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David PrescottNew PrincipalAt Central HS CENTRAL — Long-time Cen-tral educator David Prescott has been named the new principal at Central High School. Prescott’s selection culminated a nation-wide search that ended at Cen-tral High where Prescott is as-sistant principal. Anationalsearchfirmfound30 applicants and narrowed the fieldtosix,twoofwhomwith-drew. Faulk and other Central school administrators inter-viewedthefinalistswiththeas-sistanceof educators fromout-side the parish. Ultimately,Prescottwasrec-ommended by Faulk to the Cen-tralschoolboard,whichratifiedthe selection Monday night. School board president Dr. Jim Gardnersaid,“Mr.Prescottisanexcellentchoice.He’sbeenherealongtimeandperformedverysuccessfully.Heunderstandstheproblems and the challenges. Wethinkhewilldoanexcellentjob.” Central High is an A school. Prescott replaces Bob Wales.

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Candidate for Mayor in April 5 Election

GOVERNOR WELCOMES RALPH WASHINGTON — Gov. Bobby Jindal congrat-ulated Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington on his decision to switch to Republi-can. Washington told the governor he is too conservative to be a Democrat.

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Mayor Pro-Tem Switches to RepublicanWashington Says Democrats Don’t Represent Him

CENTRAL — Central business-man Jr. Shelton has announced his candidacy for Mayor of the Cityof Central in municipal electionscheduled for Saturday, April 5,2014. Shelton narrowly lost the mayor’sjobtoMacWatts,thecur-rentmayor,in2010. Sheltonreceived48.1percentofthe votes in that election. A change of154voteswouldhavereversedthe outcome. Shelton is thefirstcandidate toformallyannounceforanyofficeintheApril5election.MayorWattshas not announced whether he will beacandidateforreelection. Shelton has resided in Central for 34 years. A native of BatonRouge,hegraduated fromBroad-moorHighSchool,wherehewasabasketball star. He earned a B.S. in businessadministrationfromLSUin1973.HeandhiswifeRitahavebeen married for 38 years. Theyhavefourchildrenandfivegrand-children. He was self-employed for 40

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Jr. Shelton in RacePledges to Fight Crime, Improve RoadsWith Open, Honest City Administration

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Candidate WinsPiece of Lottery BATON ROUGE — Jr. Shelton may be feeling especially lucky thesedays. He and some of his col-leagues at C. J. Brown Realty just wona$1millionfromtheLouisi-ana Lottery. Shelton and the other winnersreceived$29,000each,af-terthepaymentoftaxes.

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Jr. Shelton (R) for MayorApril 5, 2014 Election

Washington Won’t Run for Mayor ButWill Seek Council CENTRAL — Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington said Wednesday night he will not run forMayor in theApril5,2014,butislikelytorunforreelection to the City Council. Washington said he is devel-oping some long-term contracts forhisbusinessthatprecludearaceforMayor. “Even thoughIwon’t be running forMayor,Idowanttostayinvolved,be-cause I love this community. With the possibility of severalnew Council members, it isimportanttohavesomeexperi-ence on the Council. We have a lotlefttodo,andIwouldliketokeepworkingifthepeoplegiveme the opportunity to do so.”

CENTRAL — In ceremonies at the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Lun-cheon Tuesday, City of CentralMayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington announced that he is changing his partyaffiliationtoRepublican. With a packed house at CaféAméricainand themediapresent,Washington told his life story—from being born at Charity Hos-pital intoa familyof12children,livinginpoverty,beingoneofthefirst blacks to integrate East As-cension High to managing a large chemical plant on the Mississippi. He told of his experiences inbusiness in Central and serving on the City Council. Then he de-scribed the leftwardcourseof theDemocratic Party. He said his at-tendance at theAt-Large Confer-ence, a national conferences ofblack conservatives, made himrealize that he is a Republican. Tocheersandastandingovation,Washington was welcomed by Sen. Elbert Guillory and state GOP chairman Roger Villere.

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East Middle School that could not be containedby aSheriff’s depu-tywhohadtocallformoreunits.The incident involved a number of students andschool staff.Mul-tiple units were required to get control of thesituation. Eight middle school stu-dents were de-tained and hand-cuffed. On May 3, BATON ROUGE —Supportersofthe

proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System have released a dramatic video that doc-uments violence and other illegal activities in public schools such as Woodlawn, Broadmoor, and TaraHigh Schools.

