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W e d n e s d ay, d e c e m b e r 18, 2024
11TH YEAR, NO. 10
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Leila Pitchford AROUND ZACHARY
Deadline changes for the holidays We are entering the height of the celebration season. This means deadlines are different for just about everything in our lives, including here at The Plainsman. Please submit copy for the Christmas Day edition by 9 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, and copy for the New Year’s Day edition by 9 a.m., Dec. 26. If you have some great Christmas decor or a fun holiday shot of the kids, send them our way with a short write-up
ä See AROUND, page 2G
Zachary leaders delay residential development moratorium until January
Preston Partin tells Santa what he would like for Christmas while at Christmas in the Village on Dec. 13 in Zachary.
DOWNTOWN ZACHARY TURNS INTO WINTER WONDERLAND
BY OLIVIA MCCLURE Contributing writer
The Zachary City Council has tapped the brakes on implementing a moratorium barring residential development, tabling the matter until the panel’s second meeting in January. The council, at its Nov. 26 meeting, introduced an ordinance that would stop construction of many homes. The idea has been talked about for years as Zachary struggles with infrastructure woes and a growing populaWestmoreland tion. Councilwoman Brandy Westmoreland, who proposed the measure, asked her colleagues at their Dec. 10 meeting to delay voting to adopt the moratorium ordinance. “I’m not ready to execute this,” she said. After talking to several developers and a land attorney since introducing the moratorium, Westmoreland said she believes there may be other ways to solve infrastructure problems and to curb the pace of residential development. She said she also wants to see a copy of the city’s new master plan, which is under development and nearing completion, and organize workshops with her fellow council members to discuss ideas before voting on the moratorium.
ä See DELAY, page 2G
STAFF PHOTOS BY MICHAEL JOHNSON
A family walks through a light tunnel in the park at Christmas in the Village on Friday in Zachary. ä More photos. PAGES 2G, 3G
Former Broncos making it happen in crunch time and bowling Warren Brady ZACHARY SPORTS
If you are a fan of college football you don’t have to switch through the channels too much before you find a former Zachary Bronco doing something special. What makes that even more incredible is that in the last two weeks those Broncos were making it happen in games with big-time ramifications. Many of them have been or will be rewarded by holiday travel to participate in bowl games. Take Chandler Whitfield, 2019 ZHS graduate and two-time 5A state champion (2017-18) who was
named the outstanding performer at the Bayou Classic against Grambling on Nov. 30. The senior wide receiver made the play of the day with a one-handed 41-yard touchdown catch. Whitfield finished with 134 yards and a touchdown on five catches in a Jaguars 24-24 victory over the Tigers. Also in the Bayou Classic, former Bronco sophomore Tylon Williams (2021 state champion) recorded a 97-yard kickoff return for a
ä See BRADY, page 4G
The game’s most outstanding player, Southern wide receiver Chandler Whitfield, stands next to the game trophy after Southern beat Grambling 24-14 during the 51st Bayou Classic at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans on Nov. 30. STAFF PHOTO BY SCOTT THRELKELD