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Inside Opinion A4 Call & Comment A5 Obituaries A6 Living B1 Coming Up B2 Church B4 A&E B6 Sports C1 Legals C2 Classifieds C6 SPORTS C1 Will Denham Springs, Springfield keep their district title hopes alive tonight? Ride of their lives. Living. B1. The Livingston Parish News 14 The number of obstacles that chal- lenged athletes along the Tiki Tubing course. 4m Part of the proceeds raised by Warrior Dash events goes to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The total raised to date is nearly $4 million. 20k 20,000 or more par- ticipants and spectators attended the Denham event. I BY THE NUMBERS ___ DAVID NORMAND | THE NEWS Competitors leap over flames as they approach the finish of the Warrior Dash held at Tiki Tubing north of Denham Springs Saturday. The 5K race with 14 obstacles like fire, barbed wire, mud and walls, attracted thousands of runners and spectators. FEMA centers closing By Mike Dowty The Livingston Parish News DENHAM SPRINGS — They crawled through mud, ducked beneath barbed wire, climbed walls and jumped over trenches of fire. Thousands of them. “It was pretty amazing to see that many people smiling and laughing,” said John Cooper Fore, owner of Tiki Tubing, which attracted crowds estimat- ed as high as 30,000 throughout the day Saturday for the Warrior Dash. Nearly 7,500 “warriors” tested their metal across the 5K course with 14 obstacles. “Every size, shape, age,” Fore said. “Everybody left with a bel- lyfull of laughing.” Some wore goofy costumes, anything from cartoon superhe- roes to ballerinas. The event helped fill every ho- tel and RV park in the immedi- ate area and contributed to the $4 million in proceeds for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital raised so far from Warrior Dash events this year across the United States. “What I really liked was the camaraderie that all the contes- tants had,” said Ron McMorris, 37, of Walker, who ran with his nephew, Blake Cornett. “I’d see ‘Warriors’ dash in Denham By Alice Dowty The Livingston Parish News SATSUMA — The Hur- ricane Isaac Disaster Recovery Center in Satsuma is closing Saturday at 6 p.m., ac- cording to the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency. The Maurepas Disas- ter Recovery Center closed Wednesday. As of Tuesday, 5,018 Livingston Parish resi- dents had registered, and over $6,850,000 had been approved inside the parish, said FEMA spokesman Ray Perez. Less than two weeks remain for parish resi- dents with uninsured, or underinsured, storm losses to register for help. After Saturday, questions about assis- tance can be directed to FEMA at 1-800-621-3362, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. FEMA can also be reached online at www. disasterassistance.gov. The registration dead- line is Oct. 30 (60 days from the date of the disaster declaration). Maurepas done, Satsuma shutting down Saturday P WARRIOR DASH PAGE A8 FEMA PAGE A3 By Mike Dowty The Livingston Parish News LIVINGSTON — Following his pre- sentation in Washington, D.C., of an appeal roundly praised by parish officials, attorney Shelby Easterly asked the Parish Coun- cil Thursday for a green light to continue his work. Skeptical Council members, looking at a possible $20,000 to $50,000 bill, put off giving an answer right away. Marshall Harris, who presided at the meeting because Chairman Cindy Wale lost her voice, said Easterly’s plan to “keep the pot boiling” in a pushback strategy against FEMA would wait until next month when the body is at full strength. Three Council members were absent Thursday. At stake is a $46 million claim for hurricane debris removal after Hurricane Gustav that FEMA has ruled ineligible for reimbursement. Easterly made oral arguments accusing FEMA officials of fabricating reasons to deny the claims. Parish President Layton Ricks and Councilmen Sonya Collins and Ricky Goff, who witnessed the session, said they felt he presented a strong case for Livingston Parish. Collins said she thought East- erly did an effective job of using photographs to show that FEMA officials had denied protection to flood- prone areas where clear Council mulls more appeal work APPEAL PAGE A8 VOLUME 118, NUMBER 30 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 75 CENTS Fair Queen The 2012 Livingston Parish Fair Queen is Sara Martin of Livings- ton, the daughter of Traci and Jesse Martin. She also won the in- terview portion of the competition. The 2011 honor graduate from Doyle High School and Dean’s List student at Southeastern Louisiana University is majoring in elementary education and hopes to teach second graders in Livingston Parish someday. This is the third time she has won a Parish Fair pageant at some level and was de- lighted to be crowned by one of her closest friends, last year’s queen Reneé Picou. In her spare time she enjoys fish- ing and attending church with her family at Red Oak Baptist Church in Livingston. She looks forward to serving this year. PHOTO BY DEBBIE KING
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Inside
Opinion A4
Call & Comment A5
Obituaries A6
Living B1
Coming Up B2
Church B4
A&E B6
Sports C1
Legals C2
Classifieds C6
SPORTS C1
Will Denham Springs, Springfield keep their district title hopes alive tonight?
