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Waterskiing Around the World with the BennettsBy James Ronald skains

By almost any definition, the Ben-nett water skiing family of Zachary would qualify as world travelers hav-ing skied on water in all continents of the world. By the same token, the Bennett family’s 39 acres of water, custom designed for water skiing and wake boarding on Barnett Road in Zachary, is the destination of many other world and national travelers.

“Water skiing for us has always been a family affair,” 25-year-old Danyelle Bennett told the Explorer.

“From my first early days of skiing, to my competing nationally and in-ternationally, this sport has always involved one or both my parents be-ing there to support and encourage me.”

“One thing different about our water ski camps is that the parents don’t just drop their children off and come back a week later to pick them up. Parents either stay through the camp to watch their children learn to ski or further develop their skills, or

See BENNETTS on page 6Participants at one of Bennett’s Ski School’s survey the pond before practice.

Feliciana Law Enforcement Deploy Pepper GunsAn Instructor Certification

Class for the new JPX Pepper De-livery systems was held on Friday, May 24, 2013 at the East Feliciana Parish Courthouse in Clinton, Lou-isiana. The course was instructed by Darron Teeters a representa-tive of JPX Technology assisted by Investigator Shane Bourgeois and sponsored by Twentieth Judi-cial District Attorney, Samuel C. D’Aquilla.

“This is potent enough to drop a bear,” said Darron Teeters. JPX markets its patented pepper guns to law enforcement agencies across Louisiana.

Touted as a cheaper alterna-tive to the stun gun, the JPX Pep-per Gun is appearing on more and more police utility belts as another method of “less-lethal force” au-thorities can use to subdue unruly suspects. About 70 agencies in the state — mostly smaller, rural agencies — are using the devices, Teeters said, adding he expects that number to grow significantly in coming months.

Some law enforcement officials attending a training class in May at the East Feliciana Parish Court-house said pepper guns could eventually replace their stun guns, a shift they insist will lessen their civil liability.

The course certified officers from six (6) law enforcement agen-cies, namely the East Feliciana Parish Sheriffs Office, West Felici-ana Parish Sheriffs Office, Clinton Police Department, St. James Po-lice Department, Opelousas Police Department and St. Helena Parish Sheriffs Office as new instructors. With this certification, these agen-cies intend to train and equip of-ficers in their departments with the new JPX OC Spray (Oleoresin Capsicum) Delivery System which utilizes the strongest Capsaicin formulation on the market mak-ing it the most effective chemical less-lethal weapon available to-day. Its chemical agent, which is a concentrated blast of pepper spray sprayed fired at 405 mph, can dis-able and disorient an aggressor for

45 minutes or longer. “We’re going to these guns be-

cause there’s less liability,” said Assistant Police Chief Ned Davis Jr. of the Clinton Police Depart-

ment, which has purchased four pepper guns but may eventually equip all 25 of its officers with the device.

20 local enforcement individuals participated and successfully passed the pepper gun course. Pictured above/below is the graduating class Instructor Certification Class on May 24, 2013.

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Local Students Win Citizenship AwardThe National Society Daughters

of the American Revolution created the Junior American Citizens (JAC) Committee to promote good citi-zenship and appreciation of Ameri-can heritage and history among ev-ery school-age child in the United States. The JAC Committee offers contests in art, creative expression and community service.

The Alexander Stirling Chap-ter, which is the local chapter for Pointe Coupee, East and West Feli-ciana, announced that they had 500 students to participate this year. When you win first place your en-try moves on to the next level. Alexander Stirling had many first place winners that went on to State Competition. At that time they had 32 that won first place state honors and their work was moved on to the Southeast Regional Division. At the Regional level 16 moved on to National Competition and of those 16 three were from East Feliciana. Bryson Partin of Jackson Elemen-tary drew a poster, Gracie Upton of SCCS had written a poem, and a group project from SCCS drew a banner together.

The group project was three young ladies from Slaughter Com-

munity Charter School and they were Victoria Bourque, Rebecca Fortenberry and Alexis Hatfield. The theme of the contest was “In-vesting in America’s Future.” The only JAC group contest is drawing a banner and that’s exactly what the three young ladies worked on to-

gether. It was announced this week that

Bryson Partin won Honorable Men-tion and the young ladies won 2nd place in the nation. For their efforts they won a pizza party that they will enjoy before the end of school.

Pictured with their banner: Victoria Bourque, Alexis Hatfield, and Rebecca Fortenberry

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Last year during hurricane season, Trabona’s Grocery Store in Clinton was forced to close its doors during the peak of Hurricane Isaac due to lack of power.

