Claiborne Parish Residents—Get Ready To Clean Up!!

Saturday, June 23 will be the First Annual Parishwide Clean Up in Claiborne Parish. All parish residents are urged to join in the clean up. If you cannot participate with your community or neighborhood team, please take time to clean around your home. Help these volunteer community coordinators to Keep Claiborne Beautiful—(seated, l.-r.) Herbert Taylor, Keith Killgore, Dora Ann Hatch, Pat Gladney, (standing) Roderick Hampton, Patricia Jenkins, Carla Smith, Rene Lincoln-Buggs, Linda Jacob, Jerry Adkins, Mary Ellen Lewis, Michael Wade, and Alice Stewart.  .

Claiborne Parish To Clean Up Saturday

BY SUSAN T. HERRING, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

More than 200 volunteers are expected to participate in Claiborne Parish’s First Annual Clean Up Day on Saturday, June 23 from 9 AM-12 PM, in conjunction with newly organized Keep  Claiborne Beautiful. Community coordinators have volunteered to organize clean up efforts in Haynesville, Homer, Athens, Lisbon, Summerfield, Lake Claiborne, and in some rural areas around the parish. All volunteers will receive a “Keep Claiborne Beautiful” T-shirt.

Citizens are asked to join in a number of community and neighborhood cleanup efforts, or at the least, clean up around your property.

Keith Killgore will head up the Haynesville clean up with help from council members Rene Lincoln-Buggs, Herbert Taylor, and Carla Smith, and former councilman Roderick Hampton. Killgore asks everyone to meet on Main Street at the Corner Park at 8:30 AM. Buggs said approximately 70 individuals have signed up to help in Haynesville. For more information on what you can to do help, call Killgore at 624-1122.

In Homer, Pat Gladney is heading up the clean up effort with help from council members Patricia Jenkins, Michael Wade, Carlette Sanford, and J. C. Moore. As a member of the Homer Lions Club, he is challenging all Homer Lions to participate. Jenkins, who is also a member of the Clean City Committee, encourages citizens to take advantage of the Trash Bash scheduled for Saturday from 8 AM - 3 PM, and do more than pickup trash. She asks all Homer citizens to take large items that need to be discarded to the dumpsters on Oil Mill Street between 8 AM - 3 PM. Clean your yards and move those old vehicles. For more information or to volunteer to head up a neighborhood cleanup, call Gladney at 927-9601 or 927-9713 or CCC Chairman Pete Pearson at 927-2342.

Dora Ann Hatch and Linda Jacob are heading up efforts in the Athens area. They have contacted about 30 team captains who will coordinate cleanup on a portion of road. Others have agreed to clean up during the week. They met with the Athens Town Council who are in full support. Athens area residents plan to meet at the Athens Town Hall on La. 9 Saturday morning.  To sign up to help, call Hatch at 927-9654 or 258-3505 or Jacob at 258-3630.

Citizens in Lisbon will meet at the Claiborne Parish Fire District 6 at the intersection of La. 2 and Hebron. Scott Greeson has about 10 volunteers and is encouraging all firefighters in District 6 to be there Saturday. Greeson can be contacted at 927-9400.

In addition to the community clean up in Lisbon, Pineview High School will be holding a Clean-Up Day on Saturday as well. All parents, community and business leaders, teachers, and students are invited to come out to help beautify the Pineview campus, focusing on the gym, cafeteria, science lab, LVS lab and hallways.

Summerfield residents will meet at 9 AM at Summerfield High School. Police Juror Butch Bays is coordinating efforts there and is still looking for volunteers. He would like to challenge all firefighters at Baileytown,  Hebron, and Gordon to show up Saturday morning and help out. To volunteer, call Bays at 927-9883.

Alice Stewart, Jerry Adkins, Mary Ellen Lewis, and Bob Robinson are among those coordinating clean up efforts around Lake Claiborne. To join their efforts, you can contact Stewart at 927-9832, Adkins at 927-5456, Robinson at 927-9603, and Lewis at 927-9180

Lauren Tichenor, the Americorps LA VISTA worker, will have T-shirts, bags, gloves, and some litter grabbers available at her office for community organizers to pickup on Friday, June 22 from 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM.

