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Don’t miss the WelcomeReception that kicks off theSports Hall of FameInduction weekend.

Hosted by La Capitol, thereception is the first impres-sion the inductees, their fami-lies and presenters have ofNatchitoches. It will takeplace Thursday, June 25 from5-7 p.m. at Maglieaux’s on theCane. There will be a compli-mentary Louisiana themedmenu, beverages and livemusic by Steve Wells.

As the longest tenuredsponsor of the InductionWeekend, La Cap has played akey role in creating an experi-ence that leaves inductees andattendees from around theU.S. speaking highly of theirtime in Natchitoches, accord-ing to Lisa Babin with theSports Hall of FameFoundation.

Tickets for the banquetSaturday evening are sold outbut there will be plenty ofactivities Thursday including

free admission to the Hall ofFame which is across thestreet from Maglieux’s.

The inductees includeFrank Brothers, Pat Collins,Jake Delhomme, Kevin Faulk,Yvette Girouard, AveryJohnson, Leonard Smith, OtisWashington, Paul Hoolahan,Glenn Quebedeaux and BobbyDower.

Other local events include:Friday, June 26 7-10 p.m.- “Tailgating:

Louisiana Sports Hall ofFame Style” - The LandingRestaurant, 530 Front Street,Natchitoches a fun, casualevening with inductees fea-turing multiple tailgate foodstations, sports highlights ofcurrent and past inductees, asilent auction, and entertain-ment by Natchitoches musi-cian Steve Wells. $50 per per-son. 10 p.m. - Fireworks spon-sored by Pac-Sports, at thesouth end of the ChurchStreet Bridge near TheLanding Restaurant.

Saturday, June 27 -Natchitoches- 9:30-11 a.m.Saints Junior TrainingAcademy for youth ages 6-14atNatchitoches Central HighSchool. Advanced registra-tion requested, signed liabili-ty waiver required.Registration and waiver avail-able below or by calling 318-238-4255.

Louisiana Sports Hall ofFame Induction Ceremony -$75 per person for generaladmission. NatchitochesEvents Center, 750 SecondStreet. Attire: suit/tie pre-ferred for men and dress forwomen.

5 p.m.- Reception/SilentAuction, 6 p.m.- InductionDinner and Ceremony whichbegins with national anthemfollowed by the Walk ofLegends featuring currentand past inductees.

Tickets for the inductionceremony are sold out. Call238-4255 to be placed on a wait-ing list.

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As part of the LouisianaSports Hall of Fame InductionWeekend Celebration, theLouisiana Sports Hall of FameFoundation will host“Tailgating – Louisiana SportsHall of Fame Style” at theLanding Restaurant Friday,June 26 from 7-10 p.m.

The downtown riverbankwill be closed to all vehiculartraffic beginning at 6 a.m.Friday, June 26. The ChurchStreet Bridge and WilliamsAvenue from Whitfield Driveto Henry Avenue will close toall traffic both pedestrian andvehicular at 8:45 p.m. The fire-works show is scheduled tobegin at 9:15 p.m. The streetswill remain closed until theconclusion of the fireworksshow.

Streets will closefor fireworks

Maglieaux’s Head Chef Brad Haigler and Adam Poole workon Louisiana-themed dishes for the Sports Hall of FameWelcome Reception Thursday, June 25.

Meet inductees at Sports Hall of Fame welcome reception

If your home was inundat-ed with floodwaters inNatchitoches Parish contactAsst. Director of NatchitochesOffice of EmergencyPreparedness and HomelandSecurity Mary Jones at 318-238-7720/318-471-2942 [email protected] orDeputy Lamarr McGaskey at318-357-2204/318-471-3104 [email protected].

Report homesdamaged by flood

The Natchitoches HumaneSociety will host Trish NiellGoodwin, owner and trainerof G Force Border Collies, atthe Family Day in the Parkevent. Goodwin will give ahands-on demonstration onhow to train and handledogs.

Join the Natchitoches Humane Society at Family Day inthe Park Saturday, June 27 from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at City Parkon Amulet Street for complimentary paw print tattoos.This free event will feature family friendly activitiesincluding swimming, games, concessions, face paintingand more. Activity booths, bounce house and food will beavailable for all from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees can alsoenjoy “Field Day” activities from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.,and open swim at City Pool from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Allactivities are free and open to the public.

An ordinance was intro-duced at the City Councilmeeting June 22 that willauthorize a service agree-ment to remove junked orwrecked automobiles fromthe City of Natchitochesunder the Louisiana Towingand Storage Act. The Citywill sign a contract with UAuto Pull it Auto Parts basedin Shreveport, as no compa-nies in Natchitoches accept-ed the proposal for the work.

When police officers arepatrolling and come across acar that meets the criteriafor abandoned vehicles theywill put a tag on it and log itin their books. The criteriaincludes overgrown grass,rundown or missing tiresand other indicators that thecar was stationary for a longtime.

A letter will be sent to thecar’s owner or the owner ofthe property where the car isparked. The owner is given10 days to move the car or fixthe problem before the tow-ing company steps in. Theowner can submit a writtenletter stating the vehicle isn’tabandoned and an officerwill go talk to the owner andinspect the vehicle. If thevehicle is still considered“junk” the owner can makean appeal to the CityCouncil.

An ordinance was passedtwo years ago establishingthe criteria for the removalof abandoned vehicles.Assistant Chief of PoliceCary Hargrove said it will bearound mid-August beforethey start towing cars. Oncethey get a contract signedwith the towing companythey will retag all the cars togive everyone a new start onthe time frame.

“We’re restarting theprocess so that all the citi-zens can understand theprocess and their rights,”said Hargrove.

City Utility DirectorBryan Wimberly said aban-doned cars can become anissue for employees trying to

work on transformers. In thepast, a car was blocking apole workers were trying toreach with their buckettruck. They had to go door todoor trying to find the car’sowner. When no one claimedit they had to call the policedepartment to tow it.

Hargrove said the biggestproblem with abandonedvehicles is the health hazardthey pose. If utility workerscan’t reach the transformeron a street, people who relyon that electricity for med-ical needs will suffer.

“What might be minor tosome people can be lifethreatening to others,” hesaid.

Wimberly brought anotherproblem to the Council’sattention at its June 8 meet-ing. He took a street lightinto the meeting to show howthe lights are vandalized incertain neighborhoods. Theparticular light he took inwas located off of AirportRoad behind the ValleyFarmers Co-op. Work ordersshow this light was changedfor three years for the sameproblem. Riddled with bulletholes, the light was no more

City will removeadandoned andjunked vehicles

This $600 street light wasvandalized after beingreplaced 60 days ago.Replacing it three years in arow, City Utility DirectorBryan Wimberly says theproblem is getting worse.

Northwestern StateUniversity’s online bache-lor’s program in accountinghas been ranked as the num-ber two accounting programin the country, according toNonprofit Colleges Online.

The rankings at nonprofit-collegesonline.com were cre-ated to recognize online col-leges and universities com-mitted to putting the interestof studentsfirst. Northwestern Statewas recognized for having thesecond least expensive bache-lor’s program in the account-ing field among regionallyaccredited not-for-profit col-leges and universities in theU.S. at an estimated cost of$19,736 for four years of full-time, out-of-state tuition. NSUdoes not charge out-of-state-tuition for online students.The university received aStudents Before ProfitsAward, which was created topromote nonprofit collegesand universities offeringonline degree programs thatput students before profitsand education before the bot-

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of Accounting Nat Briscoe,Northwestern State’s onlinebachelor’s in accountinggives students a broad under-standing of all aspects ofbusiness operations and thespecific tools necessary toanalyze the results of thoseoperations so they can makeinformed management deci-sions. Briscoe said the pro-gram is designed for thosestudents who want a strongeducation in accounting spe-cific areas as well as a gener-al education in all areas ofbusiness. The programrequires a minimum of 120credits for completion.

“We are pleased to receivethis recognition for ouraccounting program,” saidBriscoe. “The affordabilitycoupled with the quality andcontent of the curriculummakes Northwestern State anexcellent choice for prospec-tive accounting students.This website provides anationwide venue to promoteour accounting program.”

The Bachelor of Science inAccounting program pre-pares diverse career paths byoffering courses in financialand managerial accounting,cost accounting, tax, audit,accounting information sys-tems and governmentalaccounting.

The accounting programis part of NSU’s School ofBusiness, which is interna-tionally accredited by theAssociation to AdvanceCollegiate Schools ofBusiness International,(AACSBI), which representsthe highest standard ofachievement for businessschools worldwide. Fewerthan 20 percent of the busi-ness schools in the worldachieve AACSBI accredita-tion and it is the hallmark ofexcellence in business educa-tion.Instruction is providedby terminally degreed facultywith significant businessexperience. NorthwesternState offers all requirementsnecessary to take theCertified Public Accounting(CPA) exam.

Northwestern State’s online accounting program ranked second nationwide

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PEGGY JEAN LONG SULLIVAN

A memorial service was heldfor Peggy Jean Long SullivanJune 15 in Benton, Ark. Peggypassed away in her home sud-denly June 10, 2015. Gravesideservices were held at RamahCemetery next to her husbandJune 16.

Peggy served in the U.S. AirForce. She also drove the 18-wheeler with Leman manyyears. After retirement, theymoved to Black Lake.

She was the choir director atWestwind Baptist Church.Peggy was a person who nevermet a stranger and her love for

her Lord, family and friendswas so evident. She was bornSept. 27, 1935 in Smackover,Ark.

She was preceded in death byher husband, Leman RaySullivan who passed away inMarch of this year; her parents,Allen and Mable Long; a son,Allen Sullivan; two grandchil-dren, John and Paul Sullivan;seven brothers and sisters,Ouida Hogg, Leona Lotz, J.W.Oliver, Vera Fraser, ClaraMassey, Margie Parks andRussell Long.

She is survived by here sons,Ray Sullivan, John Sullivanand wife Teri of Benton,Michael Sullivan and wifePenny of Parish, Texas; onedaughter, Eyllane Sullivan ofBenton; daughter-in-law, MerriSullivan; four brothers, PaulLong of El Dorado, Ark., HueyLong of Magnolia, Ark.,Clarence Long of Rogers, Ark.,and Johnny Long of Silsbee,Texas; two sisters, ClariceSmith of Nederland, Texas andMarie Rogers of Port Neches,Texas; eight grandchildren; 13great grandchildren; and a hostof other loved ones and friends.

JUDY “MEEMEE”BROSSETT PIPES

Memorial services for Judy“MeeMee” Brossett Pipes, 65,of Coushatta, were held June

23 at the United BaptistChurch in Campti, with Bro.Doyle Waddle officiating andSis. Ivy Joy Custis assisting.

Judy was born Oct. 15, 1949in Natchitoches and passedaway June 20, 2015 inShreveport. She loved the out-doors, especially fishing andhog hunting. Judy will bemissed by all those who knewand loved her.

She was preceded in deathby her father, Percy JosephBrossett; her mother, CoraPoche Brossett; and her broth-er, Little Louie.

She is survived by two sons:Michael Bedgood and wife,Kerri of Shreveport and SamBedgood and fiancee’, PamelaEdmonds of Coushatta; sixgrandchildren, Kourtney

Howard-Crow and husband,Anthony, Kaitlynn Bedgood,Hunter Bedgood, ColeBedgood, Cade Bedgood, andDayton Brown; two great-grandchildren, ArsonHoward-Crow and RangeHoward-Crow; brothers andsisters, Jim Brossett, DorothyWright, Don Brossett andwife, Jean, Troy Brossett,Betty Miller and husband,Ray, Frank Brossett and wife,Linda, Rita Burgess and hus-band, Jack, Doris Cutler andhusband, Kenneth, andBarbara Waddle and husband,Doyle; and numerous niecesand nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the fami-ly request memorials be madeto St. Jude’s Children’sHospital.JIMMY RAY ANYAN

1934 - 2015Jimmy Ray Anyan, 80, of

Winnfield, went to be with hisLord and Savior June 20, 2015surrounded by his loving anddevoted family, at AutumnLeaves Nursing Home inWinnfield after a long illness.

Services for Mr. Anyanwere held June 23 in theSouthern Funeral HomeChapel in Winnfield, with Rev.John Holland officiating.Graveside services followedin the Garden of MemoriesCemetery in Winnfield.Visitation was held June 22,and again on Tuesday atSouthern Funeral Home.

Mr. Anyan was born Oct. 7,1934 in Winnfield. He graduat-ed from Winnfield HighSchool in 1954.

Mr. Anyan entered theUnited States Army Reservesfollowing high school gradua-tion and was honorably dis-charged as a Sergeant in 1961.

He attended the Universityof Southwestern Louisiana

(now University ofLouisiana-Lafayette) from1959 - 1963. He was a suc-cessful registered profession-al land surveyor for 28 yearsbefore retiring in 1994.

He met the love of his life,Inez Cherry, in Monroe inApril 1956 and they were mar-ried in December 1956.Jimmy Ray and Inez lived inMonroe, Sulphur, Minden,Alexandria, Lafayette, andBaton Rouge before settling inhis hometown of Winnfieldwhere they reared their threechildren, Mike, Mark, andGreg.

Mr. Anyan was the owner ofJim Anyan and Associates for40 years and a Notary Publicin Winn Parish. Mr. Anyanwas a member of the FirstBaptist Church in Winnfield,the American Society of CivilEngineers, LouisianaEngineering Society, theLouisiana ForestryAssociation, a past memberof the Eastern Star Lodge#151 F&AM where he was a32nd degree Mason, and theLouisiana Land SurveyorsAssociation. He formerlyserved as member and presi-dent of the Winn ParishPolice Jury.

Mr. Anyan enjoyed listen-ing to evangelist John Hagee,traveling and camping withhis wife in the Cane RiverCampers Club, riding motor-cycles with the Gold WingRoad Riders Association, aswell as a member of theChristian MotorcyclistsAssociation, and spendingtime with his grandchildren,all of whom he adored andwho lovingly referred to himas “Papa Jim.”

He is preceded in death by

his parents, Alvie AndrewAnyan and Pearl InglesAnyan Brown, as well as hisbrothers, Alvie DonnellAnyan and Robert Lee“Bobby” Anyan.

Survivors include his lov-ing wife of nearly 59 years,Carrie Inez Cherry Anyan;his three sons and their fami-lies, Mike and Kathy Anyan,of Natchitoches, Mark andCherie Anyan of WestMonroe and Greg and LisaAnyan of Collierville, Tenn.;six grandchildren, Callie andKatie Anyan of Monroe,Kirstie and Abby Anyan ofWest Monroe, and Alex andAllie Anyan of Collierville,Tenn.; four great-grandchil-dren; sisters in-law, JessieAnyan of Minden, andJohnnie Anyan of Abilene,Texas; nephews, Don MichaelAnyan, Chad Anyan, andnieces, Connie Anyan Durbin,Malisa Anyan Tingle, andAshlee Anyan Oglesbee; alongwith a number of other rela-tives and friends.

The family would like tothank the following for theirdevotion and care: Rev. JohnHolland, the staff of AutumnLeaves Nursing Home, Dr.Eric Dupree, Dr. RickyHendrix and staff ofFresenius Dialysis Clinic.

Pallbearers were CharlieBice, Bobby Poisso, TimHowell, Dustin Dill, NoahGilcrease, and DavidWhittington. Honorary pall-bearers were members ofBobby Guin’s Sunday Schoolclass “The Truth” at FirstBaptist Church in Winnfield.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be made to FirstBaptist Church of WinnfieldBuilding Fund.

GALE ARTHUR BURKMr. Gale Arthur Burk, 76, of

Natchitoches went to be withthe Lord June 12, 2015 follow-ing a brief illness.

Gale was born Dec. 2, 1938 inFairfield, Iowa to Everett andFerne (Bruey) Burk. He gradu-ated from Fairfield HighSchool in 1957 and continuedon to receive his teaching cer-tificate from Parsons Collegein 1961.

Gale worked as an elemen-

tary school mathematicsteacher for Des Moines PublicSchools for 18 years. He laterbecame a real estate agent andowner of a construction com-pany, G.A. Burk and Associatesin Iowa. After moving toArizona in 1987, Gale pursueda career as a TerritoryManager for Westar in Tempe,Ariz.

Gale is survived by hisdevoted wife, SherryBaumgardner. They were mar-ried in Natchitoches June 12,2009.

Gale is lovingly remem-bered by his daughters,Stephanie Davis and her hus-band, Brian of Chandler, Ariz.,Kristin Brown of HighlandsRanch, Colo., AndreaValentine and her husbandRhonny of Mansfield andStacy Baumgardner of TheColony, Texas; grandchildren,Ashlyn Davis, Madison Brown,Drew and Leslie Valentine;and a brother, Randy Burk andhis wife Renee of Watertown,S.D.

Gale is preceded in death by

his wife of 39 years, SallyBurk; his parents, grandpar-ents, and brothers, Keith andLarry Burk. Gale was a loyalhusband, father, grandfather,brother, son, mentor andfriend to all. He enjoyed travel-ing, playing golf, working onprojects and spending timewith family and close friends.

Gale’s family would like toacknowledge the following“Angels on Earth” for theircompassionate care:Clementine Mitchell,Margaret Williams, RobertJackson, Jr., Harmony HomeHealth and Hospice ofNatchitoches.

A celebration of life servicewill be held at 2 p.m. Sunday,June 28 at the First UnitedMethodist Church ofNatchitoches CrossroadsSanctuary with Rev. Doug deGraffenreid and Linda Clarkofficiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations may be made to theFirst United Methodist Churchof Natchitoches, 411 2ndStreet, Natchitoches, LA 71457.

EMMANDELINE “MANDY”SARGEE

A memorial service toremember the life ofEmmandeline “Mandy”Sargee of Natchitoches will beheld at 3 p.m. Saturday, June27 at The Kingdom Hall ofJehovah’s Witnesses locatedat 1645 Breazeale Springs St.in Natchitoches, with Br.Louis Whitelow officiating.

Emmandeline MoreauSargee was born July 5, 1963in Oakland, Cali. She grew upamong the redwoods in a closeloving family. All through herlife she had a close relation-ship with her mother, though

deep in her heart she wasalways a ‘Daddy’s girl.’ OnDec. 24, 1977 she symbolizedher dedication to Jehovah Godby water baptism. Just as shestarted high school her familymoved to Louisiana.

Mandy married GregorySargee July 1, 1988. She lovedbeing a wife and was a won-derful wife to Greg. She wasalso a loving mother to herson Matthew to whom shegave birth Nov. 3, 1999.

She loved to teach and spentmany hours in the volunteerministry work sharing herhope for the future with oth-ers. She worked for severalyears as a substitute teacherfor the Natchitoches ParishSchool Board being called onoften as she quickly becamethe favorite of many teachers.She did love her ‘children’ asshe referred to them and itwas common for her to donateclothes, backpacks, schoolsupplies and even food tothose children with familiesthat were struggling to makeends meet. She also enjoyedreading, sewing, spending

time with her family andfriends and spoiling at leastone dog at all times.

Mandy was always upbeat.Even though she had toendure terrible pain at times,she did not complain and eventried to hide it from others.She always looked for ways tohelp others, cooking for thosethat were ill or giving food,clothing, etc... She had a spe-cial talent as a listener. Manyhave called her just to talkover troubles and concernsand Mandy had this way ofmaking things better some-how. She had this ability tooffer comfort even when shewas in pain herself. She willbe dearly missed.

Mandy is survived by herhusband of nearly 27 yearsGreg Sargee; her sonMatthew; her parents Mr. andMrs. E.J. Moreau Sr. ofPineville; her two brothersErrol Moreau Jr. and EricMoreau both of Pineville.;many nieces, nephews andnumerous friends that allloved her for the special per-son she was.

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Elisha Gay Jr. will be held atthe Winnfield MemorialFuneral Home ChapelSaturday, June 27 at 11 a.m.with burial following in theCampti Cemetery. The familywill receive friends at a wakeservice at the funeral homeFriday, June 26 from 5-8 p.m.

Mr. Gay passed awaySunday, June 21, 2015.

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Natchitoches ParishSheriff ’s Deputies areattempting to identify “per-sons of interest” responsiblefor throwing rocks off of therailroad tracks just south ofthe Chevron station on La.Hwy. 1 South in the TownSouth area according to theNatchitoches ParishSheriff ’s Office.

Several weeks ago, NPSODeputies in a marked patrolunit were traveling north-bound when a group of indi-viduals threw a large rockstriking the patrol unit.

The unit’s in-car mobilevideo camera was able tocapture some of the incident.

After throwing the rock,the individuals ran into thenearby subdivison.

Deputies were unable tolocate them while canvassingthe area.

On Saturday eveningbetween 9-10 p.m., a femaleand her family were travel-ing southbound on La. Hwy. 1in the same area when some-one threw a rock, shatteringher window and sendingglass into her vehicle.

According to the com-plaintant, she was frightenedbecause she thought some-one had fired a weapon ather.

Natchitoches PoliceDepartment responded to thescene.

NPSO Deputies andNatchitoches Police areinvestigating both incidents.

If anyone has informationregarding these incidents,contact Captain Tony Moran

at 357-7830, Sgt. ShaneLaCaze at 352-6432 or Asst.Chief of InvestigationsReginald Turner at 357-7830.All information will be keptconfidential.

than 60 days old, according toWimberly. Each light costs$600.

He says the vandalismoccurs on other streetsincluding Genti Street,Powhatan Alley, July Street,Powell Street, Gentry DavisStreet, Quita Drive and theTown South subdivision. Asfast as the utility departmentcan replace the lights, theyare shot out again. “Thepolice can’t be everywhere,”said Wimberly. “It’s up to theneighborhood to be obser-vant and call the police andwork with them to get theproblem corrected. Peopleneed to be aware and take aninterest in it and not just callto get the lights replaced.”

Council member SylviaMorrow the safety issues inregards to children playingin basketball the streets,rather than walking to theirlocal park. She said she willtalk with the police depart-ment to see if there is anyway the children can beencouraged to use the parksand asked the council mem-bers to do the same in theirdistricts.

The Council cast its finalvote to approve a memoran-dum of understandingbetween the City and theNatchitoches CommunityAlliance (NCA) providing forservices during a three yearterm.

An ordinance declared a1980 Mack Truck as surplusand authorized the City toconvey the fire truck to thetown of Campti. The firetruck is not in service due toits poor condition. It will beused for parts.

Mayor Lee Poseyincreased a change order tocomplete the renovations ofthe city pool by $17,552. Therevised contract total will be$232,251.

A resolution authorizedPosey to execute a certificateof substantial completion tothe contract between the Cityand Robin Ewing PooleSupplies for the City Poolrehabilitation project.

A resolution authorizedPosey to advertise and accept

bids for the riverbank ADAaccess ramp project.

Director of Financing PatJones gave a financialreport. The sales tax collec-tions in May were 1.78 per-cent above last year. The yearto date collections are 6.85percent above last fiscal year.“We’ve had a good year,” saidJones. “The sales taxes areup.”

The 2 percent TIF collec-tions for May are 16.09 per-cent above last year and areup 11.58 percent for the year.Motor vehicle sales weredown 4 percent in May.

City offices will closeFriday, July 3.

The next meeting will beMonday, July 13.

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Krystin Bruno hasbeen with Bank ofMontgomery sinceFebruary 2015.Krystin is a teller atour WashingtonStreet Branch inNatchitoches. She wasborn in Houma,Louisiana but grew upoverseas in severaldifferent countries in-cluding: Thailand,Singapore, andMalaysia. Krystin andher boyfriend JosephBynog, from Proven-cal, have one sonJustin. Their son wasborn in November2014. Krystin gradu-ated from Northwest-ern State Universityin December 2014with a degree in Con-sumer Services and aminor in Family Rela-tions and Child Devel-opment. In her sparetime Krystin likes tospend quality time with her friends and family. We are happy to haveKrystin join our BOM family.

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Council on Aging will host Membership Drive MeetingNatchitoches Parish Council on Aging (COA) is hosting a

membership drive for anyone 18 and older. Membership

is free. The COA was established to render services to

persons in the parish ages 60 and older. To join or request

a form, call 357-3250 or 1-800-256-3004.

The drive will close July 7 then reopen on July 22 and

remain open thereafter.

NPCOA will host the Annual Membership Meeting July 21

at 11a.m. in the Senior Center Building located at 1016

Keyser Ave.

Deputies search for suspects who threw rocks

Natchitoches Fire District #6, Natchitoches RegionalMedical EMS Paramedics, NPSO Deputies and LouisianaState Police responded to one-vehicle crash on La. Hwy. 6near Hagewood Sunday afternoon at 5:42 p.m. The driverof the 2011 Ford F-150 pickup truck was transported toNatchitoches Regional Medical Center with moderateinjuries. Traffic was detoured for one hour while firstresponders worked the crash. Troopers assigned to LSPTroop-E Alexandria are investigating the crash.

Members of the Richard Johnson Regional ImprovementFoundation, Clergy for Community and other communi-ty leaders met at the MLK triangle June 19 to commemo-rate the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth, also known asFreedom Day and Emancipation Day, by raising thenational Juneteenth Flag. Bernard Johnson, founder andpresident of the Richard Johnson Regional ImprovementFoundation, spoke on the history of Juneteenth and whatthe flag symbolizes. “God has granted us freedom, let ususe it wisely, guard it carefully, and embrace it totally.Let this day of celebration serve as a reminder of ourtenacity and ability to hold on to our hope and faith inGod,” he said.

Pastor Steve Harris of theAbundant Life InternationalMinistry led the crowd inprayer.

The Natchitoches 19thDivision Cavalry Scouts ofthe Army National Guardraised the Juneteenth flag.

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opportunity to let you know I’m running for the office of Parish President for the Parish ofNatchitoches on Oct. 24.

I have served in the Parish Government for over 15 years and I’m a Democrat. I’m askinghumbly for your vote in this upcoming election. You can reach me at (318) 554-8909.

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There’s not much Gov.Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen.David Vitter are willing to dojointly, aside from simultane-ously acting like their signifi-cant rivalry is insignificant.But, probably with someamount of regret by each,they have co-written one ofthe better tales from this gen-eration of Louisiana politics.

It is a book that has keptconsultants, journalists andpolitical junkies turning thepages for years. The lead char-acters are two of the state’smost talented practitioners ofMachiavellian statecraft whoare equally scarred, althoughfor very different reasons —one for a scandal, the other forpoor approval ratings. Foreverat odds, they have bothappeared, at various stages oftheir brand development, tobe mere inches away fromdomination or on the edge ofself-destruction.

With a tone and feel thatsuggests it should be toldaround campfires or as awarning to teenagers with aninterest in student govern-ment, we tend to re-read thebest chapters from their storyevery so often. Especially late-ly with the governor runningfor president and the senatorrunning for governor.

Like that time in 2007, whenJindal was reintroducing him-self to voters in Louisianaamid a big announcement forgovernor, only to be upstagedby Vitter’s own announce-ment of a “serious sin.” Andthat time in 2010, when Jindalchose not to endorse Vitter ina re-election campaign thateventually delivered somesemblance of redemption in

the long wake of the D.C.madam controversy.

