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Zachary Post • Tuesday, February 5, 2013 • Vol. 8, No. 6 • Published Weekly • Circulation 16,000 • zacharypost.com © 2013

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Local musician and reigning Miss Greater Baton Rouge, Megan Miller, wowed American Idol judges last week and will be going to the main competition in Hollywood.

She was selected as a finalist and received a “golden ticket” during an open audition in Baton Rouge after singing the Etta James classic Some-thing’s Got A Hold On Me.

Making the story more amazing is that during Miller’s nationally-televised audition, she was nursing a major injury and was on crutches

Goal and Match! ZHS Boys’ Soccer Undefeated District Champs

The Zachary High School boys’ soccer team, already declared district champs, has done so undefeated! After beating Denham Springs 2-0 last Friday night, the team achieved an undefeated season, winning all 8 district games. Burke Daigle and Ja-

Thursday night, Zachary’s firefight-ers waged an offensive onslaught to defeat the Zachary police force 56-42 in the inaugural “Guns & Hoses” flag football fundraiser at Bronco Stadium.

Several hundred interested specta-tors funneled into the stadium to watch the first responders duke it out. Both sides scored fast and often on numer-ous wild plays.

The crowds were also entertained by the ZHS cheerleading squad and American Idol contestant Megan Mill-er.

Hoses Out-Duel Guns in Inaugural Flag Football Game

cob Garrett scored the two goals of the game.

“After four years of building a team that can compete, we finally proved ourselves by going undefeat-ed in district play. I am proud of the

team. This is a great group of boys who care about the success of the team and work hard to achieve their goals,” said Coach Scott Delhom.

The JV team also had a victory over Denham with a score of 4-1.

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Arts and Music Fest Planned for March .............Lady Broncos Win First Playoff Game ...............State of the City ...................................................Milestones ...........................................................Barrett and Spears Named Unit Directors .........Pardi Gras Bounce Opens ..................................Deshotels Named Rising Star ..............................Marionneaux Councilman at Large ....................Community ..........................................................Firefighter Receives VFW Award ........................ZCSD Special Olympics Field Day .....................Calendar of Events .............................................

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The Zachary Chamber of Com-merce will host the 7th annual Zach-ary Arts and Music Festival on the grounds of BREC’s Community Park from March 21–24. There will be as many as 100 regionally and locally renowned artists selling their work, incredible food vendors, a petting zoo and pony rides, paddleboards on the lake, a rock wall, bungee bounce, gyroscope and many more activities for all ages to enjoy. Musical en-tertainment comes alive in the eve-nings with the Todd O’Neil Band, Chee Weez, Randy Houser and the Not4Sale Band. Local entertainment

Arts and Music Fest Planned for March

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from a motorcycle accident. An in-jury in her leg had become infected, requiring surgery; but that wasn’t going to stop her! American Idol judges Nikki Minaj and Mariah Car-ey were in awe of her abilities and swagger.

Miller is the daughter of Donna and John Miller of Ethel, La. and is a Centreville Academy graduate. She has attended Southwest Mis-sissippi Community College and is now a student at LSU where she is pursuing a degree in kinesiology. She is 23 years old.

Miller has competed in several local talent contests, including win-ning the first talent contest at Zfest several years ago. She has her own band called The Megan Miller Band.

Last Thursday night, Miller sang a heartfelt rendition of the national anthem at Bronco Stadium before the Guns vs. Hoses charity flag football game between the Zachary Police Department and the Zachary Fire Department. will also be provided throughout the

day on Saturday and Sunday.“We look forward to a fun, fami-

ly-oriented event with a new festival designed to have families affordably and comfortably stay all weekend to enjoy a true community atmo-sphere,” said Festival Director, Me-gan Andrews.

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The Lady Broncos won their first round playoff game Friday night against the very physical and talented Hahn-ville team. The Lady Bron-cos stepped up and played extremely big, never losing focus and not backing down to Hahnville’s rough play.

The girls came out tough, scored early and played hard till the end. The final score was 2-1. The team ex-tends special thanks to all the friends and family who took the road trip. They said it was pretty amazing to see more Zachary fans than the home team!

