| Aug. 31,
2002 |
Open
season
Watching the scenic pink
sunrise over Bayou Des Allemands is reason enough to head out to the
swamp lands along the western edge of the parish for an early morning
boat ride. However, if the aesthetic value wasn’t enough, there was
an extra bonus on Wednesday morning. The start of the 2002 alligator
season. |
| Aug. 31,
2002 |
Local
October candidates offered public forum
With several last-minute
qualifiers in several races last Friday, the ballot for the Oct. 5
election has been set. The
St. Charles Herald-Guide is offering candidates in all contested local
races an opportunity to speak to the public through the newspaper.
Candidates are asked to submit a column, approximately 500 words,
outlining their positions and ideas directly to the public, along
with a photograph. We request that columns and photographs be submitted
by Sept. 6. |
| Aug. 31,
2002 |
Sold!
The St. Charles Plaza
shopping center in Boutte, which has fallen into disrepair and lost
several of its anchor stores over the past few years, was sold on
the sheriff’s auction block Wednesday. |
| Aug. 28,
2002 |
New
Sarpy Kindergartners start early
Kindergarten students and
teachers at New Sarpy Elementary in Ormond got an early start on the
school year Monday, two days before their peers in the parish. This
is the second year that New Sarpy has gotten an early start so that
teachers at the school can take a couple of days to attend a continuing
education conference in January. |
| Aug. 28,
2002 |
One-Stop
robber found guilty
Daniel Perrilloux, 27, was
found guilty of armed robbery and attempted manslaughter on Thursday.
|
| Aug. 28,
2002 |
St.
Charles unemployment drops in July
Unemployment in St. Charles
Parish dropped a percentage point in July 2002 compared to June, according
to new figures released by the Louisiana Department of Labor.
|
| Aug. 24,
2002 |
Officials
report on battle with West Nile
In an effort to calm and
inform an increasingly-worried public, officials from around St. Charles
Parish convened a panel Tuesday night to discuss the threat of the
West Nile Virus. |
| Aug. 24,
2002 |
Sacred
Heart's new pastor settles into life in Norco
Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic
Church in Norco welcomed Reverend Terry Becnel as their new pastor
this year. |
| Aug. 24,
2002 |
Candidates
qualify in local, national elections
Qualifying for both local
and national elections were held this week, with most incumbents running
unopposed in the St. Charles Parish Judge, school board, constable
and justice of the peace races. |
| Aug. 21,
2002 |
Destrehan
man founds revolutionary Catholic boys club
American culture does
not expect much from teenage boys and what it does expect is usually
of passing value. Masters of video games, pop music, competitive sports
and raw humor, boys tend to enter the “real world” reckless and carefree.
|
| Aug. 21,
2002 |
Take
the bus through St. Charles Parish
Two years of planning culminated
Monday night when a proposal for a River Parishes Transit Authority
bus system was presented to the St. Charles Parish Council.
|
| Aug. 21,
2002 |
Touchard
chosen for NORLI IV
Rochelle Touchard, public
information officer for St. Charles Parish Public Schools, has been
selected to participate in the fourth class of the New Orleans Regional
Leadership Institute (NORLI). |
| Aug. 17,
2002 |
Retired
teacher attends 50th first day of school
On the first day of school,
students are excited and also a little apprehensive. For 50 years
now, Sylvia Hanson, 79, has been greeting them warmly and helping
them settle in. Since 1952, she has been welcoming students back to
school. When Hanson, a retired teacher, showed up Thursday at Mimosa
Park Elementary school for her 50th first day of school, students,
teachers, and administrators at the school honored her with a bouquet
of flowers and balloon to show their appreciation for her presence
on their campus for so many years. |
| Aug. 17,
2002 |
Superintendent
surveys upcoming school year
As the new school year began
this past week, Superintendent Rodney Lafon gave a rundown of what
public school students in St. Charles Parish can expect for the coming
year. Lafon, who is in his eighth year as superintendent, said that
most of the new changes will be built upon the strengths of the school
system which has enjoyed relative success when it comes to educating
area youth. |
| Aug. 17,
2002 |
Cargo
airport goes to Donaldsonville
On Thursday, the Louisiana
Airport Authority (LAA) along with the planning and engineering consulting
firm URS announced the recommended site for a new multi-modal airport.