The latest entry arrived lastweek when Jindal signed intolaw a bill that opens up morerecords in the Governor’sOffice to public access. Whywould Jindal endorse such aconcept after opposing andvetoing it for the past severalyears? That it would apply tothe next governor, and notJindal’s administration, is agood start. With Vitter leadingin the polls, and Jindal’s dis-taste well known, it’s difficultnot to imagine the governorcracking a smile when puttingpen to paper on this one.

Make no mistake: Vitter thegubernatorial candidate andJindal the presidential candi-date correspondingly presentpotential pitfalls for theother’s ambitions. Forinstance, if and when thenational media come callingto talk about his governor,Vitter, one of the anti-Jindalcandidates on the fall ballot, isunlikely to shy away fromthrowing an elbow at Jindal’s2016 campaign.

On the other side of thepage, there’s always the threatthat Vitter could suffer ifJindal falters over the nextfour months and is eaten aliveby the national press.Particularly if it reflects nega-tively on Louisiana. Shouldthat happen, voters here areunlikely to want moreBeltway banter and negativenarratives mixed with theirgubernatorial politics.

Under this scenario, hear-ing and seeing the way thenational press dumps onJindal, and by associationLouisiana, may prompt votersto look ahead to election nightin October or November.That's when reporters acrossthe country might announce aVitter victory followed by aretelling of his “serious sin.”There will probably be moreinterest in that for those out-side of Louisiana than therewill be in Vitter’s detailed pol-icy plans or his second help-ing of bayou-style redemp-tion.

This is a line of thinkingthat some of the other guber-natorial campaigns are bank-ing on — that voters will beless put off by the fact thatVitter was linked to the so-called D.C. madam and moretaken aback by the thought ofhim embarrassing Louisiananationally in every politicalstory where he and his pastindiscretions are mentioned.For the next four to eightyears.

As Jindal begins his presi-dential campaign, flyingbetween Iowa and NewHampshire, nothing will befurther from his mind thanVitter. For Vitter, though, hiswell-financed, high-profilecampaign for governor willhave plenty of references toJindal, or rather promises tobe dramatically different.Should Vitter push the themehard enough, then he couldvery well take up more spacein Jindal’s mental warehouse.

The storybook crafted byJindal and Vitter has been inthe works for eight years now.Possibly longer.

While the newest chapter isonly beginning to take shape,it’s too early to tell if it willactually be the last. Vitterwithout Jindal and Jindalwithout Vitter is like redbeans and rice withoutsausage. Yet it may very wellcome to that. One or both maylose what are thought to betheir ultimate political cam-paigns.

If that’s the case, maybethey’ll transition from adver-saries to deeply personal penpals, like Thomas Jeffersonand John Adams did later inlife. That could be the closestJindal comes to being presi-dential and Vitter’s lastchance at gubernatorial com-munications, albeit with a for-mer governor that is not him.Either way, their stories aremoving ever closer to perma-nent entwinement and thecoming months will soonreveal if the bond unravelscompletely or binds themtogether in our political loreand legend.

EditorialThe Natchitoches TimesSection A, Thursday, June 25, 2015

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.Article I. The Bill of Rights (Declared in force December 15, 1791.

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Gov. “Bobby” JindalP.O. Box 94004

Baton Rouge, LA 70804(225) 342-7015

Lt. Gov. Jay DardenneOffice of the Lieutenant

GovernorCapitol Annex Building1051 North Third StreetBaton Rouge, LA 70802

PO Box 44243Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4243

Phone: (225) 342-7009Fax: (225) 342-1949

E-mail: [email protected]. S. Sen.Bill Cassidy

B85 Russell Senate OfficeBuilding

Washington, DC 20510Phone: (202) 224-5824

U.S. Sen. David Vitter825A Hart Senate Building

United States SenateWashington, DC 20510

(202)224-4623Website: www.vitter.senate.gov

U.S. Rep John Fleming

Shreveport office6425 Youree Drive, Suite 350

Shreveport, La 71105Phone: 318-798-2254

Fax: 318-798-2063Sen. Gerald Long

P.O. Box 151Winnfield, LA 71483

(318)628-5799Baton Rouge office: (225) 342-

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Senator Rick GallotP.O. Box 1117

Ruston, LA 71270(318) 251-5019

[email protected]. Kenny Cox

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Rep. Terry Brown510 Main StreetColfax, LA 71417Legislative Aide

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[email protected] Rep. Frank Howard1601 Texas Highway

Many, LA 71449Legislative Aide

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Treasurer John KennedyTreasury Main Office

900 North Third Street, 3rdFloor, State Capitol Baton

Rouge, Louisiana 70802 P.O. Box 44154 Baton Rouge,

Louisiana 70804225-342-0010

http://revenue.la.govSec. of State Tom Schedler

P.O. Box 94125Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125

(225) 922-2880FAX: (225) 922-2003

Atty. Gen. James D. “Buddy”Caldwell

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Louisiana’s “capital outlay” process to determine which road,bridge and other construction and renovation projects are fundedhas never been pretty and gets uglier every year, but efforts in therecent legislative session to change the system fell by the wayside.

The root of the problem, of course, is that legislators and headsof agencies and institutions request billions of dollars a year tobuild and repair infrastructure and facilities, and bond sales forcapital outlay projects cover just a tiny percentage of the requests.

Legislators complain that governors use capital outlay projectsto coerce House and Senate members to vote for and against cer-tain bills, and there is no question that governors have over-whelming influence and power to approve or reject capital outlayrequests.

State Treasurer John Kennedy says the State Bond Commissionon which he serves determines which capital outlay projects arefunded, but he said the panel “is totally at the mercy of the gover-nor. The bond commission just does whatever the governor tells itto do.”

Even after countless requests for capital outlay projects wereweeded out in this year’s construction budget process, legislatorsapproved a bill that has $385 million more in projects than thestate has to spend on construction and repairs.

That allows the governor to pick and choose which projects tosend to the State Bond Commission for funding. Kennedy says thesystem results in political deal-making to determine capital outlayapprovals rather than clearly established state priorities.

House members passed in the recent session a bill that wouldhave required approval by a joint House and Senate committee ofprojects proposed by the governor that would be sent to the BondCommission for funding.

The bill was shot down in a Senate committee amid concernsthat members of the proposed capital outlay approval panel mightfavor projects in their own areas over other requests. As Senatepresident John Alario said, governors have “perspectivestatewide.”

When the dust had settled from the legislative session,Louisiana was still stuck with a construction budget process thatwill allow governors to use capital outlay projects as rewards orpunishment to persuade legislators to support or oppose unrelat-ed issues.

Sen. Greg Tarver of Shreveport opposed changes to the capitaloutlay system with the explanation that “you can’t take the poli-tics out of politics,” and that sums up the capital outlay process.

Northwestern State University’s Gallaspy College ofEducation and Human Development Alumni Advisory Board isseeking nominations for the Hall of Distinguished Educatorsand the Distinguished Young Professional in Education.

Nominees for the Hall of Distinguished Educators must havegraduated from Northwestern State’s College of Education atleast 30 years prior to nomination. Inductees will be honoredduring a brunch and induction ceremony at the TeacherEducation Center during Homecoming festivities.

This year, the College is introducing a new honor, theDistinguished Young Professional in Education. This awardwill recognize an outstanding young professional who hasmade contributions in Pre-K through higher education or to theprofession of education through teaching, research or commu-nity service. Nominees must be 40 years old or younger, have atleast 10 years of meritorious service to education and gainedprominence in some areas of teaching, administrative achieve-ment, contributions to research, leadership in professionalassociations, contributions to professional literature or out-standing community service. Nominees should be of highmoral character whose contributions have most fully expressedthe spirit of service the award represents.

The deadline to submit nominations is July 13. The selectionwill be July 20.

To nominate an individual for these awards, send the nomi-nee’s resume and other documentation outlining the reason forthe nomination to NSU Gallaspy College of Education andHuman Development, c/o Janet Broadway, Northwestern StateUniversity, Natchitoches, LA 71497. Additional information isavailable by calling Broadway at (318) 357-6278 or [email protected].

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Georgia Parker Hilton:It’s sad that this has beenhijacked by racists. Thiswas a flag of a nation thatbelieved in state’s rights (Ifyou think the Civil War wasabout slavery, read an origi-nal source document, not arevisionist textbook.) Idon’t think the true mean-ing of the flag can ever berecovered so it’s best to justlet it go. Remove it andchalk another one up to pol-itics.

Martha Maynard: It istime to recognize that theSouthern states are part ofthe United States ofAmerica and that theConfederate States nolonger exist as a Union! Letthe Confederate Flagbecome part of history andnot a statement of racism!

Gary Collins: Place theFlag in a Museum.

Zebb Rogers: Peopleshould educate themselvesinstead of blindly lettingthe media work them likepuppets.

Renee Frerichs: Agreed.The flag originally symbol-ized something far differentfrom what it has turnedinto. It was originally aboutthe states’ rights to self-gov-ernance. It is a legitimateand significant part of his-tory and should be pre-served as such. I think it’stotally appropriate to dis-play at museums and histor-ical sites because in theseplaces, it’s in the context oforiginal meaning. But,come on, the war is OVER.The only flags that shouldbe displayed in other placesare those of current govern-ments.

Zebb Rogers: So if acrazy racist person wavesthe American flag shouldwe put it away? If he usesCharmin toilet paper,should we ban that too?Where does it stop? Whycan’t people learn the truemeaning of something andnot what some crazythought or wanted it tomean? There are hatecrimes against all races,religions, etc. All of whichare committed by hateful,misguided people. That is aterrible thing but there isevil among us. The mediaonly puts those in the fore-

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front that support their agen-da to divide this country.

Susan Dollar: It has aplace in plazas or parks thatfeature historic flags. InLouisiana, there are 10 suchflags. Such a plaza could be aneducational and enjoyableplace. But the flag that fliesover our nation is the one thatdeserves our devotion.?

Renee Frerichs: Inresponse to Zebb Rogers, I’llquote Walter E. Williams, aprofessor at George MassonUniversity, who said, “Theflap over the Confederate flagis not quite as simple as the

nation’s race experts make it.They want us to believe theflag is a symbol of racism. Yes,racists have used theConfederate flag, but racistshave also used the Bible andthe U.S. flag. Should we get ridof the Bible and lower the U.S.flag? Black civil rightsactivists and their white liber-al supporters who’re attack-ing the Confederate flag havecommitted a deep, despicabledishonor to our patrioticblack ancestors who marched,fought and died to protecttheir homeland from whatthey saw as Northern aggres-

sion.”Phradoe Banas: It’s called

the liberal agenda. What bet-ter way to get uneducated peo-ple to support governmentand to secure the vote?.

Cynthia Dobson: The flagmeans different things to dif-ferent people, but it shouldalways stand for PRIDEINTEGRITY HONOR andLOYALTY.

Pamela Womack: Lovethat flag.

Manny Augello, an alum-nus of the Beta Omicron chap-ter of Pi Kappa Phi atNorthwestern StateUniversity, was named amongthe national fraternity’s mostpromising young alumni. Nowin its second year, ‘ThirtyUnder 30” recognizes youngalumni for their achievementafter their undergraduatecareers have come to an end.

Augello was born andraised in Palermo, on theItalian island Sicily beforecoming to Louisiana. Whilehoning his culinary skills heserved his chapter as warden.

After graduating from NSUhe began working on his craftand soon took over as execu-tive chef of Jolies LouisianaBistro in Lafayette. He workedthere for over five years beforeopening his own restaurant,Bread and Circus Provisions,where he is the owner andhead chef and specializes inCajun style cooking. Over theyears he was named one offive chefs in Louisiana towatch and one of the 10 bestchefs in Louisiana by theLouisiana Office of Tourism.He also had the honor of cook-ing at the famous James

B e a r dHouse inNew YorkCity. Hebelieves inc u l i n a r ya c t iv i s mand sup-ports thefarm totable andslow foodm o v e -ments.

Augello was nominated tobe included in the ‘ThirtyUnder 30 class’ by their peers,older alumni, and friends ofthe fraternity. From there, acommittee of volunteersreviewed the nominees inareas such as impact, leader-ship and service, and awardsand recognition. After review-ing nominations was complet-ed, the list was narrowed tothe 30 finalists.

Alumni of 25 chapters of allsizes, locations and age arerepresented in the group of30. The recipients come fromall backgrounds and werenominated for types of out-standing achievement: volun-teerism, professional achieve-ment and more.


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Natchitoches Fire District 4 completes events in May

Natchitoches Fire District 4 in Provencal completed anannual hose testing May 16, required to maintain equip-ment in working order.

Assistant Chief James Dupree participated at a recent extri-cation training hosted by Desoto Parish Fire District 8 andled by LSU-FETI instructors. LSU Instructor Bill Deloachkneels to take a photo of Dupree during the school bus res-cue exercise, simulating buses with the standard egresspoints not accessible.

Firefighters from several departments attended this annualtraining, which offers hands-on training with various proce-dures and tools. Vendors provided specialized tools for theevaluation.

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The Louisiana TravelPromotion Association(LTPA) LeadershipAcademy arrived inNatchitoches June 18 tomeet with local Leaders todiscuss product develop-ment in one of Louisiana’smajor tourist destinations.The Leadership Academywas created to build tourismleaders by increasing theirknowledge, developing lead-ership skills, strengtheningcommunication networksand informing them aboutthe responsibilities of lead-ership in building andenriching their tourism-related organizations.

The Academy entails sixclass sessions held in loca-tions around the state.Leaders are introduced to

local and state tourismissues and meet establishedleaders from statewide pub-lic, private and non-profitrelated businesses and agen-cies.

Through panel discus-sions, roundtables, presen-tations, tours and a groupproject, the LeadershipAcademy builds a strongertourism economy. Uponcompletion of the year’sactivities, LeadershipAcademy attendees will bepresented for graduation atthe LTPA membership meet-ing in Jan. 2016.

The Natchitoches visitfocused on product develop-ment. The leaders learnedto better understand prod-uct development by answer-ing the questions, What

assets do I have to build?What is my product? Do Ihave authenticity in myproduct?

They visited MelrosePlantation and met withFacilities Manager MollyDickerson, the LouisianaSports Hall of Fame andNorthwest LouisianaHistory Museum with CEOLisa Babin and enjoyed areception at the Samuel GuyHouse hosted by theNatchitoches Conventionand Visitors Bureau and theNatchitoches HistoricFoundation. Friday consist-ed of presentations fromRebecca Blakenbaker ofCane River NationalHeritage Area and DebraCredeur of the AtchafalayaNational Heritage Area.

Members of the Louisiana Travel Promotion Association (LTPA) Leadership Academyfrom left are Tanya Leader, Courtney Hunt, Dione Sabelhaus, Janice Delerno, MelissaSmall, Ben Berthelot, Melanie Lebouef, Melissa Celles, Jo Banner, Kimmie Carlos, TravisNapper, Julie Bayone, Jeremy Cooker, Pat Gill, Arlene Gould and Wanda Rivers.

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Following hours of re-

search including emails and

personal interviews of an-

glers, Bassmaster Magazine

announced on June 18 that

Toledo Bend is the number

one bass fishing lake in the

country.Over the past few years,

the bass industry has

boomed for the lake as it

hosted the Bassmaster Elite

series multiple times and

broke the parish’s own re-

cords in occupancy rates

year after year, much like

the trend across the entirety

of Louisiana.Head of the Sabine Par-

ish Tourist Commission

Linda Curtis-Sparks credits

the national exposure from

multiple fishing tourna-

ments as keeping the lake’s

name out there. In addition,

the state greatly pushes the

lake area through national

television coverage.The recognition is no

surprise, as a total of 81

bass replicas were recent-

ly awarded by the Toledo

Bend Lake Association’s

lunker bass program, which

provides fiberglass

replicas of any bass over

ten pounds that is offi-

cially weighed and returned

to the lake. The number of

replicas awarded has been

steadily increasing over the

past few years.In 2014, the state attract-

ed 28.7 million visitors, a

five percent increase over

2013, resulting in 11.2

billion in total visitor

spending and $836

million in tax revenue

generated.

The ranking will also

bring an influx of new vis-

itors to the lake, more so

than the many large tour-

naments held in the lake

weekly.Other large fisheries that

Toledo Bend won out over

include Lake St. Clair, Lake

Sam Rayburn, Lake Bistineau, and

S t u r g e o n Bay.

The 36th Annual Natchi-

toches-NSU Folk Festival

will be held July 17-18 in air

conditioned Prather Colise-

um at Northwestern State

University in Natchitoches.

The Festival will be on Fri-

day, July 17 from 4:30-10:30

p.m. and Saturday, July 18

from 8 a.m. - 10:30 p.m. The

Festival theme, “Backroads

and Bayous: Celebrating

Louisiana’s Rural Folklife,”

will celebrate the area’s rich

and living folk legacy.

Friday evening is the Ca-

jun and country dance,

featuring free Cajun dance

lessons, classic country by

Gal Holiday and the Honky

Tonk Revue, Cajun dance

tunes by Richard LeBouef

& Two Step, Jambalaya Ca-

jun Band with the legendary

D.L. Menard and from the

Netherlands, bluegrass by

the Haystax.The Festival on Saturday

is jam-packed with fun.

Free Cajun dance lessons

will get feet moving. Chil-

dren can create handmade

crafts at Kidfest, learn about

Louisiana’s rich heritage in

two rooms with narrative

sessions and music infor-

mances, learn traditional

Louisiana art forms in free

workshops on fiddle play-

ing and wood carving, and

attend this year’s outdoor

demonstrations on black-

smithing, open hearth

cooking and the Louisiana

cattle dogs. The Louisiana

State Fiddle Championship,

held Saturday during the

Festival in the Magale Re-

cital Hall, will feature the

best fiddlers in the state as

they compete for the honor

of being named Louisiana’s

finest.Saturday features a hall of

crafts, with over 40 Louisi-

ana vendors discussing and

demonstrating their crafts,

including beadwork, bas-

kets, music instruments,

Pysanky eggs, bull whips,

filé making, wood carvings,

handmade toys and dolls,

paintings, sculpture, walk-

ing sticks, and more.

Food vendors specialize

in the finest traditional Lou-

isiana delights sure to whet

any appetite, including fry

bread and Indian tacos, cin-

namon roasted pecans and

almonds, sweet tea, gumbo,

barbecue, jambalaya, chick-

en and dumplings, lemon-

ade, kolaches, strudel, nitz,

tamales, boudin, beef jerky,

and Natchitoches meat pies.

Children 12 and under

are admitted free. Tickets

are $11 for a two-day pass,

available in advance only,

$8 for all events Satur-

day, or $5 for a

one-time eve-ning pass to all events after 5 p.m. For advance tickets or more information, call (318) 357-4332, email folklife@

nsula.edu, or go to louisi-

anafolklife.nsula.edu or the

Louisiana Folklife Center’s

Facebook page. The Festival is sponsored

in part by the Cane Riv-

er National Heritage Area,

the Louisiana Division of

the Arts Decentralized Arts

Fund Program, the Louisi-

ana Office of Tourism, the

Natchitoches Historic Dis-

trict Development Com-

mission, the Natchitoches

Tricentennial Commission,

the National Park Service,

the New Orleans Jazz and

Heritage Festival and Foun-

dation, and the Shreveport

Regional Arts Council.

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Beginning January 2016,Bossier Parish CommunityCollege’s Paramedic programwill partner with DesotoParish EMS and NatchitochesParish EMS to offer paramediceducation to current andpotential employees, allowingpotential students access to anaccredited paramedic programcloser to where they live andwork.

In 2013, the NationalRegistry of EMTs beganrequiring that candidates forparamedic certification mustgraduate from an accreditedparamedic education programin order to sit for the NREMTparamedic exam. Receivingnational certification is arequirement to obtain aLouisiana paramedic licenseand paramedics cannot prac-tice in the state of Louisianawithout holding a currentLouisiana license.

With the only accreditedparamedic program in northLouisiana at Bossier ParishCommunity College, EMS pro-fessionals, many who are work-

ing as firefighters and EMTsand who do not live close to theBPCC campus, have found itdifficult to attend the neces-sary classes needed to gradu-ate.

“Obtaining program accred-itation through theCommission on Accreditationof Allied Health EducationPrograms (CAAHEP) is a veryinvolved process with manystandards that are difficult tomeet,” says BPCC ChancellorRick Bateman. “Because theBPCC paramedic program isan accredited program, thispartnership will allow us tooffer our expertise, talent, andservices to individuals in com-munities throughout theNorthwest Louisiana region,and therefore, allow us to pro-vide quality workforce train-ing to those who might nothave had the opportunity pre-viously.”

Under the partnership,BPCC will offer a paramedicprogram whose didacticinstruction, provided by quali-fied faculty, will be provided

via compressed video atNorthwest Technical Collegein Natchitoches and Mansfieldand whose lab sessions willtake place in Mansfield.

Northwest TechnicalCollege-Mansfield’s CampusDean Dianne Clark says thispartnership will create oppor-tunities for individuals in bothMansfield and Natchitocheswho might not have ever con-sidered becoming a paramedicbecause of the location chal-lenges.

“Identifying and addressingthe needs of our communityand business partners hasalways been an important partof our mission,” says Clark.“This partnership represents awin- win for everyone and is apositive step toward meetingthe workforce goals outlined inthe LCTCS Our Louisiana 2020Public Agenda.”

For more information onthis partnership, contact BPCCParamedic Instructor JefferyAnderson, NREMTP, at (318)678-6403 [email protected].

Les Amies presented a check to the Natchitoches Council on Aging to assist with theirMeals on Wheels program. From left are COA Director Alice Barrios, Tiffany Chasteen,Mike Lewis and Angela Bolton.

NSU Pride members attended Louisiana Equality Marchin Baton Rouge June 13. Students marched alongsideactivists, other students and community members fromacross the state to the front steps of the capitol.

NSU Pride and Equality Louisiana participated in Cenla’s Pride celebration in AlexandriaJune 6. NSU Pride is a recognized student organization on the Natchitoches campus that pro-motes the rights and wellbeing of students, specifically when it comes to students that iden-tify within the queer spectrum and its straight allies. Taylor Arnouville of Bordelonvilleand Aaron Rogers of Dayton, Texas represented NSU and spoke about the diversity andacceptance of LGBTQ individuals on campus. From left NSU students Arnouville andRogers show their pride with Managing Director of EQLA Tucker Barry, LSU alumniJulianne Martin and LSU students Nick Fisher and Peter Jenkins.

BPCC to team with Natchitoches Parish EMS to offer paramedic education

DHH offers tips to beat the summer heat

Northwestern StatePresident Dr. Jim Hendersonissued the following statementJune 12 after final passage ofthe state appropriations bill.

“The eco-nomic growthopportunitiesfor Louisianahave neverbeen greaterthan they aretoday, butr e a l i z i n gthose oppor-tunities willrequire ourhigher educa-tion institu-tions to develop talent atunprecedented levels. Themeasure passed by our legisla-tors will ensure colleges anduniversities are able to deliveron their mission to build a bet-ter Louisiana.”

Hendersoncomments onpassage of bill

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SportsSection A,

Thursday, June 25, 2015


Chris Salim, Sports Editor(318) 352-3618

email: [email protected]

John Howell, the man I knew

By ChrisSalim

About 9 yearsago, I wasu m p i r i n gyouth Tee-ballgames.

I noticed aman that summer who reallyhad a passion for a game that Igrew up loving.

But he had a controlled pas-sion, which is something youdon’t see everyday. He alwayskept in perspective that hewas coaching 5-6 year olds andmade it fun.

So I started to ask questionsto friends of mine aroundtown about him. “Who’s thisAll-State guy, John? He coach-es T-ball?” The question every-body kept asking me was whyI wanted to know. At first Icouldn’t figure out the answermyself. It was just somethingthat I liked about him and Icouldn’t put my finger on it.

We met after one of thegames that year, and had somefriendly discussions duringthe next few games. Then Inoticed his kids were intosports like it was a way of life.

I certainly can identify withthat. Time went by and I keptan eye on him and his twoboys, Aaron and Thomas, but Ihadn’t gotten the privilege yetof really getting to know John.

In November 2011, I washired by the NatchitochesTimes as the sports editor andI noticed that John and hiswife Amy and two boys, itseemed like were involved inevery story I covered orreceived info on.

It had been nearly threeyears since I had talked toJohn on the T-ball field. Sowhen the name first crossedmy desk I had to keep askingmyself, “why does this namesound familiar?’

OH! The T-ball coach, got it!The idea of doing a featurestory on him and his familyhit me and seemed like a neatidea. ‘Sports is a team effortfor local family.’

July 3, 2012, I was invited tothe house by Amy and John todo the interview with themand the kids. I sat there andlistened to and could see in theeyes of all four of them howclose the family was and howmuch sports meant to them.After about an hour of sittingand talking to the four ofthem, as I was leaving, Iremember thinking to myself“I don’t know why but this isgoing to be a day I never for-get.”

There was something aboutJohn that day that told me hewas going to have a huge andpositive impact on, not just hiskids, but others as well. Andthen to put Amy by his side,this was a “winning team” if Ihad ever seen one.

John was hired as the St.Mary’s boy’s varsity basket-ball coach in July 2013. Heshowed his players a true rolemodel. Despite a tough seasonrecord wise, he and each andevery kid on that team refusedto quit on the season. Hepushed them and showedthem that life is not alwaysgoing to be easy.

But John Howell, the friendwas even better. Never a guythat was more fun to talk toand laugh with than this guy.Some of the best days for meduring the last couple of yearsno matter how frustrating lifewas, was when I would go tohis office and he, myself andElliot Guidroz would sit in theoffice and “shoot the breeze.”

There are many that haveknown John longer and betterthan I have. But I am confidentthat he would be telling us to“pick your heads up.” and “Iam still right there with you.”And I can say without ques-tion the thing he is echoingthe most; “Amy, Aaron andThomas, you three are myheart and soul and that willnever change. I will alwayslove you.”

Howell

Demons add SEC transfer, QB Rivers

The St. Mary’s Tigerline attended National Dance Alliance camp at the University ofLouisiana at Monroe June 9-12. They came away with several awards including theSuperior Showmanship Award and the NDA Spirit Award that was voted on by theother teams at camp. They won first place in Team Dance, first in Team LeaderPerformance, a National Championship bid, and the Home Routine InnovativeChoreography Award. They received a Spirit Stick every night of camp. Four All-American Nominees were Hannah Aviles, Ellen Ingram, Madelyn Peluso, and KatelynYopp. Of those nominated, Aviles, Ingram, and Peluso earned membership to the All-American Team. Ingram was the only officer at camp to receive the Excellence inLeadership Award. On front row from left are co-captain- Aviles, captain - Ingram, andlieutenant - Peluso. On back row are: Britney Turner, Mary Hannah Hendrix, SarahGilmore, Katelyn Yopp, Claire Guillet, and Caroline Stokes.

The Louisiana Titans 12 and under elite travel softball team finished second out of 22teams in the FASA State Tournament June 19-21 in Lafayette. They play again June 25-28 in Sulphur at the Jennie Finch World Series. On front row from left are Jamie Fielder,Sydney Simon, Izzy Peluso, Meredith Matt, Delana Johnson and Gracie Simon On backrow are Reagan Jorstad, coach Chris Cory, Reagan Davis, Maria Bienveau, Madison Cory,Victoria Parrie, Kelsie Bell Ethridge and coach Anthony Parrie.

NSU assistant baseball coach G.T. McCullough demon-strates the proper fundamentals to hitting Tuesday duringthe Lane Burroughs High School Hitting Camp.

