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In a press conference Tuesday, Webster Parish Tax Assessor Morris Guin announced an additional $500,000 in savingsto taxpayers, making the total reduction $1 million. The first $500,000 reduction was in 2013. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

The bill regardingchanges in the law for thedowntown developmentdistrict and Main StreetBoard of Commissioners isexpected to go before theHouse committee Thurs-day.

Bill author state Rep.Gene Reynolds says thebill will clarify who com-mission members can beand who is in charge of

the downtown develop-ment director.

“The mayor will be hereto testifywith me onThursday,”Reynoldssaid. “Thebill takes anold bill andit clarifiesthe mem-bership andwho’s incharge.”

Mayor Tommy Davis

says when the LouisianaAttorney General renderedan opinion on who has theright to hireand fire, adiscrepancyin the lawwas discov-ered.

“We’re acity thatoperatesunder a leg-islativecharter, so in order tochange our charter, the

legislature has to do it,”Davis explained. “Whathappened is when westarted reviewing this,because we had a questionabout who has the right tohire and fire, then it cameup about our commission.

“When you look at theold rules of our commis-sion, none of those ruleswere being (followed),” hecontinued. “We didn’thave anybody really onour commission that metthe requirements. So we

didn’t have a duly consti-tutional commission.”

In March, the city coun-cil unanimously agreed toadopt a resolution “sup-porting state legislationwhich would amend R.S.33:2740.24 with respect tothe Downtown Develop-ment District Commissionand powers and to other-wise provide with respectthereto, as presented withmodified changes as dis-

Downtown bill set to go before committeemiNDeN mAiN street COmmissiON

REYNOLDS DAVIS

SeeDOWNTOWN, Page 12

PUBLIC FUNDS | WEBSTER TAX ASSESSOR

One goal was to save tax dollars by maximizing the efficiency of theassessor’s office and passing on those savings to the taxpayers.

Webster Parish Tax Assessor Morris Guin“

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

Webster Parish TaxAssessor Morris Guinmade a big announce-ment Tuesday that somesay is an unprecedentedsavings to the parish’s tax-payers.

“Today, I am happy toannounce that I have con-tinued streamlining ouroperations and I will beable to save another$500,000 for WebsterParish citizens,” Guin saidin a news release. “When Itook office in January2013, one of my top goalswas to reduce the property

taxes that were dedicatedto the assessor’s office. Ibelieved if I would adoptmodern techniques andexpect the most frommyself and my very capa-ble office personnel, thatgoal could be met. Thanksto the dedication andwork of the people work-ing in our office, we havepassed my expectations.”

In his first year of office,Guin reduced the amountof total taxes by $500,000by cutting costs within theassessor’s office. He sayshe also did away with thecharges to municipalities Minden City Councilman Mike Toland congratulated Tax

Assessor Morris Guin on the additional savings to taxpay-ers, saying he appreciated the work he and his staff havedone. Michelle Bates/Press-Herald

SeeTAXES, Page 3

LOWERING YOURTAX BURDEN

Assessor announces $1 million in savings

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

A couple has beenarrested on drug charges,but a theft was solved inthe process.

Jimmy Edward Nutt, 44,of the 400block ofShadowsLane inDubberly,was arrestedApril 22, andchargedwith a war-rant for bur-glary. Bondwas set at$55,000.

ShannonD. Strother,46, of 17000block ofHighway 79in Minden,was arrestedApril 22, andchargedwith posses-sion ofSchedule ICDS (mari-juana), pos-session ofSchedule IICDS(methamphetamines),possession of drug para-phernalia, warrant for bur-glary and probation andparole violation. Bond wasset at $36,700. However,with a probation andparole hold, he is stillincarcerated at BayouDorcheat CorrectionalCenter.

Kimberly Ann Strother,45, of the 17000 block ofHighway 79 in Minden,was arrested April 22, andcharged with felony pos-session of Schedule I CDS(second offense), posses-sion of drug paraphernalia

Couplearrestedon theft,

drugcharges

Webster Crime

NUTT

S. STROTHER

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K. STROTHER

gÉëëáÅ~=̂ K=^ääÉå: posses-sion of a Schedule II CDS,bench warrant, bond for-feiture. New bond set at$50,000. Trial set for July 6.

`äáåíçå= pK= _ê~åíçå:Sentenced to six monthshard labor at the WebsterParish Jail for cyberstalk-ing. Two years activesupervised probation.Withdrew not guilty pleato the charge of violationof a protective order, pledguilty. Sentenced to sixmonths in the WebsterParish Jail, to run concur-rent.

hÉ~åÇêÉ= oK= aáää~êÇ:Obtaining CDS by fraudamended to misde-meanor theft. Withdrewnot guilty plea and pledguilty to misdemeanortheft. Sentenced to sixmonths in the WebsterParish Jail. Credit for timeserved on this charge.

`çó= aK= eáíí: Domesticabuse battery and falseimprisonment. Contin-ued to May 29 at defense’srequest.

^åÇêÉ~Éçìë= gÉã~äÉeìÉó: Pled guilty to pos-session of marijuana (sec-ond offense), $1,500 plus

costs over 15 years. Super-vision fee, pay $800 repre-sentation fee for publicdefender’s office, no rightto appeal. Sentenced tothree years in theLouisiana Department ofCorrections, three yearssuspended, active super-vised probation and musthave full time employ-ment within 60 days andmaintain. Obstruction todriver’s view or drivingmechanism charge dis-missed.

píÉîÉå= eìãéÜêÉóë:Waived formal arraign-ment, pled not guilty.Motion for discovery ten-dered. Status conferenceset for June 22, trial set forOct. 19. Bond reductionhearing on charges oftheft between $750 and$5,000, bond reductiondenied.

açêãÉÅ~= j~ííÜÉïë:Unauthorized entry of aninhabited dwelling.Passed to May 29 due topending charges.

gÉÄ= tK= jÅ`ìÉå: Theftof oil and gas equipmentvalued at $500 or more,less than $25,000. Offerrejected. Trial set for Sept.

14. Charge of criminaltrespassing, reset bynotice. Reassigned toDivision C.

_êÉåÇ~= o~åÇäÉ: With-drew not guilty plea, pledguilty to distribution of aSchedule II CDS. Sen-tenced to five years at theLouisiana Department ofCorrections, suspended.Five years active super-vised probation. To pay$2,500 plus court costs,

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Bistineau bill passesout of committee

LOuisiANA LegisLAture

MICHELLE BATESmichelle@press-herald.com

State Rep. Gene Reynolds hasannounced the Lake Bistineau bill to gen-erate funding for the fight against giantsalvinia has made it out of committeewith some amendments.

If passed into law, the bill, over athree-year period, would generate rough-ly $300,000 towards the operations of a

weevil breeding station to help eradicatethe invasive aquatic weed.

Reynolds hopes a public/private part-nership will help fund what these fundswon’t cover, he says.

