The Vinton News from Vinton, Louisiana (2024)

April 19, 1995

Publication:

The Vinton Newsi

Location:

Vinton, Louisiana

Issue Date:

Wednesday, April 19, 1995

Page:

2

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2 The Vinton News Wednesday April 19 1995 Upcoming events Thursday April 20 The Nihletts Bluff Park Commissioners will meet at 7 pm in the park pavilion The public iss invited to attend Saturday April 22 The Silver Spur Riders Club will sponsor an All Breed Horse Show beginning at 8 am The event will take place at the Burton Coliseum in the outside covered arena Participants must be club members and member ship will be accepted at the regis tration table The public is invit ed and the admission is free or more information please call Re nee Hilderbrand at 318478 1685 Disabled American Veter ans Chapter 17 sponsors bingo every Saturday from 2 to 6 pm in the Calcasieu Council on Ag ing building on La 14 in Lake Charles American Legion Andrus Post 179 will have a testimonial banquet honoring the Louisiana Department Comman der Russell Henry at Veranda 950 Beglis Pkwy Sul phur There will be a free Happy Hour from 6 to 7 pm followed by a meal There will be a cash Bar Group meets from 6:30 to 8 pm at the center 230 La 108 The cost is $10 per week or more in formation call 625 2981 The Sulphur Lions Club meets for a ladies night meeting at 7 pm at the club home A cov ered dish dinner is served Love Chapter 209 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7 pm in Masonic Temple Willow Avenue Louisiana Injured Workers Union Sulphur Chapter will meet from 7 to 9 pm at 914 Post Oak Rd in Sulphur You can con tact at 528 9026 Sulphur Alateen will meet at 8 pm at 126 Napoleon Southwest Louisiana Sin Club will hold its weekly dance from 8 to 10:30 pm at the Woodmen of the World Hall on Chevanne Street in Lake Charles Charley uselier and band will provide musical enter tainment Bring refreshments Admission is $3 Wednesday April 26 Photo by Ron Elam i'l 11 WOfl A I i I 1 a 'P fir IW Lif ft du vt iHEM I) HI M'' Jl sL'h1 MW I Ux Bk JR lit 4 Mg i Moore honored on retirement Moore center is shown with a plaque and watch that he received at a retirement party held In his honor recently at Tiger Well Service Moore had a total of 21 years of service with the company Hav ing been with Tiger Well on two occasions he was honored for 17 years of service Shown at left is Teddy Tidwell owner and right Liz Tidwell his wife Obituaries Billy Lyons VINTON uneral services for Billy Wayne Lyons 65 of Vinton were at 2 pm Sunday April 16 at The irst Baptist Church of Vinton The Rev Lee Perkins and re tired Chaplain Dale Tatum offi ciated and burial was in Big Woods Cemetery under the di rection of Hixson uneral Home Visitation was from 4 to 10 pm Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 12 pm at the ftineral home and resuming at 1 pm at the church He died riday April 14 1995 He was a native and lifelong resident of Vinton and was a member of The irst Baptist Church of Vinton and of the Ma sonic Lodge He served in the US Army Survivors include his wife rances Redding Lyons of Vin ton one daughter Pat Lyons Courvelle of Vinton two sons Timothy Wayne Lyons of Prospect Tenn and Andrew Kevin Lyons of Sulphur and two granddaughters Tax from 7 pm until Tickets are $15 each or tickets call Russell or Mary henry before April 14 at 528 2321 The ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc Lambda Gam ma Chapter will be having a re union of all members who pledged between 1969 and pre sent This is a reception in honor of their 25th anniversary as the first black sorority on McNeese University campus The celebra tion will take place at the Mc Neese State University Alumni Center at 7 pm We encourage all members to RSVP when possi ble If you have any questions contact Kimberly Prescott at 477 8286 or Ernesteen Valere at 433 5034 Sunday April 23 A Granger amily Reunion will be at the Community Center in Lacassine beginning at 9 am Please contact your children grandchildren ets and encour age them to join in the fun Everyone is asked to bring a cov ered dish Paper plates napkins and plastic forks will be fur nished If you have any questions or suggestions you may call 582 6322 American Legion Andrus will have a spring con ference Monday April 24 Overeaters Anonymous meets at 7:15 pm at Maplewood United Methodist Church Cen ter Circle Drive The national Kids Count Data Book is scheduled for re lease by the Agenda or Children on April 24 or more informa tiun ahv'it ev'Su call Shannon Johnson at (504) 586 8509 Brimstone