SOUTHEAST — The battle to create a new community school system in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish is about to take on a entirely new dimension. Now supporters of the new district say they are considering launching a drive to incorporate Southeast Baton Rouge into a new municipality. Norman Browning, chairman of Local Schools for Local Children, said there are at least three reasons to form a new municipality: • Facilitate creation of the Southeast school district • Allow Southeast residents to control planning and zoning within the school district, and • Serve as a bulwark against crime in the City of Baton Rouge. Browning said no decision has been made but that the topic will begin to be discussed publicly at a GOP Nabs ex-General Counsel of Democratic Party ® NEWS NEWS CAPITAL CITY CAPITAL CITY Baton Rouge’s Community Newspaper Thursday, June 13, 2013 • Vol. 22, No. 12 • 16 Pages • Serving Baton Rouge • www.capitalcitynews.us • 225-261-5055 Serious Debate On Proposal To Incorporate Southeast BR Coach Miles Goes ‘Over the Edge’ BLACK, CONSERVATIVE, AND NOW REPUBLICAN — Republican parish official Dr. Trey Thomas (left) and state GOP chair- man Roger Villere (center) welcomed two black conservative Democrats, Central Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington (2nd) and Sen. Elbert Guillory (4th), to the Republican Party, along with former Louisiana Democratic Party general counsel Randy Piedrahita (5th). BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Family Forum says more than 100,000 children are available for adoption in the United States, in- cluding many with special needs. Here in Louisiana, more than 500 children could be adopted, and the Family Forum has set a goal of helping at least 100 of those chil- dren to find a family to permanent- ly call their own. LSU coach Les Miles went “over the edge” to get people thinking about adoption. See WILL on Page 16 Photo by Woody Jenkins SOUTHEAST — Supporters of the proposed Southeast Ba- ton Rouge Community School District said Wednesday the recently-completed legislative session was far more successful than most people realize. Norman Browning, chair- man of Local Schools for Lo- cal Children, said the passage of SB 199 has placed the new school district in the Louisi- ana Revised Statutes. “That is done. We passed the legislation through four committee hear- ings and both houses of the leg- islature. We don’t have to do that again. Now we can focus on passage of the constitutional amendment, but that’s not our only option.” Browning said Key Issues: Education, Crime Only Voters Decide Issue of Whether to Create Municipality SE Backers Say La. Constitution May Not Need To Be Amended Key Democrats Switch to Republican Party Central’s No. 2 Man, State Senator Say ‘Democrats Left Us’ LSU Coach Says It’s Time to Get Serious about Adoption of Kids LSU coach Les Miles rappelled off One American Place to promote adoption. See SE BR on Page 16 See LES MILES on Page 4 BATON ROUGE — Over the past week, three key Democratic of- ficials have announced they are switching to Republican. Two of them are black conservatives. State Sen. Elbert Guillory of Opelousas announced his change of party registration at a national conference of black conservative leaders held in Baton Rouge last week. Guillory became the first black Republican in the Louisiana Legislature since Reconstruction. See BLACK on Page 8 Students, Teachers Secretly Recorded Cell Phone Videos That Capture Violence in EBR Schools. See Page 2 Cell Phones Record Violence in Schools Cell Phones Record Violence in Schools Students, Teachers Secretly Recorded Cell Phone Videos That Capture Violence in EBR Schools. See Page 2
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SOUTHEAST — The battle to create a new community school system in the southeast part of East Baton Rouge Parish is about to take on a entirely new dimension. Now supporters of the new district say they are considering launching a drive to incorporate Southeast Baton Rouge into a new municipality. Norman Browning, chairman of Local Schools for Local Children, said there are at least three reasons to form a new municipality: •Facilitate creation of theSoutheast school district •Allow Southeast residents tocontrol planning and zoning within the school district, and •Serve as a bulwark againstcrime in the City of Baton Rouge. Browning said no decision has been made but that the topic will begin to be discussed publicly at a
BLACK, CONSERVATIVE, AND NOW REPUBLICAN—RepublicanparishofficialDr.TreyThomas(left)andstateGOPchair-manRogerVillere(center)welcomedtwoblackconservativeDemocrats,CentralMayorPro-TemRalphWashington(2nd)andSen.ElbertGuillory(4th),totheRepublicanParty,alongwithformerLouisianaDemocraticPartygeneralcounselRandyPiedrahita(5th).
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Family Forum says more than100,000 children are available for adoption in the United States, in-cluding many with special needs. HereinLouisiana,morethan500children could be adopted, and the
Family Forum has set a goal ofhelping at least 100 of those chil-drentofindafamilytopermanent-ly call their own. LSU coach Les Mileswent“overtheedge”togetpeople thinking about adoption.
See WILL on Page 16
PhotobyWoodyJenkins
SOUTHEAST — Supporters of the proposed Southeast Ba-ton Rouge Community School District said Wednesday therecently-completed legislative session was far more successful than most people realize. Norman Browning, chair-man of Local Schools for Lo-cal Children, said the passage of SB 199 has placed the new school district in the Louisi-anaRevisedStatutes.“Thatisdone.Wepassedthelegislationthrough four committee hear-ings and both houses of the leg-islature. We don’t have to dothat again. Now we can focus on passage of the constitutional amendment, but that’s not ouronly option.” Browning said
Key Issues: Education, Crime
Only Voters DecideIssue of Whether toCreate Municipality
SE Backers Say La. ConstitutionMay Not NeedTo Be Amended
Key Democrats Switch to Republican PartyCentral’s No. 2 Man,State Senator Say‘Democrats Left Us’
LSU Coach Says It’s Time to GetSerious about Adoption of Kids
LSU coach Les Miles rappelled off One American Place to promote adoption.
