BY CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT
Staff writer
Eight years ago, as floods swept through southernLouisiana and the Amite River at PortVincent swelled to nearly 17.5 feet, damage hit particularly hard in St. Amant. Among the destruction
The Herps Exotic Reptile and Pet Show is coming to LamarDixon Expo Center Saturday and Sunday The event features thousands of reptiles, amphibians, insects, feeders and supplies. The show is from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4p.m.Sunday.Tickets are $10 for adults on Saturday and $15 on Sunday For more information, visit www.herpshow.net/shows/reptile-show-in-baton-rouge-la.
Indoor pickleballtourney
Indoor Pickleball at the Post is from 2p.m. to 6p.m. Saturdayatthe VFW Post 3693Hall on Churchpoint Road. The VFW Post 3693 Auxiliary is hosting the event. Teamsof four can reserve acourt for $40 per hour and equipmentfor $10.Toreserve acourt, email vfw3693au@gmail.com or call (225) 892-6309.
Ducks Unlimited banquet
Tickets are on sale for the Sept. 5Ducks Unlimited —East Ascension Chapter’sbanquet
The evening includes dinner, entertainment and raffles. For tickets, visit ducksunlimited. myeventscenter.com/event/ East-Ascension-Ducks-Unlimited-Banquet.
Tanger offering teachergrants
Tanger Outlets Gonzales has launched its 2024 TangerKids Grants Program supporting educational resources that help areastudents succeed. Applications are open through Oct. 18, and Ascension Parish educators are encouraged to apply at grants.tanger com. The platform invites teachers and leaders within the community to identify their needs and request funding to enhance programs and better serve
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was the area’scommunitycenter, and residentshave lacked sucha spacesince then.
Now,construction is underway to rebuild the center,this time alongsidethe area’sfirst library
Positioned along La. 431 between Cannonand Bayou Narcisse roads, crews are currently laying the building’sfoundation. Oncecompleted, thelocation will include a16,500-square-foot library, an 11,000-square-footcommunity center anda7,000-square-foot outdoor area, officials say Discussing the project last month, Ascension Parish Library
Director John Stelly said it is acollaboration betweenthe Ascension Parish government and thelibrary. He said the library purchasedthe land in 2013, and theidea for acombined communitycenter emerged followingthe 2016 flooding.
“Our sitehere was not as affected by the flood …there was some water on thesite, but not nearly likeitwas elsewhere in the parish,” he said.“Andso, it seemed like anatural fit to have the communitycenter be part of this project.”
Ricky Compton, infrastructure division director for Ascension
Parish, told The Advocate last month the St. Amant Community Centerwas the most used center at the time of the flood. The new one will include astage, reception hall and twoclassrooms, while the building will be able to act as an emergency shelterand point of distribution site. To that end, the parking lot is designed to facilitate heavy trucks should they need access. Abreezeway will connect the library and communitycenter, andCompton said the building will be the first co-located library and community center in the state.
Stelly said beyond study rooms and reading spaces, library patrons will also have access to an audiovisualrecording studio, a virtualrealityroom anda maker space with a3Dprinter.And the entire structure will be built on piers to avoid flooding.
“Wedidn’twant to bring abunch of fill in to build it up. We wanted to make it so that water can flow basicallyunder thebuilding,” he said. “…It’salso going to have a retention pond …withthe retention pond, being built on piers and
The Donaldsonville Tigers comeinto this season with anew coach, anew outlook and some new leaders.
One of thoseleaders is defensive tackle Terrill Nicholas Jr and his coach believes that he is ready for therole.
