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Belles’ Dance Team Top Ten at NationalsSee CAREER CENTER on page 7

School District Unveils New FacilityThe Zachary Community

School Board was joined by a host of business and civic leaders at a ribbon cutting for the district’s new Career and Technical facility at the Port Hudson campus Tuesday. The new 10,000 square foot facil-ity houses instructional spaces and three complete bays currently out-fitted for automotive and construc-tion classes. The new building was constructed at a cost of $1.6 mil-lion with much of the equipment being donated by area businesses.

Since August, students have been enrolled in the automotive and construction programs, but they now have a space to call their own.

The Career and Technical Cen-ter is a part of the district’s com-prehensive building plan for fa-

The Zachary High School Belles Dance Team competed in the Universal Dance As-sociation’s National Dance Team Champi-onship in Walt Disney World on February 1-2, 2014. For the first time in school history, the Belles advanced to the final round of competi-tion in the Varsity High Kick division and placed 9th in the nation with their “Mirror, Mirror” routine. The Belles also advanced to the semi-fi-nal round of competition in the Small Varsity Hip Hop division.Anyone interested in trying out for the 2014-2015 squad should email Melanie.ander-son@zacharyschools.org for more information and tryout dates and materials.Bottom row- Katlyn Daigle, Emily Leblanc, Jordyn Celestin, Kennedi Saari (secretary)Middle Row- Makenzie Ratcliff, Myiah Smothers (captain), Bailey Boudreaux, Abigail Nealy, Emma Dry, Jacelyn RastiTop Row- Madison Bruton, Kaylon Mallet, Julie Town, Fallon Ledoux, Jasmine Kinchen, Morgan Mazzarella, Melanie Anderson (coach)

Zachary standout running back Forrest Town committed to Dartmouth on National Signing Day, February 5, 2014. The 6-foot, 193-pound athlete said that he fell in love with the area in New Hampshire while attending a football camp last year.Tulane and Louisiana Tech were among the other schools interested in Town, who missed more than four games last fall because of injuries. He still rushed for 1,110 yards on 158 carries and scored 12 TDs. Town is a Zachary High honor student, and plans to be pre-med major at Dartmouth.

Forrest Town Commits to Ivy League’s Dartmouth

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Zachary Elementary January Star Students Honored Pictured left: Zachary Elementary Janu-ary Star Student Breakfast

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ACS Honor Ball Set for February 15Tickets and tables are still available for the 5th Annual American Cancer So-

ciety Zachary Mardi Gras Gala and Silent Auction. “The Honor Ball” is Satur-day, February 15th from 8pm-Midnight at the Riverside Hilton, Downtown Ba-ton Rouge. For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Renee Beadle at (225) 413-7282 or email: rtruaxbr@aol.com. All funds raised benefit the American Cancer Society.

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The Americana YMCA Launches 2014 Annual Campaign to Support Community Needs

The Americana YMCA is launch-ing its annual campaign this week to ensure that everyone in the Zachary community has access to vital com-munity programs and resources that support youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Every day, the YMCA of the Capital Area works to sup-port the people and neighbor-hoods that need it most by ad-dressing com-munity issues, such as school r e a d i n e s s , drowning pre-vention and childhood obesity.

“Throughout our community, countless people know the Y. But there’s so much more to our Y than one might think, said Kristen Ho-gan, Marketing Director, the YMCA of the Capital Area. “The Y is more than a gym. It’s a cause. As a char-ity, we’re dedicated to nurturing the potential of every child and teen, improving the nation’s health and well-being, and giving back and providing support to our neighbors.”

Last year, charitable gifts from YMCA donors made it possible for

the Y to give over $750,000 in finan-cial assistance toward Y programs and ensured that no one was turned away. Although the vast major-ity of the Y recipients are kids who come for child care, camps, sports, swimming lessons and after-school

programs, the Y also provides assis-tance to adults and seniors for over-all health and well-being programs. One hundred percent of your con-tribution will go directly to provide financial assistance and program support for deserving children and families. All donations are tax de-ductible.

To learn more about how you can support the Y’s cause, please contact Kristen Hogan, Marketing Direc-tor at khogan@ymcabr.org, or visit www.ymca.net/give or www.ymca-br.org/Donate for more information.

