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The Church Point NEWS 88th Year No. 7 Wednesday, February 17, 2021 $1 Museum renovations, enhancements to CP subject of meeting By: Steve Bandy dence, Fonte explained. The Crowley Post-Signal building housed the town’s priests for 100 years. CROWLEY — Crowley Li- Now restored to its original ons learned of downtown en- confi guration, the parson- hancement plans in the town age – presbytère in French of Church Point that will – serves as Church Point’s include a museum, pond, museum. The 40 by 40 feet park, gazebo and fountain structure is surrounded on from the curator of the mu- all sides by a wide porch seum. and has walls constructed Harold Fonte addressed of bousillage, a fi lling of clay the local club recently, tell- mixed with Spanish moss Kendrick ing fi rst of renovations un- “that dries as hard as ce- Boast derway at Le Vieux Presby- ment,” according to Fonte. tère then of enhancements It was located on the Our Harold Fonte, right, curator of Le Vieux Presbytère, spoke CP man on surrounding properties. Lady of the Sacred Heart The Presbytère is “the ge- Catholic Church grounds to members of the Crowley Lions Club recently on tourism- nius of the fi rst pastor, Rev- until it was donated to the related activities underway in the town of Church Point. arrested erend Auguste Vincente town in lieu of it being de- Eby, and was built in 1887” Welcoming Fonte to the meeting is Keith Frederick, club on narcotics for $600 as the priest’s resi- See MEETING, Page 5 president. (Photo by Steve Bandy/Crowley Post Signal) charges Staff Report Jury to refi nance A Church Point man 2012 bond balance was arrested on nar- cotics charges follow- By: Steve Bandy ing a Feb. 3 traffi c Crowley Post-Signal stop. CROWLEY - Refi nancing the fi nal six Kendrick T. Boast, years of bond payments from a 2012 sale 24, of Church Point, could be the fi rst step in the ultimate re- was arrested by the habilitation of some parish-maintained Church Point Police roads. Department on charg- Pending approval by the state Bond es of possession with Commission, the Acadia Parish Police intent to distribute Jury plans to refi nance the fi nal $4.06 Schedule IV and pos- million due from the $9 million bond sale session of marijuana. eight years ago. Church Point Police According to Alan Offner, bond attor- Chief Dale Thibodeaux ney with Foley and Judell of New Orleans, stated, in a news re- the issuance of the refunding bond, debt lease, "On February 3, service for the parish will be reduced by 2021, Kendrick Boast $668,950 in 2021 and, thereafter, by was arrested following about $90,000 annually through 2027. a traffi c stop on West The interest rate on the refunding bonds will be 1.8 percent compared to See CPPD, Page 10 2.7 percent on the 2012 bonds, Offner explained. Through a complicated formula using $404,678 in the current reserve fund and Offi cers $666,283 in the sinking fund, Offner said the parish will save a total of $138,843 receiving over the course of the issue. During last week’s committee meetings, specialized discussion of the refunding was lumped in with talk of another possible bond is- sue to repair and maintain parish roads. training However, Karl Aucoin, engineer, warned Staff Report jurors that the estimated $90,000 an- nual saving “won’t fund much of a bond Offi cers with the issue.” Church Point Police There was no mention of a separate bond issue or of any road maintenance Department are receiv- projects at Tuesday night’s full jury meet- ing specialized training ing. in dealing with persons In other action, police jurors voted to with autism and devel- reduce the number of members on the opmental disabilities. Practice makes perfect Acadia Parish Planning Commission from Church Point Police Jackson Horaist, of Church Point, works his retriever, Tiger, in his grand- nine to seven for now and to consider dis- Chief Dale Thibodeaux father Donald Bearb's crawfi sh pond in Marais Bouleur. The last of the solving the commission in the future. stated, in a news re- state's 2020-2021 migratory game bird hunting seasons, the Conservation Jury President Chance Henry explained lease, "This type of that the current nine-member board has training is essential Order for Light Geese, will close on March 7 for both the North and South a problem getting a quorum of members to all offi cers as this Zones. (Photo by Claudette Olivier/Church Point News) continues to become a See APPJ, Page 5 growing concern and mishandling of situ- ations. I have man- New administration could mean Tri-Parish workforce little dated that