See SE BR on Page 16See LES MILES onPage4
BATON ROUGE — Over the pastweek, three key Democratic of-ficials have announced they areswitching to Republican. Two of them are black conservatives. State Sen. Elbert Guillory ofOpelousas announced his changeof party registration at a national conference of black conservative leaders held in Baton Rouge last week. Guillory became the firstblack Republican in the Louisiana Legislature since Reconstruction.
See BLACK on Page 8
Students, Teachers Secretly Recorded Cell Phone Videos That Capture Violence in EBR Schools. See Page 2
Cell Phones RecordViolence in SchoolsCell Phones RecordViolence in Schools
Students, Teachers Secretly Recorded Cell Phone Videos That Capture Violence in EBR Schools. See Page 2
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Dramatic Videos Secretly Recorded in EBR SchoolsByTeachers,StudentsDocumentExtentofViolence
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EastMiddleSchoolthatcouldnotbe containedby aSheriff’s depu-ty who had to call for more units. The incident involved a number of students and school staff.Mul-tiple units were required to get control of the situation. Eight middle school stu-dents were de-tained and hand-cuffed. On May 3, BATON ROUGE — Supporters of the
proposed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System have released a dramatic video that doc-uments violence and other illegal activities in public schools such as Woodlawn, Broadmoor, and TaraHigh Schools.
The film is a compilation ofvideos secretly recorded by pub-lic school teachers and students, as well as local TV news reports. Mostof thevideoswererecordedinMay2013. The teachers risked their jobs by recording the incidents and releas-ing the videos to the public. Video clips include •The beating of a child on anEast Baton Rouge Parish school bus.A parent was outraged by avideo of the incident which showed her child being beaten senseless for minutes with no assistance. The bus failed to stop, and the in-cident was not reported to law en-forcement as required by law. The parentsaid,“Iamfuriousandcon-cerned that students are not safe in the school system. This has to stop
andnow.”TheEastBatonRougeParish school system responded that it was an isolated incident. •AroaringbrawlatWoodlawnHigh School featuring a muscular student stripped to the waist who was menacing scores of other stu-dents on the school grounds. •Multiple fights going on inthe Belaire High School gym with screamingandfistsswinging. •AschoolbusdriverwhorapedaWoodlawnHigh School specialneeds student. •AbeatinginthehallsofWood-lawn High School. •Afive-year-oldchildleftaban-doned on a parish school bus for two hours. His mother said it was no accident •AbrawlatTaraHighSchool,as students watched and a teacher tried to intervene. •The rape of a 14-year-old byan 18-year-old special needs stu-dent in the school auditorium. •The Broadmoor High lunch-room engulfed in violence and fighting. •Attacks in the hallway atBroadmoor High as a student was pounded in the head. •An attack on a student atWoodlawnHighSchool. •Another attack at WoodlawnHigh School as a teacher unsuc-cessfully tried to intervene. •Aviolent altercationatSouth
No One Can ViewThis DocumentaryWithout RealizingWe Have Problem
2013,thereweresixseparatefightsreportedatWoodlawnHigh. On May 13, 2013, a fight atSouthEastMiddleledtothereportof a student with a gun. The video says that for many of the students attending public schools in East Baton Rouge Par-ish, this is the reality. In an interview last week, a school employee reported that many of thestudentsatWoodlawnHigharebused into Southeast Baton Rouge from failing schools taken over by the Recovery School District. It is no wonder that the people of Southeast Baton Rouge want their own school system. The East Baton Rouge Parish school system is out of control and cannot main-tain order in the schools. To watch the video, go to www.vimeo.com/67358394
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BATON ROUGE — Here are some of the questions and answers from Supt.MikeFaulk’s appearance atthe Baton Rouge Press Club: Question:Whatare thesecretsto putting together an outstanding school system? Faulk: Our success has beenbasedonfourthings:1)Highqual-ityteachingstaff,2)Amanageablepupil-teacher ratio, which started at20:1and isnow22:1,3)Mak-ing resources available to teachers in the classroom, and 4) Havingmeaningful professional develop-ment during the summer but not by pulling them out of the classroom. Question: Whataboutthebreak-away school district in Southeast Baton Rouge? Faulk: Local communities should have the choice to control the quality of their schools. You need committed people in leader-ship capacities. Question: What about the fi-nances of the new school district? Faulk: A lot of people ques-tioned the fiscal capacity of thenew Central school district. But we’vemanagedourresources.Wehaveabudgetof$36millionand
a surplus on hand of $10 million. [Editor’sNote:Centralhasno in-dustryormajortaxbase.Itispri-marily a residential community.] Question:Aresmallschooldis-tricts better? Faulk:Ifadistrictistoobig,it’shard to manage. Question:WouldanewdistrictimpacttheMFPnegatively? Faulk: If you have more and moredistricts,thewaytheMFPisstructured, it could negatively im-pact some districts. Question: Should theMFP berestructured? Faulk: Weshouldexamine thefactors that go into theMFP for-mula, such as net assessed valua-tionandsalestaxes.Butbecare-ful what you ask for, because you might get it. Question: Are you againstvouchers and school choice? Faulk: Vouchers and school choice should be funded outside the MFP, but we recognize theneedtoprovideschoolchoice.Forexample, some school districts,such as ours in Central, are starting virtual schools.
