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Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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Folk Festival
Study panel
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Dan Mallette demonstrates his technique of carving waterfowl in wood. His booth was one of the more popular.
20% CHANCE RAIN
Area Deaths
Sadie Grezaffi Thomas
James “Burke” Cobb
Nolan P. Boudreaux
See obituaries Page 2A
Some voucher
schools subject
to testing
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP)
— Some private schools who
participate in Louisiana's
statewide voucher program
will face performance scores
similar to public schools,
under planned accountability standards.
The scoring and penalties
for low-performing schools
will apply to schools with
sizable numbers of voucher
students, estimated to be a
quarter of the schools in the
upcoming school year.
State Superintendent of
Education John White
announced the plans
Monday. The Board of
Elementary and Secondary
Education will vote Tuesday
on whether to back them.
All voucher students in
third through 11th grades
will take the same standardized tests as public school
students.
Private schools with more
than 10 voucher students per
grade or more than 40 voucher students in all tested
grades will receive a performance score. Low-performing schools won't be able to
enroll new voucher students.
Groups getting
school uniforms
The Natchitoches Parish
School Board and the Kiwanis
Club of Natchitoches is conducting a school uniform
drive. School uniforms, belts,
shoes, supplies, can be
dropped off at 310 Royal St.
For more information contact
Anita Dubois, CWA
Supervisor, at 352-2358.
Index
Obituaries
2A
Editorial
4A
Annie’s Mailbox
3A
Lifestyles
5A
Sports
10A
TV Guide
8A
Comics
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Billy Anderson displays handmade whips at the NSUNatchitoches Folklife Festival that was Friday and
Saturday.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) —
A new study panel is starting
an in-depth review of the billions of dollar of state tax
breaks on the books, looking
at whether they are worth
keeping as Louisiana faces
repeated rounds of budget
cuts.
The 14-member review commission of legislative leaders
holds its first meeting Monday.
The commission will study
the list of tax exemptions,
rebates and credits that take
money from the state treasury
each year and determine if
the tax breaks are beneficial
to the state. It will recommend
the reduction or elimination
of tax breaks deemed to be
low-performing or antiquated.
The panel's suggestions are
due to be compiled by Feb. 1.
Lawmakers' study of the
tax breaks come after years of
budget cuts have stripped dollars from public colleges and
health care services.
Landrieu gets
$20 million for
Fort Polk school
Henry Gray and the Cats performed Saturday at the NSUNatchitoches Folklife Festival. Gray was inducted into the
Folklife Center’s Hall of Master Folk Artists.
Janice Dugas and Nicky Senegal of Orleans Catering
helped feed the hungry crowds at the Folklife Festival.
Candidate wants to represent District 3 on parish council
Nettles
Brown,
a
Natchitoches business owner
and retired USAF Colonel, formally announced today his
candidacy for the Natchitoches
Parish Council seat for District
Three.
Brown is a business leader
with more than four decades of
experience as a business
owner and manager. As a
colonel in the United States
Air Force, he spent over 30
years as a hospital administrator including being stationed
at the Pentagon and in Saudi
Arabia.
His extensive experience as
a business leader makes him a
qualified
candidate
who
understands the importance of
an organized and effective
business model.
“Now is the time for a business person to step forward
and bring their experience and
expertise to parish government,” said Brown.
Brown has spent the last
three decades as an accountant. He is the co-owner of
Waskom,
Brown,
and
Associates,
LLC,
in
Natchitoches. Brown is also
passionate about his community.
Community
leadership
roles
include:
United
Methodist
Church
of
Natchitoches,
member
Kiwanis Club of Natchitoches,
active member and Treasurer
Kiwanis International, Past
President
Natchitoches
Regional Medical Center
Foundation, past member
Board of Ordained Ministry,
United Methodist Church of
Louisiana, member United
Methodist
Foundation
of
Louisiana, board member
Magnolia
Housing
Corporation of Natchitoches,
President.
Brown has received his
bachelor’s
and
master’s
degrees from Northwestern
State
University
in
Natchitoches. After graduation,
he
attended
The
American
College
in
Pennsylvania and became a
Chartered Life Underwriter
and
Chartered
Financial
Consultant.
Last October, citizens overwhelmingly adopted a new
constitution for Natchitoches
Parish government. An election to appoint a new council is
slated for Nov. 6.
“Our next chapter in
Natchitoches
Parish
Government is to elect candidates that embrace a PRO-business Parish President and
Council
Members,”
said
Brown.
It is with this experience
that makes Nettles Brown the
U.S. Senator Mary L.
Landrieu, D-La., July 20 issued
the following statement on the
announcement that $20 million in federal funds will be
used to build a new South Polk
Elementary School to serve
children of military families
stationed at Fort Polk.
These funds are part of $250
million in federal funds that
the U.S. Congress appropriated in 2011 to repair or replace
schools on military bases.
Brown
right choice to represent
District Three.
Brown is married to
Glenelle Pearce Brown and has
two children, Lesh Brown and
Breanna Brown Shumpert and
three grandsons.
NSU professor studying stigma resulting from wounded, nurses seeking mental health services
NATCHITOCHES –As an
Air Force nurse, as well as a
veteran
of
Operation
Enduring
Freedom,
Dr.
Stephen Hernandez witnessed
the psychological trauma that
combat can inflict upon soldiers and was aware of negative stereotypes that often prevent veterans from seeking
mental
health
services. Focusing on an area
more specific to his career as
a
critical
care
nurse,
Hernandez recently completed his doctoral dissertation
conducting research that studied the perceptions of stigma
related to active duty nurses
regarding seeking mental
health services.
Hernandez’s findings indicate that nurses do have a similar level of stigma associated
with seeking mental health
services, feelings similar to
soldiers
who
recently
returned from deployment to
Iraq or Afghanistan.
“It is surprising because
nurses receive education and
continuing education that
support the benefits of mental
health services,” Hernandez
said. “This suggests that stigma extends to people who support combatants.”
A native of Shreveport,
Hernandez is an assistant professor in Northwestern State
University’s
College
of
Nursing and Allied Health
and a major in the U.S. Air
Force Reserve.
In surveys, Hernandez’s
gauged resistance to seeking
mental health treatment on
two fronts. On a stigma scale,
individuals indicated whether
or not they were felt they were
treated differently or had a
feeling of being different for
seeking medical treatment. A
barrier scale revealed practical reasons that an individual
would not seeking help, such
as a lack of transportation or
lack of knowledge of where to
find services.
“In the military, the stigma
has to do with the possibility
that seeking treatment could
affect
one’s
career,”
Hernandez explained. “The
culture of the military is that
you depend on those with
whom you serve so you don’t
want
to
let
them
down. Despite the military’s
efforts to increase access to
mental health services, the
stigma persists.” Hernandez’s
research suggests that the
stigma extends to non-combatant caregivers.
Hernandez’s interest on the
subject arose after he read a
2004 article published in the
New England Journal of
Medicine that discussed stigma perceived by soldiers and
Marines returning from Iraq
and Afghanistan.
Hernandez chose to focus
on those who are caregivers of
service members and veterans
to determine their perceptions.
“We now need to do additional research,” he said. “I
hope to pursue a study with a
broader range of health care
professionals with samples
from the Army and Navy.” He
hopes to publish the study, disseminate the findings more
broadly and
seek ways to
replicate the
study
with
more branches in the military and the
allied health
c o m m u n i t y,
Hernandez
w h i c h
includes physicians, nurses,
physicians assistants and
other health care providers.
Hernandez earned his
Bachelor of
Science in
Nursing at Northwestern
State in 1995 and Master of
Science in Nursing at NSU in
2001.
He completed his Ph.D. in
nursing this summer through
the University of New Mexico
and defended his dissertation
with distinction.
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THE NATCHITOCHES TIMES Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Obituaries
SADIE GREZAFFI
THOMAS
Sadie Grezaffi Thomas died
Saturday, July 21, 2012. She
was preceded in death by her
parents, Luke and Tina
Grezaffi, her three brothers,
Joe, Andrew and Luke Jr.
Grezaffi and her husband of
68 years, Charles F. “Red”
Thomas. She would have been
90 years old Sept. 27, 2012.
Visitation will be Tuesday,
July 24 at Blanchard-St. Denis
Funeral
Home
in
Natchitoches from 9-10:30
a.m.; a rosary will be said at
10:30 a.m. A funeral mass at
the
Basilica
of
the
Immaculate Conception in
Natchitoches will be held at
11:30 a.m. followed by a graveside service at the Catholic
Cemetery.
Mrs. Thomas lived a very
full and active life as a business woman and an educator
but most especially as a loving
wife, parent and grandparent.
She is survived by her nine
children, Chuck Thomas and
Pat, Elizabeth Walsh and Dan,
Tina Stroud and Gilbert, Luke
Thomas and Beth, Tim
Thomas and Vicky, Mary
Pracchia and John, Doris
Stockwell and C.L., Nancy
Teegardin and Joe, and Mike
Thomas and Tammy; 23
grandchildren and six greatgrandchildren as well as
daughter-in-law, Patsy A.
Thomas.
Sadie Thomas grew up in
Batchelor, La., in upper Pointe
Coupee Parish where she was
a talented student athlete. She
earned an undergraduate
degree in home economics at
the Louisiana State Normal
School, now Northwestern
State University.
Following graduation she
worked
briefly
for
the
Extension Service in Baton
Rouge before marrying in
August of 1943. After World
War II she and her family settled in Natchitoches. Later in
the 1960s, while raising her
nine children, Mrs. Thomas
earned a master of science
degree.
Mrs. Thomas was a pioneer
business woman in the 1960s
when she owned and operated
a small fabric and notions
shop that over the course of
about 5 years she expanded to
include carpets and custom
made draperies.
After she sold her business
she accepted a position as
teacher and director of the
pre-school in the Home
Economics Department at
Northwestern, taught undergraduate classes and supervised graduate early childhood education students until
her retirement.
As much as she loved her
business
and
education
careers her true joy in life centered on her family. She took
great pride in all nine of her
children and their accomplishments but her grandchildren were the light of her life.
She traveled the country and
beyond to babysit, to attend
dance programs, ball games,
grandparents’ day and just to
play with them.
She was
thrilled when some chose to
attend NSU and she had them
close at hand for birthday dinners, to help with special projects or just to sit up late at
night to discuss issues and tell
stories. Her great grandchildren added a whole new layer
of joy.
The family would like to
thank long time family
friends and neighbors Paul
and Lydia Keyser for their
many kindnesses as well as
her caregivers Connie Wafer,
Nettie Adams and Clementine
Mitchell.
Pallbearers will be good
friend Paul Keyser and her
grandsons Gilbert Stroud III,
Hank
Thomas,
Mathew
Thomas, Joseph Teegardin,
Andrew
Thomas,
Taylor
Thomas,
and
Michael
Thomas. John Walsh and
Michael Finders will serve as
honorary pallbearers.
The
Thomas
family
requests in lieu of flowers,
donations are made to the
Charles F. and Sadie G.
Thomas Scholarship fund
through the NSU Foundation,
Alumni Center, Northwestern
State
University,
Natchitoches, LA 71457 or a
charity of your choice.
JAMES “BURKE” COBB
James “Burke” Cobb, a
native of Baton Rouge and resident of Prairieville passed
away Thursday, July 19, 2012,
at the age of 14.
He was a rising freshman at
Dutchtown
High
School,
where he was a member of the
Dutchtown
Freshmen
Football Team, the Dutchtown
Lacrosse Team, the Gonzales
Dolphins and the BETA club.
He was also a member of
Istrouma Baptist Church and
was a student helper for students with special needs at
Prairieville Middle School. He
was a former member of the
Prairieville Broncos Football
Team, the Prairieville Middle
School Football Team and a
wake boarder and hunter.
He is survived by his parents, “Jim” Cobb and Marla
Schaffer Cobb; brothers,
Schaffer and Dallas Cobb;
grandparents,
Sharon
Burkhalter Cobb, Francis C.
and Andina Schaffer; and
numerous
loving
aunts,
uncles, cousins and friends.
He is preceded in death by
his grandfather, James H.
Cobb.
“Burke” Cobb will be
remembered for his warm,
sensitive, loving spirit that
never met a stranger. He loved
spending time with his family
and friends. He was a great
Big Brother to Schaffer and
Dallas.
Burke was a huge sports
fan who watched ESPN Sports
Center daily!
There was a visitation at
Istrouma Baptist Church,
Baton Rouge, Sunday, July 22
from 3-7 p.m.
Visitation
resumed at the Istrouma
Baptist Church, Monday, July
23 from 9 a.m. until services at
10:30 a.m. Interment followed
in Oak Lane Memorial Park
Cemetery in Prairieville.
Pallbearers were Calmes
Schaffer, George Schaffer, Jeff
Daniel, Jonathan Tabor, Ray
Gill, Roberto Matuty, Robbie
Allen and Ronnie Simpson.
Honorary Pallbearers were
Bruce Fisher, Dennis Alison,
John Metz, James L. Clark II,
Michael Kay, Todd Briley, Van
Wiggins and a host of Burke’s
friends from the Prairieville
Middle School Football Team,
Prairieville
Broncos,
Dutchtown Lacrosse and
Football Team and the
Istrouma Baptist Church
Youth Department. To offer
condolences to the family,
please visit www.oursofh.com.
In lieu of flowers, the family request monetary donations sent to the “Burke Cobb
Memorial Fund” at Whitney
Bank. Account # 46627005.
NOLAN P. BOUDREAUX
A service to honor the life of
Nolan P. Boudreaux will be 10
a.m. Wednesday, July 25 in the
chapel of Blanchard St. Denis
Funeral Home. A private family committal service will follow at Central Baptist Church
Cemetery near Robeline at a
later date. The family will
receive friends from 4-10
p.m.,Tuesday, at the funeral
home.
Mr. Boudreaux, 71, passed
away Sunday, July 22, 2012 at
his home in Robeline with his
family by his side.
Those left to cherish his
memory include his wife of 39
years, Mary Boudreaux; children,
Amanda
Medford,
Norbert Boudreaux and his
wife Leslie, David Boudreaux
and his wife Jani, Anna
Boudreaux-Alford and her
husband
Glen,
Cordell
Boudreaux and his wife
Sherry, Robyn Boudreaux,
Diane Migues and her husband Jody, and Kathy Bonin;
god-child, Bryan Fant; 25
grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; brothers, Johnny
Boudreaux,
Preston
Boudreaux,
and
Ray
Boudreaux; and sister, Edna
Cormier.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Numa and Lillian
(Conner) Boudreaux; one
brother and one grandchild.