“Terrill is ready to takeonaleadership role on and off the field,” coach Darnell
Lee said. Nicholas is areturning starter for the Tigers on the defensive line. He was a first team all district selection last season as well as all metro. Donaldsonville finished 4-7 and lost to
Amite in thefirst round of the D3 nonselect playoffs, amemory that Nicholas wants to atone for “I feel like last season wasn’tall that, we could have been abetter team for sure. Ourgoal is to makeittoNew Orleansand play for astate championship,” Nicholas said. Standing 6-foot,2inches andweighing 245 pounds, Nicholas is easy to notice on the Tiger defensive line. He has dedicated himself to gettingbetter for bigger
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FILEPHOTO BY DAVID J. MITCHELL
Acommon sightinunincorporated Ascension Parish, awhite dischargepipe, left, for an individual sewertreatment system empties intoadrainageditchalong KC Road north of Gonzalesin2019.
BY CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT
Staff writer
National Water Infrastructure, the owner of Ascension Parish’ssewer system,recently settled with theLouisianaDepartmentof Environmental Quality over allegedviolations in Dutchtown. Butthe settlement shows the ongoing challengesofAscension Parish’sold sewer infrastructure, which NWI’sregional system aims to fix.
Thesettlement stemmed from allegations LDEQ found sewage sludge in ditches duringprimary andfollow-up inspections in January 2021 and similar violations documented the following year
Per the settlement terms, NWI denied it committed violations or that it was liable forfines or fees,a standard partof LDEQ settlement agreements. Thecompanyagreed to pay $10,500 and allow the department to consider theinspections and compliancereports when determining compliancehistory for future enforcement or permits.
Benjamin Hunter,general counsel for NWI, saidvia emailWednesdaythatthe organization “promptly remediated the noncompliance items in an open and transparent manner.”
“NWI upgraded the equipment at these facilities to alevel that exceeded the operational requirements in the permitsissued for these plants,” he added. “NWI then worked with LDEQ to negotiate a settlement agreement in compliance with all regulatory and legal requirements.”
Going forward, he added that NWI will operate the neighborhood plants in compliance with regulations.
The company finalized its $9.3 million purchase of the AscensionParishsewer systeminApril, and aims to sendtreated wastewater to the MississippiRiver rather thanBayou Manchac and other smaller waterways and ditches.
But reaching that goalincludes challenges, such as the recent settlement.
The 2021 alleged violationsemergedvia acitizen complaint, according to aconsolidated compliance order issued August 2021. That document stated that during two earlier inspections, the department
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students as they worktocreateamore productive and inclusivelearning environment. Found astray?Here’show youcan help Cara’sHouse animal shelter is offering anew program to help reduce itsshelter population andprovide care for lost or abandoned animals.
The Found aStray program encourages people who find alostpet to call the shelter and post the animal. For information, call Cara’sHouse at (225) 675-0400.Cara’s House providesfor all theanimal’sneeds while it’s under foster care.
Lookingfor akayak rental site?
Kayaks can be rented at the city’skay-
found sewage sludge in ditches near La. 74inDutchtown
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,solids are separated from the liquids during the wastewater treatment process and treated, becoming a“semisolid, nutrient-rich product known as biosolids,” also known as sewage sludge.
The EPAstates the materials can be beneficial with specific uses, including adding nutrients to agricultural land, though more than 700 pollutants have also been found in them.
In March2022, LDEQ states it documented solids close to the surface of wastewater and “a large amount of sludge buildup” in the receiving stream, according to the settlement.
The case reflects problemsplaguing communities beyond Ascension Parish, especially rural ones. In St. Tammany Parish,which has more on-site sewer disposal systems than any other parish, experts testified last year that many of those discharge raw or partially treated sewage.
Last December,the ParishCouncil voted to delay indefinitely avoteonanordinance that would have required septic inspectionsevery three years
InAscension Parish,HuntersaidNWI will decommission more than 70 neighborhood treatment plants. He added that those plants can be difficult to maintain in areas with significant development, making the company’s project “essential.”
“[The] treatment plants involved in this Settlement Agreement are neighborhood packagetreatment plants,” he wrote.
“Package treatmentplants do not possess thesametechnology that will be included in the new regional treatment plant to be constructed by NWI.”
The company has also faced difficulties with the regional plant, as residents in Dutchtownand Geismarpushedback against asiteproposalnear their homes.
