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CENTRAL — “Liberty Road” wasn’t named with the intent of having any particular philosophi-cal significance. State Hwy. 409 just north of Central was, after all, simply the road from Greenwell Springs to Liberty, Mississippi. But today the word “Liberty” in Liberty Road has special meaning,

CENTRAL HIGH PRINCIPAL Bob Wales will take over an administrative post in the Central school system July 1. The school board will be searching for a new principal.

Woody Jenkins Editor, Central City News

New Principal for Central High SchoolWales Led SchoolTo ‘A’ Rating fromState, Top ScoresFrom ACT Testing

CENTRAL — Central High School principal Bob Wales will move to an administrative position with the Central Community School System beginning July 1, and the school board will begin the search for a new principal in the next few weeks. Wales has compiled a record of accomplishment at Central High, including: • Earning an ‘A’ school perfor-mance score for Central High from the Louisiana Department of Edu-cation, placing the school among the state’s top high schools. • Earning the highest ACT scores in Louisiana


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BroadcastingLive AcrossAmerica fromLiberty Road

because Tony Perkins is broad-casting live from Liberty Road to 140 radio stations across America. His message, currently heard in 30 states during afternoon drive time, is one promoting “religious liberty.” Perkins has an unusual life. Af-ter serving Central as a member of the Louisiana House of Represen-tatives for eight years, he accepted a position in Washington as presi-dent of the Family Research Coun-cil, perhaps the nation’s leading voice for pro-family causes. Family Research has 500,000 supporters, an annual budget of $17 million, and 80 employees. He, his wife Lawana, and their five children live on 20 acres just off Liberty Road, but Tony com-

Bob Wales to Move to Administrative Post

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DOTD TakesDown SignsOn GS Road CENTRAL — Seven months ago, Central moms Gail Lloyd and Roxanne Atkinson be-gan placing warning signs up and down Greenwell Springs, alerting drivers to the danger of speeding on the road where many have died in recent years. Their signs seemed to be working, and Central Police Chief Doug Browning and Central Mayor Mac Watts said they fully supported the warn-ing signs. But apparently someone at the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development didn’t like them, because last week DOTD crews pulled up all the signs. Gail Lloyd was shocked. “We have had nothing but sup-

LIVE FROM LIBERTY ROAD— Tony Perkins broadcasts to 140 stations across America five days a week, including two days a week from studios on Liberty Road.

Tony Perkins Represented Central in Legislature CENTRAL — Tony Perkins rep-resented Central in the Louisiana House from 1996 to 2004, when he became president of the Family Research Council in Washington.

Perkins and his wife Lawana live with their five children on Liber-ty Road, just north of Central. He commutes to work in Washington weekly.

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Country Living in the CityGENEROUS OFFER — The Central Community School Board has offered the City of Central free office space in perpetuity for City Hall, Municipal Services, and other public offices. Shown are school board members Ruby Foil, board president Dr. Jim Gardner, and former president Sharon Browning.

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Washington, and Councilman Tony LoBue toured the old Central Mid-dle School site and considered the possibilities. Barrow said Wednesday it is still early to know what the city will want to do. He said the city may decide to lo-cate City Hall on a tract where there could be a lake, a park, a theatre, and a commercial development. Nevertheless, he said, the school board offer is very much under consideration. Our own view is that the Central School Board’s offer is very appeal-ing and very hard to pass up. Central has taken a conservative, low-cost approach to running city government. That has proven to be very wise in these tough times. While other city governments are struggling, Central is very much in the black. The school board’s offer is a very practical, economical ap-proach to the city’s need for facili-ties for the next 20 to 30 years. We hope the city will say, “Great idea! Thank you! We accept!”

School Board Makes Generous Offer to City

CENTRAL — The Central Com-munity School Board has made the City of Central an amazing offer — an offer that could result in great savings to the taxpayers of the city for many years to come.

It is an offer worthy of serious consideration by our city fathers. The school board plans to tear down most of the buildings that comprised the old Central Middle School. But it will keep and reno-vate the three buildings there that are structurally sound and most suitable for future use. One of those buildings — the L-shaped CMS administration build-ing facing Sullivan Road — will be used by the School Board as its cen-tral office. However, the back half of that building — nearly 20,000 square feet — is being offered by the school board to the City of Central to use free of charge in perpetuity. All the city would have to do is

renovate the building according to the city’s plans and pay for the utili-ties. The facilities could include any or all of the following: • Central City Hall • Central Municipal Services center • Post Office • Clerk of Court • Registrar of Voters • Drivers License office • Library • Police Department The city currently leases of-fice space for City Hall on Hooper Road and pays IBTS to operate the Central Municipal Services center on Sullivan Road near Greenwell Springs Road. The school board’s offer may or may not fit with the city’s plan to develop a City Center for Central. The city has engaged the former Moore Planning Group, now called ERM or Environmental Research Group, to make recommendations regarding a city center. So far, ERM has identified seven possible sites in Central for a city center. One of those sites is the old Central Middle School site. Last week Mayor Mac Watts, chief administrative officer David Barrow, Mayor Pro-Tem Ralph

