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Law enforcement officer,mom, dad and friend – a studentresource officer is known as all ofthose things and more.

A student resource officer is apolice officer who spends most ofhis or her time at the schoolsmaking sure students are safeand the school is secure. Sgt.Tokia Whiting, SRO with the Min-den Police Department, says shespends most of her time in therole of a parent, even though shedeals with fights or criminal mat-ters. She works with the kidswhen they get into trouble.

“A lot of the time, you’re beinga parent,” she said, “becausethank God we’re not like a lot ofthe bigger places where they havea lot of fights and major things.We have our fights, but it’s not anall the time, every day thing.”

Security is a major part of herjob as well. She has to check theentrances, exits and the camerasplaced throughout the school tomake sure who is supposed to bethere is there, and who isn’t isnot.

“It’s making sure the kids staysafe and watching who’s comingon campus,” she said.

She says this past year, she’sdealt with mainly skipping, andbullying hasn’t been as bad.

Minden Police Chief SteveCropper says there is a need for afull-time SRO at Webster JuniorHigh School, and Officer TinaDouglas, MPD’s juvenile officer,served the junior high school fulltime for the last few weeks ofschool and will continue to do sothrough summer school.

Part of the reason for the needof an SRO, Cropper believes, is somuch authority has been takenfrom the teachers in the area ofdiscipline.

“In my opinion, they’ve takenso much away from the teachers,”he said. “When I was in school,

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A man accused of cyberstalk-ing has been arrested.

James Alvin Scarborough, 34,of the 300 block of DogwoodDrive in Doyline, was arrested onSaturday, June 6, and charged ona warrant for violations of provi-sions of the cyberstalking law.His bond was set at $1,500.

According to reports, WebsterParish Sheriff’sdeputies John Byrdand Daniel Whitearrested Scarbor-ough at his placeof employment.While the reportdoes not go intodetail about thealleged crime,Webster Parishsheriff’s officials say the incident

occurred between a father andhis daughter’s boyfriend oversome belongings.

Cyberstalking is defined in theLouisiana criminal statutes as aform of stalking.

Passed by the Louisiana Legis-lature in 2010, the law definescyberstalking in LouisianaRevised Statute 14:40.3 as fol-lows: “Cyberstalking is action of

Doyline man arrested,accused of cyberstalking

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Minden Mayor Tommy Davissays they are narrowing downcandidates for the position of theeconomic development director.

Approximately 10 applied forthe job, he says, and they arewithin weeks of making a deci-sion.

“We interviewed several peo-ple by Skype,” he said. “Two peo-ple have come here in person tointerview and now we’re faced

with making the decision. Wehave two goodapplicants thathave interviewedand we’re ready tomove forward withthat.”

The changesrequested by theCity of Minden forthe Main StreetCommission aresitting on the governor’s deskwaiting to be signed into law,State Rep. Gene Reynolds says.

“It’s gone through the process

and we have not had a single ‘no’vote through the whole thing,”Reynolds said.

The two positions were onceone and were split into two sepa-rate job descriptions earlier thisyear following the firing of PattieOdom in Decem-ber. Davis is wait-ing for the changesin the commissionrequirements to gothrough beforeanother commis-sion is seated.Once that hap-pens, a downtownd e v e l o p m e n tdirector will be sought, he says.

CHECKING IN | Economic and downtown positions

Main Street Commission changesawaiting governor’s signature

DAVIS

City close to namingeconomic director

REYNOLDS

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Sgt. Tokia Whiting, SRO with theMinden Police Department saysshe spends most of her time in therole of a parent, even though shedeals with fights or criminal mat-ters. File Photo

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“The Main Street direc-tor position is a completelydifferent job descriptionthan the economic devel-opment director,” he said.

“This is part of the reor-ganization in that we havedivided those two jobs.”

The economic develop-ment director strictlyworks with local industryand businesses and toattract new business andindustry. The downtowndevelopment director

works strictly with theMinden Main Street pro-gram.

Davis says $150,000 and$174,000 has been set asidefor the economic develop-ment director, depending

on qualifications. The newdirector will receive a carallowance of $6,000 annu-ally, and the city will pay 75percent of the new direc-tor’s health insurance and19.75 percent of retirement

benefits. Starting salarywill be around $54,000.

The position was creat-ed at the urging of a con-sultant with the LouisianaDevelopment Ready Com-munities, which recom-

mended they hire an eco-nomic development direc-tor.

For the downtowndevelopment director, thatsalary will begin around$28,500.

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MELINDA DESLATTEAssociated Press

BATON ROUGE — In achaotic flurry of last-minute votes, Louisianalawmakers completedtheir work Thursday with adeal on next year's $24 bil-lion budget that will keeppublic colleges and healthservices from deep cuts —and that meets Gov. BobbyJindal's criteria to escape aveto.

The deal was struck andapproved in the 60-day leg-islative session's finalhours, with the House andSenate agreeing to Jindal'sdemand that they create atax credit on paper to pro-tect the Republican gover-nor's anti-tax record as hereadies his likely presiden-tial campaign.

Support of the tax-cred-it maneuver, in a 30-9 Sen-ate vote and a 59-43 Housevote, ended one of themain sticking points innegotiations and paved theway for passage of thebudget for the fiscal yearthat begins July 1 and thetax plans that will financeit.

Shortly after the sessionended, Jindal declared vic-tory for his last legislativesession as governor,though lawmakers tooktheir own approach onhow to balance the budget,mocked the financingmaneuvers required by thegovernor and rejected twoof the main planks of hislegislative agenda.

"From our perspective,it was a good session," thegovernor said.

After starting the ses-

sion in April with a $1.6 bil-lion budget gap and thethreat of more than 80 per-cent state-financing cutsacross college campuses,the final budget cobbledtogether avoided the direscenarios.

"This is probably one ofthe toughest legislativesessions that anybody inthis building has faced inmany, many years — indecades," House SpeakerChuck Kleckley, R-LakeCharles, told lawmakers.He added: "We have doneincredible work."

The problem was largelyof their own making. Jindaland lawmakers balancedthis year's budget with $1.2billion in patchworkfinancing from propertysales, legal settlements andother one-time sources ofcash. The dollars weren'texpected to reappear nextyear, creating most of theshortfall they struggled tofill.

Lawmakers agreed toraise taxes, shrink taxbreaks and scale back busi-ness subsidies to drum upabout $700 million for thebudget. They added mil-lions more with fee hikeson a wide array of services.

