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The Zachary Post is Here to StayLast week the Baton Rouge Advocate announced that they had acquired several community weeklies
around the Zachary, Feliciana and St. Helena parish areas and intends to merge them with their operation in an attempt to increase subscribers in these areas. Just to be clear, the Zachary Post and the Felici-ana Explorer were not part of this acquisition. The Zachary Post and Feliciana Explorer will remain the only free community papers distributed to every household and business in the greater Zachary area, as well as all of both East and West Feliciana.
We are here to stay! We are here to build and enable the community spirit of Zachary and the Felicianas. When I plunged into the rapidly changing newspaper business 10 years ago, I attempted to develop
a new model for the community paper – one that would survive long after the old papers closed down. It is sad to see the combined 400 years’ history of the Plainsman, Democrat, Watchman and Echo lost to the archives, but the Zachary Post and Feliciana Explorer will continue distributing 33,000 issues a week to this area.
I live here, I work here, and all of our employees live and work here. Our fortunes rise and fall with this community, it is in our interests that Zachary and the Feliciana be prosperous.
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Daniel Duggan, PublisherLeBlanc Named ZHS Principal
Superinten-dent Scott Devil-lier announced Tuesday, the selection of Joe LeBlanc as the new principal of Zachary High School. LeBlanc, a 37-year veter-an educator, has served as Assis-tant Principal of Zachary High School since 2010. Pri-or to joining the Zachary High School administrative team, he worked as a school administrator, science teacher and coach. Leblanc is a graduate of Nicholls State University and received his Master of Education in Educa-tional Administration from Louisiana State University in 1995.
“I believe Mr. LeBlanc will pro-vide his school with outstanding lead-
With qualifying complete for the November 4 elections, many local candidates found themselves elected with no opposition. Others begin the campaign trail with less than 80 days left to convince vot-ers.
Voters in Zachary will see elec-
The Race is Ontions for City Council, Mayor and School Board, in addition to sev-eral judges’ races and statewide offices.
City CouncilZachary City Councilmen Fran-
cis Nezianya and Brandon Noel
David Amrhein was one of the first qualifiers on Thursday morning at Zachary City Hall. He signed up to run for reelection to a second term as Mayor of Zachary. Joe LeBlanc
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Contributing WriterJames Ronald SkainsJen Bayhi-Gennaro
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Music Tree Prep School Welcomes New FacultyThe Music Tree is proud to intro-
duce several additions to our profes-sional faculty for the fall 2014 semes-ter.
Nancy Hendrick – Vocal Instruc-tor and Preschool Music Instructor.
Ms. Hendrick received her degree in vocal performance from the Man-hattan School of Music, and is a cer-tified preschool KINDERMUSIK in-structor.
Dr. Lin Tian – Instructor of Piano. Dr. Tian was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in piano perfor-mance from LSU in July of this year. She also holds degrees from the Uni-versity of Tennessee at Knoxville and from Shandong University, China.
Rafael Galvan-Herrera – Instruc-tor of Violin. A doctoral candidate from the LSU School of Music, Mr. Herrera holds degrees in violin per-formance from Florida International University and the Universided Vera-cruzana, Mexico.
Unusdian Errandonea - Instructor of Cello. Mr. Errandonea is a graduate student in cello performance at LSU, and holds a B.A. in Music and an Art-ist Certificate in Performance from the College of Charleston.
David Perkins – Instructor of Trumpet. Mr. Perkins holds degrees in trumpet performance from Baldwin-Wallace College Conservatory of Mu-sic and the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, Connecticut.
Unusdian Errandonea - new Cello Instructor at the Music Tree Prep School
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Community Kindness Initiative set to Kick
Off September 9The Zachary Community School
District, City of Zachary and area com-munity organizations are joining together to get Zachary Connected. This commu-nity-wide kindness initiative based on the teachings of Rachel’s Challenge, encour-ages participants to start a chain reaction of kindness. Students, area civic leaders, school and city employees, businesses and community organizations will join together to participate in the Zachary Connected activities throughout the year.