NWI announced it would pursue an alternative location, though where that is remainstobeseen.
Email Christopher Cartwright at christopher.cartwright@theadvocate. com.
ak launch site behind Jambalaya Park along Bayou Francois. Kayaks are $5 per hour.For more information, call(225) 647-2841.
Mark youcalendar
Sept. 26: Volunteer Ascension’sUnveiling Hope fundraiser,The PACE Center, Gonzales.
Oct. 12: Fall Market at Chatagnier Family Farm, food, crafts and petting zoo.
Oct. 18-20: Sorrento Lions Club’sBoucherie andBalloon Festival on Airline Highway in Sorrento.
Dec. 7: Christmas Stroll in the Park: Craft vendors, food trucks, photos with Santa andthe Grinch. Duplessis Park.
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Construction crews work Fridayafternoon at the future site of the St. Amant libraryand community center,a project years in the making
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whatnot …wewill actually reduce the water runoff from the site compared to it as just plain land.”
Stelly said he hopes the project will be completed within thefirst halfof2025 but saidvarious factors could change the timeline. Meanwhile, the unveiling of the renovated Donaldsonville library is on the horizon.
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results in 2024.
“Weput in the work this summer,our goal was to make every workout and get better,” Nicholas said. Playing for the new coaching staff and head coach has excited Nicholas. “It feels really good to work with Coach Lee and the new staff. Ifeel like they push us harder than in past years,” Nicholas said. Lee likes what he sees on and off the field in his senior lineman. “Terrill is
Renovations to that branch began more than ayear ago, and it has been operating out of abuilding across the street. That temporary location closed earlier this month for the library’scollection to be moved back, Stelly said. Thelibrary is expected to reopen in early September Once reopened, it will feature many similar features to the St. Amant branch, including the maker space and audiovisual studio, along with aprofessionally curated display of Donaldsonville’shistory
ahard worker in the classroom and is an exceptional player,who is learning to rely on his technique as well as his athleticism to help his team be successful,” Lee said. When asked about what game he is looking forward to, Nicholas didn’thesitate. “Playing East Iberville this season will be interesting; our defensive coordinator from last season is the head coach there now.”
Peter Vilia is new head coach at East Iberville. The Tigers lose ED White from the district as they move up aclassification. District games with Patterson, Ber-
“The whole idea of us doing these building projects is …atestament to the relevance of libraries still. Our circulation continues to go up. Use of the library continues to go up,” he said. “… At theheartofwhat libraries do is provide opportunities for people to learn to better themselves,which in turn helps them better their communities.”
Email Christopher Cartwright at christopher cartwright@theadvocate. com.
wick and St. James should help prepare the Tigers for the playoffs. Taking on more of a leadership role has been a smooth process so farand Nicholas has some big plans forhimself and his team. “My goal is to play four years in college and go onto the NFL. Ireally believe the Tigers will shock the world,” Nicholas said. Troy LeBoeufcovers sports for theAscension Advocate. He canbe reached at troyleboeuf@ hotmail.com or ascension @theadvocate.com or on Twitter @Troyleboeuf.
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Tasty fruits and vegetables, handcrafted wood items and baked goods areamong the offerings at the RiversideFarmers Market of Louisiana.
Located at 45020 Manny Guitreau Road in Prairieville, the market features morethana dozen vendors from 8a.m.to 1p.m. Saturdays. Coordinator SherryKelly-Mack said the market displays the talents of awiderange ofvendors, while helping promotetheirsmall businesses.
