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April 2018 • Vol. 28, No. 3 • 16 Pages • Circulation 19,000 • 50,000 online • www.capitalcitynews.us • 225-261-5055

Vote ‘Yes’ for School Tax Renewal April 28

BATON ROUGE — Capital City News editor Woody Jenkins said he has met with East Baton Rouge Parish schools Supt. Warren Drake and reviewed details of the school board’s plan to continue building and renovating schools and funding teachers’ salaries. Jenkins said, “As a result of our meetings and review of the school construction plan, the Capital City News has confidence that this plan is well thought out and much need-ed to continue improving public education. This is a renewal of an existing sales tax. No one will pay more. There are three propositions on the ballot. For the plan to work, we must vote for all three.”

Capital City News:Renew 1¢ TaxFor EBR Schools

Tax Renewal SaturdayTeachers Salaries, New Facilities for EBR Schools

8 Istrouma Key Clubbers Earn Chicago Trip

BATON ROUGE — Voters in East Baton Rouge Parish (outside the Baker, Central and Zachary school dis-tricts) will go to the polls on Saturday, April 28 to decide whether to continue to levy a 1¢ sales tax for school construction and for teach-ers’ and other school em-ployees’ salaries. This is a sales tax, which everyone pays, not a prop-erty tax. It is a renewal of an existing tax, not a new tax. There are three school tax propositions on the ballot. The three would altogether levy the 1¢ sales tax. Proposition 1 would re-new about 1/2¢ for contin-ued construction and repair of dilapidated schools. Proposition 2 would re-new 1/12 of 1¢ for truancy and alternative education. Proposition 3 would re-new about 2/5 of 1¢ for ex-isting teachers’ and employ-ees’ salaries.

3 PropositionsWould Renew1% Sales TaxFor Schools BATON ROUGE — Leaders

of the St. George move-ment have been quiet about this Saturday’s elec-tion in East Baton Rouge Parish to consider renew-ing a one-cent sales tax for construction of new schools and teachers’ sal-aries. However, behind the scenes, some are voic-ing strong support. It’s easy to see why. More than any other single area of the parish, St. George looks to be the largest beneficiary of the construction dollars in the plan. The plan includes at least $80 million in new school construction for Southeast Baton Rouge. This includes $35 mil-lion for construction of a new elementary school on property yet to acquired. It also includes $45 mil-lion for construction of a new middle school and high school in Southeast Baton Rouge.

St. George Has a Lot to GainIf Sales Tax Renewal PassesThis Saturday in EBR Parish

On the one hand, some have said the $80 million is a way to encourage residents of the proposed City of St. George to stay in the East Baton Rouge Parish school system. Others say it is a means of providing new schools for St. George, so that af-ter incorporation, there will be no need to raise taxes in St. George to pay for new construction. EBR schools Supt. War-ren Drake said neither of these theories is correct. He said the plan simply responds to the fact that the population has moved to the Southeast and that whatever happens with St. George, there will be a need for new schools. Regardless of the mo-tives, there can be little doubt Saturday’s tax re-newal will, if approved, be a major plus for St. George. — Woody Jenkins

East Baton Rouge Parish schools Supt. Warren Drake

Sales Tax Renewal Election This SaturdayThis is a SALES tax — not a property tax! There are three propositions which altogether renew a 1¢ sales tax. It is not a new tax! You must for vote FOR all three in or-der to continue the construction and teachers’ salaries.

BATON ROUGE — Eight students at Istrouma High School have earned enough money to attend the Key Club International Convention July 4-8 in Chicago. The students, all of whom are members of the Istrouma Key Club, worked for eight Saturdays and Sundays selling hamburgers, hotdogs, and Manda sausages out-side HiNabor Supermarket to earn the $700 each needs for the trip. The Istrouma Key Club is spon-sored by the Istrouma Kiwanis Club. Both have as their purpose helping children suffering from poverty or disease and serving the community. Other students still have time to earn money for the trip. The del-egation will travel by train from Hammond to Chicago. Istrouma High principal Reginald Douglas said he is very proud of the Key Clubbers. “They have worked very hard and will enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience!” he said.