The community kickoff to the pro-gram will be held on Tuesday, Septem-ber 9 at the Zachary High School Gym. The community is invited to come hear the powerful story of 17 year-old Rachel Scott. Rachel was the first student killed in the Columbine High School shooting in 1999. Rachel’s dedication to kind-ness and compassion toward others led her family to found Rachel’s Challenge. Rachel left a legacy of reaching out to those who were different. Shortly before her death she wrote, “I have this theory that if one person can go out of their way to show compassion, then it will start a chain reaction of the same. People will never know how far a little kindness can go.”
Rachel’s Challenge is a series of em-powering programs and strategies that equip students and adults to combat bul-lying and allay feelings of isolation and despair by creating a culture of kindness and compassion. The program hopes to encourage students, school faculty, par-ents and other community members to adopt Rachel’s Five Challenges as ev-eryday facets of their lives. Rachel’s five challenges include eliminating prejudice, setting goals and following dreams, choosing one’s own influences, offering small acts of kindness every day, and finally, starting a chain reaction of such positive ideals with family and friends.
The Zachary Connected movement builds on the foundation of Rachel’s Challenge to create a community con-nected through acts of kindness. Join us in the Zachary High School Gym Tues-day, September 9 at 6:30 p.m. as we start a chain reaction!
Georgia-Pacific Helps with Back-to-School SuppliesDuring these hard economic
times, getting ready for the school can be a hardship for many families. The Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson Operations teamed up with several community organizations to help lo-cal families. The Dr. Martin Luther King Committee of Zachary, the Port Hudson Association, Metro Council Districts, the East Baton Rouge Par-ish Sheriff’s Office and many more organizations received over 4,500 rolls of Brawny® paper towels and reams of Spectrum® copy paper to help make their back to school proj-ects a success. This is the fifth year that the Port Hudson Operations worked with these organizations to help the children in our community.
Since its inception, Georgia-
Pacific has recognized the value of education as one of the most impor-tant and essential building blocks of a strong, thriving community. Support-ing and nurturing worthy educational projects are paramount to achieving our philosophical goals. “Helping families with back to school sup-plies is just one way that our mill can further our support for education in the community,” commented Keith Wahoske, Vice-President of Opera-tions, Port Hudson Operations. “We are excited to partner with commu-nity organizations and businesses such as Georgia-Pacific to connect parents with resources and equipping students for success,” commented the Hon. Sharon Weston Broome, Sena-tor, District 15.
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Zachary Elementary Unveils New Facilities
Last Tuesday night, the Zachary Community School Board held their official unveiling of Zachary School’s newest school building. Zachary Elementary’s campus on 39th Street has been transformed into a state of the art elementary school. The two-storied building has 27 classrooms, as well as science, art, and music facilities.
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Mike Davis Announces Candidacy for District Judge Division MMike Davis announced his in-
tentions to seek election to the 19th Judicial District Court, Divi-sion M, which represents Central, Zachary, Baker and portions of Baton Rouge, including Sherwood Forest and Broadmoor. This seat will be left open upon the retire-ment of Judge Kay Bates. “My vast knowledge of the law and my extensive trial experience have prepared me to be a qualified, fair and impartial judge,” Davis stated.
A solid conservative and resi-dent of the City of Central, Mike and his wife, Donna Dayries Da-vis, have three sons: Dylan, Hunt-er and Reed. They are members of St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in Central and spend most of their time enjoying the outdoors, in-cluding hunting, fishing and par-ticipating in rodeo functions. “Our community, our families and the safety of our children are the most important things to me, and as Judge I want to make sure we pro-tect them.”
Mike graduated from Loyola Law School and has been in pri-
vate practice for almost 15 years. During this time of practicing law, he has handled cases in the areas of civil law, corporate defense, family law, bankruptcy, and criminal law. Additionally, he has a documented history of success in trying many cases that provided him valuable courtroom and trial experience. “I believe that the next Judge in
Mike Davis
Division M should have exten-sive knowledge and experience from all aspects of the courtroom in order to adequately and fairly rule from the bench. My educa-tion, professional experience and dedication to our community are what make me the right choice for Judge.”