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New Publication Schedule,Circulation Boost to 20,000 CENTRAL — Effective next Thurs-day, April 4, the two newspapers published by Community Press, LLC — the Central City News and the Capital City News — will be-gin a new publication schedule and offer a greatly increased combined circulation that should benefit read-ers and advertisers. The newspapers will be published every other Thursday from January to August and every Thursday from September to December. All ads will run in both newspa-pers, which will have combined cir-culation of 20,000. For current ad-vertisers in the Central City News,

it will mean twice as many readers at no increase in cost. New printing facilities will al-low up to 24 color pages in each section. The newspaper will also begin including advertising inserts. The Central City News will con-tinue to be distributed in Central, and the Capital City News will be distributed in South Baton Rouge. The two papers will share content of interest to both communities. To advertise, call Candi Lee at 225-921-1433 or Jolice Provost at 225-405-8894. For inserts, call Woody Jenkins at 225-921-1433. Email: [email protected]

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Easter Worship Services This Week CENTRAL — Easter services coming up in and around Central:

Central Community EasterService

Everyone is invited to attend the annual Central Community Easter Service at Wildcat Stadium Sunday, March 31 at 7 a.m. This non-denom-inational event, hosted by Zoar Bap-tist Church, provides the community an opportunity to gather together for the purpose of celebrating the resur-rection. There will be special music, choir and congregational singing, and a special Easter message. In case of inclement weather, the service will be held at Zoar Baptist Church.

Berean Ministries Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Berean is lo-cated at 6565 Morgan Road.

Blackwater UnitedMethodist Church

Sunrise services at 6:30 a.m. and worship services at 10:45 and 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 31. Black-water is located at 10000 Blackwater Road.

Comite Baptist Church Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, March 31 at 7 a.m. and worship ser-vices at 10:45 a.m. Comite is located at 12250 Greenwell Springs.

Cornerstone Fellowship Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Cornerstone is located at 9611 Blackwater Road.

Covenant Community Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. Covenant is located at 22325 Greenwell Springs Rd.

Fellowship BaptistChurch of Central

Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:15 a.m. Fellowship is located at 14512 Greenwell Springs Road.

First Baptist Church, Central Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. First Baptist is located at 9676 Sullivan Road.

Future Hope Ministries Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 8 a.m. Future Hope is located at 17070 Greenwell Springs

Road.Galilee Baptist Church

Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.

Galilee is located at 11050 Greenwell Springs-Port Hudson Road.

Grace Presbyterian Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:45 a.m. and 6 p.m. Grace is located at 9526 Joor Road.

Greenwell SpringsBaptist Church

Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Greenwell Springs is located at 19421 Greenwell Springs Road.

Immanuel Baptist Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. Immanuel is located at 10870 Lovett Road.

Indian MoundBaptist Church

Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:45 a.m. Indian Mound is located at 16755 Liberty Road.

Journey Church Worship services on Saturday, March 30 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, March 31 at 9 and 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon. Journey is located at 17407 Greenwell Springs Road.

Life Tabernacle Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Life Tabernacle is located at 9323 Hooper Road.

Magnolia UnitedMethodist Church

Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10:30 a.m. Magnolia is located at 16024 Greenwell Springs Road.

Sandy Creek Baptist Church Easter Sonrise Service, 22834 Lib-erty Road in Pride, on Sunday, March

ST. JOSEPH ALTAR — The Feast of St. Joseph was celebrated Sunday, March 24 at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. The tradition started many years ago in Sicily, Italy where a great famine took over all the land. The people promised that if, through the intercession of St. Joseph, God sent them rain, that they would erect an alter in honor of St. Joseph in Thanksgiving. Today many St. Joseph’s Altars are still built in thanksgiving for favors granted. Protraying the Saints are Joseph, Jonathan Frank, son of Eric and Alice Frank; Mary, Alice Way, daughter of Brad and Melanie Way; and Jesus, Jeffery Alexander, son of Jason and Donna Alexander.

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Perkins Leads Family Research GroupFormer LegislatorPlays Major RoleIn National AffairsIn Times of Perilmutes to Washington on Monday evening or Tuesday evening. By Friday afternoon, he is back at the family’s place on Liberty Road, where their mailing address is Pride, Louisiana. After almost 10 years of commut-ing back and forth to Washington plus speaking engagements all over America, Perkins long ago became a member of Delta Airlines’ Million Mile Club. His commuting schedule is simi-lar to that of members of Congress, who usually arrive in Washington on Monday night and return home on Friday. Family Research has a 30-year history of success in protecting the family, including the passage of Marriage Amendments in 28 states. Everything was working well. Then, a few months ago, Family Research launched a new radio pro-gram called Washington Watch: Live Daily with Tony Perkins. It was to be broadcast Monday through Fri-day from 4 to 5 p.m. Central Time. The Family Research Council has a sophisticated radio and televi-sion studio at its building near the U. S. Capitol in Washington. But, in order for Perkins to con-tinue to commute, he would have to find a way to broadcast the daily show live from the Baton Rouge area on Mondays and Fridays. So he decided to construct a new stu-dio on his property on Liberty Road — including a set that is an exact duplicate of the one in Washington. The set is important because, in addition to the 140 radio stations, the show streams both audio and video online and to cell phones. On Tuesday afternoon, Perkins was in the studio on Liberty Road and at precisely 4:05 p.m. — right after local stations broadcast their news — his mike was opened by

long-time assistant Randy Burt. Washington Watch was “on the air”! Tony celebrated his 50th birth-day last week. For most of the past 25 years, Randy Burt has been his co-worker or assistant, beginning at State Police Training headquarters, continuing through Tony’s work as news director at WBTR-TV, then as Tony’s legislative assistant, and to-day at Family Research. Burt, who is married and has four children and two grandchildren, is

