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Addis teen in ‘American Idol’ finale John Foster sings his way into top 3

BY JUDY BERGERON

headed into Sunday. Foster will be singing against stay-at-home mom Breanna Nix, of Denton, Texas; and Louisiana’s John Foster is headed teacher Jamal Roberts, of Meridian, into Sunday night’s “American Idol” Mississippi, to become Season 23’s grand finale after another magical winner.

Seacrest also mentioned that Fos“Disney Night” on Monday’s “Idol” episode. ter would be getting a hero’s welHost Ryan Seacrest announced come home to Addis. The parade in Foster as the first finalist of three Foster’s honor is slated to start at

Staff writer

John Foster, of Addis, performs ‘Almost There’ from ‘The Princess and the Frog’ for the first of two ‘Disney Nights’ on ‘American Idol’ on Sunday.

5 p.m. Wednesday along First Street in Addis and end with a concert on the waterfront in Plaquemine at 7:30 p.m., according to WBRZ, Baton Rouge’s ABC affiliate.

For the second of two “Disney Nights,” this one focusing on its memorable heroes and villains, the Addis teen chose to perform the jolly tune “Bare Necessities” from Disney’s classic film “The Jungle

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Despite cuts, Whitney Plantation sticks to mission

Teacher stipends included in House budget Funds also allocated for private education grants

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO, PATRICK WALL and MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writers

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Soon after the 230-year-old Whitney Plantation in Wallace welcomed its first visitors in late 2014, The New york Times declared it ‘the first slavery museum in America.’

Fundraising continues to tell story of Black history

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U.S., China agree to slash sky-high tariffs for now

BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer

WALLACE — The Whitney Plantation tells the story of slavery, one building at a time. A church, a cabin, a jail. Soon, if executive director Ashley Rogers has her way, through the plantation store.

On a muggy afternoon, she and John Blokker, director of historic preservation and facilities at the 250-acre plantation, stepped inside the store, which operated until 1975.

They moved left to right, front and back, discussing the repairs in progress and the work left to be done. The floors had been sanded, the holes patched. But the shelves were still empty.

“Are these active outlets?” Rogers asked Blokker, leaning behind what was once the counter. “Because I was thinking that one of the things I’d like to do here is have a way for people to listen to the oral histories, like on a kiosk or something.”

Rogers, who has led Whitney since 2014, had planned to open this store to the public this year. She spearheaded its restoration, collected oral histories about it and focused her doctoral dissertation on it.

But other buildings beckon, too. The vast

Louisiana would spend nearly $200 million on one-time pay stipends for public school teachers and other school employees next school year under a proposed budget advanced by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday, essentially keeping educator pay flat as lawmakers explore ways to fund long-term raises.

The spending plan, which the full House is expected to vote on Thursday, also includes $93.5 million that Gov. Jeff Landry requested for a new education program, called LA GATOR, that gives families tax dollars to pay for private school tuition and homeschooling expenses. It cuts $30 million that had been allocated for student tutoring.

For the third year in a row, certified

Metal figures by artist Woodrow Nash sit on a structure in which enslaved people lived at the Whitney Plantation.

A sugar kettle is placed in front of a structure at the Whitney Plantation.

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BY JAMEY KEATEN, DAVID McHUGH, ELAINE KURTENBACH and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press

GENEVA — The United States and China agreed Monday to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the world’s ä Wall two biggest econoStreet rallies mies and setting off a after pause rally in global financial announced. markets.

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Pope urges release of imprisoned journalists

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press” in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.

Leo received a standing ovation as he entered the Vatican auditorium for his first meeting with representatives of the general public.

The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for peace, to reject war and to give voice to the voiceless.

He expressed solidarity with journalists around the world who have been jailed for trying to seek and report the truth.

Drawing applause from the crowd, he asked for their release.

“The church recognizes in these witnesses — I am thinking of those who report on war even at the cost of their lives — the courage of those who defend dignity, justice and the right of people to be informed, because only informed individuals can make free choices,” he said.

“The suffering of these imprisoned journalists challenges the conscience of nations and the international community, calling on all of us to safeguard the precious gift of free speech and of the press.”

Leo opened the meeting with a few words in English, joking that if the crowd was still awake and applauding at the end, it mattered more than the ovation that greeted him.

Turning to Italian, he thanked the journalists for their work covering the papal transition and urged them to use words of peace.

“Peace begins with each one of us: in the way we look at others, listen to others and speak about others,” he said. “In this sense, the way we communicate is of fundamental importance: we must say ‘no’ to the war of words and images, we must reject the paradigm of war.”

Kurdish militant group will disarm and disband

ANKARA, Turkey — The Kurdish militant group PKK announced Monday that it is disbanding and renouncing armed conflict as part of a new peace initiative with Turkey, ending four decades of hostilities.

The decision by the PKK, or Kurdistan Workers’ Party, promises to end one of the longest insurgencies in the Middle East and could have significant impact in Turkey, Syria and Iraq. It was announced by the Firat News Agency, a media outlet close to the group, days after the PKK convened a party congress in northern Iraq.

In February, PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been imprisoned on an island near Istanbul since 1999, urged his group to convene a congress and formally decide to disband and disarm.

The call by Ocalan, 76, who continues to wields significant influence in the Kurdish movement despite his 25-year imprisonment, marked a pivotal step toward ending the decadeslong conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives since the 1980s.

CORRECTIONS n A story published on Sat-

urday incorrectly stated that Kevan Hills pleaded guilty to burglary of a pharmacy. Devin Stampley Jr. pleaded guilty to that charge. n A story published on Saturday incorrectly stated that House Bill 267 would help the city of Baton Rouge and redevelopment agency Build Baton Rouge more quickly return properties to use after condemnation. HB 247 would help with that process. n A story Sunday defined Louisiana Creoles of color as people of mixed French, African and Caribbean ancestry. Creoles of color have mixed European, African or Caribbean ancestry.

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Hamas frees Israeli-American hostage

BY WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Hamas on Monday released an Israeli-American soldier who had been held hostage in Gaza for more than 19 months, offering a goodwill gesture toward the Trump administration that could lay the groundwork for a new ceasefire with Israel.

Edan Alexander, 21, was the first hostage released since Israel shattered an eight-week ceasefire with Hamas in March and unleashed fierce strikes on Gaza that have killed hundreds of Palestinians.

He was handed over to the Red Cross and then to Israeli forces before being flown by helicopter to a hospital in Tel Aviv. Israeli authorities released video and photos showing a pale but smiling Alexander in an emotional reunion with his mother and other family members.

Israel has promised to intensify its offensive, including by seizing Gaza and displacing much of the territory’s population again. Days before the ceasefire ended, Israel blocked all imports from entering the Palestinian enclave, deepening a humanitarian crisis and sparking warnings about the risk of famine if the blockade isn’t lifted. Israel says the steps are meant to pressure Hamas to accept a ceasefire agreement on Israel’s terms.

Wearing shirts emblazoned with his name, Alexander’s extended family gathered in Tel Aviv to watch the release. They chanted his name when the military said he was free, while in the city’s Hostage

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People watch a live broadcast Monday at a plaza known as Hostage Square in Tel Aviv as Israeli-American soldier Edan Alexander is released from Hamas captivity in Gaza.

Square, hundreds of people broke out into cheers.

Alexander’s grandmother, Varda Ben Baruch, beamed. She said her grandson looked mostly all right in the first photo of him after nearly 600 days in captivity.

“He seemed like a man. He has really matured,” she said. Reports that Alexander cracked a joke on the phone while speaking to his mother for the first time did not surprise her. “He’s got such a sense of humor,” she said.

Alexander was 19 when he was taken from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’

cross-border attack on Oct. 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza.

In his hometown of Tenafly, New Jersey, hundreds of supporters packed the streets, holding signs with his image and listening to speakers blasting Israeli music. As they watched the news of his release on a large screen, the crowd hugged and waved Israeli flags. Since he was taken hostage, supporters there gathered every Friday to march for the hostages’ release.

Israel says 58 hostages remain in captivity, with about 23 of them said to be alive. Many of the 250 hostages taken by Hamas-led mili-

tants in the 2023 attack were freed in ceasefire deals.

Hamas announced its intention to release Alexander shortly before President Donald Trump was set to arrive Tuesday in the Middle East on the first official foreign trip of his second term.

Trump on Sunday called the planned release “a step taken in good faith towards the United States and the efforts of the mediators — Qatar and Egypt — to put an end to this very brutal war and return ALL living hostages and remains to their loved ones.”

“Hopefully this is the first of those final steps necessary to end this brutal conflict. I look very much forward to that day of celebration!”

Trump said on social media.

Trump, who is traveling to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, is not scheduled to stop in Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Monday with the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, and the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, and discussed efforts to release the remaining hostages, his office said.

Netanyahu “directed that a negotiations team leave for Doha tomorrow,” the prime minister’s office said, adding that Netanyahu “made it clear that the negotiations would only take place under fire.”

Netanyahu said Alexander’s release “was achieved thanks to our military pressure and the diplomatic pressure applied by President Trump. This is a winning combination.”

Drones strike in Ukraine after Judge refuses to block IRS sharing tax data with ICE Kremlin turns down truce ways to achieve a all of us in Ukraine would Russia promises for long-term peaceful settle- appreciate it if President That is all,” Peskov Trump could be there talks this week ment. with us at this meeting in said.

BY ILLIA NOVIKOV and DMYTRO ZHYHINAS Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched more than 100 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, the Ukrainian air force said Monday, after the Kremlin effectively rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the more than threeyear war, but reiterated it would take part in possible peace talks later this week without preconditions.

There was no direct response from the Kremlin, meanwhile, to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s challenge for Russian leader Vladimir Putin to meet him for face-to-face peace talks in Turkey on Thursday.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Monday refused to say who might travel to Istanbul from the Russian side.

“Overall, we’re determined to seriously look

The United States and European governments are making a concerted push to stop the fighting, which has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides, as well as more than 10,000 Ukrainian civilians. Russia’s invading forces have taken around one-fifth of Ukraine in Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II. President Donald Trump said Monday that he’s optimistic about the Istanbul talks. There is “the potential for a good meeting” between Putin and Zelenskyy, Trump said in Washington, adding that he was “thinking about flying over” to the talks from his visit to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates that day.

Zelenskyy supported the prospect of Trump attending the negotiations.

“I supported President Trump with the idea of direct talks with Putin. I have openly expressed my readiness to meet,” he said. “And of course,

Turkey.”

In a flurry of diplomatic developments over the weekend, Russia shunned the ceasefire proposal tabled by the U.S. and European leaders, but offered direct talks with Ukraine on Thursday.

Ukraine, along with European allies, had demanded that Russia accept a ceasefire starting Monday before holding peace talks. Moscow effectively rejected that proposal and instead called for direct negotiations in Istanbul.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday he had discussed Russian-Ukrainian peace efforts in separate calls with Zelenskyy, Putin and Trump.

Erdogan said “a new window of opportunity has emerged for peace.”

Trump insisted that Ukraine accept the Russian offer of talks. Zelenskyy went a step further Sunday and put pressure on Putin by offering a personal meeting.

Trump signs executive order on lowering prescription prices Deadline set for drugmakers to lower costs

BY AMANDA SEITZ and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order setting a 30-day deadline for drugmakers to electively lower the cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. or face new limits down the road over what the government will pay.

The order calls on the health department, led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to broker new price tags for drugs over the next month.

If deals are not reached, Kennedy will be tasked with developing a new rule that ties the price the U.S. pays for medications to

lower prices paid by other countries.

“We’re going to equalize,” Trump said during a Monday morning news conference. “We’re all going to pay the same. We’re going to pay what Europe pays.”

It’s unclear what — if any — impact the Republican president’s executive order will Trump have on millions of Americans who have private health insurance. The federal government has the most power to shape the price it pays for drugs covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

Trump’s promised new — but uncertain — savings on drug prices, just hours after the Republican-led House released its new plan to trim $880 billion from Medicaid.

Taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on prescription drugs, injectables, transfusions and other medications every year through Medicare, which covers nearly 70 million older Americans.

Medicaid, which provides nearlyfree health care for almost 80 million poor and disabled people in the U.S. also spends tens of billions of dollars each year for drugs.

The nation’s pharmaceutical lobby, which represents the top U.S. drugmakers, immediately pushed back against Trump’s order, calling it a “bad deal” for American patients.

Drugmakers have long argued that any threats to their profits could impact the research they do to develop new drugs.

By The Associated Press

A federal judge on Monday refused to block the Internal Revenue Service from sharing immigrants’ tax data with Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of identifying and deporting people illegally in the U.S. In a win for the Trump administration, U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich denied a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit groups. They argued that undocumented immigrants who pay taxes are entitled to the same privacy protections as U.S. citizens and immigrants who are legally in the country.

Friedrich, who was ap-

pointed by President Donald Trump, had previously refused to grant a temporary order in the case.

The decision comes less than a month after former acting IRS commissioner Melanie Krause resigned over the deal allowing ICE to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records.

The IRS has been in upheaval over Trump administration decisions to share taxpayer data. A previous acting commissioner announced his retirement earlier amid a furor over Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency gaining access to IRS taxpayer data.

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Trump’s plan to accept free jet from Qatar raises concerns

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN, ZEKE MILLER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press

WASHINGTON — For President Donald Trump, accepting a free Air Force One replacement from Qatar is a no-brainer.

“I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer,” the Republican told reporters on Monday. “I could be a stupid person and say, ‘No, we don’t want a free, very expensive airplane.’ ” Critics of the plan worry that the move threatens to turn a global symbol of American power into an airborne collection of ethical, legal, security and counterintelligence concerns.

“This is unprecedented,” said Jessica Levinson, a constitutional law expert at Loyola Law School. “We just haven’t tested these boundaries before.”

Trump tried to tamp down some of the opposition by saying he wouldn’t fly around in the gifted Boeing 747 when his term ends.

Instead, he said, the $400 million plane would be donated to a future presidential library, similar to how the Boeing 707 used

by President Ronald Reagan was decommissioned and put on display as a museum piece.

“It would go directly to the library after I leave office,” Trump said. “I wouldn’t be using it.”

However, that did little to quell the controversy over the plane. Democrats are united in outrage, and even some of the Republican president’s allies are worried. Laura Loomer, an outspoken conspiracy theorist who has tried to purge disloyal officials from the administration, wrote on social media that she would “take a bullet for Trump” but said she’s “so disappointed.”

Trump will likely face persistent questions about the plane in the coming days as he travels to the Middle East, including a stop in Qatar.

Why does Trump want the Qatari plane?

The two planes currently used as Air Force One have been flying for nearly four decades, and Trump is eager to replace them. During his first term, he displayed a model of a new jumbo jet in the Oval Office, complete with a revised paint scheme that echoed the red, white and dark blue design of his personal plane.

Boeing has been working on retrofitting 747s that were originally built for a nowdefunct Russian airliner. But the program has faced nearly a decade of delays — with perhaps more on the way — from a series of issues, including a critical subcontractor’s bankruptcy and the difficulty of finding and retaining qualified staff who could be awarded high-level security clearances.

The new planes aren’t due to be finished until near the end of Trump’s term, and he’s out of patience. He has described the situation as “a total mess,” and he has complained that Air Force One isn’t as nice as the planes flown by some Arab leaders.

“It’s not even the same ballgame,” he said.

Trump said Qatar, which hosts the largest U.S. military base in the Middle East, offered a replacement plane that could be used while the government was waiting for Boeing to finish.

“We give free things out,” he said. “We’ll take one, too.”

He bristled at suggestions that he should turn down the plane, comparing the potential gift to favors on the golf course.

“When they give you a putt, you pick it up and you walk to the next hole and you say, ‘Thank you very much,’ ” he said.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, of South Dakota, expressed skepticism.

“I understand his frustration. They’re way behind schedule on delivering the next Air Force One,” the Republican told reporters.

“Whether or not this is the right solution or not, I don’t know.”

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Boeing has been working on retrofitting 747s that were originally built for a nowdefunct Russian airliner for use as Air Force One. But the program has faced nearly a decade of delays.

Will the new plane be secure?

The Qatari plane has been described as a “palace in the sky,” complete with luxurious accommodations and top-of-the-line finishes.

But security is the primary concern when it comes to presidential travel. The current Air Force One planes were built from scratch near the end of the Cold War. They are hardened against the effects of a nuclear blast and include a range of security features, such as antimissile countermeasures and an onboard operating room. They are also equipped with air-to-air refueling capabilities for contingencies, though it has never been utilized with a president on board.

A former U.S. official briefed on the Air Force One replacement project said that while it would be possible to add some features to the Qatari jet, there was no way to add the full suite of capabilities to the plane on a tight timetable.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive program, said it would be a risk for presidents to fly on such a jet.

One of the most important features of Air Force One is the communications capabilities. Presidents can use the plane as a flying Situation Room, allowing them to respond to crises anywhere on the globe.

However, on Sept. 11, 2001, Republican President George W. Bush was frustrated by communications issues and ordered up massive technology upgrades over subsequent years to improve the president’s ability to monitor events and communicate with people around the world.

The new ones under development by Boeing are being stripped down so workers can replace the standard wiring with shielded cabling. They’re also modifying the jet with an array of classified security measures and communications capabilities.

Because of the high standards for ensuring a president can communicate clearly and securely, there are fears that Trump would be compromising safety by rushing to modify the Qatari jet.

“Disassembling and evaluating the plane for collection/spy devices will take years,” William Evanina, who served as director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center during Trump’s first term, wrote on social media.

Ex-Louisiana official named to FEMA panel Cooper worked on state recovery efforts

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON — Mark Cooper, who worked on Louisiana disasters for both Democratic and Republican governors, will join the presidential team that is studying the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Cooper was named to the panel over the weekend by President Donald Trump in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social.

“I know that the new members will work hard to fix a terribly bro- Cooper ken system, and return power to state emergency managers, who will help make America safe again,” Trump wrote.

Cooper was former chief of staff for Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and director of the Governor’s Office for Homeland Security under Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal.

Cooper has been on the ground in recovery efforts from disasters that have struck Louisiana in recent years, from Hurricane Katrina through the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before coming to Louisiana, Cooper was deputy fire chief for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He is now a partner with Five Score Partners, a Baton Rouge-based business and government relations consulting firm.

On the campaign trail and since his election, Trump has said that FEMA doesn’t work properly and needs significant changes — up to and including being eliminated.

He wants some of the agency’s disaster relief functions returned to the states.

FEMA has suspended or stopped taking applications for several programs aimed at

mitigating disaster damage through infrastructure improvements, such as strengthening levees and raising structures.

Last week, FEMA’s acting chair, Cam Hamilton, was fired. The Trump administration did not give a reason for his termination, but it happened the day after he testified to Congress that FEMA should not be eliminated.

Trump established the council to assess FEMA by executive order on Jan. 24. The goal for the council is to advise the president “on the existing ability of FEMA to capably and impartially address disasters occurring within the United States” and to recommend changes to FEMA’s missions, procedures and operations.

The council will be chaired by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. The committee also includes Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant.

Other members of the council include: n Jane Castor, mayor of Tampa, Florida n Rosie Cordero-Stutz, sheriff of MiamiDade County, Florida n Robert Fenton Jr., Region 9 administrator and former acting administrator of FEMA n Evan Greenberg, CEO of insurance company Chubb Limited n Kevin Guthrie, executive director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management n W. Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management n Michael Whatley, chair of the Republican National Committee.

Trump has charged the council, whose members will only receive reimbursement of some expenses, with recommending significant policy and operational changes to FEMA before summer.

U.K. government vows to cut immigration

By The Associated Press LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged Monday to cut immigration numbers and make it harder to settle in the U.K., confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment.

Starmer, whose center-left Labour Party

won a landslide victory last July, is facing pressure from voters who are increasingly frustrated by high levels of immigration that many believe have strained public services and inflamed ethnic tensions in some parts of the country.

Starmer said he would end “Britain’s failed experiment in open borders,” less than two weeks after Reform UK, the hardright party led by Nigel Farage, scored big victories in local elections.

Is any of this legal or ethical?

Even for a president who has blurred traditional lines around public service and personal gain, Trump’s plans to receive a jumbo jet as a gift has rattled Washington.

The Constitution prohibits federal officials from accepting things of value, or “emoluments,” from foreign governments without congressional approval.

“This is a classic example of what the founders worried about,” said Richard Painter, a law professor at the University of Minnesota and former White House ethics chief under Bush. “But I don’t think the founders anticipated it would get this bad.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday that the details of the donation are “still being worked out” but would be done “in full compliance with the law.”

She dismissed idea the idea that Qatar wanted to influence Trump.

“They know President Trump, and they know he only works with the interests of the American public in mind,” she said.

Four Democratic senators on the Foreign Relations Committee — Brian Schatz, of Hawaii; Chris Coons, of Delaware; Cory Booker, of New Jersey; and Chris Murphy, of Connecticut — issued a statement saying Trump’s plan “creates a clear conflict of interest, raises serious national security questions, invites foreign influence, and undermines public trust in our government.”

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Looking dapper in a pale pink shirt embossed with green leaves over a forest green blazer and blue jeans, Foster started the song’s slow verse before breaking into the up-tempo chorus.

“What a fan base. And man, you got ’em, you got ’em right where you want ’em, man,” judge Luke Bryan told Foster after the studio audience eventually quieted down.

“You got the fans and you got us as judges. And I tell you, there’s a reason why you’re getting recognized when you’re at a Disney park is ’cause you’ve got, you’ve got a thing, you’ve got a look, you’ve got a sound that you’ve been getting better at week after week. And that was a perfect, perfect example right there.”

Judge Lionel Richie likewise praised the LSU premed student.

“You know, I think you’ve tapped in on the source. You got that likability, you know, I mean that’s what it’s all about,” Richie said. “A lot of people think it’s just about singing, but people have to come to like you. Yeah. And they fall in love with you. I don’t know what the hell it is, but this, but you’re doing all right, kid.”

Judge Carrie Underwood said she had been trying to figure out what the country version of “The Jungle Book” might be.

“But I heard what the soundtrack would sound like. I mean you took such a fun song that’s you know, a

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Continued from page 1A teachers would get $2,000 and other school personnel would receive $1,000 under the proposed budget, which will move to the state Senate if it clears the House.

The Legislature added the onetime stipends to the budget, at a total cost of about $199.5 million, after voters in March rejected a constitutional amendment that would have dissolved several education trust funds to pay for permanent teacher raises.

On Monday, the House passed two bills that repackage the teacher-pay portion of the amendment.

If the full Legislature passes the bills and voters approve the constitutional change, teachers would get lasting raises starting with the 2026-27 school year. In that case, the one-time stipends would be a stopgap measure until the raises kick in.

Rep. Barbara Freiberg, R-Baton Rouge, said teachers earned the stipends — especially after Louisiana students made record gains last year on a closely watched national test.

“I think that achievement is due to thousands of hardworking teachers who are in the classroom every day making a difference in the lives of students,” said Freiberg, who is a member of the bud-

Mentor Lin-Manuel Miranda steered Foster toward putting less of Nelson into his performance and more of himself.

“They’re speaking to you, Johnny boy,” Bryan began his critique. “I mean, listen, you’re everybody is gunning for one another. Everybody’s doing great performances and, like I said, at this point we’ve seen you go all over the map and that was a different look. And, and I agree with Lin-Manuel. You know, we’re glad you weren’t copying anybody. It was authentically you and great job on that.”

Richie then told Foster he was totally in love with the timbre of his voice.

“I think that I call it instant identity. I know that’s you on your first note and that’s what makes an artist,” he said. “The difference between a singer and a stylist is I know your voice in three notes.

That’s what you want to have for the rest of your career. And you have one.”

“So I remember your audition coming in and I felt like I had this diamond in the rough standing right in front of me and I had to do PROVIDED PHOTO By ERIC MCCANDLESS/DISNEy a little convincing,” Underwood Louisiana’s John Foster, right, takes in an ‘American Idol’ mentoring session with the award-winning songwriter added. “Yeah, fellow judges. But I love that you’re standing here right Lin-Manuel Miranda at Disneyland Resort last week. now proving me right. And I’m gopart of my childhood and made it ognized. sacrificed so much and given so ing to tell you right now, if you ain’t your own, put your spin on it and it “Walking through the French much to me, and so it’s great to be real careful, you might just win this was just a good time,” Underwood Quarter at Disneyland is giving able to give them an experience whole thing.” said. “I mean, what can I say? That me a little tiny taste of my home,” like this.”

“American Idol’s” grand finale was fun.”

For his second Disney song of the will air from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. SunFoster tells the camera. “Got to eat Just prior to the performance, a little bit of beignets, which was night, Foster performed “The Rain- day on ABC and stream the next video clips chronicled Foster and awesome. I never expected to go bow Connection” from Disney’s day on Hulu. his family enjoying Disneyland Re- to Disneyland and get recognized 1979 “The Muppet Movie,” noting sort last week, riding rides, munch- by anyone. My family has been so that his favorite artist, Willie Nel- Email Judy Bergeron at jbergeron@theadvocate.com. ing on beignets and yes, being rec- incredibly supportive of me. They son, had done a cover of the song.

get committee.

The money allocated for the LA GATOR program will pay for grants for an estimated 12,000 students, or roughly a third of the eligible students whose families applied. Some lawmakers have balked at spending nearly $94 million to subsidize students’ private education when many public schools are underfunded. But Landry and advocacy groups that promote school vouchers pressured reluctant lawmakers to fund the program, including with TV ads that said, “Don’t shortchange our kids.”

Committee Chair Jack McFarland, R-Jonesboro, said Monday that the new budget also includes $17.5 million for “differentiated pay,” which allows school districts to give extra money to high-performing teachers, those who teach hard-to-staff subjects and others.

Rep. Jason Hughes, D-New Orleans, a committee member who has called for higher teacher pay, said the new budget proposal includes “significant investments” in Louisiana’s children along with some spending cuts.

“I think the final product is something we can all be proud of,” he said.

education officials and advocates sought for teacher pay, early childhood education and the LA GATOR program.

But it sacrifices money for “high-dosage” tutoring in math and reading, where trained tutors work with small groups of struggling students a few times a week, which state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley has made a top priority and credits with driving some of the state’s recent academic gains.

“While I’m disappointed by the cut to tutoring, today is one step in the budget process,” he said in a statement Monday. “We look forward to the opportunity to share more about the vital role this support has played in our academic success.”

Lawmakers paid for the teacher stipends by removing roughly $200 million from the budget, which is spelled out in House Bill 1. The cuts came in a series of amendments to the bill that were added Monday.

The biggest cut came from blocking $91 million in new vehicle and heavy equipment purchases by state agencies, according to a release from the House of Representatives. A hiring freeze imposed by Landry is expected Paying for the stipends to generate another $20 million in The proposed budget is mostly a savings, and the state saved anwin for education — with one big other $25.5 million by paying down caveat. retirement debt early, according to It includes funding that state the release.

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V25-04: Variance for Roof Pitch.

This 0.55-acre property is located at 7162 Shady Park Dr, Lot LC-1 of the R.W. Wolfeser Property. The applicant requests a variance to Sec. 3.3.E. of the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Code to allow a roof pitch less than 6:12 in the R-2 (Sin‐ gle-Family Residence) zoning district. (Appli‐ cant: Melissa Martin) V25-05: Variance to re‐ duce side setback for an Accessory Structure. This 4.12-acre property is lo‐ cated at 16325 Bree Drive, Lot C-1-A-1-A, of the Rounsaville Property.