With Governor Mike Foster on hand, the LAA revealed that the site
would be located in the vicinity of Donaldsonville and White Castle
within the parishes of Iberville, Assumption and Ascension.
|
| Aug. 17,
2002 |
EPA
serves Orion with environmental notice
Orion Refinery in New Sarpy
has been served with a notice from the Environmental Protection Agency,
citing violations of the Clean Air Act. |
| Aug. 14,
2002 |
HHS
course gives engineering students head start
High school seniors in St.
Charles Parish who are interested in careers in chemical or refinery
work now have an opportunity to gain early credit towards those degrees
thanks to a new program at Hahnville High School. |
| Aug. 14,
2002 |
Airport
site to be announced
Tomorrow at the Louisiana
Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) Building in Baton
Rouge, the Louisiana Airport Authority will announce their site choice
for the new regional cargo airport to be located between New Orleans
and Baton Rouge. |
| Aug. 14,
2002 |
Parish
LEAP results show 'positive trend'
School-by-school results
for the 2002 Leap and Iowa tests were released last week from the
La. Dept. of Education. The results represent the final spring 2002
scores for the state’s approximately 1,400 public schools.
|
| Aug. 14,
2002 |
West
Nile scare causes state of emergency
St. Charles Parish President
Albert Laque declared a State of Emergency Friday regarding the West
Nile Virus. |
| Aug. 10,
2002 |
Vitter
speaks to new constituents
When the 2000 Census results
were released and the congressional lines were redrawn, it meant that
U.S. Representative David Vitter would have new campaign territory
in 2002. The congressman’s district, which previously centered in
eastern Jefferson Parish, now includes the St. Charles Parish areas
of Ormond and St. Rose. |
| Aug. 10,
2002 |
Where
does the money go?
So where did the over $110
million in property and sales taxes collected by the local government
last year go? St. Charles Finance Director Lorrie Toups gave the Parish
Council a rundown Monday night of some statistics recently compiled
by her department. |
| Aug.10,
2002 |
Sheriff's
department gives women's safety tips
Women have recently been
the victims of many assault crimes across the state and the nation.
Assaults are violent physical attacks. These crimes can often be prevented.
Following a few safety tips may serve to reduce women’s vulnerability
to assaults. |
| Aug. 7,
2002 |
Norco
museum brings parish history alive
Driving down River Road
in Norco, most passers-by would not suspect that an important piece
of parish history lies behind the beefed up security checkpoint at
Shell/Motiva Refinery. That unlikely location is just where residents
would need to go to reach the River Road Museum, located on refinery
property. |
| Aug. 7,
2002 |
Ama
woman celebrates lifetime spanning more than a century
Born on Aug. 4, 1900, Ernestine
Mongrue of Ama has lived through a century. Nineteen presidents, six
wars, the sinking of the Titanic, the arrival of electricity and the
automobile, she’s witnessed all of this and so much more and she is
still going strong. |
| Aug. 7,
2002 |
Experts
offer tips to block West Nile
With concerns over
West Nile disease spreading across the state, following four confirmed
deaths from the illness and 58 total cases, advice on controlling
the spread of the virus is being repeated everywhere.
|
| Aug. 7,
2002 |
Ama
to get new water line
The St. Charles Parish Council
approved two emergency measures Monday night to fund the laying of
a new water line from Hwy. 90 to Ama. The line was taken out of service
July 20 after several leaks were detected. |
| Aug. 3,
2002 |
World
Youth Day a tear jerking shot in the arm for youth of the world
For most people an opportunity
to see the pope is a once in a life time chance, but for me, as a
student in Rome for three years, it was a weekly occurence. Despite
the frequency of my JP II sightings, and I assure you the times were
countless as I lived only a block from the Vatican, I was never as
moved as I was in Toronto at World Youth Day XVII last week.
|
| Aug. 3,
2002 |
Monsanto Luling given pollution prevention
award
The Monsanto Luling Facility
was one of eight manufacturing sites in Louisiana to be recognized
by Gov. Mike Foster for voluntarily implementing projects that “demonstrate
leadership in pollution prevention and community involvement” in
a ceremony last month.
|
| Aug. 3,
2002 |
Vitter
to speak to new constituents in Ormond
A Republican Rally, sponsored
by the Republican Parish Executive Committee and the Republican Women
of St. Charles, will be held this Thursday, August 8 at 7 p.m. at
Ormond Country Club in Destrehan. |