On the final day, theHouse and Senate resolveddisputes on the tobaccotax, agreeing to a 50-centtax hike that will boost theper-pack tax rate to 86cents and to charge a newtax on electronic cigarettesand vapor products. TheHouse also agreed to a Sen-ate-approved $50 feeincrease on car buyers toraise $60 million annually.

Jindal said the budgetdeal struck met his param-

eters: "This is a solid budg-et."

Expected to announcehis presidential campaignin two weeks, Jindal threat-ened to veto $370 millionin tax increases, unlesslawmakers agreed to offsetthem with what he consid-ers a tax cut. He has closelyguarded his record on ano-tax pledge he signedwith an organization led bynational anti-tax activistGrover Norquist.

The close alliance withNorquist became a joke —and a point of anger — forlawmakers throughout thelegislative session. By thefinal days, at least one law-maker carried a stuffedanimal of Grover, the Mup-pet, around on the House

floor.To satisfy Jindal's terms,

lawmakers agreed to createa tax credit — called SAVE— that doesn't raise newmoney or cut anyone'staxes, but can be used forJindal to claim an offsetagainst other tax hikesused to balance the budg-et.

Senators went alongwith the plan easily, butHouse members balkeduntil Thursday, passing itless than two hours beforethe legislative session hadto end.

Rep. Chris Broadwater,R-Hammond, urged hiscolleagues to vote for thetax-credit maneuver, say-ing it would spare highereducation from steep

reductions. But evenBroadwater said he wasembarrassed about thelegislation.

"I will swallow my pride.I will choose to be embar-rassed knowing that Istood and fought for high-er education to the veryend," he said.

Critics called the SAVEtax credit a deception tothe public, designed solelyto benefit the governor'sWhite House ambitions.

"This scheme doesn'traise a single red penny towhat's available to highereducation, not one. It is apure fiction. It is contrived.It is a gimmick," said Rep.John Bel Edwards, leader ofthe House Democrats.

Jindal discarded the

criticism that was leviedeven by lawmakers whovoted for SAVE.

"I don't take anythingthey say on the floor per-sonally," the governor said."You've got to have thickskin in this building."

Getting his wish on thebudget deal was a rare vic-tory for Jindal this session.Lawmakers rejected twocenterpieces of Jindal'sagenda: a push to give spe-cial protections in state lawto people who opposesame-sex marriage and hiseffort to strip the CommonCore education standardsfrom Louisiana's publicschool classrooms.

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Dist. 10 Rep. Gene Reynolds, left, and Dist. 36 Sen. Robert Adley discuss the state budget . Courtesy Photo

teachers could do justabout anything they need-ed to as far as punish-ment. They can’t do thatanymore and the kids areout of control. Tina canwalk into a classroom andthey all quiet down.”

Both Cropper and Whit-ing say most of the fightsare over a boy or a girl.

“A lot of times they can’ttell you why they’re fight-ing,” she said.

As far as the highschool, Cropper reiteratedWhiting’s sentiment thatthis past school year wasprobablyone of theeasiestshe’s had.

Hespokehighly ofboth offi-cers, say-ing it takesa specialperson to handle the posi-tion of SRO.

Springhill Police ChiefWill Lynd says having a

student resource officer isvery important because ofthe violence that’s takenplace in schools across thecountry.

“Their (students) safetyis his first and foremostconcern,” Lynd said of hisSRO Sgt. Johnny Coleman.“He knows those kids; hehas close interaction withthose children and a lot oftimes a kid won’t open upand talk to just anybody.Say a kid is being abusedverbally, physically or sex-ually at home. They aremore apt to open up tohim because they see him

every day.”Coleman covers North

Webster High School,Browning Elementary,Brown Upper Elementary,North Webster Junior Highand Cotton Valley whenneeded.

When an officer spendsthat much time at aschool, they get to knowthese children and some-times are able to help achild before they get intotrouble. Many times, kidswill come see Whitingbefore they get into trou-ble.

“I get a whole lot of

that,” she said. “If they arehaving problems or ifthey’re what we call ‘beef-ing’ with somebody andthey want to stay out oftrouble, they’ll come intomy office and say, ‘I’m try-ing to stay out of trouble.’Just try to solve the situa-tion, or calm it down oreliminate it, however itcan be fixed.”

Whiting says it takes aspecial mindset to do thisjob. Much of her job does-n’t so much have to dowith the criminal side –although they do – it’smore about interacting

with the kids.“I consider them all my

babies,” she said. “I lovethe job I do. They see thatthe police are not alwayswhat they hear on thestreets. You have to love itand have the mindset todo it. Every case is differ-ent. I look at each thing Ideal with differently. I treatthem all like they’re mybabies, because I wantthem to do the same formine. I love what I do, Ireally do.”

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any person to accomplishany of the following: (1)Use in electronic mail orelectronic communicationof any words or languagethreatening to inflict bodi-ly harm to any person orto such person’s child, sib-ling, spouse, or depend-ent, or physical injury tothe property of any per-son, or for the purpose ofextorting money or otherthings of value from anyperson. (2) Electronicallymail or electronically

communicate to anotherrepeatedly, whether or notconversation ensues, forthe purpose of threaten-ing, terrifying, or harassingany person.”

The law lists a couple ofother instances where theaction would be consid-ered cyberstalking, but thestatute also lists the pun-ishments for the crime. Itis as follows:

“(1) Whoever commitsthe crime of cyberstalkingshall be fined not morethan two thousand dollars,or imprisoned for notmore than one year orboth. (2) Upon a secondconviction occurring with-

in seven years of the priorconviction for cyberstalk-ing, the offender shall beimprisoned for not lessthan one hundred andeighty days and not morethan three years, and maybe fined not more thanfive thousand dollars orboth.”

A third or subsequentconviction occurring with-in seven years of the priorconviction calls for theoffender to be imprisonedfor not less than two yearsand not more than fiveyears and may be finednot more than $5,000 orboth.

“In addition, the courtshall order that the per-

sonal property used in thecommission of the offenseshall be seized andimpounded, and after

conviction, sold at publicsale or public auction bythe district attorney inaccordance with R.S.

15:539.1,” the law reads.These are the possible

sentences Scarboroughfaces if convicted.

cLarificationIn Tuesday’s edition of the Minden Press-Herald, it was reported that the $300 per monthproposed raise to Minden police officers was part of the two percent longevity raise allcity employees receive. To clarify, the only ones required to get the two percent raise areMinden firefighters who have up to 20 years with the City of Minden. Mayor TommyDavis says in the past, every city employee has received a two percent longevity raise.Davis says the city has the same amount of money in reserves as when the late mayorBill Robertson passed away. What they don’t have is the interest they used to make.