Vowing never to have to do that again owner Nick Trabona purchased a new generator capable of running the entire store for an extend-ed amount of time in case of a major di-sasters such as a hurricane, tornado, or ice storm.

“We purchased this new gen-erator late last year and it will run our entire store so when the power goes out we will still be open for business. When we have a hurri-cane coming through we will not have to pull all the perishable in-ventory out of the cases 2 days prior like we had to do last year to keep from loosing our product. Ev-erything will stay in track and we can reopen as soon as the peak hur-ricane force winds are over, with

full capacity. Our customers won’t have to stock up on food items for days, only enough to get through the storm,” Trabona said.

“When Gustav came through we were out of power for one week our generator then would only run lights and registers so we could not get any perishable food items that whole week. Well that is behind us now we will be in full operation and our customers can buy just what they need daily until their power is restored,” Trabona added.

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Business

By daniel C. duggan

Just prior to the end of the Loui-siana Regular Session of the Legisla-ture last week, the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy met to review pending legislation and to award several vet-eran Louisiana Pharmacists with the Board’s highest honor, a Gold Cer-tificate.

John O. LeTard, owner of Medi-cal Pharmacy and Medical Pharma-cy West, was one of five Pharmacists in attendance at the meeting to be awarded the honor.

In Louisiana, a Gold Certificate is awarded to a Pharmacist who has maintained their license and continu-ing education for at least 50 years.

In addition to LeTard, Thomas Bryan, Jerry Dugas, Julia Bryan, and Gail Leleux were presented their Gold Certificate. All 5 gradu-ated from Northeast Louisiana State College in Monroe (Now called the University of Louisiana – Monroe) in 1963.

John LeTard is a second-gen-eration Gold Certificate recipient. Carl Bond, LeTard’s stepfather also had received his Gold Certificate in 1982.

In 1963, upon becoming a li-censed Pharmacist, LeTard worked briefly in his parents’ drug store, Zachary Pharmacy, on Main Street (located where Asian Pearl restaurant is today) before joining the Army. In the U.S. Army, LeTard worked his way up the chain of command in the Medical Service Corps, and eventu-ally became the Chief Pharmacy Of-ficer at Fort Polk Army Hospital in Leesville.

LeTard left the Army in 1966 and came back to Zachary and rejoined his mother, Ruby O. Bond, and step-father at the Zachary Pharmacy.

In early 1968, LeTard began to feel the itch to open his own prac-tice. “Believe it or not, my biggest cheerleader to open my own shop was my stepfather, Carl Bond,” Le-Tard said.

Now 45 years later, John LeTard’s operation has grown to over 46 em-ployees, with 6 full time pharmacists and 2 part-time pharmacists.

“In this business, you are only as good as the employees you surround

Local Pharmacist Receives Highest HonorsBusinessman, Philanthropist John O. LeTard honored by Board of Pharmacy and Peers

yourself with. I feel that that is why I have been blessed here in Zachary,” LeTard added.

John LeTard still enjoys coming into the office everyday to oversee the operation and staff, and he says has no intention of retiring and will continue helping people in the com-munity. In addition to his Board of Pharmacy Gold Certificate, LeTard recently was presented the Bowl of Hygeia award.

Established in 1958, the Bowl of Hygeia Award recognizes phar-macists who possess outstanding records of civic leadership in their communities and encourages phar-macists to take active roles in their local communities. The Bowl of Hy-geia is the most widely recognized international symbol for the pharma-cy profession and is considered one of the profession’s most prestigious awards. The Bowl of Hygeia has been associated with the pharmacy profession since as early as 1796, when the symbol was used on a coin

The five recipients of the Louisiana Board of Pharmacy Gold Certificates were Gail Leleux, Johnny LeTard, Jerry Dugas, Julia Bryan, and Thomas Bryan. The classmates had not seen each other in 50 years, since....See Below!

minted for the Parisian Society of Pharmacy. The bowl represents a medicinal potion and the snake rep-resents healing.

LeTard attributes the award of the

Bowl of Hygeia to some advice his mother gave him when he opened his own business. “Johnny, always re-member to give a little charity along the way,” Ruby Bond said to him.

...Upon completion and passage of their State Board of Pharmacy Exams on June 11, 1963 they decided to celebrate at Pat O’Briens in New Orleans before going on their separate ways.

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St. Francisville Farmers Hosts Farmers Market Spring Tour Again this spring, LSU Ag Center

professors and local County Agent André Brock organized a farm tour of Feliciana farmers who participate in the St. Francisville Farmers Market. Led by Ag Center personnel, farm-ers annually visit each other’s farms and take a close look at what’s grow-ing – and what’s not. Feliciana farm-ers face common problems, and the tour provides opportunities to find common solutions to help each other. Meanwhile, specialists are on hand to answer tough questions about insects (Dr. Alan Morgan), disease (Dr. Nick Singh), and vegetables all around (Dr. Kathryn Fontenot).