The film is a compilation ofvideos secretly recorded by pub-lic school teachers and students,as well as local TV news reports. Mostof thevideoswererecordedin May 2013. The teachers risked their jobs by recording the incidents and releas-ing the videos to the public. Video clips include •The beating of a child on anEast Baton Rouge Parish school bus. A parent was outraged by a videooftheincidentwhichshowedher child being beaten senseless for minutes with no assistance.Thebusfailedtostop,andthein-cident was not reported to law en-forcementasrequiredbylaw.Theparentsaid,“Iamfuriousandcon-cernedthatstudentsarenotsafeinthe school system. This has to stop

and now.” The East Baton Rouge Parish school system responded that it was an isolated incident. •AroaringbrawlatWoodlawnHighSchool featuringamuscularstudent stripped to the waist who wasmenacingscoresofotherstu-dents on the school grounds. •Multiple fights going on inthe Belaire High School gym with screamingandfistsswinging. •Aschoolbusdriverwhorapeda Woodlawn High School special needs student. •AbeatinginthehallsofWood-lawn High School. •Afive-year-oldchildleftaban-doned on a parish school bus fortwo hours. His mother said it was no accident •AbrawlatTaraHighSchool,as students watched and a teacher tried to intervene. •The rape of a 14-year-old byan 18-year-old special needs stu-dent in the school auditorium. •The Broadmoor High lunch-room engulfed in violence andfighting. •Attacks in the hallway atBroadmoor High as a student was pounded in the head. •An attack on a student atWoodlawn High School. •Another attack at WoodlawnHigh School as a teacher unsuc-cessfullytriedtointervene. •Aviolent altercationatSouth

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2013,thereweresixseparatefightsreported at Woodlawn High. On May 13, 2013, a fight atSouth East Middle led to the report ofastudentwithagun. The video says that for manyof the students attending publicschools in East Baton Rouge Par-ish,thisisthereality. Inaninterviewlastweek,aschoolemployee reported that many ofthe students at Woodlawn High are bused into Southeast Baton Rouge from failing schools taken overby the Recovery School District. It is no wonder that the people of Southeast Baton Rouge wanttheir own school system. The East Baton Rouge Parish school system isoutofcontrolandcannotmain-tain order in the schools. Towatchthevideo,gotowww.vimeo.com/67358394

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BATON ROUGE — Here are some ofthequestionsandanswersfromSupt. Mike Faulk’s appearance at the Baton Rouge Press Club: Question: What are the secrets to putting together an outstanding schoolsystem? Faulk: Our success has been basedonfourthings:1)Highqual-ityteachingstaff,2)Amanageablepupil-teacher ratio, which startedat20:1and isnow22:1,3)Mak-ing resources available to teachers in the classroom, and 4) Havingmeaningful professional develop-ment during the summer but not by pullingthemoutoftheclassroom. Question: What about the break-away school district in Southeast BatonRouge? Faulk: Local communities should have the choice to control the quality of their schools. Youneed committed people in leader-ship capacities. Question: What about the fi-nancesofthenewschooldistrict? Faulk: A lot of people ques-tioned the fiscal capacity of thenew Central school district. But we’ve managed our resources. We haveabudgetof$36millionand

a surplusonhandof$10million.[Editor’sNote:Centralhasno in-dustryormajortaxbase.Itispri-marily a residential community.] Question: Are small school dis-trictsbetter? Faulk:Ifadistrictistoobig,it’shard to manage. Question: Would a new district impacttheMFPnegatively? Faulk: If you have more andmoredistricts,thewaytheMFPisstructured,itcouldnegativelyim-pact some districts. Question: Should the MFP be restructured? Faulk: Weshouldexamine thefactors that go into theMFP for-mula, such as net assessedvalua-tionandsalestaxes.Butbecare-fulwhatyouaskfor,becauseyoumight get it. Question: Are you against vouchersandschoolchoice? Faulk: Vouchers and school choice should be funded outsidethe MFP, but we recognize theneed to provide school choice. For example, some school districts,suchasoursinCentral,arestartingvirtual schools.

CENTRAL SCHOOLS SUPT. MIKE FAULKaddressedmembersoftheBatonRougePressClubontherecentlegislativesessionandabroadrangeofeducationissues.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Central schoolsSupt. Mike Faulk spoke to the Baton RougePressClub just before the endofthelegislativesession.Faulkbeganas the first employee of the CentralCommunity School System in 2007 and hired 400 employees. The Central systemisnowtheNo.2-rankedofthestate’s69schoolsystems,despitehav-ing58percentofitsstudentpopulationonthefreeorreducedlunchprogram.FaulkispresidentoftheLouisianaAs-sociation of School Superintendentsand was recently named Louisiana’s SuperintendentoftheYear.

Question: What about teacher certification,isitimportant? Faulk: When I was superinten-dentinMorehouseParish,wehadashortageofcertifiedteachers,andwe hired teachers working toward certification.Theyhadthreeyearstoqualify.ButtodayinCentral,wefind no shortage of fully certifiedteachers.Ifyouhaveaqualitypro-gramwithprovenresults,youlookforquality.Ihavehadexperiencewith some teachers with alternative certificateswhoworked outwell.

