Fwd: Meet Our Speakers - Guidry & Hebert Reunion
R. Martin Guidry
GUIDRY AND HEBERT REUNION
8 OCTOBER 2022, 9 AM – 5 PM
RAYNE CIVIC CENTER BALLROOM
RAYNE, LOUISIANA
Directions: From I-10 west of Lafayette, exit I-10 at EXIT 87 (Rayne) and go south. At the first red light turn right onto Oak Street. Take the 2nd right onto Gossen Memorial Drive. (There is a sign at the corner that says “Ballroom”.) Stay on Gossen Memorial Drive as it makes a large bend to the left around the Rayne Civic Center. After the bend the road name changes to Frog Festival Drive. Shortly after the bend look to your left and you will see the Ballroom and its parking lot next to it. You are there!!! Come in and join the Reunion!!!
DESSERTS
The Reunion is FREE!! We are providing the meal at noon; however, if you are local and wish to bring a dessert for a few folks, please feel free to do so. We have large industrial refrigerators in the kitchen to keep things cool if necessary. We will have some desserts, but often folks like a little variety in desserts and this is a great way to have it.
MEET OUR SPEAKERS
Art Guidry is a native of the Opelousas, LA area and lives in New York City today. His parents Mathew Millard Guidry and Grace Hebert Guidry were St. Landry Parish educators throughout their lives. As a young boy, Art attended Plaisance Elementary School, which was an historic Rosenwald School that is on the National Historic Register. His father was principal of the school for many years. His mother was a teacher and operated a day care center for young children. Art attended high school in Michigan and college in Pittsburg, PA. Later he received his M.A. from LSU New Orleans in Communications. After serving in West Africa with the Peace Corps, Art returned to the U.S. and joined the Children’s Television Network as a producer of Sesame Street and other children shows. He became the New Orleans area coordinator and was so successful at growing the audience that CTW promoted him to coordinator for LA, GA and FL. In 1976 he was transferred to New York City as Manager of Media Projects and later became the National Program Director for Sesame Street.
After 22 years with CTW, Art retired and became the Census Information Officer for the 1990 Census for New York City and Puerto Rico. In this job he worked closely with the Census Director.
After the 1990 Census was completed, Art joined the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority responsible for train and bus transportation throughout New York City and nearby states. He has had various supervisory and management positions within the MTA where he continues to work today.
Art speaks at colleges and universities regularly and has served as an adjunct professor. He volunteers his time to motivate youth to remain in school, study hard and work to improve their lives.
Art’s presentation is entitled “Seeking My Roots: A Louisiana Creole Genealogical Study from St. Landry Parish”.
Greg Wood attended high school in Sturgis, MI and then attended Notre Dame University and The John Hopkins University. Greg currently lives in Olney, MD. After teaching several years in Maryland public schools, Greg got his “dream job” in 1974 – teaching French and Spanish at Our Lady of Good Counsel High School in Wheaton, MD where he taught for 35 years. On retirement in 2011, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School established the “Gregory A. Wood Award for Foreign Language” to be presented each year to an outstanding foreign language student.
Greg has always had a burning interest in history and has researched extensively his Acadian roots in the Beaubassin, Acadia region. From this grew his interest in researching the French and Acadians in Maryland. In 1978 Greg published his first book The French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800. Greg then began to concentrate on Acadian history in Maryland and in 1995 published his widely-acclaimed book A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. For the last 27 years he has worked preparing his definitive book Becoming the Frenchified State of Maryland which he is releasing this year during the Grand Réveil Acadien.
Greg has received numerous awards for his work on the French and Acadians in Maryland including being inducted as a Living Legend by the Acadian Museum in July 2018.
In his presentation Greg will discuss his new book Becoming the Frenchified State of Maryland.
Margie Fuller
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Sherrill Wark
Scary. "Worst hurricane ever" said a Nova Scotia friend of mine on Facebook.