Those honored to serve as
pallbearers include Norbert
Boudreaux, David Boudreaux,
Cordell Boudreaux, Bryan
Fant, Jody Migues, and
Johnny Boudreaux. Honorary
pallbearer will be Glen Alford.
In lieu of flowers, the family
asks donations be made to
Hospice of Natchitoches.
The Miraculous Prayer
In the past I have asked
for many favors, this time
I ask You, this very
special one (ask favor),
take It dear Jesus and
place it within your own
broken heart, where your
father sees it, then in
Your merciful eyes, it will
become Your favor not
mine. Amen.
Inside the
Hospital
News from Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Hospital names LPN
June Assoc. of Month
Villetta
Coutee
is
Natchitoches
Regional
Medical Center’s Associate
of the Month for June. She
received the honor in early
July.
Coutee is a licensed practical nurse in the Senior
Care Unit providing basic
patient care and education.
She has worked at NRMC for
six years.
The Senior Care Center is
a 15-bed psychiatric inpatient facility located within
Natchitoches
Regional
Medical Center.
The Senior Care Center
specializes in caring for
Seniors 50 and older. The
program combines psychotherapy and medication
management with the goal of
assisting patients in achieving their highest degree of
function and independence.
Coutee is a graduate of
Leesville High School and
earned her LPN certification
at
Louisiana
Technical
College, Natchitoches campus.
She is certified in CPR and
CPI (crisis intervention prevention).
She is a member of St.
Titus Baptist Church in
Episcopal Diocese ordains
fourth priest; former one retires
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) —
The Episcopal Diocese of
Western
Louisiana
has
ordained its fourth bishop, a
man who served in Missouri,
Alabama and Florida after
attending universities in
Atlanta and Tennessee.
The Most Rev. Katharine
Jefferts Schori, presiding
bishop of the Episcopal
Church, elevated the Very Rev.
Jacob W. Owensby, who had
been installed in January 2009
as second dean of St. Mark's
Episcopal
Cathedral
in
Shreveport,
The
Times
(http://bit.ly/NYPN2J)
reported.
The 54-year-old bishop
takes over from the Right
The Miraculous Prayer
In the past I have asked
for many favors, this time
I ask You, this very
special one (ask favor),
take It dear Jesus and
place it within your own
broken heart, where your
father sees it, then in
Your merciful eyes, it will
become Your favor not
mine. Amen.
B. A.
Say this prayer for three
days
and
promise
publication and favor will
be granted. Never known
to fail. Amen.
Campti.
She is married to Pedro
Coutee
and
has two sons,
Vance
and
D e m a r i o
Coutee, all of
Natchitoches.
Her
fatherand mother-inCoutee
law
are
Lawrence Coutee and Beulah
Mae
Coutee,
both
of
Natchitoches.
As Associate of the
Month, she received a gift
certificate to a local restaurant, VIP parking spot, a gift
from the hospital, her photo
and name on a plaque outside the cafeteria and a pin
for her name badge.
Coutee’s name will be
entered into a drawing for
the Associate of the Year
award.
She, and other 2012
Associates of the Month,
will also serve on next year’s
Associate of the Month committee.
Associates of the Month
are chosen from nominations by their co-workers and
results of patient satisfaction surveys.
M. C.
Say this prayer for three
days
and
promise
publication and favor will
be granted. Never known
to fail. Amen.
Happy Birthday Daddy
Shelby Borders (July 16) and
Toni Howell Lewis (July 24)
Pictures in time will fade away
The imprint you left on our hearts are here to stay
The pain we feel is still there
Keeping the scar inside raw and bare
With painted on smiles we go through our daily routines
Hiding the tears deep down and unseen
We know you had to go and could not stay
When you left this world that fateful day
Although we just could not understand
You were part of God’s greater plan
Even though our hearts are heavy and sad
We are so grateful for the years we had.
By Rebekah Borders
Reverend
D.
Bruce
MacPherson, who is retiring.
Owensby was among seven
candidates for bishop. He
served five years as rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
in Webster Groves, Mo., before
coming to Shreveport. He also
served as rector at St.
Stephen's Episcopal Church
in Huntsville, Ala., and assistant rector at St. Mark's
Episcopal
Church
in
Jacksonville, Fla.
Owensby was an associate
professor of philosophy at
Jacksonville University, Fla.
He earned a bachelor's degree
in psychology and master's
and doctorate in philosophy
from Emory University in
Atlanta.
He received his master of
divinity from The University
of the South in Sewanee,
Tenn., and was ordained to the
priesthood in 1997.
Supreme Court
justice hearing
moved back
Deadline moved in La.
chief justice debate NEW
ORLEANS (AP) — The
Louisiana Supreme Court is
giving its justices an extra
month to weigh in on a
debate over naming the
court's next chief justice.
Chief Justice Catherine
"Kitty" Kimball had set a
July 31 deadline for the justices to file briefs on which
colleague is the "oldest in
point of service" under
terms of the state constitution.
Kimball amended her
order on Friday to move the
deadline to Aug. 31.
Justice Bernette Johnson
sued earlier this month to
block her colleagues from
debating whether she is entitled to succeed Kimball when
she retires next year. Justice
Jeffrey Victory also stakes a
claim to being the court's
longest-serving justice.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012 THE NATCHITOCHES TIMES
Hot Afternoon
Annie’s
Mailbox
Kathy
Mitchell
and Marcy
Sugar
City of Natchitoches utility workers repair a downed
power line near the 100 block of Hancock Ave. A pecan
limb fell across the power line and caused a fuse to
blow, resulting in a loss of power for the neighborhood
around 1 p.m.
Dear Annie: I am 33 years
old and fed up with how distant my family is. I am disappointed with my grandparents for the way they behave.
I grew up around them, but
they moved to Arizona when I
was 19.
I thought we were close,
but it seems we are growing
further apart. Sometimes
they are in our town for several weeks, but we only hear
from them once or twice. One
would think they would set a
better example for maintaining family ties. They recently
came back for three weeks,
and we didn’t know they were
in
town
until
halfway
through their trip. They took
us out to eat and casually
mentioned that they are taking my two aunts and two of
the grandkids to a resort for
three days. We weren’t invited. In fact, whenever they are
here, they focus all of their
time and attention on one
daughter and her kids and
Bad grandparents are unfair
forget the rest of us.
My grandparents are getting older and won’t be
around forever. I really want
my daughter to meet all of
her family while she has a
chance. How do I change this?
Is it even worth trying? It’s
not really the same if they
call more often only because I
demand it. — Donny
Dear Donny: You should
talk to your grandparents
and tell them how much you
miss them and how their
favoritism is having a negative impact on your feelings
and their relationship with
your daughter. It’s not a
“demand.”
They
cannot
change their behavior if they
are unaware of it. It may take
some extra effort for them to
remember this, and it’s OK to
prompt them when necessary.
Also, don’t hesitate to take
the initiative whenever you
want to speak to them.
Dear Annie: I know this is
a bit out of your league, but I
don’t know who else to ask.
My son is a university student. His major requires that
he take several math classes.
In every class, the professor
is his worst teacher of the
semester. They don’t explain
anything, and they don’t give
feedback on tests or quizzes.
NPD makes variety of charges during week of July 11-16
Chief
Mickey
Dove
released the following arrests
for the week of July 11-16:
Charles Beaudion, 2533
Hwy. 491 Cloutierville, bank
fraud, access device fraud
Gwendolyn Beaudion, 2533
Hwy. 491 Cloutierville, forgery
Sammy Holbert, 159 Kings
Court, Many, failure to
appear,
simple
criminal
destruction
to
property
(felony), domestic abuse battery
Joseph Pikes, 2496 Hwy, 71
Campti, failure to appear
Kimberly Osborn, 1793
Hwy. 117 Provencal, theft of
goods
Hannah Metoyer, 821 West,
St., theft of goods
Kenneth
Mitchell,
189
Michelle Drive, theft of goods
Volitioner Parker, 1542
Grayson St., simple burglary
Roy Middleton, 1314 Gold
St, failure to appear
Antonio
Johnson,
614
Railroad St., failure to appear
Donald Collins Jr., 820 Old
River Road, failure to appear
Isaac Besant, failure to
appear
Tallisha Clark, 125 Reba St.,
simple battery
Betty
Ryder,
100
S.
Williams, theft
Mathew
Jones,
815
Woodyard Dr., Apt. 7, failure
to appear
Alex Willis, 815 July St.,
failure to appear
Jarvis Moore, 1800 Bonner
Road, Coushatta, two counts
failure to appear
Justin Davis, 319 Rowenna
St., theft
Robert Berry, 2955 Hwy. 486,
theft
Shawnkeylius Jefferson,
1418 Northern, remaining,
resisting
Ronald
Cross,
242
Scarborough, disturbing the
peace, fighting
Terry
Edwards,
242
Scarborough, disturbing the
peace, fighting
Jermichael Braxton, 102
Ellen St, disturbing the peace,
fighting
Katelyn Granger, 113 Royal,
possession of alcohol under
age 21, remaining on premises after being forbidden
Shelia Johnson, 1901 S.
Drive Lot #985, failure to
appear
Jose Verdugo, 3394 Hwy.
119, Melrose, disturbing the
peace by public intoxication
Jonathan Williams, 204
Kingston Drive, theft of goods
Kimberly Benjamin, 225
Michelle Drive, theft of goods
Latreyvon Durham, 605
Payne St., theft of goods
Marvell
Jackson,
100
Lakeview Drive, domestic
abuse
Lyle Griese, 100 Williams
Ave., Apt 30, theft
Drucilla
Craig,
1405
Grayson St., disturbing the
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As a result, he does poorly.
I thought it was just my
son or that university, but he
now is taking a make-up math
class at our local community
college. He says the same
thing is happening with the
professor there. What is it
about college math professors
that makes them unfeeling,
unhelpful and uncaring? Why
can’t universities get them to
treat their students better
and be more helpful? — Cape
Coral, Fla.
Dear Florida: While we
are certain some math professors do not explain things as
clearly as they could, when
this happens with every professor, in every environment,
we have to assume your son is
more than a little math-challenged. As a college student,
it is his responsibility to find
a way to understand the
material. Instead of blaming
the professors, suggest to
your son that he get some
remedial math assistance. He
should be able to find a tutor
on campus.
Dear
Annie:
“Disappointed” needs to grow
up instead of complaining
that she is now left to buy her
own honeymoon lingerie
because her bridesmaids
haven’t offered to host a
shower for her. Oh, boo-hoo!
It is not mandatory that anyone host a shower for her.
Perhaps she chose really
expensive bridesmaids dresses, shoes, etc., and her attendants are already financially
overextended — and they are
hosting a bachelorette party.
But rather than focus on the
positive, she prefers to be
upset about the lack of a
shower. Grow up, Bridezilla,
and thank your bridesmaids
for what they are doing for
you. Buy your own honeymoon lingerie. A wedding is
not about the gifts and the
parties. — California
Dear California: Yes,
but you are being a bit hard
on the bride. She wasn’t
demanding a shower. She was
simply disappointed not to
have one.
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Obama, Romney’s views on
guns have evolved over time
WASHINGTON (AP) —
President Barack Obama and
Republican challenger Mitt
Romney both have softened
their positions on gun restrictions over the years. As they
expressed shock and sorrow
over the bloodshed at a
Colorado movie theater, neither suggested that tougher
gun control could make a difference, a notion that has faded
from political debate.
Romney signed a ban on
assault
weapons
as
Massachusetts governor. But as
the presumptive Republican
nominee, he now bills himself
as the candidate who will protect gun owners' rights.
Obama called for reinstating
the federal ban on assault
weapons during his 2008 presidential campaign. But since his
election he hasn't tried to get
that done or pushed other gun
control proposals, either.
Neither man is likely to raise
gun control as a campaign
issue — beyond Romney's insistence that an Obama presidency is bad for gun owners. Both
say they'll protect the Second
Amendment right to bear
arms. A look at the evolution of
their positions and where they
stand on guns:
OBAMA
1997-2004: As an Illinois state
senator, Obama supports banning all forms of semiautomatic weapons and tighter state
restrictions
generally
on
firearms, including a failed
effort to limit handgun purchases to one per month.
2005: In the U.S. Senate,
Obama votes against protecting
firearms makers and dealers
from lawsuits over misuse of
their products by others. The
bill is signed into law by
President George W. Bush.
2008: During his first presidential campaign, Obama supports a return to the federal
ban on assault weapons, which
began during the Clinton
administration and expired
under Bush. He also endorses
requiring background checks
for buyers at gun shows. The
National Rifle Association
attacks him as an anti-gun
zealot — a stand the group continues to take.
April 2008: Obama is criticized for elitism after sounding
dismissive of gun owners in a
talk to campaign donors. He
said voters in struggling small
towns in Middle America "cling
to guns or religion or antipathy
to people who aren't like them"
to explain their frustrations.
September 2008: Obama
seeks to reassure gun owners:
"I believe in people's lawful
right to bear arms. ... There are
some common-sense gun safety
laws that I believe in. But I am
not going to take your guns
away." Nonetheless, gun sales
go up when Obama wins,
apparently because of fear that
new restrictions are imminent
under his administration.
2009: As president, Obama
signs legislation allowing people to carry concealed weapons
in
the
Grand
Canyon,
Yellowstone and other national
parks and wildlife refuges and
another measure that lets people carry guns in their checked
bags on Amtrak trains.
2010: The Brady Center to
Prevent Gun Violence gives
Obama a grade of "F'' for failing
to push even the gun restrictions he supported while campaigning.
2011: Obama says the shooting that severely wounded
then-Rep. Gabriel Giffords, DAriz., and killed six people
should lead to "a new discussion of how we can keep
America safe for all our people." He calls for "sound and
effective steps" to keep guns out
of the hands of criminals,
including strengthening background checks on gun buyers.
But he's short on specifics. The
administration hasn't proposed
any new gun initiatives since
then.
March 2012: Obama calls the
fatal shooting of black teenager
Trayvon Martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer in
Florida "a tragedy," saying
Americans should do some
soul-searching and "examine
the laws" to figure out why it
happened. He hasn't called for
any legal changes in response
to the case, which mostly
brought attention to some
states' "stand your ground"
laws making it easier for a
shooter to claim self-defense.
Indeed, most gun regulations
are imposed by states. The primary federal law is the Brady
law requiring background
checks on firearms purchasers.