Garrett Wells takes a swingin the cage.

Zac Dubois sprints to firstbase.

Karlee Doty and Sean Stewart won the United StateBowling Congress League in Natchitoches at the CountryLanes Bowling Alley. Doty won the ‘Lil’Uns’ age group (2-7) and Stewart won the ‘Rebels’ group age group (8-20).

In loving memory of John D. Howell;(Oct. 22, 1970 - June 18, 2015)

N A T C H I -TOCHES –NorthwesternState’s searchto replacerecord-break-ing 2014 seniorq u a r t e r b a c kZach Adkinse x p a n d e dFriday when Demons’ footballcoach Jay Thomas and 2015senior Stephen Rivers con-firmed the former LSU andVanderbilt competitor istransferring to NSU.

Rivers will join five return-ing quarterback contenderstrying to win the Demons’starting job for the Sept. 3 sea-son opener in Turpin Stadiumagainst SoutheasternLouisiana. Last year atVanderbilt, Rivers played infour games, starting againstOle Miss, and played in fourgames at LSU in 2012 as thebackup to NFL quarterbackZach Mettenberger.

The 6-foot-7, 235-pounder isa native of Athens, Ala., andwas rated a consensus three-star, pro-style quarterbackprospect by all major recruit-ing services at the end of hisAthens High School career. Hethrew for 35 touchdowns andover 3,200 yards in his finaltwo seasons, then was theMost Valuable Player of theAlabama-Mississippi All-StarClassic.

At Vanderbilt, he was in afour-quarterback mix andcame off the bench to throwfor 186 yards on 12 of 25 aimagainst Temple. Overall, hehad 334 yards passing on 25 of63 aim for the Commodores.

“We’re excited to add aquarterback with the maturi-ty and ability that Stephenbrings to Demon football. Weare going to have a very livelycompetition for playing timeat that position, to say theleast,” said Thomas, enteringhis third season as NSU’s headcoach. “There’s a few differentskill sets in the mix that wecan take advantage of with

our multiple offense.”Rivers, who has his under-

graduate degree in businessfrom LSU, will be pursuing asport administration master’sdegree this fall. He begangraduate school at Vanderbilt.

“In searching for a school tofinish my academic and foot-ball career, I put a bug in someteams’ ears that I thoughtmight have interest in a trans-fer veteran quarterback.Northwestern State respond-ed to my interest with interestof their own,” he said. “I waslooking for a school with asport administration master’sprogram, and NSU has that.On my visit to NorthwesternState, I really enjoyed seeingthe historic city, and the foot-ball venue in Natchitoches.

“The coaching staff andplayers at Northwestern Stateseem to have something spe-cial brewing. I watched filmwith the coaches and I feelthat I am a good fit for the sys-tem they run,” said Rivers. “Iam excited to get started thissummer and meet my newteammates. I look forward toapplying all I have learned inmy four years in the SEC anddoing whatever I can to helpNorthwestern State win a con-ference championship.”

Rivers will compete withjunior Daniel Hazlewood,sophomores J.D. Almond, JoelBlumenthal, T.J. Fleeton, andNick Fabrizio when preseasoncamp opens Aug. 4.

“We have some very talent-ed younger quarterbacks andthey all did things to get usexcited in the spring. I knowthe idea of us bringing in asenior transfer isn’t goodnews for each of those guys,who want to get on the field,”said Thomas, “but being thepeople they are and the com-petitors they are, I knowthey’ll embrace the challengeand get even better because ofit. We go into August campwide open on the starting joband with anything on thetable.”

Rivers

CWS Finals tied at 1-1OMAHA, Neb. -- Big perfor-

mances from a couple ofunlikely sources and anothershutdown relief performancefrom an old reliable allowedVirginia to force a winner-take-all game in the CollegeWorld Series.

Surprise starter AdamHaseley and Josh Sborz com-bined on the shutout, seniorutility man Thomas Woodruffdrove in two runs, and theCavaliers defeated Vanderbilt3-0 on Tuesday night.

For the second year in arow, these two teams will gothe distance in the best-of-three finals. Vanderbilt (51-20)will be playing for a secondstraight national title on

Wednesday. Virginia (43-24)will be looking for its first.

“Adam Haseley rose to theoccasion on the mound andjust gave us a high-qualitystart,’’ Cavaliers coach BrianO’Connor said. “Josh Sborzdid what he’s been doing thisentire tournament, grindingout the back half of the game.And this guy here (Woodruff),I don’t know when the lasttime he started a game, butcertainly he put some greatswings on the baseball andplayed some great right field.Just a total team effort.”

Game 3 was Wednesdaynight. The score was unavail-able at press time.


By Ro BrownWhen Otis Washington

graduated from XavierUniversity in New Orleans in1961, he was your typical col-lege graduate. He had no ideawhat he would do next.

He did have three options:head west to California,become involved in the CivilRights Movement, or accept ajob as a coach.

With the paltry sum of$16.82 in his pocket, Californiawas out of the question.

The Civil Rights Movementwas probably too serious formany in his age group.

He’s not sure why, but hetook the least appealing roadat the time and accepted acoaching position, eventhough he wasn’t interested ina coaching career.

“I figured I’d stay at St.Augustine for a year and thenget the heck out of there,” hesaid.

One year turned into 18 andproduced one of the BayouState’s most successful highschool coaching tenures.

Otis Washington, the coachwho wasn’t interested incoaching, will be enshrinedinto the Louisiana Sports Hallof Fame in Natchitoches, onSaturday, June 27.

When your 11-year headcoaching resume says threestate championships and onerunner-up trophy, seven dis-trict titles in the ultra-compet-itive Catholic League in NewOrleans, an 80 percent win-ning rate and over 120 playerssent to colleges around thecountry, it’s difficult to believecoaching really wasn’t on hisradar.

The Selma, Alabama,

native was alsothe firstA f r i c a n -American foot-ball coach atLSU and he washead coach atS o u t h e r nUniversity forsix years.

Washington was captain ofthe last football team at XavierUniversity in New Orleans, in1959. The only predominatelyblack catholic institution ofhigher learning in the coun-try dropped athletics duringhis junior year due to risingcosts. However, he did man-aged to garner all conferenceaccolades in the SouthernIntercollegiate AthleticConference in football andbaseball.

He went to see FatherRobert Grant, principal of St.Augustine High School inNew Orleans. Established in1950, it was an institutionwith the mission of preparingblack males for leadershiproles in a changing society.The school was founded byThe Josephites, a religiouscommunity committed toserving the African-Americancommunity.

“Father Grant told me theywere going to do great thingsat St. Aug and he wanted me tobe part of it. Actually, I wasjust ‘there’ the first year. I did-n’t coach anything. I was oneof those young, ‘gopher’coaches.”

After one year he toldFather Grant he didn’t thinkcoaching was his thing.Fortunately, for Washingtonand St. Aug, Father Grant did-n’t listen.

Instead he told the young“gopher” he would pay hisway to a coaching clinic atKansas State University.Obviously, Father Grant sawsomething in the coach whodidn’t want to be a coach.

“I went to clinics the nextthree or four years,” saidWashington. “All of the greatcollege coaches at that timewere there, Bear Bryant ofAlabama, Jake Gaither ofFlorida A&M, John McKay ofUSC, Bill Yeoman of Houston.After rubbing shoulders withand learning from the best, Iwas hooked.”

St. Aug was in the midst ofthe school’s first amazing ath-letic run in the mid-sixties,winning three state footballcrowns in four years undercoach Eddie Flint in theLouisiana InterscholasticAthletic and LiteraryOrganization (LIALO), theblack prep athletic governingbody during segregation.

Otis Washington was theschool’s junior varsity coach.

A historic and successful1967 lawsuit allowed St. Aug tocompete in the LouisianaHigh School AthleticAssociation (LHSAA), thewhite athletic association.After two subpar seasons,Father Grant handed the reinsto a 26-year-old who had neverbeen a head coach. It was oneof the most significant coach-ing decisions in New Orleansand Louisiana prep footballhistory.

The 1969 Purple Knightswere 6-4 in his first season.1970 was the breakout year. St.Aug shared the CatholicLeague Championship withHoly Cross and Jesuit, going 9-

1. However, only 2 teams wereallowed to compete in postseason from each district. Acoin toss decided which twoteams would move on. St. Augwas the odd team out.

“It was really, really hard totake,” said the man manyknow as ‘Coach Wash.’ “Thatwas a really good footballteam, and you should neverthink negative, but I just knewwe were not going to win thatcoin toss.”

Anthony Biagas was amember of that hard-luck 1970squad. He would go on tobecome an All-Ivy Leagueplayer at Princeton and amember of Washington’sstaffs at St. Aug and Southern.

“We had good players butthat team was good becauseOtis was always consistent,and a no- nonsense guy whopreached fundamentals,” saidthe man who would spent 16successful years as St. Aug’shead coach from 1986 to 2002.“Basically, we all worshippedthe ground he walked on.”

In 1971, St. Aug was thewithout question one of thestate’s best teams.Unfortunately, the state’s bestteam was district rivalBrother Martin. St. Aug losttwice to the Crusaders, 7-0during the regular season and23-0 in the title game.

After two consecutive “frus-tratingly successful” seasons,Washington knew he wasloaded in 1972.

“I called that team ‘radio.’All you had to do was turnthem on and they just played,”he said.

After running through aperfect regular season, St. Augwas informed they’d used an

ineligible player during theyear, forfeiting their victoriesand disqualifying them frompost season play.

“I think about that team allthe time,” said Washington.“Over 30 of those kids signedcollege scholarships. Justabout every senior on theteam signed. To be honest,they didn’t need much coach-ing.”

The Louisiana SportsWriters Association recog-nized the greatness of thatteam, and the transformation-al and trailblazing impact ofits coach. Although paper-work prevented a state playoffrun, the LSWA awardedWashington its Class 4A stateCoach of the Year honor.

The 1972 Knights may havebeen Washington’s best team,but the 1975 group successful-ly climbed the mountain andwas able to survey all it hadconquered -- a perfect 15-0 sea-son and the first LHSAA StateChampionship -- with a win inthe final over Covington.

Finally, Coach Wash andthe Purple Knights couldhoist the trophy and notworry about ineligible playersor flipping coins. He under-standably has fond memoriesof 1975.

“That team had lots of tal-ent, but they were differentfrom 1972 because they weremore cerebral,” he said.

Oyd Craddock was a cap-tain of the 1975 state champs.Today he is President/CEO atSt. Augustine.

He recalls the week of thestate title match, Coach Washdecided to scale back practice,thinking the team would befresh for the final. Craddock

and fellow captain ByronHonore found out the no-non-sense coach could be flexible.

“We asked him to work ushard like any other week. Hewas always in control but helistened to us and went alongwith us because he had trustin the seniors,” saidCraddock. “We always appre-ciated that.”

Otis Washington’s coachingcareer was groundbreaking,and amazingly successful. In1978 and 1979, he directed St.Aug to back-to-back statechampionships -- a first in theQuad-A classification with thestate’s biggest schools.

In 1978 they defeatedCatholic League rival Jesuit,13-7, before a record crowd of44,000 fans in the LouisianaSuperdome. That game iscredited with giving birth tothe idea of playing all statechampionships in theSuperdome over two days.Three years later, in 1981, theLHSAA Prep Classic wasborn.

Darren Dixon quarter-backed the ‘78 and ‘79 champs.Today he is Dean of Studentsat his alma mater after win-ning multiple state titles asthe school’s track coach. Helearned the importance of theathlete-coach relationshipfrom the man who had a 113-17-1 record.

“Today kids want you to betheir friend,” said Dixon.“Coach Wash kept enough dis-tance and he didn’t really giveyou your accolades until thejob was finished. He didn’t saya lot to me individually, butwhen he did say something Ilistened because I knew itmeant a lot.”

First african american coach at LSU to be inducted in Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

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Former LSU, ULL softball coach to be inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of FameBy Dan McDonald

If there was ever a coachwho built a program from theground up, it was YvetteGirouard.

Literally.And, shhhhh, don’t tell any-

one. She had to steal the dirtfor that ground.

“We didn’t have the budgetfor anything like that,”Girouard said of one of themany hurdles she had to leapwhile getting the UL Lafayettesoftball program going in1980. “They (her players) bor-rowed my dad’s truck andstole sand from somewhere.”

Girouard was also responsi-ble for spreading that sand ...and basically everything elsethat was involved in inaugu-rating a program that has nowmade 25 NCAA Tournamentand six Women’s CollegeWorld Series appearances in26 years. Before she was done,someone else was worryingabout getting the field ready,as she was busy going 759-250in 20 years as head coach ofthe Ragin’ Cajuns and finish-ing fifth or better nationallythree different times.

She added 526 more victo-ries and two more third-placefinishes in the College WorldSeries while at LSU beforeretiring after the 2011 season.That’s a total of 1,285 wins, the

fourth-highesttotal in NCAAhistory. She’s one of onlythree coaches inNCAA history totake two pro-grams to the

World SeriesBut for the self-proclaimed

“little girl from Broussard,” itwas never about the numbers.It was about opportunities,something she worked all herlife to provide for her student-athletes at both schools.

“In the big picture, it wasabout the experiences,” shesaid. “When I see all those for-mer players, they can’tremember the scores to anygames, but they sure canremember the stories, andthey’re all begging to tell themand hear them.”

Many of those former play-ers will gather, and many ofthose stories are beingrehashed as Girouardbecomes the first softballcoach ever inducted into theLouisiana Sports Hall ofFame, on Saturday, June 27 inNatchitoches.

But, seriously, could therepossibly be anyone else to rep-resent that sport, in this state?

She’s more proud of being aLouisiana native than she is ofthe 13 Louisiana Coach of theYear honors. She was the

national Coach of the Yeartwice, as well as winningCoach of the Year accolades inthree different conferences,and is already in the NationalFastpitch CoachesAssociation Hall of Fame. Butthis one’s different, since itcomes at the only place sheever called home.

And it all might not havehappened, if a couple of herfuture players hadn’t recruit-ed her.

Pat Pourciau, a St. BernardParish native and the startingpitcher for then-USL’s first-ever official team, had helpedorganize a club team andapproached Cajun headwomen’s administratorSherry LeBas about starting atrue varsity team. One thingLeBas told her was that theyneeded a coach.

A few days later, Pourciauand fellow inaugural-teammember Donna Clarkapproached Girouard, whohad coached in the LafayetteParish system but had left totake a full-time role in theiconic Ton’s Drive-In familybusiness in Broussard.

“I told them I’d do it for ayear,” Girouard said. “We hadno salary, no real budget. Butmy mom finally told me that Iwas going to do this ... that Iwas born to do this and notserve the public hamburgers.”

Instead, she began servingthe public on-field success ...but not right off the bat, punintended. That first team,made up of tryouts who werealready on the USL campus,went 7-15. That was her firstand last non-winning season.A year later, the second-yearCajuns went 15-13. Two yearslater they won the SouthlandConference.

“We found a bunch ofshirts that matched and had‘USL’ pressed on them,”Pourciau said. “We wore somered shorts and played withP.E. equipment. It developedcharacter. You look back at it,and it’s a humbling experi-ence, and it probably wouldn’thave happened withoutYvette.”

Scholarships? CatcherBlaise Talbot came out ofNew Iberia Senior High a cou-ple of years later and was thefirst softball player to receiveany financial aid, but thatfinancial help wasn’t whatdrove her. “I knew I wanted tobe a Lady Cajun, Girouardsaid she wanted me to be aLady Cajun, and that was it,”Talbot said.

“We didn’t have scholar-ships, but we had kids thatloved playing softball,”Girouard said. “They wouldhave done anything just to goto the games. A sandwich and

a Coke was fine. It wasn’tabout what they were given,they just wanted to representthe university and play soft-ball. It was the climb, it wasthe struggle. It was fun ... wedidn’t know any better. It wasjust a simple, beautiful time.”

What was also beautiful toGirouard was the opportuni-ty, something that was a cher-ished commodity in the dayswhen schools were still figur-ing out what to make of TitleIX. Support for women’s ath-letic programs, for the mostpart, was still in its infancy,and both Girouard and herearly-year players had to dothings to make their programpossible that would stun cur-rent student-athletes.

Those early travails,though, built a bond, built afamily, with Girouard as thepseudo-mom.

“You can’t describe it,” saidTalbot, who caught nearlyevery game in the USL pro-gram’s second through fifthyears. “The bond that wasformed that quick, it wasunexplainable. But you imme-diately knew there was a fam-ily, and Yvette made sure thatwe appreciated what we had.And you knew at some pointthat it would be special.”

The program she foundedand then turned over to one ofher star pupils, All-American

pitcher Stefni Lotief, whenshe accepted the LSU positionin 2001 now has more than1,500 wins and 42 All-Americans. At her next stop,Girouard went 526-171-1 andwon seven different SEC titlesin 11 seasons with the Tigers.

She took over a good LSUprogram, and made it a greatone. As the Tigers took off, theSEC did too, as illustrated bythis year’s Super Regionalswith eight of the 16 spotsfilled by SEC teams. Shedeveloped another rabid fanbase and designed thesparkling Tiger Park complexthat will be the envy of PowerFive programs for years tocome.

Alabama coach PatMurphy, who since 1999 hastaken the Crimson Tide tonine WCWS appearances anda 2012 national championship,got his start in the sport as agraduate assistant, then afulltime assistant forGirouard at USL.

“Yvette’s legacy at LSU andwithin the SEC is still beingfelt today,” said Murphy, whocoached with Girouard from1990-94. “She raised the bar oncompetitiveness: with eightSEC schools in NCAA SuperRegionals this year, much ofthat success can be tracedback to Yvette and her days atLSU.”

Girouard

NSU football team with three pre-season All-Americans

NATCHITOCHES –Northwestern State receiverEd Eagan, offensive tacklePace Murphy and safetyAdam Jones have been includ-ed on the 26th Annual USACollege Football FCSPreseason All-American listpresented by AmericanFootball Networks.

The roster includes 160 topFCS performers on the firstand second teams selectedfrom over 12,000 competitorsat the 122 FCS programsaround the country.

Eagan (5-10, 181), who madethe Associated Press All-America team last fall as anall-purpose player, was listedamong 18 receivers on the pre-season first-team All-Americalist heading into his senioryear.

Murphy (6-6, 279), an All-Southland Conference selec-tion as a junior last seasonwho is on many NFL Draft

analysts lists for 2016, was asecond-team preseason All-America pick. Also on the sec-ond team was Jones, a 6-2, 196-pound junior who made theAll-Southland team last fall.

Eagan broke six schoolrecords for receiving andreturn production in 2014. TheNew Orleans-Holy Cross prod-uct was second nationally inall-purpose yards per game(181). Murphy was a standouton the Demons’ offensive lineas NSU broke 30 offensive andspecial teams records last fall.He was among 50 offensivelinemen on the two preseasonAll-America lists.

Jones from Katy, Texas,and Seven Lakes High School,snagged five interceptions inhis first year at safety afterplaying outside linebacker asa true freshman in 2013. Hewas among 46 defensive backsspotlighted by AmericanFootball Networks.

LSU pitcher named BaseballAmerica Freshman All-American

BATON ROUGE, La. –LSU right-hander AlexLange has been named to theBaseball America magazinefirst-team Freshman All-America squad.

Lange posted a 12-0 recordin 2015 with a 1.97 ERA in 114innings for the Tigers. In 17starts, he recorded 131strikeouts and limited oppo-nents to a .212 cumulativebatting average.

Lange culminated theyear with a complete-gamevictory over Cal StateFullerton in the CollegeWorld Series. He limited theTitans to three runs on sixhits in nine innings with twowalks and 10 strikeouts.

In three NCAATournament appearances –including the regional, superregional and CWS - Langewas 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 26innings, recording 33 strike-outs and limiting opponents

to a .222 bat-ting average.The Lee’sSummit, Mo.,native has alsobeen voted2015 NationalF r e s h m a n

Pitcher of the Year and SECFreshman of the Year, andhe has received first-teamAll-America and first-teamAll-SEC recognition.

LSU has produced 10Freshman All-Americans incoach Paul Mainieri’s nine-season tenure, includingLange, pitcher Jared Poche’(2014), outfielder Jake Fraley(2014), shortstop AlexBregman (2013), pitcherAaron Nola (2012), secondbaseman JaCoby Jones(2011), pitcher Kurt McCune(2011), pitcher Matty Ott(2009), catcher Micah Gibbs(2008) and outfielder BlakeDean (2007).

Lange

Pats’ QB, Brady, goes through10-hour appeal hearing

NEW YORK -- No details ofTom Brady’s appeal of a four-game suspension were imme-diately available after a 10-hour hearing, but a sourcetold ESPN’s Adam Schefterthat “Tom Brady’s greatestally today was Tom Brady.”

Sources also told Schefterthat Brady came off as verygenuine, earnest and persua-sive, addressing every issueraised in the league-sanc-tioned Wells report duringTuesday’s lengthy meeting.

One of the sources called it“an A-plus performance.”

Brady was suspended bythe NFL for his role in the useof deflated footballs in thePatriots’ AFC ChampionshipGame win over Indianapolis.He arrived at the NFL’s ParkAvenue offices Tuesdaymorning, as did attorneyJeffrey Kessler, who is lead-ing Brady’s defense.

Brady now must wait to

find out if his appeal carriedany weight with NFL com-missioner Roger Goodell.

It was growing dark whenGoodell left the league head-quarters after he heard Bradyand representatives from theplayers’ union during thelengthy meeting. Leaguesecurity said Brady also hadleft.

The hearing was expectedto adjourn in late afternoon,but carried well beyond that.

Patriots owner Bob Kraft,who is on a trip to Israel witha group of Pro Football Hallof Famers, sent a sworn affi-davit backing Brady. Onesource said the affidavit wasvery compelling, and had“almost a holy feel to it.”

While Goodell was hearingmyriad testimony, Brady sup-porters were outside, somewearing “Free Brady” T-shirts, until the rains came,that is.

Seven jockeys of greatrespect have gone into theLouisiana Sports Hall of Fameover the years.

One of horse racing’sEclipse Award winning own-ers is a member.

If at least one voting mem-ber had his way, a horse mighthave been considered forinduction by now.

But until this year’s induc-tion ceremony inNatchitoches on Saturday,June 27, no Louisiana trainerof America’s great racingthoroughbreds had beenthought good enough to earninduction. There is no doubtthis is the guy.

Just as the Hall of Fame vot-ing panel knows there are sev-eral jockeys with Louisianaroots heading into the stretchfor enshrinement, the richly-deserved induction of NewOrleans native Frank Brothersis just the first of what willeventually be other futuretrainers going into the Hall.

For Brothers, his ability towin and win and win at boththe New Orleans Fair Groundsand Louisiana Downs came ata time when racing in the statewas flourishing, especially atthe Bossier City track in the1980s. It was a time when nosimulcasting and no racing inTexas made the track the placeto be at to bet on racing andmake headlines as papersfrom three different states hadreporters staffing the spring-summer-fall meet.

“I didn’t see it coming at alland thought it was quite anhonor, being a homeboy downthere and involved in thesport,” Brothers said recentlyfrom Louisville. “When theysaid I was the first trainer, Icouldn’t believe it. I was veryhappy and elated. I’d havethought there would have beensome horsemen in there fromback when, because theybreed ‘em down there, the rid-ers and the trainers.”

When Brothers retired in2009 from full-time training hehad won 2,359 races and $48.9million in purses. Included inthat span were nine consecu-tive training titles atLouisiana Downs and fivetitles at the Fair Grounds. Hewould also capture trainingtitles at Churchill Downs,Keeneland and Oaklawn Park.

Frank Brothers took part inone of the traditional aspects

of New Orleansfamily life whenhe was young. Hewould attend theraces on theweekend. Theoldest of threesons of a NewOrleans’ electri-cal contractor,

Brothers began riding in thesixth grade and starting show-ing national caliber QuarterHorses. He spent two years atthe University of SouthernMississippi before deciding hewanted a career in the horsegame.

In 1970, he got a job as a hot-walker with eventual Hall ofFame trainer Jack Van Berg atthe Fair Grounds. He movedup the ladder during his 10years with Van Berg, learningfrom the veteran conditionerthe ins and outs of the game.

By 1972, he had taken thoseins and outs, applied for histrainer’s license and got hisfirst win. He was saddlinghorses at a variety of tracksfor Van Berg’s sprawling oper-ation. “Probably for abouteight of those 10 years Iworked for him I was an assis-tant trainer. In a lot of thoseyears, the horses ran underthe assistant’s name; the assis-tant needed to have a trainer’slicense.”

The golden years, so tospeak, in Louisiana came from1978-88 as he won those train-ing titles in New Orleans andBossier City.

I was at Louisiana Downs aspart of the PR operations from1983-88 and witnessed first-hand what Frank Brotherscould do. I also witnessed hishard working style and a barnarea that was meticulously

organized to the minute on theday’s schedule. That time did-n’t include a lot of time fornotes writers like me trying tosee which horses might runwhere, but when you got aminute or two at the appropri-ate time, the information wasthe type that every writerwould use.

Brothers’ success wasmade because he could winwith both claiming andstakes horses, somethingtrainers are not always suc-cessful at.

He scored his first gradedvictory in the Fair GroundsClassic with Police Inspectorin 1984 and five years laternoted his first Grade I victorywith Secret Hello in theA r l i n g t o n - W a s h i n g t o nFuturity. He would conditionLouisiana multiple stakeswinners like Monique Rene,Bayou Black, TemerityPrince, Dr. Riddick andSastarda.

Brothers won the NewOrleans Handicap in 1985with Westheimer and in 1986had the two richest victoriesof his career, to that time, atLouisiana Downs whenBrevito won the $346,950Sport of Kings Futurity andthe Grade II Golden Harvestwith Nettie Cometti, whowould win a Louisiana-bredrecord earnings for the time.

The wins came in bunchesat Louisiana Downs. Whatstarted as 44 and 46 wins in1980 and 1981, turned intoyearly totals approaching 100by the time the ninth year ofthe streak came in 1988. Hewould win some 800 races justat Louisiana Downs.

But there were still high-lights in his career to come.

In 1989, he became privatetrainer for Joseph Albritton’sLazy Lane Farms. Albrittonpurchased a horse namedHansel for $150,000 in 1989 atKeeneland. As a 3-year-old, hewould put Brothers in thewinner’s circle at thePreakness and BelmontStakes, two of America’s clas-sic Triple Crown races thattrainers just hope for oppor-tunity to run in, much lesswin. He also would win theLouisiana classics of the day– the Super Derby in 1998with Arch and the 2000Louisiana Derby with Mighty.

If anything gave Brothershis advantage in the racinggame, besides the lessonslearned from Van Berg, it washis view of horses. He sawthings in his own unique waythat told him what the futuremight hold for a thorough-bred about to go through thesale ring.

“I’m probably a bit moreforgiving than some peoplebecause I’m drawing from myexperience of seeing – formore years than I would liketo admit – what horses lookedlike in the paddock and whatthey looked like in my barn,”

he said. “It’s great if every-thing falls into place physi-cally, but in reality, most ofthem just aren’t perfect hors-es. There are flaws that youcan live with and flaws thatyou can’t.”

One of Brothers’ other bigwinners was Pulpit, who wonthe Fountain of Youth andBlue Grass Stakes in 1997.

