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Zachary Post • Tuesday, March 17, 2015 • Vol. 10, No. 11 • Published Weekly • Circulation 16,000 • zacharypost.com © 2015

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Zachary’s Man of SteelDavid Gordon of Zachary suc-

cessfully completed the 2015 Florida Double Anvil, a USA Ultra Triathlon event, last weekend just outside Tam-pa, Florida. A Double Anvil Iron-man event consists of a swim/bike/run course with a 4.8-mile swim, 224-mile bike, and ends with two consecutive marathons (totaling 52.4 miles) for a grand total of 281.2 miles back to back. In addition, you must complete this feat in under a 36 hour running time limit that begins at 7:00 a.m. on Friday morning and expires at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday evening. Many apply to participate in this Ul-tra triathlon event; however, not all are accepted. In this instance, Gordon was accepted into a pool of athletes representing countries from around the world and came in 16th place in a pool of over 40 world-renowned athletes.

Gordon has been training for this event for quite a while, building up his strength and endurance to near the pinnacle of human capabilities.

Gordon, just like many non-professional athletes, has a full time job, kids and a family to love, and plenty of tasks and hobbies that pull for his attention, but this double Iron-man distance is a feat very few can even fathom much less take head on. It requires dedication to training, sacrifice, knowledge, experience, inspiration and perseverance. Con-gratulations to Zachary’s own David Gordon!

David Gordon crossing the finish line in Tampa last weekend after completing the gruel-ling 281.2 mile Double Anvil Ultra-triathalon.

Council Approves Lagniappe

Restaurant Permit, Discusses Christmas

Village LightingBy Jen Bayhi-Gennaro

The Zachary City Council met for their regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 10, at 6:30 p.m. May-or David Amrhein was absent; Mayor Pro Tempore Brandon Noel presided over the meeting.

Hugh Engels spoke on behalf of builder Don Hunt, who owns a build-ing on Church Street. Hunt requested a secondary meter added to his property, as he is looking to begin slowing down and eventual retirement. Plans may be to rent out the big building and turn the garage into an office, in which case they would need to be metered sepa-rately. As long as all necessary safety steps are taken in communicating with the fire department, the request was approved.

Next, the Council discussed Amer-icana maps. A representative from the development requested permit approv-al for commercial building prior to completion of the resubdivision map, so as to keep the ball rolling with their plans. After some discussion, it was approved, so long as Americana does not build anything vertical for safety reasons, and does not pour concrete, since that’s permanent. Building Offi-cial Scott Masterson said this has been done before for other projects in the city.

Soloman Salah, who is opening Lagniappe restaurant in the old Hiba-chi building in front of Wal-Mart, was there to request approval to sell alcohol in the restaurant. His request was ap-proved.

Sharon Phillips, the city’s public relations coordinator, presented a re-quest to make Zachary’s Christmas celebration better than ever by creat-ing a LED light display in the his-torical village. Phillips and one other person are currently responsible for

Race to the Finish ZEPTO Fundraiser set for April 18April 18th marks the 2nd ANNUAL

Zachary Race To The Finish 5k and 1 mil-er, proudly presented by Lane Regional Medical Center.

Once again this year, all race proceeds will be donated to Zachary’s Elementary Parent Teacher Organization (more com-monly known as ZEPTO). ZEPTO is a non-profit volunteer driven organization that supports all five of Zachary’s elemen-tary schools.

“New this year, we are thrilled to in-troduce Ainsley’s Angels to our race,” says Race Director Lianne Crawford. “They are an athletic ride-along program created for children, teens, adults, and

veterans with disabilities. Please look for them at our race this year and offer your support to our very own Zachary Com-munity School District children who will be participating. Help support our volunteers who will be working together pushing these specially designed running “chairs” by offering them words of en-couragement if you see them out on the race course.” Visit: www.ainsleysangels.