The applicant requests a variance to the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Code: 12.3.b.2 from 25 to 10 feet. The request is in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zoning district. (Appli‐ cant/Owner: Harris Reams) V25-06: Variance to allow carport in front yard and an accessory structure in side yard. This 0.33-acre property is located at 15045 E. Beaver Drive, Lot 277, of the Crystal Place Subdivision. The appli‐ cant requests a variance to the Comprehensive Zoning Code: 2.2.b & 2.2.c. The request is in the R-1 (Single-Family Residence) zoning dis‐ trict. (Applicant/Owner: E.D. Bernard Jr.) 139417 May 3, 7, 13, 3t $86.80 PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Central Plan‐ ning & Zoning Commis‐ sions will hold public hearings on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at 6:00 pm at the Central Commu‐ nity School System School Board Office at 11576 Sullivan Road, Cen‐ tral, LA 70818, to consider the following:

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Section 76, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 12- Racca)

PA-2-25 17050 Old Scenic Highway To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Agricul‐ tural/Rural to Industrial, located on the north side of Heck Young Road, east of Old Scenic Highway, on property now or for‐ merly known as Lot 1 of the Hector Young and Lue McGhee Young Prop‐ erty. Section 72, T5S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 1- Noel)

CUP-2-25 Timothy Hill Ranch Proposed philan‐ thropic organization for foster care facility on property located on the east side of Charlton Road, south of Comite Acres Avenue, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as Lot 3 and the 50 Acre Tract of the Thomas A. Charlton Tract Property. Section 58, T5S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 2- Kenney)

CASE 15-25 17050 Old Scenic Highway To re‐ zone from Rural to Light Industrial (M1) on prop‐ erty located on the north side of Heck Young Road, east of Old Scenic High‐ way, on property now or formerly known as Lot 1 of the Hector Young and Lue McGhee Young Prop‐ erty. Section 72, T5S, R1W, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 1- Noel)

CUP-3-25 5615 Corporate Boulevard (Roof Sign) Proposed roof sign on property located on the north side of Corporate Boulevard, west of En‐ ergy Drive, on property now or formerly known as Lot 6-A of Corporate Square. Section 94, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 7- Harris)

& PARISH PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Central Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Thurs‐ day, May 22, 2025, at 5:00 pm at the Central Com‐ munity School System School Board Office at 11576 Sullivan Road, Cen‐ tral, LA 70818, to consider the following:

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the amendment that Landry pushed for to raise teacher salaries and make other sweeping changes to the state constitution, critics blamed the amendment’s length and complexity for its defeat. Lawmakers then introduced a pair of bills — House Bill 466 by Rep. Josh Carlson, R-Lafayette, and House Bill 579 by Rep. Julie Emerson, R-Carencro — that revived the plan to finance teacher raises. Both bills passed the House on Monday and now head to the state Senate.

But the raises would not take effect until 2026. That left open the possibility that Louisiana teachers, who on average earn about $5,000 less than their regional peers, would see smaller paychecks this fall after their current stipends expired. The amendments that the budget committee approved Monday avoid pay decreases by funding another year of stipends.

However, lawmakers say the stipends are a temporary solution, arguing that the state must find a way to fund lasting raises.

“If we really want to keep competent teachers in the state,” said Rep. Barbara Carpenter, D-Baton Rouge, “we’re going to ultimately A plan for long-term raises have to find a way to pay salaries It was unclear until Monday’s that are comparable to other probudget meeting whether lawmak- fessions.” ers would find the money for stipends.

Email Elyse Carmosino at After Louisianans voted down ecarmosino@theadvocate.com.

Lawmakers also reduced Medicaid funding by $26.3 million. McFarland said that number reflects over-budgeting from previous years.

Teacher pay wasn’t the only winner in the budget Monday.

The amendments gave an additional $1.2 million to Louisiana’s Child Advocacy Centers, which serve children who are victims of abuse or human trafficking or who have witnessed violent crimes.

Federal cuts prompted those centers to seek state aid. And lawmakers restored $7 million that has helped expand domestic violence victim services in Louisiana.

It’s also possible that programs like tutoring that were cut to pay for the stipends could be restored in the final budget, said Steven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council, a nonpartisan Louisiana research group. He said legislative leaders have indicated that updated state revenue forecasts will show the state has more money to work with than initially projected.

“That gives me a lot of confidence,” he said, adding that he thinks some of the cuts are only temporary.

Tract E-2 from the E.C. Spurgeon Property. This 40.60-acre property is lo‐ cated on the west side of Blackwater Road, north of Dyer Road, Lot ID Num‐ ber 171004729. The appli‐ cant is requesting to subdivide one tract into five tracts in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zon‐ ing district. (Applicant: Alvin Fairburn on behalf of Marcia Wood) S25-07-F: Subdivision of Tracts B-1-B-3-A of the Keowen Property. This 8.83-acre property is lo‐ cated at 10223 Arleen Ave. The applicants re‐ quest to subdivide one tract into two tracts in the R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) zoning district.

(Applicants: Stephen La‐ Cour on behalf of Chris Dunaway) S25-08-F: Subdivision of Tract 3-A-1 of being a portion of the American Lung Assoc. Property.

This 7.77-acre property is located on Greenwell Springs Road, near the Denham Road intersec‐ tion. The applicant is re‐ questing to subdivide one tract into two tracts in the R/A (Rural/Agricul‐ tural) zoning district.

(Applicant: Ronald Cappo) V25-07: Waiver of Public Sewer Requirement for Tract C of the Former A.L. Kennedy Property. This 30.51-acre property is lo‐ cated at 15215 French‐ town Road. The applicant requests a waiver of Sec. 7:14.3.2 of the Unified De‐ velopment Code for pub‐ lic sewer connection within 500 feet. The prop‐ erty is in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zon‐ ing district. (Applicant: Louis Edwin Miremont) 139405 May 3, 7, 13, 3t $117.13

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Planning Commission E25-03: Exchange of Property between Lots A2-D formerly of the West‐ brook Property & 3-B of being a portion of the American Lung Assoc.

Property. These 4.65-acre properties are located at 23838 & 23828 Greenwell Springs Road in the R/A (Rural/Agricultural) zon‐ ing district. (Applicant: Ronald Cappo)

The Planning Commis‐ sion of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge will hold a public meeting on Monday, May 19, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., in Room 348, City Hall located at 222 St. Louis Street, 3rd floor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Planning Commis‐ sion will consider the fol‐ lowing rezoning requests and amendments to the “Comprehensive Land Use Plan” as indicated:

S25-06-F: Subdivision of

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CASE 13-25 T 1482 Lobdell Avenue To rezone prop‐ erty from Single Family Residential (A1) to Neigh‐ borhood Commercial (NC) located on the west side of Lobdell Avenue, north of Lasalle Avenue, on property now or for‐ merly known as Lot 39 of Goodwood Estates. Sec‐ tion 90, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11- Adams) CASE 14-25 8031 Cypress Lake Drive To rezone property from Transition (B1) to Single Family Res‐ idential (A1) located on the north side of Cypress Lake Drive, east of Jeffer‐ son Highway, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as Lot 11-A-1 of Country Club Colony.

Section 83, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11- Adams) PUD-5-07 Dawson Bluff Townhomes, The Grove, Final Development Plan Revision 5 Proposed revi‐ sion to from semi de‐ tached to zero lot line and setback modifica‐ tions on property located on the south side of The Grove Avenue and west of Creekview Drive, on property now or formerly known as 2nd Filing of Dawson Bluff Town‐ homes and Tract WG-2E2-B-1 of the Mary E. and Robert L. Kleinpeter Property. Sections 55, 56 and 57, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11- Adams) PUD-1-25 Maple Cove Final Development Plan Proposed low density zero lot line residential development on property located on the north side of Burbank Drive, west of Portula Avenue, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as Lot A-2-A-1 of the J.H. Jolissaint Tract.

CS-4-25 Knox & Farren‐ bacher Tract Proposed flag lot minor subdivision located on the south side of Greenwell Springs Road, north of North Flannery Road, on prop‐ erty now or formerly known as Tract 4-A-1 of the Knox & Farrenbacher Tract. (Council District 5Hurst) CS-5-25 Willie Schmidt Property Proposed flag lot minor subdivision lo‐ cated on the west side of Port Hudson-Pride Road, north of Edwards Road, on property now or for‐ merly known as Tract L of the Willie Schmidt Property. (Council Dis‐ trict 1- Noel) CS-6-25 Knox & Farren‐ bacher Tract Proposed flag lot minor subdivision located on the north side of Buhler Drive, north of North Flannery Road, on property now or formerly known as Lot 5-A of the Knox & Farrenbacher Tract. (Council District 5Hurst) 139953-may 913-15-3t $192.18 PUBLIC NOTICE --ZACHARY COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES May 6, 2025 Mr. Gaines will be run‐ ning the meeting tonight.

The Zachary Community School Board Meeting was held on May 6, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. at 3755 Church Street, Zachary, Louisiana.

The Invocation was led

by Mr. Talbot.

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Dr. London ROLL CALL: Dr. Lathon, Dr. Jarrell, Mr. Talbot, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Mackie, Mr. Gaines, Dr. London, Mr. Dayton 1 ABSENT – Mrs.

Freeman UP‐ SUPERINTENDENT DATE Mr. Necaise gave his Su‐ perintendent’s Update and informed the Board of upcoming dates for district functions.

RECOGNITION OF NORTH‐ WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL GRAND CHAMPI‐ ONS FOR DIVISION 11 FOOD CHALLENGE The board recognized the following students and presented them with a certificate: Amari Barber, Ella Hebert, Madison Franks, Abigail Harris.

RECOGNITION OF ZHS DAVID IRVIN – ABC PELI‐ CAN CHAPTER OVERALL WELDING CHAMPIONSHIP The board presented David Irvin with a certifi‐ cate.

RECOGNITION OF ZHS – KHALIYAH CLAIBORNE – ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH BEATSBYKMARIE – YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY The board presented Khaliyah Claiborne with a certificate.

RECOGNITION OF RE‐ TIREES The following retirees were recognized and re‐ ceived a plaque: Connie Aslin, Stephanie Albarez, Stephanie Hebert, Toni Navarre, Pam Washing‐ ton, Leagh Carlton, Tammy Wesley, Cather‐ ine Martin, Jenn Master‐ son.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES Mr. Mackie moved to ap‐ prove the minutes for the April 1, 2025 Resources Committee Meeting, Work Session, Board Meeting, April 3, 2025 Pol‐ icy Committee Meeting and April 15, 2025 Board Retreat Meeting, April 29, 2025 Policy/Handbook Meeting. Mr. Hughes sec‐ onded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT FILE: JS – STUDENT FEES, FINES AND CHARGES POLICY Mr. Dayton moved to ap‐ prove the File: JS – Stu‐ dent Fees, Fines, and Charges Policy. Mr. Tal‐ bot seconded the mo‐ tion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT ADVERTISE THE 2025-2026 BUDGET Dr. Jarrell moved to ad‐ vertise the 2025-2026 Budget. Dr. London sec‐ onded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT ACCEPT BIDS FOR FOOD

SERVICE AND SUPPLY BIDS Mr. Dayton moved to ac‐ cept bids for Food Ser‐ vice and Supply Bids. Mr. Mackie seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT REVISED 2025 BOARD COMMITTEES AND RE‐ SPONSIBILITIES Mr. Hughes moved to ap‐ prove the Revised 2025 Board Committees and Responsibilities. Mr. Day‐ ton seconded the mo‐ tion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT APPROVAL OF ADMINIS‐ TRATIVE CONTRACTS Mr. Hughes moved to ap‐ prove the Administrative Contracts. Mr. Mackie seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT JOB DESCRIPTIONS UP‐ DATE Mr. Hughes moved to ap‐ prove the Job Descrip‐ tions Update. Dr. Jarrell seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT SEEK BIDS FOR NMS ROOF PROJECT Mr. Dayton moved to ap‐ prove of seeking bids for NMS Roof Project. Mr. Mackie seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT FILE: EBBC – EMER‐ GENCY/CRISIS MANAGE‐ MENT POLICY Dr. London moved to table File: EBBC – Emer‐ gency/Crisis Manage‐ ment Policy. Mr. Dayton seconded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT FILE: JD – DISCIPLINE POLICY Dr. London moved to table File: JD – Discipline Policy. Dr. Jarrell sec‐ onded the motion.

There was no public comment.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT PRESENTATION OF FEED BACK FROM THE DIS‐ TRICT POLICY & HAND‐ BOOK COMMITTEE MEET‐ ING Mr. Burke reviewed with the board information from the District Policy and Handbook Commit‐ tee Meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS – None at this time.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS –

To be announced.

AGENDA ITEMS FOR JUNE 17, 2025 Student Rights and Re‐ sponsibilities Handbook, Tax Proposition, Budget, Policies ADJOURN Mr. Dayton moved to ad‐ journ. Dr. London sec‐ onded the motion.

VOTE: 8 YEAS 0 NAYS 1 ABSENT Andrew Gaines President

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE the La. Dept. of Energy and Natural Re‐ sources, Office of Coastal Management (OCM) has received the following application(s) for a Coastal Use Permit (CUP) in accordance with the State and Local Coastal Resources Man‐ agement Act of 1978, as amended, (La. R.S. 49:214.21-214.41), and the rules and regulations of the Coastal Resources Program.

Applications for the proposed work may be inspected at 617 North 3rd Street, Room 1078, Baton Rouge, LA or on the OCM web page at: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ index.cfm?md=pagebui lder&tmp=home& pid=591. Copies may be obtained upon payment of cost of copying. Writ‐ ten comments, including suggestions for modifi‐ cations or objections to the proposed work and stating the reasons thereof, are being so‐ licited from the public.

Comments must be re‐ ceived within 25 days of the date of publication of this notice. Comments should be uploaded to our electronic record, but may be mailed or emailed to the desig‐ nated OCM Reviewer. All comments must contain the appropriate applica‐ tion number and the commenter's full name and contact information.

Any person may request, in writing, within the comment period speci‐ fied in this notice, that a State or Federal public hearing be held to con‐ sider this application. Re‐ quests for public hear‐ ings shall state, with par‐ ticularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing and must contain the name and contact infor‐

mation of the requester.

Below are the referenced application(s): ********OCM; P. O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487; Phone: (225) 342-3781; Email: taylor. ross2@la.gov; OCM Re‐ viewer: Taylor Ross; CUP NUMBER: P20250315 Name: Phillips 66 Pipeline Llc c/o David Wandell 1347 North Causeway Blvd Suite 201 Mandeville, LA 70471 Attn: David Wandell Lo‐ cation: Saint John the Baptist Parish, LA; Lat 3006-34.31N, Long -90-3126.45W; Section 8, T11SR7E; Description: Re‐ moval of a lodged in-line tool from the existing RV47 pipeline. Board mats will temporarily be used for access and an aqua barrier will be temporar‐ ily installed on site. Ap‐ prox. 44 cy of material will be temporarily exca‐ vated and used as back‐ fill upon project comple‐ tion.

NOTICE the La. Dept. of Energy and Natural Re‐ sources, Office of Coastal Management (OCM) has received a re‐ quest to extend for the referenced Coastal Use Permit in accordance with the State and Local Coastal Resources Man‐ agement Act of 1978, as amended, (Louisiana R.S. 49:214.21-214.41), and the rules and regulations of the Coastal Resources Program. Application for the proposed work may be inspected at 617 North 3rd Street, Room 1078, Baton Rouge, LA or on the OCM web page at: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ index.cfm?md=pagebui lder&tmp=home& pid=591. Copies may be obtained upon payment of cost of copying. Writ‐ ten comments, including suggestions for modifi‐ cations or objections to the proposed work and stating the reasons thereof, are being so‐ licited from the public.

Comments must be re‐ ceived within 10 days of the date of publication of this notice. The sole rea‐ son for not allowing ex‐ tension based upon pub‐ lic comment shall be that there has been a change in the conditions of the area affected by the per‐ mit since the permit was originally issued. Com‐ ments should be up‐ loaded to our electronic record, but may be mailed, faxed or emailed to the designated OCM Reviewer. All comments must contain the appro‐ priate application num‐ ber and the commenter's full name and contact in‐ formation. OCM, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487, Phone: (225) 342-0566, Email: lorna.putnam-duhon2@ la.gov, OCM Reviewer: h

Public Notices Nat Res Coastal g Lorna Putnam-Duhon, CUP NUMBER: P20200026 (Extended) Name: Iberia Parish Government, c/o Royal Engineers & Con‐ sultants 850 N Blvd Baton Rouge, La 70802 Attn: Zachary Romaine Loca‐ tion: Iberia Parish, LA; Lat. 29 54' 33.48"N, Long.

-91 49' 41.74"W; Section 27 T13S R6E; None New Iberia, 70560 Description: Proposal for Peebles Coulee Water Control Structure which will be constructed to reduce flood damages in south‐ ern Iberia Parish. Ap‐ proximately 2705 cubic yards will be excavated and placed onsite and approximately 417 cubic yards of concrete and rock material will be hauled in and placed on‐ site. ***************OCM, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-4487, Phone: (225) 342-9083, Email: melissa.sherman2@la. gov, OCM Reviewer: Melissa Sherman, CUP NUMBER: P20230091 (Re‐ vised, Extended) Name: CPRA, P.O. Box 44027 Baton Rouge, La 70804 Attn: Sydney Dobson Lo‐ cation: Plaquemines, Saint Bernard Parishes, LA; Lat 29-46-01.11N / Long -89-46-59.38W (see plats for specific project coordinate locations); Lake Lery; East of Delacroix.

Description: Proposed dredging of Lake Lerry for the con‐ struction of two (2) sepa‐ rate marsh creation pro‐ jects spanning approx.

414 ac and approx. 18,880 linear feet of terraces. In addition, approx. 3,490' of abandoned pipelines will be removed. Approx.

3,950,576 cy of material will be excavated and placed onsite. Approx.

793 ac of unvegetated water bottoms and wet‐ land habitat may be im‐ pacted as result of the proposed activities.

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Continued from page 1A tract has hundreds of acres that need mowing and 20 buildings “in various stages of repair and disrepair.” It employs 28 staff members, most of them focused on visitors.

“I’m running a $5 million organization on $3 million,” Rogers said last week.

The Trump administration has made that job harder, Rogers said, echoing the uncertainty many nonprofits have felt in recent months.

Since March, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order criticizing institutions trying to “rewrite our Nation’s history, replacing objective facts with a distorted narrative driven by ideology rather than truth,” Whitney Plantation and other institutions that center the stories of Black people have wondered whether funding they’ve long counted on will continue.

For Rogers, soon after Trump’s order came notices from the Institute of Museum of Library Services that two grants totaling almost $350,000, awarded through a program supporting African American museums, had been rescinded. In a letter to grantees, the federal agency’s acting director Keith Sonderling wrote that the grant “is no longer consistent with the agency’s priorities and no longer serves the interest of the United States.”

Two days after the cancellation letter, she received another email in the middle of the night, saying that funds already requested would be completed. Rogers is also pushing to wrap up a third federal grant ahead of schedule, this one from the National Park Service.

Still, the uncertainty coming from Washington has made her job at the Whitney that much harder.

Grant funding that she once assumed would be Harry paid out as promised is now in doubt. She figures that other grants are no longer worth applying for, given directives aimed at halting funding for diversity initiatives. There’s also unease from international travelers, who make up 20% of the site’s visitors.

“Part of me is just so mad that these funds, appropriated by Congress, are in question for so many people and are being taken out-

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Visitors learn about the 1811 German Coast uprising at the Whitney Plantation in Wallace. Institutions such as Whitney Plantation play ‘a crucial role in conveying historical truths — the good, the bad and the painful,’ said board member Katherine Bush Felton. right from so many people,” Rogers said.

At the same time, she said, the museum’s mission to tell the truth about the nation’s history — to center the lives of the enslaved, rather than the enslavers — feels even more vital.

‘People were hungry for this’ By the time they reached the stately, 230-year-old “Big House,” the two dozen people on a recent morning’s tour of Whitney understood the museum’s focus.

“There is no furniture upstairs,” historical interpreter Najia Harry told the group as they stood below. “We took it out. What we realized is that a lot of guests were coming to this house and they became more enamored. ...”

One guest guffawed, shaking his head.

“Yeah, if you can believe it, they became more enamored with the antebellum era,” she continued, “asking more questions about the owner’s furniture, instead of the enslaved people.”

Soon after Whitney Plantation welcomed its first visitors in late 2014, The New York Times declared it “the first slavery muse-

um in America.” Its arrival came four months after a police officer shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. The National Museum of African American History and Culture hadn’t opened yet. The International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, didn’t yet exist.

“People were hungry for this, and also, didn’t know how to react to the whole thing,” said Rogers, 42, who opened the place alongside John Cummings, the former trial lawyer who bought what was once an indigo, rice and sugar cane plantation and invested $10 million to restore it.

Now a nonprofit, the organization is “uncomfortably reliant” on visitors, as Rogers put it, with about 86% of revenue in fiscal year 2024 coming from ticket sales and the gift shop.

Most of the museum’s expenses go to people and maintenance, leaving little for activities or exhibits like the one she’s envisioning for the store. That’s where federal funding helps. An Institute of Museum and Library Services grant paid for the site’s first Juneteenth festival. A $243,000 grant from that agency, one of the two canceled and then restored, is paying for the creation of an exhi-

bition about enslaved people who resisted and self-emancipated before and during the Civil War. The nonprofit’s most “solid” funder is the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, which itself relies upon funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities, another Trump target.

It was LEH that responded after Hurricane Ida damaged every building on site, Rogers said. LEH paid for plywood and dehumidifiers and tarps. They knew “what we were dealing with here in Louisiana, and that might look very different than in Kansas or California,” Rogers said.

In April, the LEH got word that the NEH was canceling $600,000 of its funding, leading the Louisiana agency to nix one major grant program. It honored grants already awarded, including one for $15,000 to the Whitney Plantation. But the fate of future years of funding are unclear.

Federal money that flows through state agencies are “truly democratizing dollars that can reach every part of the state,” said director Miranda Restovic.

Most foundations and donors, in contrast, focus their dollars on cities. And competition for such dollars just got tougher, Rogers said.

“I don’t know where we’re going to look for grants, to be honest. I have no clue.”

Protecting the physical site is expensive, taxing and important, she said, partly because the space itself tells the story. Being on the plantation each day has changed Rogers’ own understanding of slavery, she said.

Walking among the sugar cane, the plants towering over her, “I felt the vastness in a different way.”

‘I’m not willing to back down’ Rogers is in a better position than some nonprofits. She got most of the grant money that was expected this year, and supporters have responded to concerns about cuts. In less than a week in April, the Whitney Plantation raised more than $39,000.

Still, there are worries on the horizon. She had planned to apply for a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service for renovations and repairs to the “Big House.”

But applying for a grant takes time, and recent news had given her pause. In February, news outlets reported that the National Science Foundation was flagging grant applications with terms re-

lated to diversity, equity and inclusion.

That same month, the National Park Service removed an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River, which included the Whitney Plantation, from consideration for a National Historic Landmark designation, at the request of state officials.

In theory, to get the park service grant, Rogers could have written a narrative that downplayed Whitney’s focus on enslaved Black people, focusing instead on the White people who lived in the grand house, she said. But that would have betrayed the place’s mission.

“What I would want to focus on is preserving the craftsmanship of the enslaved African builders,” she said. “I’m not willing to back down on that.”

The whitewashing of history is “a tale as old as time,” said Katherine Bush Felton, board member of the Whitney Plantation and a descendant of Wallace’s settlement of Black landowners. Many textbooks and museums have told a narrow or untrue version of history, “and I think as an African American, I’m fully aware of that.”

Institutions such as Whitney Plantation play “a crucial role in conveying historical truths — the good, the bad and the painful,” she continued. “And not just because we don’t want to repeat history, but because there is strength in understanding history.”

That strength is what Harry sees when she looks at a memorial sculpted by artist Woodrow Nash, her tour’s last stop. Last week, visitors followed her along a gravel path and around a wall of roses to find dozens of heads mounted on steel rods.

Before telling the story behind the piece, honoring the men killed in 1811 after staging the biggest armed slave revolt in U.S. history, Harry noted that many people hadn’t ever heard that history, “including me.”

“I lived here my entire life,” said Harry, a 24-year-old college student studying criminal justice, “and I did not learn about this revolt until I came to work here.

So I’m going to tell you what I’ve learned.”

She named the men, described their bravery and detailed their deaths.

As she spoke, she turned the head of one sculpture, then another, until they were all facing forward.

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American businesses that rely on Chinese goods scramble after announcement

BY MAE ANDERSON and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP business writers

NEW YORK — American businesses that rely on Chinese goods reacted with muted relief Monday after the U.S. and China agreed to pause their exorbitant tariffs on each other’s products for 90 days.

Importers still face relatively high tariffs, however, as well as uncertainty over what will happen in the coming weeks and months. Many businesses delayed or canceled orders after President Donald Trump last month put a 145% tariff on items made in China.

Now, they’re concerned a mad scramble to get goods onto ships will lead to bottlenecks and increased shipping costs. The temporary truce was announced as retailers and suppliers are looking to finalize plans and orders for the holiday shopping season.

“The timing couldn’t have been any worse with regard to placing orders, so turning on a dime to pick back up with customers and our factories will put us severely behind schedule,” said WS Game Company owner Jonathan Silva, whose Massachusetts business creates deluxe versions of Monopoly, Scrabble and other Hasbro board games.

Silva said the 30% tariff on Chinese imports still is a step in the right direction. He has nine containers of products waiting at factories in China and said he would work to get them exported at the lower rate.

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Shoppers walk by as workers install a platform near a Nike store outside a shopping mall in Beijing.

Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to lower its 145% tariff rate on Chinese goods by 115 percentage points, while China agreed to lower its retaliatory 125% rate on U.S. goods by the same amount. The two sides plan to continue negotiations on a longer-term trade deal.

Before Trump started the latest U.S. tariff battle with China, Miami-based game company All Things Equal was preparing to launch its first electronic board game.

Founder Eric Poses said he spent two years developing The Good News Is..., a fill-inthe-blank game covering topics like politics and sports. He plowed $120,000 into research and development.

When the president in February added a 20% tariff on products made in China, Poses started removing unessential features such as embossed packaging. When the rate went

up to 145%, he faced two options: leave the goods in China or send them to bonded warehouses, a storage method that allows importers to defer duty payments for up to five years.

Poses contacted his factories in China on Monday to arrange the deferred shipments, but with his games still subject to a 30% tariff, he said he would have to cut back on marketing to keep the electronic game priced at $29.99. With other businesses also in a rush to get their products, he said he is worried he won’t be able to his into shipping containers and that if he does, the cost will be much more expensive.

“It’s very hard to plan because if you want to go back to production in a couple of months, then you’re worried about what will the tariff rate be when it hits the U.S. ports after that 90-day period,” Poses said.

NEW YORK — Stocks rallied Monday after China and the United States announced a 90-day truce in their trade war. Each of the world’s two largest economies agreed to temporarily take down most of its tariffs against the other, which economists had warned could start a recession and create shortages on U.S. store shelves.

The S&P 500 shot up to pull back within 5% of its all-time high set in February. It’s been roaring higher since falling nearly 20% below the mark last month on hopes that President Donald Trump will lower his tariffs after reaching trade deals with other countries. The index at the heart of many 401(k) accounts is back above where it was on April 2, Trump’s “Liberation Day,” when he announced stiff worldwide tariffs that ignited worries about a potentially self-inflicted recession.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite also climbed.

