Distinguished: The LSU Alumni Association will induct five alumni into its Hall of Distinction on March 4 at the Lod Cook Alumni Center. In a statement, LSU Alumni Association President and CEO Cliff Vannoy says the association annually recognizes alumni who have distinguished themselves and the university in their careers as well as their personal and civic accomplishments. This year’s inductees are: Roger W. Jenkins, president and CEO of Murphy Oil Corp.; Mario Julien Garner, senior vice president and CEO of Memorial Hermann Pearland Hospital; Sidney E. Fuchs, of Oak Hill, Virginia, president and CEO of MacAulay-Brown Inc.; Bernette Joshua Johnson, of New Orleans, Louisiana Supreme Court chief justice; and Frank Simoneaux, of Baton Rouge, an attorney and former state cabinet secretary and speaker pro tempore.
Getting larger: A resolution asking the federal government to extend the state’s sea boundary from three nautical miles to nine nautical miles has been introduced to the Louisiana Senate. The Manship News Service reports Sen. Dan Claitor, R-Baton Rouge, who sponsored Senate Concurrent Resolution 4, argues the expansion could provide between $500 million and $1 billion in taxes to the state. Claitor’s nine-mile proposal would match Texas and Florida’s seaward boundaries. Like Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi have three miles. “If Congress is a believer in state rights … they would recognize that we are not being treated fairly,” Claitor says. In 2011, the Legislature passed a law, authored by Claitor, which extended the distance of the seaward boundary to nine miles. Read the full story.
Opening up: Bergeron’s City Market, located at 8200 Jefferson Hwy., will open Tuesday in its new location at 8200 Jefferson Hwy. with a new look and new features. The brainchild of Chef Don Bergeron, the newly expanded market will include on-site dining and an expanded product line. It will be open for longer hours and will have a Sunday brunch menu. “With 5,000 square feet to accommodate our kitchen and market, ample and convenient customer parking, spacious seating for over 70 people, not to mention an expanded product line, our new location has everything we wanted to enhance service to our customers,” Bergeron says in a statement. Bergeron’s business was previously located at 714 Jefferson Hwy. in a building that has since been demolished. He acquired the new location on Jefferson—which is about twice the size of the former location—after Pat’s Cajun Seafood & Steaks closed in September.