The bill will now have to be heard onthe House floor, and if it makes it out ofthe House, it will go to the state senatefor discussion and potential approval.

If passed, it will go into effect July 1and sunset on or about July 1, 2017.

State Rep. Gene Reynolds says the Lake Bistineau bill to generate funding to fight giantsalvinia made it out of the committee with amendments Tuesday. File Photo

Webster ParishCourt News

and possession of Sched-ule II CDS (methampheta-mines). Bond was set at$11,432.

Additional warrantswere served on KimberlyStrother at the time ofbooking at BDCC. Thewarrants included failureto appear for no seatbelt,failure to appear forspeeding and failure toappear on a charge ofdriving under suspension.

According to reports,Nutt was arrested on theburglary warrant stem-ming from the alleged bur-glary of a shop on SandPlant Road in Dubberlyreported in February.Upon interviewing Nutt,he admitted to WebsterParish Sheriff’s Detectives

Lt. Scott Tucker and Maj.Dustin Reynolds that heand Shannon Strother bur-glarized the shop and tooka welding machine andsome tools.

Nutt was incarceratedat BDCC at the time thewarrants were served.

The Strother couple wasarrested when sheriff’sdetectives went to theirresidence, along withagents from the Probationand Parole Office. Theywent to the residence toserve the burglary warranton Shannon Strother, andupon questioning, detec-tives say he admitted tothe burglary and one ofthe items taken was on thefront porch.

According to reports,Strother was asked aboutany drug use and heallegedly admitted that heand his wife, Kimberlyused drugs the night

before. Strother gave per-mission for detectives tosearch the residence, andevidence of drug use wasin plain sight. Reportsindicate about a quartergram of methampheta-mine along with a spoonwith suspected metham-phetamine residue and asmall amount of suspectedmarijuana were recoveredat the scene.

Shannon Strother is onprobation and parole for asex offense, according toreports.

Detectives say KimberlyStrother admitted to usingdrugs. When she wastransported to BDCC, theadditional traffic warrantswere added to her charges.

Arresting officers wereTucker, Reynolds, Detec-tives Bobby Igo III, ShawnBaker, Joel Thomas, Ervinand Rogers.

ARRESTContinued from page 1

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Senior Jessica Hernandez, left, won the 2015 Lakeside Scholars Competition Mondaywhile Senior Lacie James, right, came in second. The scholars competition has been a tra-dition at Sibley/Lakeside for more than three decades. Students answered questions in avariety of subjects including algebra, geometry, literature, chemistry, adult responsibili-ties, fine arts and more. The competition lasted more than five hours and went throughseven rounds before a winner was crowned. The event is a high school-wide competition.More than 100 students competed Monday. Courtesy Photo

Hernandez wins Lakeside competition

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and the Webster ParishSheriff’s Office to helpthem save money as well.

The Webster ParishSheriff’s Office is the taxcollector for the parish.

“Since I’ve been inoffice, we’ve tried to thinkoutside the box,” Guin saidduring a press conferenceTuesday. “One goal was tosave tax dollars by maxi-

mizing the efficiency of theassessor’s office and pass-ing on those savings to thetaxpayers. I truly believethe hard working taxpayersof Webster Parish deserveto keep as much of theirhard-earned money aspossible.”

The second reduction of$500,000 makes $1 millionthe assessor’s office hassaved the taxpayers ofWebster Parish, and thiswill happen this year, hesays.

James Madden, a retired

businessman, says he’sproud of the work theassessor’s office has doneto help taxpayers.

“What that amounts tois that we as taxpayers areenjoying this year $1 mil-lion in savings on ourtaxes,” he said. “It is an his-toric event; it is somethingthat is important. And Iasked Morris this question,‘Do you anticipate, do youthink that you will be ableto continue this program?’Morris’ words were, ‘I’mdanged sure going to try.’

Thank you Morris for beingthe man you are.”

Webster Parish PoliceJury President Jim Bonsallsays he knows how hard itis to pay bills every month,and the police jury strug-gles to do what they needto do with the money theyhave.

“We try to keep fromasking anybody for moremoney,” he said. “To givesome back is unprecedent-ed. I really appreciate it,and I know the people ofthe parish appreciate it.”

Joseph Jefferson, aretired teacher who taughtGuin’s children, says he’sproud of the work Guin hasdone.

“I want to commend heand his staff for whatthey’ve done and what Isee here today,” he said.“I’m very pleased at thekind of support you havegiven and the kind of feed-back he’s given us in termsof the return of the taxesand things of that nature.We want to ask you to con-tinue your support and we

want to ask him to contin-ue the work he’s done. Andperhaps we’ll all reach thatpinnacle that we look for inlife.”

“We want to continue tobe good stewards of thetrust that has been placedin me and my office,” Guinsaid. “We will keep improv-ing and doing the best jobpossible for WebsterParish. Serving our citizenswith efficiency and cour-tesy is and always will beour number one goal.”

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Voncille Y. AtkinsMemorial services for Voncille Y. Atkins will be at 2

p.m., Friday, May 1, 2015, at Rose-Neath Funeral HomeChapel in Minden. Officiating will be Bro. Charles Grigs-by. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until serv-ice time May 1, 2015.

Voncille was born Dec. 30, 1919, in Arcadia, to Fosterand Myrtle Youngblood and raised in Doyline andentered into rest April 21, 2015, in Shreveport. Voncillewas a loving mother and proud of her family. She was aformer Sunday school teacher of the Presbyterian Church

in Minden, the first manager of the Montgomery WardStore in Minden, and she also worked for Beall-Ladymonin Shreveport at the age of 80. Voncilleloved working in her yard raising beautifulflowers and truly had a green thumb. Whenliving at the Waterford, Voncille sang oldhymns for the other residents. She wasblessed with a beautiful voice.

Her parents; husband R.B. “Buster”Atkins Sr.; brothers, Jacob Foster Young-blood Jr., Revis Youngblood, Winston RayYoungblood; son-in-law, Jerry L. GrigsbySr. and grandson, Jerry L. Grigsby Jr. preceded her in

death.She is survived by her son, Reginald “Reggie” B. Atkins

Jr. and wife Wanda of Shreveport; daughter, Linda M.Grigsby of Hamburg, Arkansas; five grandchildren; eightgreat-grandchildren; and two great great-grandchildren.

The family would like to recognize the staff of WestWing Pierremont Health Center, especially the rehabstaff, and Harmony Hospice who treated her like family.

Her family rejoices that she will be spending eternityin heaven.

