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THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, MAY 16, 2013, PAGE 6 Coming Next Week: Times. On Wheels ia Review of the 2013 Toyota Avalon S P E C IAL THAN K S To all that were participants and sponsors of the Ponchatoula Lions Club Car Show on Saturday May 11th. There is reason to mention everyone you all know who you are! We would also like to give a special thank you to The Ponchatoula Times for publishing details of the event. Thank you, Lion Bill & the all the members of the Poncahtoual Lions Club COMPUTER & ELECTRONICS TRAINEES NEEDED! ram Barge Co., the leader in the inland marine community has openings for: " Deckhands Interested candidates must have a valid Driver's License and High School Diploma/GED. Physical heavy labor outdoor experience preferred. These are not live-aboard positions. Applicants must live near the Baton Rouge or Reserve, LA area. Generous daily wage plus full benefit package to include company paid retirement, 401K, medical, dental, etc. Interested candidates can apply on.line at: www.ingrambarge.com EOE i M/FN/D Times Report Like watching a submarine race, much of what the current city administration is accomplishing could well go unnoticed by citizens, but by all accounts, Ponchatoula is quietly winning the race. A master of the federal funds ting up $200,000 in matching labyrinth, Mayor Bob Zabbia funds for a $1.6 million federal was at it again Monday, this project. The administration time eyeing federal housing pulled in $5 million in federal money for street improvements, funds the past eight years. rehabilitating leaky city water Most of the work goes unseen and sewer lines, going after an- because it is involved in im- other federal grant to pay for proving the city's unseen infra- improving the city oxidation structure. These are the kinds pond by building higher banks of projects that pass under the so it does not overflow, a trick radar of the citizens precisely when you consider 1.2 million because there is no calamity gallons of water a day flows to involved, no crisis because that the pond. was averted by City Hall tap- The feds found the city in ping the right source in Wash- violation because of runoff at ington D.C. to head off a crisis. the pond that is contrary to the Zabbia has been steadily law, because the city's ultra- mining the Safe Routes to violet germ killer is being over- School federal funding that has whelmed, seen sidewalks and streets up- There is a federal grant graded in the vicinity of local aimed at municipalities with public schools. He says St. Jo- populations Of low and moder- seph School is next up for im- ate income households, "and provements, in a coming round we qualify," said the mayor, hot of federal grants. on the scent of outside funds to The mayor, because of his remedy the situation, profession, knows where the "We have an application in for money is, and he knows the ins Hurricane Gustav funds to help and outs of how Ponchatoula us raise the levees at the oxida- gets its hands on the federal tions pond. We are hoping for a funds, skills he has shares with hundred percent grant, and we his staff at City Hall. stand a chance because we can Though anyone who knows do the normally-costly adminis- him has no doubt he will seek tration function in-house," the re-election, Zabbia tells the mayor who heads an engineer- Times reporter interviewing ing firm in private life told The him, "Whenever I leave office, Ponchatoula Times. I want our water system to be "My biggest success story is complete," knowing as he does that we submitted six applica- that improvements and the new =t- a related project, the city is put- ; Louisiana gas this week Average retail gasoline prices in Louisiana have risen 2.9 cents per gallon in the past tions for federal funds, and got water under construction will fi e.apl mved,". aid Zabbia. On complete the city water system. week, averaging $3.29/g yester- day, according to GasBuddy's 985,386-3242 III II I II II 386-8802 610 W. Pine-Ponchatoula daily survey of 2,436 gas outlets in Louisiana. This compares with the national average that has in- creased 6.2 cents per gallon in the last week to $3.57/g, according to gasoline price websiteGasBuddy, com. Including the change in gas prices in Louisiana during the past week, prices yesterday were 23.5 cents per gallon low- er than the same day one year ago and are 4.0 cents per gallon lower than a month ago. The national average has increased 5.0 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 15.4 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago. "The national average has perked up again in the last sev- en days across the nation," said GasBuddy.com Senior Petro- leum Analyst Patrick DeHaan. Gas Buddy operates Louisi- anaGasPrices.com and over 250 similar websites Ponchatoula PD encouraging Neighborhood Watch Program PPD Report Ponchatoula Police Chief Bry Layrisson would like to encour- age anyone interested/in infor- mation on the Neighborhood Watch program to contact the Ponchatoula Police Depart- ment. A representative from the Ponchatoula Police Department will come speak with you and your neighbors and assist in setting up the program. Anyone interested should contact Ofc. Wayne Norwood or Ofc. Bill Mo- ran at the Ponchatoula Police Tune Ups Electrical Air Conditioning Fuel Injection. 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