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The resolution to stopthe open tray burn prom-ised by state Rep. GeneReynolds has gonethrough the legislaturewith flying colors.

It has now been sent to

the Louisiana Secretary ofState, he says. However, it’sonly good for one year.

“This will get usthrough until next year,and there will have to be abill,” he said. “I did it justto get us through this nextyear.”

He says this way theywill have plenty of time to

work on a bill to stop theopen tray burn method ofmunitions disposal atCamp Minden and acrossthe state of Louisiana.

The resolution cameabout after a public meet-ing in November when allthe agencies working todispose of the millions ofpounds of M6 propellant

told the public it was asafe method. The publicdid not agree and thecommunity pushed theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency to sponsor a dia-logue committee tasked tocome up with an alternatemethod of disposal.

After a month of dis-cussion, the committee

suggested six differentmethods other than theopen tray burn. ExplosiveService International wasthe bid chosen out of 10and the selected method isthe contained burn.

Following the dialoguecommittee’s recommenda-tions, a citizens advisorygroup was formed to over-

see and allow communityinput into the process ofthe disposal as it takesplace. They meet once permonth with EPA officialsto keep the publicinformed as to the ongo-ing decisions and process-es.

Lillian S. NesomGraveside services for Lillian

S. Nesom will be at 2 p.m., Friday,June 12, 2015 at Gardens ofMemory in Minden under thedirection of Rose-Neath FuneralHome in Minden. Officiating willbe the Rev. Steven Smithson.

Lillian was born August 10,1922, in Texas and entered intorest June 10, 2015 in Minden.

She was preceded in death byher husband George E. Nesomand daughter Janet LaFern Han-son.

She is survived by her grand-daughter Jan Holloway and hus-

band Douglas of Minden, great-granddaughter Ashley HollowayJames and husband Kenneth ofMinden, and son-in-law HueyLee Hanson of Minden.

Dana Yvonne(Ford) VeulemanDana Yvonne Veuleman, 63,

passed away June 10, 2015.Funeral services celebrating herlife will be at 10 a.m., Saturday,June 13, 2015 at Rose-Neath Min-den Chapel. Interment to followat 2 p.m. in Cedar Grove Ceme-tery in Many. Visitation with thefamily will be Friday, June 12,

2015 from 5 until 8 p.m. at Rose-Neath.

Dana was born Dec. 17, 1951in Minden. She worked for Peo-ples State Bank, later as a cosme-tologist, andN o r t h w e s t e r nLouisiana StatePolice. Danaenjoyed being ahomemaker, gar-dening, and lovedspending timewith her familyand grandchil-dren.

She is preceded in death byher husband, Luther CharlesVeuleman Sr.; parents, Carl and

Jackie Ford; and son-in-lawDaniel Hebert.

Left to cherish her memoryare her sons, Luther CharlesVeuleman and wife Aubrianne ofShreveport, Danny Veuleman ofDallas, William Veuleman andwife Christy of Little Rock,Arkansas, Robert Veuleman andwife Jackie of Georgia; daughters,D’Licia Ford Hebert of Shreve-port, Pamela Trammell and hus-band Jay of Texarkana, Texas;twin brother, Danny Ford andwife Carolyn of Bossier City;grandchildren, Landon Mitchell,Madeline Mitchell, Luke Hebert,Emily Hebert, Avery Powell, andCayden Veuleman; 15 step-

grandchildren; nieces, LaurenFord Wilson and husband JoshuaTodd, Lindsey Ford; nephews,Dustin Ford and wife Beth,Nathan Ford and wife Jackie, anda host of aunts, uncles, nieces,nephews and cousins.

Honoring Dana as pallbearerswill be Charlie Veuleman, BillyVeuleman, Danny Ford, TommyHathorn, Kenneth Gay, and EllisMichael.

The family suggests flowersand thank you cards be made toSummerfield Estates in Shreve-port in her memory to show loveand appreciation to a communi-ty she cared deeply about.

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Holley Morris, 39, 300block of Fox Creek Road inHaughton. Charged withdriving while intoxicated.

Daniel Merritt, 19, 100block of Milton Drive inMinden. Charged withpossession of drug para-

phernalia, theft, forgery,and illegal possession ofstolen things.

Antonio Nolan, 19, 600block of Columbia in Min-den. Charged with simpleburglary, simple criminaldamage to property, andresisting an officer.

Mikelle Manes, 42,21000 block of Highway

371 in Minden. Chargedwith driving under suspen-sion and expired MVI.

Christopher Jefferson,28, 200 block of N. MiddleLanding in Minden.Charged with disturbingthe peace.

Franeshia Washington,21, 600 block of CherryStreet in Minden. Charged

with disturbing the peaceby loud music.

LaTonya Washington,40, no address. Chargedwith interference.

Shrivski Washington, 26,600 block of Cherry Streetin Minden. Charged withdisturbing the peace.

David Harmanson, 25,700 block of Sibley Road in

Minden. Charged withaggravated battery andaggravated assault with afirearm.

Jobbie Peters, 51, 200block of Virginia in Min-den. Charged with domes-tic abuse battery.

Decarlos McClendon,25, 600 block of HarrisStreet in Minden. Chargedwith stop sign violation

and flight from an officer.Chris Brisker, 20, 100

block of Squire in Minden.Charged with expired reg-istration.

Artie Brown III, 44, 400block of Weston Street inMinden. Charged withtheft (felony, 3rd offense),possession of cocaines,and possession of drugparaphernalia.

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Celebrate your wedding, engagement,or anniversary with Webster Parish!

Send an email to [email protected] to find out how!

Share your eventswith the community.Send your events [email protected], fax them to377-1866, over the

phone by calling 377-1866 or in person atour offices located at203 Gleason St. in

Minden.

June 13, 2015King Solomon BaptistChurch will have LoveDay at 5 p.m. featuringguest speaker PastorWosheka Burriel ofExtreme Faith WorshipCenter.

Miracle Productions willpresent An Evening ofGospel at 7 p.m. at theNorthwest 14th DistrictBuilding located at 311Bailey St.. Featuredguest will be DynamicHoly Spiritualaires.

Growing Valley Mission-ary Baptist Church locat-ed at 1686 Fuller Roadin Minden will present“Becoming a more lovingperson” from 10 a.m.until noon.

June 14, 2015Mt. Olive Baptist Churchwill host the New Des-tiny Singers, ApostleSamuel Smith at 2:30p.m.