Also joining the group this year were representatives of Baton Rouge General Hospital, who are hoping to start a farmers market there. They are inviting area farmers to use that market as another outlet for their pro-duce.

Meanwhile, the St. Francisville Farmers Market continues to operate Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.. The Saturday market will open soon.

Though produce has been slow due to the cold spring, tomatoes are finally in. Greenhouse lettuce, canned goods, and sweets are always ready, as are jellies and eggs. The usual early spring produce includes potatoes and squash. And the market has a new addition with goat cheese joining the ranks.

For fresh, locally produced food, it’s great to come visit our very own local market and see what our farm-ers have to offer.

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BENNETTS continued from page 1

the parents participate in some way,” Danyelle, just recently married, re-lated. Her husband Steven is also a professional water skier.

Danyelle is ranked in the top 8 female skiers in the world and competes regularly in tournaments around the world. She has trav-eled to Australia four times, as well as Malaysia, China, Russia, Chile, Peru, France, England, and Europe numerous times to compete. She has also competed in Qatar in the Middle East. Danyelle’s specialty is ski tricks but she also competes in jumping and the slalom. She once sailed through the air of 158 feet af-ter leaving the jump ramp.

“It actually is more of a shock to your body when you hit the ramp for a jump, than it is when you land on the water,’’ Danyelle, a former mem-ber of the University of Louisiana Lafayette Champion Water Ski team, explained. Danyelle graduated from ULL with a 4.0 average in Business Management, and was Valedictorian of the 2010 ULL graduating class.

Danyelle is certainly a protégé’ of both her parents in her love for completion skiing. Anne Bennett was for many years ranked in the top percentage among her age group in skiing nationally.

After a 7-year hiatus from com-petition skiing, Anne started a come-back and is ranked at the top in tricks skiing for her age group.

“I did take 7 years off from completion skiing to become a care giver for my mother-in-law and to help take care of business here at the

school,’’ Anne pointed out. “How-ever, I stayed in shape by working out faithfully three days a week with my personal trainer here in Zachary, Laura O’Bryan. Also, I continued to ski regularly on our lakes during that 7 year period but I have surprised myself in how well I’ve been able to compete after being off for so long.’’

The Bennett’s, just Jay and Anne at the time, started Bennett’s Water Ski School 37 years ago in Zach-ary by an unusual turn of events that were motivated by Jay and Anne’s burning desire to establish a Water Ski school.

“To get a good picture of the road we traveled to get where we are to-day goes all the way back to my par-ents,’’ Jay Bennett, Ski School co-founder with Anne, explained. “My dad worked at Ethyl Corporation and we lived in north Baton Rouge where I went to Istrouma High School. Both my dad and mom liked the wa-ter and were members of a Boat and Ski Club on False River.”

“That was where I got my first taste of water skiing. As I developed my skill level, my parents began to take me to ski schools and tourna-ments in Florida during my dad’s annual vacation time. We also had a ski team on False River and needed to audition a female skier. That was how Anne came into my life. She was also an Istrouma Indian but a few years behind me in school.”

“We opened our first Ski School on False River and operated there for 3 years, but it was impossible to conduct a water skiing school on a public lake. So we began to look for a private lake and found what we thought was ideal back in 1976, an abandoned catfish farm with 63 acres

on Barnett Road,” Jay recalled. “We later found out that it would have been much cheaper to build a new lake than to rework catfish ponds to our needs for water skiing.’’

“There were two major prob-lems; first I was only 24 years old wanting to do something few other people had been able to do, and sec-ondly we didn’t have much money,’’ Jay pointed out; “so I asked Zeke Dunaway to owner finance the bal-ance on the property after we made a down payment. We started out with two partners on the property, but we were on our own in the Water Ski School.’’

“We began slowly make im-provements to the property in order to be able to better operate our water ski school,’’ Anne related. “For the first nine years in business, I taught in the Public School system to give us an income to live on. Jay likes to say that was the last time I ever got a paycheck.’’

“Competing in tournaments around the country and the world, as well as coaching various teams helped build our reputation as a des-

tination for people wanting to learn or improve their skiing skills. We have hosted the Collegiate Water Ski Championships three times and have a bid in to host the event in 2014. That is a really fun time because the different colleges competing bring a lot of fans with them who do a lot of cheering for their school’s team.’’