Al Anon amily Group meets from 8 to 9 pm at 126 West Napoleon Street in Sul phur Tuesday April 25 Veterans of oreign Wars Post 8107 sponsors bingo at9 am in the post home on Napoleon St in Sulphur Public is invited Charter Counseling Center of Sulphur Codependency The Vinton News Sf kJ Li1V 1 JUj Publisher weekly by the News Leader Inc PO Box 946 Vinton LA 70668 0946 Phone (318) 589 7650 or 527 7075 Ophelia Hayes VP Mktng Pub Relations Ophelia Hayes Managing Editor Brenda Merchant Editor Suzanne Peveto Advertising Director Dee Taylor Production Manager Vinton News (USPS 621 5401) Is pub lished weekly for $1248 per year In parish $1872 per outside the parish In state and $2100 per year outside the State and 25c per Issue by News Leader Inc 716 Napoleon St Sulphur LA 70663 Second class postage paid at Vinton LA 70668 POSTMASTER: Send Address Changes To The Vinton News PO Box 946 Vinton LA 70668 Publisher: News Leader Inc Erbon Wise Chairman Publisher EC Gensheimer President CEO Lewis Cain Secretary Controller Billy Douga Circulation Director Official Journal: Town of Vinton Continued from 1 Crown continues to make plans SULPHUR MEMORIAL UNERAL HOME cncu or MQvtcvtO amily Heritage Plan Gene Ledger ZIP 589 2256 if this area three river said demo SJ Brasseaux Pre Need District Manager Barbara Thibodeaux Pre Need Counselor Barbara ancy Receptionist James Murphy uneral Director Dick Spngg Manager Linda Hoffpauir Pre Need Unit Manager Jim Davant Assistant Manager AMILY HERITAGE PLAN Brenda Amett Manager lower Shop Betty Williams lorist Brimstone Al Anon amily Group meets from 8 to 9 pm at 126 West Napoleon Street in Sul phur KC Council 8978 will have bingo in their new hall on Tana Street beginning at 7 pm Swinging Rebels Square Dance Club will have a dance at Skate World in Westlake at 8 pm Cost is $15 per month Swinging Rebels Square Dance Club will hold a begin dance class at Skate World in Westlake at 6:30 pm begin ning in January and lasting through August Cost is $15 per month or more information call President Gene Allen 625 5780 1311 Horridge Vinton 1015 Ruth Sulphur Knights of Columbus Coun cil 8322 will have a meeting at 7 pm at the council hall off Shasta St Pruess was quick to point out that the new Isle of Capri boat should not be known as a riverboat but as a or riverboat Pruess also stated the new riverboat will draw from a Texas market Re search done by Crown has pro jected Texas will not enter the gaming industry until after the turn of the century Pruess was confident that might have six eight or 10 years Texas may never enter the mar ket there are a lot of political and other reasons why the Texas market might still be The boat will be located in a slip 400 feet long and 100 feet wide completely out of the main channel on the West Bank in Westlake The City of Westlake will receive $1 million a year from the Calcasieu Police Jury which will receive the funds from Crown Casino The day the casi no opens Crown will pay the parish $1 million plus an addi tional $250000 to pay Westlake The $250000 will be first quarterly installment on Wayne LeBlanc uneral Director Alpha Omega a new inter denominational Christian out reach to McNeese students meets at 7:30 pm in the Mallard Room upstairs in the Ranch of MSU campus Brian Comeaux will provide music or more in formation call 474 2000 the budget School Board officials hope that collections in the final three months of the fiscal year will off set the deficit They be lieve it will according to recent ly published employment fig ures and expansion projects In March collections exceeded the revised budget by $120705 or 48 percent making up almost half of the ebruary deficit or the nine months ending March 31 taxable sales exceed ed the same nine month period of last year by 52 percent Of the eleven taxable sales categories eight increased the largest being in manufactur ing building materials motor vehicles merchandise and fur niture Miscellaneous services had the only sizable decrease which involved motels hotels bowling alleys hospitals laun dries cleaning and alterations and machine shops Call 589 7650 to subscribe today the first pledge of $1 mil lion we will be affecting Westlake we have offered an amount of money to Westlake which they will use to take care of the added load on their infra The Crown spokesman said the gaming cor poration is working closely with engineers and officials of West lake and Calcasieu parish The boat slip boarding facilities and parking garage will be outside the city limits but the hotel will be inside the city Westlake will also