Tichenor asked for volunteers to serve on the Keep Claiborne Beautiful Board. Those designated to serve on the Board were Doug Efferson, Pat Gladney, Keith Killgore, Patricia Jenkins, Teresa McDaniels, Michael Wade, Don McCalman, Barbara Monzingo, Gurvis Vines, Roderick Hampton, Cynthia Steele, and Susan Herring.  Efferson was unanimously elected to serve as chairman. Tichenor said other individuals are welcome to join. They want to have representation from every area of the parish.

The Board voted to continue with Tichenor’s efforts to become an affiliate with Keep Louisiana Beautiful. The Police Jury, Towns of Homer and Haynesville, and Watershed District agreed to help pay for the $2,300 certification fee and the $200 annual membership fee.

Tichenor explained part of her job is to set up a parishwide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for Claiborne Parish Community Development, which will serve as an instrument for economic development, education, beautification, and the arts. It will serve as an umbrella for various parish boards such as Keep Claiborne Beautiful. The Claiborne Parish Community Development committee will be a cooperative effort between profit and non-profit, public and private, and faith-based bodies in the parish. The Board agreed to look into the options of filing for non-profit status.

Tichenor reported that $4,050 had been contributed so far, from private individuals, companies, and organizations; some for advertising on shirts. About $2,000 has been spent on t-shirts, litter grabbers, and gloves.

Among possible future projects discussed were a fall clean up on Lake Claiborne, working with the LSU AgCenter and Trailblazer to conduct an annual education program on litter in the schools, conducting an art contest  in the schools during the winter holidays with the winning design to be used on next year’s T-shirt design, and selecting several visible beautification projects to work on, such as gateways entering the towns.

The next meeting will be Thursday, June 28 at 5:30 PM.

Citizens, The Claiborne Parish Police Jury and Inmates from the Claiborne Parish Detention Center were busy this past week, doing their part to clean up properties around Claiborne Parish. Lannie McDonald, (top photo) sons Cadarius and Lankedrick, Landrick McDonald, and Louis Grant (on trailer) have been working to tear down the charred remains of Lannie’s parent home on Hill Street in Homer. The house was destroyed by fire on Sunday, June 3. Pete Pearson, chairman of the Clean City Committee, (right) opened up the trash bin on Oil Mill Street to help them dispose of this trailer load. The Police Jury road crew and CDC inmates worked to clean the yard of this vacant home (bottom photos) at 518 Jessie T. Jones Street, one of 15 properties adjudicated to the Jury. Law allows the Jury to clean such properties that pose a health or safety risk. The ultimate goal is to get these properties back on the tax rolls.

Young Girl Dies, Autopsy Ordered

Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office received an emergency 911 call from a home in the southern part of the Claiborne Parish, shortly after midnight on Saturday, June 9 regarding a 15-year-old girl who was apparently in distress. Deputy Brian Pepper was the first to arrive on the scene. He contacted Claiborne Ambulance, but the girl was DOA by the time emergency personnel arrived. Coroner Dr. Cliff Salmon was contacted and pronounced the girl dead at the scene.

According to Claiborne Parish Sheriff Ken Bailey, the girl’s body has been sent to Little Rock, Arkansas for an autopsy to determine the cause of death. Results are expected within the next two weeks.

Local Missionary John Campbell with some of the many orphans in Malawi, Africa. He and wife, Lea Anne, left this week to return to Malawi where they will continue their work at the mission orphanage, the Rainbow Children’s Development Center.

Semu Kamowa (left picture) is director of the Rainbow Children’s Development Center, the orphanage in Malawi. He is shown here with his mom, wife, sister (Gilbert’s mother), and two local children.Gilbert (right picture) and his cousin Caleb, Semu’s son.

Local Missionaries Head Back To Africa

BY SUSAN T. HERRING, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

John Campbell once owned and operated a computer business. Today he is a missionary to Africa. His change in professions has been a journey in search of God’s will in his life. Even after deciding several years ago to open Papa John’s Campground near Summerfield, he knew it was not what God was calling him to do. Two years ago, at the age of 43, John decided to sell his half of C&S Computers to his partner. It was then God revealed to him that he would be sent on a mission to Africa. John had never been on a mission in his life, but he knew it was what God calling him to do.

