On Saturday, November 18, voters will have an opportunity to cast a ballot on a number of issues. There are several open political offices that must be filled on both the local and state level as well as four more amendments to our over-stuffed constitution.

Let us take a lighter note this week in my column. The first breath of cool to almost cold air finally hit this past week. If I had to guess, fall is here. Now the leaves have not turned like the beautiful northeast, but some are beginning to fall. The pecan trees are dropping what few nuts developed with the extreme summer drought. If you still have some summer veggies like eggplant, tomatoes, squash, and peppers, your plants may be producing some delicious fall crop veggies. Much of the regular landscape plants that did not die in the drought are looking much better. Lesson learned this year with the extreme heat, even with watering the temperature actually affected our plants in a negative way.

It took four Louisiana congressmen 51 years before one of them became Speaker of the US House of Representatives. Second line to being president, a responsibility and honor that very few receive. Finally, after all this time, an obscure young congressman from Shreveport made it.

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Chalmette High’s Marketing/Distributive Education officers for 199899 were Rachel Voss, treasurer; Angela Wescott, representative; Missy Austin, vice president; Amanda Shepherd, president; Misty Becker, reporter; and Amanda Wolverton, representative.

Alcoholics Anonymous 12-Step meetings are held in St. Bernard Parish on the following days: • Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 7 p.m.

October 20, 2023 Donald Lombard, 39, New Orleans: possession of schedule I controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute. Lee D.

The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) will host two advisory committee meetings in New Orleans for the Caernarvon and Davis Pond freshwater diversion structures on Thursday, December 7.

October 30, 2023 23-1511-D, IV Waste LLC vs. G Bennett 3 Investments LLC, Breach of Contract.

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