In Style General Excellence Louisiana Press Association CENTRALCENTRAL CITYCITY National Newspaper Assn. Guide to Nov. 6 CapitalElection Election Guide Coming Oct. 18, 2012 • Deadline Oct. 15 ® To advertise, Call 261-5055 NEWSNEWS& The Leader Thursday, October 11, 2012 • Vol. 15, No. 20 • 16 Pages • Circulation 10,000 • www.centralcitynews.us • Phone 225-261-5055 Board Wants Your Opinion Public Can Help Decide Future of Old School CENTRAL Site — The Central Commu- nity School Board is seeking ideas from the public on the future use of the old Central Middle School property on the southeast corner of Hooper and Sullivan roads. The site includes 29 acres of land, the old school building, Wildcat Sta- dium, and parking. The school board held a pub- lic hearing to receive comments Monday night at the Central High School Theatre and will continue to receive ideas through the end of October. At Monday’s hearing, ideas included: • Creation of a City Center with Provost Jolice by Photo City Hall, post office, school board office, civic auditorium, and commer- BLACKWATER METHODIST PUMPKIN PATCH — Natalie Payne picked out her See FUTURE on Page 11 pumpkin from among 3,000 at Blackwater Methodist Church on Blackwater Road. Fall Brings Pumpkin Patch, Festivals CENTRAL — Now that fall is events, which compete with Hal- compete. in the air, the people of Central loween and “Trick or Treating.” The annual Pumpkin Patch is are once again preparing for Fall Thousands of Central families at- already underway at Blackwater Photo by Woody Jenkins Woody by Photo Festivals, which take the place tend Fall Festivals at more than a Methodist Church, and churches of Halloween for most Central dozen churches in the Central area. are beginning to announce their Fall At Fall Festivals, there are rides, Festival schedules (see Page 15). COUNTRY VILLAGE — Jennifer De- families. During the week lead- Gram and son Amory enjoy the swing at her ing up to Halloween, churches in contests, prizes, and lots of food Read the Oct. 25 issue of Central grandparents’ Country Village. See Page 4 Central are busy preparing major and drink. Halloween can hardly City News for a complete listing. Central Rolls to 5-1, Faces Walker Friday Wildcats Wiped Artificial Turf with Broncos, 45-28 Woody Jenkins Editor, Central City News ZACHARY — No. 12-ranked Cen- tral High secured its position at the top of District 4-5A with a convinc- ing 45-28 victory over Zachary Friday night at Bronco Stadium. But the game was in doubt un- til early in the 3rd quarter when Wildcat safety Paul Broussard put it away for Central. Central was leading 24-14 but Zachary was on the Wildcat five- yard line and appeared ready to score, which would have made the game a tight 24-21. But Broussard scooped up a Jenkins Woody by Photos Zachary fumble and roared more See 90-YARD on Page 8 CENTRAL’S JAKE MYERS caught passes for 136 yards during last week’s 45-28 victory over Zachary at Bronco Stadium. 2 CENTRAL CITY NEWS Thursday, October 11, 2012 CENTRAL CITY NEWS® and The Leader • Vol. 15, No. 20 No. 329 910 North Foster Drive Post Office Box 1 Baton Rouge, LA 70806 Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 Phone (225) 261-5055 • FAX 261-5022 Email stories and photos to [email protected] Published 2nd and 4th Thursdays The new Capital City News is published 1st and 3rd Thursdays The Leader was founded April 30, 1998, and the Central City News was founded April 21, 2005. They merged May 4, 2006. The Central City News also publishes the Central Community Directory & Yellow Pages, the Capital City News, and other publications. Editor & Publisher Woody Jenkins Business Manager Candi Lee Graphic Artist Terrie Palmer Business Specialists Shara Pollard, Jolice Provost Member, Louisiana Press Association, and National Newspaper Association Deadline for news and advertising: 5 p.m. Mondays Jenkins Woody by Photos $40 a year by subscription in advance • $50 a year outside East Baton Rouge FRESH, HOT BEIGNETS — Sweet Impressions, located at 17661 Greenwell Springs Rd., is now serving fresh, hot beignets on demand, along with café au lait or a coffee of Country Living in the City your choice. Guaranteed to be as good as Café du Monde! Phone 261-3201. Lessons Learned from Hurricane Isaac Houses Aren’t Made When I was a child growing up in in. But you’d go back to sleep even earn, not the sickly sweat you get in the 1950’s, we lived for several years harder, the rain surpassing the best a house when there’s no power after Like They Used to Be; on a farm in Pointe Coupee Parish. sleeping pill ever a hurricane. Summers were blazing