KAJN Jesus FM 102.9


10-13-15

A FORMER U-L LAFAYETTE ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH IS ACCUSED BY THE NCAA OF USING AN A-C-T TESTING SITE TO GET PLAYERS ELIGIBLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULDN’T HAVE BEEN.  DAVID SAUNDERS ALLEGEDLY DIRECTED THESE PLAYERS TO WAYNE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI WHERE, WITH THE HELP OF THE TEST ADMINISTRATOR THERE, CHANGED THE ANSWERS…ABOUT HALF ON ONE STUDENT’S TEST.  IN U-L LAFAYETTE’S RESPONSE TO THE NOTICE OF ALLEGATIONS FROM THE NCAA, THEY SAY SAUNDER’S PATTERN OF IMPROPRIETY WENT UNDETECTED FROM BEFORE HE WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY AND AN ASSISTANT AT OLE MISS.  THEY ACKNOWLEDGED THEY WERE ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR “THE REGRETTABLE AND REPREHENSIBLE ACTIONS OF A LONE MEMBER OF ITS FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF.”

 

EVERY MONDAY, EACH STUDENT AT MOSS BLUFF ELEMENTARY FINDS A STICKY NOTE ON THEIR DESK WITH A POSITIVE MESSAGE JUST FOR THEM.  NATASHA PHARIS CAME UP WITH THE IDEA AFTER SEEING THE EFFECTS OF WRITING MESSAGES FOR HER CHILDREN AND PUTTING THEM IN THEIR LUNCH BOXES.  SHE STARTED THE WORDS THAT STICK PROGRAM TWO YEARS AGO AND RECENTLY STARTED A FACEBOOK GROUP.  SHE SAYS SAM HOUSTON HIGH SCHOOL AND MOSS BLUFF MIDDLE ARE HELPING WITH THE NOTES ALONG WITH PARENTS AND SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

 

LAST NIGHT THE RAYNE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 3-TO-2 TO RAISE THE SALARY OF POLICE CHIEF CARROLL STELLY.  HIS SALARY WILL GO FROM 46 THOUSAND ANNUALLY TO 53 THOUSAND.  THERE WAS AN OVERFLOW CROWD AT LAST NIGHT’S MEETING, WITH MANY GIVEN TWO MINUTES TO STATE THEIR OPINION.  MANY FELT STELLY’S SALARY WAS LOW, BUT SOME BELIEVED HE HADN’T EARNED THE RAISE.

 

Louisiana’s education chief says student performance on new, more rigorous standardized tests aligned to Common Core standards, was “roughly comparable” to results from tests used in the past.  However, math performance was lower. And the percentage of students who show what state officials currently consider “mastery” of their subject matter is low: It ranges from 22 percent to 40 percent depending on the grade level and subject.  Monday’s release of test results came a day before the state education board is to decide on a grading scale to determine what score constitutes proficiency in subject matter — levels ranging from “unsatisfactory” to “advanced.”

TODAY YOU CAN HEAD TO THE POLLS IF YOU WANT TO VOTE EARLY FOR THE OCTOBER 24TH ELECTION.  JULIE DARCE HAS MORE.

 

VOICER F :32

 

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS RECENTLY RELEASED A REPORT INDICATING THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY LIQUID NATURAL GAS FACILITIES IN THE WORLD AND MANY WILL NOT SUCCEED.  GEORGE SWIFT OF THE SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE TELLS KPLC TV THAT EVEN IF SOME DON’T MAKE IT, THE FACILITIES IN THE LOCAL AREA WILL LIKELY DO WELL.  HE CITED THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO MOVE QUICKER THAN THOSE FACILITIES IN EUROPE.  LAST WEEK, G-TWO L-N-G ANNOUNCED AN ELEVEN BILLION DOLLAR FACILITY THAT WILL BE LOCATED ON THE CALCASIEU RIVER SHIP CHANNEL IN CAMERON PARISH, CREATING 35-HUNDRED CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND 250 PERMANENT JOBS.

 

POLICE BELIEVE AN ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP IS SCOPING OUT HOMES IN ST. MARTIN AND LAFAYETTE PARISHES AND THEN BURGLARIZING THEM.  SELENA HOTARD TELLS KLFY TV THAT THE BURGLARS WHO BROKE INTO HER HOME RETURNED A SECOND TIME A WEEK-AND-A-HALF LATER WHILE SHE AND HER SON WERE HOME, BUT HER BROTHER-IN-LAW SAW THE MEN AND STOPPED THEM BEFORE THEY COULD ENTER.  A NEIGHBOR’S CAMERA SHOWED DURING THE FIRST BURGLARY THREE BLACK MEN IN A BLACK NISSAN ALTIMA OR MAXIMA.

 

In a race with few contentious issues, the candidates running for lieutenant governor are trying to distinguish themselves with their records in other elected offices.  The four men in the race are three Republicans — state Sen. Elbert Guillory, former Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and Jefferson Parish President John Young — and one Democrat, Baton Rouge Mayor Kip Holden.  At a forum Monday, each talked of their records of public service.  The lieutenant governor leads Louisiana’s Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and serves as the figurehead for the state’s $11 billion tourism industry.