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stringing the lights downtown for the Christmas celebration. “Right now I’ve been bringing some lights from my house...we spend more time re-placing the bulbs that are broken. The lights aren’t commercial grade,” she said. The city spent $1200 last year on bulb replacements and struggles with a lack of storage space for the estimated $10,000 in decorations. Phillips spoke with a company that provides turnkey LED lighting services, including ca-bling power, a computer for the light show, a 28 foot mega tree that sings and dances, and more, and then packs up and stores the equipment safely un-til next season. The display would top out around $50,000, although not that much is necessary to get started. “We can add to it every year,” Phillips said. The lighting company is the same one that puts on the display in Central, and several Council members commented on the hundreds of people that trav-eled there to see the lights. A display of this magnitude, while more costly than what we currently have, will save the city time and money in the long run. Not only that, but it will make Zachary a destination during the Christmas sea-son, instead of just one night bringing in tax dollars to our restaurants and gas stations.

It was agreed that the city can bid out the project, with the understanding that it is not in the budget right now and it might not make it this year.

On March 2, Kastle Kakes by Amy celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony with The Zachary Chamber of Commerce. Located next to Chris’s Specialty Meats at 4347 High Street, Suite 102, whatever your sweet tooth craves, Kastle Ka-kes has it. Items include cupcakes, cookies, brownies, cake pops, muffins, mini bundt cakes, pies, and coffee. Treats can be purchased individually or by the dozen. Kastle Kakes also takes custom orders for birthday parties and special occasions. Open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information or to place custom orders, call (225) 286-4443, visit: www.kastlecakesbyamy.com, or Facebook:KastleKakesbyAmy.

David Humphreys, professional photographer and image creator, will be the speaker at the Zachary Artists Guild general membership meeting on Tuesday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Zachary Chamber of Commerce, 4633 Main Street. David will be discussing marketing strategies for fine art.

For 36 years David has been a professional image creator. He doesn’t just take photos; he makes photos. Attention to detail and de-veloping the patience required to

bring an image to life are the hidden secrets. He offers advertising and commercial photography, as well as corporate portraiture, fine art, fine art reproduction, fine art printing, and photo restoration. Years of visu-alization while always moving for-ward with newest techniques have kept him on the cutting edge of his profession for his entire career. His web site is www.fabphotos.com. The public is invited to attend. If you have any questions, please contact Pam Kaster at 225-921-3431.

ZAG to Offer Workshop March 24

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 Zachary POST 32013 ZHS Football ScheduleLetter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor are unedited submissions to the Zachary Post. Letters to the Editor may be submitted for publication at [email protected]. Submissions will be printed in the next issue of the Post, space allowing. Deadline for submission is by 5:00 p.m. the Thursday before Tuesday publication.

NEW BUSINESSESSchool Board Observer Responds to Misinformation on Tax Election

Dear Zachary Post Editor:

Over the past several months I have followed the activities of the Zachary School Board on the issue of the proposed sales tax in-crease. I have attended the pub-lic meetings on the subject and school board meetings. In addi-tion I have reviewed most of the information provided to the pub-lic by the Board on the subject.

The purpose of my letter is to respond to a letter to the edi-tor published in the March 10th Zachary Post on this subject. This letter was written by “Citi-zens for Zachary Schools.”

The letter includes several paragraphs discussing how the sales tax revenue will and will not be spent. It says that the tax money will not be used for new construction. The simple fact is that this sales tax revenue will be placed in the school’s gen-eral fund and be used as directed by the Board. It can be used for whatever purpose the Board de-termines necessary. While I ex-pect it will not be used for new building construction, it could be if new construction needs are identified in the future.

The letter to the editor also discussed how the new sales tax money will be used “to pay for unfunded state mandates” and “to cover decreases in state funding.” If approved, the additional sales

tax revenue is not designated for any specific use. It also was not determined to be needed based on any single type of expenditure or funding concern such as state mandates. Certainly the State does not provide funding for the entire school budget, and they do provide rules and requirements for the school to follow. The Board then decides what addi-tional expenditures will be made above those requirements and funding levels. The additional tax revenues are being requested to balance the budget in the fu-ture and to provide some surplus funds for future use without mak-ing cuts to current expenditures.

