Monterey News

Vidalia has a chamber of commerce. Ferriday has a chamber of commerce. But local business leaders are asking - should there be a Concordia Parish chamber of commerce? At the Vidalia Chamber of Commerce's meeting Tuesday, members were handed a survey asking if the Vidalia and Ferriday chambers should join together to form a parish-wide chamber.

Anne Elizabeth Epperson and Michael Paul Coplen are pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.

Clyde Ray Webber has been working in the boneyard for nearly 44 years. That is what the Concordia Parish Clerk of Court calls the world of politics he has been a part of since 1966.

Concordia Parish school district officials thought enrollment was going to be down this year, but the district is up 50 students from the same period in the 2008-2009 school year, Director of Academics Paul Nelson said.

Though they already spend their days in the fields, Tuesday Concordia Parish's farmers will have an opportunity for continuing education when they take a field trip around the parish.

The Concordia Parish Police Jury took care of several routine matters during its regular meeting Monday night.

The Concordia Parish School Board during its regular meeting Thursday night unanimously named John Bostic as principal at Monterey High School.

MONTEREY a ' A barbecue fundraiser will be today, at Monterey High School for the family of Bryan Pecanty, 27, who lost his battle to cancer May 16.

MONTEREY - A Jena teenager was killed and four others were injured when two boats collided on Horseshoe Lake in Concordia Parish.

MONTEREY a ' The Monterey High School reunion will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 6 at the MHS gymnasium.

Crockett Point Baptist Church, located nine miles northeast of Winnsboro, near Crowville, plans a three-day, non-Sunday, Evangelism Extravaganza evening June 1-3 specifically for pastors and those they invite, as well as for people who don't have a relationship with Jesus.

Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McConnell of Stonewall are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Summer Elizabeth Burley to Stuart Joseph Kite.

Rep. Andy Anders has prefiled a bill -- HB 184 -- which adds the president of the Police Jury as a member of the Concordia Economic and Industrial Development Board.