| Aug. 30,
2003 |
Local
sugar industry could be impacted by trade deal
Is sugar among a host of
American industries soon to become obsolete as the global economy
takes shape or will the product continue to be protected by way of
tariffs on all imported sugar? That is the question industry officials
are waiting to have answered as the U.S. nears ratification of the
Central American Free Trade Agreement, which would eliminate tariffs
on sugar and other commodities between the United States and five
major sugar producers: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras
and Nicaragua. |
| Aug. 30,
2003 |
Pipe
bomb set off in New Sarpy
A man was arrested and
charged with attempted first-degree murder Wednesday after allegedly
throwing a plastic pipe bomb into a group of strangers.
|
| Aug. 30,
2003 |
Valero
transision going well, spokesman says
The transition at the Valero
refinery in Norco is going well, said company spokesman Ron Guillory.
The former Orion refinery was sold in May to Valero after Orion filed
for bankruptcy. |
| Aug, 27,
2003 |
Lightning
strike!
Residents of Alice Street and
PM Lane in Ama were woken up early Friday morning when a bolt of lightning
struck this oak tree at about 6:30 a.m. |
| Aug. 27,
2003 |
Five
arrested in trafficking investigation
Five people were arrested
early Friday morning when St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s deputies acted
on an investigation that has been ongoing since February.
|
| Aug. 27,
2003 |
School
board meeting tonight
Tonight the St. Charles
Parish School Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. The meeting is expected
to be short with members only voting on two items, in addition to
the procedural votes. |
| Aug. 23,
2003 |
Qualifying
over for parish, state races
Qualifying ended Thursday
afternoon for all state and local races to be decided on the Oct.
4 ballot. |
| Aug. 23,
2003 |
Joseph
gets 20 years in death of 19-month-old
David Lynn Joseph, who in
June pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of his former girlfriend’s
19-month-old daughter, was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday
afteroon. |
| Aug. 23,
2003 |
Local
ACT scores up slightly
While Louisiana’s scores
remained steady overall this year on the American College Test (ACT),
the scores in St. Charles have risen slightly over last year. The
district’s average composite score, which includes public and nonpublic
students, increased from 20.3 in 2002 to 20.4 in 2003. Over the past
five years, the overall score has risen from 20.1 in 1999 to 20.0
in 2000 to 20.2 in 2001 to 20.3 in 2002 to 20.4 in 2003.
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| Aug. 20,
2003 |
Home
occupations limited to one vehicle
Local businessmen who operate
out of their homes will be limited to one company vehicle from now
on, thanks to a bill passed Monday by the St. Charles Parish Council.
|
| Aug. 20,
2003 |
Corps
orders parish to cease and desist levee work
The Corps of Engineers has
ordered the parish to cease and desist work done on a levee in Paradis
in response to flooding during last year’s hurricane season. The 7,000
foot levee is one aspect of the hurricane protection system, which
is being built for the west bank of St. Charles Parish.
|
| Aug. 20,
2003 |
State program takes 11 of parish's best
educators
Eleven teachers and administrators
from St. Charles Parish will be providing services in other districts
this school year. The local educators have been selected by the
La. Board of Elementary and Secondary Education as Distinguished
Educators and are being sent to assist academically unacceptable
schools out of parish in meeting their growth targets.
|
| Aug. 16,
2003 |
Natural
gas prices a major concern for local industries
In what petrochemical
industry leaders are calling an emergency for America, the skyrocketing
cost of natural gas was the focus of a town hall meeting Tuesday at
the Dow Chemical Plant in Hahnville. Leading the discussion was U.S.
Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-Chackbay). |
| Aug. 16,
2003 |
Safe
Call ready to launch
The St. Charles Parish Safe
Call Program is ready to begin distributing cellular phones to needy
residents. |
| Aug. 16,
2003 |
School
mailing mistake upsets Norco parents
Fifteen parents from the
Norco area were sent a letter last Friday, Aug. 8 stating that their
children had been accepted into the district’s four-year-old school
program. Then, on the following Monday, the same parents received
a phone call saying that the letter had been a mistake and their children
would not be eligible after all. |
| Aug. 13,
2003 |
Shell
and schools renew Norco Adult Education Program
Shell Norco and St. Charles
Parish Public Schools continued their partnership in the Norco community
Monday night with the presentation of a $250,000 check from Shell
to continue funding the Norco Adult Education Program.
|
| Aug. 13,
2003 |
Chapmagne elected to LSA office
St. Charles Parish Sheriff
Greg Champagne has been elected Sergeant-at-Arms of the Louisiana
Sheriff’s Association for the 2003-2004 term. Champagne and the
other officers were installed at a recent ceremony by Attorney General
Richard Ieyoub. The terms begin on Sept. 1.
|
| Aug. 13,
2003 |
Abstinence
presentation given at courthouse
To some the idea of abstinence
is an outdated philosophy which has no bearing on the lives of modern
day teens. To Bryan and Emily Beauchamp, however, the message is forever
young and is one that youth of today are waiting to hear.
|
| Aug. 9,
2003 |
Salas
receives heart transplant
Last Saturday, Jeffrey Salas,
16, underwent a successful heart transplant at Ochsner Hospital. Salas
had been in the hospital’s P.I.C.U. since July when he suffered heart
failure. |
| Aug. 9,
2003 |
Crime
numbers rise in second quarter
Reports of crime in St.
Charles Parish have risen in the second quarter of 2003, but show
a decrease of 3.8 percent compared to the second quarter of last year.
|
| Aug. 9,
2003 |
Hahnville
meeting to focus on new STD
The Governor’s Program on
Abstinence (GPA) Director, Dan Richey, is sending teams to all state
parishes to alert citizens about the dangerous human papilloma virus
(HPV), that threatens the health of millions of women across the nation
and thousands in Louisiana. |
| Aug. 6,
2003 |
Superintendent
says new school year will include several changes
Superintendent Rodney Lafon
said last week the the new school year in St. Charles Parish will
include several changes for students attending public schools. He
laid out some of the programs that will be new to students this year,
as well as challenges that will face the district. |
| Aug. 6,
2003 |
Council
votes to refinance bonds, rejects re-zoning
In an effort to lower property
taxes, St. Charles Parish will request permission from the state to
refinance $36 million in bonds. |
| Aug. 6,
2003 |
School
enrollment expected to dip slightly in '03-'04
The district’s enrollment
for the new school year to date is 9,773 students. That number is
slightly down from last year when 9,834 students were enrolled in
grades pre-kindergarten through 12. |
| Aug. 6,
2003 |
Vitter
steers Pontchartrain cleanup
The U.S. House of Representatives
is sending nearly $6 million to help in the cleanup of the Lake Pontchartrain
Basic. |
| Aug. 2,
2003 |
Local
youth waits on heart transplant
Jeffrey Salas, a sophomore
at Archbishop Rummel High School, is awaiting a heart transplant and
the family is asking for help -- spiritually and financially. The
16-year-old local youth was admitted to Ochsner Hospital after suffering
heart failure on July 7. |
| Aug. 2,
2003 |
Suspected
pizza robber arrested
A LaPlace teenager has been
arrested for robbing a woman delivering pizza in St. Rose.
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