Ten LaSalle Parish students
Ten LaSalle Parish students, representing their individual schools, competed for the titles of LaSalle Parish Student of the Year on December 8, 2011. Out of these ten, three have been chosen as students of the year for the elementary, middle/junior high and high school levels. The winners will be announced and honored next Monday night during the regular February meeting of the LaSalle Parish School board. Competing for the parish wide titles were, from left: Macy Mills, 12th grade, LaSalle...
JP, Constable districts slated for re-alignment
The Justice of the Peace and Constable districts in LaSalle Parish will be re-aligned if a bill proposed by State Representative Terry Brown is successful in making it through the House of Representatives.
More than 20 years ago, the JP and Constable districts were drawn along police jury district boundaries which included two jury districts in each of the JP/Constable districts. For example, Police Jury districts 1 and 4 make up one JP/Constable district. The other combinations include 2 and 3;...
Workplace wellness initiative slated
Both hospitals in parish joins effort
The Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) has announced a new workplace wellness initiative for hospitals throughout the state. The Smart Choices, Better HealthSM Hospital Campaign is an LHA board-directed initiative that will be implemented in two phases over a threeyear period.
Phase one will focus on healthy eating, exercise and weight loss; and phase two will focus on smoking cessation.
Both LaSalle General Hospital of Jena and Hardtner Medical Center of Urania have joined more than 100 hospitals...
