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EXHIBIT 10.6
PROMISSORY NOTE

Amount:  $150,000.00          Date:  11/09/2000

BORROWER                        PROMISES TO PAY     LENDER
Shadows Bend Development, Inc.                      Thomas H. Normile
200 Lafayette Street                                224 Woodstone Drive
Suite 750                                           Baton Rouge, LA. 70808
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70801

For the value received, the undersigned Shadows Bend Development, Inc.
(BORROWER) promises to pay to the order of Thomas H. Normile (LENDER) the sum
of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars and no cents ($150,000.00) and a
service fee of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) at such place as the
LENDER may designate in writing.

RE-PAYMENT - shall consist of the following.  The original amount of note one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) plus the fifteen thousand
dollars and no cents ($15,000.00) service fee.

DUE DATE:  Payment in the amount of $165,000.00 shall be payable on or before
January 02,2003

INTEREST:  This is a non-interest note

This note is secured by five plus (5+) acres of land as follows:  A certain
tract of land designated as Tract 2-A-1 of the former Paul E. Ranney et al
Tract 2 located in Section 46 and 80 Township 7 Range 2 East.  Greensburg land
District, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

The BORROWER reserves the right to repay this NOTE by making payment in full
of the principal and service fee.

If any payment obligation under this NOTE is not paid when due, the BORROWER
promises to pay all collection, including reasonable attorney fees, whether or
not a lawsuit is commenced as part of the collection process.

If any of the following events of default occur, this NOTE and any other
obligations of the BORROWER to the LENDER, shall become immediately due, without
 demand or notice.

     1.  the failure of the BORROWER to pay the principal and any accrued
          interest in full on or before the DUE DATE;
     2.  the death of the BORROWER(s) or LENDER(s);
     3.  the filing of bankruptcy proceedings involving the BORROWER as a
          DEBTOR;
     4.  the application for appointment of a receiver for the BORROWER;
     5.  the making of a general assignment for the benefit of the BORROWER'S
          creditors;
     6.  the insolvency of the BORROWER, or
     7.  the misrepresentation by the BORROWER to the LENDER for the purpose of
          obtaining or extending credit

In addition, the BORROWER shall be in default if there is a sale, transfer,
assignment, or any other disposition of any assets pledged as security for the
payment of this NOTE, or if there is a default in any security agreement which
secures this NOTE.

BORROWER is required to maintain term life insurance payable to the LENDER in
an amount sufficient to pay the principal and service fee in full in the event
of BORROWER'S death.

If any one or more of the provisions of this NOTE are determined to be
unenforceable, in whole or in part, for any reason, the remaining provisions
shall remain fully operative.

All payments of principal and service fee on this NOTE shall be paid in the
legal currency of the United States.

BORROWER waives presentment for payment protest, and notice of protest and
nonpayment of this NOTE.

No renewal or extension of this NOTE, delay in enforcing any right of the
LENDER under this NOTE, or assignment by LENDER of this NOTE, shall affect the
liability of the BORROWER.  All rights of the LENDER under this NOTE are
cumulative and may be exercised concurrently or consecutively at the LENDER'S
option.

This NOTE shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Louisiana.

Signed the 9th day of November 2000, at Baton Rouge, Louisiana

BORROWER
Shadows Bend Development, Inc.
200 Lafayette Street, Suite 750
Baton Rouge,  Louisiana 70801

By: /s/ Alvin Gautreaux, Jr.
Alvin Gautreaux, Jr. Director/Secretary/COO/Vice-President