (CrowleyPrimary Care).With benefits: va-cation, health insur-ance, retirementplan. Work hoursfor this position willbe 12 noon to 7pmdaily (Mondaythrough Friday).

Pay is commensur-ate with experi-

ence. Please emailresumes tocbihm2@hotmail.com

FARMWORKERSN E E D E D F O Rcrawfish & rice sea-son in the Basile,La . r u ra l a rea ,work ing for Ms.Joey Schne iderfrom 1/27/2016–9/15/2016, 4 tem-porary positions, 40h r s . w k . @$10.18/hr. Guar.3/4 work per iodcontract. Work in-cludes: Help re-pair and maintainfarm equipment,s h o p , f i e l d s ,levees, and farmroads. Field prep,water maintenance,planting and har-ves t ing o f r i ce ,drive tractor. Craw-f ish ing invo lvesmanually cutting upof fish bait, baitingof traps; opératemotorized Craw-fish boat; frequentstooping and liftingtraps; l i f t ing re-quirement of 40l b s . , r epe t i t i v emovements andworking outside ininclement weatherconditions. Toolsfurn ished at nocos t . Hous ingp r o v i d e d o npremises. Trans-portation and sub-sistence expensesto the worksite willbe paid by the em-ployer upon com-pletion of 50% ofthe work contract.Must have legal au-thority to work with-i n t h e U n i t e dSta tes . ContactVille Platte CareerSolutions, 306 W.Ma in S t . , V i l l ePlatte, LA 705863 3 7 - 3 6 3 - 6 2 4 1 .Please refer to joborder 574580.

3 TEMPORARYCRAWFISH work-e r s needed byJOHN GUIDRYFARMS, in Rayne,LA 01/06/2016 to08/31/2016. Work-ers will perform du-ties associated withloading and un-l oad i ng t r u cks .Crawf i sh ing in -volves manual lycutting of fish bait,baiting, and check-ing crawfish traps.Grade and washcrawfish for ship-ment, make and re-pair crawfish trapsas needed. Musthave 3 months pri-o r e x p e r i e n c e .Worker s will re-ceive $10.18 perhour as stipulatedby the U.S. DOL.Free housing willbe p rov ided toworkers who liveoutside the area ofintended employ-ment. Transporta-tion and subsist-ence costs to theplace of employ-ment will be reim-bu r s ed t o anyworker who livesoutside of the in-tended employ-ment upon comple-tion of 50% of thework contract, orearlier if appropri-ate. Transportationto and from works-ite will be providedby the employer forworkers who live inhousing providedby the employer.Worke r w i l l beguaranteed 3/4 s ofthe hours specifiedin the work con-tract. Tools, sup-plies and neces-sary equipment willbe provided at theemployer s cost.For additional in-formation and tocomplete applica-tion, contact thelocal SWA at 11 N.Parkerson Avenue,Crowley, LA 70527;Ph: 337-788-7550,Job Order 571075.

HELP WANTED

FARMWORKERSN E E D E D F O Rcrawfish & rice sea-s o n i n t h eCheneyvi l le, La.rural area, workingf o r M r . Rand yD a u z a t f r o m2 / 1 / 2 0 1 6 –12/1/2016, 1 tem-porary positions, 35h r s . w k . @$10.18/hr. Guar.3/4 work per iodcontract. Work in-cludes: Help re-pair and maintainfarm equipment,s h o p , f i e l d s ,levees, and farmroads; field prep,moderate amountof shovel labor re-quired & use ofbrush knife, watermaintenance, har-vesting of rice crop,driving tractor, as-sist with shipmentof rice & sweepinggrain bins; pull redrice by hand; mustbe able to lift &carry 70 – 80 lbs.sacks;. 3 mos. ex-perience in identifi-fying & pulling redrice. Crawfishinginvolves manuallycutting up of fishba i t , ba i t i ng o ftraps; operate mo-torized boat andwalking & pushinga Crawfish boat in18” of wáter for atlast 6 hours perday; may includeextensive pushing& pulling, frequentstooping and liftingtraps from pond,lifting requirementof 70 – 80 lbs., re-p e t i t i v e move -ments, must be ingood physical con-dition and workingo u t s i d e i n i n -clement weatherconditions and alsoin extreme heat.Tools furnished atno cost. Housingp r o v i d e d o npremises. Trans-portation and sub-sistence expensesto the worksite willbe paid by the em-ployer upon com-pletion of 50% ofthe work contract.Must have legal au-thority to work with-i n t h e U n i t e dStates. Contact Al-exandria CareerSolutions, 5610BColiseum Blvd., Al-exandria, LA 713033 1 8 - 4 8 7 - 5 5 3 4 .Please refer to joborder 586064.

