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THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2014
ROUGE,
LOUISIANA
VOL. 39 • NO. 48 • FREE
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Robin Williams Good Morning America Star Robin Roberts’ Louisiana Supreme Court
Announces the Election of
Dead at 63
Plight Inspires Local Bone Marrow Drive
Two Judicial Judges
in Suspected
Suicide
Robin Williams
Oscar-winning actor and
comedian Robin Williams, who
dazzled in such wide-ranging dramatic and comedic roles as alien,
nanny, therapist and cartoon genie
during a four-decades long career,
was found dead in his northern California home in a suspected suicide
Monday. He was 63.
The Marin County Sheriff’s
Department said in a statement that
Williams was found unconscious
and not breathing in his home
around noon. The statement said
the investigation into Williams’
death is ongoing, but the coroner
“suspects the death to be a suicide
due to asphyxia.”
The Marin County coroner’s
office said Williams was last seen
alive at home at about 10 p.m. Sunday. An emergency call from his
house in Tiburon was placed to the
Sheriff’s Department shortly before
noon Monday.
A representative for Williams
said in a statement the actor had
been battling “severe depression
of late.”
“This is a tragic and sudden
loss,” Mara Buxbaum said. “The
family respectfully asks for their
privacy as they grieve during this
very difficult time.”
Williams’ wife Susan Schneider said in a statement she is devastated and asked for privacy.
“This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the
world lost one of its most beloved
artists and beautiful human beings,”
she said. “I am utterly heartbroken.
On behalf of Robin’s family, we
are asking for privacy during our
time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus
will not be on Robin’s death, but
on the countless moments of joy
and laughter he gave to millions.”
Williams publicly struggled
with addiction during his career
and most recently went to rehab
in June to “fine tune” his sobriety,
his rep said at the time.
The rehab stint would have
gone unnoticed, except that the
comedian opted to pose with a fan
for a photo at a Dairy Queen near
the facility, and the picture eventually went viral.
Williams had spoken openly
about his cocaine addiction, which
plagued him during the ‘70s and
‘80s. Later, in 2006, he said he was
Mayor Holden is presents Sally-Ann Roberts with a proclamation making her an honorary mayor-president of East
Baton Rouge Parish for a day. The lady is pink is New Orleans WWL Anchor Sally-Ann Roberts, who is a bone
marrow donor and the sister of Good Morning American host Robin Roberts.
Mayor Holden partners with ‘Be the Match’
and Cancer Center to kick off 90-day challenge
Mayor-President Melvin
“Kip” Holden, Mary Bird Perkins
– Our Lady of the Lake Cancer
Center and “Be the Match” have
launched a 90-day bone marrow
donation drive that runs through
November 1. Registration drives
will be held throughout East Baton
Rouge Parish in an effort to sign
up as many potential donors as
possible. Registering is easy and
only requires filling out a medical
questionnaire and a quick cheek
swab.
The drive officially kicked
off Tuesday, Aug. 12, with a helpSee DRIVE, on page 2
Judge Jerry Edwards
Judge Anthony J. Marabella
Attorney Edwards succeeds
19th Judicial District Court Judge
Anthony J. Marabella as Chair
of the Judiciary Commission.
Edwards received his law degree from Vermont Law School
in 2005. After graduating law
school, he served as a law clerk
for First Judicial District Court
Judges Scott J. Crichton and Jeanette G. Garrett. He joined the
Shreveport law firm Blanchard,
Walker, O’Quin & Roberts as an
associate in 2006 and became director of the firm in 2014. Additionally, Edwards has been an active member of many professional
and civic organizations including
the: Shreveport Bar Association;
Louisiana State Bar Association
Young Lawyers Division Council (2011-present); Booth- Politz
Inn of Court; and Volunteers of
America North Louisiana. In
2011, Edwards was selected by
the Conference of Court of Appeal
Judges to serve as a lawyer-member of the Judiciary Commission.
