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A partnership among Mosaic Uncle Sam, Capital Area United Way, The Dolly Parton Imagination Library and the St. James Parish School Board will promote literacy with pre-schoolers, the St. James Parish School Board learned Tuesday. Jackie McCreary, Public Affairs Manager for Mosaic Louisiana Operations explained that as part of her company’s 2016 United Way campaign, employees were able to vote for a one-time donation to the charity of their choice.

By David Reynaud

St. James Parish Assistant Financial Director Ashley Poché, who was indicted by a St. James Parish Grand Jury in September on two counts of Malfeasance in Office, appeared at the Convent Courthouse and pleaded not guilty to both counts.

Following a joint investigation conducted by 23rd Judicial District Attorney Ricky Babin’s office and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry’s office, on September 28, 2016, Poché, along with St. James Parish President Timmy Roussel and St. James Director of Operations Blaise Gravois, were indicted by a St. James Parish Grand Jury on Malfeasance in Office charges.

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On Saturday, December 10, 2016, St. James Parish registered voters will go to the polls and vote to elect a new Senator and vote For or Against three millage renewals.

As a result of the November 8, 2016 election, there is a run-off election between U.S. Senate candidates Foster Campbell, a Democrat, and John Kennedy, a registered Republican.

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By Pam Folse

Some St. James Parish farmers look out their back window to see acres and acres of sugar-cane. Others see the rich, green Perique tobacco leaves which are aged and fermented. When Butch Millet goes out to his farm in the morning he sees sugarcane to his left, tobacco to his right and his crop of over 500 citrus trees lining his back yard as far back towards Hwy. 3125 as he can see from his River Road home in Paulina.

Robert A. “Butch” Millet wasn’t always a citrus farmer and the land wasn’t always filled with citrus trees. His grandpa was a Perique tobacco farmer and Tobacco Barn #16 was on the property until Hurricane Betsy demolished the building.

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