Parish of Ascension OFFICE OF THE PARISH PRESIDENT TOMMY MARTINEZ Parish President Photos from Sept. 16 Ascension Parish Council meeting Contact: Scott Rabalais (225) 621-5753; E-mail: srabalais@apgov.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 17, 2010 GONZALES Photos from the Sept. 17 Ascension Parish Council meeting in Gonzales. The next Parish Council meeting is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 in Donaldsonville.
Captions for photos Council.091610 011 Kindergarten students from St. John Primary led the pledge of allegiance at the Sept. 16 parish council meeting in Gonzales. The students from Mrs. Lisa Babin s class included from left to right: Noah Tyson, Cole Sims, Mrs. Lisa Babin, Blythe Waguespack, Evangeline Loar, Jake Matthews, Madison Hitzman, Camrynn Bell, Richie Barney, Lauren Crow, Collin Girouard, Vance Nelson, Mrs. Paula Bourgeois assistant, Ava Phillips, Evan Pickering, Dylan Amedee, Hannah Englert, Toby Bourg, Anna Cate McDaniel and James Alleman. Not pictured: Cooper Ancale, Gabrielle Bourgeois, Claire Morin and Caylee Sheets.
Council.091610 014 Parish President Tommy Martinez (left) and Parish Councilman Randy Clouatre (right) pose with St. Amant Fire Chief James LeBlanc at the Sept. 16 Parish Council meeting. LeBlanc received a Certificate of Appreciation for being named 2010 Community Volunteer of the Year.
Council.091610 016 Parish President Tommy Martinez (second from left) and Council Chairman Pat Bell (far right) pose with Brett Brown and Jacie Kennison (middle) and their 4-H shooting instructor Thad Bellows at the Sept. 16 Parish Council meeting. Kennison and Brown were honored for placing in the top 10 nationally in the National 4-H Shooting Invitational earlier this summer in Kerrville, Texas. Kennison finished third in.22 Rifle, while Brown finished 10 th in Shooting Clays.
Council.091610 019 Ronie Tureau (holding certificate) is honored by the Parish Council at its Sept. 16 meeting in Gonzales for being named the 2009 Lifetime World of Difference volunteer in Ascension Parish. She is flanked by Council Chairman Pat Bell (far left), Parish President Tommy Martinez (second from left), Councilman Randy Clouatre (far right), Councilman Dennis Cullen (second from right) and two members of her family.
Council.091610 020 Gregg Patterson (second from right) is honored at the Sept. 16 Parish Council meeting for his work as chairman of the recently completed 2010 Dixie Youth World Series. With him from left to right are Council Chairman Pat Bell, Council Secretary Suzanne Patterson (Gregg s mother) and Parish President Tommy Martinez.
Council.091610 023 Officials from the City of Gonzales present a check for $50,000 to Ascension Parish officials at the Sept. 16 Parish Council meeting to fund the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. Those in attendance are, from left to right, Parish Councilmen Kent Schexnaydre and Adrian Thompson, Lamar-Dixon Expo Center Director John Vogt, Parish Council Chairman Pat Bell, Gonzales City Councilman Kenny Matassa, Gonzales City Councilman John Cagnolatti, Parish President Tommy Martinez, Gonzales Mayor Barney Arceneaux, Gonzales City Finance Director Clay Stafford and Parish Councilman Dennis Cullen.
Council.091610 024 Parish President Tommy Martinez (second from right) and Council Chairman Pat Bell (far left) present a proclamation to Ascension Parish Library Director Angelle Deshautelles at the Sept. 16 Parish Council meeting declaring Sept. 17 to be Ascension Parish Library Day. September marks the 50 th anniversary of the Ascension Parish Library System. Also pictured are Library Board member Bob Meche (second from left) and Library Board Chairman Lauthaught Delaney Sr. (far right).