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La. wood pellet industry growing

BY AIDAN McCAHILL

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and the once thriving timber market in his small town of Bastrop has shrunk to a handful of options.

“I hate to see timberland that’s idle,” he said. Now, a growing renewable energy industry offers a hopeful alternative for landowners like Melton. Attracted by vast swathes of privately owned forestland, bioenergy companies are building facilities in the South to

Corps pulls permit amid stalled project

Officials cite uncertainty, ‘withheld’ information

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a permit for the stalled Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, citing the uncertainty surrounding the plan and claiming Louisiana ofﬁcials “deliberately withheld” information during the project’s initial evaluation process.

The Corps has ordered any work authorized by the permit to cease within 10 days. The state had already issued a 90-day pause on work related to the project on April 4 to prevent a further escalation in cost as Gov Jeff Landry’s administration seeks an alternative plan.

Corps ofﬁcials stated in a previous letter to the state obtained by The Times-Picayune that it should have previously had information from a 2022 engineering report but that the contents would have no effect on the permit Corps ofﬁcials now say that

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Dr Stephen Kantrow remained in his seat as everyone else got up.

The House Ways and Means Committee had just completed a hearing on Tuesday where it narrowly approved a tax increase on vaping and rejected a tax hike on cigarettes. Kantrow, a pulmonologist, had come to the State Capitol from New Orleans to offer his perspective from treating smokers for 30 years, including those in their dying days.

For Kantrow, vapes present a major problem because nearly one-third of high school students in Louisiana use them. But to him, cigarettes represent the bigger public health threat — and the bigger opportunity for the public good. Yet many of the Republican committee members doubted his view that the tax increases would reduce tobacco usage, save lives and reduce state spending on tobacco-related costs. As he drove to Baton Rouge on Tuesday morning, he was thinking that he’d like to be a resource to lawmakers and better understand how they make decisions. But it turns out that, even before he

Kantrow wants to keep vapes, cigarettes away from kids ä See SMOKING, page 5A

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The U.S Army Corps of Engineers has suspended a permit for the stalled Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project, citing the uncertainty surrounding the plan.

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Officials: 51 killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip Hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the remains of 51 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours, the local Health Ministry said Sunday, bringing the Palestinian death toll from the 18-month-old Israel-Hamas war to 52,243.

Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas by launching a surprise bombardment on March 18, and has been carrying out daily waves of strikes Ground forces have expanded a buffer zone and encircled the southern city of Rafah, and now control around 50% of the territory

Israel has also sealed off Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, for nearly 60 days Aid groups say supplies will soon run out and that thousands of children are malnourished

The overall death toll includes nearly 700 bodies for which the documentation process was recently completed, the ministry said in its latest update. The daily toll includes bodies retrieved from the rubble after earlier strikes. Israeli strikes killed another 23 people after the ministry’s update.

Eight of them, including three children and two women, were killed in a strike on a tent in the southern city of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital.

A strike in the central city of Deir al-Balah killed four people, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, and another on a tent there killed four children and a man, the hospital said. A strike hit a coffee shop near the entrance to the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least six people, according to alAwda and al-Aqsa hospitals.

Trump floats tax cut to ease tariffs’ bite

President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his sweeping tariffs would help him reduce income taxes for people making less than $200,000 a year as public anxiety rises over his economic agenda.

Trump has previously argued that tariff revenue could replace income taxes, though economists have questioned those claims.

“When Tariffs cut in, many people’s Income Taxes will be substantially reduced maybe even completely eliminated. Focus will be on people making less than $200,000 a year,” he said Sunday on his Truth Social network.

Trump’s tariff stances have roiled markets, led to fears of higher prices for Americans, prompted recession warnings and sparked bouts of concern about the U.S.’s haven status — a fear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent questioned in a Sunday interview

“I don’t think that this is necessarily losing conﬁdence,” Bessent said on ABC’s This Week. “Anything that happens over a two-week, one-month window can be either statistical noise or market noise.”

Suspect arrested in theft of Noem’s purse

WASHINGTON A suspect has been arrested in connection with the theft last week of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse as she ate at a Washington, D.C., restaurant, ofﬁcials said Sunday Noem’s purse was nabbed on Easter Sunday and reportedly contained about $3,000 in cash, her keys, driver’s license, passport and Homeland Security badge. The Homeland Security Department said Noem had cash in her purse to pay for gifts, dinner and other activities for her family on Easter

A suspect was taken into custody without incident in Washington after an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service and the Metropolitan Police Department, according to Secret Service Washington Field Office Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool. The suspect was arrested Saturday, the police department said.

Interim District of Columbia U.S. Attorney Ed Martin told NBC News the suspect was in the country illegally.

11 killed at festival in Vancouver

BY JIM MORRIS and ROB GILLIES Associated Press

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Murder charges were ﬁled

Sunday against a suspect in a weekend car ramming attack that killed 11 people between the ages of 5 and 65 at a Filipino heritage festival in the city of Vancouver, a tragedy that shook Canada on the eve of a federal election.

The British Columbia Prosecution Service charged Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, with eight counts of second degree murder and said more charges were possible. Investigators ruled out terrorism and said Lo had a history of mental health issues.

Lo, a Vancouver resident, appeared in court and remains in custody, prosecutors said. An attorney for Lo wasn’t listed in online court documents and The Associated Press wasn’t im-

mediately able to reach an attorney representing him

Dozens of people were injured some critically Authorities had not released victims’ names by Sunday evening.

A man driving a black Audi SUV entered the street just after 8 p.m. Saturday and struck people attending the Lapu Lapu Day festival. He was arrested at the scene.

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Vehicle plows into crowd; charges filed against suspect Authorities raid illegal after-hours nightclub

BY JOHN RABY Associated Press

More than 100 immigrants suspected of being in the United States illegally were taken into custody early Sunday following a federal raid at an illegal after-hours nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, authorities said.

Video posted online by the Drug Enforcement Administration showed agents announcing their presence outside the building and ordering patrons to leave with their hands up. Other videos showed dozens of people fleeing the building through its entrance after federal agents smashed a window Later, dozens of suspects were shown in handcuffs standing on a sidewalk waiting to be transported.

During his second stint as U.S. president, Donald Trump‘s unprecedented campaign of immigration enforcement has pushed the limits of executive power, and he has clashed with federal judges trying to restrain him. The

crackdown has included detaining more than 1,000 international college students, some of whom have seen their legal status restored, at least temporarily The policies have slowed immigration at the southern border to a relative trickle.

On Sunday in Colorado, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement took the club-going immigrants into custody, said Jonathan Pullen, special agent in charge of the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division.

“Colorado Springs is waking up to a safer community today,” he said.

The city, Colorado’s second largest, lies about 70 miles south of Denver

More than 300 law enforcement officers and officials from multiple agencies responded to the nightclub, which had been under investigation for several months for alleged activities including drug trafﬁcking, prostitution and “crimes of violence,” Pullen said at a news conference.

Cocaine was among the drugs found, he said.

“When the cops showed up at the door, most of the drugs hit the ﬂoor,” Pullen said.

An undisclosed number of guns were seized, he said.

Vancouver’s history,” Police Interim Chief Steve Rai told a news conference. Investigators ruled out terrorism.

“The person we have in custody does have a signiﬁcant history of interactions with police and health care professionals related to mental health,” he said.

Video of the aftermath shows the dead and injured along a narrow street in South Vancouver lined by food trucks. The front of the

driver’s SUV is smashed in.

Kris Pangilinan, who brought his pop-up clothing and lifestyle booth to the festival, saw the vehicle enter past the barricade slowly before the driver slammed on the gas in an area that was packed with people after a concert. He said hearing the sounds of bodies hitting the vehicle will never leave his mind.

“He sideswiped someone on his right side and I was

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like, ‘Oh, yo yo.’ And then he slammed on the gas,” he said. “And the sound of the acceleration, it sounds like an F1 car about to start a race.

“He slammed on the gas, barreled through the crowd. And all I can remember is seeing bodies flying up in the air higher than the food trucks themselves and landing on the ground and people yelling and screaming. It looked like a bowling ball hitting bowling pins and all the pins are ﬂying into the air.”

Pangilinan said that it would be hard to believe “that someone has some malice against the Filipino people.”

Suspect was detained by bystanders before the police arrived A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene. Rai said that the man was arrested after initially being apprehended by bystanders.

Video circulating on social media shows a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him.

tribute as pope’s tomb opens to public in Rome

BY VANESSA GERA and SILVIA STELLACCI Associated Press

VATICAN CITY Roman Catholic faithful began visiting the tomb of Pope Francis on Sunday, filing past the simple white tomb in St. Mary Major Basilica a day after he was bade farewell by the powerful of the world and a crowd of hundreds of thousands.

A single white rose was placed on the tomb that said “Franciscus” — the pope’s name in Latin. A light cast its warm glow over the tomb and a reproduction of the late pontiff’s pectoral cross on the wall above it.

Rosario Correale, from Salerno, Italy, said that he experienced “great emotion” at witnessing Francis’ ﬁnal resting place.

“I see all the people are truly moved,” Correale said. “He has truly left a mark on us.”

People filed past, many crossing themselves or snapping photos with their phones. Ushers urged them to keep moving to accommodate the thousands who flocked to the Rome basilica to see the tomb, forming a long line outside.

Later in the day, a group of cardinals arrived in buses and entered through the church doors to pay homage to Francis at his tomb, and for an evening vespers service.

The tomb was opened on the second of nine days of

Russia launches nearly 150 drones against Ukraine

BY VOLODYMYR YURCHUK and ELISE MORTON Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people ofﬁcials said, after President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war

Three people died and four were wounded in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the regional prosecutor’s ofﬁce

said. Another person died and a 14-year-old girl was wounded in a drone attack on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was hit for the third consecutive night, Gov Serhii Lysak said.

The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion in August 2024. Ukrainian ofﬁcials said the ﬁghting in Kursk was still ongoing.

Trump said Saturday he doubts Putin wants to end the more than 3-year-old

war, expressing new skepticism a peace deal can be reached soon. Only a day earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were “ very close to a deal.”

“There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,” Trump wrote in a social media post as he ﬂew back to the U.S. after attending the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he met briefly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Trump also hinted at further sanctions against Russia.

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Sarah Edmilao, a member of the Filipino community who says friends had attended earlier in the day, views flowers at a growing memorial on Sunday near a site the day after a driver killed 11 people during a Filipino festival in Vancouver, Canada.

mourning for Francis, after which a conclave will be held to elect the next pope.

Francis for me was an inspiration, a guide,” said Elias Caravalhal. Caravalhal lives

but was unable to pay his respects to Francis when the body was lying in state in St. Peter’s Basilica after his death on Easter Monday at the age of 88. He said that he visited the tomb “to thank him for what he has done.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By ANDREW MEDICHINI Cardinals visit the tomb of the late Pope Francis on Sunday inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome.

manufacture wood pellets. Millions of tons of the biomass are then shipped to Europe and Asia, where they are burned for industrialscale electricity.

In Louisiana — a state growing 70% more trees than it harvests — foresters see the new industry as a stabilizing force against volatile pulp and paper markets and a lifeline for shrinking rural communities.

“We have to keep the momentum going,” said Buck Vandersteen, executive director of the Louisiana Forestry Association. “This keeps people in rural areas. It keeps them closer to home gives them good, highpaying jobs.”

Driven by European Union mandates to reduce greenhouse gasses linked to climate change, the value of Louisiana’s wood pellet exports have jumped from nearly nothing in 2018 to over $800 million in 2023, based on data from the LSU Agricultural Center Skeptics, including environmental advocacy groups, argue the energy is neither clean nor renewable, despite the industry marketing itself as such They also say the subsidy-dependent industry won’t survive once key policies in Europe expire as early as 2027.

Finding a market

About a 10-minute drive from Melton’s plot, logging trucks dump loads of sawdust, wood chippings and “roundwood,” or young trees, at a wood pellet manufacturing facility in Morehouse Parish owned by the Drax Group The company, based in the United Kingdom and publicly valued at more than $2 billion, owns seven such facilities in the South, including a similar operation in LaSalle Parish, and a dozen more in Canada.

Often dubbed by both critics and proponents as the “bottom feeders” of the forestry industry, Drax and most wood pellet manufacturers source much of their feedstock from the leftover residues of sawmills or forest cleanups that otherwise would go to waste. About half of the rest at Drax’s plants come from low-value roundwood from first thinnings the fraction of trees in young forests that are cut down to reduce competition for nutrients and sunlight.

“Here, we’ve only got two viable markets for that ﬁrst thinning,” said Melton, the timberland owner “One is Drax, the other is a paper mill in Monroe.” After the wood is dumped, conveyor belts transport it to a hammermill that beats it down into small, uniform chips, while a chipper strips intact logs of their bark. That bark is used to heat the chips at 1,800 degrees in a giant rotating drum, drying the wood from its natural 50% moisture to around 10%. After more beating and rotating, rollers push the chips through pelletsized holes like Play-Doh,

creating a ﬁnal product that resembles dog food.

The effort, said Brad Mayhew, vice president of the company’s Southern operations, is to maximize the wood’s caloric density

“We’re trying to put as much energy as we can on the ship,” he said during a tour of the facility.

Environmental concerns

The process first drew scrutiny from environmental groups like EarthJustice in the 2010s, with Drax taking the worst of the ﬂack.

In 2020, the company paid $2.5 million in fines for violations at its plant in Gloster, Mississippi, after testing revealed it released three times the legal threshold of a class of pollutants including carcinogens such as formaldehyde.

“They were basically lying through their teeth about what their emissions were,” said Patrick Anderson, an attorney who worked with the Environmental Integrity Project on the initial settlement cases against Drax. Soon, the predominantly Black town became a poster child for environmental racism after a Brown University health survey revealed widespread respiratory issues there.

In Louisiana, Drax paid $3.2 million in pollutionrelated settlements to the state for its two plants.

But proponents say the industry is improving its emissions-control technology, and Drax noted it selfreports third-party testing of emissions to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

“Do they hit road bumps from time to time? Absolutely,” Vandersteen, of the Louisiana Forestry Association, said. “Since then, we have not heard anything negative.”

Drax has since installed additional thermal oxidizers to burn most of the exhaust but continues to exceed limits set by its air emission permits, including those for mercury and methane.

The state environmental department is considering whether to designate the company a “major source” under Louisiana’s air toxics program, which would trigger stricter pollution controls for its pellet plants.

“We have ongoing permit update processes across our U.S. operations, and we continue to work with regulators to ensure we have the most appropriate permits and operate compliantly,” said Michelli Martin, a spokesperson for Drax.

Lifeline for Bastrop

At the center of Bastrop is a sporting goods store that doubles as a locally sourced burger joint Over lunch, Melton is interrupted by just about everyone who walks through the door, a testament to the close-knit charm he said drew him back to rural Louisiana after graduating from LSU’s veterinary school in the 1970s.

“There’s good people everywhere, and there’s sorry people everywhere,”

count emissions at U.S. harvest sites while ignoring combustion emissions in the U.K — a system built on the false premise that replanted forests immediately offset emissions. This loophole, she argues, sustains a transoceanic supply chain by incentivizing companies to ship U.S.harvested wood pellets to Europe, where their emissions go unaccounted for in energy-sector reports.

“We shouldn’t be putting our public money into this industry at the expense of other industries,” Hillaker said. “Especially if it’s being done because of some climate change agenda.”

there is still a big future in somehow leveraging that material.”

Along those lines, part of Drax’s agreement for continuing its subsidies is to build a carbon sequestration facility at its U.K. power plant, in essence pumping and storing carbon dioxide deep underground — another promising, though controversial technology it claims wood pellets would power A role for forests

Back on his timber plot, Melton lazily dug his foot into the rich, loamy soil.

he said. The difference in Bastrop, he added, is that you can’t fake it.

Across the street is a vacant lot, the former site of an International Paper mill. When the facility shuttered in 2008, the town of nearly 12,000 suffered. After supplying wood to the pulp and paper industry for over a century, Bastrop soon saw rail lines fall silent, abandoned timber equipment littered across its roads and, since 2008, almost a quarter of its population leave.

“You can say we lost our tax base, lost 550 jobs, and yes we did,” Melton said. “But the biggest loss was our intellectual capital We lost folks that were interested in running for political ofﬁce, PTA, volunteering at the hospital. Those types of folks that are oftentimes the glue that holds the community together.”

“When you put everything into one company, and that company closes, it’s devastating,” said Kay King, CEO of Morehouse Economic Development for the past 20 years. “We were scrambling to try to ﬁgure out what to do.”

With just over 80 employees and not using fully grown trees, Drax hasn’t filled the void left by International Paper, she said, but it has prevented a much worse exodus. The company contributes nearly $60 million to the parish’s gross domestic product and sponsors local charities, festivals and literacy programs. Before Drax began construction in 2012, she said, the town’s rail line connecting Bastrop with the broader South was set to be dismantled as salvage by the Union Paciﬁc Railroad.

“Drax saved that,” King said. “It’s hard to really envision what a big impact this company had at a time when things were really bad.”

King said she is courting more sustainable-energy projects, as well as markets for mature trees.

“It’s just part of the start,” she said. “We are working hard to get a lumber mill here.”

Other alternative energy companies are being drawn by the state’s infrastructure and abundant wood waste. Louisiana Green Fuels announced plans to open a reﬁnery in Caldwell

Parish by 2026, producing up to 32 million gallons of diesel and naphtha annually from forestry byproducts, according to Louisiana Economic Development. Meanwhile, Beaver Lake Renewables is set to begin converting a former International Paper mill in Rapides Parish into a green methanol plant the same year, also using wood waste as feedstock

A hazy future

Drax transports pellets from its Morehouse facility via rail to the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, where two white domes each store up to 40,000 metric tons of the material. The pellets then cross the Atlantic Ocean to a power station in North Yorkshire, England. There, the same type of combustion that powers trendy pellet grills from The Home Depot generates approximately 5% of the United Kingdom’s electricity, making Drax the world’s largest wood burner Ember, a climate-focused energy think tank, reports that it is also the country’s largest source of carbon dioxide, despite receiving $717 million in clean energy subsidies in 2023.