CENTRAL SCHOOLS SUPT. MIKE FAULK addressed members of the Baton Rouge Press Club on the recent legislative session and a broad range of education issues.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Central schoolsSupt.Mike Faulk spoke to theBatonRouge Press Club just before the end ofthelegislativesession.Faulkbeganas the first employee of the CentralCommunity School System in 2007andhired400employees.TheCentralsystemisnowtheNo.2-rankedofthestate’s69schoolsystems,despitehav-ing58percentofitsstudentpopulationon the free or reduced lunch program. FaulkispresidentoftheLouisianaAs-sociation of School Superintendents and was recently named Louisiana’sSuperintendent of the Year.
Question: What about teachercertification,isitimportant? Faulk:WhenIwassuperinten-dentinMorehouseParish,wehadashortageofcertifiedteachers,andwe hired teachers working toward certification.Theyhadthreeyearsto qualify. But today in Central, we find no shortage of fully certifiedteachers. If you have a quality pro-gram with proven results, you look forquality.Ihavehadexperiencewith some teachers with alternative certificateswhoworked outwell.
Question: How do the superin-tendentsrelatetoStateSupt.JohnWhite? Faulk: When JohnWhite wasappointed, we reached out to him, and he reached out to us. But we feel he could reach out more. There is a difference between lis-teningandhearing.Wewanttobeheard. Question: What about havingtwo diplomas? Faulk: We actually have threeor four types of diplomas now, and it is true that not everyone needs togotocollege.Weneedtogivestudents what they can use, and we need to do more career preparation. Question:Whatimportantedu-cation issues are we not hearing about? Faulk: Retirement. Unfunded accrued liabilities will creep up its ugly head and devastate school systems and all state agencies. In some governmental bodies, it is up 15to27percent.Whenyoucon-sider that 82 percent of our costsare personnel, you see that you havetodosomething.Iexpectthatwe will hit a brick wall, and it will be devastating. Question: What about legacycosts [for retirees’ health insur-ance]? Faulk: It encourages privati-zation. In Central, we privatized from the beginning, in order to minimize future legacy costs.
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BATON ROUGE —Louisiana Fam-ilyForumandLSUheadcoachLesMiles went “Over the Edge” foradoption last week. Their goal was to bring attention to the need to re-duce red tape in the adoption pro-cessandhelpfindpermanentfami-lies for 100 Louisiana children. In order to get the discussion going, the pro-family group and Coach Miles organized a dream
event for the news media — Coach Miles andmore than 50 other ce-lebrities and ordinary citizens rap-pellingoffOneAmericanPlace,thetallest building in downtown Baton Rouge. Participants said it was an amaz-ing—andrelativelysafe—expe-rience. For more information onwhat you can do to promote adop-tion, go to www.lafamilyforum.org.
Todd Goudin (center) going over the edge of One American Place. Celebrities and ordinary citizens alike showed up to bring attention to adoption.
Rep. Erich Ponti supporting “Over the Edge” for adoption
Lauren Ventrella (left) of Central helped bring awareness about adoption
6 CITY NEWSThursday,June13,2013
Central Rallies to Aid Victims of Tornado
Volunteer Host Families NeededVolunteer host family for high school agestudent attending Central High School
forthe2013-2014schoolyear.These students enjoy singing, music, dance, sports,and piano; has own spending money and insurance.
Wouldliketosharecultureandtraditions.ContactSonyaAydellat225-603-6147orsaydell@icesusa.org or www.icesusa.org
Gov. Jindal Praises Central’s Giving Spirit CENTRAL — Gov. Bobby Jindalattended Cooking in Central Satur-day and praised the Central com-munity for its efforts to aid victims ofthetornadoinMoore,Oklahoma.
JindalsaidCentralisanexampleofAmericaatitsbest.AnemotionalMooreelementaryschoolprincipalKathyKnowlessaidCentral’sges-ture was part of the healing process.
Cooking chairman Louis DeJohn Gov. Bobby Jindal and Coach Skip Bertman were on hand to present a check to Kathy Knowles of Moore, Okla.
Gov. Bobby Jindal Gov. Bobby Jindal with the Blue Star Moms
Jeff Burnett, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Dan McNamara, and Coach Skip Bertman Excitementwhenwinnerof$10,000rafflewasannounced
Some of the volunteers who made Cooking in Central a success
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Black Conservatives from Across America Rally at At-Large Conference
Sen.ElbertGuilloryandfilmproducerC.L.Bryant GOP chairman Roger Villere, Rep. Lenar Whitney, Star Parker, and C.L. Bryant Star Parker
Congressional candidate Dwain Bailey Dr. Charles Thomas and guest DeneenBorelliofFoxNews Dr. Timothy Johnson and guest
K. Carl Smith Conference guest Adonica Duggan
Guillory’s announcement cameattheAtLargeConferenceheldatthe Crowne Plaza Hotel on Con-stitutionAvenueoffI-10inBatonRouge. The term “at large” wasused to describe a slave who had escaped from the plantation before theCivilWar.Conferenceorganiz-ers said the new plantation is gov-ernment entitlements, which are keeping black people in bondage. ButSen.Guillorysaid,“Weblackconservativesare‘atlarge’because
we reject the bondage of the new plantationbasedonentitlements.” One of those attending theAt-Large Conference was City of Cen-tralMayorPro-TemRalphWash-ington, who like Guillory was aconservativeblackDemocrat. Washington said that listeningto the speakers at the conference and seeing the courage they had to speak the truth was what inspired him to join the Republican Party. “IcannolongeraffiliatemyselfwiththeDemocraticPartyandthe
