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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013 AMERICAN PRESS B3 00837454 Mark Eckard (337) 480-3835 1634 Ryan St., Lake Charles www.raufinancialgroup.com Securities offered through LPL Financial Member FINRA/SIPC Focused On Your Future. When the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Center (SEED) opened its doors a little more than two months ago, one of the services that garnered a lot of attention was the Business Incubator. The Incubator is where start-up companies get the chance to plant their proverbial roots and grow while being nurtured to eventually move out on their own and thrive Eight new businesses are currently operating in the Incubator. Considering the insights offered by these new entrepreneurs, the Incubator is a success. “I love being here,” said Tracy Clark, co-publisher of The Voice. “I like being able to network with people here in the incubator and with all the other organizations that are housed here at the SEED Center.” Clark and co-publisher Brenda Hill, have devoted their time to starting and then growing their newspaper. They have an office in the Incubator where decisions over content, advertising and business affairs are discussed. Meanwhile, they attend business classes and seminars provided at the SEED Center. “This has lived up to our expectations and beyond,” Clark said. “Everything offered here is a dream come true for a startup.” Before the Incubator opened, both Hill and Clark attended the Kauffman FastTrac classes that are organized by the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. The program assists people in developing business plans and helps them learn how to obtain capital for their ventures. Hill explained that “support” has been one of the primary assets provided at the SEED Center. “We have a direct link to McNeese State University professors and they are interested in our success. Adrian Wallace (Incubator executive director) has given advice and assistance. He does an excellent job making sure we are linked to all of the activities going on here at the SEED Center,” she said. Hill advises that anyone considering starting their own business should investigate the opportunities and services provided at the SEED Center. At the Incubator, participants get access to leadership coaching, entrepreneurial training, interns, library and research services, along with the working space. Derek Champagne is the owner of Fit For Business which provides corporate wellness programs. Like Clark and Hill, he moved into the Incubator this summer. “I think the Incubator makes Lake Charles totally different than anywhere in the state. This place is very helpful,” he said. Champagne will graduate from McNeese State University in December. He intended to start his business, then heard about the Incubator and learned his monthly rent for an office space would be $300 and that came with a business support system. “What is offered in the Incubator is way more than I thought initially,” he said. “You have access to table top computers, classes and publicity. I mean everyday there are more assets added to the program.” Daniel Edwards, owner of Sunfunnel Media is also impressed with the Incubator. He operates a computer technology business, specializing in photography. He was familiar with the Incubator concept based on his experiences in Dallas. “Adrian Wallace told me that 80 percent of startups fail, but 80 percent of startups that begin in an incubator succeed. That convinced me to apply,” Edwards said. As he makes plans to grow the business, Edwards is benefitting from networking, small business development advice, Chamber SWLA functions, and face-to-face business mentoring. “I’m very happy. If you have no business experience, then this is the place to be to get started,” he said. For more information about the Business Incubator, located at 4310 Ryan St. inside the SEED Center, call 337-433-0977 or visit www.seedcenterswla.com. Fusion Five Focuses on Connections & Development Fusion Five, Southwest Louisiana’s Young Professionals Organization, recently changed its mission statement to reflect the changes – growth – of its organization. What started out in the back of a coffee house amongst friends and friends of friends has turned into a regional organization of young professionals spanning all industries and interests. These days, Fusion Five has two to three events a month appealing to members who want to connect with others, develop themselves professionally or personally, and even – occasionally - help others through volunteer work. Fusion Five works because while everyone works in different places, doing different things, we all need each other to progress, and, when it gets down to it, members like each other and like to make those one-on- one connections with others. Throughout the year, events may be fun or educational, but they are usually a lot of both. So far this year, there have been three Lunches with Leaders (mentoring), two speed socials, a Zombie Run, a tour of the back corridors of L’Auberge Casino Resort, Board Training, a half-day mini-conference called Fusion Five University, and a visit to the Coushatta