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Volume 57, Issue 3
Students concerned over BOS decision see News, page 3
Today
Obama lays out jobs plan to Congress see State & Nation, page 4
Remembering ...
•New Orleans tribute to 9/11 through service. Citizens can help refurbish buildings, help with landscaping, or cook and bake for local emergency workers. Children are encouraged to create banners or write thank you notes to police, firefighters, and other emergency professionals. Contact via e-mail servenola@nola.com to volunteer or for more information. •Cathartic Art an art exhibit in memory of September 11 will continue to be exhibited at Louisiana’s West Baton Rouge Museum. Artists entered work based on personal memories, reflections or emotions about the tragic terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The museum will honor local police, firefighters, and emergency workers from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on September 11th. •A 10-year anniversary commemoration ceremony featuring a military band performance will be held at
the National World War II Museum, 945 Magazine St., New Orleans. 8:30 - 10 am on Sept. 11, 2011. •The Westwego Farmer and Fisheries Market remembers September 11, 2011 and salutes all first responders with a special ceremony and live entertainment by Al “Lil Fats” Jackson. Sept. 9 (7-10 pm); 484 Sala Ave., Westwego, La. •A Remembrance Garden, created in tribute to first-responders, will be dedicated as part of a Remembrance Ceremony at the Oakwood Shopping Center on Terry Parkway in Gretna near the Crescent City Connection Mississippi River Bridge ramp by La Quinta. Participants include the Jefferson Choral Group, the Sheriff’s Office Honor Guard, the Terrytown Volunteer Fire Department, local officials and Oakwood employees. Sept. 11, 2011 at 10 am. •A Patriot Day ceremony will be held on Sept. 11, 2011
Jaguars feeling pressure heading into SWAC opener see Sports, page 5
at the Memorial Plaza in Slidell’s Heritage Park, which is near the park’s entrance. The event will include an American Legion Riders honor ride, a 21-gun salute, speeches, a moment of silence and the ringing of bells. Sept. 11, 2011 (6:30 pm); Memorial Plaza, Heritage Park, Slidell, La. •Patriot Day at the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge honors those who died due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 as well as past and present veterans. At the opening ceremony, special mention will be made of the Louisiana victims of 9/11: Lt. Michael Scott Lamana (USN), Kevin Wayne Yokum (USN), Louis Calvin Williams, Leo Russell Keen, and Robert J. Hymel Then the annual Freedom Walk will begin. Free and open to the public. E-mail BRFreedomwalk@cox.net for more information. Celebrations will begin at 8:30 am on September 11, 2011.
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