The Leesville Daily Leader from Leesville, Louisiana (2024)

January 2, 2000

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The Leesville Daily Leaderi

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Leesville, Louisiana

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Sunday, January 2, 2000

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2

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2 Leesville Daily Leader Sunday Jan 2 2000 Obituaries Artie Blackwell uneral services for Artie Blackwell 93 of Rosepine will be held at 2 pm today Jan 2 in the Beauregard Vernon uneral Home chapel in Leesville with the Revs Chris Welch John Littleton and Ed Basco officiating Burial will follow in the Comrade Cemetery in Temple Visitation will be held from 8 am until time of service today in the funeral home Blackwell died riday Dec 31 in Leesville He was a native of Hutton and retired from the Vernon Parish school system as a bus driver after 30 yeats He was also a retired farmer He was a former Vernon Parish Police Jury member for Ward 6 He was a deacon at Comrade Baptist Church and the ree dom Rest Baptist Church and a past mason Survivors include his wife Mary Chance Blackwell of Rosepine three sons Gerald Blackwell of Pickering Norman Blackwell of Ana coco and Ronny Blackwell of Leesville one daughter Evelyn Cowl ing of Mansfield 19 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildren In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the or the charity of your choice Dorothy Engrum uneral services for Dorothy Mae Engrum 70 of DeRidder will be held at noon Monday Jan 3 in the Sweet Home Baptist Church in DeRidder with the Rev Elbert Cooksey officiating Burial will follow in the Beauregard Cemetery in DeRidder under the direction of Myers Colonial uneral Home of DeRidder Visitation will be from 6 9 pm today Jan 2 in the funeral home Engrum died at 10:30 pm Monday Dec 27 in the St Hospital in Lake Charles Engrum was a native of Stonewall but lived in the DeRidder area most of her life She was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church where she served as an usher Engrum was also a member of East ern Golden Sheaf 55 and of the Heroines of Jericho She was em ployed by the DeRidder Clinic and was a nurses aide at Beauregard Memorial Hospital for over 30 years Survivors include her husband Calvin Engrum Jr of DeRidder eight daughters Cynthia St Romain Lisa Engrum Crosley and Stephanie Engrum all of DeRidder Verlyn Jones and Reda Engrum of New Llano Myra Engrum of New Orleans Dersel Green of Ar lington Texas and Jennifer Simmons of Shreveport four sons Jarvis Engrum of Burien Wash Jeffrey Engrum of Columbus Michael Engrum of Austin Texas and Calvin Engrum III of DeRid der four brothers John Johnson Jr of the Bronx NY Albert John son of New York City Desmvcck Johnson of ort Worth and Timothv Johnson of Panama City la three sisters Doris Dines of Portland Ore Equilla Sue Belcher of San Antonio and Cretta Ann Johnson of Tampa Bay la 36 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren Edna Kay uneral services for Edna Kay 73 of Leesville will be held at 2 pm Monday Jan 3 in the Hixson uneral Home chapel in Leesville with Bros Robert Kay Steve Locklair and Willis arris of ficiating Burial will follow in the Pine Hill Cemetery Visitation will be held from 3 10 pm today Jan 2 and from 8 am until time of service Monday in the funeral home Kay died riday Dec 31 in her residence She was a native and lifelong resident of the Leesville Vernon Parish area She was a member of the White Park Church of Christ and a homemaker She was preceded in death by her son Kevin Kay and her daugh ter Phyllis Kay Survivors include her husband Hollis Kay of Leesville two sons Rickey Kay of Leesville and Dawson Kay of Houston Texas four daughters Carolyn Jeane Regina Harry and Shelia Kay all of Leesville and Jill Kay Jeane of Evans three brothers Myril Scog gins of Port Arthur Texas Billy Scoggins of Bryan Texas and Bur nell Scoggins of Leesville three sisters Margaret Kay and Lanell Johnson both of Beaumont Texas and Gelena Bossier of Bryan Texas 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Louisiana clings to 22nd spot NEW ORLEANS (AP) Louisiana remained the 22nd largest state in estimates released this week but Alabama is creeping clos er and could push Louisiana to 23rd in the 2000 Census population stayed fairly flat between July 1998 and July 1999 increasing by 9277 residents or 02 percent That is well short of the Southern average of 12 percent and well below growth rate of 04 percent according to the Census Bureau figures The latest numbers show Louisiana with a population of 4372035 only 2173 more than Alabama Colorado which is ranked 24th had a one year growth rate of 22 percent closing to within 315000 of Louisiana Louisiana has ranked 22nd since 1996 when it gave up the 21st spot to fast growing Arizona Despite the flat growth Louisiana expected to lose another congressional seat from the reapportionment that will follow the 2000 Census Analysts said the state likely will continue with the seven House seats it has had since 1992 when it lost one seat Arizona and Texas each would gain two seats while New York and Pennsylvania each would lose two if current population trends continue into next year The Census Bureau also released population estimates for major metropolitan areas It estimated that the 1998 population for New Orleans area was 1309445 up 1318 from the year before It ranked as the 34th largest metropolitan area slipping from its No 31 ranking in 1990 Over the eight year period covered by the survey the metropoli tan areas of Charlotte NC and Las Vegas surpassed New Orleans Anacoco Continued from page 1A leaving Archie Lee Martin was officially sworn in as the interim chief of police after the resignations of Waller and The crossover on the north end of the village was approved in the last quarter of the year Piro informed the council in October that he had spoken with the Department of Transportation officials about the crossover am also 99 percent sure we will get the he said at the time looks real good All we are waiting on now is the word from the Leesville Daily Leader A Division of Liberty Group Publishing Inc The Leesville Daily Leader (USPS 3090800) is published daily ex cept