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Saturday, November 7, 2009
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LIVINGSTON-TANGIPAHOA
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LIVINGSTON — After achieving its best test scores so far in spring testing, Livingston Parish School Superintendent Bill Spear told the School Board on Thursday night he was surprised when the state Department of Education ranked the parish 13th when statewide district performance scores were released two weeks ago.
WALKER — Traffic lights controlling vehicle flow on Interstate 12 entrance ramps would improve safety and travel time, Deputy Secretary Sherri H. LeBas of the state Department of Transportation and Development told Livingston Parish residents Wednesday night. AMITE — Tangipahoa School Board President Danny Ridgel failed Tuesday in an attempt to have board members approve a resolution criticizing controversial racial views held by former Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell. LIVINGSTON — Authorities asked for help Wednesday in identifying human bones found scattered in a wooded area in French Settlement. The Octavians’ production of "Nosferatu: The Legend of Dracula" will have performances at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5-7, at the old Eastside School auditorium, 107 S. Orange St., in Hammond. WALKER — When Jonie Bankston walks on stage at North Live Oak Elementary School later this month, she will reach a milestone in her four-year acting career. She will get to play a female role. Students send off their teacher, who is walking for breast cancer, with song and dance. HAMMOND — “Nothing’s free,” said James D. Square Jr., a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars, when asked what young people should learn from veterans. “Somebody had to sacrifice something for what they enjoy today,” Square said. Monetary donations for hams, turkeys and non-perishable food items are being accepted for “Boxes of Blessings,” a Thanksgiving campaign of Open Door Baptist Church, 7000 Gloryland Way, Denham Springs, to feed 50 Livingston Parish families this year. Lucas Watkins was sworn in as the newest member of the South Tangipahoa Parish Port Commission at their meeting Oct. 13 in Ponchatoula. Watkins was appointed to serve on the commission by Gov. Bobby Jindal on Sept. 21 to replace a vacancy on the seven-member board. These pets are available at the Denham Springs Animal Shelter, 600 Bowman St., Denham Springs. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will hold its annual banquet at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Chesterton Square special event facility in Ponchatoula. The event spotlights nearly 4,000 college, high school, and middle-school student-athletes who belong to FCA in Livingston, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes. It also honors faculty sponsors who serve as huddle coaches. LIVINGSTON PARISH COUNCIL ON AGING AND TANGIPAHOA VOLUNTARY COUNCIL ON AGING: Waste Management of Louisiana and Woodside Landfill presented a $5,000 donation to Keep Livingston Beautiful to help the organization continue to clean up litter. The Division of Extended Studies at Southeastern Louisiana University has launched its newly designed Web site. The new site, http://www.selu.edu/es has an updated and user friendly layout that will allow the division to better serve students, faculty and the community across three locations: Hammond, Mandeville, and Walker, officials said. Livingston calendar Tangipahoa calendar School lunches HAMMOND — The City Council approved an ordinance Tuesday prohibiting registered sex offenders from entering city parks or public recreational facilities. A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday. Keith Bardwell, who is white, quit the post with a one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and no explanation of his decision: “I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009.” DENHAM SPRINGS — The outside lane of U.S. 190 eastbound will be closed at the Amite River Bridge from 6 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. today while crews perform an emergency repair, according to the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development. Starting today, the Livingston Parish Assessor’s Office has a four-day work week, Assessor Jeff Taylor said, which should allow more working people to get to the office before it closes. A Baton Rouge woman was killed Saturday night in a three-vehicle crash on U.S. 190 west of La. 1024 in Livingston Parish when the van she was driving was hit head-on by a sport utility vehicle, State Police said in a news release. |