Tribal Lands and Casino. Currently, the organization is hosting a five-parish scavenger hunt. Those events do not include our weekly informal coffees and our monthly End of the Month lunches which are held at different venues in the area and features speakers like Dr. Neil Aspinwall, Nic Hunter (on entering politics), and a founder of Lake Charles’ Rock School. Members dictate their level of involvement. They can pick and choose what events they want to attend, or they can chose to get more involved by joining one of the committees to have a voice in Governmental Affairs, coordinate the Zombie Run, plan events, or welcome new members. Active members also make up the Fusion Five Board which oversees the events, finances and policies of the organization. As a part of the Chamber Southwest, Fusion Five is a membership organization of young professionals from 21 and up who want to do more, be more, and connect more. For more information about Fusion Five, contact Amanda White at awhite@ allianceswla.org. To find out about events and members, like their Facebook page. Fusion Five will be hosting their second annual 5K Run, End of the Human Race: Camp Zombie, held at Camp Edgewood on Saturday, February 8, 2014. Participants can choose to be a runner or a zombie. Runners will be outfitted with a belt of flags and run through zombie filled woods trying to escape with at least one flag on their belts. After participants run for their lives, all are welcome to enjoy food, beverages, and music from Lucy In Disguise. There will be prizes in multiple categories including Best Zombie. To register and for more information, visit www. endofthehumanrace.com or “Like” them on Facebook/ EndoftheHumanRace. This event made possible through the support of its sponsors, including Media Sponsor: CSE Federal Credit Union. Contact: Ashli Waldrep, 2014 Fusion Five Zombie Run Committee Chair endofthehumanrace@ gmail.com Incubator and Start- Ups are Thriving! Second Annual 5K Run Photos by Emily Fuselier Photography B4 AMERICAN PRESS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2013 00837456 HOW TO JOIN If you are interesting in joining, contact Paula Ramsey, VP of Chamber Operations at (337) 433-3632 or [email protected]. For more information on the Chamber Southwest or the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance, visit their website at www.allianceswla.org. WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Serving Southwest Louisiana Since 1939 1-800-367-0275 www.beci.org Follow us on Facebook Come see us today for all your Business Banking needs Checking Accounts, Online Business Banking, Cash Management Services, Loans, Credit Cards, Merchant Services and More! FFBLA.COM 433-3611 ENCOURAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 500 Kirby Street, Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601 www.angelsofswla.org The Chamber SWLA welcomes the following members: HD Supply Whitecap Preferred Membership FocusedWords Business Membership Payroll Management, Inc. Business Member UPCOMING EVENTS This year’s Women’s Business Network Awards Luncheon will be on November 19 from 11am to 1pm at L’Auberge Casino Resort. The theme of this year’s event is providing a little Holiday Help and will once again a marketplace of local vendors, so partici- pants can shop, eat and learn something new over lunch. We will also be honoring two re- gional business women who are making a difference in our community. Admission is $20. If you would like to reserve a mar- ketplace booth, contact Amanda White at [email protected] . For more information or to register online, visit www.allianceswla.org. Let’s Hear It For Women Becky Franks Branch Manager P 337 431 7134 F 866 599 6772 One Lakeshore Dr Ste. 1520 Lake Charles LA. 70629 Learn about current hiring trends in your industry View the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey! Keep up with what’s happening in the world of work Sign up for our Webinar Series Direct sales 337.494.0672 for appointment Brings the Store to Your Office Connie Seal OWNER • Custom made suits and shirts • Ready-to-wear Clothing • Casual Wear In Southwest Louisiana, flood insurance is a necessity for business and property owners. But rising flood insurance rates are threatening to douse the coming economic boom, thanks to National Flood Insurance Program reforms enacted through the Biggert-Waters Flood In- surance Reform Act of 2012. If Congress fails to address the harmful measures of Biggert- Waters soon, our local economies could be damaged for decades to come. Biggert-Waters changed the way flood insur- ance premiums are calculated, in order to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is operating with a $24 billion deficit. The agency annually collects $3.5 billion in flood insurance premiums. But this change, along with FEMA’s faulty calculations based on outdated maps that fail to take flood protec- tion structures into account, has families and business owners across the country bracing for flood insurance hikes of 2,000-3,000 per- cent, according to the Insurance Information Institute. How can anyone afford that? For decades people living in flood prone ar- eas have been able to live, work and build in low lying areas knowing that if a catastrophic event occurred, there loses (for commer- cial buildings up to $500,000 and residential buildings up to $250,000) would be covered. One cause of the sticker shock for flood in- surance policyholders is a component of the bill will be cutting premium subsidies de- signed to help FEMA with its deficit. But there’s good news. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), one of the original authors of Biggert-Waters, recognized the un- intended consequences of the reform effort and in October filed a new, bi-partisan bill to delay implementation of Biggert-Waters for four years, allowing FEMA to conduct afford- ability studies. “FEMA’s poor implementation, inaccurate mapping and incomplete data has led to unrea- sonable and unimaginable increases in premi- ums,” Waters stated in a press release. “This legislation would ensure that FEMA under- takes program changes in a way that will not cause harm, by delaying implementation un- til it provides Congress the facts on how rate increases will affect homeowners. It will also give us information we need to go through the program piece-by-piece and fix any outstand- ing affordability issues.” Since January, the Chamber Southwest Lou- isiana has acted as part of a multi-state coali- tion of governments, economic development entities and others to address this crisis, and among other actions sent a letter to President Obama November 1, urging him to delay im- plementation of Biggert-Waters. The Cham- ber SWLA supports any efforts by to mitigate adverse effects to the public’s financial well- being and wants to see action taken to curtail exorbitant premium increases. A resolution passed by the Chamber SWLA states that if national governmental leaders do not take action, “Rates can rise to such an excessive amount it literally devalues proper- ties and stops commerce in real estate in these flood zones due to these excessive premium increases and causes true financial hardship on hard working tax paying citizens.” The Chamber SWLA support four positions related to Biggert-Waters: • United States Congress amend the Biggert- Waters Act to reflect an economically reason- able and slower increase in rates to actuarial rates. • United States Congress review the actuar- ial rates and adjust to reflect removal of cata- strophic failure of flood control structures • United States Congress grandfather all ex- isting policies on transfer. • Delays on new map adoptions by local ju- risdictions does not adversely affect the flood insurance participation of that jurisdiction until new elevations may be fully vetted us- ing independent analysis other than FEMA in flood risk and independent analysis other than Army Corps of Engineers on private or public flood control structures. Based on information provided by Greater New Orleans, Inc., leaving the bill unad- dressed will lead to a new form of trickledown economics. Properties that are uninsurable because of high premiums become unsellable which leads to property values declining to zero and its owner losing everything. Banks lose the mortgage leading to a mass freeze in the real estate community. Companies lose workers who move away, local municipalities lose their tax base and a local economy is left with nothing. Yes, that is an economic Armageddon sce- nario, but the seriousness of the matter war- rants keen focus. Our five parish area sits along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. We know firsthand what natural disasters can do to property and therefore we need reliable flood insurance. But purchasing it should not handicap our efforts to grow as a community, especially when $58 billion in private invest- ments are slated to be made here. Our locals along with the new residents, who will call this region home, shouldn’t be strapped with a burden that was created by a law. Sometimes our communities wonder what the Chamber SWLA can do for them. Well, this is one of the best examples of the actions we take to protect our members and business community’s interests through lobbying, co- alition building and letter writing, sitting in front of decision makers, and more important- ly by listening to concerns voiced by business owners and leaders. Nobody should see the price of their much needed flood insurance rise from $1,000 a year to over $100,000. We won’t stop debating the issue until it is resolved! Don’t Drown Business in Flood Premiums The Chamber SWLA and its Ambassadors were honored to be a part of the ribbon cutting at Walnut Grove Development and the ground breaking for a new First National Bank of DeRidder. We encourage everyone to join us at the upcoming events: • Pelican Lodge Ground Breaking and Dedication Tuesday, November 12th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 1100 James Sudduth Parkway in Lake Charles • HD Supply Whitecap Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, November 14th at 11:30 a.m. at 3177 Carbide Drive in Sulphur • Salvation Army Ribbon Cutting on Friday, Novem- ber 15th at 11:30 a.m. at 2831 Gerstner Memorial in Lake Charles Nov. 19 Connie’s
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Focused On Your Future.