The letter then goes on to dis-cuss the potential benefits of the tax. It says the new sales tax will keep school programs in place, providing a list of the programs the new sales tax will support. The letter seems to tie school and student performance directly to spending levels and the new tax. While adequate funding is neces-sary, I have not found any infor-mation that leads me to believe that school funding is directly related to or the predominate fac-tor in school performance. The school has provided information in public meetings that shows that Zachary schools are funded at levels similar to or even below other school districts in the area. Yet, the Zachary school system is

the top performing school in the state. It did not take top level funding to achieve top perfor-mance in the past. I expect it will not require that in the future.

I believe that the reason for top performance is more close-ly related to the character and achievement of the students, the parents, and the teachers; and not to the level of school funding. My expectation is that Zachary schools will continue to perform at a high level, with or without additional tax revenue. I expect that top performance will be the goal of the Board and Adminis-tration no matter how the election turns out.

The letter also discusses the “very small tax” that is being requested. The size of the tax, small or large, is for each voter to consider. The proposed sales tax of up to one percent is an increase of 50% in the sales tax current-ly levied by the Board. The tax would be raised from 2% to 3%, with the final rate determined by the Board. If approved, sales tax revenue would increase from about $9 million per year to about $13 million per year. The addi-tional revenue equates to approx-imately an eight percent increase in the annual total school general fund revenue, which is now just over $50 million per year. In my opinion, when millions of dol-lars are being discussed it is not

a small tax increase, and thus should be carefully considered by the voters in the school district.

Finally, I would like to add that the school has operated with a general fund deficit in the pre-vious and current fiscal years. In this two year timeframe, the total deficit related to recurring expenses has been about $3 mil-lion ($1.5 million per year). If the sales tax increase is not ap-proved, budget expenditures may need to be reduced in future years if funding from current revenues does not increase. Future increas-es in expenditures may need to be curbed. The current general fund surplus is approximately $12 million and cannot continue to be used to balance the budget indefinitely.

The job of the School Board is not easy, and will be more dif-ficult if the tax does not pass. Difficult decisions will need to be made on school expenditures. The good news is that the Board has developed a significant sur-plus fund which can be used until the budget deficits are resolved. The Board and Administration should be commended for devel-oping this surplus in the past and for bringing this issue to the at-tention of the public in a timely manner.

David LorfingZachary Resident


ZHS Baseball Getting into the Swing of Things Early in Season

The Zachary High Baseball team continues its early season dominance with a 12-6 vic-tory over St. Amant High last Tuesday improving to 4-1 on the season. Their next game is scheduled at the Zachary Youth Baseball Park on Tuesday March 17 at 5:00 p.m. against Franklinton High. Photos by Sharron Ventura.

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Fish Fry Friday!The LaneRMC Foundation will

host “Fish Fry Friday” on Friday, March 20th, from 11.a.m. – 1 p.m., in City Hall Parking Lot.

Meals are $10 each and will be personally prepared by David Am-rhein and staff.

Meals include fresh Louisiana catfish, French fries, hush puppies and cole slaw. Reserve your meal today! Quantity is limited, Pre-Orders are recommended.

Email [email protected] or call 658-6699 to pre-order.

The event is sponsored by Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, L.L.P. All proceeds will benefit the many projects of LaneRMC Foundation.

March 20th 11a.m. – 1 p.m.