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Zachary Schools Adjusts School Times to Makeup Snow Day MinutesZachary Community School

District Superintendent Scott Dev-illier issued the following state-ment last Thursday pertaining to making up lost days due this past month’s icy weather:

“This year, we have been faced with unprecedented weather condi-tions which have caused the clos-ing of school for several days. As we construct the school calendar each year, we anticipate some of these days, and build a reasonable amount of contingency time into the schedules. Unfortunately, few could have imagined the number of closures we have faced already this year.

Due to state requirements, it will be necessary for students to make up some of the missed in-structional minutes lost during the January closure. It is our goal to ensure that this is done with as little disruption as possible for our students and their parents. As a re-sult, beginning on Monday, Febru-

ary 10, all Zachary Community School District schools will dis-miss 15 minutes later. The schools will adhere to the adjusted dis-missal times for the remainder of

the school year. First Student will alter the bus drop off times accord-ingly. Please see the chart below for the new dismissal schedules.

My staff and I worked to de-

velop what we believe is the most favorable solution to provide the students with the adequate instruc-tional time. We appreciate your understanding.”

School Adjusted School TimeZachary Early Learning Center 8:20 a.m.- 3:20 p.m.Northwestern Elementary School 8:30 a.m.- 3:40 p.m.Rollins Place Elementary School 8:40 a.m.- 3:50 p.m.Zachary Elementary School 8:25 a.m.- 3:35 p.m.Copper Mill Elementary School 8:10 a.m.- 3:25 p.m.Northwestern Middle School 7:20 a.m.- 2:42 p.m.Zachary High School – Main Campus 7:18 a.m.- 2:51 p.m.Zachary High School – Career and Technical Center 7:05 a.m.- 2:35 p.m.

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ZHS Library Invites the Zachary Community to Author Program Zachary residents are invited to

attend an author event on Thurs-day, February 27, hosted by the ZHS Library. Fletcher McHale, the guest author, is a writer from central Louisiana, who earned a history degree and currently lives on her century-old family farm in central Louisiana.

Her first novel, Save Us a Seat, released September, 2013, is the endearing testament of a brutally honest, no holds barred and fierce-ly loyal friendship between three women. Ride the rollercoaster of emotions as the friends navigate the sometimes hilarious, often touching and always loyal road of friendship and the joys and trials it brings.

Two writing Q&A sessions will be held in the ZHS Library at 12:45 and 1:45 p.m. for stu-dents. An after-school session at 2:45 p.m. includes a book talk, book sale and refreshments. Com-munity participants may attend any of the sessions and are asked

to register by email to christina.knight@zacharyschools.org by Thursday, February 20 [please in-dicate which session(s) you will attend].

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The Zachary High Track team particpated in the McNeese Indoor II Tournament last weekend. The Girls 4 x 200 Meter Relay set a school record and qualified 1st for the State Indoor State Championships on February 22nd. Picture Left to right is Jennifer Brown, Tia Coleman, Janie O’Connor and Dakota Williams. Janie O’Connor also set a school record in the 55 Meters, and is also ranked in the top 3 in the State. The Girls 4 x 400 also qualifed with the fastest time in the state. Relay members include Kenyetta Williams, Tia Coleman, Jennifer Brown and Janie O’Connor. Also pictured is 1600 Meter Runners Kyla Darensburg and Rhagan Rider. Daryl Anderson not pictured qualified 1st in the boys high jump for the state Indoor Meet.

Zachary High Indoor Track Runs for Gold at McNeese Tournament

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CAREER CENTER continued from page 1

Events at LaneYOU’RE INVITED to Lane

Regional Medical Center’s DIABETES SUPPORT GROUP

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New Moms’ Hope: A Postpartum De-pression Support Group

Lane Regional Medical Center is hosting New Mom’s Hope, a monthly support group for new moms suffering from post-partum depression. The group will meet Thursday, February 13, 2014, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., in the Staff Development Classroom at Lane Regional Medical Cen-

ter, 6300 Main Street, in Zachary.This FREE support group will be led by lo-cal Licensed Professional Counselor, Dana

LeTard Vicellio. The purpose of the support group is to pro-vide encouragement, education, and sup-port for mothers-to-be & new moms who are having emotional difficulty related to childbirth. Symptoms of postpartum de-

pression include:• Feeling sad or depressed• Feeling more irritable or angry with

those around you• Having difficulty bonding with your

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cilities. Students from the Zachary High School main campus and sat-ellite campus now how the option to participate in these workforce readiness programs.

