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8 La. Jud. Newsl. 1 (1983)

handle is hein.journals/lajnews8 and id is 1 raw text is: Vol. 8 No. 1 'in God We Trust Spring 1983c Manning F. Billeaud, General Contractor; 1st Circu Court Of Appeal Chief Judge Grover L. Covington; Robert I Murphy, Kenner Attorney; an New Orleans Veterinarian Dr. Homer Watts have been ap- pointed to serve on the nine- member Judiciary Commssio Louisiana. The Commission is a con stitutionally created body cha ed with the responsibility for vestigating complaints of misconduct by judges or thei failure to perform their officia dutes. CHEF JUDGE GROVER L. COVINGTON also expireod. Members of the Commission may not succeed themselves in office. Chief Judge Grover L, Cov- ington has served or the Court of Appeal, First Circuit since 1974. Prior to 1974 Judge Cov- ington served as Judge of the 21st Judicial District Court from 1970-74. Judge Covington serv- ed as Municipal Attorney for Kentwood from 1950-70 and as Assistant District Attorney for the 21st District from 1951-54 Manning F. Billeaud, a it d noc rg- in- MANNING F. BILLEAUD Covington was appointed by the Louisiana Supreme Court to replace Judge L. Julian Samuel who retired, Billeaud, who was selected by the Louisiana District Judges Association succeeds Burt Sweeney whose term expired. Murphy, selected by the Conerence of Court of Appeal Judges will replace Don J. Dupepe whose term expired. Watts was also named by the Louisiana District Judges Association and will succeed William Childress whose term ROBERT M. MURPHY Cont'd on Page 2 NEW MEMBERS NAMED TO JUDICIARY COMMISSION I CARE DRUG ABUSE PROGRAM WORKS IN E. BATON ROUGE Editors Note: The following report by Judge Tony Graphia chronicles the history of the highly successful I Care pro- gram in the F Baton Rouge public schools. In the fall of 1980, persons interested in the problem of substance abuse in the public schools of East Baton Rouge Parish sought to use the Public School System as a nucleus around which to build a program of drug prevention educa- tion. The East Baton Parish School Board created the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Program Advisory Council. Business, labor, civic, religious, educational, professiona, and governmental organizations are represented on the coun- cil, joined by parents and teenagers who were formally ad- dicted to drugs and/or alcohol. Judge Graphia was elected to serve as chairman. The council formed committees designating particular areas of responsibility to each, and adopted the theory that the substance abuse problem must be attacked from many direc- tions. In the spring of 1981, a Community Wide Support Com mittee was assigned to make the community aware of the pro- blem and convince the community to support the effort. The School Board agreed to partially fund the program; the council agreed to seek the balance of the funds necessary from the community, Judge Graphia appointed District Attorney Ossie Brown chairman of the Community Wide Support Committee. The last week in April of each year was designated I Care Week'. The committee arranged an extensive promotion of ,I Care Week using bumper stickers, billboards, radio, television newspaper advertisements, proclamations from the Governor, the mayors of Baton Rouge, Zachary, and Baker, and speakers before community organizations, Forty thousand brochures were mailed to the parents of publuc school children. On the last day of I Care Week, a telethon produced $175,000 from the community. The School Board appropriated $200,000 for a total of $375,000 for the 1981-82 budget. The School Board accepted a council recommendation to hire ten drug advisors to work in the middle and high schools and six persons as support staff. The council duplicated efforts in 1982, The last week in Aprill 1982 was designated I Care 82 Week. On Sunday, May 2, 1982, the council in a six-hour telethon on the oca Contd. on Page 6 7 tudent Jury .. .... ............. Page3 Judicial Retirement Update ....... . . Page 3 New Judges . ....... Page 5 Science & Technology ... ...... Page 7

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