The Ascension Advocate (01/29/15)

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Board to vote on property purchase

Darlene Denstorff

Dutchtown High could gain access point

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Seniors, get your dancing shoes ready Ascension Parish residents age 50 and older are invited to Friday’s Ascension Senior Citizen Sock Hop. The dance and lunch will be from noon to 3 p.m. at the Ascension Gym located at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, 9039 S. St. Landry Road, Gonzales.

Election qualifying dates

Qualifying is set for Feb. 4-6 for two Gonzales City Council seats up for a vote in the March 28 election, said Bridget Hanna, chief deputy clerk of court for Ascension Parish. Candidates may qualify for the Gonzales City Council Division C and Division E seats each day from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Interested residents may qualify at the Office of the Clerk of Court, 815 E. Worthey St., Gonzales, or 300 Houmas St., Donaldsonville. The primary election is scheduled for March 28 and the general election, if necessary, is scheduled for May 2. For information, call the Clerk’s Office at (225) 473-9866 or (225) 621-8400, extension 7, or visit ascensionclerk.com.

Bridge club seeks players

A local bridge club is looking for new bridge players. The card players meet at 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at the Ascension Council on Aging’s Gonzales Senior Center, 526 S. Irma Blvd., Gonzales. If you are interested and an avid bridge player, call Gloria Lake at (225) 673-1796.

Cleanup, fellowship day

Donaldsonville City Councilman the Rev. Charles Brown Sr. and Emmanuel Baptist Church in Donaldsonville are planning a community trash pickup program from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday. Church leaders also plan a fellowship gathering after the cleanup. All supplies, safety gear, refreshments and assignments will be at church, 2129 La. 1 S., Donaldsonville. The cleanup and fellowship program planned to follow are sponsored by Mainstreet Donaldsonville, Keep Louisiana Beautiful, the city of Donaldsonville, Emmanuel Baptist Church and Donaldsonville High School Junior ROTC. A recycling day event is planned in February and spring cleanup projects will be held. äSee AROUND, page 3G

BY ELLYN COUVILLION

ecouvillion@theadvocate.com GONZALES — At its meeting next week, on Tuesday, the Ascension Parish School Board will vote on whether to purchase a 6½-acre tract of property near Dutchtown High that would give students and faculty another route for getting on

and off campus. Board members discussed the property at a workshop Tuesday evening. The seller, A&M Properties of Baton Rouge, a partnership of George Aime Jr. and James Mire, and the School Board have a property purchase agreement in place, according to documents provided to

board members. The proposed purchase price is $200,100, a price within the appraised value, said Chad Lynch, planning and construction director for the school system. The 6.42-acre site is on the west side of Carrie Lane, off of La. 74 in Geismar. The owners first notified the

School Board in July 2014 that they were selling the property and gave the board first choice. Currently, the only entrance and exit for Dutchtown High is onto La. 73, which runs in front of the school. The property the board is considering purchasing would offer an entryway onto La. 74, Lynch said. “It could also be used for overflow parking and practice,� he said of the site.

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Top projects qualify for regional science fair BY DARLENE DENSTORFF

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Clipboard in hand, Christian Anderson moved from one science fair project to another Friday, paying careful attention to the details included in each presentation as he judged the projects during Prairieville Middle School’s science fair. äSee SCIENCE FAIR, page 6G Advocate staff photo by DARLENE DENSTORFF

Horticulturist Jonathon Ducote talks Friday with Prairieville Middle School student Calvin Jack about his science fair project. Calvin looked at how light affected plant growth.

Preserving food easy, but must be done safely BY CHRISTINE MORGAN

has canned her own food several times and said one can never be too cautious about GALVEZ — Patrons interested following the right procedures. “Even though you know how in preserving their own food brought their ideas and fears to do the right thing, you’re to a lesson on proper food can- still paranoid,� Miller said. While canning food and prening and fruit and vegetable preserving techniques Jan. serving fruits and vegetables 20 at the Ascension Parish Li- are making a comeback, it can be dangerous, said instructor brary’s Galvez Branch. Shelly Miller, of Gonzales, Cynthia Clifton, area nutrition cmarceneaux@theadvocate.com

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agent with the LSU Agricultural Center for St. John the Baptist Parish. As she talked about the steps for canning, Clifton stressed safety first. “It’s something that’s easy to Advocate staff photo by CHRISTINE MORGAN do, but you have to have it in your mind that this is what you Cynthia Clifton, area nutrition agent with the LSU AgCenter in want to do so you do it safely,â€? St. John the Baptist Parish, teaches more than a dozen adults the essentials of canning and preserving food safely Jan. 20 äSee FOOD, page 2G at the Galvez Library in Prairieville.


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