Join the Lady Broncos Wednesday night, February 6, at the ZHS Bronco Stadi-um as they take on Shreve-port’s Byrd at 5 p.m. Photo by Sharron Ventura

Another Win! Broncos Stomp Hahnville 2-1

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January 10, 2013 celebrated the second year anniversary of the City of Zachary’s current administration and ushered in another year of dedi-cated work by City employees. The end result was good, necessary and a positive change for the City and its citizens. The expectation of personal accountability and the continued ad-vancement of Zachary as an emerg-ing leader within the State help drive and inspire our efforts.

The City of Zachary is blessed with excellent District leadership provided by its five elected Council-men: Messer’s John Coghlan, Fran-cis Nezianya, Brandon Noel, Dan Wallis and Tommy Womack. Their unselfish and tireless efforts on be-half of the people they represent are evidenced daily through very posi-tive feedback. It has been my plea-sure to work with and learn from each of them during the past two years.

A continued and ongoing im-provement within the City’s gov-ernmental operation includes newer technology advancements designed to promote greater efficiency for our workforce and the public as well. The implementation of online bill payment and the soon-to-be-realized Customer Payment Kiosk at our Utilities Office are but a few of many site improvements.

Zachary continues to enjoy a ro-bust economy and a healthy surplus. Sales tax revenues and new con-struction starts remain high as our community continues to grow at a

welcome pace. Unfortunately, the costs associated with running lo-cal government increases daily, and Zachary is not immune. While rising operational costs cannot be ignored, the City has identified methods aimed at cost reduction while keep-ing a watchful eye on existing assets and resources.

Very few opportunities remain available for local government to ef-fectively generate its own revenue streams. The Zachary Youth Park has become that rare exception. Good and necessary change imple-mented over the past two years have substantially increased revenues for the City. We now host organized tournament play, have taken over the site concessions function and have professionally turfed four of the ex-isting ball fields to assure continued play, even during periods of inclem-ent weather.

Zachary’s continuing economic development interests were greatly enhanced during the past year with the addition of a full-time economic development director. This appoint-ment has already paid dividends through renewed interest in the pro-motion of Zachary as “the viable contender” in an emerging economic market. A proposed Industrial Park, other commercial interest attractions and Zachary’s Smart-Plus growth model holds promise for a bright economic future.

The City’s ongoing implementa-tion of new policies, procedures and processes help to assure not only ac-

countability, but consistency in the delivery of essential City services.

A hazard mitigation plan devel-oped by the City’s own workforce in 2011 survived its own “acid test” during Hurricane Isaac in late Au-gust of 2012. Plan implementation resulted in a more rapid deployment of “post mitigatory” relief measures, thus enabling Zachary to receive its FEMA cost share reimbursement within four months of the storms passage.

Other strategic emergency plan-ning during the past year included continued development of a “stand alone” all-hazard plan. A particular emphasis on school violence and related campus security remains a key consideration as we continue to partner with the Zachary Communi-ty School District in advancing this collaborative effort.

Larger and critically important capital projects include a city-wide sewer improvements package fund-ed by .95% DEQ monies, authoriz-ing up to $14 million in overall im-provements. Separate natural gas distribution system rehabilitation continues along Hwy. 64, funded by state capital outlay dollars and LGAP (Louisiana Government Assistance Program) funding. A separate Loui-siana Community Development block grant will fund an $800,000 dollar water improvements project in an area west of Northwestern Middle School. Other projects of interests include LGAP funds for fire, police and public works equipment. A new

fire engine and support equipment funded through the Gustav/Ike re-covery grant arrives later this spring.

In reporting these accomplish-ments I would be remiss by not adding a caution. Zachary is not im-mune from the growing decline in the availability of state and federal support dollars. Traditional fund-ing sources are becoming scarcer with each passing day. The expecta-tion that we be able to do more with less has become reality. We are well aware that if we’re not receiving our fair share of existing grant dollars, then someone else is. That prospect alone makes us more even more de-termined to acquire as much as we can, as fast as we can, for as long as we can.

While impossible to attend to every conceivable need associated with capital projects, there are oth-er necessary and worthy projects which we will continue to advance.