Mike is currently a partner with Cascio Davis, LLC. He is a member of the Baton Rouge Bar
Association, Louisiana Bar As-sociation, and is a veteran of the Louisiana Army National Guard. His military experiences taught valuable life lessons such as lead-ership, honesty and the impor-tance of a solid foundation built on moral and ethical integrity.
The election is scheduled for November 4th and Early Voting will be October 21-28.
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Zachary School System Faces Budget DeficitBoard says “tough decisions” on the horizon as expenditures outpace revenueBy Jen Bayhi-Gennaro
Superintendent Scott Devil-ler and the Zachary Community School Board met for their bi-monthly. Talks of budget cuts and extended sick leave for teachers dominated both the meeting and the hour-long workshop prior to it.
But first up was Attorney Ricky McDavid’s swearing in of a new board member, former Board President Beth Kimmell, who re-signed in 2007 and now is back on in place of Boyce Smith Jr.
Regarding the budget, the dis-trict’s General Fund is currently in the red $660,871. “We have cut to the bare bones and are $660,000 short,” Deviller said, as the board members reviewed the numbers before them in the workshop. “We can cut the budget more, but we will have to cut programs. At this point, we aren’t ready to do that. We continue to see the cost of inflation, and the revenue is not coming in at that same rate,” he said. “We may have to make tough decisions soon.”
Director of Human Resources Yolanda Williams reminded ev-eryone that they can’t just cut pro-grams, they have to follow the law in place that governs the process. But, she said, “We need to face the fact that prices are going up, and they [the state] aren’t giving us any more money. They’re giving us less.”
Hubie Owen agreed, saying, “If we want our district to stay where it is, it’s going to take everyone on board. If you want your kids to have art and music in school, we have to have the money.”
Williams brought up that there is a state-mandated, one-time bo-nus of $400 for teachers who got a highly effective rating. “That’s in the budget, but it isn’t fund-ed,” she said. On the bright side, though, for two years in a row, the district has not had an increase in health insurance, and that’s un-heard of.
Williams also led the work-shop discussion on paid sick leave, which ties into the budget
conundrum. The state is now al-lowing school employees to take up to 90 days of extended sick leave in each six-year period of employment, which may be used for a medical necessity once the employee has no remaining regu-lar sick leave days. We currently don’t have any funding for this extended sick leave, and Williams says this was in effect several years ago, but we got it pulled back from the legislature. “We did one step forward, they did us three steps back,” she said. “We don’t know how it’s going to hurt us. The cost is going to be added, but we have no idea how to bud-get it.” Also, explained Williams, the law also says employees can go to work for 20 hours a week elsewhere with doctor approval, while getting paid on extended sick leave from the school dis-trict. “We have got to get to our legislature,” Sharon Samuels said.
Moving on, Northwestern El-ementary Kindergarten teacher
Peyton Gunnell was in attendance to be recognized for her hard work in earning National Board for Pro-fessional Teaching Standards cer-tification, a prestigious designa-tion that took Gunnell two years to achieve. “It took two years, but it was the first time that I had fully applied that I got it,” she said, ex-plaining her efforts had been de-layed by pregnancy. Thanks to the certification, Gunnell will be en-joying a $6500/year pay increase. The Board congratulated her on her hard work.
Superintendent Deviller spoke about Rachel’s Challenge, an up-coming community endeavor to start a chain reaction of kindness. On September 8-9, all district stu-dents will have a guest speaker, and on the night of the 9th, we will have an adult community event that will take place on ZHS cam-pus. Rachel’s Challenge is a na-tional nonprofit organization dedi-cated to creating safe, connected school environments. It’s based on the life and writing of Rachel Scott, the first victim of the Col-umbine tragedy in 1999. Deviller said the presentation is “very mov-ing,” and is looking forward to un-veiling this community endeavor.