Question: How do the superin-tendents relate to State Supt. John White? Faulk: When John White was appointed,wereachedouttohim,and he reached out to us. But we feel he could reach outmore.There is adifferencebetween lis-tening and hearing. We want to be heard. Question: What about having twodiplomas? Faulk: We actually have three orfourtypesofdiplomasnow,andit is true that not everyone needs to go to college. We need to give studentswhattheycanuse,andweneed to do more career preparation. Question: What important edu-cation issues are we not hearing about? Faulk: Retirement. Unfundedaccrued liabilities will creep up its ugly head and devastate school systems and all state agencies. In somegovernmentalbodies,itisup15to27percent.Whenyoucon-sider that 82 percent of our costsare personnel, you see that youhavetodosomething.Iexpectthatwewillhitabrickwall,anditwillbe devastating. Question: What about legacy costs [for retirees’ health insur-ance]? Faulk: It encourages privati-zation. In Central, we privatizedfrom the beginning, in order tominimizefuturelegacycosts.


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eventforthenewsmedia—CoachMiles andmore than 50 other ce-lebrities and ordinary citizens rap-pellingoffOneAmericanPlace,thetallest building in downtown Baton Rouge. Participants said it was an amaz-ing—andrelativelysafe—expe-rience. For more information onwhat you can do to promote adop-tion,gotowww.lafamilyforum.org.

Todd Goudin (center) going over the edge of One American Place. Celebrities and ordinary citizens alike showed up to bring attention to adoption.

Rep. Erich Ponti supporting “Over the Edge” for adoption

Lauren Ventrella (left) of Central helped bring awareness about adoption


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Gov.JindalPraisesCentral’sGivingSpirit CENTRAL — Gov. Bobby Jindal attended Cooking in Central Satur-day and praised the Central com-munityforitseffortstoaidvictimsofthetornadoinMoore,Oklahoma.

JindalsaidCentralisanexampleofAmerica at its best. An emotional Moore elementary school principal Kathy Knowles said Central’s ges-turewaspartofthehealingprocess.

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MorePhotosfromCentralTeachers’End-of-YearCrawfishBoil

HistoricJointMeetingofCouncil,SchoolBoardDiscussesFutureofOldMiddleSchoolNo Decision YetOn Board’s OfferTo Provide SpaceTo City of Central CENTRAL — The Central Com-munity School Board and the Cen-tral City Council held their first-ever joint meeting last Monday to discusstheschoolboard’soffertogive thecity long-termuseofof-ficespaceforCityHallat theoldCentral Middle School site. Central schools Supt. Mike Faulk has recommended that the 26-acre site at Hooper and Sullivan becleared,exceptforWildcatSta-diumandthreebuildings,thelarg-est of which is referred to as theL-shapedbuildingfacingSullivan. Faulksaid38,000squarefeetofspace is available in the L-shaped building and that it is worth reno-vating. He said the city could use up to 26,000 square feet of thespacefreeofchargeinperpetuity,if the city were able to renovateit. He estimated the cost at about

$100asquarefoot. City officials said they are in theprocessof selecting a city center andthat the old middle school site is under consideration. However,MayorMacWatts said more time will be needed to determine which site would be the

best. Councilman Aaron Moak ques-tioned whether the old middle school auditorium should be torn down. Ar-chitect Phil Rutter said it would not be costeffectivetorenovateit.Council-man Wayne Messina said he liked the schoolboard’soffer.Othercityofficials

took a go-slow approach. Councilman TonyLoBuewasoutoftown.Nodeci-sions were made during the meeting. City attorney Sherri Morris said anyfutureagreementbetweenthetwobodies would have to be done through an intergovernmental agreement.

JOINT MEETINGofCentralCityCouncilandCentralSchoolBoardtodiscussboard’soffertothecityforusefreeofficespaceforCityHall.

School board member Ruby Foil BrittniKennard,MeghanSullivan,andKarenTrantham SchoolBoardMemberSharonBrowning,MarthaMaddox,PatrickBridgewater,DianeMalison-Hardin,andJackieJenkins

AnnaBesseandSusanWattsEsterPickeringandSharonGriffithKarolNavarre,JeremiahMorgan,GinaSmileyandPatTriplett

SiniaSibleyandPamCrawford.CynthiaFitzgerald,SheilaAtkinson,LindaSumrall,KenyaGreen,CarolynWelch,DeborahVidrine,andJoanRushing.VaniaFarrisandScottWorsham.