thingstheystandfor,”hesaid. WashingtonwasamainspeakeratTuesday’sRonaldReaganNews-makerLuncheon atCaféAméric-ainonJeffersonHighway.Hetoldhis life story — how he was born atNewOrleansCharityHospital,one of 12 children raised in pov-erty, how he attended segregated schools,andwasonthefirstbusofblack children who integrated East AscensionHighSchool. His father and other black par-ents rode behind the school bus
with shotguns in their pickup trucks. When the bus pulled infront of the school, the parents weren’tallowedtoentertheschoolproperty.Anangrycrowdofwhitestudents was pounding on the bus and shouting racial slurs. WhenWashingtonexitedthebus,hewaspushedandshoved.Frightened,hegot back on the bus. “But I realized then,” he said,“thatyouhave togetoff thebus,and I did!” Washington made itintoEastAscensionHighSchool,
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Black Conservatives from Across America Rally at At-Large Conference
Star Parker Sen. Gerald Long and Sen. Elbert Guillory
Dr. Timothy Johnson and guest Barbara Thomas
Baton Rouge Republican leader Harold Williams U.S. Senate candidate from Mississippi
Eric Lewis of Baton Rougebecame successful, and was cho-sen to represent the school at Boys State. He went on to Southern University and earned his degree. “You have to bewilling to getoff thebus!”he told theRepubli-cans at the Reagan luncheon. When hewas a child, some ofthe other black boys pointed at the industrial plant near their home and said they wanted to work in that plant when they grew up. But Washington told them, “Iwant torunthatplant!”Andeventuallyhe
did. Then after a company buyout, Washingtondecidedtostartabusi-ness, Red Stick Cleaners, in Central. WhenCentralincorporated,hewasappointed to the Central City Coun-cil.Whenelectionswereheld,heledthefieldof12candidateswithmore than65percentof thevote.Not bad, considering more than 90 percent of the voters were white. TheCityCouncilnamedWash-ington the mayor pro-tem, a post he stillholds.“I’mnotaDemocrat,”hetoldtheRepublicans,“andyou
can be sure I believe in the right to keep and bear arms and our other constitutionalliberties.”Toacheer-ing,standingovation,Washingtonwas welcomed to the Republican PartybystateGOPchairmanRog-erVillere.Washingtonisnowthehighest ranking black Republican cityofficialinLouisiana. Also on hand to announce hischange of registration was promi-nent Baton Rouge attorney Randy Piedrahita, a partner in the firmof Dué, Price, Guidry, Piedrahita
&Andrews. Piedrahita formerlyserved asGeneralCounsel of theLouisianaDemocraticParty. But Piedrahita said he had al-ways felt he was a conservative andinrecentyearstheDemocraticParty had moved so far away from his beliefs that he could not stay there any longer. He too said the right to keep and bears arms is one of his most important issues. FormoreontheAtLargeCon-ference, go to www.atlargeconfer-ence.com
Club•6:30p.m. The Central Bloomers GardenClub is honored to have Bob Sou-vestrepresent“SummerColorintheLandscape, Plants Need a Vacation Too!”attheCentralLibraryonJoorRoad. The public is invited to attend. Forinformation,contactJanCobbat261-9208or405-0831.
Tuesday, June 18Central Community Alliance
Meeting•7p.m. TheCentralCommunityAlliancewill hold a Louisiana Legislative Up-date in theDEMCOmeeting room,16262 Wax Road. Senators DaleErdey and Bodi White and Repre-sentatives Valarie Hodges and Barry Ivey will be the featured speakers.
June 20 and 21Hot Summer Nights & Cool Jazz
Thepopular“HotSummerNights&Cool Jazz” concert series returnstotheLSUSchoolofMusicRecitalHall. General admission tickets are$20; LSU faculty, staff, and seniortickets are $15; and LSU studentstickets are $10, with student I.D.Tickets are available for purchase on-
BATON ROUGE — Events coming up in and around the capital city:
Saturday, June 15Lights,Camera,Action!•10a.m.
Award-winning actor, Jerry Leg-gio, will cover the history of motion pictures in Louisiana at the Bluebon-net Library. The program is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the BatonRougeGenealogicalandHis-toricalSociety.Forinformation,visitwww.batonrougegenealogy.org or callMaryMcKeoughat924-8921.
Saturday, June 15Celebration•1to5p.m.
A Juneteenth Celebrationwill beheld at GusYoung Park, 4200 GusYoungAve. Comejoin thecelebra-tion with great food, festivities, mu-sic,andfun.Forinformation,contactTwahnaHarrisat389-3182orCherylFordat389-7805.
Saturday, June 15Dance•7to10p.m.
A dance, featuring Elvis tributeartist JayDupuis andBand,will beheld at Kristenwood, 14025 Green-well Springs Road. Dance is opentoanyone21yearsorolder.Ticketsare$15perpersonandareavailableatSt.AlphonsusParishOffice,14040GreenwellSpringsRoad.
June 17 through 19Todd McClure Youth
FootballCamp•6to8p.m. Coach Sid Edwards and Central Highwillhost the3rdAnnualToddMcClureYouthFootballCamp.Costis$20forages5toincomingfresh-men. Pre-register online at central-youthfootball.net.
line at www.music.lsu.edu or by call-ing578-6941.
Saturday, June 22Bayou All Stars Football &CheerleaderCamp•8a.m.
The11thAnnualBayouAllStarsFootballandCheerleaderCampwillbe held at Southern University Lab School. The camp is for boys and girls ages 9 through 18. The camp is free and t-shirts and refreshments will be provided. For information,visit www.sulabschool.org, email [email protected], orCouncilDistrict2officeat389-8331.
Saturday, June 22Right to Life Breakfast
9 a.m. to 11:30.m. Sen.DavidVitterwillbethemain
June 17 through 20Volleyball Camp
Michelle LeBouef will host twosessions of Volleyball Camps. Ses-sion1:June17through20,8a.m.to12noon.Costis$100andisopentoallincoming5ththrough8thgraders.Session2:July15through17,9a.m.to12noon.Costis$75andisopentoallincoming2ndthrough5thgraders.RegistrationdeadlineisMay31.Forinformation, contact Michele LeB-ouef at [email protected].