Finally, Devillier reminded ev-eryone that Zachary Career and Technical Center is open to all ZHS students. “It’s not just for people who are struggling,” he said. “Our vision with ZCTC was to give kids other opportunities, like construction, woodworking, auto mechanics. We have some kids who are very close to a 4.0 that are at ZCTC,” he said, citing Alexis Granville, who recently won the Baton Rouge American Idol competition and will be audi-tioning in front of the Idol judges. Granville takes classes at ZCTC in the morning, then drives to New Orleans every day to take classes at the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOC-CA). “We have the flexibility to build the program for each kid,” Deviller said. “It was never an al-ternative school, it’s a school with alternatives,” exclaimed longtime Board member Gaynell Young.
Registration is now open for the Zachary Girls on the Run Fall 2014 for girls in grades 3-5. GOTR inspires girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experi-ence-based curriculum which cre-atively integrates running
Meeting twice a week in small teams of 8-20 girls for 10 weeks GOTR is more than a running program. The core curriculum ad-dresses many aspects of girls’ de-velopment. At Girls on the Run, running is not just a metaphor. We use this activity to inspire and motivate girls, encourage lifelong health and fitness, and build confi-dence through accomplishment. At each season’s conclusion, the girls and their running buddies, com-plete a 5k program Online regis-tration is open through September 13 at www.girlsontherunsola.org
Girls on the Run fall Registration Now Open
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were both reelected without oppo-sition in districts 1 and 2, respec-tively. In District 3, incumbent John Coghlan will face challenger Laura O’Brien. Both are Republi-cans. In District 4 with incumbent Dan Wallis not running for reelec-tion, Republican Benjamin Cavin will face Democrat Sharon McK-night. Incumbent Tommy Womack will face challenger Calvin Brown in District 5. Both are Democrats.
MayorIncumbent Mayor David Am-
rhein will face challenger Randy Perkins
Zachary Community School Board
The Zachary Community School Board will run in new board member districts this No-vember. Nine board districts rep-resent the area which extends outside the city limits of Zachary. Board members reelected without opposition are: District 1 Gaynell Young, District 5 Hubie Owen, District 7 Beth Kimmell, and Dis-trict 9 David Dayton. In District 2, currently held by Scott Swil-ley who is not seeking reelection, Gwen Fuselier will face Brandy Westmoreland. Incumbent Sha-ron Samuel and challenger Marty Hughes are vying to represent Dis-trict 3. Incumbent District 4 board member Kenneth Mackie faces op-position from Donna Grice. Jannie Rogers will not seek reelection in District 6, which will see a three-person race between Elecia Brown ‘Lisa’ Lathon, Lee Russell and Heidi Vessel. In District 8, incum-bent Dawn Avants will face chal-lenger Ann Watkins.
District JudgesThe 19th Judicial District Court
seat being vacated by retiring state District Judge Kay Bates drew five candidates: Cleveland Coon, a Democrat, and Republicans Mike Davis, Beau Higginbotham,
Chris Oetjens and Jamie Morain Zanovec. Higginbotham, a former prosecutor in Moore’s office, is the son of 1st Circuit Judge Toni Higginbotham. The 19th Judicial District Court judges re-elected without opposition to new six-year terms were Don Johnson, Janice Clark, Wilson Fields, Chip Moore, Lou Daniel, William Mor-vant, Tim Kelley and Tony Mara-bella Jr. Johnson. Clark and Fields are Democrats; Moore, Daniel, Morvant, Kelley and Marabella are Republicans. First Circuit Judges Jewel “Duke” Welch and Ernie Drake Jr., both Republicans, were re-elected Friday without opposition to 10-year terms on the appellate court. Hernandez, a Re-publican, is being challenged by Democrat Colette Greggs. Zach-ary Metrocouncilman Trae Welch is vying to unseat Mike Erwin. Welch is touting his residency within the district.
U.S. SenateIn the race for U.S. Senate,
Democrat Mary Landrieu and Re-publican Bill Cassidy are by far the most familiar candidates. Also qualifying are Wayne Ables, Ray-mond Brown, Thomas Clements, Rob Maness, Brannon Lee Mc-Morris, Vallian Senegal and Wil-liam P. Waymire Jr.
