The Kiwanis Club of St. Bernard-Arabi donated $200 to all elementary schools in St. Bernard Parish. This program aids students in need, that otherwise would not be able to purchase books during the school's Book Fair.

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Virginia Battistella has been named Carolyn Park School’s 1998-99 Teacher of the Year. She has been teaching for 21 years, all but four at Carolyn Park School.

This week’s column will be some of the questions and answers that I’ve gotten in the past week to help spread the word about salt wedge impacts to plants and livestock. For human health and pet health questions, please reach out to the Louisiana Department of Health office in your parish, your doctor, and your veterinarian.

The St. Bernard Parish School Board invites members of the community to attend the Day of Reflection Gratitude Breakfast scheduled for Tuesday, November 14, at 8:30 a.m.

The Louisiana Treasury is excited to announce the publication of 80,567 names of Unclaimed Property owners in local newspapers across the state. This initiative aims to reconnect residents with money received by the Treasury in the past year.

At the October 3 St. Bernard Parish council meeting, the council unanimously passed two ordinances introduced by district E council member Fred Everhardt directing money to the repair and rehabilitation of fire stations 11 and 12—both of which have closed down since Hurricane Ida in 2021. In an unusual display of unity on the issue of handling the fire department, the council adopted these ordinances unanimously and raised no concerns over how they’d be implemented.

With the salt water wedge fast approaching the St. Bernard Parish water processing plant, local government officials are making final preparations on mitigation efforts they’ve been discussing, planning, and working through for the past several weeks. However, parish president Guy McInnis explained at the October 3 council meeting that as the intrusion event has developed, certain aspects of it have changed in light of new information.

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St. Bernard Sheriff’s Office Lt. Eric Eilers and Dep. Aaron Johnson spent time with fifth-grade students at Starbase, a Department of Defense program based at Jackson Barracks aimed at improving the math and science skills of young students. Lt. Eilers and Dep. Johnson spoke to the students about some of the special equipment used by deputies and brought along the Special Weapons and Tactics or S.W.A.T. truck and a patrol unit. See more photos on page 3.