When the Southwest Louisiana Entrepreneurial and Economic Center (SEED) opened its doors a little more than two months ago, one of the services that garnered a lot of attention was the Business Incubator.
The Incubator is where start-up companies get the chance to plant their proverbial roots and grow while being nurtured to eventually move out on their own and thrive
Eight new businesses are currently operating in the Incubator. Considering the insights offered by these new entrepreneurs, the Incubator is a success.
“I love being here,” said Tracy Clark, co-publisher of The Voice. “I like being able to network with people here in the incubator and with all the other organizations that are housed here at the SEED Center.”
Clark and co-publisher Brenda Hill, have devoted their time to starting and then growing their newspaper. They have an offi ce in the Incubator where decisions over content, advertising and business affairs are discussed. Meanwhile, they attend business classes
and seminars provided at the SEED Center. “This has lived up to our expectations
and beyond,” Clark said. “Everything offered here is a dream come true for a startup.”
Before the Incubator opened, both Hill and Clark attended the Kauffman FastTrac classes that are organized by the Southwest Louisiana Economic Development Alliance. The program assists people in developing business plans and helps them learn how to obtain capital for their ventures.
Hill explained that “support” has been one of the primary assets provided at the SEED Center.
“We have a direct link to McNeese State University professors and they are interested in our success. Adrian Wallace (Incubator executive director) has given advice and assistance. He does an excellent job making sure we are linked to all of the activities going on here at the SEED Center,” she said.
Hill advises that anyone considering starting their own business should investigate the opportunities and services provided at the SEED Center.
At the Incubator, participants get access to leadership coaching, entrepreneurial training, interns, library and research services, along with the working space.
Derek Champagne is the owner of Fit For Business which provides corporate wellness programs. Like Clark and Hill, he moved into the Incubator this summer.
“I think the Incubator makes Lake Charles totally different than anywhere in the state. This place is very helpful,” he said.
Champagne will graduate from McNeese State University in December. He intended to start his business, then heard about the Incubator and learned his
monthly rent for an offi ce space would be $300 and that came with a business support system.
“What is offered in the Incubator is way more than I thought initially,” he said. “You have access to table top computers, classes and publicity. I mean everyday there are more assets added to the program.”
Daniel Edwards, owner of Sunfunnel Media is also impressed with the Incubator. He operates a computer technology business, specializing in photography.
He was familiar with the Incubator concept based on his experiences in Dallas.
“Adrian Wallace told me that 80 percent of startups fail, but 80 percent of startups that begin in an incubator succeed. That convinced me to apply,” Edwards said.
As he makes plans to grow the business, Edwards is benefi tting from networking, small business development advice, Chamber SWLA functions, and face-to-face business mentoring.
“I’m very happy. If you have no business experience, then this is the place to be to get started,” he said.
For more information about the Business Incubator, located at 4310 Ryan St. inside the SEED Center, call 337-433-0977 or visit www.seedcenterswla.com.
Fusion Five Focuses on Connections & DevelopmentFusion Five, Southwest
Louisiana’s Young Professionals Organization, recently changed its mission statement to refl ect the changes – growth – of its organization. What started out in the back of a coffee house amongst friends and friends of friends has turned into a regional organization of young professionals spanning all industries and interests. These days, Fusion Five has two to three events a month appealing to members
who want to connect with others, develop themselves professionally or personally, and even – occasionally - help others through volunteer work.
Fusion Five works because while everyone works in different places, doing different things, we all need each other to progress, and, when it gets down to it, members like each other and like to make those one-on-one connections with others.
Throughout the year, events
may be fun or educational, but they are usually a lot of both. So far this year, there have been three Lunches with Leaders (mentoring), two speed socials, a Zombie Run, a tour of the back corridors of L’Auberge Casino Resort, Board Training, a half-day mini-conference called
Fusion Five University, and a visit to the Coushatta Tribal Lands and Casino. Currently, the organization is hosting a fi ve-parish scavenger hunt. Those events do not include our weekly informal coffees and our monthly End of the Month lunches which are held at different venues in the area
and features speakers like Dr. Neil Aspinwall, Nic Hunter (on entering politics), and a founder of Lake Charles’ Rock School.
