Thursday, August 11, 1983-2nd Year, Number 46
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Zffuto poses for these
0000l00,00,hots 00ng-her
I -' on the way to the
Ponchatoula Winn Dixie, and again
on her way home, with those items
she received for free.
(Staff Photo)
s,
they worth saving ? ?
Mrs. Cindy o,
E. Hoffman Road am:i
of two small children,
i which =ave= h mily
of dollars in
at the Ponchatoula
Those who
ac
will have
1 is an elq't on
use of coupons and
materials put out
and food
is so popular
clubs have been
of exchanging
forms and
Magazines are
for the many who
eeriomdy. There is
in Springfield end
interested in startJ
She can be
)
Io the Times
asked me to vrite this
by The Poncha-
Saturday on my
Winn Dixie,
$63.89 worth of
r only $7.81 cash ($3.40
tax).
do lots better on
I've heard of
$300 worth of
having the cashier owe
is how these women can
Refunding is the
"Proof of Purchases
them tn for
refund checks or
manutacturef will offer
a promotlfl-o try
and use his produce.
Manufacturers allot a certain
amount of money for advertising and
refunds come under this. Nabisco
Co. must have spent a fortune for a
great refund they offered recently. I
heard of it December 1982 and had
until June 30, 1983 to find a form for
it and save my proof of purchses,
which must be mailed in with the
form.
For 100 points they would send you
a $20.00 check!
Luckily, I had been saving their
P.O.P.s all along. 1 had 60 points
already before finding the form in
January, P.O.P.s 1 saved myself or
asked friends and relatives to save for
me. The Nabisco crackers, cookies
and items you needed were worth 2
to 4 points each.
Let's start with basics now that l
hopefully have your attention:
P.O.P. simply means the part of the
package or label the company wants
you to send in. In this case the
Universal Product Codes (UPC) on
their products (the part that the
electronic beam picks up at the store
that has those little lines and number
underneath) was what you had to
send in. They even have printed next
to the UPC code "Proof of Purchase"
to remind you no doubt that they do
offer refunds. Sometimes the P.O.P.
can be weight statements, the box
top or bottom or a certain part of the
box or label. One frozen pizza refund
wanted three pictures of the little
chef that was printed on the flont of
the pizza box. For that you were
returned a dollar check.
How do you get into this refund
stuff?.
First get a box or basket and start
saving all your labels and boxes. To
SEE PAGE FIVE
Strawberry Queens
Strawberry Queen
visits Ponchatoula
Flooding .- Recent interviews I
Staff Report
If you thought the state of Wash-
ington was only famous for its
delicious apples, think again.
Strawberries are the prize crop in
the small town of Marysville Wash-
ington. Strawberry Queen Elizabeth
Guy Rossi from Marysville graced
Ponchatoula this ,past Tuesday
by becoming an honorary citizen by
declaration of Mayor Bonicard.
Strawberry queen Gale Davis was
on hand to welcome the berry queen
chosen for the 50th anniversary of
the Marysville Strawberry Festival,
The Marysville festival although
similar in format to the Ponchatoula
Strawberry Festival consists of such
unique events as a tricycle race for
adults. The festival spans an entire
week in this town of berry lovers.
The visiting royalty was also pre-
sented with festival souvenirs and
local historical literature from Mayor
Bonicard. Ms. Rossi is the daughter
of Donna Rossi of Marysvilie Wa.
and W. Frank Guy Jr. of River Ridge
La.
with state officials and politicans
By W.F."BILL" CHAPMAN
GREATER PONCHATOULA: AIN'T
GONNA FLOOD NO MORE???
U.S. CORPS OF ENGINEERS
SAYS GREATER PONCHATOULA
NOT WORTH SAVING
An exclusive update for our Times
readers is on hand concerning the
subject of future flood control in
Greater Ponchatoula. Readers will
recall this reporter's revealing cer-
tain correspondence that showed the
U.S. Corps of Engineers didn't con-
sider Greater Ponchatoula (and the
rest of Louisianaj worth spending the
money it would cost to prevent
further floods. Shortly thereafter we
published exclusive correspondence
from US. Representative W. Henson
Moore showing that: (1) we probably
cannot expect too much help from
him and others in Washington get-
ting the needed flood prevention
projects as "...Congress rarefy funds
a project not approved by the Corps."