July 20: Obama says he's
heartbroken by the Aurora,
Colo., movie theater massacre
and calls on the country to
unite in prayer for the victims.
"If there's anything to take
away from this tragedy it's the
reminder that life is very fragile, our time here is limited and
it is precious."
Asked whether the shooting
should prompt a new review of
gun laws, White House
spokesman
Jay
Carney
declines to comment beyond
reiterating Obama's existing
stance in support of "commonsense measures that protect
Second Amendment rights of
Americans, while ensuring
that those who should not have
guns under existing law do not
get them."
ROMNEY
1994: In his unsuccessful
challenge to liberal Democratic
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy,
Romney sounds moderate on
guns, supporting an assault
weapons ban and insisting: "I
don't line up with the NRA."
2002: Running for governor
of Massachusetts, Romney says
he supports and will protect the
state's "tough gun laws." The
NRA gives his Democratic
opponent a higher rating on
gun-rights issues and makes no
endorsement in the race.
2003: As governor, Romney
upsets gun owners by signing a
law that quadruples the state's
gun-licensing fee — from $25 to
$100 — as part of a widespread
effort to eliminate the budget
deficit.
2004: Romney signs a
Massachusetts ban on assault
weapons. He mollifies many
gun-rights advocates by coupling it with looser rules on
gun licenses and an extension
of the duration of licenses,
reducing the effect of the earlier fee increase.
2005: Declares May 7 as
"Right to Bear Arms Day" in
Massachusetts.
2006: As he prepares for his
first presidential run, Romney
becomes a lifetime NRA member.
2007: While campaigning,
Romney declares he sometimes
hunts "small varmints" — a
comment ridiculed by some as
an awkward attempt to pander
to pro-gun voters.
2008: In a Republican primary debate, Romney says he
would have signed the federal
assault weapons ban if it came
to his desk as president, but he
opposes any new gun legislation.
2011: Making his second
presidential bid, Romney's
campaigns on a promise to protect and promote the Second
Amendment.
2012: Romney tells gun owners that Obama wants to erode
their rights. "We need a president who will enforce current
laws, not create new ones that
only serve to burden lawful gun
owners," Romney told the
National Rifle Association's
annual convention. "President
Obama has not. I will."
July 20: Like Obama,
Romney avoids talking politics
on the day of the Aurora shooting. He says Americans are
coming together in their sorrow.
Michael
Reagan
Cagle Cartoons
Spain's borrowing rates
hit record as crisis grows
MADRID (AP) — Financial
pressure is mounting on Spain
as its economy shrinks and the
cost of bailing out banks and
regional governments grows.
Investors pushed the country's
borrowing rates to alarming
heights Monday amid concern
the government could be overwhelmed by debt and forced to
seek an international bailout.
The interest rate, or yield, on
Spain's 10-year bond spiked 0.22
percentage points to 7.45 percent. That is the highest level
since the euro began in 1999
and is considered unsustainable for more than a few
months. The main stock index
tanked as much as 5 percent
before recovering somewhat.
Concern
over
Spain
increased after the central
bank said Monday that the
economy contracted by 0.4 percent during the second quarter.
The government predicts the
economy will keep contracting
into 2013 as new austerity measures — such as tax hikes and
benefit cuts — hurt consumers
and businesses.
The gloomy outlook has
increased worries about public
finances because shrinking
economic output deprives the
government of revenue it needs
to lower the deficit. The government has earlier this year conceded it will not meet its target
to reduce the 2012 deficit to 5.3
percent of GDP, aiming instead
for 6.3 percent.
Investors also worry the government will face new costs to
help its ailing banks and
regions. Spain has asked for a
eurozone bailout package of up
to €100 billion ($121 billion) to
save the banks, but is ultimately liable to repay the money if
the banks do not.
The eastern region of
Valencia revealed Friday it
would need a bailout from the
central Madrid government.
Over the weekend, the southern region of Murcia said it
may also need help. Speculation
is now strong that several other
cash-strapped regional governments may follow.
A fund for Spain's 17 regions
was created on July 13 and will
have €18 billion ($22 billion) in
capital. Many regions are so
heavily in debt due to the recession and the burst real estate
bubble that they cannot raise
money on their own.
The problem is the central
government is facing high borrowing costs, too.
If those borrowing rates do
not fall back, the central government may end up being
locked out of international
markets and be forced to seek a
financial rescue, like Greece,
Ireland and Portugal.
"The higher the yield goes,
the more untenable the situation becomes," said Rebecca
O'Keeffe, head of investment at
Interactive Investment.
Spain is the fourth-largest
economy in the eurozone, bigger than Greece, Ireland and
Portugal combined. Its €1 trillion economy would prove too
expensive for the continent's
€500 billion bailout fund, a
third of which is already tied
up in the other three bailouts.
A debt default by Spain
would rock global financial
markets and threaten the existence of the euro currency.
That's why finding a way to
lower its borrowing rates is
crucial for the financial wellbeing of Europe and the global
economy.
Spain has called for the
European Central Bank to take
emergency action to ease its
government borrowing rates.
In the past, the ECB has bought
bonds on the open market, lowering their yields, or interest
rates. It has also given banks €1
trillion in cheap loans to ensure
they have enough cash to lend
to the economy.
But these measures have
over the past two years only
temporarily lowered government borrowing rates. The ECB
claims the measures are not
effective in fighting the crisis
and that governments need to
take action by, among other
things, sharing countries' debt
loads.
Spain has already issued
€59 billion of the total €86
billion in debt it plans to sell
this year, meaning it is not
under heavy pressure to hold
auctions. The Treasury, however, will test market sentiment with a sale of three- and
six months bills on Tuesday.
In stock markets, Spain's
benchmark Ibex 35 index was
down more than 2 percent by
early afternoon after plunging 5.8 percent on Friday.
The losses had been heavier early Monday, before
Spain's market regulator
placed a three-month ban on
short-selling of shares. In a
short sale, investors sell
stock they do not own, betting they can buy it back at a
lower price.
The latest bout of jitters
comes barely a month after
the leaders of the 17-country
eurozone agreed a package of
measures designed to instill
confidence in the markets.
Those measures included the
rescue loans for Spain's
banks.
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Don’t Eat
Campaign
Dirt
Dirty political campaigns are as old as the Founding
Fathers.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams are said to have
thrown the first mud at each other in the presidential
election of 1800.
Jefferson accused his old pal -- who was then president
-- of being a fool, a hypocrite, a criminal and a tyrant.
Adams returned fire, calling his vice president and
challenger Jefferson "a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow,
the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia
mulatto father."
I don't know what the average citizen of 1800 thought
about those lies and name-calling, which have been an
ugly fixture of our politics ever since.
But I do remember how California voters and the media
reacted to a dirty TV ad that Pat Brown ran against my
father in 1966, when Brown was running for an unprecedented third term as governor.
I don't recall the exact words, but the ad featured Gov.
Brown talking to a black child in his early teens. Brown
tells the kid he's running for governor and the kid asks
whom he's running against.
"I'm glad you asked," Gov. Jerry Brown's father replied,
"I'm running against an actor. And did you know it was an
actor that shot Abraham Lincoln?"
Few people actually saw the ad, because it only ran for
a brief time on a small station in Northern California.
But the news media got hold of it and, though it's hard to
believe today, they were appalled that Gov. Brown would
stoop so low in a campaign ad.
The voting public was equally appalled, which is equally hard to believe today. Within 72 hours Ronald Reagan
went from being behind in the polls to being ahead. He
won 57 percent of the vote and the rest is world history.
The scary thing is, President Obama or Mitt Romney or
one of their political action committees could run a sleazy
ad like Pat Brown's today and the media wouldn't criticize
it, they would defend it.
"Well, it's true he was an actor," the media would rationalize. "John Wilkes Booth was an actor, too. What are you
bitching about?" Voters would accept the ad, too.
That's how much we've changed in less than 50 years.
The slime-ball politics that used to appall everyone in the
1960s is the norm today.
We accept the negative ads, name-calling and lies as
part of the way the political game is played, then we sit
back and gripe about how our politics have gone into the
dumpster.
But we can't have it both ways. It's like going to the
Indianapolis 500 hoping to see the accidents -- and then
complaining about the accidents. It's like going to a cage
fight -- and complaining about the violence.
Today we no longer have political ads that tell the truth
about a candidate or the issues. We have negative ads that
spin, distort and take words out of context.
We can complain about the news media. But Fox News,
MSNBC, what's left of CNN and the others feast on dirty
politics. They don't want their banquet to end.
It's up to us the public to clean things up. But first we
have to change. The politicians are giving us exactly what
we want.
If we really want more truth in politics, if we really
want less negativity and fewer lies, we have to make it
clear to the politicians that we no longer want to watch
their grubby cage fight.
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LHS to host
back to school event
Lakeview High School will
hold its Back to School Gator
Bash Friday, July 27 from 811:30 a.m.
The school board requires
that parents complete a new
registration packet each year
for all students. Registration
packets will be ready for completion at the Bash.
Parents should take a utility bill, water bill or other
form of proof of residence
when they come. Students
can purchase their ID badge,
get their parking permit,
locker assignment and pick
up their agenda and schedule.
ID badges are $2, lockers are
$3 and parking permits are
$5. For parking permits, take
proof of insurance, vehicle
registration and driver’s
license.
There will also be representatives from People’s Bank
on site to discuss the Bank at
School program. Bank
accounts can be opened at the
Gator Bash.
Students who attended
Girls/Boys State will host a
Freshmen Connection activity from 10-11 a.m. in the
annex gym for all freshmen.
'Swamp People'
casting calls: 3 La
cities, 1 in Texas
HOUMA, La. (AP) — The
History Channel TV show
"Swamp People" is looking for
new alligator hunters. They
can be individuals, groups or
families, but must have a
license and at least 50 tags for
the September alligator season in Louisiana.
The show is going into its
fourth season, and has featured different hunters each
year.
It held casting calls Sunday
at restaurants in Baton Rouge
and in Beaumont, Texas.
Others are scheduled this
Saturday in Houma and in
Webster, Texas, and on
Saturday, Aug. 4, in Lafayette.
Its agents, The Casting
Company, also take emailed
applications at
SwampPeopleLA(at)gmail.co
m.
Micah Lewis, canine custodian; Anne Miller, Pilots N Paws; and Lisa Butler, manager of
Sabine Animal Shelter, hold Bella, an Australian Shepherd puppy that the Millers flew
from Many to her permanent home in Austin.
Shelter dog flies to new Austin home
Although she lives in
Austin,
Texas
now,
Natchitoches is never far from
Anne Miller’s thoughts. Her
ties to Natchitoches go back
several generations.
She spent many happy
hours with her maternal
grandparents, the late Mr. and
Mrs. J.H. Williams and her
many cousins who also grew
up in Natchitoches. During
much of her childhood, she
and her family lived in her
mother’s
hometown
of
Natchitoches where Anne
graduated from The Scholars
College at Northwestern State
University.
She also graduated from the
Southern
College
of
Optometry in Memphis and
became an optometrist. She
and her her husband, L.J.
Miller, and their two apricot
Labradoodles,
Elvis
and
Oscar, live in Cedar Park,
Texas, a suburb of Austin.
Although Anne had an
intense fear of flying, she had
to overcome it when she got
married. Her husband, L.J., a
senior marketing manager for
Dell Computers in Austin, is a
pilot with 20 years of experience who owns a private
plane.
The couple takes many
trips in L.J.’s plane. Now some
of their trips have an important mission, and that mission
brought them back to the
Natchitoches area recently.
They came to the Sabine
Animal Shelter to pick up a
passenger, Bella, a 7-monthold Australian Shepherd
puppy who was being adopted.
She needed a way to get to her
new family who lived in
Austin.
“Pilots love flying, and
some have been known to fly
from Austin to Dallas for a
hamburger, so to fly a dog
from a shelter to a forever
family gives meaning and purpose to a flight,” said volun-
Asbury United Methodist Church of Natchitoches confirmed 10 youth Sunday, July 1 at their morning worship
service. On front row from left are JaQuinta Jackson,
Ashley Flourney, JeKedria Brooks, Jordan Ratliff,
Princess Ratliff and JeTieraney Jackson. On back row
are Tyrin Westmoreland, Cameron Ratliff, Colby Bonier,
the Rev. Karli D. Pidgeon and Lavelle Edwards.
US has fewest cattle in at least 4 decades
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A
widespread drought that's
forcing ranchers to sell off animals has helped shrink the
nation's cattle herd to its
smallest number in at least
four decades.
The National Agricultural
Statistics Service reported
Friday that the number of cattle and calves in the United
States totaled 97.8 million head
as of July 1. That's 2 percent
less than a year ago. Beef cattle numbers were down 3 percent at 30.5 million head counted, while dairy cow numbers
remained unchanged at 9.2
million.
Overall, it's the smallest cattle inventory since the agency
began a July count in 1973.
NASS now estimates the size
of the nation's herd each
January and July.
Glynn Tonser, an associate
professor in agricultural economics at Kansas State
University, said the smaller
teer pilot L.J. Miller.
When L.J. learned about
the mission of Pilots N Paws
(PNP), he immediately wanted
to become involved. PNP is an
organization that matches volunteer assignments of flying
canines and other unwanted
animals from shelters and rescue groups to new homes.
After a nearly two-hour
flight, Anne and L.J. arrived at
the Many airport where they
were met by Anne’s aunt.
The next morning, returning to the airport, Anne and
L.J. met their important
canine passenger. Lisa Butler,
manager of
the Sabine
Animal Shelter and Micah
Lewis, canine custodian, were
waiting at the airport with
Bella, all decked out in a new
collar and leash. Tail-wagging
and smiles were the order of
the day with a mood of giddy
anticipation as Bella and
Shelter volunteers waited for
L.J. to prepare his plane for
the flight to Austin.
After teary goodbyes and
hugs from the Shelter staff,
Bella boarded the plane and
was secured in her kennel just
behind the Millers. It was a
quick, easy flight.
Anne
reported that Bella settled
down quickly and spent her
flight time napping and looking around the aircraft cabin.
Upon landing, the Millers
took Bella to their home where
her new family came to pick
her up.
Bella was L.J.’s second rescue flight and he’s enthusiastic about continuing his missions of mercy. “Anytime
there is a rescue in Texas
scheduled for a weekend, I am
available,” says Miller. Anne
is hoping for a rescue back to
the Natchitoches area sometime soon so she and her husband can fly there and spend
some time with her relatives
in the Natchitoches area.
