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CROWD LINES UP OUTSIDE STORE — Bringing up the end of the line Sunday night outside Nawlin’s Sports in Hammond are Christi Fontenot of Livingston, far right, and Denise Deffes of Ponchatoula, second from left. The store opened 30 minutes after the game ended and faced a long line of several hundred people looking for Saints jerseys. They kept warm yelling Saints chants and dancing to Saints music played from one of the vehicles that crowded the parking lot. Photo by Lil Mirando

Saints fan revel in victory

MIAMI, Fla. — “Oh my God! It was wonderful. Out of this world! We won the Super Bowl! When they came out the second half and did the onside kick, we knew they wanted to win and we knew we were going to win!”

Linnie Montgomery of Hammond held up her cell phone Sunday night so the folks back home could hear the intense celebration taking place outside Sun Life Stadium immediately after the game.

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Education School continues this week Tangipahoa Parish public schools will be open on Monday and Tuesday as usual, whatever happens at the Super Bowl, according to the school system’s web site.	Community Jambalaya dinner to benefit mom There will be a blood drive and jambalaya dinner benefit this Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ for Karen Ziebarth of Loranger who has a rare form of leukemia.	Obituaries Obituaries for Feb. 7, 2010 Death Notices	Business Extra! Extra! Daily Star to publish Monday The Daily Star will publish an extra issue Monday featuring 16 pages of Super Bowl coverage, including game stories, features and photos plus more of the local Saints fans mania.
Sports Tors face road challenge Hammond's District 7-5A matchup at Covington has been pushed back to Wednesday to allow the Covington students to attend the parade celebrating the New Orleans Saints Super Bowl title Tuesday evening.	Editorials Bless you, boys It’s hard to remember when Louisiana has ever had so much fun and has been so united in enthusiasm. Regardless of how the game turns out today, what an exciting season this has been!	Kids Shine Census pep rally involves schools Local government officials and area schools will hold a parishwide Pep Rally for the 2010 Census at Hammond Upper Westside Elementary School, 2601 West Park Drive, on Monday at 10 a.m. as the Portrait of America Road Tour comes to Hammond.	Columnists Journal: Trucker expresses remorse A trucker named James Robards, out of Greensboro, N.C., is contrite and wants to express his appreciation to a tough, by-the-book weight enforcement officer who works at the Holden weigh scales.

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Education February 6th, 2010 School continues this week Tangipahoa Parish public schools will be open on Monday and Tuesday as usual, whatever happens at the Super Bowl, according to the school system’s web site.	Obituaries February 6th, 2010 Obituaries for Feb. 7, 2010 Death Notices	Business February 5th, 2010 Extra! Extra! Daily Star to publish Monday The Daily Star will publish an extra issue Monday featuring 16 pages of Super Bowl coverage, including game stories, features and photos plus more of the local Saints fans mania.	Community February 6th, 2010 Jambalaya dinner to benefit mom There will be a blood drive and jambalaya dinner benefit this Saturday, Feb. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2: 30 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ for Karen Ziebarth of Loranger who has a rare form of leukemia.
Sports February 8th, 2010 Suspensions cut into Lions’ bench Forest, Dixon out ‘indefinitely’	Editorials February 6th, 2010 Bless you, boys It’s hard to remember when Louisiana has ever had so much fun and has been so united in enthusiasm. Regardless of how the game turns out today, what an exciting season this has been!	Kids Shine February 5th, 2010 Census pep rally involves schools Local government officials and area schools will hold a parishwide Pep Rally for the 2010 Census at Hammond Upper Westside Elementary School, 2601 West Park Drive, on Monday at 10 a.m. as the Portrait of America Road Tour comes to Hammond.	Columns February 6th, 2010 Journal: Trucker expresses remorse A trucker named James Robards, out of Greensboro, N.C., is contrite and wants to express his appreciation to a tough, by-the-book weight enforcement officer who works at the Holden weigh scales.

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