District 1 Board Member Gaynell Young expressed her pride at the opening of the new build-ing on the historic Port Hudson site. Superintendent Scott Devil-lier said the new building, and the programs it will house, are an im-portant part of the expanding ca-reer and technical education focus of education in the state providing skilled workers capable of taking advantage of new job opportuni-ties.

Members of the Zachary Community School Board joined with School Administrators and Mayor David Amrhein to officially cut the ribbon the new Zachary Career and Technical Center on Tuesday February 4.

Pictured left: Zachary High School Students learn instrumentation techniques in the Auto-motive Repair Shop at the new facilities.

Pictured right: The all new wood shop for aspiring car-penters features all new work stations, as well as new tools to design custom products.

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Zachary High School Boys soc-cer team brought their regular sea-son to a close with Senior Day and a tied game against Baton Rouge High School. Seniors Burke Daigle, Thomas McHugh, Chandler Kelley, Brent Callihan, and Nathan Lowery were presented with their parents on the field prior to the game.

The Broncos took an early 1-0 lead in the game against BRHS when Senior midfielder Thomas McHugh scored a beautiful goal in the fourth minute of the game. Junior goal-keeper, Martin Fontenot, had four-teen saves which kept the Bulldogs from scoring until the final minute of the game. The final score was 1-1.

ZHS Soccer Finishes Season Strong Against Baton Rouge High

CONGRATULATIONS SENIOR PLAYERS: 04 Burke Daigle, 05 Thomas McHugh, 06 Chandler Kelley , 12 Nathan Lowery (captain) , and 08 Brent Calihan (captain). Photos by Liza Qaddourah.

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First In Counters is a Marble and Granite Family AffairBy James Ronald skains

Brad and Deborah Parnell have been in the granite and marble coun-ters and shower business since 1980. However, it wasn’t until a fam-ily meeting in 2003 that the Parnell family came together with a unified front to pursue their dreams.

“My brother, Willie and I grew up in the family business, but left the business a couple of times to pursue, what we thought at the time, were good career goals,” Dustin Parnell, CEO of the Zachary based First In Counters company related.

“Back in the late 1980’s when the bottom fell out of home building in the Baton Rouge area, my Dad moved us to Florida where he set up shop for granite, marble and cul-tured stone work. In the 1990’s when the home building business picked up steam again in the Baton Rouge area, we moved back to Zachary and Dad opened up a shop. By that time I was in high school at Zachary.”

“After graduating from high school, I attended Nichols State where I played baseball,” Dustin Parnell pointed out. “Before I fin-ished at Nichols, I transferred to Thomas College in beautiful Thom-asville, Georgia where I played baseball and coached.”

Parnell obtained a degree in busi-ness management from Thomas College (now Thomas University). Thomas University is a small pri-vate university with an enrollment of around 1,100. Class sizes average 10 students per class.

“Willie and I both worked off and on for the family business dur-

ing those early days,’’ Dustin Parnell recalled. “Willie became an electri-cian and worked in the plants in the Baton Rouge area. After 9-11, I got into the home security business with a well-established company. It seemed like everyone wanted a se-curity system after 9-11. Needless to say, I made a lot of money selling security systems.”

“However, in 2003, Dad and Mom got us together to talk about their businesses and the opportuni-ties they saw for the future in granite and marble counters. At the time, the business was doing about $650,000 a year. We put together a budget to see what kind of gross revenue we needed for Willie and me to come into the business.”

“The budget indicated that we could generate the revenues that we needed to make money although Willie and I both took pay cuts to come back to the family business,’’ Dustin Parnell related. “Actually our timing was perfect as 2 years later Katrina struck, tearing up south Louisiana and the Gulf Coast.” By expanding our business we were able to take advantage of the oppor-tunities this huge rebuilding effort required,” Dustin Parnell acknowl-edged. “Perhaps the best thing that we were able to do was to bring Wil-lie’s wife, Mandy in as our Office Manager.”

“When I started with First In Counters, it was supposed to be only part time,’’ Mandy Parnell said with a laugh. “I started doing invoicing, then added inventory, and then add-ed scheduling. Before I realized it, I was doing everything and enjoying

it.”“Prior to coming to work with

First In Counters, I had picked some management experience which I built on, after starting here. I do ad-mit that I had a “take charge” atti-tude before I came to work here. But my ability to multi-task has made the job easier for me.”