Sherrill
(Claude Guidry descendant)
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John E DeRoche
Actually, Acadians are east of Halifax as well, in several locales. The largest concentration east of Halifax is on Cape Breton Island, in and near Chéticamp. Also, there are many Acadians on Prince Edward Island, and on the Magdalen Islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, & in SW Newfoundland, in the direct path of Fiona.
- John Estano DeRoche, Halifax, Nova Scotia (Guidry descendant, Hébert descendant, Arseneau, etc, etc, etc).
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John E DeRoche
Halifax newspaper today (Monday): https://saltwire.pressreader.com/article/281479280286070
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John E DeRoche
Cleanup will take ‘herculean effort’
- The Chronicle Herald (Metro)
- 26 Sep 2022
- ALISON JENKINS THE GUARDIAN alison....@theguardian.pe.ca @Reporteralison
NATHAN ROCHFORD ■ SPECIAL TO THE GUARDIANKathy Brown and Barb Doiron assess the damage in Stanley Bridge on Sunday following post-tropical storm Fiona. Doiron, who owns Bay View Antiques, said the storm was the worst she's ever seen.
Cleanup will take weeks as Prince Edward Island faces unprecedented damage after post-tropical storm Fiona swept across the region, Premier Dennis King says.
King's comments came at an Emergency Measures Organization media briefing Sunday.
“One thing that we know is that the magnitude and the severity of the damage is beyond anything that we’ve seen in our province’s history,” King said.
“Efforts are underway, but this will take a herculean effort by thousands of people over the coming days and weeks.”
King was joined by Minister of Public Safety Darlene Compton, P.E.I.’S emergency measures co-ordinator Tanya Mullally and Kim Griffin from Maritime Electric.
Saturday evening, the emergency measures office learned that one person has died in the aftermath of the storm, said Mullally.
“It’s undetermined what the cause is at this moment, but it’s preliminary pointing to generator use,” Mullally said. “We can’t urge enough … please use that safely.”
Generators must be used outside, she said.
“They should not be operated inside under any circumstances because of the risk of carbon monoxide,” Mullally said.
Islanders are asked to stay home or close to home while crews from Maritime Electric and the Department of Transportation assess the damage to P.E.I.’S infrastructure. Both organizations are expected to wrap up assessments in the next few days.
If travel is necessary, be very cautious and travel in daylight, said Mullally.
“Use your best skills there to determine where you need to be safe and how,” she said.
Power was restored at the fuel tank farm in Charlottetown mid-day Sunday, so fuel products can be distributed to gas stations across the province. However, unnecessary travel is not recommended.
“We don’t want you filling up your gas tanks to drive around and look at damage when we really need to be prioritizing fuel for emergency response and essential services,” said Mullally.
Islanders will be out of power for at least the next 24 to 48 hours while spotter crews determine the extent of the damage, Griffin said.
About 95 per cent of Maritime Electric customers are out of power after Fiona and the contact centre has received more than 4,500 calls.
Once the assessment is complete, the priority will be given to essential services, she said.
By Wednesday, 107 crews will be at work restoring power to Islanders, said Griffin. That’s double the number used after post-tropical storm Dorian in September 2019.
Six schools were damaged in the storm, said King. All schools will remain closedmonday and Tuesday, with a further announcement Wednesday.
Health-care facilities are operating, but some appointments may be impacted, said Compton.
Compton also said all courts have cancelled hearing matters for Monday, with further updates to come soon.
More than 50 transportation crews have been out across the island since early Sunday, and overall the roads may have fared out better than expected, King said.
“But there are considerable pockets of severe damage across Prince Edward Island, especially around the areas that saw the tidal surge,” he said.
Currently, six roads are closed and many bridges are impassable, said King. The road to Lennox Island is open, he said.
Compton requested help from the federal government late on Saturday. In response, 100 members of the Canadian military will arrive in P.E.I. and begin work Monday.
“What I looked for were resources to help clear the roads,” she said.
She also said the province is ready to offer whatever assistance they can to Maritime Electric crews restoring power.
Compton said the province is working on plans to dispose of storm debris. In the meantime, Islanders are asked to keep debris at least three metres from the curb and away from power lines.
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