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The Natchitoches Times Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Natchitoches, Louisiana • Since 1714 Fifty Cents the Copy And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free, John 8:32. HOMEMADE IN HALF THE TIME LIFESTYLES See Page 5A 2-5A ALL DISTRICT FOOTBALL PAJAMA DRIVE See Page 10A See Page 6A SPORTS INSIDE H H ERALDING ERALDING O O VER VER A C C ENTURY ENTURY OF OF N N EWS EWS C C OVERAGE OVERAGE • 1903-2012 • 1903-2012 Let us know what you think, write a letter to the editor. See Page 4A for details. Natchitoches Times e-mail [email protected] Letters to the Editor Visit our website at: www.natchitochestimes.com WEATHER 59 27 HIGH LOW Area Deaths Ricky Ray Issac Jr. James H. “Jack”Nelson Eleanor Leigh “Plum” Wynne Obituaries Page 2A Obituaries Editorial Annie’s Mailbox Lifestyles Sports TV Guide Comics Index 2A 4A 3A 5A 6A 8A 9A City Court lists trial docket for November City Court Judge Fred Gahagan lists the trial dock- et for Nov. 26. Shavell Marie Addison, simple assault, reset Jan. 14. Donte J. Anthony, posses- sion of marijuana, pleads guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 1 year supervised probation, pay fine and costs totaling $481, default of payment 30 days in jail. Colonda Slate Bell, dis- turbing the peace/fighting, reset May 20, DA’s probation, obstructing public passages, dismissed. Vincent R. Bell, open con- tainer, dismissed. Charles Blake, possession of marijuana, reset May 20, diversion. Lenny Bobb, theft, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 6 months unsupervised proba- tion, pay fine and cost total- ing $431, default of payment 30 days in jail. Gregory J. Burton, open container, reset July 8, pre- trial intervention. Oscar Evans, theft by shoplifting, resisting an offi- cer, BW failure to appear. Emily Firmin, theft by shoplifting, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confined 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 1 year supervised probation, pay fine and cost totaling $431, default of payment 30 days in jail. Christopher Gallien, sim- ple battery, reset Jan. 14. Erica Loiuise Gay, child desertion, reset May 20, DA’s probation. Charlene Green, theft by shoplifting, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 1 year supervised probation, pay fine and cost totaling $431, default of payment 30 days in jail. Matthew R. Hamilton, theft, reset May 20, DA’s pro- bation. Derik Harris, disturbing the peace/public intoxica- tion, resisting an officer, sim- ple criminal damage to prop- erty, interference with a police officer, transferred to district court. Cavin Hayes, possession of marijuana, reset Jan. 14. Michael Joseph Helire, loud music, theft by shoplift- ing, dismissed, possession of marijuana, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 1 year supervised probation, pay fine and cost totaling $481, default of payment 30 days in jail, loud music, sentence of the court was, confine 30 days in jail, 30 days in jail is suspended, 6 months unsu- pervised probation, pay fine and cost totaling, $531, default of payment 20 days in jail, to run consecutively. Elizabeth Howard, theft by shoplifting, reset May 20, DA’s probation. Otis Charles Jackson Jr., possession of CDS schedule I, possession of drug para- phernalia, reset Jan. 14. Rhoshanda N. Johnson, cruelty to animals, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 30 days in jail, 30 days in jail suspended, pay fine and cost totaling $303, default of payment 20 days in jail, city dog ordinance, sen- tence of the court was, pay fine and cost totaling $246, to run concurrent, five counts city dog ordinance, dis- missed. Demorris Jones, 2 counts loud music, 3 counts domes- tic abuse battery, BW failure to appear. Edward Charles Jones, dis- turbing the peace/public intoxication, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 30 days in jail, 30 days in jail suspended, 6 months unsupervised proba- tion, pay fine and cost total- ing $278, default of payment 20 days in jail, simple battery, dismissed. Michael Kilgore, simple battery, BW failure to appear. Shantel King, theft by shoplifting, pleaded guilty, sentence of the court was, confine 60 days in jail, 60 days in jail suspended, 1 year supervised probation, pay fine and cost totaling $431, default of payment 30 days in jail. Kenton LaCaze, 10 counts city dog ordinance, dis- missed. See Docket 3A Clerk of Court Louie Bernard read the votes recorded in City Hall precinct voting machine Tuesday morning. From left are Bernard, Dominick Metoyer, Pat Ward-Hoover and Donna Issacs. Ward-Hoover has asked for a recount of the Dec. 8 election in which she lost by 2 votes to Ricky LaCour. Metoyer represented LaCour. Parish council candidate asks for recount that will be Thursday There was no variation in the number of votes on the voting machines and the number of votes sent to the Sec. of State when Clerk of Court Louie Bernard broke the seals on voting machines Tuesday morning. Although breaking the seals follows all elections, parish council candidate Pat Ward-Hoover was hoping for a mistake since she lost to Ricky LaCour by only 2 votes. In the District 2 race, LaCour received 298 votes to 296 for Ward-Hoover. Tuesday morning, Bernard pulled print-outs from the voting machines stored in a warehouse in West Natchitoches. He com- pared the 10 precinct totals on the voting machine print- outs to the results of the Dec. 8 election that his office submitted to the Secretary of State. There were no differences in those two totals. Bernard, Registrar of Voters Debbie Waskom, members of the Republican and Democratic Boards of Election Supervisors and the candidates or their rep- resentatives were present for the count. Ward-Hoover has asked for an official recount that will be Thursday morning at 10 a.m. in the Clerk of Court’s civil office on the bottom floor of the court- house. By law, Ward-Hoover has until 4:30 p.m. today, Wednesday, to submit a let- ter to Bernard asking for the recount. Upon receipt of the letter, Bernard must conduct the recount the following day. During the recount, offi- cials will recount paper bal- lots that were originally counted by scanners. By law, Ward-Hoover must pay for the costs of the recount. That fee was unknown Tuesday morning because Bernard said this will be the first recount in his 20 years as Clerk of Court. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Deputies and the Natchitoches Parish Coroner’s Office are investi- gating an ATV fatality near Cloutierville that resulted in a man’s death Dec. 2 Deputies, criminal investi- gators and EMS paramedics responded to the reported crash on private property near Cuban Road. Deputies discovered Constantino del Agua Hernandez deceased. Hernandez, 44, of Pahuatain, Mexico was oper- ating a 2005 Honda 4x4 ATV. He and a passenger were trav- eling at a high rate of speed through a pasture when they struck a large post and barbed wire fence. Hernandez was ejected approximately 18 feet. He was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies believe alcohol was involved and toxicology tests are pending. The passenger received facial lacerations but did not require medical attention. Hernandez reportedly was working in the area as a farm hand. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Deputies arrested Ashley Renee Edwards, of Robeline, on felony drug charges near Hagewood. Sheriff ’s Criminal Patrol Units were working in the Shady Grove area Dec. 4 when they stopped a 1999 Ford Taurus for a traffic violation. During a search of the vehi- cle, deputies seized suspected alprazolam. Edwards, 26, of the 100 block of Eddie Edwards Road, Robeline was charged with one count of illegal posses- sion of Controlled Dangerous Substance Schedule IV alpra- zolam. Edwards is on probation and other charges are pend- ing. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Deputies arrested Darrion Deandre Pikes, a Clarence man, on felony drug charges Dec. 5. Deputies observed a suspi- cious vehicle parked at the old Clarence school near Clark Road. They approached the 1992 Cadillac Deville and smelled a strong marijuana odor. They seized approxi- mately 31 bags of suspected marijuana, $226 and drug paraphernalia. Pikes, 18, of the 300 block of Greenville Drive, Clarence, was charged with possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance Schedule I marijua- na with intent to distribute and possession of drug para- phernalia. Pikes is awaiting bond. Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’s Deputies arrested Christopher J. Mitchell, of Natchitoches, on felony drug charges Dec. 6. Deputies stopped a Mitsubishi Eclipse on I-49 near Natchitoches for a traffic violation. They smelled a strong marijuana odor, and Mitchell admitted to having illegal narcotics in the vehi- cle. Deputies seized several grams of suspected marijua- na and drug paraphernalia. Mitchell, 21, of the 700 block of Garland Road, Natchitoches, was charged with possession of Controlled Dangerous Substance Schedule I marijuana with intent to distribute and pos- session of drug parapherna- lia. The vehicle was impound- ed. Deputies investigate 4-wheeler death; make several drug arrests Northwestern State University will hold its fall commencement exercises Friday, Dec. 14 in Prather Coliseum. Undergraduate and gradu- ate students from the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Education and Human Development and undergraduate students from the Louisiana Scholars’ College will receive diplomas at 10 a.m. Undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Nursing and Allied Health and undergraduate students from the College of Science, Technology and Business will graduate at 3 p.m. The ceremonies will be streamed online at nsula.edu. Those wishing to get the best available seating should plan to arrive at least an hour prior to the ceremony. Seating on the arena floor is available for those who are mobility impaired. Paul Rainwater, chief of staff for Gov. Bobby Jindal, will be the commencement speaker. Rainwater was named chief of staff in October. He served as commis- sioner of administration, the chief financial advisor to the Governor and chief adminis- trative officer for the state. He served as commissioner from June 2010-Oct. 2012. Rainwater has also served as Jindal’s deputy chief of staff. Prior to that, he served as executive director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. Previously, Rainwater served as leg- islative direc- tor and chief of operations for U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. From June 2006-Jan. 2007, Rainwater served as director of hazard mitigation and intergovern- mental affairs at the LRA, where he managed program policies, served as team leader and coordinated with state and federal agencies to set mitigation priorities. Governor’s chief-of-staff tapped to be commencement speaker at NSU Friday Rainwater Weyerhaeuser will have a job fair at the Magnolia Baptist church in Saline Dec. 14 from 5:30-11:30 a.m. Job fair set The Natchitoches Parish Library will have Christmas story time today, Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 10 a.m., and there will be a Christmas movie Dec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. All events are free. Library to host Christmas movie NATCHITOCHES, La. (AP) — Friends and former teammates and coaches of Ricky Issac Jr. are remem- bering the former Northwestern State football star for his upbeat personali- ty and competitive spirit. Issac was killed Saturday afternoon in a one-car traffic accident while on patrol as a Natchitoches Parish Deputy. Issac was in his first year as a deputy. He was 24 years old. Former NSU football coach Bradley Dale Peveto told The Town Talk that Issac was "the kind of man you hope your son grows up to become." Issac, who grew up in Cypress, Texas, was consid- ered an undersized defensive end at 6-foot-4 and 227 pounds. He joined the team as a walk-on but eventually earned a scholarship and became a starter as a senior. See story Page 6A. Deputy killed in accident was NSU player
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The Natchitoches TimesWednesday, December 12, 2012 Natchitoches, Louisiana • Since 1714 Fifty Cents the Copy
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free, John 8:32.
HOMEMADEIN HALF
THE TIME
LIFESTYLES
See Page 5A
2-5A ALL DISTRICT
FOOTBALLPAJAMADRIVE
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SPORTS INSIDE
HHERALDINGERALDING OOVERVER AA CCENTURYENTURY OFOF NNEWSEWS CCOVERAGEOVERAGE • 1903-2012• 1903-2012
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Area DeathsRicky Ray Issac Jr.
James H. “Jack”NelsonEleanor Leigh “Plum”
Wynne
Obituaries Page 2A
Obituaries
Editorial
Annie’s Mailbox
Lifestyles
Sports
TV Guide
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City Court liststrial docket forNovember
City Court Judge FredGahagan lists the trial dock-et for Nov. 26.
Shavell Marie Addison,simple assault, reset Jan. 14.
Donte J. Anthony, posses-sion of marijuana, pleadsguilty, sentence of the courtwas, confine 60 days in jail,60 days in jail suspended, 1year supervised probation,pay fine and costs totaling$481, default of payment 30days in jail.
Colonda Slate Bell, dis-turbing the peace/fighting,reset May 20, DA’s probation,obstructing public passages,dismissed.
Vincent R. Bell, open con-tainer, dismissed.
Charles Blake, possessionof marijuana, reset May 20,diversion.
Lenny Bobb, theft, pleadedguilty, sentence of the courtwas, confine 60 days in jail,60 days in jail suspended, 6months unsupervised proba-tion, pay fine and cost total-ing $431, default of payment30 days in jail.