Heather Hillaker of the Southern Environmental Law Center, said European Union carbon rules only

Amid claims that wood pellets actually emit more carbon than coal, some countries are beginning to change their policies. Drax’s existing subsidies in the U.K. are set to expire in 2027, but lawmakers agreed to keep funding a new bridge policy through at least 2030, citing the country’s energy security needs.

Last year, Enviva, a U.S based ﬁrm and the world’s largest wood pellet manufacturer, filed for bankruptcy, citing operational failures at its facilities and market uncertainties following the collapse of wood pellet prices. After restructuring, the company aims to launch a new Alabama mill sometime in May

“There is still a lot of life left,” said William Strauss, president and founder of FutureMetrics LLC, a leading consultancy in the wood pellet industry

While the United States hasn’t shown much sign of using the energy option, European and Asian countries serious about climate change still see it as a viable way to stabilize grids when the sun doesn’t shine and wind doesn’t blow he said. His ﬁrm predicts global demand for wood pellets will grow by over 2 million metric tons annually through 2030.

The industry in its current form has a “clock ticking,” said Strauss, “but

“A lot of parts of the country would die to have soil like this,” he said. The southeastern U.S. produces more wood products than any other nation, accounting for 20% of the world’s pulp and paper. The Southern yellow pine he grows can take just 20 years to reach full size, faster than western U.S. species. Trees are viewed as crops in places like Bastrop, and Melton said sustainability is baked into the business model: Cut too many trees and he is out of business.

“Sustainability, even though it’s the buzzword in Europe, it’s almost like it’s a basic concept for us,” he said.

Melton hopes his kids and grandchildren will inherit his stewardship ethic along with the land. But doubts linger whether forests will remain economically viable. Vandersteen’s biggest fear is pessimistic landowners swapping timberland for shopping malls. While the jury is still out about wood pellets, foresters see it as a hopeful start in reinventing one of humanity’s oldest renewable and ﬁnancial partnerships. “There will always be a role for forests to play,” Vandersteen said. “We just have to provide that incentive to keep those forests as forests.”

Email Aidan McCahill ataidan.mccahill@ theadvocate.com.

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James Melton gazes at his timber tract in Bastrop. He moved to the small town in the ’70s after graduating from LSU’s vet school. Later in life,

Poll:PopularityofMuskinWashingtonhas fallen

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press

WASHINGTON ElonMusk spent years building cachet as abusiness titan and tech visionary,brushing aside critics and skeptics to become the richest person on the planet. But as Musk gained power in Washington in recent months, his popularity has waned, according to apollfrom The Associated PressNORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Entrepreneur expected to leave administrationjob in coming weeks ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JOSE LUIS

Just 33% of U.S. adults have a favorable view of Musk, thechainsaw-wielding, late-night-posting, campaign-hat-wearing public face of President DonaldTrump’s efforts to downsize and overhaul the federal government. That shareis down from 41% in December “It was ashame that he crashed and burned his reputation,”said Ernest Pereira, 27, aDemocrat who works as alab technician in North Carolina. “He bought into hisown hype.”

The poll found that about twothirds of adults believe Musk has held too much influence over the federal government duringthe past few months —although that inﬂuence may be coming to an end. The billionaire entrepreneur is expected

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information and several other issues caused the Corps to reassess.

“This suspension is based on the state’sactions (including failures to act or to obtain compromise), its public statementsand positions, the new information andpotentially changed circumstances since permit issuance,” Corps Col. Cullen Joneswrote in the latestletter, addressed to CPRA Chair Gordon Dove.

Landry on Saturday criticized his predecessor John Bel Edwards, whose administration handled the initial permit process when it was issued in 2022.

“They failed to tell the public that the Mid-Barataria project would have costtaxpayers over$50 million ayear in dredging, increased the hypoxia-destroying our ﬁshing around our greatjewel of Grand Isle, and impactthe drinking water of Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, and Orleans parishes,”

Landry said on X. Edwards in turn defended his administration, calling Landry’saccusations

“ﬂat out wrong.” Edwards noted the letter lists several other reasons for halting work on the diversion project, “most notably—that the Landry administration stoppedworkonitand refused to handle the operations required.”

“Gov.Landry’sattempt to scapegoat is exactly why

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An AP-NORCpoll finds that only about one-third of U.S. adults have afavorable opinion of ElonMusk after his brief forayinto the federal government. Andabout two-thirdsofU.S.adults think he has too much influence in Washington. Musk has spent years building his reputationas abusiness titan and tech visionary.

to leavehis administration jobinthe coming weeks.

Musk is noticeably less popular than the overall effort to pare back the government workforce, which Trump has described as bloated and corrupt.About half of U.S adults believe the Republican presidenthas gone too far on reducing the size of the federalworkforce, while roughly 3in10think he is on target and 14% want himtogoeven further

RetireeSusan Wolf, 75, of Penn-

partisan politics has no place in Louisiana’s coastal restorationwork, buthe can’thelphimself,” Edwards saidinastatement.

Among the issuesdetailed by the Corpsare unresolved negotiations between the state and Plaquemines Parish, where theproject brokeground in 2023, and Landry’sdecision earlierthismonth to halt construction.

The diversion project as originally planned would funnel up to 75,000 cubic feet per second of water

sylvania, believes the federalgovernment is too bigbut Musk has “made amessofeverything.”

“I don’t trusthim,” shesaid.“I don’tthink he knowswhathe’sdoing.”

Wolf, who is not registered with a political party, said Musk’sprivate sector successdoes not translateto Washington.

“He thinks you run agovernment like yourun abusiness. And you don’tdothat,” she said. “One is for thebenefit of the people, and the

andsediment from the Mississippi River intothe Barataria Basin to rebuild lost wetlands. It was projected to build 21 square miles of land over 50 years and was issuedapermit for construction by the Corps after an exhaustive environmental study

But Landry’sadministrationhas argued thatthe $3 billion plan is tooexpensive, including the dredging maintenancethatwould be requiredtoachieve the project’sgoal of building newland.

other is forthe beneﬁt of the corporation.”

Muchofthe downsizing has been done through so-calledthe DepartmentofGovernment Efﬁciency,or DOGE, which was Musk’sbrainchild during last year’scampaign. Thousandsoffederal employees have been ﬁred or pushedtoquit, contracts have been canceled and entire agencies have been brought to astandstill.

Musk has succeeded in providing adose of shock therapytothe federal government, but he has fallen short of other goals. After talking about cutting spending by $1 trillion, he has set amuch lower target of $150 billion. Even reaching that amount could prove challenging, and DOGE has regularly overstated its progress.

He is expected to start dedicatingmoretimetoTesla, hiselectric automakerthat has suffered plummeting revenue while he was working for Trump. Musk told investors on arecent conference call that “nowthat the major work of establishingthe Department of Government Efﬁciency is done,” he expectstospend just “a dayor two per week on government matters.”

Musk, in his work forthe administration, hascontinued apolitical evolution toward the right. Although theSouth African-born entrepreneurwas never easy to categorizeideologically, he championed the fight against climate change and oftensupported Democratic candidates.

Now he criticizes“the woke

Despite Landry’sdecision, asmallamount of workwas allowed to continue, including relocating apipeline in the area and site maintenance. But those activities have been put on hold with the permit’s suspension

Ofﬁcials have discussed studying asmaller-scale diversion, an ideathathas also been championed by commercial shrimpers andoystergrowers in the area whowould have been forced to movetheir operationsorﬁnd work else-

mindvirus” and warns of thecollapse of Western civilization from the threats of illegal migration and excess government spending. Musk’sincreasingly conservative politics are reflected in the polling. Only about2in10independents and about 1in10Democrats viewMusk favorably,compared with about 7in10Republicans. In addition, while about 7in10 independentsand about9 in 10 Democrats believe Musk has too muchinﬂuence, only about 4in10 Republicans feel that way Mark Collins, 67, awarehouse manager from Michiganwho has leaned Republican in recent years, said Musk “runs anice, tight ship” at his companies, “and the government deﬁnitely needstightening up.”

“He’scleaning up all the trash,” he said. “I love what he’sdoing.” Republicans are muchless likely than Democrats to be worriedabout being affected by recentcuts to federalgovernment agencies, services or grants. Just 11% said they are “extremely” or “very” concerned that they or someone they know will be affected, while about two-thirds of Democrats and 44% of independents have those fears.

The AP-NORC poll of 1,260 adults wasconducted April 1721,using asampledrawn from NORC’sprobability-based AmeriSpeak Panel,whichisdesignedto be representative of the U.S.population. The margin of sampling errorfor adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

where underthe original plan.

Coastal advocates, however,havecriticized efforts to delay the project and salvagewhat’sleftof Louisiana’sshrinking coast.

“Our coastal program hasalways successfully prioritized science and the public good over politics,” officialswithRestore the Mississippi River Delta said in astatement. “We cannot afford to play political games with the future of Louisiana.” The permit suspension

follows CRPA’s approved $2 billion annual spending plan, which included $573 million forthe Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, and $2.92 billion in funding related to theBP oilspill hasbeen approved for the project. CRPAofficials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Staff writersMike Smith and Kasey Bubnash contributed to this report. Email Joni Hessatjoni. hess@theadvocate.com.

Supreme Court to hear lawsuit against FBI

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BY SUDHIN THANAWALA and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

ATLANTA Before dawn on Oct 18, 2017, FBI agents broke down the front door of Trina Martin’s Atlanta home, stormed into her bedroom and pointed guns at her and her then-boyfriend as her 7-year-old son screamed for his mom from another room.

Martin, blocked from comforting her son, cowered in disbelief for what she said felt like an eternity. But within minutes, the ordeal was over The agents realized they had the wrong house.

On Tuesday, an attorney for Martin will go before the U.S. Supreme Court to ask the justices to reinstate

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arrived, Kantrow would be facing tough odds The tobacco industry was working with convenience store owners to get Republican legislators to kill the cigarette tax increase.

Meanwhile, the vape tax increase stood a good chance of passage because it had the support of Gov Jeff Landry and it was less objectionable to the tobacco companies and convenience store owners. They had already begun discussions with lawmakers about watering down the bill if it had to be passed.

Landry backed the bill, lobbyists said, because the ﬁrst $22 million collected by the vape tax would raise salaries for state troopers and the next $6 million would go to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, the Office of State Fire Marshal and the State Public Defender Compensation Fund. Targeting vapers to pay state troopers more would mean Landry could achieve that goal without having to ﬁnd the money elsewhere

Most of the people who testiﬁed for or against the bills represented one group or another But Kantrow, 62, took a day of leave as a professor at LSU’s medical school and drove to Baton Rouge by himself, hoping to help legislators prevent kids from vaping or smoking cigarettes — and ultimately have to be treated by doctors like him.

Kantrow also went to Baton Rouge as a father: One of his daughters vaped for ﬁve years, while the other remains addicted.

At LSU, Kantrow oversees the training program for all the doctors coming through the medical school in pulmonary and critical care medicine. He also takes care of patients with ALS, including former Saints player Steve Gleason.

But how the Legislature carries out its business?

That’s another world for Kantrow

“I’m processing it all,” he said as he stood up, looking shellshocked, as people began ﬁling out of the commit-

her 2019 lawsuit against the U.S government accusing the agents of assault and battery, false arrest and other violations.

A federal judge in Atlanta dismissed the suit in 2022 and the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that decision last year The Supreme Court agreed in January to take up the matter The key issue before the justices is under what circumstances people can sue the federal government in an effort to hold law enforcement accountable. Martin’s attorneys say Congress clearly allowed for those lawsuits in 1974, after a pair of law enforcement raids on wrong houses made headlines and blocking them would leave little recourse for families like her FBI Atlanta spokesperson Tony Thomas said in an email the agency can’t comment on pending litigation. But lawyers for the government argued in Martin’s case that courts shouldn’t be “second-guessing” law

tee room after the two votes and the doubts he faced.

I think I did more harm than good today,” he added, concerned he had expressed his views too passionately, although others thought he spoke quietly and matter-offactly

“It’s a funny beast,” he said of the legislative process.

Opposing cigarettes

Kantrow had appeared at the Capitol only once before, in May 2015, when thenstate Rep. Harold Ritchie, D-Bogalusa, in his final year in ofﬁce, sponsored a $1.18-per-pack increase in the cigarette tax Ritchie’s move won notice because he had been smoking for 50 years and was suffering from emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

“If we can help you stop smoking today, then in the next couple of days, your risk of heart attack is going to start going down,” Kantrow told Ritchie and the other committee members that day “By (two years), you’ll be close to not having really smoked at all in terms of your risk of cardiovascular disease. That is the most dramatic and early improvement when you stop smoking.”

Five months later, Ritchie said in a text, “I quit smoking on August 11 cold turkey, not patches, no nicotine replacement.”

But he later resumed smoking and recently had a quadruple bypass.

The Legislature ended up approving a 50-cent per pack tax increase in cigarettes in 2015 and another 22-cent increase in 2016. As part of a deal with then-Gov John Bel Edwards in 2016, the tobacco lobby agreed to accept the second increase in return for Edwards’ promise that he would not seek another one while in ofﬁce.

Edwards kept his word, and Louisiana’s $1.08-perpack rate is now 38th-highest in the country, Claudia Rodas, director of the southern region for the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, told the Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday The national average is $1.97, she

In dismissing Martin’s case the 11th Circuit largely agreed with that argument, saying courts can’t second-guess police officers who make “honest mistakes” in searches. The agent who led the raid said his personal GPS led him to the wrong place. The FBI was looking for a suspected gang member a few houses away Martin, 46, said she, her then-boyfriend, Toi Cliatt, and her son were left traumatized.

“We’ll never be the same, mentally, emotionally, psychologically,” she said Friday at the neat, stucco home that was raided.

“Mentally, you can suppress it, but you can’t really get over it.”

provides a cause of action for anything, it’s a wrong-house raid like the one the FBI conducted here,” Martin’s lawyers wrote in a brief to the Supreme Court. Other U.S. appeals courts have interpreted the law more favorably for victims of mistaken law enforcement raids, creating conﬂicting legal standards that only the nation’s highest court can resolve, they say Public-interest groups across the ideological spectrum have urged the Supreme Court to overturn the 11th Circuit ruling.

enforcement decisions The FBI agents did advance work and tried to ﬁnd the right house, making this raid fundamentally different from the no-knock, warrantless raids that led Congress to act in the 1970s, the Justice Department said in court ﬁlings starting under the Biden administration.

Cliatt initially thought the raid was a burglary attempt, so he ran toward the closet, where he kept a shotgun. Martin said her son still expresses fear that she could have died had she confronted the agents while armed.

“If the Federal Tort Claims Act

true.”

added.

Vaping bill passes

On Tuesday, Rep. Ken Brass, D-Vacherie, brought the vape excise tax increase to the committee. His House Bill 517 would raise the tax from 15 cents per milliliter of consumable liquid to 33% of the vape’s wholesale price.

“I bring it as a health initiative,” Brass told the committee members, “primarily for our youth.” He noted that 30% of high schoolers vaped in 2023 while the rate was nearly 20% for middle schoolers.

“Most youth start smoking at 12 or 13,” Brass added.

Erica Williams of the American Heart Association was the ﬁrst to speak from one of the anti-tobacco groups. She said the tax would deter youth from beginning to vape.

“We’re seeing price sensitivity increases with the use,” she said.

Several minutes later, Rep. Beth Billings, R-Destrehan, became the ﬁrst legislator to express concern about Brass’ HB517.

Billings said her constituents are “under pressure from increased taxes, increased insurance.”

Rep. Roger Wilder, R-Denham Springs, followed a short time later

“I agree with the intent, but I wonder if it will turn into a true deterrent,” Wilder said.

Rep. Jay Galle R-Mandeville, was next.

“I think it’s a horrible addiction, and I wish it didn’t exist,” Galle said. “But it is an addiction, and addictions are rarely deterred by an increase in price.”

Several minutes later, Galle noted that lawmakers raised the state sales tax by 1 cent in November while cutting personal income taxes.

“I see this as another tax increase,” he said.

Rep. Mandie Landry, DNew Orleans, jumped in a bit later

“What we’re seeing is real simple,” she said. “The tax goes up, smoking use goes down, health outcomes go up.”

Eric Weinzettle with the American Lung Association provided the numbers, saying studies show that every 10%

increase in price reduces vap-

ing by 13% to 22%.

About 45 minutes into the hearing on Brass’ HB517, Kantrow left his seat in the front row of the committee room and sat at the witness table.

He immediately told them that his children have been addicted to vaping.

“To any parent in this room, you have no idea whether your children are vaping,” Kantrow said. “There’s no way to know You can’t smell it. You can’t detect it. They can hide it. They can do it at school. You will never smell it. If they smoke one cigarette, every single one of us would know it. It’s true it’s a hidden addiction.”

Kantrow added that he is an expert on the subject after studying it for years. “I can’t help my children stop,” he said.

Galle spoke up again.

“Doctor, I sympathize with you. I have two small children,” he said. “We are assuming that a price increase will deter the youth from using it. I don’t know if that’s

After breaking down the door to the house, a member of the FBI SWAT team dragged Cliatt out of the closet and put him in handcuffs. But one of the agents noticed he did not have the suspect’s tattoos, according to court documents. He asked for Cliatt’s name and address. Neither matched those of the suspect. The room went quiet as agents realized they had raided the wrong house.

