The Wildcats put their season back on track and set up a crucial showdon with Catholic High by soundly defeating Denham Springs tonight. The stats for tonight’s game and for the season can be seen by clicking these links:       GAME STATS       SEASON STATS

Briscoe went 16-27 for 187 yards and Giglio, Briscoe (twice), and Dunn recorded rushing touchdowns while Louis Covington ran back a blocked field goal attempt 76 yards for a score. On defense Josh Johns recorded 8 tackles and 10 assists while Rovell Lee and David Vest combined for 14.5 tackles and 7 assists.

The victory, combined with a Catholic win at Walker tonight, puts Central in a 3-way tie for first in the district. Catholic lost to Denham, Denham lost to Central and Central lost to Scotlandville. The winner of next week’s Central-Catholic game will have a share of first place, and if and Scotlandville beats Denham the Cenral-Catholic winner will be the outright district champ.

Jansen Browning, seventh grade student at St. Alphonsus, was selected as one of 13 young folks to have his artistic interpretation of safety published in the ExxonMobil Annual Safety Calendar.  Each year youth are encouraged to participate in this high-profile event.  A panel of judges evaluates the multitude of entries and selects the top drawings outlining several critical areas of safety.  In addition to having the picture included in the annual calendar which is distributed to employees, family members, and the general community, Jansen received a cash prize for his winning entry.

Congratulations, Jansen!

St. Alphonsus Just Say No Club members recently held their first meeting of the new school year.  The club is open to 4^th-8^th grade students and has been viable for 19 years.  Focus is placed on making these young students aware of the dangers and pitfalls of drugs, tobacco and alcohol through education, socialization and service to others.  A school-wide Red Ribbon Week Campaign is held in October, and the entire student body assembles to see skits and hear guest speakers provide them with useful and helpful information relative to making the right choices to remain safe.

New club member, Karly Bordelon, wrote the following to share her thoughts about the Just Say No Club with her fellow schoolmates and club members:

Just say no!

Understand how drugs can hurt you.

Stay away from drugs.

Talk with your parents.

Share info with your friends.

Always make good choices.

You can do anything if you’re drug free.

Never agree to even try drugs.

One chance…don’t do it!

Club moderators are Sr. Sandra Blanchard and Ms. Tanya Graves.

(Pictured are Rachel Eller and Gabrielle Guillory at the Just Say No Club Meeting)

The Central City Council met Tuesday evening and gave approval for five Central residents with law enforcement experience to become reserve police officers working for Doug Browning as Central Police officers. They donate their time but have all of the authority of any full time officer. Our new officers are Jeff Behrnes, Gene Cobb, Shane Evans, Gene Hebert & Gordon Hutchinson.

There was then an extensive discussion regarding another filing to build houses in Bellingrath. The contentious issue was the concept of a street proposed to join the new development with Bellingrath Lakes. Ultimately, the Council sent the zoning request back to the developer to regroup and come up with an alternate request.

The video of the entire Council meeting can be seen in the screen below.

The Central Community School Board met Monday evening. The big topic for the evening was First Student, the company contracted to run the school buses for our schools. The school board and the Superintendent were quite clear in insisting that the complaints and problems surroundin busing must be resolved immediately. First Student has been tasked with fixing some issues, such as radios and heaters, immediately, and has been given until the December 15th School Board Meeting to report back on the resolution of other problems including staffing, maintenance and breakdowns. The video of this meeting can be seen below.

In other business, the school board recognized seven CHS students who earned national distinction in the AP exams, and the Board moved forward in the process of roof replacement for the ROTC building which was damaged in recent storms. Finally, the second School Board meetings in both November and December have been cancelled due to holidays.

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St. Alphonsus Beta Club members recently elected officers for the 2008-09 school year.  Serving as President is Adam Prevot, Vice-President, Joshua Shepherd, Secretary, Leigh Ann Smith, Reporter, Garret Broussard, and Reporters, Myranda Degraw and Mallory Burns.  This particular club is not only one that recognizes academic achievements of its members, but the community service projects they sponsor throughout the year. 

Other members of this club include Alexis Rousseau, Alyssa Speeg, Blake Esch, Blakeli Entremont, CaitlinCarlos, Collin Averett, Drake Cowart, Dylan Martin, Elizabeth Breaux, Gabrielle Culmone, Grayson Boullion, Hope Babin, Jacie McClure, Jessica Bell, Jonathan Dejean, Jordan Broussard, Kamryn Bossom, Kristen Shaffer, Londyn St. Pierre, Mason Cockerham, Matthew Venable, Robert Kusch, Summer Betz, and Tara Termini.

Congratulations and thanks are extended to all!

A burglary ring operating in the Central area has been busted. Detectives with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office say most of the burglaries happened in three subdivisions off or near Greenwell Springs Road.
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