MorePhotosfromCentralTeachers’End-of-YearCrawfishBoil

HistoricJointMeetingofCouncil,SchoolBoardDiscussesFutureofOldMiddleSchoolCouncil PlacesMoratorium onSome Buildings CENTRAL — Concerned about the construction of commercialbuildings with metal facadesand undesirable building mate-rials, the Central City CouncilTuesday voted 4-0 for a 90-daymoratorium on commercial con-struction. The Council wants the Planning & Zoning Commission to recommend new standards forbuilding materials in that period. CouncilmanTony LoBue, whoauthored the ordinance, said theCouncil could make exceptionstothemoratoriumforhighqualityprojects. The moratorium affects newcommercial construction on the Central Thruway and Green-well Springs, Sullivan, Hooper,Wax,andMagnoliaBridge roads.Mayor Mac Watts and numer-ous citizens supported the mora-torium. No one spoke against it.

took a go-slow approach. Councilman TonyLoBuewasoutoftown.Nodeci-sions were made during the meeting. City attorney Sherri Morris said anyfutureagreementbetweenthetwobodies would have to be done through an intergovernmental agreement.

JOINT MEETINGofCentralCityCouncilandCentralSchoolBoardtodiscussboard’soffertothecityforusefreeofficespaceforCityHall.

CENTRAL — The Berean Rec-reational Facility, 6565 MorganRoad, is now open, offering thelargest swimming pool in Central. Thefacilitiesareopentothepub-

lic.Thefacilityoffersagiantpoolandachildren’spool,aswellasanair conditioned cabana. One-piece suitsrequired.ThefacilityisopenMonday-Saturdayfrom10a.m.to

6 p.m. (except Wednesdays until5p.m.). It is closedonSundays.Thefacilityisavailableforparties.Formoreinformation,gotoFace-book or call 261-1994.

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Darlene D’Amico and Jim GardnerReneeCamerson,KristinTate,andCaseyEbeyCarolyn Welch and Deborah VidrineAnnaBesseandSusanWatts

SiniaSibleyandPamCrawford.CynthiaFitzgerald,SheilaAtkinson,LindaSumrall,KenyaGreen,CarolynWelch,DeborahVidrine,andJoanRushing.VaniaFarrisandScottWorsham. CentralSheriff’sCommanderBobbyCallender,Sen.BodiWhiteandSupt.MikeFaulk

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coming2ndthrough5thgradeand1to 4 p.m.— incoming 5th through8thgrade. For information, contactMonica McClure at [email protected] at [email protected].

Tuesday,June18CentralBloomersGarden

Club•6:30p.m. The Central Bloomers Garden Club is honored to have Bob Sou-vestrepresent“SummerColorintheLandscape, Plants Need a VacationToo!”attheCentralLibraryonJoorRoad. The public is invited to attend. Forinformation,contactJanCobbat261-9208or405-0831.

Tuesday,June18Central Community Alliance

Meeting•7p.m. The Central Community Alliance will hold a Louisiana Legislative Up-date in theDEMCOmeeting room,16262 Wax Road. Senators DaleErdey and Bodi White and Repre-sentatives Valarie Hodges and Barry Iveywillbethefeaturedspeakers.

June 20 and 21Hot Summer Nights & Cool Jazz

Thepopular“HotSummerNights& Cool Jazz” concert series returns totheLSUSchoolofMusicRecitalHall. General admission tickets are $20; LSU faculty, staff, and seniortickets are $15; and LSU studentstickets are $10, with student I.D.Ticketsareavailableforpurchaseon-

BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city:

Saturday,June15Lights,Camera,Action!•10a.m.

Award-winning actor, Jerry Leg-gio,willcoverthehistoryofmotionpictures in Louisiana at the Bluebon-netLibrary.Theprogramisfreeandopen to the public. Sponsored by the Baton Rouge Genealogical and His-toricalSociety.Forinformation,visitwww.batonrougegenealogy.org or call Mary McKeough at 924-8921.

Saturday,June15Celebration•1to5p.m.

A Juneteenth Celebration will be held at GusYoung Park, 4200 GusYoungAve. Comejoin thecelebra-tionwithgreatfood,festivities,mu-sic,andfun.Forinformation,contactTwahna Harris at 389-3182 or Cheryl Fordat389-7805.

Saturday,June15Dance•7to10p.m.

A dance, featuring Elvis tributeartist JayDupuis andBand,will beheld at Kristenwood, 14025 Green-well Springs Road. Dance is open to anyone 21 years or older. Tickets are$15perpersonandareavailableatSt.AlphonsusParishOffice,14040Greenwell Springs Road.

June17through19Todd McClure Youth

FootballCamp•6to8p.m. Coach Sid Edwards and Central High will host the 3rd Annual Todd McClureYouthFootballCamp.Costis$20forages5toincomingfresh-men. Pre-register online at central-youthfootball.net.

line at www.music.lsu.edu or by call-ing578-6941.

Saturday,June22BayouAllStarsFootball&CheerleaderCamp•8a.m.

The 11th Annual Bayou All Stars Football and Cheerleader Camp will be held at Southern University Lab School. The camp is for boys andgirls ages 9 through 18. The camp is freeand t-shirts and refreshmentswill be provided. For information,visit www.sulabschool.org, [email protected], orCouncilDistrict2officeat389-8331.

