| July 30,
2003 |
Ama
community seeks hit-and-run driver
Things were turning around
for Clyde Rosemond, says Mt. Zion Baptist Church member Ursula Kelly.
Rosemond had problems, but he was turning his life around. “Everything
was positive,” she said. |
| July 30,
2003 |
Unemployment in St. Charles bounces in
June
The jobless rate in St.
Charles Parish took a bounce in June, even though preliminary numbers
show the actual number of jobs remained consistent.
|
| July 30,
2003 |
Parish
leads in utilizing low interest loans
Of the six member parishes
of the South Central Planning and Development Commission, St. Charles
Parish is the leading user of the Planning District's Revolving Loan
Fund (RLF) Program. To date, seven local companies received approval
for over $1 million of financial assistance to relocate to or expand
in St. Charles Parish. Officials say the assistance offered by St.
Charles Parish resulted in the addition of over 200 jobs to the local
economy. |
| July 26,
2003 |
Sparks
of creativity
Ever wondered how the
most common appliances we use each day came into existence? Telephones,
VCRs, and typewriters all began with a spark of creativity in the
mind of an inventor. |
| July 26,
2003 |
Park
issues take stand with parish council
People looking for recreational
activities in Bayou Gauche will have another option soon, while Des
Allemands residents will have to wait a while longer.
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| July 26,
2003 |
High
schools gear up for new year
Hahnville and Destrehan
High Schools will be holding registration and orientation events next
week. The events are designed to help students prepare for the 2003-04
school year which begins Aug. 15. |
| July 23,
2003 |
Hospital
proposals pass with low number of voters
All three hospital bond
proposal on Saturday’s ballot were approved by voters, although by
a very small number of them. |
| July 23,
2003 |
Parish
seeks grant to continue bike paths
More miles of bicycle paths
will be on their way soon if the St. Charles Parish Council can get
grants from the federal Department of Transportation.
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July 23, 2003
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School
board passes budget
At last week’s meeting,
the school board unanimously passed a $79 million budget for fiscal
year 2004. The board had delayed voting on the budget in June after
several board members complained about some of the additional expenses.
|
| July 19,
2003 |
Luling
man arrested for two late-night robberies
A Luling man is in prison
after stealing a total of about $65 from two convenience stores this
week. |
| July 19,
2003 |
School
board to fight travel spending limits
School board members said
Monday they plan to fight the bill recently passed by the state legislature
which seeks to control travel expenses by board members across the
state. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Robert Faucheux (D-Laplace), places
school boards under the same travel spending limits as state executive
branch employees. |
| July 19,
2003 |
House
committee calls for more regulation on river barges
The U.S. House of Representatives
has called for the Corps of Engineers to report on permitting compliance
of barge activity around St. Charles Parish. The measure is included
in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill, which passed out of the
House Appropriations Committee this week. |
| July 16,
2003 |
Rain
doesn't dampen Catfish Festival
Last weekend’s rain did
not dampen the spirits of the St. Gertrude Catholic Church Catfish
Festival. Organizers say that large crowds turned up each day to take
part in the local festival centered around Des Allemands catfish.
|
| July 16,
2003 |
Hospital
issues on Saturday's ballot
St. Charles Parish voters
will have three measures in front of them Saturday during a special
election dealing with the parish’s hospital. |
| July 16,
2003 |
School
board to vote on revised budget
The St. Charles Parish School
Board will vote on a revised budget for FY 2004 at tonight’s meeting.
The board had delayed voting on the $79 million budget in June after
several board members complained about two additional administrative
jobs and other expenses that were not clear at the time.
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| July 12,
2003 |
East
Bank Bike Path rolls out
Bicycle riders on the east
bank of St. Charles Parish now have a place to go to enjoy their brand
of exercise. The first phase of the East Bank Bike Path officially
opened at a ceremony Tuesday morning in St. Rose. |
| July 12,
2003 |
Mayeux
trial date set
The murder trial for Willie
Mayeux has been set for July 15. Mayeux is accused of murdering his
wife Catherine Mayeux in April. |
| July 12,
2003 |
Fishing
industry continues to impact local economy
With this weekend’s Catfish
Festival, residents are reminded of one of the traditional industries
in St. Charles Parish, commercial fishing. It is also one to be proud
of as the industry continues as an economic and cultural force among
many local residents. |
| July 9,
2003 |
Industry
veteran tapped to run Valero refinery
One of the most hotly-disputed
companies in St. Charles Parish is no more. The Orion refinery in
St. Rose has new ownership and a new name. |
| July 9,
2003 |
Four
St. Charles residents injured in Edgard shooting
Four people are in St. Charles
Parish Hospital after a shooting at a bar in Edgard Saturday evening.
|
| July 9,
2003 |
Tropical Storm Bill spares local
agriculture
Louisiana agricultural
producers feel they dodged a bullet as Tropical Storm Bill left
the Gulf of Mexico and made landfall near Morgan City on June 30.
The storm dumped up to 8 inches of rain in south Louisiana – mostly
east of the storm center with little or none to the west.
|
| July 5,
2003 |
Stabbing incident prompts change in state
criminal code
The stabbing death of
Catherine Mayeux of Hahnville in April has prompted a grass-roots
effort to amend the state’s criminal code as it pertains to first
degree murder. Family and friends of Catherine recently successfully
lobbied the legislature to add the violation of a restraining order
to the code, which would allow offenders who break the order and
commit murder to be charged with first degree murder. The change
now requires Gov. Foster’s signature to become law.
|
| July 5,
2003 |
Consumer confidence falls in June
After significant increases
in consumer confidence in March, April and May, Louisiana’s Consumer
Confidence Index (CCI) retreated from 97.1 in May to 93.5 in June.
The preliminary June 2003 indices from the University of Michigan
also show declines in confidence for both the US CCI at 87.2 down
from 92.1 in May 2003 and the southern CCI at 92.1 down from 93.5
in the previous month. Louisiana consumers continue to express more
confidence than both the national and southern indexes.
|
| July 2,
2003 |
Bill
bombards Louisiana coast
As Tropical Storm Bill hovered
around the Gulf of Mexico Monday, dumping rain along the Louisiana
coastline, St. Charles Parish remained in fairly good shape.
|
| July 2,
2003 |
Randa
Corp. moves into St. Rose
After eight months of construction,
Randa Corp. moved into its new headquarters in St. Rose’s James Business
Park Friday afternoon. |
| July 2,
2003 |
Food Network to film at Catfish Festival
The Food Network will
feature this year’s Catfish Festival in an upcoming program on the
cable network. The festival will be featured in a series “All American
Festivals” about various food festivals around the country.
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