Progress, albeit slowed, contin-ues on McHost Rd., which requires widening and other safety featured considerations. On-going discus-sion with DOTD on the future of Hwy. 64, the City’s primary east/west traffic artery while under study, continues at a cautious pace. These two unique projects require parish and/or state financial assistance and authorization approval due to their particular designations(s). We con-tinue to work with representatives from each to assure that project ad-

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Sciortino and Moore to Marry

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Shaffer Family Shares the GloryJulie Marie Sciortino,

of Baton Rouge, and Ryan Lytle Moore, of Zachary, will marry on March 16, 2013 at a 6 p.m. ceremo-ny at Hemingbough in St. Francisville.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Marla and Joseph D. Sciortino of Baton Rouge. She is the granddaughter of Cleve and Bella Baham of Ba-ton Rouge and the late Mr. and Mrs. Dominic Sciortino of White Castle.

The bride-elect is a graduate of St. Michael High School and attends OLOL Medical College. She will graduate in May 2013 to pursue a career as a registered nurse.

Her fiancé is the son of Charles and Renee Moore of Zachary. He is the grandson of Richard and Peggy Moore of Baker, Glen and Gloria Shaw of Jarreau, Edward and Benda Willcutt of Slaughter and Dr. Sheila Moore of Zachary.

He is a graduate of Zachary High School and is employed as a sonog-rapher with Moore Sound Imaging.

Lindsay Anne McGehee and Josh-ua Adam Young will exchange vows in a 5:30 p.m. ceremony on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Greenwood Planta-tion in St. Francisville, Louisiana.

Lindsay is the daughter of Mr. John and Mrs. Lisa McGehee of Zachary, Louisiana. She is the grand-daughter of Mrs. Sandra Bloom and the late Mr. Robert Bloom of New-ark, Delaware, and the late Mrs. Mar-garet and Mr. Edward L. McGehee Sr. of Zachary.

She is a 2007 graduate of Zach-ary High School. She graduated from Nicholls State University in 2011 where she received a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in communication disor-

ders. Lindsay is currently a graduate student at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana, where she is pursuing her Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree.

Josh is the son of Ms. Michelle Duck Young and Mr. David Young of Zachary, Louisiana. He is the grand-son of Mrs. Edith and the late Mr. Robert Young of Foresthill, Louisi-ana. He is a 2006 graduate of Zach-ary High School. He received his Associate’s Degree in Nursing in 2011. Josh is currently employed by Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, Louisiana, where he is a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit.

The Shaffer siblings from Pride each rounded out the deer hunt-ing season this year with a trophy buck. Cody and Kensey both shot nine-points and Conner shot an eight-point. These marksmen are the children of Paul and Candi Shaffer.

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Victoria Noel Crawford and Chase Jordan Weatherly, both of Central, were married Friday, Au-gust 31, 2012, at 7 p.m. at Jackson Presbyterian Church in Jackson, La. Caleb Crawford, brother of the bride, officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Lar-ry and Vickie Crawford of Central. The groom is the son of Barry and Pam Weatherly of Central.

The bride was attended by her matron of honor, Amanda McGraw, and her maid of honor, Brittany Cas-tilaw. Bridesmaids were Faith Phil-lips, Paige Crawford, Lauren Mal-lett, Lexie Blackwell and Rachel Alain. Junior Bridesmaid was Ken-dal Crawford.

The bridegroom was attended by his co-best men, Austin McGraw and Jonathan Metz. Groomsmen were Alan Phillips, Jonathan Stabli-er, Michael O’Quin, Joe Stablier and Troy Metcalfe. Ushers were James Walker and Wesley Ruth, and music was provided by Caleb Persick.

Following a reception at Mil-bank Historic House in Jackson, the couple enjoyed a wedding trip to Jamaica and now reside in Denham Springs.

Paige Tullier of Zachary, La. and Jesse Dauzat of Pineville, La. are proud to announce the birth of their first child, Aiden Joseph Dau-zat. Aiden was born on January 12, 2013 at Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge.

Grandparents are Wendy Tullier of Zachary La., Kriste and Tommy Dauzat of Pineville, La. and Stacey and Chuck Perkins of Pineville, La. Great grandparents are Lena and Jer-ry Godso of Zachary, La.