Gregory J. Burton, opencontainer, reset July 8, pre-trial intervention.
Oscar Evans, theft byshoplifting, resisting an offi-cer, BW failure to appear.
Emily Firmin, theft byshoplifting, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confined 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $431,default of payment 30 days injail.
Christopher Gallien, sim-ple battery, reset Jan. 14.
Erica Loiuise Gay, childdesertion, reset May 20, DA’sprobation.
Charlene Green, theft byshoplifting, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confine 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $431,default of payment 30 days injail.
Matthew R. Hamilton,theft, reset May 20, DA’s pro-bation.
Derik Harris, disturbingthe peace/public intoxica-tion, resisting an officer, sim-ple criminal damage to prop-erty, interference with apolice officer, transferred todistrict court.
Cavin Hayes, possession ofmarijuana, reset Jan. 14.
Michael Joseph Helire,loud music, theft by shoplift-ing, dismissed, possession ofmarijuana, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confine 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $481,default of payment 30 days injail, loud music, sentence ofthe court was, confine 30days in jail, 30 days in jail issuspended, 6 months unsu-pervised probation, pay fineand cost totaling, $531,default of payment 20 days injail, to run consecutively.
Elizabeth Howard, theft byshoplifting, reset May 20,DA’s probation.
Otis Charles Jackson Jr.,possession of CDS scheduleI, possession of drug para-phernalia, reset Jan. 14.
Rhoshanda N. Johnson,cruelty to animals, pleadedguilty, sentence of the courtwas, confine 30 days in jail,30 days in jail suspended, payfine and cost totaling $303,default of payment 20 days injail, city dog ordinance, sen-tence of the court was, payfine and cost totaling $246, torun concurrent, five countscity dog ordinance, dis-missed.
Demorris Jones, 2 countsloud music, 3 counts domes-tic abuse battery, BW failureto appear.
Edward Charles Jones, dis-turbing the peace/publicintoxication, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confine 30 days in jail, 30days in jail suspended, 6months unsupervised proba-tion, pay fine and cost total-ing $278, default of payment20 days in jail, simple battery,dismissed.
Michael Kilgore, simplebattery, BW failure to appear.
Shantel King, theft byshoplifting, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confine 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $431,default of payment 30 days injail.
Kenton LaCaze, 10 countscity dog ordinance, dis-missed.
See Docket 3A
Clerk of Court Louie Bernard read the votes recorded in City Hall precinct votingmachine Tuesday morning. From left are Bernard, Dominick Metoyer, Pat Ward-Hooverand Donna Issacs. Ward-Hoover has asked for a recount of the Dec. 8 election in whichshe lost by 2 votes to Ricky LaCour. Metoyer represented LaCour.
Parish council candidate asksfor recount that will be Thursday
There was no variation inthe number of votes on thevoting machines and thenumber of votes sent to theSec. of State when Clerk ofCourt Louie Bernard brokethe seals on voting machinesTuesday morning.
Although breaking theseals follows all elections,parish council candidate PatWard-Hoover was hoping fora mistake since she lost toRicky LaCour by only 2votes.
In the District 2 race,LaCour received 298 votes to296 for Ward-Hoover.
Tuesday morning,Bernard pulled print-outsfrom the voting machinesstored in a warehouse in
West Natchitoches. He com-pared the 10 precinct totalson the voting machine print-outs to the results of theDec. 8 election that hisoffice submitted to theSecretary of State.
There were no differencesin those two totals.
Bernard, Registrar ofVoters Debbie Waskom,members of the Republicanand Democratic Boards ofElection Supervisors andthe candidates or their rep-resentatives were presentfor the count.
Ward-Hoover has askedfor an official recount thatwill be Thursday morning at10 a.m. in the Clerk ofCourt’s civil office on the
bottom floor of the court-house.
By law, Ward-Hoover hasuntil 4:30 p.m. today,Wednesday, to submit a let-ter to Bernard asking for therecount.
Upon receipt of the letter,Bernard must conduct therecount the following day.
During the recount, offi-cials will recount paper bal-lots that were originallycounted by scanners.
By law, Ward-Hoover mustpay for the costs of therecount.
That fee was unknownTuesday morning becauseBernard said this will be thefirst recount in his 20 yearsas Clerk of Court.
Natchitoches ParishSheriff ’s Deputies and theNatchitoches ParishCoroner’s Office are investi-gating an ATV fatality nearCloutierville that resulted in aman’s death Dec. 2
Deputies, criminal investi-gators and EMS paramedicsresponded to the reportedcrash on private propertynear Cuban Road.
Deputies discoveredConstantino del AguaHernandez deceased.
Hernandez, 44, ofPahuatain, Mexico was oper-ating a 2005 Honda 4x4 ATV.He and a passenger were trav-eling at a high rate of speedthrough a pasture when theystruck a large post and barbed
wire fence. Hernandez wasejected approximately 18 feet.He was not wearing a helmetand was pronounced dead atthe scene.
Deputies believe alcoholwas involved and toxicologytests are pending.
The passenger receivedfacial lacerations but did notrequire medical attention.
Hernandez reportedly wasworking in the area as a farmhand.
Natchitoches ParishSheriff ’s Deputies arrestedAshley Renee Edwards, ofRobeline, on felony drugcharges near Hagewood.
Sheriff ’s Criminal PatrolUnits were working in theShady Grove area Dec. 4 when
they stopped a 1999 FordTaurus for a traffic violation.
During a search of the vehi-cle, deputies seized suspectedalprazolam.
Edwards, 26, of the 100block of Eddie Edwards Road,Robeline was charged withone count of illegal posses-sion of Controlled DangerousSubstance Schedule IV alpra-zolam.
Edwards is on probationand other charges are pend-ing.
Natchitoches ParishSheriff ’s Deputies arrestedDarrion Deandre Pikes, aClarence man, on felony drugcharges Dec. 5.
Deputies observed a suspi-cious vehicle parked at the old
Clarence school near ClarkRoad. They approached the1992 Cadillac Deville andsmelled a strong marijuanaodor. They seized approxi-mately 31 bags of suspectedmarijuana, $226 and drugparaphernalia.
Pikes, 18, of the 300 block ofGreenville Drive, Clarence,was charged with possessionof Controlled DangerousSubstance Schedule I marijua-na with intent to distributeand possession of drug para-phernalia.
Pikes is awaiting bond.Natchitoches Parish
Sheriff ’s Deputies arrestedChristopher J. Mitchell, ofNatchitoches, on felony drugcharges Dec. 6.
Deputies stopped aMitsubishi Eclipse on I-49near Natchitoches for a trafficviolation. They smelled astrong marijuana odor, andMitchell admitted to havingillegal narcotics in the vehi-cle.
Deputies seized severalgrams of suspected marijua-na and drug paraphernalia.
Mitchell, 21, of the 700block of Garland Road,Natchitoches, was chargedwith possession of ControlledDangerous SubstanceSchedule I marijuana withintent to distribute and pos-session of drug parapherna-lia.
The vehicle was impound-ed.
Deputies investigate 4-wheeler death; make several drug arrests
Northwestern StateUniversity will hold its fallcommencement exercisesFriday, Dec. 14 in PratherColiseum.
Undergraduate and gradu-ate students from the Collegeof Arts and Letters and theCollege of Education andHuman Development andundergraduate students fromthe Louisiana Scholars’College will receive diplomasat 10 a.m. Undergraduate andgraduate students from theCollege of Nursing and AlliedHealth and undergraduatestudents from the College ofScience, Technology andBusiness will graduate at 3p.m. The ceremonies will bestreamed online at nsula.edu.
Those wishing to get thebest available seating shouldplan to arrive at least an hourprior to the ceremony. Seatingon the arena floor is availablefor those who are mobilityimpaired.
Paul Rainwater, chief ofstaff for Gov. Bobby Jindal,will be the commencementspeaker. Rainwater wasnamed chief of staff inOctober. He served as commis-sioner of administration, thechief financial advisor to theGovernor and chief adminis-trative officer for the state. Heserved as commissioner fromJune 2010-Oct. 2012.
Rainwater has also servedas Jindal’s deputy chief ofstaff. Prior to that, he served
as executivedirector ofthe LouisianaR e c o v e r yAuthority.
Previously,R a i n w a t e rserved as leg-islative direc-tor and chiefof operationsfor U.S. Sen.Mary Landrieu. From June2006-Jan. 2007, Rainwaterserved as director of hazardmitigation and intergovern-mental affairs at the LRA,where he managed programpolicies, served as team leaderand coordinated with stateand federal agencies to setmitigation priorities.
Governor’s chief-of-staff tapped to becommencement speaker at NSU Friday
Rainwater
Weyerhaeuser will havea job fair at the MagnoliaBaptist church in SalineDec. 14 from 5:30-11:30 a.m.
Job fair set
The Natchitoches ParishLibrary will have Christmasstory time today, Wednesday,Dec. 12 at 10 a.m., and therewill be a Christmas movieDec. 13 at 3:30 p.m. Allevents are free.
Library to hostChristmas movie
NATCHITOCHES, La.(AP) — Friends and formerteammates and coaches ofRicky Issac Jr. are remem-bering the formerNorthwestern State footballstar for his upbeat personali-ty and competitive spirit.
Issac was killed Saturdayafternoon in a one-car trafficaccident while on patrol as aNatchitoches Parish Deputy.Issac was in his first year asa deputy. He was 24 yearsold.
Former NSU footballcoach Bradley Dale Pevetotold The Town Talk thatIssac was "the kind of manyou hope your son grows upto become."
Issac, who grew up inCypress, Texas, was consid-ered an undersized defensiveend at 6-foot-4 and 227pounds. He joined the teamas a walk-on but eventuallyearned a scholarship andbecame a starter as a senior.
See story Page 6A.
Deputy killedin accidentwas NSU player
ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) —The Rapides Parish SchoolBoard will use about $3.1 mil-lion to give all district employ-ees a one-time salary increase.
Any employee hired on orafter Oct. 31 and employedthrough March 30 will receive$750 on Dec. 20. Employeesmust complete workshops setby the district next semesterby March 30.
The board approved theincrease with a 4-3 vote at aspecial meeting on Monday.
Board member WiltonBarrios tells The Town Talkthe $750 was based on advicefrom District Attorney JamesDowns, who cautioned theboard on setting a salaryincrease that is above an
employee's regular salary.Keith Breazeale agreed
with not going higher than$750 because of the overallcost to the district.
"When we spend this type ofmoney, there are going to beservices affected in the futurebecause there possibly will beno funding," Breazeale said.
The funds for the supple-ment will come from the dis-trict's general operating fund,which started the year with abalance of $4.1 million,Finance Director Liz Domitesaid. That amount was rolledover from last year.
The budgeted expecting thesame balance at the end of theyear, but that depends on salestax collections, which couldbe lower than she expected.
Board members JohnAllen, Janet Dixon andDarrell Rodriguez votedagainst the $750 supplementin hopes that it would fail andrevert to Rodriguez's motionfor a $1,000 supplement.Stephen Chapman abstainedfrom the vote because his wifeis a district employee. SteveBerry was absent.
The $1,000 supplementoption would have cost thedistrict about $4.1 million.
All members said theemployees deserved the high-er amount, but only threethought the funds were avail-able.
JAMES H.“JACK” NELSON
Funeral services to honorthe life of James H. “Jack”Nelson will be at 1 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 13 in thechapel of Blanchard-St.Denis Funeral Home inNatchitoches with Bro.Clyde
Miley and Bro. Joel Johnsonto officiate. Burial will fol-low in LambertownCemetery in Robeline.Visitation will be from 6-8p.m. Wednesday evening atthe funeral home.
Mr. Nelson, 83, passedaway Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
in Natchitoches CommunityCare Center. Jack was bornMarch 16, 1929 in Robeline.He served his country in theUnited States Army. Hespent his lifetime workingfor the railroad traveling thestates before retiring to hishome near Robeline.
He is preceded in death byhis first grandchild, TaylorCole Nelson.