Monday and Saturday by News Leader Inc 206 Texas St Leesville La 71446 31 8 239 3444 Periodicals postage paid at Leesville 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Ml Mr Leader photoTonya Jackson Christmas dinner Several parents enjoyed a recent Christmas dinner with their children at the West Leesville Elemen tary School The menu consisted of turkey dressing and other Leesville man arrested for simple robbery A Leesville man was arrested Thursday on a simple robbery charge according to Vernon Parish Office chief de tective Larry Smith Eugene Wright 19 was charged with one count of sim ple robbery one count of simple battery and one count of simple possession of marijuana Smith said Deputies arrested Wright af ter they respond to a call at Joe Stop Grocery 13 The store clerk advised deputies that a black male en tered the store and purchased a pack of gum and when she opened the register the suspect lunged forward and hit her in the face Smith said He then reached into the reg ister and removed an amount of money The suspect then ran from the store Deputies apprehended Wright while he was walking on Jean Chapel Road Smith also credited patrol units from the ort Polk Mili tary Police with the arrest of Wright Wright is being held in the Vernon Parish Jail pending the posting of a $17500 bond Stories Continued from page 1 California dude and a ilipino princess from Hawaii Beam and I will always consider Louisiana Third on the list is the addi tion of a state veterans cemetery to Vernon Parish Ixical state and national officials have sup ported the project for years and several key steps were made in 1999 to secure the location In an environment assess ment report Thompson said the would provide many local United States veterans a final resting place where they could be buried and honored for ser vice to our country" The new implementation of school uniforms in some Vernon Parish schools was fourth on the list The Vernon Parish School Board allowed parents to ote on the policy and students at East Leesville West Leesville Vernon Middle South Polk and North Polk began wearing uniforms when the school year began Later in the year the board adopted a policy to implement the uniforms at Leesville Junior High School Rounding out the top five is the saga Army of ficials said a new concept would come to ort Polk but late in the year it was announced that the concept would not be located at the Vernon Parish facility I am disappointed the Strike orce headquarters will not be created at ort Polk upon my request Gen Keane agreed to work with me to further ort goal of establishing a level of 10000 servicemen and women at the Congressman Jim McCrery said Here is a capsule look at the remaining stories on the list 6 Video Poker shutdown and New postal facility coming to Leesville As of July 1 video poker left LOTTERY NUMBERS Jan 1 2000 Texas Lotto (11 13 23 25 27 32) Pick 3 (7 9 3) Pick 4 (7 0 2 7) Cash Quest (27 33 35 41) Louisiana Lotto (7 12 33 36 39 40) Powerball (9 13 23 36 45 PB39) We hope not but if it happens please help us correct the situation or redeliv ery or correction for next day delivery please call 318 239 3444 Monday through riday before 3 pm and Sun day from 9 11 am Display Advertising To purchase a display advertisem*nt or ask about our deadlines contact any ad vertising representative between the hours of 8 am and 5 pm Monday Vernon Parish Voters decided to not allow the gaming machines in the parish with a local option vote in 1997 don't think people realize the economic impact this will said Jack's All Ya Need owner Jack Rose parish gets income from video New Llano Mayor reddie Boswell said the town will suf fer cannot stress enough the impact the loss of video poker is going to have on New Llano and other cities in Vernon Parish along with other municipalities in the parish" he said The Ijeesville City Council opened bids for the new postal facility in Leesville City engi neer Vernon Meyer said the bids should be taken under advise ment Later in the year area resi dents spoke out their disap pointment in the site selection which is near the Byrd Regional Hospital 8 New wing opens at Ry rd Regional Hospital In November the hospital staff opened a new wing the new women's center and Same Day Surgery Center new unit will provide patients with a comfortable sense of security in their home town said chief execu tive officer Roger LeDoux 9 Several dignitaries visit area Among the officials which visited Vernon Parish in 1999 were McCrery Gov Mike oster who made his first visit to ort Polk Secretary of Defense William Cohen and Secretary of the Army Louis Caldera 10 Three murder trials held in Vernon Parish Three different people were convicted of murder during 1999 LaMark Turner was found guilty in January for a 1995 murder while Raymon St John Sr was found guilty of a 1997 slaying In April Kelly Adams was found guilty of a 1998 dou ble murder 11 Vernon Parish School Board insurance saga Parish teachers held a one day protest to show their exclu sion from the decision making process of the new insur ance company decision Eventu ally the board re entered the state group plan 12 Memorial Plaza planned for parish and orce Provider comes to ort Polk City and parish officials be gan work on a memorial plaza to honor veterans late in the year The site will be next to the Vernon Parish Police Jury of fice At ort Polk the orce LOANS! LOANS! LOANS! BANK Member DIC Erat permanent training location was opened 14 Cecil Collins saga and Tax department scandal ormer Leesville High School football standout Cecil Collins was drafted by the Miami Dol phins in April and earned a starting spot during the season However an injury ended his season In December he was ar rested and faces charges in Dade County as well as violat ing his parole in Louisiana The manager of the Vernon Parish Sales Tax Department was placed on leave with pay following an investigation into a possible theft of money from the office The Green Mile I Stuart Little (PG liilHI I II 1 11 IB I II 11)1 It Deuce Bigalow 1 MR Ripley Anna no the Kng fm Jr I Hi 4 Galaxy Quest (PS) 4' Iri 1)1 1)1121 111 Toy lj i Tin I JI HI I JI 1 45 4 45 I JI Uj 7J Ht $400 ALL SHOWS BEORE 6 PM Attention All Pioneer Housing Employees! 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