Month: June 2010

Events & Announcements

2nd Annual Special Olympics camp open

June 29, 2010 Staff Report 0

ST. CHARLES PARISH – St. Charles Parks and Recreation will host the 2nd Annual Special Olympics’ Camp Shriver. The goal is to provide another level of challenge for athletes with disabilities and promote equality and inclusion. The camp will be social as well as athletic, and campers come from public and private schools, volunteer agencies, and the local community.

The camp will be held at Ethel Schoeffner Elementary School, 140 Plantation Road in Destrehan from June 29 to July 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Target sports are bocce, soccer,softball/t-Ball, tennis, and volleyball.

Volunteers are needed – please call (985)783-5090 to sign up.

Registration forms can be found online at www.stcharlesparish-la.gov under Parks and Recreation.
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Events & Announcements

Shriners will hold orthopedic clinic

June 26, 2010 Staff Report 0

DESTREHAN – A Shriners Orthopedic Clinic will be open on June 26 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. offering x-rays for children. The clinic will be located at the East Bank Medical Office Building, 105 Plantation Road in Destrehan.

Call St. Charles Parish Hospital at (985)785-6242 for more information. […]

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Injunction calls for compromise on drilling ban

June 24, 2010 Allen Lottinger 0

There certainlly should be a better way to help insure that another devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico does not happen again. And Federal District Judge Martin Feldman recognized that fact when he granted a preliminary injunction against the Obama administration’s moratorium on deepwater drilling Tuesday. […]