COLLEGE ANDCAREER Readi-ness staff neededin Jefferson Davisparish for adultsworking towards ahigh school equi-valency diploma orwanting to improveE n g l i s h s k i l l s .Classes are Tues-day & Thursday 4-7pm. AA/AS accep-ted. BA/BS pre-ferred. Computers k i l l s r e q u i r e dWord and Excel. 1year of work exper-ience in non-profitor education help-ful. Professionald e v e l o p m e n tprovided. E-mailcover letter and re-sume to jcouvillion@literacyswla.orgby 12/15/15. EEOCEmployer

D O R E C R A W -FISH FARMS, LLCseeks 4 workers forseasonal, tempor-ary work in Egan,LA; 1/4/2016 to10/15/2016; 40 hrsper week, overtimeh o u r s ma y beoffered; 7am-3pm;M-Fri; job duties in-clude manually cut-ting up fish bait;baiting, placing andcheck ing t raps ;harvesting, wash-ing, and gradingcrawfish, shovelwork; transferringcrawfish sacks; un-loading trucks; jobinvolves frequentstooping, l i f t ing,standing for exten-ded pe r i ods o ftime, exposure toex t reme temps ;must have threemonths experiencein similar farm oc-c u p a t i o n ;$10.18/hour; workgua ran t eed f o r3/4ths of period;too ls , supp l i es ,equ ip , hous ing ,transportation, sub-sistence provided;Louisiana Work-force CommissionJob Order: 572508;Contact LouisianaWorkforce Com-m i ss i on , O rde rHolding Office, 11North ParkersonAvenue, Crowley,LA 70527; (337)788-7550

FOR RENT

1, 2, 3 & 4 bed-room houses forrent 788-2639

1004 1/2 S. Ave G.,Crowley 2 Bed-room Home $450D e p o s i t $ 4 5 0Month App. In -cluded 788-1505

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2 B E D R O O MAPTS with washer/dryer hookups, ap-pliances furnished.Rent $550/$650825 East 1st. 2 or3 bedroom Town-houses$750/$1000 RentBeauvoir area. 2bedroom 2 1/2bath condos withappliances, 2 carcovered parking$1,000/$1200 rentBayou Bend De-posits required onall properties. Car-michael RentalPropert ies 125East 10th Crowley,250-4316

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Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) - This is an ex-

citing day because the Sun is in your sign, dancing with unpredictable Uranus. This gives your life an exciting quality. You have a chance to learn more about yourself in ways that are not usually possible.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) - You might be restless today because you sense that there is excitement in the air. Something behind the scenes suddenly might reveal itself to you. Surprise!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) - Your interaction with friends and groups will be exciting today. Whatever you study will reveal something new and stimulating about the universe.

PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) - Something might happen that causes people in authority to view you in an entirely new light. They see you as different. They also see you as imaginative and promising. (Like wow.)

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) - This is a wonder-ful day to study anything new. You might like the study of philosophy, politics, astronomy, mathematics and computers.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) - Sudden good fortune might come to you today. This window of op-portunity will be brief, which means you will have to act quickly.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) - Close friends and partners will surprise you today. They might introduce you to someone different and unusual. They might sug-gest something that broadens your world.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) - This is an exciting day at work. Many of you will deal with new technology or electronics. Admittedly, you might have glitches with computers and electronic machinery. It’s an unpredict-able day!

LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) - Love at fi rst sight will happen for some of you today. (Eyes across a crowded room and all that.) You might receive an unexpected invitation. If so, you will have to respond quickly.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) - You might spontane-ously entertain at home today. Something unusual will take place that makes your private life exciting and dif-ferent. New, high-tech toys for your home might arrive.

LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) - Today is full of new ideas, new faces and new places! Everything is a bit larger-than-life and exciting! Stay light on your feet.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) - Keep an eye on your money, because things are unpredictable today. However, opportunities to boost your earnings exist. If something presents itself, act quickly; you cannot hesitate.

YOU BORN TODAY - Whatever you do, you do with tremendous passion because you are highly energetic. You also have great loyalty to your group. A major deci-sion awaits you this year. It will be wise to save money in the fi rst half of the year and cut down on overhead expenses in order to be strong later in the year. Be true to yourself. Respect your integrity this year.

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December 8FOODNET FOOD DRIVE - Crowley Christian Care Center will accept donations of non-perishable food items from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.

December 10RAYNE CHRISTMAS PARADE - The city of Rayne will host its annual Christ-mas Parade at 6 p.m. The parade begins at Gossen Memorial Drive and ends at Depot Square. Call Suzette Leonards at 334-6682.

December 10-11CHRISTMAS CONCERT - The Eunice Community Concert Band and Choir will present its 2015 Christmas concert - “On with the Snow!” - at 7 p.m. at the Liberty Center, 100 W. Park Ave. in Eunice. Com-munity choir, concert band, children’s choir and art exhibit by Fine Arts Council of Eu-nice, $5 adults, $2 children under 12. For

more info or tickets call 457-1776.

December 11CHRISTMAS MUSICAL - The Seventh District Baptist Association will present a Christmas musical at the St. John Baptist Church, 824 W. Hickory St. in Ville Platte at 7 p.m.

December 12BBQ DINNER SALE - The First Church of God in Christ, 328 N. Ave. B, will sell pork steak or half chicken BBQ dinners with rice dressing, baked beans and potato salad for $8 from 10 a.m. to noon. For more info or tickets call 739-5605.

CAKE BINGO - Crowley Middle School will host a cake bingo in the girl’s gymnasi-um from 2 p.m. “until.” $2 per card. Conces-sions, door prizes. Proceeds to benefi t spring student trip to Washington, D.C.

December 16ACADIA POST 15 AND LADIES AUX-ILIARY MEETING - Acadia Post 15 of the American Legion and the Ladies Auxil-iary will meet at the VFW Hall, 475 VFW Dr. in Crowley, at 7 p.m. The board meeting and meal will begin at 6 p.m.

JAMMIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE WITH SANTA IN THE COURTYARD - St. Francis School, 490 St. Joseph Ave. in Iota, will host an Open House and Jammies and Hot Chocolate with Santa in the Court-yard from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Free photo op with Santa, DJ and Pajama Dance Party in the gym, concessions. For more info call 779-2527 or e-mail cmanuel@stfrancis-wolves.com.

December 30ALZHEIMER’S CAREGIVER SUP-PORT GROUP MEETING - The Al-

zheimer’s Caregiver Support Group will meet at Encore Healthcare and Rehab, 19110 Crowley-Eunice Hwy., from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

January 12CHS 8TH GRADE INFO MEETING - Crowley High School will hold an infor-mational meeting for 8th grade students and their parents from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Crowley Middle School library, 401 W. Northern Ave. in Crowley. Topics will include scheduling process, Jumpstart Di-ploma info and completion of registration forms. For more info call 783-5313.

January 23“SCRAPBOOKING WITH FRIENDS” - Free scrapbooking workshop in Crowley from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Beginner to advanced scrapbookers are welcome. “Make & Take” will be offered. Register in advance for re-

served work space. To register, or for more information, call Paula at 783-5473.

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SUBMITTED PHOTOStudents in the pre-K class at St. Michael School recently visited Camelot Place to sing Christmas carols to the residents. The residents and students all enjoyed the visit and sharing the Christmas spirit.

Crowley Middleannounces cakebingo fundraiserMoney raised will benefi t students attending Washington, D.C., in spring

CROWLEY – Crowley Middle School is looking to offset costs for students attending Washington, D.C., in the spring.

So, all proceeds from its upcoming cake bingo will benefi t those making the trip.

The bingo will begin at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 12. Cost is $2 per card and those with hard cards only are invited to bring their own, though the $2 cost will still apply. The event will last until there are no more cakes to be won. Door prizes will also be given out.

Concessions will also be sold at the bingo.For more information, contact Crowley

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