receive sales tax from room rentals estimated at more than $250000 a year as well as addi tional revenues from restaurant and other sales at the hotel Mirage and Gold Strike Re sorts have expressed an interest in 200 acres of port land south of the city docks for a $100 million development Pruess stated thev possibility for a fourth riverboat is unlikely until the state Gam ing Commission reviews the ef fect the Isle of Capri and Star riverboats will have on the mar ket JEWELRY REPAIRWatches Razors Thursday April 27 Every Thursday morning between the hours of 8:30 am and 11:30 am members of the local SCORE Chapter which is sponsored by the Small Business Administration will be at the ChamberSouthwest Louisiana office to counsel indi viduals who are planning to enter business or have a business re lated problem To obtain a free counseling appointment call the ChamberSouthwest ft Louisiana office at 433 3632 American Legion Andrus Post 179 sponsors 17 bingo games at 7 pm in the Le gion home 1403 West Napoleon Street All proceeds support the programs The public is invited 2051 Napoleon Sulphur By Joel Daugherty Special to The Vinton News Crown Casino continues to make plans for its new riverboat casinohotel complex Ed Pruess Vice President of Pro ject Development spoke to mem bers of the West Calcasieu Asso ciation of Commerce this past week and gave an The new boat built in Houma and currently docked there for renovations is 292 feet long 74 feet wide and approximately third than cur rent Lake Charles riverboat Pruess said $75 million dollars is expected to be invested in the new complex which will include a three level 1400 parking space enclosed parking garage a pavil ion and tower rising 120 feet over the river and a six floor two or possibly three wing 300 room hotel all interconnected The main pavilion he said be a pretty exciting with waterfalls lasers light shows restaurants and shopping Construction of the complex will affect area merchants and contractors in a very positive way businesses in this area will be impacted by the arrival of this he said Crown expects to employ about 1500 with a payroll of $25 35 million a year Pruess stated the new work will draw people from all over Louisiana as well as other states going to see a tremen dous influx of new he said but promised Commerce members Crown would em ploy Lake Area residents first are committed to buy from local vendors and we are committed to 70 percent of the work done locally by union labor When asked could support boats Pruess graphics have shown the Lake Charles market is more suited for gaming than the Shreve port market wjjiich already supports three riverboats The Sulphur Civic Club is sponsoring Cajun Dancing Lessons at the Senior Center 601 Maple St starting August 4 at 9 am The lessons will be weekly oni Caraway is the in structor The class is open to all 55 and over Call 527 4574 or 527 5878 to enroll The Charles Knights Gregory the Great will hold its spring meeting at the residence of Ellis Guillory of Lake Charles at 7:30 pm called to order by president PJ St Romain Major items on the agenda will be plans for a testimonial dinner honoring the Most Rev Jude Speyrer Bishop of Lake Charles on the anniversary of his ordination to the Catholic priesthood and preparation for the role in the celebration of the 15th an niversary of the diocese I i i i i i if i 1705 16th St Orange TX 409 883 21 07 Our commitment to serving you with dignity fairness competence and compassion will be as strong tomorrow as it is today And we will continue to do our best to merit the trust you place in us We never take that trust for granted or questions or more information on the pre arranged funeral plan please call 625 9 1 7 1 or 439 3 152 1 800 363 2181 Goodwin at ancher Vinton Diocese of Lake chapter of the of Cohunbus of St House Plants Shrubs Trees Herbs 100 Varieties Plants oliage REST HURSERY 195vingRd' 589 6125 With Pre Arranged uneral Needs Since 1986 I Prearranged funeral program (Please check one or both) I I Prearranged cemetery program i STREET CITY Mail To: PO Box 5292 Lake Charles LA: 70606 KNA MARINE Outboard Repair Mon ri 8 5:30 ree Estimates on iberglass Repair 4518 Western Ave Orange Tx 409 886 3665 HIXSON UNERAL HOMES and Serving amilies or 64 Years and Protecting Our Community PROM TIME wa Rpcfivr a Corsage Discount AXiickt Drornwr I OUR 1 UXEDO With Us! The Cabbage Patch Gets lowers Remember Secretaries April 26 Vickie Thibodeaux Office Manager i :8 I 747'' I ft Lu 1 I I Jlfl tsp feel 4 1.

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