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President’s Message
LIKE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, LMA IS THERE
BY MAYOR LAWRENCE HENAGAN, CITY OF DEQUINCY, LA
It never ceases to amaze me
how unpredictable life can be.
By this time last year, Louisiana
had experienced two Great
Floods of 2016 that left their
marks on over 80 percent of our state. Trillions of
gallons of water infiltrated our homes, our vehicles,
our schools, our infrastructure, our agriculture, and our
nightmares. Serious help was needed and soon. Good
people stepped up to the plate and neighbors helped
neighbors - and even now, they continue to aid the
recovery effort.
Everyone stepped up. In DeQuincy, just like in towns
all across the state, the churches opened their doors
as shelters. Organizations gathered food and water.
Ordinary citizens showed up with boats and rescue
equipment. Volunteers cooked meals and helped
gut houses. Neighbors helped neighbors and we’re
recovering together.
Now, one year later, enters Hurricane Harvey which
brought unprecedented amounts of rainfall in southeast
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Texas prompting the Sabine River Authority to open
the floodgates to relieve pressure on the Toledo Bend
Dam. This inundated, once again, the homes along
the Sabine’s east and west side. Many of these folks
have only recently completed restoration, and now
find themselves flooded again. Once again, we have
extended a helping hand within our state and have
even had many opportunities to reach across its border.
Neighbors are helping neighbors and once again, we’re
recovering together.
I’m proud of the way we have helped each other over
the past year and I want to encourage everyone to
keep being a good neighbor. Oftentimes a catastrophic
event makes it easy to see the people around us
in need, but we go back to our regular lives and
sometimes forget that there are folks in our community
who are still struggling on any given day. Remember,
everyone needs help sometimes, so let’s not stop being
good neighbors because the flood waters recede or
because the emergency shelters are empty.
Governmental agencies can trust
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SEE PRESIDENT, PAGE 7
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The Office of State Purchasing has developed
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