He is survived and sur-rounded by his wife of 60years Delores WelbornNelson; his son, Jim Nelsonand wife Beth; his grandchil-dren, Katie Nelson Arthurand husband Monty,Christina Nelson Johnsonand husband Josh, CodyNelson and wife Tricia; hissix grandchildren, TuckerArthur, Anna Kate Arthur,Cooper Johnson, ColeJohnson, Matson Nelson andAdrian Nelson.
The family would like toextend their gratitude for thelove and kindness showed toJack during his later years toDr. Archie Breazeale, Dr.Steven Kautz, ShemilleJohnson, Winter and Monaand the rest of the staff atNatchitoches CommunityCare Center and to the staffof Hospice of Natchitoches.
In lieu of floral contribu-tions, donations made inJack’s name may be made tothe Natchitoches JuniorLivestock Club, P.O. Box 86,Natchitoches, La. 71457. Hespent countless hours duringretirement working with theNatchitoches Fair and work-ing with his grandchildrenin the 4-H club.
DEPUTY RICKY RAYISSAC JR.
On Saturday, Dec. 8, thedeath angel came and whis-pered the name of our belovedRicky to come. Although weloved him, God loved himmore. Today we celebrate hislife and legacy as we close thefinal chapter of his life hereon earth.
Deputy Ricky Ray Issac Jr.was born July 8, 1988 inJasper, Texas to Ricky RayIssac, Sr. and the late MonicaLynn Franks Issac. He wasintroduced to Christ at anearly age and attended the BonWier Church of God in Christunder the leadership ofSuperintendent Jerry E. DavisSr. At the church, Ricky wasactive in the choir and youthdrill team.
Deputy Issac attended highschool at Newton IndependentSchool District (ISD) and grad-uated with the class of 2007.Sports were Ricky’s pride andjoy. He was active and success-ful in basketball, baseball andfootball. Ricky helped lead histeam to a state championshipin 2005 under the leadership ofthe late Curtis Barbay. At
Newton ISD, he climbed manyhurdles and conquered manydefeats which led to his thirstfor knowledge and success.
After graduation, DeputyIssac decided to further hiseducational career and beganhis secondary education in thefall of 2007 at NorthwesternState University inNatchitoches. Ricky became aNorthwestern “Demon” foot-ball player and cherished histime as a player. His competi-tiveness, determined spirit,and work ethic led him tobeing a starter his senior yearwhere he earned numerousawards with his most proudawards being SouthlandConference – 2011 Football All-Conference Second Team and2011 Demons’ Defensive MostValuable Player.
While attendingNorthwestern StateUniversity, he met the love ofhis life, Akilah Omega Givens(Monroe) during the fall of2008. It was love at first sightand the two were united inholy matrimony July 16, 2011.Ricky and Akilah were bothvery active members underwatch care at the AbundantLife Church (Natchitoches)under the leadership of Dr.Aill R. Harris Jr. and Co-Pastor Lisa A. Harris. At theAbundant Life Church, Rickyassisted Akilah with the chil-dren’s and youth ministry andlater on became a part of thesecurity ministry. Ricky fin-ished his senior football sea-son and last semester andgraduated Dec. 16, 2011 with abachelor of arts in criminaljustice.
Ricky loved his collegecareer and cherished the rela-tionships he held with friends,teammates, coaches and pro-
fessors. After graduating in
December 2011, Ricky washired in January by theNatchitoches Sheriff ’sDepartment to work as a cor-rections officer for theDetention Center. InFebruarb, Ricky was chosento attend the AlexandriaRegional Police Academy onhis way to becoming aNatchitoches Parish Sheriff ’sDeputy. At the academy gradu-ation, Ricky received theJeremy “Jay” CarruthMemorial Fitness Award forhis outstanding display ofphysical fitness and he set therecord for the mile and onehalf run.
Ricky officially became“Deputy Ricky Issac” May 17,and thus began a new chapterin his life as a NatchitochesDeputy under the leadershipof Sheriff Victor Jones andwas assigned to a shift underthe leadership of Lt. CraigLaCour.
Although Deputy Issac wasonly with the Sheriff ’s officefor a short time, his smile, hispersonality, and his drive tosucceedmade a huge impact ofthe entire Sheriff ’s office fam-ily.
Those who will forevercherish the life, legacy, andmemory of Deputy RickyIssac Jr. are his beloved wife,Akilah Issac and their unbornson, Ricky Ray Issac III ofNatchitoches; parents Rickyand Aquanetta Issac Sr. (BonWier, Texas); sisters VictoriaIssac Tisdale (Brandon) andJasmaine Issac (Bon Wier,Texas); brothers: JonathanJackson (Orange, Texas) andJeremy Jackson (Bon Wier,nieces Madison LynnEthridge and Brooklyn Terelle
Tisdale (Bon Wier, Texas);grandmother Judy “MawMaw” Franks (Huffman,Texas); aunts Mary Allen,Dianne Issac (Hensley) JoyceTyler (Bon Wier, Texas),Maria Franks Martin (John)(Huffman, Texas) and MelindaFranks Smith (Ben)(Texarkana, Texas); uncleHollis Issac (Bon Wier, Texas);parents-in-law Tillman andMattie Givens (Monroe);brother-in-law Terry Givens;sisters-in-law Danielle NikkiGivens (Orlando, Fla.),Chrissy Givens (Romania),and Tillisha Givens(Pineville); nephews Jadon,Jaheim, Jeremiah, Jerio, andJerimie (Orlando, Fla); and ahost of cousins, other rela-tives and friends.
The life, love and legacy ofDeputy Ricky Ray Issac Jr.will be celebrated in aMemorial Service Thursday,Dec. 13 at 6 p.m. at theNatchitoches Event Center,750 Second Street withAbundant Life MinistriesPastor Aill Harris Jr. presid-ing.
The remains will lie in statefor public visitation at theEvents Center from 3-6 p.m.under the direction of theWinnfield Memorial FuneralHome.
The funeral service will beconvened in Deputy Issac’shometown of Newton, Texasat the Newton High SchoolGymnasium Saturday, Dec. 15at 11 a.m. with interment fol-lowing in the BelgradeCemetery of Bon Wier, Texasunder the direction of theRobinson Community FuneralHome of Jasper, Texas. Publicvisitation will be convened atthe gymnasium from 10 a.m.to service time.
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MANY, La. (AP) — Thebody of a 22-year-old manreported missing Sundaynight has been recoveredfrom Toledo Bend Reservoir.
Sabine Parish DeputyCoroner Ron Rivers identi-fied the victim has JustinWilson of Provencal.
The Times reportsWilson's body was recoveredMonday in about 9 feet ofwater near the Lanan Bridge.
Rivers said Wilson and twocompanions were fishing
under the bridge most ofSunday. As a line of thunder-storms approached, theypacked up to leave but gottheir truck stuck as theypulled the boat from thewater.
Rivers says the boat drift-ed off the trailer and Wilsondove into the water andswam toward the boat.
One of the friends toldauthorities he heard Wilsoncall his name three times buthe was unable to go to him.
Body recovered in Toledo Bend Reservoir
TIOGA, La. (AP) — TheRapides Parish SchoolDistrict will put a $300,000state grant to work toimprove literacy in six mid-dle schools this year.
The Town Talk reports ateam with the district wrotea grant application for partof the $4 million competitiveBelieve and Include grantinitiative to serve studentswith disabilities.
State Superintendent ofEducation John White pre-sented thee check to the dis-
trict on Monday at Tioga Jr.High School -- one of the sixschools participating in thegrant.
Tioga Jr. High is partner-ing with Alexandria MiddleMagnet, Arthur F. SmithMiddle School, PinevilleJunior High, NorthwoodHigh School and CarolineDorman Junior High toincrease literacy among mid-dle school students whoscore below proficient onstate exams through the Readand Achieve Program (RAP).
Rapides schools receive literacy grant
ELEANOR LEIGH“PLUM” WYNNE
Eleanor Leigh “Plum”Wynne, a resident of BatonRouge and a native ofKirbyville, Texas, died Dec. 9,2012 after a brief illness. Shewas 69.
She worked tirelessly formore than 30 years as an edu-cator in Natchitoches andWoodville, Texas. Plumrecently retired from theLouisiana Department ofInsurance after more than 11years where she was fortu-nate to work alongside herdaughter and granddauther.
She is survived by herdaughter Leslie WilsonCooper of Metairie andgranddaughter Allison ClaireCooper of Baton Rouge;daughter Amy Wilson Davidand husband Chad of BatonRouge and grandchildrenLucy and LaurenWhittington, and Alec, Grace,Grant and Miles David; sisterGeorgia Ann Purdy of Jasper,Texas; brother Kenny Baker
Wynne of Kirbyville, Texas;niece Leigh Anne BillbeTreistman and sons Jordanand Joshua; niece KathryBilllbe Bluestone and sonsChristian Ford and DeanBluestone; and Smudge, her“boy kitty.” She is preceded indeath by her parents, GeorgeWashington Wynne Jr. andEldora Baker Wynne, both ofKirbyville.
Visitation will take placeSaturday, Dec. 15, from 9-10:30a.m. at Adams EE StringerFuneral Home in Kirbyville,Texas, with graveside ser-vices to follow at 11 a.m. atKirbyville Cemetery.
Special thanks to Drs. JohnGodke, Bud O”Neal and theirteams from their excellentmedical care and heartfeltconcern, as well as the entireICU and fourth floor staff atthe Baton Rouge GeneralBluebonnet who took excel-lent care of Plum, includingJulie, Peggy, Kaylyn, Jamie,Jill, the PCAs, and ChaplainJanet Hogstrom.
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Dear Annie: My husbandand I have been married for 20years. We have two boys, andthe oldest is non-verbal autis-tic. “Austin” can write, and hewears a talking device aroundhis neck. He likes to shop andenjoys eating different things.But it makes me sad andangry when people stare at us.
I have had strangers tellme I shouldn’t take Austinout of the house, that I’m abad parent if I don’t do agluten-free diet and variousother pieces of unwelcomeadvice. I know some people
think we somehow causedthis to happen, but we didn’task for this, and people needto realize what a miracle it isto have a child who is devel-opmentally normal. We haveone of each, and I feel blessedto say that.
Our society doesn’t offerenough support to familiesthat are different. Ouryoungest son tries to makefriends, and no one callsback. I have reached out toneighbors, and nothing hap-pens. Support groups havemeetings that are often heldat times that don’t work forme, and worse, if you havedifferent opinions aboutwhat causes autism, you areignored. I will not give uphope that things can change,because we have come so far.Thanks for letting me vent. —Sunshine
Dear Sunshine: Thismust be so difficult for you.There is no excuse for peo-ple who are rude enough tocriticize your parenting orhave the nerve to suggestthat the boy be confined tothe home. Ignore them.Professionals don’t knowwhat causes autism. Somechildren respond to dietarychanges, but not all. And weknow that many people con-tinue to believe that autismis a result of childhood vac-cines, even though the origi-nal “research” is now con-sidered questionable at best.
We understand how muchparents want to protect theirchildren and, in some cases,are looking to place blame. Ifthe support groups in yourarea are not your cup of tea,please try the AutismSociety of America (autism-
society.org) or AutismSpeaks (autismspeaks.org)for more opportunities toconnect, perhaps online.
Dear Annie: May I makeanother suggestion for holi-day gifts for teachers? When I worked in the coun-seling office at a high school,my most treasured giftswere the thank-you noteswritten either by the parentsor the students. Mugs, scent-ed candles and school-themed note pads can pile upin the closet, but those notesI will keep forever. Knowingyour efforts are appreciatedis priceless. — Mrs. G.
Dear Mrs. G: Thank youfor giving our readers a giftidea that costs nothing andbrings so much satisfaction.Teachers have often told ushow meaningful these notesare. Please, readers, if a
teacher has meant some-thing special to you, let himor her know. It’s one of thenicest gifts you can give.
Dear Annie: I could notdisagree more with yourcomments to “Enough,” whosaid he would not date awoman he was not physical-ly attracted to. You said thiswas a superficial reason, buthis choice.
