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By Pam Folse Contributing Writer

Vacherie Elementary School (VES) is one of six schools in the state to be nominated as a National Blue Ribbon School, the St. James Parish School Board learned Tuesday.

The National Blue Ribbon School Program is a Federal program created in 1982 to honor schools that have achieved high levels of student achievement or made significant improvements in closing the achievement gap among student subgroups.

Vacherie Elementary School was nominated by the Louisiana State Department of Education for having the greatest performance increase over the past year.

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On Monday, January 15, 2018, members of the Winbush-Chriswell Foundation request your attendance to fellowship with us in celebration at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ecumenical Commemorative Services.

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The St. James Parish Retired Teachers Association holiday luncheon-social, sponsored by Shell Convent Refinery, has been re-scheduled for Friday, January 12th at 11:00 a.m. at Tezcuco Place. Originally planned for December 8th, the event was postponed due to snow in the area and unsafe road conditions.

Registration begins at 10:30 a.m. Attendees are requested to bring a door prize.

Retirees may pay $10 local dues for 2017-18 at the meeting or mail a check payable to St. James Retired Teachers Association to Sandra Smith (treasurer) at P. O. Box 744, Gramercy, LA 70052. State dues are $25 and can be automatically payroll deducted through the LA Retired Teachers Association at www.lrta.net.

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The 2017 Lighting of the Bonfires could not have been much better as the weather and the company was absolutely perfect.    

As you can seein the photo takenby Sigur “Siggy” Martin, the crowd was large and thebonfires burned bright as thousands of locals and tourists flocked to the River Road to enjoy the evening.

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By Pam Folse Contributing Writer

St. James Parish residents who oppose the proposed Bayou Bridge Pipeline are expected to appear in 23rd Judicial District Court on Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. on a motion to strike.

The plaintiffs, who are represented by the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, include Mount Triumph Baptist Church Pastor Rev. Harry Joseph, Sr.; area resident Rose Butler; the Humanities Enterprise of Loving People, an organization of west bank pastors and residents; the Gulf Restoration Network; the Atchafalaya Basinkeepers, an environmental group focusing on the river basin; and Bold Louisiana, an environmental group opposing the pipeline.

The plaintiffs allege that Department of Natural Resources officials didn’t adequately address the potential effects of spills from the pipeline on the residents of the St. James community. If the motion is granted the entire case may be stricken, thereby ending the effort.

By Pam Folse

The St. James Parish School Board was one of several school boards to receive a safety grant from the Louisiana Public School Risk Management Agency (LARMA).

Butsy Martin, of G. Martin Insurance, Inc. and one of the Board’s insurance brokers, said that in addition to the 7.5 percent rate decrease for general liability and fleet coverage, the Board will soon receive a $20,913.00 check based on its financial investment in the insurance pool.

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