I was paying my bill at the local supermarket here in Baton Rouge when the lady at the cash register asked me, “Are you going to the game in Tiger Stadium Saturday night?” I paused for a minute, then told her: “I think my days going to Tiger Stadium are over.” She looked disappointed and told me, “Yeah, they sure are off to a terrible start. That Florida State game was embarrassing.” It just wasn’t the loss that turned me off.

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Rotary Club of Belle Chasse Meetings The Rotary Club of Belle Chasse meets every Tuesday at 12 p.m. at Adams Catfish House in Belle Chasse.

We are getting to the point where it’s safe to say cooler weather is on the way. The mornings aren’t quite so hot, and the evening temps are falling well below 80. It’s time to get out into the yard and start preparing tired, crispy garden beds for our best gardening season, which starts soon! The recent rains have perked a lot of plants up and I’m seeing some healthy signs of growth on woody ornamentals, perennials, and trees which is encouraging. Remember that these plants are still in an extremely stressed state, which is why so many live oaks are falling in the city. The gauntlet of dry weather and relentless heat took a toll and plants need a few years to recover from that amount of stress. Extremes like that retard growth and make plants less able to fight off diseases and pests using natural defenses. Because of this, hold off on any pruning until November at the earliest. The exception being repeat- blooming roses, those can be safely trimmed back now to encourage a flush of blooms for fall. Remove the top 1/3 of the canes, take out any dead sections, and lightly fertilize.

September 8, 2023 Belleview Plantation, Lot 5. Dwayne E Rovira to Wayne Morris Williamson Jr.

Plaquemines Parish homeowners, businesses, and landowners should be concerned about the valuation of their property. Too many properties are being mis-valued by the current interim assessor in all categories, residential, commercial, and agricultural.

_e Plaquemines Parish Government (PPG) council, at their September 14 meeting, unanimously approved a resolution requesting that the Civil Service Board allow for a “special one-time merit increase and allow for a special one-time pay plan adjustment.” In other words, this resolution requests the civil service commission to approve an adjusted payplan and a raise for all classi_ed employees—those who work under civil service regulations.

Belle Chasse High School defeated parish rival South Plaquemines High School in their annual “Battle of the Boot” football game by a score of 20 to 6. _e highly anticipated matchup drew a crowd of over 2,300 people. Even though Belle Chasse High School has won 9 of the last 10 meetings between the schools, this is always a highly contested game; bringing the best out of both school’s eorts. _is year’s game was no dierent. South Plaq scored _rst on a one-yard run by quarterback Rod Parker to make the score 6-0, after a blocked extra point eort. _e team’s then traded possessions battling for _eld position, until Belle Chasse’s senior kicker Trey Furey converted a school record 42-yard _eld goal attempt to make the score 6-3, going into the half. After halftime the Cardinals came out with a determined intensity and complied a 6 play 75 yard drive that was capped by a 8 yard touchdown run from senior Jacob Black to push the Cardinals ahead 10-6.

Plaquemines Port Harbor & Terminal District (PPHTD) commissioners voted at their September 14 meeting to proceed with temporary repairs to the Pointe a la Hache Ferry ramp as they wait for the Louisiana Department of Transportation & Development (LADOTD) to work through the ramp replacement process.

At the Monday, September 11 Plaquemines Parish School Board (PPSB) meeting, board members voted on the first step they must take in the process of selecting a new superintendent. Specifically, PPSB voted on an agenda item that decided whether the school board would proceed with search using an outside “talent search” agency or do the search “in house using legal counsel.”