It wasn’t just stocks rising following what one analyst called a “best-case scenario” for U.S.-China tariff talks, which reduced tariffs by more than what many investors expected.

Crude oil prices climbed because a global economy less burdened by tariffs will likely burn more fuel. The value of the U.S. dollar strengthened against everything from the euro to the Japanese yen to the Swiss franc.

And Treasury yields jumped on expectations that the Federal Reserve won’t have to cut interest rates as deeply this year as earlier expected in order to protect the economy from the damage of tariffs.

Gold’s price fell, meanwhile, as investors felt less need to buy something safe.

The move announced Monday could add 0.4 percentage points to the U.S. economy’s growth this year, according to Jonathan Pingle, U.S. chief economist at UBS. That’s a significant chunk, and every bit counts when the U.S. economy shrank at a 0.3% annual rate in the first three months of the year.

The 90-day reprieve also comes at a vital time for the economy, allowing retailers and suppliers to “ensure that shelves are stocked for the allimportant back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons,” said Carol Schleif, chief market strategist at BMO Private Wealth.

Of course, conditions could change quickly again, as Wall Street has seen all too often in Trump’s on-againoff-again rollout of tariffs. Big challenges still remain in the negotiations between China and the United States, and there is “no reason to believe that this will be anything other than a slow process,” said Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute.

Zepbound beats Wegovy for weight loss in first head-to-head trial Study shows that people lost 50% more weight

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Russell Crook

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LSU names business school dean

A business professor at the University of Tennessee has been selected to become the new dean of LSU’s business school.

Russell Crook is set to take over as dean of the E.J. Ourso College of Business, effective July 28, pending approval by the LSU Board of Supervisors, the university announced Monday.

Crook has been head of the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business since July 2022. He also serves as the First Horizon Foundation Distinguished Business Professor and Cheryl Massingale Business Faculty Scholar.

Crook has been on the Tennessee business school staff since 2007. During that time, he received multiple teaching and service awards from the school.

Crook said he is thrilled to join the LSU staff.

“Together, we will not only elevate the college to new heights in student success and thought leadership, but also enhance its role as a catalyst for economic growth and opportunity across the state of Louisiana,” he said in a statement.

He earned a bachelor’s in economics from Florida State University, a master’s in business administration from American University and a doctorate in strategic management from Florida State.

Before he earned his doctorate, Crook worked for several Fortune 500 companies, including American Airlines, US Airways and IBM in strategic planning and global procurement.

Crook is a fellow and a former president of the Southern Management Association.

LSU President William F. Tate IV and Executive Vice President and Provost Roy Haggerty praised Crook’s background and abilities.

“His leadership skills, scholarly expertise and industry experience make him the ideal candidate to lead LSU’s distinguished E.J. Ourso College of Business,” Haggerty said in a statement.

Crook will replace Jared Llorens as dean of the business school. LSU officials said Llorens, who has served as dean since July 2020, will return to a faculty position at the school’s Department of Public Administration.

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People taking Eli Lilly’s obesity drug, Zepbound, lost nearly 50% more weight than those using rival Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in the first head-to-head study of the blockbuster medications.

Clinical trial participants who took tirzepatide, the drug sold as Zepbound, lost an average of 50 pounds over 72 weeks, while those who took semaglutide, or Wegovy, lost about 33 pounds. That’s according to the study funded by Lilly, which was published Sunday

in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Both drugs are part of a new class of medications that work by mimicking hormones in the gut and brain that regulate appetite and feelings of fullness. But tirzepatide targets two such hormones, known as GLP-1 and GIP, while semaglutide targets GLP-1 alone, said Dr. Louis Aronne, director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Center at Weill Cornell Medicine.

“Two drugs together can produce better weight loss,” said Aronne, who led the study and presented the findings Sunday at the European Congress on Obesity in Spain.

While tirzepatide won out in what Aronne said many view as “a drag race of efficacy,” both are important tools for treating obesity, which affects about 40% of Ameri-

can adults.

“The point of these medications is to improve health,” he said. “The majority of people won’t need the most effective medication.”

The trial included 751 people from across the U.S. who were overweight or had obesity and at least one other weight-related health problem, but not diabetes.

Participants received weekly injections of the highest tolerated doses of Zepbound, either 10 milligrams or 15 milligrams, or Wegovy, 1.7 milligrams or 2.4 milligrams.

By the end of the trial, those who took Zepbound lost about 20% of their body weight on average, compared with a nearly 14% loss for those who took Wegovy. The tirzepatide group trimmed about 7 inches from their waist circumference, compared to about 5

inches with semaglutide. In addition, nearly 32% of people taking Zepbound lost at least a quarter of their body weight, compared to about 16% of those taking Wegovy, the study found.

Weight loss was about 6% lower in men than in women in both groups, the authors noted. As participants in both groups lost more weight, they saw improvements in health markers such as blood pressure, blood fat and blood sugar levels.

The GLP-1 drugs have become increasingly popular, with at least 1 in 8 U.S. adults reporting their use, according to a 2024 survey by KFF, a independent health policy research organization. Zepbound generated $4.9 billion in global sales last year. Wegovy brought in nearly $8.8 billion.

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Defense concedes Combs had violent outbursts, denies crimes

BY MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER

misguided overreach by prosecutors, saying that although her client could be violent, the state was trying to turn sex between consenting adults into a prostitution and sex

trafficking case.

“Sean Combs is a complicated man. But this is not a complicated case. This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money,” Geragos told the jury of eight men and four women. “There has been a tremendous amount of noise around this case over the past year. It is time to cancel that noise.”

Geragos conceded that Combs’ violent outbursts, often fueled by alcohol, jealousy and drugs, might have warranted domestic violence charges, but not sex trafficking and racketeering counts. She told jurors they might think Combs is a “jerk” and might not condone his “kinky sex,” but “he’s not charged with being mean. He’s not charged with being a jerk.”

With the trial’s first witness, Israel Florez, prosecutors went right to proof of violence by showing footage of Combs kicking and dragging

the R&B singer Cassie, his longtime girlfriend, on the floor outside a Los Angeles hotel’s elevators in March 2016. Jurors ended up seeing the video four times, including once in which Combs’ lawyer tried to poke holes in Florez’s recollection of events.

After CNN aired video of the attack last year, Combs apologized and said he was “disgusted” by his actions.

Florez, who worked hotel security in 2016 but is now a Los Angeles police officer, said he knew who Combs was when he encountered him sitting by the hotel’s elevators as he responded to a report of a woman in distress.

He said he encountered Combs by the elevators in only a white towel and slouching in a chair “with a blank stare ... like a devilish stare, just looking at me.”

He said that as he was escorting

Cassie and Combs to their room, she indicated she wanted to leave and Combs told her: “You’re not going to leave.” Florez said he told Combs: “If she wants to leave, she’s going to leave.”

Cassie left, and Florez said Combs called out while holding a stack of money with a $100 bill on top, telling him, “Don’t tell nobody.” Florez said he considered it a bribe and told Combs, “I don’t want your money. Just go back into your room.”

The second witness called, Daniel Phillip, said he was a professional stripper who was paid $700 to $6,000 to have sex with Cassie while Combs watched and gave instructions, with the first encounter in 2012. He said he stopped meeting with them after he saw Combs throw a bottle at her and then drag her by her hair into a bedroom as she screamed.

ers broke away from their staffs and settled into sofas on the villa’s patios overlooking Lake Geneva, helping deepen personal ties in the effort to reach a much-sought deal.

The 30% levy that America is now imposing on Chinese goods includes an existing 20% tariff intended to pressure China into doing more to prevent the the synthetic opioid fentanyl from entering the United States. It also includes the same 10% “baseline” tariff Trump has slapped on imports from most of the world’s countries. The 30% tax comes on top of other levies on China, including some left over from Trump’s first term and kept by former President Joe Biden.

Trump had ratcheted the combined tariff to 145% last month, furious that China was retaliating, before backing down Monday.

China’s Commerce Ministry called the agreement an important step for the resolution of the two countries’ differences and said it lays the foundation for further cooperation.

“This initiative aligns with the expectations of producers and consumers in both countries and serves the interests of both nations as well as the common interests of the world,” a ministry statement said.

China hopes the U.S. will stop “the erroneous practice of unilateral

tariff hikes” and work with China to safeguard the development of economic and trade relations, injecting more certainty and stability into the global economy, the ministry said.

The joint statement by the two countries said China also agreed to suspend or remove other measures it has taken since April 2 in response to the U.S. tariffs. China has increased export controls on rare earths, including some critical to the defense industry, and added more American companies to its export control and unreliable entity lists, restricting their business with and in China.

The full impact on the complicated tariffs and other trade penalties enacted by Washington and Beijing remains unclear. And much depends on whether they will find ways to bridge longstanding differences during the 90-day suspension.

Bessent said in an interview with CNBC that U.S. and Chinese officials will meet again in a few weeks.

But investors rejoiced as trade envoys from the world’s two biggest economies blinked.

Futures for the S&P 500 jumped 2.6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2%. Oil prices surged more than $1.60 a barrel, and the dollar gained against the euro and the Japanese yen.

“This is a substantial de-escalation,” said Mark Williams, chief Asia economist at Capital Economics. But he warned “there is no guarantee that the 90-day truce will give way to a lasting ceasefire.”

Dani Rodrik, an economist at Harvard University, said that the two countries had stepped back “from a needless trade war” but that U.S. tariffs on China remain high at 30% “and will mainly hurt U.S. consumers.”

“Trump has obtained absolutely nothing from China for all the chaos he generated. Zilch,” Rodrik wrote, posting on Bluesky.

Craig Singleton, senior director of the China program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the speed at which the agreement came about suggested that “both sides were more economically boxed in than they let on.”

“For China, the economic pain was real: Rising unemployment, capital flight, and export orders falling at their fastest rate in nearly two years,” Singleton said. “For Trump, markets mattered, and this deal gives him a win without abandoning leverage.”

The announcement by the U.S. and China sent shares surging, with U.S. futures jumping more than 2%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surged nearly 3%, and benchmarks in Germany and France were both

up 0.7% “The drop from sky-high to merely high tariffs, along with the uncertainty about the path of future tariffs, will still serve as a constraint on trade and investment flows between the two economies,” said Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University.

“Nevertheless, it is a positive omen for the world economy that U.S. tariffs might eventually end up as significant trade barriers but not unsurmountable walls,” he said.

Jay Foreman — CEO of Basic Fun, the Florida-based company behind such toys as Care Bears and Tonka trucks — said he was relieved to see the tariff rate on Chinese goods now down to 30%. But he wants that to drop to 10%.

Foreman said he’d just advised his team in China to release its toy shipments, which had been paused since early April. Before Monday’s deal, he said, he thought he’d have to double prices — but they’ll still go up, by 10% to 15% for the third and fourth quarters.

“It’s like they tried to feed us a rotten egg sandwich and hope we’re happy to drink spoiled milk instead,” Foreman said.

Associated Press writers Paul Wiseman and Didi Tang in Washington and AP retail writer Anne D’Innocenzio in New York contributed.

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The public knew Sean “Diddy” Combs as a larger-thanlife music and business mogul, but in private he used violence and threats to coerce women into drug-fueled sexual encounters that he recorded, a prosecutor said Monday in opening statements at Combs’ sex trafficking trial.

“This is Sean Combs,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told the Manhattan jury as she pointed at Combs, who leaned back in his chair. “During this trial you are going to hear about 20 years of the defendant’s crimes.”

Those crimes, she said, included kidnapping, arson, drugs, sex crimes, bribery and obstruction.

Combs’ lawyer Teny Geragos, though, described the trial as a

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U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the U.S. agreed to drop the 145% tax Trump imposed last month to 30%. China agreed to lower its tariff rate on U.S. goods to 10% from 125%.

Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the tariff reductions at a news conference in Geneva.

The officials struck a positive tone as they said the two sides had set up consultations to continue discussing their trade issues. Bessent said that the triple-digit tariffs the two countries imposed on each other last month — in an escalation of tensions Trump started — amounted to “the equivalent of an embargo, and neither side wants that. We do want trade.”

The delegations, escorted around town and guarded by scores of Swiss police, met for at least a dozen hours on both days of the weekend at a sunbaked 18th-century villa that serves as the official residence of the Swiss ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.

At times, the delegation lead-

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Three blinks and a pause On Friday, I made my way driving through the rain and felt a sense of relief when the lighthouse finally came into view.

Even though I was in my car and not in a small boat on Lake Pontchartrain, I got a small glimpse to how ship captains must feel when they see the guiding light.

Kristi Trail, executive director of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, met me at the door of the organization’s outreach and education center. We walked along wooden walkways toward the lighthouse, passing a large bell.

Trail explained it was the “fog bell,” used when boats couldn’t see the lighthouse light.

“We get a lot of field trips here with students,” Trail said. “They love ringing it.”

She gave me permission to ring it — a chance I couldn’t pass up.

Inside the lighthouse, our history lesson began.

“Do you remember what year the Europeans came to this area?”

Trail asked.

Ever the student wanting to answer a teacher correctly, I froze.

I’d known the answer, but wasn’t sure how broadly she meant “this area.” I’m pretty sure I had a look of panic as I scrambled mentally.

She rescued me: 1718.

“At the time, they delivered goods into the city from Lake Pontchartrain. The river was difficult to navigate upstream, especially with clipper ships,” Trail said.

She pointed to the lake behind us, still rocking with wind and rain. In the 1700s, traders came in from the east and took Bayou St. John into the city.

Standing damp near the water’s edge, I could imagine what navigating those rough waters centuries ago must have felt like.

After the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, things along the lakefront got dicey.

“Urban legend says the French living here weren’t happy about it,” Trail said. “They didn’t want to be Americans, so they wouldn’t allow American ships to enter Bayou St. John, only French ones.”

What did the Americans do?

They dug their own canal, naming it the “New Canal.” It was primarily dug by Irish immigrants escaping the potato famine. Many died from accidents and disease, especially yellow fever. Some are said to be buried in the canal itself.

Once the New Canal (or New Basin Canal) was completed in 1838, they built the lighthouse to guide ships into it.

“This area was heavily used for commerce, but nobody lived out here on the lake,” Trail said, as we walked through the museum.

It’s been in the same spot ever since its completion in 1939.

Before World War II, the federal government would appoint a family to run the lighthouse.

“The whole family — wife, children — moved in. If the husband died, the wife took over,” Trail said. “So we’re a little unique in that we’ve had several women lighthouse keepers.”

A museum display highlights them: n Mrs. Elizabeth S. Beattie, 1847 n Mrs. Jane O’Driscoll, 1850 n Mrs. Mary F. Campbell, 186993 n Mrs. Caroline Riddle, 18931924 n Mrs. Margaret (Madge) Norvell, 1924-32.

“Back then, women didn’t have obituaries, so we don’t have much information,” Trail said. “But this most recent one, Madge, we do.”

Norvell is credited with rescuing more than 200 people in Lake

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Perkins Rowe sold to firm Deal filed last week with officials

BY TIMOTHY BOONE Business editor

A Dallas-based real estate investment firm has purchased the Perkins Rowe mixed-use development for an undisclosed amount.

TGTPC Perkins Rowe Owner LLC bought the center at the intersection of Bluebonnet Boulevard and Perkins Road in a deal that was filed last week with the

East Baton Rouge Parish Clerk of Court’s Office. The seller was Crawfish LLC, of Fort Worth, Texas.

Crawfish has the same mailing address as Trademark Property Co., which bought into Perkins Rowe in 2016.

TGTPC has the same address as TriGate Capital, a Dallas company that lists the American Can Apartments in New Orleans as one of its

investments. The company also owns retail centers, apartments and townhomes in Houston, Phoenix and Denver.

In a LinkedIn post, TriGate said they have started a new leasing and a targeted capital improvement plan for Perkins Rowe. “Our goal is simple: Elevate the shopping experience and unlock longterm value for this iconic asset,” the company said.

Trademark will continue to handle Perkins Rowe’s leasing and management.

While the sale price was not disclosed in the filing, TGTPC filed paperwork at the same time that it has secured a $47.3 million mortgage on the Perkins Rowe property.

Perkins Rowe, which opened in 2007, has 375,000 square feet of retail space, with tenants such as Barnes & Noble, Cinemark, Starbucks and The Fresh Market; 135,000 square feet of office space; and more than 225 apartments and condominium units.

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A pair of turtles balance on a fallen cypress branch as they bask in the setting sun along the bank of City Park Lake on Wednesday in Baton Rouge.

3rd suspect booked in Millions in opioid funds remain unspent Doyle High field shooting Audit cites no oversight of distribution

BY EMILY WOODRUFF Staff writer

Louisiana is set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds over the next decade, but the state has no designated authority to enforce how those funds are used, according to a new audit that recommends giving stronger oversight to the state’s opioid task force.

The Louisiana Legislative Auditor’s Office on Monday said millions of dollars from

the state’s portion of the opioid settlement fund remain unspent amid the ongoing opioid crisis.

It concluded that the Louisiana Opioid Abatement Task Force, which is responsible for advising on the use of the funds, does not have the authority to ensure that sheriff’s offices and local agencies receiving the funds are using them as intended.

“We have not found any evidence of noncompliance,” said Emily Dixon, who managed the audit. “But we just felt that moving forward, having somebody in that responsibility role could prevent any funds being spent outside of the approved methods.”

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A third suspect has been arrested following the fatal shooting Friday at the Doyle High School baseball field.

Lavorius Linson, 24, of Denham Springs, was arrested Sunday afCRIME ter officers issued arrest warrant.

BLOTTER an Linson was booked staff in to Livingston reports Parish Detention Center on counts of first-degree murder, criminal conspiracy, firstdegree robbery and illegally supplying a felon with a firearm.

Linson was allegedly actively involved in the incident, the Livingston Police Department said in a news release.

“Our officers have been working

nonstop since the initial call Friday. We will not let up until everyone involved in this incident is in jail,” Police Chief Randy Dufrene said.

Evan Lynch, a 23-year-old Walker resident, was fatally shot before 9 p.m. Friday.

The department said there are still unanswered questions as this investigation continues but believe “the main players” involved have been arrested. Two other suspects were arrested Saturday.

Caleb Rowley, 23, of Denham Springs, was booked into the Livingston Parish Detention Center on counts of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, obstruction of justice and tampering with sur-

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ways typified a New OrSeafood City leans character.”

Scramuzza, who proowner known for claimed himself the emhis iconic peror of crawfish, became a celebrity who was in commercials demand for appearances.

BY JOHN POPE

Contributing writer Al Scramuzza, a plainspoken man whose endearingly hokey commercials for his Gentilly seafood store vaulted him into the pantheon of pitchmen, died Sunday at his Metairie home. He was 97.

Scramuzza, who took credit for making crawfish popular in New Orleans, sold mudbugs and other seafood on North Broad Street for 43 years.

He promoted his business, Seafood City, with a series of commercials that he wrote, produced and directed himself.

In one spot, Scramuzza, wearing a white medical coat, was scrutinizing crawfish with a stethoscope to determine whether they were healthy. Others featured him, again in the white coat, prescribing crawfish and other seafood to help people recover from falls, depression and infertility.

Each ad ended with Scramuzza, surrounded by employees, announcing the address — 1826 North Broad — and waving.

“I always had plenty confidence” in those spots, he said in a 2001 interview with The Times-Picayune.

“They wrote my commercials at the TV station; I changed the scripts. I told the director, ‘Stand on the side.’ ” The ads “were so goofy, so different that they resonated with people,” said Dominic Massa, who featured Scramuzza in “Stay Tuned: New Orleans’ Classic TV Commercials,” a WYES-TV documentary he produced.

“New Orleans loves its characters,” Massa said, “and I think he in so many

He was on hand when the Crescent City Farmers Market started selling seafood in 1999. In 1990, wearing his doctor’s coat and stethoscope, Scramuzza reigned as king of the Krewe du Vieux parade.

In 2017, the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board proclaimed him “The Seafood Champion.”

He branched into music in 1962, when he launched the Scram record label from the seafood store and hired pianist and singer Eddie Bo to lead the studio band. Among the label’s songs was “Do the Crawfish” by Assumarks Derfla, an almost-perfect backward rendering of Scramuzza’s name.

In 1983, he traded on his fame in a run for a seat in the state House of Representatives.

When he was walking the streets of that Gentilly district, people recognized him from his commercials and said hello. His reply to one woman: “If you look this good after eating my seafood, think how you’ll look with my legislation.”

His slogan: “Vote for Al Scramuzza and you’ll never be a loser.” Nevertheless, he lost.

In 2018, The Times-Picayune named Scramuzza one of New Orleans’ 300 distinctive citizens in a series to mark the city’s tricentennial.

Born on Sept. 19, 1927, Scramuzza was the youngest of six children. His father, who sold produce in the French Market, left the family when Scramuzza was young, leaving his wife and their children destitute.

His mother worked in sewing factories and at the American Sugar Refinery.

In an interview, Scramuz-

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Continued from page 1B Pontchartrain when lighthouse keepers were also first responders.

“If they saw an incident, they had to sound the alarm, notify authorities. Then she would row out and rescue people,” Trail said.

“She even saw a plane go down and rescued the passengers.”

Norvell now has a Coast Guard cutter named after her: the USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC1105), based in Miami, commissioned June 1, 2013.

The lighthouse played a vital role in the New Canal’s commercial life through the 19th century.

After World War I, portions of the canal were filled in. By 1950, all but a half-mile near the lake was gone. Even still, the lighthouse persisted with its bright light flashing.

From the 1960s until it was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it served as a Coast Guard station. The Pontchartrain Con-

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Continued from page 1B Louisiana is set to receive roughly $600 million between 2022 and 2038 from pharmaceutical companies, which settled a class-action lawsuit brought by state and local governments in 2021 for their role in fueling the opioid crisis.

Each state decides how funds are distributed, and in Louisiana, 20% goes to sheriff’s offices and 80% goes to parishes.

Under a state agreement, the funds must be used for evidence-based, forwardlooking strategies, programming and services aimed at addressing substance use disorders. Although the agreement allows for some flexibility, it cites examples such as providing funding for drug courts, addiction services, Narcan distribution, school education, first responder training and community out-

veillance equipment.

Brandon Soileau, a 19, of Denham Springs, was booked on counts of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, obstruction of justice and tampering with surveillance. Police said he fired the fatal shot in a social media post.

Siblings arrested after fatal shooting of child

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Al Scramuzza waves after announcing there are too many ‘Crawfish Kings’ and he is the ‘Crawfish Emperor’ during his 90th birthday party at Melba’s in New Orleans on Sept. 23, 2017. The self-proclaimed ‘Crawfish Emperor’ is famous for making crawfish popular in the 1940s and said to have started the first backyard crawfish boil. za recalled going under fish trucks at the market to find fallen shrimp and loose crabs that his mother could use in gumbo.

Scramuzza earned money by selling newspapers, shining shoes in Exchange Alley and selling duck eggs he had foraged in City Park.

“I had my own way of selling shoe shines,” he said in a 1993 interview. “‘Mister,’ I’d say, ‘I can’t stand to see shoes like that. Put your shoe on the box, I’m giving you a free brush.’ They’d always pay me.”

He and his siblings spent time in Hope Haven, a Marrero home for orphaned and impoverished youngsters. At Hope Haven, Scramuzza was introduced to sports, which, he said, changed his life.

He graduated from Warren Easton High School, where he had played football, and enlisted in the Navy. When Scramuzza returned home in 1949, he operated a fruit stand at Camp and Calliope streets where he also sold oysters, shrimp, fish and crabs.

A year later, he moved his operation — Broadview Seafood & Produce — to Terranova’s Broadview Meat Market at Broad Street and Bayou Road.

In 1951, a truck farmer sold him a few sacks of crawfish, which were not popular outside Cajun country. Scramuzza, who described himself as “a good promoter,” put his marketing skills to work, showing curious customers how to boil, peel and eat the crustaceans, and he promoted the then-exotic mudbugs by paying children to dangle them from fishing poles as cars roared past.

Eventually, crawfish boils became an integral part of springtime in New Orleans, and Scramuzza did his bit to supply the main ingredients. He said he sold up to 50,000 pounds of crawfish on Saturdays.

In 1961, he leased part of a building at 1826 N. Broad St. to open what became Seafood City. Scramuzza became so successful that he wound up buying the entire block, and he operated the business until he

retired in 1993.

Scramuzza moved to Metairie, where he was a longtime volunteer coach of a variety of sports at Johnny Bright Playground. Last year, parish officials renamed a section of Marion Street near the playground in his honor.

Although he prided himself on staying active into his 10th decade, Scramuzza acknowledged the aches and pains that are part of aging. His remedy: “I just get up in the morning and rub a little crawfish juice on the aches and pains, and I’m ready for the day.”

His marriage to Sarah Migliore Scramuzza ended in divorce. She died in 2017.

Survivors include two daughters, Toni Ann Scramuzza and SaraLyn Scramuzza Warren, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Lakelawn Metairie Funeral Home will handle arrangements, which are incomplete.

Contact John Pope at pinckelopes@gmail.com.

servancy bought the remains at auction and rebuilt it as a museum and education center.

Trail and I climbed the ladder to the tippy top and looked out on a menacing Pontchartrain. She told me about the conservancy’s work to improve the lake’s water quality.

Today, the lighthouse still shines — three blinks and a pause — a beacon of resilience.

“If you’re ever out here at night, you’ll see it,” Trail said.

As I walked to my car, I looked back and reflected on the lighthouse’s role as a symbol of New Orleans’ resilience. It’s a small museum that packs a big punch — whether you’re a curious student, a history buff or someone simply looking for a quiet place to watch the lake and ring a bell.

The New Canal Lighthouse is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. General admission tickets are $10.

Seniors, students and military admission is $7.50. Children under 6 are free. The lighthouse is located at 8001 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans.

reach as approved uses.

Louisiana and Georgia are the only two states that allocate a portion of opioid settlement funds directly to sheriffs, and Louisiana is one of a few states that does not allocate any funds to the state itself.

The task force stated that opioid settlement funds were given to parishes and sheriffs because they bore the costs of combating the epidemic, and these local governments were the initial parties to sue pharmaceutical companies, according to the audit. However, the audit found the money isn’t being spent or tracked, and recipients in some cases are unsure how to use it.

As of October, the task force had distributed approximately $98.5 million to parishes and sheriffs. However, auditors discovered that the actual spending was much lower. A survey conducted as part of the audit revealed that, as of September, only $8.6 million had been used by 20 parishes and 24 sheriffs

combined.

“That’s very strange,” said Glenn Sterner, a criminal justice professor at Penn State University Abington who is a member of Pennsylvania’s Opioid Overdose Task Force, in an interview to discuss how states can best use the money.

Sterner said Pennsylvania tracks every dollar spent and Arkansas has a public website tracking each county’s expenses. He noted it is a challenge to ensure the funds make a tangible impact.

“The most important part is getting these dollars into the hands of people who are implementing interventions to address opioid and other substance use-related issues,” Sterner said.

Calls for better guidance While parishes are required to submit an annual expenditure report, as of December , only 36 out of the 53 required reports had been submitted, according to the audit. Louisiana’s agreement does not mandate the same reporting

Kristi Trail, executive director of the Pontchartrain Conservancy, stands at the organization’s public outreach and education center at the New Canal Lighthouse.

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from sheriffs.

