12/10/2024
๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ, a former SRO at Bayou Lacombe Middle School and now a member of the STPSO Marine Division, was recently recognized by ๐๐
๐ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐. Deputy Salles was chosen as the postโs 2024 Deputy of the Year. Post Commander Terry Sauls was recently informed that Deputy Salles was also chosen as the ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐!! (๐ฃ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด), but it gets betterโฆ..Deputy Salles is now in the running for the national award and was recognized by VFW National for being one the finalist in the running. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐๐๐๐๐๐!!๐ We know all the kids at Bayou Lacombe Middle School are cheering him on.
When asked why he was nominated for the award, Jay Evans, quartermaster for VFW Post 8290, said because of the impact he has made on the children in Lacombe and the lives he has saved on the water even before being assigned to our Marine Division.
When asked about saving lives (๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐บ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด โ๐๐ข๐ธ-๐ช๐ฏ-๐๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ข๐ฑ๐ต. ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข - ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐), Dy. Salles said โ๐๐ฉโ๐จ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐.โ Way to downplay it, Jordan (๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐๐)
๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ฅ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐จ.