PRESS RELEASE St. John Distribution Sites Open, Burn Ban in Place, 82% Without Power DISTRIBUTION POINTS : ***Mobile Red Cross units will be on both the East and West Banks. **Westbank: Community Center, 173 East 3rd St in Edgard (meals and water) NOON. **Eastbank: State POD: Garyville Magnet School, 240 Hwy 54, Garyville, LA 70051. (Meals, Ice, Water). This center will be open from 8 AM to 4 PM. SERVICES ARE FEW: Power is out in 82% of the parish. Sewerage service is unreliable until power is restored. RIVER PARISHES HOSPITAL IS OPEN. Dialysis services are available. STORES and BUSINESSES are open. (Also see: Open Businesses) *CURFEW is still in place from 10 pm to 6 am. *Ammunition ban still in effect. **A BURN BAN is in effect until further notice* Residents are asked to avoid burning their debris. Debris Pick-up crews will be picking up all the debris from Hurricane Gustav. Be prepared to be ON YOUR OWN for several days. Those who can stay away for another day or two should. GARBAGE COLLECTION: has resumed its regular schedule as of Thursday, September 4, 2008 **SCHOOLS: All schools in St. John Parish will be closed through September 9, 2008. On Monday, September 8, 2008 - All 12 month employees: Central Office, Principal, Administrators, Head Custodians, Cafeteria Managers have a meeting at 8:00am East St. John Elementary School. On Tuesday, September 9, 2008, all Employees including all faculty and stall members report to each school site. Wednesday, September 10, 2008 – School Opens for Students. (Please note that this plan for Tuesday and Wednesday is contingent on power being restored to St. John Parish). POWER: Entergy Outage Information – 16,254 (82%) customers are without electricity on the East and West Bank. Entergy has given St. John Parish an estimated finish date of September 10 to have power fully restored to the parish. Parish officials are working with Entergy to reestablish services. Upon return residents are asked to call 1-800-9-OUTAGE to report power outages. WATER: Water is safe to drink parish wide. SEWERAGE: Sewerage service is limited throughout St. John due to the lack of Power. Crews are working at returning these services to full capacity. PARISH OFFICIALS ASK THAT RESIDENTS inimize use of their sewerage (take short showers, avoid washing dishes, and avoid using unnecessary water). President Hubbard ordered 12 tanker pump trucks to pump down sewer lift stations to help alleviate the problem. Utilities / Public Work Crews are working around the clock to manage the problem. DEBRIS: Please begin cleaning your property upon your return. Place all debris on the curb of your property. Crews will be picking this debris over the next week or two. ***ST. JOHN DISASTER RECOVERY TEAMS are picking up debris parish wide. PLEASE DO NOT PLACE DEBRIS IN THE DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CANALS. *Debris Management Crews are beginning the debris clean-up effort in full force. Crews will be working from 7am -7pm..residents are asked to begin cleaning their property and place their green debris in one pile at the edge of the road. Please separate green goods from white goods to assist in debris clean up. CLOSED: Animal Shelter, Post Office, Libraries *COURTHOUSE: All Criminal and Civil Courts are closed for the rest of the week. Criminal court that was set for LaPlace in Division A, on Monday, September 8, 2008 is reset to October 13, 2008 for the same time at the same place. STREAMING LOCAL BROADCAST: maroonspoon.com/wx/gustav.html ###
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