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Shop owner Jeff Fowler watches the train cross over bridges and pass by the miniature village complete with church and other buildings. Photo by Don Ellzey

She’s sleek and beautiful, decked out in her brown, orange and yellow paint, her precedent shattering “streamline” design making her the belle of the rails at the start of her era.

She’s the “City of New Orleans,” immortalized in the song of the same name by folk singer Arlo Guthrie, and her likeness in miniature occupies a long length of shelf space in the Electric Train Shop at 1111 Southwest Railroad Ave. in Ponchatoula.





School officials have filed for a federal judge’s permission to put a tax on the March ballot to continue funding and expand the magnet programs in Hammond schools.

While Kelly Gauthreaux’s neighbor wants Ponchatoula officials to establish laws regarding pit bull dogs, Gauthreaux wants to tell the other side of the story.

Death Notices

Hammond Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 60th anniversary with new initiatives and a theme, “Think BIG: Business, Innovation and Growth.”

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Turns out the coaches had it nailed before the Tangipahoa Parish Invitational even began. The Hammond Tors and St. Thomas Aquinas Lady Falcon went in as the No. 1 seeds, and on Saturday they cemented that notion with a pair of parish tournament titles.

School is out for the holidays, and children cannot contain their excitement. This is not an easy time for parents, and the Christmas vacation has only just begun.

A celebration to honor Wendy’s High School Heisman winner Malia Cali will be held at 5:45 p.m. Tues-day at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School in the school commons.’

A wife and mother of six children has touched Kim Guillory’s heart.

Monday, December 21, 2009

December 18th, 2009
LIGO offers free tours
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory in Livingston will be open to the public on Saturday at 1-5 p.m.

December 21st, 2009

December 21st, 2009
Chamber to mark 60 years
Hammond Chamber of Commerce will celebrate its 60th anniversary with new initiatives and a theme, “Think BIG: Business, Innovation and Growth.”

December 21st, 2009
Toddler OK after nearly drowning
Little Hannah Parker, who almost drowned in a rain-swollen ditch off White Oak Drive in Hammond Dec. 13, is now home and doing fine, according to Rodolfo Garcia-Diaz.

December 21st, 2009
Tors & Wave battle for Tangi title tonight
If you ask the coaches involved, they'll tell you that Saints-Cowboys game Saturday night makes for a pretty good under card.

December 21st, 2009
Treats worth experiencing
Two local holiday traditions are not to be missed, and tonight is the last night for both this year: Zemurray Park’s miniature train, the Peggy Lee, is scheduled to make its final runs of the season today from 1 until 9 p.m. Also, “One Night in Bethlehem,” the awesome live nativity event is scheduled for its last night this season tonight at the old welcome center off Interstate 55 (take the University Avenue exit and turn north at the parish tourism office).

December 15th, 2009
STA honors Malia Cali
A celebration to honor Wendy’s High School Heisman winner Malia Cali will be held at 5:45 p.m. Tues-day at St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School in the school commons.’

December 21st, 2009
Journal: Family of 8 needs more living space
A wife and mother of six children has touched Kim Guillory’s heart.



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