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April ballot in New Orleans OK'd 24 Jan 2006
Times Picayune, ...people who applied for benefits after the hurricane. ... high concentrations of refugees: Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas ... New Orleans; and Charles Lancaster, R-Metairie. ...

New Orleans couple stick it out together after hurricane Jan 23, 2006
Belleville News-Democrat, ...a Media, Pa., boy and a Metairie, La., girl ... The rapidly strengthening hurricane was headed toward the Gulf ... When they returned to Louisiana, they moved in with ...

Katrina family returns Jan 22, 2006
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, ...hearts and hands to a young Louisiana mother and her three children displaced by Hurricane Katrina and ... and Brandon, rejoined her husband, Paul, in Metairie. ...

City, suburbs divided on area's future Jan 21, 2006
Times Picayune, ...director of long-term recovery in Louisiana, said the ... Should we address issues of poverty, hurricane/flood risk and ... Karen Odom, of Metairie, was one of the few ...

Q&A: Architect draws on principles as his profile grows Jan 22, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, ...to the French Quarter and zero money to go to Metairie. ... focus on the needs of the people of Louisiana. ... Three weeks after the hurricane, Mississippi went into a ...

Patients Needing Care Overwhelm New Orleans's Hospital System Jan 23, 2006
Spartanburg Herald Journal (subscription), ...at East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, just outside ... event in the distorted post-hurricane world. ... including the Medical Center of Louisiana, the only ...

A school is reborn Jan 22, 2006
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), Gary Wheat, Louisiana’s charter-school program administrator ... to her own house in suburban Metairie, La. ... pair began reminiscing about a hurricane alert several ...

For immigrant laborers, Big Easy more Wild West Jan 23, 2006
Myrtle Beach Sun News, ...cleaning up and rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina ... businesses, public buildings, roads and levees in Louisiana. ... the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, three months ...

Tuition break deadline looming Jan 20, 2006
Times Picayune, ...after starting the year at Metairie Park Country ... The Hurricane Education Recovery Act, which established the ... A notice from the Louisiana Education Department ...

Hurricane-Impacted Louisiana Schools Get Help from Environmental ... Jan 18, 2006
U.S. EPA.gov (press release), Metairie, La. - School chemistry and biology laboratories in southern Louisiana with chemicals damaged by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita are being helped ...

Hurricane briefs for Jan. 17 Jan 16, 2006
2theadvocate.com, ...“Hurricane Recovery: Assessment and ‘Re-Leafing’ Louisiana’s Urban Forests� conference will be held 9 am -3:30 pm Jan. ... in Metairie. ...

St. John's forms convoy, lends help post Katrina Jan 19, 2006
Pioneer Press Online, ...awaiting them when they arrived in Louisiana and saw the real effects of the hurricane. ... after church services at Atonement Lutheran Church in Metairie. ...

Gulf Coast still in chaos 4 months after Katrina Jan 18, 2006
Woodbridge Sentinel, ...“It looks like Hurricane Katrina hit ... at Centenary College in Hackettstown, went to Louisiana with more ... Some groups helped in Chalmette and some in Metairie. ...

Woman leaving destruction of Katrina likes Kernersville Jan 18, 2006
Winston-Salem Journal, It is the day she arrived in Kernersville from Metairie, La. ... Her condominium in Louisiana had six inches of water in it from Hurricane Katrina. ...

A visit home to Louisiana Jan 16, 2006
Lahontan Valley News, Metairie suffered from Hurricane Katrina in that quite a few businesses are boarded up and many ... If you ever needed a job, Louisiana is the place to be. ...

Special Events Jan 19, 2006
Times Picayune, ..."The Wall" Louisiana Long Distance ... of the special issue (delayed by Hurricane Katrina), guest ... East Bank Regional Library, 4747 West Napoleon Ave., Metairie. ...

Outsiders Cleaning Up On New Orleans Katrina Clean Up Jan 20, 2006
Bayou Buzz, ...the slow pace of the hurricane debris clean ... Every citizen in Southern Louisiana shares their disappointment. ... removal sub-contractor working in Metairie yesterday ...