Saturday,June22RighttoLifeBreakfast

9a.m.to11:30.m. Sen. David Vitter will be the main

June17through20Volleyball Camp

Michelle LeBouef will host twosessions of Volleyball Camps. Ses-sion1:June17through20,8a.m.to12 noon. Cost is $100 and is open to allincoming5ththrough8thgraders.Session2:July15through17,9a.m.to12noon.Costis$75andisopentoallincoming2ndthrough5thgraders.Registration deadline is May 31. For information, contact Michele [email protected].

June17through21Sports Fitness Camp for Girls

The 2nd Annual Central Middle SchoolSportsFitnessCampforGirlswill be held at the Central Middle Schoolgym.Costis$75andincludescamp shirt. 9 a.m. to 12 noon — in-

DANELLBRICE,a30-yearresidentofCentral,graduatedfromSoutheasternLouisianaUniversity in Hammond with abachelorofsciencedegreein nursing. Danell has been a registerednursefor18yearsandreturnedtoschoolafterraisinghertwochildren,AdamandAu-breyBrice,bothofCentral.Shewill continue her graduate nurs-ingstudiesinthefamilynursepractitioner program. Danell is shownwithhermother,CarolDodge.

BLAKELI ENTREMONT signs a let-terof intent toattendMillsapsCollegeinJackson,Miss.inthefallof2013whereshewill be majoring in pre-medicine. Blakeli received an academic scholarship and will beplayingsoftballatMillsaps.SheisanhonorsgraduateoftheClassof2013fromParkview Baptist. Blakeli maintained an overall3.95GPAand isamemberof theBeta Club, National Honors Society, andFellowship of ChristianAthletes. In the2013 softball season, she was named 1stTeam All-District pitcher, District MVP,and 1st Team All-Metro pitcher. She was chosen as a 2013 WAFB High School SportsScholar.BlakeliisthedaughterofChurch and Tonya Entremont of CentralandthegranddaughterofJoeandRoseannDileo of Central and Chuck and PhyllisEntremontofPride.

CENTRAL HIGH BASEBALL CAMPwasheld May 28 through 30 atthehighschoolbase-ballfield.Theplayerswerebrokenintogroupsand give instruction on allphasesofbaseball.Each day, a live game wasplayedandspecialprizesweregivenbycoaches at the end of camp.Sixcoachesandformer and current play-ershelpedwiththecamp.TheywereCoachMikeForbes,CoachHunterDecell, Mark Taylor, Micah Jones, Travis Ste-vens,andKevin“Bubba”Dunn.


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Saturday,June22“OnceUponaBayou”ArtShow

TheRuralLifeMuseumisholdinganexhibit,“OnceUponaBayou,”aretrospectshowforworld-renownedLouisiana artist Chestee Harrington. For information, contact ElizabethMcInnis at [email protected].

Sunday,June23VacationBibleSchoolKickoffBackyardBash•5to7p.m.

AVacationBible SchoolKickoffBackyard Bash will be held at Indian Mound Baptist Church, 16755 Lib-erty Road. Vacation Bible School is June24through28,6to8:30p.m.forkidsages4through11.Forinforma-tionortoregister,call261-8271.

June24through27Wildcat Softball Camp

Central High School will host a SoftballCamp.Costis$60forages7through12.Forinformation,[email protected].

Thursday,June27HeritageLectureSeries•6p.m.

RodDreher,Americanwriterandeditor,LSUgraduate,andresidentofSt.Francisville,willjoinFoundationfor Historical Louisiana membersandguestsasthefeaturedspeakerinits Heritage Lecture series at the Old Governor’s Mansion. The lecture is free for FHLmembers and $10 forguests.Forinformationcall387-2464orvisitwww.fhl.org.

Saturday,June29Color In Motion 5K

AColorInMotion5Kwillbeheldat the Central Intermediate School,12636 Sullivan Road. Proceeds will help build a community bike/walk path. Use special promo codes: Ear-ly1–20percentofftillMay24andEarly2–10percentofftillJune14.VisitColorInMotion5K.com.

July8through11CentralBasketballEliteCamp

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feedback on their performance andprogress. For information contactCoach Ron Lewis at [email protected] or 261-2780.

July8through12Masterpiece Kids Summer

ArtsCamp•9a.m.to12noon FirstBaptistChurchBatonRouge,529 Convention Street, will host aMasterpiece Summer Arts Camp. The costis$10perchild,whichincludesallartsuppliesandat-shirt.Forinfor-mation, call 343-0397, email [email protected], or visit www.fbcbr.com.