In lieu of flowers the family ask that donations bemade to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

ATKINS

JUANITA AGANSpecial to the Press-Herald

Recently I sat at a dinnertable across from our Min-ister of Music Todd DuBoseand his wife, Alicia. Ireferred tosomeone asa "ring-tailed toot-er" and theyhad no ideawhat thatwas. I hadused thatphrase allmy. life andhad heard itused. Apparently it is just alocal phrase. We Southern-ers have a language all ourown. At least those of uswho have passed at leastour three score and ten(and almost four score)

have heard it and haveprobably used it. I supposeit is English, but it is asouthern variation onaccepted English. (And bythe way, a ring-tailed toot-er is a kid that will do any-thing he thinks of and isvery talented and maycause problems whereverhe goes and that is a dic-tionary definition) Just soyou'll know I'll give you asample of my Southernvocabulary.

Ú`çåÇÉåëÉÇD=tçêÇëFix –When we say we are

going home and fix supperwe don't mean repair it, wemean prepare it. Eventhough the repair shopdoes "fix" our broken carwe don't mean to do thatto our supper.

Whatcha–someone callson the phone and asks

"Whatcha doing?" Trans-lated they mean "what areyou doing?"

cêçã=`~íë=íç=açÖëAdam's house cat – How

about "I don't know himfrom Adam's house cat."He really does not knowthe man at all, does he?

Druthers – And if I hadmy "druthers," therewould not be a war. Ofcourse, that means youwould prefer not to have awar.

Dog drunk – He wasdriving the car and he wasdog drunk. That means hewas really drunk.

Poor white trash and redneck – The people callthem "poor white trash" ora "redneck." All refer to alow class person.

Yourn – Is that dog"yourn?" Translated that

would mean is he yourdog?

råÇÉê=íÜÉ=tÉ~íÜÉêGully washer – That was

a real ‘gully washer' lastnight. The weathermanwould say that it was aheavy rain.

Gourd – Quit doing thatboy, use your gourd! Gourdmeaning head.

Gals going to a meeting– They were dressed up like"gals going to a meeting."Best clothes like we wear tochurch.

Cuda – I cuda told herhow if she had asked."Cuda" meaning couldhave.

Cramp colic – He diedwith the cramp-colic. Atany rate he had a severebelly ache.

Sweet Patooty – She ishis "sweet patooty." That is

one way of designating agirl friend.

"Keep your cotton-pick-ing hands off my car!" –That translated means des-picable, or wretched ortrashy hands.

Coming up a cloud – It'scoming up a cloud. Thatmeans that a storm isapproaching.

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Moonshine – He wasmaking moonshine. Thatwas illegal liquor or boot-leg liquor.

They live just a hoot anda holler away. – Of coursethey mean nearby.

Well, I'll be dawg! Justan exclamation – no spe-cial meaning just surprise.

He held his feet to thefire.– That is in reference to

making somebody dosomething they just don'twant to do, but are forcedto do.

Flittered – Scared her sobad she almost flittered.(Fainted!!)

Well, I guess you haveheard all these and morephrases we southernersuse. I suppose that theyneed translating to thepresent generation or tosomeone not native to thispart of the country.

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The Powers That Be are veryunhappy with you and me. They'realso very unhappy with senators likeElizabeth Warren, activist groupslike Public Citizen, unions like theCommunications Workers of Ameri-ca and ... well, with the majority ofus Americans who oppose theestablishment's latest free-tradescam.

Despite its benign name, theTrans-Pacific Partnership is a clusterbomb of legalized "gotchas" thatwon't bode well for the vast majori-ty of Americans and for our smallbusinesses. TPP empowers globalcorporations from Brunei, Japan,Singapore, Vietnam and seven othernations to circumvent and evenoverturn our local, state and nation-al laws. Those moneyed elites areupset that rabble like us opposetheir latest effort to enthrone corpo-rate power over citizen power, andthey're particularly peeved thatwe've found TPP's trigger mecha-nism — something called "Investor-State Dispute Settlements."

That's a mouthful of wonky gob-bledygook, isn't it? Indeed, ISDS isan intentionally arcane phrasemeant to hide itsdemocracy-destroying impactfrom us. It wouldcreate a system ofprivate, interna-tional tribunalsthrough whichcorporations (i.e.,"investors") couldsue our sovereigngovernments tooverturn lawsthat might trimthe level of cor-porate profitsthat — get this —they "expected" to make.

These tribunals are not part ofour public courts of justice but aretotally privatized, inherently biasedcorporate "courts" set up by the UNand the World Bank. A tribunal's"judges" are corporate lawyers, andthey unilaterally decide whether theprotections we've enacted for work-ers, consumers, our environment,etc. might pinch the profits of someforeign corporation.

This mess all started when theDr. Frankensteins on our SupremeCourt created a monster by declar-ing that a lifeless, soulless corpora-tion is a "person." But the corporategiants thought, "Why stop there?"So now, another coterie of Franken-steins is trying to transform multi-national private corporations into"nations." The secretly engineeredTrans-Pacific Partnership magicallyendows private profiteering corpo-rations with sovereign rights equalto those of real nation-states.

Under TPP, a "corporate nation"— unlike individual citizens of realnations — could directly compel theU.S. or other countries to alter theirlaws in order to increase corporateprofits. Of course, the Frankensteinsdismiss such concerns as an "irra-tional fear," claiming that no corpo-ration would actually be able toforce a country to change its laws.

To give you a look of what this isgoing to look like, let's take a peekat what other corporate-writtentrade deals have done to the lawswritten in the USofA.

Remember that these Franken-steins say that no corporation out-side our country can change ourlaws. Really? Well, just ask "Flipper"the dolphin. While not yet able toconfront a nation directly, corpora-tions can get their home govern-ments to sue in the World TradeOrganization to overrule anothernation's laws. That's what hap-pened to our "dolphin-safe" tunalabeling law. Most Americansoppose tuna fishing with nets thatalso catch and kill the loveable Flip-per, so we have a law encouragingdolphin-free fishing methods. Tunapackers that comply can put "dol-phin-safe" on their labels, thus giv-ing consumers a marketplacechoice. Free-enterprise at work!

But some Mexican fishing com-panies got their government tocomplain that our label discrimi-nates against their dolphin-slaugh-tering methods — and a WorldTrade Organization "compliance"panel ruled that our label is a "tech-nical barrier to trade," essentiallyoverruling a law that We the Peopleenacted.

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A good reputation is hard toearn, but often easy to lose. Abad reputation is the exactopposite.

Over time, Louisiana hasearned a national reputationas a state with a poor legal cli-mate. Sensible and fair-mind-ed people may disagree as towhether or not that reputationis just, but regardless of youropinion on that question,there is no doubt how thenation sees us.

Louisiana ranks No. 7nationwide on the Tort ActivityIndex, No. 49 for its lawsuit cli-mate and No. 7 on the JudicialHellholes list. Nearly 60 per-cent of Louisiana Associationof Business and Industry(LABI) members report thatfrivolous lawsuits increase thecosts of doing business, sav-ings they could otherwise re-invest in their business andthe economy. Seventy percentof corporate executivesaround the country report thata state’s litigation environmentaffects where they locate anddo business.