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The Dr. Martin L. King Zachary Committee enjoyed their Annual Scholarship Ball. The theme this year was Jubilation Gold. Jubilation Gold demonstrates power, strength, boldness and hard working in the community. They entertained their guest with a song, “Early in the Morning,” by the BarKays, issued out Gold beads and door prizes. This event was held at the Baker Municipal Blvd, Baker, La. Pictured:Back Row (From L to R): Linda Rubbins, Carolyn Hall, Gwen Stills, Loretta Robinson, Tina Clark, Johnnie Evans, Brenda Barber, Sharon McKnight, and Joann SandersSeated (From L to R): Michael Brown, Fred West, III and Sylvester Perkins

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Pictured: Top Row: Ms. Atkinson, Colt Crain, Brailyn King, Alexandra Barfield, Shelby Nealy, Cassianne Musacchia, Kylie O’Brien. Middle Row: Eli Carr, Mallory Kendrick, Ja’Cory Hubbard, Olivia Smith, Hannah Kelly, Nathaniel Turner, Ian Ven-able. Bottom Row: Ella Thompson, Celeste Cavell, Katy Knecht, Audrey Hanks

NMS and CMES to Send Large Group to National History Day CompetitionNational History Day is a national

contest, underwritten by the History Channel, which has several qualify-ing rounds. There are five different categories (exhibit board, website, documentary, dramatized presenta-tion, and paper), and the students are able to participate either individually or as a group. There are two divi-sions, junior (sixth through eighth grade) and senior (high school).

In addition to the product the stu-dents create about the specific theme of the year, the students also have to create an annotated bibliography and a process paper. This year, the stu-dents created a product about people in history that demonstrated great leadership and left a poignant legacy.

The Regional competition was Saturday, March 7th, at the West Baton Rouge Parish Museum. The top two winners move to the state competition at the WW2 museum in April.

The State level competition brings all of the regional top two winners from the five regions together to compete. The top two winners at the state competition move the national competition, held in the summer.

The National level competition brings together the winners from the United States, as well as international winners. There are cash prizes asso-ciated with some of the placement.

Last year, two current ninth grad-

ers, Madison Russel and Jessica Staggs, won first place at regional and first place at state, and competed well at the national level. They cre-ated a group exhibit board about the Upstanders during the Holocaust.

This year a large number of stu-dents from Northwestern Middle School and Copper Mill Elementary are moving to the state competition.

The students who are moving to state on Saturday, April 11:

NMS:1. Ja’Cory Hubbard: fourth, indi-

vidual documentary2. Celeste Cavell and Hannah

Kelley: third, group documentary3. Brailyn King: second, individu-

al exhibit board4. Alexandra Barfield: first, indi-

vidual exhibit board5. Raegan Douglas and Destiny

Louis: second, group exhibit board6. Colt Crain, Olivia Smith, and

Paige Veal: first, group exhibit board7. John Borg, Hayden Duplantier,

Mikey Varnado: first, group perfor-mance

8. Caleb A. Johnson: third, indi-vidual website

9. David Robins: first, individual website

10. Elyse Duplantier, Carsyn Mar-tel, Hannah Robertson, and Lynndon Rushing: third, group website

11. Peyton Baronne, Caynan Byrd, Joshua Lavender, Samuel Mc-Cauley: first, group website

CME:1. Ian Venable: first, individual

paper2. Kennedy Jackson: second, indi-

vidual website


Landmark Bank Announces the Appointment of Charlene M. Smith to Board of Directors

Landmark Bank has announced the appointment of Charlene M. Smith to its board of directors.

Smith, a lifelong resident of Zach-ary, has three children and seven grandchildren. She is a former mayor of Zachary and the owner and agent of Charlene Smith Allstate Insurance.

Smith has served the community as an executive director of the Zachary Chamber of Commerce and past presi-dent of the chamber board; past co-chairwoman for Team City Economic Development; past chairwoman of the Zachary Beautification Committee; and past president of the Zachary Ro-tary Club, with over 26 years perfect attendance.

Smith has been selected as a one of the “Top 50 People to Watch” by 225 Magazine; has been awarded the YMCA Women of Achievement in Government; and has been named an influential woman in business by the Baton Rouge Business Report.