PilotsNPaws was founded
in 2008 by a former nurse
turned animal rescue volunteer, Debi Boles and pilot Jon
Wehrenberg.
Wehrenberg agreed to help
save a rescued Doberman
Pinscher from a dog-fighting
ring by flying him from
Florida to South Carolina.
PNP provides a user-friendly
web communication portal for
those who rescue animals and
pilots and plane owners who
are willing to assist in their
transportation, sAving them
from euthanasia.
There are 2800 pilot volunteers and 12,000 users on the
PNP forum across the nation.
Any animal who can be saved
by a plane ride is a potential
PNP rescue. This includes
dogs, cats, pigs, reptiles and
even a few rabbits.
It was a story with happy
beginnings: a new life for a
rescue dog, a new way to
transport rescue animals to
new homes.
A year later, Amy Winehouse still lives on
Confirmation
Young stars' fun
fashion at teen
awards in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The
blindingly bright hot pink carpet at the Teen Choice Awards
was full of rising fashion stars
unafraid to break the rules in
equally colorful styles.
Ponytailed Teen Choice cohost Demi Lovato wore a flashy
yellow-and-silver
sequined
minidress with long feathers to
the Sunday ceremony.
"Well, I chose it because I'm
just really, I'm in a really fun
mood, and I wanted to 'wow'
people when I stepped out on
the carpet," smiled Lovato.
New pop star Carly Rae
Jepsen wore a beige blazer
paired with a matching
miniskirt and dark green printed palm trees accompanied by
a black clutch and chunky
black Aldo platforms. "It just
felt kind of suited for Teen
Choice. The surf boards. Why
not?" said Jepsen.
Zoe Saldana wore a balloonhem printed dress by Jonathan
Saunders,
and
Zooey
Deschanel chose a cheerful
cobalt-blue cocktail dress by
Monique Lhuillier.
The youngest Kardashian
sisters, Kendal and Kylie
Jenner, opted for dark dresses.
Miranda
Cosgrove
of
"iCarly" wore a short silver
metallic sequined dress with
subtle jewelry, while Victoria
Justice wore a long animalprint dress with a bejeweled
black belt, sleek straight hair
and beige heels.
"Vampire Diaries" fashionista Nina Dobrev wore a teal
strapless J. Mendel dress, gold
strappy heels and a soft
Grecian braid.
Micah Lewis, canine custodian, who cared for Bella during
her stay at the Sabine Animal Shelter, tells her goodbye just
before boarding the Millers’ private plane for a flight to
Austin.
cattle numbers reflect a yearslong trend that was speeded up
by last year's drought in the
Southwest. Pastures dried up,
and feed prices skyrocketed,
forcing ranchers to sell off animals.
More ranchers are selling
animals this year as the U.S.
struggles with the widest
drought in decades. However,
the report released Friday is
based on data collected during
the first half of June — before
the drought spread and significant sales began.
There are two signs the cattle numbers won't recover
soon. The nation's 2012 calf
crop also was 2 percent smaller compared to a year ago,
with 34.5 million calves expected to be born this year, the
report estimated.
Also, a key indicator of
potential future herd expansion is the number of replacement heifers ranchers keep in
their herds.
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer
Amy Winehouse's father says
it's tough dealing with the loss
of his daughter, but he's happy
she is having a helpful impact
on the world through the foundation named after her.
"Even after a small space in
time — we're talking a year
since Amy passed away — we
are beginning, well, Amy is
beginning, to have a positive
effect on a lot of disadvantaged
young people's lives," Mitch
Winehouse said in an interview Friday.
Amy Winehouse died on
July 23, 2011 at her London
home from accidental alcohol
poisoning at age 27. The Amy
Winehouse Foundation was
launched last year in the
United Kingdom and in April
in the United States.
Mitch Winehouse says he
expects Monday — the oneyear anniversary of Amy's
death — to be difficult, but he
will spend the day with family
and friends. First they'll go to
Amy's house for Jewish prayer
and to be with the singer's fans.
Then close friends will head to
a party at Jazz After Dark,
which was "Amy's favorite jazz
bar."
"There are going to be lots of
tears and lots of laughter and
that is exactly how Amy would
have wanted it," he said.
Amy Winehouse was one of
music's critically revered
singers, praised for her touching lyrical content, soulful tone
and authenticity. Her debut,
"Frank," was a U.K. success,
but her breakthrough came
with 2007's "Back to Black," a
multiplatinum effort that won
her five Grammy Awards.
Mitch Winehouse says during
that peak, "she was Adele and
Lady Gaga rolled into one."
In the United Kingdom, the
Winehouse family has raised
more than $1 million and has
assisted various charities. In
America, the group is working
with the New Orleans Jazz
Orchestra to develop "after
school music club houses" and
feed hungry children throughout Louisiana.
The foundation has raised
profits from donations and the
release of the Amy's posthumous album "Lioness: Hidden
Treasures" and a book by
Mitch Winehouse titled "Amy,
My Daughter," released this
summer.
"I don't feel any accomplishment or any joy," Mitch
Winehouse said of the book.
"The reality is I shouldn't have
had to written the book in the
first place."
"I wrote it fairly quickly
after Amy passed away. I found
writing it quite cathartic and I
thought it would help me in my
recovery, and to a certain
extent it has," he continued.
"But reading the book back for
edits was very difficult indeed;
more difficult than writing the
book."
Mitch Winehouse also said
there's more Amy Winehouse
music on the horizon: "We're
working with (music producers) Salaam Remi and Mark
Ronson to see what they've got.
But we have to be mindful; we
don't want to put anything out
that could be damaging. It
wouldn't be right for Amy's
fans."
A film on his daughter's life
is also a possibility, he says.
"Whatever we do we have to
make sure it's done in good
taste," he said. "We don't want a
sensationalized movie going
out, you know, but equally
there's no point in sort of massaging the fact that Amy was a
alcoholic and drug addict; no
point in pretending that didn't
happen."
The first annual Amy
Winehouse Inspiration Awards
and Gala will take place Oct. 11
in New York and will honor
Remi and Tony Bennett, with
whom Amy Winehouse won a
Grammy with this year.
Usher's stepson dies 2 weeks after lake accident
ATLANTA (AP) — The
stepson of the Grammy
award-winning
pop
star
Usher has died, two weeks
after the child was critically
injured in a boating accident.
Willie A. Watkins funeral
home in Atlanta confirmed
Saturday it was handling
funeral arrangements for 11year-old Kile Glover. He was a
son of
Usher's ex-wife
Tameka Foster.
The
Atlanta
JournalConstitution reports
that
Kile died Saturday morning
at an Atlanta area hospital.
The boy was run over July
6 by a personal watercraft on
Lake Lanier, according to the
Georgia
Department
of
Natural Resources. He had
been hospitalized with a
major brain injury. Lake
Lanier is about 40 miles
northeast of Atlanta.
Authorities said the accident continues under investigation.
Before the accident, Usher,
whose full name is Usher
Raymond, had been in a legal
battle with his ex-wife arising from a custody fight over
the two sons they had together.
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7/24/12
TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
COURT
NATCHITOCHES PARISH,
LOUISIANA
Persons subject to service as
Grand Jurors Beginning
MONDAY, JULY 30, 2012
AT 9:00 AM
JURY NUMBER 2012-0017
ADDISON, STANLEY DEMARCUS
ALLDREDGE, HAROLD EDWARD
AMOS, KATHLEEN MURPHY
AMOS, ZACHARY
ANDERSON, SUNSHINE LEEANN
ANTEE, WAYNE P
ANTHONY, THOMAS JR
ARAIZA, CHRISTINA MARIE
BALDWIN, THERESA ANN
BEAUDOIN, WILLIAM N
BERGUIN, DELORIS CORNWELL
BERNARD, LINDA B
BRAXTON, CHENEKA DESHA C
BREAZEALE, FAY BEVERUNGEN
BRISTER, ROBERT JURALD
BRUCE, BRENDA KATHERINE
BURTON, JEREMY DESHON
CAMPBELL, JACKIE WILLIAMS
CAMPBELL, SONYA D
CARPENTER, BOBBY WAYNE
CARTER, CHARLES ANTHONY
CARTER, ERIC JON
CARTER, TENA DENECE
CLARK, BERTHA WOODWARD
COATNEY, VERSIE MAE MILLER
COLLINS, KIM P
CORLEY, JAVIER DERONE
CUNNINGHAM III, JOE PAYNE
CUSTIS JR, THOMAS E
DURR, LINDA COFFELT
EDWARDS, KETURAH SHANQUAN
ELDRETH, BLAINE EDWARD II
ELIE, LINDA PHILLIPS
ELIE SR, DONALD RAY
EVANS, ROY EDWARD
FONTANA, CASEY LEWIS
FOREMAN, J B
FOWLER, PATRICIA TROTTER
GAGNON, SHAMIKA MARIE
GALLIEN, SAMMY JR
GAY, WOODROW LEO
GRAY, STEVEN BRADLEY
HAMILTON,
LAKETRA
DEVONNE
HARVEY, COLEMAN JAMESON
HENRY, RHONDA YVETTE
HOLMAN, THOMAS E
HOOPER, BOOKER TRAVIS
HUNTER, GLADYS M
JACKSON, EDDIE CHARLES
JONES, CARROLL
JONES, ELIZABETH DORA
JONES, ERNEST EDWARD
JORDAN, JACK NOLAN
JORDAN, JACKIE SUE
KELLY, DONALD GENE
KEYSER, MARY REGINA
KIJANSKI, BRENDA SUE
LACEY, MEGAN ELYSE
LACOUR, MARY LUCILLE
LEE, OLIVA
LONGMIRE SR, CASSIUS RAY
MACE, CHARLES WESLEY
MANNING, HOLLY ANN
MARTIN, MACIE LEE
MAXEY, JOSEPH WHITNEY
MCCAIN, STACEY MARIE
MCCLANAHAN, LINDA SUE
MEDLOCK, VERONICA D
MOTTER, KRISTI LYNN
MOULTON, MICHAEL A
NEVILLE, FRIEDA R
NOBLE, CAITLIN DIANE
OCON, PHILLIP ROY
ORSBORN, LEOLA
PAGE, DEWEY
PIERSON, VIRGINIA T
PINDER, PATRICIA GRACE
RAINEY, BONNIE CAASHERA
ROBERTS, LYNDA RICE
ROBIDEAUX, OPAL GERALDINE
ROE, MARCUS WAYNE
RUSH, LEIGH
SIMMS, LUKE JOSEPH
STANFIELDS, CARA ALAYNA
STONE, SHEILA M
STRAVINSKA, SARAH
TILLEY, BRANDY WYNETTE
TOUSANT, MARISSA DENISE
TURNER JR, THOMAS E
WALKER, CLINT RAY
WARREN, GARRETT CRAWFORD
WASKOM, RACHEL CHRISTINA
WHATLEY, OSCAR D
WILKINS, GUSSIE LEE
WILLIS, MICHAEL ANTHONY
WILSON, DION CHARLES
WOODARD, KATELYN ELIZABETH
WORSHAM, LISA W
#402-12
7/24
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NOTICE TO
CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids for construction
of the following project will
be received at the Office of
the Natchitoches Parish Port
Commission located at 5690
Highway 486, Building 1,
Campti, Louisiana 71411;
mailing address: P. O. Box
2215,
Natchitoches,
Louisiana 71457, until 10:00
AM (LOCAL TIME), August
20, 2012, at which time and
place bids will be publicly
opened and read. No bids
will be received after 10:00
AM (LOCAL TIME).
Name of Project:
OFF-SITE
WATER
IMPROVEMENTS
Project:
Natchitoches Parish Port
Commission Project No. 1101
Area:
Natchitoches
Louisiana
Parish,
Contracting Agency:
Natchitoches Parish
Commission
Port
Estimated Cost:$ 410,000.00
Proposal Guaranty:
5% of bid price
Project Manager:
Robert Breedlove, Executive
Director
P.O. Box 2215
Natchitoches,
Louisiana
71458-0776
(318) 356-9686
Plans: $35.00/Set
Deposit is fully refundable,
to all bona fide prime bidders
who submit a bid, upon
return of the documents in
good condition no later than
ten (10) days following
receipt of bids. Bids must be
submitted on forms Bid
Form, Bid Bond & Bidder’s
Affidavit (collectively, these
documents comprise “The
Bid Package”) provided by
the Commission, must be
prepared in accordance with
Section 102 of the 2006
Louisiana
Standard
Specifications for Roads and
Bridges and must include all
information required by the
bid form. No bids will be
considered
by
the
Commission unless they are
filed within the time stated,
in a sealed envelope, and the
sealed envelope addressed to
the Natchitoches Parish Port
Commission, P.O. Box 2215,
Natchitoches,
Louisiana
71457, with SEALED BID,
PROJECT NO. 11-01, the
Contractor's
name,
Contractor's license number, address and bid opening time and bid date clearly marked on the outside.
Bid forms will not be issued
later than 24 hours prior to
the time set for opening bids.
When required, predetermined minimum wage rates
are
included
in
the
Supplemental
Contract
Provisions. The contract will
be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder without
discrimination on grounds of
race, color, sex or national
origin. Disadvantaged businesses will be afforded full
opportunity to submit bids.
Failure to comply with these
requirements will result in
rejection of the bid. Bid
forms are available at Coyle
Engineering Co., Inc., or will
be mailed to prospective bidders upon request (at the
expense of the contractor),
telephone number 318-7468987. Each bid shall be
accompanied by either a certified check, cashier’s check
or a bid bond guaranteed by a
surety or insurance company
meeting the requirements of
La. R. S. 38:2218, in an
amount equal to 5% of the
bid price for the work to be
done. The certified check,
cashier’s check or a bid
bond must be made payable
to “Natchitoches Parish
Port Commission”. The
checks shall be forfeited, or
the amount of the bid bond
shall be paid, to the
Commission if the bidder
fails to make the required
payment, performance and
retainage bond, fails to execute the contract, or fails to
comply with any provision
necessary for execution of
the contract required in connection with the bidder’s bid.
Each bidder represents that
his bid is based upon the
materials and equipment
described in the bidding documents.
In the bidding documents,
whenever any particular
materials, processes, and/or
equipment is indicated or
specified by patent, proprietary, or brand name, or by
name of manufacturer, such
wording shall be deemed to
be used for the purpose of
facilitating description of the
materials, process and/or
equipment desired, and shall
be deemed to be followed by
the words “or approved
equal”.