Contending with Katrina Jan 16, 2006
Illinois Wesleyan University, ...up canals — levees made to stand up to a hurricane of category ... In early November, they returned to Louisiana, staying with friends in Metairie, a suburb ...

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Special Events Jan 12, 2006
Times Picayune, Buddy Stall's New Orleans" and "Louisiana Potpourri," noon ... reporters and professors, discussing the hurricane and its ... Blue Moon Tavern, 115 Focis St., Metairie. ...

Southern trip stuffed with memories Jan 16, 2006
Burlington Hawk Eye, ...were in, it kind–of looked like Hurricane Katrina hit ... Miss., and New Orleans, Slidell and Metairie, La ... to hear from a children's home in Louisiana, where she ...

Survey Reveals Recent Trends in Louisiana’s High-level ... Jan 10, 2006
PR Web (press release), Metairie, LA (PRWEB) January 10, 2006 -- Despite the devastation Hurricane Katrina had on the Louisiana healthcare system, a significant amount of quality data ...

Displaced health care workers find home in Houston Jan 14, 2006
Houston Chronicle, ...is seeing an influx of doctors from hurricane-stricken areas ... long after that, exceed our Louisiana office revenue ... of his 5,000-square-foot Metairie office, which ...

BEAUX BLACKWOOD, ST. FRANCIS Jan 11, 2006
San Jose Mercury News, ...he was evacuated from his hometown of Metairie because of Hurricane Katrina, which ... much of a difference'' between wrestling in Louisiana and California ...

Rebuilding, With Love Jan 15, 2006
philly.com, ...a Media, Pa., boy and a Metairie, La., girl ... region do not realize is that Hurricane Katrina is ... University of New Orleans, Bradley at Louisiana State University ...

Counselors teach disaster coping skills Jan 13, 2006
The Ranger, ...of the mental health center in Metairie, La., said ... have early wake-ups, flashbacks of the hurricane and anxiety. ... Speier is director of the Louisiana Spirit, a ...

Saints name Cowboys assistant Payton coach Jan 18, 2006
AllSports.com, METAIRIE, Louisiana (Ticker) - Sean Payton worked as a quarterbacks ... the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina last ... on the campus of Louisiana State University ...

Tagliabue expects Superdome to be ready Jan 13, 2006
HappyNews.com, ...enter the Saints training facility in Metairie, La ... Saints' home preseason games at other venues in Louisiana. ... visit to the state since Hurricane Katrina, called ...

Saints expected to name Sean Payton new coach Jan 17, 2006
Miami Herald, Antonio after the landfall of Hurricane Katrina last ... and extensive damage to the Louisiana Superdome forced ... decided to return to their Metairie, La., training ...

With casting call, New Orleans again sees movie production Jan 15, 2006
Malaysia Star, METAIRIE, Louisiana: With roughly two-thirds of New Orleans residents still living elsewhere ... expect for the first major casting call since Hurricane Katrina hit ...

LDWF plan seeks to rescue boats Jan 14, 2006
Times Picayune, ...was on a safari in Kenya when Hurricane Katrina roared ... to hunt and fish the marshes throughout southeast Louisiana. ... he had in a storage building in Metairie. ...

'Hollywood South' again seeing movie production Jan 14, 2006
Times Picayune, METAIRIE, La. ... But after Katrina and Hurricane Rita, other parts of the state ... for several films moved from New Orleans to Shreveport, in northwestern Louisiana. ...

Smiley Anders for Jan. 17 Jan 16, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...left homeless in New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina. ... any day at the Celebration Station Shelter in Metairie. ... the volunteers are from outside Louisiana, and would ...

New Orleans restaurants hungry for workers Jan 9, 2006
Leading The Charge, More than four months after Hurricane Katrina, New ... storm, according to the Louisiana Restaurant Association ... a chef at Martin Wine Cellar in Metairie, Louisiana. ...

Saints will train in Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
USA Today Saints will go back to their Louisiana practice facility ... be able to play in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome by ... that we will be returning to Metairie in January ...

Casting call marks return of movie crews Jan 15, 2006
Chicago Tribune, METAIRIE, LOUISIANA -- With many New Orleanians still living elsewhere, casting directors were not ... for the first major casting call since Hurricane Katrina hit ...