Saturday,June15BellingrathReunion

There will be a Bellingrath Re-unionatthenewMiddleSchoolcaf-eteriafrom4to8p.m.Itwillbeforfaculty, staff, students, parents, andgrandparents who were involved withBellingrathfrom1966to2000.Only adults are invited. Go to www.Bellingrathreunion.webs.com to reg-

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POLITICS WITH A PUNCH helditsfirstregulardinneratLobbyCafédowntownlastThursday.Apaneldiscussedstateandnationalpoliticswithahumoroustouch.Speakersincluded(lefttoright)politicalconsultantRoyFletcher,pollsterBerniePin-sonat,stateRepublicanPartychairmanRogerVillere,TheDeadPelicaneditorChadRogers,newspapereditorWoodyJenkins,andBayouBuzzeditorSteveSabludowsky.Formoreinformationontheforum,[email protected].

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Milestones WITTY, CAPONEJenniferWittyandChrisCaponeannounce their engagement and will wed July 13.

HollyThompson,ScottSanchezWedMarch 2 at Greenwell Springs Church

Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sanchez CENTRAL — Holly Ann Thomp-sonandScottJosephSanchez,bothofBatonRouge,weremarriedina6p.m.ceremonyMarch2,2013,atGreenwell Springs Baptist Church. Rev.DennisTerryofficiated. ThebrideisthedaughterofTimand Connie Thompson of Green-well Springs. She is the grand-daughter of Ann Lewis Blanton,thelateNormanLewis,thelateJo-sephineStassiWalker,andthelate

Pershing Thompson. ThegroomisthesonofRandyand Tracey Sanchez of DenhamSprings.HeisthegrandsonofthelateStanleyandEthelHullPonson,the late Alex and Ruth Sanchez,and Audrey Bell. The bride was attended by her maidofhonor,LaurenThompsonandhermatronofhonor,DanielleWagley. Bridesmaids were Layne Dufour, Brandyn Landry, HayleySanchez, Erin Schweinefus, andNicolWicker.Juniorbridesmaidswere Lindyn Landry and Whitney Schweinefus.FlowergirlwasSo-phie Wagley. The groom was attended by his best men, Brian Allen and WesEaton. Groomsmen were Justin Becnel, Whitaker Bell, Kyle He-bert, Yancey Landry, and JustinOufnac.UsherswereChrisBoss-ier, Dustin Eaton, and MatthewRichard. Ring bearers were Gavin LandryandAidenSchweinefus. Readers were Jeannie Bruce and Tanna McClure. Soloist were Ja-mie Smith. Greeters were Bella Haydu and Madison Malejko. A reception took place at Bou-dreaux’s.ThecouplewillresideinWalker.

AliseBorruanoandDarrellAshfordtoWed Aug. 3 at St. John the Evangelist

AliseBorruanoandDarrellAshford

PLAQUEMINE — Alise Borruano of Plaquemine and Darrell Ash-ford,Jr.ofCentralwillmarryina1p.m.ceremonyonAug.3,2013,at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plaquemine. The bride-elect is the daughter ofSusieandAngeloBorruano,Jr.ofPlaquemine. She is thegrand-daughterof the lateAngelina andJoseph Palazzo of Plaquemine,MerleandAngeloBorruano,Sr.ofBrusly,andthelateDorothyClem-entBorruanoofBrusly. Alise is a graduate of Louisi-ana State University. She is purs-ing a master’s degree in counselor educationattheUniversityofNewOrleans. HerfiancéisthesonofDarleneandDarrellAshford,Sr.ofCentral.He is thegrandsonofSybleAsh-fordandthelateHaroldJeanAsh-fordofCentralandSilasRomero,Jr.ofCentral.

HeisagraduateofCentralHighSchool and Southeastern Louisi-ana University. He is employed in accounts receivables at Amedisys Home Health and Hospice in Ba-ton Rouge.

Jennifer Witty and Christospher Capone

JenniferWitty,Chris CaponeTo Wed July 13 CENTRAL — Jennifer Witty andChristopher Capone will marry on July13,2013. The bride-elect is the daughter of Frank andMaryAnnWitty ofCentral. She is the granddaughter ofthelateMr.andMrs.N.W.Wit-ty and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stoch. Jennifer is a graduate of Re-demptorist High School and South-eastern Louisiana University. HerfiancéisthesonofBrianandMollyCaponeofZachary. He isthegrandsonofLawrenceCaponeof Slaughter, Shirley Capone ofMandeville,RoseanneScruggs ofTriangle,Va.,andthelateThomasScruggs.

Christopher is a graduate ofZachary High School and Univer-sityofLouisianaatLafayette. Following a honeymoon in the Caribbean, the couple will residein Denham Springs.