U.S. RepresentativeThe race for the 6th Congres-
sional District seat currently held by Bill Cassidy is a crowded one. Candidates are: Robert Lamar ‘Bob’ Bell, Dan Claitor, Norman ‘Norm’ Clark, Rufus Holt Craig, Paul Dietzel, Edwin Edwards, Cassie Felder, Garret Graves, Richard Lieberman, Craig Mc-Culloch, ‘Trey’ Thomas, Lenar Whitney and Peter Williams.
Other RacesZachary Police Chief David
McDavid was reelected without opposition. In the race for Consta-ble for Justice of the Peace Ward 2, District 2 Darin David will face John E. ‘Thre’ Wales III.
Zachary City Council candidates Laura O’Brien and Brandon Noel sign up Thursday morning for their respective races. Noel was reelected unopposed.
Zachary Councilman John Coghlan (pictured right) is seeking reelection. He is pic-tured with Assistant Chief Deputy of the East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court Alfred Buckley.
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District Judge candidate Beau Higginbotham poses with longtime Zachary Community School Board Member Gaynell Young. Young was reelected without opposition.
District Judge Candidate Jamie Morain Zanovec (left) with her family during the open qualifying period at Zachary City Hall on Thursday morning.Zachary Community School Board Candidates Kenneth Mackie (left) and Donna Grice
(right) share a laugh prior to qualifying on Thursday morning.
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Hershey’s I Scream for Ice Cream celebrated an official ribbon cutting ceremony with the Zachary Chamber of Commerce on August 20. Located at 20377 Old Scenic High-way in Zachary (next to Francois Grill), Hershey’s has delicious frozen treats for every taste bud. Visit them Monday-Sunday 12:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m.
Oakwood Village Celebrates The Magic of MusicIn observance of National Assisted Living Week, September 7-13, 2014,
Oakwood Village Assisted Living Facility will host a series of events devel-oped as a special opportunity to bring together residents, families, employees, volunteers, and the surrounding community to celebrate “The Magic of Mu-sic.”
“Music brings pleasure to all generations. It represents comfort and joy and is often the foundation for the activities we love most,” said Vonda Vicellio, Administrator. “During this week long celebration, we want to embrace the power that music brings our residents, staff, volunteers, and families and give them the opportunity to share in this magical journey.”
Some of the week’s events include:Monday, September 8, 9:45 a.m.-Sweatin’ to the Music; Tuesday, Septem-
ber 9, 1:30 p.m.-Name That Tune Trivia;Wednesday, September 10, 10:30 a.m.-Mayor’s Proclamation by May-
or David Amrhein; Thursday, September 11, 1:30 p.m.-History of Favorite Songs and Singers; and Friday, September 12, 1:30 p.m.-Patriotic Music Day.
National Assisted Living Week is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Center for Assisted Living, Washington, D.C., and Louisiana As-sisted Living Association. Oakwood Village is an 80-unit assisted living and Alzheimer’s community located in Zachary. For more information on Na-tional Assisted Living Week, visit www.nalw.org.
Zachary Lions Club to Hold Garage SaleThe Zachary Lions club, is holding a garage sale to benefit our organi-
zations’ charitable community projects on Friday, October 3 and Saturday October 4, 2014.
Club members are asking for donations of used items such as household items, gently used children’s clothes, children’s toys, books, or others.
Any one wishing to donate items should contact 654-5421, 654-6494 or 654-6325.
The garage sale is scheduled for October 3 and October 4 at the Lions Club building at 4342 High Street in Zachary.
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Phillips, Stephen W. “Bubba”, 65, born in Patterson, NJ, grew up in Monroe and a resident of Zachary, died on August 21, 2014. He was a retired computer programmer after 45 years of service.
Visitation will all be at Charlet Fu-neral Home, Inc., Zachary on Tues-day, August 26, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Ma-sonic service. Visitation will continue on Wednesday at the funeral home from 9:00 a.m. until service time at 10:00 a.m. conducted by Rev. Ricky Willis. Burial will be at LA National Cemetery, Zachary.
