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AT HOME: From food to remodeling BY WENDY LOUP
Contributing writer
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Home & Remodeling Show with Ralph’s Market Food Fest welcomed attendees Jan. 2526 at Lamar-Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales. JAAS Productions and local grocer Ralph’s Market hosted the event featuring more than 50 home improvement and food vendors. The popular annual expo featured the latest innovations in home improvement including kitchen, bathrooms exterior remodeling solutions and siding options.
Free food samples, tastings, and coupons from over 30 food brands were also handed out. Attendees sampled the Ralph’s Market’s bakery’s various king cakes, cheese boards, as well as fried catfish and chicken and sausage gumbo. Ralph’s pricing coordinator Shelbi Metrejean said the event is the perfect time to introduce customers to the bakery’s king cakes such as the Brownie Walnut Cream Cheese, Mississippi Mud, and other special occasion cakes. “I love this expo,” Metrejean said. “A lot of people tell me they came to look at the home expo and ended up going to the food
Ivana Coleman, event table server for Ralph’s Market, passes out samples of chicken and sausage gumbo Jan. 25 during the Home & Remodeling Show with Ralph’s Market Food Fest.
vendors and buying what they were selling.” Ivana Coleman, event table server for Ralph’s, said the event reminded her of events she’s experienced back home in New Orleans. “I’ve worked at many expos for 12 years,” Coleman said. “Today’s event is beautiful, and the food is amazing. “I love the mixture of food vendors and the home expo. I’m from New Orleans and this is exactly what we do there. We mix up everything.” The home improvement side of the event featured vendors
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ALL REVVED UP AT ST. AMANT HIGH SCHOOL
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More than 80 vehicles were on hand Jan. 25 during the Rev Up for Research cars how at St. Amant High School. The event was a fundraiser for the school’s DECA chapter and St. Jude Research Children’s Hospital. ä See story, more photos. PAGE 4G
Free movie screening at PACE Attend a free screening of the 2023 musical drama “The Color Purple” at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Price LeBlanc PACE Center, 2824 St. Anthony Ave., in Gonzales.
Text or call (225) 323-1918 to obtain a copy of the Mardi Gras parade application. Deadline to apply to participate in the parade is 4:30 p.m. Feb. 6.
Valentine’s Day market
Krewe of Ascension Mambo
Darlene A Valentine’s Day craft and vendor marKrewe of Ascension Mambo has set its Denstorff 2025 parade for 2 p.m. Feb. 22. ket will be open Saturday and Sunday at The krewe’s ball is Feb. 15 at Price LeBTanger Outlets in Gonzales. AROUND Local businesses and merchants will be ASCENSION lanc PACE Center in Gonzales. selling food, jewelry, handmade crafts, LSU Livestock show comes to town home decor, fashion, art, wellness, design and other items from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday The LSU AgCenter Livestock show is Feb. 11and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. 18 at the Lamar-Dixon Expo Center. Exhibitors will show cattle, hogs, goats, poultry and sheep. Pancakes or jambalaya For a schedule, visit https://tinyurl. com/3nvacx3j. Dine on a pancake breakfast or jambalaya lunch from 7 a.m. to noon Sunday at East Ascension High VFW chili cook-off School’s cafeteria. The event, which features entertainment by Center Veterans of Foreign Wars 3693 Auxiliary is hostStage Performing Arts Academy, is a benefit for the ing a chili cook-off from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 15 Gonzales Lions Club. Tickets are $15. Visit www.gon- at the VFW post hall, 42430 Churchpoint Road, in Gonzales. zaleslionsclub.org for information. The entry fee is $45; all proceeds benefit Books Donaldsonville Mardi Gras plans for Boots. To register, email vfw3693@gmail.com. Donaldsonville’s Mardi Gras parade is set for 2 p.m. Feb. 16. Contact Darlene Denstorff by phone, (225) 388The route is from Marchand Drive and Church 0215 or (225) 603-1998; or email, ascension@ Street to Railroad Avenue and will end at Missistheadvocate.com or ddenstorff@theadvocate. com. Deadline: 5 p.m. Friday. sippi Street.
Here’s what happening in Ascension Parish basketball Tuesday and will play Ascension Catholic Friday.
Let’s catch up with Ascension Parish basketball and the playoff picture.
BASKETBALL RANKINGS AND PLAYOFF TEAMS
Girls
D1 NONSELECT n 10th ranked East Ascension (18-4) was set to play Live Oak Tuesday and will face Prairieville Friday ASCENSION n 24th Prairieville (14-6) was Boys set to play Walker Tuesday SPORTS D1 NONSELECT and will play East Ascension n Fifth seed East Ascension Friday (18-4) was set to play Tuesn 27th Dutchtown (11-13) was set to day at Live Oak (H) and will play play St. Amant Tuesday Friday at Prairieville. D4 SELECT n 19th ranked St. Amant (14-9) was n 11th Ascension Catholic (12-9) set to play at Dutchtown Tuesday was to play East Iberville Tuesday and play Walker Friday. and plays Ascension Christian D3 NONSELECT Friday n Fourth ranked Donaldsonville (12n 21st Ascension Christian (4-18) 5) was set to play Dunham Tuesday played St. John Tuesday and will and will play Episcopal Thursday play Ascension Catholic next. and Berwick Friday. D4 SELECT Troy LeBoeuf covers sports for n Seventh ranked Ascension the Ascension Advocate. He Catholic (11-6) was set to play East Iberville Tuesday and will play Ascan be reached at troyleboeuf@ cension Christian on Friday. hotmail.com or ascension@ n Ninth ranked Ascension Christian theadvocate.com or on Twitter (13-10) was set to play St. John @Troyleboeuf.
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