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With the first cool weather days, it's so nice to stay home and watch
television. Particularly for the elderly in the family, what better way to spend
Sunday afternoon than watching "IV. That's why CODOFIL and Louisiana
Public Broadcasting (LPB) are pleased to announce they have dedicated
the month of October to our parents and grandparents (sometimes called
senior citizens), and have programmed four 1"hour French plays to be
shown on the EN FRANCAIS program every Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
These plays, productions of the The'atre 'Cadien, were put together and
acted by all native French Louisianians, speaking the local French Cajun
language, and will bring a touch of the old traditional French culture into the
homes of the viewers. The plays are: Les Deux Sourds (the two deafs),
Mille Mise'res (many miseries), Charivari, and Le Me'dicin Malgre' Lui (the
doctor in spite of himself).
For those staying in nursing homes, Sundays at 1:00 p.m. will be the time
to gather with friends in front of the "IV and enjoy a bit of the traditional
culture in Cajun French on EN FRANCAIS.
VISIONS
OCTOBER---EN FRANCAIS
Sunday, October 26
1:00-2:00 p.m.
EN FRANCAIS
Today's special features the popular "Theau,,
'Cadien" of Acadiana in "Les Deux Sourds. ;ie
two deals). The story centers around a wom
who is losing her hearing and is determined to
find an equally deaf husband for her only daughter.
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He put his mind t'o work and noted
the route to the top provided by the
cables themselves as they stretched
from ground level to the top of the huge
support structure, beneath which the
interstate bridge hung over the Mississippi.
But how would you take advantage of
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stanchions by powerful winches. The
trolleys could stop at any point along
the way and lower a metal basket with
an inspector in it via winch fro'm the
trolley, so the inspector could raise or
lower himself to inspect any part of the
bridge.
Since some of the cables rise from the
earth at an angle, going up to the top of
the towers, and some were side-by-side
horizontally, Castjohn came up with
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need,
The cost for the two prototype
models was $3,131.76, quite a saving
in itself when you compare the reusable
trolleys to the $20,000 crane rental cost
for a single inspection. And the trolleys
can be taken off on bridge, loaded on the
trucks and transported to another state
bridge inspection site in one hour's time.
Speaking of time, thanks to Castjohn's
invention the normal time it would take
to make such a bridge inspection is 25
to 30 days. On their first use, Castjohn's
trolleys did the job in seven days, and
he believes with more use the state will
be able to cut that time in half.
From the motorists' point of view
there is another benefit. Using cranes to
hoist the bridge inspectors required the
shutting down of two of the bridge's four
lanes of traffic for about a month. The
trolleys do their business hundreds of
feet above the roadbed and do not slow
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Needless to say, Castjohn was the
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way departments in other states. His
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• Farm Bureau
FROM PAGE ONE
Bureau Association and Sam Relan will
allow stockholders in the now-defunct
organization to divide its holdings.
Drake represents shareholders in the
Ponchatoula Farm Bureau Association.
The Farm Bureau Association Inc.
has existed for half a century in
Ponchatoula, a moving force during the
strawberry boom. Its charter expired in
1981 and Drake says the recent court
decision, reversing a lower court ruling,
will result in the organization being
finally dissolved.
The dispute involved ownership of a
loading dock next to the old farm
bureau, part of a 1966 sale by the Farm
Bureau to Meat Processors Inc., and
involves a complicated lease arrange-
ment with Joseph E. Ebrecht, owner of
Ponchatoula Feed and Seed.
As a result of the ruling following five
ears of litigation, Drake says share-
oiders in Ponchatoula Farm Bureau
Association Inc. will now be able to
divide close to $1(30.,000 in assets.
However, Ebrecht has the option ot
seeking a rehearing or writs from the
Supreme Court, said his attorne
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Manchac fire chief says Thanks
In behalf of the members of the Manchac Volunteer Fire Department and
as Fire Chief, 1 would like to take this opportunity to thank the volunteers
and all those who donated toward our Manchac Fall Fling Festival. Most of
all the public who supported our Fire Department in this fund raising
project. Through everyone's effort we were able to generate funds to up
grade our equipment.
With much regards,
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S rawberry F:estival accident victim
sees continuecl recovery as a major miracle
By JOE PLANAS
The Catholic Commentator
Sports Editor
Every life should contain at least one
miracle•
_Sammy Parring, a 33-year-old
former Catholic High basketball star
who used to run a bar, is lucky. He has
already beaten the odds and is going for
more.
He wasn't so fortunate, however, on
that Sunday back in April. An out-of-
control car took one life at the Straw-
berry Festival in Ponchatoula. It might
have taken at least three more.
"1 remember seeing this motorcycle
make a turn," recalled Parring. "1
remember thinking what a great looking
motorcycle it was. I turned to look at it
again and there was this car. I tried to
shove my wife Tena out of the way and
then I tried to leap into the air and clear
the car.
"But the car caught the calf of my
right leg and flipped me into the air, and
I came down on my head. For a while, I
realized I couldn't feel anything. Later 1
was in a hospital and after that !
remember being In this helicopter
headed for Our Lady of the Lake in
Baton Rouge.