Perkins’ right hand-man, handles a lot of logistics, helps do the en-gineering for the radio program, and helps with security. They met teaching Sunday School at Imman-uel Baptist Church. The new radio program, Wash-ington Watch, is only one of Per-kins’ radio broadcasts. He does a daily one-minute commentary that airs on 400 stations nationwide and a weekend show on 350 stations. The weekend show includes the

best of Washington Watch from the week. Washington Watch begins with news headlines that the “main-stream” media often ignore. Then there is usually a live interview with a member of Congress, fol-lowed by several in-depth stories. The last half of the show is devoted to listeners’ calls. Perkins answers their questions or responds to their concerns. Tuesday’s program followed the usual format. It opened with “Washington Watch: Live Daily with Tony Per-kins. Your source for what’s really happening in Washington.” The news headlines were • The Supreme Court was hear-ing appeals of California’s decision to ban same-sex marriage and a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act. • Growing frustration with the Republican Party. Perkins cited a statement by Karl Rove that he could see a Republican presidential nominee supporting same-sex mar-riage. But Perkins said there might be a Republican candidate who takes that position but he won’t be-come President. • The governor of North Dakota signing legislation to prohibit the killing of unborn children if they have a beating heart. Perkins pro-claimed North Dakota as now the most pro-life state in the nation. Perkins said that, despite the problems in Washington, there are very encouraging things happening at the state level in many states. “There’s more reason than ever to stay informed and stay involved,” he told the audience. Switching to international mat-ters, Perkins addressed the Beng-hazi affair, in which the U. S. am-bassador to Libya and three other Americans were murdered by ter-rorists. “There’s growing evidence of a cover up on Benghazi,” he said. Perkins said it is amazing that, de-spite promises by President Obama to bring the perpetrators to justice, no one has yet been detained for the crime. Furthermore, he said, six months after the attack, “We still don’t know who the survivors are!” He

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said that neither the Congress nor the media have been able to ques-tion the survivors and find out what really happened. Perkins then did a live interview with Congressman Frank Wolf (R-Virginia) who has been trying to get answers on Benghazi. After the Wolf interview, Perkins reminded listeners to go to his web-site, www.tonyperkins.com, to find links to more information. Perkins then did a segment on Dr. Russell Moore, who has been chosen to replace Dr. Richard Land as head of the Southern Baptists’ Ethics and Religious Liberty Com-mission. Land has served as chief spokesman for Southern Baptists. Moore has been a guest host on Washington Watch. After Perkins opened the call-in line, a listener said he heard Attor-ney General Eric Holder say that parents don’t have a right to home-school their children. A controversy arose involving a German family. Germany prohibits homeschool-ing and arrests parents who home-school. The family sought asylum in America, and the Bush adminis-tration allowed them to stay in this country. Now Holder is deporting the family. Meanwhile, Perkins said, Holder allows illegal aliens who are convicted felons to roam freely in this country. Perkins and his wife Lawana homeschool their children, and he was quick to explain that parents do have the constitutional right to home-school their children. Perkins cited the 1927 case So-ciety of Sisters, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, which said the states have no right to force a stan-dardized education on all people. He also cited Wisconsin v. Yoder, involving the Amish, which further protected the right of parents to con-trol the education of their children. “Homeschooling is on solid le-gal ground,” Perkins said, “but it is not safe with this administration in power.” Perkins then reviewed the Su-preme Court hearing on same-sex marriage, which was going on Tues-day and Wednesday. He added that

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the Family Research Council has filed an amicus brief in the case. Another listener called to com-plain about the Republican Party. “I’ve been a Republican commit-teeman for years but now I don’t consider this party worthy of my participation!” He said he finds more agreement with the Constitu-tion Party. Perkins said, “The Republican Party is teetering on becoming a permanent minority party.” Jason, a caller from Oklahoma, said the Supreme Court should not have trouble with the decision on same-sex marriage. “Is it natural?” he asked. Perkins responded, “Ex-actly. It’s not a natural thing.” Perkins said “We are told, ‘You should be able to marry anyone you

love!’ but how far does that go? Should plural marriages be allowed, as in Moslem countries? How will you be able to stop polygamy?” Ron from Georgia said, “This is not just politics. This is about good and evil. We are becoming like So-

dom and Gomorrah.” Perkins said, “We have 5,000 years of history to justify the mar-riage of one man and one woman. Children need a father and a moth-er.” In response to a caller concerned about reaching Latin voters, Perkins said, “The best way to reach Latin voters is to promote the traditional family.” Most Hispanic people be-lieve in the family unit and the im-portance of marriage between one man and one woman, he said. An African American caller asked if the GOP would continue to stand for core values. If not, he would walk away, he said. Perkins said we need more candidates who stand for those values. He urged cit-izens to consider running for office. In concluding the show, Perkins said, “Remember, you still have the ability to make a difference. When you’ve done everything you can do, just keep standing!” The Perkins home on Liberty Road includes 20 acres, and all of the kids have been homeschooled and raised in an unassuming rural lifestyle. The Perkins children are growing up. Kendell is 21, Rachel 16, Da-vid 14, Grace 12, and Samuel is 5. The Perkinses raise chickens and have dogs and cats. They say Lib-erty Road is a great place to live. Now the world will get a real taste of the values the Perkins fam-ily espouses — Live from Liberty Road! You can hear “Washington Watch: Live Daily with Tony Perkins” on 88.1 FM in Baton Rouge or by downloading a cellphone “app” called “Washington Watch” or “FRC”.

