The Journal : the Community News of Jefferson Parish back issues from June 2007:
Kenny's Key West shootings in N.O. raise Council concern
Jun 08, 2007; ... Jefferson Parish Council is getting tough on problem bars bystrengthening its authority to revoke liquor licenses at night clubsconsidered crime hotspots. Sheriff Harry Lee attended Wednesday's council meeting to supporta change in parish law to include criminal activity within ...
Teachers learn hands-on lessons at Northrop Grumman shipyard in Avondale
Jun 08, 2007; ... On any given school day, Bonnabel High School English teacherTerri McCoy can be found enlightening a classroom full of students onthe joys of Shakespeare and James Joyce. But this summer, she swapped her textbooks and homeworkassignments for a welding mask and an acetylene torch to ...
Wrongfully imprisoned in La. seek justice for errant prosecutions
Jun 08, 2007; ... John Thompson opens a 5-inch-thick three-ring binder stuffed withlegal papers and newspaper articles. He points to a picture of alarge man standing behind an expensive mahogany desk. The man is Jefferson Parish attorney Jim Willliams, a formerprosecutor for retired Orleans ...
Commentary: Drivers ignore road rules at our peril
Jun 08, 2007; ... The extreme weather that roared through the area Monday reinforceda belief I've held for a long time: Drivers blatantly violate the lawwhen it comes to intersections where power outages render trafficsignals useless. Back when I was earning my stripes behind the wheel, it ...
Feisty's Cajun Tavern in Marrero fighting to keep liquor license
Jun 15, 2007; ... The owner of Feisty's Cajun Tavern in Marrero will have to live upto the bar's name when he goes before Jefferson Parish's AlcoholBeverage Permit Review Committee in two weeks to fight for his rightto keep the bar's liquor license. Mark Kingsberry will have to defend his business ...
Jefferson Parish students keep sharp with summer reading
Jun 15, 2007; ... Classes are out for the summer, but educators don't want learningto come to a halt until next August. To keep students interested in reading year round, nearly all areaschools send out summer reading lists at the end of each school year. In the Jefferson Parish Public School ...
Former La. prep rivals unite in quest for pro ranks
Jun 15, 2007; ... Ryan Heine had made the shot many times in his prep career. Thistime, in January 2005, the Catholic League championship was on theline in a penalty shootout his Brother Martin Crusaders weretrailing, 4-3. Under the lights at Tad Gormley Stadium on a blustery evening, theMetairie ...
Commentary: Neighbors must snuff out crime hot spots
Jun 15, 2007; ... Jefferson Parish authorities find themselves in an interestingposition in their latest attempt to target crime hot spots. In aneffort to shut down bars and clubs that attract a criminal element,they are casting a dragnet that could snare businesses guilty only ofproximity. A ...
State prisons in La. place emphasis on training inmates before release
Jun 22, 2007; ... Ten years ago the only thing Louisiana prisons gave inmates on theday of their release was $10 for bus fare. The attitude of the Department of Corrections at the time was,"Once the convicts became ex-cons, they're no longer ourresponsibility," said Jeffery Travis, warden of Rayburn ...
East Jefferson Parish arts facility honors band director
Jun 22, 2007; ... When Jefferson Parish School Board member Martin Marino wasn't onthe football field in high school, he was in the band room nurturinghis love of music. Guiding him on his musical journey was band director MartinClancy, who introduced thousands of students in Jefferson Parish ...
Jefferson Parish Council says adios to taco trucks
Jun 22, 2007; ... Roadside food stands that have become a familiar part of the urbanlandscape in the past two years will soon take a path out ofJefferson Parish. The Jefferson Parish Council unanimously agreed Wednesday tosignificantly tighter restrictions likely to spell an end to themobile food ...
Corps waffling on backflow chafes Jefferson Parish Council
Jun 22, 2007; ... With the heart of hurricane season looming, the Jefferson ParishCouncil is not happy with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' decisionto cancel interim backflow prevention measures at 13 pumping stationsbecause of high costs and timing. The temporary project called for sluice gates ...
Bowlers in N.O. find high-tech bowling balls strike higher scores
Jun 22, 2007; ... Mean Machine, No Mercy, Total Inferno, Storm Passion, DoubleAgent. They sound like professional wrestling stars but the names ringfamiliar to hardcore bowlers. The balls have increased scoring andled to a national debate on whether technology is compromising theintegrity of the ...
Commentary: Stars aligning for lower insurance prices
Jun 22, 2007; ... Many of those fortunate enough to have escaped the materialdevastation of the 2005 hurricane season are feeling its impact inthe form of higher insurance rates. If you're still covered by the same policy you held pre-Katrina,consider yourself lucky. Stories of dropped policies, ...
Taco standoff in N.O.
Jun 29, 2007; ... New rules enacted by the Jefferson Parish Council will force manytaco trucks and other mobile food vendors to roll out of townSaturday, but vendors and their customers are left with a lingeringquestion. Why? Citing sanitary and aesthetic concerns, Parish Councilman ...
West Jefferson Medical Center confronts mental health crisis
Jun 29, 2007; ... The survival and well-being of the mentally ill post-Katrinasometimes comes down to being in the right place at the right time. Charlie Hart, manager of behavioral medicines at West JeffersonMedical Center, said he recently received a call from a WJMCemergency room doctor. A ...
Guard gaffes in N.O.
Jun 29, 2007; ... At least two employees of the security firm working at Kenny's KeyWest, site of a June 3 drive-by shooting, have criminal convictions,according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. According to guidelines of the state agency overseeing the privatesecurity industry, the two ...
Jefferson Parish, New Orleans accepting recyclables at four sites Saturday
Jun 29, 2007; ... Jefferson Parish and the city of New Orleans are sponsoring arecycling drop off event Saturday. Recyclable goods such as plastic,cardboard, aluminum cans and paper will be accepted at two sites onthe East Bank and two on the West Bank. No glass or hazardous wastecontainers will be ...
Police in Jefferson Parish urge caution after foiled carjackings
Jun 29, 2007; ... In the wake of two carjacking attempts this month in which would-be victims turned the tables on their assailants and escapedunharmed, Jefferson Parish authorities are warning the public againstsuch high-stakes gambles. In the early morning hours of June 18, a 17-year-old wrestled ...
Swim team unites fitness buffs in N.O.
Jun 29, 2007; ... Before the sun rises, 31-year-old Metairie resident Chris LeMieuxhas found a way to relive his high school passion. Rick Everett, 45, of Gretna calls it his two hours of stressrelief before going to his electrical engineering job at Entergy. Destrehan's Cathy Moser, 57, uses ...
Commentary: Taco truck ban is discriminatory
Jun 29, 2007; ... Through their years of public service, the Congemi family hasreflected upon their heritage as a point of pride. Brothers Nick, theformer Kenner police chief, and Louis, a Parish Council member andformer Kenner mayor, are the descendants of Italian immigrant producefarmers who settled in ...