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Tuesday, January 6, 2009
ASCENSION
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GONZALES — Hundreds of residents and public officials Friday witnessed the city’s first swearing-in of a new mayor in 24 years.
Mayor Barney Arceneaux, elected in October, has already moved into his office at City Hall and said he is ready to start work Monday morning.
The public is invited to join in recycling Christmas trees at the Ascension Civic Center starting Monday. Ascension Parish government will accept Christmas trees at the location for recycling throughout the month of January. SORRENTO — Terry Byars wears a coat inside his office at River Parishes Community College on the Monday before Christmas. “It’s cold. It feels like D.C.,” he said. GONZALES — Chad Duplessis and his brothers found inspiration for their annual New Year’s Eve bonfire from an unwanted visitor this year: Hurricane Gustav. More than a dozen local basketball players got an early Christmas present thanks to the LSU men’s basketball team. Girl Scouts with Service Unit 631 of Girl Scouts Louisiana East donated more than 100 toys to Insight for Inmates Prison Ministry. ASCENSION PARISH LIBRARY CLOSED: All locations of the Ascension Parish Library are closed. TODAY: Both senior centers are closed. DUPLESSIS — Emily Hollis walked on stage carrying a poster and a piece of paper. When she looked out over the crowd of her fellow third-graders, her nerves froze her for a few seconds. The Ascension Cougars D Team captured the Tri-Parish Youth Football League Super Bowl Championship on Dec. 6 at Assumption High School by defeating the Lake Titans, 13–7. PUBLIC: White beans with rice and ham or chicken patty on bun. Thirty-seven Gonzales Middle School students collected $1,337.80 during the school’s annual St. Jude Math-a-thon. |
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