Mt. Pilgrim BaptistChurch will have its107th anniversary at 3

p.m. featuring the Rev.Lester C. Sims as guestspeaker.

Carter Chapel C.M.E.Church will be holdingtheir Annual Homecom-ing Service Sunday,June 14, 2015 at 3 P.Mat 3354 Franklin Road inHeflin, Louisiana. Theywill also be holdingRevival Services June15 and 16 at 7 p.m. Thespeaker for all serviceswill be Pastor RodneyWill iams from KingSolomon Baptist Churchin Sibley.

Zion Hill Baptist Churchwill celebrate its 88thanniversary at 2:30 p.m.with special guest theRev. Ray Jiles.

June 15, 2015Bright Star MissionaryBaptist Church will kickoff its 2015 VacationBible School at 6:30p.m. and run until June17.

Antioch Baptist Churchon Hwy. 79 will have itsrevival service at 7 p.m.nightly until June 17.

June 18, 2015The Minden Chapter ofthe Diabetic SupportGroup will meet at 6p.m. in the Minden Med-ical Center caferteria.The speaker will be Dr.Bain Planchard fromPlanchard Eye andLaser Center in BossierCity. For more informa-tion, call 377-0060 or377-2589.

AroundTown

Minden Masonic Lodge #51 hosted its annual “Honesty & Integrity” awards ceremony April 28, 2015,honoring six recipients from local high schools with this award. The evening was started with a won-derful meal and fellowship, followed by a beautiful presentation ceremony held in the lodge conduct-ed by Louisiana F & AM, District 2, DDGM; Wayne King with the assistance of Minden Lodge mem-bers. Pictured above from left, Dist. 2 DDGM; Wayne King, MHS students; Joshua Tubbs & Jordan

Lary, DHS student: Cameron Smith, LHS students; Abigail Reynolds & Lane Hammons, MindenMasonic Lodge WM; Gary Carter not pictured, DHS student Abigail Smith

MINDEN MASONIC LODGE #51 PRESENTS

HONESTY & INTEGRITY AWARDS

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Glenbrook

Hunter’s

Super RaffleCongratulations to last week’s big winnersin the Glenbrook Hunter’s Weekly SuperRaffle. Left, Randy Clemons poses withthe pallet of Deer Corn won by JamesGuillory of Shreveport in the Wednesday,June 3 drawing with winning numbers 909.Right, Will Michael poses with the BrowningA-bolt Bolt action rifle won by Hank Rowton inthe Saturday, June 6 drawing. His winningnumbers were 398. The Glenbrook SuperRaffle is sponsored by Rockin’ Rooster inMinden and Michael’s Men’s Store andSporting Goods in Homer. Submitted photo

If you are interested in participating in the Hunter’sSuper Raffle, please contact Ashley Rowton [email protected]

Minden Rec. actionL I T T L E L E A G U Esports

briefs

nba

LeBron exposedduring pregame

nba finals

Warriors get back ontrack to even series

CLEVELAND (AP) —LeBron James may need tocall Janet Jackson to getsome advice on how tohandle wardrobe malfunc-tions.

Moments before Game4 of the NBA Finals beganon Thursday night, Jamesinadvertently exposedhimself to millions watch-ing on live television. AsJames was getting ready totake the court, an ABCcamera moved in for aclose-up.

Turns out it got a littletoo close.

James was adjusting hisshorts as he started to tuckin his jersey. He brieflypulled down the blackcompression shorts hewore under his gold gameshorts as well, exposinghimself to an audience thathas averaged about 18.5million viewers in the firstthree games of the series.

It conjured memories ofJackson's performance athalftime of the Super Bowlin 2004 when JustinTimberlake tugged atJackson's top and brieflyexposed one of the singer'sbreasts.

CLEVELAND (AP) —Stephen Curry shook offIman Shumpert with a drib-ble, stepped back behindthe line and splashed a 3-pointer that seemed to sub-merge a mute button onrocking and rollingQuicken Loans Arena.

Curry clenched bothfists, slapped his chest andyelled, "C'mon!"

At last, this was theMVP and these were theGolden State Warriors —so deep, so deadly.

Curry and AndreIguodala scored 22 pointsapiece and the Warriors,showing why they were theleague's best team all sea-son, squared the NBAFinals at 2-2 on Thursdaynight with a 103-82 victoryover the ClevelandCavaliers.

Game 5 is Sunday nightat Oakland's rambunctiousOracle Arena, where theteams split two overtimegames last week. This was-n't desperation for theWarriors, but it was closeas none of the 32 teamswhich have fallen behind 3-1 in the finals has won atitle.

"Tonight we came inwith the mentality that wehad to win this game," saidCurry.

So they did. These guysare California cool.

"We played desperateout there, man," KlayThompson said. "Weplayed real hungry. It wasjust awesome to come outhere and impose our will onboth sides of the ball andplay our brand of basket-ball. That's what's beenwinning us games all year."

LeBron James scored20 points — 21 under hisaverage in the series —with 12 rebounds and eightassists, but Cleveland'smegastar, who neededstitches to close a cut on hishead sustained whenbanged it into a camera inthe first half, didn't score inthe fourth quarter andcouldn't do enough for theundermanned Cavaliers.

BLAKE [email protected]

Coach PitchSouthern Stone 9

Roma 8Remington Arender

led the way for SouthernStone with a home runand single, followed byRyan Reagan with twotriples. Cameryn Davistripled and doubled,Hudson Glasscock tripledand Cash Frizzell andDerrick Bryant addedbase hits.

Peyton Houston hit ahome run and added apair of singles to leadRoma. Preston Blakelyadded a double and sin-gle, while Zavious Lewisand Bryson McKinneyhad two hits each. GarrettAdams added a base hit.

AAA Regulators 7

Alpha Energy 6Chase Hammonds had

two triples to lead theRegulators, followed byRic Harris with a double,Elliot Sheherd with twosingles and Nolan Garmswith a base hit. RicHarris had 11 strikeoutson the mound.

Chelby Hinton tripledand had two singles tolead Alpha Energy, fol-lowed by Jaylin Williamswith a pair of doubles.Jaylin Williams alsostruck out nine batters onthe mound for Alpha.

Lions Club 15Alpha Railroad 6

Dayton Sims blasted ahome run for Lions Club.Ethan Latour also crusheda home run, while BrycePowell and Caleb Condithad triples and singles.Brandon Winston doubledand singled twice andJake Wilkins singled.

Trey Yetman, WillDavis and Mason Lewishad hits for AlphaRailroad and Price Millerstruck out six batters.