June 17 through 21Sports Fitness Camp for Girls
The 2nd Annual Central MiddleSchoolSportsFitnessCampforGirlswill be held at the Central MiddleSchoolgym.Costis$75andincludescampshirt.9a.m.to12noon—in-
DANELL BRICE,a30-yearresident of Central, graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond with a bachelor of science degree innursing.Danellhasbeenaregistered nurse for 18 years and returned to school after raising hertwochildren,AdamandAu-brey Brice, both of Central. She will continue her graduate nurs-ing studies in the family nurse practitionerprogram.Danellisshown with her mother, Carol Dodge.
BLAKELI ENTREMONT signs a let-terof intent toattendMillsapsCollegeinJackson,Miss.inthefallof2013whereshewill be majoring in pre-medicine. Blakeli received an academic scholarship and will beplayingsoftballatMillsaps.SheisanhonorsgraduateoftheClassof2013fromParkview Baptist. Blakeli maintained an overall3.95GPAand isamemberof theBeta Club, National Honors Society, and Fellowship of ChristianAthletes. In the2013 softball season, she was named 1stTeam All-District pitcher, District MVP,and1stTeamAll-Metropitcher.Shewaschosen as a 2013 WAFB High SchoolSports Scholar. Blakeli is the daughter of Church and Tonya Entremont of Central andthegranddaughterofJoeandRoseannDileo of Central and Chuck and PhyllisEntremont of Pride.
CENTRAL HIGH BASEBALL CAMP was held May 28 through 30 at the high school base-ball field. The players were broken into groups and give instruction on all phases of baseball. Each day, a live game was played and special prizes were given by coaches at the end of camp. Six coaches and former and current play-ers helped with the camp. They were Coach Mike Forbes, Coach Hunter Decell, Mark Taylor, Micah Jones, Travis Ste-vens, and Kevin “Bubba” Dunn.
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speaker at this annual pro-life event. St.ThomasMore,11441Goodwood.$35apersonor$240atable.CallJu-lieat749-8260forreservations.Doorprizes and more!
Saturday, June 22“Once Upon a Bayou” Art Show
TheRuralLifeMuseumisholdinganexhibit,“OnceUponaBayou,”aretrospect show for world-renowned Louisiana artist Chestee Harrington. For information, contact [email protected].
Sunday, June 23Vacation Bible School KickoffBackyardBash•5to7p.m.
AVacationBible SchoolKickoffBackyard Bash will be held at Indian Mound Baptist Church, 16755 Lib-erty Road. Vacation Bible School is June24through28,6to8:30p.m.forkidsages4through11.Forinforma-tionortoregister,call261-8271.
June24through27Wildcat Softball Camp
Central High School will host a Softball Camp. Cost is $60 for ages 7through12.Forinformation,[email protected].
Thursday, June 27HeritageLectureSeries•6p.m.
RodDreher,Americanwriterandeditor, LSU graduate, and resident of St.Francisville,willjoinFoundationfor Historical Louisiana members and guests as the featured speaker in itsHeritageLectureseriesattheOldGovernor’sMansion.Thelectureisfree for FHLmembers and $10 forguests.Forinformationcall387-2464or visit www.fhl.org.
Saturday, June 29Color In Motion 5K
AColorInMotion5Kwillbeheldat the Central Intermediate School, 12636SullivanRoad.Proceedswillhelp build a community bike/walk path. Use special promo codes: Ear-ly1–20percentofftillMay24andEarly2–10percentofftillJune14.VisitColorInMotion5K.com.
July 8 through 11Central Basketball Elite Camp
The camp is offered to a limited number of players between the ages of12and14.Thiscampisforexpe-rienced players who want to improve theirskillsforthenextlevelandpre-pare for the upcoming season. Play-ers will be videoed and their progress willbereviewedprior toeachday’sworkout and they will receive daily
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feedback on their performance and progress. For information contactCoach Ron Lewis at [email protected].
July 8 through 12Masterpiece Kids Summer
ArtsCamp•9a.m.to12noon FirstBaptistChurchBatonRouge,529 Convention Street, will host aMasterpieceSummerArtsCamp.Thecost is $10 per child, which includes allartsuppliesandat-shirt.Forinfor-mation, call 343-0397, email [email protected], or visit www.fbcbr.com.
Saturday, June 15Bellingrath Reunion
There will be a Bellingrath Re-unionatthenewMiddleSchoolcaf-eteriafrom4to8p.m.Itwillbeforfaculty, staff, students, parents, and grandparents who were involved withBellingrathfrom1966to2000.Onlyadultsareinvited.Gotowww.Bellingrathreunion.webs.com to reg-
. Class Reunions ,
ister and get more information.Saturday, August 17
Istrouma Class of ’73 Reunion IstroumaHighClass of ’73willhave a reunion at Kristenwood, 14025 Greenwell Springs. Con-tact Rhona C. Watson, 654-7716or [email protected] or Debbieor Danny Wellman, 261-8358 [email protected].
POLITICS WITH A PUNCH helditsfirstregulardinneratLobbyCafédowntownlastThursday.Apaneldiscussedstateandnationalpoliticswithahumoroustouch.Speakersincluded(lefttoright)politicalconsultantRoyFletcher,pollsterBerniePin-sonat,stateRepublicanPartychairmanRogerVillere,TheDeadPelicaneditorChadRogers,newspapereditorWoodyJenkins,andBayouBuzzeditorSteveSabludowsky.Formoreinformationontheforum,[email protected].