CHICAGO BOUND — Cooking hamburgers, hotdogs and Manda sausage for Istrouma Key Club members to sell were Key Clubber Precious Jackson and Kiwanians Jan Cri-fasi, co-owner of HiNabor; Bobby Yarborough of Manda Meat, and Istrouma High prin-cipal Reginald Douglas. HiNabor and Manda donated everything sold.

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Central High GradKnown for StrengthAnd Loving Heart forSpecial Needs Kids CENTRAL - For Central High head football coach Sid Edwards, the death of Taylor Conrad was deep and personal. The world knows Lance Cpl. Conrad as a Marine, but Coach Sid knows him as one of his players, a player who made a special connection with the coach, who has two autistic boys. Taylor Conrad loved kids with special needs and went out of his way to befriend them. “He would just hang out with a kid and treat him like a regular person,” the

coach said. One of the kids Taylor con-nected with was Jack Ryan, Coach Sid’s youngest son. “If Jack was acting out, Taylor would simply come up to him and put his hand on his chest, and everything would be fine. He had a very special spir-it about him,” the coach said. “He reached people who nobody could reach.” On Tuesday, thousands of peo-ple in Central and Zachary turned out to honor Lance Cpl. Taylor Conrad. Partly it was about patrio-tism, love of country, and love of our military. But it was also about honoring someone who had a big heart — a heart big enough to em-brace those everyone turns away from, because Taylor Conrad could see the real person within.

Taylor Conrad as Central High senior Lance Corporal Taylor Conrad, USMC Taylor Conrad as a new Marine

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Leaves Community with Grief, Pride

Arrival of Body of Lance Cpl. Taylor Conrad from CaliforniaPhotos by Jolice Provost of Central City News

Some stood in the rain to honor him. Hearse arrives at Seale’s in Denham Springs with body of Taylor Conrad Mourners await his body.

Marine honor guard took care with body of Lance Cpl. Taylor Conrad. Sheriff’s honor guard stood in the rain to pay tribute to fallen Marine.


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Published Monthly The Leader was founded April 30, 1998. The Central City News was founded April 21, 2005. They merged May 4, 2006. The South Baton Rouge Journal began publication in 1989. It went on hiatus in 2008 during its 20th year of publication. It resumed publication as the Capital City News on Aug. 16, 2012, with Vol. 21, No. 1. The North Baton Rouge Journal began on August 11, 1966 and went on hiatus in 1976. It resumed publication as the Istrouma Journal on April 6, 2017.

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BATON ROUGE — In an unusual move, the East Baton Rouge Dem-ocratic Parish Executive Commit-tee has voted to oust the Parish Democratic Chairman. Former BESE member Caro-lyn Hill, who has served as parish leader of the party since 2017, was removed during what she charac-terized as an illegal meeting of the parish executive committee. Hill said that under state law and the bylaws of the Louisiana Democratic Party, the executive committee has no power to remove the chairman. In addition, only the chairman can call official meet-

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illegally. Party bylaws say that the chair-man is elected for a four-year term and does not grant the body the power to remove the chairman. Hill has not said what action if any she will take. The video at left shows the Feb-ruary meeting of the committee, which Hill said was called illegal-ly.

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How Conservatives, NBR Leaders UnitedTo Stop BREC from Moving Zoo to SBR

BATON ROUGE - If you have a few minutes, go to the AppStore on your iPhone and download a “QR Code Reader.” It will allow you to point your phone at the QR code in the upper right of this article and click. This will activate a video that will start playing on your phone. This particular video is the meeting of the Board of Commissioners of BREC where they heard testimony on whether they should approve moving the Baton Rouge Zoo from its current location to a site adja-cent to the Ascension Parish line. The hearing is a marvelous civ-ics lesson that shows how ordinary citizens can prevail against an en-trenched bureaucracy that has ab-solutely no intention of bowing to the will of the people. As the hearing unfolded, you can practically feel the members of the Board becoming more and more uncomfortable as they listened to the people. They were forced to do some-thing they hadn’t bothered to do before — actually listen to what people were saying about the loca-tion of the Baton Rouge Zoo. In the end, they didn’t change their minds but they did change their votes. They walked into the room with every intention to vote for moving zoo. Yet, in the end,