While Louisiana has earneda reputation for a poor legalclimate over time, nothingprohibits us from taking con-trol of the system, passing sen-sible laws to improve it, andchanging our reputation forthe better. In fact, this yearLABI is supporting three smallimpactful steps for the judici-ary that can make one giantleap for Louisiana’s legal repu-tation.

The first piece of legislationis HB698 by Rep. Neil Abram-son, a bill that calls for anannual report of court budgetsthat taxpayers easily view.Every year, the LouisianaSupreme Court prepares anannual report that offers dataand detailed information onthe operations of Louisianacourts such as the number ofjudges and location of everycourt, the number of criminaland civil case filings, and thenumber of trials. This report,however, offers little to noinformation on the resources,budget, or expenditures of theSupreme Court or other statecourts.

In general, the Legislatureappropriates state taxpayerfunds for the operations of theLouisiana Supreme Court andthe five courts of appeal as

well as the salaries for all statecourt judges, the compensa-tion of retired and ad hocjudges, and a portion of thesalaries for parish and citycourt judges. In the currentfiscal year, $169 million ofState General Fund was appro-priated to the Louisiana judi-ciary.

A recent Public AffairsResearch Council (PAR) reportnotes that the judiciary budgethas increased 27 percent inthe past seven years in com-parison with social services,for example, which has beenreduced by 36 percent.

In addition to state appro-priations, courts are funded bylocal gov-ernmentand by vari-ous fees andfines col-lected incivil andcriminalproceed-ings. In thislegislativesessionalone, atleast 10bills havebeen filedto requestthe state increase fees for anarray of court functions.

Despite this significantannual amount of taxpayerfunding through direct appro-priation, fines and fees,Louisiana state law does notcurrently require the publica-tion of judicial budgets. Afterthe appropriations are madefrom state and local govern-ment, neither a breakdown ofrevenue sources nor courtexpenditures are easily acces-sible.

Rep. Abramson’s bill wouldencourage the judiciary topromote better public accessto basic data on court budget-ing, place them on similarfooting with other governmen-tal agencies, and allow taxpay-ers to better monitor spendingand performance.

The second piece of legisla-tion is HB293 by Rep. TaylorBarras to disclose the con-tracts held in the judicialbranch.

As outlined above, littleinformation on the budget ofLouisiana’s courts is availableonline for public viewing and

oversight. This practice standsin stark contrast, for example,to the hundreds of pages ofdocumentation offered on theDivision of Administration’swebsite, thousands of hours ofexecutive branch testimonybefore the Legislature, and theonline contract database runby the State of Louisianaknown as LaTrac.

One national study gaveLouisiana an “A” for internalauditing, a “B” for state budgetprocesses, and an overall “C-“score on the State IntegrityIndex, while rating judicialaccountability with an “F”grade. Louisiana specificallyscored poorly on such indica-tors as access to court admin-istrative records.

The Public Affairs ResearchCouncil writes: “Citizens aretypically concerned with threeissues when tracking govern-ment’s use of dollars – whichservices the state is paying for,who the state chooses to pro-vide services, and why andhow the vendors are chosen.”States such as Arkansas, Mis-sissippi, Ohio, and Oregonamong others, include judicialcontracts on their state’s trans-parency website.

Specifically, Rep. Barras’ billwould require the SupremeCourt to establish a website byJan. 1, 2016, to annually pub-lish the following informationon judicial contracts for goodsor services: contract amount,agency, and a brief descriptionof the purpose, and dates,name of the contractor, andcity and state of the contrac-tor’s business.

The final piece of legisla-tion LABI is supporting toimprove the legal climate thissession is HB294 by Rep. Stu-art Bishop to require personalfinancial disclosure for judges.

Rep. Bishop’s bill wouldrequire online and accessiblefinancial disclosure by judgesin the same manner as otherelected officials in Louisiana,which will promote publicaccess, discourage potentialconflicts of interest, andenhance public confidence inthe integrity of all branches ofstate government.

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A reputation in the balance

STEPHENWAGUESPACK

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clusterbomb

In one ironic sense, the notionthat Louisiana historic sites appearwilted and tired seems appropriate.

Louisiana weather can behumid, sultry and the idea that ouraging plantations might pout andpeel under the onslaught of oursemitropical weather may be incharacter for what the old build-ings face, decade after decade.

Crumbling brick? Softeningwood? Strained bousillage? Wel-come to paradise.

But when tired turns to tortured,when maintenance is too meager,when we patch and cover and notrepair the treasures that dotLouisiana's national parks, we risklosing part of what makes usunique.

Louisiana's history is like noother in the U.S. References to ourcultural gumbo may seem over-cooked, but, truth be known, weare a marvelous place. It took cen-turies — millennia, really — andmany peoples — French, Spanish,Americans, Haitians, Africans, Ger-mans and more — to make us thisspecial. From the ancient Indianculture at Poverty Point NationalMonument in Epps to the Chal-mette Battlefield, where an army ofTennesseans, free blacks, piratesand French stared down Britain'sfinest troops, Louisiana can relishits past.

We should not risk watchingLouisiana's historic treasures wearand waste away. It would be bad forbusiness — the tourism business,which feeds us. It would be bad forour own self-esteem, which sus-tains us. It would be bad for thecountry, which needs exposure toour national parks.

National parks in Louisiana facea $13.7 million backlog of mainte-nance work that has put off untiltomorrow — maybe longer —things that should have beenaddressed many yesterdays ago.Laura Gates, superintendent atCane River Creole National HistoricPark in Natchitoches, whichincludes some 65 buildings andstructures at Oakland and Magno-lia plantations, knows well therisks.

Some of the eight cabins built ofsoft brick are deteriorating at thatpark, victims of eroding brick andneglect. Those cabins housedslaves before the Civil War, share-croppers later. Some cabins needrepair on the bousillage at Oakland.There is considerable masonrywork needed.

Here's what is at stake in andaround Natchitoches: "The mostintact French Creole plantationsanywhere in the United States."Here's what's at stake elsewhere inLouisiana, including at Jean LafitteNational Historic Park and Pre-serve, which includes six sites fromNew Orleans to Eunice: the Chal-mette battlefield; three Acadiancultural centers, including those inLafayette and Eunice; the FrenchQuarter Visitor Center, where youcan start your stroll around JacksonSquare; the New Orleans JazzNational Historic Park.

The Obama administration's fis-cal year 2016 budget calls for a$433 million increase for nationalparks. Will it help Louisiana sites?We need to know. If it does, weneed to support it.

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PERSPECTIVE EDITORIALROUND UP

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 — Minden Press-Herald 5

Annual FreedomFund BanquetThe Minden branch of theNAACP will have its AnnualFreedom Fund Banquet at6:30 p.m., May 8 at the Min-den Civic Center. Thekeynote speaker will be theRev. Dr. Earl Griggin Jr., pre-siding elder of Monroe Dis-trict of the CME Church andformer pastor of Mt. ZionCME in Minden. For ticketinformation, contact TanGrigsby at 470-3364 orSharon Wallace at 840-1165.