She serves as vice chairman of the Lane Regional Medical Center Foun-dation.

Charlene Smith

“I am sincerely honored to serve such a respected institution as Land-mark Bank, which has a long history of being everything a community bank can be. Landmark Bank has been in-strumental in helping our community grow and continues to provide supe-rior financial service to many in our area,” Smith said.

Lane Regional Medical Center Welcomes Gastroenterology AssociatesGastroenterology Associates

have expanded their digestive health care services to patients living north of the Capital region with the open-ing of their new office in Zachary, located at 4735 West Park Drive, Suite A, on the campus of Lane Re-gional Medical Center.

Kirk Mullins, M.D., Alan Malt-bie, M.D., and Douglas Walsh, M.D. specialize in the evaluation, diagno-sis, and treatment of gastrointestinal

and digestive disorders and will see patients by appointment on Monday and Thursday mornings.

This new location reduces travel time for appointments and treatment while increasing the likelihood of proper diagnosis and care for local residents, bringing specialized GI services and procedures to the re-gion that were not previously avail-able.

With a specialized team of 17 physicians, Gastroenterology As-sociates have been the premier pro-

viders of gastroenterological care in Baton Rouge since 1977.

Dr. Kirk Mullins Dr. Alan Maltbie Dr. Douglas Walsh

Zachary Newcomers Club Hosts Date Night

The Zachary Newcomers Club recently added "Date Night" to their monthly event cal-endar. The first Date Night included delicious food & drink at Breck's Bistro in Baton Rouge & a humorous show at the LSU Student Union, "'Til Death Do Us Part: Late Night Catechism 3.” Pictured L to R encircling table: Mike & Suzanne Plitt, Sherri Walsh, Beth & David Young, Pat & Bill Black, and Laurie & Randy Zuccaro.


Zachary Home to Nationally Renowned Behavioral Science ProgramBy James ronald skains

A number of buildings set in clusters on the south side of US Highway 64, just west of the inter-section with Joor Road, make up the Zachary Seaside Progressive PHP facility. The Seaside Progres-sive Zachary location has been in operation since 2000 and employs more than 70 people with better than average income jobs. Some are doctors, nurses and behavioral science experts.

All of the residents of Seaside Progressive PHP are volunteer par-ticipants who have been referred to the Zachary facility from as far away as Maine, Florida and Ten-nessee. Many patients come to Pro-gressive as referrals from Vander-bilt University Medical Center.

“All of our patients are here on a volunteer basis, all in hopes of im-proving their mental and physical condition,” Sally Ann Siakel, Zach-ary Seaside Progressive PHP Direc-tor told the POST. “We are such a low key operation that most people don’t even know what we do.”

“At Progressive PHP, our mis-sion is simple. We want to provide high-quality care in an outpatient or partial hospitalization setting for people in need of behavioral health services. Progressive PHP focuses on the integration of high quality care with our rural setting here on the outskirts of Zachary. We also encourage family involvement, al-though that is sometimes difficult for our patients from out of state to get their live back on track.”

“We pride ourselves on deliver-

ing the finest care with compassion, professionalism and sensitivity,” Sally Siakel, who holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Physcology from Michigan State University, explained. “We have built our repu-tation on a national basis and regu-larly receive referrals from around the country.”

“Neither demographics nor socio-economics can be directly blamed for mental health prob-lems,” Sally Siakel pointed out. “We get people here at Seaside Pro-gressive PHP from all walks of life. Most of the people that reach us have a history of fragmented lives.”

“The younger generations have less connectivity. They don’t re-ally know how to communicate with each other verbally. They have a short attention span and a much longer learning curve. Video games sometimes alter a person’s ability to focus. There are many things that can contribute to mental health is-sues, but the more fragmented a person’s life becomes, the more sus-ceptible they are to mental health behavioral issues.”

