I have just returned from a trip to San Diego, Calif., where I was happy to spend a few days with my youngest daughter and her husband in their new home. They are in Fallbrook which I think is about an hour north of San Diego. Hilly country, lots of vineyards, avocado tree farms, plant nurseries.
Fear that the Gulf of Mexico might one day sweep away much of south Louisiana is nothing new. Such an idea has been much discussed recently, particularly in light of the destruction of recent hurricanes, the steady loss of wetlands, and the consequences of global warming.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Story ran Jan. 15)
Pellerin Life Insurance Company is offering to donate nine acres of land behind its offices and adjacent to the St. Martin School Board’s new administrative building for a new South Louisiana Community College campus.
The City of St. Martinville is offering the Louisiana Community and Technical College System (LCTCS) a tract of land to build a new Evangeline campus of South Louisiana Community College.
The thermometer reached below 21 degrees, with low humidity and north winds on the night of Jan. 6, a Monday. People were concerned about their pets, water pipes, fruit trees and outside plants.