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October is Child Search Awareness month in Louisiana. Child Search is a program in every school system to ensure that any child who is eligible for Special Educational Services receives them. It’s the Law…Every child age 321, regardless of disability is entitled to a free, appropriate public education. In addition, babies birth through age 2 who have problems may be evaluated free of charge and provided services if eligible. If you know of a child in St. James Parish who may have a disability such as a vision impairment, a learning problem, or a mental disability, or a child who is gifted or talented, contact: Senecca Boudreaux Director of Special Education or Senecca Boudreaux - Child Search Coordinator at the St. James Parish School Board Office, P.O. Box 338, Lutcher, LA, or call (225) 258-4500.

 On Thursday, October 27th the LSU AgCenter, with sponsorship from St. James Farm Bureau, is hosting a Wildlife Field Day. It’s free to the public and will include a food plot display, educational talks, and a demonstration on proper butchering of large game using a deer as our model. It ends with free supper, so I’m expecting a crowd.

Across the country, over half a million children go missing each year. Even worse, 25% of all human trafficking cases include a child, and children from minority populations are three times more likely to be abducted or go missing. Of course, if you suddenly found yourself in this unimaginable and horrifying situation, the statistics would be worse than irrelevant – they would be reducing your child to a number, on a list you’d never dreamed they’d be on.