Members dictate their level of involvement. They can pick and choose what events they want to attend, or they can chose to get more involved by joining one of the committees to have a voice in Governmental Affairs, coordinate the Zombie Run, plan events, or welcome new members. Active members
also make up the Fusion Five Board which oversees the events, fi nances and policies of the organization.
As a part of the Chamber Southwest, Fusion Five is a membership organization of young professionals from 21 and up who want to do more, be more, and connect more. For more information about Fusion Five, contact Amanda White at [email protected]. To fi nd out about events and members, like their Facebook page.
Fusion Five will be hosting their second annual 5K Run, End of the Human Race: Camp Zombie, held at Camp Edgewood on Saturday, February 8, 2014. Participants can choose to be a runner or a zombie. Runners will be outfi tted with a belt of fl ags and run through zombie fi lled woods trying to escape with at least one fl ag on their belts. After participants run for their lives, all are welcome to enjoy food, beverages, and music from Lucy In Disguise. There will be prizes in multiple categories including Best
Zombie. To register and for more information, visit www.endofthehumanrace.com or “Like” them on Facebook/EndoftheHumanRace.
This event made possible through the support of its sponsors, including Media Sponsor: CSE Federal Credit Union.
Contact: Ashli Waldrep, 2014 Fusion Five Zombie Run Committee Chair [email protected]
Incubator and Start-Ups are Thriving!Second Annual 5K Run
Photos by Emily Fuselier Photography
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HOW TO JOINIf you are interesting in joining, contact
Paula Ramsey, VP of Chamber Operations at (337) 433-3632 or [email protected].
For more information on the Chamber Southwest or the Southwest Louisiana Economic
Development Alliance, visit theirwebsite at www.allianceswla.org.
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Serving Southwest Louisiana Since 1939
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The Chamber SWLA welcomes the following members:
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FocusedWordsBusiness Membership
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UPCOMING EVENTS
This year’s Women’s Business Network Awards Luncheon will be on November 19
from 11am to 1pm at L’Auberge Casino Resort. The theme of this year’s event is providing a little Holiday Help and will once again a marketplace of local vendors, so partici-pants can shop, eat and learn something new over lunch.
We will also be honoring two re-gional business women who are making a difference in our community.
Admission is $20. If you would like to reserve a mar-
ketplace booth, contact Amanda White at [email protected] .
For more information or to register online, visit www.allianceswla.org.
Let’s Hear It For Women
Becky FranksBranch Manager
P 337 431 7134 F 866 599 6772One Lakeshore Dr Ste. 1520
Lake Charles LA. 70629Learn about current hiring trends in your industryView the latest Manpower Employment Outlook
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• Casual Wear
In Southwest Louisiana, fl ood insurance is a necessity for business and property owners. But rising fl ood insurance rates are threatening to douse the coming economic boom, thanks to National Flood Insurance Program reforms enacted through the Biggert-Waters Flood In-surance Reform Act of 2012. If Congress fails to address the harmful measures of Biggert-Waters soon, our local economies could be damaged for decades to come.
Biggert-Waters changed the way fl ood insur-ance premiums are calculated, in order to assist the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is operating with a $24 billion defi cit. The agency annually collects $3.5 billion in fl ood insurance premiums. But this change, along with FEMA’s faulty calculations based on outdated maps that fail to take fl ood protec-tion structures into account, has families and business owners across the country bracing for fl ood insurance hikes of 2,000-3,000 per-cent, according to the Insurance Information Institute. How can anyone afford that?
For decades people living in fl ood prone ar-eas have been able to live, work and build in low lying areas knowing that if a catastrophic event occurred, there loses (for commer-cial buildings up to $500,000 and residential buildings up to $250,000) would be covered.
