| May 29,
2002 |
Graduation
2002
With the seniors of Hahnville and Destrehan
High School taking their final walk last week, the St. Charles Herald-Guide
invited a senior from each school to share her feelings on the high
school experience. Here is what they had to say. |
| May 29,
2002 |
EPA:
Local companies are heavy polluters
Louisiana was ranked the
11th worst state in toxic waste production in a recent study by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, with the two worst companies
in the area of St. Charles Parish. |
| May 29,
2002 |
Master
gardeners graduate
On Friday, 17 residents
from around the river parishes graduated from the Master Gardener
course, sponsored by the St. Charles Parish County Agent’s office.
This was the first year the course has been offered locally and featured
seminars from experts on a variety of topics. |
| May 29,
2002 |
Cammon
career day shows students their paths
Albert Cammon Middle School
hosted their annual Career Day Program for the seventh and eighth
grade students on May 17. A total of fourteen organizations with eighteen
guest speakers participated in the program. |
| May 25,
2002 |
Tigers
on the prowl
First there were the cows
in Chicago. Then came the fish in New Orleans. Now, Hahnville High
school art students have decided to spruce up their campus with...What
else? Tigers. |
| May 25,
2002 |
Fashion
risk
The St. Charles Parish
Planning and Zoning Commission has unanimously denied a request by
developer Ray Matherne to connect his Fashion Plantation subdivision
in Hahnville to Highway 3127. |
| May 25,
2002 |
St.
Germain, Armstrong top St. Charles seniors
The top students in St.
Charles Parish were honored this week when Destrehan and Hahnville
High Schools announced their valedictorians and salutatorians for
the class of 2002. |
| May 25,
2002 |
School
board passes budget
On Wednesday night, the
St. Charles Parish School Board voted on several issues affecting
area schools. |
| May 22,
2002 |
Planning
and Zoning takes up Fashion debate
The controversy over the
Fashion Plantation development will be the subject of a special
planning and zoning meeting tonight at the courthouse.
|
| May 22,
2002 |
LEAP
results mixed
With the release of the
LEAP scores last week, officials with St. Charles Parish Public Schools
said they see both improvement and areas where more work is needed.
The english language arts and mathematics results were released early
so summer school needs could be assessed. Science and social studies
results will be released later this week. |
| May 22,
2002 |
Convicted
child molester denied post-conviction relief
Brian Matherne, who plead
guilty to child molestation charges two years ago, was denied an application
for post-conviction relief on May 15. |
| May 22,
2002 |
East
bank levee to resume construction
Construction on the East
Bank Hurricane Protection Levee may resume by the end of the month,
according to Al Naomi with the Army Corps of Engineers.
|
| May 18,
2002 |
Twin
tears for two Tigers
Two teenage girls went under
the knife at East Jefferson Hospital on March 28 to repair torn ACLs.
But the parallels do not end there. Both girls injured the same leg
less then three weeks apart from each other. Both girls are from Luling.
Both girls play soccer. And both girls are on the Hahnville girls
soccer team. |
| May 18,
2002 |
New
unit looks out for Luling
The next time a fire department
siren prompts you to swing out of the road, it may be a new tool in
rescue operations zipping past you. |
| May 18,
2002 |
Norco
subject of PBS special
Tomorrow residents of Norco
will have the opportunity to preview a PBS documentary on the community
which will be aired on PBS stations in July. The program is entitled
“Norco, a Company Town Divided” and is touted as an objective look
at the divisions between members of the community who disagree about
the benefits of living close to the Shell refinery.
|
| May 15,
2002 |
Local
doctor enjoys retirement
There are few things that
Dr. Joseph “Eddie” Isolani enjoys more in his retirement than heading
down to his camp in Grand Isle and fishing for trout. The former family
practitioner has been retired from his Luling practice since the late
80’s but has fond memories of his work as a parish doctor since the
middle of the century when he moved here from New Orleans with his
wife, Lee. |
| May 15,
2002 |
Sentences
given in battery, auto cases
One conviction and three
guilty pleas were heard Thursday in St. Charles Parish. Calvin McMillan,
a 77-year-old Norco man, was convicted of simple battery.
|
| May 15,
2002 |
Armed
robbery suspects still at large
The St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s
Department is asking for help in the search for two men suspected
of robbing two undercover narcotic officers on May 7.
|
| May 11,
2002 |
History
comes alive
On Thursday, The History
Channel “Time Machine” visited two schools in Destrehan. Students
at St. Charles Borromeo and Harry Hurst Middle Schools had the opportunity
to walk through the bus and experience the five interactive stations
based on popular T.V. programs on the cable station.
|
| May 11,
2002 |
School
board honors students, teachers
At Wednesday night’s school
board meeting, members passed several proposals regarding public schools
in St. Charles. Before the vote, several local students were recognized
for outstanding achievements during the school year.
|
| May 11,
2002 |
Construction
to begin on bike path
People looking for an exercise
alternative in St. Charles Parish may soon find one by bicycling along
the banks of the Mississippi River. |
| May 8,
2002 |
Hahnville's
heroes
Three Hahnville High students
were instrumental in saving a woman’s life on Tuesday afternoon of
last week. The students had just completed their Heart Saver CPR certification
the previous Friday and happened upon Paradis resident Eunice Mitchell
minutes after she had collapsed in the parking lot of the West Bank
Bridge Park. |
| May 8,
2002 |
Checking
chickens to keep you healthy
Mosquito Control, Inc.,
the company charged with mosquito prevention in St. Charles Parish,
has stepped up efforts to prevent the spread of encephalitis by introducing
a series of chicken coops throughout the parish. |
| May 8,
2002 |
Council
moves to stop backyard erosion
The St. Charles Parish Council
voted unanimously Monday night to award an engineering contract to
help prevent backyard erosion in Destrehan. |
| May 4,
2002 |
Down-home
elegance
Rachel Aucoin of Destrehan
may only be 14 years old, but she’s been dancing across the stage
for a long time now. This weekend she’ll take it a step further in
the Jefferson Ballet Theatre production of “Thumbelina,” before heading
off to New York this summer to study in the big leagues.
|
| May 4,
2002 |
District
accountability scores released
The state released its first
report on school district accountability Thursday. Though the purpose
of the report is to target school districts across the state that
have a low performance record, officials in St. Charles Parish say
that there may be an adverse effect on high performance districts.
|
| May 4,
2002 |
Robbery
suspect pleads guilty
Ikaika Kalili, 22, plead
guilty as a principal to armed robbery on Monday. |
| May 1,
2002 |
Growing
a little bit of Texas along the bayou
Charles Cancienne has something
he thinks no one else in Louisiana does: red bluebonnets in bloom.
|
| May 1,
2002 |
Crime
goes down in first quarter
Crime experienced a decline
in the first quarter of 2002 according to statistic recently released
by the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office. |
| May 1,
2002 |
School
distribution center to be expanded
At last week’s school board
meeting, members voted to begin the process to expand the school system’s
distribution center. Bids to nearly double the facility’s 4,644 sq.
feet will be taken until June and construction is scheduled to begin
July 1. |
