Nonprofit Cup Maker Buys North Flannery Facility
The Lighthouse for the blind that is a New Orleans based nonprofit that provides work for people who cannot see. It purchased the old Fantec plant on the North Flannery Road for $1.6 million in a deal that closed yesterday. The president of the Lighthouse for the Blind says the plan is to move equipment from Mississippi into the facility and start manufacturing paper towels and paper cups. Lighthouse sells paper products to the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. General Services Administration that are used in federal office buildings and military bases. The company had a facility in New Orleans, but it was forced to move to Crystal Springs, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina.
Busy Hurricane Season For 2011
The 2011 Atlantic hurricane forecast calls for 17 tropical storms, with nine becoming hurricanes. The Meteorologists at Colorado State University have reported that five of the hurricanes will be major, of category 3 or higher, according to Reuters. The forecast compares to the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which had 19 tropical storms, 12 hurricanes and five major storms. Forecasters say sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic are still at record warm levels, indicating the region is in a multi-decade period of high storm activity. The Meteorologists say that the hurricane season for 2011 will be one of the strongest they had in a long time.
Weekend events offer parade, bonfires, craft
Christmas just isn't the same without a Christmas parade in Louisiana. Baton Rouge has dozens of brightly-colored floats and fire trucks making their way down the streets. The parade every year starts at 5:30 p.m on River Road, in the front of the river center. Also from 3-6 p.m. Sunday families can join staff members at Magnolia Mound as the celebrate a traditional Creole-French Christmas. All of the fun includes traditional games and French and Spanish music. The music is performed by Baton Rouge's South Boulevard Elementary Foreign Language Immersion Magnet. The dancing will be done by the Louisiana Vintage Dancers and the demonstrations of traditional skills such as weaving, cooking, and soap and basket making. A huge bonfire will be the ending of the evening of traditional holiday pastimes.
Sports roundup: Peterson favored to win award and Three Tigers make SEC All-Freshmen Team
Patrick Peterson is LSU's outstanding junior defensive back who is up for two honors tonight at The Home Depot College Football Awards. Peterson is a finalist for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which goes to the top defensive player. The Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to the best defensive back might be presented to him. Mark Schlabach, a college football writer for ESPN, was predicting that Peterson will win the Thorpe Award. Peterson came into the 2010 season with a reputation as the sport's best cover corner back, and his play solidified it. The college football awards will air live at 6 p.m. on ESPN. Three LSU defensive players have been named to the SEC All-Freshmen team. Barkevious Mingo and Sam Montgomery, a pair of defensive linemen and Tyrann Mathieu, a defensive back, were put on the team by SEC coaches. Marcus Lattimore, a running back from South Carolina, was named SEC Freshman of the Year.
Suppliers say new iPad coming in early 2011
Component suppliers for the iPad are getting ready for a new model of the tablet computer. It will be released in early 2011, according to the Reuters news service. One of the suppliers told Reuters that the new iPad will feature a camera on the front and back. While another says it will be slimmer, lighter and have a better display. One analyst says he predicts Apple will announce the next iPad in January, with the device hitting store shelves in April. Actually the iPad has already hit stores and is on the shelves too.
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