The Magnolia Tymes

Oi Former Priest Back in Jail
Former priest and convicted pedophile Gilbert Gauthe is back in the news and back behind bars. Gauthe was arrested in Galveston this week he had left his home without notifying law enforcement, which is a requirement of the Lone Star States Sex Offender Registry Program. Police say there were no indications Gauthe was attempting to make contact with any children in the park, but he was still arrested. Bond has been set at $200,000 dollars.

Marines Return
More than 100 Marines and Sailors returned to Louisiana Sunday after a one year tour in Iraq. Two of them are from right here In Lafayette and Sarah Forgany was there as they got their special welcome.It was a huge welcome home, not for one but for two Marines and best friends.For most of their lives Corporal Don Gay and Lance Corporal Hunter Crochet, have sworn to stick together through good and bad, even war.

l surcharges are killing business
The record run in crude oil prices is really beginning to pinch businesses with heavy shipping costs. Brian in Minnesota can't understand why shippers are passing along fuel surcharges so quickly these days.
We are a manufacturer of products for many industries and ship all over the world. We are starting to see a lot of fuel surcharges from UPS, FedEx, Roadway, ABF and many others, 20 to 30 percent! Examples: April 2007 — 17.7 percent; July 7, 2007 18.8 percent; October 2007 — 21.2 percent; March 2008 — 30.7 percent. I would think the big boys like the above would have fuel contracts. So why are we being charged fuel surcharges and they keep going up?

Clinton for gas tax relief; Obama said no
Hillary Rodham Clinton criticized Barack Obama on Monday for opposing proposals to suspend federal gas taxes this summer, a plan she and Republican John McCain have endorsed. Obama didn't take the bait. He ignored Clinton and focused on McCain.
"My opponent, Senator Obama, opposes giving consumers a break from the gas tax," Clinton said at a firehouse. "I understand the American people need some relief," she added, implying that Obama doesn't get it.
Obama has said motorists would not benefit significantly from suspending the gas tax.

Clinton or Obama should drop out
Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Monday that either Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama must drop out of the Democratic presidential race after the June primaries in order to unify the party by the convention