Lorraine Ayer is 90 years young! She and her family celebrated together at Sammy’s in Zachary. “Gramma Raine” is pictured here with most of her great grandchildren. She also has one great, great granddaughter who could not attend the celebration.


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Pardi Gras Bounce owner, Amy Matte Reily (center) celebrated the opening of her new business with family, friends and chamber members. Some of the community members in attendance were Kate MacArthur, economic development director, David Amrhein, Zachary mayor, Father Jeff Bayhi with St. John’s Catholic Church and Bran-don Noel, zachary city councilman.

On Thursday, January 31, one of Zachary’s newest businesses cel-ebrated its opening with an official ribbon cutting ceremony by the Zachary Chamber of Commerce. City officials, chamber members, staff and family members of the owners were on hand for the special occasion.

Pardi Gras Bounce, LLC is an in-door bounce facility that offers chil-dren ages 10 and under lots of fun in a safe and family-friendly environ-ment. Open play times are Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m.–2 p.m. or 10

a.m.–6 p.m. Play times on Friday and Saturday vary.

Children receive two hours of play and costs are $6 per child, siblings added for $4 and children two and under are free. The facility is also available for hosting birth-day parties. Join them for an Open House on Friday, February 22 from 4-8 p.m.

Pardi Gras Bounce, LLC is lo-cated at 6363 Main St., Suite A in Zachary. To schedule a party or for more information you can find them on Facebook or call 225-654-3494.

Julie Carter Spears, RN, BSN and native of Zachary, has been named director of the med surg unit at Lane Regional Medical Center.

Spears is responsible for coor-

dinating all aspects of nursing care for the unit, including patient satisfaction, staffing and physi-cian relations.

Spears has more than 30 years of health care experi-ence. Previously, she was telemetry unit director, qual-ity resources direc-tor and a quality resources case man-ager.

She is currently a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, American Legion Ladies Aux-iliary, and attends Greater Philadel-phia Baptist Church where she is a mem-ber of the choir and

oversees the nursing ministry. In addition, she volunteers with the Chaneyville Community Improve-ment Committee.

Sheila Barrett, RN, has been named director of the telemetry unit at Lane Re-gional Medical Center.

Barrett is a native of Carthage, Ms. and is re-sponsible for coordinating all aspects of nursing care for the unit, including pa-tient satisfaction, staffing and physician relations.

She has 21 years of health care experience. Barrett is a graduate of East Central Community College and Our Lady of the Lake School of Nurs-ing.

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The Greater Baton Rouge Board of Realtors has honored Robin Deshotels with the 2012 Rising Star Award for her sales performance last year.

Robin is a new agent who received her real estate license in January 2012. Neverthe-less, by September 2012, she already had $6.8 million in closed sales.

Mrs. Deshotels works with Wayne Clark of Wayne Clark Realty, and Clark had high praise for the new agent, who worked in the title and bank-ing business before getting into real estate.

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mid-year the high goals that she set for herself. The feed-back from her super-satisfied clients is tremendous and has provided encouragement that has helped her continue to have great success.”

“Not only is Robin the epitome of what a realtor should be—service above self—she is also a wonderful mother, wife, sister, daughter and friend to many.”

Clark said, “It was the sup-port and encouragement from Robin that finally prompted me to open my own real estate company, Wayne Clark Real-ty. It was a dream of mine for years, but Robin helped me turn that dream into reality, just as she does for her clients with each home closing.”

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The Louisiana Bankers Asso-ciation announced last week that the Bank of Zachary’s Executive Vice President Mark Marionneaux was elected councilman at large to the Association’s Education Council, its educational outreach arm.

The Louisiana Bankers Education Council’s mission is to promote fi-nancial education among bankers and students throughout Louisiana. Their responsibilities include elementary school financial literacy through the Bank at School program, high school financial literacy through the Sim-ply Banking program, education for middle management bankers, col-lege freshman scholarships and rais-ing money for the Louisiana Bankers Education Foundation, which funds the above programs.

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The Baton Rouge Home School Eagles is a home school sports organization that began this past year in the rural areas around Ba-ton Rouge.The group is affiliated with the Association of Christian Educators of Louisiana (ACEL).

