Not one, but two remembrance ceremonies marking important events that happened on December 7th were held on the USS Kidd Veterans Memorial and Museum. More from Dave Brannen.
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It’s been 100 days since Ida made landfall and in St. Charles Parish, trailers are slowly coming in because many still need shelter. Brooke Thorington has more.
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The Health and Welfare Committee voted 13-2 against Governor Edward’s plan to add COVID vaccines to the list of scheduled shots required for students. Like other vaccines, families have the choice to opt out, and students can still attend school. State Superintendent Cade Brumley maintains the vaccine is a personal choice.
Governor Edwards issued a statement that he still plans to add the COVID vaccine to the school schedule Fall of 2022, that right now would only apply to students 16 and older because it’s only FDA approved for that age group. Brumley says the governor will have to consider testimony heard at the meeting Monday and…
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If the vaccine requirement does go into effect Brumley says they will assist those parents who choose not to vaccinate their children against COVID.
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Two remembrance ceremonies were held today on the USS Kidd Veterans Memorial and Museum, one to mark the 80th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor where 46 Louisianans lost their lives. The other was held to remember the 17 crew members who died when the Coast Guard buoy tender White Alder collided with another vessel on the Mississippi River on December 7, 1968.
That’s museum executive director Rosehn Gipe.
Gipe says it’s important to hold these types of ceremonies so memories don’t fade on what happened on such fateful days, whether it be the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the terrorist attack on the U.S. in 2001.
Gipe talks about how the USS Kidd came to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Sr.
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Today marks the 100th day of Hurricane Ida recovery. St. Charles Parish President Matt Jewell says temporary housing is still a problem for residents, and the parish’s group site home is still up and running. Jewell says the group site was the first one because the parish took the initiative to begin the site and now it’s being operated by the state.
Jewell anticipates they will end up with approximately 500 trailers for the parish. And while he knows residents are frustrated with the pace of receiving trailers he says since the state took over the program.
Even months later Jewell says there are St. Charles Parish residents living in mold-infested homes and some are even using their car as shelter.
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Jewell says the parish continues to make strides with recovery with streets and roads and hopes that in the near future housing issues will be resolved.
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An East Feliciana Parish man has a one-in-five chance of becoming a millionaire on New Year’s Day. It started with a multi-state Powerball “First Millionaire of the Year” promotion; asking players to enter the drawing with a photo of their Powerball ticket. Louisiana Lottery spokesperson Kimberly Chopin says 29 Louisiana finalists were randomly selected and their names sent to Powerball…:
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Powerball selected Aaron Rose, of Slaughter, as one of only FIVE finalists for a January 1st drawing for a million dollars. Chopin says, as one of those finalists, Mr. Rose has already scored a nice list of prizes…:
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The prize package is to help Rose throw a big New Year’s Eve party for family & friends. Rose will be seen – live from his home – on the annual “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” telecast with the other four finalists, from Illinois, Iowa and Pennsylvania, to see who wins the $1-million prize. With 20-percent odds of winning, Rose could become Louisiana’s newest millionaire. Did he tell Chopin what he’d do if he won all that money…?