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The following people were booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on Aug. 8-15:
AUG. 8
NAILER, MAKIAH DANIEL: 314 Williams St., Donaldsonville; 19; second-degree murder, criminal conspiracy
GREEN, JAMES DAVANTA: 3042 Brasset Road, Donaldsonville; 31; simple battery
KIMBLE, DEMARCUS: 5656 Autumn Blossom No. 401, Baton Rouge; 28; simple battery,criminal trespass/ all other offenses, simple criminal damage to property
$1,000 to $50,000, simple robbery
SALVANT,QUINCY: 100 Fourth St., Donaldsonville; 41; failure to appear-bench warrant
DEHART, JEANA MICHELLE: 110 OliveSt., Abbeville; 27; failuretoappear-bench warrant, twocounts entryon or remaining in places or on land after being forbidden, theft less than $750
STEWART, DARREIN MI-
CHAEL: 1293 Roddy Road, Gonzales; 29; state probation violation
JACKSON, MALACHI MAR-
TELL: 14496 Oak MeadowSt. Gonzales; 20; failuretoappear-bench warrant, fugitiveother Louisiana jurisdiction, stop signs and yield signs, security required, driver must be licensed possession of marijuana less than 14 grams, operating while intoxicated-first
SANFORD,JOSEPH DAVID: 37297 Overland Trail, Prairieville; 57; failuretoappearbench warrant, fugitiveother Louisiana jurisdiction, domestic abuse battery
MELANCON, DEVON CLEVELAND: 4545 Walter Hill Road
Darrow;27; domestic abuse battery
AUG. 9
RODDY, CHAD CODY: 17295
J.T. Roddy Road, Prairieville; 30; twocounts failureto appear-bench warrant
BURGESS,CRYSTALG.: 11806 Springfield Road,Denham Springs; 46; failureto appear-bench warrant
BOWMAN, KIM ANN: 12322 Dutchtown Lane Lot13, Geismar; 44; failuretoappearbench warrant, hold for other agency,identity theft, forgery,bank fraud
NOLBERT, LANICE SHERRELL: 502 W. Sixth St., Donaldsonville; 36; simple battery
AUG. 10
KAHRS,AMBER LEE: 10474
AcyRoad No. 9, St. Amant; 30; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, disturbing the peace/drunkenness, possession of marijuana less than 14 grams, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (cocaine)
SMILES,ASHTON A.: 6322 Fourth St., Violet; 36; headlamps on motor vehiclesmotorcycles and motordriven cycles, vehicle license required, operating vehicle while license is suspended, violations of protective orders
PARKER, JOSHUADARREN: 44077 Carlton Place Road, St. Amant; 19; driving on roadway laned for traffic, operating while intoxicated-first HENTON, HASSAN: 4731Mohegan Court, Baytown; 35; operating while intoxicatedfirst
WILLIAMS,KEVIN: 3876FM 2800, Jasper, Texas; 43; vehicular negligent injuring, first-degree vehicular negligent injuring, aggravated obstruction of ahighway of commerce, operating while intoxicated-first
WILLIAMS,SHANNA RACHELLE: 11307 Stevenson Road, Geismar; 35; aggravated assault with afirearm
WILLIAMS,JONATHAN CHRISTIAN: 6067Tuscany Lane,Sorrento; 27; resisting an officer, animal owner responsibilities
FOWLER, EDRICKNEKA
DAISHANALASHAY: 12195 Roddy Road, Gonzales; 20; disturbing the peace/simple assault
MANOGIN, TACARA RENEE:
AUG. 11
TIBBS,DEWAYNE KEITH: 1219 N. Coolidge Ave., Gonzales; 45; probation violation parish, simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000, domestic abuse battery
FRAZIER, CHAD: 42326 Marblestone Ave., Prairieville; 38; domestic abuse batterychild endangerment
GARRISON, AQUINDICE LAMAR: 512 Nicholls St., Donaldsonville; 33; resisting an officer, bicycles-front lamps/rear lamps/sideand rear reflectors
CONISH III, EDDIE LEE: 111 Amp Circle Drive, Edgard; 28; prohibited acts-drug paraphernalia, contributing to the delinquency of juveniles-crime or controlled dangerous substance law, manufacture/distribution/ possession with theintent todistribute Schedule Icontrolled dangerous substance, illegal carry of weapons-crime or controlled dangerous substance,possession of firearm by person convicted of certain felonies, twocounts failuretoappearbench warrant
