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🌱 Meet the new principals leading Gonzales primary and middle schools.

Gonzales, Louisiana Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Gonzales! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Meet the new principals leading Gonzales primary and middle schools.
  • How Gonzales hunters can turn extra game into meals for neighbors
  • How a new growth plan near Hyundai Steel could affect Ascension.

Also on today's calendar: After Teaching Through 61 U.S. Colleges, Mr. EWS Returns with Affordable Online Fashion Class and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call people that look after chickens? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Hot and humid with hazy sun, with a high of 96 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Hot and humid with sunshine, temps: high: 98, low: 77.
  • Sunday: A couple of thunderstorms, with a high of 97 and low of 76 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. New principals, assistant principals named for Ascension Parish schools (louisianafirstnews.com) — Families in Gonzales will see new leadership at both Gonzales Primary and Gonzales Middle, with Allison Saunders and Jessica Ockman stepping into principal and assistant principal roles. Ascension Public Schools also named new leaders at Lake Primary and Lake Middle, shaping classroom experiences across the parish as the new year approaches.
   

2. Louisiana hunters can donate frozen game meat and fish for food banks: When, where (ktalnews.com) — Hunters and anglers in Gonzales can donate properly packaged frozen game and fish at Cabela’s on August 23 from 1–4 p.m. as part of the statewide Hunters For The Hungry freezer clean-out day. Donations collected at Gonzales and other Louisiana sites will go to food banks, building on last year’s 18,500 pounds of contributions.
   

3. Ahead of Hyundai Steel mill, officials anticipate potential growth (donaldsonvillechief.com) — Ascension Parish planners meeting in Gonzales reviewed a draft “West Bank Resilient Community Overlay” to guide growth around the planned Hyundai Steel mill and RiverPlex MegaPark near Donaldsonville. The plan would steer housing, limit heavy industry, and preserve rural areas, with a public open house at the Donaldsonville courthouse later this month.
   

4. Guilty Pleas for the Week of August 3-7 (pelicanpostonline.com) — Residents from Gonzales and nearby Ascension communities recently received sentences in 23rd Judicial District Court for drug and theft charges, with some prison time suspended in favor of probation. The report highlights how local judges and prosecutors are handling felony cases that affect Gonzales-area neighborhoods and public safety.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gonzales

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★ Featured events ★

    Friday September 11
  • Jurassic Quest →
    Lamar Dixon Expo Center, 9039 S St Landry Ave, Gonzales
    12:00 pm

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Ok Gonzales! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Chicken Tenders (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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