NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, April 24.
SOUTHERN SYSTEM — The Southern University System Board of Supervisors holds its regular meeting, 9:00 a.m. Location: Southern University-Shreveport, Jesse N. Stone Lecture Hall, 3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Shreveport.
JAZZ FEST — The 45th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival is held, 11:00 a.m. Location: Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans.
CASSIDY – DYSLEXIA — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy hosts a luncheon with Drs. Sally an Bennett Shaywitz, founders and directors of the Yale Center for Dyslexia and Creativity, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Location: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Conference Center, 6400 Perkins Rd., Baton Rouge.
CASSIDY – HEALTHCARE — U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy will address students, faculty staff on “Bioengineering Tomorrow's Medicine: The Future of Healthcare.” 2:00 p.m. Location: LSU, 1502 Patrick F. Taylor Hall, Baton Rouge.
THIS WEEKEND
April 25 – JAZZ FEST — The 45th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival is held, 11:00 a.m. Location: Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans.
April 25 – SOLDIERS RETURN — Soldiers of the Louisiana National Guard's 528th Engineer Battalion, are scheduled to return to family and friends during a welcome-home event in Monroe, 12:00 p.m. Monroe Regional Airport Century Link Hangar, 5520 Operations Rd., Monroe.
April 25 – COMMUNITY PICNIC — East Baton Rouge Parish DA's office and Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination present a picnic as part of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, 12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Location: BREC Howell Park, 5511 Winbourne Ave., Baton Rouge.
April 26 – JAZZ FEST — The 45th annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage festival's first weekend concludes, 11:00 a.m. Location: Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans.
