BAYOU VISTA — Flavia Lancon is a widow in her 70s now. Her house is as tidy and comfortable as a well-crafted sentence.
Workers prepare drainage ditches Tuesday by Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City for the upcoming installation of new drainage pumps Thursday. The new pumps will give the pump station three times the capacity the station has now.
--The Daily Review/Crystal Thielepape
The pumping station on Victor II Boulevard in Morgan City will soon have triple the pumping capacity it previously had and will provide for better drainage in the area, officials say.
NEW ORLEANS — Girl Scouts Louisiana East is hosting a Girl Scout Day in Morgan City for girls of all ages from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 26 at Morgan City Municipal Auditorium.
-- The Daily Review/Diane Miller Fears
Football practice fields are at a standstill, but not for long. Practices will start soon and the first day in pads is set for Aug. 10. Area high school teams will begin with jamboree action.
Shawn Long, right, plays for the U.S. team in the Pan Am Games.
--The Daily Review/Geoff Stoute
University of Louisiana at Lafayette standout Shawn Long will represent the United States beginning today in the Pan American games in Toronto as a member of the U.S.