He is survived by his wife, Linda Parker Phillips, children, Sean L. Power, Darcy Phillips Mire, Rachael Leah Phillips, Justin R. Chamberlain and Jessica C. Gafford,
Sister, Leanne Phillips and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Ruth Phillips.
Pallbearers will be Murray Alford, Al Dauenhauer, Randy Fox, Bob Parker, Robert Parker, Jeffrey Parker, Justin Chamberlain, Jason Gafford, Bill Guyen, and Steven Voivedich.
He served in the US Army Special Forces during the Vietnam war, grad-uated from LSU with a Bachelor degree in accounting and was a member of Bay St. Louis Masonic Lodge 429 and Joppa Temple, Gulfport.
Amanda Reno and Daniel Hunt married July 26Amanda Lynn Reno
of Zachary and Daniel Dale Hunt of Franklin-ton, LA were mar-ried on July 26, 2014 at Bogue Chitto State Park Conference Cen-ter in Franklinton, LA. The ceremony was of-ficiated by the Rever-end Basil Wicker.
The bride is the daughter of John and Peggy Reno of Zach-ary. The groom is the son of TC and Shirley Hunt of Franklinton. The couple will reside in Baton Rouge.
The couple would like to thank their family and friends for sharing with them, the first day of their life together and for trav-eling both near and far to be there. They have been blessed by every-one’s gracious love, support and friendship.
The couple would like to especially thank their parents who are such an inspiration and has taught them to love from the beginning.
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Smart Growth Concerns for Zachary Dominate Council MeetingBy Jen Bayhi-Gennaro
The Mayor and council met Tuesday, August 26, 2014, for their bimonthly meeting. Following the invocation, which was led by Rev. Jeffrey Bayhi of St. John the Bap-tist Catholic Church, and the Pledge of Allegiance, Metro-Councilman Trae Welch was first up at the po-dium.
Welch was in attendance to present an award to the widow and family members of the late David Horton. “Mr. Horton was known as a 28-year member of the City Coun-cil, as well as a 27-year teacher,” Welch said. “The absolute dedica-tion he had to the people of this city...reaps dividends,” he said, as he offered the deepest sympathies on behalf of the Metro Council.
Senator Rick Ward III, who rep-resents the people of District 17, which includes Zachary and the Felicianas, was in attendance to say
hello and remind the Council that he’s here to serve our people. “I’m here to help and would love to do so if I’m ever called upon,” he said.
Mayor Amrhein thanked him for getting some dollars allocated for Zachary in the most recent session, which ended in June and began months earlier with close to a bil-lion dollars deficit. “Any time you can make it through a session with that type of shortfall and not raise taxes is an accomplishment,” Ward said. The money for Zachary is to begin construction for sewer and gas lines. “Zachary is growing in leaps and bounds and anything we can do at the legislative level to fa-cilitate that growth, we are happy to do so,” he said. Amrhein gave his thanks again, and told Ward, “We’re looking to you to get us the other million dollars for our water tower.”
Rev. Bayhi was up next to ad-dress the council regarding the site
plan review for the new Catholic church. The site plan came out of Planning & Zoning with no issues. Rev. Bayhi thanked the Council for their cooperation thus far, and re-minded everyone in attendance just how much this town and the Catho-lic parish has grown. “When I got here eight years ago, we had 580 families. We are now at 1,430 fami-lies, and we presume that is going to continue to grow,” he said. “We are planning for the future.” Also in the site plans is a meditation gar-den, which Rev. Bayhi hopes will become a place of quiet not just for the members of the church, but also for the whole community. Also to speak in favor was architect Steve Maher of Ritter Maher Architects in Baton Rouge, who offered him-self to the Council to answer any questions. No one spoke in opposi-tion of the site plan, and it was ap-proved.
