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BUSINESSMAN IN CUSTODY — Bill Chaucer walks toward a sheriff’s patrol car after being arrested at his mansion Thursday morning. With him are sheriff’s deputies and investigators with the attorney general’s office. Daily Star photo by Don Ellzey

Bill Chaucer arrested

William J. "Bill" Chaucer Jr. could get in excess of 500 years for his alleged creation of a Ponzi scheme involving at least 200 investors and more than $11 million, but whether investors can recover any money is not yet known, according to District Attorney Scott Perrilloux.

Chaucer, the president and owner of Chaucer Holding Company and its subsidiary consumer finance companies, was arrested Thursday morning on 20 counts each of felony theft, unregistered salesman or investment advisor in the sale of securities, sales of unregistered securities and making material misrepresentations in the sale of a security.

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Education Schools closed for holiday Tangipahoa Parish public schools will be closed for the Thanksgiving holidays from Monday through next Friday.	Community JA accepts nominations The Junior Auxiliary of Hammond is seeking nominations for Man and Woman of the Year Award.	Obituaries Obituaries for November 21, 2009 Death Notices	Business Downtown decked out for Starry Night The downtown is dressed in Christmas finery and lights, and regardless of the weather there will be “snow” behind the Down-town Development District office at tonight’s fifth annual Starry November Night.
Sports Ring of Authority — Colonels pick off Lions in season finale Nicholls State took the luster off the end of Southeastern’s best football season since it brought back the sport, and probably gave their head coach one to go out on Thursday night.	Editorials Shop in Tangi tonight Starry November Night promises to be great fun tonight — “snow” behind the Downtown Development District office, carriage rides, live bands, art exhibits, the classic movie “A White Christmas” at the Columbia Theatre, milk and cookies for kids outside the Louisiana Children’s Discovery Center and lots of opportunities to browse and shop.	Kids Shine Kids experience Pilgrims' ways Thanksgiving as American history was merry chaos at Oak Forest Academy Thursday as second-graders moved from station to station to discover details about the daily lives of the early Pilgrims.	Columnists First American holiday We will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday next week. In many ways, Thanksgiving is the true national holiday; it is certainly our oldest. This Thursday we will have more food than we should eat and more football than we should watch.

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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Education November 19th, 2009 University to interview 3 finalists for provost Three finalists for provost and vice president for academic affairs at Southeastern Louisiana University will be interviewed over the next several weeks, the university announced Wednesday.	Obituaries November 19th, 2009 Obituaries for November 20, 2009 Death Notices	Business November 18th, 2009 Jobless worker keeps up hope The unemployment rate in Louisiana as of August 2009 is 7.8 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.	Community November 19th, 2009 Volunteers serve dinners at Little Bethel “Love thy neighbor” is more than an ancient phrase in a holy book at Little Bethel Baptist Church in Amite.
Sports November 19th, 2009 SLU battles Nicholls for River Bell tonight The Southeastern Lions haven't had time for a post-Stephen F. Austin hangover — not with game day here already.	Editorials November 19th, 2009 Big hearts in all sizes Lauren Fendalson is just one teenager, but she worked hard at raising money to help put food on the tables for countless local families. She went further and enlisted the help of her neighbors to fill bags with food and, with fellow students at Ponchatoula High School, collected canned foods at school events.	Kids Shine November 19th, 2009 Michabelle hosts Nutcracker Tea Hammond Ballet Company will open the holiday season with its annual Nutcracker Tea from 2 to 4 p.m. on Dec. 6 at Michabelle Inn & Restaurant, 1106 S. Holly St., Hammond.	Columns November 18th, 2009 'Man Men' gives audiences weekly history lessons Most people have taken American history at some point in their academic experience and maybe learned about the tumultuous 60s. If they didn’t learn about in a classroom, they probably have heard about it from their parents and grandparents who experienced it. We have seen the video of President Kennedy’s assassination and read about Dr.Martin Luther King’s march on Washington and the civil rights struggle but have never seen how it interacted in people’s everyday lives.

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