Editorial

To All Richland Parish Fire Departments:

Our entire family wants to extend our heartfelt thank you to each Volunteer Fire Department in Richland Parish and Rayville Fire Department.

To the Editor:

Recently, the Delta Humane Society was contacted by an individual who was working in Rayville. He and his coworkers were concerned because there was a horse tied in their view that for days was never seen to be cared for. The horse also appeared injured.

Dear Editor,

On Friday, May 14, 2010, the senior citizens of Richland Parish were treated, honored, and above all, Blessed to have been the recipients of a “Day at the Lake” at Poverty Point in Delhi.

This event was sponsored by Triad, the Richland Parish Sheriff’s Department, BancorpSouth Bank and the Richland Voluntary Council on Aging.

There are a few issues I’d like to address to keep the public up to date on Police Jury work thus far. It’s been much hotter and drier for June than in the past, hasn’t it? You see farmers irrigating cotton, corn and soybeans and wonder if they’ll see a profit this year.

Dear Editor:

I recently was driving down I-20 East when a state trooper passed me. No lights. No sirens.

I pulled in behind him, as I have done on four separate occasions, and got the car number and approximate speed of 80 to 85 miles per hour. The trooper, in car number F-76, also stayed in the passing lane the entire time from Millhaven to the Rayville exit.

This is where he promptly went to the Chevron for, I assume, a free coke. I used to work there. I know how it works.

Now, as shocking and irritating as this is, it is not the end.

Fire blight is a bacterial disease destructive on many varieties of apples and pears but may also damage ornamental plants such as Bradford Pear.

Infection normally occurs during the bloom period followed by infection on leaves, twigs and stems which turn brown and black giving it a scorched appearance, hence the name “Fire Blight”. This year has been particularly bad due to ideal conditions for infection during the blooming period with many infected trees across the parish.