Monday, April 27-Wednesday, April 29

Annual youth revival, 7 p.m.each night at Mt. ComfortBaptist Church. Guestspeaker will be MinisterBrian Jackson of UnionSprings Baptist Church inShreveport. Theme is“Doing What My ParentsSay.” All are invited.

Tuesday, April 28

Minden Medical Center willhost “Just 4 Girls” at theWebster Parish LibraryMeeting Room. More moreinformation and registra-tion, visit www.minden-medicalcenter.com/just4girls. Ages 9 - 12 only from5:30 until 6:30 p.m. Ages 13- 18 only 7 until 8 p.m.

Thursday, April 30

The NAACP Minden, LaBranch will meet for itsmonthly meeting at 6:30p.m. at the Northwest 14thDistrict Building. For moreinformation contact Ken-neth Wallace at 371-4436.

Saturday, May 2

Mt. Lebanon Historical Soci-ety presents “Stage CoachDays” at Mt. Lebanon. Live

music, cake walks, a silentauction, quilt raffle will beavailable. Gourmet hotdogs at noon and supper at5 p.m. with grilled ham-burgers. Lots of food andfun. Also, a fun game of Mt.Lebanon Jeopardy will beplayed with trivia questionsand answers about the his-tory of Mt. Lebanon. Theevent begins at 11 a.m. Exit61 off I-20, Mt. Lebanon ison Highway 154, threemiles south of Gibsland.

A special meeting to dis-cuss the developmentplans proposed byCreighton Hill Develop-ment Corp. will be at 1 p.m.in the fellowship buildingat Great Saint Paul BaptistChurch.

The Pine Grove cemetaryfund annual memorial serv-ice will be at Pine GroveMethodist Church at 11a.m. The offering is used tomaintain Pine Grove, Crowand Miller cemeteries. Acovered dish lunch will fol-low the service. All are wel-come.

Sunday, May 3

Union Grove Baptist Churchwill host its 111th churchanniversary at 3 p.m. Theguest speaker and churchwill be Pastor Donald Craw-ford and Sweet Home Mis-sionary Baptist Church ofEmerson, Arkansas.

Rocky Mount BaptistChurch will host its 17thanniversary for Pastor BillyR. Ellis at 3:30 p.m. Theguest speaker will be theRev. Julian Burns ofSpringville United BaptistChurch of Gibsland. RockyMount BC is located atHighway 534 in Homer.

Around Town

ConocoPhillips gives backConocoPhillips continues to support the communities in which their employees live and work. The North Louisiana Pro-duction office recently donated $5,000 to the Minden Police Department. The funds will be used to support the SpecialResponse Team. Pictured from left in the front row are, Frank Ryan Jr., ConocoPhillips Operations Superintendent; CathyDurain, ConocoPhillips Production Associate; Glenda Allums, ConocoPhillips SAP Associate; Steve Cropper, MindenPolice Chief; and LT Ronald Payne, Minden Police. Second row, Scott Boothe, ConocoPhillips I & E Foreman, Jimmy Dean,ConocoPhillips Maintenance Advisor; Jane Sutton, ConocoPhillips Production Associate; Melissa Rheeme, Cono-coPhillips Production Associate; and Michael Wissing, ConocoPhillips HSE Supervisor. Back row, Terry Sanders, Cono-coPhillips Maintenance Supervisor; Tommy Pearson, ConocoPhillips Production Supervisor; and Greg Brillhart, Cono-coPhillips Production Foreman. Courtesy Photo

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SportSbriefs

nba

Spurs top Clippersto take 3-2 lead

golf tourney

Pine HillsMemorial Classic

LOS ANGELES (AP)— The ball bounced aroundthe rim, and the pivotal fifthgame of a thrilling first-round series teetered alongwith it.

DeAndre Jordan leapedup and tapped it in — aninstant too early.

The San Antonio Spursgot the biggest bounce in agame full of them, and thechamps landed on the brinkof the second round.

Tim Duncan scored 21points before Jordan wascalled for basket interfer-ence with 4.3 seconds left,and the Spurs hung on for a111-107 victory over theLos Angeles Clippers inGame 5 on Tuesday night,taking a 3-2 series lead.

San Antonio earned thechance to close it out athome on Thursday night,but only after its lead dwin-dled to 108-107 in the fran-tic final minute at StaplesCenter.

Blake Griffin launched aleaping leaner off aninbounds play with 6.9 sec-onds left, but it rattledaround the basket. Jordan,who had 21 points and 14rebounds, grazed the ballwhile it appeared to beinside the cylinder.

"It was a dumb play,"said Jordan, who sat at hislocker long after the gameended. "I hit the ball. Wedid a good job fighting toput us in a situation to go upone. You can't blame any-body on that but me. Itipped the ball."

The officials decisivelywaved off the basket whileJordan waved his handspleadingly, but the Clippersstill hoped for a reversal onvideo review.

"That was the play of thegame," said Manu Ginobili,who scored 14 points offthe bench. "That's why I saywe got lucky. The ball wasgoing in, and he happenedto touch it. That would haveput us down one. Instead, itwas a completely differentballgame. We got a littlelucky on the play."

Pine Hills Country Clubis getting ready to host theirannual Memorial ClassicGolf Tournament on July11-12.

This year, the two-daytournament will honor thememory of longtimeMinden resident and avidgolfer, Leo Elshout.

The tournament featuresa $350 entry fee, two personteams and better ball format.

This year, first place ineach flight will receive$1,000. Additionally, partic-ipants will have the chanceto win a whopping $10,000for making a hole-in-oneduring the tournament.Also, keep an eye out forother on-course activitiesand surprises.

Breakfast and Lunchwill be served Saturday andSunday, with Dinner andother festivities included onSaturday night.

For additional informa-tion or to register for thetournament, visit pinehillsc-cminden.com.

Entry forms are alsoavailable at the clubhouse inthe 19th hole, or call JamesHodges at (318)789-3309.

This year's field will belimited to 54 teams, so actfast if you wish to be a partof this year's MemorialClassic.

BLAKE BRANCHblake@press-herald.com

LUTCHER - In a gamethat was back and forth thewhole way, the MindenCrimson Tide gave theLutcher Bulldogs all theyhad.

Unfortunately, it wasn’tenough, as the CrimsonTide fell to Lutcher 7-3 inthe first round of the Class4A playoffs, ending theirseason.

“It was just a back andforth game,” Tide headcoach Dean Francis said.“The final score doesn’tindicate how the gamewent. We were in it fromthe beginning to the end.”

With the loss, theCrimson Tide wrap up theirseason with a record of 13-15.

The Tide never hadthings easy, competing inone of Class 4A’s toughestdistricts, one that featuredfive playoff teams.