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Gov. Jindal Wants to RaiseBusinessTaxby$1.4Billion BATON ROUGE — Gov. Bobby Jin-dal has proposed a far-reaching plan to repeal state personal and corporate income taxes and replace them with higher sales taxes and a new 5.88 percent tax on business, professional, and personal services that have never before been taxed. On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee released a document (above) showing the cost to taxpayers of each component of Jindal’s tax on services. Altogether, they show that business would pay $1.4 billion in new taxes. Secretary of Revenue Tim Bar-field contends that business would actually pay about $500 million

more in sales taxes than business owners would save by eliminating the income tax. On Wednesday, the governor’s plan took a damaging if not fatal blow when the Louisiana Associa-tion of Business & Industry released a chilly assessment of the plan. LABI president Dan Juneau said the long-standing policy of the or-ganization is to oppose additional taxes on business. He cited state-ments by Barfield that business would pay more in taxes. Juneau concluded that if in fact the Jindal plan ends up proposing to raise business taxes, LABI would oppose it.


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MILESTONESSend milestones to [email protected] or mail to 910 N. Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70806.

Births • Engagements • Weddings • DeathsAnniversaries • Reunions

Milestones 50th ANNIVERSARYGlenn and Barbara Richards celebrat-ed their 50th anniversary on March 9 at the home of their daughter.

Saturday, April 13Central Class of 2003 Reunion

7 to 11 p.m. Central High Class of 2003 will hold their reunion at Kristenwood on Greenwell Springs. Cost is $35 per person due by Friday, March 22. Updates and information can be found at chsclassof2003.word-press.com, Facebook: CHS Class of 2003, or email [email protected].

Saturday, April 27Central Class of ’83 Reunion

7:30 to 11 p.m. Central High Class of ’83 will have a reunion at De la Ronde Hall, 320 Third Street, Ste. 201, Baton Rouge. Cost is $75 at the door. En-tertainment will be the Chris Leb-lanc Band. There will be a buffet and a cash bar. For information, contact Tami Helmke Misuraca at 937-4083 or email [email protected].

Saturday, August 17 Istrouma High Class of ’73 will have a reunion at Kristenwood, 14025 Greenwell Springs. Con-tact Rhona C. Watson, 654-7716 or [email protected] or Debbie or Danny Wellman, 261-8358 or [email protected].

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Mandy Lynn Emanuel Mandy Lynn Emanuel passed away at 4:40 p.m., Sunday, March 24, 2013. Mandy was a loving daughter and mother. She was most proud of her daughter, Taylor Boykin. She was a resident of Greenwell Springs. Visitation was held at Seale Fu-neral Home, 9995 Hooper Road, on Wednesday, March 27 and on Thurs-day, March 28 until religious services in the funeral home chapel conducted by Fr. Mike Moroney. Burial was at Greenoaks Memorial Park in Baton Rouge. She is survived by her mother and step-father, Debbie Bonanno Meyer and Karl O. Meyer; father, John D. Emanuel; daughter, Taylor Boykin; and maternal grandparents, Donnie and Lou Bonanno. Mandy was loved dearly by her family and friends. She has numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. Her Godmother

is Cheryl Glass, and she loved her dearly. Preceded in death by paternal grandparents, Barbara “Bobbie” Emanuel and Douglas Emanuel, Neal and Betty Meyer; and paternal great-grandmother, Grace Emanuel. Pallbearers were Nathan, Samuel and Justin Lanclois, Corey Robillard, Brandon Glass, and Matthew Miller. She was a member of St. Alphon-sus Catholic Church in Greenwell Springs. In 2008, she was injured in a home fire that resulted in over 35 surgeries. After the wonderful care of Dr. Dhaval Adhvaryu and the staff of the Baton Rouge General Mid City Burn Unit, we were blessed with five more years with her. Mandy taught us how precious life really is. Even with all of the pain and sorrow she endured, there was always a smile and kind words to say. Mandy will be missed by all.

Couple Celebrate 50th AnniversaryLacey Clayton and Dustin Henson

CENTRAL — Glenn C. and Barba-ra S. Richards celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary March 9, 2013, at the home of their daugh-ter and son-in-law. The party was given by their children and their spouses, Connie and Ray Guerin and Stacy and Keith Richards. They have five grandchildren, Dillon and Mason Guerin and Isa-bella, Charleston, and Gabrielle Richards. Refreshments were served and the couple enjoyed visiting with many family and friends. The Richards’ were married March 7, 1963, at Bethel United Methodist Church by Rev. Ted Smith. She is the former Barbara Ann Stockwell.

Community Easter Service7 a.m., Sunday, March 31Wildcat Stadium

Everyone is invited to attendthis non-denominationalevent hosted byZoar Baptist Church.

Special Music • ChoirCongregational SingingSpecial Easter Message

In case of inclement weather, service will be held at Zoar Baptist

Lacey Clayton and Dustin HensonTo Wed April 12 at St. Alphonsus

CENTRAL — Lacey Raye Clayton and Dustin Joseph Henson, both of Central, will marry in a 7 p.m. cer-emony on Friday, April 12, 2013, at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church. The bride-elect is the daugh-ter of Mark and Robin Clayton of Pride. She is the granddaughter of Trelles A. Hymel and the late Judy D. Hymel of St. Amant and Rob-ert “Buddy” Clayton and the late Margie K. Clayton of Greenwell Springs. Lacey is a graduate of Central High School. Her fiancé is the son of Ronald and Janet Henson of Central. He is the grandson of Jerry and Patsy Long of Central and M.C. and Bet-ty Jo Henson of Pierre Part. Dustin is a graduate of Central High School and Southeastern Louisiana University in Ham-mond.