Galle then complained that Brass’ bill directed none of the tax revenue for stronger enforcement or anti-tobacco programs.

“Of all the choices in front of us, it’s the one that actually makes the most sense,” Kantrow replied.

The committee approved the bill, 9-6, with legislators saying privately afterward that Gov Landry’s support spelled the difference. The bill, however, needs a twothirds majority in both the House and the Senate to become law Smoking bill fails

The committee then took up House Bill 390 by Rep. Landry It would raise the cigarette tax by 33 cents per pack.

Alice Kline, with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said raising cigarette taxes would save the state money in the form of reduced Medicaid payments.

Kantrow then returned to the witness table.

“We’re at a unique mo-

ment in this whole tobacco story,” he said. “Currently, in the United States, if you are a high school senior, there’s about 1-2% chance that you’re a daily smoker It was 20% in 2000. It had been 20% for generations.”

Kantrow said that about 550,000 people smoke in Louisiana. The tax, he added, “will have 30,000 to 50,000 people stop smoking, just with this move. We’ll be one step closer to the end of the epidemic that has lasted a century.”

By now, the committee members were barely paying attention to Kantrow None asked questions. They rejected HB390 on a 4-7 vote, with Democrats in support and Republicans opposed.

“I was surprised by the lack of engagement and enthusiasm for the tax around cigarettes,” Kantrow said afterward. “Vaping is a big problem. Cigarettes dwarf that problem.”

Email Tyler Bridges at tbridges@theadvocate.com.

Trina Martin, left, and Toi Cliatt said the FBI mistakenly raided their Atlanta home in

METRO NEWS

Ex-N.O. mayor turns to the working class

Mitch Landrieu hopes to reverse Democrats’ losses

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Republican President Donald Trump walloped Democrats in working-class voter districts last fall. Mitch Landrieu wants to be the one to reverse the party’s failures.

The former New Orleans mayor has embarked on a nationwide listening tour of sorts, focusing on districts composed of working-class voters in 21 states — especially in “the South and the Heartland” that incurred some of Democrats’ worst losses in the November presidential election.

Through the new initiative he’s calling The Working Class Project,

Landrieu eventually hopes to craft a strategy that helps Democrats reverse those losses, he explained in an essay on the newsletter platform Substack.

But for now, he plans to gather feedback, grievances and direction from voters who turned away from Democrats and toward the Republican presidential candidate in historic numbers.

“We think we have to properly diagnose the illness before we can begin treatment,” Landrieu wrote “And that means telling it like it is about what we’re hearing, even when it’s unpleasant.”

Democrats have engaged in much

hand-wringing since the November election, often struggling to build cohesive messaging and opposition strategy in the face of Trump’s blitz of executive orders, challenges to judicial authority and gutting of the federal workforce.

Trump’s actions present Democrats ample political fodder with which to mount opposition efforts, Landrieu said. But they have failed to seize on those opportunities.

“On the whole, we’re still trying to work our way out of a wet paper bag,” Landrieu said.

Landrieu’s proposed response: what he calls “the biggest investment in listening to the working class

this year in the Democratic Party.”

His initiative will conduct focus groups, roundtable discussions and “in-depth interviews.” It will study working-class voters’ media habits, and gauge those voters’ shifting views on Trump and his policies and his presidency progresses.

Landrieu was mayor of New Orleans from 2010 to 2018 after serving as lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 2004 to 2010.

After launching a nonprofit focused on racial equity, he later worked in Joe Biden’s White House as the Democratic former president’s infrastructure czar, vetting and overseeing state and local applications for projects paid for by the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

He went on to co-chair Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. As Democrats regrouped in the fallout of the presidential election, in which Trump won all seven swing states, Landrieu was discussed as a potential future chair of the national Democratic Party. He decided he wasn’t interested.

Though Trump won over voters with promises of economic prosperity in that election, he has failed to deliver on that pledge, Landrieu wrote in the essay launching his new effort.

“The kitchen-table economic and cost-cutting promises of his campaign have not trickled down to his governing priority list,” he said. “In fact, he’s doing the opposite.”

LOVING EARTH

Chris Smith, of Southern University’s Urban Forestry Department, talks about the department’s work with an event attendee.

Electric

BY CHRISTOPHER CARTWRIGHT Staff writer

A nonproﬁt leading a multiyear initiative to increase clean transportation access in Donaldsonville says it is looking to install several electric vehicle chargers in the city

If completed, the installation will be the largest collection of electric chargers on the west bank for miles around, according to a U.S. Department of Energy charger map. While the east bank has charging stations in Gonzales, Addis and Thibodaux are the closest west bank communities with chargers. Representatives for Louisiana Clean Fuels mentioned the work during an Earth Day event Tuesday at the River Road African American Museum’s Rosenwald School. Tyler Herrmann, the technical team lead for the organization, said the nonprofit is trying to get three to six electric vehicle chargers for the community However, no timeline has been set for the charger installation

“Donaldsonville is a very tourism-based community, so one of the potential sites is at the museum itself, the River Road African American Museum,” he said. “Louisiana Square that’s

Miracle Lewis, 2, learns to HulaHoop with help from volunteer Dasiny Davis at Earth Day Baton Rouge on Sunday in Baton Rouge.

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another location that we’re really looking at.”

Clean transportation

Donaldsonville is one of the poorest communities in the state, with 2023 data from the U.S. Census Bureau estimating a poverty rate of around 43%. Hermann said many residents travel by bike and don’t own cars, making reliable access to jobs in Gonzales nearly impossible.

“One of the potential projects that we’d really love to get working but has a lot of challenges associated with it is to get some form of transit between the two communities,” he said, adding that such a project could be a van pool or typical bus system.

Those ideas emerged through surveys and listening sessions held in the community which resulted in a Transportation Action Plan.

“The way that we approached our work with Donaldsonville was to really make sure that as much as possible we don’t come in with ideas about what should be done in the community,” Hermann said

Earth Day celebration

At Tuesday’s Earth Day event, Louisiana Clean Fuels displayed several electric vehicles and an-

Stafford Agee admires a Ford F-150 Lightning, an electric truck, on display during the Earth Day event held at the River Road African American Museum in Donaldsonville on Tuesday. The event featured a drum circle, sno-balls, barbecue and electric car demonstrations.

swered questions about them. Representatives from the United Houma Nation and AtakapaIshak Nation also spoke, while food massages and yoga sessions were offered to attendees. It was the second Earth Day event hosted by the River Road African American Museum, one of the city’s main cultural centers. Executive Director L’Oreal

Evans said the celebration was intended to remind residents to be good stewards of the planet and each other

“That’s what this is about: working cohesively, communing, in order to remind ourselves that this is what we do,” she said. “We have everything from physical healing to mental and spiritual healing.”

Louisiana State Police are investigating the death of a 13-year-old boy who was struck by a motorist in Livingston Parish while riding a bicycle early Sunday Around 1:20 a.m., Matthew Temple, of Denham Springs, was traveling west on La. 1026 in the westbound lane when he was struck from behind by a Dodge Dart. According to State Police, Temple, who was not wearing a helmet, was immediately taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The driver of the Dodge was uninjured, and a routine toxicology sample was taken as part of an ongoing investigation. 18-year-old found shot to death inside vehicle

Baton Rouge police are investigating a shooting that left an 18-year old dead on Saturday night.

At 11:59 p.m., officers responded to the intersection of North 38th Street and Choctaw Drive, where they discovered Jonathan Triplett inside a Dodge vehicle riddled with multiple bullet holes. According to a Baton Rouge Police Department news release, Triplett was pronounced dead at the scene. No motives or suspects are known at this time.

The Baton Rouge Violent Crimes Unit is asking for anyone with information regarding the homicide to call detectives at (225) 389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at (225) 344-7867.

Gonzales driver arrested after pedestrian dies

A Gonzales man was arrested Sunday on counts of driving under the influence and vehicular homicide after a fatal crash early in the morning on La. 30. Shortly after midnight Sunday, St. Gabriel Police Department officers responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a pedestrian on La. 30 near La. 3115. Officers found a woman with severe injuries who died as first responders arrived.

The driver, Sean Obrien Alteri, 51, who remained at the scene, showed signs of impairment, officers said, prompting them to contact State Police. After failing ﬁeld sobriety tests, Alteri was taken to the St. Gabriel Police Department, where a Breathalyzer test recorded a blood alcohol concentration above the legal limit for driving, police said. Alteri was booked into the Iberville Parish Jail. The name of the victim was not released.

2 booked on suspicion of DWI in East Baton Rouge

Two people were booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Sunday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. n Sargent Grimes, 57, of Maurepas, was booked on one count each of operating a vehicle while intoxicated, ﬁrst offense, reckless operation of a vehicle and driving without proof of insurance.

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Josie Ann Beatrous Brown passed away on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the age of 92. She wasa native of Bayou Goula, LA, and aresident of Baton Rouge, LA. She was known for her sweet, compassionate and kind heart. During her high school years, she was agreatbasketball player and loved the sport. She would then go on to become Miss White Castle. Josie's greatest joy were her grandkidsand greatgrandkids and her face would light up anytime they came to visit. There was always one of them in her lap. She was an avid LSU sports fan. Anytime she was watching an LSU footballorbaseball game we are certain the neighbors heard her cheering them on. She adored her sweet rescue dog, Anni They were so good for each other. She had avery strong Faith life and we are certain and find comfortin knowing she heard "Well done my Good and Faithful Servant." Matthew 25:23 Josie is survived by her daughters, Jan Youngblood (Bernard), Jamie White (Norman), and Jodi Wilson; affectionately known as "Maw" to her grandchildren, Angie (Ted), Faith, Melissa, Josh (Jessica), Lauren (Ben), and Chelsea (Wesley); 20 great grandchildren; 4great-great grandchildren; loving stepchildren and step great-grandchildren; anda host of other loving family members. Josie is preceded in death by her husband, James T. Brown; parents, Thomas and Virtle Beatrous; sisters, Kathleen, Evelyn and Mary Lou; and son-in-law, Stewart "Stu" Wilson. Visitation will be at Most Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, 15615 Jefferson Hwy., Baton Rouge, LA, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, from 9:30am until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11am. Burial willimmediately fol-

low at Greenoaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Josh White, Ben McDonald, Wesley Tanner, Brennan Soileau, Drake Jeansonne, Ryan Meyer and John Guercio. Honorary PallbearerisBill Ishmael. We will foreverbegrateful to the staffatOchsner MedicalCenterofBaton Rouge Theywentabove and beyond in their care forour mom. Specialthanks to Dr. Nipur Patel for being the most compassionate and caring doctor. Also,special thanks toAudrey Richard, PA-C.

Grant,Frederick William 'Ted'

Frederick William "Ted" Grant peacefully passed awayApril 20, 2025.Ted was born August 2, 1926in West Monroe,Louisiana. He was marriedtohis belovedwifeRita Aucoin Grant on June 12, 1954.Ted and Ritawereboth active members ofFirst United MethodistChurchinBaton Rouge formore than 50 years. Ted was aretired Army Colonelwith more than 36 years of service and aveteranofWorld War II and the Korean War. Tedattended West Point, and earneda bachelor's and master's in business administration at LSU.He was aCPA and workedfor Kaiser Aluminum, and Hill Medical for more than40 years. Ted was aselfproclaimedM.O.M.(mean old man), but those of us who knew him best, knew a kind and giving man. His motto was "LifeisGood". Tedissurvived by his nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by hisbeloved wifeof70years,RitaAucoin Grant; parents, Fred M. Grant and Elvie Sutcliff Grant; and brother, BoydS Grant. The familywould like to thank, Dr. Susan Richarme,Amedisys Home Health, Williamsburgand caregivers Dan, Willy, Augustine and Angie. Visitation for Ted willbeheld at RabenhorstFuneral Home East, 11000Florida Blvd.,on Tuesday April 29, 6- 8pm; continuing on Wednesday April 30, 9- 10 am. There willbe ashort funeral service at 10 am followed by burial at Greenoaks Memorial Park.

AllanJohnston AllanPursnell, devoted husband,father and grandfather, died Thursday,April24, followinga brave strugglewith cancer.Allanwas bornJanuary 29, 1948 in Atlantic City,New Jersey to Anthony HenryPursnelland HelenSudersPursnell. He and hiswife,Pamela

moved to Baton Rouge in 1976 where he had along career, first as areporter forthe Morning Advocate andlater as Assistant Commissioner forthe Louisiana Department of Insurance.

Allanwas aman of many talents, chief among them caring forhis family: hisbeloved wife,Pamela, hisson Justin, hisdaughter LauraLindsay (Ned)and theLindsay sons, Edward, Ethan and Eliupon whom Allanheaped grandfatherly love and praise.

He is also survivedby hiscousins, JoeKorba, Linda Musso (Dr. JosephMusso), brother-in-law,David Soignier (Amy),sister-inlaw, Marsha Roberts (Michael) and brother-inlaw, Charles Raiford, Jr nephews, Joshua B. Raiford,Michael J. Roberts, Matthew Roberts, Reagan Soignier and Jacob Soignier.

To hismany friends, he wasa master storyteller whocouldmake themost mundane tale absolutely hilarious.

Hisnewspaper colleaguesconsidered hima Renaissance man, with interests ranging from the violin, studyofhis Italian heritage,reading and sailingtothe stock market.

Funeral services will be heldatSt. Jude theApostolic Church, 9150 Highland Rd.,BatonRouge, LA 70810 on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at11a.m.with visitation from9 a.m. -11a.m.Pallbearers will be hisgrandsons, Edward, Ethan and EliLindsay and nephews, Matthew Roberts, Reagan andJacobSoignier.

If you wish to honor Allan'smemory, please consider acontribution to St. Jude The Apostle School, 9150 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810, Louisiana Public Broadcasting,7733 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70810 or acharity of your choice.

Janice ComeauxTullier passedawayatWest Towne Assisted Living in PortAllenonSaturday, April 26, 2025, at theage of 86. Janice wasa native and lifelongresidentofPlaque‐mine. Shewas ahome‐maker who washappiest whenher family ﬁlledher homewithlaughter, she especiallyloved hergrand childrenand children. Ja bowling,pic reﬁnishingf walking outs willbeatSt. gelist Cathol

Plaquemine on Wednes‐day,April 30, 2025, from 8 a.m.until Mass of Christian Burialat10a.m.Entomb‐mentwillfollowinGrace MemorialParkMausoleum Janiceissurvivedbyher three daughtersand sonsin-law, Debbie andPat Rivet,Lisaand RonHunt, Laniand BenLanglois; two sisters,Nancy Patinand Carol Hernandez; one brother andsister-in-law, Verner“Bee” Comeaux, Jr and wife Barcel; ﬁve grandchildren,Erica Rivet Landryand husband Bran‐don,Tyler Rivetand wife Bridget,Davin Langlois ChaseLanglois, Austin

Hunt;seven great-grand‐children: Camryn,Grant and Luke Landry,Gage Rivet,Hazel,Rileyand Colt Langlois. Janice waspre‐ceded in deathbyher hus‐band, Robert J. Tullier; in‐fantson,Robert“Lil Bobby”J.Tullier Jr.; par‐ents, Verner J. ComeauxSr and OliveTullier Comeaux; siblings, Jackie Seneca, LoisKnapps,Hilton Comeaux,Bob Comeaux, Amy Blanchard, Ricky Comeaux.Pallbearers will beTyler Rivet, Ben, Davin and ChaseLanglois, Austin Hunt,Brandon,Grant and LukeLandry. Thefamily wouldliketoextendspe‐

Pursnell,

Tullier, Janice Comeaux

Brown, Josie Ann Beatrous

More services for families dealing with Alzheimer’s needed

Caring for aloved one living withdementia takes atoll on families.

Louisiana has more than 95,000 individuals with dementia and 168,000 loved ones serving as caregivers, providing256 million hours of unpaid care.

Iamanadvocate for theAlzheimer’sAssociation. Iadvocate for assistance with caregiving. My mother was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2013. Up to that time, Ihad never heard of this illness. Iwatched her mind andbody both slip away.She was conﬁned to awheelchair,unable todo simple daily tasks. She had few people that she recognized, and sheoften hallucinated. After her diagnosis, the doctors gave us no assistance, and we were determined to keep her home where she would be loved and cared for.Mybrother and I paid caregivers out of ourown pockets to watch her while we worked. In the evening, Iwould rush home to sit with her.Whenshe ﬁnally passed away,wehad expended alot of personal money, but my mother was worthit. Hospice said she lived as long as she did due to the extraordinary care provided by us. We had to navigatethese services and her disease alone with no support.

Iamadvocating for the Alzheimer’sAssociation Louisiana Chapter’spush to establish aDementia Care Specialists program. Families facing adementia diagnosis for aloved one face isolation and alack of coordinated support systems. Currently,overwhelmed caregivers must somehow ﬁnd the timeand energy to navigate afragmented system entirely on their own researching services, seeking educational resources and desperatelysearching for support while simultaneously providing round-the-clock care. ADementia Care Specialists Program is vital to support our caregivers and connect loved ones tocommunity resources. TERESA MOREL Covington

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Anationthatdoesn’t confront itshistory cannever be great

Iamreading about Donald Trump’sexecutive order titled “Restoring Truthand Sanity to American History,” which declares that the Smithsonian, once “a symbol of American excellence, has in recent years come underthe inﬂuence of adivisive, race-centered ideology.” It further states, “This shift has promoted narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful andoppressive.” Ihad alot of thoughts. Our history has been through somereally uglytimes. Instead of recognizing thisand using it to build abetter future for us all, this administration wants to pretend these realities never happened,while at the sametime, it is determined to repeat them.

