For Immediate Release:

PRESS RELEASE: October 11, 2007

Police Jury Association of Louisiana Region VIII Meeting:

New President Elected

Elected and appointed officials from eight parishes gathered on September 27, 2007, for a meeting at the First Baptist Church in Jena, LA. LaSalle parish hosted the meeting for members of the Police Jury Association. In addition to LaSalle Parish, Region VIII includes Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, Rapides, Vernon and Winn.

Sam Fulton of Vernon Parish was elected Region VIII President for the upcoming year. Also from Vernon Parish, Rhonda Plummer and Melvin Haymon were elected Secretary-Treasurer and Executive Board Member. Haymon was already serving a previous board member’s unexpired term as Executive Board Member but was elected to serve a full term at the meeting. Doris Leeper and Ezra Reed were elected to fill vacancies on the PJAL Emergency Preparedness and Highway Committees.

Region VIII Wayne Richardson presided over the meeting. Bro. Dominick DiCarlo gave the invocation followed by Ben Reid of LaSalle Parish with the Pledge of Allegiance. Richard Billings, Police Jury Association President from Rapides Parish, addressed those in attendance of the meeting. He spoke about his experience as Police Jury President and wished those running in an election good luck. The guest speakers were State Representatives Billy Chandler and Bryant Hammett. Roland Dartez, Executive Director of the Police Jury Association, thanked officials and special guests for a great year in the legislature and for their continued support and involvement. He also stressed the importance of local government involvement in the legislature.

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For details, contact:

Sunny McCreary

PJAL Communications Director

225.343.2835

sunny@lpgov.org