Pulpit was “the most bril-liant horse I trained, not themost accomplished,”Brothers once said. “Thatwould be Hansel, because hewon classics.”


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Former McNeese State, All-Pro defensive back to be inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of FameBy Louis Bonnette

Even though his footballcareer has been over since the1991 season, it’s been an out-standing seven months forformer McNeese State All-American and All-Pro NFLdefensive back LeonardSmith.

A cornerback and recordsetting kick blocker atMcNeese and a strong safetyfor both the St.Louis/Phoenix Cardinals andthe Buffalo Bills in the NFL,Smith was ushered into theCollege Football Hall of Famelast December and now willtake a seat in the LouisianaSports Hall of Fame inNatchitoches on Saturday,June 27. He was inducted intothe McNeese Hall of Famenearly 20 years earlier, in1996.

Speed, coupled with powerand toughness, were charac-teristics that made him one ofthe best collegiate players inthe nation during his careerat McNeese.

“Leonard had played out-side linebacker in highschool, was quick as a cat,strong and explosive,” saidformer Cowboy head coachTommy Tate, who wasSmith’s position coach duringhis McNeese career.

“He had all the tools and hewas just a natural at blocking

kicks. He was areal physicalplayer and a lotof that camefrom his havingplayed line-backer in highschool.”Three times a

first team All-SouthlandConference selection, Smithstill holds school, conference,Louisiana and NCAA recordsfor total career blocked kicks(17 total, 10 field goals, threepunts, four PATs), blockedfield goals in a single season(4), total blocked kicks in asingle season (6) and careerblocked field goals (10).

Smith gives a lot of creditfor his blocking of kicks dur-ing his collegiate career to histeammates.

“It was everybody workingtogether and doing his part,”he said. “For me it was com-ing out of the blocks fast (hehad 4.4 speed). It was control-ling my speed, aiming low andnot being afraid to block it(the kick).”

A native of Baton Rougeand graduate of Lee High,Smith had been courted bymajor football powers, includ-ing LSU, during his prepcareer. A deep thigh bruiseput him on the sidelines formost of his senior career andopened the door for McNeese.

When he selected McNeese,

he said then that he had beenparticularly impressed withthe university and the footballteam because when he hadvisited the school, theCowboys had lost a game.They had a chance to win thecontest but a player had fum-bled the ball away on a latedrive.

That player was not chas-tised after the game, but wasgiven encouragement by alland Smith noted then that theCowboys were a family ofwhich he wanted to be a part.

Smith played freshman ballhis rookie year with theCowboys, that 1979 seasonbeing the one in which fresh-man ball was installed, allow-ing those players to play andnot undergo a redshirt year.

As a sophomore he becamea starter and earned the firstof three straight first teamall-conference honors. Hehelped lead the Cowboys to a10-2 overall record, to a con-ference title and to their thirdIndependence Bowl appear-ance.

In his senior season proscouts considered him to beone of the two best defensivebacks in the nation and hewas a first round draft pick bythe NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals,the 17th player selected over-all. His honors as a senior hadhim being named to theAssociated Press’ All-

American team as well as athird straight All-SouthlandConference award along withbeing named the All-Louisiana team’s defensiveplayer of the year.

Ernie Duplechin, whoserved as head coach of theCowboys from 1979 to 1981,remembers when Smithjoined the team.

“He came to McNeese as alinebacker and was a littlesmall for a linebacker. Italked Jack (then head coachJack Doland, a 2002 LouisianaSports Hall of Fame inductee)into letting me have him as adefensive back and that’s howhe became a cornerback. Hewas a real talented guy whocould do just about anything,”Duplechin said.

Smith’s first round pick bythe Cardinals following the1982 season made him theSLC’s highest drafted playerever at that time and the rank-ing remains tied as the high-est in conference history, withNorthwestern State’s JohnStephens – picked in 1988.

The Cowboy standout wenton to play nine seasons in theNFL and appeared in the 1990and 1991 Super Bowls withBuffalo, being recognized asone of the top strong safetiesin the league during hiscareer. He started 120 of the138 games he played in and in1986 earned all-pro and all-

conference honors.An injury forced him to

retire in 1992. Among his NFLstatistics were 14 career passinterceptions which hereturned 253 yards, scoringtwo touchdowns, while stack-ing up 14 sacks.

Longtime McNeese assis-tant coach Hubert Boales,who was also the Cowboyhead coach for the 1982 sea-son, remembers Smith for hisathletic prowess.

“I remember one night Iwas making bed check andwhen I got to the dorm therewere a lot of the players out-side. They yelled at me tocome with them becauseLeonard was going to provethat he could jump over a car.

“We got to the back side ofthe dorm and there was aVolkswagen sitting in theparking lot. Leonard walkedup to it, took two quick stepsand jump right over the hoodof that car.

“Leonard had a lot of Godgiven talent. And, could hehit you. He would hit youuntil the whistle blew andthen some. That’s the way heplayed.”

Smith’s talent was not onlyon the football field.

He was an art major atMcNeese and had some of hisdrawings and paintings ondisplay during his collegiatecareer. Smith is also a

mechanic.“I’ve always been interest-

ed in art,” he said. “I guessthat I first showed some talentfor it when I was young andwould sketch cars…the typeof cars I wanted to have someday.”

His background as amechanic began when he was12 years old, working in hisfamily’s lawn mower repairshop in Baton Rouge.

“I began with lawn mowersand went on to cars,” he said,noting that his uncle owned agarage and he learned thetrade there.

As a 10th grade student atLee High in 1978, he began aproject of restoring a 1949Chevrolet. He finished it ayear later.

“Football was the onlysport I played in high schoolso when the season was over,my spare time and weekendswere spent in the garageworking on cars.”

Now running the familybusiness which continues toinclude the lawn mower ser-vice as well as the leasing ofbuildings, Smith divides histime between homes in BatonRouge and Buffalo.

He still does some drawingwhen he has time and is in theprocess of restoring an oldmodel Pontiac.

“I’m going to modernize ita little,” he said.

Smith

Horse racing trainer to be inducted into Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame

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Area Development magazineawarded Louisiana a SilverShovel Award for posting one ofthe best economic developmentperformances in the U.S. duringthe past year, based on 10 of the

state’s most significant projects.The Gold and Silver ShovelAwards honor states with themost significant impact fromtheir 10 leading investment andjob creation projects during2014.

This is the sixth consecutiveyear that Louisiana has wonArea Development’s SilverShovel Award, following previ-ous awards in 2010-2014. Themagazine evaluates states, giv-ing weighted scores for the num-ber of high-valued-added jobsper capita, the amount of invest-ment, the number of new facili-ties, and industry diversity.Louisiana’s projects includedtwo industry announcementswith large capital investmentand job creation components –Yuhuang Chemical’s world-scalemethanol manufacturing com-plex in St. James Parish, and theexpansion of Cheniere Energy’sliquefied natural gas exportfacility in Cameron Parish.

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Governor Bobby Jindal said,“Since 2008, we have been com-mitted to making Louisiana aprime state for business invest-ment and job creation. We arebringing great new careeropportunities to the people ofLouisiana to support our out-standing workforce, and also toensure that our children andgrandchildren can build theircareers here in Louisiana.”

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MidSouth Bank presented a check for $3,250 Tuesday to the Louisiana Sport Hall ofFame Foundation to support the induction ceremony. The bank has a personal tie to theinduction class as Jake Delhomme serves on their board of directions. From left are ToriFlynn, Ashley Sarpy, Hannah Clelette, LaCarsha Babers, Hall of Fame FoundationPresident Lisa Babin and Hannah Chelette.

Natchitoches Parish Officeof Community Services(OCS) announces the avail-ability of funds dedicated toassist low-income householdswith their energy paymentsin Natchitoches Parish. Allapplications are taken on afirst come, first served basis.

Appointments for applica-tions will be given Thursday,July 2 starting at 8:15 a.m. byphone calls only. To schedulean appointment call 318-357-2220. In order for an applica-tion to be complete, all infor-mation must be provided.

An eligible household isone whose total income is ator below the levels in thetable shown and who has notreceived a previous benefitwithin the past six months.Applicants must provide, at aminimum, the following doc-umentation at the time appli-cation is taken:

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If it is determined addi-tional documentation isrequired the applicant will benotified at the time of appli-cation. Households reportingZero income must provideadditional documentation, aZero Income form, whichmust be picked up and com-pleted by date of appoint-ment. All information provid-ed is subject to verification.Intentional misrepresenta-tion of information mayresult in criminal prosecu-

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Members of The League ofWomen Voters registeredvoters at the JuneteenthCelebration June 19 at theBen Johnson Park. TheLeague of Women Votersmeets on the fourth Tuesdayof the month at HanaJapanese Restaurant on FrontStreet at 6 p.m. To suggest alocation to host a voters reg-istration drive call 238-4781.Seated from left are AnnManger, president andConnie Conine. Standing areBetty Shields and DianSnowden.

Cody J. Waagner of Robeline was amongover 80 students recognized as Chancellor’sScholars for the spring 2015 semester at theLSU Law Center.

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Thursday, June 25, 2015


Natalie CovherLifestyle Editor(318) 352-3618

e-mail: [email protected]

This weekI’d like to getaway from myusual fare offamily talesand funnyquirks ofeveryday life.

I’d like to talk a little aboutthe shootings in Charleston,S.C., which are sickening,incomprehensible and infuri-ating to me.

Dylann Roof, the killer, wasa racist who wanted to killblack people. They were “rap-ing our women and trying totake over the country,” hesaid.

So, who does he go after?Did he have the guts to gointo a rough neighborhoodand take on the drug dealers,who are actually causingharm to society? Or did heeven go to a black activistpolitical meeting because hemay have disagreed with theattendees’ opinions?

No, of course not. He wentinto a great old historicchurch and killed people whowere attending a Bible study.If they weren’t the definitionof innocent victims, I don’tknow what is.

Those folks could have cho-sen to stay home and watchTV that night, or hang outwith friends. But they choseto take the time to go tochurch and learn more aboutthe Scriptures, to enable themto better understand and lovetheir God.

And Roof had spent anhour with them, listening totheir lessons, in their searchfor faith and goodness. Thewords “How could he?” seemincredibly inadequate.

It seems that far too manyvictims of mass shootings arethe innocent ones, the lambs.School children are amongthe most innocent of us, eventhe unruly ones who drivetheir teachers up the wall.The taking of young lives, yetunlived, is doubly tragic. Andhow precious those childrenare to the parents.

So, I ask, do these masskillers ever, ever consider theeffects on the loved ones ofthe victims? If I lost one ofmy girls in that manner, Ireally don’t think I couldrecover I’d probably startsmoking and drink myself tosleep every night.

When I was a young man, Iwas incredibly naïve. Theevil powers of World War IIhad been defeated, it wasapparent that civil rightswere going to get better inthis country and radicalIslam was years away fromraising its ugly head.

So, I thought, human soci-ety and civilization werefinally on their way toimproving and things werejust going to get better andbetter. (For some reason Inever really believed we’dhave nuclear war with theSoviet Union, though I wasfairly worried during theCuban Missile Crisis of 1962).

Wow. Little did I know,huh? I now I think there ismore hate and wrong headedthinking on this old planetthan there has been for manya year. And even if you donot hate, some of the politi-cally correct crowd may callyou a hater anyway, if youdon’t completely toe their lineof politics.

But, enough. I don’t like todepress my readers. I will tryto be my whimsical self nextweek. God bless.

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Darby, retired with “TheWife” to Natchitoches fromNew Orleans in 2006, wherehe worked for 41 years as anews reporter at the Times-Picayune. He still enjoys sit-ting down and expressing him-self on paper, or should we sayon a computer screen. He canbe contacted at [email protected].

By Joe Darby

Nikki Ann Ourso and JoshuaMichael Howell were united in mar-riage Saturday, May 16, 2015, at 1p.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Churchin Baton Rouge.

Father Matt Lorraine officiated. The bride is the daughter of

Frank and Althea Ourso ofPlaquemine. She is the granddaugh-ter of Mr. Frank Ourso and the lateMrs. Shirley Ourso and the late Mr.and Mrs. Earl “Red” Willis.

The groom is the son of GregHowell and Melanie and JaredRobinson. He is the grandson ofMrs. Patricia Parker and the lateMr. Adrian Parker and Mrs. JuanitaHowell and the late Mr. LaddieHowell, all of Natchitoches.

The bride’s sister, Leslie DeJohnwas the matron of honor.

Flower girls were AinsleyDeJohn, niece of the bride; AdrianBlaire Nelson, niece of the groom;Zoie Coleman, niece of the groom;and Addison DeJohn, niece of thebride.

The groom’s brothers, Parker andPatton Robinson, were the grooms-men and best men. ZanderColeman, nephew of the groom, wasthe ring bearer.

Nikki received her bachelor ofarts degree in communication dis-orders from Louisiana StateUniversity and her master of arts inspeech-language pathology fromNew York University. She isemployed as a speech-languagepathologist at MethodistRehabilitation Center in Jackson,Miss.

Joshua obtained his bachelor ofarts degree in history fromMississippi State University and hismaster of science in geospatialinformation technology from DeltaState University. He is employedwith Academic Technologies inJackson.

Following their honeymoon toOregon, the couple has made theirhome in Madison, Miss.

Ourso-HowellMrs. and Mr. Joshua Michael Howell

Summer Wedding TrendsThemes: Wild west weddings arethe big theme for this year. Inspiredby ranches and leather accents thistheme is for a party that has a fun,relaxed vibe. A rustic ranch sets thescene for details like antler motifs,distressed lounges with cowhide rugsand wildflower bouquets.

Other theme trends include: british tea party, bohemi-an, farm to table and food truck.

Colors: Copper is very popular thissummer. This is a trend that has notbeen seen in a long time. It workswith every style of wedding fromcasual barn to upscale loft. Copperdetails are popping up in creativeways, including centerpiece vases andeven copper foil on invitations

Other colors trends include: rose gold, pastels, plumand forest green.

Flowers: A new trend gainingmomentum this summer is fingercorsages. The subtle, finger-sized cir-clets of flowers are replacing the moreflamboyant wrist-sized corsages. Theappeal is that they are less bulky,more feminine, more cost effectiveand unexpected.

Other flower trends include: wild hand picked, flowercrowns, english roses, dahlias and ranunculus.

Cakes: Brides are opting to serve“naked cakes” that forgo the outerlayer of buttercream so that the tex-ture of the cake and the colors insideare put on show. Naked cakes have amore natural and organic feel. Ornatesugar or gum paste flowers won’twork with this cake.

Other cake trends include: metallic frosting, freshflowers and separate tiers of cake on multiple stands.

Decoration: From Edison Bulbsto virtually anything luminary, rawbulbs and stringed lights are a sum-mer wedding trend. Brides have usedlight bulbs to decorate the ceremonyarch, to create a photo booth back-drop and stacked on the tables as aalternative to flower centerpieces.

Other decoration trends include: Flower walls, chalk-boards, horseshoes and marquee lights.

Centerpieces: Centerpieces areno longer confined to the center ofthe table. Summer brides will behanging their showcase blooms fromabove. Guests will no longer have toawkwardly peek around a vase to talkto table partners. Floral chandeliersadd an ethereal feel to any wedding.

Other centerpiece trends include: fabric hoops, smalltrees, single flowers, glitter dipped flowers, and moss.

Music: Yacht rock bands that havea 70’s style feel are the next big thingin wedding music. Have the bandplay cover songs from artists includ-ing Hall & Oates, Kenny Loggins andthe Doobie Brothers. The idea camefrom the comedic TV series “YachRock” and is gaining popularity.

Other music trends include: Acoustic, remakes ofclassics and adding the couples names into lyrics.

Photos: Believe it or not drones area new wedding photo phenomenon.Brides are renting small quad copterdrones to film their weddings. Theytake aerial shots that bride can getstills from for photos. Because ofnoise do a test run to see what altitudewont cause a distraction.

Other photo trends are: Polaroids, wearing go-procameras, candid shots and guests using hashtags.

Venues: Couples will look to unex-pected spots for their venue includingaquariums, castles, private estates,museums and breweries. The bestpart about a unique venue is bridesdon’t have to go overboard on décor.The unique space can speak for itself.The logistics may be trickier than theywould in a traditional wedding venue.

Other venues trends are: traditional church, garden,back yard and barn.

No matter what the trend the important thingabout a wedding is that it fits the couple. There isa strong sense towards individualism in the air thissummer. Couples want to infuse their big day withtheir personality. Some brides want to get a headof the trends some want to play in to them butkeep in mind that the best wedding ends with ahappy couple.

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New Direction LifeMinistries will hold “LadiesNight Out” June 26 at 7 p.m.The theme will be “Glitter,Glamour, Glory.” Guest will beEvangelist Dr. Gloria Smith.

Light House MissionaryBaptist Church and PastorEarnest Green will hold theirusher anniversary Sunday,June 28 at 2:30 p.m. Guests willbe Rev. Leonard Robinson, theSt. Mathew Baptist Churchand Mt. Olive Baptist Church.

St. Savior Baptist Churchand Rev. Henry Edwards ofCane River will hold theirchoir anniversary Sunday,June 28-15 at 2:30 p.m. Guestswill be Rev. Lamar Richardsonand the Gilgal Baptist Churchfamily. For information call357-0666.

St. Joseph Baptist

Church and Rev. Bobby R.Claiborne of Grand Ecore willhold their ChurchAnniversary Sunday, June 28at 3 p.m. Guests will be pastorOtis Jackson and theChristian Baptist Church.

St. John The BaptistCatholic Church will hold adance Friday, July 3 from 9p.m.-1 am. The dance willraise funds for the church’sjubilee celebration. Ticketsare $5 in advance and $7 at thedoor. For information or topurchase tickets call 332-9869.

Mt. Sinai Baptist Churchwill hold a revival July 6-8 at 7p.m. nightly. The theme will be“Revive Us Again.” Speakerwill be pastor Maurice Rogersof Red River COGIC ofCoushatta.

Rockford Baptist Churchand Rev. Ronnie Williams Jr.

will hold their churchanniversary July 12 at 11 a.m.Guests will be pastor DougRandle and the Mt. HermonBaptist Church of Lena.

First Baptist Church onNorth Street will hold awomen’s conference Friday,July 17 at 7 p.m. The themewill be “Fruit of the Spirit.”Speakers will be evangelistCheryl Palmer of Mt CalvaryBaptist Church in Zwolle,minister Veronica Herndon ofFirst Baptist on North Streetin Natchitoches and pastorRhonda Stewart of Rivers ofJoy Ministry in Jonesboro.Guest Choir will be GreenvilleBaptist Church of Clarence.

St. Savior Baptist Churchand Rev. Henry Edwards ofCane River will hold theGospel Soul Seekers of LakeCharles Saturday, July 18 at6:30 p.m. Choirs, groups andsoloists are invited to partici-pate. For information call 357-0666.

Restoration ApostolicMinistries will hold aApostolic and Prophetic con-ference July 21-24 at 9 a.m. and7 p.m. Musicians will beMartez and Jacqueline Smith.Speakers will be Lucas Levin,A.E Hyde, Hosea Collin,Jordan Houston, ReggieWilson and Dan Levi.

Westside Baptist Churchwill hold an AARP smart dri-vers course Thursday, July 30from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. This courseis for adults age 50 and up. Thecost of the course is $15 forAARP members and $20 fornon-members. Make checkspayable to AARP. FrancisElliott will be the instructor.

First PresbyterianChurch has “Lunch on Us”Wednesdays, providing sacklunches for those in needstarting at 11:30 a.m.

A grief support groupmeets the fourth Thursday at5:30 p.m. in the church hall ofSt. Anthony of Padua. Anyoneexperiencing a loss canattend.

United Methodist Churchin Montgomery has AA meet-ings Wednesdays at 7 p.m.

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Church News

The Natchitoches AlumnaeChapter of Delta Sigma ThetaSorority, held its prayer break-fast Saturday, May 30 at the St.Anthony Catholic Hall. Thetheme was “Public Service, aContinuing Commitment.”Brittany Blackwell presided.

Chapter president BrendaF. Milner greeted over 80guests and explained theevents goal of recognizing andrewarding citizens for theirsupport of activities duringthe year.

Delta Sigma Theta is a pub-lic service organization withnational and local trusts. TheChapter sponsors programsincluding BettyShabazz/GEMS, EMBODI,Beautillion, Delta DollProject, Toys for Tots and theDelta Book Project.

Each year the chapter

awards scholarships to gradu-ating high school seniors.Applications are distributedearly in the year and areawarded at graduation cere-monies.

Member Judith Hayesintroduced speaker BettySmith, candidate for clerk ofcourt. Smith emphasizedways people can enrich theircommunities through publicservice including volunteer-ing at schools, churches andgroups such as the Boys andGirls Club.

The Chapter presented theOutstanding Business Awardto Derek Payne, owner ofPayne’s Lawn Service LLC, forcontributions to the economicgrowth of the community.

Delta Sigma Theta mem-bers Shantura Payne, YolandaBobb, Krystle Johnson,

TanKeia Palmer, JosieHamilton and Chrystal Davispresented prayers includingthe Lord’s Prayer, Prayer ofSt. Francis, Prayer for OurYouth, Prayer for All Nations,Prayer for Our Leaders andPrayer for Peace.

Debra Gant gave the invoca-tion and blessing of the food.

Delta member Ke’NeshaHampton and her daughter,Charia sang.

Other chapter members onthe program were EdwinaLewis and Sarah Lacaze. Alsopresent were Yvonne Wade,Markita Hamilton, DoraCombest and visiting SororCrystal Combest, grand-daughter of Dora Combest.

Members of the prayerbreakfast committee wereDeltas Yolanda Bobb, JudithHayes, and Edwina Lewis.

Delta Sigma Theta recognizes community

The Natchitoches Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, recognized citizens fortheir support at its prayer breakfast. On front row from left are Sarah Lacaze, Dora Combest,Yvonne Wade, Edwina Lewis, Josie Hamilton and Judith Hayes. On back row are DebraGant. Markita Hamilton, Brenda Milner, Shantura Payne, Chrystal Davis, Crystal Combest,Brittany Blackwell, Yolanda Bobb, TanKeia Palme and KeNesha Hampton.

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The Oak Grove andProvencal United Methodistcongregations responded toUnited Methodist Committeeon Relief ’s (UMCOR) requestto stage cleaning buckets atthe First United MethodistChurch in Bossier City.

The congregations filledand transported 62, five-gallonbuckets with cleaning sup-plies to that site. These buck-ets have supplies to help vic-tims of floodwaters to cleanup their homes. The bucketscontain laundry detergent,dish soap, liquid householdcleaner, air freshener, insectrepellant, a scrub brush,

Handi-Wipes, sponges, scour-ing pads, clothesline, clothespins, trash bags, dust masks,rubber kitchen gloves andwork gloves.

“Every six months we seekto fill 50 of these buckets andthen transport them toBalwin, where the UMCORwarehouse known as Sager-Brown is located,” Rev. JohnFoster. “These buckets arestored there until a disasteroccurs somewhere in theUnited States. This year ourstate is affected by devastatingflooding along the Red River.Our congregations werealready approaching comple-

tion of the usual 50 buckets,but worked a little harder tocomplete 12 more. From therethese buckets will be providedat no cost to the flood victimswho receive them.”

For information on helpinggather the supplies needed tofill additional cleaning buck-ets call Foster at 332-0035.

To see the items in theCleaning Buckets for sizes andamounts log on tohttp://www.umcor.org/UMCOR/Relief -Supplies/Relief -Supply-Kits/Cleaning.

Donations of bucket itemsor money will be used exclu-sively to fill more buckets.

John and Maye Foster prepare to transport 62 five-gallon buckets full of cleaning suppliesfor victims of flooding to a distribution site in Bossier City.

Two churches answer the call of service

Bethel Baptist Churchwill hold its pastoranniversary June 28 at 3p.m. in honor of pastorWaddell Smith. Guestswill be the EvergreenBaptist Church and PastorElbert Demery Jr. of St.Maurice.

The senior adults of Westside Baptist Church met inMarch. The group listened to a presentation by areadirector for the American Cancer Society DanielleAntoon and cancer survivor Frances Gilcrease on “Relayfor Life.” Gilcrease told her story and asked for a show ofhands from other survivors. She stressed that no family isimmune. From left are Gilcrease, Johnnie Dunn andAntoon.

This plaque in Neshoba County, Miss. marks the placewhere three civil rights workers were murdered.

Civil rights advocate to visitAsbury United Methodist

A s b u r yU n i t e dMethodistChurch willhost the“ f o u r t hF r e e d o mR i d e r , ”R o s c o eJones, fromM e r i d i a nMiss., Sunday, June 28 at 2p.m.

Jones will report to thecongregation on the murderof his cohorts, JamesChaney, Andrew Goodmanand Michael Schwerner,June 21, 1964 by the Ku KluxKlan, the Neshoba CountySheriff ’s Office and the

Philadelphia, Miss., PoliceDepartment.

The three Civil Rightsworkers were registeringblack voters at the Mt. ZionUnited Methodist Church inPhiladelphia when theywere arrested and shot andburied outside of town.Their bodies were foundAug. 4 in an earthen damnot far from the murder site.

They were volunteers inMississippi to register blackvoters.

Jones will tell how hemissed being with the threemen when they were mur-dered. He will tell the histo-ry of the Civil Rights move-ment in the South.

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Saint Titus BaptistChurch of Campti willhold a musical June 27 at5 p.m. in honor of pastorand first lady Rev. Eutisand Theresa Younge Allgroup and soloists arewelcome. The climax willbe held Sunday, June 28at 2:30 Guest will beTrinity United BaptistChurch of Colfax and pas-tor Huey Tademy.

Six Northwestern StateUniversity students will beparticipating in next week’sMiss Louisiana Pageant inMonroe.

The competition will beJune 25-27 at the Monroe CivicCenter and the finals will bebroadcast on television sta-tions around the state.

Northwestern State stu-dents in the pageant areStephanie Averitt of Simpson,Miss Holiday in Dixie, Holli’Conway of Monroe, MissTaste of the Twin Cities,Lincoln Pearce of Florien,Miss Cane River, HannahTeutsch of Haughton, MissLouisiana Bayou, ToriThompson of Humble, Texas,Miss Louisiana Jazzland, andTaylor Walker of Greenwood,Miss Northwestern-Lady ofthe Bracelet.

Averitt is in her first MissLouisiana Pageant. She andher mother attended lastyear’s pageant and Averittdecided to try to return as acontestant.

“I feel good about my prepa-ration,” said Averitt, whoearned a degree in radiologicscience in May, but will returnto NSU to prepare to enterphysician assistant’s school.“You never feel as if you haveenough time. I know I will benervous, but I want to have agood time. I know that even ifdon’t win, this is a good oppor-tunity.

Her platform issue is“Safely Sun-kissed: SkinCancer Advocacy andAwareness.” Averitt spent alot of time tanning before aroommate noticed a mole onher back. The mole wasbenign, but it caused her tochange her lifestyle.

Studying radiologic scienceintensified her interest in themedical field.

“I’m fascinated by thehuman body and the medicalfield is one that is changingrapidly,” she said. “I want togive back and help others in ameaningful way.”

