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NBA's "Big Baby" Davis helping promote reading in Baton Rouge

NBA's "Big Baby" Davis helping promote reading in Baton Rouge

Glen “Big Baby” Davis, former LSU star and current basketball pro in the NBA, will return to his hometown of Baton Rouge July 26 through July 28 and partner with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library to “Score Big with Books” and promote reading and literacy!

The Glen “Big Baby” Davis Foundation was designed to create awareness of childhood literacy and demonstrate the positive impact reading has on youth.

Davis will visit children to read to them and participate in several other Library and community events, including community programs at the Cortana Mall and Mall of Louisiana.

The schedule includes these events:

Thursday, July 26

Baker Branch Library Storytime - 2:00 p.m.

3501 Groom Road • (225) 778-5960

Eden Park Branch Library Storytime - 3:00 p.m.

5131 Greenwell Springs Road • (225) 231-3260

 

Saturday, July 28

Cortana Mall - 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

9401 Cortana Place

BRCC Holds Special Registration for Fall Semester

Baton Rouge Community College (BRCC) will hold a Special Registration session for all students who have not yet registered for the Fall semester.

The event will be held on Thursday, July 26, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Magnolia Pavilion.

BRCC Offers more than 32 degrees and certificates, most recently adding Diagnostic Medical Sonography, and Veterinary Technology.

At BRCC the classes are smaller, the tuition is affordable, and the instructors are great!

The first day of classes begin Monday, August 20.

For more information, visit our website at www.mybrcc.edu, or call 216-8000.

Baton Rouge Community College.... IMAGINE WHAT YOU CAN DO!

 

 

 

Author Karen Spears Zacharias will speak at LSU

Author Karen Spears Zacharias will  speak at LSU

BATON ROUGE – On Thursday, July 26, Karen Spears Zacharias, author of the 2012 One Book One Community title “A Silence of Mockingbirds: The Memoir of a Murder,” will participate in a public discussion in LSU’s Cox Communications Center for Student Athletes.

Zacharias will participate in a discussion panel with experts from the medical, legal and child care fields, led by local newscaster Donna Britt. Zacharias will then sign copies of her book. The event starts at 7 p.m. and doors open at 6:30 p.m.

The book is the true story of a 3-year-old girl named Karly Sheehan who was murdered by her mother’s live-in boyfriend. Compelled to consider her own culpability in this tragic case, Zacharias pieces together what happened to Karly through court documents, investigators’ interviews, and interviews with friends, family, law enforcement officials and key witnesses. As the terrible story unfolds, the hard question emerges for everyone involved: Why was no cry raised to protect Karly? This is also the story of a father’s unrelenting love for his daughter, an immigrant’s tragic struggle for redemption and a journalist’s urgent call for change.

Port Allen Rotary Club Welcomes WAFB's Jay Grymes

Port Allen Rotary Club Welcomes WAFB's Jay Grymes

Members of the Port Allen Rotary Club welcomed Jay Grymes of WAFB as their guest speaker on Tuesday, July 24.

Grymes, chief meteorologist, spoke on “Understanding the Threat.” In his presentation, Grymes said that “most people in Louisiana fail to realize just how high the tropical weather threat is for the Bayou State.”

He examined Louisiana’s tropical weather history with a focus on the Baton Rouge Metropolitan area and offered some guidance as to what activity should be expected in the coming years.

Photo, from left:

Kendall Hebert, Port Allen Rotary Club member/secretary who secured Grymes as guest speaker; Warren Burkett, Assistant District Governor, Region IV; guest speaker Jay Grymes; and Joni LeRay, Port Allen Rotary Club president.

Sign addresses baggy pants

Sign addresses baggy pants

I saw this sign on Facebook and wanted to share it with our viewers. There have been some local efforts in Baton Rouge to address this issue.

 

Southern President hosting townhall meeting Wednesday in Baton Rouge

Southern President hosting townhall meeting Wednesday in Baton Rouge

Southern University System President Ronald Mason Jr. will lead the “Keys to the Future of the Southern System”
discussion at 6 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, July 25  in the A.W. Mumford Fieldhouse on campus.

The discussion is part of series of townhall meetings being held statewide to discuss concerns about the effect of budget cuts on the SU campuses and proposed changes for the SU System.

NBA's "Big Baby" Davis helping promote reading in Baton Rouge

NBA's "Big Baby" Davis helping promote reading in Baton Rouge

Glen “Big Baby” Davis, former LSU star and current basketball pro in the NBA, will return to his hometown of Baton Rouge July 26 through July 28 and partner with the East Baton Rouge Parish Library to “Score Big with Books” and promote reading and literacy!

The Glen “Big Baby” Davis Foundation was designed to create awareness of childhood literacy and demonstrate the positive impact reading has on youth.

Davis will visit children to read to them and participate in several other Library and community events, including community programs at the Cortana Mall and Mall of Louisiana.

The schedule includes these events:

Thursday, July 26

Baker Branch Library Storytime - 2:00 p.m.

3501 Groom Road • (225) 778-5960

Eden Park Branch Library Storytime - 3:00 p.m.

5131 Greenwell Springs Road • (225) 231-3260

 

Saturday, July 28

Cortana Mall - 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

9401 Cortana Place