Glenn and Barbara Richards

CENTRAL RESIDENT CELEBRATES 85th — Henry Spica, a long-time resident of Central, was honored Feb. 16, 2013, with a party celebrating his 85th birthday which was Feb. 18. He has been an active participant in community events for over 14 years. Mr. Spica is re-tired from Grady Crawford Construction and a member of Central Worship Center. The party was held at Kristenwood and hosted by his four daughters, Rose Mary Talbot, Debbie Spica, Vicky Woodcock, and Kathy Spica. The event was attended by relatives, friends, and former co-workers. Shown is Henry with his daughters Rose Mary Talbot and Debbie Spica.


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CENTRAL HIGH’S SUPERIOR JAZZ BAND — The Central High Jazz Band once again proved that it has one of the top jazz programs in the state when it was awarded Superior ranking and trophy after performing at this year’s 2013 Loyola University Jazz Festival in New Orleans. This annual festival was held March 8 and 9 on the campus of Loyola. Twenty-five combo and jazz bands from Louisiana were judged by top music adjudicators from across the nation. A Superior ranking is the highest score that can be achieved, and Central earned the top rating for its jazz program and its director, Patrick Bordelon. The Central Jazz Band will perform at the upcoming Cooking in Central. Band members are Timmy Magee, piano; Aiden Achee, drums; Landon Morris, vibes; Jacob Braud, bass; Zac Retzer, guitar; Nic Jones, drums; Tanner Frazier, trumpet; Michael Robertson, trumpet; Jared Anders, trumpet; Brett Skinner, trombone; Ethan Bartel, trumpet; Josh Story, tenor sax; Sara Lane, alto sax; Sarah Fontenot, alto sax; Monica Wootan, tenor sax, and Patrick Bordelon, director.

— Birth —Cooper Zane Tillman

Don and Morgan Tillman are proud to announce the birth of their son, Cooper Zane. He was welcomed home by big brother, Reece. Cooper was born Jan. 4, 2013, he weighed eight pounds, four ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. Proud grandparents are Rog-er and Sue Mestepey and Ger-ald and Ly Tillman.

Newspapers Are Dying, Right? Wrong!FACT: Daily newspapers have been losing readers, but community papers are keeping their readers and expanding. CASE IN POINT: The Central City News. The U.S. Census Bureau says City of Cen-tral has 10,179 occupied HH’s. Yet, Centralites voluntarily pick up and read 10,000 copies of the Central City News — nearly 100 per-cent of the HH count! Notice we said “voluntarily pick up” — it’s not sent to them against their will. People want it, pick it up, and read it! Can the Internet compete with that? Hardly! But just in case, the Central City News is emailed or sent by Facebook to 24,000 others in the Baton Rouge area. Don’t believe the hype about the Internet! Nobody reaches Central like the Central City News!

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CENTRAL — The new $46 million Central School Complex will be dedicated Saturday at 2 p.m., and the general public will have its first

Freedom to TeachSchool Board OKs TeachingBoth Sides ofControversies

CENTRAL — Some Central moms are fed up with Central’s antiquat-ed roads, which have resulted in dozens of deaths over the past 20 years. Now the informal group, led by Gail Lloyd, is taking action.

They are tar-geting Green-well Springs Road be-tween Mag-nolia Bridge and Liberty

See BOARD on Page 3LAMONTE IS BACK — After scoring three TD’s in the first game last year, Central’s Lamonte Janeau missed much of the season. Now he’s back, stronger and faster than ever.

See MOMS on Page 7


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CENTRAL — The Central Commu-nity School Board adopted a new Science Policy Monday night de-signed to provide science teachers greater academic freedom, accord-ing to school board member Jim Lloyd, who authored the policy. Under the policy, teachers will be able to teach about controver-sies in science, such as evolution, global warming, and human clon-ing, Lloyd said. Although the policy was expect-ed to draw some opposition, no one testified against it, and the school board voted 6-0 in favor of the new policy. Central became the second Louisiana school system to adopt such a policy. The Ouachita Parish School System was the first. The policy takes advantage of the Louisiana Science Education

Council KillsMorgan PointDevelopment CENTRAL — Residents of Morgan Place subdivision won a big victo-ry Tuesday night when the Central City Council voted down Morgan Point, a Planned Unit Development (PUD) proposed by developer Jeff Couvillion. The project had been approved by the Central Planning & Zoning Commission, but residents of Mor-gan Place said it did not comply with the city’s Master Plan. They objected to the fact that the new development would not have its own entrance onto Hooper or Sullivan roads. Instead, residents of Morgan Point would enter and exit through Morgan Place. They said the new subdivision would be too dense with 67 units.

School Board member Jim Lloyd

Moms Lead Fight for Safe Roads

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Road. Right now, they are looking for property to post signs that say things such as “Dangerous Road Slow Down” or “Speeding on this Road Is Deadly.” Ironically, on Wednesday morn-ing, Central City News’ Jolice Pro-

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Class•10a.m. Lane Regional Medical Center will offer a free prenatal and infant care class in the Staff Development Classroom. “The Pregnancy Work-shop” is an overview of what to ex-pect during pregnancy and delivery for the soon-to-be mom. “Baby Care Basics” covers all you need to know to care for your newborn in the first weeks of life. Partners are encour-aged to attend. Child care is not pro-vided. For information or to register, call 654-5263.