Conway considers herselfto be among the most unlikelyof entrants. She has extensiveon stage experience throughNorthwestern State’s Theatreand Dance program, whereshe is a member of Broadwayto Go, the Student TheatreOrganization and the NSUDance Company.

Conway never took part ina pageant until last spring. Ajudge at the MissNorthwestern-Lady of theBracelet Pageant saw her per-form in the Make Your OwnTheatre troupe and said sheshould try pageants.

She entered the MissNatchitoches Pageant andlater the Taste of the TwinCities pageant.

“It was a lot of work to getready because I never consid-

ered myself a ‘pageant girl,’but it was worth it,” saidConway who is a member ofDelta Sigma Theta SororityInc. and Alpha Lambda Delta.

Her platform issue is“Leona’s Legacy: Raising theBar to Better Fitness.”Conway’s issue is a tribute toher great grandmother wholived to be 101.

“She was someone whostayed active her entire life bydoing housework and whatev-er she could do. I want toencourage other senior citi-zens to stay active,” saidConway.

Pearce, a junior educationmajor from Florien, is in herfirst Miss Louisiana Pageant.

“I’m both excited and ner-vous about the pageant,” saidPearce, a member of Phi MuFraternity and Alpha LambdaDelta Honor Society. “I amfocusing on my talent, stayingin shape and finalizing mywardrobe. This is all new tome and I know it will be likenothing I have ever experi-enced. Since I have done onlytwo pageants, I feel fortunateto have this opportunity.”

Pearce’s platform issue isthe Weekend WarriorBackpack Project, a programshe began at Florien HighSchool.

“I wanted to help out kidswho might not have food athome to eat on the weekends,”said Pearce. “We collect easyto prepare meals and snacksand send backpacks filledwith the food with the kids onFriday and they bring backthe backpack on Monday to berefilled for the next weekend.”

Teutsch may be in her firstMiss Louisiana Pageant, butbeing in front of an audiencewon’t be anything new for thesophomore music businessmajor from Haughton.

“I’m excited to be part ofthe pageant,” said Teutschwho regularly performed atchurches her father pastored.“There are a lot of first-timerslike me. I love being on stageand having an opportunity toperform. It is something Ihave always enjoyed doing.”

According to Teutsch,pageant preparation has a lotof elements.

“I have spent time workingwith my director,” saidTeutsch. “I am working on mytalent, my platform and tryingto make sure I maintain myposture.”

Tuetsch’s platform issue is“Love Your City,” which isbased on the work done byThe Hub Urban Ministry inShreveport.

“I work with the kids andtheir families who live in theinner city,” said Teutsch. “It isall about building relation-ships, friendships, showingthem a path to success, andshowing them the love of

Christ through what we do.”Thompson, a former Miss

Northwestern-Lady of theBracelet is in her fourth

Miss Louisiana Pageant.She was fourth runner up lastyear. She finished in the top 10twice and was a preliminarytalent winner.

“I feel good going in,” saidThompson. “It will be a spe-cial year with a lot of newgirls who will be good for theprogram, now and in thefuture. I am confident becauseI know what to expect and howto prepare.”

Thompson’s platform issueis “Bullying: Make a Friend,Make a Change, Make anImpact.” It has been her plat-form issue for two years.

“Bullying has become anepidemic and is spreading dueto technology and socialmedia,” said Thompson, whohas spoken to theNatchitoches Parish SchoolBoard and groups around theregion on the issue.

With her experience in thestate pageant, many aspects ofpreparation have gotten easi-er for Thompson.

“After four years of compet-ing, many of the things I do toprepare for the pageant havebecome part of my lifestylesuch as diet, exercise andkeeping up with currentevents,” she said.

Walker is in her secondMiss Louisiana Pageant.

“We have a great supportsystem with the StudentActivities Board and (Directorof Student Organizations)Yonna Pasch,” said Walker, ajunior psychology/theatremajor with a concentration indance. “They have helped mewith a lot of the details. I willbe less nervous than last year.I won’t have the fear of theunknown and will be able toconcentrate fully on the com-petition.”

Since winning the MissNorthwestern – Lady of theBracelet Pageant, Walker hasbeen working with a choreog-rapher and personal trainer.University faculty and staffhave helped her with mockinterviews.

Her platform issue is“Keeping the Dream Alive,”which refers to Martin LutherKing’s “I Have a Dream”speech at the 1963 march onWashington, D.C. Walker’s tal-ent was a dance set to excerptsfrom King’s speech.

“The dream Dr. Kingreferred to is still relevant andgoes beyond the issue of blackand white,” said Walker.“People are still discriminat-ed against on the basis oflifestyle, religions and othercriteria. My platform empha-sizes the importance of speak-ing up for those who are hatedand stop prejudice fromspreading.”

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The Natchitoches Magnet Cheerleaders attended the at UCA Camp, June 7-10. On firstrow from left are co-captain Mali Simmons, captain Madison Brown and co-captainFunke Adeleye. On second row are Caitlyn Matthews, Triniti Sarpy and Gracie Borders.On third row are Shemaria Harris, Bailey Barnhart, Izzy Morales, Journee Parks, ArianaRachal, Laura Dove and Carlie Bungardner.

A record-setting number ofteams attended UCA campat NSU and the Magnetteam walked away withmany awards includingSuperior ribbons on dailyevaluations, 1st place inSideline Competition, 1stplace in Cheer, 2nd place inExtreme routine, four All-American recipients andthe UCA traditions Award.All American Winnersfrom left are CaitlynMatthews, Mali Simmons,Madison Brown and FunkeAdeleye.

Natchitoches Magnetcheerleader MadisonBrown won the Pin ItForward Award at the UCACamp June 7-10 at NSU.The award is presented toan individual who promotethe values encouragedthrough cheerleadingincluding leadership, spir-it, commitment, kindnessand motivation. From leftare Coach Aaliyah Rachal,Brown and Coach SarahRachal.

Award winningartist on display

Nature andtravel photog-r a p h e r ,Z e r a l d aLaGrange, isshowing heraward win-ning photogra-phy June 25-30from 10 a.m.-5p.m. at theNatchitoches Art GuildGallery.

“Each time I make a photo,I’m not just documenting thebeauty of light, nature andmy surroundings, I’m captur-ing a unique moment that willnever happen again, no mat-ter how much effort is put intoreplicating the moment,” saidLaGrange. It can be similar,but never exactly the same. Iguess you could say my super-hero power is my ability tostop time.”

LaGrange is fromArnaudville. She is a graduateof the University ofLouisiana at Lafayette. She isa rehabilitation educationcounselor with a private com-pany.

LaGrange

The Natchez HeritageFestival will be June 27. Theparade begins at 10 a.m. at theUnited Missionary parkinglot. Festival Activities startsat 11:15 a.m. at Pecan Park.This event is free and open tothe public.

Fort St. Jean Baptistewill offer a book review on“The Company Man”Saturday, June 27 from 10-11a.m. For information call 318-357-3101.

Bethel School will hold acommunity and class reunionJuly 3-5. A meet and greetwill be held Friday, July 3from 3-8 p.m. at RockfordBaptist Church. A fish fry willbe held Saturday, July 4 from4-9 p.m. at Rockford Baptistchurch. Church Service willbe held at Bethel BaptistChurch. For information con-tact Alice Hardison 527-1060,Mildred Anthony 352-5521 orCarlton Commick at 356-5751.

A water aerobics classwill be offered byNorthwestern StateUniversity’s Office ofElectronic and ContinuingEducation beginningWednesday, July 1. The classwill be taught from 10:30 a.m.until 11:30 a.m. each Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday at

the Robert Wilson RecreationComplex pool through July 30.The fee is $35.Water aerobicsis a workout that consists ofsimple low-impact exercisesexecuted in the water. Theprogram is designed to pro-mote and maintain cardio-res-piratory fitness, strengthenmuscles and improve flexibili-ty. The program is especiallyrecommended for arthriticand/or pregnant women. Forinformation or to register goto ece.nsula.edu/non-credit orcall 357-6355 or (800) 376-2422.

Natchitoches-NSU FolkFestival will be held July 17-18 at Prather Coliseum.Tickets are $5 Friday, $8Saturday and $5 for Saturdayevening only. All eventTickets may be purchased inadvance at a discounted priceof $11 per person throughJuly 15th at the LouisianaFolklife Center located inroom 213 of Kyser Hall on theNorthwestern StateUniversity campus. There isno admission for children 12and under. The LouisianaState Fiddle Championshipwill be Saturday, July 18 from1-4 p.m. at Magale RecitalHall. To sign up visitlouisianafolklife.nsula.edu.For information call 357-4332 oremail Shelia Thompson [email protected].

The City of NatchitochesRecreation and ParksDepartment and My 93.9 FMwill host Family Day at thePark Saturday, June 27 from 9a.m. to 1 p.m. at City Park onAmulet Street.

This event is free and opento the public.

Activities will include amagic show, swimming,games, bouncer, face paint-ing, dunk tank and conces-sions.

Last year, over 500 peopleparticipated in the inauguralFamily Day at the Park. Thisyear’s event hopes to surpassthat amount and offer morefor families to enjoy.

Activity booths, bouncehouse, hot dogs, cotton candyand snow cones will be avail-able for all from 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.Children of all ages willenjoy a magic show at 9:15a.m. followed by free balloon

animals from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.Attendees can enjoy openswim at City Pool from 11a.m.- 1 p.m.

For information contact

Dallas Russell, CommunityPrograms and OutreachManager, at 238-7508 or viaemail at [email protected]

NEWS ENTERTAINMENT HAPPY BIRTHDAY for

Thursday, June 25, 2015: This year you often might feel as

if you are on an emotional rollercoaster ride. As soon as you startto feel comfortable, a surprisingevent could throw you off. Many ofyou will feel the need to controlthese cycles, but understand thatthis is not a possibility. You cancontrol only your responses. If youare single, your love life could con-tribute to the high excitement ofthis year. You’ll have plenty ofpotential suitors to choose from. Ifyou are attached, the two of youwill see your relationship evolve toan even stronger level. Respect thedifferences between you. LEO islucky, but don’t let him or her getnear your wallet.

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 Tension is high. You have

the ability to embrace a change, oryou might choose to stage a majorpower play. Others find you to befull of surprises. The smart moveis to allow them to express theirviews while saying nothing.Tonight: Start the weekend early!

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH Today’s emphasis is on

your day-to-day life and onindulging in more rewardingmoments. Even if you are work-ing, make time for more interper-sonal experiences. Ask for whatyou desire when the moment isappropriate. Don’t miss out on anopportunity. Tonight: Stay pre-sent.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Be a wild thing, and

tamper with your schedule. Howyou handle a personal mattercould take an interesting turn. Bemore forthright and direct; otherswill respond in kind. Allow yoursense of humor to come out quick-ly, as it will help you relax.Tonight: In the game of life.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)HHHH You might feel as if you

must balance different forces thatseem contradictory. Attempt tochange your mindset; instead oflooking at the differences, look atwhat they have in common. Askmore questions, and be moreaware. Tonight: You don’t need togo too far.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)HHHH You might need to get in

sync with others. A situationcould be challenging at first, butyou will meet the demand withease. Unexpected developmentsaround legal matters are likely tohave unexpected results. Loosenup, and get on top of a personalmatter. Tonight: Hang out.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)HHHH One-on-one relating takes

you down an interesting path,where you are likely to interactwith unpredictable associates.Someone you meet today mightnot be who he or she claims to be.Get to know this person more com-pletely before making any commit-ments. Tonight: Be nice.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)HHHH Your understanding of

what someone wants from youcould be different from what youoriginally had anticipated. Honorwhat is occurring, and be authen-tic about your thoughts and feel-ings. A meeting provokes interest-ing conversations. Tonight: Beimpulsive.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHHH Honor a need for fast

changes between a close friendand someone whom you have puton a pedestal. Juggling these dif-ferent perspectives could be prob-lematic. Make sure that youexpress your caring in a way thatcan be heard. Tonight: Not to befound.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)HHHH Be more direct and caring

in the words you choose and theactions you take. You could see asituation develop where someone,maybe even you, will opt to usemoney for control and power.Think twice before you jump intosuch shenanigans. Tonight: Theworld is your oyster.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)HHHH You are on top of your

game and unlikely to allow anyinterference at the presentmoment. The problem is that oth-ers might start challenging younow more than ever. Perhapsanother choice is possible. Reachout to a friend for feedback.Tonight: Take a stand once and forall.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)HHHH You might want to

rethink a personal matter andgain greater understanding. Bydistancing yourself and empathiz-ing with those involved, you willget a sense of the true dynamicsinvolved. Once you do this, you arelikely to find a solution. Tonight:Listen to favorite music.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)HHHH To make your point and

have the greatest impact, youwould be well-advised to relate ona one-on-one level with others.Honor a change of pace. Observewhat is happening between youand a loved one. Make plenty oftime for this person. Tonight:Dinner for two.

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“ Ta i l g a t i n g - L o u i s i a n aSports Hall of Fame Style”will be held Friday, June 26from 7-9 p.m. at the LandingRestaurant. Tickets are $50 aperson.

The casual evening withinductees will feature tailgatestyle food stations. MusicianSteve Wells will performsports themed music. Eventswill include sports highlightsof current and past inducteesand a silent auction.

The evening will come to anend with a firework show over

Cane River across from therestaurant at 9:15 p.m.

For information or to pur-chase tickets call 238-4255.

In preparation for the fire-works show, the downtownriverbank will be closed to allvehicular traffic at 6:00 a.m.The Church Street Bridge andWilliams Avenue fromWhitfield Drive to HenryAvenue will close to all trafficboth pedestrian and vehicularat 8:45 p.m. The streets willremain closed until the con-clusion of the fireworks show.

Watch fireworks and tailgate with inductees

Menu Items will include:Saintsation Salad, MuffaletaSalad, Abita Braised PorkSliders, Hot Dog Bar, BakedBeans, Potato Chips, Dips,Vegetable Skewers,Strawberry Shortcake,Chocolate Chip Cookies andWhite Macadamian NutCookies.

Check out Family Day at the Park June 27

Family day at the Park activities will include a free swim atthe City Pool from 11 a.m.- 1 p.m.

Summer Fun

Northwestern StateUniversity Summer DinnerTheatre will present“Always….Patsy Cline” July 30– Aug. 1 and Aug. 5 – 8 in theA.A. Fredericks Auditorium.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. withdinner starting at 6 p.m. andthe show getting underway at 7p.m.

Tickets are $25 for dinnerand the show. Reservations arerequired and can be made bycalling 357-4218 or 357-4483.

“Always….Patsy Cline” ismore than a tribute to the leg-endary country singer whodied tragically at age 30 in aplane crash in 1963. The showis based on a true story aboutCline's friendship with a fan

from Houston named LouiseSeger, who befriended the starin a Texas honky-tonk in 1961,and continued a correspon-dence with Cline until herdeath.

The musical play, completewith humor, true emotion andeven some audience participa-tion, includes many of Cline’sunforgettable hits such as“Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces,”“Sweet Dreams” and “WalkingAfter Midnight.” The playincludes 27 Cline songs. Theshow's title was inspired byCline's letters to Seger, whichwere consistently signed “LoveALWAYS… Patsy Cline.”

“The play is like a musicalbiography, telling Patsy Cline’s

story through song,” said ScottBurrell, who will direct theplay. “The music she createdremains popular for good rea-son and the backstory ofCline’s friendship with a fanmakes her more accessible andinteresting.”

Summer Theatre presents ‘Always...Patsy Cline’


Monday, June 22Last Saturday our New

Miss Marthaville Good OleDays Festival Queen wascrowned. She is Shyla ReneaHolton.

Shyla is 20 years old and isfrom Anacoco. She graduatedfrom Hornbeck and will startcollege in the fall at CLTCCnear Leesville for LPN, nurs-ing school.

Her parents are Darryl andKim Holton, her siblings

include brother Trace Busbyand sister ShelbyHolton. Shyla still lives athome and is a waitress atHana’s in Leesville.

I found out that Shyla hasmany hobbies including fish-ing, hunting, playing incred-iball which is a popular sportin Vernon Parish and swim-ming.

She told me that anythingto do outdoors, she lovesit. But, she also loves scrap-booking.

I wanted to know whatdraw her to be in our pageant.She was the 2014 Miss Battle ofPleasant Hill and she told methat it was the people. Sheplans to representingMarthaville are by travelingto many festivals andpageants, she is even consid-ering doing fundraisers and

other things. She loves beinga positive role model and willtry her hardest to do theabsolute best at representingMarthaville and the lovingwonderful people in it.

We are long over due forthat and we welcome her withopen arms.

Another young lady thatloves the outdoors and that isKaylee Hall, daughter ofShawn and SheenaHall. Kaylee and dog Tara,won first in class of 5-year-oldfemale treeing walker andfirst in breed of treeing walk-er. This took place at the UKCbench show in Center, Texas.

News is short this week, Ihave been under the weatherdue to having surgery butthings are looking up and asalways, give me a call with anyupcoming events.

Kaylee Hall showed Tara at the UKC bench show in Center,Texas.

Shyla Renea Holton is thenew Miss Marthaville GoodOle Days Festival Queen.

Good Ole Days Festival Queen says peoplein Marthaville drew her to enter pageant

MARTHAVILLE NEWS

By DonnaDyson-Horn472-6396

Monday, June 22Happy birthday wishes

are extended Wynona LadkinJuly 3.

Happy anniversary wishesare extended to Danny andEmma Byrd July 5; Leardand Shirley Robinson July 6.

Remember to participatein the Natchez HeritageFestival June 27. The paradewill begin at 10 a.m. fromUnited Missionary BaptistChurch to the Natchez PecanPark where all the festivitieswill start. There will be lotsof enjoyment for all ages.

The Village of Natchezwill meet July 2 at 6 p.m.

Fire District 5 will meetJuly 7 at 7 p.m.

The Community WideRevival in Natchez beganJune 22 at Morning StarBaptist Church at 7 p.m,nightly. Starting the weekwere Pastor Rufus Sowelland Reverend WardellCoutee of New Birth BaptistChurch which was the hostchurch.

Pastor Leard Robinson ofSt. Matthew and Mount Olive

Baptist Churches followedsuit June 23. Pastor AlbertGillie of St. Martha BaptistChurch fellowshipped June24. Pastor Otha Bernstine ofNew Nazarene BaptistChurch was reserved forJune 25 and Pastor OcieCharles of UnitedMissionary Baptist Churchwill lead the spiritual eventon June 26.

Pastor RooseveltToussaint of Morning StarBaptist Church will climaxthe service June 28 at 11 a.m.

Community memberQuwanda Forest surprisedsenior citizens and youths inthe Natchez community withsack lunches that consistedof cold cuts with all the trim-mings, chips, candy and adrink on June 19. Therewere a total of 50 lunch sacksprepared and issued to thesenior citizens and all youthsthat requested a lunch.

I would like to commendForest on your continuedefforts to look out for her fel-low neighbors. Acts 20:35says, “I have shewed you allthings, how that so labouringye ought to support the weak,and to remember the wordsof the Lord Jesus, how hesaid, It is more blessed togive than to receive”.

This week our GoodSamaritan is Albert GillieJr., 14. He is a freshman atNCHS and is very active inthe community. He enjoys

horseback riding, mud rid-ing, playing football, readingand love animals. Gillieattends St. Martha BaptistChurch. His Samaritan actsare for being helpful whencommunity memberQuwanda Forest handed out50 sack lunches. He deliv-ered the majority of thelunches to senior citizens.He is the son of PastorAlbert, Sr., and BridgetGillie.

Do not forget to submityour nominations for nextweek.

Good Samaritan in Natchez answers the callNATCHEZ NEWS

By Shelia

Johnson354-1644

Albert Gillie Jr., is theGood Samaritan for theweek. He assisted commu-nity member QuwandaForest in giving out sacklunches to the senior citi-zens in the NatchezCommunity. Gillie is theson of Pastor Albert GillieSr. and Bridget Gillie ofNatchez.

Monday, June 22We enjoyed some of the

Dusty Cut games this sea-son. It is over now and I donot know who placed first ineach age group.

Toledo Bend BaptistResort Ministries has invit-ed everyone to open HouseJuly 11 with no charge.There will be hamburgersand hot dogs served withevents for the children.

The Campti CommunityCenter announces the activi-ties for July

July 6: plate lunches willbe served for $5.

July 10: BingoJuly 13: Meals on WheelsJuly 15: BingoJuly 20; Meals on WheelsJuly 23: 40 pound boxes

and blood pressure checksJuly 29: BingoAdd to our prayer list Gail

Roy who is scheduled forbypass surgery at RapidesGeneral June 29; RandySlaughter who is in RapidesGeneral in serious condi-tion; and Larry Messick andPeggy Clanton;

Happy birthday to ElinorBell June 21, David WalkerJune 25, Barbara GrappeJune 27.

I am happy to report andcongratulate Anita Stileswho was named Teacher ofthe Year for NatchitochesParish. She is at FairviewAlpha. Teacher DyonneBrowder of Lakeview wasalso recognized and studentMorgan Corley was Studentof the Year.

Other students who wereoutstanding included JadaAldridge, Aaron Settle andJoan Buswell of Lakeview;Sharon Reliford of FairviewAlpha, Diane Tyler ofGoldonna.

My long-time friend,Melvin Stewart, was recog-nized as the oldest fatherSunday at United Baptist ofCampti at the morning ser-vice. There were so manythere with the same numberof children present that I didnot get their names.

That storm we had a cou-ple of weeks with so muchlightening knocked out allmy portable phones. I havenot replaced them yet.

We got word Saturday thatJudy Brossett Pikes passedaway. She grew up here n theCampi area and graduatedCampti High. She was thedaughter of Mr. and Mrs.Percy Brossett. She leavessiblings Dorothy Wright,Betty Miller, Rita Burgess,Doris Hardee, BarbaraWaddle, Jim Brossett, DonBrossett, Troy Brossett andFrank Brossett; and sonsMichael and Sam Bedgood.

Bentley Ray Brignac had his second birthday with familyand friends. His grandparents are Randy and Darlene Roy ofBlack Lake; his mother is Rebecca Rot and his father isJoshua Brignac.

Katlyn Turlich, 9, fromVenice, attended the fishingderby in Natchitoches recent-ly and won a tackle box andother items because shecaught several catfish.

Dusty Cut games over for this year; formercorrespondent will have open-heart surgery

CAMPTI NEWS

ByMarie Walker

476-2231

Monday, June 22Apostolic Truth

Tabernacle will host VacationBible School, July 13-17, forages 2-12. Monday-Thursday’ssessions will be 6-8:30 p.m.The Family Program will beFriday night at 7pm.

This year’s theme is J-O-Y!For more information call

318-801-4162.Robeline Heritage Festival

Committee is planning a bar-becue cook-off in August,date and time to beannounced.

Booth spaces are still avail-able for the Robeline Festivaland price are lower this year.Contact Lisa [email protected] or 318-471-6894. Also, if interested inbeing in the parade let usknow, everyone is welcomed.

There is a movie comingout Aug. 28 titled “WarRoom.” This movie is by theproducers of “Fireproof ” and“Courageous.” The movie isabout the power of prayer

and going off in a room topray in the war against evilthat tries to prevail in ourlives.

I’m in the process of tryingto get the movie inNatchitoches so no one has togo out of town to see it. Pleaselet be know if anyone, anychurches, or any groups areinterested. We have to get 750persons to attend. I know wecan do this and we shouldbecause these are tryingtimes and this is a greatChristian movie for the wholefamily. Contact me [email protected] or 318-471-6894. Thank you and Godbless all.

Ashley and Justin Grillette, who live on Westwind Road onBlack Lake, pulled their boat up and found 17 snakes. Theykilled 14 with hoes. I have been on Black Lake a long timeand I have never seen a snake like this. If you know whatkind it is, give me a call.

Showing of movie depends on attendanceROBELINE NEWS

by KathrynE. Laurent(Lisa)471-

6894

Monday, June 22We’re living in the time of

wickedness and an evil gener-ation.

As Christians, we mustpray for sympathy and heal-ing for the families of the ninevictims that were killed inSouth Carolina. We ask theLord to have mercy on theyoung and forgive himbecause he knew not what hehad done because he was not

in a positive frame of mind. All of the red crabs in

California are a sign of thetimes.

It’s not the flow of the oceanthe Lord is trying to tell manto beware, no man knows thefuture.

The flooding an the killingin Shreveport, Texarkana andsurrounding states. This isclose to home. Let’s pray for awalk with God.

There were Juneteenth cel-ebrations and family reunionsthroughout the communities.There were the Butler andHolden reunions and Calhounreunion.

Our Sunday school lessonat Evergreen BaptistChurch/Spanish Lake was“Rebuke for Selfishness” andour morning worship was

delivered by Rev. TuckerHunter Sunday was the firstday of summer. Remember tokeep yourselves in shadedareas when possible for thoseworking outdoors drink plen-ty of fluids and Gatorade.

Wear light-colored clothing. Check on the elderly during

hot weather. Remember thesick and shut-ins. Pray for oneanother.

Condolences to the Calhounfamily and other families whohave lost a loved one.

The waters are receding insome areas. Beware of snakesand gators. Call environmen-tal control at 357-2266 forspraying your area for mos-quitoes. Keep your lawns cutand dispose of standing waterbecause that’s where theybreed.

SPANISH LAKE NEWS

By Gayla Banks

472-4479

Appears we’re living in time of wickedness

Monday, June 22Regis Metoyer Jr. and

Frances J. Metoyer celebrated70 years of marriage at theirhome on Keegan Street. Manyfamily and friends attendedthe fish fry. Attending werePricilla Metoyer and LindaLaCour from Chicago; ArthurMetoyer, Charlotte Metoyer,Andrea Metoyer and daughterNadia, Amelia L. Morgan,Kelly Morgan, Amy Metoyerand fiancé Isaac, Anthony andGwen LaCour, Michael

LaCour, Samantha LaCourand her son Damien, ChrisLaCour, Michelle LaCour,Chris LaCour Jr., DanielLaCour, Madison LaCour,Katelyn LaCour, Janet andAnthony LaCour, Norah SersJr., Simon and Frances Sarpy,James “Boogie” Metoyer,Margie Metoyer, John andTellie Metoyer and daughterHannah.

St. Augustine CatholicChurch welcomes FatherJacob Kayala to our parish asour parochial vicar.

Sincere sympathy and con-dolences to the family ofJames “Man” Conde. Servicesfor Mr. Conde were Tuesday,June 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. at St.John the Baptist Catholic

Church in Cloutierville.Interment was in the churchcemetery and a repast was inthe church shall.

After the 5 p.m. Mass at St.Augustine Catholic ChurchJune 20, a reception was heldin the church hall for FatherThomas Paul.

Father Paul will leave usJune 24 and will be atGenevieve Church inBrouilette. May God continueto lead and bless him in hispriestly ministry.

The Christian Mother’sOrganization prepared andserved breakfast to the fathersand their families Sunday andFather’s Day before the 10:30a.m. Mass.

MELROSE NEWS

By Janet Jones

379-2691

Couple married 70 years


Monday, June 22Father’s Day was a very

good day. I got to see most ofmy family. I hope all the dadshad a good day.

There were several gener-ations at church services atBriarwood Baptist.

The open house at ToledoBend Baptist Resort MinistryCenter will be from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. July 11.