Racial stereotypes in Katrina commentary Jan 9, 2006
Infoshop News ...the actions taken by whites and African-Americans after the hurricane. ... for instance, portrayed residents and business owners from Metairie, Louisiana, a mostly ...

Destroyed Metairie food products plant moving to Oklahoma Dec 26, 2005
KLFY, ...food products plant destroyed by Hurricane Katrina will ... Louisiana-based Diversified Foods and Seasonings purchased ... The company's plant in Metairie was destroyed ...

Fambrough: Not much potential for controversy at LHSAA meeting Jan 14, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...accordance with Nation Federation rules, Louisiana teams played ... forced the event away from Metairie’s Zephyr ... possible Zephyr conflict before Hurricane Katrina ...

How shall we welcome back the Saints? Jan 8, 2006
KATC, ...of the New Orleans-area recovery from Hurricane Katrina ... in Louisiana in 2005 and return to Louisiana in 2006 ... end to his lease at the Saints' Metairie headquarters ...

Rebuilding Jewish New Orleans Jan 13, 2006
Baltimore Jewish Times, Although only four Louisiana Jews died as a ... to Houston ahead of the approaching hurricane, while significant ... Sinai, a Reform congregation in suburban Metairie. ...

Louisiana Governor Blanco Planning Special Legislative Session Dec 29, 2005
Bayou Buzz, Louisiana ’s Gov ... a second special session to deal with issues related to Hurricane Katrina and ... Steve Scalise of Metairie has started to push a petition for a ...

Update 9: Saints to Return to Louisiana in 2006 Dec 30, 2005
Forbes ...be played at the dome or in Louisiana," Tagliabue said. ... the team's return to the Metairie training complex ... Agency and National Guard for hurricane relief efforts ...

Update 10: Saints to Return to Louisiana in 2006 Dec 30, 2005
Forbes ...return to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ... effort following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina ... played at the dome or in Louisiana," Tagliabue said ...

FORCED TO CHANGE Jan 8, 2006
Times Picayune, Ellis, a former president of the Louisiana State Medical ... East Jefferson General Hospital in Metairie, the proportion ... with about 3 percent before the hurricane. ...

Saints will train in Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
Fort Worth Star Telegram, ...and staff - that we will be returning to Metairie in January ... that has called San Antonio home since Hurricane Katrina hit ... "We are working in Louisiana to play ...

Agencies continue hurricane cleanup Jan 3, 2006
KATC, ...and disposed of in southeast Louisiana as part of ongoing post-hurricane cleanup efforts. The environmental response is headquartered in Metairie and organized ...

2005 was a very quoteable year in Louisiana athletics Jan 1, 2006
Monroe News Star, ...while Black Hawk helicopters transported hurricane victims to ... Metairie is back to normal, and none of the ... agreement" between the Saints and Louisiana unique in ...

Storms blow Louisiana sports, athletes and facilities away Jan 1, 2006
Daily Times, ...did little to reassure his long-suffering Louisiana fans that ... return to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ... for a week after the hurricane, at $139.1 ...

Wrestler's return to Louisiana will be bittersweet Jan 3, 2006
Charleston Post Courier (subscription), ...addressing the wrestling team. White's house in Metairie suffered no water damage during Hurricane Katrina. The all-boys' Jesuit ...

Some La. congressional delegates benefitted from Abramoff events Jan 13, 2006
Shreveport Times, David Vitter, R-Metairie, was also a recipient of a fundraiser at ... a $2,000 donation from the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to the hurricane recovery effort. ...

Corps lists roster of East Jeff levee jobs Jan 10, 2006
Times Picayune, ...the Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection system ... and Suburban pump stations in Metairie to the ... million for the Southeast Louisiana Urban Flood ...

Merging Jefferson and Orleans Parishes Jan 9, 2006
Louisiana Weekly, ...closest associates have attested to The Louisiana Weekly, the ... New Orleans all but unscathed by the Hurricane. ... tell where Lakeview ends and Metairie begins, and ...

