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Central’s Going —
Back to School In Style
Thursday, August 9, 2012 • Vol. 15, No. 16 • 16 Pages • Circulation 10,000 • www.centralcitynews.us • Phone 225-261-5055
Back to the Future Central Students Return to an All-New Campus
They Said We Couldn’t Do It, But We Did It!
Central Opens Two of Finest Public Schools In the South
Woody Jenkins
Editor, Central City News
CENTRAL— Monday, Aug. 13 is the first day of school for students in the Central Community School District. For students attending Central Middle School (grades 6 to 8) and Central Intermediate School (grades 3 to 5), located at the new Central School Complex, it will be an eye-opening experience, especially for those who attended the old Central Middle School last year. As one teacher said, “It is like leaving purgatory and arriving at the pearly gates of heaven!” “Heaven” was a word used often by teachers, parents, and students alike during orientation at the new Central School Complex Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night. See NEW on Page 12
Photo by Woody Jenkins
Woody Jenkins
West Nile Virus Takes Life Of Indian Mound Resident New Central Intermediate School will be open for its first day of class Monday.
INDIAN MOUND — Riley Joseph Gremillion, Jr., 70, of Indian Mound died last Friday of the West Nile virus, according to a statement issued yesterday by his son, Robert Gremillion. When questioned by the Central City News earlier in the week, the state Dept. of Health and Hospitals
refused to confirm the name of the victim or the location, citing privacy laws. In a statement, Robert Gremillion said his father passed away four days after the first symptoms. He expressed gratitude on behalf of his mother for the many condoSee RILEY on Page 14
Editor, Central City News
CENTRAL — More than 3,000 parents and students attended Orientation this past Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at the new Central School Complex on Sullivan Road. The complex, which cost $46 million, contains two separate schools — Central Middle School and Central Intermediate School. More than 4,300 students will arrive for their first full day of class at all five of Central’s public schools next Monday morning. The new school complex inSee SOME on Page 13
Capital City News to Begin Next Thursday
CENTRAL — Community Press, LLC, the owner of the Central City News, is launching a See CENTRAL on Page 11
Long-Time School Secretary Passed Away Last Week
Joyce Kelly Would Have Loved It!
Photo by Woody Jenkins
Joyce Kelly who served as secretary to long-time Central High principal J. A. Smith, died this week, just before the opening of the new Central Middle. She was the daughter of T.H. Montgomery, who represented Central on EBR school board for 42 years. For story, see Page 2.
BEAUTIFUL NEW GYM for Central Middle School at the new Central School Complex was the perfect setting for a photo of these Central students at Orientation Tuesday.