Iamleft to wonder if America was great when we massacred Native Americans, forced their survivors onto “reservations.” Or when we brought Africanshere by force to be slaves. Or went to war amongourselves because halfofuswanted to continue to

“own” people, finally “freeing” people yet declaring them to only be three-fifths of a person and continued tooppress them. Or deprived women and minorities of theright to vote, along withdenying other rights. Or separated our country by race, not nearly as long ago as you think. (My husband wasonly allowed to sit in theback pew of St. Gabriel Catholic church as achild, and lived in the first neighborhood in New Orleans where Black people were allowed to own homes.)

Is it great when we treat those not like us with fear and loathing?

Is this the“great”people are looking for again?

America should be great. Andithas been a great country in many respects. But it needs to be greater than it has ever been. Lookingback is for learning, not forreturning.

ANGELE GIVENS NewOrleans

Getmoney outofpoliticsand hold politiciansaccountable

This country was founded with the intent that the government would be one of the people, by the people and for the people. We have allowed ourselves to be manipulated anddivided.

We must getback to the root of democracy and hold our politicians accountable to theelectorate. We have allowed politicianstorun on false promises and not be held responsible. The current election and campaignﬁnance laws are at theheart of the problem; thelack of control over how much one person or company can give to acandidate has left us in dangerous territory

outcomes beneficial to them andthem alone. It is imperative that we do something to takeback our country.The time is now.In order to get back to what this country’sgovernment is supposed to be, we must eliminatefraud, wasteand abuse. Ican think of no better place to start than with lobbyists. Government must go back to allowing for fair competition in themarketplace. Currently,those withmoney have entirely too much accessand influence to government officials, causing elected officials to work only in favor of those lining their pockets.

TimTemple inspires trust as he seeksto lowerautorates

“Landry,insurance chief at odds over legislation” wasthe title of an article by Alyse Pfeil in arecent edition. Here we go again: Louisiana will try again to eliminate its status as the highest paying state forautomobile insurance in the nation. (Yes, the highest! Let that sink in! Our rates are almost double other states.)

Recently,after the citizens rejected the four amendments to our constitution, Gov. Jeff Landry said, “Although we are disappointed in tonight’sresults, we do not see this as afailure. We realize how hard positive change can be to implementinastate that is conditioned forfailure.”

Louisiana is alitigious state with ahigher-than-average number of car insurance lawsuits. Ijust heard an advertisement on television this morning that said trial lawyers help put our legislators in ofﬁce. I’ll be 90 next year,somore than likely,I won’t have the chance to vote again forgovernor of our state, but if Ido, I’ll vote forour Insurance Commissioner TimTemple. Ibet we get somerelief then forour children and grandchildren.

CYNTHIA

Environmental protections necessaryto supportlife

We are all stewards of the land. Whether we farm it, walkitorsimply live upon it, we bear responsibility forwhat happens next. In recent months, critical environmental protections have been dismantled. Support forsustainable agriculture has been slashed. And the bees —the very pollinators that makefood possible —are dying off in record numbers. Without them crops fail. Ecosystemscollapse. Lifeunravels. This is not about politics. It is about survival. We cannot sit quietly while protections forpollinators, clean water,healthy soil and regenerative farming vanish under the weight of short-term proﬁt and willful ignorance.

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Allowing those with money to freely pay for politicians of their choice to work for them aloneisnot what democracy stands for and is adisgrace to the American people. These ludicrous policies are what have allowed for the likes of George Soros and Elon Musk to be in aposition to buy politicians andelections, thus personally orchestrating

As aﬁrst step, elected ofﬁcialsatevery level of government should have to submit adetailed quarterly report informing constituentshow they voted on the legislative agenda for that quarter.Wemust do our jobs as citizens and become informed in order to takeback control of our government.

KENNETH HAYES NewOrleans

Once again,the Democratsare spreading lies and half-truths to the American people, as evidenced by U.S. Rep.Troy Carter’sletter on April 2. Nobodyfrom the Trumpadministration hasadvocated cuttingveterans’ beneﬁts, Social Security or Medicaid. He “turned the White House intoapersonal marketplace” to show supportfor Elon Musk because no Democrat hasthe guts to call out, condemn and ask for their constituents to stop the ﬁre bombs and vehicle attacksonTesla owners. Imposingthe tariffs has led manycompanies to invest in America to have their productsassembled in America to save on thetariffs.

AndifCarter would do his dadgum job, DOGE would not be needed. Youhave to ask yourself how politicians who makeless than $200,000 ayear in Congress can become multimillionaires while in ofﬁce. Probably from kickbacks from themoney DOGEis trying to save. Andany Democrat whowants to talk about saving democracy is the biggest hypocrite. This is coming fromthe party that hid Joe Biden from thecountry,knowing his mental decline and subvertingdemocracy by installing Kamala Harris as their standardbearer

JIM MUNN Zachary

We must insist —urgently and without delay —that lawmakers reinstate environmental safeguards and reestablish support foragriculture that honors the balance of life. There is still timetoact. But time is running out.

HEIDI HEYNS NewOrleans

ICEfacilities holding detaineesinLa. making moneyfor someone

So this is how we’re diversifying our economy —private jail facilities in Jena, Basile and wherever else to hold illegally detained and arrested people? Who owns these facilities? Who runs them?Why are they one of the state’snew economic development tools?

MARYANN STERNBERG Baton Rouge

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COMMENTARY

WALT’S CAPTION CONTEST

FEST TIME!

Nice! We received 626 entriesinthisweek’sCartoon Caption Contest.This was atricky one, but we still gotabunch of very funnypunchlines sent in.Our winner hit justthe right notewith his.Wellplayed, everyone!

As always, when we have duplicate entries, and we always do,wepick the earliestsent in HappyFesting, folks!—Walt

Phyllis Glazer,Baton Rouge: “you gotthe brain-freeze blues.”

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Frank Vicidomina, Metairie: “Gonna playthe ‘purples’ this year instead of the ‘blues’.”

Jeff Hartzheim,Fuquay-Varina, N.C: “I betyou’re glad youdon’tplaythe piccolo.”

David Delgado, New Orleans: “Theants will love you!”

Michele Starnes, Kenner: “Great, now every time youhit ahighnote, it’sgoing to hail!”

Charles Smith, St. Rose: “Weshould really ice this next session.”

RorySteen, Denver: “Way to add some local flavor to your sound.”

Bonnie Faucheux Losee, Lafayette: “Is that an LSU cone?”

Erin Rednour-Burnette, River Ridge: “Jake and Elwood have nothin’ on us –‘ThePurple Brothers’.

Harold Geiger,Metairie: “That’snot what theymeant by ‘cool jazz’.

D. Sabrio, Metairie: “Look on the bright side! It ain’t gonna stainyour suit!”

John Weger, BatonRouge: “It’s fitting we added ‘Purple Rain’ to our playlist.”

BarryLemoine,Arabi: “I told youthe brass pass had some big advantages!”

Don Randon, Gretna: “I’ll bet she thinks youknowhow to playthat thing.”

JasonAmato,Lutcher: “What aSWEET time to be in NewOrleans!

Puzzling question raised at Smithsonian

President Donald Trump hassigned an executive order that directs Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology” from Smithsonianmuseums, educational and research centers and the National Zoo

My immediate reaction? Surely,you jest, sir.There maynot be any area of American discourse that is more divisive or conﬂictridden than the arena of race

As Ihavewitnessed many timesinthe past, race as atopicofconversation is a lot like sex: Everybody thinks they are an expert at it, yet we Americans can be painfully reluctant to talk about it in mixed companyorinfront of ourchildren. Which might explain why Trump’s executive order immediately handed the hypersensitive task of inspecting museum exhibits for ideology to his vice president. And who determines what ideology is “proper?” Isuspect that George Orwell would be dismayed by this development. In Trump”s executive orderlast month, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History,” he denounced what he described as a“revisionist movement” across the country,one that “seeks to undermine the remarkable achievements of the United States by casting its founding principlesand historical milestones in anegative light.” Trump’sorder criticized the Smithsonian’sNational Museum of African American History and Culture for a graphic posted online in May2020 that, Iagree, should not have beenposted. It referred to “hard work,” “individualism” and “the nuclear family” as part of “white culture.”

The graphic, which has drawncondemnation before, was swiftly removed after Lonnie Bunch, whosince 2005has

beenfounding director of the African Americanmuseum,agreed it was inappropriate. So did I. Youdidn’thave to be aconservative to be deeply offended by thatill-inspired excuse for satire.But, heck, we’re talking about history,right? No country’shistory is perfect, or even consistent in its leaders’ espoused beliefs. Some of us still argue about what Thomas Jefferson, aVirginia slave owner,meant by saying, “All men are created equal.”

That’sthe beautyofthe First Amendment,inmyview.Weneed to talk these conﬂictingbeliefs out, not tear ourselves apartinanew civil war everyfew years

In hisexecutive order,Trump called for reshaping the Smithsonianinto a “symbol of inspiration and American greatness.”

Ithought it already was. Yet, as Trump’sjumbled drive for “government efﬁciency” has shown us, just because some governmententityisn’tbroke doesn’tmean Trump won’ttry to ﬁx it anyway

By singling out the Smithsonian’sAfrican American history museum,Trump fueled speculation that it could become acasualty ofthe administration’swider war on DEI, critical race theoryand other academic pointsofview that critics ﬁnd easier to denounce than understand. Frankly,I think Trump should feel relievedthat the museum’s manyexhibits do not highlight his own settlement of a 1973 racialdiscrimination case against his fatherand himself, brought by the JusticeDepartment for the Trumps’ allegedrefusal to rent apartmentsin predominantlywhite buildings to black tenants.

Testimony showed thatthe applications ﬁled by black apartment seekers were marked with a“C” for “colored,”

Democratsneeda newmessage; themessenger comeslater

Who speaks for the Democratic Party? Is it Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Bill or Hillary Clinton? Alexandria OcasioCortez, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, NancyPelosi or Hakeem Jeffries? Is it an ambitious governor,senator or House member? Or,perhaps, it’sthe party’sactual chair,Ken Martin?

atrickthat was hardly unique in those days, as federal antidiscrimination laws weregetting off the ground.

Asettlement that ended the lawsuit did not require the Trumps to explicitly acknowledge thatdiscrimination hadoccurred—but the government’sdescriptionofthe settlement said Trump and his father had “failed and neglected” to comply withthe Fair Housing Act.

Now it is Bunchwho finds himself on the hot seat of what might well be one moreepisode of Trumpian retribution. Bunchwas an excellent choice, in my not-so-humble opinion. I’ve covered the New Jerseynative off and on sincehe became president and director of the Chicago History Museum. In 2019, he became the first historian and first African American to lead the Smithsonian in its 173-year history.

Besideshis scholarship, Iwas impressed by how effectively he worked withbothparties,despite the historical issues as slavery,the Civil Warand Jim Crow remain fraught and contested. I recall what an avid Civil Warre-enactor once told me when Imentioned howthe conﬂict he called “The WarBetweenthe States” ended in 1865.

“Hell, that wasn’tthe end,” he said. “Thatwas justanintermission.”

So, no, there’s nothing intrinsically radical about the “Blacksonian,” as some of my Black Washington friends respectfully call theNational Museum of African American Historyand Culture.

I, for one, celebrate themuseum as another big step in our never-ending march to pursue theideals that, as Trump’sorder states, “continue to inspire millions around the globe.”

That’sa proper enough ideology to me. Email Clarence Page at clarence47@ pagegmail.com

Ron Faucheux

The answer,ofcourse, is all of the above. They all speak for the party —and that upsets alot of Democrats. They want one voice to take the ﬁght to Donald Trump. But, realistically,that won’thappen until the summer of 2028, when they nominate a presidential candidate. Parties out of power rarely have leaders who can represent them wholly and authoritatively.Democrats faced that reality during Ronald Reagan’stwo terms, the three Bush terms and Trump’sﬁrst term. Republicans faced it during the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Former presidents won’tﬁll the void. They can give great convention speeches —as Obama and Clinton have done. But toomuch attention on an ex-president risks conﬁning a party’sfuture to its past.

An exception, of course, has been Trump. He’sthe undeniable voice and leader of the Republican Party and has been since 2016. He’s dictated just about everything the party has done and fights all its fights, even when outof office.

Trump is unique. Even Lyndon Johnson, a domineering politician who loved the exercise of power,didn’tcontrol every fragment of the Democratic Party.Remember whenSenate Democrats ﬁercely opposed his Vietnampolicies?

Ronald Reagan was belovedbyhis party.Republican candidates happily identiﬁedwith his sunny conservativism for 35 years. But he never tried to rule his party as if it were personal property or to speak for it on every issue

For now,Democrats need to focus on their message and agenda, not who will sell it. They mayget by for awhile as the anti-Trump party, but that’sashaky foundation on whichtobuild an enduring governing majority.Theyneed to stand for something that appeals to the full electorate, and not just targeted constituencies.

This column, you mayrecall, recommended that Democrats should take apage from formerBritish Prime Minister Tony Blair’splaybook and move their party to the center.That strategy worked for Blair; his New Labour Party wonthree straight national elections. Democratic presidential prospects for 2028 have made afew moves in this direction, notably California Gov.Gavin Newsom, who has made comments about spooling back progressive rhetoric, especially on divisive social issues. But reshaping the party into alessedgy and more centrist force has yet to be embraced by its major power centers. Moving in the opposite direction was the recent “Fighting Oligarchy” tour thatfeatured Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. These two “democratic socialists” drew big crowds and raised big bucks. Merchandise sold on the tour’swebsite brandished slogans such as “Green New Dealfor the future,” “Cancelall student debt,” “Tax the rich,” “Build the union movement” and “Fight the power.”

Paradoxically,the limits of progressive politics were also in evidence on the tour’swebsite Merchandise included baseball cards featuring Chicago’sprogressive mayor BrandonJohnson —who won with Sanders’ endorsementand now,onthe job, has adismal 7% approval rating in his city Democrats and Republicans have aright to ﬁght for whatthey believe. But they also have aneed to win nationalelections and the chance to govern. They can’tfall into ideological traps that push away voters they need.

The recent Harvard CAPS-Harris poll demonstrates this reality.Itﬁnds that 74%ofvoters favor deporting illegal immigrants who have committedcrimes; 70% want to close the border and strengthen security; 69% favor a full-scale effort to root out fraud and waste from government; 65% don’twant maleswho have undergone procedures to become women participating in girls’ sports; and 57% want to freeze foreign aid.

Many Democrats say they agree, at least partly,with some of these poll-tested policies. But do you think the national electorate associates these policies with the Democratic Party? Ididn’tthink so. Yousee, there are more important things for Democrats to fret about than who will speak for them on CNN tonight.

Ron Faucheux is anonpartisan political analyst, pollster and writer based in Louisiana. He authored Running for Ofﬁce and publishes LunchtimePolitics.com, anational newsletter on polls.

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Novak, Griffin finally break through, win Zurich Classic

BY JEFF DUNCAN Staff writer

Andrew Novak ﬁnally got over the hump.

After coming painfully close to scoring his first PGA Tour victory in his past two tournaments, Novak and playing partner Ben Griffin finally found themselves on the winning side of a tight finish

The North Carolina natives carded a 28-under-par score of 260 to edge Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard by one stroke and win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

The title was the ﬁrst for both Novak and Grifﬁn in a combined 190 career Tour events. They each earned $1,329,400 and 400 FedExCup points with the win.

“You never know when you’re going to get your ﬁrst one,” Novak said

“It’s exciting to get our ﬁrst win together It seems like a movie script.

It’s just perfect how it all came together

The win, which came in Novak’s 100th career event, was particularly sweet for Novak, who lost a sudden death playoff to Justin Thomas at the

RBC Heritage in Hilton Head, S.C. a week ago. Two weeks before that, the 30-year-old Raleigh, N.C. native tied for third at the Texas Valero Open after a disappointing score of 4-over 76 in the ﬁnal round.

“I’ve done a pretty good job of not getting overly frustrated with the close shaves,” Novak said “Yeah, it’s frustrating, but it’s also nice going into a tournament knowing you’re playing well.”

The win was just as gratifying for Griffin, a 28-year-old Chapel Hill, N.C., who entered the Zurich with 12 top-10 placings, including runner-up ﬁnishes at the 2024 RBC Canadian Open and the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship.

Things got so bad for Grifﬁn four years ago, he put his golf career on

ä See ZURICH, page 4B

Curiel sparks explosive victory

LSU wins rubber match, takes series over Tennessee

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Derek Curiel’s 43-game on-base streak ended on Saturday It was a footnote on an otherwise rough night at the park for LSU. Curiel had three groundouts and a strikeout, not reaching base for the ﬁrst time in his collegiate career

“Obviously, I knew about it,” Curiel said. “My teammates told me about it.”

But on Sunday afternoon, in the rubber match of LSU’s three-game series with Tennessee, Curiel played as if he was determined to start another streak.

The freshman went 4 for 4 with a home run, two doubles, a walk and ﬁve RBIs. His big day led the Tigers past Tennessee 12-2 in eight innings to clinch the series victory

“I struggled the past two games,” Curiel said. “Great team, obviously, great pitchers on the other side, but I’m always in control of my at-bats, and I felt like I let that get away from me a little bit.”

After scoring in just three of the first 18 innings in the series, Curiel got LSU (36-9, 14-7 SEC) on the scoreboard in the first by blasting a leadoff solo home run to right field that cut LSU’s deficit to 2-1. The homer was his fifth of the season.

“He has put on about 15 pounds or so, 17 pounds,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said “I believe he looks better stronger than when he showed up here And then just that mental and emotional stability has allowed him to transition that talent into skill on the biggest stage in college.