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Capital City Republican Women 2013 officers are ready for the new year. Wanza H. Bell announced her theme: “Making Diversity a Prior-ity for We are all Americans.” The group’s mission is motivating mem-bers in the GOP to stand up and re-commit to the founding principles

of the party. The club will continue with speakers, events and communi-ty service which includes veterans. The club will focus on political is-sues that face the community and host community forums to educate the public. Bell stated that she is ea-ger to lead the club in 2013.

(Seated, l to r): Sarah Holliday, first vice president and Wanza H. Bell, president; (standing, l to r): Oula Mawas, correspon-dence secretary; Bessie Banks-Ford, treasurer; Morena Cazadessus, second vice president; and Debbie Kuehne, recording secretary. Photo by Tony Bou-dreau.

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Softball/Baseball for Home Schoolersto 18 years. Practices are held in the Zachary/Central areas.

Interested individuals may con-tact Coach Jerald Hardy at [email protected] or 225-247-2407. Also, follow the organiza-tion on its Facebook and Twitter pages at twitter- @brhaa_eagles and www.facebook.com/brhaa.eagles.

This year’s Zachary/Baker Re-lay for Life is set for Friday, April 19 at the BREC Zachary Commu-nity Park off of Old Scenic Hwy. Not only does the evening provide an opportunity to support those in our community who have lost loved ones to cancer, but it also celebrates the survivors who fought—and con-tinue to fight—this disease. Now is the time to get involved; register your team for this annual fundraiser benefiting the American Cancer So-ciety.

This year’s theme is “Making Cancer History.” Teams are encour-aged to be creative when choos-ing their tent decorations and food items. Themes can be a favorite his-torical time period, event or person. Prizes will be awarded for the best decorated tent related to this year’s theme. Bonus points are given for incorporating the food being sold and/or the activity being presented. Festivities include a volleyball tour-nament, survivor dinner, opening and closing ceremonies as well as the touching luminaria ceremony.

In order to receive a Relay For Life participant shirt, there is a deadline for team fundraising ef-forts that can be found on the reg-istration site. For additional infor-mation, visit www.relayforlife.org/zacharybakerla or contact Relay Chair Tamara Vines at 305-318-0759. Look for more details in the Post as the event approaches!

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On Monday, January 28, 2013 Sean Watson spent an entire day at the Zachary Fire Department with Chief Kimble. Sean, whose family is new to Zachary, attends the first grade at Rollins Place Elementary.

Provided an official fire chief shirt to wear, Sean accompanied the chief on his daily routine, inspecting fire trucks, viewing the fire equip-ment and even riding the big truck!

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Each year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) se-lects an emergency services person, a law enforcement officer and a firefighter to receive the Louisiana State VFW Gold Medal.

Justin Walker won 1st place for the 2012 VFW Outstanding Fireman of the Year award for the lo-cal division in Baker, Post #4224.

Walker was then nomi-nated to the state Veterans of Foreign Wars Depart-ment competition.

At a mid-winter confer-ence held on Saturday, Jan-uary 26, the VFW of Loui-siana awarded 2nd place to Walker during an award

banquet held in Alexandria. In a statement released last week,

the Zachary Fire Department ex-pressed its pride in Walker, who has been with the Department full-time since 2006.

During the past six years, Walker demonstrated an outstanding work ethic and an unwavering positive at-titude towards his fellow firefighters and citizens of the community, the statement said.

At 17, Walker joined the Army National Guard, saying his decision to serve in the Guard and to become a firefighter was a direct result of the September 11 attacks.

Justin completed basic train-ing with the Army National Guard in 2004 at Fort Knox, Kentucky to become a 19D Calvary Scout (re-connaissance). In September 2004, he was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq where he conducted counter insur-gency operations at Camp Justice for over a year.

Five years later, Justin was de-

ployed again to Baghdad, where he conducted protective services detail missions. In 2008, the State of Loui-siana awarded Justin the “Soldier of the Year” distinction.