“Although our treatment pro-grams at Seaside Progressive are not faith based, we do use the 12-Step program with great success. The 12-step Program is based on abstinence,” Sally Siakel pointed out. “We understand that the pa-tient’s disorder and subsequent re-covery process touches the lives of those nearest to them in a profound way.”

“That’s why our treatment ap-proach is built around the en-

couragement of periodic family meetings and involvement in the patient’s treatment process. Howev-er, this is sometimes difficult due to our patients being from such a wide demographic area. I think that one of the keys to our success is that our clients are here for about 60 days at least which gives our doctors and staff plenty of time to evaluate the person, their medication and make adjustments if necessary.”

Progressive PHP’s care features partial hospitalization services for adults, geriatrics, and dual diagnosis clients, community education and prevention programs, assessment and evaluation, Outpatient clinic, group therapy, community integra-tion, and medication management.

“Medication management is so important for a person’s recovery,” Siakel related. “Often times, our patients have been prescribed great medications that relieves them of their behavioral problems, but be-cause most mental health programs are only for a short period of time, the patients never learn how impor-tant the medications are and how to manage their medications. With our approach, our patients have a great opportunity to live a normal and productive life after they leave our Zachary facility.”

Apparently the cottage style campus in a quiet secluded location with comfortable facilities provides an atmosphere for positive change and growth. That coupled with a dedicated caring staff seems to work well in helping Seaside Progressive PHP of Zachary attain national ac-

claim for its work. “Progressive PHP offers a range

of programs for persons experienc-ing psychiatric and addictive disor-ders,” Sally Siakel, the Director of the Operation in Zachary pointed out. “Our Adult Partial Hospitaliza-tion Program, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Clin-ic, and Residential Group Homes are treatment options for those with diagnoses such as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, mood disorders, schizo-affective disorders, ma-jor depression, and dual diagnosis disorders affecting daily living, as well as substance abuse concerns.”

The highly skilled staff at Sea-side Progressive in Zachary in-cludes: Psychiatrists, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Addiction Counselors, Recreation Therapists and Mental Health Tech-nicians.

“Although medicine to treat mental and behavioral disorders has improved dramatically in the last 20 years, so have some of the root causes of these disorders such as crack cocaine, crystal meth and even pot are stronger than ever,” Siakel said in elaborating on the challenges faced by facilities such as Seaside Progressive in Zachary. “Major depression is another dis-order that we face on a daily basis. Although many of our patients have been in other similar facilities with-out achieving success in getting

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Zachary Elementary and Copper Mill Math Olympiad Team Finishes Strong

Copper Mill Elemenatery students represented Zachary well at the Louisiana Math Olympiad last week. Out of 308 participants from around the state, eight Zachary students placed in the top 25. Two of these were from Zachary Elementary and the rest from Copper Mill. Austin Headrick placed 4th overall and won an IPod Shuffle. Also placing in the top 25 were Kelly Wiley, Madison Moses, Kyle Headrick, Mariah Alex-ander and Alexis. Pictured from left to right are Kyle Headrick, Ashley Townsend, Julia Huihui, Georgia Charlet, Alexia Bentley, Morgan Hayes, Michaela Doiron, Madison Moses, Kelly Wiley, and in front, Austin Headrick.

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As a “thank you” for hosting Lane Regional Medical Center’s 2014 “Keep the Beat” CPR Training event, St. John the Baptist Church in Zachary received an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) for their use, a $2500 value. The CPR Training event was provided free of charge by Lane’s medical professionals and was sponsored by Cardiovascular Institute of the South. Pictured L to R: Delores Sutton, Father Jeff Bayhi and Laura Peel

Mayor Proclaims April Autism Awareness Month

Mayor David Amrhein officially declares April 2015 as Autism Awareness Month in The City of Zachary, and encourages all citizens to participate in the Families Helping Families of Greater Baton Rouge 6th Annual Active for Autism 5K Run/Walk & Fun Fest on April 18, 2015 to bring awareness of autism. For more information log onto www.fhfgbr.org. Pictured L to R - D.J. Cedotal, Mayor David Amrhein, Penni Cedotal, Families Helping Families Autism Resource Specialist and Charlie Cedotal


