COVINGTON • FOLSOM • LACOMBE • MADISONVILLE • MANDEVILLE • SLIDELL
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W e d n e s d ay, au g u s t 7, 2024
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Military gather for American Legion museum celebration in Covington
The reopening of American Legion Post 16’s expanded Military Museum in Covington drew active duty and retired military men and women, including three WWII vets, and reenactment group members wearing historic attire from different generations, including Malcolm Maginnis, left, and Robert Reynolds. PHOTO BY BOBBY GILBOY
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American Legion Post 16’s expanded Military Museum reopening last month in Covington drew an enthusiastic crowd of active duty and retired military men and women, including Jim Robinson, a 102-year-old vet of the Army Air Corps in WWII and the Air Force in the Korean War. He was
joined by WWII Navy veterans Ed Pribyl and Sam Ford — who will both soon celebrate 100 — as the day’s most honored guests. Other highlights included 703rd Maintenance Reenactment Group members wearing WWII clothing — including the wool uniform worn
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during the D-Day landing. Even Rosie the Riveter visited, and the Louisiana Women Veterans provided a display of their uniforms. It was a day for making memories, swapping stories and sharing precious mementos that included the journal and scrapbooks of Janice Charlesworth’s then-17-year-old father who served in the Navy during WWII.
Mandeville mother-daughter connection shines in sports BY KIM CHATELAIN Contributing writer
STAFF PHOTOS BY SCOTT THRELKELD
Haisley England, 8, picks out a pink backpack during Burgers, Blues and BBQ, a back-to-school celebration at Antique Umbrella Alley in Olde Towne Slidell on July 27. Children are given backpacks and school supplies during Burgers, Blues and BBQ, a back-to-school celebration at Antique Umbrella Alley in Olde Towne Slidell on July 2. The event featured a backpack and school supplies giveaway, free haircuts for children, a marketplace, games, food and music. ä More photos from the event. PAGE 2A
Ava Jackson, 4, winds up for a big swing at a ball during the back-to-school celebration.
The ABC’s of starting St. Tammany Parish public schools BY SHEILA GRISSETT Staff writer
Pay attention, students. School is about to begin, and it all starts with your names. All pre-K-12 students in St. Tammany Parish public schools will report for one of two Smart Start Days based on the first letter of their last name. On Thursday, Aug. 8, only students with last names starting with the letters A-L will attend school, and on Friday, Aug. 9, only students will last names beginning with the letters M-Z will attend. But everyone should circle Monday, Aug. 12, on the calendar. That is the start of the normal scholastic
year, and everyone goes to school. Registration can be done in person or via computer. To register a child online, use the registration portal at www.stpsb.org/register, or to do so in person, go to the school the child will attend. Parents and caregivers can find the school their child will attend by going to the Find Your School App at www.stpsb.org/findyourschool and typing in their address without the city and state. And remember, current STPPS students moving up in grade level do not have to register again. Applicants for STPPS Pre-K, including those who are seeking tuition-paid preK spots, must complete an online application at www.stpsb.org/prek to
begin the application process. Get more information about pre-K at www.stpsb.org/prek. Free school lunches and breakfasts are available for all students during the upcoming school year through a program called the Community Eligibility Provision. All enrolled students in St. Tammany’s 55 public schools are eligible to participate in this meal program without having to pay a fee or submit an application. There is no free and reduced meal application this year. School supply lists, by grade level, are located on school websites for grades K-8. The pre-K/early childhood
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Caroline Todd’s father, who played baseball at the University of Texas, says his young teen daughter is a chip off the old block when it comes to her athletic prowess. But the girl’s dad, Clark Todd of Mandeville, is quick to acknowledge that he is not the old block. It seems Caroline, the only girl from Louisiana on the Olympic Development Program national soccer team, has her mother’s genes when it comes to sports. Caroline’s mom, Laura Blessey Todd, was one of Louisiana’s most decorated female high school athletes. She won 11 individual and team state championships in golf, cross-country and track while she was a student at Mandeville High School in the 1990s. After graduation, she went on to play on the University of Texas golf team. Like mother, like daughter is how most view the Todd family lineage. Clark Todd, a Lufkin, Texas, native who moved to Louisiana in 2001, said longtime memPROVIDED PHOTO bers of the St. Tam- Mandeville’s Caroline Todd competes many sports community constantly in this spring’s International Cordial point out the moth- Cup tournament in the Austrian Alps. er-daughter commonality when watching Caroline play. “A lot of people around here tell me, ‘This is what your wife looked like (playing sports) when she was 13 years old,” Clark Todd said. “She dominated, no matter if it was golf, track, tennis, soccer … .” As so it is for Caroline, a natural athlete who honed her soccer skills while partaking in the Mandeville Soccer Club programs. And Caroline just celebrated her 14 birthday on Aug. 3. Her dad said she excelled in all sports from a very young age but settled on soccer about four years ago. Caroline’s combination of foot speed, strength and aggressiveness set her apart, he said. Shane Jeanfreau, Mandeville Soccer Club’s executive director, said Caroline’s “elite competitiveness” in addition to her physical abilities have led to her success on the soccer field. “She is fierce and strong. She hates to lose,” Jeanfreau said. “The way Caroline practices and how she approaches soccer matches has her at a higher level of focus than anyone else.” While playing with the Mandeville Soccer Club,
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