Both John and his wife, Lea Anne, surrendered to God’s call to the foreign mission field. His first missionary trip was to Mongolia in 2005. Then, last year in June 2006, they were invited to join a mission team to Malawi, Africa. They helped with Vacation Bible School, evangelism walks, and evening revival services in the area around the Rainbow Children’s Development Center, a new orphanage under construction. Within a few miles of the Rainbow Center are more than 1,000 orphans. Most have lost both parents to AIDS and are being cared for by family members or other villagers. During their visit in January-February of this year, great progress was made.

Last Thursday, John shared pictures from his third missionary trip, his first to Africa, with the Homer Lions Club. This past Tuesday, he and his wife, Lea Anne, returned to Malawi where he will serve as WHAT at the mission there. He will return home early next year.

Semu Kamowa, director of the Center, is not quite 30 years old. John said his story, however, was an amazing one. At age four, Semu taught himself to read the Bible. He was one of 27 children. John said it is a common practice for men to have more than one wife; his father had three.

The Campbells will be working at the Center which will soon be ready to start accepting children. The orphanage can house about 60 children.

“America’s resources are unlimited. That’s true,” he said. “We don’t wake up in the morning worried if we are going to get something to eat, only what we are going to eat. They wake up, worried if they will get something to eat. They have just enough resources to buy food for one day. Many times they go without eating.

While the Campbells were in Malawi, Semu’s sister brought her son, Gilbert, to the Center. She had little food and Gilbert was almost starved to death. He was so weak he could not walk or talk. After nursing him back to health, his mother returned to get him. Worried Gilbert would end up in the same condition, they helped set his mother up in the wood hauling business.

She would ride her bicycle about 50 miles every day to pick up a tall rack of firewood on the back of her bicycle. She would return to the village and sell one day’s supply to each family, which was all they could afford.

John said the cost to support a child with food, housing, clothing and medical costs for one month is $35. Anyone who would like to make a donation can send their tax-deductible contribution to Promise of Christ Ministries, Inc., c/o Helen Campbell, P.O. Box 127, Summerfield, LA 71079. Promise of Christ Ministries, Inc. was founded in 2006 by Campbell and a group of fellow believers. To make a tax-deductible contribution, send your donation to

To schedule a presentation by the Campbells on their mission trips, call Denise Baugh at 318-777-8950.                     

Two Arrested In Pearl Street Stabbing

BY SUSAN T. HERRING, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

A shoving match ended up sending two men to the hospital, both arrested and charged by Homer Police officers. The Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office received an emergency 911 call at 6:14 AM on Sunday, June 17. Homer Police officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Pearl Street regarding a disturbance.

When officers Keith Ferguson, Ken Wood, and Vincent Smith arrived at the scene, they observed two male subjects, one lying on the floor  with a towel on his head. He was bleeding profusely from the face and head. Claiborne Parish deputies Matt Harris and Brian Pepper also responded to the scene to assist. Witnesses told officers the two men had been arguing before they got into a fight using knives.

Ignoring the pleas of officers to remain still until emergency personnel could arrive, Combs stood up and walked outside. Outside, Combs, still bleeding, approached Shelton and was ordered by officers to stop and get on the ground. He refused. When he continued to refuse to comply, he was tazed by CPSO deputies.

When Claiborne Ambulance arrived at the scene, Combs continued to resist ambulance personnel as they attempted to place him on a gurney to transport him to Homer Memorial Hospital. At the hospital, Combs was treated for wounds to his neck and throat, which required numerous stitches. He declined to provide a statement to police.

Shelton was also transported to the hospital where he was treated for a cut on his right index finger and scrapes on his hands and knees.

Homer officers arrested Shelton and charged him with aggravated battery and  disturbing the peace. Combs was also arrested and charged with aggravated assault, resisting an officer, and disturbing the peace.

Both men were transported to the Claiborne Parish Detention Center. Combs’ bond was set at $2,000. The bond on Shelton was set at $10,500..