(2) he has taken various actions to
have other studies on possible flood
control measures made. (3) he be-
l)eves the final solution to flood con-
trol will jnvolve joint cost sharing by
the various levels of government. (4)
he suggested various public officials
be contacted for their help and/or
views on the subject.
CONGRESSMAN PREDICTS
MORE FLOODING IN
THE FUTURE
"...There will surely be future
floods." That's how U .S. Representa-
tive Moore closed his letter to this
reporter. This reporter took the
congressman's advice and contacted
various government officials to
ascertain if they are doing their job:
at least as far as protecting Greater
Ponchatoula from future floods. We
sent each of these officials a copy of
Congressman Moore's letter (pub-
lished esclusively earlier in The
Times) with the request that they
review ana comment on the subject.
Are these people even trying to get
something done? Are they being
successful? Are they incompetent? Is
there hope from these public offi-
cials? You decide.
For the record, these are the public
officials we have contacted: U.S.
President Reagan, U.S. Senators
Long and Johnston, U.S. Represen-
tative Moore, 1983's major candi-
dates for governor, Treen and Ed-
wards, It. Governor Freeman, State
Senator Dykes, State Representative
Hebert, Tangipahoa Parish Police
Jury President Bankston, River
Basin Board Chairman Williams,
and the mayors of Ponchatoula,
Springfield and Hammond.
The Ponchatoula Times
Dear Bill:
! read with interest the letter written
to you by Congressman Hemu
Moore which was reprinted in The
Ponchatoula Times, relative to the
flooding sltuaflon in outheast
Louisiana.
We are certainly all very concerned
about these repeated flooding situa-
tions and mtmt work together to
develop some acceptable solutions.
We cannot have people living in the
constant fear of flooding and riMng
wattrs, and i aeeure that to the
extent that cost sharing on a local or
state basis is concerned, 1, as Gov-
ernor, would make such funds avail-
able. Whatever means are necessary
to generate the funds will be imple-
mented and under no conditions
would i allow a joint federal/state
program to be delayed because of the
lack of state funds for this important
endeavor.
Please rest assured of my continued
support in this area and my absolute
willingness to do whatever is neces-
saw to get the job done.
Sincerely,
EDWIN W. EDWARDS
'Uear Mr. Chapman:'
Thank you for your letter of June
22, 1983 regarding the flooding
problems on the Tangipahoa River.
Please be assured that ! share your
concern for the flooding problems in
your area.
I believe, as does Governor Treen
and Congressman Moore, that the
time for substantive direction is long
overdue. As you probably are well
aware, the historical attempts at
solution to flood problems such as
the Tangipahoa River have been to
try to get a Corps of Engineer study
and hope any proposed remedy may
meet federally set criteria for cost-
benefit.
This, unfortunately, has too often
become a political tool of some
elected officials. It became practice
to announce that funds were ob-
tained to have a study done by the
Corps and the "problem" was now
moving toward solution. Due to the
tremendous volume of work, the
Corps time lag for studies was
considerable. This tactic then made
the flooding problem a "safe" issue
because a study was underway or
updates of prior studies were pro-
gressing. Others have become quite
adept at making the Corps a whip-
ping boy.
Governor Treen, as a congressman,
and Congressman Moore realized
this problem and have said that
there has to be a different direction
toward solution. They realize, as
many of us do, that the Congress sets
the criteria for cost benefit. The
Louisiana delegation comprises only
a small part of Congress and it is,
therefore, quite difficult to skew the
criteria toward solutions to Louis-
iana's unique problems.
I have discussed this issue with
Governor Treen. In Fact, I have been
given specific directions to move
toward resolution of flooding and
drainage problems.
As you know, there exist localized
drainage problems that are best
handled on a local level. We have
just completed formulation of the
Statewide Drainage Program that
has project limitations up to
$3,000,000. Historical evidence re-
flects that the Corps will address
major river basin problems. The area
left to address, as far as darinage and
flood control is concerned, is the
small and intermediate size river
basins. These are repeatedly the
problem areas where Corps studies
reflect marginal cost benefit. At the
same time, they have been tradition-
ally viewed by the State as too large
or within the pervlew of the Corps.