I agree that it is hischoice, but superficial? Notat all. I have been there. Iended a relationshipbecause I was not attractedto him “that way.” Hearingthat he was shopping for anengagement ring didn’tchange my mind. My familyasked how I’d feel if heturned out to be my onlyoption, and I said that wasno reason to be with some-one. Two weeks later, my
now-husband asked me out.— History Lesson
Dear History: You areconfusing attraction withsuperficiality. It’s under-standable not to continue todate someone you aren’tattracted to. But “Enough”refused to even meet womenwho didn’t match his crite-ria for beauty. This is super-ficial — meaning the surfaceappearance is more impor-tant than what’s inside.
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Chris Lynch, open contain-er, reset Jan. 14.
Dekedra Manning, disturb-ing the peace/fighting, plead-ed guilty, sentence of thecourt was, confined 30 days injail, 30 days in jail suspended,6 months unsupervised pro-bation, pay fine and costtotaling $278, default of pay-ment 20 days in jail.
Tiffany McDonald, dis-turbing the peace/loud andboisterous, BW failure toappear.
Kentrell McElroy, domesticabuse battery, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confined 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearunsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $303,default of payment 20 days injail.
Davetrice Dion Mitchell,theft by shoplifting, reset Feb.25, diversion.
Terry Wayne Monroe, sim-ple assault, dismissed.
Harry P. Morgan, posses-sion of marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia,reset May 20, diversion.
Jeroy Newton, loud music,pleaded guilty, sentence ofthe court was, confined 30days in jail, 30 days in jailsuspended, 6 months unsu-pervised probation, pay fineand cost totaling $531, defaultof payment 20 days in jail,open container, dismissed.
Vontay Deshawn O’Con,remaining on premises,domestic abuse battery, BWfailure to appear.
Kiaria Odom, remainingon premises, pleaded guilty,sentence of the court was,confine 30 days in jail, 30 daysin jail suspended, 6 months
unsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $268,default of payment 20 days injail.
Sammy Pattain, remainingon premises, dismissed.
Robyn D. Patterson, 2counts city dog ordinance,reset Feb. 25, DA’s probation.
Iequila Sanat-MariePhillips, theft by shoplifting,pleaded guilty, sentence ofthe court was, confined 60days in jail, 60 days in jailsuspended, 1 year supervisedprobation, pay fine and costtotaling $431, cash bond for-feited.
Shantaria S. Pierce, theftby shoplifting, aggravatedassault, resisting an officer,reset Jan. 14.
Sammie Pottain, loudmusic amended disturbingthe peace, pleaded guilty, sen-tence of the court was, con-fine 30 days in jail, 30 days injail suspended, 6 monthsunsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $278,default of payment 20 days injail.
Amber Elise Prudhomme,theft by shoplifting, BW fail-ure to appear.
Deandre Dewayne Pye, pos-session of marijuana, plead-ed guilty, sentence of thecourt was, confined 60 days injail, 60 days in jail suspended,1 year supervised probation,pay fine and cost totaling$481, default of payment 30days in jail.
Tonya Rachal, loud musicamended expired inspectionsticker, reset Jan. 14.
Lachaka Rainey, loudmusic, dismissed.
Kenneth L. Robinson, resetMay 20, DA’s probation.
Larren D. Scott, theft byshoplifting, reset May 20, DA’sprobation.
Stephanie Sers, possessionof marijuana, possession ofdrug paraphernalia, resetMay 20, diversion.
Gerald Smith, loud musicamended disturbing thepeace, pleaded guilty, sen-tence of the court was, con-fine 30 days in jail, 30 days injail suspended, 6 monthsunsupervised probation, payfine and costs totaling $278,default of payment 20 days injail.
Dell Stampley, possessionof marijuana, BW failure toappear.
Henry Toussaint, remain-ing on premises, pleadedguilty, sentence of the courtwas, confined 30 days in jail,30 days in jail suspended, 6months unsupervised proba-tion, pay fine and cost total-ing $268, default of payment20 days in jail.
Herman Vercher, theft,reset Feb. 25, DA’s probation.
Christina Wardlaw, theft byshoplifting, pleads guilty, sen-tence of the court was, con-fined 60 days in jail, 60 days injail suspended, 1 year super-vised probation, pay fine andcosts totaling $431, default ofpayment 30 days in jail.
Tearra Williams, disturb-ing the peace, BW failure toappear.
Ellen Thomas Wysinger,theft by shoplifting, pleadedguilty, sentence of the courtwas, confine 60 days in jail, 60days in jail suspended, 1 yearsupervised probation, payfine and cost totaling $431,default of payment 30 days injail.
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Members of Mary’s Student Council attended the District 7 Convention at the FultonHotel in Alexandria Nov. 28. They heard motivational speaker Warren Morris, a grad-uate of Bolton High School played on the LSU baseball team that won the CollegeWorld Series. After graduating from LSU, Morris played for several MLB teams. Thestudents broke into sessions on team building, teacher appreciation and state conven-tion planning. On front row from left are Ellen Ingram, Mahalie Le-Franc, RebeccaPickett and Sidney Morgan. On back row are Tyler Vienne, Tori Prudhomme, SarahAnderson, Lindsay Vead and Abbey Martin.
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Mercifully for voters who had been through enough already,the runoff in the 3rd Congressional District, won byCongressman Charles Boustany over Congressman JeffLandry, was waged with far less of the rancor and venom thatmarred the primary. It may be that the two AcadianaRepublican incumbents, pitted against each other by redis-tricting, could see what was coming down the stretch, whenpolls showed Democrats, not surprisingly, moving in droves tothe more moderate Boustany, who ran well with Republicanstoo.
The Boustany-Landry election turned out to be the mostexpensive U.S. House campaign in state history, with about $6million spent between the two, not counting independentexpenditures by outside PACs. Having won 60 percent of votesin his redrawn congressional district, Boustany, 56, likely hasa safe seat for as long as he wants to keep it.
The race in the 3rd also was the last congressional electionin the country decided in this cycle. The next cycle has begun,starting with fundraising, which never ends.
One member has won his next election already.Congressman Steve Scalise, R-Metairie, pulled an upset bywinning the chairmanship of the Republican StudyCommittee, a coalition of more conservative members withinthe GOP Caucus. The more moderate of the two finalists,Scalise was not anointed by the group’s founders and pastchairman, but he flat out-campaigned his rival. Sensing thepost-election change of attitude among conservatives, Scalisepresented himself as one who would work more closely withSpeaker John Boehner. It also helped that he was the nicer guy.As aggressive as he is on policy disputes, Scalise doesn’t letpolitical differences get in the way of friendships with col-leagues, even Democrats. Should the 47-year-old choose tomake a career in the House, he might lead it one day.
Congressman Cedric Richmond of New Orleans, the loneDemocrat of the House delegation, displayed star power beforehis first term even began. He was among eight finalists nomi-nated for “Hottest Freshman” by the Huffington Post two yearsago. He was not chosen-—probably good for him-—but gainedgreater acclaim as the winning pitcher for the HouseDemocrats in their annual baseball games with Republicans(for whom Scalise played shortstop). At 39, Richmond’s careerin the House could last longer than his time on the mound—and so, strengthening his clout and his policy chops will be toppriorities for his second term.
Congressman Rodney Alexander, R-Quitman, the dean ofthe delegation and its only member on the HouseAppropriations Committee, is finishing a challenging term inwhich earmarks were banned and his taste for pork made theformer Democrat suspect among fiscal conservatives. But withthe purist movement on the wane and despite the fiscal cliff, helooks to some luster returning to the money committees.Starting his fifth term, Alexander, 66, who has been mentionedfor governor in 2015 (who hasn’t been?), has to decide how longhe will stay this course in Washington.
Most likely to be starting his final term in the House isCongressman Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, who has said he willexplore challenging Sen. Mary Landrieu in 2014. There are abunch of medical doctors in Congress, but Cassidy, 55, mightbe the only one still practicing part-time in a charity hospital,which affords him credibility in all quarters on the health careissue.
Once he becomes better known around the state, Cassidywould be a serious Republican candidate for the Senate, butwill he be the only one? Congressman John Fleming, R-Minden, another medical doctor, might take umbrage at beingpassed over by the GOP establishment. Said establishmentmade that mistake in 2008 in underestimating the deep-pocket-ed, determined outsider, who, now 61, could be ready to makean up-or-out move.
Finally, even as he packs up his Capitol Hill office, we likelyhave not heard the last from Jeff Landry. No one in Acadianaseriously believes the 41-year-old won’t run for something else,and soon. The race for district attorney in Iberia Parish in 2014is a possibility. But the bolder move would be to jump into acrowding Senate race and to run hard to the right. At thispoint, no one should expect anything but the unexpected.
What’s Nextfor LouisianaCongressmen
JohnMaginnis
Baton Rouge, La.—Walter Russell Meade made a very inter-esting observation on his blog in The American Interest maga-zine. Meade describes the coming “blue-on-blue” battle arisingbetween public sector unions and liberal Democratic mayorsand governors whose states and municipalities are on theverge of bankruptcy due to the ever-escalating cost of publicemployee retirement benefits.
As Meade notes, this crisis presents not only a fiscal dilem-ma for the Democratic elected officials, but a political one aswell. The unions believe—with considerable justification—that they played a major role in the election of theseDemocratic mayors and governors. They argue passionatelythat the pensions they achieved in collective bargaining areproperty rights that governments cannot deny or abridge.
The controversy in Rhode Island (a solidly “blue” state) isillustrative of what is happening around the nation on thisissue. The Ocean State retained one of the nation’s top litiga-tors, David Boies, to challenge the public pension system con-tracts that are crushing the state budget. As Meade notes,Boies’ liberal bona fides are legend. He represented Al Gore allthe way through the Supreme Court in the aftermath of the2000 presidential election. He also has successfully gone toe-to-toe with corporate giant Microsoft, an adversary with vastlymore resources than the public employee unions of RhodeIsland. Boies is handling the case for almost no compensationbecause he believes the pension contracts are depriving RhodeIsland citizens of the basic services they need.
Rhode Island isn’t the only locality where this battle is beingfought. In New York, Chicago, New Jersey and other venues,Democratic governors and mayors have hit the wall trying tobalance their budgets while soaring pension costs are eatingaway the limited revenue available to fund basic governmentservices. These elected officials are in what must be to them anuntenable position. They would like to continue to enjoy thepolitical support of the public employee unions, but keepingthem happy leaves two other unpleasant alternatives. Eitherthe mayors and governors will have to raise taxes even higherthan the exorbitant amounts they are currently collecting, orthey will have to continue to slash public services.
The media obsesses over the divisions within the ranks ofthe Republican Party on economic and social issues—andthose divisions certainly exist. Comparatively, there is lessmedia focus on the fractures within the Democratic Party. Forexample, how will the Democratic governors and mayors bal-ance government service levels with rising pension costs? Thepublic employee pension hostilities aren’t the only source ofthe conflict. The Democratic Party’s focus on expanding gov-ernment is incrementally becoming more at odds with privatesector unions’ desire to see more jobs that receive paychecksfrom private employers instead of the government. Thoseunions contend that the 2009 federal “stimulus” legislation putmore of a focus on creating and retaining jobs in the public sec-tor than in the private sector. The Obama administration’srefusal to give the necessary permits to green light theKeystone XL pipeline also sent a cold message to many unionconstruction and refinery workers that their financial inter-ests ranked below the party’s environmental stances.
At this point, there is no open revolt in the DemocraticParty over the pension issue, but there certainly are potentialfractures in the blue coalition. Working-class Democrats in“blue” states who don’t belong to public employee unions aregetting fed up with facing ever-increasing taxes to pay for dete-riorating public services while public employees in their statesand cities enjoy pension and health care benefits that privatesector workers can only dream about.
As Meade says in his blog: “There is a Blue Civil War com-ing. It will cut deeply.”
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LONDON (AP) — HSBC avoided a legal battle that could furthersavage its reputation and undermine confidence in the globalbanking system by agreeing Tuesday to pay $1.9 billion to settle aU.S. money-laundering probe.
Europe's largest bank by market value will pay the biggestpenalty ever imposed on a bank after facing accusations it trans-ferred funds through the U.S. from Mexican drug cartels and onbehalf of nations such as Iran that are under international sanc-tions.
"We accept responsibility for our past mistakes," said HSBCChief Executive Stuart Gulliver. "We have said we are profoundlysorry for them, and we do so again."
