Around Livingston for June 11, 2012

Chamber to host breakfast

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce will hold a mayor’s breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Wednesday at Wholly Ground in Walker.

The event will feature mayors from Livingston Parish. The cost is $12 per person. Those interested in attending are asked to call (225) 665-8155.

Road block

From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, the eastbound lanes of Interstate 12 between Juban Road and Walker South Road will be closed for 20-minute durations while crews deliver a crane to the area. Drivers may use Florida Boulevard as an alternate route.

USDA office closes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development will no longer maintain a presence once a month at its Denham Springs office, 2191 Tower St., beginning July 1.

Residents of Livingston, East Baton Rouge and Ascension parishes will be served by the USDA Rural Development Area Office, 805 West Oak St., Room 3, Amite. Residents will continue to receive the same high level of service, USDA officials said.

The USDA Rural Development’s mission is to increase economic opportunity and improve the quality of life for rural residents, officials said. For more information, call (985) 748-8751.

Sawmill Safety award

The Weyerhaeuser Co. mill at Holden has been awarded the 2011 Sawmill Safety Award. The award is given each year to mills that are members of the Southern Forest Products Association with outstanding safety records, company officials said.

Based on the results of occupational injuries and illness reports, Southern Forest Products Association members submitted information on total employee hours worked and the number of recordable cases. Mills are classified by the annual production volume of the company.

The sawmill at Holden received the award for Division Two, which includes companies producing from 51 to 150 million board feet of southern pine lumber annually.

This award marks the fourth consecutive year the Holden mill has operated accident-free.

Coroner visit

Dr. Ronald Coe will discuss the techniques, tools and lessons he has learned as the Livingston Parish coroner at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Livingston Branch of the Livingston Parish Library, 13986 Florida Blvd., and at 6 p.m. at the Denham Springs-Walker Branch, 8101 U.S. 190, Denham Springs.

The program is for ages 14 to 18. Call the library branch for more information.

Live snakes

Live snakes will be on display at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the South Branch Library, 23477 La. 444, Livingston; at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Albany-Springfield Branch Library, 26941 La. 43, Hammond; and at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Denham Springs-Walker Library, 8101 U.S.190, Denham Springs.

Jennifer Shearer, a naturalist with Tickfaw State Park, will show the snakes and explain how they can be identified. The program is for children ages 6 to 11 years old.