Posted
2012-10-01 06:23:00
by
Dave gRaichen
NEWS FOR MONDAY 100112
BY DAVE GRAICHEN
H. ROUSE CAFFEY, WHO SERVED TWO TENURES AS THE CHANCELLOR OF LSUA, DIED SATURDAY AT THE AGE OF 83. CAFFEY WAS CHANCELLOR OF LSUA FROM 1981 THROUGH 1984. HE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL AS INTERIM CHANCELLOR FOR THE FALL SEMESTER IN 2007 AND SERVED UNTIL CURRENT CHANCELLOR DAVID MANUEL WAS HIRED THE FOLLOWING SPRING. FUNERAL SERVICES ARE SCHEDULED FOR 11 A.M. TUESDAY AT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ALEXANDRIA. VISITATION IS 4-8 P.M. TODAY AT HIXSON BROTHERS FUNERAL HOME IN ALEXANDRIA.
OCTOBER IS HERE; MEANING WE'RE INTO THE LAST WEEKS OF THE 2012 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON. STATE CLIMATOLOGIST BARRY KEIM SAYS, THOUGH THE TROPICS APPEAR TO CALMING DOWN, WE SHOULDN'T PUT AWAY OUR EMERGENCY STORM SUPPLIES JUST YET. SINCE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST NAMED STORMS HITTING LOUISIANA AT THIS TIME OF YEAR. HURRICANE MATTHEW IN 2004, LILY IN 2002, AND JUAN BACK IN 1985. KEIM SAYS A PACIFIC EL NINO IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP, WHICH WILL GREATLY LESSEN THE CHANCES OF NAMED STORMS FORMING IN THE ATLANTIC.
OCTOBER MEANS FLU SEASON WILL BE STARTING SOON IN LOUISIANA, AND HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT'S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS YEAR'S FLU SHOT. BILL SCHAFFNER, WITH THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL, SAYS THERE ARE AMPLE SUPPLIES OF FLU VACCINE AVAILABLE THIS YEAR...AND MOST ALL OF US SHOULD GET VACCINATED. HE SAYS PARISH HEALTH CENTERS WILL HAVE FREE FLU SHOTS AVAILABLE TO THOUSANDS, OR THEY CAN BE EASILY OBTAINED THROUGH YOUR DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR, IN MANY CASES AT YOUR LOCAL PHARMACY, AT MINIMAL COST.
A TEACHER AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF CALLING IN A BOMB THREAT AT THREE PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN OUACHITA PARISH LAST WEEK. 30 YEAR OLD DAVID REYNA WHO TEACHES SPANISH AT RIVER OAKS SCHOOL, WAS BOOKED INTO THE OUACHITA CORRECTIONAL CENTER ON FRIDAY AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED BY SHERIFF’S OFFICE INVESTIGATORS. HE’S BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND PENDING A COURT HEARING. HE WAS BOOKED WITH ONE COUNT OF COMMUNICATING FALSE INFORMATION OF A PLANNED BOMBING OF SCHOOL PROPERTY. THE HEADMASTER AT RIVER OAKS SCHOOL SAYS REYNA WAS A QUIET MAN, GIVING NO INDICATION OF A TROUBLED LIFE.
THE LSU TIGERS ARE RANKED FOURTH IN THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY ARE NOT PLAYING THE LIKE THE FOURTH BEST TEAM IN THE NATION. THE BAYOU BENGALS WERE UNIMPRESSIVE IN THEIR 38-22 VICTORY OVER TOWSON. THE TIGERS WERE ONCE AGAIN HAMPERED BY TURNOVERS AND PENALTIES. COACH LES MILES IS DISAPPOINTED HIS TEAM DIDN'T SHOW SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
THE SAINTS LOST A HEARTBREAKER YESTERDAY, 28-27 TO THE GREEN BAY PACKERS AT LAMBEAU FIELD ON SUNDAY.
IN A MONTH, THE PHELPS CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN DEQUINCY IS SET TO CLOSE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH IDEAS TO MAKE SURE WORKERS AT THE PRISON CONTINUE TO RECEIVE A PAY CHECK AFTER NOV. 1ST. DEQUINCY MAYOR LAWRENCE HENAGAN SAYS OVER TWO-HUNDRED PEOPLE WILL SOON BE UNEMPLOYED. THE JINDAL ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH ITS CLOSING THE PHELPS CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND MOVING THE INMATES TO ANGOLA. SOME WORKERS AT PHELPS COULD BE HIRED AT ANGOLA AS WELL. BUT HENAGAN SAYS HE AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA DON’T WANT TO SEE THE 269 PRISON WORKERS LEAVE THE AREA. THEY ARE NOW LOOKING AT OTHER USES FOR THE SOON TO BE CLOSED PRISON.
A LOUISIANA DEATH ROW INMATE IS A FREE MAN AFTER DNA TESTS EXONERATED HIM OF THE MURDER AND RAPE OF HIS STEP-COUSIN. THIRTY-EIGHT- YEAR-OLD DAMON THIBODAUX OF MARRERO SPENT 15 YEARS ON DEATH ROW. LOUISIANA ACLU EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MARJORIE ESMAN SAYS THIBODEAUX GAVE A FALSE CONFESSION WHICH LED TO THE WRONGFUL CONVICTION. THIBODEAUX WAS WRONGFULLY CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF HIS 14-YEAR-OLD STEP COUSIN, CRYSTAL CHAMPAGNE. HER BODY WAS FOUND IN JULY OF 1996. ESMAN SAYS SIX PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXONERATED FROM LOUISIANA'S DEATH ROW SINCE 2000.
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