Briarwood Baptist Churchwill have Miles Pike in con-cert July 12 at 5 p.m. Miles’sunique voice spans five

octaves and has inspired lis-teners around the nation.

Miles will share thegospel through song andword with great vocals, hon-est testimonies and humor-ous stories.

There were over 150 at thehomecoming at BriarwoodBaptist Church. Because ofthe Mathews family reunion,June 13, many stayed andwent to church.

I read in the BaptistMessage that Lee Dicksonwill retire. Brother Lee andBarbara really are two peo-ple who have devoted theirlives to serving the Lord. Ihave attended several meet-ings where they were andthey were always the same,

smiling and ready to helpyou anyway they could. Iknow God has lots of goodtimes yet for them to enjoy.

The fourth Friday fish fryat Clara Sprigs will be June26. Serving begins at 5;15p.m. and the cost is $9 foradults and $5 for children.

The NatchitochesAssociation PrayerBreakfast will be July 2 atTrinity Baptist Church at 8a.m.

The little children’s pre-camp will be July 10-11 atClara Springs Baptist Camp.The campers will focus onthe love of Jesus Christ andtheir relationship with him.

Boys only camp will beJuly 20-23.

READHIMER NEWS

By LizMorgan

576-3673

Monday, June 22Old Bethel celebrated

Fathers Day Sunday. DeannaSmith read a piece aboutFathers Day. Judy Fair askedwho was the oldest father. Ofcourse, her husband, BobbyFair. The Youngest Fatherwas Bro. Danny Asbell.

Then Judy asked if eachFather could give the names oftheir children, their age anddate of brith. The fathers thatcould give the correct name,age and date of birth wereDean Steadman, MalcolmDurr, Larry Smith and JamesStrickland.

The fathers that were pre-sent were Don Montet, DeanSteadman, Malcolm Durr, BoWalker, James Strickland,Bro. Danny Asbell, Bobby Fairand Larry Smith.

After the Fathers Day pre-sentation, Judy Montet hadthe congregation to sing“Faith of Our Fathers.”

Bro. Danny had a differentkind of service for fathers. Hetalked about Abraham, thefather of the nation. He toldthe fathers not to want to belike Abraham, but to want tohave his kind of faith. Heused Genesis 18:19 as his text.“ For I have known him, in

order that he may commandhis children and his house-hold after him, that they keepthe way of the Lord, to dorighteousness and justice,that the Lord may bring toAbraham what He has spokento him.”

Calvary Baptist Churchwill have Vacation BibleSchool July 12-16 from 5:30p.m. to 8 p.m. The theme is“Mount Everett.”

Pam Womack took hergrandchildren fishing lastweek along the shore of SibleyLake. Her grandson, JordanRachal, threw his fishing polein the water without bait tocatch his flip flop and caught abass. You will have to ask himhow big it was.

Freida Berry checked in acouple hundred cheerleaderslast week at NorthwesternState University for UCAcamp.

Aaliyah Rachal and SarahRachal, coaches for theNatchitoches Magnet Schoolcheerleaders, led the team to asuccessful week. MagnetMustang cheerleaders areMadison Brown, FunkeAdeleye, Mali Simmons,Caitlyn Matthews, TrintiSarpy, Garcie Borders, ArianaRachal, Journee Parks, IzzyMorales, Laura Dove,Shemaria Harris, BaileyBarnhart and CarlieBumgardner.

Clara Springs fourth Fridayfish fry is this Friday, June 26.First Baptist Coushatta willbe cooking. The cost is only $9for adult and $5 for children.

Clara Springs is still accept-

ing applications for GirlsCamp which is July 6 - 9 forgrades 2 - 6. They are alsoaccepting applications forBoys Camp which is July 20 -23 for grades 2 - 6.

They are no longer accept-ing applications for youthcamp. Mandi Mills said “it isfull, Praise the Lord.”

My cousin, Bobby Garza, isan advocate for Music ManiaConcert in Zwolle. He willhave in concert the CountryRocking Brandy Roberts Bandto Zwolle July 11 at the VFWHall on Hwy. 171 at 6 p.m.Brandy Roberts a high-energyperformer offering a JerryLee Lewis show. He hasopened shows for Jerry LeeLewis and performed at JerryLee’s private birthday celebra-tion from 1995 to 1997.

Brandy Roberts was a mem-ber of the Louisiana Hayridein Bossier City from 1985 untilit closed in 1987. The BrandyRoberts opening show will fea-ture Bud Christian and JoePerot. Bobby says the timewill be from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.,admission is $10. For moreinformation contact BobbyGarza at 318-519-0902.

Toledo Bend Baptist ResortMinistry will have their annu-al open house Saturday, July11 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.There will be hamburgers, hotdogs, with all the trimmingsprovided.

Take your family andfriends and enjoy an after-noon of safe fun and fellow-ship. For more informationcontact Mary Gore at 318-645-6601 or 318-452-9731.

Fathers at Old Bethel on Fathers Day Bo Walker, James Strickland, Bobby Fair, Danny Asbelland Larry Smith. Deanna Smith read a piece about Father’s Day to the men.

At Old Bethel Sunday, Bobby Fair was the oldest father; Dean Steadman, James Strickland,Malcolm Durr and Larry Smith could name their children give their age and date of birth;and Bro. Danny Asbell was the youngest father.

Old Bethel recognizes fathers; fish fry is FridayOLD BETHEL NEWS

By Liz Durr

352-8898

Monday, June 22First Baptist Church

Vacation Bible School wasanother huge success withover 150 people in attendanceevery night. Children andadults gathered each night tostudy a “Journey Off theMap.” Nightly studies fea-tured lessons on staying ontrack, follow your guide andtrust tour guide.

There was also emphasisplaced on missions opportuni-ties at FBC Provencal.Students learned aboutOperation Christmas Childand how it helps bring joy tochildren all around the worldduring the Christmas holi-days.

Each night an offering wastaken up and separatedbetween the boys and girls. Acompetition was held and ifthe girls raised more than theboys, Brother Bill Hudson hadto kiss a pig. During the clos-ing ceremony, it wasannounced that over $1,100had been raised for OperationChristmas Child and the girlsraised the majority of themoney. Brother Bill followedthrough with his promise andkissed a pig on center stage ofthe sanctuary.

FBC Provencal will host itsmonthly Senior Luncheontoday, Thursday, June 25. Thespeaker will be Brian Miller ofthe Provencal FireDepartment, who will sharefire safety and summer con-cerns.

Lunch is provided andseniors are encouraged toattend. Church staff asks thatanyone interested in attend-ing call ahead. Church staffcan be reached at 318-472-8464.

United Pentecostal Churchof Provencal is hostingVacation Bible School thisweek and invite children ages4-12 to attend. Classes begin at6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m.

Mark your calendars for anevent in Provencal nextmonth. A book signing will beheld at CJ’s KwikStop July 11from 1-3 p.m. Local resident

and Provencal Teacher DawnaBrister Penrod has recentlypublished a devotional bookfor young children. The booktitled “Annie Shares Bible

Verse” is illustrated by SonyaHorn Knight, also a native tothe Provencal area.

Christine Prewitt was presented a bouquet of flowers inappreciation of her tireless work on coordinating VacationBible School. Brother Bill Hudson presented the flowers.

Pastor Bill Hudson was forced to kiss a pig at the end ofVacation Bible School after the girls raised more moneythan the boys in support of Operation Christmas Child. Atotal of more than $1,100 was raised over the week in sup-port of the event. Shown with Brother Bill is the pig’sowner Gabrielle Ivy.

Skylar Bolton, front andBrooklyn Townson, rear,played the air guitar duringthe VBS family night.

Nate Rachal shared with thecongregation some of thethings he learned at VBS.

PROVENCAL NEWS

ByNicole

Connell

472-8107

Vacation Bible School kids get pastor to kiss pig; senior luncheon is today; book signing set

Pastor gives powerful sermon on Father’s Day

Monday, June 22On Sunday, there was a

sermon about fathers. Theygot gifts.

Remember those who pro-tect and provide for theirfamilies. Always tell himhow much he means to you.That he is a hero.

I hope all fathers wereblessed on their day.

Our Sunday school lessonwas an eye-opener entitled,“The Deadly Trio:Selfishness, Greed andPride.” One must ask them-selves, am I guilty of these.Remember as Christians, we

are committed to generosity.Know that God punishesthose who are greedy andelfish. We invite you to comefellowship with us everyWednesday night for prayersand bible study. And onSunday morning for worshipservice every fourth Sundayof the month we have fami-lies an friends fellowshipdinner so come on over andenjoy a word from the Lordand dinner at Good HopeFull Gospel Baptist Church,the Rev. Ben Taylor pastor.

The St. Mark Baptistchurch of Allen is inVacation Bible School begin-ning Monday throughThursday at 7 p.m. nightlyJune 22-25. Rev. WilliamClark Jr. is pastor.

Juneteenth was a big suc-cess thanks to BishopWilliam Roberson and theNorth Star MissionaryBaptist Church. Folks fromall around came to celebrate

the occasion. The food wasoff the hook. The man reallyknows how to cook. We can’twait until next time. Domake plans to attend.

Happy birthday to CarolynLockett, Terrell Williams,Twayla Brown, AdreusTaylor, Moesha Hymes,Margaret Wigley, RaymondKay, Hattie Franklin, andC’mne Triggs. We wish youall many more.

Our prayers to the sickand shut-ins. A prayer to theCalhoun family in their timeof sorrow.

Summer has arrived alongwith the heat so we must findways to cool down. Drinkplenty of water if possibleand stay out of the sunlight.Kids know that swimmingcan be fun but do be careful.Yes it’s time to enjoy icecream, snow cones, popsi-cles, lemonade and a coldslice of watermelon and havea great and safe summer.

POWHATAN NEWS

By JohnnieTaylor

352-4371

Several generations representedat Briarwood Baptist Father’s Day

Cane River NationalHeritage Area (CRNHA) andFort St. Jean Baptiste StateHistoric Site announce thecreation of a new, guided tourfocusing on ColonialNatchitoches. Free to the pub-lic, the walking tour will coverthe Cane River region prior toEuropean contact; majorevents and notable charactersof the French and Spanishcolonial period; and the devel-opment of the NatchitochesPost. The tour is family friend-ly and meant to engage allages.

“Our goal is to provide aninformative and engagingoverview of the developmentof Natchitoches from its earli-est Native American inhabi-tants to the LouisianaPurchase in 1803,” commentedJustin Newhart, CRNHA’sDirector of Interpretation.“Natchitoches underwent sig-nificant changes during itsfirst 100 years. The Frenchand Spanish colonial periodsin Natchitoches transformedthe military outpost and laidthe foundation for the modernlayout of the city today,” con-

tinued Fort St. Jean SHSManager, Justin French.Locals and visitors areencouraged to take a tour andlearn more about this signifi-cant chapter in the history ofNatchitoches and the sur-rounding Cane River region.

Tours will be given everyFriday at 9:30 a.m. Tours willbegin at Fort St. Jean BaptisteState Historic Site located at155 Jefferson Street. For largegroup tours, please contactthe Cane River NationalHeritage Area in advance at318.356.5555.

Free guided tours are available on Fridays


Monday, June 22I went with Danny and

Brenda Dubois to DeRidder onSaturday and ate at SteamboatBill’s Restaurant. We ate fishand bought some gumbo tobring home with us. It wasreally, really good.

On Sunday I visited withBrenda and all her family andhad lunch with them. We hada good day.

Beware of burglars in your

area. Someone stole LisaYelverlton’s purse from hercar that was parked at herhouse and took everythingfrom it. It was someone ridinga bicycle and had burglarizedothers in the neighborhood.

Connie Matkin’s niece, LisaChaudoir, from Malvern, Ark.,married at Bellwood BaptistChurch Saturday afternoon.Bro. Roger officiated the wed-ding. Lisa married KevinPorterfield, also fromMalvern. It was a pretty wed-ding.

The decorations were most-ly provided by Robin Wellingwho helped Connie andBrittany Grace decorateFriday evening. Robin alsomade the wedding cake andwas the photographer for thewedding. She did an outstand-

ing job with everything andthe family would like toexpress their appreciation forall she did.

Connie’s niece, MissyWells, made the groom’s cake,which was chocolate borderedwith strawberries dipped inwhite chocolate, with the let-ter P in the middle of the cake,which represents their lastname.

Missy also made the bride’sbouquet which was in the col-ors, purple, lavender, and yel-low. She placed sunflowers inthe bouquet since that isLisa’s favorite flower. She alsomade the bouquet to bethrown, which was a smallerversion of the bride’s, andalso made the boutonniere forthe groom, which was also asunflower bud. She also did a

great job, which is very muchappreciated.

There was a memorial tableset up with Lisa’s mother,Pam’s, pictures and also ofher granny, Opal Self. Lisaalso had a collage of picturesof her mother, Pam and otherfamily members.

Lisa’s brother, Jeff and hiswife Rebecca Chaudoir did notthink they would be able tomake it because of their jobs.But arrangements were madefor them to be off, so they sur-prised Lisa and did make it.Lisa then made Rebecca hermaid of honor, which sur-prised her. Several familymembers were able to attendand that made it great day foreveryone.

On Sunday morning,Bellwood Baptist Church hon-

ored fathers there. RedColston was the oldest, E. L.Greene was the youngest andMatthew Wyatt was also theyoungest and had the mostchildren. The men in thechurch were given a pen withan inscription about godlymen who walk with God.Brittany Grace did a great jobas she sang, “Daddy’s Hands”or her dad, and all the dadswho were present. HarleyWelling also did a great jobsinging, “I’ll Fly Away.”Afterwards, Bro. Roger,Connie, Brittany Grace, andBlake ate at Trail Boss inNatchitoches.

Bellwood Baptist is hostingVacation Bible School thisSaturday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Everyone is invited to attend.

BELLWOOD NEWS

By Shirley O.Rachal

472-9175

Lisa Chaudoir married KevinPorterfield at BellwoodBaptist Church Saturday.

Burglars making the rounds in neighborhood on bicycles; purse stolen from car

A motorist became confused in the early morning fog lastweek and found themselves in the trees beside Zion BaptistChurch on Grappes Bluff Road according to a sheriff?sdeputy reporting to the scene. The driver got a ride to workthen came back after their shift to retrieve their vehicle.

A

motorist became confused inthe early morning fog lastweek and found themselves inthe trees beside Zion BaptistChurch on Grappes BluffRoad according to a sheriff ?sdeputy reporting to the scene.The driver got a ride to workthen came back after theirshift to retrieve their vehicle.

The Annual Davis SpringSouthern Methodist ChurchHomecoming Service will beSunday, June 28 at 11 a.m. inthe sanctuary. The followingindividuals will be added tothe Memorial Board duringthe service and their familieswill be recognized: JamesFletcher, James E. McCrory,Billy Joe Lowring, ConnieFoster, Hughey F. Hall, RoseWilliams, Scott Long, Bro.Ralph Rogers, MinnieMoseley, Lillian Cason,Clarice Vinzant, Elmer V.Moore and Saravivis W.Moore.

After the service, lunch willbe served in Memorial Hall.

Davis Springs will also host

Vacation Bible School July 13-17 from 6-8:30 p.m. nightly forpreschool through 12th gradeyouth.

Michael and Tammy Longhave purple hull peas for sale.You pick for $15 bushel. Theyare located on Grappes BluffRoad less than one mile fromZion Baptist Church on theleft. Look for signs.

The Fairview Alpha SchoolReunion will be Saturday,June 27 beginning at 10 a.m. atFairview Alpha ElementarySchool. Lunch will be servedat noon. Dew Drop Inn willserve fish plates. The classesof 1979-81 and the 50th year,1965, will be honored.

There will be a LifeShare

blood drive from 12:30-5:30p.m. in the IV Therapy Roomat Christus Coushatta RuralHealth Friday, June 26.

Donors will receive a sum-mer T-shirt, drinks and cook-ies.

The Jerry JohnsonMemorial Co-Ed SoftballTournament will be at theCoushatta ball field Saturday,July 18 starting at 8 a.m.Registration is $150 per teamfor the double eliminationtournament. Concessions willbe available. Registrationends July 15. To register callJessica Harper at 471-7283 orChristina Bennett at 575-9220.Proceeds will go toward thepurchase of a head stone.

FAIRVIEW ALPHA NEWS

By JuaniceGray

476-2392

Fairview Alpha School, church reunion will be later this month

Dwayne Jones is puttinghis organizational skills andtalents in event planning towork and changing attitudesabout people with intellectualdisabilities. As vice presidentof special events and enter-tainment for the SpecialOlympic World Games, set tobe held in Los Angeles in justa few weeks, Jones sees first-hand how events he helpsfacilitate impact the athletesand their families.

“We have a number of cur-rent Special Olympics athleteswho have been trained toserve as Global Messengersfor this summer’s WorldGames,” Jones said. “Theymake appearances, speak toorganizations and have evenbeen to the White House torepresent the World Games.These Global Messengers arean integral part of everyevent that I help toplan because their actions,words and experience have agreater impact on someoneattending these events thananything that I bring to thetable. My job, when you reallybreak it down, is to set thestage for them and to let themshine... and boy, do theyshine.”

Jones, a native of Jena,earned a bachelor’s degree inadvertising design in 1996 andjoined the international head-quarters of Theta ChiFraternity as leadership andeducation consultant for thenortheast and midwestregions. He later was directorof chapter operations andworked with the LeadershipEducation Committee plan-ning the fraternity’s leader-ship events, conventions andchapter leadership confer-ences and gaining invaluableexperience in event manage-

ment. Jones moved to Los Angeles

in 2000 and has worked in thespecial events industry withUniversal Studios, the LosAngeles Convention andVisitors Bureau, the Academyof Country Music, Hollywoodand Highland Center andKodak Theatre. He alsoworked for Jet Set Sports, anOfficial Olympic HospitalityProvider, for the Sydney 2000Olympic Games. Since then,he has worked every Olympics– eight total, the 2014 WorldCup Program in Brazil, andhospitality programs for theUS Open, The Masters, theParalympics, the YouthOlympic Games and the 2011Special Olympics WorldGames in Athens, Greece,before his current job.

“I have been really fortu-nate with the experiences thatmy career path has provided,”he said. “I certainly wouldn’thave imagined myself — asmall town Louisiana boy whohad no interest, whatsoever,in sports — being a part ofeight Olympic Games and aWorld Cup. arguably, the mosticonic global sporting eventsin existence. The irony cer-tainly wasn’t lost on myfriends and family, but it didprovide for some laughablemoments when my descrip-tion of the experiencesrevolved much more aroundmy excitement at the Openingand Closing Ceremonies thanthe actual sporting competi-tions.”

Jones was always fascinat-ed with the entertainmentindustry and is a self-described television andmovie junkie. Living andworking in the Los Angelesspecial events industry is agreat fit for him and has pro-

vided some memorable expe-riences, coordinatingUniversal Studios Hollywoodpremieres and internationalcelebrity destination wed-dings.

“While the entertainmentand global sporting eventsevoke this glamorous imagewhen I’m describing what I doto people, the reality is thatI’m schlepping and runningaround into all hours of thenight trying to get everythingready in the same way that Iwould for a business confer-ence or meeting,” Jones said.“At the end of the day, it is justone big function that, like anyevent, has a big list of detailsthat need to be checked off foreverything to come togetherand operate successfully.”

His goal with this summer’sWorld Games is to make theSpecial Olympics athletes thestars.

“I have seen that happen atthe events we’ve hosted lead-ing up to this summer’s spec-tacle,” he said. “I watch asthese athletes are recognizedand lauded at event after eventand I hear from their parentsand siblings how this experi-ence and their involvementhas changed their whole tra-jectory. It is the most inspir-ing job I’ve ever had and I’mso grateful to have eventhe smallest part in helping tomake that happen. You reallycan’t ask for anything more.”

There are about 200 millionpeople with intellectual dis-abilities around the world andthe mission of SpecialOlympics is to engage thosechildren and adults in sport-ing activities to help themdemonstrate courage andexperience joy while changingattitudes among the rest ofthe population about what

people with intellectual dis-abilities can do. The SpecialOlympics World Games willbe the largest sports andhumanitarian event any-where in the world in 2015. Itwill bring 7,000 athletes, 3,000coaches and thousands offamily members, supportersand international dignitariesto Los Angeles for a nine-dayevent featuring 25 differentsporting competitions that areexpected to attract a half amillion spectators.

As an undergraduate, Joneswas actively involved withTheta Chi Fraternity and theStudent Activities Board.

“Theta Chi Fraternity andthe Student Activities Board,more than any other experi-ence at NSU, helped to prepareme for what I do today,” hesaid. “SAB was the first orga-nization that I joined and ithad a tremendous impact onmy future path. Aside fromthe fact that it helped to payfor my education throughscholarships once I workedmy way up to executive lead-ership; it introduced me totwo of the people whoinspired and impacted my lifethe most during my timethere. Liz Carroll, the assis-tant director of StudentActivities while I was a stu-dent at NSU, quickly became amentor and my ‘mom’ awayfrom home. I know that sheheld this distinguished titlefor many students.

“While SAB gave me theopportunities to plan eventsand entertainment whichwould ultimately steerme toward what I wanted to doin life; Liz taught me about thejoy and pride that comes fromputting your heart and soulinto pulling together an eventor activity that really means

something to others. Sheapproached every event thatwe planned with a creativeoutlook and ‘no boundaries’attitude that never ceased toamaze me.

“Reatha Cox also had atremendous impact on me andcontinually pushed me to takeon leadership positions with-in SAB and, ultimately, to joina fraternity, something that Inever thought I would do. Sheoften had much more confi-dence in my abilities than Idid and I’m grateful that shealways seemed to see things inme that I couldn’t see myself.”

With Opening Ceremoniesset or July 25, Jones’ days area whirlwind of meetings withfunctional areas and depart-ments of the Games organiz-ing committee, overseeing

non-competition events, enter-tainment, educational pro-gramming, receptions andactivities leading up to theGames, celebrity engagementand the logistics of dealingwith tents, power and facili-ties, vendors and sponsors.

For more information onthe 2015 Special OlympicsWorld Games, visit la2015.org.To contribute to Jones’Support an Athlete, whichwill benefit two athletesattending the World Games,visit www.la2015.org/support-an-athlete, click on Find AFundraising Page and enterDwayne Jones name. Fundsgo towards defraying the costof housing, food, accommoda-tions, entertainment, trans-portation and medical expens-es for athletes.

Dwayne Jones is vice president of special events and enter-tainment for Special Olympic World Games that will be inLos Angeles in July.

NSU alum playing on world stage with role in approaching Special Olympic World Games

Several Northwestern State University students are serving as teaching assistantsand/or residential assistants as NSU conducts its 27th annual ADVANCE summer ses-sion. ADVANCE is a summer residential program for gifted and talented youth thatoffers intensive, fast-paced courses in the humanities, mathematics, natural scienceand computer science. Students selected to participate in ADVANCE enroll in onecourse during the three-week term. By working with carefully selected instructors andteaching assistants, each student is given the opportunity to attain maximum academ-ic growth. Classes are generally limited to 15 students. The residential life portion isan equally important aspect of the program and a wide array of extracurricular activi-ties are offered each evening and on weekends to ensure that students have a greattime while learning. Courses include Algebra I, Algebra II, biology, chemistry, com-puter science with Java, creative writing, film studies, geometry, mythologies,physics, psychology, science fiction, theatre, and U. S. gender history. The program isoffered through cooperative efforts with the Duke University Talent IdentificationProgram. Serving on staff are, seated from left, ADVANCE Assistant DirectorHarriette Palmer of Natchitoches, Michael Thrower of Shreveport, Alexa Furtey ofGilmer, Texas; Nick Bailey of Alexandria, Josh Joe of Winnfield and ChelseaThibodeaux of Houma. Standing are Nakia Graham of Mansfield, Toria Smith ofOpelousas, Casey Alfultis of Zachary, Matt Spence of Houma, Leanny Munoz ofAbbeville, Chris Hynes of Natchitoches and Kayleigh Underwood of Walker.

DEADLINE NOTICEAll persons or organizationsplacing legal advertisements,notices, minutes, etc., arehereby notified that deadlinesfor getting the material to theNatchitoches Times for publi-cation are as follows: for theTHURSDAY paper the noticemust be in the Times officeBEFORE 4:00 p.m. Monday,and for the WEEK-ENDpaper, the material must be inthe Times office BEFORE4:00 P.M. on Wednesday.

PUBLIC NOTICES FOR6/25/15

IN RE: MACK A. BOLDEN

NO. 87731-B

TENTH JUDICIAL DIS-TRICT NATCHITOCHES PARISH,LA

PETITION FORMONlTION

The petition of MACK A.BOLDEN, a resident ofNatchitoches Parish, LAwhose mailing address is 1439Holmes Street, Natchitoches,LA 71457 with respect showsthe Court:

1.

That on the 21st day of May,2012, petitioner purchased thehereinafter described propertyat the City tax sale for unpaidtaxes due to the City ofNatchitoches in said state ofLouisiana, for the year 2011and which taxes were assessedin the name of Ryder, Firal C.,which tax deed was filed forrecord on May 21, 2012,records of Natchitoches ParishLouisiana and conveyed thefollowing described propertyto wit:

PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:PARCEL NUMBER:0011452200 LOT WESTSIDE 5TH STREET; HAV-ING A FRONT OF 55.6 FT.,SHOWN AS LOT “A” ONPLAT IN MTG. BK. 342/15

2.

Petitioner furthershows that the taxes due byRyder, Firal C. were not paid,and the Louisiana ConstitutionArticle VII, Section 25 pro-vides that no sale of propertyfor taxes shall be set aside forany cause, except upon theproof of payment of taxes.

W H E R E F O R E ,petitioner prays that a moni-tion be granted calling uponall persons who can set up anyright to the above describedproperty, in consequence ofany informality in the assess-ment of said property, or anyprior payment of taxes, or anyother irregularity, to showcause within thirty (30) daysfrom the date the monition isfirst inserted in theNatchitoches Times, why thesale to your petitioner shouldnot be confirmed and homolo-gated.

MACK A. BOLDEN#277-15 6/4, 25***

IN RE: MACK A. BOLDENMONITION PROCEEDINGS

NO. 87732-B

TENTH JUDICIAL DIS-TRICT NATCHITOCHES PARISH,LA

PETITION FORMONlTION

The petition of MACK A.BOLDEN, a resident ofNatchitoches Parish, LAwhose mailing address is 1439Holmes Street, Natchitoches,LA 71457 with respect showsthe Court:

1.

That on the 21 day of May,2012 petitioner purchased thehereinafter described propertyat the City tax sale for unpaidtaxes due to the City ofNatchitoches in said State ofLouisiana, for the year 2011,and which taxes were assessedin the name of Daniels, Tracie& Bobby Walker which taxdeed was filed for’ record onMay 21, 2012, records ofNatchitoches Parish,Louisiana and conveyed thefollowing described propertyto wit:

PARCEL NUMBER:0011137682Lot 1 BLOCK 14 OF BAI-LEY HGTS. ANNEX

2.

Petitioner further shows thatthe taxes due by Daniels,Tracie & Bobby Walker forthe year 2011 were not paid,and that the LouisianaConstitution Article VII,Section 25 provides that no

sale of property for taxes shallbe set aside for any cause,except upon the proof of pay-ment of taxes.