LocalCoupleCelebrates50thAnniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pecoraro

PUNTA CANTA — Anthony and Ame-liaPecoraroofPridecelebratedtheir50thweddinganniversarywithasec-ond honeymoon to Punta Canta. Theycelebratedwithasmallfam-ily dinner at Mansur’s given by their childrenandspouses,WaynePecora-ro,AnnetteandDavidChauvin,Bar-baraandBrianLively,andVickiandCraig Taylor. They have eight grandchildren,Hayden and Justin Chauvin, Jeremyand Brittany Lively, Chase Brous-sard,LaurenTaylor,andChristianandCameron Pecoraro. TheyweremarriedJune15,1963,at St. Alphonsus Church. She is the formerAmeliaParr.

Cavalier,ModicaExchangeVowsAt Live Oak in St. Francisville

Mr. and Mrs. Jared Modica ST. FRANCISVILLE — Lacy Lynn CavalierofZacharyandJaredColtModica of Covington were mar-ried in a 5 p.m. ceremonyMarch23,2013,atLiveOakPlantationatSt. Francisville. RonLowery of-ficiated. ThebrideisthedaughterofKimandWarrenCavalier, Jr. ofZach-

ary. She is the granddaughter ofVergieandHaroldBootyofZach-ary and Lettie and Warren Cava-lier,Sr.ofPierrePart. ThegroomisthesonofJoeandChloeModica ofCovington. HeisthegrandsonofA.J.ModicaandRose Modica of Covington andRichard Mouton, Margaret Mou-ton, and Rita Mouton of Abbev-ille. The bride was attended by her maid of honor,LaurenHolcombeand her matron of honor, StaciRogillio. Bridesmaids were Jen-niferMorgan, Callie Beauchamp,and Lauren Bertucci. Junior bridesmaid was Haylie Mouton Flower girl was Mattie Owens. The groom was attended by his bestman,JustinModica.Grooms-menwereElvinModica,C.J.Hol-combe, BlakeMouton, and TylerMouton. Ushers were Scotty Ow-ens and Cletus Bruhl. Ring bearer was Landon Modica. A reception took place at Live Oak Plantation. After aweddingtrip to the Dominican Republic the couple will reside in Covington.


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grandchildren, ToriBerthelot (Jared),Randy Blanchard,Jr. (Jessica), SarahLovell(Curtis),Tra-vis Ladner, BrentBlanchard (Roci),Chris Blanchard,Anna Mentzer (Jordan), RebekahBlanchard, ToddLadner, BradyBlanchard, LynleyBlanchard(fiancéJoshRhodes),Jen-na Zimmer, and her great-grandchil-dren,KatySimmons,Alyssa,Caden,Tanner and Harley Lovell, HadleyLadner, Lawson, Elizabeth, Easton,Randy(BB)Blanchard,III,andMylesBerthelot were her greatest joy. Sheissurvivedbyhersister,Eliza-beth Jane “Cookie” Wink, brother,WilliamDouglas“Boo”Gaudin,andahostofniecesandnephews.Sheisprecededindeathbyherparents,Al-vin and Louise Gaudin; daughter-in-law, Aimee Blanchard; great-grand-son Bradley Lovell; sisters, BarbaraAnn Westmoreland and Claire Adele (Whistle) Berthelot, and brothers,Leonard and James Douglas (Chip-per)Gaudin.

Pallbearers were her grandsons. Visitation was held on Thursday,May 30 at Greenoaks Funeral Home in Baton Rouge. Visitation resume-dat St. Alphonsus Catholic Church,Friday,May31untilMassofChris-tian Burial was conducted by Father JackNutter.IntermentwillfollowatGreenoaks Memorial Park. Proverbs31:30“Charmisdecep-tive, and beauty does not last, but awomanwhofearstheLORDistobepraised.” A special thanks to Dr. Andrew Rees,Dr.WilliamMoore,Dr.MichaelJ. Castine III, and the staff of Loui-sianaHospiceandtheButterflyWingforthelovingandcompassionatecarethey provided during her illness. There’smagicinaMother’stouch,and sunshine in her smile. There’s love in everything she does to make our lives worthwhile. We can findboth hope and courage just by looking in her eyes. Her laughter is a source ofjoy;herworksarewarmandwise.There is a kindness and compassion to be found in her embrace, andweseethelightofheavenshiningfromaMother’sface.(Anonymous)

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ParkerDavidBadeaux JDandKatalynn(Creel)BadeauxofCentralareproudtoannouncethebirthoftheirson,ParkerDavid.Hewaswelcomedhomebybigbrother,NoahJames. ParkerwasbornMarch28,2013,at Baton Rouge General Medical Center on Bluebonnet. He weighed eight pounds, five ounces, andwas19.75incheslong. Proud grandparents are Ricky and Becky Creel of Central, Paul andTracieGreelyofCentral,andJohnandSharonBadeauxofDenhamSprings.Great-grandparentsareJamesandLindaDaviesofCentralandJoanBour-geoisofCentral.

