| Sept. 29,
2001 |
Beautiful
day for a water balloon fight
St. Charles Borromeo School
held a Water Balloon Blast this past Thursday. |
| Sept. 29,
2001 |
August
unemployment at record low
As school started across
the state in August, returning thousands of young summer workers and
school personnel to the classroom, both the number of Louisiana citizens
looking for work and the number of employed decreased, resulting in
the lowest unemployment rate on record for the month of August, announced
Secretary of Labor Garey Forster. |
| Sept. 26,
2001 |
St.
Charles comes out for USA
An estimated 1,500 Americans converged on
St. Charles Parish Sunday afternoon for a “Unity Rally” that raised
over $30,000. |
| Sept. 26,
2001 |
Schools
comply with Internet Protection Act
On Monday afternoon a meeting was held to
update parish residents on information technology at use in public
schools. The meeting was organized by Kendall Stall, Director of Technology
for St. Charles Public Schools. |
| Sept. 22,
2001 |
Weimer
speaks to schoolboard
Supreme Court Candidate
John Weimer addressed the St. Charles Parish School Board at Wednesday
night’s meeting. During his talk, the candidate emphasized his link
to education and to St. Charles Parish. |
| Sept. 22,
2001 |
Parish
HOSTS program kicks off
Middle Schools around the
parish are gearing up for this year’s Help One Student to Succeed
(HOSTS) program. This is the fourth year of the program which has
received national recognition for exemplary status.
|
| Sept. 22,
2001 |
Contract
divides Airport Authority
The Louisiana Airport Authority
(LAA) met on Thursday morning at 8 a.m. to discuss funding and to
hear a presentation about the Millennium Port. |
| Sept. 19,
2001 |
New
prison open for business
Monday afternoon parish
prisoners were moved into the new Nelson Coleman St. Charles Parish
Correctional Center in Killona. The prison is capable of accommodating
630 prisoners, though only 140 are currently housed there.
|
| Sept. 19,
2001 |
Norco
native still missing after Pentagon attack
Robert Hymel, a former resident
of Norco, is listed as one of several unaccounted for people who were
working in the area of the Pentagon that was attacked Tuesday. Hymel
is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Air Force. |
| Sept. 19,
2001 |
Council
approves pump station upgrade
The St. Charles Parish Council
returned to business Monday evening with American flags marching around
their chambers and a louder-than usual recitation of the Pledge of
Allegiance. Then, before moving on to the business of the parish,
the council put forth a decree condemning the terrorist actions of
Sept. 11 and proclaimed Sept. 23 to be “New York and Washington, D.C.
Day in St. Charles Parish.” |
| Sept. 15,
2001 |
A
nation at half-staff
If you drive around St.
Charles Parish today, you will see the things as you would all over
America. Signs have been hastily painted and erected. The Luling Volunteer
Fire Department is proclaiming “We will not perish!” and in front
of banks, government buildings and baseball parks it is quite clear
that we are a nation at half-staff. |
| Sept. 15,
2001 |
Plants
increase security
In the wake of Tuesday’s
tragedies in New York and Washington, chemical and electrical corporations
are increasing security nationwide. Companies in St. Charles Parish
have been no different. |
| Sept. 15,
2001 |
Concerned
Citizens intend to sue Orion
On Thursday, the Concerned
Citizens of New Sarpy (CCNS) announced that they had sent a notice
of intent to sue to Orion Refinery in Norco. The action is a response
to several reported instances of discharges of air pollutants by the
plant. |
| Sept. 12,
2001 |
St.
Charles plans strategy
A barn’s worth of local
business and government leaders converged on Destrehan Friday to discuss
the paths St. Charles Parish will take in the next five years.
|
| Sept. 12,
2001 |
Coyotes
in your neighborhood?
Recently there have been
reports of coyotes showing up more and more in residential areas of
the parish. Several residents believe it is the increase in neighborhood
developments around St. Charles that is causing the animals to show
up in their backyards. |
| Sept. 8,
2001 |
Recognizing
the Angel of St. Charles schools
When students at J.B. Martin
Middle School enter the HOSTS lab on the second floor, they are greeted
by a face that has smiled at St. Charles Parish students for nearly
four decades. Beginning with her own children, then her grandchildren
and now with other people’s children, the work done by Mary “Betty”
Braun of Des Allemands has made her a nominee for the 2001 Blue Cross/Blue
Shield Angel Award. |
| Sept. 8,
2001 |
'Going to California' stops in St. Rose
“Going to California” made
a stop in St. Charles Parish this past week. The filming crew for
the Showtime movie channel production set up camp at the St. Rose
Tavern to do inside and outside shots for episode 14 of the weekly
series that airs on Thursday and Friday nights. |
| Sept. 8,
2001 |
Planning
and zoning rejects fire station
At an emotionally charged
meeting Thursday night, the Planning and Zoning Commission voted 5-1
against the director’s recommendation to allow the resubdivision of
the lot on the corner of Lafayette and Willowridge Boulevard for use
as a fire station. |
| Sept. 5,
2001 |
Jones
sentenced on alligator charges
An Avondale man has been
sentenced in St. Charles Parish for several alligator violations stemming
from a Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement
Division covert operation in 2000. Thomas Jones Jr., 49, pleaded guilty
on Aug. 21 to hunting alligators without a license, hunting alligators
in closed season and hunting alligators during illegal hours.
|
| Sept. 1,
2001 |
School
officials receive emergency training
The thought of a Columbine
massacre taking place at Destrehan or Hahnville High School is something
that is unpleasant to even think about. However, for the sake of being
prepared, the principals of both high schools as well as several parish
law enforcement officers spent Thursday afternoon doing just that.
|
| Sept. 1,
2001 |
Becnel
emphasizes local roots to schoolboard
Judge Mary Hotard Becnel,
a native of St. Charles Parish, hopes that the voters in the area
will put another local in the Supreme Court with the retirement of
Justice Harry Lemon. Becnel addressed the School Board at Wednesday
night’s meeting. |
| Sept. 1,
2001 |
Laque
vetoes traffic analysis requirement
Parish President Albert
Laque has vetoed a resolution by the St. Charles Parish Council to
require a traffic impact analysis for certain construction developments
before approval is granted. |
