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Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education
“We the People” State Competition
The state competition was held at the Jefferson Parish Courthouse in Gretna, Louisiana on February 6, 2009. Three teams, Helen Cox High School, West Jefferson High School and John Ehret High School, competed for the opportunity to represent Louisiana in the We the People National Competition that will be held on April 25, 2009. John Ehret’s team, led by George Allan, emerged as the victor. Jonetta Jackson from Cox and Chris Totaro from West Jefferson are to be commended on the outstanding performances of their teams.
 
Special thanks to all who helped make this event possible: The Honorable Stephen
J. Windhorst for arranging for the competition to be held at the Jefferson Parish
Courthouse, The Honorable Robert M. Murphy, The Honorable June Berry
Darensburg, The Honorable Hans J. Liljeberg, The Honorable Lee V. Faulkner, Jr.,
Jefferson Parish Clerk of Court Jon Gegenheimer, Judicial Administrator Michael T.
O’Brien and Jefferson Parish Courthouse Director of Security Lieutenant Gerald J.
LaCour, Jr.
Carl Dermady, Jr. did an excellent job organizing the state event, which included, in addition to the student competitors, several time keepers, scorers and a diverse panel of nineteen judges.
WTP Judges Panel: The Honorable C. Wendell Manning, 4th Judicial District Court, John Alexander, Heather Angelico, Robert Bonnaffons, Belinda Cambre, Gary Cotogno, Denise Funck, Nicholas Griffin, Hunter Harris, Angela Holland, Amy Kern, Eric LeBlanc, Louis Lloyd, Ann Majeste, Dr. William Miller, Jeffrey Oubre, Charlie Paine, Mary Jo Roberts, and Adrienne Sanderson.
   Judge C. Wendell Manning and Carl Dermady with Congressional West Jefferson Air Force
National Director of We the People, Coordinators Jamie Staub and ROTC Color Guard.
Robert Leming. Jane Wislon.
Notable guests and participants on hand for the event were the National Director of We the People, Robert Leming, the President of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, The Honorable C. Wendell Manning, President of the Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, Barbara Turner Windhorst, We the People Congressional District Coordinators Jamie Staub, Jane Wilson, Kristina Kassab and Louis Lloyd, plus John Ehret Principal Maria Landry and Helen Cox Principal Darvell Edwards.
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