“Approved equal” clauses do
not permit bidders at their
discretion, to select substitute
materials, processes and/or
equipment in lieu of those
specified or indicated.
Bidders desiring to quote on
material, methods or equip-
ment other than those specified in the Bid Package or
drawings comprising a part
thereof, or in a previously
approved Addendum, may do
so only by submitting a written request to the Project
Manager for approval. Such
request shall be submitted no
later than ten (10) days prior
to date for receipt of bids and
shall include a complete
description of the proposed
substitute, name of the material or equipment for which it
is to be substituted, drawing,
cuts, performance and test
data and any other data or
information necessary for a
complete evaluation.
If the Project Manager
approves a proposed substitution, such approval will be
set forth in an Addendum
issued to all bidders prior to
bid opening.
No other
approval is valid.
If the proposal guaranty
submitted by a bidder is in
the form of a bid bond, this
bond must be similar in all
respects to the form of the
"Bid Bond" sheet included
in the Bid Package. The bid
bond must be signed by the
authorized officer, owner or
partner of the bidding firm,
or each firm representing a
joint venture; and must be
counter-signed by a person
who is under contract with
the surety company or bond
issuer as a licensed agent in
this state and who is residing
in this state.
The Bid Package may be
seen at the office of COYLE
ENGINEERING CO., INC.,
3925 Benton Road, Bossier
City, Louisiana 71111. Upon
request,
the
Executive
Director or a member of his
staff will show the work site.
Bidders must satisfy themselves by personal examination of the site and location of
the proposed work, examination of the drawings and
specifications, examination
of the details and requirements of the work, and the
accuracy of the estimate of
the quantities of the work,
and give the Project Manager
written notice of all conflicts,
errors, or discrepancies that
bidder has discovered in the
Bid Package.
The successful bidder will be
required to sign the contract
on file in the office of the
Commission. The successful
bidder will also be required
to submit the Payment,
Performance and Retainage
Bonds as required by the
Commission. Copies of the
contract and bonds are available on request.
Mailing address and/or phone
number to request the Bid
Package is COYLE ENGINEERING CO., INC., P.O.
Box 6177, Bossier City,
Louisiana 71171; (318) 7468987.
No bidder may withdraw his
bid within forty-five (45)
days after actual date of the
opening thereof, except as
prescribed in R.S. 38:2214c.
As required under LA R.S.
37:2163, this project is classified as Highway, Street, and
Bridge Construction or
Heavy Construction or
Municipal and Public Works
Construction.
The right is reserved to
reject any and all bids and
waive any informalities.
Robert Breedlove
Executive Director
Commission
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Ralph Ingram, Jr.
President
Commission
Natchitoches, Louisiana
#469-12 7/24, 27 & 8/3
***
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
Notice is hereby given that
the City of Natchitoches
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission will meet at the
Natchitoches Arts Center,
716
Second
Street
Natchitoches, Louisiana on
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at
5:30 p.m. All interested persons are invited to attend to
offer comments, if any, to the
following applications:
Applicant: Clint Perot III
To rezone the following: Lot
Cont. 1.02 Ac. Desc. As
Bounded On The West Side
of Williams Avenue, N By
Pratt, S By Daray, W By
Cane River Lake, As Shown
in CB 588, Pg. 68. (208
Williams Ave.)
Notice is hereby given that
the City of Natchitoches
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission will meet at the
Natchitoches Arts Center 716
Second Street Natchitoches,
Louisiana
on Tuesday,
August 7, 2012 at 5:30 p.m.
All interested persons are
invited to attend to offer
comments, if any, to the following applications:
will transpire because of the
back log. Mayor Braxton will
get in touch with Senator
Gerald Long and Kenny Cox
to see if we can try to push up
the time frame.
New Business: The
Village of Clarence has reselected Charles Seaman as
there City Attorney, City
Bank and Frank Mitchell, Jr.
as Mayor Protemp.
Yeas: 3, Nays: 0,
Absent: 0
Mayor would like
to thank everyone for all their
hard work and effort for the
Village.
Back to School
bash is scheduled for
September 8, 2012.
With no further
business to discuss, Mayor
Bobby Braxton motioned that
the meeting be adjourned
until the 2nd Thursday in
August 9, 2012. The motion
to adjourn the meeting was
made by 1st Alderman Frank
Mitchell, Jr., 2nd by
Alderwoman Natonya Pikes.
Applicant: G. T. Kilpatrick
Mayor
To Subdivide and rezone the
following: LOT DESC. AS
BEGIN AT PT. 1 ON PLAT
RECORDED IN CB 373,
PG. 450, AND FROM THIS
POINT RUN N 86 DEG. 14
MIN. W 123.6 FT., THENCE
N 76 DEG. 19 MIN. W 145
FT. TO PT. 4, A POINT ON
THE EAST RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF MOPAC
(T&P)RAILROAD;
THENCE N 6 DEG. 14 MIN.
E ALONG THE RIGHT-OFWAY TO WHERE IT
INTERSECTS
THE
SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY
OF TEXAS ST., THENCE
IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION
ALONG
THE
SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY
OF TEXAS ST. APPROX.
191 FT. TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
REBECCA
WALKER
PROPERTY, THENCE S 6
DEG. 14 MIN. W ALONG
THE REBECCA WALKER
WEST LINE TO A PT. 20
FT. FROM THE LINE 1 TO
5 AS SHOWN ON PLAT;
THENCE S 86 DEG. 14
MIN. EAST TO THE WEST
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF
SHORT 7TH ST., THENCE
IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
ALONG
SAID
RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A
DISTANCE OF APPROX.
23 FT. TO THE PT. OF BEG.
AND LOT SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF 6TH AND
TEXAS STREET. (Lots
Located at the Southwest
Corner of 6th And Texas St.)
Berda Williams, Clerk
#471-12
7/24
***
From: R-1 Residential to B-1
Commercial
Reason: To operate an investment office
Juanita Fowler, Planning &
Zoning Director
#470-12a 7/20, 24, 27
***
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
From: R-1 Residential to B-1
Commercial
Reason: To construct an
office building.
Juanita Fowler, Planning &
Zoning Director
#470-12b 7/20, 24, 27
***
VILLAGE OF
CLARENCE
JULY 12, 2012
MINUTES
The Village of
Clarence met in legal and
regular sessions on Thursday,
July 12, 2012 at the Village
Hall, 6004 Highway 71 at
6:15 p.m., Present Mayor
Bobby Braxton, Alderman
Frank
Mitchell,
Jr.,
Alderwoman
Jamie
Alexander, and Absent
Natonya G. Pikes.
The meeting was
called to order with Mayor
Bobby Braxton leading the
invocation. The first order of
business was the reading of
the last minutes. Motioned by
Natonya Pikes, 2nd by Frank
Mitchell, Jr. to accept the
minutes without any corrections.
Old
Business:
Chief Darrell Fredieu is still
checking on to see if there are
any grants available to purchase new radios for the
police cars, also he will try to
see if surrounding communities will come together to
apply for a grant.
Chief
Darrell
Fredieu would like to bring to
the table a pay raise for his
police officer and clerk,
council members agreed to
the pay increase beginning in
August 2012.
Yeas: 3, Nays: 0,
Absent: 0
Village of Clarence
will write a letter to USDA
to increase water and sewer
rates. Motion to increase
water and sewer rates.
Yeas: 3, Nays: 0,
Absent: 0
The Village of
Clarence applied for a Flood
Control grant with DOTD;
they stated that it will take
several years before anything
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NOTICE
The
Hagewood
Water
System, Inc. is petitioning the
Louisiana Public Service
Commission for a water rate
increase.
The area which will be
affected by the proposed rate
increase is the Hagewood
Community of Natchitoches
Parish. The current and proposed rates are as follows:
Current Rates
$17.00 for first 2,000 gallons
$3.22/1,000 gallons thereafter
Proposed Rates
$25.00 for first 2,000 gallons
$5.00/1,000 gallons thereafter
For questions or comments
regarding the proposed rate
increase, please contact the
Commission at (800) 2562397 or at the following:
Commission
Records Division
602 N. 5th Street, 12th Floor
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70822
Telephone: (225) 342-3157
Hagewood Water System,
Inc. is an equal opportunity
provider.
Date:
7/17/2012
/s/ John Bynog
President
Publishing Dates:
2012
#472-12
7/24
***
July 24,
MINUTES OF THE
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
NATCHITOCHES
PARISH
COMMUNICATIONS
DISTRICT
TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 2012
2:00 P.M.
Commissioner
Larry
Atteridge called the regular
meeting of the Natchitoches
Parish
Communications
District
to
order
on
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at
2;00 p.m. in the Police
Jury Board Room of the
Natchitoches
Parish
Courthouse.
Commissioner
Jennifer
Perkins led the Pledge of
Allegiance, followed by the
Prayer which was offered
by Commissioner Mickey
Dove.
Roll call was conducted by
9-1-1 Address Coordinator
Bernice Wallace. Those present were: Commission
Chairman Larry Atteridge,
Commissioner’s:
Jennifer
Perkins,
Chris Paige,
Mickey
Dove,
Jack
McCain,
Victor Jones,
Dennie
Boyt,
9-1-1
Director Willis Carter, and
Legal
Counsel
Mark
Roberts.
Absent was:
Commissioner’s John Salter
and Doug Birdwell.
Chairman Atteridge recognized and welcomed guests
Mr. Andrew Shirley of the
Natchitoches Times.
Chairman Atteridge asked
if there were any modifications to the agenda. 9-1-1
Director Willis Carter suggested
that the Board
reserve the right to modify
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the Agenda at such time
that invited guest Senator
Long arrives, in the event
that the Senator would like to
address the board. No other
modifications were offered.
for a motion to approve the
minutes of the May 3, 2012
Special Board Meeting.
Motion By Commissioner
Jack McCain, seconded by
Commissioner
Jennifer
Perkins. MOTION CARRIED by UNANIMOUS
VOTE
for a motion to approve the
minutes of the May 15,
2012
regular
Board
Meeting.
Motion
by
Commissioner
Mickey
Dove,
seconded
by
Commissioner Chris Paige.
MOTION CARRIED by
UNANIMOUS VOTE
In the absence of a representative of Johnson Thomas &
Cunningham, the Financial
Report for the period ending
May 31, 2012 was presented by 9-1-1 Director Willis
Carter. Following the report
and without hearing additional comments or questions
for a motion to accept the
Financial report as presented.
Motion
by
Commissioner Dennie Boyt,
seconded by Commissioner
Jennifer Perkins. MOTION
CARRIED by UNANIMOUS VOTE
There were no Committee
reports as the result of no
committee meetings since the
last board meeting. Carter
reported that although the
Radio task force has completed their work, the task
force is still in place.
Next on the agenda was the
9-1-1 Director’s Report
which included information
and updates on: GIS Delta
Regional Grant application
and process,
NATCOM
Project, (at this point in the
agenda Senator Long arrived
and was given the floor in
order to allow him the opportunity to provide comments
on the Communications
District NATCOM Project’s
Capital Outlay application
approval.)
The Senator
announced that the legislature was able to secure 2.9
million dollars toward the
construction
of
the
Natchitoches
Parish
Emergency Communications
Center (NATCOM).
He
described a number of steps
that would have to be completed before the proceeds
would actually be available
for use by the district. The
funding for the district’s project has been allocated it two
phases, $1 million in Priority
2 funds and $1.5 million in
Priority 5 funds. The Senator
explained that Priority 2
funds are usually set aside for
planning subject to approval
by the Bond Commission the
funds should be available
after the first of the year.
Once that $1M is approved
by the bond commission,
then the Priority 5 will be
part of follow-up funding.
Senator long stressed that in
his years as a legislator he is
not aware of a time when
Priority 2 funds have been
approved, and follow-up
Priority 5 funds were not
forthcoming. Senator Long
reported that even with the
current economic conditions
in the state, overall over $5
million in new projects came
home to Natchitoches Parish
out of this session. Chairman
Atteridge offered his thanks
and appreciation on behalf of
the entire board to Senator
Long for his efforts and hard
work to secure the funding
for a combined public safety
emergency communications
center for Natchitoches
Parish. Following Senator
Long’s comments, Mr.
Minturn completed a report
on the progress thus far with
the NATCOM Project after
which Director Carter continued with his directors report
with updates on the APCO
International
Training
Conference to be held in
August, modifications to the
process of procuring parish
address
signs.
Carter
announced that the 9-1-1
Offices would be closed on
July 4th in observance of
Independence Day, and
staff’s scheduled time out of
the office.
Chairman
Atteridge asked for a
motion to accept the
Director’s Report as presented.
Motion
by
Commissioner Victor Jones,
Jack McCain. MOTION
CARRIED by UNANI-
MOUS VOTE
for a motion to accept the
current statement of charges
on the District’s VISA
account in the amount of
$45.00…..Motion
by
Commissioner Chris Paige,
Jennifer Perkins. MOTION
for a motion to invest
$200K of idle funds in a 12month Certificate of Deposit
with a 0.95% rate of return
with
Bank
of
Montgomery……Motion by
Commissioner
Jack
McCain,
seconded
by
MOTION CARRIED by
UNANIMOUS VOTE
for a motion to approve a
request to the Louisiana
Attorney General for an
opinion on the question of
whether
or
not
the
Natchitoches
Parish
Communications
District
(or any district created
under the authority of
Chapter 31, Title 33 of the
Louisiana Revised Statues
of 1950, as amended) can
acquire, own and operate
immovable property. Motion
by
Commissioner Jack
McCain, seconded
by
MOTION CARRIED by
UNANIMOUS VOTE
for a motion to consider a
resolution to approve the
Natchitoches Times as the
Official Journal for the
District for the period June
2012-June
2013 (R. S.
43:171).
Motion
by
Commissioner Chris Paige,
Mickey Dove. MOTION
CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
for a motion to approve his
signing of a letter of engagement of Adams and Reese as
Bond Counsel. Motion by
Commissioner Victor Jones,
Jennifer Perkins.MOTION
for a motion to adjourn
until it’s next regular board
meeting…..Motion
by
Commissioner
Jack
McCain,
seconded
by
Commissioner
Jennifer
Perkins. MOTION CARRIED by UNANIMOUS
VOTE
Meeting Adjourned at 3:05
p.m.
Jennifer Perkins, Secretary
Approved: July 17, 2012
#473-12
7/24
***
Village of Robeline
Town Council Meeting
6:30 PM
Municipal Annex
The "Pledge of
Allegiance" was recited after
the invocation by Dan Dyess.