NORTH, TYRONE: 40508 La. 621, Gonzales; 47; three counts failureto appearbench warrant
YOUNG, DAVIDE DEANTE: 1456 Sharlo Ave., Baton Rouge; 32; theft lessthan
$1,000
MAYERSR., MALCOLM XAVIER: 1237 NAirline Highway, Gonzales;30; fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction,domestic abuse battery-child endangerment, domestic abuse battery-strangulation
SINGLETON JR., ELSTON RAY: 1514 Maginnis St., Donaldsonville; 39; twocountsfailureto appear-bench warrant
SPURLOCK, TYRONE: 12352 Warrick Ave., Baton Rouge; 55; theft$1,000 butlessthan $5,000
HARRIS,JACOBEE KOBAR: 13170 Dutchtown PointNo. 1322, Gonzales;24; domestic abuse battery
EPHRON, CHLOE MONET: 13170 Dutchtown PointNo. 1322, Gonzales;23; domestic abuse battery
AUG. 12
LEWIS JR., PATRICK DEWAYNE: 816Church St., Donaldsonville; 21; possession of marijuana morethan 14 grams, fugitive-other Louisiana jurisdiction, failureto appear-bench warrant
JOHNSON JR., JOHNNIE LEE: 37345 Anderson Road,Geismar; 41; failureto appearbench warrant, illegal carrying of weapons, resistingan officer, criminal trespass/ trespassing of real property, disturbing the peace/ drunkenness
LESSARDJR., CARL JOSEPH: 13094 Harold Road,Gonzales; 24; bicycles-front lamps/rear lamps/sideand rear reflectors, resistingan officer resisting an officer by violence/resistance/or opposition
SANCHEZ, SAMUELR.: 44131 Raymond Tullier Road,Sorrento; 22;simple criminal damage toproperty $1,000to $50,000
DANIELS-HOLMES,DEVEN JABRIL: 375 Westminister Village Blvd., Sharpsburg,Georgia; 22; Illegal transmission of monetary funds, Criminal Conspiracy,BankFraud, Criminal Conspiracy,Theft
$1,000 butlessthan $5,000, Criminal Conspiracy,Identity Theft,Criminal Conspiracy DIXON, CODYM.: homeless, Prairieville; 31; state probation violation,two counts theft lessthan$1,000, resisting an officer, simple burglary (all others) WILLIAMS,ANIYAH: 12218 Excalibur Ave., Baton Rouge; 18;assault by drive-by shooting, three countsprincipals, aggravatedcriminal damage toproperty,illegal useofweaponsor dangerous instrumentalities, firstdegree murder YOUNG, JAYDON: address unknown;21; simple criminal damage toproperty less than$1,000
WADE, JETARO R.: 251 Madewood Drive, Donaldsonville; 21; state probation violation,
louisiana jurisdiction, failure to appear-bench warrant, contraband defined-certain activities regarding contraband in penal institutions prohibited WARE, RICHARD: 234 Bracewall Drive, Baton Rouge; 29; twocounts fugitiveother Louisiana jurisdiction, reckless operation, simple criminal damage to property less than $1,000, aggravated obstruction of ahighwayof commerce, aggravated flight from an officer
BUTLER, JONATHAN M.: 2281 Acosta Road, Donaldsonville; 38; twocounts failure to appear-bench warrant, bicycles-front lamps/rear lamps/side and rear reflectors,possessionofSchedule II controlled dangerous substance, resisting an officer BELL, REGINALD TYRONE: 7112 Moran Road, Gonzales; 53; twocounts stop signs and yield signs, twocounts traffic-control signals, two counts registration-commercial vehicles-expired plate, twocounts no seat belt, two counts general speed law, twocounts turning movements and required signals, twocounts reckless operation, twocounts no motor vehicle insurance, operating vehicle while license is suspended, flight from an officer, surety,two counts theft less than $1,000, two counts failuretoappearbench warrant, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (cocaine), driving on right side of road-exceptions, driving on roadway laned for traffic, driver must be licensed, hit-and-run driving, simple criminal damage to property $1,000 to $50,000, aggravated obstruction of ahighway of commerce, aggravated flight from an officer, simple assault
AUG. 13
COLLIE, CHAD: 15365 La. 73, Prairieville; 55; domestic abuse battery