The auditors surveyed recipients of opioid funds as part of their fact-finding process. Nine out of 29 parishes and 19 out of 43 sheriffs that responded to the survey had not spent any of their opioid settlement funds. They cited the need for clearer guidance on spending, a lack of staff to manage the funds, and a shortage of eligible programs and services in their areas.

“Some of them were just like, ‘We’re not sure how to spend this money yet. We’re kind of waiting and seeing what everyone else is doing, so that we can come up with some ideas,’ ” Dixon said.

Additionally, 21 sheriff’s offices did not respond to the survey.

The audit offered six recommendations, including that the task force coordinate with the Attorney General’s Office to give it more authority and consider revising the agreement to require reporting from sheriffs as well.

The report advised using

One person died and two others, including a 2-year-old, were injured in a shooting in front of the Soap Opera laundromat in Hammond early Monday morning.

Bradley Blunt, a 23-yearold Hammond resident, died after being taken to North Oaks Medical Center. Raleign Honor, a 22-year-old Tickfaw resident, and the 2-year-old child were also taken to the hospital, but both injuries are not life threatening, according to the Hammond Police Department.

Officers responded to the shooting at 2:48 a.m. Monday in the parking lot of the laundromat at 1001 N. Morrison Blvd.

Officers arrested the suspected shooter, Janvourian Franklin, 23, of Hammond, after he was discharged at the same medical center for treatment of a gunshot wound that was not life-threatening.

Franklin was booked on counts of first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and illegal discharge of a firearm.

Additional investigation led to the arrest of Franklin’s sister, Demetriane Anderson, 20. Anderson was booked on principal to first-degree murder and principal to attempted first-degree murder, the department said in a news release.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Detective Randall Baudier, of the department’s Criminal Investigations Division, at (985) 277-5740 or baudier_rf@hammond.org.

Man dies after fatal crash on Choctaw Drive A 24-year-old man died and another person is in critical condition after a car went airborne and hit a pole on Choctaw Drive on Monday morning.

Baton Rouge Police Traffic Homicide detectives are investigating the incident that took place 2200 block of Choctaw Drive. Detectives responded to the location at 7:12 a.m.

The investigation showed that a Honda speeding east on Choctaw Drive crossed Plank Road and went airborne. The vehicle made contact with the road and began to swerve to the left, causing the front passenger corner to hit a concrete pole. The vehicle then rotated, and the front passenger door hit a wooden pole. The vehicle split in half and both occupants were ejected from the vehicle, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Both occupants were taken to a local hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Thailan Favroth, 24, died at the hospital. The other occupant is in critical condition, officials said.

data-driven strategies with input from people who experienced opioid use disorder and required timely reporting of expenses.

The audit also suggests that the task force offer more guidance to parishes and sheriffs on how to spend the funds effectively.

Task force members also noted that the lack of enforcement authority stems from how the original agreement was structured, but said they are open to discussing potential changes to improve compliance monitoring.

Louisiana ranked No. 5 among all states and the DisTask force response trict of Columbia for the rate Louisiana’s task force is of overdose deaths in 2022. composed of five people, Although opioid deaths are appointed by the Louisiana decreasing, they still exceedSheriffs Association, Louisi- ed 1,000 in Louisiana in 2023 ana Municipal Association, — a 93% increase from 2019.

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Obituaries Bourgeois, Argelie Moran 'Gee'

Argelie Moran Bour‐ geois, July 7, 1934 – May 6, 2025. Argelie “Gee” Moran Bourgeois, a resident of St. Amant, Louisiana, passed away peacefully on Tues‐ day, May 6, 2025, at the age of 90. She was an active member of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church for many years most notably serving as a leader of the Bereavement Committee providing food for families in mourning.

She was also a member of TOPS Louisiana Charter 46 serving as the records recorder. Argelie was a tal‐ ented seamstress and cook. She enjoyed being around her family and had a giggle that could make anyone’s day better.

Argelie was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Milton Bourgeois; their children, Rocky Paul and Rockell Marie; her par‐ ents, Albert Moran Sr. and Ursule Bourgeois Moran; her brothers, Alex Moran, Morris Moran, John Morin, Joseph (J.C.) Moran, Albert Moran Jr. and Andrew Moran; and her sisters, Rita Moran Gautreau, Rena Moran Nigg, and Ruth Moran Braud. She is sur‐ vived by her daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca and Richard Bonneval; grand‐ daughter and husband, Dareth Bonneval Wagues‐ pack and Dal Waguespack; grandson and wife, Erik Bonneval and Brandi Brazzel Bonneval; five great-granddaughters, Madison and Mylie Bon‐ neval, and Blythe, Ada, and Camille Waguespack; and her sisters, Theresa Moran Savoy (Joseph) and Bernar‐ dine Moran. Family and friends are invited to at‐ tend Argelie’s services on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, 44450 LA-429, St. Amant, LA 70774. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m., celebrated by Father Matthew Lorrain.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The fam‐ ily would like to extend special thanks to Dr. John Fraiche; Hospice of Baton Rouge nurses Hannah, Anyangue, Lisa, and Ms. Linda, for their compassion and care for Argelie and the family. Gee’s legacy of love, faith, and strength will live on in all who knew her.

Lane, Thomas Archer 'Tom'

Thomas "Tom" Archer Lane passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 10th surrounded by his loving family. A lifelong resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Tom was born on August 14th, 1951 to Horace and Margaret Lane, who predeceased him. A graduate of Centenary University, where he formed lifelong

friendships as a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity, Tom went on to earn his Law Degree from Southern University. Tom served his country honorably in the United States Air Force.

Tom's legal career spanned nearly forty years, beginning in practice alongside his father, Horace C. Lane, before partnering with his cousin, George S. Cotton. He later served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, specializing in the Litigation Division. Beyond his professional achievements, Tom found community at Trinity Episcopal Church. One of the most meaningful experiences of his life was a mission trip to a village near Copán Ruinas, Honduras, where he helped build a retaining wall to protect a local Episcopal church from flooding. To those who knew him, Tom will be remembered for his dry wit, gentle nature, and unwavering kindness. He cherished time with family and friends, often sharing conversations at the City Club of Baton Rouge. He is reunited in heaven with his beloved wife of 36 years, Sherill Womack Lane, whose memory he cherished every day. Tom is survived by his daughters, Camille Womack Palmer and her husband Richard Seely, and Caroline Copeland Lane; his sons, Malcolm Taylor Lane and his wife Christie, and Archer Cotton Lane; his grandchildren, Shawn, Riker, Logan, and Penny; his sister, Maggie Lane Evans, and her husband, Jim Evans; and his nephew, Mark Evans, and his wife Courtney. Visitation will be held at Trinity Episcopal Church on Thursday, May 15th at 9:30am, followed by the service at 10am. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Trinity Episcopal Church or the charity of your choice.

married on Christmas Day, 1961. She served as editor of the college paper, The Vermillion, and was elected SGA Secretary. In the summer 1960, she participated in Operation Crossroads Africa, the precursor to the Peace Corps, where her group built a school in Guinea-work featured in a one hour CBS Reports and an article that put her on the cover of Look Magazine. She took PhD courses in political science at UNO, Tulane and Columbia University in New York, where she studied under Zbigniew Brzezinski and edited college textbooks for International Publishing, Inc. After receiving her law degree from LSU in 1982, she clerked for Judge Melvin Shortess on Louisiana's First Court of Appeal. She taught political science at Southern University over 23 years, beginning in 1969, and took a particular interest in civil rights and constitutional law. She was proud of numerous papers she delivered on legal ethics for CLEs and her work as a certified fraud examiner fighting corruption in banking, insurance and public service. She served as general counsel at the Louisiana Dept of Insurance, where she assisted federal fraud investigations. Prior to that, she was senior attorney at the Office of Financial Institutions, handling banking regulation; an attorney at the Dept of Agriculture and Forestry and also a managing partner of Riddick & Riddick law firm. She had a lifelong concern for environmental justice which served her son well when he dealt with heavy metals poisoning.

She was a gifted and prolific artist in knitting, photography, fashion, world cuisine and jewelrymaking. She helped organized and coach her son's softball team and designed its jerseys. She also de-

signed a Riddick family crest. Pat enjoyed family trips across Latin America and Europe. She spent the summer of 1965 driving from Crowley, La. with her husband down the InterAmerican Highway to the Panama Canal and back, a 6000 mile trip through 6 countries. In later years, she was a proud member of the Bungee Jumpers investment club. She is preceded in death by her mother, Mary Lee Jones, and father, Dr. Earl Kenneth Turner, Sr; sister Nancy Turner-Alvet; in-laws Claude Riddick, Carla Riddick, Bob and Maxine Willoughby and nephew Hugh Riddick. She is survived by her husband of 63 years, Winston Riddick and son, Wade Riddick, both of Baton Rouge; in-laws Curtis Riddick; brother Earl Turner, Jr., both of Houston, and numerous nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at 10am, Saturday May 17 at Rabenhorst Funeral Home, 11,000 Florida BLVD; internment is on June 7, 10am at Riddick Cemetery in Troy, Arkansas.

Taylor, Lois J.

Lois Taylor, born in Natchez, Mississippi and a resident of Denham Springs passed away April 29, 2025 at the age of 75.

She will be dearly missed by all those who knew and loved her. A celebration of life will be held by her family at a later date.

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Williams, Wilbert Keith

Jonathan "JW" Temple, born on October 8, 1932, passed away on May 10, 2025, at the age of 92. JW was born in Gloster, Mississippi. He spent two years in the United States Army. He went on to become an electrician until his retirement from American Electric. JW was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Local 995 for 65 years. JW is survived by his daughter, Marilyn Hines; sisters, Annette Zachary, Imogene Orillion, and Cathy Hasse; granddaughter, Melanie Kelley (Sam); great-grandchildren, Halle and Katie; and friend, Bobbye McInnis. He is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Lela Musson Temple; parents, Felder W. and Helen Day Temple; and sister, Joann Temple Walker. Visitation will take place at Resthaven Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, beginning at 9:00 AM until services at 10:30 AM. Burial to follow at Resthaven Gardens of Memory.

Family and friends may sign the online guestbook or leave a personal note to the family at

It is with profound sorrow and solemn reverence that we announce the passing of Mr. Wilbert Keith Williams, who departed this earthly life on the 30th of April, in the year of our Lord 2025, at the distinguished age of 71. A public viewing shall be held in his honor on Tuesday, the 13th of May, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Winnfield Funeral Home. A second viewing will take place on Wednesday, the 14th of May, commencing at 10:00 AM at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, 2250 Main Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The celebration of life services shall follow at 11:00 AM. His earthly remains shall be laid to rest at at Greenoaks Memorial Park. The distinguished & solemn arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Winnfield Funeral Home of Baton Rouge & C. D. Slaughter, FDIC.

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Patricia Turner Riddick passed away on May 5th, 2025 in her hometown of Baton Rouge after a brief stay in hospice and a long battle with organ failure.

Despite challenges, she took to heart Matthew 25:14-30, and never buried her talents, nor did she allow others to bury theirs.

She dedicated herself to teaching students and fellow attorneys how to fight the twin devils of poverty: inequality and public corruption. Pat was born in Buckhorn, KY in 1939 of tough hillbilly stock in coal mining country and spent early summers with her siblings Nancy and Earl Kenneth, Jr. at her grandparent's farm on the side of a mountain where her beloved grandmother, Nan Jones, taught her to respect and help the less fortunate. The family moved to Lafayette for her father's professorship at USL (now ULL). At Lafayette High, she studied speech with Novalyne Price. In the school choir with friends Gail Chachere Hartman and Jeanne Williams Cornay, she sang across the South from DC to Texas and their quartet took a senior road trip to Mississippi. Pat also loved the piano and excelled in math, science and social studies-three loves she passed along to her son. Pat received a bachelors in political science at USL in 1961 with a minor in French and studied Russian. There in Spanish class, Pat met her future husband of 63 years, Winston Riddick, and they

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All La. citizens should oppose eroding of ethics rules This legislative session, bills that would give the public much less insight about the inner workings of government and whom our public officials are beholden to are moving forward with little resistance from lawmakers on either side of the aisle.

One piece of legislation all Louisiana citizens who care about good government should be watching is House Bill 674, by Rep. Beau Beaullieu, R-New Iberia, which proposes to make a slew of changes to the state ethics code that covers all public employees from teachers to lawmakers. The bill would add cumbersome layers to the procedures of the Louisiana Board of Ethics, requiring a two-thirds vote before an investigation could be launched and setting limits on the board’s ability to gather information through subpoenas and sworn testimony.

Right now, the board is required by law to investigate any complaint it receives. Apparently, lawmakers think that too many of those complaints are being aired and that the board is harassing public officials.

There’s more packed into this bill — from changes to when officials can accept privately paid travel to what amount they can accept in gifts — so one would expect it to have sparked spirited debate on the House floor. Yet not a single Republican or Democrat raised any questions. The bill passed the House unanimously on May 5 and is now before the Senate Governmental Affairs committee.

We also note that this bill comes a year after a law passed giving Gov. Jeff Landry and legislators sweeping control over who is on the board, even as the governor himself faces ethics charges over private plane trips paid for by a donor.

Government watchdog groups worry that if this bill passes, future ethics investigations could be shut down before they even get off the ground.

Steven Procopio, president of the nonpartisan Public Affairs Research Council, said, “I think it tips a little too far in terms of protecting elected officials from investigations.”

Another concerning bill making its way through the Legislature is one that would allow the identities of those who finance campaigns involving ballot measures to be kept secret. House Bill 596 by Rep. Mark Wright, R-Covington, would make numerous changes to campaign finance laws, including eliminating the requirement that money spent to promote or defeat tax propositions or other elections that don’t involve candidates be disclosed.

The state seems to go through cycles where rampant corruption gives way to good government reforms prompted by public outcry. Then politicians, weary of the constraints placed upon them, push to weaken ethics rules, hoping the public will have forgotten why they were needed in the first place.

As a newspaper, we will always defend the public’s right to know. But everyone must speak up if we want to break this cycle. We must let our leaders know we want to keep strong safeguards that ensure our state is a model of openness and good governance.

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Silence about the history of slavery in this country feeds ignorance

Elon Musk’s support for Trump part of a pattern This is not the first time for Elon Musk to support a president with dictatorial desires who has no respect for the judiciary or the truth.

In 2019, after Jair Bolsonaro took office as president of Brazil, Bolsonaro, like Trump, said there were flaws in the voting machines and trashed the courts without evidence. The judiciary in Brazil (specifically Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes) clashed with Musk over Musk’s social media accounts that spread hate speech and malicious propaganda. Musk refused to stop. Brazilian democracy was at risk.

Like Trump, he was OK with people who disagreed with him going to jail.

Bolsonaro said, “If a few innocent people die, that’s all right.”

He spread false and inflammatory

claims against his opponent on the internet. News outlet Agencia Lupa called attention to disinformation and became a target of Bolsonaro’s call to attack his enemies. Agencia Lupa received 56,000 threats in a month.

In the end (or at least for now), the judiciary and the equivalent of The Associated Press (which only states fact and not opinion, unlike Fox News) won and Bolsonaro is now on trial for his “hate cabinet,” which generated online propaganda.

“If Goebbels were alive and had access to X, we would be doomed,” de Moraes said in a New Yorker interview. “The Nazis would have conquered the world.”

So, Brenda Hafera, a Heritage Foundation vice president, and President Donald Trump are concerned that museums like the Smithsonian Institution are promoting a “false revisionist version of history,” as Hafera wrote in a guest column April 18, by presenting exhibits that feature the evils of slavery and the complicity of the founding fathers in that evil institution.

For example, Hafera complains that an exhibit at James Madison’s home, Montpelier, notes that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison did not free their slaves, but did not mention the fact that George Washington did free his slaves.

Let us leave aside for the moment the fact that Jefferson was too busy impregnating the teenager he enslaved, Sally Hemings, to free anyone.

While it is true that Washington did free his slaves, Hafera fails to mention that he did so in his will, which, even then, stipulated that his slaves could only be freed after Martha, his wife, died, which occurred three years after Washington’s death.

Donald Trump and his enablers want to whitewash U.S. history to downplay slavery, Jim Crow and their effects on our current national life. This is presumably in order to shield the delicate sensibilities of White folks being confronted with the true history of this country.

When I was in fifth grade in Baton Rouge, the year that my elementary school was integrated, I was taught that the Civil War was about economics, not slavery (the economics of free labor, perhaps?).

My teacher also read to the class “Huckleberry Finn” so that she had an excuse to say the N-word in front of the two little Black kids in the back of our classroom.

Trump wants us to return to that shameful past and shove slavery and racial oppression down the memory hole.

I, for one, will not be complicit.

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If we want guns in French Quarter, don’t hide it When crafting the bill that authorized constitutional carry, the Legislature was wise enough to include exemptions for certain venues like schools, churches, courtrooms and, not surprisingly, the State Capitol itself. It also realized that booze and firearms are a bad mix and exempted all establishments that serve alcohol.

Although only a few of the lawmakers actually represent New Orleans, I have no doubt that most, if not all, have probably visited the French Quarter at some time in their lives.

That is why it is hard to believe that, being familiar with the neighborhood, they rejected the city’s request for a carveout for the French Quarter. Perhaps if they had considered that, constitutional carry in a roughly 20-block area with at least 60 establishments that serve alcohol; coupled with an open container law that legally allows

the consumption of alcohol outdoors, they might have reached a different conclusion.

The streets of the French Quarter serve essentially as a patio for all of the establishments that serve alcohol and should be treated the same as the patio of any other bar, where firearms are already prohibited.

Disregarding the will of the mayor, the city council, the district attorney, the police superintendent and the citizens of New Orleans should not be an option.

If the governor and Legislature are so proud of their permitless carry law, why isn’t it mentioned in any of Louisiana’s tourism information? Perhaps, unless there are some restrictions placed on guns in the French Quarter, it should be a requirement.

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Trump shows he’s out of touch with how tariffs work President Donald Trump’s statement that the price increases resulting from his capricious tariffs are just “peanuts” is true — for multi-billionaires.

Not so for the average American family.

He also said, “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls.”

For hard-working families at the low end of the pay scale spectrum who

are already struggling to put food on the table, it’s more like, maybe the children will have two meals per day instead of three.

Does this remind you of Marie Antoinette, who responded to the news that peasants were starving — “Let them eat cake.”

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COMMENTARY No on one of Trump’s ‘lists’ It’s rarely comforting to appear on a government “list,” even (or perhaps especially) when compiled in the name of public safety.

It was alarming in the 1940s, when the U.S. government collected the names of Japanese Americans for internment.

Likewise in the 1950s, when the House Un-American Activities Committee cataloged communists. And it’s just as troubling now, as the Trump administration assembles registries of Jewish academics and Americans with developmental disabilities.

Yes, these are real things that happened recently, the latest examples of the White House’s abuse of confidential data.

Not long ago, faculty and staff at Barnard ColCatherine lege received unsolicited Rampell texts asking them whether they were Jewish.

Employees were stunned by the messages, which many initially dismissed as spam.

Turns out the messages came from the Trump administration. Barnard, which is affiliated with Columbia University, had agreed to share faculty members’ private contact info to aid in President Donald Trump’s pseudocrusade against antisemitism.

Ah, yes, a far-right president asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews, after he has repeatedly accused Jews of being “disloyal.” What could go wrong?

The same day, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya announced a “disease registry” of people with autism, to be compiled from confidential private and government health records, apparently without its subjects’ awareness or consent. This is part of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vendetta against vaccines, which he has said cause autism despite abundant research concluding otherwise. This, too, is disturbing given authoritarian governments’ history of compiling lists of citizens branded mentally or physically deficient. If that historical analogue seems excessive, note that Bhattacharya’s announcement came just a week after Kennedy delivered inflammatory remarks lamenting that kids with autism will never lead productive lives. They “will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job,” he said, adding they’ll never play baseball or go on a date, either.

This all happened during Autism Acceptance Month, established to counter exactly these kinds of stigmatizing stereotypes. Kennedy’s comments and the subsequent “registry” set off a wave

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President Donald Trump speaks at an education event and executive order signing in the East Room of the White House in Washington. of fear in the autism advocacy community and earned condemnation from scientists.

Obviously, advocates want more research and support for those with autism. They have been asking for more help at least since 1965 (when what is now called the Autism Society of America was founded in my grandparents’ living room). But few in this community trust political appointees hostile to scientific research — or a president who has publicly mocked people with disabilities — to use an autism “registry” responsibly.

These are hardly the administration’s only abuses of federal data. It has been deleting reams of statistical records, including demographic data on transgender Americans. It has also been exploiting other private administrative records for political purposes.

For example, the Internal Revenue Service — in an effort to persuade people to pay their taxes — spent decades assuring people that their records are confidential, regardless of immigration status. The agency is in fact legally prohibited from sharing tax records, even with other government agencies, except under very limited circumstances specified by Congress. Lawmakers set these limits in response to Richard M. Nixon’s abuse of private tax data to target personal enemies.

Trump torched these precedents and promises. After a series of top IRS officials resigned, the agency has now agreed to turn over confidential records to help Immigration and Customs Enforcement locate and deport some 7 mil-

lion undocumented immigrants.

The move, which also has troubling historical echoes, is being challenged in court. But, in the meantime, tax collections will likely fall. Undocumented immigrant workers had been paying an estimated $66 billion in federal taxes annually, but they now have even more reason to stay off the books.

This and other DOGE infiltrations of confidential records are likely to discourage public cooperation on other sensitive government data collection efforts. But that might be a feature, not a bug, for this administration. Chilling federal survey participation and degrading data quality were arguably deliberate objectives in Trump’s first term, when he tried to cram a question about citizenship into the 2020 Census.

The question was expected to depress response rates and help Republicans game the congressional redistricting process.

Courts ultimately blocked Trump’s plans. That’s what it will take to stop ongoing White House abuses, too: not scrapping critical government records, but championing the rule of law.

Ultimately, the government must be able to collect and integrate high-quality data — to administer social programs efficiently, help the economy function and understand the reality we live in so voters can hold public officials accountable. None of this is possible if Americans fear ending up on some vindictive commissar’s “list.”

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Pushing for equal rights and against quotas and nondiscrimination was transpar“It is the policy of the United States to eliminate the use of disparateently sincere, turned out to be as illimpact liability in all contexts to the founded in practice as Reconstruction maximum degree possible to laws proved to be three generaavoid violating the Constitution, tions before.

Federal civil rights laws, and In September 1965, Lyndon basic American ideals.”

Johnson issued Executive OrThose words, the operative der 11246, requiring federal section of “Restoring Equality contractors to take “affirmaof Opportunity and Meritoctive action” authorizing racial Michael quotas and preferences in racy,” one of several executive Barone federal contracting. After some orders President Donald Trump missteps, the Nixon administraissued on April 23, mark a giant step forward for equal rights under tion’s “Philadelphia Plan” implemented law, the motivating principle behind it in 1969. ratification of the 14th Amendment in It was challenged in court by a build1868 and passage of the Civil Rights ing trades union whose practices were Act in 1964. directed less at excluding Black people Unhappily, those motivating printhan at excluding anyone not a brother, ciples were frustrated in practice. The son, nephew or cousin of a current member. A federal appeals court uplegal establishment proved reluctant to interfere with Southern states bent held the Nixon regulation in 1971, and on subjecting Black citizens to second- the Supreme Court declined to hear the class citizenship. case.

Thus, the Supreme Court adopted In a complex ruling in Regents of a stingy view of the “privileges and the University of California v. Bakke immunities” clause of the 14th Amend- (1978), justices ruled that “diversity” would justify racial discrimination in ment in the Slaughterhouse Cases admissions. In Grutter v. Bollinger (1873) and, with just one dissent, sanc(2003), the court reaffirmed that quotas tioned “separate but equal” racial segdidn’t violate the 14th Amendment but regation in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896). also ruled that in 25 years, they might.

With this history in mind, the framIn advance of that deadline, the court ers of civil rights legislation in the in Students for Fair Admissions v. Har1960s took care to explicitly ban racial discrimination. The bill’s Senate floor vard (2023) ruled against that school’s manager, Hubert Humphrey, assured well-documented use of racial quotas colleagues that if the bill means “that and preferences. The April 23 execuan employer will have to hire on the tive order overturns the 60-year-old basis of percentage or quota related to Executive Order 11246 and, because color, race, religion, or national origin, of the interlacement of the federal I will start eating the pages one after government with other governments another.” and the private sector, bans the racial Alas, this assurance, by a politician discrimination that Humphrey and whose sincere belief in equal treatment congressional majorities tried to ban

in 1964.

Corporations and other private businesses, federal agencies and local governments are now on notice that the racial quotas and preferences they have routinely deployed are now subject to legal challenge by the Justice Department. The civil rights laws are ready to be enforced as Humphrey wanted.

Public opinion polls show large and bipartisan majorities of people oppose the racial discrimination that has been practiced, not always surreptitiously but often pridefully, by elites in positions of institutional power. It’s not clear whether Trump’s opponents will want to spotlight this issue. Who’s against equal treatment?

The strongest argument against racial quotas and preferences, in my view, is that they cast a pall of illegitimacy over the genuine achievements of the intended beneficiaries. They have also fostered, as the Harvard case showed, a culture of systematic lying among those elites who head institutions supposedly dedicated to truth.

They also violate common sense. The disparate impact doctrine implies that in a fair society, every discernible slice of the population would be found in equal proportions in every educational and occupational niche. Ordinary people know this is nonsense. They know that a fair society should give everyone equal opportunity but that it cannot guarantee any group equal outcomes.

Let’s hope the people won’t let this civil rights initiative be set aside as institutional elites set aside those of 1868 and 1964.

Michael Barone is on X, @MichaelBarone.

Does Louisiana have too much democracy?

You could perhaps be forgiven for missing the May 3 election. For much of Louisiana, it was just another Saturday.

There were no controversial constitutional amendments, no felons seeking public office, no national offices up for grabs. Fewer than half of Louisiana parishes had anything on the ballot.

The biggest municipal candidate races were for mayor in Lake Charles and for a West Bank parish council seat in Jefferson Parish.

But there were some notable results to be found among what was, for many, a sleepy affair. In the bigger races, New Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson’s millage Faimon renewal passed by just two votes Roberts out of more than 25,000 cast, and in Baton Rouge, District Attorney Hillar Moore’s move for a new 4-mill property tax was soundly defeated.

In Jefferson, a dedicated library tax won 62% approval, continuing libraries’ strong run at the polls.

Perhaps the quirkiest election took place in the state’s northwest, in Bossier City, where, for the second time in just over a month, voters approved a three-term limit for the city’s mayor and council. More than 80% of voters there approved a measure that sets a retroactive limit, meaning it doesn’t matter when the first term started. That measure will supersede another passed on March 29. That one would have started the three-term clock with the next term, on July 1.

The irony, for folks who don’t follow Bossier City politics closely, is that the long-serving council members targeted by the stricter termlimits measure either opted not to run on May 3 or were defeated. So, despite the ballot question’s passage, no one in city government will be term-limited until June 2033.

Turnout for most of these races was depressingly but not surprisingly low. Just under a third of Lake Charles voters cast ballots for mayor, and just over a quarter pulled a lever in the Jefferson Parish council race.

The numbers were even worse for the propositions. The incredibly close tax measure in Orleans Parish drew fewer than 10% of the city’s voters. Same for the hot-button issue in Bossier City. Turnout was slightly higher in Baton Rouge, where, perhaps boosted by two council runoffs in the new city of St. George, almost 18% voted on the district attorney millage.