First In Counters services South-ern Louisiana with natural stone (custom granite countertops), cul-tured marble, Portofino and Tile showers, and quartz surfaces. First In Counters has developed into one of the South’s premier fabricators of hard surface products. The fam-ily owned and operated company has built a reputation on impeccable craftsmanship, honest business and satisfied customers since 1974 when Brad Parnell first started installing stone.

Sixty percent of the stone used by First In Counters is imported from Italy and Brazil. One of their major suppliers is Verona Marble Compa-ny of Verona, Italy. First In Counters is a member of the Marble Institute of America, Stone Fabricators Alli-ance, Capital Region Builders Alli-ance, and the BBB Reliability Pro-gram.

“First In Counters is not only a family business, but a third genera-tion family business,’’ Mandy Par-nell pointed out. “Our son, Zachary who is 23 has been working on our installation crews since he was 17.”

First In Counters can turn out a lot of kitchens and bathrooms in a week. The installation crew employs 16 people; ten more are employed in the fabrication shop, inventory yard

and office. Granite and Marble stone weigh between 25 and 40 pounds per square feet. Special equipment is required to move the slabs of stone in the fabrication shop.

The First In Counters shop is a state-of-the-art stone work area with overhead cranes, material handling devices, polishing equipment and stone cutting equipment designed for a variety of different cut, including counter top edges and backsplashes.

Stone has unique natural veining, pitting, fissures, micro-cracks, and color variations including patterns, markings, and darker or lighter spots, which are all natural charac-teristics of stone. Characteristics are not meant to be deficiencies or faults, nor can they be avoided in fabrication. The surface of granite is not as consistently smooth or shiny as glass to the eye or touch.

“We can produce three times as much now, than we could back in 2006,’’ Dustin Parnell stated. “Our equipment upgrade has helped, but overall our company employees have well over a hundred years’ experience in working with stone. We do work from Natchez to the Gulf Coast and all throughout Baton Rouge and South Louisiana.”

Parnell concluded, “First In Counters is one of the few contrac-tors in the State of Louisiana certi-fied to handle granite and marble. It wasn’t easy to get that certification. It took a lot of classroom work and working with the Marble Institute of American to reach our goal of being able to do the very best job possible for our customers.”

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Mr. and Mrs. Lio-nel Kelly of Zachary are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Ashley Shy-rell Kelly to Trevor Deon Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Parker of Ba-ton Rouge. The couple will wed in a 6 pm cer-emony on March 8, 2014 at Ashley Manor Catering and Event Center in Baton Rouge.

The bride-elect is a 2006 graduate of Zachary High School and a 2011 graduate of Southern Uni-versity and A&M College. She is employed as a Mid-dle School History Teach-er at Lake Charles Charter Academy.

The groom-elect is a graduate of Scotlandville Magnet High School and Southern University and A&M College and works as a Mechanical Engi-neer with CB&I in Lake Charles.

Kelly and Parker to Wed

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Collins Reese Casey

Brittany and Tony Casey are pleased to announce the arrival of their baby girl, Collins Reese Casey. She was born on Decem-ber 12, 2013 at Lane Regional Medical Center. She weighed 6 lbs., 12 ounces. Maternal grand-parents are Valmond and Linda Wallace of Zachary. Paternal grandmother is Brenda Casey of Ethel, La.

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The 2014 Miss Zachary Pageant will be held at ZHS Preforming Arts Center on Saturday, March 15. The Miss Zachary Pageant is a part of the annual Zachary Arts and Music Fes-tival.

There will be nine divisions for beauty queens ages 0 to 23. The Miss Zachary pageant is a Sunday Best pageant (No Glitz). Anyone wishing to participate in the 0 to 10 age divi-sion, only needs to wear a nice Sun-day dress. Ages 11 to 16 should wear a long formal or party dress, while the 17 to 23 years of age must wear a prom dress.

All participants who receive an award at the March 15 pageant will appear at ZFest for a fashion show on Saturday, March 22, at 1:30 p.m.

To register for the Miss Zachary Pageant, visit www.Zfest.us to down-load rules and registration form or contact Rhonda Gerald, pageant di-rector, by emailing misszacharypag-eant@yahoo.com.

Plenty of awards will be given in each division. Miss Queen and Teen Queen winners will represent Zach-ary throughout the upcoming year at various community events. All Queens will appear in the Zachary Christmas parade and at ZFest.

