Ponchatoula Strawberry Festival Draws Vast Crowd
Thousands gathered in Ponchatoula for the 21st annual Strawberry Festival as 125,000-plus attendees lined downtown streets. Crowds packed Memorial Park beer booths while jambalaya, crawfish and barbecue drew hunger and celebration under clear skies. Local officials and festival officials heralded record crowds and compared the event to Mardi Gras in scale.
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Louisiana
Memorial Park
Dennis Bardwell
Bardwell
New Orleans
Tangipahoa Parish
Gordon Burgess
Paul
East Pine
Northeast Railroad Avenue
Gator Lounge
Rachel Kroger
Paul's
Kroger
Health unit land deal fails in Tangipahoa Parish
An 18 acre site between Hammond and Ponchatoula was rejected by the DeMarco Estate, derailing a 266400 purchase for a south Tangipahoa health unit. Sanitation Manager Robert Egnew said the offer exceeded appraised value and may be a dead issue as officials search for seven to eight acres south of Hammond, aiming for a 30000 square foot facility costing about 2 million with mixed local state and federal funding.
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AMITE
Hammond
Ponchatoula
Agnew
New
U.S. 51
Tangipahoa Parish
Kentwood
Egnew
Louisiana 16
New South Tangipahoa Parish
Southeastern president to keep job amid legislative concerns
Southeastern Louisiana University President G Warren Smith plans to stay in his post despite push from some legislators and business leaders for replacements. Board member Gloria Patton said a committee met with Smith to discuss complaints including his failure to revive the football program.
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Smith
Southeastern
Gloria Patton
Slidell
Football injury trial resumes this week
The civil case between 17 year old Eric Brumfield and Kentwood High School football coach David Currier resumes in Amite's 21st Judicial Court tomorrow at 1 p.m. Brumfield, paralyzed from a 1989 game injury, sues Currier and several parties for unspecified damages. The Brumfield family attorneys will wrap up their case with two depositions likely entering evidence and the defense plans to begin calling Kentwood players as witnesses.
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Eric Brumfield
Kentwood
David Currier
Lillie Mae Brumfield
Currier
Tangipahoa Parish
National Union
Brumfield
Official confident of blood supply
Officials at Seventh Ward General Hospital blood bank reassure that local blood supply is safe, noting screening began in March 1985 and stressing rumors about tainted blood are unfounded. Lea Crockett cites few risks, urges high risk donors to call a confidential hotline for testing and guidance.
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Seventh Ward General Hospital
Lea Crockett
Crockett
Arthur Ashe
Associated Press
Tangipahoa Parish
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Board of Trustees For State Colleges and Universities
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Sean McCrea
Sherri Brown
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