It was a somewhat brighter picture in some of Louisiana’s political nooks and crannies, where almost no issue — or electorate — is too small.

Take, for instance, the Belle Maison subdivision near Gonzales in Ascension Parish. The 54-homesite subdivision is still under construction, according to its website, with about two dozen of its lots sold.

Seven voters in that subdivision approved a 15-mill property tax in perpetuity, accounting for 100% support. That’s about 54% of the eligible voters in that subdivision. That means, if my math is right, there are 13 eligible voters in Belle Maison. So even if the other six had voted against the tax, it would have passed.

Up north, in the tiny Jackson Parish village of Eros, 14 voters approved a 1% sales tax. That was fewer than one-fifth of the eligible voters.

In St. Mary Parish, Fire Protection District 1’s 2-mill renewal won 23-1, the 24 votes making up about one-third of the district’s eligible voters, according to the secretary of state.

These sorts of results weren’t limited to the May 3 ballot. On March 29, a parcel fee continuation for the Bayou Pierre Part N. Gravity Drainage District in Assumption Parish drew four votes, all in favor. That equates to about 16% turnout, according to the Secretary of State.

So, what’s the takeaway here? Low turnout, even in major elections, is not exactly a new problem. Plenty have argued that Louisiana should reduce the number of election days.

That’s probably a good idea.

But maybe we should also look at the timing of when we ask voters to weigh in on, matters from fire protection and road lighting to recreation, drainage and everything in between.

Perhaps there should be fewer of these taxing entities overall. If doing that helps encourage more Louisiana voters to get to the polls, then it would be worth it.

Faimon A. Roberts III can be reached at froberts@theadvocate.com.

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T H E A D V O C AT E.C O M

Lottery doesn’t pay off for Pelicans

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POSITIVE THOUGHTS

Fourth-worst record nets pick No. 7

BY ROD WALKER

Staff writer

STAFF ILLUSTRATION By TANyA RAMIREZ

The New Orleans Pelicans followed up a tough season with a tough NBA draft lottery Monday night in Chicago.

The Pelicans finished the season with the fourth-worst record in the NBA and entered Monday night’s lottery with a 12.5% chance of winning the No. 1 overall pick and the Cooper Flagg prize that comes with it.

Instead, the Peli2025 Draft Lottery cans fell three spots 1. Dallas Mavericks and will have the No. 7 2. San Antonio Spurs 3. Philadelphia 76ers overall pick. The low4. Charlotte Hornets est they could have 5. Utah Jazz fallen was eighth.

6. Washington Wizards 7. New Orleans Pelicans The three teams 8. Brooklyn Nets with worse records 9. Toronto Raptors than the Pelicans — 10. Houston Rockets (from Phoenix via the Utah Jazz, the Brooklyn) Washington Wizards 11. Portland Trail Blazers and the Charlotte 12. Chicago Bulls 13. Atlanta Hawks (from Hornets — all had a Sacramento) 14% chance to win.

14. San Antonio Spurs None will pick in the (from Atlanta) top three.

The Dallas Mavericks won the lottery despite having just a 1.8% chance. They will almost certainly use the first pick to select the 18-year-old Flagg. The 6-foot-9 former Duke star can play shooting guard or small forward, and he averaged 19.2 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.2 assists while leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four. He won pretty much every national player of the year award, and his versatility likely would have been a perfect fit for the Pelicans.

The Pelicans, meanwhile, will have to focus their attention elsewhere.

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Ever the perfectionist, Johnson still can’t argue with where LSU stands

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t was the night of May 4 — perhaps very early on the morning of May 5 — and Jay Johnson was sitting at home thinking about the game his Tigers had just lost at Texas A&M. There was disappointment in a loss so raw, so abrupt. LSU was in control 4-2 in the eighth, only to surrender four runs and lose 6-4 to drop the series 2-1. The loss dropped LSU to 38-11 overall and 15-9 in Southeastern Conference play.

To be crystal clear, the LSU baseball coach is a man who hates to lose, a man who has fantasized what it would take to have a perfect 56-0 regular season. But as he sat and thought about it, Johnson said something crystalized in his mind.

“It was a little bit like, if you could have gone back to January and gone, ‘OK, this is your positioning. You’ve got to decide right now. Would you have taken it?’

“I had to say yes, even though I was disappointed we’d lost.”

As Johnson spoke one Sunday later, his Tigers had

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NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum speaks during the NBA draft lottery on Monday in Chicago. The Pelicans drew the No. 7 pick overall.

just dropped the series finale 7-4 to Arkansas to close out the home regular-season schedule. There was disappointment in the defeat, to be sure. But like the week before, Johnson saw the bigger picture.

LSU beat Arkansas two out of three, a Razorbacks squad that LSU great Ben McDonald — who called games from Alex Box Stadium over the weekend on the SEC Network — said might be the most complete team in the country.

While the Tigers didn’t get a clean sweep of the Hogs, what they did was good enough to impress the pollsters.

On Monday morning, LSU made a clean sweep of the national polls: No. 1 in the USA Today coaches poll, No. 1 in D1Baseball.com, No. 1 in Baseball America and No. 1 in Perfect Game.

A perfect team? Definitely not. But one that at 40-12 overall and 17-10 in SEC play has come far enough and

Scott Rabalais

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MOCK SCHEDULE

Guessing what Saints’ clean slate looks like

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

After Derek Carr retired over the weekend, the New Orleans Saints arguably became a more interesting team.

That’s not to be taken as a shot against Carr, whose shoulder injury apparently is bad enough to force him into retirement.

Rather, the Saints now have a clean slate and can find out whether they have their quarterback of the future on the roster. This season, for better or worse, likely becomes about Tyler Shough’s progress.

But will the NFL agree? The league’s schedule will be released Wednesday, but Carr’s retirement likely came too late in the process to force any last-minute changes — and probably wasn’t significant enough to move the needle in either direction for a league that hands out international and

prime-time games like candy.

Still, with that in mind, it’s time to unveil a full 2025 mock schedule — which, to be clear, is a full-on guess about the order of the Saints’ upcoming opponents.

Last year, this exercise yielded only one correct guess — a Week 18 finale at Tampa Bay. If I get at least two games correct, I’m a certified genius. If I fail to match even one, it might be time to retire the bit.

Without further ado:

Week 1  SUNDAY, SEPT. 7 (NOON): AT BUFFALO BILLS The Saints have opened the season at home in six of the last seven seasons, with 2022 being the lone exception. So, it’s time to hit the road. Maybe the NFL would want to put the Bills in a more appealing Week 1 matchup, but this could be a fun opener.

Week 2

 SUNDAY, SEPT. 14 (NOON): CAROLINA PANTHERS The Saints’ home opener begins with a familiar opponent. New Orleans has been matched against Carolina early in backto-back seasons, so let’s have the trend continue. Also, Kellen Moore can have his first home game against a Panthers team that helped get Dennis Allen fired.

Week 3  SUNDAY, SEPT. 21 (NOON): AT TENNESSEE Titans This showdown could feature a matchup of Shough against fellow rookie quarterback Cam Ward, who went No. 1 overall. That’s intriguing enough to put it relatively early on the slate.

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Saints coach Kellen Moore

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LSU football to play SMU Home-and-home series set for 2028-29 seasons

BY WILSON ALEXANDER and RASHAD MILLIGAN Staff writers

LSU football scheduled a homeand-home series with SMU on Labor Day weekend for the 2028 and 2029 seasons, according to a copy of the game contract obtained by The Advocate.

The teams will play Sept. 2, 2028, in Baton Rouge, and Sept. 1, 2029, in Dallas. In both cases, the home team will pay the visitor $750,000 for the game.

LSU now has one game on the schedule in 2028.

In 2029, the Tigers also have nonconference games set against Arizona State, Rice and McNeese State. They are scheduled to host Arizona State on Sept. 8 in the first part of a home-and-home series, and Rice on Sept. 29. A date for the game against McNeese State has not been set.

With the series against SMU, LSU will continue to open the season against power-conference teams.

The Tigers have lost five straight season openers, all against powerconference opponents, heading into a matchup at Clemson this fall. They host Clemson to start the 2026 season.

Unless they schedule a Week

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LSU coach Brian Kelly watches his team against Oklahoma on Nov. 30 at Tiger Stadium.

The former five-star recruit has signed with Texas-San Antonio, a source confirmed with The Advocate.

Emery played in only one game last season, recording 61 yards rushing on 10 attempts in a loss to Southern California. He also caught a pass for 10 yards.

His best statistical season came as a sophomore in 2020 when he rushed for 378 yards and three touchdowns on 75 carries. Emery also reeled in 14 catches for 73 yards receiving.

Emery was a member of the 2019 LSU national championship football roster.

He missed all of the 2021 season and the first two games of the 2022 season because of academic issues. He also tore his ACL twice, once in 2023 and then again in 2024. He appeared in only eight games in the past two seasons.

Emery is from St. Rose and went to Destrehan High School. Coming out of high school, Emery was the No. 2 running back in the Class of 2019 behind Trey Sanders, according to the 247Sports Composite rankings.

Other notable prospects in that class included New Orleans Saints quarterback Spencer Rattler, Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean, Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Travon Walker and Dallas Cowboys wide receiver George Pickens.

Zero game or alterations are made Emery finds new home to the college football calendar, LSU will begin four of the next Former LSU running back John five seasons against Clemson and Emery has found a new college For more LSU sports updates, SMU. The Tigers have not sched- football home for his seventh sea- sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter uled a season opener in 2027. son.

Colleges look to get control of the chaos Changing contracts with athletes is one proposal being tossed around

BY MAURA CAREY AP sportswriter

As the amateur model of college athletics disintegrates, a handful of unusual ideas have been floated as ways to reign in some of the chaos surrounding the explosion in name, image and likeness compensation and a transfer portal that sees thousands of athletes changing schools every season.

Whether any of the ideas end up being implemented is unknown and every school is awaiting a decision from a federal judge on whether a $2.8 billion antitrust settlement against the NCAA and the five largest conferences will take effect as early as July 1. If it ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL CATERINA does, that opens the floodgates for schools to share millions in rev- Texas forward Kyla Oldacre, right, throws a pass around Notre Dame guard Sonia Citron, left, as she falls out enue directly with their athletes of bounds on Dec. 5 in South Bend, Ind. amid a host of other changes.

Here is a look at some of the top- in a better spot — or any spot — but say the least. Universities would “I think athletes should start to ics: athletes have shown every single become responsible for paying look at Hollywood and Broadway season over the past few years wages, benefits, and workers’ com- contracting arrangements that Athlete contracts that they are comfortable going pensation and schools and confer- deal with publicity rights,” he said.

A formal agreement between an anyway. Athletic departments are ences have insisted they will fight “I think there’s a way to frame this athlete and a school is not a new beginning to fight back. any such move in court (some al- collectively. The framework of Arkansas athletic director Hunt- ready have). collective bargaining and employconcept, but with the uptick of NIL deals the thought of pro-style er Yurachek recently encouraged Complexities go beyond the con- ment, I would say, the entertaincontracts is becoming increasingly the school’s NIL collective to pur- cept. While private institutions ment industry generally offers a more common. sue legal action after quarterback fall under the National Labor Re- blueprint for success.”

There are plenty of ways to Madden Iamaleava departed for lations Board, public universities get creative with contracts. Rich UCLA after just five months in must follow labor laws that vary Playing for another school Stankewicz, operations director Fayetteville. Iamaleava allegedly from state to state and it’s worth Things are so chaotic right now for Penn State’s NIL collective collected significant money up- noting that virtually every state in that the very lines of who an athlete Happy Valley United, said he fa- front and cited homesickness as the South has “right to work” laws is playing for could get blurred.

Saying he was inspired by the vors an incentive-based approach his reason for following his broth- that present challenges for unions.

There is also a new administra- NBA’s G League, University of — essentially adding money for er to California. athletes who not only perform but This is a scenario Penn State tion in power now, said Michael Albany basketball coach Dwayne stick around. hopes to avoid. And the importance LeRoy, a labor and employment Killings is proposing a two-way “I personally really like the idea of contract details is clear. professor at Illinois who has stud- contract for college players. Alof incentivizing performance in “Commonly, there’s nothing bind- ied the NCAA and athlete rights. bany would welcome transfers school, those kinds of things that ing students in certain instances to “With the election of Donald from top-tier programs who need would only be occurring in the the institution they’re with for the Trump, and what that would mean more seasoning and help them deseason while they’re playing,” entirety of the contract,” Stanke- for a new National Labor Relations velop — with plenty of game time Stankewicz said. “If more money wicz said. “We’ve definitely looked Board, what that would mean for vs. sitting on the bench — before is paid out in those time frames, into having measures in place to repopulating the courts with judg- sending them back to their original then that gives the incentive for discourage transfers during the es who are likely not congenial to program, where they’d be ready to the player to stay and see those time of the contract. There are a that view, I no longer have much compete. dollars from their contract, rather bunch of different ways to do that, hope that we’ll get a ruling in the “The best development happens than potentially collect up front from buyouts to how you load the next 5-10 years that these are em- on the floor, not necessarily on the and then decide the grass is green- contract.” scout team, given the new 15-man ployees,” LeRoy said.

Despite the lack of employment scholarship limits,” Killings told er somewhere else three months status, LeRoy said, athletes should CBS Sports. later, barely doing any school, you Athletes as employees And then there is Division III, know, without playing at all.”

Groundbreaking shifts in the advocate for themselves and use landscape have sparked conver- the entertainment industry as a which recently approved an unusuTransfers and buyouts sations about athletes becoming model. He said athletes currently al pilot program: Athletes would This topic is red hot at the mo- official employees of their univer- are offered “take-it-or-leave-it” play for one school but do their NIL contracts when a broader ap- coursework at another school that ment. Entering the transfer portal sities. does not sponsor varsity athletics. comes with the risk of not landing It’s a controversial subject to proach might have benefits.

Eagles-Cowboys matchup to kick off regular season

The Philadelphia Eagles will start defending their championship at home on Sept. 4 against the division rival Dallas Cowboys.

The matchup for the annual regular-season kickoff game was revealed by the NFL in the first in a series of announcements of notable games this week ahead of the full schedule release.

The Cowboys-Eagles matchup will be on Thursday night in the first game in NBC’s package of primarily Sunday night games.

NBC also announced that its streaming service, Peacock, will exclusively broadcast a Saturday night game in Week 17 on Dec. 27, a matchup that will be determined later from a pool of possible options based on how the playoff races have shaped up then.

Jordan to work for NBC as NBA special contributor

NEW YORK — Michael Jordan is joining NBC Sports as a special contributor to its NBA coverage when the 2025-26 season begins.

NBC made the announcement on Monday morning during its upfront presentation at Radio City Music Hall previewing the network’s offerings during the upcoming television season.

“I am so excited to see the NBA back on NBC,” Jordan said during a video message. “The NBA on NBC was a meaningful part of my career, and I’m excited about being a special contributor to the project. I’m looking forward to seeing you all when the NBA on NBC launches this October.”

NBC returns to carrying the NBA after a 23-year absence. It had NBA rights from 1990-2002.

Cavaliers star Mitchell questionable for Game 5

CLEVELAND — Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell is listed as questionable for Cleveland’s pivotal Game 5 of its second-round series against the Indiana Pacers after reaggravating a sprained left ankle on Sunday.

The All-Star guard had an MRI on Monday, which confirmed the sprained ankle.

Mitchell did not play in the second half of the Cavaliers’ 129-109 loss at Indiana after he appeared to experience pain while warming up during halftime.

His status for Tuesday’s game is likely to go down to game time.

Mitchell first suffered the injury on April 6 during the second half against the Sacramento Kings. He stepped on the foot of Sacramento’s Keon Ellis near midcourt before losing his balance and rolling his left ankle.

LSU men’s golf team slips to 11th place in regional

AMHERST, Virginia — The LSU men’s golf team needs a serious rally to qualify for the NCAA championships.

The top seed in the NCAA Amherst regional in Virginia, the No. 6-ranked Tigers fell further behind in the second round. LSU was tied for 10th after Sunday’s first round and is now 11th in a 13-team field after a 9-over par 289 Monday.

The Tigers are at 15-over par for the tournament, 10 strokes behind Florida Gulf Coast, which is in the fifth and final transfer spot for the NCAA championships in Carlsbad, California.

Arni Sveinsson was the only LSU player to break par Monday, birdieing the 17th and 18th holes to shoot a 2-under 68, tied for 12th.

Browns LB to miss 2025 season with neck injury

Linebacker Jeremiah OwusuKoramoah has been placed on the reserve/physically unable to perform list by the Cleveland Browns and will miss the 2025 season because of a neck injury.

Owusu-Koramoah suffered the injury last season during the second half of a game against the Baltimore Ravens on Oct. 27. He took a blow to the head and neck area while assisting on a tackle of Ravens running back Derrick Henry.

Owusu-Koramoah was wearing a protective padded guardian cap over his helmet but appeared to be unconscious when he hit the ground.

Owusu-Koramoah was leading the Browns with 61 tackles and having his best season at the time when he was injured.

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ANALYSIS

LSU pitching settling in during pursuit of national seed

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

LSU earned a massive series victory last weekend over Arkansas, taking two games out of three at Alex Box Stadium.

The Tigers won 5-4 in 10 innings on Friday and 13-3 on Saturday before dropping the series finale 7-4 on Sunday.

Here are five takeaways from the pivotal series.

Eyanson shining Junior right-hander Anthony Eyanson is on fire, allowing just one earned run and eight hits in 15 innings over his past two starts. He also has struck out 25 while issuing only two walks.

Not only has he pounded the strike zone, Eyanson has improved his quality of strikes. He’s gotten ahead in the count consistently before getting hitters to chase his curveball, slider or splitter below the zone.

The curveball has looked sharper; the slider and splitter continue to break late; and he’s done an excellent job of locating his fastball in the upper half of the zone.

“He’s executing all his pitches all the time now, so it’s really hard to do anything with and feel convicted in the box,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said. “Those are the toughest (pitchers). We’ve seen some guys like that this year.”

Shores’ solid weekend Redshirt sophomore righthander Chase Shores is showing improvement since moving to the bullpen after the Auburn series.

Last weekend was his best yet.

In two appearances, he struck out four batters and walked only one in 42/ 3 innings. He allowed a run in 11/ 3 innings on Friday before

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giving up just one earned run in 31/ 3 frames Sunday.

Shores featured better command and a sharper slider throughout the series, and he’s made two noticeable mechanical adjustments since becoming a reliever. He’s throwing from the stretch and closing off his stance to create more deception with his delivery.

“It just helps me stay closed and just finish down the mound,” Shores said. “I think it helps my stuff kind of break later to kind of get the hitters off balance.”

The adjustments also have helped him command the baseball better. “(Pitching coach Nate Yeskie) is helping me with that and I think it’s taking good steps,” Shores said.

Sunday wasn’t a great afternoon for freshman right-hander Casan Evans, who allowed four earned runs in the third inning and lasted just 32/ 3 innings while walking three batters and allowing seven hits.

He left too many pitches high and over the heart of the plate, and the Razorbacks made him pay. He also had trouble putting away hitters with two strikes, allowing all four runs on two-strike counts.

All three of Evans’ starts this season have come against talented lineups in Tennessee, Texas A&M and Arkansas. He excelled against Tennessee but failed to get past the fourth inning in his last two outings.

Given the quality of competition, the last two weeks shouldn’t be of major concern. Whoever LSU faces in the regional won’t have as much talent as its last three opponents, and there’s a strong chance that also will be the case in a theoretical super regional.

and Las Vegas Raiders. Isn’t it nice when a quarterback and his team can be on the same page?

Week 12  SUNDAY, NOV. 23 (3:25 P.M.): AT SE-

ATTLE Seahawks Scheduling back-to-back games on the West Coast would allow the Saints to stay on that side of the country between games. New Orleans has a history of doing so — the Saints practiced in Seattle in 2019 — but would need the NFL to cooperate.

Week 5

Week 13

 SUNDAY, OCT. 5 (NOON): ATLANTA FALCONS Another divisional showdown.

This also presumably will be New Orleans’ first game against Michael Penix, the Falcons quarterback who started the final three games last year after Atlanta benched Kirk Cousins.

 SUNDAY, NOV. 30 (NOON): ARIZONA CARDINALS What are the odds the Saints face three straight NFC West teams? Probably not great. But it’d be neat.

 SUNDAY, OCT. 12 (NOON): AT MIAMI DOLPHINS This feels like a huge season for the Mike McDaniel era in Miami. The Dolphins have gone 28-23 with two playoff appearances in his three-year tenure, but Miami is coming off an under .500 campaign. Will Tua Tagovailoa still be healthy by this point?

Week 7  THURSDAY, OCT. 16 (7:15 P.M.): SAN

FRANCISCO 49ERS Thursday Night Football wasn’t kind to the New Orleans Saints a year ago. The team was blown out in prime time by former Saints coach Sean Payton and the Denver Broncos. But the 49ers are a big enough name to put the Saints in this slot again.

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Week 14  MONDAY, DEC. 8 (7:15 P.M.): AT CHICAGO BEARS This is a sneaky great matchup, one worthy of being in prime time. Ben Johnson’s staff in Chicago has several New Orleans ties, including hiring Allen as his defensive coordinator. Also, if Spencer Rattler somehow wins the starting job or has to fill in at any point, he was once teammates with Bears quarterback Caleb Williams at Oklahoma. Rattler was benched for Williams, which led Rattler to transfer to South Carolina. December in Chicago adds a fun wrinkle, too.

Week 15  SUNDAY, DEC. 14 (NOON): NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS I used too many words to sell the Bears matchup. So, let’s keep this one concise: Shough vs.

Drake Maye. Next.

Week 16

BAY BUCCANEERS The Buccaneers have won the NFC South four years in a row, and if they do it again, they’ll set a record for the division since its formation in 2002. The Saints, who won the NFC South from 2017-20, and Tampa Bay currently share the record.

 SUNDAY, DEC. 21 (NOON): AT CAROLINA PANTHERS It’ll be fascinating to see what kind of step Bryce Young can take in the third year of his career, particularly after overcoming his benching last season. If things go south for both Carolina and New Orleans, this could be an important game for draft position.

Week 9: BYE

Week 17

Week 10  SUNDAY, NOV. 9 (NOON): TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS I’m always a fan of when the league schedules rivalry games sandwiched between a bye like this. Let’s make it happen again.

 SUNDAY, DEC. 28 (NOON): NEW YORK GIANTS Scheduling this game late in the season probably opens up the possibility that we get to see Jaxson Dart against Shough, rather than the Giants starting Russell Wilson or old friend Jameis Winston.

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Week 18

 SUNDAY, NOV. 16 (3:25 P.M.): AT LOS ANGELES RAMS The Rams allowed Matthew Stafford to survey the market this offseason, but he opted to stay in Los Angeles after overtures from the New York Giants

 SUNDAY, JAN. 4 (NOON): AT ATLANTA FALCONS The NFL loves to end the season with divisional games. It’s unlikely the division would be at stake for this matchup, but you never know.

 SUNDAY, OCT. 26 (NOON): AT TAMPA

Signs of life

Concerns about Evans?

 SUNDAY, SEPT. 28 (NOON): NEW YORK JETS Aaron Glenn turned down an opportunity to interview in person with the Saints so he could coach the Jets. Is that enough of a storyline to put this game in prime time? This scheduling committee of one says no. Noon it is.

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the Tigers in the RPI is Oregon State at No. 6, but the Beavers have only five Quad 1 wins.

Two or three losses in Columbia, South Carolina, could complicate things and make a win or two at the SEC Tournament important. But as long as the Tigers take care of business against the struggling Gamecocks (26-26, 5-22 SEC), they should expect to have home-field advantage throughout a potential run to Omaha.

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LSU pitcher Anthony Eyanson finishes a pitch against Arkansas in the second inning of their game on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.

If Evans can locate the ball lower more and cut down on the walks, he should be fine moving forward.

Is LSU a national seed?

Probably. Barring a disastrous outcome at South Carolina next weekend, the Tigers likely have secured a top-eight seed in the NCAA Tournament.

LSU is No. 7 in the country in RPI with 13 wins against Quad 1 teams.

Texas, Vanderbilt and Auburn are the only teams in the nation with more Quad 1 victories.

The Tigers also are No. 7 in KPI

before Sunday. KPI — another results-based rating system used by the selection committee — has LSU behind Texas, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Arkansas and Georgia, among the Southeastern Conference teams, but the only non-SEC team it trails is North Carolina.

LSU went 1-5 against Texas and Auburn, but the Tigers have a series victory over Arkansas and a better conference record than Georgia and Vanderbilt. Even if the committee places LSU behind most of those teams, the only team outside of the SEC that’s ahead of

LSU entered the weekend after scoring just seven runs the week before at Texas A&M. The performance screamed trouble heading into a series against a talented Arkansas pitching staff.

The weekend wasn’t perfect for the Tigers, but it was a much better result than the week before.

They scored 22 runs and blasted seven home runs, improving their record in games where they’ve scored at least five runs to 34-1.

LSU received contributions from a variety of sources. Sophomore Jake Brown hit two homers and drove in a career-high five runs Saturday. Junior Daniel Dickinson had three hits on Sunday. Junior Ethan Frey homered and hit a walk-off sacrifice fly on Friday.

Freshman Cade Arrambide also had his first SEC homer and threehit game Saturday.

“We’re a really good team,” Brown said. “We have a really good offense, and it was never that far away.”

The Tigers had at least nine hits in every contest, including 10 on Sunday despite scoring only four runs. They were just 3 for 16 with runners on base in that game, but just being able to consistently generate opportunities as they did all weekend is a good sign.

Saints add WR, safety after tryouts Veteran receiver signed to 1-year deal

BY MATTHEW PARAS and LUKE JOHNSON Staff writers

Donovan Peoples-Jones got an opportunity to try out for the New Orleans Saints at rookie minicamp, and that audition landed him a job.

The Saints are signing the veteran wide receiver to a one-year contract, a source with knowledge of the situation said. Peoples-Jones, a 2020 sixth-round pick out of Michigan, comes to the Saints after spending time with the Detroit Lions and Cleveland Browns.

In five seasons, the 6-foot-2, 204-pound wideout has 122 catches for 1,895 yards and eight touchdowns. The 26-year-old’s most productive year came in 2022 when he had 61 catches for 839 yards with the Browns.

“It’s awesome to see Donovan out there,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said Saturday at rookie minicamp.

“He’s been a really productive player. Just a couple of years ago, he had a ton of catches, a ton of production in Cleveland, and so certainly a guy that when you went through the draft process, he was highly thought of.”

His addition gives the Saints some size at wide receiver. General manager Mickey Loomis said after the draft that New Orleans would explore its options at the position after electing to not select a wide receiver.

The Saints also signed veteran safety Terrell Burgess after he tried out over the weekend.

Burgess was a third-round pick of the Los Angeles Rams in 2020.

He has appeared in 43 games with two starts over four seasons with the Rams, Giants and Commanders, mostly in a special-teams role.

The 5-11, 202-pound safety played under Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley during his 2020 rookie season.

To make room for the signings, the Saints are releasing safety Millard Bradford and running back Jordan Mims, both of whom

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spent time on the active roster last season.

Public practices After taking training camp on the road last year to Southern California, the Saints will allow fans to attend some of their minicamp practices in Metairie this summer.

The Saints announced Monday that the June 10-11 minicamp practices at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center will be open to the public. The practices are scheduled to begin at 11:50 a.m., and tickets will be free though capacity is limited.