The nine divisions in the Miss Zachary Pageant are as follows:

Div. 1: 0 to 12 months - Infant Crawlers

Div. 2: 13 to 23 months - Infant Walkers

Div. 3: 2 to 3 years old - Toddler

MissDiv. 4: 4 to 5 years old - Petite

MissDiv. 5: 6 to 7 years old - Little MissDiv. 6: 8 to 10 years old - Jr. Teen

MissDiv. 7: 11 to 13 years old - Teen

(Middle School)Div. 8: 14 to 16 years old - Teen

(High School)Div. 9: 17 to 23 years old - Miss

Zachary (Queen will advance to the State Pageant)

For Divisions 1 thru 8, the birth-day cut-off date is March 1, 2013. The age a participant is on that date will be the division they compete in.

For the ‘Miss’ contestants, girls must be aged no younger than 17 or older than 23 on Jan. 19, 2014.

Miss Zachary Pageant Set for March 15, Registration Now Open

Legendz Sports Academy in Zachary is looking for a couple of athletes for its

2014 Spring & Summer boy’s baseball 9U & 10U programs. If your son is interested

in participating in local tourna-ment competition please send your email request

for information to Legendz at info@legendzsportsacademy.org. or call Todd

Hernandez at 225-270-2298

Legendz Baseball 9U and 10U

Looking for Players

Spring Baseball Online Registra-tion is open nowa nd will close Feb-ruary 23, 2014.

Divisions and Ages:

4/5 yr old coed tball.

6U coed Coach pitch

7/8 Coach pitch

9/10 baseball, 11/12 baseball and 13/15 baseball

Fees are $55.00 for t-ball & $70.00 coach pitch and up.

Tentative dates for drafts and team assembly is Feb. 25th- Feb.27th.

Zachary Youth Baseball Now Registering for Spring BallPractices could begin as soon as

March 3, 2014.Games will begin March 31,

2014. The city of Zachary has made

lots of improvements to our park; one of the biggest is the artificial turf on the fields. Please know that sun-flower seeds, gum and tobacco are not allowed in the park as they will damage the fields. There are desig-nated smoking areas for your conve-nience, so if you smoke, make sure you are in one of these areas.

Interested parents and youth can refgister at http://www.eteamz.com/zacharyyouthbaseball or by follow-ing a link on the City of Zachary webpage at www.cityofzachary.org.

NMS to Present The Little Mermaid, Jr. Northwestern Middle school

Drama department will present Disney’s “The Little Mermaid, Jr.” production on Wednesday, Feb. 19th, Thursday, Feb. 20th, and Friday, February 21st each night beginning at 7:00 PM. Tick-ets can be purchased from the NMS office for $7.00 a seat. Re-maining tickets will be sold at the door for $10.00. These shows sell out so get your tickets early!

BREC STRATEGIC PLAN MEETING SCHEDULE

FIND THIS SCHEDULE ONLINE AT WWW.BREC.ORG/IMAGINEYOURPARKS2

All meetings below are area meetings, to be held from 6–7:00 p.m.

FebruaryTues., Feb. 4– Independence Road Park, Antioch Boulevard Park, Pride-Chaneyville Branch LibraryThurs., Feb. 6– Anna T. Jordan Community Park, Plank Road Park, Gus Young ParkTues., Feb. 11– City Park (meeting at McKinley Middle School), Ben Burge ParkThurs., Feb. 13– Jackson Park, Baker Recreation Center, Hamilton Ave. ParkTues., Feb. 18– Forest Community Park, Cadillac Street Park, Barringer Road ParkThurs., Feb. 20– North Sherwood Forest Community Park, Louisiana School for the Deaf and the Visually Impaired, Flanacher Road ParkTues., Feb. 25– River Center Branch Library (Downtown), Greenwood Community Park, Highland Road Community Park

MarchTues., Mar. 11–Howell Community Park, Santa Maria Golf Course, Jefferson Methodist ChurchThurs., Mar. 13–Bluebonnet Regional Branch Library, Cedar Ridge Avenue Park, Church Street ParkTues., Mar. 18–Monte Sano Park, Lovett Road ParkSecond Parish-Wide Meeting–Details TBA

Share your ideas with us online at iyp2.mindmixer.com, or submit them directly at planning@brec.org.