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Metro 1 meeting at Zachary City Court Jan. 8
District 1 Metropolitan Councilman Trae Welch would like to invite any citizen residing in District 1 to attend the upcoming Metro 1 monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 8, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting, wh...
Jan 07, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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DAISY Award honoree Debbie Gorman received a beautiful marble sculpture called “A Healer’s Touch." It is hand-carved by artists of the Shona Tribe in Africa. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Extraordinary nurses recognized at Lane RMC
Fourteen nurses at Lane Regional Medical Center were recently nominated by patients, family members, physicians and colleagues for The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. Lane’s DAISY Award Hono...
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Leadership NORTH applications now being accepted by Chamber
The Zachary Chamber of Commerce has announced the graduation date for its 2012 Leadership NORTH class. Members of the second-annual Leadership NORTH series and 2013 participants will join in a comb...
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Baker Fire and Police Departments, as well as the Baker Rotary Club, participated in the annual Rides for Toys event Dec. 12 - 14. Front, from left: Capt. Tony Smith, Operator Jonathan Dunaway, Firefighter Andrew Roberts, Operator Stephen Martinez, PIO Howard Ward, Chief Training Officer Jody Crosby and Dist. Chief Mark Adams. Back, from left, are: Mayor Harold Rideau, Walmart representative Charlotte Thomas, Baker Police Chief Mike Knaps and Baker Fire Chief Danny Edwards. (PHOTO/Stacy Gill)
Annual Rides for Toys event a huge success
The Rides for Toys holiday event held in the City of Baker last week proved to be the most successful in the history of the event. In its fourth year, Rides for Toys paired the departments of Baker...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Plains Lodge Master for 2012, Scott Turner, far left, and Past Master Robert Nelson, far right, present a check to food pantry volunteers Reginald Dykes, Merna Ford, Roma Prejean and Barbara Manchester, from left, on Dec. 7. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Zachary Food Pantry receives holiday donations
The Plains Masonic Lodge #135 in Zachary recently held a jambalya dinner fundraiser to benefit the Zachary Community Food Pantry. The fundraiser was held at the Zachary Farmer’s Market, and the Lod...
Dec 28, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Spillmans are TJ, Slade, Amy and Brian. (PHOTO/Rip Rittell)
A Heart for Coach Spillman
Brian Spillman, 39, of Zachary, suffers from coronary artery disease and is in dire need of a heart transplant. Genetics have surely played their part in Spillman’s heart troubles, his mother and b...
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Lane RMC Food/Nutritional Services employees on Dec. 21 are, from left: Melissa Landry, Yarnell Wright, Latasha George, Jackie Brown, Joyce Hamilton, Richard Laphand, Alldreamer Claiborne, Brenda Wright and Gladiola Williams.
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Lane remembers victims of Sandy Hook Elementary
A few members of the Food and Nutritional Services department at Lane Regional Medical Center posed in front of their Christmas tree last week adorned with ornaments representing the victims of San...
Dec 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus in the Zachary Christmas parade on Saturday, Dec. 15. (PHOTO/Submitted)
Metro 21 to air Zachary Christmas parade Dec. 26 - 29
The Chamber of Commerce sponsored Zachary Christmas Parade, held Dec. 15, will be televised during the holiday season on cable’s Metro 21 channel. The telecast, hosted by Billy Kline and Sharon Phi...
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Garbage collection schedule announced for City of Zachary
Solid waste collection - garbage and trash - in the City of Zachary will not be made on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25, under the city's contract with Waste Management. Garbage and trash normally...
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Zachary citizens register now for Operation Save A Life
The Zachary Fire Department has recently announced the beginning of a new fire prevention program that will donate and install smoke detectors to citizens who do not currently have them or who cann...
Dec 21, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Victims of Sandy Hook Elementary will be remembered today in a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. Please share this story to your Facebook pages and let's all remember this morning the 26 lives lost on Dec. 14. (IMAGE/Reuters)
Gov. Jindal asks for moment of silence today in memory of Sandy Hook Elementary victims
Governor Bobby Jindal issued a proclamation Thursday calling for a statewide moment of silence today, Friday, Dec. 21, at 9:30 a.m. in memory of the 26 victims who lost their lives in the tragedy a...
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Letter to the Editor: Zachary Public Cemetery
Letter to the Editor RE: Zachary Public Cemetery Received via e-mail Dec. 14 This is no newfangled cemetery with lots of bells and whistles. It is still a simple country cemetery where men with sh...
Dec 20, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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