HARRIS JR., CRAIG DARNELL: 305 1/2 W. Sixth St., Donaldsonville; 33; criminal trespass/trespassing of real property,resisting an officer, bicycles-front lamps/rear lamps/side and rear reflectors,five counts failureto appear-bench warrant
AUG. 14
MCDONALD,MORGANNE
M.: 39318 Country Drive, Prairieville; 28; entryonor remaining in places or on land after being forbidden, theft less than $1,000
VELAZQUEZ, CARLOS
CUADRADO: 824 Joe Yenni
Blvd. Room 30, Kenner; 41; use of certain wireless telecommunications devices for text messaging prohibited, driving on right side of road-exceptions, driving on roadway laned for traffic, operating while intoxicatedfirst
DUNCAN JR., CLARENCE: 13096 Silverwood Court, Denham Springs; 37; fugitiveother Louisiana jurisdiction
WILLIAMS,LATASHA DENISE: 5263 E. Brookstown Drive, Baton Rouge; 38; Theft less than $1,000
FELTON, LRELL: 1710 W. Paris St., Gonzales; 41; failureto appear-bench warrant
HATCHER, BRANDYSHELA: 36418 Belle Journee Ave., Geismar; 50; domestic abuse aggravated assault
AUG. 15
GIBSON, ANGEL LYNN: 14017
Gary Babin Road, St. Amant; 46; probation violation parish, failuretoappear-bench warrant
LOPEZ-PEREZ, ISAAC: 17039 La. 44, Prairieville; 41; hold for other agency,unauthorized use of amotor vehicle
PARKER, DERRICK CHRISTOPHER: 501 Lisa St., Donaldsonville; 47; failure to appear-bench warrant, possession of Schedule II controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine) fugitive-other Louisiana operating ossession of marigrams
The development of the Price LeBlanc PACE Center has earned the city of Gonzales the Louisiana Municipal Association’s Community Achievement Award.
The award is presented each year at the LMA Annual Convention to municipalities with outstanding progress in municipal services and projectswithin their communities, anews release said.
PACE is a25,000-square-foot facility designed to offer space for premier events, conferences and performances.
“The Price LeBlanc PACE Center is atestament to our commitment to identifying needs withinour community and working efficiently to get the job done forour residents. When the Louisiana Development Ready Communities strategic plan—guided by residents, businesses, and stakeholders —identified this project as ahigh priority,our local leadership worked together to ensure the project was supported, funded, and couldmake it across thefinish line,” said Ryland Percy,interim Gonzales mayor “Weare extremelyproud of this recognition from the Louisiana Municipal Association, and we are thankful for the opportunity to highlight this valuable resource within our community.”
The center is the direct result of the city’s Strategic Economic Development Plan, which ranked the addition of the PACE Center as the highest priority community project based on participant feedback gathered through surveys of residents, businesses and meetings held with leaders representing local business, industry,civic andgovernmental organizations.
The implementation effort —led by formerMayor Barney Arceneaux; Mayor Pro-Tem Kirk Boudreaux; City Council
members Johnny Berthelot, Tyler Turner, Harold Stewart and TimRiley; Chief Engineer Jackie Baumann; Chief Administrative Officer Scot Byrd;and former council members Neal Bourque and David Guitreau —engaged the state Legislature to present a local hotel/motel occupancy tax to voters in 2019. The tax provided the necessary funding to begin project construction. Over the project lifespan, local leadership worked with both the Louisiana Legislature and service providers, including Domain Architecture and Stuart &Company General Contractors, to ensure the project was completed bothontimeand in-budgetdespite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues and inflation, the release continued.
The facility is also supported by local partners, including the LeBlanc family,who donated $1.5 million to the