April 6 and 7KiteFestLouisiané

11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Kites of all sizes and shapes will fill the skies at the West Baton Rouge Soccer Complex in Port Allen, locat-ed just off I-10 Exit 151 at Rosedale

CENTRAL — Events coming up in and around Central:

Saturday, March 30GarageSale•7a.m.to2p.m.

Garage Sale at Galilee Baptist Church, 11050 Greenwell Springs-Port Hudson Road.

Saturday, March 30GreatEggHunt•11a.m.to1p.m. Journey Church invites you to the Great Egg Hunt at Lovett Road Park in Central and South Park in Denham Springs.

Saturday, March 30CatShow•11a.m.to6p.m.

Greater Baton Rouge Cat Club will be having its 40th Annual Cat Show at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Cen-ter. Admission is $5 adults, $3 se-niors and children, and children 12 and under are free. For information, call 291-7733.

Wednesday, April 3Breakfast Bunch: What’s in a

Face?•9:30to11a.m. The Ochsner Golden Opportunity Program will host “Breakfast Bunch: What’s in a Face?” at the Ochsner Medical Center’s cafeteria, 17000 Medical Center Dr. Mary Mahein, directors of FACES Lab will discuss the FACES Lab. She will explain how the lab uses clay to create facial reconstructions based on the study of human remains and how the lab per-forms age-progression for the FBI. Call 755-4984 to RSVP.

Wednesday, April 3VFW Travelers Trip Deadline

The VFW Travelers are sponsor-ing a motor coach trip to Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan June 15 through 23. Enroute there will be a stop at the Opryland Hotel. It is go-ing to be a fun trip and seats are avail-able. Deadline is Wednesday, April 3. For information call, Vi Singleton at 665-1201 or Debbie Sutton at 665-2930.

Friday, April 5Platinum Sound Orchestra

Concert•6:30p.m. Comite Baptist Church, 12250

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Rd. Bring a blanket or lawn chair and spend a day in the great outdoors. This free event is open to the public.

Sunday, April 7Dr. James O. Davis

10:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Covenant Church, 22325 Green-well Springs, invites you spend the day with Dr. James O. Davis. He is the founder of Cutting Edge Interna-tional and co-founder of Billion Soul Network. He is known for engaging today’s topics with clear, sound Bib-lical principles.

Tuesday, April 9Victory Harvest Church MOPS

9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Victory Harvest Church MOPS will meet on the second Tuesday of each month at Victory Harvest Church, 3953 N. Flannery Road. Limited childcare is available. Moms should email Barbara Womack at [email protected] or call 275-5255 to check availability. Mothers who are pregnant with their first child or have a preschooler K-5 or younger are in-vited to join the group.

Thursday, April 11MovieReview•10a.m.

The Ochsner Golden Opportunity Program will see Tyler Perry’s “Con-fessions of a Marriage Counselor” at Grand Cinema Theater, 15365 George O’Neal Road. Meet at Grand Cinema for a private showing of this latest movie. Admission cost is $6.50 per person and this includes admis-sion, small drink, and small popcorn. Call 755-4984 to RSVP.

Friday, April 12GrandOpening•11a.m.

The Baton Rouge Vet Center has moved to a new location at 7850 Anselmo Lane, Ste. B. All Veterans are welcome to the grand opening. Food and drinks will be provided.

Saturday, April 13ActiveforAutism5kRun/Walk

8 a.m. to 12 noon The 4th Annual 5k Run/Walk and

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LOUISIANA OUR LITTLE MISS PAGEANT — Three Central girls were crowned Louisiana Our Little Miss on Sunday, March 17. Shown are (front) Lily Hensley, Divi-sional Queen three to four age group and (back row, left to right) Iva Faye Martel, Divi-sional Queen five to six age group; Anna Claire Reily, Divisional Queen seven to nine age group, and Ava Grace Buxton, reigning 2013 World’s Miss La Petite. Iva, Anna, and Ava all attend Central Private School.

Greenwell Springs, would like to invite everyone to hear the soothing sounds of Platinum Sound Orchestra. Come at 5:30 p.m. and enjoy the free outdoor coffeehouse.

April 6 and April 7Zippity Zoo Fest 2013

9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Zippity Zoo Fest will feature keeper chats, face painting, Safari Snapshot photo booth, and animal shows at the Wildlife Safari Amphi-theater at 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m. A new addition this year is Expedition BREC, a family-style tour around the Zoo. Zoo admis-sion is adults and teens $8.25, seniors $7.25, children 2-12 $5.25, and one and under is free.

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Continued from Page 12Fun Fest will be held at the State Po-lice Headquarters on Independence Blvd. Visit fhfgbr.org to register! For information, call 216-7474.

Saturday, April 13SpringGala•5to9:30p.m.

St. Pius X Catholic Church will host a Spring Gala in the activity center gym, corner of Mickens and Hooper roads. There will be a silent auction and bingo, 5 to 6:30 p.m. as well as $1,000 and $10,000 raffle drawings. Ticket prices are $1 for the $1,000 drawing and $100 for the $10,000 drawing and includes two dinner tickets. Pork loin dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. followed by dancing with music provided by Clay Boudreaux. Dinner tickets are $10, a limited number are available. For in-formation or to purchase tickets, call the church at 357-5935.

