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LAPLACE — Andrew Williams would love to see Scouting grow in St. John the Baptist Parish.
The Boy Scouts of America Southeast Louisiana Council senior district executive spoke to Rotary Club of LaPlace members this week, promoting new initiatives that include officially allowing girls to join this summer.
There are currently four Cub Scout groups and three Boy Scout groups active in St. John.
Each will soon be offering Learning For Life, a program provid-ing hands-on, career-
building experiences that allow young people to get real experience in certain fields, such as law enforcement.
The program could be set up in conjunction with the Sheriffs Office, possibly allowing attendees to see what it takes to become a police officer and what they encounter on the job.
This effort is repeat-ed in all fields, with 12 program career clus-ters for local leaders to initiate.
Williams said the pro-gram exposes Scouts to how businesses work and are maintained, adding scholarships are available to those Scouts that stick with the program.
Boys Scouts pushing St. John
expansionNew Learning For Life programoffers job shadowing to scouts
andrew Williams speaks to members of Rotary Club of laPlace tuesday afternoon at Sicily’s.
Do you believe in the power of prayer? Have you heard
the story about the church and the bar?
It goes like this. The construction of a new build-ing began on the lot across from a church.
The church wasn’t happy about this and tried to block its opening with peti-tions and prayer.
The week before it was to open, light-ning stuck the bar, burning it to the ground.
The bar’s owner sued the church, claiming the church was responsible because they had prayed for the bar to never open.
The church was adamant
in their denial of responsibility.
As the judge heard both sides he responded, “I don’t know how I’m going to decide. It appears that we have a bar owner who believes in the power of prayer, and an entire church con-gregation that does not.”
The punch line of this tale carries
weight. It caused me to review my
prayer list and ask myself, “Would I be surprised if these requests were answered? Do I have the faith to believe that God can move in these situations? Do I believe in the
power of prayer?”Not only do I believe that
God has the answer to my problems, I trust that in His timing, He will provide for each one.
I’ve written 1 John 5:14-15 across my prayer list, “And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will He hears us. And if we know that He hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of Him.”
Oh, and between us, I don’t pray for anything to be destroyed, but for life, health and hearts to be filled with love for God.
Ronny Michel may be reached at [email protected].
RONNY MICHEL
heartS IN tOuch
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LULING — The Animal Control Office and the St. Charles Humane Society have partnered with the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to continue offering low cost spay and neuter services for residents’ pets.
The partnership was first offered to the public in January of 2017.
“We constantly strive to find ways to decrease the number of homeless animals; however, we still receive lit-ters given away intact, which result in a higher shelter intake,” Animal Control Supervisor Dr. Jena Troxler said.
“This service has been well received and utilized by our residents in need.
Partnering with LSPCA is one piece of our response to help residents keep their pets healthy and home.”
The Louisiana SPCA has assigned the St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter a select number of days that will allow 15-25 scheduled animals to receive these services.
There are no qualifications needed to schedule animals.
There are also additional discounts for seniors (65+), first responders, students and those on government assistance.
Scheduled animals will receive a reminder call a week prior to sur-gery.
The pet must be brought to the shelter parking lot before 7 a.m. on the day of surgery with completed paperwork in hand and payment
(cash, card or money order) for the LASPCA. They will then be trans-ported by the Louisiana SCPA to their facility at 1700 Mardi Gras Boulevard in New Orleans and returned by 4:30 p.m. to the Animal Shelter parking lot in Luling for pickup by owners.
The Louisiana SPCA also offers packages that include bloodwork, vaccinations, heartworm testing, microchips and prevention.
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT
To schedule an appointment, resi-dents may call the St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter at 985-783-5010 to reserve space. Forms to bring on the day of surgery are on the parish website at stcharlesparish-la.gov/animalcontrol or can be emailed to those interested.
Animal Shelter partners with SPCA to offer low cost servicestHe dateS foR 2018 aRe
aS folloWS:
May 8June 26aug. 7Oct. 2Dec. 4
tHe CoSt of SeRviCeSiS aS folloWS:
Cats - $50 Dogs
$75 (under 25 lbs)$100 (over 25 lbs) $125 (over 90 lbs)
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HAHNVILLE — A sample of water taken from the West Bank of St. Charles Parish was named the best tasting water in the South Central Region on Wednesday.
The South Central Region includes Assumption, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary, Lafourche and Terrebonne parishes.
The officers of the region choose the winners.
The sample is set to compete at the state level next week at the annual Louisiana Conference on Water Supply, Sewerage and Industrial Wastes, Inc in Baton Rouge.
In addition to the South Central Region, the statewide contest includes Northwest, Northeast, Central, Lake Area, Southwest, Capital and Southeast regions.
st. CharLes Parish
That’s some mighty fine tasting water
Plant operator Josh Butts appears on the february edition of St. Charles Parish today to highlight the West Bank clarifier refurbishment project currently underway. that works helps St. Charles Parish take care of its water.
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LAPLACE — St. John Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Kristin Dunn needs to stay cool under pres-sure.
The 911 dispatcher is the bridge between frantic 911 callers and patrol deputies responding to all manner of emergency.
Dunn’s work during a February robbery of a conve-nience store in Reserve earned her special recognition, as she was celebrated at Thursday’s St. John Business Association meeting as the officer of the month.
According to Sheriff Mike Tregre, Dunn remained calm and immediately took charge of the robbery response, asking
critical questions of the caller. In about three minutes, Dunn was able to get valuable infor-mation from the complainant, including a detailed suspect description and the direction in which the suspect fled on a bike.
Police said deputies appre-hended the suspect within five minutes of receiving the 911 call.
Dispatcher’s cool head duringfrantic robbery led to quick arrest
St. John Business association guest speaker Bridget dinvaut, district attorney, stands with officer of the month Kristin dunn, association President Steve fraker and Sheriff mike tregre during the as-sociation’s thursday meeting at Petra Restaurant & lounge. (Scott forsythe/l’oBSeRvateuR)
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