Man Arrested For Drugs, Resisting Arrest

Claiborne Parish Sheriff deputies Matt Harris and Roger Ellerbe stopped a vehicle on La. 2 on Tuesday, June 12 for speeding 71/55. After approaching the driver to explain the reason for the stop and to verify paperwork, Deputy Harris detected the nervous behavior of the driver and advised him of his rights, asking him if there were any illegal weapons or narcotics in the vehicle.

A passenger in the vehicle, Jimmy L. Washington, 50, of Haynesville was asked by deputies to step out of the vehicle. He was also advised of his rights and questioned regarding the presence of anything illegal in the vehicle. Washington gave consent for a search of his person, but while the search was being performed, he broke and ran from the two deputies. A chase ensued and after giving numerous commands for Washington to stop, deputies deployed their department-issued Tazer-X26.

After being apprehended, Washington continued to resist deputies. He was transported to the Claiborne Parish Detention Center for booking. A search of his person revealed marijuana in his front pocket. Deputies discovered four (4) rock-like objects associated with crack cocaine in the rear floor board of the patrol unit where Washington had been sitting.

Washington was charged with violation of RS 40:966D, possession of Schedule I marijuana, second offense; RS 14:108 resisting an officer by running; RS 14:108 resisting an officer by violence; RS 40:967 possession of Schedule II cocaine; and RS 14:102A introduction of contraband to a state corrections facility. Total bond on all charges was set at $16,500.

The driver of the vehicle was issued a citation for speeding.

Crime Victims Have New Tool To Track Offenders

The Office of the Governor and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, in partnership with the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office, are proud to inform the citizens of Claiborne Parish they now have rapid access to vital offender custody information by phone, day or night.

Funded by the Office of the Governor and the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement, information is provided through the innovative technology solutions offered by Appriss®, Inc. in partnership with the Louisiana Automated Victim Notification System (LAVNS).

LAVNS notifies crime victims and concerned citizens within minutes of a change in an offender’s custody status.

Callers to the LAVNS toll-free hotline (866-LAVNS-4-U) can find out if an offender is in jail and can register to be notified automatically when an offender is released, transferred or has escaped. Notification calls continue every half hour for 48 hours or until notification is confirmed with the registered individual’s personal identification or pin number.

Appriss® National Communication Center housed in Louisville, Kentucky, is linked electronically to the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office booking system. If an offender has a change in custody status, the Communications Center automatically begins calling all people registered to that offender.

Use of LAVNS is not limited to crime victims. Anyone may call toll-free for offender information.

“LAVNS gives victims and their families a means to protect themselves from a repeat attack by an offender,” Sheriff Ken Bailey said. “By offering LAVNS, the Claiborne Parish Sheriff’s Office is providing a valuable service  and empowering a vulnerable segment of our population.”

For further information, please contact the Sheriff’s Office Victim’s Assistant, Deputy Donna McCarty, at 927-9800.

Magician To Perform At Claiborne Library

David LeBoeuf will be at the Claiborne Parish Library in Homer on Friday, June 22 at 2 PM to present a program of magic, comedy, and storytelling. Children of all ages are invited to attend this most special program. Mr. LeBoeuf is a professional magician with 16 years experience from Houma, Louisiana. He is also a pediatric nurse who has entertained both children and adults at the South Louisiana Medical Center.

He has performed for audiences at libraries and schools all across Louisiana and Texas, and as far away as San Diego, California. He has appeared in programs for the Rapides Parish Library System in Alexandria, Just Kids at Art in Houma, and the South Louisiana Electric Co-op Annual Meeting in Houma.

LeBoeuf is brought to the library as part of the 2007 Summer Reading Program by the Friends of the Claiborne Parish Library. For more information, please call 927-3845 or come by the library at 909 Edgewood Drive in Homer.

This program is free and open to the public.

Chrissi Coile—Grand Marshal Boat Parade

 Chrissi Coile, reporter and weekend morning show anchor for KTBS 3 News, will be the Grand Marshal in the July 4th Boat Parade to be held in conjunction with the July 4th Fireworks Show on Lake Claiborne on Saturday, June 30.