they voted against moving it! Commission members must sure-ly have marveled at their actionsand wondered how it happened. How ordinary citizens of Baton Rouge rose up to defeat moving the zoo is an amazing story indeed. Republicans and Democrats, blacks and white, liberals and con-servatives, and some people in be-

tween joined in an historic co-alition, which resulted in stop-ping something bad happening in our parish. Working to-gether for the first time were liberal Demo-crats such as Councilwoman

Chauna Banks and conservative Republicans such as local architect Coleman Brown, who chairs the In-frastructure Committee of the con-servative Chamber of Commerce of East Baton Rouge. There were moderates such as Becky Bond, liberal groups such the NAACP, and nonpolitical groups such as neighborhood associations. Perhaps most influential were the four Mayors — Mayor-Presi-dent Sharon Weston Broome, Bak-er Mayor Darnell Waites, Central Mayor Jr. Shelton, and Zachary Mayor David Amhrein — repre-senting each of the parish’s munic-ipalities. For the first time in mem-ory, they spoke with a common voice on an issue of importance. At the public hearing, those who favored moving the zoo were few in number and failed to explain the rationale for moving the zoo.

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BREC CommissionersHad Every Intention ofVoting to Move the ZooYet Voted the Opposite

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ings, she said, and this meeting was called by the secretary. After the vote to remove Hill,

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vice chairman Brandon De-cuir was named chairman, and Rep. Denise Marcelle was elected vice chairman. In February, the secretary called a meet-ing which Hill said was called

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On the other hand, the oppo-nents were large in number and expressed their views clearly and

effectively. Basically, they asked why taxpayers should spend $150 million to move to a far corner of the parish when a small fraction of that amount could create a world class at the current location. Supporters of moving the zoo lost on the facts and lost on the politics. In the end, the Board of Commissioners realized they were isolated and almost alone in want-ing to move the zoo. So they buck-led, and the zoo will stay!

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Louisiana Democrats Move ForwardWith State Gun Control Legislation Advocates of Right toKeep and Bear ArmsFight Legislation ThatWould Restrict Guns

Repeal the Second Amendment!Says Democratic State Chairman

White Democrats a Dying Breed in Louisiana BATON ROUGE - An analysis of voter registration in Louisiana since the 2000 Presidential Pri-mary shows a remarkable decline in the number of white Democrats in the state. In fact, it would be fair to say white Democrats are fleeing the Democratic Party by the hun-dreds of thousands. While there has been modest growth in voter registration by black Democrats, it does not begin to offset the party’s loss of white Democrats. Since 2000, the number of white Democrats in Louisiana has de-clined from 943,649 to 528,353 — a loss to the party of 415,296 white voters. In that same period, the number of black Democrats state-wide has increased by only 63,614 voters — from 655,601 in 2000 to 719,215 today. Since 2000, Republicans have picked up roughly 269,000 new voters.

BATON ROUGE - Controversy has been swirling around the chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party as a result of her call for the repeal of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. For advocates of the right to keep and bear, nothing could be more controversial. The Democratic official, Sen. Karen Carter Peterson, is not only state party chairman in Louisiana. She is also vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Her statement makes her the highest ranking Democrat in the nation to

call for repeal of the Second Amendment. S e v e r a l weeks ago, re-tired U.S. Su-preme Court A s s o c i a t e Justice John Paul Stevens said he fa-vored repeal-ing the Second Amendment. Peterson sent

