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The Port of South Louisiana was awarded $955,339 in Port Security grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funding will go toward the enhancement of the Port of South Louisiana's cyber security framework, as well as support enhancements to its Geographic Information System (GIS) that will provide up-todate spatial information to port security personnel and public safety agencies in the Port's 54-miles of jurisdiction along the lower Mississippi River.

The St. James High Class or 1972 will be hosting their 50th reunion on December 3, 2022. If interested please contact Charles Ketchens at 225-206-1625 or Geraldine Keller at 504451-5200. Fees are due September 30, 2022.

Emily Loupe, the 2022 Miss St. James Parish Queen, will be competing this weekend in the 79th Louisiana State Sugar Queen Festival in New Iberia. Emily will arrive in New Iberia on Friday morning with a full itinerary for the weekend. All contestants will first register at the Holiday Inn Express, which is the festival headquarters for this weekend. At 1:20 p.m., all the contestants will depart for the first part of their competition, the interviews. All contestants will have an interview with a panel of judges. After the interviews, Emily and the other contestants will return to the hotel to freshen up for the Farmer’s Tractor Parade and the Candy Toss Parade. At 5:15 p.m., they will all depart the hotel for the Farmer’s Tractor Parade where they will be on a hay ride in the parade down Main Street.