| June 30,
2001 |
St.
Anthony's turns forty
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Luling
will celebrate its 40th anniversary tomorrow. The Mass of Thanksgiving
will be celebrated by the coadjutor Archbishop of New Orleans Alfred
Hughs and will be concelebrated by priests who have pastored the church
during its 40 years history. |
| June 30,
2001 |
Schoolboard
braces for legal battle
St. Charles Parish School Board took the first
step in a possible legal battle with the state Wednesday night by
passing a resolution regarding the minimum foundation program.
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| June 30,
2001 |
St.
Charles unemployment down in May
St. Charles Parish experienced a slight drop
in unemployment for the month of May, according to new figures released
by the state Department of Labor. |
| June 27,
2001 |
Catherine
White passes away
Catherine White, a longtime employee of Louisiana
Publishing and the St. Charles Herald-Guide, passed away Friday afternoon
after her appendix burst. She was 53 years old. |
| June 27,
2001 |
French
movie filmed in Bayou Gauche
It seems that movie production is becoming
a not infrequent occurance within the borders of St. Charles Parish.
Just two weeks ago the production crew of “Monster’s Ball,” starring
Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger, was in the parish to shoot a
few scenes at the St. Rose Tavern. Friday, scenes for another movie
were filmed in Bayou Gauche. |
| June 27,
2001 |
Estuary
program loses funds
The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary
Program will suffer severe budget cuts for the next fiscal year, after
the passage of the budget in the United States Congress. |
| June 23,
2001 |
Citizens
target Shell
National environmental leader, Lois Gibbs
of the infamous Love Canal contamination case, lead a rally Wednesday
of thirty-five national groups and state and local environmental leaders
in support of full relocation of the Diamond community in Norco.
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| June 23,
2001 |
The
art of the desk
An exhibit of painted school desks is currently
on display at the West Bank Regional Library in Luling. The desks
were painted by the talented art students from Eual J. Landry Middle
School. |
| June 23,
2001 |
Arrest
made in Hahnville strangulation
An arrest has been made in the May 22 murder
of a Hahnville woman. Ahren L. Grimes, 25, was arrested Tuesday and
charged with the murder of his girlfriend, Felicia S. Tumbar, last
month in her apartment. |
| June 20,
2001 |
Council
votes to raise sewer rate
St. Charles Parish residents will soon see
an average $5.50 increase in their sewer bills. A month after a previous
attempted sewer increase failed to get the two-thirds margin needed
for approval, the council voted 6-3 Monday night to raise rates from
$3.24 to $4.05 per 1,000 gallons. |
| June 20,
2001 |
St.
Charles Parish declared disaster area
On Friday, June 15th,
St. Charles Parish was declared a disaster area by President Bush.
This action provides assistance for those who have been victims of
Tropical Storm Allison. What this means for individuals is that temporary
housing is available for those who have been made homeless by the
storm, and funds are available mostly through low-interest loans to
repair uninsured damages caused by Allison. |
| June 16,
2001 |
Coleman
prison in Killona dedicated
The Nelson Coleman St. Charles Parish Correctional
Center in Killona was officially dedicated yesterday morning.
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| June 16,
2001 |
Haik-Terrell
visits Luling
The Republican Women of St. Charles Parish
held a special meeting Tuesday night when state Commissioner of Elections
Suzanne Haik-Terrell delivered a speech. |
| June 16,
2001 |
Bucket
Brigade calls out Orion refinery
The Louisiana Bucket Brigade and the New Sarpy
Concerned Citizens are still fighting a battle against Orion Refinery.