It's the latest scandal to hit banks since the financial crisis start-ed in 2008. Hours earlier, Standard Chartered PLC, another Britishbank, signed an agreement with New York regulators to settle amoney laundering investigation involving Iran with a $340 millionpayment.
"These banks are operating in an environment where you can'tafford to have uncertainty attached to your name, and they aredependent on confidence from their investors," said Sabine Bauer,director of financial institutions at Fitch Ratings. "And thatmakes them keen to get past such events very quickly and settle."
Despite the high price of the settlement, markets seemedrelieved. HSBC Holdings PLC's share price in London was trading0.3 percent higher at 643 pence. Standard Chartered's was barelylower at 1,493 pence.
Analysts said the two Britain-based banks will be able to absorbthe cost of the settlements.
According to Shore Capital analyst Gary Greenwood, the penal-ties are equivalent to around 9 percent of each company's 2012 pre-tax profits.
"The certainty is clearly welcome and helps to draw a lineunder the situation," said Greenwood. "In terms of knock-oneffects, we think it is likely to lead to higher ongoing compliancecosts and perhaps some minor loss of business in the U.S, butnothing that will be particularly material to either company."
Banks are facing greater scrutiny since the financial crisis. Astring of banking scandals have highlighted lax oversight and aculture of arrogance and entitlement.
Money laundering by banks has become a priority target forU.S. law enforcement. Since 2009, Credit Suisse, Barclays, Lloyds,and ING have all paid big settlements related to allegations thatthey moved money for people or companies that were on the U.S.sanctions list.
HSBC conceded that its anti-money laundering measures wereinadequate and that it has taken big steps in beefing up its con-trols. Among other measures, it has hired a former Treasuryundersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence as its chieflegal officer.
The bank also said it has reached agreements over investiga-tions by other U.S. government agencies and expects to sign anagreement with British regulators shortly.
In return for being spared U.S. prosecution, HSBC said it wouldcontinue to strengthen its compliance policies and procedures. Itsperformance will be evaluated by an independent monitor overthe 5-year term of the agreement with the Department of Justice,which has used such arrangements in cases involving large cor-porations, notably in settlements of foreign bribery charges.
"The HSBC of today is a fundamentally different organizationfrom the one that made those mistakes," said HSBC's Gulliver."Over the last two years, under new senior leadership, we havebeen taking concrete steps to put right what went wrong and toparticipate actively with government authorities in bringing tolight and addressing these matters."
Some legal experts slammed the deal for being too soft on thebank and the individuals responsible for the alleged money-laun-dering.
Jimmy Gurule, a former assistant U.S. Attorney General andcurrently a law professor at the University of Notre Dame, saidthe settlement made a "mockery" of the criminal justice system.
"The message sent by the U.S. Department of Justice is that ifyou are going to engage in large-scale money laundering forMexican drug cartels, make sure and do it within the scope ofyour employment working for a bank because you won't be prose-cuted regardless of the egregious nature of your criminal con-duct," he said.
A U.S. law enforcement official said the sum HSBC was payingwould include $1.25 billion in forfeiture — the largest ever in acase involving a bank — and $655 million in civil penalties.
Under what is known as a deferred prosecution agreement, thefinancial institution will be accused of violating the Bank SecrecyAct and the Trading With the Enemy Act, the official said. Thesource spoke only on condition of anonymity because officialswere not authorized to speak about the matter on the record.
Last summer, a Senate investigation concluded that HSBC's laxcontrols exposed it to money laundering and terrorist financing.
In regard to HSBC and Mexico, the Senate investigative com-mittee reported that in 2007 and 2008 HSBC Mexico sent about $7billion in cash to the United States. It said such a large amountindicated illegal drug proceeds.
HSBC affiliates also skirted U.S. government bans on financialtransactions with Iran and other countries, according to thereport from the Senate Permanent Subcommittee onInvestigations. And HSBC's U.S. division provided money andbanking services to some banks in Saudi Arabia and Bangladeshthought to have helped fund al-Qaida and other terrorist groups,the report said.
HSBC to pay $1.9B to settlemoney-laundering case
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels backed by Islamic extremistfighters took full control of a sprawling military base Tuesdayafter a two-day battle that killed at least 35 government troops,an activist group said.
It was the second major base captured in the country's northby the rebels, who have been racking up victories in the area inrecent weeks and making inroads farther south towardDamascus, seat of the government they are fighting to over-throw.
Fighters from jihadi groups including the al-Qaida-linkedJabhat al-Nusra were among those doing battle in the rebelranks, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory forHuman Rights, which relies on a network of activists insideSyria. Al-Nusra fighters appear to be among the most effectivefighting forces on the rebel side, spearheading many of therecent gains.
The presence of the jihadi groups has raised concerns in theU.S. and other nations that are supporting the opposition inSyria but do not want to see extremists gain power in the region.
Syrian rebels backed by Islamicextremists seize second army base
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Home-Made in Half the TimeDelicious doesn’t have to be difficult. With so many instant products on the market, you can whip up dips, desserts
and appetizers…and still have time sit down and enjoy the food. There are a plethora of products out there; all available at local retailers. Select some mixes as stocking stuffers or
wow your company with stress-free holiday entertaining.
Wind and Willow provides the mostextensive line of instant mixes andreceived the most praise. They offersoups, hot and cold dips, appetizers,cheese balls and desserts. “They’reincredible,” vouches Sandra Dickensof Dickens and Company.
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Chilly nights call for warm dips and hearty soups. Supper is assimple as boiling water with soup kits by Wind and Willow.The sales associates at Dickens and Co. particularly enjoy roast-ed corn chowder, roasted red pepper and asparagus, baked pota-to and tortilla con queso. The hot dips call for 8 ounces of creamcheese and 1/2 cup of sour cream and can be made in themicrowave.
Zuzu’s PralineCandy mix cooksin 1 minute, withnone of the has-sles of a candythermometer or“soft ball” stage.According to thestaff at LittleEva’s PecanPlantation, themix can make tra-ditional pralines,pecan filling, pra-line teriyakisauce, sweet buf-falo hot sauce andsticky bun sauce.
Wind and Willow cheese ball mixes run the gamut from sweet to savory to unexpected flavors. Many can be served hot or cold or asa dessert. Flavors include pumpkin pie, caramel apple, triple berry twist, pear and pomegranate, strawberries and cream, white choco-late amaretto, dulce de leche, caramel macchiato, tiramisu, s’mores, snicker doodle, cookies and cream, chocolate chip, crème brulee,salsa Cubano, tomato pesto, farmer’s market,greek feta and olive, old Santa Fe, bacon blue cheese, garlic herb, bacon stuffed mush-rooms, jalapeno jack, white cheddar and herb, Tuscan olive and bruschetta
Pat-a-Pie CrustGrease a 8x9 inch
pie pan, including therim.
Empty the doughmix into a bowl. Add1/2 cup minus 1TBsp.of icy cold water. Mixusing a mixer, doughhook, spoon, fork orfingers. Mix until thedough forms a bigball and pulls doughfrom the sides of thebowl.
Remove 1/2 cup ofpacked down doughand set aside for later.
Roll the rest of thedough into a ballbetween your handsand place into thecenter of the greasedpie pan.
Push and press anddough into the panand up the sides,going approximately1/2 inch past the rimof the pan. Leave noholes or transparentspots. Make thedough fairly even inthickness, about 1/8inch thick.
The edge can easilybe molded andpressed together tocreate an attractive
top crust. Tear the remaining
1/2 cup of dough inhalf 4 times, creating8 pieces. Make petalswith your palm,approximately 2x3inches and pointed atone end. Set aside.
Pie FillingMelt 1/2 cup butter
in a skillet. Stir in 3/4pound or 12 ounces ofcrawfish, shrimp,crabmeat or ham-burger. (If using beef,cook and drain beforeuse).
Add 1/2 cup ofwater and C.J.’s mix.Stir continuouslyover medium highheat until it is sim-mering and thor-oughly mixed. Thismight take 2-3 min-utes.
Pour this fillinginto unbaked crust.Spread evenly.
Place petals on topof pie filling. Petalsshould be pointingtapered ends towardsthe center and slight-ly overlapping. Bakeat 400 degrees for 40minutes.
C.J.’s Crawfish Pie
Cajun C. J.’s makes mixes for gumbo, jam-balaya and crawfish pies. Their version ofcrawfish pie includes short cuts for thedough and filling and is served at once soyou don’t have to shape individual pies.
Cane River Kitchenwarehas a rack of gluten freeinstant mixes, many ofwhich are also sodiumand MSG free.
A La Carte Alice is another brand that specializes in quickmixes.
Healthy in a Snap
> A Spice Above mixes are sugar free, MSG free, preservative freeand gluten free.
> New Orleans Gourmet puts out a couple of salt free dip mixes.Most consist of dehydrated vegetables and spices, cutting out preser-vatives and MSG. Ramp up the ‘lite’ aspect by mixing in low or nonfat dairy products. Dip flavors include ‘Big Easy’ Couch Potato,‘Devilish’ Crab, Mardi Gras, Diced Jalapeno, ‘French Quarter’Veggie and Decatur St. Spinach.
> Twisted Pepper Co. is preservative free and gluten free.
Dips, especially those that use cream cheese or sourcream, can be loaded with calories. As dips are often servedas a precursor to heavier fare, help you and your guestsbudget stomach space. Try serving cold dips with vegeta-bles. Carrots, cucumbers and celery work especially welland are easy to eat. For more dessert dips, try pretzels for asalty-sweet combo or berries.
Rice crackers are a great alternative to tradi-tional butter crackers. They have a crisp tex-ture, stand up well to dipping and offer a lotmore nutritionally. To illustrate, 16 rice crack-ers have around 130 calories and 3.5 grams offat ( with no saturated or poly-saturated fats).In comparison, Ritz-like crackers have a serv-ing size of only 9 crackers with 160 caloriesand 8 grams of fat (including mono and polysaturated fats). If you are afraid they might bebland, choose a kind that mixes rice with nuts,sesame seeds or poppy seeds.
There are dozensof cracker brandswith a wide vari-ety of flavors.Triscuit alone hasherbal varieties ofdill, garlic androsemary. Try spi-ral shape crackersfor a decorativetouch (This brandalso sells parme-san and garlic andpoppy andcracked pepper).
Accompaniments
SportsSection A, Page 6
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
The Natchitoches Times
Kendrick Moore, Sports Editor(318) 352-3618
email: [email protected]
2-5AAll- District Football
OffensePosition Name School ClassQB 1 Diquan Wilson Ouchita Sr.
CJ Gatlin Ruston Sr.RB 1 Segrick Williams West Monroe Sr.
Steven Jones West Monroe Jr.Nigel Dora Ouchita Jr.
2 Dearius Rollins Ouchita Jr.Alexio Williams- Hargrove Ruston Sr.Jawan Wright Ruston Soph.
WR 1 Cameron Sims Ouchita Jr.Taijaun Thomas Ouchita Sr.Chris Millage Ruston Sr.Ivan Wilson Ruston Sr.Tanner Noel West Monroe Sr.
2 Taylor Hayes West Monroe Jr.Justin Washer West Monroe Sr.Michael Crowder Pineville Sr.
TE 1 John David Moore Ruston Sr.Logan Murray West Monroe Sr.
2 Tylah Lemons Ouchita Sr.Deshon Ficklin NCHS Soph.Kyle Gresham West Monroe Sr.
OL 1 Brian McGowen Ruston Jr.Cam Robinson West Monroe Jr.Alan York West Monroe Sr.Chris Noland West Monroe Sr.Evan Stone Ouchita Sr.Jalen Smith Ouchita Sr.
2 Keon Johnson Ruston Jr.Joe Michael Pleasant West Monroe Jr.Cale Brasher West Monroe Sr.Reggie Smith Ouchita Sr.Cody Ford Pineville Soph.Asa Betrand Pineville Jr.
K 1 Shelton Woolsey Ruston Jr.2 Zack Alexander West Monroe Jr.
Offensive MVP Michael Mims West Monroe
DefensePosition Name School ClassDL 1 Damien Washington Ruston Sr.
Shelby Smith Ouchita Sr.Eric Bowie Ouchita Jr.Markland England West Monroe Sr.Anthony Yruegas West Monroe Sr.
