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Marathon helps Garyville students
Christmas came early for 113 students at Garyville-Mt. Airy Magnet School. Marathon’s employees and the refinery’s special project funds purchased supplies, and the employees stuffed school bags for the students at GMMS. “This wonderful project was in the making since this summer, and Marathon came through,” stated Principal Kelli Joseph.
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150 more voters in St. John Parish
During Voter’s Registration Week, the St. John Registrar of Voters Office registered over 150 students at East St. John High School during the one-day voter drive. As part of their efforts to register more voters, the Chief Deputy Registrar Rita Jareau and the Confidential Assistant Jane Townsend spent two hours helping the ESJHS 17- and 18-year-old students to complete their registration cards in the school’s library.
Teaching the teachers
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School Principal Larry J. Bourgeois welcome Mr. and Mrs. Jared Treas and LSU Ag Center agents Cynthia Clifton and Ann Gauthier to speak to the school’s faculty and staff about food and nutrition. Mr. and Mrs. Treas provided a comprehensive presentation and training on food allergies. Clifton and Gauthier introduced the Smart Bodies Program that is provided by Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Louisiana and the LSU Ag Center. The Smart Bodies Program is a program that will be used at St. Joan of Arc designed to help combat childhood obesity and encourage healthy eating habits.
‘The Crucible’ is looking for actors
Ascension Community Theatre is presenting Arthur Miller’s masterpiece, “The Crucible,” directed by Heidi Alford Frederic.
Locks of Love donation
St. Joan of Arc Catholic School third-grader Claire Murphy donates her hair to Locks of Love. This is the second time that Claire has donated her hair to this cause. Locks of Love is a nonprofit organization that provides hair prosthetics for children who have developed long-term medical hair loss.
‘I am the vine and you are the branches.’
At the end of the 2008-2009 school year, teachers and faculty from St. Charles Borromeo School in Destrehan selected their school’s theme for 2009-2010 as “I am the vine and you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, will bear much fruit; For without Me you can do nothing.” The school’s Unity Mass was celebrated by Father Harry along with preschool through eighth-grade students, faculty, parents and parishioners. Father Harry spoke about how many things connect people together such as telephones, computers, airplanes and television but most of all faith. Students in preschool through eighth-grade were given branches and potted vines to place on the altar to represent their homeroom class. These vines will be placed in their homerooms so students can observe and nurture their growth for the school year.
River Parishes Hospital welcomes eight new physicians
River Parishes Hospital leaders recently held a reception at Belle Terre Country Club to introduce and welcome eight new physicians to the hospital and community who arrived over the last four months. They are Kosi Avotri, MD, Pediatrics; Rachel Bezdek, MD, Obstetrics/Gynecology; Bryan Bienvenu, MD, Oncology; Frederic Billings, III, MD, Oncology; Daniel Kurica, MD, Ophthalmology; Mark Moglowsky, MD, Gastroenterology; Kellie Schmeeckle, MD, Oncology; and Sousan Zadeh, DO, Nephrology.
St. John Adult Education moves to new location
The Adult Education Program in St. John the Baptist Parish will start the 2009-2010 school year at a new location with extended services. The new site is 152 Anthony F. Monica Street in Garyville, the previous location of the Redirection Center/Garyville Elementary School. The intake process for students will began on Aug. 13.
President Obama speaks to students
St. John the Baptist Parish School District’s students attentively watched President Obama’s speech on Promethean Boards, via LCD projectors, on television monitors and on computer screens. The President’s message was met with positive reviews from administration, teachers and students.
From plantation to a prison
Members of River Parishes Hospital’s Senior Friends Program recently took a bus trip to St. Francisville to tour The Myrtles Plantation and to Angola to tour Angola Prison and Museum. Members began their trip with a guided history and mystery tour of The Myrtles Plantation, a 212-year-old plantation known as one of America’s most haunted homes. After the tour, members were able to stroll along the plantation grounds and visit the gift shop. From there, members traveled to D’Johns Restaurant where they enjoyed a country-style buffet lunch. After lunch, members concluded their trip with a guided riding and walking tour of Angola Prison and Museum. On the tour, members were given a presentation by an inmate and were able to see a cell block and a dormatory, a lethal injection table and the Red Hat (where the electric chair was used years ago). Members were then able to tour the prison museum and gift shop.
SCC students hang out with the new Archbishop
Reverend Gregory Michael Aymond, 14th Archbishop of New Orleans, celebrated a Mass recently, at St. Joan of Arc Church in LaPlace. Several members of the Comet family were present for the celebration of the Eucharist.
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