Chrissi grew up in Bossier City and graduated from Benton High School. She received a B.A. in Mass Communication from the University of Louisiana in Lafayette, then got  her career off to a start as a reporter and weekend anchor at KLFY-TV in Lafayette.

Chrissi says she is passionate about the news and jumped at the opportunity to be able to come back home and report in her hometown. She loves being part of the process that helps make you a more well-informed citizen. In her spare time, Chrissi enjoys working out and spending time with her family.

Chrissi said, “It's a true honor to serve as this year’s Grand Marshal of the Claiborne Parish Fireworks and Boat Show.”

The 2007 Claiborne Parish Fourth of July Fireworks and Patriotic Boat Parade will be held on beautiful Lake Claiborne Saturday, June 30. The Patriotic Boat Parade will begin at Pleasure Point at 7:30 PM led by the Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Office. The Fireworks Display will begin around dark from the Lake Claiborne dam, about  9 PM.

Boats will gather around 7 PM on the water near Pleasure Point. The parade route will include Pleasure Point Marina, Port-Au-Prince, Parden's Paradise, the Coleman Creek Subdivision, Public Boat Launch off Hwy. 146 (White Lightning Road), Lake Claiborne State Park, and Sport Point. No jet skis will be allowed. The first 50 boats will receive a free Claiborne Parish Boat Parade cap for the captain of the boat— limit one per boat.

Parade participants are asked to decorate boats in patriotic themes with red, white, and blue. They are asked to follow in a single line along the shoreline so all spectators will have a great view. No jet skis will be allowed in the parade. In recent years, some parade participants have begun throwing beads, similar to the Mardi Gras beads. Organizer Dick Dorrell suggests others may want to do the same. He said, “It could be like our own Mardi Gras parade on Lake Claiborne.”

Boat owners are cautioned to prepare their boats for the event by checking to see that the running lights operate properly and that sufficient life jackets are aboard. Once it gets dark, boats must have their white running lights on even when the boat is not running and while they are watching the fireworks display. The parade route will end in front of the Lake Claiborne dam giving boats a fantastic view of the fireworks display!

When fireworks are over, boaters are asked to take their time leaving and watch out for other boats. Lake Claiborne will be shut down as the parade is in progress. The Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Office and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will be patrolling the lake to make sure all boating safety laws are observed. Remember to keep it safe and follow all boating and lake rules and regulations.

Please keep 2-3 boat lengths between boats. Remember there are no brakes. Also, please keep a safe distance from shore, but close enough for viewers to see, and do not break in line.

Thanks to the efforts of Fred Lewis, the Fourth of July Fireworks Committee, the Claiborne Parish Watershed Commission, and the Claiborne Parish Police Jury, additional parking for spectators has been added at the Lake Claiborne dam site.

The Fireworks Display will start at "dark", around 9:00 PM. Neither boats nor individuals will be allowed within 420 feet of the firing area, because of the rules governing the safe distance from the shooting site, however, there will be an area on the end of the dam nearest the spillway where people be allowed to watch the show. Other areas around the shores of the lake will also have a good view. The best view will be from the boats and barges, where hundreds of people watch each year.

Donations are still needed to help fund this worthwhile event. Any amount will certainly be welcome. Please mail your tax-deductible donation to Claiborne Fireworks, Inc., 180 Post Oak Road, Homer, LA 71040. For information about Fireworks, call Fred Lewis at 927-9180. Boat Show questions should be directed to Dick Dorrell at 927-0039.  

"Good Night And Good Luck"

BY SUSAN T. HERRING, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

Edward R. Murrow, described as the most distinguished and renowned figure in the history of American broadcast journalism, once said, “A reporter is always concerned with tomorrow. There's nothing tangible of yesterday. All I can say I've done is agitate the air ten or fifteen minutes and then boom - it's gone.”

As many of you already know, this will be my my last week as editor of The Guardian-Journal. Let me say from the heart, I have thoroughly enjoyed the last nine years. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had. The endless hours I spent attending meetings and reporting the news to our readers, in my opinion, was time well spent. I truly enjoyed keeping our readers informed of the decisions made by our public officials. I was also delighted in writing other entertaining and historical articles, such as features about the many outstanding individuals who live in our parish, and those who sought careers around the world.

