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Easter egg hunt set for Saturday One hundred thousand candy-filled plastic eggs will be up for grabs Saturday during an Easter egg hunt at South Park on St. Vincent Road in Denham Springs. In addition to the egg hunt, the event, which is set from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., will include a rock wall, inflatables and pony rides. Jambalaya, snow cones and cotton candy will be served.
Meeting to feature watercolor artist
Denham Springs Fine Art Association is meeting at 7 p.m. April 6 in the conference room at the Denham Springs Municipal building, 941 Government Drive. The guest artist will be association member Lynn Jones. Jones will do a watercolor on yupo paper with alcohol drips and bring examples of her work to show technique. Each person attending will have the opportunity to paint a small piece of art using yupo paper, alcohol drops and watercolors. The public is invited to attend the meeting. Refreshments will be served. For more information about the meeting or for a membership application, call Bonnie Smith Williams at (225) 791-1896 or Jones at (225) 664-5290 or visit www. dsfaa.blogspot.com.
Family Resource Center hosts social worker Bert Allain, a licensed social worker, will talk about the skills parents need to help children overcome the fear of failing during an April 16 presentation at the Literacy and Technology Center in Walker. All too often children learn entitlement from the society and get caught up in comparing themselves to others. This comparison often leads to the fear that they are not quite good enough, fear of not being accepted or fear of failing. That fear keeps some children from trying anything new. Allain will share the skills parents need to help their children overcome those
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center, the event also showcased the school’s varied program. “Many people don’t realize WALKER — A bright, spring sun Saturday glistened off more what we offer under this one big Advocate photo by VIC COUVILLION than 60 immaculately polished roof ‌ there is a misconception cars and trucks on display for a that the classes we offer here Jeremey Ellenberger, from left, Al Castillon and students large crowd attending the first- are mainly for students looking Joshua Ellenberger and Chase Riggs discuss the workings of ever Livingston Parish Literary for a career when they leave a pickup truck in the process of being restored. The young El- Technology Center’s Car Show high school ‌ but about 70 perlenberger and Riggs are both students in the Livingston Parish fundraiser. cent of our graduates plan to go Literacy and Technology Center’s Automotive Service TechniWhile the car show was spon- to college and they can use the cian program. The students sponsored a car show Saturday sored by the Automotive Ser- unique skills they learn here to help raise funds for additional tools used in center classes. vice Technician classes at the to help them readily find jobs Special to The Advocate
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that will help them earn their college diploma,â€? Kim Albin, director of the LPLTC, said. Albin said those students who do not plan on advancing their education are “job readyâ€? when they graduate from one of the LPLTC programs. The Literary Technology Center is a joint venture of the Livingston Parish School Board and Southeastern Louisiana äSee SKILLS, page 2G
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Westside Junior High School performs March 25 at the District IV Instrumental Middle School Large Ensemble Louisiana Music Educators’ Association music performance assessment. Bands competed during the two-day event at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge.
Three Livingston bands prepare for state festival held at Episcopal High School, said Richard Bresowar, chairman of LMEA District IV. Three Livingston Parish middle Three other Livingston Parish school bands are preparing for a middle schools took part in the music state band festival hosted by the Louisiana Music Educators’ Associa- festival. While not a contest or competition thanks to recent performances at tion, the event is competitive, said a Baton Rouge event. Bands from Westside, North Corbin Bresowar, who is the band director at Dutchtown Middle School. and Juban Park junior high schools An overall winner is not named, were three of 27 schools performbut instead, the top-scoring bands ing March 24-25 in the District IV qualify for the next round of perforInstrumental Middle School Large mances. Ensemble performance assessment
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Each band performed three prepared pieces for judges and another piece of music presented at the festival just eight minutes before the performance. Technically, he said, all the schools could qualify if they all get the top score of superior or a 1 rating. Eleven middle schools in the large ensemble division moved on to the state festival. Bands scoring superior in both the concert and sight-reading performance earn sweepstakes awards and
move on to the state festival later this month, he said. Judges score each band and provide comments, he said. The comments help bands improve, he said. LMEA also held district events for orchestra and choral performances in middle and high school divisions, he said. Southside Junior High, Denham Springs Junior High and Live Oak Middle School also took part in the middle school event.
Congregation plans for move to Pete’s Highway BY C.J. FUTCH
cfutch@theadvocate.com First Baptist Church in Denham Springs has been on the same property on River Road since it was founded in 1900, and at the time, it was at the heart
of town. But the congregation plans to move its campus to a new 47acre tract on Pete’s Highway near the Post Office in Denham Springs, with a projected finish date of August 2016. Phase I of the $10.9-mil-
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lion project will include a new worship center with a 750-person capacity, said the Rev. Leo Miller, pastor of First Baptist for the past 4 years. “There’s been an electric sense of God’s work being done,� Miller said. “(Members
both) old and new are united behind the relocation project, and we all know it’s a part of God’s plan for our ministry.� The site where the new sanctuary will go is being prepped now, Miller said, and bids were let March 30 for the construc-
tion of Phase I. “We expect to get those back in a couple of weeks,â€? he said. The old campus has many memories for those who grew up in Denham Springs, Jimmy äSee CONGREGATION, page 4G