“There’s nobody we want to play more

ä See LSU, page 5B

BY ROB MAADDI AP pro football writer

Shedeur Sanders’ dramatic fall to Day 3

of the NFL draft bafﬂed fans, analysts and some general managers and coaches.

Sanders was considered a top-five overall pick after finishing his career at Colorado, but he wasn’t even among the first five quarterbacks selected. He slipped all the way to the fifth round without any obvious explanation leaving everyone to speculate about his shortcomings and question whether Hall of Fame father Deion Sanders somehow scared teams away

Shedeur Sanders was never involved in any off-field incidents, yet his character was criticized by various media outlets who cited unidentiﬁed sources in the weeks leading up the draft

The Cleveland Browns ended up taking Sanders with the 144th pick after they were

thought to be considering him at No. 2 over-

all. The Browns even selected Oregon QB Dillon Gabriel in the third round at No. 94 but then moved up in the draft to snag Sanders one pick before the Philadelphia Eagles were on the clock.

Though the Eagles have a franchise QB in Super Bowl MVP Jalen Hurts, Browns general manager Andrew Berry worked in Philadelphia with GM Howie Roseman and knows he’s not afraid to take the best available player on the board.

That’s how Hurts ended up on the Eagles in 2020 when Carson Wentz was already there. That doesn’t mean Philly was targeting Sanders, but Cleveland had waited long enough.

“We felt like he was a good, solid prospect

at the most important position,” Berry said. “We felt like it got to a point where he was probably mispriced relative to the draft Really the acquisition cost was pretty light, and it’s a guy that we think can outproduce his draft slot.

“I think, obviously, Shedeur has kind of grown up in the spotlight, but our expectation is for him to come in here and work and compete. Nothing’s been promised. Nothing will be given.” Sanders, who played for his father in college, said all the right things after he was ﬁnally selected.

“Nothing really affected me the last couple of days, just really pushed having faith, understanding God really had me,” Sanders said. “I’m blessed. Besides that, it’s not really anything that changes The love of the game is still the same. When you get on the ﬁeld, it wasn’t too much

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU left fielder Derek Curiel celebrates after a double against Tennessee in the second inning of their game on Sunday at Alex Box Stadium. LSU won 12-2

AP FILE PHOTO By DAVID ZALUBOWSKI

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders takes part in passing drills during Colorado’s NFL pro day on April 4 in Boulder, Colo.

Above: Ben Griffin, left, walks off the 18th green with teammate Andrew Novak, after they won the Zurich Classic on Sunday at TPC Louisiana in Avondale. Top: Ben Griffin hits off the 18th tee during the final round of the Zurich Classic on Sunday. AP PHOTOS By GERALD HERBERT

Knicks beat Pistons to take 3-1 lead

BY LARRY LAGE AP sportswriter

DETROIT New York’s dynamic duo put Detroit on the brink of elimination — with an assist from the ofﬁcials

Karl-Anthony Towns made a goahead 3-pointer with 46.6 seconds left and ﬁnished with 27 points, Jalen Brunson had 32 points and 11 assists and the Knicks beat the Pistons 94-93 on Sunday to take a 3-1 lead in their ﬁrst-round playoff series.

Tim Hardaway Jr. shot a 3-pointer just before the buzzer and drew some contact from New York’s Josh Hart that wasn’t called a foul at the end of a physical game with few whistles.

David Guthrie, the crew chief for the game said afterward that the ofﬁcials made a mistake.

“After postgame review, we

observed that Hart makes body contact that is more than marginal to Hardaway Jr and a foul should have been called,” Guthrie said.

Had the foul been called, Hardaway would have gone to the foul line for three free throws that could have given Detroit the lead.

Instead, the Knicks held on to win after rallying from an 11-point deﬁcit in the fourth quarter Towns, a 7-foot center, made a turnaround fadeaway near the baseline with 1:29 left before connecting on a shot from about 27 feet.

“He has amazing touch,” Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau said. “He shoots the ball like a guard and he has unlimited range.”

Detroit’s Cade Cunningham had 25 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds for his ﬁrst playoff triple-

double and the third in franchise history, but he missed two shots and turned the ball over in the ﬁnal 1:07.

“He has to carry us on the offensive end,” Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “That’s a heavy burden on him, but he has come through so many times.”

Game 5 is Tuesday night in New York. The Pistons have lost nine straight home playoff games since 2008, equaling an NBA record set by Philadelphia from 1968 to 1971.

The Knicks expected Detroit’s best punch, then came out swinging and had enough fight in the end to win.

New York led by as much as 16 points in the ﬁrst half before the Pistons went on an 11-0 run to help them pull within seven at

halftime. Detroit outscored the Knicks 28-14 in the third to take a seven-point lead thanks to Cunningham. He had 12 points making 6 of 7 shots — ﬁve assists, ﬁve rebounds and three blocks in the quarter Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is the only other player to have a triple-double for the Pistons in a playoff game. The twotime NBA champion, who had a front-row seat for the game, pulled off the feat in 1986 and 1989.

The Knicks had a scare late in the third when Brunson limped off the court and toward the locker room with an apparent right knee injury, but he returned.

“Moments like that you have to take a breath and relax,” Brunson said

Tatum, Brown pace Celtics’ win over Magic

BY DICK SCANLON Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — Jayson Tatum had 37 points and 14 rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 21 points and 11 rebounds and the Boston Celtics took a 3-1 lead in their NBA playoff series with a 107-98 win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.

Kristaps Porzingis scored 19 points, including a dunk of his

own missed layup that put Boston ahead for keeps with 3:58 left.

Derrick White finished with 18 points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Paolo Banchero led Orlando with 31 points. Game 5 of the best-of-7 ﬁrstround series will be played Tuesday night in Boston.

Franz Wagner had 24 points and seven assists for Orlando Corey Joseph added 12 points, the high-

est scoring output for a Magic guard in the series.

The 7-foot-3 Porzingis, who played only 22 minutes due to foul trouble, helped Boston overcome shooting 9 for 31 from 3-point range with dominant inside play in the first half.

The Magic shot 8 for 29 from behind the arc. Boston guard Jrue Holiday sat out a second straight game

with a strained right hamstring.

A dunk by Porzingis started an 18-3 run by Boston midway through the ﬁrst half A 3-pointer by Porzingis gave the Celtics a nine-point lead, the largest of the game, with 7:45 left in the second quarter

The Magic never led after that, but a dunk by Wendell Carter Jr tied the game at 91 with 4:18 remaining.

Timberwolves push Lakers to edge of elimination

BY DAVE CAMPBELL

MINNEAPOLIS — Jaden McDaniels converted a three-point play with 39.5 seconds left for the lead and stole the ensuing inbounds pass from LeBron James, leading a rally by the Minnesota Timberwolves for a 116-113 win over the Los Angeles Lakers that put them up 3-1 in the ﬁrst-round series on Sunday Anthony Edwards, who had 43 points to lead Minnesota in scoring for the ﬁrst time in this edition of the NBA playoffs, drew a foul on James during a drive to the lane with 10 seconds left and hit both free throws. With Luka Doncic and James well-defensed along the arc the ball went to Austin Reaves in the corner for the tying attempt that rimmed out and was rebounded by McDaniels at the buzzer

Julius Randle added 25 points and McDaniels had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Timberwolves, who trailed by 12 points late in the third quarter

Doncic bounced back from a bad stomach bug with 38 points on

13-for-28 shooting but the Lakers were headed home for a win-or-beeliminated Game 5 on Wednesday Doncic, after fighting the illness and finishing with only 17 points in Game 3, was clearly feeling better after a full day to rest. But he went 1 for 6 in the fourth quarter from the floor James had 27 points and 12 rebounds for his 144th career double-double in the playoffs, surpassing Wilt Chamberlain for the third-most in history behind Tim Duncan (164) and Magic Johnson (157). James went 15 for 18 from the free-throw line, determined to get to the rim in what was the best game by the Lakers offense in the series, but he was scoreless in the fourth.

Reaves and Dorian FinneySmith hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put the Lakers back in front with 1:29 left, but the Wolves took it from there. With the arena quieted while the fans ﬁled back into their seats from the break, the Lakers started the third quarter with a 14-0 run. Reaves, who went scoreless in the ﬁrst half while in foul trouble, got hot. Hachimura did, too, and

Williams out as Yankees closer; Weaver gets a shot

Devin Williams lost his job as Yankees closer after stumbling repeatedly during his ﬁrst 10 games with New York.

Manager Aaron Boone made the announcement before Sunday’s doubleheader against Toronto, two days after the two-time All-Star wasted a ninth-inning lead in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Jays. Luke Weaver who took over as closer last September when Clay Holmes faltered, will get most of the opportunities to finish tight games with leads Williams will appear in lower leverage situations. Acquired from Milwaukee in December, Williams is 0-2 with an 11.25 ERA and four saves in ﬁve chances. He was booed just 18 pitches into his Yankees career when he allowed the Brewers to load the bases with no outs before preserving a 4-2 opening day win.

Duke freshman Maluach headed to NBA draft

Duke freshman big man Khaman Maluach is jumping to the NBA. The program announced Sunday in a social media post that the 7-foot-2, 250-pound Maluach would go the one-and-done route after helping the Blue Devils reach the Final Four Maluach’s move was ﬁrst reported late Saturday, and underclassmen had until 11:59 p.m. that night to meet the NBA deadline to declare themselves as eligible for the draft.

Notably, Maluach is an elite rimrunner who used his length to ﬁnish off lobs for easy scores or to block shots at the center of a defense that ranked among the nation’s best in KenPom’s efﬁciency metrics, including with his ability to defend on the perimeter with Duke’s switching defense.

Streaking Journalism is Kentucky Derby favorite LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Red-hot Streaking Journalism is the 3-1 morning-line favorite for the 151st Kentucky Derby with a favorable No. 8 post position that has tied for the secondmost victories in horse racing’s marquee event.

Sovereignty is the 5-1 second choice in the 20-horse ﬁeld for the May 3 race and will break from the No. 18 post outside Sandman, who drew the 17th spot on Saturday night and is the 6-1 third choice for the $5 million Derby at Churchill Downs. Journalism brings a four-race winning streak into the Derby, including both starts this year along with a fourth in his debut last fall at Santa Anita.

Top-seeds Sabalenka, Zverev advance in Madrid

MADRID — Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka rallied to defeat former doubles partner Elise Mertens in three sets and advance to the last 16 of the Madrid Open on Sunday Top-seeded Alexander Zverev scraped past Alejandro Davidovich Fokina after requiring tiebreakers in the ﬁnal two sets of their match, while reigning men’s champion Andrey Rublev lost in three sets to Alexander Bublik. Sabalenka got off to a poor start against the 26th-ranked Mertens, but picked up the pace to comfortably close out the match at the Caja Magica center court.

The two-time champion in Madrid won 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 to keep alive her hopes of reaching the ﬁnal for the third straight time.

Zverev, seeking his third Madrid Open title, has won seven matches in a row and is coming off a title-run in Munich.

Penge returns from ban, wins first European title

HAINAN ISLAND,China Marco Penge of England closed with a 5-under 67 on Sunday for a three-shot victory in the Hainan Classic for his ﬁrst European tour title, coming just two months after he returned from a ban for betting on golf.

The win capped off a wild six months for Penge, which began with him narrowly keeping his European card and ended with him ﬁnishing third in the Asian Swing to earn a spot in the PGA Championship next month.

The European tour gave Penge a three-month suspension for betting on golf, though it determined he never bet on himself or on anyone in

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Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham walks across the court as New york Knicks center Ariel Hukporti, third from right, guard Josh Hart and center Karl-Anthony Towns celebrate after winning Game 4 of the first-round

in Detroit

coach J.J. Redick rode with the same lineup for the entire quarter The Wolves picked up two technical fouls during that period, the ﬁrst on Rudy Gobert for elbowing James in

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Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards celebrates after a shot made by forward Julius Randle during the first half of Game 4 of the

playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday in Minneapolis.

Saigo wins LPGA major Chevron in 5-way playoff

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press

THE WOODLANDS, Texas Mao

Saigo was shaking with nervousness before her birdie putt on the first hole of a ﬁve-way playoff Sunday in the Chevron Championship

The 23-year-old Japanese player managed to compose herself in time to sink the 3-footer and win her first major title.

“I did my best to calm down and I shot and it went in,” she said in Japanese through a translator

Saigo birdied the par-5 18th in regulation for a 2-under 74, leaving her tied with Hyo Joo Kim, Ruoning Yin, Ariya Jutanugarn and Lindy Duncan. They finished at 7-under 281 at The Club at Carlton Woods.

Saigo won on the 18th in the playoff after Yin and Jutanugarn had birdie tries lip out.

Jutanugarn bogeyed the 18th in regulation after stubbing her third shot only inches.

Jutanugarn led for most of the ﬁnal round before her late gaffe after making two birdies and an eagle on the front nine.

“The front nine was very solid especially with the eagle, but back nine just couple mistakes on par 5 that I made; two bogeys,” she said.

Yin was in the best position in the playoff after getting onto the green in two shots. But she missed a 12-foot eagle putt and her comebacker for birdie lipped out to set up Saigo for the win.

Saigo won for the first time on the LPGA Tour She was the tour’s rookie of the year last season. She’s the ﬁrst Japanese winner in the event and the fifth major champion. She has six victories on the Japanese tour, ﬁve in 2022.

The victory comes after runner-up finishes at the CPKC Women’s Open and Buick LPGA Shanghai last year

“Last year it was a very intense competition,” she said. “I was so close but I was not able to make it. It was very disappointing. This year I was able to win and earn the LPGA title and I’m extremely excited about this.”

The 34-year-old Duncan bogeyed the playoff hole to come up short in her more than a decade-long quest to win her first title. But she was still happy with her performance overall.

“Yeah, top ﬁve in a major, any week, is unbelievable; to have a chance, feeling the nerves,” she said “And I feel like I have some things to learn about how to handle my swing and things like

that. I’ll reflect on it (but) yeah, but what a week.”

It’s the second time in three years that the tournament ended in a playoff after American Lilia Vu birdied the ﬁrst extra hole to win in 2023.

Saigo took home $1.2 million from the $8 million purse.

Winners had been jumping into Poppie’s Pond off the 18th green at Mission Hills since 1988, and Saigo became the third to do it in Texas by leaping into the brown-tinged water She shrieked and smiled as she went in holding hands with two members of her team.

The experience ended up being a bit harrowing for Saigo who said she isn’t a very good swimmer

“When I went inside it was deep and at ﬁrst I thought I was going to drown,” she said.

Saigo entered the day tied with Haeran Ryu at 9 under But she bogeyed ﬁve holes Sunday to fall behind before her birdie on the 18th hole got her a spot in the playoff to set up the thrilling ﬁnish.

Top-ranked Nelly Korda shot 70 to tie for 14th at 2 under Winless this season, she won the event last year for the last of her record-tying ﬁve straight victories.

Falcons say DC Ulbrich’s son was responsible for Sanders prank call

BY CHARLES ODUM

AP sportswriter

ATLANTA The Atlanta Falcons said Sunday that defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich’s son was responsible for a prank call made to NFL draft pick Shedeur Sanders.

The Falcons released a statement saying 21-yearold Jax Ulbrich “unintentionally came across the draft contact phone number for Shedeur Sanders off an open iPad while visiting his parent’s home and wrote the number down to later conduct a prank call.”

Though Jax Ulbrich provided the number, he was sitting beside an unidentiﬁed friend who actually made the call to Sanders.

The Falcons said Jeff Ulbrich was unaware of the data exposure or the prank until after the fact. They offered “sincere apologies to Shedeur Sanders and his family” in their statement, and Jax Ulbrich also posted a public apology on social media.

Sanders, a standout quarterback from Colorado, is the son of Buffaloes coach and Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who began his NFL career with

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negativity being said I know I’ve got to clean up some things in my game for me to be at my best, but that’s why I take each offseason one at a time and ﬁx it. So I think that was just outside of football getting in the way, but therefore I have an opportunity now Then we’re about to get on grass really soon.”

Three team officials told The Associated Press on Friday they had ﬁrst-round grades on Sanders. Another team executive said he gave him a second-round grade. All four had starting QBs. Broncos coach Sean Payton and Patriots personnel boss Eliot Wolf both said it was “surprising” to see Sanders drop that far Payton watched his pro day and said Sanders was “outstanding.” Titans general Mike Borgonzi praised him. So did Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, though Pittsburgh kept passing him and wound up with Will Howard

the Falcons. Shedeur Sanders was perhaps the draft’s biggest story as he had to wait until the ﬁfth round on Saturday before being drafted by the Cleveland Browns. He received a prank call on Friday night, the second day of the draft, while waiting.

In the call, Jax Ulbrich’s friend identified himself as New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis and told Sanders he had been drafted by the Saints before ending the call

“It didn’t really have no impact on me because it was just like, OK I don’t feed into negativity or I don’t feed into that stuff,” Sanders said Saturday after being drafted. “... This is what it is. I think, of course, it’s childish, of course I feel like it was a childish act, but everybody do childish things here and there.”

Jax Ulbrich apologized to Sanders on Sunday for what he called “a tremendous mistake.”

“Shedeur, what I did was completely inexcusable, embarrassing and shameful,” he wrote on social media.

“I’m so sorry I took away from your moment, it was selﬁsh and childish. I could

never imagine getting ready to celebrate one of the greatest moments of your life and I made a terrible mistake and messed with that moment. Thank you for accepting my call earlier today, I hope you can ﬁnd it in your heart to forgive me.”

The Falcons also apologized to Sanders and his family, saying they “do not condone this behavior.”

“We are thoroughly reviewing all protocols, and updating if necessary, to help prevent an incident like this from happening again,” the Falcons said.