It has been my desire since I came to the paper in January 1999 to provide a newspaper that was both interesting and informative, truthful and accurate. Each week I tried to give our readers a snapshot of what was happening in Claiborne Parish. If in some way I have inspired or motivated our readers to become more involved in our community, then I consider my years here a success.

Although I will miss seeing many of you on a regular basis, I in no way plan to retreat from living. I still love this parish and am passionate about its future. I only want the best for our parish and its citizens. This is our home and it will only be what we make it. It is up to us to make sure we reach our goals. I hope each of you will join me in working to make Claiborne Parish the best it can be. I encourage you to start by joining in the parishwide cleanup on Saturday.

In closing, I want to thank so many of you for the heartfelt comments I have received the past two weeks. They mean more to me than you know. I could not think of a more appropriate ending than those immortal words of Edward R. Murrow “Good Night and Good Luck."

Thompson Responds To Recent Indictment

BY SUSAN T. HERRING, Editor, The Guardian-Journal

J. Michael Small, attorney for Michael Thompson, issued a statement on Wednesday, June 13 following the federal indictment of Thompson in U. S. District Court in Monroe on Tuesday, June 12. Thompson, the 58-year-old former mayor of Delhi, is under a one-year contract with the Claiborne Parish Watershed. He is charged with one count of violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 1951, commonly referred to as the Hobbs Act according to U.S. Attorney Donald Washington who made the announcement.

Small said, “The indictment of Michael Thompson is a travesty. My independent investigation of this case makes clear that my client is absolutely innocent of the charge brought against him. The government’s star witness, Joe Cleveland, is a con-artist who is married to Kathy Cleveland who recently pled guilty to embezzling more than $150,000 from the Poverty Point Reservoir District. She is currently awaiting sentencing in Federal Court in Monroe.”

Thompson is charged with obtaining money he was not entitled to while serving as executive director of the Poverty Point Reservoir District from September 26, 1997 until June 20, 2002.

“When all the facts are known,” Small went on to say, “it will be quite obvious that the Clevelands are pathological liars willing to say anything to further their effort to gain leniency for Ms. Cleveland. My client is not interested in a plea bargain. All he and I want is the opportunity to go to court and clear Mr. Thompson’s name.”

Thompson will be arraigned at 10 AM on Friday, June 29 in U.S. District Court in Monroe.

This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Monroe Resident Agency, and is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney C. Mignonne Griffing. If convicted, Thompson, faces a sentence of up to 20 years in prison, a $250,000.00 fine, or both. Sentencing in federal court is determined by the discretion of federal judges and the governing statute. Parole has been abolished in the federal system.

Summer Reading Program Continues At Library

The Claiborne Parish Library will continue their summer reading program on Wednesday, June 27 at 10 AM in Haynesville at the Joe Webb Memorial Library. All ages are invited to join this “trip” to Ireland, Russia, and Holland. So grab your shamrocks, your tulips, and  your babushka and come along with us on this journey!

On Thursday, June 28 the pre-school crowd “leaves” on their “journey to Ireland, Russia, and Holland. This trip is for ages 3 to Kindergarten, Parents are welcome to travel with us and we’ll leave promptly at 10 AM from the Claiborne Parish Library in Homer. We are looking forward to the stories of the leprechauns and matryoshka dolls.

Children in Grades 1-4 will begin their travels at 2 PM on Thursday, June 28, at the Homer Library. They too will be traveling to Russia, Ireland, and the Netherlands. When they reach the Netherlands, Mr. Henrica Weiland will join them with some stories and memorabilia from her childhood in Holland. Don’t miss out on this fantastic “trip”. Come join us for another journey in our 2007 Summer Reading Program.

This and all library programs are free and open to the public. For more information, call 927-3845 in Homer or 624-0364 in Haynesville. Homer hours are 8 AM - 6 PM weekdays and 9 AM - 1 PM on Saturday. Haynesville hours are 8 AM - 4:45 PM on weekdays (closed 12-1PM for lunch) and 9 AM - 1 PM on Saturday.

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