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THE NEW LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT SAYS HE BELIEVES THEY CAN GET THE GRADUATION RATE UP FROM THE CURRENT 69 PERCENT TO AT LEAST 80 PERCENT, WHICH IS THE GOAL ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE. DONALD AGUILLARD SPOKE TO THE UPPER LAFAYETTE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION YESTERDAY. ONE THING HE SAYS HE WANTS TO DO IS GET FAST FORWARD SOFTWARE INTO MORE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP IMPROVE STUDENT LITERACY AND NUMERACY. HE SAYS IT WAS USED IN ST. MARY PARISH SCHOOLS WHILE HE WAS SUPERINTENDENT THERE, AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
WESTLAKE POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR A MAN WHO COMMITTED AN ARMED ROBBERY OF THE MARKET BASKET STORE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE CHIEF CHRIS WILRYE SAYS A BLACK MAN WITH A GUN APPROACHED EMPLOYEES WHO WERE LOCKING UP THE STORE AND ORDERED THEM BACK INSIDE. HE THEN TOLD THEM TO UNLOCK THE SAFE, AND GOT AWAY WITH AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF MONEY. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ON THE SUSPECT IS ASKED TO CALL THE WESTLAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR CRIME STOPPERS AT 439-2222.
AN OPINION BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE MAY SCUTTLE PLANS BY THE ST. LANDRY PARISH COUNCIL TO USE SALES TAX REVENUES TO PAVE ROADS IN CANKTON. THE OPINION ISSUED JUNE 17TH BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN C MORRIS THE FOURTH SAYS SALES TAXES COLLECTED IN THE UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF THE PARISH CANNOT BE USED FOR PROJECTS INSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY MUNICIPALITY IN THE PARISH. ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS DO NOT HOLD THE WEIGHT OF A LEGAL JUDGEMENT, AND PARISH PRESIDENT BILL FONTENOT SAYS HE STILL CONSIDERS THE ROADS THEY WANTED TO PAVE IN CANKTON TO BE PARISH ROADS. THE COUNCIL VOTED 9-TO-1 TO SEND THE OPINION TO ALL PARISH MUNICIPALITIES.
With the beginning of a new school year quickly approaching, state health regulators are urging parents to make sure their children have received all required vaccinations. State officials say Louisiana law requires children, ages 4 or older and entering kindergarten, pre-kindergarten or Head Start programs, to have proof of receiving the following vaccinations:
— booster dose of poliovirus vaccine
— two doses of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine
— three doses of hepatitis vaccine
— two doses of varicella (chicken pox) vaccine and
— booster dose of diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine.
Children in daycare also need to be up-to-date with their age-appropriate immunizations. Children 11 or older and entering the sixth grade must have proof they received all the age-appropriate immunizations.
A NEW YORK BANK SAYS A LAFAYETTE DEVELOPER OWES MORE THEM MORE THAN 58 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY WANT TO FORECLOSE ON TWO PROPERTIES THAT HE OWNS. GOLDMAN SACHS FILED THE FORECLOSURE REQUEST ON JULY EIGHTH AGAINST MICHAEL MORENO. THEY WANT TO AUCTION OFF REAL ESTATE HE OWNS OFF PORT ROAD IN NEW IBERIA AND A PROPOSED MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT HE HAD PLANNED ON NICHOLSON DRIVE IN BATON ROUGE. MORENO AND SEVERAL OF HIS TRUSTS AND COMPANIES SECURED A LOAN FOR THOSE TWO PROPERTIES FROM GOLDMAN SACHS, AND THE BANK SAYS HE DEFAULTED ON THE LOAN.
OFFICIALS WITH THE CHENNAULT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN LAKE CHARLES ARE PROPOSING A 257 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION, THAT WOULD IMPROVE THEIR CARGO HANDLING CAPACITY. THE AIRPORT’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RANDY ROBB SAYS THE PROPOSED EXPANSION COULD PRODUCE UP TO 15-HUNDRED NEW JOBS. PLANS CALL FOR BUILDING A MULTIMODAL CARGO FACILITY ON 220 ACRES OCCUPIED BY THE MALLARD COVE GOLF COURSE. HE SAYS MALLARD COVE WOULD REMAIN OPEN UNTIL A NEW GOLF COURSE IS DEVELOPED, WHICH SHOULD TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
A CROWLEY MAN, WANTED FOR THE MOLESTATIOIN OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN ACADIA PARISH, HAS BEEN ARRESTED. JULIE DARCE REPORTS.
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House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) is calling on congressional committees to investigate whether Planned Parenthood is selling organs from aborted fetuses. The Ohio Republican also says he wants President Barack Obama to denounce the practice. Boehner released his statement a day after an pro-life group circulated a video it secretly made showing a Planned Parenthood official discussing the disposal of body parts from aborted fetuses. Boehner says “when an organization monetizes an unborn child,” it is time for action.