BATON ROUGE - Three strong gun advocates told the Ronald Reagan Newsmaker Luncheon that legisla-tion being pushed by Democrats in the state House and Senate threaten the right to keep and bear arms in Louisiana. A total of 11 bills, all by Demo-cratic senators and representatives, would shoot holes in gun rights, they said. Of even greater concern is the statement by the Democratic state chairman Sen. Karen Carter Pe-terson that she favors repealing the Second Amendment in its entirety. Sen. Neil Riser (R-Monroe), the author of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms provision of the Louisi-ana Constitution; world champion marksman, Rep. Blake Miguez, and NRA state director Dr. Erin Luper went over the proposed legislation as well as five pro-gun bills that have been proposed by Republicans. Riser said the Louisiana Con-stitution gives the highest level of protection to the right to keep and bear arms. Louisiana is one of three states that subject gun con-trol legislation to “strict scutiny,” which makes it easier for the courts to strike regulations down. Dr. Luper said the bad bills to watch are HB277 (Marcelle-D); HB282 (Moreno-D); HB357 (Marcelle-D); HB400 (Bag-neris-D); HB448 (G. Carter-D); HB473 (Smith-D); HB603 (Moreno-D); SB185 (Bishop-D); SB491 (T.Carter-D); SB274 (T. Carter-D); and SB383 (T. Carter-D). She said the good bills to support are HB271 (Garafalo-R); HB602 (Miguez-R); SB402 (Riser-R); HB332 (Pope-R), and HB412 (Ivey-R).

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Historic Changes in Voter RegistrationApril 1, 2000-April 1, 2018

4/1/2000 4/1/2018 Change StatewideWhite Democrats 943,649 528,353 -415,296Black Democrats 655,601 719,215 +63,614White Republicans 564,861 839,487 +274,626Black Republicans 27,667 22,380 -5,287White No Party 338,939 519,809 +180,890Black No Party 108,009 181,194 +73,185 East Baton Rouge ParishWhite Democrats 60,650 33,343 -27,307Black Democrats 68,435 97,263 +28,828White Republicans 63,951 73,658 +9,707Black Republicans 2,837 2,706 -131White No Party 29,389 37,881 +8,492Black No Party 12,435 23,386 +10,951

In years past, traditional politi-cal wisdom held that the relative strength of the two parties in Loui-siana could be gauged by compar-ing the number of black Democrats to the number of white Republi-cans. The theory was that Repub-lican could get about 50 percent of white Democratic support. In 2000, there were roughly 90,000 more black Democrats than white Republicans, and Louisiana was considered a blue state. Today, there are 120,000 more white Re-publicans than black Democrats, and the state is solidly red. By that standard, East Baton Rouge Parish is now solidly Demo-cratic. However, what is not known is how the large and growing num-ber of independent voters, both black and white, will effect the political outcome at election time. Elections in 2019 will put all such theories to the test.

out a message promoting Stevens’ statement, saying “Repeal the Sec-ond Amendment.” Now the Executive Director of the Louisiana Democratic Party said Peterson didn’t really mean it and that she and the party are “strong supporters of the Second Amend-ment.” However, Democratic senators and representatives have introduced 11 bills this year to limit the Second Amendment, but no bills so far to repeal it, as Peterson said she want-ed to do.

World champion marksman Rep. Blake Miguez, one of the leaders in the fight to protect the right to keep and bear arms. Miguez says legislation pending in the Louisiana House and Senate pose a threat to Constitutional rights.

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Dana Lux of McKinley Middle Magnet performed for the audience.

SEAN JOFFRION (center) of McKinley Middle Magnet School was presented his award by Maddy Manning-Bi (left) of Wood-lawn Middle School, EBR Middle School Student of the Year, and Stephanie Cargile of ExxonMobil.

CANDICE HARTLEY (left) of the Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Performing Arts, was presented her award by Aiswarya Nair, EBR Elementary Student of the Year.

EMILY DEFOE (left) of Sherwood Middle Magnet was pre-sented her award by Stephanie Cargile of ExxonMobil and Maddy Manning-Bi, EBR Middle School Student of the Year

SCOTT STEVENS (center) of Woodlawn High School was presented his award by Tim Barfield, president of CSRS, and Alyssa Webb of Woodlawn High School, EBR High School Stu-dent of the Year.