all offi cers including communica- new hope for rice industry changed from a year ago tion offi cers take this By: Jesica Kincaid will undertake remains to be training. I feel this USA Rice seen. An open trade relation- LSN Staff Report from 68,637 in October will better our depart- ship with Cuba would benefi t 2020. ment and help us to WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fol- many U.S. industries, espe- The Tri-Parish workforce By parish the December better understand our lowing President Joe Biden’s cially the U.S. rice industry. in December 2020 was lit- 2020 workforce counts were: citizens who have dif- inauguration, one potential “Cuban per capita rice tle changed from December — St. Landry, 31,973, up ferent levels of the Au- opportunity for change in consumption is more than 2019. 124 or 0.4% from December 2019; tism Spectrum." foreign policy is the U.S. re- seven times that of Ameri- The Tri-Parish workforce, — Acadia, 23,686, up 7 lationship with Cuba. cans and with the capacity which includes those work- Thibodeaux himself from December 2019; and So close yet still so far ing and job seekers in St. has already completed to grow less than half of the — Evangeline, 11,624, The Trump Administra- Landry, Acadia and Evange- the training, which in- island’s needs, the country down 147 or 1.2% from De- line parishes, totaled 67,284 cludes exercises and tion had curtailed Obama- imports roughly 500,000 MT cember 2019. also requires a passing era diplomatic and com- of rice per year,” said Asiha in December. That’s 15 peo- The report released Tues- grade of 80 percent on mercial improvements with Grigsby, USA Rice director ple below the count in De- day is not seasonally ad- a fi nal exam. Cuba, however, those ten- of international promotion cember 2019. justed, which means they do sions may once again start in the Western Hemisphere. The workforce count im- not take into account factors See TRAINING, to thaw, though the level of proved from 64,880 in No- Page 2 engagement President Biden See RICE, Page 2 vember 2020 , but was down See JOBS, Page 5 New Spring Arrivals! HIGH 57 Chad Bodin, R. Phar./Owner LOW 41 ÇΣÊ-°Ê>Ê-Ì°ÊUÊChurch Point Gretchen Smith Bodin, Owner 684-1911Fax 684-1912 John Romero, R. Phar. Showers FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING INFORMATION, CALL 684-5711 Page 2 — The Church Point News — Wednesday, February 17, 2021 O B I T U A R I E S were the center of his Home, 219 N. Broad- Army in the Panama neralhomes.com Sammy Davis and his world. A loving father way St., Church Point, Canal Zone during the Ardoin’s Funer- wife, Della, of Church and grandfather, he LA was in charge of fi - Vietnam War. He mar- al Home of Eunice, Point, Edward Colomb will be missed by all nal arrangements. ried his wife, Bernita, 1301 West Laurel Ave, and his wife, Natacha, who knew him. in 1973. They moved (337)457.3371 was of Chataignier, Danny He is survived by one to Eunice the following in charge of arrange- Colomb and his wife, daughter, Joni S. Cas- year and have since ments. Elizabeth, of Carencro, tille and husband, Ben, called it home. and Randy Colomb of Church Point; four Kenneth worked as a and his wife, Jenny, sons: Bradley Sonnier welder in his younger and companion, Janet; years but began work- of Church Point; one Cody Sonnier and wife, ing as an oilfi eld pro- sister Agnes (Marie) Andrea, Rusty Son- duction operator for Sneed, of Opelousas; nier and Dusty Son- Amoco (now BP) in the two brothers, Frank nier and wife, Eve, all late ‘70s and worked Henry Jr. of Lafayette, JOSEPH CARL of Church Point; the there until his retire- and William (Mooney) SONNIER mother of his children, ment. He loved camp- Henry and his wife, A Mass of Christian Cynthia Sue Sonnier, ing with family and Denetra, of Texas; 12 Burial for Joseph Carl of Church Point; 14 friends, listening to grandchildren, Cain, Sonnier, 57, was held grandchildren: Sky- live Cajun music and Kaleel, Myles, Taiya, Monday, February 8, lar, Kaitlynn, Daelyn, spoiling the grandkids. Mariah, Peyton, Timo- 2021 at Our Lady of Hunter, Easton, Brae- He was also a proud thy II, Laila, Carter, the Sacred Heart Cath- dyn, Lyla, Eliana, Eva, KENNETH RAY life member of VFW Hailyn, Everleigh and olic Church in Church Adaleigh, Case, Caylee, BRISCOE Post 8971. Hudson and three Point. Carter and Cayden; MARCH 23, 1946 – Kenneth is survived great-grandchildren, two sisters, Sue Smith FEBRUARY 04, 2021 by his wife of 47 years, GLADYS HENRY Sonnier passed away Elizabeth, Ayden and and husband, Arvin, EUNICE - It is with Bernita Olivier Briscoe, COLOMB at 8:25 a.m.