Due to Mayor
Tommy O'Con being absent
from the Town Council meeting Mayor Pro Tem Ronnie
French was acting mayor.
Bobby
Behan
made motion to accept the
June 19, 2012 Town Council
Meeting minutes as read.
Ann Moran seconded said
motion. The vote was as follows; Yeas - 2,
Nays - 0,
Absent - 0
MOTION PASSED
Bobby
Behan
made motion to accept the
June 2012 Income and
Expense Report. Ann Moran
seconded said motion. The
vote was as follows; Yeas - 2,
Nays - 0, Absent 0
MOTION PASSED
Bobby
Behan
made motion to adopt
Resolution #2 of 2012
endorsing and giving his support for the project named the
El
Camino
East/West
Corridor Louisiana Highway
6 and U. S. 84. The vote was
as follows; Yeas - 2, Nays - 0,
Absent - 0
MOTION PASSED
Council deferred
any discussion regarding the
School Complex until the
next Council Meeting.
Council instructed
Betsy Jordan to send a registered letter regarding the
removal of the mobile home
located on the alleyway
adjoining the property owned
by I.W. Withers and Floyd
Realty to the east and Perry
Thigpen and Gary and Terry
Matthews to the west be
moved within sixty (60) days
and that it should be moved
no later than August 18,
2012.
Council instructed
Betsy Jordan to send out registered letters to the property
owners that have delinquent
sewer balances as soon as
possible.
Having no further
business, Ann Moran made
motion to adjourn meeting.
Bobby Behan seconded said
motion. The vote was as follows; Yeas - 2,
Nay - 0,
Absent - 0
MOTION PASSED
Meeting adjourned
Betsy Jordan
Clerk for the Village of
Robeline, Louisiana
#474-12
7/24
***
NATCHITOCHES TAX
COMMISSION
Record of Minutes
June 20, 2012
On said date the
Natchitoches
Tax
Commission held its monthly
board meeting. The meeting
was held in the office of the
Natchitoches
Tax
Commission at 9:00 a.m.,
and was open to public attendance.
Meeting was called
to order by Pat Jones, City of
Natchitoches
Roll Call of the
Board was conducted:
Present:
John
LaBorde, Pat Jones,
Lee
Posey
Absent:
Pat
Roque, Catherine Hamilton,
Debbie Miley
This being a public
meeting, visitors were recognized.
Minutes for the
meeting of May 23, 2012,
were presented for approval.
Motion to approve:
Pat Jones, Second: John
LaBorde. Motion Carried.
F i n a n c i a l ,
Operations and Audit Report
for May was presented for
acceptance.
The reports included updates on Sales Tax
Collections for the Parish,
Motor Vehicle sales activity
and the status of our Capital
Investment account.
Motion to accept:
Lee Posey,
Second: Pat
Jones. Motion Carried.
Administrator presented the annual Workers
Compensation
and
Employers
Liability
Insurance
Policy
for
approval. The Commission
is insured by LEMIC
Insurance Company. Total
amount of the policy is
$ 1,150.00.
Motion to approve:
John Laborde,
Seconded:
Pat Jones
The Administrator
advised the Board of
Directors the Commission
will be closed Wednesday,
July 4th in recognition of the
day the United States of
America
celebrates
its
Independence as a nation
founded “:….under God,
indivisible, with liberty and
justice for All.”
The next regular
meeting
of
the
Tax
Commission will be July 18,
2012.
All business being
completed, motion was made
to adjourn by John LaBorde,
Seconded by Pat Jones.
Pat Jones, Chairman
Jerry
W.
McWherter,
Administrator
#475-12 7/24
***
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
The Natchitoches Parish
Planning Commission will
hold a public hearing on
Monday, August 6, 2012 at
5:00 p.m. in the Police Jury
Board-Room located on the
2nd floor of the Parish
Courthouse, 200 Church
Street to hear any comments
or objection from the following application(s):
Annetta Miller - to rezone
Lot 208 of Payne Subdivision
Unit #3 located in Section 4,
T9N, R7W from R-1 to R-1
special exception use for
double wide mobile home
placement on Cherie Loop.
For more information please
contact Corrine Young at the
Parish Planning Commission
Office at (318) 352-2714.
#480-12 7/24, 27 & 8/3
***
The
For Rent
Natchitoches Times
Classifieds
Garage Sale
**DEADLINES**
W e e k e n d
(Saturday/Sunday) Ads
due by noon Thurs.; Tues.
ads due by noon Fri.;
Nakatosh Chief ads due
by noon Thurs. (for the
following week); Wed.
ads due by noon Mon.;
Thurs. ads due by noon
Tues.; Fri. ads due by
noon Wed. Holiday deadlines may vary. Call 3523618.
Classifieds
7/24/12
N AT C H I T O C H E S
TRADE DAYS & FLEA
MARKET with over
7,500 sq. ft. of vendors.
Next to Bowling Alley.
Open 10 - 6 Thursday Sunday. 5204 Hwy 1
North Natchitoches. 318238-6900
NEW TO YOU FLEA
MARKET Fleur de Lis
items, sheets, glassware,
purses, tools, games,
comic books, albums,
variety of collector sports
cards. Too much to list.
Open 6 days a week from
10:00 to 5:30. Sometimes
may be closed to go get
inventory Call 332-9368
or 352-0046. 113 Boyd
Street, side road in
between city Bank and
Magee’s eating shop off
College Avenue. Just call
or come by if you have
something
to
sale.
Furniture,
appliances,
electronics, jewelry, etc.
We buy before garage
sales and buy your storage
unit.
Land
NICE WATERFRONT
LOT on Chaplins Lake on
University Drive, off
Airport Road, $28,900.
Will finance with $900
down, $247.76 a month.
Call Pat Henry 318-3571010.
SALINE LAKE WINNFIELD Lake Front Lots
$12,500 plus. Call (318)
631-3665 or (318) 7970447.
For Sale
1 ACRE LOT on Sibley
Lake, Peninsula Drive.
Ready to build. $55,000.
Call 318-560-4987
FARM FRESH PRODUCE
Cucumbers,
squash, new potatoes,
tomatoes, Ruston peaches.
blueberries, shelled purple
hulls, speckled butter
beans and baby limas.
Mayhaw, muscadine and
pepper jelly. Will deliver
in
Natchitoches
on
Tuesday,
Wednesday,
Friday. 318-613-4251.
FOR SALE SeaDoo Jet
Boat & Trailer, 85HP,
$4,950; 2 Matching Lazy
Boy recliners $200; 1
Large recliner $100.
Evening 318-471-2033
N AT C H I T O C H E S
TURF FARM has St.
Augustine, Centipede and
Bermuda sod. Cut fresh
daily. Delivery available
or pick up on the farm.
4.5 miles North of I-49 on
Hwy. 485 at Powhatan
exit. Call 318-352-0062
or toll free 877-615-8873.
NOW OPEN at Lester
Farms. Call 1-800-2563276
TRACTORS
FOR
SALE Massey 165 and
Ford 2000. $3,500 each or
both for $6,000. Call 318663-2734
Services
A+
ROOFING
RESIDENTIAL
&
COMMERCIAL Free
Estimates
Very
Competitive Rates Shingles - Re-roofs Repairs - Flat Roofs Metal Roofs - All work
guaranteed
Fully
Licensed and insured Visa/MC accepted. 318272-6235
A+ TREE SERVICE
Licensed and Insured
*Pruning
*
Stump
Grinding Removal *
Cabling * Topping *
Removal * 27 years experienced with Licensed
Arbors on job site! 318402-9303 or 272-6235.
APPLIANCE REPAIR
Washers, dryers, refrigerators. Steve - The Wash’n
Machine Man. 15 years
exp. Call 352-7773.
Reasonable prices and
prompt service.
B&M LAWN SERVICE
Let us Beautify your
lawn.
Residential &
Commercial grass cutting,
weedeating and more.
Senior Citizen Discount.
Call for Free estimate.
352-4173 or 527-5022;
cell 379-8687.
DENIED
SOCIAL
SECURITY DISABILITY OR SSI? We can help
you! No money up front.
Call Now (318) 221-0767.
GLORIA’S CLEANING
SERVICE Houses, trailers, churches, move-in,
move-out and any type of
commercial
cleaning.
Mobile 318-471-8491;
home 576-3150
HOME
IMPROVEMENTS: Roofing (shingles or metal roofs), Home
Repair’s and painting.
Call Alan (318) 332-0656
INDOOR/OUTDOOR
BUILDERS
L.L.C.,
Larry Harper. Fencing,
remodeling, room additions, ceramic tile,vinyl
siding,cement
work,
drainage installation, general repairs. Phone 4814603 or 352-9192.
JTD CONSTRUCTION,
LLC for your small
remodeling jobs. Free estimates for bath, kitchen,
deck, and driveway and
more. Call Jim Davis,
contractor 318-332-9927
or after 5:00 pm 318-3524361.
Licensed
and
insured
LEARN A SKILL FOR
A LIFETIME! Enroll
now in Jackson Hewitt
Tax Service Tax School.
Students
successfully
completing the class will
earn 10 approved IRS
CE’s
and
possible
employment. Classes will
be held in various locations
including
Natchitoches. Call 318
442-2611 for additional
information.
NEW STYLE CONSTRUCTION Complete
remodeling
service
including; custom built
cabinets, sheet rock, painting, trim work etc. Call
318-332-8031 for free
estimates. No job too
small.
S & M REMOVAL SERVICES Let us take care of
your storage unit clean
out. Trash & Debris. Limb
& Leaf removal. Scrap
metal. Furniture removable service etc. You call,
we haul just about anything. Call for free estimate. 318-332-5605, 318228-7306
SEAMLESS GUTTERS
OF NATCHITOCHES
We create and install custom seamless gutters and
downspouts onsite. 19
colors to choose from.
Leaf guard, gutter repair,
RainHandler installation.
Call Michael Harper 318471-3581 or 238-2081.
STAN’S LAWN SERVICE Call for Free
Estimate - 318-356-0188
or 318-332-8454 - Leave
Message
TIDY HOUSE CLEANING
Residential
&
Commercial Cleaning
Natchitoches
and
Coushatta area
Weekly, Bi-Weekly and
Monthly dates available,
pricing based on your
home or business.
References Available
If there is dust or dirt in
your place of business or
home we will find it.
Call
352-3618
Visa
Mastercard
Call Kimberly Lodrige
(Owner)
Daytime 318-332-4122;
Evening 318-932-5409;
Email lodrige@att.com or
Tammy
Dickson
( M a n a g e r )
Daytime/Evening 318581-2386; Email tdickson001@student.nsula.ed
u
WWW.FAYESCUSTO
MDESIGNS Call for a
FREE 1 hour, in-home
consultation. Call Faye
318-652-4144 or email
fayescustomdesigns@yah
oo.com.
Auto
2000 DODGE DURANGO 165,000 miles on
motor & transmission, for
sale or trade for good boat,
no title. Call 318-6522215 or 318-652-4891
2003
CADILLAC
DEVILLE-32V Northstar
engine, all power, 36,000
miles & in very good condition. $11,900.00. 318663-0465
2011 FORD F 150 XLT
white, 24,500 miles.
Excellent
condition,
$24,000. Call 318-6639977.
Mobile Homes
2 MOBILE HOMES for
sale at McCaa’s Trailer
Park, on lot 4, 2 BR, 2
bath, just remodeled
$4,500; On lot 33, 2 BR,
2 bath $3,500. No Owner
financing. Call Faye for
more details at 318-6524144.
2004 16X80 to be moved
$25,000; or sold w/3 acres
in Provencal $60,000. Call
471-0775
5
BED
3
BATH
Manufactured Home on
3.4 acres. Lots of trees.
Financing available. 318238-6898
ABANDONED
SINGLEWIDE
Some
Financing Available. 318356-7045
FIRST TIME BUYERS
Get your OWN Brand
NEW home today!! Call
for appointment (318)
752-8243.
GOT LAND? Need a
Home, I CAN HELP (318)
752- 4663.
NEW AND USED mobile
homes. EZ purchase
plans. 318-356-9866.
USE YOUR LAND to
help you purchase new
home (318) 752-8242.
USED HOME. $5000.
Excellent Condition. Must
Sell. 318- 356-9868
WANT A NEW HOME
and having problems? Let
us help (318) 752-8245.
WE CAN GET you into
a
NEW
Home-No
Problems (318) 752-8243.
WOW $24,798 2012 new
3 Bedroom 2 Bath mobile
home. Not a FEMA unit.
Clayton
Homes
of
Natchitoches. 877-4969866
Real Estate
4000 SQUARE FOOT 18
wheeler shop on 10 acres,
2 miles South of Campti
on Hwy. 71, $165,000.
Call 318-471-9817.
FOR SALE 3 BR, 2 Bath
home in Provencal , 1,600
sq. ft., large shop, 1.5 +
acres, asking $125,000.
318-554-8195 or 318-7304292
FOR SALE 4 BR, 2 Bath
house in Saline, 2 blocks
from excellent school,
$70,000. 318-576-3171
FOR SALE: Industrial
building/shop 30x60, on
one acre lot with office,
1968 Hwy. 6 East,
$135,000. Owner will
finance.
Rent option
$1,000 per month. Call
318-218-6280.
1 BEDROOM, 2 STORY
cottage, unfurnished, all
appliances, 1/2 block to
NSU. No pets, children,
housing. Call 352-9932
1
BEDROOM/EFFICIEN
CY
APTS.. Water,
sewage and cable paid.
1316 Washington St. Ask
about our move in specials
318-352-9561.
1 BR FURNISHED
CABIN All appliances, all
bills paid. $750 a month,
$500 deposit. Call 318470-2906 or 210-5966
2 BR 2 BATH in hidden
hills. 500/500. Call 7871442.
2 BR, 1 BATH Mobile
home for rent in Carter’s
Trailer Park. Furnished or
un-furnished. Call 318472-8536,
ask
for
Marilyn,
2 BR, 2 BATH Home. All
appliances, 1 yr. lease.
$600 month, security
deposit $600. Call 318332-0172.
2 BR. $450/$450 & 3 BR.
$550/$550 Manufactured
homes for rent. Call 6520895.
2 BR. MOBILE HOME
in Oak Grove area. No
pets, $600 month, $500
deposit. Discount for law
enforcement. Call (318)
572-0377.
2BR/1BA FURNISHED
MOBILE HOME, excellent condition, located
near WalMart. $600 rent/
$600 deposit. Call 318352-1020.
