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Lake Elementary honors students
Lake Elementary School hosts in November a Students of the Month breakfast. November students were chosen for having an ‘A-plus’ attitude, a news release from the school said. Honorees were treated to the breakfast with guest ROARy the Lion, the school mascot, and received a gift card from Raising Cane’s. Prekindergarten and kindergarten honorees include, from left, Kendal Minvielle, Evyn Humphrey, Marlie Bourgeois, Addison Ceasar, Reid Murphy, Ja’dince Babin and Calleigh Duplessis.
Attending Lake Elementary School’s November Students of the Month breakfast in November are, from left, first-graders and the school mascot, Brody Bartolomei, Dathan Beaver, Collin Duplessis, ROARy the Lion, Addisyn Guedry, Makenzie Wyatt and Tyson Braud.
Attending the Lake Elementary November Students of the Month breakfast, from left, are second-grade honorees and the school mascot Shea Winstead, Claire Poche, ROARy the Lion, Audrie Bumgarden, Maci Guillot and Reid Mayers.
Lake Elementary School November Students of the Month gather in November with school mascot ROARy the Lion, third from left, during a recent breakfast. Third-grade honorees are, from left, Jacob Elfer, Lauren Troxclair, Ben Templet, Kenley Lambert and Kaleigh Jacks.
Lake Elementary School mascot ROARy the Lion, third from left, gathers with the school’s November Students of the Month at a recent breakfast. Fourth-grade honorees, from left, are Destiny LeBlanc, Allie Clouatre, Dylan Carpenter and Colin Daniels.
Lake Elementary School fifth-grade November Students of the Month and mascot ROARy the Lion attend a recent breakfast. Gathering, from left, are, Jax Melancon, Beau Bercegeay, ROARy, Makayla Arceneaux and Jareth Padraza.
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Sydney Clarke’s entry in the Ascension Parish 4-H Shooting Sports club’s Christmas card contest was sent to Air Force airmen serving in Korea.
4-H card selected to send to military in Korea Advocate staff report Ascension Parish 4-H Shooting Sports member Sydney Clarke created a Christmas card that was sent to Air Force members serving in Korea. Her drawing was selected from other card contest entries. “It is all too often we forget about those who are serving that don’t get to come home for the holidays and can’t be with their families,” a news release from the club said. Club members said they wanted to let the Air Force personnel know they were not forgotten, the release said. The mission of the Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Program is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes so that they may become selfdirecting, productive and contributing members of society, the release said. For information on the As-
Ascension Parish 4-H Shooting Sports club member Sydney Clarke’s Christmas card was selected as the winning entry in the club’s Christmas card contest. cension Parish 4-H Shooting Sports program, call the 4-H office at (225) 621-5799.
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Dutchtown Eagles soar
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Gonzales Middle School principal gives back to community
Gonzales Middle School Principal Lori Charlet’s family delivered toys before Christmas to the Gonzales Police Department and Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. The toys were purchased with money collected Dec. 13 at the family’s annual Christmas photo session on their front porch in Donaldsonville. Charlet; her sister, Natalie Dugas, in-school suspension presider at Lowery Elementary School; and daughter, Alayna Charlet, teacher at Gonzales Primary School, have hosted the event for four years and raised more than $1,500 this year. The event is their way of giving back to the community that they have lived in all of their lives, Lori Charlet said. Gathering for the donation are, from left, Sheriff’s Office Deputy Jodie Delaune Barrow, Deputy Janet Fontenot, Alayna Charlet and Lori Charlet.
Dutchtown Primary School honored on Dec. 18 its December SOARing Student of the Month. A student was chosen at each grade level who showed exemplary behavior all around campus, was kind to others, and respectful to teachers and staff, a news release from the school said. Honored, first row from left, are Anna Craig, Catherine Gatz and Andre Daigle; and second row, Kaiden Keller, A’shalya Reese, Ava Springer and James Bourgeois.
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Sports roundup The first team All-District volleyball teams for Division I, District 3 was dominated by Ascension Parish teams for the 2014 season. Alli Duple-
chein, Kourtney Gremillion, Kara Gremillion and Maggie Duplechein, of St. Amant; Emily Venable and Claire Weinberger, of East Ascension; and Caroline Beeman, of Dutchtown, made up the first team. Victoria Howell, of St. Amant; Jessie Watts, of East Ascension; Faith Jackson, of Denham Springs; Bailey
The Ascension Advocate’s sports section welcomes submitted sports photos and sports news items from high school, middle school and recreation teams. Items for The Ascension Advocate’s sports pages must be received by 9 a.m. the Monday preceding the run date. Youth football, softball, baseball, soccer and basketball teams are encouraged to submit schedules, team contact information, team photos and scores. High-resolution, color, digital photos should be emailed to ascension@theadvocate. com or sent via our Web-based system at http://sendphoto.the advocate.com. Hard-copy photos should be
Mohler and Samantha Berkholz, of Dutchtown; and Baylie Stears, of Walker, made up the second team. Kara Gremillion, of the St. Amant Gators, was awarded the Most Valuable Player, while Kristen Thompson, of the Dutchtown Griffins, was awarded the Offensive Most Valuable Player. The Coach of
dropped off at or mailed to The Advocate, 40444 Cannon Road, Gonzales, LA 70737. Submit information within two weeks of an event. The date and place of the event and a contact name and phone number must be included. Photos should not include more than 15 people and will be used on a space-available basis. Everyone in the photograph must be identified. By submitting photos to The Advocate, you agree that they can be published in any of The Advocate’s print or digital publications. For more information, call Community News Editor Darlene Denstorff at (225) 3366952 or (225) 603-1998 or email ascension@theadvocate.com or ddenstorff@theadvocate.com.
the Year was awarded to Allison Leake, of St. Amant. The Lady Gators made it to the quarterfinals of the state playoffs in 2014. Lyle Johnson covers sports for The Ascension Advocate. He can be contacted at reelman@eatel.net or ascension@theadvocate.com.