The Falcons said they have been in contact with the NFL “and will continue to cooperate fully with any inquiries we may receive from the NFL league ofﬁce.”

Jeff Ulbrich celebrated the Falcons’ emphasis on defense in the NFL draft. The Falcons selected two edge rushers, Georgia’s Jalon Walker and Tennessee’s James Pearce Jr in the ﬁrst round. Their ﬁrst four draft picks were defensive players.

Ulbrich was 3-9 as interim coach of the New York Jets last season before being hired to return to Atlanta, where he previously worked as an assistant.

Cindric gives Team Penske its ﬁrst win of the season

BY JENNA FRYER AP auto racing writer

TALLADEGA,Ala.— Austin Cindric celebrated his ﬁrst win of the season by wearing Talladega’s Superspeedway traditional victory wreath all around the track.

A wreath like he just won the Indianapolis 500. He thought so, too.

“Feels like I just won the Indy 500,” he said of Sunday’s NASCAR race. “I’m trying to walk on the plane with this.”

Cindric wasn’t even concerned how such a gesture might be received by Team Penske teammate Joey Logano, who raged on his radio after the second stage when Cindric didn’t push him and it allowed Bubba Wallace in a Toyota to win the segment and its valuable bonus points.

“Way to go Austin,” seethed Logano, who used multiple expletives in his anger over his Penske radio. “You just gave it to him. Gave a Toyota a stage win

Nice job. Way to go put that in the book.”

Cindric was unconcerned by the idea Logano might take issue with the wreath on the Penske plane.

“I think that would be very immature,” Cindrick said. “I don’t see him doing that. We’ll see.”

It was a celebratory day for Cindric, who gave Team Penske its ﬁrst NASCAR victory of the season by holding off a huge pack of challengers over the closing lap in a rare drama-free day at Talladega Superspeedway

“Rock on, guys,” Cindric said over his radio “Rock and roll. Let’s go!” Cindric was followed by Ryan Preece as Ford drivers went 1-2. Kyle Larson and William Byron finished third and fourth for Hendrick Motorsports, but the two Chevrolet drivers pushed Cindric and Preece from the second row rather than pull out of line on the ﬁnal lap and make a third lane in an attempt to win.

It was Larson’s best career finish at Talladega, where drafting and pack racing is required and neither suits his style. He said he wanted to make a move to try to take the win from Cindric but there was never any room. “I wanted to take it but I felt like the gap was too big,” Larson said. “I was just stuck inside and just doing everything I could to advance our lane and maybe open it up to where I then could get to the outside. But we were all just pushing so equally that it kept

in the sixth round So what caused Sanders’ unprecedented slide?

The knocks against Sanders’ football skills are that he takes too many sacks, isn’t athletic enough and doesn’t have great arm strength

Louis Riddick, an ESPN analyst who was a director of pro personnel with Philadelphia and Washington, called that “absurd.”

“It’s a personal discussion. It’s whether or not teams are comfortable with everything that comes along with Shedeur in terms of who he is as a person, all the people that are surrounding him in terms of his inner circle and whether or not teams deem that something they’re comfortable with,” Riddick said on Saturday’s broadcast.

“Right or wrong, that’s the only conclusion you can come to at this point because, obviously, it’s a subjective argument as to what his actual physical skills are on the football ﬁeld.

Sanders, like his “Prime Time” father, oozes confidence that can be misconstrued as arrogance. He probably made more money off

name, imagine and likeness deals in college than he will in his rookie contract. His ﬂash andstylecouldrubsomefolks maybe old-school assistant coaches — the wrong way

But plenty of athletes are conﬁdent, bordering on cocky Cam Ward, the No. 1 overall pick, turned to Tennessee’s coaching staff after an impressive throw at his pro day and said: “I’m solidifying it.”

Other players have had more controlling dads. Archie Manning forced the Chargers to trade Eli Manning to the Giants in 2004. John Elway refused to play for the Colts in 1983.

ESPN’s Mel Kiper, who covered his 42nd NFL draft, had Sanders listed as the top quarterback on his board He said he was “disgusted” by the free fall and spoke strongly about Sanders several times.

“I think there’s a lot of perspective that isn’t reality in regards to Shedeur and Deion,” Kiper said.

Like him or not, Sanders will get his opportunity to prove the critics and the doubters wrong in the NFL.

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Cup Series driver Austin Cindric celebrates after

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By GERALDHERBERT

Novak, Griffinwrite their owngreat storyinwin

When Rory McIlroy won the Masters two weeks ago, everyone not related to Justin Rose was rooting for the man. For thestory

rich can carry the same or more weight for aNovak or aGrifﬁn.

Powerissuespullplug on earlyTVcoverage

BY JEFF DUNCAN and SCOTT RABALAIS Staff writers

If you thought you were watching the Zurich Classiclive early Sunday afternoon, onlytorealizethe telecastwas from2024, you’re not alone. TheCBS broadcast lost its signalfor acoupleofhours dueto “technical difﬁculties,” tournament officials said. Fore!Kids Foundation CEO Steve Worthy, thetournament director,saida breakdown of theon-sitegenerator caused the problem. CBSshowed areplay of last year’sZurichClassicduring thepower outage, which overlappedwitha 90-minute weather delay. The problem wasﬁxed and the live broadcast restored when play resumed after the weather delay at 4:15 p.m

“It’s unfortunate, but things sometimes happen,” Worthy said. Bigcrowdsleadtorecordsales

More than 37,000 fans attended the third round of thetournamentSaturday,a single-day attendance record, Worthy said.

LSU’sEnglish Tiger

Former LSU golfer Ben Taylor got into the Zurich Classic on asponsor’sexemption, allowing him to pair up with friend and fellow Englishman David Skinns

The duo started the ﬁnal round in atie for14th, but acold round with the putter on awarm Sunday led to a1-over 73 and an eventual tie for26th at 19-under “Itwasn’tour day,” said Taylor, whoisprimarily competingon the KornFerry Tour this season. “But we hadmore fun than we’ve hadina golf tournamentina long time.”

This year marks the10th anniversary of the LSU men’sgolf team’s mostrecent NCAA championship. Taylor, now32, made the clinching putts forthe Tigers against Georgia in the semiﬁnal andagainst Southern California in the championship ﬁnal. Findingthe range

TheZurichClassic was the third of six PGATour events this season where players are being allowedtouse mechanical rangeﬁnders.

For history The great, sometimes tortured champion,capturing the one major victory missing from his Hall of Fame resume. The one that made him an ultra-legendin professional golf as the sixth man to complete thecareer grand slam. This week, McIlroy and fellow Irishman Shane Lowrycame back to New Orleans to defend their title in the Zurich Classic, something no one was certain the green-jacketed McIlroywould do.Considering the spotlightMcIlroy’sfirst post-Masters appearance put on the tournamentand NewOrleans, it would have been great for the event and the city if McIlroy and Lowrywon again If they would be sure to return again to play in 2026. But that wasn’ttruly thebest story this week. McIlroy and Lowry weren’tthe men who needed a victory most. There were names, eager,perhaps desperate names, up and down the leaderboard who needed thisone much more. Twoofthem belonged toAndrew Novak and Ben Griffin. Both tasted the gourmet delights of New Orleans this week, but neither had tasted aPGA Tour win. Novak, coming off asuddendeath playoff loss last week at the RBC Heritage,was 0-for-99 on Tour.Griffin was 0-for-89. Winning amajor like theMasters can be life changing and career altering for aMcIlroy. Winning atournament like theZu-

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hold to take ajob as aloan ofﬁcer in the mortgage industry.Hereturned to competition six months later,and eventually graduated from the Korn Ferry Tour to the PGA Tour,where he’sbeen aregular competitor for the last three years.

“For both Andrew and I, it felt like it was only amatter of time outhere,” Griffinsaid. “Just alot of hard work between bothofus, and for me personally,itmeansthe world to finally get it paid off or to finally get it done. Icouldn’tthink of abetterguy to getitdone with, right here with Andrew Griffin’s34-foot putt on the 183yard, par-3 No. 17 was essentially the clincher.The birdie came after Novak’stee shot flirted with the water along the back of the green before stopping justoff the green. Griffin’sputt slipped in the right side of the cup, giving Novak and Griffinatwo-stroke lead over Frankie CapanIII andJakeKnapp who bogeyed the hole when Capan’s tee shot landed in thelaketo the left of the green.

“Thattee shot is not easy with the wind off the right, after just seeing Frankie do what he did,”

Victory gives both$1.329 million in prize money,400 FedEx Cup points toward theseason-long tourchampionship, put bothin next month’sPGA Championship andgranted them entrée into the tour’sremainingthree signature (or elevated)events. They’re also nowassured aplace on the PGA Tour through the2027 season. That means nomore worrying aboutwhether aslump or awater ball or amaddeningthree-putt will see them relegated off the Tour like the woeful Southampton Saintsinthe Premier League (ech).

Winning means status. Security. Confidence Novak had been taking definite steps toward the winner’spodium. Third the week before the Masters in the Texas Open. Second to Justin Thomas in that playoff at theHeritage. The key,hesaid, was not allowinghimselftobeupset by not quite getting across the finish line.

“I’ve doneagood job not getting overly frustrated with theclose shaves,” he said. “I want to get better each time. It is frustrating, but nice knowing you’re playing well, Ben’s been playing good golf, andthisisthe perfect golf course forus.”

Griffin’sstory is Hollywood script material, or at least worthy of an episodeonNetflix’s“Full Swing.” He droppedout of professional golf several years ago. Professional golferspay their own expenses to travel the world chasingaball, and Griffin had become unwilling to endure the stress of just scratching out an existence on tourwhile his debts mounted. He became amortgage loan officer back homeinNorth

Carolina until his desire and love for thegame found him once more. Grifﬁn restarted his golf career in 2021.

“I knew he would bounce back,” Novak said.

Winning requires good fortune, and the Novak-Grifﬁn team certainly had some. Playing the alternateshot format Sunday,Novak’s iron shot approach on the par-4 16th nearly went in the greenside pond. Butitstayed dry,allowing them to escape with acritical par tied with playing partners Jake Knapp and Frankie Capan at 27-under par

The same pond menaces the left side of the par-3 17th green. Capan’stee shot found awatery grave there, while Novak’stee shot came to rest on the back of thegreen nearly 35 feet from thepin. Griffin stepped up and drained thebiggest putt of his life for birdie, giving them atwostroke edge going to 18 as Capan and Knapp made bogey “I’m super proud of Andrew’s execution on that tee shot,” said Griffin, who wears sunglasses when playing to counter the distracting “floaters” that hamper his vision (if you’re not old enough to have floaters yet, just wait). “You have to stay aggressive on the PGA Tour until that last putt is holed.”

Nicolai and RasmusHojgaard madebirdie ahead at the par-5 18th, meaning Novak and Grifﬁn had to at least make par to avoid a playoff. They did. The rest is career-altering history,astorywith ahappy ending for the winners. In theend, isn’tthat really all that counts?

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Grifﬁnsaid. “It was awesome to see (Novak’stee shot) stay on land and was an awesome moment for both of us when Igot it down. That definitely changed themomentum.”

AddedNovak: “That’s really a hole where you’re just lookingto make 3and go to (holeNo.) 18,” Novak said. “But Ben had adifferent idea.”

In additiontothe contentious ﬁeld of 36 teams,Novak and Grifﬁn also hadtoovercome aweather delaythat interruptedplayfor 90 minutesmidway through the round. It neverrainedduring the break,and when playresumed at 4:15 p.m.,the greens hadbaked underthe unrelenting Louisiana sun, making them incredibly fast. “It almost really was adifferent

The massive crowd helpedthe tournament set asingle-day record for concession sales on Saturday,aswell. Both numbers wouldhave been even larger,but the crowd thinned considerably after a 90-minute rain delay in the afternoon.

Attendance on the first two days of the tournamentwere also larger thana year ago, Worthy said. Friday’sattendance topped 29,000.

“Wecontinue to grow,” Worthy said. “We’vehad alot of people out this week –big crowds. We’ve converted what Ifeel like is now avery nice core audience. We appreciate the support and are very happy.”

The rules experimentstarted last week with the RBC Heritage in SouthCarolinaand theCorales PuntacanaChampionship in the Dominican Republic.Rangeﬁnders will also be allowed at the tour’snextthree events: theCJ Cup ByronNelson outside Dallas, the Truist Championship in Philadelphia and the ONEﬂight Myrtle Beach Classic in South Carolina The PGAChampionship, May1518 in Charlotte, North Carolina, already was going to allow them.

The experimentistosee if rangefinders, devices through which players can measure their distance to the hole, will help speed up play

“For both Andrew and I, it felt likeitwas only amatter of time outhere. Just alot of hardwork between both of us, and for me personally,itmeans the world to finally getitpaid off or to finally getitdone. I couldn’tthink of abetterguy to getitdone with,right here with Andrew.”

BEN GRIFFIN, on winning the Zurich Classic

golf course when we went back out there,” Novak said. “A lot of ﬁrmer bounces basically.After the delay, pars were apretty good score. Thereprobably weren’taton of birdiesbeing made after we went back out ” TheHojgaards,a pair of Danish identical twins, earned $542,800 each for their second-place ﬁnish.

It was the secondrunner-up finishfor Nicolai in his nascent PGA Tour career Knapp and Capan, whowere tied for the lead formuchofthe ﬁnal round, settled forthird place at 26-under after the bog on No. 17.

“Itwas atough ﬁnish, but it was

agreat week,” Capan said. “Felt like Jake really played unbelievable.Itwas really fun to be by his side.”

It wasn’tLowryand McIlroy’s day.After charging into contention during Saturday’sbest-ball play, the Irishtandem neverreally got on track in theﬁnal round. They carded acouple of birdies on the front nine, but bogeyed Nos. 13, 15 and 17 to slip from contention down the stretch. Theyﬁnishedsix shots back at 22-under

“I’ve been enjoying myself too much, but it’snice,” Lowry said. “I think we playedall right to start today.Wedidn’tget anything to really happen for us. Everything that couldgowrong went wrong. But Ihad agreat week. I’m happymy man came here this week and we had agreat time.”

McIlroy said he plans to return to his home in Florida for aweek of practice before rejoining the tour at theTrust Championshipin Philadelphia May 8-11.

“It’sbeen afun week,”saidMcIlroy,who was making his ﬁrst appearance since winning the Masters on April 13. “I’ve got to take a little bit of time here, reset and try to getsome practicein. I’mlooking forward to getting back out there.”

Email JeffDuncan at jduncan@theadvocate.com.

ZURICH

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By GERALD HERBERT Nicolai Hojgaard, of Denmark, hits on the 18th fairway during the final roundofthe ZurichClassic on Sunday at TPCLouisiana in Avondale.

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PHOTOByGERALD HERBERT Ben Griffinhitsoff the fourthtee during the final round of the PGA Zurich ClassicatTPC Louisiana in Avondale on Sunday

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AndrewNovak,right, embracesteammate Ben Griffinonthe 18thgreen after theywon the PGA Zurich Classic at TPCLouisiana in Avondale on Sunday.

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Southern’s Grace shines on mound

Junior pitches three-hit, complete game against Miss. Valley

BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

Untouchable.

That is the best way to describe how Southern baseball looked against Mississippi Valley State. The Jaguars’ defense was in sync, following the lead of lefthanded pitcher Ranard Grace. He pitched a complete game, striking out nine and allowing three hits. Their bats were also aﬂame as they were two runs away from a season-high. Southern pummeled MVSU 21-1 in seven innings, winning the second contest in the three-game series Sunday at LeeHines Field. The ﬁnal game of the series was set for later Sunday “We got some zeroes, we’ve been looking for that for the majority of the year from him,” Southern coach Chris Crenshaw said about Grace. “That’s probably been his best outing all year.”

The last time the Jaguars beat a Southwestern Athletic Conference opponent by at least 12 runs was March 23, beating Prairie View 15-3.

Southern (17-23, 9-11) captured its ﬁnal home series of the regular season. It beat MVSU in the series opener on Saturday, winning 13-12 and tallying four runs in the ninth inning.

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than that guy right now.”

The Tigers then scored four runs in the second and another in the fourth to take a 6-2 lead.

All four runs in the second inning came with two outs First, Curiel slapped a run-scoring double before an intentional walk to junior Jared Jones allowed sophomore Jake Brown to blast a three-run homer into the right ﬁeld seats.

The homer gave LSU a 5-2 lead and was Brown’s fourth blast of the year

“I think we’re just continually seeing a little bit of an ascent, and I would expect to see that,” Johnson said when asked about Brown.

“So, like I said, one of the at-bats of the year for our team today.”

Curiel continued his hot streak by driving in the next three LSU runs. He ripped a run-scoring single in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the ﬁfth to hand the Tigers an 8-2 lead.

“I just felt like I got out of my plan, and I just wasn’t sticking to what I like to do (which) is hit the ball in the middle of the ﬁeld,” Curiel said. “I was kind of trying to pull my shoulder. And there’s just some mechanic stuff and some mental things that I had to

MVSU (11-19, 6-14 SWAC). The redshirt junior had a 1-2-3 inning, striking out two batters in the ﬁrst MVSU’s batting lineup continued to struggle in the second inning as Southern produced another 1-2-3 inning. Grace struck out all three batters. His second strikeout came during a 3-2 count, where he calmly whipped a fastball, as the batter swung and miss. Southern continued the pristine second inning with its bats catching ﬁre. The Jaguars took a 5-0 lead after an RBI double from senior Rashard Grace, who later scored a run after a passed ball, an RBI from Benny Bikar and Cardell Thibodeaux’s two-run homer They accomplished all this with one out and forced the Delta Devils to change to a lefthanded pitcher

The Jaguars’ Kameron Byrd drove in two runs with a bloop single in left ﬁeld. The inning remained magical after the bases were loaded following a pair of walks and a double by Grace.