3 BR HOUSE, 1 1/2 Bath,
all appliances, 1/2 block to
NSU. NO Pets, children
or housing. Call 352-9932
3 BR, 2 BATH Mobile
Home, 4 miles to NSU off
By-Pass,1060 Old River
Road, total electric, washer, dryer. Safe and Quiet
neighborhood, partly furnished. No pets. Not on
housing. $600 a month,
$600 deposit. 318-3571352 or 318-481-4608
3 BR, 3 BATH Ranch
Style Home. Pool, pool
house, 3 car parking
garage,
located
in
Clarence, La. $1,200 a
month. Serious inquiries
only. Call 318-664-1867
3BR 2 BA DOUBLE
WIDE in hidden hills. 750
deposit/ 750 rent. Call
787-1442.
950 SQ. FT. Two bedroom, one bath apt., located in Point Place
Subdivision. New Central
air and heat, washer,
dryer hook-ups, remodeled, large rooms, walk-in
closet, all electric, quiet
and
charming.
$725/month, $725 deposit
required.
Available
August 1st. Call Dean
(318) 581-2228 or (318)
581-2227.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING in safe location, on
large lot. No pets. Call
352-3692 before 7 p.m.
APARTMENT
FOR
RENT 2 bedroom, one
bath. Completely furnished & nicely decorated.
New appliances, window
treatments. Central AC &
Heat. Utilities paid, no
yard upkeep. Good quiet
location! Great for graduate student $900 per
month, $300 deposit. No
Pets. Call Faye 652-4144
AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
COUNTRY
COTTAGE FOR LEASE
(7 miles East of
Clarence), 2 BR, 1 1/2
bath, Partially furnished.
Also has AC and stove
and washer & dryer. Call
352-0478 or 581-0368.
CAMP HOUSE FOR
RENT on Cane River,
large private lot with a
boat dock and a nice large
deck. Loft BR, 1 full bath,
tile floors, window treatments, beautiful view.
$950, utilities paid, no
yard up keep, unfurnished.
No pets. $300 deposit.
Call Faye 652-4144
CANE RIVER HOME
in Historic District, 3
BR/1.5 BA, walk to
downtown & NSU. Bonus
room, sunroom, deck, &
dock. $1,400/mo includes
yard service, most pets ok.
Dep/Ref required. Shanna,
Bolton Realty 318-3540404
CHARMING, BACKYARD COTTAGE 1 BR,
FULLY FURNISHED.
All bills paid. No pets, NO
SMOKING, $850 month,
$850 deposit. 318-6521919.
DUPLEX FOR RENT 2bdrm,
2bath,
Washer/Dryer Connect,
$720/mon. 711 Woodyard
Dr. Call: 318-527-9122
FOR LEASE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY
located next to Family
Dollar Store on Texas
Street. The building has
130 feet of street frontage,
is air-conditioned with
two bathrooms and has
8,700 square feet of space
with loading ramps on the
back. The rent is very
competitive. For more
information or to view the
property please call 318481-1216 or 352-0988.
Some use restrictions
apply.
FOR RENT 2 BR, 1
Bath, mobile home, $600
a month, $600 deposit.
Call 652-0183 or 5810972
FOR RENT NEW 2 BR,
2 1/2 bath
furnished
apartment. Nice amenities. Call Avery 318-3320192 for information.
FOR RENT NEW 2 BR,
2 1/2 bath Apartment.
Nice amenities.
Call
Avery 318-332-0192 for
information.
HOUSE FOR RENT
2,900 sq. ft., $1,600 a
month. Call Aaron for
details. 238-6001
IN
ROBELINE
Beautiful, Historic, 3+2,
hardwood floors, high
ceiling, w/large kitchen,
$950 month, $450 deposit.
Call 663-3357
LIKE NEW 2 BR, 2
1BATH 4 plex.
Has
stove, dishwasher, refrigerator, washer/dryer hookups. Two miles past WalMart on Keyser Avenue.
$675/$500.
Available.
Call 623-2047
MOBILE HOME
in
town on river off Williams
Avenue, 306 Shoreline
Drive. Available soon,
$650. 352-4714.
MOBILE
HOMES
NEAR NSU. $450-$550,.
Water and garbage paid.
NOT ON HOUSING.
Leave message at 3524714
OFFICE SPACE for rent,
great location, 215 S
Drive, 2,100 sq. ft. recently updated. Call 225-9239781
PROVENCAL
2/1
DUPLEX $450/month;
CEDAR GROVE 2/2
trailer
$550/month;
GRACE STREET 3/2
trailer $500 month. ALL
NO PETS!. Call 3523953 or 652-0666.
RENTALS AVAILABLE
1, 2 & 3 bedrooms, located in Natchitoches. Call
Alexa Hutchens with
United
Country/Edgar
Gaddis Realty, Cell 3324292 or Office, 932-3333.
ROOM ON MONTHLY
basis. Fully furnished/private
bathroom.
$400/month all inclusive.
References required. Short
drive to NSU. Call 318652-4616
MAINTENANCE MAN
NEEDED
for local management company.
Transportation and tools provided.
Some out of town travel required.
40 hours per week. $12.00 per hour.
Serious inquiries only.
Fax resumé to 352-1929.
ROOMMATE WANTED - Mature, responsible
adult to share 3BR/2BA
home. $400mo. Includes
rent, utilities, cable/internet. Call for more info.
318-652-1717.
ROOMS FOR RENT in
Natchitoches area. All
utilities paid. Internet and
cable TV available in each
room. Call for more info
318-352-1702; 318-9180491; 318-470-5204
RV SPOTS Dogwood
Ridge Camper Park. Nice,
clean, shady, RV Lots
w/full hookups, close to
NSU, move in specials for
students. 337-396-1707
TOWNHOUSE
ON
PARKWAY 3 BR, 1 1/2
Bath, 2 story, unfurnished,
pool & river access. No
pets. $1,200 month, $300
deposit. Call Faye 6524144
VERY CUTE HOUSE
for rent in Oak Grove. 2
BR, 1 bath, Huge master
closet, CA/CH, nice
neighborhood. Cheap utilities. Excellent landlord.
Pets possible.
$675
month, $675 deposit. No
Housing. Call (318) 3327875.
VERY
NICE
FURNISHED with utilities, 2 BR, 1 bath apartment,
$900/month,
$300/deposit.
No Pets.
Call Faye 318-652-4144.
WILLOW BEND II
T O W N H O M E S
Townhomes are 2 bedroom, 2 and 1/2 bath.
Close to NSU. All electric,
Central A/C and heat,
dishwasher, garbage disposal, crown molding,
ceiling fans, smooth top
stove, microhood, washer/dryer connections and
much more. FREE 32” flat
screen TV at lease signing! Monthly rent only
$895.
Please
visit
http://www.tandjmanagement.net/ for pic’s and
more information. Call or
text 318-663-0893.
Help Wanted
AN UPSCALE townhome community has an
opening for a maintenance
tech. Must have experience, be efficient and take
pride in their job. Please
call for appt. 318-2384500
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website
at
www.blakeinternationalrigs.com to obtain and
submit an application
online. EOE
CAREER COACHES
NEEDED
Career
Compass of Louisiana, an
innovative
non-profit
organization that provides
college and career coaching services to public high
school seniors in twentynine school districts
across Louisiana, is looking for passionate individuals with education or
counseling backgrounds
to hire. Career Coaches
work a maximum of 25
hours
per
week.
Bachelor’s degree in education or social work preferred. Pleas send your
resume’ to info@careercompassla.org.
CUSTOMER
SERVICE, Parts Manager,
Computer skills a must,
knowledge of Auto Parts a
plus. Must be Organized,
Dependable, & Efficient
and Drug Free, must be
able to multitask. Please
send resume to Premium
Auto Services P.O. Box
7045 , Natchitoches, La.
71457 or email to
natchshop@gmail.com.
DERMATOLOGY
&
SKIN SURGERY CLINIC in Natchitoches looking for an LPN. Position is
Full-Time,
MondayFriday from 8 to 5. Please
send resume to 201 4th St,
Box 30127 Alexandria,
La. 71301 or fax to 318449-1461
HOUSEKEEPERS
NEEDED at Holiday Inn
Express.
Please drop
resume off at front desk at
5137 University Parkway.
NO PHONE CALLS!
LIVEHAUL DRIVERS
Pilgrim’s - Livehaul,
Robeline, LA has full time
openings for Livehaul
Truck Drivers. Minimum
age 21; must have Class A
Commercial
Driver’s
License and one year verifiable driving experience.
Competitive wage and
paid vacation. Medical,
dental, vision insurance
and 401(k) retirement plan
available. Call 318-3566361 for more information. Drug Test required.
EOE/M/F/V/D - Must
complete an application to
be considered for position.
LPN For New Family
Practice Doctor
8-5 Mon-Fri
1 year medical exper.
required
Please send resume to;
ATTN: Human Resources
PO BX 2009
Natchitoches, LA 71457
MAINTENANCE MAN
needed for local management
company.
Transportation and tools
provided.
Some out of town travel
required
40 hours per week
$12.00 per hour
Serious inquiries only
Fax resume’ to 352-1929
MEDICAL ASSISTANT
for New Family Practice
Doctor
8-5 Mon-Fri
1 year medical office
exper. required
Please send resume to:
ATTN: Human Resources
PO BX 2009
Natchitoches, La. 71457
PILGRIM’S
has an
opening for a Processing
Supervisor/Night shift at
our Natchitoches location.
Responsibilities
will
include, but are not limited to: supervise and train
hourly employees, counsel, direct, hire, orientate,
and terminate employees;
meet USDA requirements;
make sure employees are
doing their job correctly
and handle all issues that
may occur; make sure
employees act in a safe
manner and produce a
quality product; make sure
machinery is working
properly; and any additional duties as assigned.
Must have Diploma/GED.
Prefer previous poultry
and supervisory training.
and 401(k) plan available.
Drug test and background
check required.
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If you meet the above
qualifications and are
interested, please apply at
the Natchitoches Career
Solutions Center on
Bienville
Street
in
Natchitoches.
EOE/M/F/D/V
PILGRIM’S - DAY
SHIFT MANAGER at
Natchitoches
Plant.
Responsibilities
will
include, but are not limited to: Directs and coordinates, through subordinate
supervisor
personnel,
activities concerned with
production of company
product(s),
utilizing
knowledge of product
technology, production
methods and procedures,
and
capabilities
of
machines and equipment.
Ensure that all plant policies, safety policies,
OSHA, and USDA policies are adhered to. Make
sound, but quick, decisions on mechanical problems to minimize downtime. Need 5-7 years
directly related experience
in the poultry field.
Bachelor’s degree in related
field
preferred.
and 401(k) plan available.
Drug test and background
check required.
If you meet the above
qualifications and are
interested, please apply at
the Natchitoches Career
Solutions Center on
Bienville
Street
in
Natchitoches.
EOE/M/F/D/V
RN- ICU & ER 7 A OR
7P SHIFT
FT OR PT
Apply at:
www.natchitocheshospital.org or (318) 214-4558
Natchitoches Regional
Medical Center is an EOE.
SECURITY
OFFICERS: Wanted for full
time and part time. Boise
Wood Products , Florien,
Louisiana. Apply at
Security
Office,
Boise/Florien. Application
required. Info. # 903-9391544
Pets
FOR
SALE
AKC
Registered
Yorkshire
Terrier Pups, 3 months
old, 1 male, 1 female,
home raised, medical
records & health guarantee from vet. Will be
small. To responsible pet
owners
only.
Male
$900/female $1,000. AKC
papers available when
they arrive. Mother and
father on premises. 318214-0301
FOR
SALE
Mini
Dachshund, long haired,
non shedding, double dapple, female $175.
Chin-Doddles, $175, all
males, non shedding. 318332-8354, text accepted.
TINY MALE CHIHUAHUAS PUPPIES 1
White and 1 chocolate,
$150 each. Shots and
wormed. Vet checked. 10
month
old
female
gray/white $125. Neuter
male 18 months, $100
OBO. Call 318-354-7353.
Free
FREE IN NATCHITOCHES: 4 beautiful,
healthy 8 week old kittens—2 gray striped, 1
black, l black with white
socks. Also, 8 month old
gentle mother cat, gray
striped. Call 318-6633236
CARPENTER HELPER
needed. Starting salary
$8.50. No calls after 6
p.m. 357-8802
BILLY BARNES ENTERPRISES
IS HIRING
EXPERIENCED DRIVERS
Our winning team of
professional drivers continues
to grow and we have needs for
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with one year T/T experience.
We lead the tank truck industry
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more!
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HHHH Defer to others, as they
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do. Opportunities come through conversations and could be most unexpected. Do not leave the table without
a “yes” or a “no.” Time is not your ally
right now. Tonight: What suits you?
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TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
HHH You throw yourself into
whatever you need to finish. You
might be spending a lot and feeling
more affluent than in the past. A conversation gives you the push you need.
Note someone’s response to your
ideas. Tonight: Squeeze in some exercise.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
HHHHH Your sense of humor
helps ease you through the day. The
unexpected occurs in a meeting or
with some friends. You might want to
have a long-overdue conversation but
not want to jump through all the hoops
to get there. Tonight: Be your loving
self.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
HHH You might want to stay close
to home. You could be confused by a
decision that you are choosing not to
discuss. Your instincts help you with
your finances. As a result, you’ll buy a
token of affection for a special person.
Tonight: Cozy and comfortable at
home.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
HHHH You might want or need to
deal with a money-related matter. A
meeting reveals a lot of insight into
this situation, which helps you to
make a decision. Make phone calls
later today. Tonight: Your perspective
changes because of a conversation.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
HHHH Using self-discipline
might be easier for you than for others.
A partner or associate appears to be
unusually reactive. Worry less about
this person’s unpredictability. Make
decisions that work for you first.
Tonight: Honor your budget.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
HHHHH Give 100 percent.
Others are inclined to do more for you
right now. Friends interact with a
smile. It becomes clear that you need
to let an admirer know where he or she
stands. News from a distance punctuates a decision. Tonight: Whatever
makes you happy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
HHH Listen to your inner voice
when dealing with a child or loved
one. This person appreciates your
attention and caring. Your creativity
adds to a meeting and leads to new
ideas and greater understanding. A
close associate adds a wise commentary. Tonight: Visit with a special
friend.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
HHHH Zero in on what you want.
Flex with a cascading change of plans.