2 Jessie Parkman Ruston Sr.Hunter Bonial Pineville Soph.Caleb Ford West Monroe Sr.John Washington West Monroe Soph.Devin Trahan NCHS Jr.
LB 1 Tanner Frasier Ruston Sr.Greg Echols West Monroe Jr.Will Bennett West Monroe Sr.Ryan Demattie NCHS Jr.Caleb Tucker Ouchaita Sr.
2 Jameson Brown Pineville Sr.Toby Brills Pineville Sr.Robbie Karstendiehl West Monroe Sr.
DB 1 Devin Price Ruston Sr.Veontez Crowe Ruston Sr.Xavier Woods West Monroe Sr.Cade Stone West Monroe Sr.Quez Splond West Monroe Jr.Chris Norman Ouchita Sr.
2 Tory Moore West Monroe Sr.Dakota Nichols NCHS Sr.Jarrot Remo NCHS Sr.Dewayne Williams Ouchita Sr.Christian Aldecoa Pineville Jr.
KR 1 De’Elderick Taylor Pineville Jr.2 Xavier Woods West Monroe Sr.
P 1 Josh O’Bannon NCHS Jr.2 Shelton Woolsey Ruston Jr.
Defensive MVP Dylan Burdeaux West Monroe
12 Chiefs land on All-District football list
Dakota Nichols Alexis Cheavious Jarrot Remo Jaylon Casson
Josh O’Bannon
Malcolm RaggioDeshon Fickland
Darrien Blake Devin Trahan Ryan Demattie
Alex Moses Devonte Davis
NSU DemonsBasketballDavis earnsPOW honors
Northwestern State seniorguard Shamir Davis, a key inthe Demons’ status as thenation’s second-highest scoringoffense, earned honors Mondayfor his game-high 20-point per-formance last week in a winover Louisiana Tech.
Davis won the LouisianaSports Writers Associationstate basketball Player of theWeek honor, along with beingnamed College Sports Madness’player of the week amongSouthland Conference competi-tors. The Demons rank secondnationally with an 85-points pergame scoring average, one ofseven top 70 NCAA Division Istatistical team rankings forNSU.
The 6-foot guard fromShreveport-Huntington hit 8-of-12 shots from the floor, sank 4-of-5 at the free throw line,grabbed five rebounds, madetwo steals and had an assist asNSU topped Louisiana Tech 89-83. Davis led five Demons indouble figures as NSU shot 55percent and held LouisianaTech to 34.5 percent aim.
The outcome snapped theBulldogs’ seven-game winningstreak and moved the Demonsto 4-3, with the losses at LSU(102-95), Texas A&M (78-65) andOklahoma (69-65).
Davis will lead NSU intoaction Saturday afternoon at 2in Prather Coliseum againstMissouri Valley.
MemorialService forformer NSUfootball player
Thursday evening memorialservice will be held at theNatchitoches Events Center forthe 2011 Northwestern Statefootball team’s Defensive MostValuable Player, Ricky Issac Jr.,a Natchitoches Parish Sheriff ’sDeputy who died in an on-dutyauto accident Saturday.
A visitation at the EventsCenter will begin at 5 with thememorial service beginning at6, under the direction ofWinnfield Funeral Home ofNatchitoches.
A funeral service will beSaturday morning at 11 inNewton, Texas, at the NewtonHigh School gymnasium.
A December 2011Northwestern State graduate,Issac is survived by his wifeAkilah, a former Lady Demonbasketball player. She is expect-ing a baby boy in the spring.
Issac, 24, was a native ofCypress, Texas, and a NewtonHigh School graduate. Hehelped NHS to an unbeatenstate championship season in2005 as a junior.
At Northwestern, he earnedfour letters and was third onthe team as a senior in 2011with 63 tackles, 31 solo, as adefensive end. He had a career-best 10 tackles , including fourfor lost yards along with a fum-ble recovery, in a 23-10 win atTexas State in 2011, after start-ing the season with 10 stops in ahome win over Delta State.
Issac was active in the NSUHuddle of the Fellowship ofChristian Athletes. He went towork at the NPSO soon aftergraduation in December 2011,and served as the NSU footballteam’s police escort for the 2012squad’s last two road trips toCentral Arkansas and StephenF. Austin.
He died from injuries sus-tained when his sheriff ’sdepartment vehiclehydroplaned on a rural road insouth Natchitoches Parish dur-ing a heavy rain Saturdaymorning, according toLouisiana State Police.
NFL vacatespenalties onNew Orleansplayers
NEW ORLEANS -- FormerNFL commissioner PaulTagliabue overturned the sus-pensions of four current andformer New Orleans Saintsplayers in the league's bountyinvestigation of the club.
Tagliabue, however, foundthat three of the playersengaged in conduct detrimen-tal to the league. He said theyparticipated in a performancepool that rewarded key plays --including hard tackles -- thatcould merit fines. AndTagliabue stressed that theteam's coaches were very muchinvolved.
Tagliabue was appointed byhis successor, Roger Goodell, tohandle a second round of play-er appeals to the league in con-nection with the Saints' cash-for-hits program run by formerdefensive coordinator GreggWilliams from 2009-2011. Theplayers initially opposed hisappointment.
Saints linebacker JonathanVilma had been given a full-season suspension, whiledefensive end Will Smith,Cleveland linebacker ScottFujita and free agent defensivelineman Anthony Hargroveeach received shorter suspen-sions.
Fujita was the only playercleared of conduct detrimentalto the league by Tagliabue.
The Steelers' Ryan Clark,who has been an outspokencritic of Goodell, celebratedTagliabue's ruling in a tweet.
None of the players sat outany games because of suspen-sions. They have been allowedto play while appeals are pend-ing, though Fujita is on injuredreserve and Hargrove is notwith a team.
Shortly before the regularseason, the initial suspensionswere thrown out by an appealspanel created by the league'scollective bargaining agree-ment. Goodell then reissuedthem, with some changes, andnow those have been dis-missed.
Meanwhile, the players havechallenged the NFL's handlingof the entire process in federalcourt, but U.S District JudgeGinger Berrigan had beenwaiting to see how the latestround of appeals played outbefore deciding whether to getinvolved.
With the player suspensionsoverturned, the end of a nearly10-month dispute over how theNFL handled an investigationthat covered three seasons andgathered about 50,000 pages ofdocuments could be near.
NFL investigators foundthat Vilma and Smith werering-leaders of a cash-for-hitsprogram that rewarded injuri-ous tackles labeled as "cart-offs" and "knockouts." The NFLalso concluded that Hargrovelied to NFL investigators tohelp cover up the program.
Goodell also suspendedWilliams indefinitely, whilebanning Saints head coachSean Payton for a full season.
Saints general managerMickey Loomis was suspendedfor the first eight games of theseason and assistant coach JoeVitt, who is serving as interimcoach during Payton's ban, wassuspended for the first sixgames.
Tagliabue's ruling comesafter a new round of hearingsthat for the first time allowedVilma's attorneys and the NFLPlayers Association, whichrepresents the other threeplayers, to cross-examine keyNFL witnesses in the probe.Those witnesses includedWilliams and former Saintsassistant Mike Cerullo, whowas fired after the 2009 seasonand whose email to the league,accusing the Saints of being "adirty organization," jump-started the probe.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 THE NATCHITOCHES TIMES 7A
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Classifieds12/12/12
MOVING SALE Friday,Dec. 14th 2pm-6pm ;Saturday, Dec. 15, 7-12 at221 Vienna Bend Drive.Tools, weed-eater, edger,ladders, riding lawnmow-er, generator, propane tank15 lb; kitchen, linens,mens suits and shirts,Christmas things, wallpictures, 57 in. ToshibaHD TV and tower,HUNTERS GarminLegend HCX GPS, furni-ture - call ahead - 357-1294.
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NEW TO YOU FLEAMARKET Fleur de Lisitems, sheets, glassware,purses, tools, games,comic books, albums,variety of collectorsports cards. Too muchto list. Open 6 days aweek from 10:00 to 5:30.We will be open someSundays 12 - 5 p.m.Sometimes may beclosed to go get invento-ry Call 332-9368 or 352-0046. 113 Boyd Street,side road in between cityBank and Magee’s eatingshop off College Avenue.Just call or come by ifyou have something tosale. Furniture, appli-ances, electronics, jewel-ry, etc. New purses arein. We buy before garagesales and buy your stor-age unit.
YARD SALE 432CARVER AVE.,December 14, 21 &22nd, 8:00 a.m. until.Towels, pictures, boxesof goods $1.00 box.Hundreds of other goods.
Land
83.3 ACRE FARM/Pasture land for Lease/2013. Farm is fenced withlarge pond. Great for cat-tle or horses & recreation.Sale option available. Call318-218-6280
For Sale
ANTIQUE 1920’S DAY-TON Ceiling Fan, alsoMantel & Fireplace. Call318-228-8115
KINGSIZE BREE-OPE-DIC mattress, 18 monthsold, asking $550 for theset. Call 318-471-1548
NEW MICROWAVE$75; Solid oak coffeetable $100; 1890’s Doublebarrel shotgun (will tradefor boat or 4 wheeler);New 19.5 Chrome simula-tors for dually truck, 191/2 inches. Call 318-471-1185.
PECANS, Cracked, large,good, $2.50 lb., 10 lbs. &up. Call 357-8568 or 332-0526.
PERFECT CHRIST-MAS GIFT: Give a childtheir dream, two 6 monthsold, Blazed Face Colts, achild can lead and brush.A bay and a flax mane/tailsorrel. Call 352-3453
Services
A CHRISTIAN CLEAN-ING LADY Customizedcleaning to meet yourneeds. Excellent refer-ences, dependable, sameperson always, reasonablerates. Charlene 678-863-3740.
A+ TREE SERVICELicensed & Insured*Pruning *Topping *Cabling *Removal*Stump Grinding. 27years experience withLicensed Arbors on jobsite! 318-402-9303 or272-6235.
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INDOOR/OUTDOORBUILDERS L.L.C.,Larry Harper. Fencing,remodeling, room addi-tions, ceramic tile,vinylsiding,cement work,drainage installation,general repairs. Phone481-4603 or 352-9192.
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Mobile Homes
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Real Estate
HOME FOR SALE -217 Piermont Place - Ifyou’ve been dreamingabout a home of your own,come see this attractivetwo story home. New onthe market, this home has3 bedrooms, living room,dining room, family room,2.5 baths, patio, deck,storage unit and is locatedon two large lots. Move-incondition. Priced at only$175,000. Let us showyou how to buy this homewith only $500.00. CallBobby McIntosh,Broker/Owner of RealtyUSA Inc. today at 318-354-1200. View photos atwww.realty-usa.net.
HOME FOR SALE - 409Hancock - More than$20,000 in renovations,this 1,200 square feetbrick home has 3 bed-rooms and 2.0 baths. Newinterior paint, kitchen cab-inets and countertops,ceiling fans, ceramicflooring in living room,bathrooms, kitchen andlaundry room, new bathtub and shower, new bath-room vanities with match-ing mirrors, and muchmore. Move in condition.Priced at only $128,500.Let us show you how tobuy this home with only$500.00. Call BobbyMcIntosh, Broker/Ownerof Realty USA, Inc. todayat 318-354- 1200. Viewphotos at www.realty-usa.net.
RARE WATERFRONTPROPERTY on BlackLake. 3 landscaped acres.3BR/2BA w 2 car garage.1BR/1BA guest house w 2car/boat garage. 583Sandy Point Road. 16miles from Natchitoches.$192,500. 318-332-8176
For Rent
1BEDROOM/EFFICIENCY APTS.. Water,sewage and cable paid.1316 Washington St. Askabout our move in specials318-352-9561.
1 BR APARTMENT,utilities paid, $600 amonth. Call 318-471-7261
1 BR. MOBILE HOMEAll utilities paid, yard ser-vice. NO PETS. Call352-3692 before 7 p.m.
1, 2 & 3 BR. APART-MENTS & HOUSES forrent. Reasonably priced.No Pets. Deposit & refer-ences required. Call 527-9362.
1554 TEXAS STREET -washer, dryer, dishwash-er, covered carport, pool,whirlpool and sauna,$800/rent , $800/deposit.Call 318 -452-5736 or352-1048.