Bikar, who was last in the batting order delivered on the chance to add to the scoreboard. Down 0-2 in the count, the freshman smacked a three-run double to right ﬁeld. The Jaguars closed the inning with a 10-0 advantage.

Ranard Grace allowed his ﬁrst hit in the third inning after nearly

picking up a ground ball and toss-

ing it to ﬁrst base. MVSU scored its ﬁrst run after a solo homer by sophomore Noah Bufford.

Southern’s lefty pitcher didn’t let the one run faze him as he promptly forced a ﬂyout and got a strikeout to get out the inning.

“He had command of his fastball today,” Crenshaw said. “He was able to be down in the zone, which was good for him.”

MVSU brought in a third pitcher in the third inning. The Jaguars expanded their lead to 13-1 in the third inning. Rashard Grace continued his impressive outing. The catcher drilled a two-run double to left ﬁeld that the Delta Devils outfielder failed to retrieve because of its proximity to the wall.

Rashard Grace ﬁnished with three RBIs and had three doubles

“He was another senior who had a good day today,” Crenshaw said.

In the top of the fourth inning

Southern had another 1-2-3 inning and MVSU’s bullpen struggle as they turned to a fourth pitcher Southern then put runners on base and capitalized on wild pitches.

Junior Jaylon Lucky scored a run after a wild pitch.

Southern’s hitting remained scorching, accumulating seven more runs before winning by the run-rule. The Jaguars made their opponent use ﬁve pitchers.

dent, aggressive with a good plan.”

Earning his ﬁrst career start on Sunday for LSU was freshman right-hander Casan Evans. In six innings, the Texas native allowed six hits, recorded six strikeouts, walked nobody and allowed just two hitters to reach base after the ﬁrst. He also tossed a career-high 85 pitches.

“I knew I wasn’t going to go very high, like 100 or over but I felt great,” Evans said. “Honestly, I told coach Johnson that I wanted to go back out there for the seventh.”

The first inning was Evans’ only rocky one. He allowed three singles and a double as Tennessee (35-9, 13-8) took an early 2-0 lead.

LSU capitalizes on bad-hop single to edge Florida

BY JIM KLEINPETER Contributing writer

Sometimes all a struggling team needs is the smallest of breaks, a fortunate bounce. That’s what proved the difference for the No. 10 LSU softball team Sunday at Tiger Park.

Softball

Sierra Daniel drove in the winning run with a badhop single to second base to lift the Tigers to a 2-1 victory and even the series with No. 8 Florida.

The Tigers (38-11, 10-10 in SEC) by no means lucked out. They positioned themselves for the win with brilliant pitching, strong defense and a ﬁerce response to a 14-4 mercy rule loss the day before.

Sydney Berzon shackled the powerful Gators offense on two hits while Daniel and the defense came up with big plays for a team that had lost seven of its past eight conference games. Berzon herself rebounded from some rocky performances in a two-week swing through Texas.

“I can’t say enough about Syd Berzon and her performance,” LSU coach Beth Torina said. It felt like the Syd we have all come to know and appreciate. She’s worked really hard to get back to this spot. A lot of things that happen when the lights are off prepared her for this moment. She’s fought through a bunch of stuff, and she’s out there doing her best every time. It was an incredible performance by her, our defense and team as a whole.

“Our team has a never-quit factor in them. They’ve had guts all year There’s never been a time I felt this team was out of any ballgame, maybe yesterday for the ﬁrst time in a long time. They’re very tough. I wasn’t surprised to see them bounce back.”

Tori Edwards hit her 18th home run in the fourth inning for the

other Tigers run, and Florida tied it with a run in the ﬁfth on Kendra Falby’s double.

McKenzie Redoutey started the winning rally with a leadoff single and pinch runner McKaela Walker was sacriﬁced to second by Avery Hodge. Walker moved to third on a grounder by Maddox McKee, bringing Daniel, the No. 9 hitter, to the plate.

Daniel hit a routine grounder right to second baseman Mia Williams and the ball came up on her at the last minute, deﬂecting into the outﬁeld as Walker crossed the plate.

“Right before the at-bat, Danieca (Coffey) told me ‘Believe in yourself! Believe in yourself!’ ” said Daniel, who made a leaping catch of a line drive at second base to take a hit away from Jocelyn Erickson. “Having someone like that like that behind me meant everything in the world. I knew I could go up there and be free.

“Losses always sting. We just wanted to come out today and ﬂush it. Our motto today was ‘We’re one swing away from where we want to be.’ ”

Berzon (16-5) gave up 18 runs in five appearances at Texas A&M and Texas while being saddled with three losses. She said she used the extra time because the series started on Saturday to make some minor adjustments. She struck out four and walked four while allowing only one runner past second base.

“My good pitches were working pretty well,” Berzon said. “I was working through some stuff, and we were able to capitalize on the time in the bullpen. It showed today (I made some) little tweaks, can’t make anything too major this late in the season.

“It was a fantastic response from yesterday to play for the seniors we’re honoring this weekend. It was awesome the way we ﬁnished the game.”

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Arizona’s Suárez becomes 19th player to hit 4 HRs in game

BY DAVID BRANDT AP baseball writer

PHOENIX Arizona Diamondbacks

slugger Eugenio Suárez has had an all-or-nothing type of season.

If’s safe to say that his performance Saturday night falls squarely into the “all” category

Suárez became the 19th player in Major League Baseball history to hit four homers in a single game, accomplishing the feat in an 8-7 loss to the Atlanta Braves in 10 innings. The third baseman is the ﬁrst player in the big leagues to do it since J.D. Martinez — also for the D-backs — in 2017.

“What can I say obviously it’s awesome,” Suárez said. “I never thought in my life that I would be able to hit four homers in a game.”

Suárez came into the game batting .167 with six homers and 15 RBIs.

The 33-year-old Suárez hit a solo shot in the second, a two-run homer in the fourth and two more solo homers in the sixth and the ninth to ﬁnish with ﬁve RBIs. His fourth

homer off Braves closer Raisel Iglesias tied it at 7 as the home crowd of more than 43,000 at Chase Field roared in disbelief.

D-backs manager Torey Lovullo admitted he couldn’t believe Suárez had done it again.

“I thought there’s no way he goes deep. When does that happen?” Lovullo said. “It’s like a fairy tale. When it happened, I just was shaking my head. I couldn’t believe it. He turned around a pretty good pitch. It’s one of those magical nights. It’s hard to describe.”

The four baseballs traveled a combined 1,655 feet, with the longest being a 443-foot shot to center for his third homer The ﬁrst three homers came off Grant Holmes.

The Braves rallied in the 10th to win after Matt Olson scored on a wild pitch.

“Mixed feelings right now because we didn’t win the game,” Suarez said. “But this is baseball, that’s why this game is so special. I just want to glorify God with this for the game today It’s a gift and I don’t take it for granted.”

ﬁx coming in today.”

LSU finished the afternoon with 13 hits, including nine for extra bases Jones went 2 for 4 with a double, and senior Michael Braswell cracked his second solo home run in as many games in the seventh inning.

The Tigers were able to end the game in eighth inning, via the 10run rule, after senior Luis Hernandez ripped a two-run double off the left ﬁeld wall.

“I thought we played what I would call our best character,” Johnson said “Loose, free, conﬁ-

“They had a pitch they knew was coming, the second RBI, and we got that ﬁxed,” Johnson said. “It was a very odd situation, how that happened. We were able to get out of that with (just) a two was a big deal because there was two guys in scoring position.”

Junior right-hander Zac Cowan replaced Evans in the seventh inning and tossed two scoreless innings to ﬁnish off the victory LSU faces Southeastern Louisiana in the ﬁnal game of its ninegame homestand on Tuesday First pitch from Alex Box Stadium is set for 6:30 p.m and the game will be available to stream on SEC Network+.

Gausman ejected after nightmare third inning

By The Associated Press

YORK Kevin Gausman was ejected by plate umpire Chris Conroy as the Toronto Blue Jays pitcher was removed after giving up six runs and walking ﬁve while throwing 53 pitches in the third inning of a doubleheader opener against the New York Yankees. Blue Jays manager John Schneider was ejected two innings later for arguing a called strike to Vladimir Guerrero Jr on the second pitch of the ﬁfth. After throwing 53 pitches in the third against the New

York Yankees — the most by any pitcher in an inning in three years — and getting just two outs, the exLSU standout delivered a message to plate umpire Chris Conroy

“As I was coming off the mound, I kind of let him know I was going to go watch his bad umpiring inside,” Gausman said following an 11-2 loss. “There was probably at least three pitches that inning that I know were strikes,” he said.

“The more frustrating thing was watching kind of what (Yankees pitcher Max) Freed was getting.”

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON LSU left ﬁelder Derek Curiel gives his teammates two thumbs up after a home run against Tennessee in the ﬁrst inning of their game on Sunday at Alex Box Stadium.

STAFF PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

Southern starting pitcher Ranard Grace, shown in action against Alcorn State on April 11, had a strong outing in the Jaguars’ 21-1 victory over Mississippi Valley on Sunday at Lee-Hines Field He pitched a complete game, allowing just three hits and striking out nine.

LIVING

SHARING THELOVE

BatonRouge Symphony Chorus takesthe spotlightinsymphony’s‘CarminaBurana’

BY ROBIN MILLER Staff writer

DavidShaler remembers reading that “Carmina Burana” is performed by someone insomepartof the world on adaily basis.

Sure, it’sa vague reference,but the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra’schorusmasterisn’tciting it as fact.

“It was just astatementto‘Carmina Burana’s’ popularity,” he said. “But Ialso read thatit’sprobablythe most popularworkinthe choralorchestralrepertoire, and it’sbelovedbyaudiencesincountriesaround the world.”

That love is shared by theBaton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Chorus asitprepares to stepinto the spotlight for the symphony’s 2024-25 ﬁnale concert, “Carmina Burana,” at 7:30 p.m. May 1inthe RaisingCane’sRiver CenterPerformingArts Theater Season finale

The symphony,conducted by AdamJohnson, will kickoff the concert with Aaron Copland’s“Appalachian Spring,” featuring dancers Brianadel Mundoand Waverly Fredericks.

After that, the programbelongs

to CarlOrff’scantata “Carmina Burana,” where the80-member chorus is the collective starofthe show The piece also features soloists. Shaler will sing tenor,Martha Guth will sing soprano and Dongwon Kim will sing baritone. But even they won’tovershadow the chorus in this piece based on 24 poems, ranging frombawdy to satirical, touching on themes of love, wine, spring and the capriciousness of fate.

Inspired by poems Orff was inspired to write his 1934 composition after reading

an 1847 edition of Johann Andreas Schmeller’sbookofpoems,also called “Carmina Burana.”

TheLatin titletranslatesto “Songs of Beuern.”Its text originatesinthe 11th,12th and 13th centuries, butits stories andhumor aretimeless. But thatdoesn’tmeanthe audience will understand the words that are being sung, so the symphony will provide supertitles. “It’sanarchaic form of Latin in German,” Shalersaid. “It’snot your everydayspeech withlots of articulation markings. Orff just writes accent marks all over the music. Youhavetohit the exact pitchveryquicklyand then move on and then pronounceeach syllable very quickly.And that can be abig challenge. It really is a challenge for pretty much every chorus.”

He noted that the audience can appreciate the musicwhile reading the text.

Butwhataboutthe chorus, itself? Do themembersknowexactly what they’re saying when they sing?

“Oh yes,” Shaler said. “Thankfully,there are lots of translations

The Baton RougeSymphonyOrchestra and Chorus will perform 7:30 p.m. May1 in the Raising Cane’sPerforming Arts Theater,300 St. Louis St., Baton Rouge. Ticketsare $19-$65. Call (225) 383-0500 or visit brso.org

OUT-OF-SEASON SHOW

The Baton RougeSymphonyOrchestra Chorus will perform withAndreaBocelli 8p.m. June 10 in the Smoothie King Center,1501 Dave DixonDrive, NewOrleans. Ticketsare $80-$250. Visit ticketmaster.com

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Many children struggle with caregiving decisions regarding aparent or parents with whom they have had complicated relationships, especially if they were physically,emotionally or sexually abused. Most families can claim some dysfunctionality as they have secrets, disagreements and struggles, but abusive environments should never be considered normal or irreverent. Longstanding wounds from childhood can carry over into adulthood, making relationships with parents tenuous at best and very uncomfortable. It is such an untenable position for achild to be placed in asituation in which they must manage the care, especially to join the arduous journey of Alzheimer’s disease with that parent. According to astudy presented in the August 2015 volume of The Gerontologist by Jooyoung Kong, MSW and Sara M. Moorman, Ph.D., children who were abused are more vulnerable to depression whentending to their abusive parents. Hiding or ignoring memories and feelings —and the many physical, mental and emotional complications they can trigger and aggravate —can cause great stress, anxiety and depression.

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Eloise Market and Cakeryowner Madelyn Schmidt, standing,walks around to check on participants’ doughs during a kingcakemaking class last year

Did yougrowupeating at Piccadilly?Doyou have cherished memoriesoffavorite foods at the restaurant? Maybe youstill eat there on the regular.Wewant to hear about your connection to the Baton Rouge-basedcafeteria-style institution.

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The Baton RougeSymphonyOrchestra Chorus will perform‘Carmina Burana’ withthe symphonyonMay 1then heads to NewOrleans on June 10 to sing withinternationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli on June 10.

‘CARMINA BURANA’

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out there,soweknow what we’re saying. But to be honest, there are some very odd texts in it, and it runs the gamut from praise to praising theideal womantofortune to the cruelty of fate. Some of the songs feature men singing about drinking and gambling and things you can imagine taking place in atavern.”

Forty-four membersof Southeastern Louisiana University’sChoral Ensemble will join thisconcert, which is the symphony chorus’ second with the Baton Rouge Symphony this season. The chorus’ 2024-25 season has also includedperformances with Xavier University’sNOVA Chorale in New Orleans and the Acadiana Symphony Bocellionthe horizon

Though the symphony’s season ends with “Carmen Burina,” the chorus will have one more show on June 10 when internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli

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boundaries, calling on others to help, and recognizing when it is time to let someone else be the front-line caregiver,either temporarily or permanently,are all ways to stop the cycleof abuse.

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her current space. “Next year we’ll have a bigger space, better bathrooms withhand-washing sinks, water fountains,” she said. “Everybody canbe more comfortable and have even more fun.” The new location will also have afenced-in yard for events and aprivateparty

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WaverlyFredericks will be afeatured dancer in the Baton RougeSymphonyOrchestra’s performance of ‘Appalachian Spring.’

takes the Smoothie King Center stage in New Orleans.

the Baton Rouge Symphony Chorus for theshow

Only 60 of the chorus’ 80 members will make thetrip to join the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestrainproviding accompaniment to Bocelli and his guests

“They asked for 60,sounfortunately, some ofour singers won’tbeable to go,” Shalersaid. “I had to do some in-house auditions, especially for our sopranos, because everychorushas an abundance of sopranos.But we had to abide by their contract requirementof60.”

The Baton Rouge choruswas recommended to Bocelli’smanagement by theNOVAChorale, which performed with the tenor in February 2023. Themanagement once againreached out to NOVAfor theJune concert,but theacademic year ends in May,meaning most studentswould be elsewhere for thesummer.

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Unlike at thecurrentlocation, after the move, Eloise

“The Bocelli management asked us to sing with him,” Shaler said. “The NOVA Chorale said, ‘Hey,wecan vouch for the BatonRouge Chorus,because we just sang aconcert with them, and they did agood job, and they werewell prepared.’ And so that is howthis connection came about.”

The chorus will accompany Bocelli on seven selections, which it will begin rehearsing immediately after “Carmina Burana.”

“We’ll be abacking chorus, andofcourse, some of his songs are operatic, which calls for abacking chorus,” Shaler said.

Though the spotlight won’t shine on chorus members as it will in “Carmina Burana,” it won’tmatter,because they’ll be standing behind one of the world’sgreatest tenors.

Email RobinMiller at romiller@theadvocate. com.

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will be open Sundays, but Burr is still nailing down hoursand exact times for thenew location. “I grewupgoing to Garden DistrictCoffee and bringing my cousin to Powell-Moise for dance,” Burr said.“I’m so familiarwith the area, and so I’mjust excited to add something new to it.”

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By The Associated Press

Today is Monday, April 28, the 118th day of 2025. There are 247 days left in the year

Todayinhistory:

On April 28, 2004, the world ﬁrst viewed images of prisoner abuse and torture by U.S. troops at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, via areport broadcast on the CBS television news program “60 Minutes II.”

On this date:

In 1789, mutineers led by Fletcher Christian took control of the ship HMS Bountythree weeks after departing Tahiti, setting theship’scaptain, Lieutenant William Bligh, and 18 other crew members adrift in the Paciﬁc Ocean.

In 1945, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress,Clara Petacci, were executed by Italian partisans after attempting to ﬂee thecountry

In 1947, asix-man expedition led by Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl set out from Peru aboard abalsa wood raft named theKon-

Tiki on a101-day,4,300mile journey across the Paciﬁc Ocean to the Polynesian Islands.

In 1967, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali wasstripped of his WBA title after he refused to be inducted into the armed forces.

In 1994, former CIAofﬁcial Aldrich Ames, who had passed U.S. secrets to the Soviet Union and then Russia, pleaded guilty to espionage and tax evasion, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

In 2001, aRussian rocket lifted off from Central Asia carrying the ﬁrst space tourist, California businessman Dennis Tito, and two cosmonauts on a journey to the International Space Station.