hot, especial- made. HHH Outdoor Sweat and ly picking cotton. (Yes, I did!) But But houses to- An Obscure Letter to the Edi- what I really remember about the day aren’t made tor. Last week, a publication here in Attic Fans Are Best heat was the attic fan. like that. Without Central, which I will call Brand X, At night, if you were a child and electricity, the air ran a front-page story, entitled “Cen- your bed was near a window, you is thick and still. tral’s Image on the Line,” which was Woody Jenkins were in paradise. A cool breeze blew There’s no cross filled with personal attacks against Editor, Central City News across you, turning the heat of the ventilation. In fact, the Central City News and me. day into a delicious wind as luxuri- CENTRAL often the windows Words were hurled such as “racist, — Outdoor sweat is su- ous as it gets. Woody Jenkins are permanently offensive, defamatory, accusatory, perior to indoor sweat. After being Sometimes, it would get down- locked down. speculative, presumptuous, unten- without power for four days in the right cold, and Mama would put a Everything today has to have a able, irrational, ignorant, harmful, aftermath of Isaac, I was reminded blanket over me. With the windows lock. When we moved back to Baton and probably libelous.” The attack once again that houses built today are open, you’d hear the sounds of the Rouge and lived on Conrad Drive piece took up more than a full page strictly for use with air conditioning, night. Wolves howling in the dis- near Istrouma High, I remember that of Brand X. especially in a Louisiana summer. tance. Our dog answering. The cows, we seldom locked our doors. When What was the crime of the Cen- But do you remember the days horses, and chickens making their we went on vacations to Destin in the tral City News and of me person- when houses were built with “good nighttime sounds, especially if some- 1950’s and 1960’s, we never locked ally? Supposedly, our crime was the cross ventilation”? A good house al- thing disturbed them. them. publication of a Letter to the Editor ways had it. The house had to be po- Everything seemed so natural. A Not for the reason you think. It — not anything I wrote but the fact sitioned and the windows configured summer rain storm with lightning wasn’t a lackadaisical attitude about that we provided a forum for one of so as to take advantage of the natural would wake you up. crime. There was crime in those days our readers. The letter to the editor wind currents. When it rained, Daddy would turn but not as much. by Mr. Andy Ash of Central decried A house with good cross ventilation off the attic fan, because it wasn’t We left our door unlocked because the use of illegal aliens by contractors was quite livable in the summer time. necessary and would blow the rain Mama and Daddy knew our neigh- doing business with the government. Do you remember attic fans? bors might need to borrow something Mr. Ash’s views are not unusual in or check on things. “What if there’s Central or anywhere else in America, Community Press 2012 Publication Schedule a fire?” Daddy asked. “I don’t want because we have between 11 million them to break down the door.” and 20 million illegal aliens in the Capital City News - 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month So we didn’t lock the door. But United States, and the largest group Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication when we’d come back from a trip, it is from Mexico. Millions of them are Capital City News is distributed in South Baton Rouge & Central wasn’t unusual to walk in the house working here illegally. As a result, Central City News - 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month and find a fresh baked pie waiting for American citizens in all 50 states — Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday before publication us on the kitchen table. One of the not just in Central — are very upset neighbors would be baking and re- that illegal aliens are not only work- Central City News is distributed primarily in the City of Central membered the day we were coming ing here illegally but in many cases NOTE: Both newspapers cover news in Central home. their jobs are being paid for with our Thursday, Oct. 18 Capital City News Thursday, Nov. 29 Central City News “Welcome back!” the note would tax dollars. Election Guide Central Christmas Parade say. But it was never signed. It was a rather obscure letter, be- Thursday, Oct. 25 Central City News Thursday, Dec. 6 Capital City News After Isaac, with the power out for cause its headline was tiny, only 17 Thursday, Nov.