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sanchez CENTRAL — HollyAnn Thomp-sonandScottJosephSanchez,bothof Baton Rouge, were married in a 6p.m.ceremonyMarch2,2013,atGreenwellSpringsBaptistChurch.Rev.DennisTerryofficiated. The bride is the daughter of Tim and Connie Thompson of Green-well Springs. She is the grand-daughter of Ann Lewis Blanton,thelateNormanLewis,thelateJo-sephineStassiWalker,andthelate
Pershing Thompson. The groom is the son of Randy and Tracey Sanchez of DenhamSprings. He is the grandson of the late Stanley and Ethel Hull Ponson, the late Alex and Ruth Sanchez,andAudreyBell. The bride was attended by her maid of honor, Lauren Thompson andhermatronofhonor,DanielleWagley.BridesmaidswereLayneDufour, Brandyn Landry, HayleySanchez, Erin Schweinefus, and NicolWicker.JuniorbridesmaidswereLindynLandryandWhitneySchweinefus.FlowergirlwasSo-phieWagley. The groom was attended by his best men, Brian Allen and WesEaton. Groomsmen were JustinBecnel, Whitaker Bell, Kyle He-bert, Yancey Landry, and JustinOufnac.UsherswereChrisBoss-ier, Dustin Eaton, and MatthewRichard.RingbearerswereGavinLandryandAidenSchweinefus. ReaderswereJeannieBruceandTannaMcClure. SoloistwereJa-mie Smith. Greeters were BellaHayduandMadisonMalejko. A reception tookplace atBou-dreaux’s.ThecouplewillresideinWalker.
PLAQUEMINE — Alise Borruanoof Plaquemine and Darrell Ash-ford,Jr.ofCentralwillmarryina1p.m.ceremonyonAug.3,2013,atSt.JohntheEvangelistCatholicChurch in Plaquemine. The bride-elect is the daughter ofSusieandAngeloBorruano,Jr.of Plaquemine. She is the grand-daughterof the lateAngelina andJoseph Palazzo of Plaquemine,MerleandAngeloBorruano,Sr.ofBrusly,andthelateDorothyClem-ent Borruano of Brusly. Alise is a graduate of Louisi-ana State University. She is purs-ingamaster’sdegreeincounseloreducation at the University of New Orleans. HerfiancéisthesonofDarleneandDarrellAshford,Sr.ofCentral.He is thegrandsonofSybleAsh-fordandthelateHaroldJeanAsh-ford of Central and Silas Romero, Jr.ofCentral.
He is a graduate of Central High School and Southeastern Louisi-ana University. He is employed in accounts receivables atAmedisysHome Health and Hospice in Ba-ton Rouge.
Jennifer Witty and Christospher Capone
JenniferWitty,Chris CaponeToWedJuly13 CENTRAL — Jennifer Witty andChristopher Capone will marry on July13,2013. The bride-elect is the daughter of Frank andMaryAnnWitty ofCentral. She is the granddaughter ofthelateMr.andMrs.N.W.Wit-tyandthelateMr.andMrs.JosephStoch. Jennifer is a graduate of Re-demptorist High School and South-eastern Louisiana University. HerfiancéisthesonofBrianandMollyCaponeofZachary. He isthe grandson of Lawrence Capone of Slaughter, Shirley Capone of Mandeville,RoseanneScruggs ofTriangle, Va., and the late Thomas Scruggs.
Christopher is a graduate of ZacharyHighSchoolandUniver-sity of Louisiana at Lafayette. Following a honeymoon in theCaribbean, the couple will reside inDenhamSprings.
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Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Pecoraro
PUNTA CANTA — AnthonyandAme-lia Pecoraro of Pride celebrated their 50thweddinganniversarywithasec-ond honeymoon to Punta Canta. They celebrated with a small fam-ilydinneratMansur’sgivenbytheirchildrenandspouses,WaynePecora-ro,AnnetteandDavidChauvin,Bar-bara and Brian Lively, and Vicki and Craig Taylor. They have eight grandchildren, Hayden and Justin Chauvin, Jeremyand Brittany Lively, Chase Brous-sard, Lauren Taylor, and Christian and Cameron Pecoraro. TheyweremarriedJune15,1963,atSt.AlphonsusChurch. She is theformerAmeliaParr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jared Modica ST. FRANCISVILLE — Lacy Lynn CavalierofZacharyandJaredColtModica of Covington were mar-ried in a 5 p.m. ceremonyMarch23,2013,atLiveOakPlantationatSt. Francisville. RonLowery of-ficiated. The bride is the daughter of Kim andWarrenCavalier, Jr. ofZach-
ary. She is the granddaughter of VergieandHaroldBootyofZach-ary and Lettie andWarren Cava-lier, Sr. of Pierre Part. ThegroomisthesonofJoeandChloeModica ofCovington. HeisthegrandsonofA.J.ModicaandRose Modica of Covington andRichard Mouton, Margaret Mou-ton, and Rita Mouton of Abbev-ille. The bride was attended by her maid of honor, Lauren Holcombe and her matron of honor, Staci Rogillio. Bridesmaids were Jen-niferMorgan, Callie Beauchamp,and Lauren Bertucci. Juniorbridesmaid was Haylie MoutonFlowergirlwasMattieOwens. The groom was attended by his bestman,JustinModica.Grooms-menwereElvinModica,C.J.Hol-combe, BlakeMouton, and TylerMouton.UsherswereScottyOw-ens and Cletus Bruhl. Ring bearer wasLandonModica. A reception took place at LiveOak Plantation. After aweddingtriptotheDominicanRepublicthecouple will reside in Covington.
