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Food Stamp Registration Continues, 12% Without Power
ST. JOHN (September 10, 2008) -   Updates as of 2:00 pm, Wednesday, September 10, 2008

FOOD STAMPS REGISTRATION: at New Wine Christian Fellowship at 1929 West Airline Hwy in LaPlace. Hours are from 8 am to 6 pm. Registration will be from September 10th to September 17th. Residents are required to bring proof of identification, income, and residency. Residents can also go to www.dss.state.la.us or www.sjbparish.com for more information and eligibility requirements. 

***CURFEW HAS BEEN LIFTED.

POWER: Entergy Outage Information - (12%) 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.

Reminder: Burning is illegal in St. John Parish per Ordinance: 93-66, Ch. 10 

GARBAGE COLLECTION: has begun. SWDI has brought in additional trucks to catch up on their routes. It is expected that regular pick-ups will be able to be done by Friday morning.   

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.

COURTHOUSE:   Courts will re-open Thursday, Sept 11, 2008 at Edgard Courthouse in Edgard. All sections (A, B, & C) will re-open.(Pending weather conditionsbrought on by Hurricane Ike. 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. 

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