W H E R E F O R E ,petitioner prays that a moni-tion be granted calling uponall persons who can set up anyright to the above describedproperty, in consequence ofany informality in the assess-ment of said property, or anyprior payment of taxes, or anyother irregularity, to showcause within thirty (30) daysfrom the elate the monition isfirst inserted in theNatchitoches Times, why thesale to your petitioner shouldnot be confirmed and homolo-gated.

MACK A. BOLDEN#278-15 6/4, 25***

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Natchitoches, LouisianaNatchitoches Regional

AirportAIP Project No. 3-22-0034-

019-2014LA DOTD Project No.

H.011301City of Natchitoches Bid No.

0567

Sealed bids subject to the con-ditions and provisions present-ed herein will be receiveduntil 2:00 pm local time, July10, 2015, and then publiclyopened and read at City ofNatchitoches, 1400 SabineStreet, Natchitoches,Louisiana 71457 for furnish-ing all labor, materials andequipment and performing allwork necessary to

Schedule IMill and Overlay Runway

17/35

Electronic bids can be submit-ted through www.bidex-press.com.

Copies of the bid documentsincluding project drawingsand technical specificationsare on file and may be inspect-ed at:

Airport Development Group,Inc.; 3900 Lakeland Drive,Suite 501C; Jackson, MS39232

City of Natchitoches, 1400Sabine Street, Natchitoches,LA 71457

A complete set of bid docu-ments may be obtained fromthe office of AirportDevelopment Group, Inc.;3900 Lakeland Drive, Suite501C; Jackson, MS 39232 fora fee of $100.00 which isrefundable per LouisianaPublic Bid Law.

A non-mandatory prebid con-ference for this project will beheld at 11:00 am, July 1, 2015at the Terminal Building,Natchitoches RegionalAirport, 450 Wallenburg Lane,Natchitoches, LA 71457.

Contract Work Items:Includes, but not limited to thefollowing—All Schedules:Asphalt milling/removal,crack sealing, base repair,asphalt pavement.

Contract TimeThe owner has established acontract performance time of30 working days for Schedulefrom the date of the Notice-to-Proceed. All project workshall be substantially complet-ed within the stated time-frame. This project is subjectto liquidated damages as pre-scribed within the projectmanual.

Bid SecurityEach proposal must be accom-panied by a bid guaranty in theamount of five (5) percent ofthe total amount of the bid.The bid guaranty may be bycertified check or bid bondmade payable to City ofNatchitoches.

Bonding RequirementsThe successful bidder will berequired to furnish separateperformance and paymentbonds each in the amountequal to 100% of the contractprice at the time of contractexecution.

Award of ContractAll proposals submitted inaccordance with the instruc-tions presented herein may beheld by the City ofNatchitoches for a period notto exceed 45 days from thedate of the bid opening. Theowner shall then award saidcontract to the lowest respon-sible bidder or reject all bids.

Award of contract will bebased on the sum of the basebid and any alternates accept-ed, submitted from those bid-ders that are confirmed asbeing responsive and respon-sible. The right is reserved, asCity of Natchitoches mayrequire, award contract to the

lowest responsible bidder orreject all bids.

Award of contract is contin-gent upon the owner receivingsufficient Federal fundingassistance under the AirportImprovement Program.

State ProvisionsAll procedures shall meet thestatutes stipulated in thePublic Bid Law, Chapter 10 ofTitle 38 of the LouisianaRevised Statutes as amendedthrough 2008 regular session,October 2008, inclusively.

Federal ProvisionsThis project is subject to thefollowing Federal provisions,statutes and regulations;

Equal EmploymentOpportunity - Executive Order11246 and 41 CFR Part 60: Goals for Minority andFemale Participation –Executive Order 11246 and 41CFR Part 60: Certification ofNonsegregated Facilities – 41CFR Part 60: Disadvantaged BusinessEnterprise – 49 CFR Part 26: Davis-Bacon Act, as amended– 29 CFR Part 5: Debarment, Suspension,Ineligibility and VoluntaryExclusion – 49 CFR Part 29: Foreign Trade Restriction – 49CFR Part 3Buy American Certificate –Aviation Safety and CapacityAct of 1990:

Additional Provisions

Modification to the projectdocuments may only be madeby written addendum by theOwner or Owner’s authorizedRepresentative.

The proposal must be made onthe forms provided within thebound project manual.Bidders must supply allrequired information prior tothe time of bid opening.

Submittal of ProposalsAdditional information andinstruction for submittal of aproposal are provided withinthe Instructions-to-Bidders.Envelopes containing bidsmust be sealed and addressedto:

Edd Lee, Director ofPurchasingCity of Natchitoches1400 Sabine StreetNatchitoches, LA 71457

The upper left hand corner ofthe sealed envelope must iden-tify the following information:

CONTRACT PROPOSALBid offor construction improve-ments at NatchitochesRegional AirportAIP Project No. : 03-22-0034-019-2014LA DOTD Project No.H.011301City of Natchitoches Bid No. 0567Due By: July 10, 2015 at 2:00pmLouisiana Certificate ofResponsibility: #290-15 6/11, 18, 25***

PUBLIC NOTICELOUISIANA

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTALQUALITY (LDEQ)

PARISH OF NATCHITOCHES/

NATCHITOCHES PARISH LANDFILL

ADMINISTRATIVE COM-PLETENESS DETERMI-

NATION

The LDEQ, Office ofEnvironmental Services, hasreviewed a Solid Waste TypeIII C&D and WoodwasteLandfill Permit RenewalApplication from the Parish ofNatchitoches, P. O. Box 799;Natchitoches, LA 71458 forthe Natchitoches ParishLandfill and determined that itis administratively complete.The application was receivedon June 1, 2015. The facilityis located 4597 Highway 1North, in NatchitochesParish.

The Parish of Natchitochesproposes to vertically expandits Cell 1 -Phases 1 and 2,adding approximately 20 feetin height over the previouslypermitted height of 197.5 feetMSL. A vertical expansion ofCell 2 will be of varyingheight to a maximum eleva-tion of 182.5 feet MSL.

Inquiries or requests for addi-tional information regardingthis application should bedirected to Della Smith,LDEQ, Permit ApplicationAdministrative Review Group(PAAR), P.O. Box 4313,Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4313, phone (225) 219-3288.

Persons wishing to be includ-ed on the LDEQ permit publicnotice mailing list or for otherpublic participation relatedquestions should contact thePublic Participation Group inwriting at LDEQ, P.O. Box4313, Baton Rouge, LA70821-4313, by email [email protected] or contact the LDEQCustomer Service Center at(225) 219-LDEQ (219-5337).

Permit public notices can beviewed at the LDEQ permitspublic notice webpage athttp://www.deq.louisiana.gov/apps/pubNotice/default.asp

and general information relat-ed to the public participationin permitting activities can beviewed atwww.deq.louisiana.gov/por-tal/tabid/2198/Default.aspx.

Alternatively, individuals mayelect to receive the permitpublic notices via email bysubscribing to the LDEQ per-mits public notice List Servera thttp://louisiana.gov/Services/Email_Notifications_DEQ_PN/.

All correspondence shouldspecify AI Number 15427and Activity NumberPER20150004.#307-15 6/25***

MINUTES OF THEMEETING OF THE

HOUSING AUTHORITYOF THE CITY OFNATCHITOCHES,

LOUISIANAHELD ON THE 18th DAY

OF MAY 2015

On the 18th day ofMay 2015, at 5:30 P.M., theHOUSING AUTHORITY OFTHE CITY OF NATCHI-TOCHES, LOUISIANA metin Regular Session. The meet-ing was called to order and onroll call the following mem-bers of the body were present:

MESSRS: SylviaMadison, E.C. Breedlove, L.J.Melder, Jr., Latronda Vercherand Wayne Bostick

ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT:

Monica McKinney andRonald Corkern

There being a quo-rum present, the followingbusiness was transacted:

Mr. Bostick movedthat the reading of the minutesof the regular meeting heldApril 20, 2015, be waived and,approved as written. Themotion was seconded by Mr.Breedlove and carried unani-mously.

Under Bills andCommunications, the follow-ing item was presented:

EXHIBIT A: Lettersdated May 1, 2015, fromCheryl Williams of the HUDOffice in New Orleans re:Section 8 ManagementAssessment Program(SEMAP) score for FYE3/31/15

The next item on theagenda was Report of theSecretary. Under Report of theSecretary; the followingreports were presented:

EXHIBIT B: PublicHousing Financial andOccupancy Report

EXHIBIT C:Section 8 Program Report

EXHIBIT D:Maintenance Report

EXHIBIT E: CapitalFund Program Report

EXHIBIT F:Evictions Report

Under Old BusinessMs. McKinney advised theBoard that she had met withAlliance Design Groupregarding the outstandingpunch list items remaining onthe tub installation contract atthe River Road VillageSubdivision, and that AllianceDesign Group had completedits own inspection. They willbe submitting a letter to thecontractor giving the contrac-tor thirty (30) days to com-plete all outstanding workbefore any alternatives are ini-tiated.

The next item on theagenda was New Business.Under New Business, the fol-lowing resolutions wereapproved:

RESOLUTION NO. 2257RESOLUTION APPROVINGMONTHLY FINANCIALREPORTS PREPARED BYHINES, SHEFFIELD ANDSQUYRES.

RESOLUTION NO. 2258RESOLUTION APPROVINGTRAVEL

RESOLUTION NO. 2259RESOLUTION APPROVINGUPDATED MAINTENANCECHARGES

There being no fur-ther business, Mr. Bostickmoved that the meeting beadjourned.

Mr. Melder second-ed the motion. The meetingwas adjourned at 6:15 PM. #310-15 6/25***

BEER OR LIQUORNOTICE

I am applying to the Office ofAlcohol & Tobacco Control ofthe State of Louisiana for aPermit to sell beverages ofHigh & Low alcoholic contentat retail in the Parish ofNatchitoches: Fahd Mehdhar,DBA: Campti Quick Stop,LLC, at the following address:3035 Hwy. 71, Campti, La.71411

Fahd MehdharOwner#311-15 6/25***

NOTICE OF PUBLICHEARING

Notice is hereby give pursuantto Article 2, Section 2-10 (3)of the Natchitoches ParishHome Rule Charter that apublic hearing of theNatchitoches Parish Councilin Natchitoches, Louisianawill be held at its regular

meeting place in Room 211 ofthe Natchitoches ParishCourthouse, located at 200Church Street, Natchitoches,Louisiana on Monday, July20, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. toadopt the following ordi-nances:

A. Council considerintroducing an Ordinance06-2015 for the purpose ofrequesting the judges in the10th to implement a $10.00fee on every defendant whois convicted after trial orplea of guilty, except fortraffic violations, which feeshall be dedicated solely todefraying the operationalcosts of the office of the coro-ner of the parish in which

the conviction occurred.(R.S. 13:5722)#312-15 6/25 & 7/2, 9***


Notice is hereby given that theCity of Natchitoches Planningand Zoning Commission willmeet at the Natchitoches ArtsCenter, 716 Second StreetNatchitoches, Louisiana, onTuesday, July 7, 2015 at 5:30p.m. All interested persons areinvited to attend to offer com-ments, if any, to the followingapplications:

Applicant: Michael R.Murphy

To subdivide and rezone thefollowing: Lot at NortheastCorner College Avenue andBehan Street Having Front of50 3/4 Feet on College Avenueby 80 Feet and Lot East SideBehan Street 59 Feet Front,North by Mallory, South byCollier, Et Als (714University Parkway & 103Behan St.) and

Two Lots Described asBeginning a Point 50 2/3 FeetEast of the Southeast Cornerof Behan Street & CollegeAvenue and From That PointRun East Along the SaidHighway a Distance of 1011/3 Feet for the Front of SaidLots, and to the Line Common

to Lots 1 & 22, Thence RunWith the East Line of Lot 22,Northerly a Distance of 66Feet, and Thence ContinueNorth a Distance of 14 Feetinto Lot 21; Thence Westerly101 1/3 Feet and Southerly 66Feet to Point of BeginningShown as parts of Lot 22 & 21on Plat by Percy, inConveyance Book 101 Page160 (712 & 716 UniversityParkway) and

Lot 80 Feet Front West SideCaspari Street, North byJohnson, South by Sibley andO’Quinn, West by Markham,Mallory and Collier (lot onCaspari St.)

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The Water We Drink

PROVENCAL WATER SYSTEMPublic Water Supply ID: LA 1069009

We are pleased to present to you the Annual Water Quality Report for the year 2014. This report is designed to inform you about the quality ofyour water and services we deliver to you every day.(Este informe contiene informacion muy importante sobre su agua potable. Traduzcalo ohable con alguien que lo entienda bien). Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. We want youto understand the efforts we make to continually improve the water treatment process and protect our water resources. We are committed toensuring the quality of your water. Our water source(s) are listed below:

Source Name Source Water Type WELL #1, BUILDING Groundwater WELL #2 Groundwater

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As watertravels over the surface of land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally-occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and canpick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

Microbial contaminants-such as viruses and bacteria, which may come from sewage treatments plants, septic systems, agricultural livestockoperations, and wildlife.

Inorganic Contaminants-Such as salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial, or domes-tic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

Pesticides and Herbicides -Which may come from a variety of sources such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses.

Organic Chemical Contaminants-Including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are by-products of industrial processes and petrole-um production, and can also come from gas stations, urban stormwater runoff, and septic systems,

Radioactive Contaminants-which can be naturally-occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

A Source Water Assessment Plan (SWAP) is now available from our office. This plan is an assessment of a delineated area around our listedsources through which contaminants, if present, could migrate and reach our source water. It also includes an inventory of potential sources ofcontamination within the delineated area, and a determination of the water supply’s susceptibility to contamination by the identified potentialsources. According to the Source Water Assessment Plan, our water system had a susceptibility rating of ‘MEDIUM’. If you would like toreview the Source Water Assessment Plan, please feel free to contact our office.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, EPA prescribes regulations which limit the amount of certain contaminants in water providedby public water systems. Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water which must provide thesame protection for public health. We want our valued customers to be informed about their water utility. If you have any questions about thisreport, want to attend any scheduled meetings, or simply want to learn more about your drinking water, please contact RANDY DUPREE at318-472-1757.

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking wateris primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. PROVENCAL WATER SYSTEM is responsiblefor providing high quality drinking water, but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components. When your water has beensitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using waterfor drinking or cooking. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. Information on lead in drink-ing water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline or athttp://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals - Office of Public Health routinely monitors for constituents in your drinking water accord-ing to Federal and State laws. The tables that follow show the results of our monitoring during the period of January 1st to December 31st,2014. Drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The pres-ence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that water poses a health risk.

In the tables below, you will find many terms and abbreviations you might not be familiar with. To help you better understand these terms, we’veprovided the following definitions:

Parts per million (ppm) or Milligrams per liter (mg/L) - one part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

Parts per billion (ppb) or Micrograms per liter (ug/L) - one part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in$10,000,000.

Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) - picocuries per liter is a measure of the radioactivity in water.

Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) - nephelometric turbidity unit is a measure of the clarity of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is justnoticeable to the average person.

Action level (AL) - the concentration of a contaminant that, if exceeded, triggers treatment or other requirements that a water system must fol-low.

Maximum contaminant level (MCL) - the “Maximum Allowed” MCL is the highest level of a contaminant that is allowed in drinking water.MCL’s are set as close to the MCLG’s as feasible using the best available treatment technology.

Maximum contaminant level goal (MCLG) - the “‘Goal” is the level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known orexpected risk to human health. MCLG’s allow for a margin of safety.

Maximum residual disinfectant level (MRDL) - The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence thataddition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

Maximum residual disinfectant level goal (MRDLG) - The level of a drinking water disinfectant below which there is no known or expectedrisk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

During the period covered by this report we had the below noted violations of drinking water regulations.

Type Category Analyte Compliance PeriodMONITORING (TCR), REPEAT MINOR MON COLIFORM (TCR) 10/1/2013 - 10/31/2013MONITORING (TCR), ROUTINE MINOR MON COLIFORM (TCR) 9/1/2013 - 9/30/2013MONITORING, ROUTINE (DBP), MAJOR MON TOT_TTHM/HAA5 1/1/2013 - 9/30/2013

Our water system tested a minimum of 1 samples per month monthly sample(s) in accordance with the Total Coliform Rule for microbiologi-cal contaminants. During the monitoring period covered by this report, we had the following noted detections for microbiological contaminants:

Microbiological Result MCL MCLG Typical SourceCOLIFORM (TCR) In the month of October, MCL: Systems that Collect Less 0 Naturally present in the environment

1 sample(s) returned as positive Than 40 Samples per Month - No More than 1 positive monthly sample

In the tables below, we have shown the regulated contaminants that were detected. Chemical Sampling of our drinking water may not be requiredon an annual basis; therefore, information provided in this table refers back to the latest year of chemical sampling results.

Regulated Contaminants Collection Date Highest Value Range Unit MCL MCLG Typical SourceDI(2-ETHYLHEXYL) 7/22/2013 1.44 0.54 - 1.44 ppb 6 0 Discharge fromPHTHALATE rubber and chemi-

cal factoriesFLUORIDE 7/22/2013 0.1 0.1 ppm 4 4 Erosion of natural

deposits; Water additive which pro-motes strong teeth; Discharge from fer-tilizer and alu-minum factories

Lead and Copper Date 90TH Percentile Range Unit AL Sites Over AL Typical SourceLEAD 2010 - 2012 1 1 ppb 15 0 Corrosion of house-

hold plumbing sys-tems; Erosion of natural deposits

Disinfection Byproducts Sample Point Period Highest LRAA Range Unit MCL MCLG Typical SourceNo Detected Results were Found in the Calendar Year of 2013

+++++++++++++++Environmental Protection Agency Required Health Effects Language+++++++++++++++Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immuno-compromised persons such aspersons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV/AIDS or other immune systemdisorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk from infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from theirhealth care providers. EPA/CDC guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and other microbial cont-aminants are available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (800–426–4791).

Additional Required Health Effects Language:

Coliforms are bacteria that are naturally present in the environment and are used as an indicator that other, potentially-harmful, bacteria may bepresent. Coliforms were found in more samples than allowed and this was a warning of potential problems.

There are no additional required health effects violation notices.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Thank you for allowing us to continue providing your family with clean, quality water this year. In order to maintain a safe and dependablewater supply we sometimes need to make improvements that will benefit all of our customers.

We at the PROVENCAL WATER SYSTEM work around the clock to provide top quality drinking water to every tap. We ask that all our cus-tomers help us protect and conserve our water sources, which are the heart of our community, our way of life, and our children’s future. Pleasecall our office if you have questions.

This notice will not be mailed directly to the consumer. Should you desire a paper copy of this report, please contact the Provencal Water Systemat 318-472-8767.#316-15 6/25***


Family to B-2 NeighborhoodBusiness Districts

Reason: To construct an officecomplex and parking lot

Juanita Fowler, Planning &Zoning Director#313-15 6/25, 27 & 7/2***


Notice is hereby given that theCity of Natchitoches Planningand Zoning Commission willmeet at the Natchitoches ArtsCenter, 716 Second StreetNatchitoches, Louisiana, onTuesday, July 7, 2015 at 5:30p.m. All interested persons areinvited to attend to offer com-ments, if any, to the followingapplications:

Applicant: Rand Metoyer

To subdivide Lots 12 and 13,Block G of East NatchitochesSubdivision and to rezone Lot13 Block G of EastNatchitoches Subdivision(230 Carver Ave. & adjacentlot)

From: R-1 Residence Single-Family to R-2 ResidenceMultiple-Family

Reason: To construct a duplex

Juanita Fowler, Planning &Zoning Director#314-15 6/25, 6/27 & 7/2***

Village of RobelineTown Council Meeting

Thursday, June 18, 20156:30 PMCity Hall

The “Pledge of Allegiance”was recited after the invoca-tion by Russell Rachal.

Russell Rachal introducedhimself and to the Mayor, CityCouncil and other attendees ofthe meeting. He spoke brieflyon his candidacy forNatchitoches Parish CouncilDistrict 5.

Bergen Oge made motion toaccept the May 14, 2015 TownCouncil Meeting minutes asread. Randy Bockstanz sec-onded said motion. The votewas as follows:

YEAS: 3, NAYS: 0,ABSENT: 0

MOTION PASSED

Gilda Jenkins made motion toaccept the May 2015 Income& Expense Report. RandyBockstanz seconded saidmotion. The vote was as fol-lows:

YEAS: 3, NAYS: 0,ABSENT: 0

MOTION PASSED

Bergen Oge made motion tocontinue using theNatchitoches Times as theMunicipal Journal. GildaJenkins seconded said motion.The vote was as follows:

YEAS: 3, NAYS; 0,ABSENT: 0

MOTION PASSED

Gilda Jenkins made motion toadopt FEMA Ordinance 2015.Bergen Oge seconded saidmotion. The vote was as fol-lows:


MOTION PASSED

Gilda Jenkins made motion toset the Penalties For NonCompliance for the FEMAOrdinance 2015 at not more$100.00 or 1 day imprison-ment for each violation.Randy Bockstanz secondedsaid motion. The vote was asfollows:


MOTION PASSED

Gilda Jenkin made motion toamend the 2015 Budget.Bergen Oge seconded saidmotion. The vote was as fol-lows:


MOTION PASSEDBergen made motion to adoptthe 2016 Budget. RandyBockstanz seconded saidmotion. The vote was as fol-lows:


MOTION PASSED

Betsy Jordan told Council thatshe had contacted MitchMcDaniel with the Governor’sOffice on the next possibleLGAP deadline and he toldher that it was December 31,2015.

Gilda Jenkins made motion tosell the Village of RobelinePolice Department K9 UnitCrown Vic and the 1999 DarkBlue Crown Vic. Bergen Ogeseconded said motion. Thevote was as follows:


MOTION PASSED

Bobby Behan told Councilthat someone with theNational Guard EngineeringUnit would be in town on June19, 2015 to inspect the OldRobeline School Complex.

Having no further business,Gilda Jenkins made motion toadjourn meeting. Bergen Ogeseconded said motion. Thevote was as follows:


MOTION PASSEDBetsy JordanClerk#315-15 6/25***

LIQUOR NOTICE

I am applying to the Office ofAlcohol & Tobacco Control ofthe State of Louisiana for a

Permit to sell beveragesofHigh & Low alcoholic contentat retail in the Parish ofNatchitoches: Cox Enterprisesof Coushatta LLC, DBA:C&J’s Watering Hole, at thefollowing address:

5430 Hwy. 480Coushatta, La. 71019

Judy Y. CoxOwner#242-15 6/25***

The following Ordinance wasIntroduced by Mr. Stamey andSeconded by Mr. Nielsen asfollows, to-wit:

ORDINANCE NO. 033 OF2015

AN ORDINANCE AUTHO-RIZING THE MAYOR OFTHE CITY OF NATCHI-TOCHES TO AWARD THEBID FOR THE 2015 CITYSTREET PROJECT

(BID NO. 0568)

W H E R E A S ,Resolution No. 032 of 2015was passed by theNatchitoches City Council onApril 27, 2015 authorizing theMayor to advertise for bids forthe 2015 City Street Project(Bid No. 0568); and

WHEREAS, thisbid was advertised in theNatchitoches Times on April30, May 7 and May 21, 2015in accordance with law; and

WHEREAS, twobid proposals were receivedand opened as follows:

(1) T. L. Construction, LLCAlexandria, LA$1,068,119.60

(2) Regional Construction,LLCNatchitoches, LA$1,092,630.40

WHEREAS, onJune 2, 2015 the appointedcommittee of Pat Jones,Director of Finance; Edd Lee,Director of Purchasing; DonMims, Councilman; andMichael Braxton, Director ofPublic Works reviewed the bidproposals for the City StreetProject (Bid No. 0568); and

WHEREAS, theabove appointed committeemembers unanimously recom-mend the City award the bid tothe lowest bidder T. L.Construction, LLC ofAlexandria, LA in the amountof $1,068,119.60.

NOW THERE-FORE BE IT ORDAINED,that the Honorable Lee Posey,Mayor, is hereby authorized,empowered and directed tosign any and all documentsnecessary for acceptance ofthis bid.

THIS ORDI-NANCE was introduced onJune 8, 2015 and published inthe Natchitoches Times onJune 11, 2015.

The aboveOrdinance having been dulyadvertised in accordance withlaw and public hearing had onsame, was put to a vote by theMayor and the vote wasrecorded as follows:

AYES: N i e l s e n ,Mims, Stamey, Morrow

NAYS: NoneABSENT: PayneABSTAIN: NoneT H E R E U P O N ,

Mayor Lee Posey declared theOrdinance passed by a vote of4 Ayes to 0 Nays this 22nd dayof June, 2015.

LEE POSEY, MAYORD O N

MIMS, MAYOR PRO TEM-PORE

Delivered to the Mayor on the

23rd day of June, 2015 at10:00 A.M.

The following Ordinance wasIntroduced by Mr. Nielsen andSeconded by Mr. Stamey asfollows, to-wit:


AN ORDINANCE AUTHO-RIZING THE MAYOR OFTHE CITY OF NATCHI-TOCHES, LOUISIANA, TOENTER INTO A MEMO-RANDUM OF UNDER-STANDING WITH THENATCHITOCHES COMMU-NITY ALLIANCE FOUN-DATION, INC., WHICHSAID MEMORANDUMPROVIDES FOR SERVICESTO BE PROVIDED BY THENATCHITOCHES COMMU-NITY ALLIANCE FOUN-DATION, INC., PROVIDINGFOR A THREE YEARTERM, PROVIDING FORADVERTISING, FURTHERPROVIDING FOR SEVER-ABILITY, AND FURTHERPROVIDING FOR AREPEALER AND EFFEC-TIVE DATE OF ORDI-NANCE.

WHEREAS, theCity of Natchitoches (some-times hereinafter referred to asthe “City”) is a Municipalitylocated in the State ofLouisiana, Parish ofNatchitoches governed undera Home Rule Charter and aCode of Ordinances adoptedby Ordinance No. 5 of 1977;and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City ofNatchitoches is specificallyauthorized under Section 1.06of the Charter of the City ofNatchitoches to provide forthe general welfare, safety,health, peace and good orderof the City, and further autho-rized under Section 1.07 of theCharter of the City ofNatchitoches to enter intoJoint Service Agreements orCooperative Efforts with othergovernmental agencies; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the NatchitochesCommunity AllianceFoundation, Inc. (sometimeshereinafter referred to as“Community Alliance”) is aLouisiana not for profit corpo-ration and has been designatedas a 501C-3 entity by the IRS;and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City and theCommunity Alliance bothhave an interest in promotingeconomic growth, commerceand tourism in the City andParish of Natchitoches,Louisiana; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the CommunityAlliance is strategically posi-tioned to support the City inits efforts to grow its tax baseby aligning resources andtools to foster an expandingand growing business andindustrial sector, and the Citydesires to assist theCommunity Alliance in itsgoal to become the voice ofeconomic development forNatchitoches Parish; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the CommunityAlliance is in need of funds tomove forward in its plan topromote economic develop-ment in the City and Parish ofNatchitoches, and the Citydesires to provide funds inexchange for the services to beprovided by CommunityAlliance; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the CommunityAlliance has presented aMemorandum ofUnderstanding between Cityof Natchitoches and theNatchitoches CommunityAlliance Foundation, Inc.,

(sometimes hereinafter“Agreement”) a copy of whichis attached hereto; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, under the terms of theAgreement, the CommunityAlliance will provide to fol-lowing services to the City:

1) Enhance and maintain theparish wide economic devel-opment website,Natchitochesonthemove.com.2) Be the focal point for eco-nomic development requestfor proposals provided byNLEP, CLEDA and LED.