Judge Jules D. Edwards,
III, succeeds attorney Jerry Edwards as Vice-Chair of the Judiciary Commission. Judge Edwards, a native of New Orleans,
received his undergraduate and
law degrees from Loyola University New Orleans in 1981 and
1984, respectively. He earned a
Masters in Public Administration
from Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge in 1994, and a Master of Strategic Studies from the
United States Army War College
in 2005. Judge Edwards enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps
Reserve in 1977, and served in
the Louisiana Army National
See JUDGES, on page 3
Initial Unemployment Claims Drop
BATON ROUGE, La. —
First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending Aug.
2 decreased from the previous
week’s total.
The state labor department
figures released Friday show the
initial claims decreased to 2,293
from the previous week’s total of
2,312. For the comparable week
a year earlier, there were 2,844.
The four-week moving
average, which is a less volatile
measure of claims, decreased to
2,533 from the previous week’s
total of 2,535.
Continued unemployment
claims claimed for the week ending Aug. 2 decreased to 23,204
compared to 23,406 the previous
week.
The four-week moving average for such claims increased to
23,197 from the previous week’s
average of 23,014.
WT Winnfield Receive
Trailblazer Award From
LA Municipal Association
Black Caucus Award
Recently WT Winnfield was honored at the LA Municipal Association Black Caucus meeting at the Baton Rouge
River Center for his many years of his service to the causes
of fairness in the workplace. “He is indeed a one of a kind
public servant”, noted Rev Dr. Glenn Green, State President
of the LA Municipal Association Black Caucus.
Flanked by newly elected National President of the Southern
University National Alumni Federation attorney Preston Castille
and Baton Rouge NAACP President Michael McClanahan.
Photo by Yusef Davis
See WILLIAMS, on page 2
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LOCAL NEWS
BUSINESS NEWS
SPORTS NEWS
RELIGION
On August 23, 2014 the Mt. Pilgrim
Baptist Church located at 9700 Scenic
Hwy will be hosting a Wellness Workshop from 10am to 2pm. Registration
begins at 9:30am. ..See Page 4
INDEX
CASA PLAYHOUSE
FUNDRAISER
Capital Area CASA Association
Two Malayan tiger cubs were born in BREC’s Baton Rouge Zoo on July 29, 2014.
The cubs are currently in the tiger den with their mother and will remain there
until they are old enough to come out on the exhibit...See Page 3
kicked off its 20th annual Casas
for CASA playhouse fundraiser with
the CASA Fiesta on Sunday, July 27,
from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Mall of
Louisiana....See Page 3
RESTORE
ACT MONEY
Louisiana and 20 coastal parishes
will share 20 percent of the the
first two baskets of BP Deepwater
Horizon oil spill fine money to be
distributed among Gulf Coast states
under the federal Restore Act..See
Page 5
HOPSON’S THREE
YEAR EXTENSION
It didn’t take Alcorn President Alfred
Rankins Jr. long to award Braves
head football coach Jay Hopson
for his exceptional leadership of
the University’s football program..
See Page 6
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apart. You must continue to hold
on to your faith and stay before
the Lord. But, it may be that the
time has come when you may
need to take some quality time
for yourself and spend some of
that time with God.
Get on your knees before God
and tell him of how you are feeling inside. And maybe the words
wont come out exactly as you
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weeping, wailing crying falling,
out tantrum and give all those
problems to him.
While you are praying, you
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that vexed you but God knows
what you are going through. he
can read the pain, which flows
through your tears. even though
he knows what’s troubling you,
he still wants to tell him about
it and bring your problems and
burdens to him.
therefore, humble yourselves
under the mighty hands of God,
that he may exalt you in due time,
“casting all your cares upon him,
for he cares for you,”(1st Peter
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After you finished having your
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Sometimes we go for weeks
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We have to let go of those situations and let God handle them.
there are some things we can’t
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The National Black Graduate Student Association,
Inc. Announce the Election of GSU Graduate Students
The National Black Graduate
Student Association, Inc. (NBGSA)
is pleased to announce the election
of several Grambling State University graduate students during the
organization’s 26th national conference held in Baton Rouge, LA.
Those students are Kindrell
Plains, Vice President Administrative Affairs; Marcus Kennedy,
National Parliamentarian; Kimberly
Monroe, National Historian; and
Kenneth Williams, South Central
Regional Representative. They will
serve on the 2014-2015 Executive
Council.