Saints season-ticket holders can reserve tickets with their account manager starting 9 a.m. Tuesday.

All other fans can reserve tickets by registering at neworleanssaints.com/minicamp, in the Saints mobile app or the Seatgeek app starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.

Fans must have a ticket to attend the practices, and each registrant is limited to six tickets. Free parking will be available in the lots next to the Shrine on Airline. Gates are scheduled to open at 11 a.m.

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LSU is the No. 1 college baseball team in the country. done enough to be considered as The Tigers were awarded the top good, or better, than anyone else spot in the D1Baseball poll Monday in a season without a clear juggernaut anywhere across the colafter they defeated Arkansas twice in lege baseball landscape. their three-game series at Alex Box Sitting three games back of Stadium.

Texas (40-10, 20-7) and one game LSU is followed by Florida State at back of Arkansas (41-11, 18-9) No. 2,Texas at No. 3, North Carolina in the SEC standings, the Tigers PHOTO By PATRICK DENNIS at No. 4 and Oregon at No. 5. need a sweep this week at South LSU starting pitcher Kade Anderson LSU dethroned Texas for the top Carolina, Texas to get swept on the road at Oklahoma, and at least throws a pitch in the first inning of spot.The Longhorns dropped two a game against Alabama on April one loss by Arkansas at home of three games to Florida this past against Tennessee to claim a 17 at Alex Box Stadium. weekend and are 1-5 in their last piece of their first SEC regularsix contests against Southeastern Sunday’s loss to Arkansas with season championship since 2017.

Conference foes. being swept at lowly South CaroAs Skip Bertman used to say, that’s “low percentage.”

But the most important thing is getting to Omaha and the College World Series.

That makes the most important thing securing a top-eight national seed.

As everyone in the class knows, being a top-eight seed means you get to host an NCAA regional and then a super regional, if you advance. It’s super important, because all nine times the Tigers have advanced to Omaha in the super regional era (since 1999) they’ve done so at home. Again, they’re not perfect, but it’s better than LSU’s 0-4 super regional record on the road.

A top-eight national seed is within the Tigers’ grasp. About all they need to do is not fall on their collective faces. Were LSU to pair

lina (26-26, 5-22) and go one-anddone in next week’s new 16-team, single-elimination SEC Tournament, that would probably knock the Tigers out of the elite eight.

So there is work to be done in Columbia, South Carolina, this weekend. One win, or two, may do it. That’s the position LSU has put itself in. The only tournament projection that was out as of Monday afternoon was On3.com, which had the Tigers as a No. 6 national seed.

Considering how brutal the SEC has been — nine of its 16 teams are in the D1Baseball Top 25 — it’s about all LSU and its legion of baseball eating/sleeping/breathing fans could have asked for. The Tigers have a great 1-2 pitching combination with Kade Anderson and Anthony Eyanson, have good

Koki Riley

hitting throughout their lineup, play solid defense and have a reasonably good bullpen.

About the only thing LSU needs to make a deep run into and in Omaha is to get a third starter to elevate his game to pitch when Anderson and Eyanson simply have to be rested.

It’s easy to point out the Tigers’ issues considering the magnifying glass this program always resides under. But LSU’s issues are no more significant than anyone else around the country. They have as good of a shot as any halfdozen or so teams of winning the 2025 College World Series.

That’s something the Tigers would have taken in January, and they certainly should take it now.

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Knicks push Celtics to brink of ouster

BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP basketball writer

NEW YORK — Jalen Brunson had 39 points and 12 assists, and the New York Knicks moved a win away from their first Eastern Conference finals appearance in 25 years and pushed the reigning champion Boston Celtics to the brink of elimination with a 121-113 victory Monday night in Game 4.

The Celtics will have to make the NBA’s 14th comeback from a 3-1 deficit to extend their title reign and may have to do it without All-Star Jayson Tatum, who was carried off the court with a right leg injury with 2:58 left.

Mikal Bridges and Karl-Anthony Towns each added 23 points, and OG Anunoby bounced back from two poor performances by scoring 20 for the Knicks, who can win the series Wednesday night at Boston. If not, they would come back to Madison Square Garden to try to do it Friday night.

Tatum scored 42 points, his

high in these playoffs, before he was hurt when the Celtics turned the ball over and his leg gave out as he tried to lunge toward the loose ball.

The Knicks had taken control just before that in front of a delirious crowd of fans who haven’t seen them play in the conference finals since they lost to Indiana in 2000.

Nobody has come from 3-1 down since Denver did it twice in 2020 at the Walt Disney World resort. It hasn’t happened when a team had to win a true road game since Cleveland rallied past Golden State in the 2016 NBA Finals.

After leading by at least 20 points in the first three games — but blowing the first two of them in Boston — the Celtics had another double-digit lead less than five minutes into this game.

They led 62-51 at halftime, but the Knicks played their starters the entire way in a desperate third quarter in which they outscored the Celtics 37-23 to set up a thrilling final period.

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Former LSU women’s basketball player Temeka Johnson is one of six people announced as the newest members of the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame.

Basketball dominates LSU Hall of Fame Class of 2025

BY TOYLOY BROWN III

Golf Coaches Association of America Hall of Fame in 2012.

Two of his standout golfers capSix new names will be enshrined tured NCAA individual championin the LSU Athletics Hall of Fame ships. Fred Haas was the national on Sept. 19 at the Manship Theatre medalist at Oakmont Country Club after the school announced the in Oakmont, Pa., in 1937, and Earl Class of 2025 on Monday.

Stewart earned a national title at The six inductees are men’s bas- The Scarlet Course in Columbus, ketball coach John Brady, men’s Ohio, to lead the second-place Tigolf coach J. Perry Cole, gymnast gers in 1941.

Rheagan Courville, men’s basketball player Ronald Dupree, wom- Rheagan Courville en’s basketball player Cornelia Courville was a 23-time gymnasGayden and women’s basketball tics All-American from 2012-15, player Temeka Johnson. and captured NCAA vault national Here is a look at the inductees: championships in 2013 and 2014.

She was voted SEC Gymnast of the John Brady Year in 2013.

The Baton Rouge product was Brady, who coached the men’s basketball team from 1997-2008, the SEC all-around and vault chamled the Tigers to Southeastern pion in 2013 and 2015, and the SEC Conference regular-season titles beam champion in 2013. Courville in 2000 and 2006. He also guided was the first LSU gymnast to win the team to a Final Four in 2006, three titles at a single SEC chambecoming the third LSU coach to pionship event. do that, beating top-ranked Duke Her 39.750 career-high allalong the way. around score ranks as the eighthThe McComb, Mississippi, na- highest all-around total in school tive was voted SEC Coach of history, and the best all-around the Year in 2000 and 2006 and total ever for an LSU gymnast at coached three SEC Players of the SEC championships the Year: Stromile Swift (2000), Brandon Bass (2005) and Glen Ronald Dupree Davis (2006).

Dupree, now the general manBrady, who now works as the col- ager of the men’s basketball proor analyst on the LSU Sports Radio gram, played for the Tigers from Network for the men’s basketball 2000-03 and was a three-time Allgames, had a 192-139 record at SEC second-team selection. He LSU. most notably helped lead LSU to an SEC regular-season title and J. Perry Cole NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 apCole led the men’s golf team pearance in 2000.

As a sophomore, he led the SEC from 1933-43, winning national championships in 1940 and 1942. in scoring, averaging 17.3 points The Tigers won five SEC champi- per game, and was second in rebounding with 8.8 rebounds. He onships during his tenure.

Cole also was inducted into the ended his college career eighth Staff writer

PELICANS

Continued from page 1C Behind Flagg, some of the top players in this draft class are Rutgers guard Dylan Harper, Rutgers forward Ace Bailey, Baylor guard VJ Edgecombe and Texas guard Tre Johnson. The next tier of players includes Oklahoma guard Jeremiah Fears and Duke wing Kon Knueppel.

The Pelicans won the lottery in 2012 and 2019, drafting Anthony Davis 13 years ago and Zion Williamson six years ago.

The pingpong balls didn’t quite fall in the Pels’ favor this time around for Joe Dumars, in his first month on the job as the executive vice president of basketball operations. Dumars was hired in April to replace David Griffin, who was fired after six seasons on the job. Dumars represented the Pelicans in the room where the drawing took place, while Williamson represented the team on stage.

The Pelicans are looking to rebound from a 21-61 injurymarred season. It was the second-

all-time on LSU’s scoring list and sixth in total rebounds He is one of only five LSU players to rank in the school’s career top 10 in both scoring and rebounding. Dupree played six seasons in the NBA.

Cornelia Gayden Gayden is one of the most prolific players to don the purple and gold as she was a three-time All-SEC player and an All-American during her final season in 1995.

She has the most career 3-point field goals in program history with 337. She also has the record for most points in a game (49 vs. Jackson State on Feb. 9, 1995).

Gayden is currently fourth on LSU’s all-time scoring list (2,451 points), fifth in field goals made (829) and ninth in rebounding (894).

Temeka Johnson Johnson is another one of the best basketball players to play at LSU, maintaining the No. 1 spot on the program’s all-time assist list with 945, which is No. 8 in NCAA Division I history.

Johnson, who is from New Orleans, led the Tigers to Final Four appearances in 2004 and 2005.

She was a four-time All-American (2002-05) and the winner of the 2005 Nancy Lieberman Award as the country’s best point guard.

Johnson has the record for most assists in a game with 17 against Georgia on March 5, 2005. She went on to play 11 years in the WNBA, winning WNBA Rookie of the Year in 2005 and a WNBA championship with the Phoenix Mercury in 2009.

just the talent you can see with your own eyes,” Dumars said. “…

What’s this guy made of? Does this guy really want to be great?

Is he going to come here and be a part of the culture? Is he going to buy in? Those are the things for me, whether it’s in the draft or free agency or trade.”

The NBA draft will be held on June 25 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Pelicans don’t have a second-round pick in this year’s draft.

Last season, the Pelicans drafted Baylor center Yves Miss in the first round and Kentucky guard Antonio Reeves in the second round. Missi contributAP PHOTO By JULIA D. NIKHINSON ed heavily, starting 67 of the 73 Duke forward Cooper Flagg reacts games he played. He averaged during the first half of an Elite Eight 9.1 points and 8.2 rebounds and has a chance to be named to the game against Alabama on March NBA’s All-Rookie team, which 29 in Newark, N.J. will be announced soon. Reeves averaged 6.9 points in 44 games worst record in franchise history. and showed flashes of his ability Dumars, in his introductory to knock down 3-pointers. news conference in April, disWith the No. 7 pick, the Pelicans cussed the type of players he is get a chance to add a solid piece to looking for. He emphasized that the mix. it’s not just about the talent.

“We’ll put a tremendous amount Email Rod Walker at of emphasis on the person and not rwalker@theadvocate.com.

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New york Knicks guard Jalen Brunson shoots over a host of Boston Celtics players during the first half of Game 4 in the Eastern Conference semifinals Monday in New york. The Knicks won 121-113.

Rockies chart new course after historically bad start

BY PAT GRAHAM

AP sports writer

DENVER — All the losing nearly reduced lefty Kyle Freeland to tears as he recently chatted about the woeful state of his hometown Colorado Rockies.

It’s a gloomy situation with the Rockies off to a 7-33 start entering Monday — one of the worst in major-league history — leading to the dismissal of manager Bud Black on Sunday.

Freeland wears his feelings for his city on his sleeve. More specifically, his right arm, where there are tattoos of the elevation (5,280), area code (303) and an outline of the mountains. The losses weigh heavily on him.

Change arrived in the Mile High air when Black, the franchise’s winningest manager and the only voice that many of the Rockies players have ever known, was let go.

Now, it’s Warren Schaeffer’s turn to navigate the Rockies away from a season that’s careening toward infamy. The Rockies have the worst start since the 1988 Baltimore Orioles began 6-34. Colorado is on pace for 134 losses a season after the Chicago White Sox went 41-121 — the worst since baseball adopted a 162-game schedule in 1961.

Promoted from third-base coach to interim manager, Schaeffer inherits a team that’s second-to-last in runs — despite playing home games at hitterfriendly Coors Field — and first in strikeouts. The pitching staff has surrendered the most runs in the big leagues and fanned the fewest batters.

“It’s on all of our shoulders,” Freeland said of the turnaround.

“We need to be better, and we need to continue to progress forward.”

The firing of Black came a day after a 21-0 loss to the San Diego Padres.

Schaeffer brings energy and exuberance to the clubhouse. He has been Colorado’s third-base and infield coach since the 2023 season. Prior to joining the bigleague team, he spent 10 seasons as a manager and coach in the Rockies’ minor league system.

“A positive atmosphere in the clubhouse, and we’re ready to move forward,” Schaeffer said Monday before the series opener at Texas that marked his debut

at interim manager. “I just want them to play loose. From my vantage point, it’s a fresh start.”

Relief pitcher Jake Bird, one of several Rockies who played for Schaeffer when he was a minorleague manager, described him as a good communicator who is intelligent and passionate.

“Something just feels different. So I’m really feeling optimistic about the direction moving forward,” Bird said. “I think our team’s a lot more capable than what we’ve been playing.”

General manager Bill Schmidt said after the move was made Sunday that the 40-year-old Schaeffer’s connection to players was a big part of what he brings to his new role.

“I think just a different voice here — we’re at that point where we needed to do that,” Schmidt said.

It’s an uphill climb for the Rockies to avoid a third straight 100-loss season. They have to go 56-66 the rest of the way. They’ve won back-to-back games just once and have three separate eight-game losing streaks.

Freeland was emotional last week after a start on the mound in which he allowed nine runs (five earned).

“Keep believing in us,” Freeland said of his message to Rockies faithful as he choked up.

For infielder Ryan McMahon, it’s about trusting the process.

“I know how to show up and play baseball. That’s the way I’m wired,” McMahon said. “That’s the way a lot of these guys are wired. The record is what it is at this point. It doesn’t affect the game tonight and doesn’t affect the games after that.”

The Rockies haven’t been to the postseason since 2018. Their only World Series appearance was 2007, when they were swept by the Boston Red Sox. Their manager then was Clint Hurdle, who is now the interim bench coach under Schaeffer.

“I’m obviously in a unique situation, being from here. I grew up with the Rockies. It does mean a ton to me,” said Freeland, who broke into the majors under Black in 2017.

“I’m going to be probably more proud of us as a group getting this (turnaround) done than me being a Denver kid, being able to get this team to a postseason or to a World Series.”

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THE VARSITY ZONE

FCA baseball team grows up together Top-seeded Flames taking on Ebarb in Class C semifinals

LHSAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT McMurry Park-Sulphur

Nonselect

BY ROBIN FAMBROUGH Staff writer

Because more people are growing their own vegetables, the term “homegrown” takes on a new meaning.

Family Christian Academy’s Jon Bolton has his own spin. Instead of beans or brussel sprouts, the FCA coach has grown baseball players.

“A lot of these kids were in fourth and fifth grade when I came here,” Bolton said. “So, we started an elementary school program six years ago. And they started playing then. They’ve grown up in it, and it’s been fun to watch.

“Some of them weren’t even 10 years old. We’ve been in the playoffs the last three years and lost.

We played a tougher schedule this year and so far, the stage hasn’t been too big for them.”

The top-seeded Flames (17-14) take on fourth-seeded Ebarb in a Class C semifinal set for 11 a.m.

Tuesday. The game helps open the five-day LHSAA baseball tournament at Sulphur’s McMurry Park.

Family Christian’s District 7-C rival, Maurepas, the No. 3 seed, faces No. 2 Harrisonburg in the other semifinal at 2 p.m.

The winners meet in the final set for 11 a.m. Wednesday. This is Family Christian’s first LHSAA tourney berth since winning backto-back titles in 2012 and 2013.

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TOP: Family Christian shortstop Devyn Baker Jr. is hitting a teamhigh .390 with 26 stolen bases.

RIGHT: Family Christian pitcher Sam Stewart has a 10-2 record and 2.57 ERA.

The Flames are led by junior pitcher Sam Stewart (10-2) and sophomore shortstop Devyn Baker Jr. Stewart won both playoff games, has a 2.57 ERA and is batting .378. Baker, the son of Northeast football coach Devyn Baker, is batting .390 with 26 stolen bases.

“Sam is our No. 1,” Bolton said.

“He’s thrown 137 pitches in two playoff games. When you have a guy pitching that well it’s hard to get him off the mound.

“It seems like Devyn is always on base. We’ve gotten a lot of production out of our seventh, eighth and ninth hitters in the playoffs.

That has helped, too.”

Outfielder Parker Ruckman is batting .368 with a team-high 38 RBIs. Trinston Williams, an all-state basketball player, provided a postseason boost with four doubles and one triple.

Losses to two top-seeded teams from higher classes, Division II nonselect finalist Brusly and Parkview Baptist, illustrate how Bolton has upgraded the schedule.

Before coming to FCA, Bolton spent 13 seasons as an assistant to legendary Southern University coach Roger Cador. He has prepared for big games before but admits he would like to know more about Ebarb, a north Louisi-

ana school based in Sabine Parish.

That unknown is one reason why Bolton won’t entertain notions about a title-game rematch with Maurepas. The teams split extra-inning games in the regular season.

“We’re keeping it simple for them (players),” Bolton said.

“Last year, I think we gave them too much information before we played Rapides.

“They won’t have the scouting report. As coaches, we’ll make adjustments as needed and let them play.”

Email Robin Fambrough at rfambrough@theadvocate.com

DIVISION I No. 1 Live Oak vs. No. 11 Sam Houston Finals-best of three series Thursday-Saturday, 5:30 p.m.

Field 40 DIVISION II No. 1 Brusly vs. No. 2 North DeSoto Finals-best of three series Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m.

Field 41 DIVISION III No. 1 Sterlington vs. No. 2 Erath Finals-best of three series Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.

Field 41 DIVISION IV SEMIFINAL No. 1 Oak Grove vs. No. 4 Manham, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Field 41 No. 2 Welsh vs. No. 3 DeQuincy, 5:30 p.m., Field 40 Final-2 p.m., Wednesday, Field 41, CLASS B SEMIFINAL No. 1 Pitkin vs. No. 4 Hicks, 11 a.m Tuesday, Field 41 Final-11 a.m. Wednesday, Field 41 No. 3 Weston vs. No. 2 Family Community, 11 a.m., Field 40 Final-11 a.m. Wednesday, Field 41 CLASS C SEMIFINAL No. 3 Maurepas vs. No. 2 Harrisonburg, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Field 41 No. 1 Family Christian vs. No. 4 Ebarb, 11 a.m.

Tuesday, Field 37 Final-11 a.m., Field 40

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DIVISION I No. 1 Catholic vs. No. 3 Brother Martin Finals-best of three series Thursday-Sunday, 5:30 p.m.

Field 40 DIVISION II No. 1 Teurlings Catholic vs. No. 7 E. D. White Finals-best of three series Thursday-Saturday 2 p.m.

Field 40 DIVISION III No. 2 U-High (27-9) vs. No. 4 Catholic-New Iberia Finals-best of three series Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m.

Field 40 DIVISION IV Semifinals No. 11 Riverside vs. No. 2 Vermilion Catholic, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Field 40 No. 1 Covenant Christian vs. No. 12 Ouachita Chrisian, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Field 41 Final 2 p.m., Field 40

LHSAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Class 5A results from the LHSAA track championships held Saturday at LSU’s Bernie Moore Stadium.

Class 5A Boys

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St. Joseph’s Michelle Daigle holds up one finger after her team won the Class 5A 4x800 relay at the LHSAA track and field championships on Saturday at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium. Daigle also finished second in the 3,200-meter run.

Team scores: 1. Catholic High, 61. 2. Jesuit, 60. 3. Scotlandville, 37. 4. Slidell, 33.5. 5. Holy Cross, 30. 6. West Monroe, 28. 6. Destrehan, 28. 8. Parkway, 26. 9. Alexandria, 23. 10. Central Lafourche, 22. 10. Haughton, 22.

TRACK EVENTS 100: 1. Josh Brown, Holy Cross, 10.27. 2.

Easton Royal, Brother Martin, 10.40. 3. Phillip Wright, Destrehan, 10.44.

110 hurdles: 1. Ja’ir Burks, Jesuit, 13.62. 2.

Zion Smith, Airline, 13.95. 3. Jaivyn Washington, Prairieville, 14.04.

200: Josh Brown, Holy Cross, 20.43. 2. Phillip Wright, Destrehan, 20.80. 3. Caleb Hilton, Zachary, 21.01.

300 hurdles: 1. Ja’ir Burks, Jesuit, 38.18. 2.

Joseph Encinas, Haughton, 38.80. 3. Dylan Evans, Scotlandville, 38.90.

400: 1. John Brown, Haughton, 47.37. 2. Chandler Sears, Baton Rouge High, 48.16. 3. Henry Mensman, Catholic High, 48.83.

800: 1. Brandt Blanchard, Jesuit, 1:52.58.

2. Tytan Johnson, West Monroe, 1:54.19. 3.

Brayden Berglund, Mandeville, 1:54.29.

1600: 1. William Decuir, Catholic High, 4:12.62. 2. Brady Mullen, Jesuit, 4:12.87. 3.

Brennan Robin, Parkway, 4:17.58.

3200: 1. Brady Mullen, Jesuit, 9:09.68. 2.

Brennan Robin, Parkway, 9:13.26. 3. Brady Monahan, Jesuit, 9:19.36.

4x100 relay: 1. Holy Cross, 40.87. 2. Destrehan, 40.89. 3. Acadiana, 41.38.

4x200 relay: 1. Acadiana, 1:25.62. 2. Catholic High, 1:27.05. 3. Scotlandville, 1:27.11.

4x400 relay: 1. Catholic High, 3:18.21. 2. Ruston, 3:19.99. 3. West Monroe, 3:20.28.

4x800 relay: 1. Central Lafourche, 7:58.92. 2.

Mandeville, 8:02.88. 3. Ruston, 8:08.63.

FIELD EVENTS Discus: Lionel Prudhomme, Captain Shreve, 176-0. 2. Joseph Carter Rivet, Alexandria, 172-0. 3. Devon Oliver, Parkway, 162-6.

High jump: 1. Gionni Wiltz, Slidell, 6-9.50. 2.

Austen Nelson, Dutchtown, 6-7.50. 3. Landon Gibbs, Huntington, 6-7.50.

Javelin: 1. Robert Conley, Catholic High, 209-5. 2. Jaxon Talley, West Monroe, 202-0. 3.

Austin Billiot, St. Paul’s, 186-2.

Long jump: 1. Ferzell Shepard, Scotlandville, 24-5. 2. Gionni Wiltz, Slidell, 24-2.50. 3.

Damien Richard, Destrehan, 23-6.

Pole vault: 1. Carter Hooks, Barbe, 14-5.25.

2. Miller Malley, Benton, 14-5.25. 3. Ryan Klester, Catholic High, 13-11.25.

Shot put: 1. Kaden Adams, Central Lafourche, 60-4.50. 2. Darreyus Scott, Denham Springs, 59-3.50. 3. Devon Oliver, Parkway, 59-2.25.

Triple jump: 1. Ferzell Shepard, Scotlandville, 51-6.50. 2. Gionni Wiltz, Slidell, 48-9.50. 3.

Marquis Butler, Alexandria, 48-5.50.

Girls

Team scores: 1. Barbe, 71. 2. St. Joseph’s’s, 41. 2. Alexandria, 41. 4. Destrehan, 40. 5.

Mount Carmel, 37. 6. Lafayette, 34.5. 7. East Ascension, 32. 8. Ruston, 31. 9. Liberty, 29. 10.

Zachary, 27.

TRACK EVENTS 100: 1. Marley Richard, Destrehan, 11.53. 2.

Gabriella Glover, Ouachita Parish, 11.81. 3.

Destiny Harrison, Liberty, 11.86.

100 hurdles: 1. Katie Truett, East Ascension, 14.28. 2. Serenity Early, Zachary, 14.43. 3.

Joelle Adegboye, Mandeville, 14.54.

200: 1. Marley Richard, Destrehan, 23.85. 2.

Destiny Harrison, Liberty, 24.30. 3. Gabriella Glover, Ouachita Parish, 24.62.

300 hurdles: 1. Reese Trahan, Barbe, 42.46. 2.

Courtney Smith, Denham Springs, 43.75. 3.

Leah Bryant, Captain Shreve, 44.49.

400: 1. Kennedi Burks, Barbe, 53.82. 2. Madison Bailey, Hahnville, 53.85. 3. T’Avion Clark, Ruston, 54.75.

800: 1. Keira Melan, Dutchtown, 2:11.80. 2. Riley Siner, Lafayette, 2:11.87. 3. Grace Keene, Northshore, 2:12.13.

1600: 1. Grace Keene, Northshore, 4:59.93. 2.

Catalina Reichard, Mount Carmel, 5:01.68. 3.

Stella Junius, Mount Carmel, 5:07.33.

3200: 1. Catalina Reichard, Mount Carmel, 10:59.00. 2. Michelle Daigle, St. Joseph’s, 11:15.04. 3. Stella Junius, Mount Carmel, 11:20.89.

4x100: 1. Ouachita Parish, 47.90. 2. Airline, 47.93. 3. Zachary, 48.00.

4x200: 1. Liberty, 1:39.80. 2. Lafayette, 1:39.89. 3. Alexandria, 1:40.15.

4x400: 1. Barbe, 3:47.63. 2. Zachary, 3:55.53. 3.

St. Joseph’s, 3:57.14.

4x800: 1. St. Joseph’s, 9:36.11. 2. Ruston, 9:41.76. 3. Lafayette, 9:42.77.

FIELD EVENTS Discus: 1. Kiristen McGirt, East Ascension, 145-6. 2. Journi Douglas, Ruston, 134-2. 3.

Nyla Stewart, Alexandria, 130-11.

High jump: 1. Addilyn Dufrene, John Curtis, 5-7.75. 2. Stella Zippert, Dominican, 5-3.75. 3.

Taylor Bennett, Barbe, 5-3.75.

Javelin: 1. Maria LaFleur, Barbe, 125-2. 2.

Morgan David, Barbe, 119-1. 3. Saylor Woosley, Central, 113-8.

Long jump: 1. Marley Richard, Destrehan, 202.50. 2. Noelle Williams, Alexandria, 18-5.25.

3. Julia Jenkins, Covington, 17-8.

Pole vault: 1. Scarlett Petticrew, Lafayette, 11-5. 2. Annabelle Griffin, Live Oak, 10-11. 3.

Miranda Weeks, Mount Carmel, 10-11.

Shot put: 1. Kiristen McGirt, East Ascension, 45-4.50. 2. Kaci Fulton, Barbe, 41-5.25. 3. Layla Branch-King, Alexandria, 39-4.50.

Triple jump: Marley Richard, Destrehan, 38-00.25. 2. Noelle Williams, Alexandria, 3710.75. 3. Macy Robinson, Chalmette, 37-10.

Heavy rains keep most golfers off PGA Championship course

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Scottie Scheffler was among the few players to get in a little practice at Quail Hollow for the PGA Championship, arriving a day early before rain soaked the course Monday and relegated most players to the practice areas only between burst of showers.

The PGA of America closed the course to spectators on the first official day of practice because of the heavy rain. They can either seek a refund or use their tickets the next two days.

But one thing was clear: Quail Hollow became a little bit longer from the rain that drenched the 7,626-yard course.

Quail Hollow is familiar to most players in the 156-man field, hosting a PGA Tour event every year since 2003 except for when it held the PGA Championship in 2017 and the Presidents Cup in 2022. Even so, it leads to a short week of practice.