Dixie Youth U.S. Silica 11

MPC Bulldogs 11Cole Frazier tripled for

Silica, followed byCorbin Kendrick whostroked a double andadded two singles.Matthew Seales doubledand Keegan Frizzelladded a base hit.

Ty Green had two dou-bles and a single for theBulldogs, followed byJackson Mayfield with adouble and single, CarsonParker with a double andJ’Roceyun Scott and

Connor Heard with basehits.

Dixie BoysTown & Country 15

Minden Elite 3Tyler Gillespie doubled

twice and singled for Town& Country, followed byCameron Barton who dou-bled, Gage Edwards withtwo singles and Nate Willisadded a base hit. NateWillis struck out seven onthe mound.

Treyton Butler tripledand Antravius Allen dou-bled. Evan Boswell andJerestin Baugh added basehits.

Glenbrook 14Lakeside 3

Cade Clemons andTrevor McLean doubledfor Glenbrook, followed byHaynes Mandino and BeauBranch with three hitseach. Nick Mourad andAustin King added basehits.

Hunter Womack tripled,Trevor Randle andKrystopher Stewart dou-bled and Drake Austinadded a base hit forLakeside.

Dixie AngelsTimberland 7

Cooksey’s Tax 0Lauren Still tripled

and singled forTimberland, followed byElyse Jackson who dou-bled and D’yana Hamilwith a base hit.

Katelin Westin had theonly hit for Cooksey’s.

BellesOWC 6

Glenbrook 3Halie Cross, Karlee

Osbon, Jordan Sheppardand Abagael Cross hadbig hits for OWC on thenight. Olivia Osbornestruck out nine batters forOWC.

Alyssa Martin andHannah Mosley had hitsfor Glenbrook.

Glenbrook 13 Haughton Heat 1

Aubrie Dickson dou-bled and singled, whileKara Bryce tripled andsingled to leadGlenbrook.

Ward and Crumplerhad the only hits forHaughton.

Wednesday ScoresAAA

Apaches 16Kirk’s Towing 1

Maddox Mandinotripled twice and singled,while Cason Clemons,Jakobe Jackson andLandry Powell addedtriples as well. C.J.

Watts, Garrett Brown andGrayson Williams hadbase hits. MaddoxMandino and GarrettBrown combined to no-hit Kirk’s Towing.

Cooper Parker struckout three batters forKirk’s Towing on themound.

Skeeter’s 9Regulators 6

Jase Pate delivered atriple for Skeeter’s onlyhit. Elijah Redding struckout eight batters forSkeeter’s.

Elliot Sheppard hit twohome runs for the regula-tors and Chase Hammondsadded a base hit. Sheppardalso struck out six batterson the mound.

Minden Athletic 12Hol-Mont 8

Cooper Chase tripledfor Minden Athletic, fol-lowed by Jacob Powellwith a double and CollinMurphy with a single.Chase Tolbert struck outseven batters and KendallFlournoy sat down fivebatters for Minden Athleticon the mound.

Dexter Smith tripledtwice and doubled to leadHol-Mont, followed byNoah Spears with a basehit. Dexter Smith struckout five batters for Hol-Mont.

Dixie Youth Minden Athletic 16

U.S. Silica 6Hayden Engel crushed a

pair of home runs andadded a single for MindenAthletic. De’MareyaHoward blasted a homerun as well and also hit atriple for Minden Athletic,while Drake Freemantripled and doubled andBlain Sparks and TristenMurry added triples oftheir own. Jacob Corke,Cameron Combs, KyleSpears and Blake Bradleyadded base hits for MindenAthletic. Blaine Sparksstruck out nine batters onthe mound.

Corbin Kendrick doubled,Reggie Lofton had two hitsand Keegan Frizzell added abase hit to lead U.S. Silica.Connor Humphreys struckout four batters on the mound.

Little Leagueseason winding

down

Press-Herald Photos/Blake Branch

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Minden Press-Herald and Minden Farm & Garden

TEAM Of THE WEEK

Congratulations to the Alpha Energy. They are this week’s MPH/Minden Farm &Garden Team of the Week. Alpha Energy has had a great season in the AAA division.

They are coached by Keith Jellum, Stacy Woodall and Brandon Martin.

The Minden Press-Herald’s Team of the Week feature is brought to you every

other Friday by Minden Farm & Garden.

South Webster baseball clinic

H I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L

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Over the past year,Devin White has emergedas a big time prospect cov-eted by top programsacross the country, and lastweekend White put hisskills on display inBaltimore at the RivalsFive Star Challenge.

The Five Star Challengeis an event held at theBaltimore Ravens’ M&TBank Stadium, invitingsome of the nation’s top tal-ent to come and compete

against one another in avariety of ways.

“When we first got thereit was just a lot of inter-views and talking to thereporters,” Whitesaid. “The nextmorning every-thing jumped offaround 8:30 a.m.with drills and thenone-on-ones.”

White per-formed well at boththe running backand linebackerspot, once againflashing the sizeand athleticism thathas scouts drooling.

White also had a chanceto visit Under ArmourHeadquarters.

“They showed us a lot ofnew stuff,” White said. “Itwas crazy.”

One thing White wasn’tprepared for was the weath-er.

“I didn’t know it wasn’tgoing to be hot up there soI had my hoodie on,” hesaid. “The city ofBaltimore is different.”

Having beenbusy on the campcircuit, White saidthere were somefamiliar faces inattendance.

“ R a s h a r dLawrence fromNeville was theretoo,” White said.“Really there werea lot of people thereI knew, and therewere a lot of people

there who knew me, I guessbecause at every camp I’vestood out.”

As one would expectwhen a large group of topprospects get together,there’s plenty of politicsgoing on behind hotel roomdoors and in between drillsto try and lure uncommitted

players to certain schools. White is no exception.“Yeah a couple guys try

to get in my ear,” Whitesaid. “Saivion Smith fromFlorida (committed toLSU) was talking to me.He was like ‘Come on bro,come on and join theTigers.’ A couple Auburncommits too, just a lot ofguys telling me to checkout this place or thatplace.”

With a large number of2016 making early verbalcommitments, don’t expectWhite to announce any-time soon, as he is deter-mined to take his timebefore making a decisionon his future.

White will continue hisbusy summer with a trip tothe pacific northwest inJuly for The Opening, anevent similar to the FiveStar Challenge put on byNike in Beaverton, Oregon.