2 BEDROOM APART-MENT for rent.Available January 15th.$600. No pets. Call 318-609-0110.
2 BEDROOMS 1.5Baths UPSCALETOWN HOMES FALLLEASE SPECIAL,Spacious 1,180 squarefeet, quiet country set-ting, close to NSUCampus. Washer & dryerincluded. Call 318-238-4500
2 BR,1 BATH Countryhome for lease. Allappliances, water paid.$700 /month,$500/deposit. Call 318-470-2906 or 210-5966
2 BR. HOUSE for rent at406 Gibson St., $390 permonth. Call BryanCondet 332-1302.
2 OFFICE SPACES
FOR RENT: 118 and122 Touline. To see themask at Dr. Burke’s dentaloffice. For details, call352-4429
217 PAULA LN -3BR/1.5BA brick, CH/CA,good condition. $700rent/$700 deposit. Call318-352-1020.
2400 SQ. FT. HOUSE on2.37 acres - country set-ting, 3 BR, 2 1/2 bath. Call527-2866.
3 BR HOUSE, 1 1/2 Bathand 1 Br apartment, allappliances, 1/2 block toNSU. NO Pets, children orhousing. Call 352-9932leave message.
3 BR, 1 BATH MobileHome for rent, all appli-ances, including washer &dryer, $650 a month. Call318-664-1867
3 BR, 1 BATH Trailer, 201Johnson Loop, Natchez,La. $525 a month. Call581-0182
3 BR, 2 BATH MOBILEHome for rent, w/all appli-ances, including washer &dryer. $750 a month.Available December 1st.Call 318-664-1867
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3BR/1.5BA BRICKHOME with CH/CAlocated at 126 MichelleDrive in Payne Subd. $675rent/$675 deposit. Call318-352-1020.
3BR/2BA MOBILEHOME located in theBlanchard Road MobileHome Park near Wal Mart.$700 rent/$700 deposit.Call 318-352-1020.
949 HARLING LANE,East Natchitoches. 3 bed-rooms/2 baths but has twoextra rooms that can serveas bedrooms. Kitchen, liv-ing/dining, den and sunroom: Has covered patioand pool. Two-car carport.$1,300/month, One-yearlease, Deposit required.Available in February,2013. Call Jim Kilcoyne318-663-5804 or 318-352-5888 leave message withcall-back #.
950 SQ. FT. Two bed-room, one bath apt.,located in Point PlaceSubdivision. NewCentral air and heat,washer, dryer hook-ups,remodeled, large rooms,walk-in closet, all elec-tric, quiet and charm-ing. $725/month, $725deposit required. CallDean (318) 581-2228or Fran (318) 581-2227.
A F F O R D A B L EHOUSING in safelocation, on large lot.No pets. Call 352-3692before 7 p.m.
COTTAGE FORRENT on Cane RiverLake. 2BR/2BA newlyremodeled, nice/quietneighborhood. All newele., lighting, plumbing,custom cypress cabi-nets, new porcelain tilefloors throughout home.New Appliances,including W/D. Lg mas-ter suite w/lg walk-incloset. Deck overlooksriver & backyard,$1,000 deposit.References required.Please leave message:318-527-1036
EFFICIENCY APART-MENT FURNISHED,ALL UTILITIES PAID.ONE PERSON ONLY,$475/month; PROVEN-CAL 2/1 Apartment. HAapproved, $475/month.Owner/Agent. 352-3953, 652-0666.
FOR LEASE!! 1756 &1758 Texas Street, cornerof Texas St. & Hwy. 1,Office or Retail. Approx.2700 sq. ft. Call ConnieMoore Brewer -Owner/Agent Brian Moore Realty,LLC 318-322-4000.
FRANKLIN LANECompletely remodeled2/1 trailer. Large yard.Good neighborhood,$ 5 0 0 / m o n t h ,$ 5 0 0 / d e p o s i t .Owner/Agent. 352-3953, 652-0666.
HOUSE FOR RENTPerfect for NSU stu-dents. 3 BR,washer/dryer, $750 permonth, $750 deposit.Call Chris @ 318-481-2232
LARGE 3 BR. EFFI-CIENCY APT. orCommercial building at1556 Texas Street, $650month, $650 deposit.Available Now. Call 352-1048 or 318-452-5736.
LUXURY 1 BR, 1 BATHAPT. on Sibley Lake.Fully furnished with utili-ties included. Call Jerry at318-402-5149 for infor-mation.
MOBILE HOME forrent in Campti. 3Bedroom, 2 bath, $390mo., $275 deposit. 318-476-2175.
MOBILE HOMESNEAR NSU. $350-$550.Water and garbage paid.NOT ON HOUSING.Leave message at 352-4714
QUIET, CLEAN, remod-eled 3 BR, 2 Bath mobilehome on private, shadycountry lot, close to town.HAVC. $725 monthw/deposit. Includespropane. Dan 352-0900
RECENTLY REMOD-ELED 3 bedroom, 1 bathhouse for rent on LayfieldRoad (Coushatta). CentralAir/Heat. Call 318-855-5877.
ROBELINE Nice 2 BR.mobile home. Master bed-room & bath with doubledoors, $600 month. 472-8352.
ROOMS FOR RENT inthe Natchitoches area. Allutilities paid. Cable TV &Internet access in eachroom. Call for information318-918-0491, 318-352-1702, 318-470-5204
SUBLET AT FROGPond Apartments. Januaryrent free. Choose anyapartment available. Call601-597-1655
TWO MOBILEHOMES FOR LEASE:Appliances, Washer &Dryer included, coveredparking, No Pets, NoHousing, 1 Yr. Lease.Rent $600, Deposit $600.Call 318-332-0172
VERY NICE 1 room stu-dio apartment. Has allnew appliances, includingwasher & dryer. $650month, $500 deposit.Available Dec. 1st. Call(318) 572-0377.
Help Wanted
A & A BUILDERS Weare taking applications forresidential carpenters.Must have experience andtransportation. CallAnthony Anderson 318-533-9997
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8A THE NATCHITOCHES TIMES Wednesday, December 12, 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012:This year you express your unique
creativity, as an endless amount ofunusual solutions and fun ideas seemto come from you. Drop the word “no”from your vocabulary. Because yourbirthday coincides with a New Moon,unusual charisma becomes the normfor you. You are the honey that bearsseek! If you are single, many potentialsuitors surround you. Which one willyou choose? If possible, don’t decideon the first date. If you are attached,guard against being too me-oriented.A fellow SAGITTARIUS might takerisks in a different way than you do.
The Stars Show the Kind of DayYou’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive;3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Keep reaching out to oth-
ers, especially if recent circumstancescaused a problem or a stunned reac-tion. Focus on conversations, yetmaintain an even pace. You’ll cover alot of ground if you let others open up.Detach if you have a strong reaction.Tonight: Take a risk.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH A partner continues to give
you significant feedback. You mightnot like everything you hear, but atleast now you know where someone iscoming from. Share some special timewith a friend who understands how tolive life well. Tonight: Accept an invi-tation.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You could be more in
touch with your feelings than in recentmonths. An unexpected change ofplans might be hurtful, but don’t takeit personally. To your surprise, a meet-ing proves to be rather insightful.Tonight: Go with someone’s sugges-tion.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You’ll accomplish a lot if
you remain focused. The unexpectedwalks hand in hand with a boss orsomeone you need to answer to. Let itgo. What you learn from this experi-ence could be quite instrumental.Tonight: Get some exercise.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH News gives you reason to
frolic and celebrate. You could gain adeeper insight into your life.Opportunities come forward out of theblue when you have less energy togive. This pattern happens when youlet go of the reins of control. Tonight:Let the fun begin.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH Sometimes you are the
source of your own pressure. Theunexpected occurs, which encouragesa partner to reach out and expresssome of his or her concerns. Youmight feel overwhelmed, as you couldhave too much on your plate. Tonight:To the wee hours.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be up for more
excitement or a change of pace. Youmight not need to look very far, either.An associate seems to have the righttype of fire to light someone’s fuse.The result could be a type of combus-tion that you can’t control. Tonight:Relax.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHYou might be surprised by
what an unexpected situation brings.An associate or a matter involvingyour daily life could take an interest-ing twist, which adds excitement, ifnothing else. A discussion with a part-ner draws results. Tonight: Visit with afriend.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You could be taken aback
by someone’s efforts to make the daymore to his or her liking. You mightnot be sure how another person willreact. Stay open and fluid with themoment. Tonight: Be spontaneous.Plan a get-together with friends andloved ones.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Reframe a situation in a dif-
ferent light. Don’t allow your highphysical energy to affect your think-ing, as it might make you more ner-vous than need be. Take a middaywalk to clear any tension. Tonight:Schedule some downtime for yourself.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHHA meeting could punctu-
ate your plans. If you are single, youcould meet someone who seems tohave a magical quality about him orher. Lighten up when dealing withpeople, and you are likely to have bet-ter conversations. Tonight: Where thecrowds are.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Deal with others in a man-
ner that makes them feel comfortable.You might need to take the lead. Thinkthrough a situation with greater care.On the other hand, a holding patterncould create better results. Tonight:Buy a holiday gift or two on the wayhome.
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Remington Steele Mogul’s partner steals $5 million.
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LIFE = 30
Christmas on Chestnut Street (2006) Kristen Dalton, Robert Moloney. A storekeeper learns the true meaning of Christmas.
The Perfect Holiday ›‡ (2007) Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah. Romance blooms between a single mother and a storefront Santa.
Nothing Like the Holidays ››‡ (2008) John Leguizamo, Freddy Rodriguez, Elizabeth Peña. Members of a Chicago family reunite for Christmas.
(11:02) The Perfect Holiday ›‡ (2007) Queen Latifah
AMC > 26
CSI: Miami “Stand Your Ground” Someone tries to kill Calleigh.
CSI: Miami “CSI: My Nanny” A wealthy family’s nanny dies.
Miracle on 34th Street ›››› (1947) Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn. An adwoman’s boyfriend defends Macy’s Santa in court.
(9:15) Miracle on 34th Street ›››› (1947) Maureen O’Hara, John Payne, Edmund Gwenn. An adwoman’s boyfriend defends Macy’s Santa in court.
Notting Hill ››‡ (1999)
TNT ? 24
Castle “Hedge Fund Homeboys” Death of a teenage boy. (S)
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Castle “Den of Thieves” Beckett connects with a new detective. (S)
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FX @ 20
Two and a Half Men (S)
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Taken ››› (2008) Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen. A former spy uses his old skills to save his kidnapped daughter.
American Horror Story: Asylum Dr. Arden witnesses a miraculous return.
American Horror Story: Asylum Dr. Arden witnesses a miraculous return.
American Horror Story: Asylum A murderous Santa wreaks havoc.
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2012 Pre-Bowl
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High School Football: LHSAA Class 4A, Finals: Teams TBA. (Taped)
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(3:30) On Deadly Ground ›› (1994) Steven Seagal, Michael Caine.
The Keeper ››‡ (2009) Steven Seagal, Luce Rains. A former cop must save a kidnapped girl. (S)
Fire Down Below ›› (1997) Steven Seagal, Marg Helgenberger, Harry Dean Stanton. A lone agent tackles toxic-waste dumping in Kentucky. (S)
Urban Justice › (2007) Steven Seagal, Eddie Griffi n, Carmen Serano. (S)
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Ghost Hunters The team investigates Higgins Armory. (S)
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Deals From the Dark Side
Deals From the Dark Side
Deals From the Dark Side
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Deals From the Dark Side
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Don’t Sleep! Hosted by T.J. Holmes (N)
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Storage Wars
Storage Wars “Pay the Lady”
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
Storage Wars
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Shipping Wars “More Bullship”
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Finding Bigfoot: Further Evidence Matt Moneymaker and his team. (S)
Finding Bigfoot “Holy Cow, It’s Bigfoot” Night investi-gation in Utah.
River Monsters: Unhooked A crea-ture in the Australian outback.
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Finding Bigfoot “Holy Cow, It’s Bigfoot” Night investi-gation in Utah.
River Monsters: Unhooked A crea-ture in the Australian outback.
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Bizarre Foods With Andrew Zimmern “Los Angeles” Los Angeles.
