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Cleco reminds customers to be aware of the “phantom” power that may be creeping throughout their homes and businesses.
Phantom power is a term used to describe electricity used by appliances and electronics that are left plugged in when they are turned off or not being used. These items, on average, drain electricity 24/7 and account for over $100 of a home’s energy bill each year. Examples are cell phone chargers, power tools, televisions, toasters, coffee makers, computers, printers and game consoles.

Voters across the Acadia Parish will decide the fate of a 2.12-mill tax renewal.
That millage, which partially funds the Cooperative Extension Office and the Rice Arena, was defeated in last November’s municipal elections. It expires at the end of 2019.
If it fails again on Nov. 16, “It may not be the end of the extension service, but it would be the end of the extension service as we know it,” Kurt Guidry, regional director, said.

Ranolviaun Landry, principal at Central Middle School, officially retired Friday after 33 years of working in the educational field.
Landry is looking forward to her new journey. Landry added, “As I embark upon the journey that awaits me, I don’t see it as a new chapter. I see it as an entirely new book.”
Landry served as principal at Central Middle School for the past nine years. Her first educational post was back in 1986 as a teacher at Stepanek Private School in Long Beach, California. She taught fifth through eighth grade English.