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Cook-Off that will be judged and each race participant will have the opportu-nity to sample. Crawford also says that this year the memory and legacy of Jerry and Cherry Boudreaux will be honored and are thrilled that their families will be attending. “We feel it is important to cel-ebrate important community leaders past and present and as our race grows we hope to continue expressing our gratitude to these individuals who have made such enormous contributions to our School District. So far we have had a tremendous response and we thank our wonderful sponsors and volunteers for helping us build this race.”

Both events, the 5k and 1 mile fun run start AND finish at Zachary High School Bronco Stadium. This event attracts be-ginner, middle of the pack and elite run-ners. Run, walk or stroll to the FINISH!

There will be special post-race activi-ties including inflatables, craft tables, and a special visit from Zachary Fire Depart-ment. Come prepared, kids, to get WET! Special trophies are once again being designed and there will be a prize for the class in each elementary school that has the most participants registered. Every child registered at a ZEPTO school re-ceives an ice cream party, and free dress. All children will receive ribbons and there will be awards presented directly follow-ing 5km completion. If you are not run-ning, PLEASE VOLUNTEER!

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For further information, please con-tact Lianne Crawford directly at 225 819-6703. To volunteer please contact Rebec-ca Silman at: [email protected].

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Ladies VFW Auxiliary Announces Pageant DatesJ.E.B. Stuart VFW Post 4224

has announced the dates for their annual pageant. This year’s pag-eant will be held on March 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the VFW Post, located at 3215 Ben Williams Road in Baker. The pageant is open to girls ages newborn-20 years old, as well as boys ages newborn-5 years old. The entry fee for all divisions is $30.00 for advance registration. A $35.00 entry fee will apply for those who have not pre-registered before the date of the pageant.

Girls ages 0-3 years may com-pete in a Sunday Best Dress. Girls ages 4-12 have the option of a Sun-

day Best Dress or a Party Dress. Contestants for Teen Miss VFW (ages 13-15 years) are required to wear a long dress. Miss VFW Queen Contestants (ages 16-20) are required to wear an evening gown. All boys competing (ages 0-5 years) are expected to wear their Sunday Best. Contestants will be judged on Beauty, Poise, and Overall Appearance.

The Miss VFW Queen winner will receive $100, a crown, trophy, banner and a dozen roses. The Miss VFW Queen winner represents the Post and Auxiliary at the State Convention Pageant, as well as

other local events during her year of reign. Contestants for Miss VFW Queen must not reach their 21st birthday before June 30, 2015.

Trophies will be awarded to the Winner in all categories as well as First, Second, and Third Run-ner Ups. Admission Fee to watch the pageant is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 per child. One parent or guardian will be allowed free admission per contestant. All pro-ceeds from the pageant are used lo-cally for Youth Development and Americanism Programs. To reg-ister, please call Frances Roberts (225) 654-6737.

Baker High School Class of 1975’s 40th Reunion will be held on Saturday May 23, 2015, from 7-11 pm at the Embassy Suites in BR. Cost is $50 per person. Make check payable to BHS Class of 1975. Deadline is April 30 and should be mailed to Karie Liddell P O Box 81 Zachary LA 70791. You may also check us out on Facebook at Baker High School, Class of 1975.

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The Bank of Zachary has elected two new officers. Ruth Ann Kuhns has been elected Loan Operations Officer, and Renee Deshotels has been elected Assistant Cashier.

Kuhns has been a member of the Loan Support Department of Bank of Zachary since 2005, after working 16 years in the financial services in-dustry. She is a resident of Zachary, and a native of French Settlement. Among her duties, Mrs. Kuhns is in charge of central loan processing at the Main Office.

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