Sunday would have been an ideal time to see the course, but there were only a few players here.

“They’re all at tournaments,” said Kerry Haigh, the championships director at the PGA of America.

Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele led a parade of stars at the signature event at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, won by Sepp Straka. There also was a PGA Tour event at Myrtle Beach, which featured more than

a dozen players in the field at the PGA Championship. That includes Ryan Fox, who won his first PGA Tour title that earned him a spot at Quail Hollow.

Scheffler skipped the Truist Championship, typical for the world’s No. 1 player because he plays the two stops near home in Dallas — the CJ Cup Byron Nelson two weeks ago, which he won by eight shots, and the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial next week.

This is only the second time he has played Quail Hollow. The other was the Presidents Cup, when the course had a different routing. He knows the holes, just not in the right order.

Scheffler played the front nine

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Raindrops drip from a tree during practice for the PGA Championship on Monday at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C. on Sunday afternoon, spending most of his time chipping around the greens as caddie Ted Scott — with a long history at Quail Hollow from when he caddied for Bubba Watson — presenting different op-

tions with different pins.

Some players tried to get on the course. Nicolai Hojgaard played the opening two holes in the rain, hit his tee shot on No. 3 and then walked over to the range.

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SCOREBOARD Odds

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Sports Betting Line NBA Tuesday

FAVORITE at CLEVELAND at OKC

MLB

LINE 7½ 10½

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 2:30 p.m.

O/U UNDERDOG (229½) Indiana (221) Denver

Tuesday

American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at BALTIMORE -130 Minnesota at DETROIT OFF Boston at TORONTO -126 Tampa Bay at HOUSTON -138 Kansas City N.Y Yankees -134 at SEATTLE National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at PHILADELPHIA-156 St. Louis at N.Y METS -240 Pittsburgh at ATLANTA -240 Washington at CHICAGO CUBS-245 Miami Arizona -116at SAN FRANCISCO Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CLEVELAND -124 Milwaukee at CINCINNATI -196Chicago White Sox at TEXAS -205 Colorado at SAN DIEGO -200 LA Angels at LA DODGERS -198 Athletics

NHL

Tuesday

FAVORITE at DALLAS

LINE -152

UNDERDOG Winnipeg

LINE +110 OFF +108 +118 +114 LINE +132 +198 +198 +200 -102 LINE +106 +164 +172 +168 +166

LINE +126

Sunday’s games

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, noon Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 18

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 3 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 5:30 p.m.

Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Auburn (32-22) vs. South Florida (43-14-1), 11 a.m.

Game 2 — Florida St. (46-9) vs. Robert Morris (30-16), 1:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 2 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 4:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Austin (Texas) Regional Friday’s games

Southern 11, Alabama A&M 2 Southern 9, Alabama A&M 8 Southern Miss 9, UL-Lafayette 6 Louisiana Tech 11, Jacksonville State 8 Bethune-Cookman 9, Grambling 3 Memphis 15, Tulane 6

Game 1 — Michigan (38-19) vs. UCF (33-22-1), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Texas (46-10) vs. E. Illinois (34-20), 3:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Thursday’s games

Southern at Jackson State, TBA Grambling at Mississippi Valley State, 3 p.m.

New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.

Arkansas State at UL-Lafayette, 6 p.m.

LSU at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

South Alabama at UL-Monroe, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.

Friday’s games

Southern at Jackson State, TBA Grambling at Mississippi Valley State, 2 p.m.

LSU at South Carolina, 6 p.m.

New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech, 6 p.m.

South Alabama at UL-Monroe, 6 p.m.

Arkansas State at UL-Lafayette, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Tulane, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Southern at Jackson State, TBA New Mexico State at Louisiana Tech, noon Charlotte at Tulane, 1 p.m.

Grambling at Mississippi Valley State, 1 p.m.

South Alabama at UL-Monroe, 1 p.m.

LSU at South Carolina, 2 p.m.

Arkansas State at UL-Lafayette, 2 p.m.

Arkansas 7, LSU 4 Late Sunday

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2B — Helfrick 2 (10), Thomas (5), Dickinson (13). HR — Hernandez (7), Milam (10). SH — Davalan (3), SF — T. Aloy (2). SB — Diggs (2), Iredale (4), Thomas (5), Dickinson (7).

Arkansas IP H R ER BB SO Beidelschies 2 4 3 3 0 4 Carter (W, 6-0) 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 3 Foutch 1 ⁄3 LSU IP H R ER BB SO 7 4 4 3 4 Evans (L, 3-1) 32⁄3 2 1 1 1 4 Shores 31⁄3 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Williams 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Mayers Ware 0 0 1 1 1 0 Schmidt 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Rizy 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Fontenot WP — Gibler 2 (4) HBP — by Beidelschie (Curiel), by Carter (Braswell).

Umpires — HP: Bandon Cooper. 1B: Eric Goshay. 2B: Brian deBrauwere. 3B: Jason Bradlley.

T — 3:58. A — 11,079

D1 Baseball Poll

REC. 40-12 36-11 40-10 37-11 38-13 36-15 37-12-1 41-11 36-16 40-13 41-11 38-11 32-16 37-14 38-15 40-10 39-13 39-13 38-13 35-16 34-17 37-16 35-18 36-13 41-9

PRV. 3 2 1 4 5 8 10 7 11 6 14 13 16 18 9 12 15 23 21 NR 20 19 NR NR NR

College softball (Double elimination; x-if necessary) Bryan-College Station (Texas) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Marist (47-7-1) vs. Liberty (47-12), noon Game 2 — Texas A&M (45-9) vs. St. Francis (Pa.) (26-24), 2:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 1 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 3 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 5:30 p.m.

Norman (Okla.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — California (35-19) vs. Omaha (3911), 2:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Oklahoma (45-7) vs. Boston U. (39-17), 5 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 1 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 3:30 p.m.

Gainseville (Fla.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Georgia Tech (27-21) vs. FAU (4410), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Florida (43-14) vs. Mercer (38-24), 3:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 1 — Oklahoma St. (33-18) vs. Indiana (33-18), 3 p.m.

Game 2 — Arkansas (40-12) vs. Saint Louis (34-22), 5:30 p.m.

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11 a.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 1:30 p.m.

College baseball

1. LSU 2. Florida State 3. Texas 4. North Carolina 5. Oregon 6. Auburn 7. Oregon State 8. Arkansas 9. Vanderbilt 10. Georgia 11. Coastal Carolina 12. UC Irvine 13. NC State 14. UCLA 15. Clemson 16. West Virginia 17. Tennessee 18. Alabama 19. Southern Miss 20. Duke 21. Louisville 22. Troy 23. Florida 24. Dallas Baptist 25. Northeastern

Fayetteville (Ark.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 1:30 p.m.

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, noon Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 2:30 p.m.

Knoxville (Tenn.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Tennessee (40-14) vs. Miami (Ohio) (35-24), 12:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Ohio St. (43-12-1) vs. North Carolina (40-15), 3 p.m.

Saturday,’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11 a.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 1:30 p.m.

Columbia (S.C.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — N. Florida (45-13) vs. Virginia (3717), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — South Carolina (40-15) vs. Elon (33-19), 4:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, noon Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 2:30 p.m.

Los Angeles Regional Friday, May 16

Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Regional Friday, May 16

Game 1 — Virginia Tech (41-11) vs. Belmont (40-14), 2:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Alabama (37-21) vs. Jackson St. (29-23), 5 p.m.

Saturday, May 17

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 11 a.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 1:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 18

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 1 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 3:30 p.m.

Eugene (Ore.) Regional Friday, May 16

Game 1 — Oregon (47-7) vs. Weber St. (2830), 6:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Stanford (40-11) vs. Binghamton (36-12), 4 p.m.

Saturday, May 17

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 18

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 5:30 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 8 p.m..

Pro basketball NBA Playoffs SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Eastern Conference Indiana 3, Cleveland 1

Sunday’s game: Indiana 121, Cleveland 112 Tuesday’s game: Indiana 120, Cleveland 119 Friday’s game: Cleveland 126, Indiana 104 Sunday’s game: Indiana 129, Cleveland 109 x-Tuesday, May 13: Indiana at Cleveland, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Cleveland at Indiana, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Indiana at Cleveland, TBA

New York 3, Boston 1

Monday’s game: New York 108, Boston 105, OT Wednesday’s game: New York 91, Boston 90 Saturday’s game: Boston 115, New York 93 Monday’s game: New York 121, Boston 113 x-Wednesday, May 14: New York at Boston, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Boston at New York, TBA x-Monday, May 19: New York at Boston, TBA

Monday’s game: Denver 121, Oklahoma City 119 Wednesday’s game: Oklahoma City 149, Denver 106 Friday’s game: Denver 113, Oklahoma City 104 Sunday’s game: Oklahoma City 92, Denver 87 Tuesday’s game: Denver at Oklahoma City, TBA x-Thursday, May 15: Oklahoma City at Denver, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Denver at Oklahoma City, TBA

Minnesota 2, Golden State 1

Tuesday’s game: Golden State 99, Minnesota 88 Thursday’s game: Minnesota 117, Golden State 93 Saturday’s game: Minnesota 102, Golden State 97 Monday’s game: Minnesota at Golden State, n Wednesday’s game: Golden State at Minnesota, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Minnesota at Golden State, TBA x-Tuesday, May 20: Golden State at Minnesota, TBA

Hockey NHL Playoff

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 4 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 6:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 9 p.m.

Tuesday’s game: Carolina 2, Washington 1, OT Thursday’s game: Washington 3, Carolina 1 Saturday’s game: Carolina 4, Washington 0 Monday’s game: Washington at Carolina, n Thursday’s game: Carolina at Washington, TBA x-Saturday, May 17: Washington at Carolina, TBA x-Monday, May 19: Carolina at Washington, TBA

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 9 p.m.

Baton Rouge Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — UConn (35-17) vs. Nebraska (3913), 2 p.m.

Game 2 — LSU (41-14) vs. SE Louisiana (4814), 4:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, noon Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 2:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 4:30 p.m.

Clemson (S.C.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Kentucky (29-26) vs. Northwestern (29-18-1), 1 p.m.

Game 2 — Clemson (44-12) vs. SC-Upstate (39-14), 3:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 12:30 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, noon x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 2:30 p.m.

Lubbock (Texas) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Texas Tech (45-12) vs. Brown (3315), 4:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Washington (33-17) vs. Mississippi St. (37-17), 7 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 1 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 2 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 4:30 p.m.

Tucson (Ariz.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Arizona (45-11) vs. Santa Clara (32-20), 6:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Mississippi (37-17) vs. Grand Canyon (46-6), 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 3 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 5:30 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 8 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 6:30 p.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 9 p.m.

Durham (N.C.) Regional Friday’s games

Game 1 — Duke (38-16) vs. Howard (31-18), 11 a.m.

Game 2 — Coastal Carolina (41-17) vs. Georgia (31-20), 1:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 12:30 p.m.

Game 4 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 3 p.m.

Game 5 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 winner, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Game 6 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 5 winner, 11:30 a.m. x-Game 7 — Game 6 opponents, 4 p.m.

National League

New York Boston Toronto Tampa Bay Baltimore

W 23 22 20 18 15

L 17 20 20 22 24

Pct .575 .524 .500 .450 .385

GB — 2 3 5 7½

Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

W 26 23 24 21 12

L 15 17 18 20 29

Pct .634 .575 .571 .512 .293

Seattle Houston Athletics Texas Los Angeles

W 22 20 21 20 16

L 17 19 20 21 23

Pct .564 .513 .512 .488 .410

Central Division

West Division

Sunday’s Games

EASTERN CONFERENCE Carolina 2, Washington 1

Toronto 2, Florida 2

Monday’s game: Toronto 5, Florida 4 Wednesday’s game: Toronto 4, Florida 3 Friday’s game: Florida5, Toronto 4 Sunday’s game: Florida 2, Toronto 0 x-Wednesday, May 14: Florida at Toronto, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Toronto at Florida, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Florida at Toronto, TBA

WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas 2, Winnipeg 1

Wednesday’s game: Dallas 3, Winnipeg 2 Friday’s game: Winnipeg 4, Dallas 0 Sunday’s game: Dallas 5, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s game: Winnipeg at Dallas, 7 p.m. x-Thursday, May 15: Dallas at Winnipeg, TBA x-Saturday, May 17: Winnipeg at Dallas, TBA x-Monday, May 19: Dallas at Winnipeg, TBA

Edmonton 3, Vegas 0

Tuesday’s game: Edmonton 4, Vegas 2 Thursday’s game: Edmonton 5, Vegas 4, OT Saturday’s game: Vegas 4, Edmonton 3 Monday’s game: Vegas at Edmonton, n x-Wednesday, May 14: Edmonton at Vegas, TBA x-Friday, May 16: Vegas at Edmonton, TBA x-Sunday, May 18: Edmonton at Vegas, TBA ed with 81.

Transactions Major League Baseball

American League CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Designated 3B Gage Workman for assignment.

CLEVELAND GUARDIANS — Optioned SS Brayan Rocchio to Columbus (IL). Recalled RF Will Brennan from Columbus.

TEXAS RANGERS — Recalled INF Jake Burger from Round Rock (PCL). Optioned INF Blaine Crim to Round Rock.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONBACKS — Recalled INF Jordan Lawlar from Reno (PCL). Reinstated RHP Kendall Graveman from the 15-day IL. Designated LHP Jose Castillo and INF Garrett Hampson for assignment.

CHICAGO CUBS — Reinstated LHP Caleb Thielbar from the paternity list. Optioned RHP Gavin Hollowell to Iowa (IL).

MIAMI MARLINS — Reinstated CF Derek Hill from the 10-day IL. Placed CF Dane Myers on the 10-day IL, retroactive to May 11.

BASKETBALL

Women’s National Basketball Association LOS ANGELES SPARKS — Waived F Liatu King.

NEW YORK LIBERTY — Exercised the option on C Nyara Sabally.

FOOTBALL

National Football League ATLANTA FALCONS — Signed DE James Pearce to a rookie contract. Signed LB Caleb Johnson to a rookie contract.

CHICAGO BEARS — Placed an international exemption on P Tory Taylor.

CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed S Shaquan Loyal to a rookie contract. Waived CB Micah Abram.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WRs Cade McDonald, Luke Floriea and Kisean Johnson to rookie contracts. Signed Ss Damontae Kazee and Rayshawn Jenkins to contracts. Placed LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on reserve/physically unable to perform list. Waived S Trey Dean, DE Marcus Haynes and FB Eli Wilson.

Waived/Injured WR Ja’Seem Reed.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed RB Jaydon Blue to a rookie contract.

DETROIT LIONS — Signed TE Luke Deal, WR Malik Taylor and DL Raequan Williams to contracts. Waived TE Caden Prieskorn.

GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed QB Taylor Elgersma. Released G Marquis Hayes.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Restructured the contract of K Ka’imi Fairbairn.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed C Mose Vavao to a rookie contract.

LAS VEGAS RAIDERS — Released WR Kristian Wilkerson. Waived OT Dominic Boyd, LB Amari Burney, DT Matthew Butler, WR Tyreik McAllister and LB Brandon Smith. Signed DE Jahfari Harvey, WR Ketron Jackson Jr., LB Wesley Steiner and WR Key’Shawn Smith to rookie contracts. Signed LB Jaylon Smith.

East Division New York Philadelphia Atlanta Washington Miami

W 26 24 19 17 15

L 15 16 21 24 24

Pct .634 .600 .475 .415 .385

GB — 1½ 6½ 9 10

GB — 2½ 2½ 5 14

Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Pittsburgh

W 23 22 20 20 14

L 18 19 21 22 27

Pct .561 .537 .488 .476 .341

GB — 1 3 3½ 9

GB — 2 2 3 6

Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco Arizona Colorado

W 27 25 24 21 7

L 14 14 17 20 33

Pct GB .659 — .641 1 .585 3 .512 6 .175 19½

Central Division

West Division

Sunday’s Games

Milwaukee 4, Tampa Bay 2 Texas 6, Detroit 1 Boston 3, Kansas City 1 Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 2 Houston 6, Cincinnati 0 Minnesota 7, San Francisco 6, 10 innings Toronto 9, Seattle 1 Baltimore 7, L.A. Angels 3 N.Y. Yankees 12, Athletics 2 Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 0

N.Y. Mets 6, Chicago Cubs 2 St. Louis 6, Washington 1 Milwaukee 4, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh 4, Atlanta 3 Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 2 Houston 6, Cincinnati 0 Minnesota 7, San Francisco 6, 10 innings Colorado 9, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 8, Arizona 1 Philadelphia 3, Cleveland 0

Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 0 Detroit 14, Boston 2 Texas 2, Colorado 1 Kansas City at Houston, n L.A. Angels at San Diego, n N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, n

Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 0 St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Pittsburgh 3 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Chicago Cubs 5, Miami 2 Texas 2, Colorado 1 L.A. Angels at San Diego, n Arizona at San Francisco, n

Monday’s Games

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee (Priester 1-1) at Cleveland (Allen 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Woods Richardson 2-2) at Baltimore (Povich 1-3), 5:35 p.m.

Boston (Bello 2-0) at Detroit (Montero 1-1), 5:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Cannon 2-4) at Cincinnati (Abbott 2-0), 5:40 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Baz 3-2) at Toronto (Berríos 1-1), 6:07 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 0-5) at Texas (Leiter 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Bubic 4-2) at Houston (Valdez 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Soriano 2-4) at San Diego (Cease 1-2), 8:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Fried 6-0) at Seattle (Woo 4-1), 8:40 p.m.

Athletics (Springs 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Knack 2-0), 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee (Priester 1-1) at Cleveland (Allen 1-2), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Cannon 2-4) at Cincinnati (Abbott 2-0), 5:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Gray 4-1) at Philadelphia (Luzardo 3-0), 5:45 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Keller 1-4) at N.Y. Mets (Senga 4-2), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Soroka 0-2) at Atlanta (Schwellenbach 1-3), 6:15 p.m.

Miami (Bellozo 0-2) at Chicago Cubs (Brown 3-3), 6:40 p.m.

Colorado (Freeland 0-5) at Texas (Leiter 2-2), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Soriano 2-4) at San Diego (Cease 1-2), 8:40 p.m.

Arizona (Pfaadt 6-2) at San Francisco (Ray 5-0), 8:45 p.m.

BOX SCORES

Denver 2, Oklahoma City 2

SECOND ROUND (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

Sunday’s games

American League East Division

Western Conference

Game 1 — UCLA (49-10) vs. Santa Barbara (34-24), 6:30 p.m.

Game 2 — Arizona St. (35-19) vs. San Diego St. (37-17), 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 0 Milwaukee

Cleveland

St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2 St. Louis

Philadelphia

ab r h bi Kwan lf 4 0 1 0 Schneemann 2b3 0 0 0 Wilson ph-2b 1 0 0 0 Ramírez 3b 2 2 1 0 Santana 1b 2 1 0 1 Manzardo dh 4 0 2 1 Naylor c 3 1 0 0 Arias ss 4 0 2 3 Jones cf 2 0 0 0 Martínez ph-cf 1 1 0 0 Brennan rf 2 0 0 0 Noel ph-rf 2 0 0 0 Totals 33 0 7 0 Totals 30 5 6 5 Milwaukee 000 000 000 — 0 Cleveland 000 301 10x — 5 DP_Milwaukee 0, Cleveland 1. LOB_Milwaukee 11, Cleveland 7. 2B_Yelich (4), Bauers (3), Arias (8). SB_Hoskins (2), Ramírez 3 (12), Frelick (8), Chourio (6), Kwan (6), Martínez (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee Peralta L,4-3 5 1⁄3 4 4 4 3 4 Hudson 1 2⁄3 1 1 1 3 4 Peguero 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cleveland Lively 3 1 0 0 2 1 Junis W,1-1 1 2 0 0 1 0 Allard H,2 3 3 0 0 2 3 Smith 1 1 0 0 0 2 Gaddis 1 0 0 0 0 2 WP_Peralta.

Umpires_Home, Emil Jimenez; First, Doug Eddings; Second, Mike Muchlinski; Third, Gabe Morales.

T_2:43. A_17,359 (34,788).

ab Nootbaar lf 4 Winn ss 3 Donovan 2b 3 Arenado 3b 3 Contreras 1b 4 Herrera dh 3 Pagés c 4 J.Walker rf 4 Barrero cf 3 Scott cf 1

Detroit 14, Boston 2

Atlanta 4, Washington 3

Boston

Washington

ab r h bi Frelick rf 5 0 1 0 Chourio cf 4 0 1 0 Yelich dh 3 0 1 0 Contreras c 4 0 0 0 Turang 2b 4 0 1 0 Hoskins 1b 3 0 1 0 Bauers lf 4 0 2 0 Monasterio ss2 0 0 0 Durbin 3b 3 0 0 0 Collins ph 1 0 0 0

Detroit

ab r h bi Duran lf 3 0 0 0 Hamilton 2b 2 0 2 0 Devers dh 1 0 1 0 Narváez ph-dh2 0 0 0 Bregman 3b 1 0 0 0 Sogard 3b 1 0 0 0 Campbell 2b-lf4 0 0 0 Abreu rf 4 1 1 1 Story ss 3 0 0 0 Toro 1b 4 1 1 1 Wong c 3 0 0 0 Rafaela cf 4 0 1 0

r h bi 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

ab r h bi Turner ss 5 0 1 0 Harper 1b 3 0 0 0 Schwarber dh 4 1 1 0 Castellanos rf 4 0 2 0 Realmuto c 4 1 2 1 Bohm 3b 4 0 2 0 Sosa 2b 2 0 1 1 Stott ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Wilson lf 2 0 0 0 Kepler ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Rojas cf 2 0 0 0 Marsh ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 36 2 9 2 St. Louis 000 101 100 — 3 Philadelphia 000 101 000 — 2 LOB_St. Louis 6, Philadelphia 8. 2B_Contreras (7), Realmuto (7). HR_Herrera (5), Winn (4).

IP H R ER BB SO St. Louis Liberatore 5 1⁄3 7 2 2 1 4 Leahy W,1-0 2 1⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Romero H,5 Helsley S,8-10 1 0 0 0 0 2 Philadelphia Sánchez 6 4 2 2 3 8 Strahm L,1-2 1 1 1 1 0 1 Kerkering 1 0 0 0 0 1 Banks 1 0 0 0 0 0 HBP_Sánchez (Donovan). WP_Sánchez.

Umpires_Home, Phil Cuzzi; First, Lance Barksdale; Second, Clint Vondrak; Third, Tony Randazzo.

T_2:28. A_42,513 (42,901).

Atlanta

ab r h bi Carpenter rf 5 3 2 0 Brebbia p-p 0 0 0 0 Torres 2b 3 2 3 3 Ibáñez 2b 2 0 0 0 Keith dh 1 1 0 0 Malloy ph-dh 3 1 2 1 Greene lf 4 1 2 2 Jung 3b 1 0 0 0 Torkelson 1b 5 0 0 0 McKinstry 3b-lf 5 2 2 0 Dingler c 4 2 1 0 Sweeney ss 5 1 3 3 Báez cf 5 1 3 2 Totals 32 2 6 2 Totals 43 14 1811 Boston 000 001 001 — 2 Detroit 209 101 10x — 14 E_Abreu (2), Toro (1). DP_Boston 0, Detroit 1. LOB_Boston 9, Detroit 9. 2B_ Carpenter (6), Dingler (6). HR_Abreu (11), Toro (1), Torres (5), Sweeney (4).

IP H R ER BB SO Boston 3 0 Houck L,0-3 2 1⁄3 9 11 11 3 2 0 4 Newcomb 5 2⁄3 9 Detroit Jobe W,3-0 5 2⁄3 3 1 1 5 7 Guenther 2 1 0 0 0 1 Brebbia 1 1⁄3 2 1 1 0 1 Guenther pitched to 2 batters in the 8th.

HBP_Jobe (Story), Houck (Dingler).

WP_Houck.

Umpires_Home, Jim Wolf; First, Brian Walsh; Second, Alex MacKay; Third, Alan Porter.

T_2:33. A_20,136 (41,083).

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LOB_Washington 6, Atlanta 8. 2B_García (6), Tena (4), Verdugo (8). HR_Wood (11), Ozuna (6). SB_Riley (2), Crews (10). S_Allen (2).

IP H R ER BB SO Washington Irvin 6 7 3 3 2 1 2 Ferrer ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 López 1 Rutledge L,0-1 1 ⁄3 1 1 1 0 1 Chafin 0 1 0 0 0 0 Atlanta Holmes 6 1⁄3 4 1 1 1 4 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 Lee H,6 Hernández H,6 1 1 0 0 0 1 Iglesias W,3-3 1 2 2 0 1 1 Chafin pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

HBP_Hernández (Call).

Umpires_Home, Ben May; First, Austin Jones; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Bill Miller.

T_2:21. A_32,696 (41,149).

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IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Dollander L,2-4 6 1 2 2 3 7 Bird 1 2 0 0 0 0 Kinley 1 0 0 0 0 1 Texas 1 1 5 Mahle W,4-1 6 1⁄3 4 1 2 ⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Garcia H,9 Martin H,9 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jackson 0 1 0 0 0 0 Webb S,1-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 Jackson pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.

Umpires_Home, James Jean; First, Adam Hamari; Second, Nestor Ceja; Third, Todd Tichenor.

T_2:09. A_23,123 (40,000).

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IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Skenes 6 6 1 1 3 6 2 ⁄3 1 2 2 0 1 Ferguson BS,0-2 1 Holderman 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 2 ⁄3 1 1 0 0 1 Bednar L,0-4 New York Peterson 6 5 2 2 3 7 Buttó 1 0 0 0 1 1 Núñez H,1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Brazobán W,2-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 Peterson pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

HBP_Ferguson (Taylor). WP_Holderman.

Umpires_Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Carlos Torres; Third, Brock Ballou.

T_2:51. A_35,580 (42,136).

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Spring plant shopping can be overwhelming. Here’s how to simplify it.

It’s spring, and everyone seems to have the gardening itch.

If you head to your local garden center right now, you’re likely to find the place stuffed to the gills with warm-season plants and bustling with customers.

Shopping for plants this time of year can be exciting. There’s so much to choose from, and everything is so colorful. But this wide variety can also prove overwhelming. How is one to decide which plants to GARDEN bring home?

NEWS You can start narrowing down your options by thinking about the lighting conditions in your garden. When shopping for plants, you’ll notice tags indicating daily sunlight requirements — usually listed as full sun, part sun, part shade and full shade.

Here’s a quick vocabulary lesson: n Full sun: Six or more hours of direct sun. n Part sun: Four to six hours of direct sun, including intense afternoon rays. n Part shade: Four to six hours of direct sun before midday. n Full shade: Less than four hours of direct sun.

Plants rated for shade may scorch if they get too much sun.

And full-sun plants that don’t get enough light won’t bloom as much — or at all — and could struggle in other ways. So it’s important to pay attention to these labels and select plants that are a match for your garden.

Another suggestion: Focus on tough plants that have been battle-tested in Louisiana’s hot, humid climate. Those that have been designated by the LSU AgCenter as Louisiana Super Plants are a good place to start. They’ve passed years of scientific evaluations with flying colors. You can learn more about this program and see a list of Super Plants at www.LSUAgCenter.com/SuperPlants.

And, if you still feel like there are just too many plants out there, AgCenter horticulturist Jason Stagg has you covered.

