by Stacey "Snoopy" Conly
I got this title from a meme I came across tonight
and I’m including. It’s listed as Ivan Choate’s photo, so if
it doesn’t belong to him I don’t know who to give credit.
All I know is Louisiana has sure had a lot of water over
the last year plus.
Spring of last year, we here in the Northwestern part
of the state experienced flooding then again in late
Spring. This year on March 8th the worst of the floods
started and I was caught in them when the flash floods
began that night. I was so thankful when a Red River
Parish Deputy got behind me and followed me for
about 20 miles with us driving speeds of 45mph max,
but mostly 30. How many times have you ever been
happy to have an officer following you? I can honestly
say that was a first for me! I knew if anything happened
to the car he couldn’t stop it, but that help would get
to me a lot quicker. As soon as I finally made it safely
home and put on dry clothes, I called the Sheriff ’s
Department and asked for them to please thank that
deputy for me.
For 5 days after that we couldn’t go anywhere. You
literally couldn’t get there from here. It was 20 days
before Hwy 71 between Loggy Bayou and Bossier
opened. I believe there were 3 lives lost during the
floods if I remember correctly. But we survived and we
laughed even during the flooding because what else
could you do? What good would it to do cry? Good
news is it was finally over!
Or so we thought. August of all times brought more
flooding, but this time our brothers and sisters in South
Louisiana were the ones affected. We are lucky to have
light rains in July and August and here we were having
flooding, major flooding. Even here in the northern
areas we were having heavy rains, just not any which
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lasted long and caused any flooding.
But we laugh, we all laugh. We laugh because that’s
how we are made. We Louisianans aren’t the type to
throw up our hands and cry when we are faced with
hard times. We are famous for standing together in
tough times. A case in the Baton Rouge area was proof
of that when 2 guys rescued a woman and her dog as
the car was going underwater. The stuff we’re made of
is to make a gumbo, play music, joke and laugh with
family and friends; but we’re not going to cry over a
little water unless we’ve had a tragedy happen. We’ve
had serious things here. We had Hurricanes Audrey,
Betsy, Katrina, Rita, and others but those are among
the deadliest and costliest. We have had tornadoes rip
through us and we have floods. But we will always have
our family, friends, humor, gumbo and jambalaya to
keep us going. Oh and let’s not forget da crawfish! And
we will have our benefits and other events regardless
because a little water won’t stop us. But it has been
known to be the start of a party or two.
Swamp –
Speakers - Will Delaney was scheduled to be at the
meeting to talk to us, but he had some medical issues
and was unable to attend. Double D will be at our
November meeting. Slider Gilmore will be at a future
meeting.
Randy Postlethwait –
We came close to not having to wear a helmet and
having a stronger right of way law. We will continue
the efforts.
We have appx 1700 A.B.A.T.E. of Louisiana Inc.
members, please encourage your people to renew
Thanks sent to everyone for the legislative season
we have had. Please go out and meet your reps and
always keep things in a positive light. We need to
make friends and not enemies of our state legislatures.
They will remember how we act and they will be there
for a long time and we need them.
We are LOUISIANA STRONG!
Photos by WBRZ, KSLA, & Stacey "Snoopy" Conly
Richard Barker, AIM Lawyer –
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan signed the
anti-motorcycle profiling law, will be official Oct.
Maryland is the 2nd state to do this; Washington State
passed this law in 2011.
NCOM Convention was a big success
An Oregon County Fair denied colors. Made to
change policy
Federal cases, both in New Jersey. A couple of guys
were pulled over, tried to make them take off their
colors. The police said the only color allowed was
blue. They refused to take colors off. They sued for
damages; judge ruled Free speech and dismissed the
case.
He gave credit to the great turn out we have every
meeting
Dawgg –
If you’re hurting inside and need to talk, please call
somebody, even him stating we’re all family!
Swamp –
On Sat nights before CoC there will be a bike night at
8-10-15 Confederates MC National President Jeremy
Diamonds Edge (old Rockin C)
Germ Neff presenting A.B.A.T.E. of Louisiana, Inc
Next CoC&I will be September 25th. Presidents
President Randy Postlethwait a check for percentage
meeting at 12 Noon, regular meeting at 1pm
of gate from the Confederates Annual Spring Blowout
at Family of Grace Church
4200 South MacArthur Drive
2016 and A.B.A.T.E. of Louisiana Annual Rally the first
Alexandria
full weekend of May at Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days.
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