Saturday, April 13CajunDance•8to10:30p.m.

The Cajun French Music Associa-tion’s monthly dance will be held at the UCT Hall, 11175 Florida Blvd. Live entertainment by Paul Daigle & Cajun Gold. Admission is $10, chil-

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dren 12 and under free and students with ID, $5. Free Cajun dance les-sons at 7 p.m. with admission. Party cakes, foods, and snacks are wel-come, no drinks or ice chests. For information, visit www.batonrouge-cajundance.com.

April 20 and April 21Angola Prison Rodeo

Warden Burl Cain invites the pub-lic to view the wildest rodeo show in the south. The gates will open at 9 a.m. and the rodeo starts at 2 p.m. All seats are only $15. Tickets can be purchased in advance on-line at www.angolarodeo.com or call-ing 225-655-2030 or 225-655-2607 Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Monday, April 22AsktheDoctor•12noon

Dr. Joseph Nesheiwat with Zach-ary Rheumatology will discuss the systems of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis and how to differenti-ate between them during the “Ask the Doctor” Lunch and Learn session in the Staff Development Classroom at Lane Regional Medical Center. The session is free and includes a light lunch. Advance reservations are re-quired by call 654-5263.

Thursday, April 25HeritageLecture•6p.m.

River Road author Mary Ann Sternberg will share insights on the River Road at a lecture sponsored by the Foundation for Historical Louisi-ana at the Old Governor’s Mansion, East Room, 502 North Blvd. Stern-

berg will be signing two new books “River Road Rambler” and “Along the River Road: Past and Present on Louisiana’s Historic Byway.” The lecture is free to Foundation members and $10 for guests. For information, call 387-2464 or visit fhl.org.

April 26 through 28Our Lady of Mercy Parish Fair

Raffle&BakedGoods Our Lady of Mercy’s Parish Fair is scheduled for April 26 through 28. Preorder your baked goods now for pickup Sunday, April 28. Cakes and pies $25 and cookies, candies, and brownies $5 package. Limited quantities available. Orders filled on a first-come, first-serve basis. Place

your order no later than Saturday, April 6. For a list of bakers, go to www.olomchurch.com. To order, call Margaret Roberts at 925-1585 or 933-8977. There will also be a Raffle. For information, contact the church office at 926-1883.

Saturday, May 11BatonRougeLionsExpo

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A total of 18 Lions Clubs from throughout the Baton Rouge area will hold an exhibition for the gen-eral public to learn more about Lions. The event at the BREC headquarters on Florida Blvd. will include exhib-its and free jambalaya. Bill Simon of EBR Lions and Deborah Todd of Downtown Lions encourage you to attend. You may be a future member of the Lions Club yourself!

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE CHOCTAW — Central High School has announced that one of its student-athletes will have the opportunity to continue his academic and athletic careers at the collegiate level. Jeremy Anderson will attend Mississippi College in the fall and be a member of the football team. He was a wide receiver for the Wildcats the past three seasons. He is a versatile player who brought many strong attributes to the position. Jeremy was selected to the All-District teams the past two seasons and is a member of the basketball team. He is a very strong student, a member of the honor roll throughout high school, and a member of the Beta Club. Jeremy plans to major in mass media.

Public MeetingsMetro Council Meeting

Metro Council meets on the 2ndand4thWednesdaysofeachmonthat4p.m.attheMetroCoun-cil Chambers.

Metro Planning Commission Metro Planning Commissionmeetsonthe4thMondayofeachmonthat5p.m.

EBRP School Board EastBatonRougeParishSchoolBoardmeetson the3rdThursdayof each month at 5 p.m. at theSchool Board Office.

Central School Board Central Community School Sys-temmeetsonthe2ndand4thMon-daysofeachmonthat6p.m.attheCentral Middle School Cafeteria.

Central City Council Meeting City of Central Council meets on the2ndand4thTuesdaysofeachmonthat6p.m.atKristenwoodonGreenwell Springs.

Metro Council District 6Informational Meeting

Councilwoman Donna Collins-Lewis invites all constituents andcommunity stakeholders to attend an informational meeting in refer-encetotheOldWoman’sHospitalfacility on Airline Hwy. The meeting will beheldMonday,April 1, 6 to7:30p.m.atBRECHeadquarters–Ballroom,6201FloridaBlvd.Spe-cial guestswill beWilliamDaniel,Jim Frey, and Marsha J. Hanlon.

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31 at 7 a.m. Following Sonrise Ser-vice: breakfast at 8 a.m., Bible study at 9 a.m., and a choir contata and Lord’s Supper at 10:15 a.m. on Sun-day, March 31.

St. Alphonsus Catholic Church Services will be held Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. Station of the Cross will be held at 12 noon and pas-sion service at 3 p.m. on Good Friday, March 29. Mass will be held 8 p.m. Saturday, March 30 and 8 and 10 a.m. and 12 noon on Sunday, March 31. St. Alphonsus Catholic Church is located at 14040 Greenwell Springs Road.

Zoar Baptist Church Worship services on Sunday, March 31 at 10 a.m. Zoar is locat-ed at the corner of Hooper and Joor roads.