Additionally, the Leadership
team will have Jarell Miller and
April Davis, Finance Committee
Commissioners. As the organization
prepares for an intense 27th year
conference, each student position
is vital.
The conference welcomed
graduate and professional students
from diverse academic and regional
backgrounds from across the world.
Students presented original research
through roundtable, panel and poster
presentations.
Amongst the many informative oral presentations was
Grambling State University’s
Marcus Kennedy, who presented
an auto-ethnographical study on
the transitions of an athlete to a
graduate coach. Some of the featured speakers for the conference
included Dr. Gregory Carr, Chair
of African American Studies, Howard University; Dr. Isiah Warner,
Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives, Louisiana State University
and Louisiana State Representative
Patrick Jefferson, Councilwoman
Ronnie Edward & Senator WestonBroom.
Founded in 1989, the studentrun organization continues to address the needs of minority students
by providing them with numerous
opportunities for development.
NBGSA is comprised of five regions, which host events over the
course of the year including regional
student development conferences,
workshops, and networking events.
NBGSA also hosts one national research and development
conference each year during which
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Drive from page 1
ing hand from Sally Ann Roberts,
a WWL-TV news anchor in New
Orleans who grabbed national headlines for donating bone marrow to
her famous sister, Robin Roberts
of Good Morning America.
Sally Ann Roberts noted that
only 7 percent of the 10 million
people on the national bone marrow
registry are African American, making it often very difficult for black
people who have to go outside their
family to find donations. She noted
that less than a third of bone marrow donations are between family
members.
WWL held several registration drives on the Robin Roberts’
behalf, and GMA fans also signed
up for the registry. As a result, more
than 40,000 people joined the registry, she said.
When he saw Roberts’ story,
Mayor Holden said he approached
the Mary Bird Perkins -- Our Lady
of the Lake Cancer Center and asked
what could be done to help here in
Baton Rouge. Doctors came up with
the idea of the 90-day challenge,
which consists of several events
ering all children.
the CDF Action Council, building on the best practices in states
and lessons learned about children
falling through the bureaucratic
cracks of Medicaid and SChiP,
strongly urged Congress to enact
the All healthy Children Act,
tion,” He continued, “We have
S. 1564/h.r. 1688, introduced
an outstanding team of talented
by representative Bobby Scott
Black graduate students who are
(D-VA) in the house and Senator
capable of raising the expectations
Bernie Sanders (i-Vt) in the Senfor this organization as well as Black
ate. the students
measure worldwide.
would provide
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Senator joined them to push for
coverage for all children.
the CDF Action Council strongly
supports long overdue health coverage for everyone in America as
around
city to encourage
people
soon asthe
possible—because
children
tocannot
sign up
as
donors.
wait. As SChiP comes up
“For the donor, the preparaagain for reauthorization in early
tion and time investment is minimal
2009, we hope every Member of
considering what it means for the
Congress will insist on covering
recipient,” said Holden. “For someevery child and pregnant mother
one needing a transplant, finding
now by enacting and adequately
the right match means staying alive
funding the provisions of the All
and keeping their family intact. For
healthy Children Act.
me, I think about how I would feel
Specious claims that we could
if it was I or a family member who
not find the money—$70 billion
needed a transplant and what findover five years—to cover all
ing a match would mean. It’s just
children is belied by that amount
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that
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“Getting on the registry
the citizens of the nation must
demand that our leaders free our
children from the false ideological
and political tugs of war among
those who put excess profits ahead
of children’s lives.
how well did Congress protect
children in 2007? Not well enough:
items oriented towards fundrais276 Members of Congress had
ing, leadership development, and
good CDF Action Council Conenhancing value for our members
gressional Scorecard scores of 80
and stakeholders,” stated President
percent
or higher, and 198 of those
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The key to overwhelming
Whether
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year will
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everyoneorhas
independent,
children
need all ofand
vested buy in to the successes
them
to vote, lobby,
speak for and
achievements
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protect them. Adults need to listen
carefully to what candidates say
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we need to hold them accountable.
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wake-up
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early
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American public about the serious- changes
such as weight loss and
hit TV show “Mork and Mindy,” about Williams’ death.
through his standup act and such
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Presen
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