It seemed that the Tidehad some momentumheading into their matchupwith Lutcher, fresh offwins over North DeSototwo weeks ago and defeat-ing Calvary this pastSaturday.

On Tuesday, the Tidegot off to a good start,putting up a couple of runsearly.

However they couldn’tsustain that success into thelate innings, as the Lutcherduo of Vincent Laurent andCameron Guillot weregood on Tuesday, limitingthe Tide to just six hits,none of them extra base

hits.“We didn’t hit the ball

like we had been,” Francissaid. “But the kids playedhard and overcame a lot ofobstacles on this trip.”

Francis said due to badweather that ravaged southLouisiana, the Tide weren’tsure they would even playuntil hours before the game.

The Tide got good pitch-ing from Trace Francis andJay Beene, but whenLutcher needed a rally inthe sixth, they got it, puttingup three runs to break openwhat was a 4-3 game.

Leadoff man Luke

Zeringue and three-hole hit-ter Gavin Englade providedmost of the offense forLutcher, going 5-6 with fivesingles and 5 RBI.

Gavin Smith got thingsstarted offensively for theTide, driving in GunnerStephens with an RBI sin-gle in the first.

Smith remained in theaction as he was hit by apitch in the third, then stolesecond. That set up MattEskew who delivered withan RBI single to score theTide’s second run.

In the fifth inning with thegame tied 2-2. Trace Francis

reached on an error. AustinKeough laId down a sacri-fice bunt to move Francis tosecond. With two outs,Eskew was up again, andagain he delivered with hissecond RBI single of thegame.

The Tide held a 3-2 leadat this point, but not forlong, as Lutcher came backwith two runs in the bottomof the fifth and then thethree insurance runs in thesixth.

Matt Eskew led the wayin the loss, going 2-3 with apair of RBI singles, GavinSmith finished 1-3 with an

RBI single and AustinKeough, Gunner Stephensand Peyton Gray added sin-gles for the Tide.

Even with the loss, theTide will return plenty ofkey contributors for anothershot at a playoff run nextseason.

For the Tide’s twoseniors, it will be a toughpill to swallow.

“We’ll miss Jay andKeough,” Francis said.“Anytime you lose yourseniors it’s tough. Youcould see at the end theyrealized this was it. That’swhat you hate about it.”

C R I M S O N T I D E B A S E B A L L

Minden falls to Lutcher

The Minden Crimson Tide fell to Lutcher 7-3 in Lutcher on Tuesday. With the loss, the Tide end theirseason with a record of 13-15. Press-Herald Photo/Blake Branch

H I G H S C H O O L T E N N I S

Glenbrook Netters defeat district rival Riverfield

Special to the Press-Herald

The Glenbrook Apachenetters closed their regularseason with a dual match,6-3 victory against theirdistrict foe RiverfieldRaiders.

Girls’ Singles Amelia Christy, unde-

feated for the second con-secutive season, defeatedSophie Heath 6-1, 6-1.Catherine Willis, also unde-feated this season, claimed

a 6-4, 6-1 victory, defeatingher main rival AlexaRoberts.

"Amelia, a freshmen,and Catherine, a junior,have certainly strengthenedtheir games and haveimproved their on-courtstrategy," head coachWayne Orr said.

Boys’ Singles Schuyler Powell was

defeated in a tie break afterhaving split sets, losing toTravis Rawls 6-4, 2-6, 1-0(12-10). At the No. 2Position, Graham Lemoinedefeated Alex Durbin 6-2,6-0.

"Both boys have adaptedto playing singles and havecontributed to the success

of our team's district cham-pionship," Orr said.

Boys’ Doubles Undefeated at the No. 1

position, John CurtisBrown and Johnny LawFlournoy claimed a 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) win.

"These two boys arebeginning to reap the bene-fit of experience; only inthe eighth grade, theydesire to dish out losses tothose upper classmen whoare their usual opponents.They display an exciting,thrilling game of tennis,"Orr said.

Justin Le and BeauBranch, playing the No. 2position, defeated JonahSharbano and Gabby Gill 6-

2, 6-4. "This is a first year duo,

but improvement has beenthe operative word regard-ing their play."

Girls’ DoublesAdvancing to the North

Tournament hinged on thematches of both teams.Unfortunately the No. 1duo of Bridget Cone andAbigail Gilbert defeatedKylie and Caroline Mills 6-3, 6-2, win which left themtied with the duo of PrairieView.

The playoff matchresulted in a 6-3, 6-2 lossfor the Lady Apaches.

"I was disappointed forour girls, especially sinceon half of each team is

filled with a senior member.We could not ride thatmomentum of the second setinto the tie break," Orr said.

Mixed DoublesThe team of Lexie Martin

and Graham Lemoine weredefeated 6-2, 6-2 byMadeline Turner and CalebClark.

"The duo from Riverfieldwent undefeated during theseason and will representour district as the No. 1team. Lexie and Grahamhave teamed for three yearsand have represented ourdistrict twice in the playoffs.

“I am very much pleasedwith their contributing toour success," commentedOrr.

L I T T L E L E A G U E B A S E B A L L & S O F T B A L L

Games back on a f t e r Monday’s cance l l a t ionDarlings

Lion’s Club 2 KennonKrushers 11

Baliegh Haulcy ledKennon with a homerunand a double, whileBrooklyn Davis andKennadie Keener doubled.Ah’Lazia Douglas,Dakota Howard, AubreyGorman and LeylaSlaughter all had two sin-gles for the Krushers, andLeigha Gilbert, KristianWhite, Destiny Boyd and

Serenity Hartwell hadbase hits.

Kendall Cummingsdoubled to lead Lion’sClub, and Kelly Sumlin,Kylie Barton, MarkeithdraWillis, Alyana Banks andDevin Harris had basehits.

Gray’s Jewelry 12Lady Rangers 13

Kyrin Clary and ShelbyGlenn singled three timesa piece to lead the LadyRangers. Ka’breya Forbes,

Asia Blow and ChelseiHampton singled twice,while Cheyenne Smith,Kaelynn Williams,Natalee Dodd and KabrynHayden had base hits.

Baylee Bonsall ledGray’s with two singlesand a double, while RileyAustin and Abigail Clarksingled three times on thenight. Izabella Miller andLauren Barrett had twohits each, and KalynWilliams, Madison

McGraw, Kaylie Jordanand Havannah Edwardsadded base hits.

Dixie AngelsDunn Tigers 0

Minden Athletic 14Sydney Robinson hit a

homerun, Maci Tannerand Sarah MargaretMosley doubled, and EllaFloyd, Kenzie Warmackand Gabby Salas addedbase hits to help outMinden Athletic.

Piper Stephens doubled

to lead the Tigers, andKaydree Kemp singled.

Gabby Salas struck outsix batters for MindenAthletic.

Fuzion 11 Cooksey’s 0Allie Spigener led

Fuzion with a triple, whileMolly Fanning, GracieGreen and MirandaCrabtree doubled. JadenDent contributed with abase hit.