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BATON ROUGE — Central High Bowling has quickly become one of the best teams in not only the Baton Rouge area, but in the state of Louisiana. And with only one senior on this year’s roster, Central could be a contender for district and state titles for years to come. After Monday’s action in the Baton Rouge Regionals of the LH-SAA State Playoffs, the 2013 Dis-trict 5A Champions showed they’re ready to make a run towards a Fi-nal Four appearance which would be a first in CHS’s history. Round One was a quick match as the No. 1 seeded Wildcats blew out the No. 16 Baton Rouge High, 26-1. Only needing 14 points to win a match, Central wrapped up the match after two games by sweep-ing all points possible. Up 16-0, The Wildcats finished the match by winning Game Three 7-1. Junior Sean Murphy led all scorers with a 224 game and 582 series, fol-lowed by sophomore Jacob Garret-son with a 218/573, junior Kevin Kennedy with a 191/533 and fresh-man Sarah Leduff with a 170/477. After the scores were all added up, Central won by over a 1,000 pins, 3,060-1,944. The Wildcats took on the No. 9 seed Catholic High Bears on Tues-day, March 26. Central defeated Catholic 16-11. The Central High Wildcats, with a 14-0 record, now advance to the Baton Rouge-New Orleans Bi-Re-gional on April 4. Central’s coaches said they would like to thank all the parents, teachers, students, and friends for coming out to support the team.

Jacob Garretson1st Team All-District

Bryan Waites2nd Team All-District

Haley Young1st Team All-District

Sarah Leduff1st Team All-District

Central had three students named to the 2013 District 5A Boys All-District Team and two named to the Girls All-District Team. • 1st Team — Jacob Garretson, sophomore. Average, 195.67, 36 games; high game, 268; high series, 707; winning percentage, 55.56. • 2nd Team — Bryan Waites, senior/Captain. Average, 181.28,

36 games; high game, 235, high series, 614; winning percentage, 63.89. • 2nd Team — Sean Murphy, junior. Average, 171.86, 35 games; high game, 226; high series, 609; winning percentage, 70.00. • 1st Team — Haley Young, sophomore. Average, 158.23, 31 games; high game, 213; high series,

541; winning percentage, 75.81. 1st Team — Sarah Leduff, fresh-man. Average, 156.14, 29 games, high game, 228; high series, 600; winning percentage, 72.41. Follow and “like” the team on Facebook: www.facebook.com/CentralHighWildcatsVarsityBowl-ing.

Wales’ new duties will include • Directing Central’s Advanced Placement Program • Preparing for changes in state performance requirements • Overseeing ACT testing • Reviewing Career Technical Education • Addressing college readiness • Directing district participation in the state’s testing program • Planning the creation of an Al-ternative School for grades 8-12 • Administering the Homeless

Program • Developing a plan for an Early College Academy at Central High • Planning on-line courses for grades 6-12 Central Community school board president Dr. Jim Gardner said the board has authorized Supt. Mike Faulker to hire a firm to con-duct a search for a replacement for Mr. Wales. Gardner said the next principal would need good lead-ership skills, the ability to man-age the faculty, and the ability to manage a rigorous program in all respects. He would need a Masters

degree and have administrative ex-perience, Gardner said. Faulk mentioned other require-ments he has for the new principal, including being able to lead the transition to the state’s new core curriculum standards and account-ability and also the new career di-ploma. Faulk hopes to receive the names of finalists from the search firm and have a principal in place or at least selected by June 1. The board’s Human Resources Committee will come up with details on the pro-cess of selecting a new principal.

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port and encouragement for what we have been doing.” Mrs. Lloyd and school board member Roxanne Atkinson placed signs on the stretch of Greenwell Springs Road between Sullivan Road and Liberty Road. Central has experienced more than a dozen deaths on its narrow two-lane roads in recent years. Ms. Lloyd said the fundamental problem is the roads are too nar-row with no shoulders, combined with steep drop-offs and trees im-mediately past the ditch. “There’s really no room for er-ror on these roads,” she said. When you combine the anti-quated roads with speed or alcohol or both, it is a deadly combination, she said. Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Atkinson maintain that the roads should be widened with shoulders to make sure that drivers have a better chance to avoid those who speed or make foolish mistakes. Their signs had messages such as “Please Slow Down!” or “Danger-ous Road Slow Down” or “Speed-ing on this Road Is Deadly.” A public records request by the


Central City News to the Depart-ment of Transportation & Devel-opment was promptly answered by legal counsel Brandon Brown. He said his staff has so far found no records requesting or ordering the signs to be removed. He prom-ised to continue searching to see if any documents turn up. Meanwhile, Mrs. Lloyd is puz-zled. A few of the signs were on the public right of way but most were on private property. The moms had informed the City of Central and local legisla-tors about the signs and received encouragement. Greenwell Springs Road is a state highway, officially designated as La. Hwy. 37. State legislators from the area have been working to get the road widened for years, but so far little has come of their efforts. Meanwhile, the tragic fa-talities have continued. Mrs. Lloyd said there are only three speed limit signs along the entire length of Greenwell Springs Road from Sullivan to Liberty roads. “Until they widen the road, the least we can do is try to inform drivers how dangerous this road is,” she said. Gail Lloyd and her husband Jim paid for the signs themselves. Now they are considering printing anoth-er batch and putting them up again. Mrs. Lloyd urged local residents to call Sens. Dale Erdey and Bodi White and Reps. Valarie Hodg-es and Barry Ivey, and encour-age them to get DOTD to widen Greenwell Springs Road, at least with shoulders.

PLEASE SLOW DOWN — Central moms Gail Lloyd and Roxanne Atkinson show off one of the signs they put up on Greenwell Springs Road to alert motorists on how danger-ous the road is. The signs seemed to be working, but they were removed by DOTD.

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