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Ella Louise Blanchard “Atrulygoodwifeisthemostpre-cious treasure a man can find! Herhusband depends on her, and she never lets him down. She is good to himeverydayofherlife.”Proverbs31:10-12 Louise, beloved wife of Vernon Blanchard, Jr., went to be with herLordandSavior,JesusChrist,onMay28,2013,afteralongandcourageousbattle with heart disease. She was born March 2, 1934, and lived her entirelifeinBatonRouge.Hersons,Doug(Orlinda),Randy, andLarry (Penny)and daughters, Barbara Blanchard and SandyLadner(Ned),riseupandcallher blessed. Proverbs 17:6 “Grandchildrenare the crown of grandparents.” Her
. Deaths ,
grandchildren, Tori Berthelot (Jared),Randy Blanchard, Jr. (Jessica), SarahLovell(Curtis),Tra-vis Ladner, Brent Blanchard (Roci),Chris Blanchard, Anna Mentzer(Jordan), RebekahBlanchard, Todd Ladner, Brady Blanchard, Lynley Blanchard(fiancéJoshRhodes),Jen-na Zimmer, and her great-grandchil-dren,KatySimmons,Alyssa,Caden,Tanner and Harley Lovell, Hadley Ladner, Lawson, Elizabeth, Easton, Randy(BB)Blanchard,III,andMylesBerthelot were her greatest joy. She is survived by her sister, Eliza-beth Jane “Cookie” Wink, brother,WilliamDouglas“Boo”Gaudin,anda host of nieces and nephews. She is precededindeathbyherparents,Al-vin andLouiseGaudin; daughter-in-law, Aimee Blanchard; great-grand-son Bradley Lovell; sisters, Barbara AnnWestmorelandandClaireAdele(Whistle) Berthelot, and brothers,Leonard and JamesDouglas (Chip-per)Gaudin.
Pallbearers were her grandsons. Visitation was held on Thursday, May30atGreenoaksFuneralHomein Baton Rouge. Visitation resume-dat St. Alphonsus Catholic Church,Friday,May31untilMassofChris-tianBurialwas conducted byFatherJackNutter.IntermentwillfollowatGreenoaksMemorialPark. Proverbs31:30“Charmisdecep-tive, and beauty does not last, but a womanwhofearstheLORDistobepraised.” A special thanks to Dr. AndrewRees,Dr.WilliamMoore,Dr.MichaelJ. Castine III, and the staff of Loui-sianaHospiceandtheButterflyWingfor the loving and compassionate care they provided during her illness. There’smagicinaMother’stouch,and sunshine in her smile. There’slove in everything she does to make our lives worthwhile. We can findboth hope and courage just by looking in her eyes. Her laughter is a source of joy; her works are warm and wise. There is a kindness and compassion to be found in her embrace, and we see the light of heaven shining from a Mother’sface.(Anonymous)
Blanchard
. Births ,
ParkerDavidBadeaux JDandKatalynn(Creel)Badeauxof Central are proud to announce the birthoftheirson,ParkerDavid.Hewas welcomed home by big brother, NoahJames. ParkerwasbornMarch28,2013,at Baton Rouge General MedicalCenter on Bluebonnet. He weighed eight pounds, five ounces, andwas19.75incheslong. Proud grandparents are Ricky and Becky Creel of Central, Paul and TracieGreelyofCentral,andJohnandSharonBadeauxofDenhamSprings.Great-grandparentsareJamesandLindaDaviesofCentralandJoanBour-geois of Central.
Bo David KleinpeterBrock Robert Kleinpeter
Robbie and Dena Kleinpeterof Central are proud to announce the birth of their twin sons, Bo and Brock. They were welcomed home bybigsister,Mikayla. Bo David was born March 29,2013,at3:14p.m.atWoman’sHos-pital. He weighed six pounds, oneounce, and was 19.5 inches long.Brock Robert Kleinpeter was born at 3:22 p.m. Heweighed six pounds,
Colt Browning Lormand Rhett and Courtney (Ford) Lor-mand of Central are proud to an-nounce the birth of their son Colt Browning. ColtwasbornMarch25,2013,atWoman’sHospitalat6:52p.m. Heweighed seven pounds, 12 ounces,and20.5incheslong. ProudgrandparentsareDaveandAnne Matlock of Central, GeorgeLormand of Hall Summit, and Sam and Becky Walding of DenhamSprings. Great-grandparents are ShirleyBrowning of Central,Anna Lor-mandofLafayette,RossandGladysFordofLecompte,andLouiseBankstonofNewOrleans.
AshleyNelsonandCarlTingleMarryMay4atAshleyManor
Mrs. Carl Tingle
BATON ROUGE — Ashley NelsonandCarlTingleweremarriedMay4,2013,atAshleyManorinBatonRouge. The ceremony was offi-ciated by Pastor Jay Coleman ofJourneyChurchinCentral. ThebrideisthedaughterofMr.andMrs.MarkNelson ofGreen-well Springs. She is the grand-daughterof the lateMr. andMrs.EverettMayeauxandMr.andMrs.Bob Nelson. She is a teacher in the Central Community School Sys-tem. She was attended by her maid ofhonor,DanielleWolfe.Brides-maids were Kayla Nelson, Stacy Hooge, Lori Karr, Bailey Karr, and Hope Carline. The junior brides-maid was Hayleigh Bercegeay. The flower girls were Saige andStellaWolfe. Thegroom is the sonofDianeTingleofBakerandMr.andMrs.Carl Anthony Tingle of Zachary.HeisthegrandsonofMr.andMrs.CharlesTingle,Sr.andthelateMr.andMrs.JimmyRogers.Heisem-ployed by Canadian National Rail-road. He was attended by his best man,DustinTingle. Hisgrooms-men were Trez Simmons, JaredColby Simmons, Derek Acaldo,Jerret Featherston, Brian Nelson,
and junior groomsman was Hunt-er Tingle. The ring bearers were Brody LeBourgeois and JacobTingle. TheusherswereMichaelReynersonandAlanReynerson. Following theoutdoor ceremo-ny,areceptionwasheldatAshleyManorinthereceptionhall. The couple honeymooned at SandalesResort inMontegoBay,Jamaica. Thewill reside inDen-ham Springs.