“Another fun thing we have done in past years and will do it again this year after a year off, is the LA Night Jam. It’s a big festival for the water ski crowd. We have a $25,000 purse and invite the top 5 women skiers in the world and the top 7 men skiers. We also have live bands, and plenty of Louisiana food for everyone. We have LA Night Jam scheduled for September 28 this year.”

The story of the family owned, built and operated business is truly remarkable considering the reach around the world that Bennett’s have in their market. I would suggest that everyone take a look at their web-site: www.skibennetts.com to see the amazing story of this family living out their dream.

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American Junior Golf Association to Host Tournament at the Bluffs June 24-27By James Ronald skains

The Bluff’s Country Club & Re-sort Management near St. Francis-ville has partnered with the Ameri-can Junior Golf Association to host the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tourna-ment at the Bluff’s on June 24-27. The Arrowhead Junior tournament is not only a national tournament, but several international players are also registered to play.

“Hosting these kinds of tourna-ments was what we had in mind when we set a new course of ac-tion for the Bluff’s,” Clyde Du-bois, Managing Partner of the new Bluff’s Country Club & Resort Management Team told the Explor-er. “We are proud that the Junior Golf tournament chose to come to the Bluff’s for their Arrowhead Ju-nior event.’’

“What the Junior Golf Associa-tion is all about is helping create the next generation of PGA tourna-ment players. It is very probable that some of the junior golfers in this tournament at the Bluff’s will hone their skills playing in events like this and one day be seen on national TV in major PGA events.”

Some of the AJGA alumni who have risen to the top of amateur, collegiate and professional golf in-clude: Stewart Clink, Matt Kuchar, Hunter Malham, Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, Paula Creamer, Cris-tie Kerr, Imbee Park and Morgan Pressel.

The American Junior Golf As-sociation is a Non-Profit 501(c)(3) entity. This means that any money or services contributed to the AJGA tournament is tax deductible. Also, for any students who need commu-nity service credits for college or high school, the JGA tournament meets those qualifications. In addi-tion, volunteers and sponsorships openings for the event are still

available.The mission of the AJGA is

dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The AJGA provides valuable exposure also for college golf scholarships, and has an annual junior boys and girls membership of approximately 5,500 junior golfers from 49 states and more than 40 countries. To en-sure scholarship opportunity for all junior golfers who have the skill set, the AJGA created the Achiev-ing Competitive Excellent (ACE) Grant opportunity to provide fi-

nancial assistance to young players in need.

“We are excited to bring the nation’s best junior golfers to the Bluff’s Country Club and Resort for the first time in AJGA history,’’ Darren Nelson, AJGA Regional Director for the South Central area stated. “The club is consistently ranked as a top venue in Louisiana and will be a great challenge for the juniors.’’

Nelson noted that the Bluff’s Country Club and Resort was re-cently ranked as one of the top five courses in Louisiana by Golfweek.

The 54-hole stroke play event will feature 96 of the top junior golfers, boys and girls ages 12-18. Owen Seiler, Director of the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour said: “Arrowhead enjoys supporting ju-nior golf every way we can and is excited to bring the AJGA event to the great state of Louisiana.”

“The Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour believes that its mission is to promote qualified tour members to the nation’s collegiate golf pro-

grams. Any boy or girl who has not yet begun college is eligible to play on the Arrowhead Junior Golf Tour. Graduating high school seniors are encouraged to compete throughout the summer after their senior year in high school. All tournament par-ticipants must be AJGA members,’’ Seiler pointed out in elaborating on the Arrowhead Tour portion of the AHGA program.

Titleist, the AJGA National Sponsor and a leader in golf sup-plies, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associa-tion’s success since 1989. Also, Rolex, which is in its third decade of AJGA support, became the in-augural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004. In 2007, after 12 years of support, Ralph Lauren became the AJGA’s second Premier Partner.

Dr. Newell Gauthier is the Vol-unteers Chairman for the tour-nament and has still has a few openings for timing stations, live scoring, spotters, shuttle drivers, and private housing. Dr. Gauthi-er is offering several benefits to those volunteering to help with the tournament. His phone number is: 225.939.2968.

Tournament Director is Matt Engel and his contact info is: mengel@ajga.org or by phone @ 678.425.1704. Interested golf en-thusiasts may also contact either Clyde Dubois, Managing Partner at the Bluff’s or Jeff Russell, Op-erations Manager at 225.634.6402.

“This is really a major event for The Bluff’s and for all of Louisi-ana to host this AJGA tournament,” Dubois said in closing. “We are re-ally proud of the progress that we are making at The Bluff’s to keep it as a premier resort destination for golfers, their families, and anyone else interested in a unique place to relax and enjoy life in a scenic set-ting.”

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