26 August 2010
By Dave Freneaux There is no doubt that if everyone had it all to do over again, the awarding of the Central School construction bids would have gone very differently. As a quick recap, MAPP Construction was the apparent low bidder, but The Lemoine Company, who was $50,000 higher, got MAPP's bid thrown out when a [...]
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26 August 2010
By Dave Freneaux The Central City Council stood by its previous motion, allowing City Attorney Sheri Morris to provide legal bills and a sumary of potential litigation to Attorney Steven Stockstill. The process had halted when Council Members LoBue and Washington expressed concerns to Ms. Morris over the selection of Mr. Stockstill to review the records. [...]
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26 August 2010
By Dave Freneaux Sheri Morris "is a tribute to the finest tradition of the legal profession". Sheri Morris, in the creation of the City of Central, "guided Northeast Baton Rouge Citizens for Incorporation through a legal maze that might have challenged an entire team of older, more experienced lawyers who knew it couldn't be done." Quotes [...]
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26 August 2010
By Dave Freneaux The Central Community School Board held its regular meeting on Aug 23rd at Kristenwood. The Construction Coordinator, Ross Bogan, reprted that renovations at the CHS, Bellingrath & Tanglewood are essentially complete and the schools were ready for the first day of classes. The only remaining work were small "punch list" items. Superintendent Faulk [...]
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26 August 2010
Chipola Ink was left off of the previously pubished list of bidders for the Cookin' membership shirts. While Chipola Ink was not the low bidder, we feel it is important to give them proper credit for participating in the bidding process.
Posted in Business0 Comments
26 August 2010
By Mia Freneaux Standing under the shade trees in the Port Hudson National Cemetery on a beautiful, sun-drenched day, it is easy to relegate the row upon row of headstones to mere background. Maybe it is the uniformity of the headstones that takes away individualism, maybe it is the mind refusing to acknowledge images of death. [...]
25 August 2010
By Mia Freneaux 3 years ago this month a handful of Central artists met together and decided to form a group that would support each other and encourage the visual arts in the community. To that end, the Art League of Central was formed and is presently almost 40 members strong, 22 of which are active [...]
Posted in Arts/Fun2 Comments
25 August 2010
Written by Jeanie Barnett for the Summer 2010 edition of Neighborhood Connections. Used by permission. Who did you vote for? What local newspaper do you read? What does your tee shirt say? What are you for? Who are you against? What is your agenda? Whose side are you on? Louisiana in general and Central in particular are filled [...]
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25 August 2010
By Beth Fussell The First Annual CentralSpeaks.com Charity Treasure Hunt sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce ended last weekend. Participants visited Central businesses over a period of four weeks to pick up clues that eventually led to a phone number for the last clue. The first person to call with the final clue answer on Saturday [...]
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