One cause of the sticker shock for fl ood in-surance policyholders is a component of the bill will be cutting premium subsidies de-signed to help FEMA with its defi cit.
But there’s good news. Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA), one of the original authors of Biggert-Waters, recognized the un-intended consequences of the reform effort and in October fi led a new, bi-partisan bill to delay implementation of Biggert-Waters for four years, allowing FEMA to conduct afford-ability studies.
“FEMA’s poor implementation, inaccurate mapping and incomplete data has led to unrea-sonable and unimaginable increases in premi-ums,” Waters stated in a press release. “This legislation would ensure that FEMA under-takes program changes in a way that will not cause harm, by delaying implementation un-til it provides Congress the facts on how rate increases will affect homeowners. It will also give us information we need to go through the program piece-by-piece and fi x any outstand-ing affordability issues.”
Since January, the Chamber Southwest Lou-isiana has acted as part of a multi-state coali-tion of governments, economic development entities and others to address this crisis, and among other actions sent a letter to President Obama November 1, urging him to delay im-plementation of Biggert-Waters. The Cham-ber SWLA supports any efforts by to mitigate adverse effects to the public’s fi nancial well-being and wants to see action taken to curtail exorbitant premium increases.
A resolution passed by the Chamber SWLA states that if national governmental leaders
do not take action, “Rates can rise to such an excessive amount it literally devalues proper-ties and stops commerce in real estate in these fl ood zones due to these excessive premium increases and causes true fi nancial hardship on hard working tax paying citizens.”
The Chamber SWLA support four positions related to Biggert-Waters:
• United States Congress amend the Biggert-Waters Act to refl ect an economically reason-able and slower increase in rates to actuarial rates.
• United States Congress review the actuar-ial rates and adjust to refl ect removal of cata-strophic failure of fl ood control structures
• United States Congress grandfather all ex-isting policies on transfer.
• Delays on new map adoptions by local ju-risdictions does not adversely affect the fl ood insurance participation of that jurisdiction until new elevations may be fully vetted us-ing independent analysis other than FEMA in fl ood risk and independent analysis other than Army Corps of Engineers on private or public fl ood control structures.
Based on information provided by Greater New Orleans, Inc., leaving the bill unad-dressed will lead to a new form of trickledown economics. Properties that are uninsurable because of high premiums become unsellable which leads to property values declining to zero and its owner losing everything. Banks lose the mortgage leading to a mass freeze in
the real estate community. Companies loseworkers who move away, local municipalities lose their tax base and a local economy is left with nothing.
Yes, that is an economic Armageddon sce-nario, but the seriousness of the matter war-rants keen focus. Our fi ve parish area sitsalong the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Weknow fi rsthand what natural disasters can do to property and therefore we need reliablefl ood insurance. But purchasing it should not handicap our efforts to grow as a community, especially when $58 billion in private invest-ments are slated to be made here.
Our locals along with the new residents,who will call this region home, shouldn’t be strapped with a burden that was created by alaw.
Sometimes our communities wonder whatthe Chamber SWLA can do for them. Well,this is one of the best examples of the actionswe take to protect our members and business community’s interests through lobbying, co-alition building and letter writing, sitting infront of decision makers, and more important-ly by listening to concerns voiced by business owners and leaders.
Nobody should see the price of their muchneeded fl ood insurance rise from $1,000 ayear to over $100,000.
We won’t stop debating the issue until it is resolved!
Don’t Drown Business in Flood Premiums
The Chamber SWLA and its Ambassadors were honored to be a part of the ribbon cutting at Walnut Grove Development and the ground breaking for a new First National Bank of DeRidder.
We encourage everyone to join us at the upcoming events:
• Pelican Lodge Ground Breaking and Dedication Tuesday, November 12th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 1100 James Sudduth Parkway in Lake Charles
• HD Supply Whitecap Ribbon Cutting on Thursday, November 14th at 11:30 a.m. at 3177 Carbide Drive in Sulphur
• Salvation Army Ribbon Cutting on Friday, Novem-ber 15th at 11:30 a.m. at 2831 Gerstner Memorial in Lake Charles
Nov. 19
Connie’s