Award winners at the South Webster Baseball Clinic were: (Top photo, 8-10 yearold) From left, Peyton Gray (most improved), Garrett Brown (offense), ElijahRedding (defense), Landry Powell (MVP), Landon Watson (hustle). In the 11-12year old division (bottom photo) the winners were: From left, Jackson Powell(MVP), Jackson Mayfield (offense), Ethan Vise (special hustle), Brian Foster(most improved), Hayden Engel (defense), Jacob Corke (hustle). CourtesyPhoto/Carla Gray

WHITE

North Webster ’s White enjoys Five Star Challenge

MISC.DENIED SOCIAL SE-CURITY DISABIL-ITY and/ or SSI?Please CALL 318-272-3312 ALWAYS leave a message.NO money up front!

RENTAL2BR 1BA HOUSE 631 Lewisville Rd. Kitchen appliances furnished. $600/ dep $600/ mo. 377-5874. If no answer, leave message. 3 BR NEAR HOMER $400/mo 318-584-4373 MOBILE HOME 3br 2ba $500/mo $400/dep no pets. Call 318-584-5600 TWO COUNTRY MO-BILE HOMES 2 bed / 1 bath, 8 miles out. $300 dep. $500 & $550/mo 318-517-1323

BOATSFOR SALE 2008 Nitro Z-6 115 HP Merc. $12,500 Firm. 318-265-0266

AUCTIONSNOTICE IS GIVEN TO THE FOLLOW-ING TENANTS, and to the public, of the intention of Triple S Hold-ings, LLC, owner of Hilltop Storage, located at 1109 Homer Rd (behind Rent-A-Center) and 303 Pine St to con-duct a public sale of the contents of the following units at 6:00 PM Tues-day, the 16TH of June, 2015. Sale will begin at Homer Rd and then move to the Pine Street location. Cash only. The following units contain mis-cellaneous items, appliances, tools, clothes, furniture and household goods, which will be sold to satisfy a debt: Antava Al-stark #P-87 Ricky Corbit # H-146 Holly Rhodes #H-204 Marcus Markray #P-94 Yashankiea Rich-ardson #P-85

PUBLIC SALE/AUC-TION 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, 2015 Stay Safe Storage 11500 In-dustrial Drive Min-den, LA 71055318-377-2336 We reserve the right to withdraw any units from this auction, and reject any and all bids. Cash only. Items must be re-moved from facility no later than 6:00 p.m. on 6/17/15. The following units contain miscella-neous items, ap-pliances, tools, clothes, furniture, and household goods, which will be sold to satisfy a debt: RICKEYTHIA WEST #311 VE-NESSA BEA-VERS #114 RICKY CARTER #216 DE-ANDRE MCCUIN #112 NIKEA BRAD-LEY #113VENESSA BEA-VERS #114 CHER-RY OWENS #308 & 318 REGGIE BANKS #185 KAR-EN COOPER #321 PATRICIA STE-VENS #126BREONA THOM-AS #215 KEN-NETH CROW #219 BRANDY WOOD #301

SERVICESHUSBAND FOR HIRE Home main-tenance jobs. Call Charles Stubbs 426-5425 or 377-8658 LAWN MOWING SERVICE 318-268-2021

EMPLOYMENTADMIN ASSISTANT Appointment coor-dination, event and meeting planning, make travel ar-rangements, record keeping, bookkeep-ing, scheduling. Send your resume and salary expecta-tions to:m a r 2 2 8 3 0 9 @gmail.com BANK TELLER Fast growing, locally owned bank seek-ing friendly and de-pendable Teller(s). Must possess out-standing customer service skills. Ex-perience preferred, but will train right person. Excellent benefits package. Please fax resume with references to MBL Bank at 318-377-0038. MBL Bank is an Equal Opportunity Em-ployer. CARING & COM-PASSIONATE CNA’S WANTEDApply in person.Cypress Point Nursing CenterBossier City, LA(behind Lowe’s on Douglas Dr.)318-747-2700Come & make a difference in some-one’s life CW&W CONTRAC-TORS Sibley, la Now hiring for the following Positions: Heavy equipment diesel mechanic Heavy equipment operators Grapple truck drivers/ oper-ators Low-boy and dump truck drivers Very competitive pay and benefits Package available. Send resume to [email protected] call 318-377-4823

NEEDED! F/T CNA’s day & evening. Contact Cathy Red-ding. Leslie Lakes Retirement 318-263-9581 NOW HIRING quali-fied servers, host-esses and food run-ners/ bussers.Email contact in-formation and pre-vious work experi-ence to [email protected]. STAT HOME HEALTH in Sibley is looking for a full-time office RN case manger, Full-time office LPN case manager asst., and Full-time field RN with home health or med-surg expe-rience. M-F, 8a-5p. please email re-sume to avarnell@stathomeheal th .net, fax to 318-371-3675 or come by 252 N Main St., Sibley to fill out an application.

FOR SALE

GE DIGITAL CAM-ERA Great Condi-tion!! $50 Call 318-658-2923

GARAGE SALES

227 SOUTH TAN-GLEWOOD Friday 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat-urday 7 a.m. - 2 p.m. Gator Pirogue with trolling motor, roof turbine, large dog crate, ceiling fan, chain saw, gas blower, fishing reels & lures, stainless steel Yamaha prop, Tumble unit for twin bed, baby high chair, baby swing, baseball bats & helmets, kitchen items, decor, and clothing. 254 SOUTH MAIN STREET, HEFLIN Toys, jewelry, purs-es, tons of home dÈ-cor, furniture, school uni-forms, chil-dren, women and big & tall clothes and shoes! Much much more!!! 614 BUCHANAN ST. MINDEN living room suit, wash-ing machine, grills, sheets, curtains, NFL memorabilia, lots of men, wom-en, & boys clothes & shoes, toys, mov-ies, books, video games, T.v., dishes, appliances, decora-tions, space heat-ers, & more! 709 DREW SATUR-DAY 6-11AM Craft Sale: jewelry, 31 bags for order, bath scrubs, wreaths, handmade baby accessories and more.