After joining the Army National Guard in 2004, Justin also became a volunteer firefighter for the West Feliciana Fire District. He has also been employed part-time with that District for six years and in January of 2009, received two life saves for pulling two unconscious victims out of a burning home. He was awarded a Medal of Valor for heroic and self-less actions.

“Justin is a hero in the eyes of the people he saved and is a perfect example of the courage and heroism firefighters in our community dis-play each day,” said the statement. “Justin has succeeded at serving both our country and the Zachary community, and the Zachary Fire Department is very proud to have Justin Walker as a member of this organization.”

Zachary Firefighter Receives a Veterans of Foreign Wars Award

Justin Walker and his wife Holly Walker.

Come out to support the last home game of the Zachary High School Boys’ basketball team! The team will play at 6 p.m. and will also honor the seniors: Bryant Lang, Trey Hills, Rasheed James, Daven Moss, Ronnie Frebis, Kelveion Johnson, Brandon Williams are all seniors.

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ZCSD Special Olympics Students Strut at Field Day Students with special needs from the Zachary Community School Dis-

trict held their track and field time trials Friday morning at Bronco Field. The goal of the time trials was to record accurate scores and distances for entry into the Special Olympics Capital Area Track and Field Meet, which will be held February 27 and 28 at the Louisiana School for the Deaf from

9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Trial events included the 50 meter race, standing long jump and softball

throw. Students were divided into groups based on their respective schools: Zachary Elementary, Copper Mill, Northwestern Middle and Zachary High.


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vancement does occur and that a fair and responsible cost share is agreed upon by all.

The City of Zachary is now au-thorized to bond its own project funds following last year’s voter approval of a proposed ordinance allowing for such. The potential for future funding needs and infra-structure revitalization projects have been greatly enhanced by that au-thorization.

Zachary is blessed with a strong economy. Revenues still exceed ex-penditures, and local government continues to enjoy a healthy surplus. Prudent spending and a “pay as you go” business approach has enabled the successes we have enjoyed these first two years in office.

Zachary is blessed with the peo-ple who truly make our community what it is. Your spirit of generosity was clearly evidenced during the month of December when you sup-ported the Stuff the Pantry project. Thirty thousand pounds of food and nearly $30,000 dollars in cash was raised in support of the Zachary Food Pantry.

I would conclude by once again encouraging all citizens to become more active in the affairs of local government. Get to know your re-spective Councilman, attend a coun-cil meeting and exercise your right to participate in the process of gov-ernment.

Please join us as we celebrate these accomplishments and contin-ue to work toward our City’s future. Sincerely,David Amrhein

Part of the annual Zachary Arts and Music Festival (Zfest), The Miss Zachary Pageant is open to girl’s ages 0-23.

The pageant is a “Sunday Best” pageant (no glitz) and interested individuals have nine divisions to choose from. The pageant takes place on March 16 and dress for the pageant is as follows: ages 0-13, nice Sunday dress; ages 14-16 a par-ty dress; ages 17-20 prom dress.

Awards will be given in each divi-sion and all participants who receive an award will take part in the fashion show on Sunday March 24. A spe-cial award will be presented at this time. Miss Queen and Teen Queen will represent Zachary throughout the year and all queens will appear in the Zachary Christmas parade and Zfest.

Registration Opens for Miss Zachary PageantDivisions are:

1. Infant Crawlers, 0-12 2. Infant Walkers, 13m-23m, 3. Toddler Miss, 2-3 yrs.4. Petite Miss, 4-5 yrs. 5. Little Miss, 6-8 yrs. 6. Jr. Teen Miss, 9-10 yrs.7. Teen (middle school), 11-13

yrs. 8. Teen (high school), 14-16yrs.9. Miss Zachary ,17-23 yrs.

(Queen will go to the state pageant)

To register, check age require-ments and more information, visit www.Zfest.us or contact Rhonda Gerald, pageant director at [email protected].

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Zachary Library Features Artist Jenny Mills | February 1-28

New artwork by Zachary artist Jenny Mills will be on display for the month of February at the Zachary Branch Library located at 1900 Church St.,

Zachary.

Galilee Baptist Academy Open House | February 7, 9 a.m.-noon

The public is invited to attend Galilee Baptist Academy’s Open House on February 7 to gather information on what the private Christian school has to offer students preschool to 8th grade. The school is located at 11050 G.S. Pt. Hudson Rd. in Zachary. For more information, call 225-654-5633.

