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W e d n e s d ay, O c t o b e r 29, 2025
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Darlene Denstorff AROUND LIVINGSTON
Halloween hours set Watch out for the little ghouls, princesses and goblins as you drive around Friday. Halloween trick-or-treating throughout Livingston Parish is from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.
Don’t forget to set your clocks Daylight saving time will end at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 2. Be sure to adjust your clocks back an hour. Daylight saving time will begin March 8.
Waste collection day in Livingston Parish Livingston Parish Waste Collection Day is from 8 a.m. to noon Nov. 1 at Livingston Parish Fairgrounds. All hazardous materials must be clearly labeled in the original container. Items to be collected for recycling include electronics, household batteries, lamps, bulbs and tires. For information, visit livingstonparishgovernment.com.
Play cornhole in Walker Play cornhole every Friday at the Walker Community Center. The weekly tournaments are $10 for the lower division and $20 for the upper division. For information, call (225) 3057183.
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Charles Salzer SPORTS ROUNDUP
Denham Springs cross-country team creating buzz The cross-country season is in the final weeks of its build-up to next month’s state championship meet in Natchitoches, and there is a buzz around the boys and girls teams at Denham Springs. The Yellow Jackets girls have been rated in the top 10 of the Louisiana Track and Field Coaches Association poll most of the season. While not currently ranked, the boys squad has been highly competitive in its own right. The chance to qualify for state will be there if one or both teams can put together a top eight finish in next week’s Division I, Region 2 meet. It won’t hurt that the meet will be held at a familiar venue, BREC’s Highland Road Park. “The season has gone really well. We’ve had a lot of progress, and a lot of growth,” Denham Springs coach Cortney Haser said last week before the Yellow Jackets won both team competitions at the Livingston Parish meet. “The athletes put in a lot of work this summer and they’re reaping the benefits now. We have the deepest boys and girls teams that we’ve had in a while, maybe ever.” A family connection that Haser calls the program’s dynamic duo has been an important factor for Denham Springs. Boys senior Rowan Silk and girls freshman Lila Silk have
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PHOTOS BY RICHARD MEEK
A member of the Walker High School dance teams skips to a lively tune Sept. 27 during the inaugural Livingston Parish bandboree ‘Swarm of Bands’ at Denham Springs High School.
ON THE MARCH Livingston Parish bands take talents to first area bandboree
BY RICHARD MEEK Contributing writer
Celebrating Livingston Parish’s legacy of musical excellence, five high school bands recently gathered at Denham Springs High School to participate in the inaugural Bandboree “Swarm of Bands.” Bandboree is a community marching band event structured similar to marching competitions but no scores or given, according to Denham Springs High school band director Rachel Morgan. Morgan said directors receive feedback from hired judges to support the growth of each Denham Springs High School band members quickly move from one spot to another during the band’s performance. inaugural Livingston Parish Bandboree. “Unlike competitions, the bands watch every performance and cheer on their bands perform together.” performed individually and closing performance that peers,” she said. “At the conThree bands that included were then joined by bands saw more than 450 young clusion of the event, there is a Denham Springs, Walker from Doyle and Springfield ä See MARCH, page 2G ‘mass band’ in which all of the and Live Oak high schools high schools in an impressive
Denham Springs quarterback Da’jean Golmond throws a long pass in the first half as Prairieville’s Mike Schmitt defends Friday in Denham Springs
Livingston OKs resolution against carbon capture
PHOTO BY PATRICK DENNIS
BY CLAIRE GRUNEWALD
Denham Springs rolls past Prairieville BY CHARLES SALZER Contributing writer
There were plenty of key players for Denham Springs when it squared off with District 5-5A leader Prairieville on Friday, but none was bigger than quarterback Da’Jean Golmond. The Yellow Jackets offense was nearly unstoppable as Golmond threw for six touchdowns leading Denham Springs to a 51-13 win. The win puts Denham Springs (6-2, 3-1) in a three-way tie atop the league standings with East Ascension and Dutchtown. Second-year program Prai-
rieville (4-4, 3-2) saw its three-game district winning streak come to an end. “All three facets were really good tonight,” Denham Springs coach Brett Bear said. “We had a blocked punt, the defense was flying around and the offense was executing. We did have some penalties and got behind the chains, but we made some big plays and got it back. We’ve got some great players that are a lot of fun to watch.” No one had more fun than Golmond, who completed 16 of 22 passes for 311 yards. Five of his touchdown passes
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its residents and local enResidents join in ofvironment by taking the acopposing projects tion. The crowded chambers in parish erupted in applause and Staff writer
The Livingston Parish Council, after fierce vocal support from residents, approved a resolution Thursday night taking a stand against carbon capture projects in the parish. About 100 people packed into the council chambers for Thursday’s regular meeting, with 75 residents signed up to publicly speak in support of a resolution opposing permitting and establishment of any Class VI injection wells and pipelines in the parish. Council member Dean Coates proposed the resolution, which said the council is prioritizing the well-being
cheers when the council unanimously approved the resolution. Every resident who signed up to speak was in support of the resolution, with reportedly none in opposition. “There’s not one person in this room who wants this,” said Bill Whittington, president of the Lake Maurepas Preservation Society. The resolution comes a few weeks after Gov. Jeff Landry issued a moratorium on new applications for carbon capture injection wells in Louisiana. State officials selected six carbon capture projects as priorities; none are located in Livingston Parish. This is not the council’s
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