PETS7YR OLD BLACK LAB MIX Free to good home. Needs to be inside/outside dog with fenced in yard. Spayed. 377-2195

GERMAN SHEPA-RD PUPPIES AKC, import bloodline, Black & Sable, service quality dogs, $800, text at 409-384-0641 or call 409-698-9351

HOMES FOR SALE

3BR, 2BA BRICK HOUSE on 7.34 acres. 2517 Jack Martin Road. $185,000. By ap-pointment only. Call 318-453-8685 994 GERMANTOWN RD. For Sale By Owner 3 bed, 2 bath, 2026 sq. ft. home with large workshop on 1 acre. $252,000. 382-8232 FOR SALE BY OWN-ER 2 large bed-rooms and 1 bath older wood frame home on beausiful 1.3 acre lot. 447 W. S. Beck Rd. 318-382-9176 $37,000 PRICED BELOW CURRENT AP-PRAISAL $145,500, Nice 3bed / 2bath, in Minden, 1900 +/- sqft with a large fireplace, Central H/A, and attached garage. Open floor plan. Kitchen comes with refrig, cook top, wall oven, dishwasher, and disposal. Large patio with 2 ceil-ing fans. 1200 sqft shop with a double garage door. Also, there is an addi-tional concrete slab for RV or boat park-ing. Nice yard with a beautiful Pink Dogwood in front of house. Please call Jane 318-465-5263

PUBLIC NOTICEThe Sibley Fire Protection District #2 will meet Thursday, July 16th, at 6pm at the Sibley Town Hall, 345 N. Main St., Sibley, LA, 71073 to levy the 2015 millage rate.

June 12, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ PUBLIC HEARING

Cotton Valley, L o u i s i a n a

The Town of Cotton Valley will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. on June 22, 2015, at the town hall. The purpose of the meeting is to obtain views on the housing and community d e v e l o p m e n t needs of the Town and to discuss the submission of an application for funding under the State of LouisianaÕ s FY 2016/2017 C o m m u n i t y D e v e l o p m e n t Block Grant (LCDBG) Program.

I n f o r m a t i o n regarding the amount of funds available for proposed c o m m u n i t y d e v e l o p m e n t and housing activities; the range of activities available that may be undertaken, including the estimated amount of funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit persons of low and moderate incomes; the plans of the Town for minimizing displaced persons as a result of activities assisted with such funds and the benefits to be provided by the Town to persons actually displaced as a result of such activities; and

the TownÕ s past performance on LCDBG projects funded by the State of Louisiana will be presented.

All residents, particularly low and moderate income persons and residents of slum and blighted areas of Cotton Valley are encouraged to attend this meeting. Accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking individuals provided that a three day notice is received by the Town. Those citizens unable to attend this hearing may submit their views and proposals until June 19, 2015 in writing to the Mayor at the following address: Town of Cotton Valley, P O Box 415, Cotton Valley, LA 71018.

June 12, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ I, Lester Scott, #87988, have applied for clemency for my conviction of second degree murder. If you have any comments, contact the Board of Pardon (225) 342-5421.

June 10-12, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________ A d v e r t i s e m e n t for Bids

Notice is hereby given that the Webster Parish C o m m u n i t y Services Head Start Program will accept bid proposals until 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 30, 2015, at its office on 208 Gleason Street - P.O. Box 876, Minden, LA 71058-0876 for the following items:

Processed foods, Meat and Meat Products, Bread & Bread Products, and Milk & Dairy Products.

Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the above address during the hours of 8 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. The Webster Parish Office of Community Services Head Start Program reserves the right to reject any and all bids, waive informalities and accept the bid which best serves the public interest. Webster Parish Police Jury Office of Communities Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Program.Auxiliary Aids and Services are Available Upon Request to Individuals with Disabilities.

June 12 & 19 & 26, 2015Minden Press-Herald_______________

SHERIFFÕ S SALE

TIB THE INDEPENDENT

BANKERS BANK

VS.

THE OPENED S U C C E S S I O N OF THOMAS R. JANSSEN A/K/A THOMAS R I C H A R D JANSEEN AND GAIL G. JANSSEN A/K/A GAIL GREEN BOYD JANSSEN, GAIL BOYD, GAIL GREEN, GAIL

JANSSEN

In the T w e n t y - S i x t h Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. CV74211

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered suit and to me directed, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction to the last and highest bidder for cash WITH the benefit of appraisement and according to law at the principal front door of the Courthouse in the City of Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, on

WEDNESDAY, June 17, 2015,

during the legal sale hours, the following property, to wit:

Begin at the Northeast corner of Lot No. 28, E.B. Smith Subdivision, located in Government Lots 4, 5 and 8, Section 19, Township 18 North, Range 9 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana, as per plat thereof on file and of record in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Webster Parish, Louisiana, in Map Book 3, Page 4, thence run North 84 degrees 49 minutes West 326 feet, thence run South 22 degrees 00 minutes West 102.47 feet, thence run South 84 degrees 49 minutes East 48.3 feet, thence run South 23 degrees 55 minutes East 203.1 feet, thence run North 60 degrees 24 minutes East 243.8 feet, thence run North 7 degrees 55 minutes East 137 feet to the Point of Beginning, together with all buildings and improvements located thereon.

And Also: A Lot 100 x 246.7 x 102.47 x 267 Ft. out of Lot #26E. B. Smith Subdivision in Lots # 4, 5 & 8 Sec 19-18-9 (Vol. 790-81), Records of Webster Parish, Louisiana. Which has the address of 127 Horseshoe Loop, Doyline, LA 71023.

SOLD SUBJECT TO ANY SUPERIOR LIENS, M O R T G A G E S OR PRIVILEGES THERETO. S a i d property seized is that of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy a judgment rendered in our Honorable Court.

GARY S. SEXTONSheriff and Ex-Officio Auctioneer, Webster Parish, Louisiana

Linda Vaughan-Deputy

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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK

NA

VS.

TROY WADE G R A F T O N , DECEASED AND MARY LOUISE

GRAFTON

In the T w e n t y - S i x t h Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. CV74431.

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered suit and to me directed, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction to the last and highest bidder for cash WITHOUT the benefit of appraisement and according to law at the principal front door of the Courthouse in the City of Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, on



Tract #1. Begin at the Northeast corner of that certain one acre of land owned by S. E. Munn,

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as shown by his deed of acquisition recorded in the C o n v e y a n c e Records of Webster Parish, Louisiana, Vol. 77, at page 219, and thence run East 118 feet; thence run South 16 feet; thence run East 140 feet to the point of beginning of the property herein described; thence continue East 70 feet; thence run South 130 feet; thence run West 70 feet; thence run North 130 feet to the point of beginning, all being situated in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section 33, Township 23 North, Range 9 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

Tract #2. Begin at the Northeast corner of that certain one acre tract of land owned by S. E. Munn, as shown by his deed of acquisition recorded in the C o n v e y a n c e Records of Webster Parish, Louisiana, Vol 77, at page 219, and thence run East

118 feet; thence run South 16 feet; thence run East 70 feet to the point of beginning of the property herein described; thence continue 70 feet; thence run South 130 feet; thence run West 70 feet; thence run North 130 feet to the point of beginning, all being situated in the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter (SE 1/4 of NE 1/4), Section 33, Township 23 North, Range 9 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana.