ASCENSION PARISH BOOKINGS The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish prison from Dec. 18-23, 2014.
Dec. 18 BUCKLEY, MARKISS ALEXANDER: 24, 1909 N. U.S. 190, Gonzales, misdemeanor theft. HOTARD, CURTIS P.: 33, 421 Ocelot Drive, Arabi, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, careless operation.
Dec. 19 BENNETT, MARLON W.: 41, 39273 Cornerview Road, Gonzales, simple assault. CHRISTY, JASON A.: 34, 15323 Daigle Road, Prairieville, failure to appear in court, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, child endangerment, possession of schedule II controlled dangerous substance, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. DESIRA, AQUENDES RONTRELL: 23, 915 Nolan St., Donaldsonville, failure to appear in court.
GAUDET, BO DEAN: 21, 3408 La. 70 S., Pierre Part, criminal trespass. GRAY, BRITTANY R.: 27, 42527 Lori Road, Gonzales, aggravated burglary with weapon, attempted crime. HENDERSON, TORY: 33, flight from an officer, possession of alcoholic beverages in motor vehicles, driver must be licensed, reckless operation, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. JAMIESON, ALEXANDER B.: 51, 19870 Post Oak Bend, Lindale, Texas, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. SCOTT, TIRZAH MARIE: 27, 37078 Geismar Drive, Geismar, failure to appear in court, careless operation, no motor vehicle insurance, operating vehicle while license is suspended, hit and run driving. TANIS, ROBERT ALEN: 43, 102 Coyote Ave., Ozawkie, Kansas, domestic abuse battery.
simple battery. RICHARDS, LAWRENCE E.: 40, 15338 Liz Road, Prairieville, misdemeanor theft. STEPHENS, DEWAYNE J.: 31, 39150 Lee Stevens Lane, Prairieville, failure to appear in court, resisting an officer. STEWARD, VONTRELL: 25, 41068 Turo Lane, Gonzales, failure to appear in court. THIBODAUX, CLINTON JOSEPH: 21, 41289 Bayou Narcisse Road, Gonzales, driving on roadway laned for traffic, traffic-control signals, speeding in an established zone, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. VASQUEZ, ABEL: 27, 10102 Industriplex Drive, Gonzales, evidence of motor vehicle liability security contained in vehicle, driver must be licensed, reckless operation, operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
GAUDIN, MORGAN: 20, 13232 George Rouyea Road, Gonzales,
CAMPBELL, MELANIE M.: 31, 7517 Debit Drive, Baton Rouge, resist-
ing an officer, misdemeanor theft. COURSON, JARED NEIL: 29, 14237 La. 73 E., Prairieville, domestic abuse battery. GALVEZ, ANDRES ROBLEDO: 25, 39366 La. 621, Gonzales, domestic abuse battery; strangulation. GARRAWAY, JOE E., JR.: 49, 38259 La. 621, Gonzales, injuring public records, hit and run driving, operating a vehicle while under suspension for certain prior offenses, careless operation. GEASON, RANDALL JOSEPH: 25, 610 W. Fifth St., Donaldsonville, possession of a schedule I controlled dangerous substance. LEBLANC, MILTON: 48, 35291 Rayville Road, Donaldsonville, disturbing the peace/drunkenness. RICKS, JESSICA: 26, 38466 La 42, Prairieville, forgery, bank fraud, possession of a schedule IV controlled dangerous substances, possession of schedule II controlled dangerous substances.
Dec. 22
ALBARADO, ERICA LYNN: 31,
39139 Country Drive, Prairieville, misdemeanor theft, forgery. BELL, NATHANIEL L.: 35, 1111 St. Vincent, failure to appear in court. BENNETT, MARLON W.: 41, 39273 Cornerview Road, Gonzales, misdemeanor simple criminal damage to property. BRIDGES, RASHAD J.: 29, 5142 Galaxy Blvd., Darrow, possession of firearm by person convicted of certain felonies, armed robbery, aggravated burglary with weapon, first degree murder. HARRIS, EMANUEL, JR.: 46, 13307 Ector Drive, Baker, operating vehicle while license is suspended, reckless operation, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. IRVIN, WHITNEY TERRELL: 25, 1319 W. Sidney St., Gonzales, two counts failure to appear in court. PIERCE, LACI D.: 26, 31621 Geismar Yard Road, Geismar, disturbing the peace/language/ disorderly conduct, entry on or remaining in places or on land after being forbidden.
SHANKLIN, KENDRICK RENARD: 34, 1854 Stano Cola, Baton Rouge, maximum speed limit, operating a vehicle while intoxicated. TAPP, CHRISTOPHER L.: 26, 7020 Texas St., Lutcher, failure to appear in court. THOMAS, KIRBY RENEE: 36, 117 Greenbriar Drive, Bellerose, failure to appear in court. TURNER, SHANNON L.: 36, 12522 Leslie Delaune Road, 7, St. Amant, simple kidnapping. WILSON, ANDRE P.: 20, 45497 Rodney Road, St. Amant, misdemeanor simple criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, reckless operation.
Dec. 23 SCHWALLER, MIKE B.: 48, 41151 Villa Court, Prairieville, domestic abuse battery. TARROW, SARAH: 20, 45132 Robin Trail, St. Amant, misdemeanor simple criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, reckless operation.