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| June 13,
2001 |
Protest
heats up Orion refinery
On Friday morning, one day after the horrendous
fire caused by a lightning strike at Orion refinery, the Louisiana
Bucket Brigade staged a protest in front of the plant. |
| June 13,
2001 |
Body
found on Destrehan levee
The body of a LaPlace woman found in Destrehan
Friday afternoon have police searching for a possible killer. According
to St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne, at about 1 p.m. on Friday
someone riding a bicycle on the levee in Destrehan saw what he thought
was a mannequin lying on the batture. As he approached it, he discovered
it was, in fact, a human being. |
| June 13,
2001 |
Hollywood
comes to St. Rose
St. Rose tavern is not a likely place to find
movie stars or any other celebrities for that matter. But it was Monday
as Billy Bob Thornton and Heath Ledger were filming their new movie,
“Monster’s Ball.” |
| June 9,
2001 |
Lightning
sparks gas fire at Orion refinery
The fire that began Thursday afternoon at
the Orion Norco Refinery was finally extinguished Friday morning at
around 3 a.m. |
| June 9,
2001 |
Allison
drenches St. Charles Parish
Tropical Storm Allison has not been kind to
South Louisiana, although, St. Charles Parish seems to have been spared
from the brunt of her damage and flooding rain. As Thibodaux and Terrebonne
Parish were experiencing massive flooding, there was only mild street
flooding and about ten reports of water entering residences in St.
Charles, according to the Department of Emergency Preparedness.
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June 9, 2001
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Department
of Emergency Preparedness selected for award
The Bureau of Governmental Research is granting
an Excellence in Government Award to the St. Charles Parish Department
of Emergency Preparedness in recognition of its new Hazard and Vulnerability
Analysis computer program. |
| June 9,
2001 |
Deputies
take to horseback
A dozen members of the St. Charles Parish
Sheriff’s Department may soon be taking to the streets on horseback.
Six police volunteers, along with officers from other regional police
departments, finished an intensive week-long Mounted Police Training
Course yesterday afternoon. |
| June 6,
2001 |
Unemployment
drops in St. Charles Parish
Unemployment in St. Charles Parish dropped
half a percentage point in the month of April, according to statistics
recently released by the Louisiana Department of Labor. Unemployment
numbers fell from 1,200 in March to 1,100 in April. Meanwhile, the
actual number of employed residents rose from 21,600 to 21,800, a
percentage from from 5.1 percent unemployment to 4.6, the same percentage
as in April of 2000. |
| June 6,
2001 |
Luling
native honored as teacher of the year in Maryland
Anthony J. Berard, a native of Luling,
has been awarded the Anne Arundel County Public Schools 2001 Teacher
of the Year Award. The Luling native
has taught history to juniors at Glen Burnie High School in Maryland
for the past nine years. He was awarded the honor at a ceremony
which was held May 3 at the BWI Mariott in Linthicum, Maryland.
The ceremony was attended by over 350 people.
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| June 6,
2001 |
Council
votes down water rate increase
The St. Charles Parish Council voted down
a proposed water rate increase Monday night, keeping the current
rate of $2 per meter per month.
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| June 2,
2001 |
Drainage
problem sends car underwater
A Houma woman recieved a nasty shock Thursday
afternoon when she thought she was driving into the parking lot of
St. Charles Parish Social Concerns but instead found her car going
headfirst into a ditch. |
| June 2,
2001 |
Severe
hurricane chances increase for Gulf Coast
Is St. Charles Parish prepared for the 2001
hurricane season which began yesterday? According to Tab Troxler,
the director of the Department of Emergency Preparedness, the parish
is taking that extra step to make sure that residents are properly
informed in the case of a hurricane threat. |
| June 2,
2001 |
Beef burning in
St. Rose stopped by police
Police and firefighters were called to St.
Rose on Wednesday to stop the burning of 1,800 pounds of beef. The
beef was being held by Dependable International Service and Transportation.
It was shipped to the United States in April from Uruguay, but in
May the shipments from that country were banned due to fear of contamination.
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| June 2,
2001 |
Ama pastor
sentenced for lying to gun dealer
Devairr Mollaire, pastor of Mt. Zion Missionary
Baptist Church in Ama, has been sentenced to five months in a halfway
house, five months of home detention and a $3,000 fine for lying
when purchasing a firearm.
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