The next planning matter re-quiring a public hearing was the site plan review of Lot B-5 of the Otey M. Hughes Tract, which is the vacant lot between the new CVS and the ball park. A hotel is going in the front of that lot, and LA State Credit Union was at the meeting to request approval of their plan to go in behind the hotel. The site plan was approved.
Copper Mill Developer Ross Bruce requested the final plat ac-ceptance be tabled for another meeting.
Jonathan Aldey of Unique Au-tos LLC, a used car dealership with another location on Main Street in Baker, addressed the council to re-quest the rezoning of lot A9 of the Annison Property on Hwy. 19 from BP to CG, which would allow them to get a license to operate their business there. The lot will be used for retail sales, while the Baker lo-cation will be just detailing. The property, located on Hwy. 19 on the way in from Baker, currently lacks curb appeal. Aldey presented pho-tos to the Council, explaining how they will remove a chain link fence and do other improvements to the property. The motion was passed to rezone the property. Councilman Frances Nezianya congratulated Aldey on growing and expanding his business, and Councilman John Coghlan also offered his accolades for the young man from Zachary’s entrepreneurship and success.
Bianca Carambat from PEC was up next with payment requests and project updates. The latest payment for Kort’s Trucking on the Rollins Road project was approved, and the update is that the project should be complete within four weeks’ time.
Industrial Enterprises’ pay-
ment request for the Bypass Road was approved. Carambat said they are managing to move along on the project and beat the heat by sched-uling middle of the night concrete pours—that is, beginning work at midnight or 1 a.m.
There was more talk of will-we-or-won’t-we hire a consultant to evaluate the city’s Master Plan, with Attorney Ricky McDavid and most Councilmen chiming in. The Mayor consistently reined in the conversation, reiterating that this position will not be an open check-book, and that the Plan, as a whole, is not a “horrible document,” while admitting it may need some tweaks. McDavid said there is an upcoming meeting, at which P&Z will start working to get a scope of the work, and the Mayor and Council will pro-ceed from there.
Citizen Beverly Cerise, a resi-dent of Honeysuckle Drive, was in attendance and requested to speak before the Council. Reading from a prepared statement, Cerise said she read the recent Zachary Post article about the consultant, and was also invited to a meeting with Wal-Mart to talk about building a Neighbor-hood Market near the entrance to Live Oak Trace subdivision.
“I believe a self-appointed spokesman for Live Oak Trace has misled the Council about how the residents of our subdivision feel re-garding a Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market next to the entrance of our subdivision. The majority we have spoken to have expressed their dis-approval,” she said. “At this point, it is in our best interest to object to the hiring of a City Planner who can change the current zoning,” she said.
Councilman Noel reminded Cerise that the decision to change anything “stands right here,” and Amrhein gave her some peace in saying that Wal-Mart has not pre-sented any plans to the city of Zach-ary. “They still have to go through site plan, Planning & Zoning and the City Council. If everything that said it’s coming here comes, we won’t ever have to leave Zachary to buy anything!” the Mayor said. He explained the lengthy process businesses must go through to get approval to build here in Zachary, acknowledging there are checks and balances every step of the way. “This Council and P&Z has shown that when people come to Zachary, they’re going to do it the right way,” noting the CVS under construction is way nicer than any of their others around here. “We were very guard-ed about giving them access to Hwy. 964,” he said. “So to give you peace of mind, they have not sent us any-thing.”
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ership and vision. I am confident in his ability to lead Zachary High School to unprecedented levels of student suc-cess,” Devillier said.
“I am extremely excited and thrilled about being placed in such an outstand-ing position. The students and faculty at Zachary High School are the great-est group I have ever worked with, and I can’t wait to represent them as their Principal,” LeBlanc said
The board received 15 applicants and invited six candidates for the first round of interviews before selecting three finalists to advance to a second round of interviews and presentations. LeBlanc will be filling the vacancy left by Wes Watts. Watts left Zachary High School in July after being named Su-perintendent of West Baton Rouge Par-ish Schools. Since that time Tim Jor-dan, the district’s Supervisor of School Home Relations, has been serving as principal in an interim capacity.
