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By Jamie Anfenson-Comeau
jamieenews@bellsouth.net

DERIDDER – Standing as a stark reminder this Independence Day weekend that freedom has a price, the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall exhibit opened to the public here Thursday and remains through Monday.
Over 58,000 names of American servicemen and women who paid that price are listed on the Moving Wall, all soldiers who gave their lives for their country. Thirteen hundred are still unaccounted for - Prisoners of War and Missing in Action - and are marked with a “+” sign to indicate their status.

It appears discussion of what, if anything, to do about an incomplete project that leaves the city ineligible for block grants from the state is headed for City Council executive session.

With or without a discussion of the Chamber of Commerce’s utility service, Tuesday night’s City Council meeting could prove lively.

The professed surprise by legislators and Gov. Bobby Jindal at the overwhelming public outcry over a legislative pay raise demonstrates how far halls of government sometimes are from the real world.

Gov. Bobby Jindal on Thursday informed the Clerk of the Louisiana House that he had vetoed a pay raise for Louisiana Public Service Commission members.

The St. Landry Parish School Board believes it can do better than an anonymous group and the U.S. Dept. of Justice in reaching the remaining desegregation goals. It has about a month and half to find out.