BoDavidKleinpeterBrockRobertKleinpeter

Robbie and Dena Kleinpeter of Central are proud to announcethe birth of their twin sons,Bo andBrock. They were welcomed home bybigsister,Mikayla. Bo David was born March 29,2013,at3:14p.m.atWoman’sHos-pital. He weighed six pounds, oneounce, and was 19.5 inches long.Brock Robert Kleinpeter was born at 3:22 p.m. Heweighed six pounds,

12.5ounces,andwas19.5incheslong. ProudgrandparentsareRonnieandDonnaDavisofCentral,TracyLeaofWatson,andBobbyandCrystalKleinpeterofEthel.Great-grandparentsareEunaBennetofCentral,HaroldandBennieDavisofBaker,andRobertandLynetteKleinpeterofEthel.Greatgreat-grandparentsareOmaDavisBakerofNolanLeBlancofPortAllen.

ColtBrowningLormand Rhett and Courtney (Ford) Lor-mand of Central are proud to an-nounce the birth of their son ColtBrowning. ColtwasbornMarch25,2013,atWoman’sHospitalat6:52p.m. Heweighed seven pounds, 12 ounces,and20.5incheslong. Proud grandparents are Dave and Anne Matlock of Central, GeorgeLormandofHallSummit, andSamand Becky Walding of DenhamSprings. Great-grandparents are ShirleyBrowning of Central,Anna Lor-mandofLafayette,RossandGladysFordofLecompte,andLouiseBankstonofNewOrleans.

AshleyNelsonandCarlTingleMarry May 4 at Ashley Manor

Mrs. Carl Tingle

BATON ROUGE — Ashley Nelsonand Carl Tingle were married May 4,2013,atAshleyManorinBatonRouge. The ceremony was offi-ciated by Pastor Jay Coleman ofJourney Church in Central. ThebrideisthedaughterofMr.andMrs.MarkNelson ofGreen-well Springs. She is the grand-daughterof the lateMr. andMrs.EverettMayeauxandMr.andMrs.BobNelson.SheisateacherintheCentral Community School Sys-tem. She was attended by her maid ofhonor,DanielleWolfe.Brides-maids were Kayla Nelson, StacyHooge,LoriKarr,BaileyKarr,andHope Carline. The junior brides-maid was Hayleigh Bercegeay. The flower girls were Saige andStellaWolfe. Thegroom is the sonofDianeTingleofBakerandMr.andMrs.Carl Anthony Tingle of Zachary.HeisthegrandsonofMr.andMrs.CharlesTingle,Sr.andthelateMr.and Mrs. Jimmy Rogers. He is em-ployedbyCanadianNationalRail-road. He was attended by his best man,DustinTingle. Hisgrooms-men were Trez Simmons, JaredColby Simmons, Derek Acaldo,Jerret Featherston, Brian Nelson,

and junior groomsman was Hunt-er Tingle. The ring bearers were Brody LeBourgeois and Jacob Tingle. The ushers were Michael Reynerson and Alan Reynerson. Following the outdoor ceremo-ny,areceptionwasheldatAshleyManor in the reception hall. The couple honeymooned at SandalesResort inMontegoBay,Jamaica. The will reside in Den-ham Springs.

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neworincreasedtaxes.•Creatingapositive,pro-busi-ness atmosphere that will help our existing businesses prosper andattract those new businesses that would enhance our community. • Improvements to our roadsand highways in order to keep our families and especially our

children safe, including workingwith the state and parish to widen Greenwell Springs Road and Sulli-vanRoadandextendHooperRoadacross the Amite River to Watson. •Maintainingourruralatmo-sphere and our strong sense ofcommunity.•Opposingpublichousingproj-

ects and high density projects.•WorkingcloselywiththeCen-tral Community School Board to makesurethattheCityofCentraldoes everything in its power to make our schools the best in the state.•HonoringGodandpromotingtraditional family values, such asmarriage,therighttolife,andtheright to keep and bear arms.•Overall,makingsurethatCen-tralisasafecommunityandagreatplacetolive,raiseafamily,work,and do business.” In Central’s last municipal elec-tionsheldonMarch27,2010,theresults were: City of Central - Mayor March27,2010 MacWatts 4,183 51.9% Jr.Shelton 3,877 48.1% TheCityofCentral’smunicipalelectionsfor2014willbeforsevenoffices: •Mayor •Policechief •CityCouncil(Fiveseats) Allofficialsareelectedcitywide.Theschedulefortheelectionisasfollows: •Qualifying:Feb.12-14,2014 •Lastdaytoregister:March5 •Earlyvoting:March22-29 •Lastdaytorequestmailballot:April 1 •Election:April5,2014 •Runoffifnecessary:May3

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JR.SHELTONGREETSGOV.BOBBYJINDAL — Central businessman Jr. Shelton hasannouncedhiscandidacyforMayoroftheCityofCentralinthecity’sApril5,2014,municipalelections.VoterswillelectaMayor,PoliceChief,andfiveCouncilmembers.

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