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MANDEVILLE
Two events still waiting to get city permits Votes on Pride parade and Girod Street Stroll expected at March 26 meeting BY KIM CHATELAIN Contributing writer
Plans for two outdoor special events in Mandeville hit a speed bump earlier this month as a result of new city regulations designed to make such public activities safer and easier to stage. Requests for city permits for the May 30 Pride Northshore parade and the Girod Street Stroll, held in spring, were yanked from the City Council’s March 12 agenda to allow more time for the events to meet the new regulations. Those regulations, approved by the council on Jan. 8, require parades and other large events in the city to be approved by both the city administration and a special events committee before goFILE STAFF PHOTO BY SOPHIA GERMER ing before the council, The Pride Northshore parade marching along Lakeshore Drive in which has the final say. Mandeville last year. The permit requests for the two events were not filed in time to get clearance to be paced in the March 12 council agenda, officials said. Both events have since cleared that new procedural hurdle and are scheduled for a council vote on March 26, city officials said. In January, the council approved a wide-ranging ordinance that streamlined and updated special events provisions. City officials said the goal was to make the permitting process for special events more streamlined and transparent while relieving the government of financial burdens associated with larger events. In essence, the new regulations require organizers of larger public events to pay additional fees for extra police and security protections. Those fees along with other requirements can be based in part on the number of attendees expected at the event. It also establishes routes and guidelines for both Mardi Gras and non-Mardi Gras parades, safety procedures for events and other provisions based in part on the expected number of attendees.
PHOTO BY GRANT THERKILDSEN
Hot jazz trumpeter Kermit Ruffins and his BBQ Swingers opened a new series of Mandeville Live! concerts on the first day of spring at the Mandeville Trailhead.
Irving Hefner and Luzette Pecoraro dance to the music on March 20.
Hadley Dill, Laney Dill and Claire Keller dance in front of the Mandeville Trailhead Pavilion, proving that you’re never too young to appreciate the music of Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers.
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Area hockey players want a home ice rink
Passion for Latin leads to fulfilling a dream BY KADEE KRIEGER
Contributing writer
BY DARREN COOPER
five-hole — in the landscape. What’s missing is hockey. Guilbeau is the founder Mandeville’s Ethan Guil- of New Orleans Hockey, a beau looks around at all the 501c3 nonprofit organizadifferent sports, cultural tion determined to bring events and opportunities professional hockey back to available in south Louisiana ä See HOCKEY, page 2A and sees a hole — or maybe a Contributing writer
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New Orleans Hockey team member Ethan Guilbeau celebrates at a recent game in Biloxi.
Covington resident Richard Moore first became fascinated with Latin as a young altar boy. Now, decades after those days spent listening to Latin prayers and chants during Mass, he has authored a textbook meant to help priests improve their pronunciation and PHOTO BY BOBBY GILBOY
Richard Moore,
ä See LATIN, page 2A author of Latin guide.
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