In 2011, convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and raping aCalifornia girl, Jaycee Dugard, whowas abducted in 1991 at the age of 11 and rescued 18 years later.(Phillip Garrido was sentenced to

431 years to lifeinprison; Nancy Garrido was sentenced to 36 years to life.)

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Don Marquis, ajournalist and humorist whodied in 1937,said, “A pessimist is aperson who has had to listen to too many optimists.”

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BERTHELOT,VALERIE BARBARA 37085 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7711

BESSIX, TRINITY JAMAL JOSEPH 77550 H& HSTMARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3621

BOOKSH, JULIE MORGAN 18450 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

BREWER, GABRIELLE MARIE 10760 1ST ST MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

BROUILLETTE, DAVID W5575 ROSE DOWN AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5211

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BUCHER III, GEORGE J62155 BAYOU JACOBRDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5522

BUGGS, KENT JERMAINE 58635 CAPTAIN THARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3001

BUI, PHUC THE 5445 POINT CLAIR RD #C-1 CARVILLE,LA70721-2118

BUJOL JR, WILLIAM EARL 25360 STASSI RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5909

BURLEIGH, JUDITH LEGLUE 24440 FERDINAND ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4002

BUTLER, ANNI JOHNESCE58160 BAYOUJACOBRDPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5236

BYNUM, KAMRAN 57705 REVILLETOWN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7502

CALLIHAN, SHERALYN K23375 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5534

CAMPER, ASHANTALYNEECE58120 GEORGESTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2208

CAPTAIN, LUTHER ONEIL 390 SOUTH CLUB AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4440

CARDINAL, NINA BEA 25379 DICKINSON RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4415

CARLIN, WINDELL ELLIS 23455 WILBERTSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2651

CARLINE, BROOKE ANNETTE 63420 BAYOURDPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5928

CASHIO, EMILY79325 MUSSONLNMARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3909

CEDOTAL, GRANT DANIEL 59345 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7418

CHATTMON, DE’MONTE 57125 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA,LA707883120

COBB, MADISON DANIELLE 1045 RIVER RD SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3102

COLBY,MONIQUE 1505 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5339

COMEAUX, BARRYLEONARD 59177 LAUREL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3813

COURTADE, EMILYANN 59850 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5273

CROSBIE, STEPHEN JOHN 20690 CHARLESORY DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5317

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DUGAS, TAYLOR ANN 25160 STASSI RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5911

FAIRCHILD, JACK SHANNON77025 HURDLE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

FERACHI,ANTONIO CHARLES 59465 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7424

FERGUSON, BRANDY BLANCHARD 23945 DORIS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3405

FERGUSON, CHERYL RAMAGOS58275 HYMEL ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4201

FLETCHER, JAKOARI ANDRE 31850 DORCY RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3617

FORCELL, ERICA 31842 LACROIX RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3620

FRUGE, KYLE LYNN 20155 SALLIE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5322

GALES, LEDRIKA S5666 MAGNOLIA DE CHRISTOPHE DR CARVILLE,LA70721-2131

GAUTREAUX, NICHOLAS CADE 23150 SHORT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2429

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GRANIER, DARWIN ANDREW 33230 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2617

GRAVOIS, STACY WAYNE 35745 HWY 3001 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4308

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GREEN, ESTHER DENNIS 32080 DORCY RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3550

GRIFFIN, RENEE MARIE 17865 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GUILBEAU JR, FRANK THOMAS 58132 FORT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3224

GUILLORY, ANGEL NICOLE 10425 HWY 977 MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3244

GUILLORY, KYNDAL LEIGH24170 VINCENT DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3442

GUILLOT,RAY CHARLES 35730 HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4447

HAFFORD, RUBY D 17975 BAYOU RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3343

HALL, ALICIA THERESA 53175 POINT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6958

HALL, KIYANNA N23970 HARMASON ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3016

HALL, LEDRIC 53175 POINT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6958

HEBERT, ANGELLE WATTS 22195 TALBOTDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5214

HEBERT, CHRISTOPHER DOYLE 6860 MANCHAC RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5425

HEBERT, COURTNEY BLAIRE 35930 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7700

HEBERT, WANDA W30335 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6113

HOWARD, THOMAS CRAWFORD 62025 BAYOUJACOBRDPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5521

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JACKSON, DANA ARLETTE 5591-C POINT CLAIR RD CARVILLE,LA70721-2107

JACKSON, LINDA JEAN 58955 WW HARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2973

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JENKINS,BERNICE SIMMONS 58507 ALLENSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3051

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JOHNSON, DIONNE SHANTELL 25260 MAGNOLIA LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4545

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JOHNSON, JENNIFER E33095 BOWIE ST #1 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2314

JOHNSON, LARRYGLENN 57939 CENTERSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-4366

JONES, CELESTE RONQUELL 5692 MAGNOLIA DE CHRISTOPHE DR CARVILLE,LA70721-2131

JONES, DANIEL 32750 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2602

JORDAN, ANSON CORDELL 22565 ONEIL RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5206

JORDAN, JAMYRA 23715 CALVIN ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2803

KENNEDY,DAVID SHERIDAN63250-C HWY 404 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7811

KENNEDY,NYLA J31955 LACROIX RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788

LAGARDE, KESA MONIQUE 18130 SIDNEY RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3201

LAMBERT, CHAD 23800 HWY 386 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3707

LEE, JESSICA 24355 HOLLYDRPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3849

LEJEUNE, DALE PAUL 59880 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5273

LETEFF,CADE MATTHEW 24050 MARSHALL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3506

LEWIS, TIFFANYNICOLE 56853 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 707883117

LINTON, SHEKINAHDANIELLE 24260 GOLDEN SHORE AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

LITTLE, DAYNAHERNANDEZ 23720 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5538

LITTLE, TRENIECE MARKEISHA 57400 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 707883123

MADRIDMATEO, JOSE B31950 CORARDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4812

MAJOR, ANTIONETTE DORETHA 58250 BELLSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2236

MAJOR, DANIELLE LINETTE 32905 OLANO ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2335

MARSHALL, JAMES LEE 57725 BRODE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4540

MARTINEZ, TONYA BEDGOOD 34325-A HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7211

MATUSICKY,LYNNETTE B19655 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3427

MAYEUX, RENEE NICOLE 24255 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5543

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MILLIGANIII, SAM JOHN 59110 WWHARLEAUX ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2967

MILLIGAN, TYLER JOHN 31990 DORCYRDWHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3616

MIMS,KADIJAH JERRIKA 10355 LIONS AVEMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

MINOR-DUNCAN, LAURA DANIELLE1926 MEADOW OAK DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5217

MORALES, KERI YOUNG 23935 DORIS DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3405

MYLES, DANGELA LASHA 24830 VESSELS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4338

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NORTHERN,GINGERRACHELE 1706 SHADOWBRUSH WAYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5350

NORTHERN JR, LOUIS 15505 CENTERVILLE RD ROSEDALE, LA 70772

OBEAR, JOSEPH R33470-A BOWIE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2730

ORCINO,NATALIE ELAINE 24250 SEBASTIANSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3542

OSBORNE, STEVE GARY 33030 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2600

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OURSO, AMYB 56950 OURSO RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3827

OURSO, MITCHEL JOSEPH 56950 OURSO RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-3827

PAGE JR,WILLIE NATHANIEL23505 CARROL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2605

PARKER, ELENAVIRSHAWN57830 GOVERNMENT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2306

PATTERSON,NADIASMITH77407 WINSTOCK ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757

PETERSON,KAYLA M24825 HARRIS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4228

PHILLIP,BRITTANYS 55325 CAMBRE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2114

PIERRE, MARQUITATHOMAS 24230 GOLDEN SHORE AVEPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5276

PRATHER, ALAN D1370 CROCHETSTSUNSHINE,LA70780-3214

PURPERA, JAROD CHRISTOPHER 62500-A BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5526

RAFFRAY, KRISTY OSTARLY58505 ST CLEMENTAVE PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3531

RAMAGOS JR, CECIL PHILLIP 36035 RICHLAND RD WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4244

RANDALL, CHARLES ALLEN 23715 CYPRESSSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2835

RHOADS, CHRISTOPHER CHARLES2315 MEADOW OAK DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5223

RHYMER, DANIELMARC 59235 BELLEVIEW RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3833

ROBINSON, KYLON TAMON6610 HWY 74 #1502 ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4571

ROSE, KEHINNDE MARIE4970 MARTIN LUTHERKING JR PKWY ST GABRIEL,LA707764207

ROSS, DEMETRIUS DELAINE 1550 BESSON LN SUNSHINE,LA70780

ROWE, JAMIRA MARKELL ASHE77345 COMSTOCK ST MARINGOUIN,LA70757-3728

SAIA, PAUL MATTHEW 4575 POINT CLAIR RD ST GABRIEL,LA70776-4109

SCHNEBELEN JR, WARREN ADONIS 23830 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5539

SCOTT,NORSHAAD 32830 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2604

SHELDON, MARY JOYCE1055 RIVER RD SUNSHINE,LA70780-3102

SHOPE, AMBER DANAE 33305 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7200

SIMS,CARLNEISHAROCKELLE 57721 CANAL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3760

SIMS,RODERICK JAMAUL23010 WEST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2210

SMELSER, KEVINT 76940 DEWEY DR GROSSE TETE,LA70740-3015

SMITH, ARIANNA JONAE’ 10335 LIONS AVEMARINGOUIN, LA 70757

SMITH,JULIA EDWARDS 24125 BERRA ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3701

SMITH,LEDRIKA UREENER 57905 DESOBRYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3708

STASSI,JULIENR 23375 IBERVILLE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2512

STEVENSON,JASMINEN 57415 CPL HERMAN BROWN JR DR BAYOU GOULA, LA 70788

STEWART, BRIAN DOUGLAS1685 SEVILLE DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5344

STEWARTSR, TERRYJEROME53305 POINT ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6916

THARP,WALTERCAL 59625 SEXTON DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6561

THIBEAU,SETH J24295 TECHE ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4605

THOMPSON, DONNIE LANAIR5590 MONROE LN CARVILLE,LA70721

TILLMAN,LEONARD CLARENCE 24635 HIGH SCHOOL ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4035

TRUSCLAIR, TALYAROSE ELIZABETH 59068 NATHAN GEORGETOWN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3073

VAUGHN,VINCENTTERANCE 57801 NEWERWIN DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2325

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WASHINGTON, CARLA BERNICE 58019 GAYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4221

WATKINS,WILLIE E58621 WARE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4249

WEATHERFORD, DONNA BOURGOYNE 65730 KURTCREEK LN PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5724

WEATHERFORD, MADELINE JEAN 33276 HWY75PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7111

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WILLIAMS, FABIAN A32420 FRANCISE ST WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2063

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WILLIAMS, JOYCE B720 PECAN DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5506

WILLIAMS, SHERMAN JEROME 23952 HARMASON ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3016

WILLIAMS, STEPHANIE YOLANDER 58112 BARROW ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4262

WILLIAMS, TRACEY MARIE22930 WARREN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2343

WILSON,ANDRE KEITH 54930 TASSIN DR WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-2330

WILSON,DAJA KEIONSHA6200 MARGARET DR ST GABRIEL,LA70776

WILSON,LAKRINQUANESE 24830 BUTLER ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4212

WITSON, JESSICA ANNEE23939 TAYLOR ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3040

YOUNG, JEFFERYA 7210 BAYOU PAUL RD ST GABRIEL,LA70776-5718

ZACHARY,HAROLD MONTRELL 24668 EUGENEPSTEVENS ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4018

ZERINGUE,HEIDI ANN62460 BAYOU JACOB RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5525

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AARON, KEON DERON 58240 MERIAM ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2814

ALBARADO, KENNETH M470 SOUTH CLUB AVESTGABRIEL, LA 70776-4441

ALEXANDER, MARGARET THERESA WASHINGTON 54955 CYPRESS ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788

ALEXANDER, NOVEAL KENNETH 4846 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR PKWYSTGABRIEL, LA 707764206

ALEXANDER, SHAKERA LASHAUN 4755 LANDRYST ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4246

ALFORD, DAISY ANN 57940 SUPPLE ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3719

ALLEN JR, JAMES 5550 MONROE LN CARVILLE, LA 70721

ARDOIN, LANCE HENRY28330-B HWY 405 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7901

BAKER, RAMONA D1315 KNOTTAWAY DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5210

BATTISTE, ATYRIANCE 24505 EARLE DR #10PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3916

BATTLEY,FELICIA MONIQUE 5591-C POINT CLAIR RD CARVILLE,LA70721-2107

BAYHAM JR, JAMES O24505 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5508

BENEDITTO, ANTHONY MARTIN 29360 AINTRACOASTAL RD PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5815

BERTHELOT,JAMES JOSEPH 37085 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7711

BEST,ODELIA BADEAUX 17060 THOMAS LN GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3026

BLANCHARD, DAMON CHRISTOPHER 23625 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5537

BLANCHARD, REGINA D 10075 KIMBALL DR MARINGOUIN, LA 70757

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BORDELON, BLANE EDWARD 1635 HWY 75 SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3211

BORDELON, BRIAN PAUL 58360 HYMEL ST WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4202

BOUDREAUX, VANESSA WALLACE 34470HWY 69 WHITE CASTLE,LA70788-4434

BOURGEOIS, JOSHUA DANDRE 22930 WEST ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2209

BOURGEOIS, RYAN PAUL 59795 THOMAS ROSS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5271

BOURGOYNE, RUSS GERALD 18075 SIDNEY RD GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3200

BOURQUE, LINDA MORAN 7825HWY 74 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4821

BOUVAY III, CHARLES EDWARD 22900 AIDAN RD PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-5239

BRAUD, ELLIS DAVID 58935 ISLAND DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7435

BROWN, LEKEYSHA MARIE 77225 LANDRYDR#7MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3236

BYRD, RECHONDA DAVIS 1575 TASAJILLO DR ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-5339

BYRD, RONNETAL 57715 ELI CRAIG ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4543

CARTER, ERNEST LEE 1820 ROLLINGWOODDRSTGABRIEL, LA 70776-5355

COLLIER, DARREL C 57860 HOMESTEAD DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-2108

COMEAUX, ANITAH 58130 RANDOLPHS DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-7430

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COURTADE, SCOTT JOSEPH 24520 PECAN POINTE DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-6054

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COX, ROSEMARY59162 LAUREL ST PLAQUEMINE ,LA70764-3814

CROCKETT,MARGO ALYSE 24570 KIRTLEY DR PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5508

DAIGLE, ELAINE A55175 MYLESRDWHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4605

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DEWEY, SHANIKA RAYNELL 2310 ELMCREST WAYSTGABRIEL, LA 70776

DOMINIQUE, AMY LOWERY32735 ADAMS DR WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-2601

DWYER, CLARENCE JOSEPH 34809 HWY 75 PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-7216

EASTERLY, CAROLYN GRACE 20280 HWY 77 GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3421

EATON, JOSHUA B22880 BLAKENEY LN PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5233

ESTRADA, KEVIN ALBERTO 5465 POINT CLAIR RD CARVILLE, LA 70721-2108

EVANS, CHARLES 23737 BAIST ST PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3250

EVANS, KEBRINA LANELL 77225 LANDRYDR#19MARINGOUIN, LA 70757-3242

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GAUDET,WALLACE JOHN 35330 RIDGE RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4216

GHOLSON, TAYLOR NICOLE 16985 AUDREY LN GROSSE TETE, LA 70740-3028

GILLARD, JALEEL DOMINQUE 76913 CEDAR ST GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GOMEZ, JASON JOHN 22560 GLORIA ST DPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5207

GREAUD, NATHAN MITCHELL 76945 CEDAR ST GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GREEN, CRYSTAL LACHEA32070 LACROIX RD WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-3560

GREEN, SEAN PATRICK 77000 JESSIE ROMIG DR GROSSE TETE, LA 70740

GRIFFIN, LEIGH JEFFERSON24000 SEMINARYSTPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-3358

GUIDRY, EMILYANGELLE 23040 JADE DR #A PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764

GUIDRY, TYLER JOSEPH 22165 WALKERST# 37 PLAQUEMINE,LA70764-2038

GULOTTA, JAMES ERNEST 24325 GULOTTALNPLAQUEMINE,LA70764-5946

HALL, ERICA HOWARD 56640 BREAUX ST BAYOUGOULA, LA 70788-3032

HAMPTON, YOLANDA MITCHELL 58233 GAYSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4223

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HARRELL, KENNADY MARIE 76315 ASHLAND DR ROSEDALE, LA 70772-3832

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HASTEN, INDIA NICOLE 5435 WILLIAM RD ST GABRIEL, LA 70776

HASTEN, JARAVIS MICHEAL 6610 HWY 74 #204 ST GABRIEL, LA 70776-4565

HAYDEL, HAGEN ISABELLA ROSE 975 RIVER RD SUNSHINE, LA 70780-3101

HAYDEL, MELENIE DAIGLE26055 WINTERSTPLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6327

HEBERT, VICTOR GERARD 59435 MICHELLE DR PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-6557

HILL JR, WILLIE 57645 ELI CRAIG ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-4544

HINES, JARVIN DEONCE 59040 NATHAN GEORGETOWN ST PLAQUEMINE,LA707643073

HUNT,LYMAN DAVIS 58120 CHINN ST PLAQUEMINE, LA 70764-3608

HYMEL, HUNTER R58650 HWY 404 WHITE CASTLE, LA 70788-4241

JACKSON, BRYCE DALAN 1995 BESSONLNSUNSHINE, LA 70780-3528

JACKSON, GWENDOLYN DIONNE 4770-A MARTIN LUTHER KINGJRPKWY ST GABRIEL, LA 707764205

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