KRISTIN BUMGARDNER of Baton Rouge Magnet High was presented her award by Tim Barfield and Alyssa Webb of Woodlawn, EBR High School Student of the Year.

Teachers, Principals Honored at Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Banquet —Teachers of the Year —

MARY TRIGG (right) of LaSalle Elementary was presented her award by Aiswarya Nair of Wildwood Elementary, EBR Elementary Student of the Year.

Mary TriggElementary Teacher of the Year

Emily DeFoeMiddle School Teacher of the Year

Kristin BumgardnerHigh School Teacher of the Year

—Principals of the Year —

Candice HartleyElementary Principal of the Year

Sean JoffrionMiddle School Principal of the Year

Scott StevensHigh School Principal of the Year

Tim Barfield of CSRS, a member of the Board of EBR Schools Foundation

Legendary Glen Oaks coach Harvey Ad-ger — perfect attendance for 42 years.

Business Report editor Stephanie Riegel and Aiswarya Nair of Wildwood Elem.

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Ashley and David Mullens of Capital One, which spon-sored the Foundation awards program, along with Exx-onMobil, Albermarle, and IBM.

BRITTANY BUSH, Capitol Elementary-STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

GEORGE CAGE, The Dufrocq School-STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

INGRID CRUZ, Scotlandville Pre-Engineering Magnet Academy STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and EBR Parish Supt. Warren Drake

DELLA FULKNER, McKinley Middle Magnet STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

KAREN DAFOE, Baton Rouge Center for Visual and Perforning Arts-STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

CECILIA FLORES, LaBelle Aire Elementary-STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

RONIL MERTO, Villa del Rey-STEM Fellow, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

JESSICA VICKNAIR, Mayfair Lab School-STEM Fel-low, honored by David Mullens of Capital One and East Baton Rouge Parish Supt. Warren Drake

Teachers, Principals Honored at Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish Schools Banquet —STEM Fellows —

Supt. Warren Drake honoring Dr. Jackie Mims, chair of the Istrouma Advisory Committee

School board president David Tatman and school board member Veretta Lee

Diane and Woody Jenkins, editor of Capital City News and Istrouma Journal

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Lobbyists and staffers gathered with Reps. Charlie Dewitt, Dale Sittig, Ted Haik Weldon Russell, and Buster Guzzardo.

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ClassifiedsCLASSIFIED RATES: $6 for first 10 words. $10 for 11 to 20 words, $15 for 21 to 30 words. $20 for 31 to 40 words. $25 for one column inch classified display ad. Call 261-5055. Must be paid in advance. To pay by credit card, go to www.centralcitynews.us and click “Pay Now” on the left. Then email ad copy to [email protected]. Or mail or hand deliver check and ad copy to City News, 910 N. Foster, Baton Rouge 70806NOTICE FOR BIDS FOR LEASE FOR HUNTING AND FISHING PUR-POSES: Sealed bids will be received by the Central Community School System located at 10510 Joor Road, Suite 300, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70818, until Thursday, April 26, 2018, 10 a.m. for the lease for hunting and fishing purposes only of the following described property: On Highway 64: 373 +/- acres locat-ed in Section 16 of Township 5 South, Range 2 East, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Bids must be in a sealed en-velope, clearly marked “LEASE FOR HUNTING and FISHING” Attention: Purchasing Department. Complete bid documents including the Lease Contract may be obtained from the Central Com-munity School Board Office or electroni-cally from Central Auction House web-site at www.centralauctionhouse.com. Bids will be opened and read aloud. All bids submitted must be accompa-nied by a cash payment, certified check or cashier’s check in a sum equal to one year’s rental or lease amount. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to furnish certificates of insurance and copies of in-surance policies providing the coverages specified in the bid documents. The bids will be awarded in accordance with R. S. 17:87.8. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any informalities incidental thereto.HOME FOR SALE in Bellingrath Es-tates. DID NOT FLOOD. 3 bed 2 bath. Formal living & dining room. New re-frig & stove. Large fenced yard. Appro. 2,000sf. $190,000. Very nice. 939-3586