Many people around you seem full of
ideas, and they want to share them. A
male friend could become quite
assertive. Be understanding in your
response. Tonight: Where the action is.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
HHHH Take a stand and move
through a problem. Your work ethic
demands strict focus, which is a trait
others rarely seem to have. Whether
doing a personal project or simply
helping a friend, you give 125 percent.
Tonight: Could go to the wee hours.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
HHHH While others bicker, you
wonder when enough is enough.
Understanding evolves because of
your ability to detach. You generally
come in with a unique perspective.
You will get feedback. Accept the negative with the positive. Tonight:
Exercise to music.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
HHHH One person absolutely
needs and wants your attention. You
could be dismayed that you do not
have more time. A personal matter
might be making you a little too jittery
for your own good. Take a walk rather
than get into a dispute. Tonight: Clear
the air.
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Natchitoches residents speak out on Penn State scandal
Saints LB
Vilma,
NFL lawyers
in court
By Chris Salim
Sports Editor
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma and
lawyers for the NFL arrived at
federal court Monday for a settlement conference in Vilma's
lawsuit seeking to overturn
his season-long suspension in
the Saints bounty investigation.
Flanked by his attorneys as
he headed into federal court,
Vilma said he was'' hoping we
can get something accomplished.''
The conference was closed
to the public.
Vilma and Saints coach
Sean Payton have been suspended for the 2012 season for
their roles in a bounty program the NFL says targeted
opposition players for three
seasons.
Vilma wants a federal judge
to overturn his suspension.
He also has filed a defamation
lawsuit
against
NFL
Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Paterno family
says sanctions
defame
his legacy
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- The
family of Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno says
the NCAA's sanctions defame
his legacy and are a panicked
response to the scandal that
led to them.
The statement was released
Monday by Paterno's family.
It says President Rodney
Erickson, acting Athletic
Director David Joyner and the
entire Board of Trustees
failed by not seeking a full
hearing before the NCAA's
infractions committee.
The family also says that
punishing ''past, present and
future'' students because of
former
assistant
Jerry
Sandusky's crimes did not
serve justice.
The family calls the move a
''panicked response to the public's understandable revulsion'' at Sandusky's sexual
abuse of 10 boys over a period
of 15 years.
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Monday
morning,
the
NCAA handed out sanctions
to the Penn State football program for the child molestation
case against former assistant
coach Jerry Sandusky and the
late coach Joe Paterno.
They include:
• A $60 million fine, with the
money going to an endowment
to benefit the welfare of children.
• A 4-year ban on postseason play, including the Big
Ten championship game,
bowls or the playoffs coming
in 2014.
• A reduction in the maximum allowance of scholarships offered to incoming
players from 25 to 15 a year for
the next four years.
• Any entering or returning player is free to transfer
without restriction (such as
sitting out one season).
Others can maintain their
scholarship at Penn State and
choose not to play.
• Vacating of all victories
from 1998-2011, which strips
Paterno of his title as the winningest coach in college football history (now Grambling's
Eddie Robinson) and Division
I-A (now Bobby Bowden).
Paterno, for the record, loses
111 wins and now ranks fifth
with 298.
There’s more, such as a 5year probationary period and
the hiring of an academic
monitor of the NCAA's choosing and so forth.
Penn State will not appeal
the sanctions.
School president Rodney
Erickson signed a consent
agreement with the NCAA
and "accepts the penalties."
Monday
morning
Natchitoches residents gave
their take on the situation.
Paula Jackson,
59. “The punishment should fit
the crime and I
think it does
here.
Anyone
that had anything to do with this and help
cover this up should be severely punished. Hurting innocent
kids is something that as a
society we can’t tolerate.”
Roger Williams
71. “Any coach or
any adminstration
that
attempts to prevent the public
from
knowing
about an inappropriate relationship like this and to cover
it up is beyond belief. I think
the NCAA and the president
at Penn State have taken the
right steps to help put this
behind them. Football should
never taken precedence over
what is right and wrong.”
Sandra Calhoun
“I feel like the
coaches got what
they deserved but
the players and
the new coaches
had nothing to do with this
and it seems like it is going to
affect them more than the
guilty ones. This is the coaches’ fault and they should pay
for it, not the innocent.”
Davin White, 32
“For this to have
happened in 1998
and be covered up
for this long is
horrible.
The
punishment wasn’t enough to me. To only fine
them $60 million isn’t enough.
They made probably over $600
million during the 13-year
period. This thing is despicable and in my opinion Penn
State football should be no
more. Get rid of it. It’s like a
big cult up there.”
Brad Peveto.
“My heart goes
out to the whole
situation but the
number one thing
is those children
that were hurt. That is number one and let’s not lose sight
of that. But the thing I don’t
agree with is why this an
NCAA issue and not a criminal issue. If a coach at NSU
went out and robbed a banked
that person would get fired
and then face the consequences of the law and that
should be it. This situation
should not be a reflection of
the entire university, just the
coaches that were involved
and allowed it to happen. It
doesn’t get any worse than
this but punish the people that
are guilty. But now the new
coaches and players are going
to be punished, the innocent
people, for the actions of others and that is wrong.”
LSU Athletic department makes Demon punter on
$4 million donation to university CFPA watchlist
BATON ROUGE – The
LSU Athletic Department is
making a $4 million contribution to the University to
assist the institution with
budget challenges in the
2012-13 fiscal year.
The $4 million transfer
from Athletics to the academic enterprise is the single
largest contribution from
Athletics to Academics in
school history.
“It is important for
Athletics to play a role in the
central mission of a university, and LSU Athletics is in
the unique position to provide this financial support in
a time of budgetary need,”
said
Joe
Alleva,
Vice
Chancellor and Director of
Athletics.
“Only a handful of athletic departments in the nation
operate using no state tax
dollars and no student fees,
but to be able to make a contribution of this magnitude
is unique and a real credit to
LSU’s fans and alumni who
support the Tigers and to the
coaches and student-athletes
whose commitment to excellence translates into continued success.”
In an email to LSU faculty
and
staff
on
Friday,
Chancellor Mike Martin
announced that LSU would
avoid any layoffs or acrossthe-board budget reductions,
in large part because of the
participation of the Athletic
Department.
In addition to the $4 million
contribution,
the
Athletic Department will
assume financial responsibility
for
the
Cox
Communications Academic
Center for Student-Athletes
at the rate of approximately
$1.5 million per year.
The
Athletic
Department’s one-time contribution of $4 million is in
addition to the department’s
annual transfers of approximately $6 million in funds
for administrative services
provided by the University, a
Chancellor’s
Excellence
Fund, a campus beautification fund, and a campus
building fund.
Also in recent years the
Athletic Department has
provided $3.8 million in
funds to help build a new
band hall for the School of
Music and $1.9 toward the
construction of a new building for the E. J. Ourso
College of Business.
Senior punter Nic Russo
has become the fourth
Northwestern State player
to be included on the 2012
College
Football
Performance Awards watch
list
for
Football
Championship Subdivision
standouts at his position.
Russo joined NSU teammates Derek Rose (linebacker), Jamaal White (safety) and John Shaughnessy
(kicker) on the CFPA watch
lists.
They will report to preseason camp Aug. 1, exactly
one month before the
Demons begin the 2012 season on the road against
Texas Tech.
In his first year as a
starter in 2011, Russo developed into a potent weapon
for field position with his
accuracy and hang-time on
punts. He averaged 38.3
yards on 63 punts, 31 which
were fair caught. Opponents
returned only 11 for an average of 6.7 yards, with nearly
half of the 74 return yards
coming on one 31-yard runback. In conference play,
opponents averaged only 0.2
yards per try on six runbacks.
Russo had 17 punts
downed inside the 20 yard
line, with only three touchbacks. He had four punts
over 50 yards, with a career
long of 61.
A Grand Prairie, TexasSouth Grand Prairie High
School product, Russo was
chosen by teammates as a
Demon
Deacon
before
spring practice 2011, serving
as a special teams representative on the team's leadership council.
Ernie Els wins British Open after epic collapse by Adam Scott
LYTHAM
ST.
ANNES,
England (AP) -- If this had
been a normal British Open,
Ernie Els would've been hanging out on the putting green
hoping his work was done.
Any other time, he wouldn't
have welcomed a playoff to
secure the title.
The Big Easy was willing to
make an exception this time.
There was nothing normal
about a wind-swept Sunday at
Royal Lytham & St. Annes.
''Crazy, crazy, crazy,'' Els
kept saying.
Crazy, indeed. And, for the
guy who let it slip away, a gutwrenching blow.
Adam Scott had the claret
jug in his grasp with four
holes to play. A player of enormous potential was poised to
fulfill his promise at age 32, to
collect the first major championship of his career after
building a comfortable lead
over three days of brilliant
golf.
Then, a bogey. And another.
And another. And finally, at
the 18th hole, with a 7-foot putt
to at least force a playoff, he
missed again. Scott's knees
buckled. Golf's oldest championship had been snatched
away, handed to Els with one
of the great collapses in golfing history.
''You're not really hoping
the guy is going to make a mistake, but you're hoping you
don't have to go to a playoff,''
said Els, who was playing two
groups ahead of Scott. ''This
one was different because I
feel for Adam. I really didn't
mind going to a playoff. He
probably didn't feel that. But I
was, at best, hoping for a playoff on the putting green.''
When it was done, Scott had
to make a painful walk back to
the 18th green to collect the
prize that goes to the runnerup. On the table was the silver
chalice that should've been
his.
He gave it to Els on a silver
platter.
The winner hardly sounded
like one. In fact, Els was downright apologetic about the way
it happened.
''Sorry,'' he said, looking
toward a glassy eyed Scott.
''You're a great player, a great
friend of mine. I feel very fortunate. You're going to win
many of these.''
Scott certainly has plenty of
years to capture a major. He's
just coming into what should
be the prime of his career. But
no one really knows how he'll
bounce back from such a bitter disappointment.
He has joined the infamous
list of epic meltdowns, his
name now etched alongside
the likes of Jean Van de Velde
and Ed Sneed and, yes, Greg
Norman, his Aussie countryman and childhood hero.
''I played so beautifully all
week,'' Scott said. ''I shouldn't
let this get me down.''
But how could he not?
Scott can only hope he doesn't turn out to be another Van
de Velde or Sneed, players
who had their one shot at
glory and never came close
again.
Els tried to be encouraging.
''I told him, 'I've been there
many times and you've just
got to bounce back quickly.
Don't let this thing linger,'''
said Els, who added a second
Open title to a pair of U.S.
Open crowns. ''I feel for him.
But thankfully he's young
enough. He's 32 years old. He's
got the next 10 years that he
can win more than I've won.
I've won four now. I think he
can win more than that.''
Assuming he can get over
this.
Scott, who went into the
final round with a four-stroke
lead after three straight
rounds in the 60s, got off to a
wobbly start with two bogeys
on the first three holes. But
the breeze off the Irish Sea nonexistent through the first
three rounds - blew everyone
else away. Everyone but Els,
that is, a guy who hadn't won
in more than two years, a guy
whose best golf seemed
behind him.
Tiger Woods made a triplebogey at the sixth, forced to
take one swing while sitting
on the grass next to a bunker.
In one wayward hole, he lost
any chance of rallying to win
a 15th major title and end a
more than four-year drought
since his last big win.
Graeme McDowell duckhooked his ball into the trees
along the 11th fairway, the sort
of shot that a weekend duffer
might hit, not the 2010 U.S.
Open champion. Thirty-sixhole leader Brandt Snedeker
also lost a ball, gobbled up by
the thick rough.
Els was the only one who
mounted a charge, closing
with a 2-under 68. But, let's
face it, that shouldn't have
been enough.
This wasn't so much a matter of one player winning as it
was the other player losing.
''I know I've let a really
great chance slip through my
fingers,'' Scott conceded. ''But
somehow I'll look back and
take the positives from it. I
don't think I've ever played
this well in a major championship, so that's a good thing
for me moving forward. All
the stuff I'm doing is going in
the right direction.''
Scott appeared to wrap it up
with a birdie at the 14th hole,
restoring the four-stroke lead
he had at the start of the day.
Even when a shot into one of
the 206 bunkers at Royal
Lytham led to a bogey at the
15th, he still seemed in good
shape. But when he missed a
3-footer at the 16th, there were
some ominous groans from
the gallery. And when Els, a
couple of holes ahead, rolled
in a 15-footer for birdie at the
tough finishing hole, Scott
couldn't miss the cheers from
across the course. The lead
was down to a single shot.
''Yeah, I heard it,'' Scott said.
''I didn't even have to look at
the leaderboard to realize the
situation.''
He responded with a clutch
tee shot at the 17th, right in
the middle of the fairway, but
the next swing is the one he'll
carry with him for a while. A
6-iron from 178 yards landed
short of the green in waisthigh grass. He failed to convert the up-and-down. Just
like that, the lead was gone.
''Looking back on it, it all
comes down to the shot into 17
for me,'' Scott said. ''That's the
one I'm most disappointed
with. At that point, I'm still
well in control of the tournament.''
Then he knocked his tee
shot at 18 into another bunker,
the ball winding up next to
one of the towering sod walls,
leaving him with no other
choice except to punch it out
into the fairway. He showed
plenty of guts by getting his
iron shot so close, but the long
putter that had worked so well
all week let him down again.
The ball never had a
chance, rolling past the left
edge of the cup.
''It's hard to watch a guy do
that,'' said McDowell, who also
played in the final group.
Scott finished with a 5-over
75, leaving him one stroke
behind Els' winning total of 7under 273.
In a sense, this was eerily
reminiscent of Norman, who
won two British Opens, but is
best known for all the majors
that got away - none more so
than the 1996 Masters, when
he squandered a six-shot lead
by shooting 78 in the final
round.
''Greg was my hero when I
was a kid, and I thought he
was a great role model, how he
handled himself in victory
and defeat,'' Scott said. ''He set
a good example for us. It's
tough ... I can't justify anything that I've done out there. I
didn't finish the tournament
well today. But next time - and
I'm sure there will be a next
time - I can do a better job of
it.''
For now, the pain is too
deep to just put it aside and
get on with the rest of his
career. Scott doesn't know how
long it will take go away.
He only hopes it will.
''Well, it may not have sunk
in yet, so I don't know,'' Scott
said ruefully. ''Hopefully I can
let it go really quick and get
on with what I plan to do next
week and get ready for my
next tournament. We'll see. I
don't know, I've never really
been in this position, so I'll
have to wait and see how I feel
when I wake up tomorrow.''

The Natchitoches Times

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