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Widely DifferentConcepts of WhatConstitutes a City
SOUTHEAST —AstheresidentsofSoutheast Baton Rouge weigh the pros and cons of incorporation, it is important to note that the con-ceptofwhatconstitutesa“munici-pality”or a “city”canmeanverydifferent things, depending on how and when it is created. Two municipalities of similar sizeintheFloridaParishesofLou-isianaillustratehowextremethosedifferences can be. One was created in the 19thcentury and the other in the 21stcentury. One is a traditional citylike most of the rest in Louisiana. The other is completely privatized, meaning that the day-to-day func-tions of government are contracted
out to a private company. The City of Hammond, popula-tion 20,000, is awell-run and at-tractivecity40mileseastofBatonRouge. It has a city budget of more
than $30 million and more than300cityemployees.Likemostcit-ies, it sometimes struggles to avoid adeficit. The City of Central, population
27,000,wasincorporatedin2005.It has revenue of about $6.3mil-lion and runs a surplus of more than $1 million a year. It has $6 million in the bank. The city has three employees and is completely privatized. It contracts with a non-profit organization, IBTS, to pro-vide virtually all city services. Hammond has its own police andfire department. Centralwasalready served by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s office andthe Central Fire District, both ofwhich have their own taxing dis-tricts. AfterCentralwasincorpo-rated, they continued to provide the same services as before. The City of Central primarily provides planning and zoning functions, is-sues permits, and maintains streets in residential subdivisions. Hammond has its own Plan of Government.Centraloperatesun-der the LawrasonAct, which ap-plies to all Louisiana municipali-ties that have not adopted their own PlanofGovernment. The City of Central has not raisedtaxesorimposednewtaxes.
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there is a never-before-used provi-sion of the Louisiana Constitution that would allow the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System to exist as a “city schoolsystem.” BrowningsaidareadingofAr-ticle VIII Section 13 of the stateconstitution makes it clear that there can be two types of school boards — parish school boards and city school boards. However, Lou-isiana does not currently have any “city”schoolboards.Thestatehas
only“parish”schoolboards. Art.VIII, Section 13(D)(1) providesthatschoolsystemsinthe“Centralcommunity,” the “Zachary com-munity,”andthemunicipalitiesofBaker,Monroe,andBogalusashallallbetreatedas“parishes.” BrowningsaidArt.VIII,Section13(B)saysthateach“parishschoolsystem”andeach“cityschoolsys-tem”getstoparticipateintheMin-imumFoundationProgram(MFP)andSection13(C)says thateach“parish school board” and each“cityschoolboard”hastheauthor-
itytolevyschooltaxes. Browning said that the bound-aries of the Zachary CommunitySchool System go far beyond the City of Zachary, and the bound-aries of the Central Community School Board also go beyond the City of Central. He said supporters of the pro-posed Southeast Baton Rouge Community School System believe that incorporation of Southeast Ba-ton Rouge as a separate munici-pality would give them the option to use the statute already passed
to form a city school board and a city school system without having to pass an amendment to the state constitution. Browning said that the South-east school district movement also has the option of re-introducing the constitutional amendment in the 2014legislativesession.Hesaid,“The constitutional amendmentthat we proposed was not supposed to be on the ballot until October2014. Sowecouldstillmeetouroriginal timetable, if we decide to takethatapproach.”
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community-wide meeting his orga-nizationissponsoringat7p.m.to-nightatWoodlawnBaptistChurch. In some respects, forming a new municipality is easier than creating a new school system. Creating a new city does not require a vote of theLouisianaLegislature,theMet-ro Council, the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, or any other groupofelectedofficials.Rather,it requires a petition signed by at least 25 percent of the registeredvoters in the proposed city and a vote of the people. During the recent session ofthe Louisiana Legislature, Sen. BodiWhite(R-Central)passedSB199 to create the Southeast Baton Rouge Community School Sys-tem and place it in the Louisiana Revised Statutes. However, the House refused to pass SB 73, aconstitutional amendment to place the Southeast district in the state constitution.
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At a news conference at theclose of the legislative session, White pointed out that the two
bills were not tied together. In the past, the statute said it was contin-gent on the passage of a specific
constitutional amendment. As aresult,Whitesaidthestatuteisonthe books and will not have to be reenacted. The proposed school district is a wedge bounded on the north by I-12andon thewestby I-10,butBrowning said those would not necessarily be the boundaries of a new municipality. Browning said his group will only move forward with incorpora-tion if their questions are answered and if people in the Southeast sup-port the concept after it has fully investigated and debated. The City of Central is the most recent example of incorporation.Founded in 2005, it is a city of27,000.Ithasabudgetof$6.3mil-lion and runs an annual surplus of over $1 million. The city is fully privatized and has only three city employees. The separate Central Community School System is now rankedNo.2among69schoolsys-tems in the state.
SOUTHEAST SCHOOL supporters at the legislature included (left to right) LionelRaineyIII,StacyHudson,andDwightHudson.TheylobbiedforSB73andSB199.