Ride of theirlives. Living. B1.
The Livingston Parish News
14 The number of obstacles that chal-lenged athletes along the Tiki Tubing course.
4m Part of the proceeds raised by Warrior Dash events goes to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. The total raised to date is nearly $4 million.
20k 20,000 or more par-ticipants and spectators attended the Denham event.
I By the numBeRs ___
DavID NormaND | THe NeWS
Competitors leap over flames as they approach the finish of the Warrior Dash held at Tiki Tubing north of Denham Springs Saturday. The 5K race with 14 obstacles like fire, barbed wire, mud and walls, attracted thousands of runners and spectators.
FEMA centers closing
By mike Dowty The Livingston Parish News
DENHAM SPRINGS — They crawled through mud, ducked beneath barbed wire, climbed walls and jumped over trenches of fire. Thousands of them.
“It was pretty amazing to see that many people smiling and laughing,” said John Cooper Fore, owner of Tiki Tubing, which attracted crowds estimat-ed as high as 30,000 throughout
the day Saturday for the Warrior Dash.
Nearly 7,500 “warriors” tested their metal across the 5K course with 14 obstacles.
“Every size, shape, age,” Fore said. “Everybody left with a bel-lyfull of laughing.”
Some wore goofy costumes, anything from cartoon superhe-roes to ballerinas.
The event helped fill every ho-tel and RV park in the immedi-
ate area and contributed to the $4 million in proceeds for St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital raised so far from Warrior Dash events this year across the United States.
“What I really liked was the camaraderie that all the contes-tants had,” said Ron McMorris, 37, of Walker, who ran with his nephew, Blake Cornett. “I’d see
‘Warriors’ dash in Denham
By Alice Dowty The Livingston Parish News
SATSUMA — The Hur-ricane Isaac Disaster Recovery Center in Satsuma is closing Saturday at 6 p.m., ac-cording to the Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency.
The Maurepas Disas-ter Recovery Center closed Wednesday.
As of Tuesday, 5,018 Livingston Parish resi-dents had registered, and over $6,850,000 had been approved inside the parish, said FEMA spokesman Ray Perez.
Less than two weeks remain for parish resi-dents with uninsured, or underinsured, storm losses to register for help. After Saturday, questions about assis-tance can be directed to FEMA at 1-800-621-3362, between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. FEMA can also be reached online at www.disasterassistance.gov.
The registration dead-line is Oct. 30 (60 days from the date of the disaster declaration).
Maurepas done, Satsuma shutting down Saturday P
WARRioR DAsh Page a8
FemA Page a3
By mike Dowty The Livingston Parish News
LIVINGSTON — Following his pre-sentation in Washington, D.C., of an appeal roundly praised by parish officials, attorney Shelby Easterly asked the Parish Coun-cil Thursday for a green light to continue his work.
Skeptical Council members, looking at a possible $20,000 to $50,000 bill, put off giving an answer right away. Marshall Harris, who presided at the meeting because Chairman
Cindy Wale lost her voice, said Easterly’s plan to “keep the pot boiling” in a pushback strategy against FEMA would wait until next month when the body is at full strength. Three Council members were absent Thursday. At stake is a $46 million claim for hurricane debris removal after Hurricane Gustav that FEMA has ruled ineligible for reimbursement.
Easterly made oral arguments accusing FEMA officials of fabricating reasons to deny the
claims. Parish President Layton Ricks and Councilmen Sonya Collins and Ricky Goff, who witnessed the session, said they felt he presented a strong case for Livingston Parish.
Collins said she thought East-erly did an effective job of using photographs to show that FEMA officials had denied protection to flood-prone areas where clear
Council mulls more appeal work
AppeAl Page a8
volume 118, Number 30 ThurSDay, OCTOber 18, 2012 75 CeNts
Fair QueenThe 2012 Livingston Parish Fair Queen is Sara Martin of Livings-ton, the daughter of Traci and Jesse Martin. She also won the in-terview portion of the competition. The 2011 honor graduate from
Doyle high School and Dean’s List student at Southeastern Louisiana university is majoring in elementary education and hopes to teach second graders in Livingston Parish someday. This is the third time she has won a Parish Fair pageant at
some level and was de-lighted to be crowned by one of her closest friends, last year’s queen reneé Picou. In her spare time she enjoys fish-ing and attending
church with her family at red Oak baptist Church in Livingston. She
looks forward to serving this year.
PHoTo by DebbIe KINg