Payton eager to begin rebuilding process Jan 18, 2006
2TheAdvocate, METAIRIE — Sean Payton and his wife, Beth, are in the ... in three states in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... its base of operations back to Louisiana last week ...

Plan retools four schools' missions Jan 18, 2006
Times Picayune, Bunche Middle School in Metairie would be ... passing the eighth-grade Louisiana Educational Assessment ... fluctuating enrollment since Hurricane Katrina, Barton said ...

UL may land state baseball, soccer events Jan 18, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the soccer ... games will be held at the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns ... expected to be held at Zephyr Field in Metairie. ...

Ruth's Chris Steak House Announces Preliminary Fourth Quarter ... Jan 4, 2006
Business Wire (press release), ...strong comparable restaurant sales growth, the opening of three new locations, and the re-opening of one hurricane damaged restaurant in Metairie, Louisiana. ...

Saints Returning to Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
KLFY, Saints will return to their Louisiana practice facility ... able to play in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... staff -- will return to Metairie, Louisiana, in January ...

Saints reportedly to move back to Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
FOXSports.com Saints owner Tom Benson have reportedly reached an agreement to move the hurricane-displaced team to its state-owned training facility in Metairie, La., after ...

NFL Notes: Saints headed back to Louisiana — but when? Dec 30, 2005
Austin American-Statesman (subscription), The New Orleans Saints will return to Louisiana in 2006 ... as early as September in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ...

Louisiana Food Products Plant Moving To Mcalester Dec 26, 2005
KOTV, ...for another plant, but the deadly hurricane that hit ... in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie was destroyed ... has plants in Alabama, Madisonville, Louisiana and San ...

Report: Saints to practice full-time in Louisiana in 2006 Jan 1, 2006
BuffaloBills.com Metairie, Louisiana following the conclusion of the 2005 season. The state-owned training facility was used by FEMA as a staging area in the wake of Hurricane ...

‘Hollywood South’ again sees movie production Jan 15, 2006
Shreveport Times, METAIRIE — With roughly two-thirds of New Orleans ... But after Katrina and Hurricane Rita, other parts of ... in total production was made in Louisiana, compared to ...

Update 12: Saints to Return to Louisiana in 2006 Dec 31, 2005
Forbes ...return to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ... in the ongoing rebuilding effort following Hurricane Katrina ... at the dome or in Louisiana," Tagliabue said ...

Report: Saints returning to Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
BizNewOrleans.com, ...to its state-owned training facility in Metairie. ... in Baton Rouge and perhaps the Louisiana Superdome, which ... between the parties since Hurricane Katrina ripped ...

Louisiana Blanco Issues 2006 Special Session Statement Dec 29, 2005
Bayou Buzz, ...an investigation into the preparation and response to Hurricane Katrina ... Steve Scalise of Metairie circulated a petition urging the legislators to sign so ...

Louisiana, Katrina And Mad Politics Jan 4, 2006
Bayou Buzz, ...no fiscal sense prior to the hurricane, but it ... tightening our belt here in Louisiana , so why ... session, State Representative Steve Scalise (R-Metairie) sent his ...

Albany's Milton scores 54 Jan 13, 2006
2TheAdvocate, The Louisiana High School Athletic Association will hold ... moved in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina recently ... when the LHSAA learned that Metairie’s Zephyr ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: McDermott, Fair Grounds, Job Fair ... Dec 29, 2005
Bayou Buzz, ...at 3445 N Causeway Boulevard in Metairie and at ... of its efforts to contribute to local hurricane relief in ... The Louisiana Family Recovery Corps is an umbrella ...

New Orleans Saints Back In Superdome By September Dec 30, 2005
All Headline News Metairie and may soon be able to play in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome by September, according to a memo from owner Tom Benson. State officials in Louisiana ...

Update 5: Saints to Return to Louisiana Next Month Dec 30, 2005
Forbes ...be able to play in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... The Saints will go back to their Louisiana practice facility ... that we will be returning to Metairie in January ...

Churches keep reaching out to storm victims Jan 14, 2006
Cincinnati Enquirer, The devastation of Hurricane Katrina isn't on the news ... to two churches in New Orleans and suburban Metairie. ... Church will host a speaker from Louisiana who will ...

