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Nothing spoils a nice barefooted walk through the lawn more than stickerweed. Also known as spurweed, stickers or burweed, seeds germinate in the fall and winter months in lawns, particularly where the turf is thin or patchy. When lawns go dormant in the winter, weed problems become evident. Green growth in a brown lawn is a major clue that your lawn is in need of weed control. Good lawn weed control starts in the winter. However, the best control starts now — in October and November. Fall and winter are a good time to apply herbicides in warmseason turfgrasses because they are going dormant and because the lower temperatures decrease turfgrass sensitivity to herbicide damage.

Superintendent’s Honor Roll First Grade Jaux Abel, Annie Arceneaux, Landyn Beckett, Jimena Enriquez, Michael Folse, Landon Gonzales, Preston Guillot, Logan Isom, Tylan Isom, Julian Kliebert, Kori Lewis, Jai’Dyn Moody, Bry’Leigh Preston, Mariyah Turner, Fraya Usea and Paris Williams.

When a landowner of a 700 acre tract of land in LaPlace sought to have an ordinance passed to change the zoning on 162 acres of said tract to allow for a borrow pit to be operated on the property, the St. John Parish Council voted 6-3 to deny the request. As you may know, St. James Parish residents who reside in the Hester community and the St. James Parish Council are dealing with a very similar situation as St. James Construction Materials (SJCM) is seeking to dig and sell clay on roughly 400 acres of land known as the Big Shake Pit.