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City Council approves building funds $44,700 allotted for new public works complex
BY AARON E. LOONEY
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Recyclable items being accepted Ascension Parish residents can drop off recyclable items from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Recycling Road Show at the Wal-Mart store parking lot in Prairieville. Newspapers, magazines, milk and juice cartons, cardboard, aluminum, tin or bimetal cans and metal lids, and No. 1 through No. 7 plastic containers will be accepted. For more information, call Don Hysell, environmental manager with Ascension Parish, at (225) 450-1308, or visit www.ascensionparish.net.
Government offices closing
Ascension Parish government offices will be closed on Tuesday in observance of the national Election Day. The Ascension Parish Council approved the move at its Oct. 16 council meeting in Gonzales after Parish President Tommy Martinez explained that several government buildings would be used as polling places throughout Ascension Parish.
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DONALDSONVILLE — City Councilmen voted Tuesday to move $44,700 in disaster relief grant funding to assist in building a new Ascension Parish Government public works complex on the west bank. The funds are part of a larger $1 million Community Development Block Grant for renovations in areas affected by hur-
ricanes Gustav and Ike. Funds from the grant were originally divided to cover construction of the west bank public works building and the Lemann Center improvements, as well as improvements to the city’s sewer system, Mayor Leroy Sullivan Sr. said. While the sewer work has been completed, higher-thanexpected estimates left a lack of funding for the public works building project, Sullivan said.
The vote removes the Lemann Center project from the plan and shifts remaining funds to the public works building project. “The $44,700 is how much is remaining from the funds,� Sullivan told the council, adding that the money will cover overrun and construction of a fence around the site. The mayor said the Thibaut family, which sold the property to the city, required a fence
around the facility. The city is helping with the costs of building the parish facility as part of a previous land swap agreement. The new public works building, located on Thibaut Drive, should be completed by the end of the week, parish grants coordinator Martha Collins told the council. “The city agreed to handle construction of the parking lot,� Collins said. “We’re going to wait until that’s done to call the Fire Marshal’s Office for final inspection.�
Collins said the public hearing was required, because use of state funds were being shifted. No one spoke for or against the proposal during the public hearing. In other business, the council voted to make its city trick-ortreat hours from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday The council had originally voted to hold local trick-ortreat hours on Thursday. The change comes to keep in line with the times set by parish government, Sullivan said.
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Senior maid Jaci Andrews, right, hugs Alaina Miles after Miles was announced as homecoming queen.
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Fundraiser being decided
The Rotary Club of Gonzales is making final plans for its High Heels for High Hopes fundraiser benefiting March of Dimes. Sponsorships are available for the event, set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 13 at Clarion Inn. Nov. 1 is the deadline for sponsorships. For tickets or sponsorship information, call (225) 7152365.
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Family with 3 generations of military service to lead parade BY KATE STEVENS
Special to The Advocate GONZALES — A Prairieville family with three generations of military service will be honored as the grand marshal family for the Ascension Veterans Association’s 2014 Veterans Day Parade and Heroes Celebration on Nov. 9. Former U.S. Army Spc. Gini Lanclos, who served as a Morse code operator from 1974-76, and three sons, also veterans, will ride in the parade. Lanclos, now an agent assistant with Farm Bureau Insurance,
44 and East Cornerview Street and return to South Irma Boulevard, Gautreau said. “The most important thing is for people to come out on the parade route and to wave at the veterans,â€? Gautreau said. This is the first year a family R. Lanclos G. Lanclos J. Lanclos J. Lanclos has been selected to serve as the The Ascension Veterans Asso- grand marshal, Gautreau said. said she is grateful her children Usually, the grand marshal are being recognized for their ciation holds the parade to honor military servicemen and women, nominee is just one veteran, so commitment. “I felt honored they would even said Brent Gautreau, chairman when the entire Lanclos family was submitted to the parade pick us,â€? said Lanclos, whose of the association. The parade will begin at 2 p.m. committee from a parish veterfather served in the Army during the Korean War and whose on South Irma Boulevard near ans group, members took notice, grandfather served in the Army Gonzales City Hall, travel to East Worthey Street, then head to La. during World War II. äSee PARADE, page 2G
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Parish President Tommy Martinez said this week La. 930 will be closed at its intersection with La 42 in Prairieville beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday and will remain closed until 5 a.m. Nov. 3. Traffic flow on La. 42 will remain open, he said.
Advocate staff photos by HILARY SCHEINUK
Members of the homecoming court are seated before the crowning of the queen during Donaldsonville High School’s fifth annual homecoming coronation, ‘An Elegant Affair,’ Oct. 20 in the school’s gymnasium. ä More pictures from the coronation, page 6G.
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The daughter of a World War II Bataan Death March survivor will speak at the Ascension Parish library in honor of Veterans Day. Beth Dawson, the daughter of Capt. Whitney A. Langlois, from New Roads, will talk at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Ascension Parish Library’s Gonzales branch. The program is free and open to the public. For information, or to register, call (225) 647-3955.
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