March 2, 1989
• At Builder’s Bargain Mart, siding was $4.99, 80 pounds of gravel mix were $1.89 a bag, and landscape timbers were $2.39.
March 5, 1989
• The Pine Prairie Village Council, on a 2-1 vote, Thursday night agreed to begin collecting occupational license fees under a new statue the council adopted last year but had not enforced, pending a State Supreme Court decision.
Councilman Terrel McCauley restated his opposition based on his view the term “occupation” contained in the ordinance’s definition “would involve every working man,” although Raymond Lejeune, village attorney, stated the council would have the final say on what constituted a fee-paying business.
March 9, 1989
• The Ville Platte Housing Authority board learned Tuesday night that property at the corner of N.W. Railroad and Jefferson Streets was rejected by HUD officials as “environmentally undesirable” for new housing units to be constructed under a HUD grant.
March 12, 1989
• Sacred Heart High School Principal Larry Vidrine revealed Friday afternoon that Tad Tatman, the school’s athletic director and head football coach, submitted his resignation on Thursday. Tatman also serves as the school’s assistant principal.
Tatman’s resignation was apparently prompted by reports that the Sacred Heart School Board intended to ask the school administration not to renew Tatman’s contract. According to diocesan policy, only a school principal is authorized to hire and release personnel.
March 7, 1999
• Citing that he was starting a war on drugs, 13th Judicial District Judge Preston Aucoin sentenced a first time offender for distribution of crack cocaine to 20 years at hard labor.
Felton Edwards Jr., who was found guilty by a jury a distribution of crack cocaine on Tuesday, February 8, stood before Aucoin Friday morning, March 5.
Explaining that the jury system originated approximately 800 years ago in England with King Henry II, Aucoin gave a historical review of how this nation’s great legal system was made possible by great military leaders such as “George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, who lead our troops to victory against super strong and imperialistic countries...”
March 11, 1999
• If the Evangeline Parish Police Jury has its way, infamous Dead Man’s Curve, located on La. 29 west of Chataignier, the site of many traffic fatalities and injuries, may not be as deadly in the future.
During their regular meeting Monday night, the full jury voted to petition the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development for assistance. According to President Bob Manuel, a request for a study and installation of some type of warning system will be made immediately.
Jurors suggested that perhaps a caution light or an advance warning surface would make drivers more aware that they are approaching a dangerous area in the road.
• At Champagne’s, chicken breast was .99, orange juice was $1.99, and kidney beans were 2 for $1.
March 1, 2009
• Local law enforcement authorities have been contacted by numerous news agencies over the last 48 hours in an attempt to learn more about the exchange of two kids for a bird and $175.
As the spotlight turned on Evangeline Parish, Keith Dupre, chief of detectives for the parish, continued to investigate this case that has shocked many as the details became public. On Friday morning, Dupre was working on securing a warrant to file additional charges of two counts of selling minor children against Donna Louise Greenwell, 51, 3028 Highway 113, Pitkin. Greenwell already was booked into the Evangeline Parish Jail on aggravated kidnapping charges where she remains incarcerated on a $100,000 bond.
March 8, 2009
• The Pine Prairie Village Council held a special meeting Thursday, March 5, to officially accept bids for the construction of a Pine Prairie Community and Hurricane Relief Center.
The council received several bids and council members agreed to accept the bids. Mayor Terry Savant said the bids will be reviewed at the council’s next meeting Thursday, March 12, and the council will discuss the possibility of awarding one of those bids.
March 22, 2009
At B&S, beef ground meat was 10 lbs. for $19.99, Boston Butts whole or sliced was $1.09 lb., and fryers were .99 lb.