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Councils Make Plans for Millions in COVID Arrest reports Kiosks now from local dot Bayou police agencies Teche trail Page 7 Page 8 The Daily Review Morgan City, La. 50 Cents Home of the Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival Monday, April 5, 2021 Volume 59, No. 66 Serving St. Mary Parish Since 1872 8 Pages www.stmarynow.com Councils make plans for millions in COVID aid By GEOFF STOUTE ing the pavilion and re- gstoute stroom at Morey Park as @daily-review.com well as infrastructure Infrastructure and oth- projects like road and er projects, reimburse- drainage work to use ment of COVID expenses funding for. The city will and banking some mon- complete work in its oth- ey aside are plans for the er parks, and it also will city of Patterson for its pay off its leases on po- approximately $2.14 lice vehicles and other million that it will re- city equipment. ceive in American COVID-related reim- The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute Rescue Plan Act money. bursement to the city’s Patterson Mayor Rodney Grogan believes $2.14 million comiing to the city in federal COVID aid will go to Patterson Mayor budget will be expenses offsetting pandemmic-related expenses and to projects including the completion of a pavilion and restroom Rodney Grogan said the for things such as masks, at Morey Park, above. city has targeted finish- (Continued on Page 6) Teche Action clinic receives $4.3M in funding By GEOFF STOUTE Action Clinic is one of 36 gstoute health centers to receive @daily-review.com some of the $95.59 mil- Teche Action Clinic lion in funding. Teche will receive about $4.35 Action’s award is the million in funding state’s sixth highest. through President Joe Marillac Community Biden’s American Rescue Health Centers in New Plan to reach more of the Orleans has the highest population in communi- award at about $9.05 ties who are under- million. served. Teche Action Clinic The Health Resources CEO Dr. Gary Wiltz told and Services Admin- KBZE 105.9 FM in a istration will begin dis- Facebook streamed in- tributing the funding in terview that as of March April, according to a 29, Teche Action Clinic White House Fact Sheet. has completed 5,195 vac- Teche Action is one of cinations. Many of those 1,376 health care cen- have been at its Franklin ters nationwide who are location or most in St. Hunting receiving some of ap- Mary Parish. There have proximately $6.08 bil- been distributions at the lion allocated, according clinic’s Houma, Dulac, Easter eggs to the Health Resources Edgard, Reserve and and Services Admin- Thibodaux sites, too. istration. Pfizer-BioNTech, in Patterson In Louisiana, Teche (Continued on Page 6) The Daily Re-view/Geoff Stoute Friends of Patterson held an Easter Pharr Chapel Fish Fry event Sunday at Park Street Park that featured an egg hunt, food, music, a jump house and give-aways. Top Photo: A youngster looks inside an egg. Right Photo: Another child participates in an egg hunt. Groups push for defender funding By MAHOGANI COUNTS The Legislature provided an ex- tions for legislators to consider LSU Manship School tra $3 million for public defenders once the session begins. News Service last year and is looking at wheth- These recommendations include BATON ROUGE — In this er to provide more. Police tactics bans on chokeholds, a prohibition spring’s legislative session, crimi- came under question around the of “no-knock” warrants, require- nal justice advocates will be push- country after the death of George ments for officers to wear and ing for increased funding for pub- Floyd in custody last year in Min- turn on body cameras, reducing lic defenders and for changes in neapolis, and Louisiana lawmak- time for officers to find legal rep- resentation and reducing the time policing practices. ers created the Police Training, The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute to complete an investigation of of- Norris Henderson, the founder Screening and De-escalation Task Pharr Chapel United Methodist Church in Mor- of Voice of The Experienced, a Force to address those practices ficers involved in possible wrong- gan City held its annual free Good Friday Fish non-profit known as VOTE, said here. doing. both areas represent crucial steps As of now, with the trial of one VOTE was formed in 2004, and Fry in Lawrence Park. Due to COVID-19, a in reforming the state’s justice of the officers in the George Floyd it aims to uphold civil rights for curbside pickup was added to this year’s system and making it fairer for case in the headlines, the task individuals who are most impact- event. minorities. force has made 21 recommenda- (Continued on Page 6) AccuWeather State Lifestyles Obituaries Contact Us 76 61 (See Page 7) (See Page 8) (See Page 