Mommy & Me Paint February 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Enjoy a night of art and fun with your child at Just Like Home Too paint event. Cost is $35 and includes all supplies. Paparrazi Jewelry and Hair will have great gifts for sale for your Valentine! Nothing over $5. Reserve your spot today. Call 225-658-5105.

Fellowship Church Blood DriveFebruary 10, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Fellowship Church is hosting a blood drive on behalf of Brian Spillman, local Zachary resident who is awaiting a heart transplant. Ochsner representatives will be on hand giving away t-shirts to anyone who donates, and jambalaya plates will be sold for

$7 each. For those who wish to help the Spillman’s but are not able to donate blood, keepsake bracelets are being sold for $3 each at Dry’s Pharmacy. Fellowship is located at 1555 E.

Mount Pleasant Rd. in Zachary.

Diabetes Support GroupFebruary 12, 2–3 p.m.

Those with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes as well as family and friends in supporting roles may come to this group. Come learn more or reinforce what you already know about diabetes. Registration is not required and the group meets at Lane Regional Medical Center. For more information

call Sherri Brady at 225-658-4583.

A Heart Health PresentationFebruary 14, 11 a.m.

The Tell-Tale Heart, a heart health presentation, will be held at the Zachary Branch Library where professionals from Lane Regional Medical Center will offer free blood pressure screenings and provide CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) demonstrations and AED (automated external defibrillator) demonstrations. Dr. Charles Thompson, an interventional cardiologist with Cardiovascular Institute of the South, will present the latest information on ways to improve your heart health. To register or for more information, call

225-658-1840.

Calendar of Events

There’s something to do every day in the Zachary area. From choir performances and rodeos to Main Street markets and special library programming for children, this area is rich in cultural and social activities. If you have an event you would like the public to know about, send and email to

[email protected]. Space allowing, your event will be included for free in the Event Calendar section.

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Parent’s Night Out-PJ Jam February 14, 6-11 p.m.

Drop your little ones off and enjoy a date night this Valentine’s Day. Kids can wear their PJ’s and bring a sleeping bag. The night will include arts and crafts, movies, video games and playtime at Just Like Home Too. Food is included and cost is $25/child and $10 for siblings. Reserve your

spot today. Call 225-658-5105.

Prenatal and Newborn Care ClassFebruary 16, 10 a.m.

Lane Regional Medical Center will offer a free prenatal and infant care class. “The Pregnancy Workshop” is an overview of what to expect during pregnancy and delivery for the soon-to-be mom, while “Baby Care Basics” covers all you need to know to care for your newborn in the first weeks of life. Partners are encouraged to attend. Child care is not provided, and classes will be held in the Staff Development Classroom. Registration is required.

Call 225-654-5263 to register.

Legendz Sports Academy Youth Leadership Night

February 21, 7 p.m.Legendz Sports Academy, Inc. invites the community to attend its 4th Annual Community Youth Leadership Night. The event is open to members and

the public. The featured speaker will be former Cleveland Indian and LSU pitcher, Chad Ogea. Event will be held at Fellowship Church in Zachary. Admission is free, but event also serves as organization’s food drive, everyone is asked to bring a non-perishable food item. For more information, contact Todd Hernandez at 225-270-2298 or

[email protected].

The Life of Jesus Christ ProductionMarch 21-23, 10 a.m.

For over 2,000 years, this story has been told to generations; and for the second year in a row this Peter Huntley version of the play will come to life at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. The three-hour play depicts the complete story of Jesus’ life and resurrection. The outdoor production of The Life of Jesus Christ will be performed by a cast of offenders from the Louisiana State Penitentiary and the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women and will be presented on the grounds of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. All aspects of this event have been orchestrated by offenders: script adaptation, direction, and casting, music, costumes and set design. Live animals will be used in the production. Tickets are $10 per person and can be purchased from the Louisiana Prison Chapel Foundation (225-931-3664) or the Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum (225-655-2592). Gates open 9 a.m. daily. For more information, visit www.lpcf.

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