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Dec

A.P.P.L.E.S. Program a success

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The “Christmas for Needy Children” raffle ticket fundraiser for the A.P.P.L.E.S. (Assistance Program for People in the LaSalle Parish Education System) program culminated on Friday, December 11th, as the winning tickets were drawn at the Jena Wal-Mart Supercenter. 

 

Mon
28
Dec

New LaSalle Parish 4-H Agent is named

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Silas Cecil has been named as new 4-H Agent for LaSalle Parish, replacing Kim Evans, who retired in October of this year. Eight years ago Cecil began his career with the LSU AgCenter. During this time he earned a graduate degree in Human Resource Education and Workforce Development at Louisiana State University in May 2012.  

 

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21
Dec

Jena Elementary Kindergartener Ja’Montae Hardwel

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Jena Elementary Kindergartener Ja’Montae Hardwell is overjoyed to meet Santa Claus and take a photo with him at the LaSalle Parish Library’s annual Christmas event. The students met Santa and Mrs. Claus, received a book and candy cane, had cookies, sang Christmas songs and listened to a Christmas story during their visit to the library.
 

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21
Dec

Three young ladies were recently named Olla’s Miss Merry Christmas

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Three young ladies were recently named Olla’s Miss Merry Christmas and crowned by Olla Mayor Rhonda Elliott prior to the Olla Christmas Parade on Saturday: (clockwise) LaSalle Junior High Eighth Grader Lexi Snoddy – daughter of Jerry and Dana Snoddy of Olla, Olla Elementary Fifth Grader Belle Guin – daughter of Tim and Mia Poole of Olla and Olla Elementary Pre-Kindergartener Gentry Stowe – daughter of Bobby and Lindsey Stowe of Olla.
 

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21
Dec

LaSalle’s jobless picture improves

After a few months of continuing increases in the unemployment rate, that trend changed during the months of July, August and September with the jobless rate dropping, but the number of people employed also dropping. October’s jobless rate for the parish was 6.4 percent, a drop of .02 from the September rate of  6.6 percent. A year ago, the jobless rate in the parish stood at 5.6 percent.
 

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Mon
21
Dec

Police Jury adopts $7.3-million budget

Members of the LaSalle Parish Police Jury adopted their 2016 budget totaling just over $7.29-million at their regular December meeting held Monday night of last week. A public hearing on the proposed 2016 budget was held at 5:45 p.m., prior to adoption by jurors. Also during the public hearing, jurors were set to receive comments on deleting Pintail Drive in District 9 from the parish road system. No comments were received on either item.
 

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21
Dec

LaSalle ranks #3

LaSalle Parish educators, students and parents could not have received a better Christmas gift this year than when they learned that the LaSalle Parish School District is among the very top districts in the state recognized for exceptional growth on performance scores. The District Performance Score (DPS) increased from 84.5 to 96.5, which is an increase of 12 points on the DPS as compared to 2014-2015, meaning the local school district ranked at #3 in the state for gains in performance scores. A 96.5 DPS represents a letter grade of “B”.
 
Mon
14
Dec

Urania in dire need of volunteer firemen

Urania Council member and Fire Department Representative Stacie Strain shared concern with Mayor Terri Corley and her fellow Council members over the need for department volunteers on Monday night of last week at the Council’s regular monthly meeting. 
 

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Mon
14
Dec

“The Tale of the Three Trees”

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LaSalle High student David Rusk reads “The Tale of the Three Trees” book to Fellowship and Nebo Elementary fourth graders during their visit to the Centennial Cultural Center in Olla last week. All public school fourth graders in LaSalle Parish visited the CCC last week for their annual Christmas event where students are read Christmas books and told old-time Christmas stories by Mawmaw Nelly and served homemade gingerbread, teacakes and sassafras tea to teach what children did at Christmastime over a century ago. 
 
Mon
07
Dec

Jena officials adopts budget

The Jena Town Council approved a $6.5-million budget for year 2016 at their regular December meeting held Tuesday night of last week. The total budget contains $3,185,655 in revenue for the general fund; $2,326,800 in revenue for the utility fund; and $953,700 in revenue for the sales tax fund.
 

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