Governor Treen has directed that
we begin to mobilize to address these
problem flood areas. Unfortunately,
IMY PONCHATOULA00
By OLE HARDHIDE
The Alligator
This town is so lonely, so
deserted, so hot and humid and
utterly divine! I wish it were
always so.
Pinchpenny's gone, with his
skinny wife and all his little
Irish-Americans. Ned and Patri-
cia are gone. Rod and Penny
down at Whiteys are gone. The
town's gone, and this gator's
glad.
But I did notice something
strange this year. The annual
migration to Florida has swung
northeastward and I notice My
Ponchatoula is vacationing this
year in places like Bryson City,
and Natahala Village, in the
Smokies a few miles north,
outside Gatlinburg, or over on a
swing through Civil War terri-
tory and the land of Doc Ran-
dolph (Randy Howes) - Nash-
ville.
Whether it was Ned or Chief
Deputy John or just berry good
animal instincts, the idea to this
non-mammal seems a sound
one. Afterall, most everyone up
until now worked his and her
fool head off until the very last
moment in August when
omigosh! School's almost here!
Let's go to Florida.
Well now, I've gotta tell you,
the jellyfish don't bother gators
much, the scorching sun isn't
that bad when you lead a life
seven-eighths submerged either.
And some folks (mostly Ham-
mond types) aren't even totally
put off by the condos and the
arcades. But all-in-all Florida is
the pits in August and should be
avoided like Las Vegas on
Christmas Day.
And it probably doesn't have a
thing to do with the o,.erabun -
dance of mostly male flab on our
fellow citizens that mountain
climbing, camping and assorted
exertions are now considered
the only way to vacate the tton,
Heavens knows, some laggers
have jetted off to Jamaica for
their August in the sizzltng sun,
once a great vacation in-spot
and now just a wonderful place
for student anesthesiologists to
Oh weft, off to the Cherokee
National Forest for all those of
you who have been waiting until
the last moment to find out
where everyone is going this
year.
Too late for Brian Boudreau,
Scott Vaughan, Stephanle
Alexander, Anthony Arnone,
Jeff Alexander, and Melissa
LeMoine (all of whom, as with
recent Florida vacationer Paul
Pevey, had chaperones ask
Paul about his chaperone).
There are diehards who still
blaze the Ponchatoula to Pan-
ama City Beach trail.
Sweet and spicey Donna Cork-
ern over at the downtown shop
of the same description, Country
Cupboard, Is a real foxy traveler,
Instead of paying Air France the
fare, she is bringing a whole
selection of Bordeau to Poncha-
toula.
The firemen, meanwhile, know
the secret. My smoke eaters
from departments ranging from
Manchac to Ponchatoula, to
Robert and Bedico w;'2 be com-
ing back from Monroe soon, and
their annual convention so you
all be careful with matches for a
few days. Believe the fellas will
not be up to hearing sirens and
bells.
Sweet Sherry Harris was walk-
ing her distinctive walk past the
cage earlier this week when I
asked her how it was going.
She's used to me talking so she
shot right back, "ali's quiet on
the home front." (1 know ali's
fair in love and war but you don't
think she has the two confused
do you?)
Most young fellows walk up to
you and want to sell you an
insurance policy. Not Sonny
W
ells: Lemmle sell you an
insurance commissioner..."
These "in" restaurant decors
are okay so long as the hanging
ferns don't breed unwanted pro-
tein. That was the lesson learned
at one upscale local eatery when
Sherry and Roslynn got a cater-
pJller in their mixed vegglPJ.
Mace Duracel, by acclamation
conduct field study, the islands and the will of the people, has
are, let's face it, no longer what been elevated to the position of
I they were when dreadlocks were President of the Committee to
all the rage. (How can these Save the Rail.
People misunderstand Poncha- PaulJna Kron has won the
ula chic?) - G-ms fthR_W wrd for Ilr
