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Reimbursement helps FFH post profit in June
Franklin Foundation Hospital finished the month of June with a $640,636 profit, thanks to a large Disproportionate Share Hospital payment. Chief Financial Officer Ron Bailey told Hospital Service D...
Jul 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Birthday cheer for FHCC residents
Father Cal Lane, the new pastor at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Franklin, joined members of the church’s women’s group in delivering birthday cake and gifts to Franklin Health Care residents born...
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Farmers market Tuesdays and Saturdays
Friendly faces are lagniappe when visitors to the Franklin Farmers Market stop by for fresh produce, craft items and more under the Old City Market on Willow Street. The farmers market is held Tues...
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Young-Sanders guest speaker’s topic: Avery Island during war
Shane K. Bernard, Ph.D will be the guest speaker for the Young-Sanders Center for the Study of the War Between the States in Louisiana on Saturday, Aug. 6, at 1:30 pm. Bernard serves as historian a...
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Franklin art walk participation doubles; slated for Aug. 13
Twice the number of artists have joined the upcoming “Promenade d’art de Franklin” to be held in downtown Franklin Aug. 13 from 6-9 p.m. Office of Development Director Marla Chirdon told the city c...
Jul 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stop a Spell
Work is continuing on the Cajun Coast Visitor’s and Convention Bureau’s Welcome and Interpretive Center in Morgan City. The facility, on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at U.S. 90, will featur...
Jul 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Jones on barge: Don’t wait for permit
An unplanned report came during the Franklin City Council meeting Tuesday. Councilman Dale Rogers asked Rep. Sam Jones (D-Franklin) if he had any word on possible removal of the barge that has been...
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McCoy, mayor and council debate funding yet again
Third Ward Court Marshal David McCoy says his office is under funded, slighted by the city and alludes politics might be the reason. McCoy told the mayor and council Tuesday that “I’ve been asking ...
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Lapping It Up
The 14th East St. Mary Relay for Life was held Saturday at the Morgan City Junior High School gym. Teams raised approximately $67,000 for the American Cancer Society. The all-night event included a...
Jul 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Student insurance premiums drop
Insurance was on the minds of St. Mary Parish School Board members during their monthly meeting on Thursday in Centerville. Members heard from Tom Hudson, who offered to renew the student accident ...
Jul 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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Safety first
Children attending the Patterson summer camp program were presented with important safety awareness information from speakers representing Emergency 911, Acadian Ambulance, Patterson City Police an...
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Saturday benefit set for African water well
MORGAN CITY — The Rt. Rev. John Smilie of the Healing Center Fellowship in Morgan City went to Africa in March with a purpose and came back on a mission. Smilie, who made the trip to Kenya to ordai...
Jul 15, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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