Saints headed back to Louisiana Dec 30, 2005
Alexandria Town Talk, ...as early as September in the hurricane-ravage Superdome ... fall, they were returning to their Louisiana practice complex ... we will be returning to Metairie in January ...

Centenary students ready to help rebuild Gulf region Dec 25, 2005
The Express Times, ...and caring as they travel to Metairie, La ... homes, schools and churches destroyed by Hurricane Katrina ... theological school, wanted to help in Louisiana and thought ...

Saints to play all of next season in Louisiana Dec 31, 2005
Bryan College Station Eagle, ...will return to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ... the devastation of the city by Hurricane Katrina ... at the [Superdome] or in Louisiana," Tagliabue said ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: Hispanic Chamber, Katrina Workshop ... Jan 5, 2006
Bayou Buzz, ...talk on the lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina and ... The Louisiana Small Business Development Center Network ... Counseling Center 7901 Airline Drive , Metairie . ...

Saints to Return to Louisiana Next Month Dec 30, 2005
WTOP, Saints will go back to their Louisiana practice facility ... Hurricane Katrina chased away the New Orleans Saints when ... we will be returning to Metairie in January ...

Saints to Return to Louisiana in 2006 Dec 30, 2005
Herald News Daily, ...they were returning to their Louisiana practice complex ... team‘s return to the Metairie training complex ... Agency and National Guard for hurricane relief efforts. ...

Post-hurricane holiday Dec 25, 2005
The Coloradoan, ...escaping the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, La., to ... they would ride out the hurricane and return in ... the two children returned to their Louisiana home Thursday ...

Touring New Orleans: 'You've got to see it to believe it' Dec 25, 2005
Shreveport Times, Stevens was not always an advocate for Louisiana hurricane victims. ... David Vitter, D-Metairie, and Mary Landrieu, D-New Orleans, or Gov. Kathleen Blanco. ...

NFL Notebook: Saints march back to Louisiana Dec 31, 2005
Seattle Post Intelligencer New Orleans Saints will return to Louisiana in 2006 ... as early as September in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... they were returning to their Metairie, La., practice ...

Newspaper: Saints will hired Payton as new head coach Jan 17, 2006
KLTV, ...is expected tomorrow at the team's practice facility in Metairie (MET'-uh-ree), Louisiana, where the Saints recently returned. Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf ...

Session to focus on New Orleans Jan 7, 2006
DeRidder Beauregard Daily News, ...the levee districts and south Louisiana's coastal protection ... a subcommittee of Nagin's hurricane advisory commission ... Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, said there is ...

Saints Will Return to Louisiana In 2006 Dec 30, 2005
Elites TV, ...that we will be returning to Metairie in January ... We are working in Louisiana to play as many ... The Saints practiced in San Antonio after Hurricane Katrina damaged ...

Saints to return to Louisiana in 2006 Dec 30, 2005
MLive.com, ...as early as September in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... they were returning to their Louisiana practice complex ... that we will be returning to Metairie in January ...

THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION Dec 31, 2005
Times Picayune, ...to return the team to Louisiana, Benson's post ... claiming damages to the team's Metairie training facility ... in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina "effectively ...

From blue tarps to debris removal, layers of contractors drive up ... Dec 28, 2005
Times Picayune, ...$60 billion earmarked by Congress for hurricane aid, a ... t want to send money to Louisiana because of ... center and dumping grounds at Lafreniere Park in Metairie. ...

Saints Returning To Louisiana Dec 31, 2005
Hartford Courant, ...be able to play in the hurricane-ravaged Superdome ... to their practice complex in Metairie, La., next ... State officials in Louisiana estimated the Superdome could ...

EN exclusive: SA may not get Saints in '06 Dec 29, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...lease agreement with the state of Louisiana to play ... A return to Metairie would give the Saints a ... the first between the parties since Hurricane Katrina ripped ...

Saints will leave San Antonio Dec 29, 2005
San Antonio Express (subscription), ...in Louisiana and that he wants the team to participate in the rebuilding of the area ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. But the agreement to return to Metairie doesn ...





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