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Rotary Club of Belle Chasse Meetings The Rotary Club of Belle Chasse meets every Tuesday at 12 p.m. at Adams Catfish House in Belle Chasse.

In all newspapers, there is an opinion or editorial page wherereadersareencouraged to express their thoughts. In addition to articles from our regular columnists and an occasional editorial written by one of our publishers, _e Plaquemines Gazette accepts letters from the public addressed to the editor.

PEACE & JUSTICE I just had a birthday. My 83rd.

Gretna Branch 162 of the Fleet Reserve Association (FRA) will hold a Memorial Day “Two Bell” service, Monday, May 29 at 703 Kepler Street in Gretna, just o of Franklin Avenue. _e ceremony will start at 11 a.m.

Gardening in our urban and suburban areas comes with plenty of unique challenges, but one that I see misdiagnosed as a fungus or even bug damage is actually linked to air pollution. We’ve heard of the ozone layer in school, which is the bene ial upper layers of the atmosphere that protects us from harmful ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun. Ozone is a molecule of three oxygen atoms linked together, which usually breaks down into a two-atom oxygen molecule that we breathe, called dioxygen, when it sinks to the lower levels of the atmosphere. On what are called “ozone action days”, the three-atomed ozone molecules build up in the lower atmosphere, when conditions are favorable. _is is almost always calm, hot days with no breeze, which allows the ozone and other pollutants to accumulate at the earth’s surface. Some people have health and respiratory problems that make them sensitive to ozone, so on the action days they are advised to stay indoors in air conditioning. Some plants are also sensitive to ozone and other air pollution, and this is especially true of legumes.

Chairman of the Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority (CPRA) Chip Kline recently came down to Plaquemines Parish to speak at the May 18 Plaquemines Association of Business & Industry (PABI) luncheon. While Kline’s visits to the parish are often tense, as both residents and public o_cials heavily criticize CPRA’s planned Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion, at the luncheon, he chose to focus on all the other projects the CPRA leads within the parish.

Bauer Financial, a nationwide company that specializes in evaluating U.S. banks, recently gave a 5-Star review of Plaquemines Parish based Mississippi River Bank (MRB). According to a press release from Bauer on the evaluation, every bank—no matter its size or prestige—is evaluated on “the same strict standards” and that MRB “continues to outperform its peers.”