The Livingston-Tangipahoa Advocate 04-09-2015

Page 1

LIVINGSTON PARISH PRISON BOOKINGS ä Page 7G

ADVOCATE THE HE LIVINGSTON-TANGIPAHOA

1G

THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2015 H

DENHAM SPRINGS • LIVINGSTON • WALKER • WATSON • AMITE • HAMMOND • PONCHATOULA THEADVOCATE.COM

Darlene Denstorff AROUND LIVINGSTON

Survivor finds symbolism in Relay BY C. J. FUTCH

cfutch@theadvocate.com

DDENSTORFF@ THEADVOCATE.COM

Chamber announces scholarship winners The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of its 2015 scholarships. Recipients will be honored during an April 22 luncheon at Forrest Grove Plantation in Denham Springs. Receiving the academic awards will be Kaycie Bennett, Live Oak High School; Jacob Pettigrew, Albany High School; Joshua Stafford, Live Oak High School; Tyler McMorris, French Settlement High School; Kathryn Bokun, Walker High School; Victor Rushing, Live Oak High School; Macee Spencer, Denham Springs High School, Cheyanne DeMars, Springfield High School; Cheyenne Reyes, Doyle High School; and Ryan Miller, Walker High School. The Alice Sibley Award will go to Breanna Gurzynski, Walker High School, and the Ability Beyond Award will be presented to Logan David, Doyle High School. Northshore Technical Community College Chancellor William Wainwright and Livingston Parish Public Schools Superintendent John Watson are set to speak at the meeting. To register, call the chamber at (225) 665-8155.

Cancer survivor Julie Roark will be walking the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life at Denham Springs High School on April 17, in part for her family, including her son and daughter, 15 and 16, who both celebrated a birthday April 4. Roark was diagnosed with Hodgkins lymphoma in 2011, and started a Relay for Life team consisting of her significant support network soon after. “I have a big family,� she said, estimating at least 30 people —

probably more — who will be making laps around the DSHS track from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. April 17. She is fighting lymphoma for the third time. “I just got another PET scan to see if the hot spot they found has grown,� she said. She will get her results the Thursday before the race. “It’s upsetting, especially after you’ve already been through treatment twice, but there are so many people who are in so much worse shape than me,� she said. She walks for those people, too. She said she had a great sup-

port system and phenomenal friends who chipped in to buy her a wig when she lost her hair after chemotherapy. “Wigs are expensive. What I love about Relay is that it comes back to the Livingston community to pay for things like wigs, and rides to doctor’s appointments,â€? she said. She walks because she can. Because, despite the uncertainty she’s living with at the moment, she feels good. “For me, personally, during the time I was going through treatment, I obviously felt reäSee RELAY, page 2G

Photo provided by LAURA DUNLAP

Seventh Ward Elementary team captain Michelle Mincey prepares items to sell at the 2014 Relay for Life of Livingston Parish at Denham Springs High School. Registration is underway for this year’s event.

HAPPY HUNTING

Arts Council youth classes

Registration is underway for several youth classes offered by the Arts Council of Livingston Parish: n A “Sew-N-Tellâ€? class is set to begin Saturday, May 9, at 133 N. Hummell St., Denham Springs. Students 9 and older will learn how to make chenille potholders. n Children can learn how to draw and paint during sessions offered starting Tuesday, May 5, at South Live Oak Elementary School, 8400 Cecil Drive, Watson. Teacher Kerry Curtin’s classes will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, May 5, May 12, May 19 and May 26, for students in second through sixth grades. For more information, visit ArtsLivingston. org or call Curtin at (225) 9542700. n Ce’lie Aubin will teach a class for first- through thirdäSee AROUND, page 2G

Advocate staff photos by APRIL BUFFINGTON

TOP LEFT: Lyla Peoples, 2, reaches out for eggs Saturday at the Great Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Journey Church at South Park in Denham Springs. TOP RIGHT: Nicolas Salassi, 5, left, and Adalyn Salassi, 3, enjoy cotton candy Saturday. RIGHT: Lizbetha Carranza, left, and Odalys Venzor wait on the balloon figures being made by Tabitha Miller, right, at the egg hunt.

Blue Run aims to raise awareness of abuse prevention BY C.J. FUTCH

cfutch@theadvocate.com April is Child Abuse Prevention Month, said Ginger Cangelosi, and Child Advocacy Services hopes to raise both awareness and funds with the fifth annual

Blue Run, scheduled for 7 a.m. April 11 at Gonzales City Hall, 120 S. Irma Blvd. The event includes a one-mile Fun Run and a 5K race, both starting at City Hall, Cangelosi said, and proceeds will benefit programs provided by Child

Advocacy Services, a nonprofit agency that supports the Court Appointed Special Advocates program, Children’s Advocacy Center, along with clinical services and prevention education for children and families in 10 Southeast Louisiana parishes

including Ascension, Assumption, East and West Feliciana, Livingston, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John, and Tangipahoa parishes. “The first year, the run was in Hammond, and we have people participating from all over,�

Cangelosi said. “We had lots of requests to move it to Ascension, because it’s more centrally located (to the service area), so we did, and we’ve had it in Gonzales ever since.â€? äSee BLUE RUN, page 4G

<+A0 3=2 &9? A+8> >2/7 $/K@ @/ 1 9 > > 2 / 7 #3=3> C9?< 69-+6 ==9-3+>/. 99. >9</ 09< :<3-/ +8. +@+36+,363>C

!XzP !eLC`œ 2Wem !eLC`ÂœĂ‹ =eup $PXVWKepWeeN 2umPpbCp_Ptœ


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.
The Livingston-Tangipahoa Advocate 04-09-2015 by The Advocate - Issuu