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LITTLE LIBRARIES such as these on Capital Heights in front of Ingleside Methodist or Terrace at Camellia avenues give neighbors a chance to share their books and save a trip to the library. If you’d like information on starting a Little Library, go to littlefreelibrary.org

BATON ROUGE — The lights will come on once again for Istrouma High School football when Istrou-ma hosts Mentorship Academy for a spring game at 6:30 p.m. on May 17 at Tack Jackson Stadium at Is-trouma. Istrouma was a perennial foot-ball champion, winning eight state championships in a 12-year period. But the school was closed perma-nently in 2014 after the state failed to make it a success. Nevertheless, through the efforts of alumni and Supt. Warren Drake, the school underwent a $24 million renovation and got a completely new staff. It reopened last fall. The spring game will be the first home game since 2013.

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Mims, Jenkins Named Volunteers of YearIn East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools BATON ROUGE — Dr. Jackie Mims and former Rep. Woody Jenkins have been named Volunteers of the Year for Public Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish by Supt. War-ren Drake. Drake praised the two leaders for their roles in helping to bring back Istrouma High School, which was closed for good by the state four years. Supt. Drake said it was the per-sistence of Mims, Jenkins, and Is-trouma alumni that the school has made a nearly miraculous come-back. Dr. Mims serves as chair lady of the Istrouma Advisory Committee, which has advised Drake on the physical design of the school, the program offerings, and the staff. Dr. Mims formerly served as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board. She did not graduate from Istrouma but repre-sented the area on the school board and has a daughter who graduated from the school. Jenkins, the publisher of the Is-trouma Journal and Capital City

News, also is a member of the Is-trouma Advisory Committee and an active volunteer at the school. Jenkins is a 1965 graduate of Is-trouma High School where he was

student body president and vale-dictorian with a 4.0 average. He went into the radio, TV, and news-paper business and represented North Baton Rouge in the Louisi-

ana House from 1972-2000. The awards were presented by Supt. Drake during the annual ban-quet of the Foundation for East Baton Rouge Public Schools at the Marriott last week. Drake, Mims, and Jenkins all spoke at the event. Jenkins said he is very pleased with the progress being made at Istrouma since it reopened last August. He is the founder of the Istrouma Kiwanis Club, which has established a Key Club at the school and is involved with the school in many ways. To view their speeches, use your QR Code reader to click on the fol-lowing:

VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS — Supt. Warren Drake pre-sented an award to former Rep. Woody Jenkins (left) and Dr. Jackie Mims as Volunteers of the Year in Public Schools in East Baton Rouge Parish. The presentation was made during the annual banquet of the Foundation for East Baton Rouge Parish Schools

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Parkview Baptist will play Ben Franklin in the Divi-sion 2 Select first round of the playoffs Thursday in a double header at Parkview Baptist (4 and 6:30).

Parents: Michael and Fran Manzullo

Dominick is a Senior and has played for PBS for 4 years. Team’s record this season is 27-3. They are 6-AAAA District ChampsFirst year Head Coach is Emrick Jagneaux

Dominick is a returning first team all district pitcher. This year his re-cord is 7-2. 50 strike outs and a 1.77 ERA.Dominick Manzullo

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Delegate Mary ZervigonFormer delegates John Alario, Boysie Bollinger, and Judge Stan Duval Gov. John Bel Edwards autographs a memento.

Surviving delegates of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973 gathered at the State Capitol two weeks ago.

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Tony Guarisco, Gov. Edwards, A. J. Planchard, Boysie Bollinger, and Jim Brown

The former constitutional convention delegates pose with Gov. Edwards.

Delegates Woody Jenkins and Tony Guarisco, who served on Bill of Rights, and Pat Juneau

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ISTROUMA KIWANIS CLUB included Elvin Sterling, retired Southern baseball coach Roger Cador, IHS principal Reginald Douglas and IHS baseball coach Bill Umstetter.

MENTORING — Former Central Supt. Mike Faulk was invited to counsel Istrou-ma principal Reginald Douglas on raising the school’s performance scores. They were joined by Supt. Warren Drake.

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