3) (See Page 6) News, Advertising and The week begins with A recent survey says Learn how to lay the Landry Circulation High Low beautiful weather, but a nearly a third of groundwork before add- Lavine Call 985-384-8370 slight chance of storms ing color to your garden. Matherne Louisiana people lost a www.stmarynow.com returns Tuesday night. job or income because Savoie of COVID-19. Williams Wilson Page 2, The Daily Review, Morgan City, La., Monday, April 5, 2021 The Daily Review Feature Page KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ Let's Find Common Ground HERMAN REALITY CHECK ASTRO-GRAPH by KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ “Imagine feeling so alienated from your body that you by would consider taking cross-sex hormones and removing Eugenia your genitals. That’s the tragic situation that many people with gender dysphoria experience. They aren’t faking it, Last and they didn’t actively choose it.” That’s how a recent op-ed from Ryan T. Anderson began. And it is the kind of compassionate spirit that animates Tuesday, April 6 his book “When Harry Became Sally: Responding to the Set your sights on what Transgender Moment,” which has been recently banned excites you. Be innova- from Amazon. tive, believe in yourself Anderson, a former fellow at the Heritage Foundation and do whatever it takes and current president of the Ethics and Public Policy Cen- to achieve happiness. ter, is no man of the left. But gender dysphoria is unit- Put your heart and soul ing people of all political stripes. As it should. I recently into life, love and being watched on Twitter as women on the left expressed regret the best you can be. Love that they had to link to a post by my courageous and te- and self-improvement are nacious colleague Madeleine Kearns on National Review’s favored. Embrace the fu- website because no one else will write about these issues ture with optimism. honestly. ARIES (March 21-April Maddy was writing about the Senate confirmation hear- 19) -- Call on those you ings for Department of Health and Human Services of- trust for input. Running ficial Dr. Rachel Levine, during which Rand Paul asked HEART OF THE CITY your ideas by people who some very basic questions about children and gender tran- offer encouragement sitioning, some of which Levine refused to answer. That along with common sense seems worthy of acknowledgment, and, dare I say it, dis- will help you navigate cussion! your way through any pit- As Anderson writes in the postscript to the paperback falls you encounter. edition of “When Harry Became Sally,” he hosted a forum of which “(o)ne of the organizers needed to remain anony- TAURUS (April 20-May mous, because she has a teenage daughter who was four 20) -- Keep your thoughts years into the process of transitioning. Throughout that to yourself until you have time she’s been trying to get left-leaning media and think a clear picture of how you tanks and professional associations to take seriously the want to proceed. A change concerns coming from the left about transgender policy, made in haste will be met and instead she’s found herself and her colleagues essen- with obstacles. Thorough tially deplatformed.” BIG NATE research will prevent neg- As Anderson noted, “We likely disagree about abortion, ative results. gay marriage, taxes, trade, foreign policy --just to name a GEMINI (May 21-June few.” But, he continued: “(W)here we do agree, we can and 20) -- Don’t waste time. should work together.” Size up your situation Specifically, in regard to the media, Anderson writes: and make things happen. “They don’t care about the damage being done to young A chance to get ahead is people’s bodies and minds -- in fact they celebrate it as coming, and preparation a civil right. They don’t care about the privacy and safe- will help build the confi- ty and equality of girls when boys who identify as girls dence you need to dazzle can share female-only spaces -- like showers and locker the powers-that-be. rooms and bathrooms -- or when boys who identity as girls CANCER (June 21-July can participate in female athletic competitions. They don’t 22) -- Concentrate on care about the ability of doctors to practice good medicine CUL DE SAC what you need to do to when bad medicine becomes mandated as a civil right, succeed. Refuse to let per- while good medicine becomes outlawed as a civil wrong. sonal matters interfere And they don’t care about the rights of parents to find the with your professional best care for their kids.” responsibilities. Focus While I have no interest in discriminating against any- on contracts, money and one, we’re at a moment when the media and so much of maintaining a healthy the Democratic party, the corporate world and popular lifestyle.
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