NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Associated Press Louisiana Daybook for Friday, Nov. 3.
Friday, Nov. 3 – New Beginnings Schools Foundation STEM Fest, with students participating in 40 hands-on activity stations, performing experiments, designing and programing robots, racing remote control cars, building toothpick bridges and towers, flying drones, and launching their own rockets, 9:00 a.m.
Location: Lake Area High School, 6026 Paris Ave., New Orleans, LA.
Friday, Nov. 3 – New Orleans mayoral candidate debate, sponsored, promoted and moderated by students from St. Augustine, Mc 35, G.W. Carver, Warren Easton, McMain, Landry Walker, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Lake Area High Schools, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Xavier University of Louisiana, Convocation Center, 1 Drexel Dr., New Orleans, LA.
Friday, Nov. 3 – Sunday, Nov. 5 – American Accounting Association Diversity Section Meeting
Location: Royal Sonesta New Orleans, 300 Bourbon St., New Orleans, LA.
Friday, Nov. 3 – Sunday, Nov. 5 – Domestic Violence Awareness Summit, hosted by New Orleans Police Department, The Rho Phi Chapter, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and The Omega Men Foundation, to bring awareness to issues presented by domestic violence and to combat this daunting experience. Events include a unity walk (Saturday).
Location: New Orleans, LA
THIS WEEKEND
Saturday, Nov. 4 – Special Needs Day at Audubon Zoo, 10:00 a.m.
Location: Audubon Zoo, 6500 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA
Saturday, Nov. 4 – Louisiana National Guard (LANG) Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for former adjutant general of the LANG, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Bennett C. Landreneau. Landreneau led the LANG for 14 years before retiring in 2011, concluding his nearly 42-year military career, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Jackson Barracks Powder Magazine, 6400 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA
Sunday, Nov. 5 – Louisiana National Guard (LANG) Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony for Louisiana Air National Guard Brig. Gen. (ret.) Harry A. Trosclair. Trosclair, a New Orleans native, was the chief of staff for the Louisiana Air National Guard for four years before he retired in 2000, 3:00 p.m. His 42-year career began when he enlisted in 1958 as a cable splicing and training technician, in which he achieved the rank of master sergeant.
Location: Fleming Hall, Jackson Barracks, 6400 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans, LA
Sunday, Nov. 5 – Thursday, Nov. 9 – Children's Hospital Association 2017 Annual Leadership Conference and Meeting of the Membership
Location: New Orleans, LA
