Keeping up with happenings at the Plaquemines Parish Council meetings has been a part of my job for a very long time. Reporters sometimes lack the background of ongoing issues and I can offer insight as questions come up if I am aware of what was discussed at the meetings.

Though there are no local or state politicians up for reelection in the upcoming election in Plaquemines Parish, on Saturday, residents will have the opportunity to vote on multiple constitutional amendments and three proposed millages.

In the past few weeks, Venture Global has feverishly worked to ensure the development of their Plaquemines Parish Liquid Natural Gas Export Terminal, securing crucial Sales and Purchase Agreements and approval from the government to begin early construction on their export terminal.

World War II veteran, Randolph “Red” Olano, Jr., 98, was honored with a surprise birthday parade in front of his Belle Chasse home on Sunday, October 31. The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office, Belle Chasse Volunteer Fire Department (BCVFD), Alvin Callender Color Guard, community and family members in their decorated red, white and blue vehicles or on foot came to wish Olano the very best on his special day.

The November 4 Plaquemines Parish Port Harbor & Terminal District meeting saw commissioners approve a resolution to progress the financing on an oil terminal development in Plaquemines Parish, years in the making.

Since dove season is officially over and you’ve had time to ponder on the matter, suddenly it hits you. What the heck am I going to do with all of these doves in the freezer. As a kid we’d pick our doves and then with a pair of scissors clip off the feet, wings rear-end and make a cut down both sides of the backbone and pull the neck and backbone off. Then mom would fry them whole. After college I got a real job and moved in with my hunting buddy Bob Jett. He told me the best way to cook doves was on a grill. So that’s how I cooked them for the next 35 years.