See Baseball page 7

Hilary Bates struck outthree batters forCooksey’s, while MollyFanning struck out five forFuzion.

PonytailsSky Rangers 9

Gotshall Girls 10Karli Gotshall had the

only hit for the GotshallGirls, a double.

Kenya Harris collectedthe only hit for theRangers, a single.

Amelia Coleman struckout three batters for theRangers, while TaylorBumgardner sat down fourfor Gotshall.

CWW Fire 17 Subway 2

Francis Robinson,Hollie Payne andKatelynn Pruitt all hadbase hits to lead the Fire.

Hannah Mosley pitcheda two-inning no hitter.

Haliegh Cooper,Reagan Lee and HollyEstes struck out one battereach for Subway.

Dixie BellesGlenbrook 19

First United Methodist2

Hannah Mosley had twosingles to lead Glenbrook,while Amber Lovitt andEmily Self singled.

Erin Lee had the lone hitfor First United Methodist,a triple.

Alyssa Martin struckout six batters forGlenbrook, and AudreyPlants sat down two forFirst United Methodist.

Haughton Heat 18OWC 1

Compton led the Heatwith a triple, while Giese,Myers, Crumpler and Simsall pitched for Haughton.

Karlee Osbon tripledand singled for OWC,Olivia Osborne tripled, andAbby Cross, Haley Cross,Kamry Nix and HaleyMachen singled.

Olivia Osborne struck

out seven batters for OWC.Baseball

Coach PitchCJ Consulting 1

Southern Stone 7Hudson Glasscock led

Southern Stone with a dou-ble and a single, and RyanReagan, Cameryn Davis,Cash Frizzell, JudsonBoothe, Connor Bolton,Remington Arender andGage Williams all had basehits.

Zach Pruitt and BryceGates had two hits for CJConsulting, and JacobJefferson and Ethan Coxadded base hits.

Minden’s FinestStorage 0 Roma’s 5Peyton Houston, Brody

Walker and PrestonBlakely all had two singlesfor Roma.

Derodney Bryant andBlake Lewis had the onlybase hits for Minden’sFinest Storage.

AAExterminators 2

Bandits 11Spencer Brantley

tripled and doubled to leadthe Bandits. WyattWhorton tripled and sin-gled, Brian Williams sin-gled and doubled, andTanner Johnson doubled.Hayden Watkins addedtwo singles for theBandits, as did DustinClanton and DeveryMoore. Willie Jenkins andEveronte Williams addedbase hits.

Joey Curry, HaydenWhitehead, Ross Hammettand Omar Corley all hadbase hits for theExterminators.

Wrecking Crew 5Timberland Services 1

Jekoye Knowles hit ahomerun and a double topave the way for theWrecking Crew. PrestonFrye, Grayson Gorum,Braydon Winston, KylerMonk and Levi Pope allhad base hits for the Crew.

Timberland Serviceswas led by Jackson Wallerwith a double. John Rolen,

Clayton Tomas, NolanStill and Landon Rushingadded base hits forTimberland.

AAA Lion’s Club 13 Alpha

Energy 2Bryce Powell led Lions

Club with two doubles,while Jake Wilkins added abase hit.

Jadarious Allen had theonly base hit for AlphaEnergy.

Dayton Sims had a bigday pitching, striking out10 batters for Lions Club,and Jaylen Williams struckout five for Alpha Energy.

The Raptures 2Minden Athletic 6

Kendall Flournoy ledMinden Athletic with abase hit at the plate and 10strikeouts on the mound.Chase Tolbert doubled forMinden Athletic and CollinMurphy and Jacob Powelladded base hits.

The Raptures were ledby Elliot Sheppard whohad a triple, and RicHarris, who pitched andstruck out three batters.

Kirk’s Towing 9Skeeter’s 4

Brennan Benton ledKirk’s with a single.

For Skeeter’s, EthanVise tripled and CJ Davisand Hudson Dillard sin-gled.

Jase Pate struck outseven batters for Skeeter’s,while Cooper Parker Dalesat down nine batters forKirk’s Towing.

Holmont 21 MindenFarm & Garden 6

Dexter Smith tripled,Riley Streetman had twosingles and Noah Spears,Maurice Rabb and JPParker had base hits to leadHolmont.

Andru Ebert and GavinHicks pitched for Farm &Garden, combining tostrike out three.

Noah Spears struck outfive for Holmont.

Dixie YouthRangers 8 Tigers 2

Andrew Fegley stroked

two doubles, ParkerCupples doubled andLanden Hopkins singledto lead the Rangers.

Ryan Sheets doubledfor the Tigers andChristian Stevens andCameron Herman addedbase hits.

Trenton McLaughlinstruck out 10 batters forthe Tigers, whileAndrew Fegley sat downa whopping 13 battersfor the Rangers.

U.S. Silica 3 MindenAthletic 5

De’Mareya Howardhit a homerun and sin-gled to lead MindenAthletic, and HaydenEngel blasted a homer aswell to lead the way.Blaine Sparks and Drake

Freeman added singles.Connor Humphreys

tripled for U.S. Silica,while Corbon Kendrickand Ashton Stewart sin-gled.

Corban Kendrick wasoutstanding on themound for U.S. Silica,striking out 10 batters.

Farm Bureau 15Minden Elite 1

Cameron Dollar hadtwo triples, WesleyDennis doubled and sin-gled and Brittain Ranger,Joseph Kidd, MillardJohnson and SuttonSynco added base hits.

Treylon Butler had theonly two base hits forMinden Elite, and alsoled the way pitching withtwo strikeouts.

Cason Fields struckout four batters for FarmBureau.

Glenbrook 9 HebertTown & Country 1Nick Mourad and

Trevor McLean doubledand singled forGlenbrook. CadeClemons, ThomasParnell and GageDouglas added base hits.

Tyler Gillespie hadTown & Country’s onlyhit. Cody Johnson hadsix strikeouts for Town& Country.

Trevor McLean struckout four and NickMourad struck out threefor Glenbrook on themound. Cade Clemonsalso tossed a scorelessinning.

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 — Minden Press-Herald 7

Lions Club tops Alpha Energy, Bandits get big winLITTLE LEAGUEContinued from page 6

Press-Herald Photo/Blake Branch

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NOTICE OF INTENTION BY NORTH WEBSTER P A R I S H I N D U S T R I A L DISTRICT TO GRANT LEASE WITH OPTION TO RENEW TO C O N T I N E N TA L S T R U C T U R A L PLASTICS (A S U B S I D I A R Y OF CSP HOLDING CORP.)

(1) The North Webster Parish Industrial District proposes to grant a lease with and option to renew lesae to Continental Structural Plastics, a subsidiary of CSP Holding Corp., a Delaware corporation whose present mailing address is 755 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 700, Troy, MI 48084, property located in the North Industrial Park.