"You know, the guy the car hit after
me is dead now."
Tena slipped after her husband tried
to push her out of the path of the car
and it rolled over her hip, fracturing her
pelvis. At the time, she was eight
months pregnant. Sammy's spinal cord
was injured. It was the bleakest Sunday
of the former athlete's life.
On the second Sunday of September,
Sammy made his first trip home from
Mississippi Methodist Hospital and
Rehabilitation Center in Jackson. it was
a joyous homecoming, the first time
Sammy had been home in three and
one half months.
Tena was busy primping young
Tiffany. Neither mother nor daughter
seemed to show any ill effects of the
near-tragedy. Sammy's dad and friends
were watching the Bears argue with the
Eagles, and Sammy's mother and his
sister June were keeping an eye on
Tends other two daughters, Heather
and Paris.
Bearded Don Zito and boyish-looking
Ed LeBlanc, teammates of Parrino's at
CHS, dropped over to see about
Sammy. Other friends were in and out.
It was like a hero coming home.
Jone was the halo brace with its
ominous looking four iron screws.
Gone, too, was the shoulder brace that
gave support to Sammy's head and
neck. He was in a wheelchair, but his
neck looked strong and he hadn't
forgotten how to smile.
"When l went into Mississippi
Methodist on May 29, a Thursday, I
could wiggle only one toe on my left
foot," reminisced Sammy. "From the
neck up I was doing fine; from the neck
• down I could only feel that toe on my
left foot. They told me I'd be paralyzed
but I didn't believe them.
"Before 1 left the hospital, l was able
to use a walker with rollers. I made it
around the building, and you'd have
thought l just finished first in a cross-
country race the way people were
cheering. I can't grip the walker with my
hands, but my arms fit into troughs, or
sleeves, and that props me up. Once
they get me up from the wheelchair, l
can do the rest."
Sammy appears confident. That con-
fidence radiates from his eyes and it fills
you. The nerve and verve that usually
characterizes an athlete are easily visible
in the windows of Sammy's face.
"l have total feeling now," Sammy
smiled. "You can grab one of my toes
on either foot and I'll tell you which one
you have. My hands are still weak, but l
can get food up to my mouth with my
left hand.
"They say I have a fractured spinal
cord. They also say you can make 80%
of whatever recovery you're going to
make in mat first year. Maybe five or
10% comes back after that. In five
months, i've accomplished what it
might have taken someone else a year
to do. My left side is stronger than my
right side, but my right side is getting
there."
Sammy knows he's fortunate. When
he has a tendency to feel depressed
about his condition, he remembers the
fellow in Jackson who issued him a
pleasant reminder.
"For awhile, 1 was asking myself,
'Why me?' 1 didn't think I had ever
intentionally hurt anybody. It took a
crazy ole boy at the hospital to help me
realize things. The first day I got there
he hit me In the eyes with something
that is so true.
" 'You've had two miracles already,'
he told me. 'Your wife and child are
alive.' He hit me right between the eyes
with that one."
The accident, Sammy said, has
brought him closer to God. And with
that closeness has come an inner peace
Sammy said he never knew before.
"It was like I really never knew how to
oray before," said Sammy. "l asked my
brother Andrew, the quiet one o the
family to come to the hospital and help
me to pray. At the hospital l'd work
hard with my exercises all day and pray
all night.
"Then, one day 1 just felt closer to
God. All of a sudden l seemed to tinct
strength to go through the hell 1 go
through every day. I had found some
inner peace. I'm not going to jump out
of this chair and join the priesthood. I v
been in the bar business all my life, but
feel closer to God and Fm going to
make it. Before, ! was scared; 1 waS
begging to get well. Now, I feel l'rr,
going to make it."
Parring is grateful to so many people
He is thankful for the skilled hands ol
Dr. Allen Joseph, appreciative of the
kindness of Gene Red Knight ann
many other friends, happy for the
support of his family and is frien
at Catholic High. His tone is one o;
sincere gratitude when he humbly sayS,
"I owe so many people so much."
In another month, Sammy will b®
home for good. But there are trying
times ahead. He had good insurance
but it didn't pay his rehabilitation costS.
He had to borrow $200,000 for treat"
ment.
"1 don't know if I'll be able to get back
to work right away or what kind of wo
I can do," Sammy said. "But I'll have ,
lot of responsibilities and I know Goo
will help me to meet them."
Then his attention turned to Paris at
play. "The other day she was jumpin
up and down, making funny faceS,
Sammy recalled. 'Somebody asked h'.
what she was doing. She said, '1 m josL
trying to make daddy feel good.'"
If you want to help Sammy and .h
family, please send a contribution to tn
Sammy Parring Benefit Fund at Caplta
Union Savings at P.O. Box 3749 le
Baton Rouge.
If you can't send a donation, make,
prayerful contribution. Sammy coU
use one more miracle ....
Reprinted With Permission
From
The Catholic Commentator