Man v. Food
Man v. Food “India-napolis”
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Restaurant: Impos-sible “County Fare”
Restaurant: Impos-sible The Trails Eatery is spiraling into bankruptcy.
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Restaurant Stake-out Joey D’s Pizzeria in Metuchen, N.J. (N)
Restaurant: Impos-sible Bronk’s Bar and Grill in Lake City.
Restaurant: Impos-sible Restoring a boys and girls club.
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Holmes Inspection Mitzi and Cory’s big suburban house. (S)
House Hunters Renovation
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House Hunters
House Hunters Interna-tional (N)
Property Brothers Leaving a cramped apartment.
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The Ed Show The Rachel Mad-dow Show
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Marijuana USA Cannabis meets capitalism.
Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott The story of the Marriott. (N)
American Greed A short seller reaps millions.
Mad Money Hotel: Behind Closed Doors at Marriott The story of the Marriott.
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Every-body-Raymond
Every-body-Raymond
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The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens
The King of Queens
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(4:00) The Santa Clause ››› (1994) Tim Allen, Judge Reinhold.
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause ›‡ (2006) Tim Allen, Martin Short. Jack Frost wants to freeze Santa out of the North Pole.
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vaca-tion ››› (1989) Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo. A traditional Griswold yuletide backfi res in comic fashion.
The 700 Club (S) Christmas Do-Over ›› (2006) Jay Mohr, Daphne Zuniga, Ruta Lee.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012 THE NATCHITOCHES TIMES 9A
PILGRIM’S has an opening for aProcessing Supervisor on nightshift at our Natchitoches location.Responsibilities will include, butare not limited to: coordinating anddirecting the activities of secondprocessing operations and person-nel to meet established processingand quality control standards.Schedule, train, and motivateemployees to ensure optimum pro-ductivity. Interview for open posi-tions; recommend improvements inprocessing flow or methods; meetUSDA requirements; make sureemployees work and act in a safemanner. Must have Diploma/GED.Prefer previous poultry and/orindustrial supervisory experience;one year. Competitive wage andpaid vacation. Medical, dental,vision insurance and 401 (k) planavailable. Drug test and back-ground check required.If you meet the above qualifica-tions and are interested, pleaseapply at Natchitoches CareerSolutions Center on BienvilleStreet in Natchitoches.EOE/M/F/D/V
PROPERTY LEASINGAGENT/MANAGER Upscaletownhome community inNatchitoches needs a responsibleself-starter, capable of workingwith little supervision. Prior man-agement and/or property manage-ment experience required. Salary$10-$15/hour DOE. Submit yourresume via fax 318-238-4501 ore m a i [email protected]
SALES PERSON NEEDEDNATCHITOCHES FORD LIN-COLN7501 HWY 1 BYPASS, NATCHITOCHES, LA 71457
WE ARE EXPANDING OURSALES STAFF.NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARYMUST HAVE VAlLIDLOUISlANA DRIVER’SLICENSE NO PHONE CALLSMUST APPLY IN PERSON
SAMARITAN HOME
MEDICAL OF
NATCHITOCHES, LA is seek-ing a dedicated Patient Service
Technician-Local Delivery
Driver who wants to be part of acompany who makes a differ-ence in patient’s lives. We arelooking for a self-motivated,energetic, and caring individualwho will perform deliveries,provide services and ensurepatients understand instructionsfor and are comfortable with theuse of medical equipment.Competitive wages and benefits.318-357-1266 Fax 318-357-8547 . Apply at 321 South Dr.
ST. MARY’S, HWY 1 IN
BOYCE, is expanding! The fol-lowing jobs are now available:GROUP HOME SUPERVISORAssociates Degree preferred
BEHAVIOR THERAPISTBachelor’s degree in psycholo-gy, applied behavior analysis, ora closely related field
Shift Leader (6p-6a)1 year supervisory experiencerequired.
ABA SECTION LEADERHigh School Diploma Require,some college preferred.
ACTIVITY COORDINATORHigh School graduate and validdriver’s license needed.
LIFE GUARDcertified required
Send resume to:[email protected] or faxresume to 318-445-6479
WATERSHED COORDINA-TOR Conduct activities inselected watersheds to reducenon-point pollution sources andimprove surface water quality.Primary duties include: develop-ing contacts with stakeholdergroups, researching, reviewingdata, and developing plans forselected watershed. Must be aself-starter who can work wellwith the public; excellent com-puter, writing, and organization-al skills a must; light travel nec-essary. Send resume and three(3) references to: 428 DixiePlaza, Natchitoches, LA 71457;Attn: Personnel CommitteeChairman. The applicationdeadline is December 14, 2012by 4:00 p.m. This agency is anequal opportunity employer.
Pets
CATAHOULA CUR 8 weeks old, 2natural born bobtails & 2 boys. Bothparents proven hog dogs. $100female & $85 male. Call 318-413-2463, Home 318-628-3372
CHIHUAHUA’S 7 weeks, 1 Male,1 Female, $200 each. Call 238-7297
FOR SALE UNIQUE ChristmasGift - Baby Pygmy Goats $50. Call354-0001 & leave message.
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) —Military doctors are treatingSouth Africa's formerPresident Nelson Mandela fora recurring lung infection, anailment the 94-year-old anti-
apartheid leader remains sus-ceptible to because of his ageand his 27 years in prison.
Government officialsacknowledged for the firsttime Tuesday that the illnessforced soldiers to admitMandela to a military hospitalon Saturday, though they saidhe was responding to treat-ment.
Mandela fought off a simi-lar infection in 2011 and has ahistory of tuberculosis.Medical experts say respirato-ry illnesses like pneumoniastriking a man his age are aserious matter that requirecare and monitoring.
"They call pneumonia 'theold man's friend' because it isthe thing that ultimately car-ries many people off," said Dr.Peter Openshaw, the directorof the Center for RespiratoryInfection at Imperial College'sNational Heart and LungInstitute in London. "What Iguess they'll be doing is tryingto find out exactly which typeof infection it is and then togive it the most appropriatetreatment. With modernantibiotics and investigation,then there's no reason a chestinfection by itself should beuntreatable."
The announcement endedspeculation about what wastroubling the ailing Mandela.His ongoing hospitalizationhas caused growing concernin South Africa, a nation of 50million people that largelyreveres Mandela for being thenation's first democraticallyelected president who soughtto bring the country togetherafter centuries of racial divi-sion.
The tests Mandela under-went at 1 Military Hospitalnear South Africa's capital,Pretoria, detected the lunginfection, presidentialspokesman Mac Maharaj saidin a statement.
In January 2011, Mandelawas admitted to aJohannesburg hospital forwhat officials initiallydescribed as tests but whatturned out to be an acute res-piratory infection. The chaosthat followed Mandela's stayat that public hospital, withjournalists and the curioussurrounding it and enteringwards, saw the South Africanmilitary take charge of hiscare and the government con-trol the information about hishealth. In recent days many inthe press and public have com-plained about the lack of con-crete details that the govern-ment has released aboutMandela's condition.
Mandela has a history withlung problems. He fell ill withtuberculosis in 1988 towardthe tail-end of his prisonyears, after he had beenmoved from the notoriousRobben Island and to anotherjail to ease the apartheid gov-ernment's efforts to negotiate
with him about a possiblerelease. At first, doctors wereuncertain why Mandela had apersistent cough that ulti-mately caused him to collapseduring a meeting with hislawyer. After being taken to aCape Town hospital, a doctortold him he had water in hislungs.
Mandela initially refused tobelieve the doctor, he wrote inhis autobiography "Long Walkto Freedom."
"With a hint of annoyance,(the doctor) said, 'Mandela,take a look at your chest,'"Mandela recounted. "He point-ed out that one side of mychest was actually larger thanthe other."
Surgeons immediately cutinto Mandela's chest andremoved two liters (half a gal-lon) of liquid from his lungs,which tested positive fortuberculosis. Doctors at thetime suggested Mandela con-tracted the disease from hisdamp prison cell.
About 1.4 million peopleworldwide die each year fromtuberculosis, a bacterial infec-tion which can stay dormantfor years. It also can cause per-manent lung damage, thoughin his autobiography Mandelasays doctors caught it in time.However, tuberculosis canreturn to trouble those previ-ously infected, properly treat-ed or not, and previous dam-age could have been missed,Openshaw said.
Openshaw, who has notseen Mandela's medicalrecords and spoke generallyabout treating patients, saidpneumonia is the most likelyrespiratory illness to affect anelderly person, though otherscan strike as well. Doctors typ-ically use antibiotics to treatsuch infections, though thereneeded to be care made indeciding how much of a doseto give an older patient.
And there's the challenge oftreating a patient that anation and many around theworld remain anxiously wor-ried about.
"It's particularly difficult ifit's in a special patient, whereyou really have to be verycareful to try not to overreact,but just to treat them as ifthey were any other patient,"Openshaw said.
Mandela was a leader in thestruggle against racist whiterule in South Africa and oncehe emerged from 27 years inprison in 1990, he won world-wide acclaim for urging recon-ciliation. He won SouthAfrica's first truly democraticelections in 1994, serving onefive-year term.
The Nobel laureate laterretired from public life to livein his remote village of Qunu,in the Eastern Cape, and lastmade a public appearancewhen his country hosted the2010 World Cup soccer tourna-ment.
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St. Mary School’s fourth and fifth grade students collected pajamas for Scholastic BookClubs’ Great Bedtime Story Pajama Drive. The pajamas will go to children in homelessshelters and orphanages. Scholastic will donate a new book with each pair of pajamas.On front row from left are Gabriella Fernbaugh, Jensen Parker, Laura Aviles, MadelynGardner, William Broadway, Garrett Mitcham, Jordan White and Triston Mitchell. Onback row are Mary Grace Long, Maggie Gilmore, Makenzie Waxley, Emily Maggio,Macy Messenger, Madison Gardiner, Carissa Kautz, Timothy Lyddy and Noah Heard.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Even asdrought-stricken Midwesternstates squabble over dimin-ishing water supplies in theregion, a new federal-statestudy raises the idea of con-structing a 670-mile pipelineto divert water from one ofthe Mississippi's major tribu-taries to help seven aridstates in the West.
For two years, the U.S.Bureau of Reclamation andthe states of Arizona,California, Colorado, Nevada,New Mexico, Utah andWyoming have been consider-ing ways to provide morewater for the growing popula-tions in the West. A planscheduled for release laterthis month will include a pro-posal for a pipeline to shipwater west from the MissouriRiver, along with a number ofless ambitious options.
The pipeline proposal,which would cost an estimat-ed $11.2 billion and take 30years to complete, is expectedto intensify the debate overhow to ease one growingregion's shortages withoutharming the interests of oth-ers.
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spokesman Dan DuBray saidthe pipeline idea is in thevery early stages, a long wayfrom reality.
"The idea of constructingconveyances to move waterresources between otherbasins and the Colorado hasbeen raised before and wasonce again submitted as anidea in this process," DuBraysaid. He said the proposal willbe evaluated, but that theagency doesn't view it as"among the most practical orcost-effective proposals sub-mitted."
Any plan for diverting sig-nificant amounts of waterfrom the Missouri wouldencounter opposition fromsome in the Midwest giventhe drought and competitionfor water resources.
The Missouri River flowsfrom North Dakota toMissouri, and provides drink-ing water, recreation,hydropower and irrigation insix states. The drought hasleft river levels so low thatshipping companies arewarning that barge trafficdownstream on theMississippi could come to astandstill by the end of the
year. States on theMississippi are calling for therelease of more MissouriRiver water into theMississippi, but northernstates are objecting.
Some conservation organi-zations argue that futurewater demand in the Westshould be met with conserva-tion and policies thatincreased water reuse. Thosemeasures are the focus of themore modest options in theplan. Constructing a majorpipeline is "absurd," saidJason Bane of the Boulder,Colo.-based WesternResource Advocates.
But some western interestsare pressing for more aggres-sive steps.
Patricia Mulroy, generalmanager of the SouthernNevada Water Authority, saidthe nation must keep an openmind to a variety of ideas formeeting water needs, includ-ing pipelines that could pro-vide a dual benefit: Removingexcess water in flood-proneareas like the Midwest duringhigh water periods, andtransporting it to areas likethe West that have an urgentneed for water.
Major pipeline among ideas for aiding arid West