(2) The description of the property to be lease is:

The South 10 acres of Lot 41 of the North Webster Parish Industrial Park Subdivision, Section 25, Township 23 North, Range 11 West, Webster Parish, Louisiana, as per map and plat thereof on file and of record in Map Book 4, Page 22 in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court and Ex-Officio Recorder in and for said Parish, together with all i m p r o v e m e n t s located thereon and all rights thereto belonging, LESS AND EXCEPT the East 5 acres.

(3) The proposed c o n s i d e r a t i o n for the lease of said property is as follows:

The price and consideration of this lease shall be a monthly rental in the amount of FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($5,400.00) per month with a 1-year option to renew. As additional c o n s i d e r a t i o n , LESSEE agrees to maintain additional ten (10) full-time jobs during the term of the lease.

(4) A copy of the proposed Contract of Lease is on file in the office of the North Webster Parish Industrial District for public i n s p e c t i o n .

(5) Any objections to this lease with an option to renew will be heard at a regular meeting of the North Webster Parish Industrial District at 5:30 oÕ clock P.M. at its offices on May 18, 2015, at the North Webster Parish Industrial District Office, North Webster Parish Industrial Park, Highway 7 South, Springhill-Cullen, Louisiana.

This 20th day of April, 2015.

/S/_____________Jeffrey D. Harper, C h a i r m a n

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pro-rate over the first year.Pled guilty to distributionof Schedule IV CDS, sen-tenced to five years at theLouisiana Department ofCorrections, five years sus-pended, active supervisedprobation. To pay $1,000plus court costs, proratedover the first year. Sen-tences to run concurrent.

g~ãÉë= hK= o~íäáÑÑ:Molestation of a juvenile.Status conference set forMay 29, with trial set forJuly 6.

qÉêêÉä= g~ãÉë= pãáíÜ:Aggravated burglary of aninhabited dwelling. Waivedformal arraignment. Plednot guilty. Status confer-ence set for June 22 withtrial set for Oct. 19.

gìëíáå= pìãåÉê: Bondrevoked on charges of pos-session of Schedule IIICDS, and resisting a policeofficer with force. Defen-dant requested to proceedwithout counsel.

pÜ~èìáää= tÉëí: Posses-sion with intent to distrib-ute a Schedule I CDS. Sen-tenced to eight years at theLouisiana Department ofCorrections, three yearssuspended. Active super-vised probation. To pay$5,000 plus court costswithin first 24 months pro-rated. Must obtain GEDwithin first 12 months andmaintain full-time employ-ment within first 60 days.Must pay $800 representa-tion fee to the publicdefender’s office.

qçåáç= _K= _ÉååÉíí:Charged with illegal use ofweapons or dangerousinstrumentalities. Takeninto custody. Bond set at$5,000. Waived formalarraignment and pledguilty to two counts of dis-turbing the peace. Sen-tenced to 30 days in theWebster Parish Jail, sus-pended 90 days activesupervised probation.Must pay $100 plus courtcosts.

oáÅâÉó= _ä~Åâ: Withdrewnot guilty plea, pled guiltyto resisting an officer. Mustpay $125 plus court costsor 20 days in jail. Credit fortime served. Must testifytruthfully against co-defendant. Trial set forJune 15.

^äçåòç=_êçïå: Chargedwith three counts of Distri-bution of a Schedule I CDS,withdrew not guilty plea,pled guilty. Sentencing setfor June 5.

gÉÑÑÉêó= a~êâ: Chargedwith simple burglary. With-drew not guilty plea, pledguilty. Sentenced to theLouisiana Department ofCorrections at hard laboreight years. Credit for timeserved. Two years proba-tion and parole.

^ëÜíçå= a~îáë: Chargedwith nine counts of simpleburglary. Status conferencemoved to May 18 at thedefense’s request. Trial setfor June 15.

oÉÄÉÅÅ~=`çääÉÉå=cçëíÉê:Amended charge of simplepossession of marijuana.Pled guilty. Must pay $500plus court costs. Sixmonths active supervisedprobation. Pled guilty topossession of drug para-phernalia. Must pay $175plus court costs.

hÉíêáÅâ=aK= cê~òáÉê: Con-tradictory Hearing onthree counts of theft of$1,500 or more. Motion towithdraw counsel denied.

oó~å= dä~ÇåÉó: Pledguilty to armed robbery.Sentenced to 15 yearswithout benefit to theLouisiana Department ofCorrections. Credit fortime served.

j~êèìÉò=dêÉÉå: Waivedformal arraignment. Plednot guilty to three countsof distribution of a Sched-ule I CDS. Status confer-ence set for June 1, trial setfor August 17.

i~î~åáíó= s~åëÜ~ó= dêáÑJÑáå: Recall bench warrant,bond forfeiture on chargesof first degree vehicularnegligent injuring, operat-ing a vehicle while intoxi-cated (first offense) and

careless operation of avehicle. Passed to June 1 atthe defense’s request. Trialset for June 15.

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Charged with resisting anofficer with force or vio-lence, resisting an officerby flight and disturbing thepeace with offensive

words. Status conferencepassed to May 18 at thedefense’s request. Trial setfor June 15.

dÉêãóäìå= hK= e~ïâáåë:

Motion to withdrawdenied. Charged with ninecounts of simple burglary.Trial set for June 15.

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Charged with failure toreport a missing child andcruelty to juveniles. Trialreset to July 27.

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cussed…” according tocity council minutes.

According to the newbill, in order for commis-sion members to qualify,they must either be a reg-istered voter of the City ofMinden or hold a majority

interest in a business orproperty located in theDowntown DevelopmentDistrict.

“The seven membersshall be appointed by themayor of the city of Min-den, upon the approval ofthe city council ‘with dueconsideration being givento the needs and desires ofthe commission,’” theamended legislation reads.

“’The commission shallappoint sub-committeesfor various needs andevents with no limitationson residency. In addition,the mayor of the city ofMinden and the projectdirector shall be nonvot-ing ex officio members ofthe commission.

“One of those rules, forinstance, was that thecommissioner was going

to be nominated by theDowntown Business Dis-trict,” Davis said. “Well,there’s not a DowntownMerchants Associationanymore. We’re just chang-ing the qualifications andhow the commissionersare appointed.”

The old rules dictatedthat members where cho-sen as follows:

n Two members shall

be appointed from a list ofnominees submitted bythe Minden Chamber ofCommerce.

n Two members shallbe appointed from a list ofnominees submitted bythe Retail Merchants Asso-ciation of the city of Min-den.

n Two members shallbe appointed from a list ofnominees submitted by

the Minden Historic Dis-trict Commission.

n One member shall beappointed from a list ofnominees submitted bythe Minden NAACP.

The Downtown Devel-opment District beginswhere Dennis Street inter-sects with Highway 80 andends around PennsylvaniaAvenue with properties inbetween.

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