Together with all i m p r o v e m e n t s and rights thereto belonging, located on both of the h e r e i n a b o v e described property. This property has a municipal address of 272 Alternate Highway 2, Shongaloo, Louisiana 71072.SOLD SUBJECT TO ANY SUPERIOR LIENS, M O R T G A G E S OR PRIVILEGES THERETO. S a i d property seized is that of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy a

judgment rendered in our Honorable Court.



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GIBSLAND BANK & TRUST

COMPANY

VS.

THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF LOLA BLAKELEY

In the T w e n t y - S i x t h Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. 74509.

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered suit and to me directed, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale

at public auction to the last and highest bidder for cash WITH the benefit of appraisement and according to law at the principal front door of the Courthouse in the City of Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, on



Begin at the Southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SE/4 of SE/4) Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, and run North 464.3 feet to the East side of Pine St. 104.5 feet to the point of beginning of the lot herein; thence North 51 degrees 11 minutes East 89 feet; thence North 36 degrees 38 minutes West 50 feet; thence South 51 degrees 11 minutes West to the East side of Pine St., thence South 46 degrees 8 minutes East 50 feet to point of beginning.

ALSO a strip 10 feet in width described as follows: Begin

at the Southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter (SE/4 of SE/4) Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, and run North 464.3 feet to Cemetery Street; thence North 73 degrees 12 minutes East along Cemetery St. 1038.5 feet to the East side of Pine Street; thence North 46 degrees 8 minutes West along Pine St. 6.5 feet; thence North 53 degrees 22 minutes East 96 feet to point of beginning of the strip herein; thence South 36 degrees 38 minutes East 62 feet; thence North 51 degrees 11 minutes East 10 feet; thence North 36 degrees 38 minutes West 62 feet; thence South 53 degrees 22 minutes West 10 feet to point of beginning.

ALSO all rights and interest in and to an easement or right of passage, over a strip 8 feet in width described as follows: Begin at the Southwest corner of Southeast Quarter of Southeast

Quarter (SE/4 of SE/4) Section 21, Township 19 North, Range 9 West, and run North 464.3 feet to Cemetery Street; thence North 73 degrees 12 minutes East along Cemetery Street 1038.5 feet to the East side of Pine Street; thence North 46 degrees 8 minutes West along Pine St. 6.5 feet to point of beginning; thence North 53 degrees 22 minutes East 96 feet; thence South 36 degrees 38 minutes East 8 feet; thence South 53 degrees 22 minutes West to the East side of Pine Street; thence North 46 degrees 8 minutes West 8 feet to point of beginning.SOLD SUBJECT TO ANY SUPERIOR LIENS, M O R T G A G E S OR PRIVILEGES THERETO. S a i d property seized is that of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy a judgment rendered in our Honorable Court.

GARY S. SEXTONSheriff and Ex-Officio Auctioneer, Webster Parish,

Louisiana


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SHERIFFÕ S SALE

VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND

FINANCE, INC

VS.

SHANNON H. STRIPLIN AND JASON L. STRIPLIN

In the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. 74505.

By virtue of a WRIT OF SEIZURE AND SALE issued out of the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, in the above styled and numbered suit and to me directed, I have seized and taken into my possession and will offer for sale at public auction to the last and highest bidder for cash WITH the benefit of appraisement and according to law at the principal front door of the Courthouse in the City of Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, on



2012 Lexington mobile home bearing serial number LH01116781 immobilized onto and including a portion of Lots 23 and 24 of the Premier Park Subdivision, a subdivision of the Town of Cotton Valley, Webster Parish, LA, as per plat recorded in map book 2, page 22 of the conveyance records of Webster Parish, LA, more particularly described as follows: commencing at the southwest corner of said Lot 23, run north along the easterly right-a-way of McArthur Loop a distance of 23 feet to the point of beginning; thence continue along the easterly right-of-way of McArthur loop a distance of 52 feet to the northwest corner of Lot 23; thence run northeasterly along the north line of Lot 23 a distance of 206 feet to the northeast corner of Lot 23; thence run south along the east line of Lot 23 distance of 112 feet to the southeast corner of Lot 23 being also the northeast corner of

said Lot 24; thence continue south along the set line of Lot 24 distance of 7 feet; thence run westerly a distance of 299 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; being the same land acquired by Jeanie Ratcliff Striplin as per the cash deed recorded February 7, 2006 under registry no 484911 in book 1010, page 369 of the conveyance records of Webster Parish, LA; together with all buildings and improvements located thereon, having a municipal address of 429 McArthur Loop, Cotton Valley, LA 71018.SOLD SUBJECT TO ANY SUPERIOR LIENS, M O R T G A G E S OR PRIVILEGES THERETO.

S a i d property seized is that of the defendant and will be sold to satisfy a judgment rendered in our Honorable Court.



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SHERIFFÕ S SALE

GANO GORDON

VS.

ENGEL, DON J ETAL

In the T w e n t y - S i x t h Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. 72684.


WEDNESDAY, July 15, 2015,


EXHIBIT AThat immoveable property described as follows:

Begin at the Northwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of Southeast Quarter (NW/C of SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 11 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana, and run East 973 feet, more or less, along the North line of the aforesaid forty to the West line of right-of-way of State Highway No. 7; thence South along the west right of way line of State Highway No. 7 a distance of 210 feet or South property line of lot owned by J.C. Cochran, now or formerly, to point of beginning

of the log herein conveyed; thence run West parallel to the North line of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 11 West, a distance of 100 feet; thencew South parallel to the West right of way line of State Highway No. 7 a distance of 100 feet to eh point of beginning, together with all i m p r o v e m e n t s located thereon and all rights thereto belonging. Begin at the Northwest Corner of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/C of SW/4 of SE/4) of Section 13, Township 22 North, Range 11 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana; thence run East 877 feet to the point of beginning; thence continue East 100 feet; thence run South 11 degrees 51 minutes East 209 feet; thence run West 100 feet; thence runNorth 11 degrees 51 minutes West 209 feet to the point of beginning together with all i m p r o v e m e n t s located thereon and all rights thereto belonging (the Ò PropertyÓ ).




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SHERIFFÕ S SALE

MBL BANK

VS.

RANDELL NEAL VINES

In the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court of Webster Parish, Louisiana, No. CV74560.




2007 CHEV PK bearing VIN 1GBDS143X78166419; and 2006 FORD TR bearing VIN 3FRXF75T76V348311.




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