Here are more photographs from last week’s Central Private and Central High football games.  If you like these, you will find even more at http://www.spanglerportraits.com.  Mike Spangler is a Central photographer who shoots many of the Central games.  He also is the official photographer of the Central Community School System.  If you have friends or family in these games you can order pictures by going to the site, www.SpanglerPortraits.com.  There are many more images there, and possibly a great shot you would want to own.  Our thanks to Mike for providing these images.

The seniors at Central Private studied the principle of bouyancy developed by Archemedies. They were challenged to make boats entirely out of cardboard and plastic sheeting. Then, they were challenged to get in the boats and float. Reports are that all boats did indeed float, thus proving that Archemedies was right! Enjoy the pictures

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Central residents are reminded to use the “Central, LA” and their current zip code as their address when buying items such as roofing supplies, building materials, appliances, or other household items that need to be delivered to their homes.   This is important so that the City of Central and the Central Community School System can receive the sales taxes on those delivered items from merchants.  If you use Baton Rouge, Baker, or Zachary as your address, and you actually live in the city limits of Central, then the sales taxes will probably be mistakenly remitted to one of those municipalities by the merchant.  If you use Greenwell Springs or Pride, the sales tax dollars will probably go to the Parish instead of to Central.  So, please use “Central” as your address for all delivery purchases so that the merchants can properly remit the sales taxes on your delivered items.

 2008

Central Middle Wildcats

 Football Schedule

 September 18                         6:00                 Live Oak (7^th grade only)      Away

 September 23                         6:30                 Prescott Middle                     Home

 September 30                         6:30                 Pointe Coupee Central          Home

 October 7                                5:30                 Glen Oaks Middle                 Away

 October 14                              6:30                 Parkview                                 Away

 October 21                              6:30                 Clinton                                    Away

 October 28                              6:30                 Redemptorist                         Away

 November 4                            6:30                 Baker                                      Home

Most games there will be a 7^th grade game, or 5^th quarter at 5:30

 There may be additional 7^th grade games scheduled later in the year.

After a successful Dutchtown tournament, the Wildcats opened district with a big win over Baton Rouge High. The game was a total team effort to hold off the bulldogs in 4 sets. Central jumped out with big wins in the first two sets 25-14 and 25-8. Baton Rouge High responded with a 17-25 win to force another set. In a tight game, Tori Brown came off the bench to lead the Lady Wildcats to a win 25-22. Central is now 5-1 and 1-0 in District 5-5A. The next game will be Wednesday at Scotlandville. The freshman game begins at 4, the JV will play at 5 and the varsity will follow at 6:00.

After two long weeks of hurricanes and being stuck in the house, get the family and head to the rodeo!

2008 ANNUAL DAN KLEIN MEMORIAL RODEO

            Come join us Friday September 19 and Saturday September 20, 2008. The fun starts 8:00 pm at the Klein Rodeo Arena in Clinton, Louisiana. There will be lots to see and do including:               

                                          -Bull Riding                   -Calf Roping

                                         -Barrel Racing               -Steer Wrestling

                                         -Team Roping               -Saddle Bronc Riding

                                         -Petting Zoo                 -Kids Calf Scramble

LOTS OF CLEAN FUN AND EXCITING ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!

 Produced by Klein Brothers Rodeo Company and McManus Fire Department

 For more information, contact Dan Klein @ 225-683-1623

 SAVE $2.00 AND BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE

For tickets contact the 4-H agents at the East Feliciana Parish 4-H office – 683-3101

Tickets $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the gate

  $3.00 off ever advance ticket sale goes toward the East Feliciana Parish 4-H Foundation

The wonderful teachers at Bellingrath Hills used the recent hurricane activity in Louisiana to teach our students about extreme weather, hurricane preparedness, and how to express their feelings about their individual experiences in writing. The students were also exposed to weather information found on the internet, television, and newspapers.
Although most classes will study weather indepth later in the year, our teachers used the last couple of weeks as an opportunity to link the everyday experiences of our students with their studies.

After sweeping their first two games to open the tournament, the Lady Wildcats took no time to win the pool.  Central’s JV team beat Redemptorist JV to clinch first place.  First up in the bracket was the Brusly Lady Panthers.  The Lady Wildcats led by Whitney East (5 kills) dominated early and completed the victory with 25-12 and 25-11 wins.  The semifinal game was a tough one against eventual tournament champion Lutcher.  The Lady Bulldogs jumped out early, and the Wildcats put up a fight, but Lutcher took the sets 10-25 and 19-25.  Next up for the Wildcats was the consolation match against district 5-5A rival Denham Springs.  The first set was a battle and Central came out on top 25-23.  Denham took advantage of several Wildcat miscues and took the second set 19-25.  The third and tiebreak set was a fierce battle between the two rivals.  Sarah Zito’s strong presence at the net (4 blocks), along with serving from Dylan Wilson helped the Wildcats clinch third place with a hard fought 19-17 victory. 

 The Lady Wildcats are 4-1 and will face Baton Rouge High Monday at 5:00 in the Wildcat gym. 

September 10, 2008

PRESS RELEASE

MOSQUITOES from Hurricane Gustav

As anticipated, large numbers of adult “Hurricane Gustav” pest mosquitoes made their appearance last night. Populations of several other pest species resulting from the rain events associated with Hurricane Gustav will continue to increase over the next few days. The EBRPMARC airplane and two aircraft contracted from Vector Disease Control, Incorporated sprayed much of the parish last night to reduce populations of pest mosquitoes. The EBRPMARC airplane and the two aircraft from VDCI will spray the remainder of the parish tonight, weather permitting.

It is very important that citizens dump water filled containers around their homes to reduce populations of the Asian Tiger Mosquito and the Southern House Mosquito. Unlike the pest mosquito species currently targeted by the aircraft, these two mosquito species do not fly far and develop in water filled containers around homes and businesses. The immature aquatic stages develop slower than the pest mosquito species we are spraying for now and we anticipate that very large numbers of adult Asian Tiger Mosquitoes and Southern House Mosquitoes will begin to emerge from water filled containers around homes Thursday night if citizens do not dump the water. The Asian Tiger Mosquito is a day time biter and the Southern House Mosquito likes to bite inside homes late at night.

Eggs of other pest mosquito species will begin to hatch as floodwaters recede along bayous, rivers and streams and those species will begin to emerge over the next two to three weeks. So the battle will continue for the some time. Currently mosquito abatement personnel are treating large blocks to control mosquitoes and are unable to make individual service requests.

Contact: Matthew Yates at 356-3297 for more information.