3) Lead the evaluation anddevelopment of business andindustrial sites.

4) Develop leads for new busi-ness and industries.

WHEREAS FUR-THER, in exchange for theabove services the City willprovide funds in the amount of$50,000.00, with $17,600.00due upon the execution of theMemorandum ofUnderstanding, (for FY 2015),and $32,400.00 due onSeptember 1, 2015 (for FY2016); and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Agreement is for athree year period with theannual obligation from theCity to the CommunityAlliance being the sum of$50,000.00; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Agreement furtherprovides that either party mayterminate the Agreement withwritten notice within 60 daysof the date of execution of theAgreement; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, under the general lawand the Home Rule Charter ofthe City of Natchitoches, theCity has the right, power,and authority to promote, pro-tect, and preserve the generalwelfare, safety, health, peaceand good order of the City;and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City Council of theCity of Natchitoches hasreviewed the proposedAgreement, attached hereto,and is of the opinion that theAgreement with theCommunity Alliance will pro-mote the health, safety andwelfare of the citizens of theCity and Parish ofNatchitoches, Louisiana andthe City Council desires toauthorize the Mayor of theCity of Natchitoches to exe-cute same; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City Council of theCity of Natchitoches desires toenter into this Agreement tohelp encourage and promoteeconomic development in theCity and Parish ofNatchitoches; and

NOW THERE-FORE BE IT ORDAINED bythe City Council of the City ofNatchitoches, Louisiana, thatthe Mayor of the City ofNatchitoches, Lee Posey ishereby authorized to executethe attached Memorandum ofUnderstanding Between Cityof Natchitoches and theNatchitoches CommunityAlliance Foundation, Inc., andin the event that the Mayordetermines that the agreementshould be terminated at theend of the any one year term,the Mayor is further autho-rized to provide the requirednotice to terminate theAgreement.

BE IT FURTHERORDAINED that the terms ofthe Memorandum ofUnderstanding between Cityof Natchitoches and theNatchitoches CommunityAlliance Foundation, Inc,attached hereto, are approvedand accepted by the CityCouncil of the City of

Natchitoches, Louisiana.THIS ORDI-

NANCE was introduced onJune 8, 2015 and published inthe Natchitoches Times onJune 11, 2015.

The aboveOrdinance having been dulyadvertised in accordance withlaw and public hearing had onsame, was put to a vote by theMayor and the vote wasrecorded as follows:

AYES: N i e l s e n ,Mims, Stamey, Morrow

NAYS: NoneABSENT: PayneABSTAIN: NoneT H E R E U P O N ,

Mayor Lee Posey declared theOrdinance passed by a vote of4 Ayes to 0 Nays this 22nd dayof June, 2015.

LEE POSEY, MAYOR

DON MIMS, MAYOR PROTEMPORE

Delivered to the Mayor on the23rd day of June, 2015 at10:00 A.M.

The following Ordinance wasintroduced by Ms. Morrow atthe Natchitoches City Councilmeeting held on June 22, 2015as follows:


AN ORDINANCE AUTHO-RIZING THE FORM OF ASERVICE AGREEMENT TOREMOVE JUNKED,WRECKED OR USEDAUTOMOBILES FROMTHE CITY OF NATCHI-TOCHES PURSUANT TOTHE LOUISIANA TOWINGAND STORAGE ACT, ANDAUTHORIZING THE EXE-CUTION OF SAID AGREE-MENTS BY THE MAYOR,AND FURTHER PROVID-ING FOR ADVERTIZINGAND A SAVINGS CLAUSE.

WHEREAS, theCity, from time to time,declares junked, wrecked orused automobiles to be publicproperty under the terms ofSection 18-38, et seq, of theCode of Ordinances of theCity of Natchitoches (some-times hereinafter referred to as“Abandoned PropertyOrdinance”); and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the AbandonedProperty Ordinance furtherprovides for a method of dis-posal of junked, wrecked orused automobiles, once saidautomobiles are declared pub-lic property under theAbandoned PropertyOrdinance; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, Section 18-47 of theCode of Ordinances autho-rizes the Chief of Police toenter an agreement with anapproved towing service forthe removal of junked,wrecked or used automobilesfrom the City of Natchitoches;and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Chief of Police hasprepared a form ServiceAgreement to RemoveJunked, Wrecked or UsedAutomobiles From the City OfNatchitoches, which saidAgreement has been approvedby the Mayor and CityAttorney; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, a copy of the ServiceAgreement to RemoveJunked, Wrecked or UsedAutomobiles From the City OfNatchitoches is attached here-to and the City Council of theCity of Natchitoches hasreviewed and approved same,and further desires to autho-rize the Mayor of the City ofNatchitoches to execute suchagreements on behalf of theCity of Natchitoches; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City Council of theCity of Natchitoches finds thatthe service agreement for theremoval of junked, wrecked orused automobiles from theCity of Natchitoches is in theinterest of the City ofNatchitoches and its Citizensas it will provide a method forremoval of abandoned proper-ty at no cost to the City ofNatchitoches; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, this is a contract forservices and thus there is norequirement that the CityComply with the LouisianaBid Law;

NOW THERE-FORE, BE IT ORDAINED bythe City Council in legal ses-sion convened as follows:

(1) That after due proceedingsand advertisement, the saidCity does approve the form ofthe attached ServiceAgreement to RemoveJunked, Wrecked or UsedAutomobiles From the City OfNatchitoches.

(2) That the Mayor, LeePosey, be and he is herebyauthorized, to execute theService Agreement to RemoveJunked, Wrecked or UsedAutomobiles From the City OfNatchitoches on behalf of theCity of Natchitoches.

The following Ordinance wasintroduced by Mr. Mims at theNatchitoches City Councilmeeting held on June 22, 2015as follows:


AN ORDINANCE DECLAR-ING MOVABLE PROPERTYTO BE SURPLUS ANDAUTHORIZING THEMAYOR OF THE CITY OFN A T C H I T O C H E S ,LOUISIANA, TO CONVEYSAID MOVABLE SURPLUSPROPERTY TO THE TOWNOF CAMPTI, A POLITICALSUBDIVISION OF THESTATE WHOSE FUNC-TIONS INCLUDE PUBLICSAFETY, PROVIDING FORADVERTISING, FURTHERPROVIDING FOR SEVER-ABILITY, AND FURTHERPROVIDING FOR AREPEALER AND EFFEC-TIVE DATE OF ORDI-NANCE.

WHEREAS, theCity of Natchitoches (some-times hereinafter referred to asthe “City”) is a Municipalitylocated in the State ofLouisiana, Parish ofNatchitoches governed under aHome Rule Charter and aCode of Ordinances adoptedby Ordinance No. 5 of 1977,and is a political subdivision ofthe State of Louisiana; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Town of Campti(sometimes hereinafterreferred to as the “Town”) is aMunicipality located in theState of Louisiana, Parish ofNatchitoches, and is a politicalsubdivision of the State ofLouisiana, whose functionsinclude public safety; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City is the owner ofa fire truck that is more fullydescribed as a 1980, MackTruck, Model MC611F, with aVIN of1 M 1 H 1 2 3 C 8 B M 0 0 1 0 6 8(sometimes hereinafterreferred to as “Fire Truck”);and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Fire Truck is insuch a condition that it is notcurrently in service and cannotbe placed back in service andthe City Council is of the opin-ion that the Fire Truck is notneeded for any public purposeby the City and may be

declared to be surplus proper-ty; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the Town hasexpressed a desire to acquirethe Fire Truck for use in theTown; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, there is a general pro-hibition against the donation ofpublic property set forth inArticle 7, Section 14 of theConstitution of the State ofLouisiana; however subsection(E) includes an exceptionwhich provides as follows, to-wit:

“(E) Surplus Property.Nothing in this Section shallprohibit the donation orexchange of movable surplusproperty between or amongpolitical subdivisions whosefunctions include public safe-ty.”

; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, a similar exceptionmay be found at LA R.S.38:2319.21, which also per-mits the donation or exchangeof movable surplus propertybetween or among politicalsubdivisions of the state whosefunctions include public safe-ty; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City desires totransfer and convey the FireTruck to the Town of Camptiwhere it will be used for a pub-lic purpose helping provide forthe health and safety of the cit-izens of the Parish ofNatchitoches and the Town ofCampti; and

WHEREAS FUR-THER, the City Council of theCity of Natchitoches is of theopinion that the transfer of theFire Truck will promote thehealth, safety and welfare ofthe citizens of the Town ofCampti and Parish ofNatchitoches, Louisiana anddesires to authorize the Mayorof the City of Natchitoches toexecute any document neces-sary to transfer the Fire Truckto the Town; and

NOW THERE-FORE BE IT ORDAINED bythe City Council of the City ofNatchitoches, Louisiana that itdoes hereby find that the firetruck that is more fullydescribed as a 1980, MackTruck, Model MC611F, with aVIN of1M1H123C8BM001068 is notneeded by the City ofNatchitoches for any publicpurpose.

BE IT FURTHERORDAINED that based on itsfinding that the 1980, MackTruck, Model MC611F, with aVIN of1M1H123C8BM001068 is notneeded for any public purpose,the City Council of the City ofNatchitoches does herebydeclare that Fire Truck to besurplus property.

BE IT FURTHERORDAINED by the CityCouncil of the City ofNatchitoches, Louisiana, pur-suant to the authority set forthin Article 7, Section 14(E) ofthe Louisiana Constitution andLA R.S. 38:2319.21, desires toand does hereby convey andtransfer that 1980, MackTruck, Model MC611F, with aVIN of1M1H123C8BM001068 to theTown of Campti, Louisiana,and that the Mayor of the Cityof Natchitoches, Lee Posey ishereby authorized to executeany and all documents thatmay be necessary to completethe transfer of title, including,but not limited to, execution ofa bill of sale or other act ofconveyance and execution ofany title on behalf of the Cityof Natchitoches.#317-15 6/25***

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GARAGE SALESaturday, June 27th, 7am,at 125 Chinquapin Place,Natchitoches. Kidsclothes, household items,misc.

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ED LESTER PRODUCENOW OPEN: Veggies areready. 800-256-3276. Footof the Red River Bridge,Coushatta. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

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2002 TOYOTA TUNDRA4 Door Cab. Equipment isabsolutely loaded. TROEquipped. Call for equip-ment. 143,540 miles. V8Automatic. Truck is inexcellent shape. Selling itdue to health, I no longerdrive. Asking $7,800. Call318-581-0966.

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1095 FISH HATCHERYRD. 2 STORY HOME,2300 SQ FT, 4 BR, 2 1/2BATH, LIVING ROOM,DINING ROOM, DENWITH FIREPLACE,KITCHEN, 2 DECKS,AND PIER ON CANERIVER. CALL 318-228-5334

3BR, 1 BATH HOUSE forsale, $22,900. 1510Mandell Street. Call 352-0058 and leave message.Owner/Agent.

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HOME FOR SALE 2100Sq.ft. 5 1/2 acres. 4 stallbarn with apartment. PipeFence. 158 Wells Road,Natchitoches. $285,000(318) 663-7941

HOUSE FOR SALE 4Bedroom, 1.5 bath. AskingPrice $97,000. Negotiable.Serious Inquires Only.House may be seen byappointments only. 318-332-1434

HOUSE FOR SALE 3BR,1 BATH on Lucille Street,behind Chili’s. Can be rentto own. Call Pat Henry357-1010.

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EXQUISITELY FUR-NISHED TOWNHOUSE- second story balcony withelevator, overlookingFront St. in HistoricDistrict. Approx. 2740 sf.(972) 741-2996.

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NICE LARGE 4BR, 3bath Cedar home on largelot, all appliances included,fireplace, large carport withlots of storage in country.$1200 month, $1000deposit. Call 318-521-6092 or 318-481-2105.

OAK GROVE NICE 2/1TRAILER, $550/$550;CEDAR GROVE 3/2Trailer, $575/$575;PROVENCAL 2/1Apartment, $475/$475.ALL NO PETS. 318-352-3953, 318-652-0666.

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CNA’S Needed at GreenMeadow Haven NursingHome in Coushatta. Formore information you cancontact MarquitaDavidson, ADON at 318-932-5202 Monday -Friday.

COUSHATTA IRON &METAL, 3450 Red OakRd., Coushatta, LA. (318)932-8257Seeking a hardworking,honest, dependable indi-vidual to manage scrapmetal facility.Responsibilities includemanaging employees,interacting with customerson a daily basis, operatingvarious equipment, etc.Some computer experienceis required. Salary posi-tion with bonus available.

FULL TIME AND PARTTIME LPN’S Needed atGreen Meadow HavenNursing Home inCoushatta. For more infor-mation you can contactSusan or Betty at 318-932-5205 Monday - Friday.

FULL-TIME MAINTE-NANCE EMPLOYEENeeded for large apartmentcomplex. Send resume to: [email protected]

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Dear Annie: My husbandand I have been married fornine years. When we weredating, we had the best con-versations. He would remem-ber events that happened inmy life and would follow upwith questions later. Hetalked about things going onin his life and would includeme in the conversation, ask-ing my opinion.

After we married, he haseither stopped listening to

what I say or doesn’t reallycare anymore. He constantlyasks me the same questionsover and over, and can’t seemto remember the answers Igive him. Yet he can quoteyou chapter and verse aboutany celebrity -- where theywent to school, who they mar-ried, who their children are --as though they are his bestfriends.

I’ve asked him how he canremember all of that trivia,but can’t remember things Itell him that touch our lives.He said that he found celebri-ties interesting. I guess thatmeans our lives are notimportant enough to matter.

I don’t know what to makeof this and sometimes feel asthough I’ve been duped.

Where is the guy I dated?How do I not take this person-ally? -- What Happened?

Dear What: You are notalone. This type of spouse-deafness happens in manymarriages. While you weredating, your husband paidmore attention to your con-versation partly because hewas still trying to woo you,and partly because your lifewas separate from his. Youwere his “celebrity.” Now theconversations likely revolvearound more mundane mat-ters.

Please don’t take this toopersonally. It’s irritating, butcommon, and isn’t worth get-ting upset over. Discussunimportant things withyour family or girlfriends.

Wait until your husbandexpresses an interest beforeoffering information. Youcannot force him to be moreattentive, but do ask him toset aside 15 minutes a day forthe two of you to look intoeach other’s eyes and listen towhatever the other personsays. (And if you have anycelebrity news, add it to yourreport on the car repairs.)

Dear Annie: I read the let-ter from “Sickened andFrustrated” whose familymember and her spouse con-stantly blow their noses andclear their throats at familygatherings in restaurants.

I would like to know whythe majority of well-man-nered people are not entitledto tell the nauseatingly stub-

born and selfish couple toplease stay home? Why arepeople so afraid of offendingthe offenders who couldn’tcare less? They need to learnthey are not compatible withdining out.

Your suggestion to remakethe social occasion withoutfood sounds like political cor-rectness. -- Not SoAccommodating

Dear Not So: It has noth-ing to do with “political cor-rectness.” Most peopleinclude family members atfamily gatherings, so if din-ing out with them is the prob-lem, it is simple enough toremedy. But if no one will tellthem that their behaviorneeds refinement, or if theyrefuse to stop nauseating

everyone else, your sugges-tion to not invite them is onepossible solution.

Annie’s Mailbox is writtenby Kathy Mitchell and MarcySugar, longtime editors of theAnn Landers column. Pleaseemail your questions [email protected], or write to: Annie’sMailbox, c/o CreatorsSyndicate, 737 3rd Street,Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.You can also find Annie onFacebook atFacebook.com/AskAnnies.To find out more aboutAnnie’s Mailbox and read fea-tures by other CreatorsSyndicate writers and car-toonists, visit the CreatorsSyndicate Web page atwww.creators.com.

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KathyMitchell

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Wife wishes to regain celebrity status

ST. JOSEPH – Excessiverain during this year’s grow-ing season presents chal-lenges for Louisiana farmers,but LSU AgCenter expertssay they need to considerother problems that couldaffect their crops.

Cotton farmers need tocarefully scout their fields fortarget spot disease, saidAgCenter plant pathologistTrey Price. Louisiana cottonhistorically has not beenaffected by the disease, whichresults in plant defoliation.

“It can’t be seen from theturn row, and it can defoliatecotton in a hurry,” he said.Target spot lesions initiallyform low in the canopy. It canbe worse in varieties thatgrow tall with dense foliage.

Currently, there are no cot-ton varieties resistant to thisdisease.

Disease problems in cornhave been minimal, Pricesaid, although some cases ofNorthern leaf blight are pop-ping up. He doesn’t expect itto be a big threat to yields, sofungicide applications aregenerally unwarranted. Tohelp farmers detect the dis-ease and determine severity,he has put together a pictori-al guide, which can beobtained by contacting him [email protected].

Soybean farmers should beon the lookout for frogeye leafspot, although he hasn’treceived any calls about it sofar this year, Price said.

Josh Copes, AgCenterresearch associate, said acombination of Dual IIMagnum and atrazine is pro-viding good control of mostgrass and broadleaf weeds ingrain sorghum. Zest, a new

herbicide that has not beenreleased commercially yet,will provide johnsongrasscontrol when used in Inzengrain sorghum, a non-GMOcrop under development byDupont.

Donnie Miller, AgCenterweed scientist and researchcoordinator at the NortheastResearch Station, said thereare two new technologiesextensively evaluated for sev-eral years. Soybean and cot-ton varieties should be com-mercially available by nextyear that will tolerate 2,4-D(Enlist system) and dicamba(Xtend system).

Miller said that both tech-nologies will add more bul-lets to the arsenal againstglyphosate-resistant weeds,such as Palmer amaranth. Itwill be critical to follow labelsto help avoid off-target move-

ment and injury to sensitivecrops.

R.L. Frazier, AgCentercounty agent in MadisonParish, said in-ground mois-ture sensors can enable farm-ers to gauge when soilbecomes dry enough to justi-fy irrigation. Stacia Davis,AgCenter irrigation engineer,said devices are availablethat will allow farmers tocheck soil moisture by com-puter.

Dennis Burns, LSUAgCenter county agent inTensas Parish, said flowmeters are available at theNortheast Research Stationfor farmers to determine theoutput of their wells. He saidsurge valves can be pur-chased that will improve irri-gation efficiency by as muchas 10 percent.

James Hendrix, extension

agent who works with theMaster Farmer Program innortheast Louisiana, saidwell water should be testedwith conductivity meters forpH, salinity and sodium.

Eric Robinson, districtconservationist for theNatural ResourcesConservation Service, saidfederal cost-share programsare available to help farmerspay for irrigation improve-ments.

Sebe Brown, LSU AgCenterentomologist, said the heavyrains and strong winds havesuppressed the presence ofthrips, a major insect pest incotton.

David Kerns, LSUAgCenter entomologist, saida research project is under-way to determine whichgrain sorghum hybrids haveresistance against the sugar-

cane aphid. He said heavyrains have been washingaway aphid colonies onsorghum plants, and benefi-cial insects have been con-trolling the pest.

Brown cautions farmers toscout frequently for aphids.He said an infestation leftuntreated or treated too latecan devastate a crop, andeven the sugary residue leftby the insect can clog anddamage harvest equipment.

Ron Levy, LSU AgCentersoybean specialist, said thisyear’s soybean crop inLouisiana will probably totalaround 1.5 million acres, com-pared to 1.4 million last year.He said many soybean fieldsin the northwest part of thestate remain flooded from theRed River.

“Some of them aren’t goingto make it,” he said.

AgCenter experts give farmers advice for growing season in aftermath of heavy rain

By Heather Ragan-White

Sulphur High 2005 gradu-ate Robin Williams receivedher medical degree lastmonth from the University ofTexas Medical Branch inGalveston. But she took somuch more away from hereducation than just a diplo-ma.

She learned that smallchoices can make a hugeimpact.

As part of her degree,Williams participated in theuniversity’s Global Healthtrack that, in the first year,taught global health con-cepts like short-term, or“duffle bag,” medical tripsversus long-term trips, sus-tainability, the cause andeffect of providing aid andabout how to travel mindful-ly, respectfully and safely.

“After your first year, youspend time abroad,” saidWilliams, in an interviewwith the Daily News.

She and some classmatesspent six weeks at anorphanage called the Houseof Hope, located just outsideof Nairobi, Kenya and in herfourth year, she and otherstraveled to the DominicanRepublic. The trips were inaddition to an intensive trop-ical and travel medicinecourse as well as severalother requirements spreadover four years. In her fourthyear, Williams was requiredto come up with a capstoneproject and presentation on atopic that she was interestedin involving global health.

“Mine was basically about

the massive amount of new-borns dying around theworld and what we’re doingin the global health worldabout it,” she said.

It was Williams’ time withthe children from House ofHope that resonated the mostwith her.

“It’s difficult to narrow itdown to a few lessonslearned because they aren’tjust ideas and concepts butinstead they are faces andnames and personalitiesnow,” she said.

And the House of Hopewas not just an orphanage.

“It all started with aKenyan lady namedMargaret Basigwa, whoworked at the Kenyan equiv-alent of what would be ourchild protective services,”said Williams. “She was headof the office when one day ababy was left on thedoorstep. Every one else atthe office had left so shebrought the baby home. Heronly child was holding thebaby and said to her thatnight, ‘if we don’t take careof him, no one will.’ Thatwas how this all started —one baby.”

Williams said Basigwaadopted 150 children.?”Yes.Not a typo, 150,” she said.“Some were orphaned byHIV/AIDS, some abandoned.But she didn’t want them toever have to worry about peo-ple coming and going in theirlives. She wanted them tohave a home and a family,”said Williams.

When Basigwa’s husbandpassed away, she was left

alone to raise these children.She knew she couldn’t affordto pay for all of their schooltuition, so she created aMontessori School.

“Then a primary schooland then a secondaryschool,” said Williams. “Sheopened the school to the sur-rounding area, so there are500 children including herown who attend.”

Basigwa started a farm onthe property to provide foodand sold the extras to thecommunity for income. Sheraised cows for milk andchickens for her own use andto sell to hotel restaurants inthe city.

Basigwa also started asmall church on the propertywhere she served as pastorand a small one-bed clinicwith the equivalent of aphysician’s assistant on-siteto help provide some of thechildren with their medica-tion. Williams said it nowprovides services for thearea.

According to Williams, achurch in the Houston-areatravels to the House of Hopeannually to help with build-ing projects, teach techni-cal/vocational skills like car-pentry and host a vacationbible school.

“This one woman didn’tset out to be a super hero,”said Williams. “She justmade small choices whereshe was.”

House of Hope is just thatfor the children who findtheir way there. Williamssaid a seven-month-oldbrought to the orphanage

was found in some bushesonly because a dog was feed-ing on him.

“Now he is number one inhis kindergarden class - withthis huge smile on his face -and has this leadership per-sonality where he leads hisbrothers and sisters his ageto sing Jesus songs,” saidWilliams. “A set of twin girlswere the most recent to cometo the House of Hope andthey fiercely protected eachother. They were from one ofthe biggest slums in thecountry. They would push theother kids away if they cametoo close. But while we werethere, we saw those twinsbecome integrated into afamily. We saw them not onlylook out for each other butextend their love to the oth-ers. In our last week there, alittle boy was crying and oneof those twins just studiedhis face and then reachedover and wiped away histears. They had never donethat before.”

Williams said that one ofthe most amazing momentsfor her happened on one ofthe many night when thepower went out.

“The kids would all gatherin the area where they atedinner with kerosene lampsand would sing all togetherin English and Swahili. Theysang school songs andChristian songs,” she said.“And that night, after hearinghow so many of these chil-dren had been abandoned orhad seen their parents die,they sang this song by a localartist: ‘I have a Father. Hecalls me His own. He’ll neverleave me, no matter where Igo. He knows my name. Heknows my every thought. Hesees each tear that falls andhears me when I call’.”

Sadly, last SeptemberMargaret Basigwa lost herbattle with gastric cancer.

“But her son and his wifehave continued on with theHouse of Hope and in caringfor his brothers and sisters,”said Williams. “This is thewebsite from the church inHouston where people canlearn more about it —http://starfishkenya.org/-houseofhope.html and if peo-ple want to give to it, at leastthey know it’s real and thatthese kids are beautiful andhave beautiful hearts andthat its sustainable.”

As for Williams, she hadreceived an early start in thehealth care field. She was inthe nursing assistance pro-gram through the HealthCareers Club at SulphurHigh and graduated as a cer-tified nursing assistant.

“There are many othersthat did the same, ones thatcame both before and afterme,” said Williams. “I’mmost certainly not the onlyone from Sulphur to accom-

plish their goals in the healthsector. Some of us becamephysicians, some went intonursing and allied healthprograms, some went intoteaching.”

She said her time with theHealth Careers Club andworking as a nursing aide atWest Calcasieu-CameronHospital taught her somevaluable lessons that she car-ries with her today including“respect your nurses andvalue the information thatthey bring to the table andrecognize that everyone fromthose working in the laundryto those working directlywith patients are part of thelarger team — regardless ofposition. The hospital wouldnot run without the wholeteam.”

Williams is also a 2009graduate of the Scholars’College at NorthwesternState University inNatchitoches. She hasapplied for and been acceptedto complete her residency atLoma Linda Children’sHospital in Loma Linda,California, just outside ofLos Angeles. Williams saidshe has always wanted towork with children.

“I begged Sunday Schoolteachers to let me helpthem,” she said. “At the sametime, I also enjoyed medicineand the sciences. When itcomes to medicine, childrenaren’t little adults. They areso complex. Medically, thediagnoses that you are con-sidering for, say, stomachpain in a newborn are differ-ent than what you wouldthink of in a four-month-oldversus a two-year-old versusa middle-schooler versus ahigh-schooler.”

She said that as far as the

social aspect, “it’s not onlyimportant to earn the trust ofthe parents but it’s a skill toearn the trust of a toddler, ateen, etc.”

But as much as she lovesgeneral pediatrics, Williamssaid she is becoming moreinterested in specializedcare.

Williams’ mother Linda, isa Registered Nurse, her mid-dle sister Allie just enteredher first year of physicaltherapy school at LSU-Shreveport and her youngestsister, Shannon, is startingthe nursing program atMcNeese. When asked if hermother’s career choice affect-ed hers, she had this to say, “Ithink, like every parent, youteach your children aboutwhat you’re passionate aboutand what you know. From avery early age, my momwould have fun teaching us,for example, how to takemanual blood pressures. Ithink our parents havealways encouraged us to pur-sue what each of us felt likewe were called to, or to gowhere our gifts were.”

Williams said when shewas young, her motherworked as a neonatal inten-sive care unit nurse.

“Since then, I developed alove for neonatology and ithas been really fun to get totalk to her about herthoughts on the world ofNICU,” she said. “You knowwhat, I have been blessedwith such an amazing family.Each one of them — immedi-ate and extended — have allreally helped to mold me intowho I am today.”

Reprinted courtesy of theSouthwest Daily News in

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