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Thursday, December 1, 2011 • Vol. 14, No. 31 • 16 Pages • Circulation 11,000 • centralcitynews.us • Published Every Thursday
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Unless Stopped Soon, BR Loop Will Re-Make Central With 1,500-Foot Right of Way and Central City Council Waffles on Loop BASE CORRIDOR FOR NORTHERN LOOP through Central. Another route farther north is the northern by-pass, which is considered unlikely to be adopted.
High Walls, Loop To Cut City in Half
CENTRAL — While opponents of the Baton Rouge Loop think the project is dead, supporters like Mayor-President Kip Holden say it is very much alive and on schedule. The public doesn’t realize that the Capital Area Expressway Authority has all the legal power it needs to build the Loop right now.
Mayor Mac Watts
Councilman Louis DeJohn
Councilman Dr. Tony LoBue
CENTRAL — Almost all Central’s elected officials said they were against the Baton Rouge Loop when they campaigned for Mayor and City Council in March 2010. But last Tuesday, when Council-
Councilman Wayne Messina
Councilman Aaron Moak
Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph Washington
man Wayne Messina offered a resolution to put the City of Central on record against the Loop, several officials waffled and appeared ready to vote against the resolution. Messina decided to postpone
Tim Lazaroe Central Chamber
Wade Giles Economic Dev.
the vote until Dec. 13 to give the public the chance to express their views to the Council. Last year, more than 1,000 Central residents filed statements with
Killer Roads Claim Two More Central Youths See PUBLIC on Page 12
Woody Jenkins
Editor, Central City News
CENTRAL — Two Central young people have been killed as a result of serious accidents on Central’s narrow, two-lane roads. • Tyler Kyzar, 16, was seriously injured last Tuesday after his car left the Denham Road near Joor and hit a fence. He died shortly thereafter at Our Lady of the Lake. • Emily Simmers, 10, died yesterday as a result of a head injury she received Monday morning when her mother dropped off Emily’s brother Ethan at Central High School. Her car was hit by a pickup truck traveling on Wax Road. The two latest fatalities are the See YOUNG on Page 4
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See DESPITE on Page 8
FORMER CENTRAL HIGH STUDENT TYLER KYZAR, an avid Wildcat fan, was killed last Tuesday when his car left Denham Road and hit a fence. Tyler was taken to Our Lady of the Lake where he passed away later that day. His father expressed thanks for the outpouring of support the family received from the Central community.