Some of Stagg’s favorite plants for full-sun locations are:

803 Camellia Ave. PHOTOS By COLETTE DEAN

TOUR GUIDE

Fundraiser highlights 7 Garden District gardens

BY COLETTE DEAN Look inside some of the Baton Rouge Garden District’s private gardens on the Friends of LSU Hilltop Arboretum’s Spring Garden Tour on Sunday.

Local designers will enhance a few of the porches, and musicians will entertain throughout the day as participants enjoy the event subtitled “Cel‘CELEBRATE THE ebrate the Garden DisGARDEN DISTRICT: trict: A Designer Porch and Garden Stroll.”

A DESIGNER One of the oldest neighborhoods in BaPORCH AND Rouge, the mature GARDEN STROLL’ ton live oak trees and large blooming magnolias Benefitting Friends of LSU lining the boulevards Hilltop Arboretum of the Garden District 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday guarantee a pleasur$20 for members/students; able stroll from garden to garden. $25, general public The Garden District www.lsu.edu/hilltop or is in the Mid-City area (225) 767-6916 between Government Street and Park Boulevard and is made up of a conglomerate of three historic districts defined by the Louisiana National Register of Historic Places: Roseland Terrace, Drehr Place and Kleinert Terrace. Homes vary between grand or quaint, connected by sidewalks and alleys. Preservationists have continued to uphold and maintain the neighborhood’s beauty and appeal, and several homes have commemorative historic plaques posted.

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Lantana is a tried-and-true favorite for Louisiana gardens in the warm season. n Lantana: This plant, known

for its vibrant flower clusters that attract pollinators, does well in both containers and in-ground gardens. During average winters, most lantana cultivars are reliably perennial, meaning they come back year after year. “Lantana comes in myriad colors, and now, a lot of the lantana stays in a smaller, bushier form, so it’s a little better behaved in the garden,” Stagg said. n Zahara and Profusion series zinnia: These drought-tolerant, disease-resistant zinnias are great for Louisiana gardens and loved by pollinators. “They form nice little mounds that are full of color all summer long,” Stagg said.

Both series include classic zinnia shades of orange, yellow and pink. n FlameThrower series coleus: “Don’t forget foliage color for fullsun areas,” Stagg advised. This

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‘INHALE DEEPLY. EXHALE FULLY’

BR YogaMass creates space to embody spirituality

BY JUDY BERGERON Staff writer

The Rev. Donnie Wilkinson approached in a black T-shirt and lounge pants, barefoot.

Not your typical attire for a pastor inside church, but this wasn’t Sunday nor was it a typical service.

The word styled in script on his shirt spelled it out — “breathe.”

Participants in the monthly Saturday morning YogaMass at Broadmoor United Methodist Church, 10230 Mollylea Drive, would hear that word frequently in the next 90 minutes. Yes, instructions from the yoga leader who, for some, is also their pastor.

“One of my favorite quotes is from Howard Thurman, who was a pastor and leader in the Civil

Rights Movement back in the ’50s and ’60s,” Wilkinson said from one of the front pews as yogis (including his wife April) trickled in, grabbed a mat and headed up the aisle. “And he once wrote ‘Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.’”

The pastor has been “finding his center” for about 16 years now.

“It’s one of the things that helps me become fully alive, you know, to be grounded, embodied, with a healthy clarity of mind, calmness — learning to feel comfortable in uncomfortable positions,” he explained.

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A class member faces the altar during yogaMass on April 12 at Broadmoor United Methodist Church.

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Continued from page 1D The featured homes on tour include:

Cindy and Steve Tiek, 2355 Olive St. (historic house) This home was built for the W.P. Craddock family in 1928 and designed by architect Lewis Grosz, who lived on Reymond Boulevard. The backyard garage and carriage house were renovated in 2007 in conjunction with the backyard landscape.

The space now functions as a pool house and dining area with a cooking fireplace. Two large live oaks flank a central flower bed; the walkways and driveway are all made of granite cobblestones.

Boxwood hedges throughout the yard are set off by plantings of hydrangeas in the front beds.

Wood ferns and autumn ferns are planted under the live oaks and fig trees line the driveway. A “secret garden” is a central water feature that connects the property’s water features from the front to the sunroom. The backyard is in a checkerboard design with limestone blocks and grass.

Planters surrounding the yard contain magnolias and satsuma trees. A wisteria arbor connects the pool house to the main house.

The antique decorative obelisks and a bust behind the pool are from France. Tiek ByDay is the front porch designer. Cindy Tiek and her daughter, Bridget, coown Tiek ByDay with Hance Day Hughes. The firm will soon have a showroom on Government Street.

Vicki and Dennis Swain, 803 Camellia Ave. (historic house) The Swain home was built in 1914 as an old schoolhouse and underwent a complete renovation in 1980. The Swains decided to take out two “out of control” azaleas in the front yard, do away with the grass and enhance with garden plants throughout

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Tuesday, May 13, the 133rd day of 2025. There are 232 days left in the year.

Today in history: On May 13, 1846, the United States Congress formally declared war against Mexico, following battles along the disputed U.S.-Mexico border in the preceding weeks; the MexicanAmerican War would continue for nearly two years until the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in February 1848.

On this date: In 1940, in his first speech to the House of Commons as British prime minister, Winston Churchill said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

In 1973, in tennis’ first socalled “Battle of the Sexes,” Bobby Riggs defeated Margaret Court 6-2, 6-1 in Ramona, California. (Billie Jean King soundly defeated Riggs at the Houston Astrodome later that year.)

In 1980, a tornado struck downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing five people and injuring 79.

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter’s Square

by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca. (Agca was sentenced to life in prison in Italy in July 1981, but was pardoned in 2000 at the Pope’s request.)

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as a police helicopter dropped two bombs onto the group’s row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people (including five children) and destroyed 61 homes.

In 2016, the Obama administration issued a directive requiring public schools to permit transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms consistent with their chosen gender identity.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Harvey Keitel is 86. Musician Stevie Wonder is 75. Screenwriterproducer David Simon (“The Wire”) is 66. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 64. TV host/comedian Stephen Colbert is 61. Musician Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 59. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., is 48. Actor Samantha Morton is 48. Actor-writer-director Lena Dunham is 39. Actor Robert Pattinson is 39. Actor Debby Ryan is 32. Country musician Morgan Wallen is 32.

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with small rock garden paths.

The porch was left intact, with the addition of railings added through the years. The backyard has been transformed from a small grassy area by adding a brick patio with decks. Along the way, they’ve added a small cocktail pool, a koi pond and an outdoor kitchen. Better Homes and Garden Magazine photographed the Swain yard for a potential article a few years ago. The Swains have enjoyed sharing their yard with guests and have hosted three weddings on the property, the last one for a niece. For the tour, the “Fretless Yard Girls” quartet will be playing ukuleles on the front porch.

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Diane Garrett’s home, 2236 Tulip St.

Diane Garrett, 2236 Tulip St.

hummingbirds are regulars to the street. During the pandemic, After almost 30 years of pool Ford began giving away small ownership, Garrett filled in her flower bouquets from her porch. backyard pool last year and has Her neighbors have credited her never looked back. She is enjoying the extra yard space she now for beautifying the neighborhood and bringing gardens back to the has for more gardens, including Garden District. She has begun installing two aboveground bins expanding the corner pollinator that host seasonal vegetables. gardens to other streets in the A native plant enthusiast, Garneighborhood and encourages rett is always on the lookout to everyone to include pollinator add more species to her everplants in their home gardens. growing collection. Ornamental trees bring color and some much- Ford has been credited by many neighbors for teaching them how needed shade to the area. Many to transform their yards into an of the flowers are passalong oasis for pollinators. plants or gifts from family and friends. She has also included Whitney Hoffman and Elgine a wilder “meadow” for testing new varieties of flowers. Allyson Sayal, 1959 Tulip St. Hicks Design Consulting will be enhancing Garrett’s back patio Whitney Hoffman Sayal has area. Hicks’ showroom is located been a resident of the Garden on Highland Road.

District since 2006 and now shares the home with her husGinger Ford, Corner Pollinator band, Elgine. Sayal originally chose the neighborhood for its Gardens, Camellia Avenue proximity to City Park, the incredible canopy of trees and the A lifelong resident of the Garlush, vibrant plant life. Its proxden District, Ford remembers when most of the neighbors had imity to LSU was also a deterlush gardens, including vegmining factor as her life in Baton Rouge began with obtaining her etable gardens in their yards. master’s degree from the RobTwo years ago, she began to plant corner pollinator plots ert Reich School of Landscape along Camellia Avenue. In the Architecture. Her passion for spring, the gardens explode with landscapes and urban spaces led vibrant colors: yellow coreopsis, to a career at the Downtown Depurple coneflowers, red salvias, velopment District, conveniently pink zinnias and orange blanket also just a short commute to her flowers. Bees, butterflies and home. Over time, she has poured

a great deal of “sweat equity” into renovating the entire house, carefully restoring and reimagining every corner. The porch is a peaceful and shady spot to showcase her love of plants and bright design. The tree and porch cover provide an ideal location for saying hello to her many neighbors and displaying many of her houseplants during the hot Louisiana summers. The porch designer for the Sayal home is Baton Rouge Succulent Company, which is located on Highland Road. Dave Randall, acoustic guitarist and vocalist, will provide musical accompaniment to the garden stroll.

Ray and Greta Corona, 2175 Myrtle Ave. When the Coronas first bought their home, there was an enormous red oak tree on the front corner providing shade to the front and backyards and, Corona admits, there wasn’t much to garden. In 2008, Hurricane Gustav took out the tree. Within 15 seconds, the yard transitioned from complete shade to full sunlight.

Greta Corona slowly started to fill garden beds with plants and added a fence based on a design she admired which featured wood with heavy gauge hog wire lattice. The fence provides a great visual barrier for neighborhood dogs without having to fence in the whole yard. Grass kept creeping into her garden beds, so the couple agreed to scrape up all the sod and dedicate the front yard to garden beds with pathways between. She is a tomato plant aficionado and makes sure to plant several varieties every season. Meyer lemon, satsuma and a recently replaced grapefruit thrive on site. Intuitively, she has been gradually using permaculture techniques in creating her multipurpose garden. Trees, shrubs and vegetables are in her front yard which provide food, shade and soil improvement offering the Coronas a mini “farmers market” just outside the front door. Walkways throughout the yard enable the Coronas to check out pollinators, as well as the

readiness of fresh herbs and produce while keeping beds tidy.

Tribe Market, an antiques and plant shop located behind Circa 1987, will offer porch enhancements.

Megan & Aaron Sheehan-Dean, 615 Camellia Ave. The Sheehan-Deans lived in Virginia, Florida and West Virginia prior to moving to Baton Rouge in 2013. They planted small butterfly gardens in each yard, and Megan Sheehan-Dean enjoyed bringing monarch caterpillars into her classrooms for her students to observe the life cycle. While raising children, they kept up their wellmanicured yard on Camellia but admired neighbor Ginger Ford’s garden from afar. In January 2019, Ford helped them transform their whole yard into a garden. Ford helped her get over concerns about getting it right — “if a plant didn’t thrive in a certain spot, I could move it,” Sheehan-Dean said. The yard now has plenty of purple coneflowers, gaura and giant black-eyed Susans. Now, the couple enjoys watching the hummingbirds, bees and butterflies that frequent the yard. Cutting grass and edging never brought much joy. “I’ve had many lovely conversations with strangers and neighbors walking by which never would have happened with a lawn. I can bring gifts of cut flowers anytime I go to someone’s house. Who doesn’t like that?” she said. Louisiana Nursery Home and Garden Showplace will decorate their porch. Brian Babin, former LSU band member and saxophone player, will entertain at this site.

The Garden Tour proceeds will support site development and educational programming at the LSU Hilltop Arboretum, located on 14 extraordinarily beautiful acres in Baton Rouge. It showcases an extensive collection of Louisiana native trees and shrubs. The property known as “Hilltop” is on Highland Road, south of LSU.

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Continued from page 1D So immersed did Wilkinson become in the practice of yoga that last year he became a certified yoga teacher.

“Not to change careers, but just to do something new,” he added.

The pastor trained for his certification alongside Heather Kemp at Yoga Rouge in Baton Rouge.

“As part of the training, we went to Trinity Episcopal (Church) in New Orleans, and they had YogaMass,” he said. “As we’re doing it, I’m like, ‘I’m gonna bring this back to Baton Rouge, bring it to Broadmoor.’ ” Last summer, Wilkinson trained with the founder of YogaMass, Gena Davis, an Episcopal priest who lives in the Houston area. With a grant from the United Methodist Foundation, YogaMass at Broadmoor Methodist commenced last fall.

The grant helped in purchasing the blocks, mats, bolsters, cushions and other equipment. Classes are free and open to all skill levels.

The event is small — 11 took part in the April event, but numbers have reached around 20 — and it’s growing.

Wilkinson says for those with whom the practice resonates, “it’s just a new way of connecting with God that allows it to create a space where you can encounter God.” Theology, breath and body work, along with the principles of yoga overlap between Christian spirituality, according to Wilkinson.

Frequent YogaMass-goer Alexa Harris would agree. Harris, 25, lives in Baton Rouge, graduated from LSU in 2022 and works as an environmental consultant.

Harris has been attending Broadmoor since she was young.

“I attended the ‘trial run’ of YogaMass before it was open to the public and try to go as often as I

CHOICES

Continued from page 1D Louisiana Super Plant selection offers leaves with interesting patterns of vivid reds and greens on compact plants. “This plant comes in so many different color combinations, you’re sure to find to find something that’ll work with your color scheme,” Stagg said.

For shady areas, there are fewer flowering choices than in sunny gardens. But Stagg said you can still achieve a beautiful, colorful garden with these plants: n Beacon series impatiens: Impatiens produce vibrant blooms against deep green foliage. A

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A class member reaches to the right as she hears instruction from the Rev. Donnie Wilkinson during yogaMass.

Wilkinson said.

“I kind of base kind of the flow of what we’re doing based on who’s here and what everybody can handle,” he said.

A brief Scripture reading follows, then a homily and more breath and body work.

It’s a participatory liturgy. Each attendee reciting a line from a handout sheet.

“Then we receive the bread and the cup, and then back to our mats for kind of a closing sequence, a little guided meditation,” Wilkinson said, “allowing yourself to deeply rest and relax and integrate everything that we’ve done here before,” From there, participants go into the final resting pose — and then they get up and go out about their day.

Likely with a renewed spirit.

Broadmoor Methodist’s next YogaMass will be at 10:30 a.m. May 17.

can,” she said. “It’s a time for me to connect my mind and body with my spirit. It’s a time to escape the noise of the world to relax and reconnect.”

According to Wilkinson, there are a variety of reasons church members and nonmembers are drawn to this exercise-worship combo.

“There’s a woman who said there was just something so beautiful about coming back into the Methodist Church and being in this beautiful space and finding a way to connect with God that just kind of reawakened something deep within her family,” recalled. “I said, ‘Well, welcome home.’ ” The environment is welcoming, calming, whether one is participating or just watching from the pews.

Lit candelabras stand near the altar with more candles burning on the altar. The yoga leader lightly taps a sound bowl with a mallet to begin.

The use of the term “mass” may be confusing to Catholics, but the

minister explained that in this sense it’s just another word for celebration of the Eucharist — which is what the whole sequence leads up to.

“We move. We breathe. We create space in our hearts and minds to hear a word from God through the Scripture and through the little homily and reflection,” he said.

“But then the real moment is when we commonly receive the bread and the cup, and again, it’s kind of an embodied spirituality.”

Last month, participating yogis were predominantly female, save for one male attendee and their teacher. Ages ranged from 18 to 80. All claimed a spot in the sanctuary or near it, where they rolled out their mats and waited for Mass to begin.

The first 15 minutes consist of very gentle breath and body work, centering themselves, beginning to move, to flex. The yoga sequences are not anything too strenuous,

Louisiana Super Plant selection, the Beacon series includes many flower colors; Stagg favors coral, which pops in the shade and has a summery feel. “These will mass and do really well in the shade,” he said. Beacon series impatiens also have a proven disease resistance record. n Caladium: These variegated, heart-shaped foliage plants have been around for decades but sometimes get forgotten. You can find many colors — from whites to pinks to reds — and patterns.

Carolyn Whorton, which sports deep pink and green variegations, is a popular cultivar in Louisiana.

“They’re going to throw tons of lush, tropical color in any shady space,” Stagg said.

Impatiens offer a way to incorporate color into shady areas.

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GEMInI (May 21-June 20) If you can imagine something, you can find a way to make it happen. Trust your instincts, intelligence and ability to implement your plans. A unique approach to life, love and happiness will pay off.

CAnCER (June 21-July 22) You'll receive mixed messages from those you deal with, which can confuse you and cause you to make poor decisions. A back-out clause is necessary if you plan to sign an agreement.

LEo (July 23-Aug. 22) Get in the swing of things, participate and show off your skills, but don't make promises you can't keep. High energy and quick decisions will put you in a good position.

VIRGo (Aug. 23-sept. 22) Set your sights on what's tangible and move forward with intelligence and cooperation.

Being a good listener will prompt others to accept your suggestions and rely on you more readily.

LIBRA (sept. 23-oct. 23) Get the momentum flowing; nothing will stop you from reaching your objective. Home improvements will ease stress, lower overhead and bring you closer to someone special. sCoRPIo (oct. 24-nov. 22) Listen, learn and excel. Put your mind, body and skills to work, and you'll find interest-

ing alternatives to make your life easier. A change is overdue, and discovery is your ticket to new beginnings. sAGITTARIus (nov. 23-Dec. 21) Underestimating the extent of a job will be your downfall. Consider what might go wrong and have a plan to ensure success. Self-improvement will offer high returns.

CAPRICoRn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Shift your thinking to keep up with the times.

Sign up for an event, activity or selfimprovement venue that will motivate you to implement changes that instill stability. Physical activity will ease stress.

AQuARIus (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Take the plunge and change what isn't working for you. Set your sights on saving money, setting doable goals and using your creative skills to benefit you financially.

PIsCEs (Feb. 20-March 20) Learn through observation. Taking a fresh approach to an old project will encourage you to finish what you start. Debates will lead to anger, not to solutions.

ARIEs (March 21-April 19) You'll come across unique investments, budget options or moneymaking ventures.

A social event or activity will lead to someone who will enhance your life and your confidence.

The horoscope, an entertainment feature, is not based on scientific fact. © 2025 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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By PHILLIP ALDER Celine Dion said, “Golf is a search for perfection, for balance. It’s about meditation and concentration. You have to use hand and brain.”

In bridge you must use your brain to gain the most from each hand you hold.

And in this week’s columns, we are looking at balancing, when one player, if he passes, will end the auction.

If the dealer opens one of a suit, the next two players pass, and the fourth player jump-overcalls two no-trump, it is no longer unusual, showing at least 5-5 in the two lowest unbid suits. Now it is natural. In principle, the intervenor has a hand with which he would have opened two no-trump, but he might be a point or two short of the normal requirements when he has a respectable six-card minor.

In this deal, though, South has a classic two-no-trump opening and a balancing two-no-trump overcall. North transfers into hearts, then rebids three no-trump to offer a choice of games. South, with only two hearts, passes.

After West leads the spade queen, how should South plan the play?

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keep dummy’s king as an entry), South should cash his heart ace, then overtake the heart queen with dummy’s king. He continues with the heart 10 to drive out the jack and ends with nine tricks.

Note that if declarer gets greedy, cashing his two hearts, then crossing to the spade king, he goes down. © 2025 by NEA, Inc., dist. By Andrews McMeel Syndication

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The contract, if awarded, will be on the basis stated in the Instructions to Bidders. No Bids may be withdrawn for a pe‐ riod of 45 days after bid opening except as pro‐ vided by law.

Bidders must meet the requirements of the State of Louisiana Con‐ tractor’s Licensing Law, R.S. 37:2151 et seq.

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BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AT: LSUHSC-433 BOLIVAR ST. 6TH FLOOR, RM 623C NEW ORLEANS, LA 70112

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1. To permit the applicant to drill, designate and utilize one cross unit hor‐ izontal well as an alter‐ nate unit well for HA RA SU65 and HA RA SU66, and as the unit well for HA RA SU117 and HA RA SU101; and two cross unit horizontal wells as alternate unit wells for HA RA SU65, HA RA SU139 and HA RA SU142, (with said wells being located in lieu of two of the cross unit horizontal alternate unit wells approved in Office of Conservation Order No. 361-L-206, ef‐

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fective November 10, 2020), at the locations and in the general man‐ ner shown on the plat submitted with the appli‐ cation, and made a part hereof, in exception to the spacing provisions of the 361-L Series of Or‐ ders, and to provide that no portion of the perfo‐ rated length of lateral in the cross unit wells should be located closer than 330’ to any unit boundary except for the common unit boundaries between said units.

2. To find that the pro‐ posed wells are neces‐ sary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the reservoir covered by each unit which cannot be so drained by any existing well within such units.

3. To permit the operator to produce the unit al‐ lowable for each unit from the respective unit wells and/or the alter‐ nate unit wells, in any combination, at its dis‐ cretion.

4. To find that unit pro‐ duction from the cross unit horizontal alternate unit wells shall be allo‐ cated to each unit in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as de‐ termined by an “as drilled” survey per‐ formed after the cross unit horizontal well is drilled and completed.

5. To provide that pro‐ duction from each cross unit horizontal well shall be separated and me‐ tered individually and this information shall be reported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Conservation.

6. To find that, with re‐ spect to wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SU65, HA RA SU66, HA RA SU101, HA RA SU117, HA RA SU139 and HA RA SU142, where the horizontal portion of the well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calcu‐ lated based on the dis‐ tance to the nearest per‐ foration in the well, and not based on the pene‐ tration point or terminus.

7. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in effect the provisions of the 361L Series of Orders, the units created thereby, and applicable Statewide Orders.

8. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 361-L, effec‐ tive July 29, 2008 and was redefined INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SU65 and HA RA SU66 are concerned, in Order No. 361-L-47, effective July 7, 2009, as to HA RA SU139 and HA RA SU142, in Order No. 361-L-147, ef‐ fective February 24, 2015.

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Public Notices Conservation p hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on WEDNES‐ DAY, MAY 28, 2025, upon the application of TITUS NATURAL RESOURCES, LLC. At such hearing the Com‐ missioner of Conserva‐ tion will consider evi‐ dence relative to the is‐ suance of Orders per‐ taining to the following matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, in the Spider Field, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana.

1. To permit applicant to drill, designate and uti‐ lize two horizontal wells, one of which to serve as the unit well and the other horizontal well to serve as an alternate unit well for HA RA SUMM, at the locations and in the general man‐ ner shown on the plat submitted with the appli‐ cation, or at any other legal locations within such unit.

2. To specifically find that the proposed horizontal wells for HA RA SUMM are reasonable and in the interest of conservation and necessary to effi‐ ciently and economically drain portions of the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, underlying said unit, which cannot be ef‐ ficiently and economi‐ cally drained by any ex‐ isting well within such unit.

3. To provide that with re‐ spect to horizontal wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SUMM, where the horizontal por‐ tion of the well is cased and cemented back above the top of the Hay‐ nesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and any offset well(s) should be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well, and not based on the penetration point or ter‐ minus.

4. To designate applicant as the operator of HA RA SUMM. 5. To permit the operator of HA RA SUMM to pro‐ duce the unit allowable from either the unit well, any alternate unit well, or from any combination thereof, at its discretion.

6. To continue in force and effect, except to the extent contrary herewith, the pertinent provisions of Office of Conservation Order No. 92-N-16, effec‐ tive March 16, 2010, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 92-N Se‐ ries of Orders, and all ap‐ plicable Statewide Or‐ ders.

7. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 92-N, effec‐ tive October 7, 2008, and was redefined INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SUMM is concerned, in Order No. 92-N-16, ef‐ fective March 16, 2010.

A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Office of Conservation in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

BY ORDER OF: STEVEN M. GIAMBRONE OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION Baton Rouge, 5/8/25;5/13/25 S lck

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AT THE HEARING, PLEASE CON‐ TACT THE OFFICE OF CONSERVATION-ENGI‐ NEERING DIVISION AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OF THE HEARING DATE.

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-3SPIDER FIELD 25-148 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA.

-4JAMESTOWN, LAKE BISTINEAU AND SIBLEY FIELDS 25-142 thru 25-147

In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, a public h i ill b h ld i

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the

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provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025, upon the application of AETHON ENERGY OPERATING LLC. At such hearing the Com‐ missioner of Conserva‐ tion will consider evi‐ dence relative to the is‐ suance of Orders per‐ taining to the following matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, in the Jamestown, Lake Bistineau and Sibley Fields, Bienville and Web‐ ster Parishes, Louisiana.

1. To authorize Aethon to drill, designate and uti‐ lize one cross unit hori‐ zontal well as the unit well for HA RA SUY, in the Lake Bistineau Field, and HA RA SUM and HA RA SUO, in the Jamestown Field, at the location and in the general manner shown on the plat sub‐ mitted with the applica‐ tion, and made a part hereof.

2. To authorize Aethon to drill, designate and uti‐ lize one cross unit hori‐ zontal well as the unit well for HA RA SUZ, in the Lake Bistineau Field, and HA RA SUE and HA RA SUQ, in the Sibley Field, at the location and in the general manner shown on the plat submitted with the application, and made a part hereof.

3. To establish that the proposed cross unit hori‐ zontal wells are neces‐ sary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the Hay‐ nesville Zone, Reservoir A, underlying HA RA SUY, HA RA SUM, and HA RA SUO, including those por‐ tions within 330’ of the common unit boundaries between said units, and a portion of the Hay‐ nesville Zone, Reservoir A, under HA RA SUZ, HA RA SUE, and HA RA SUQ, including those portions within 330 feet of the common unit boundaries between said units.

4. To provide that the proposed cross unit hori‐ zontal wells should be perforated no closer than 330’ to any unit boundary other than to the extent to which the wells cross the common unit boundary between the units which they serve, and as necessary to approve the locations of the wells in exception to applicable spacing rules.

5. To confirm that with respect to the proposed cross unit horizontal wells to be drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, where the hori‐ zontal lateral portion of the well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and any offset well should be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well(s), and not based on the penetration point or terminus.

6. To find that unit pro‐ duction from the cross unit horizontal wells should be allocated to each unit served in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as de‐ termined by an “as drilled” survey per‐ formed after the cross unit wells are drilled and completed.

7. To provide that pro‐ duction from the cross unit horizontal wells shall be separated and metered individually and this information is to be reported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Conservation.

8. Otherwise, to autho‐ rize the unit allowable for these units to be re‐ covered from the unit wells, alternate and cross unit alternate unit wells, including the pro‐ posed cross unit alter‐ nate unit wells, or from any combination of such wells, at the discretion of the operator.

9. To designate Aethon Energy Operating, LLC as the unit operator for each of said units and the cross unit well re‐ quested by it to serve HA RA SUY, HA RA SUM, and HA RA SUO, and the cross unit well requested by it to serve HA RA SUZ, HA RA SUE, and HA RA SUQ. 10. Except to the extent inconsistent herewith, to confirm and continue in effect, as applicable the provisions of (a) Office of Conservation Order No. 287-F, effective December

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16, 2008, as amended and supplemented by the 287-F Series of Orders, (b) Order No. 148-M, ef‐ fective May 12, 2009, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 148-M Se‐ ries of Orders, (c) Order No. 990-D, effective Octo‐ ber 6, 2009, and (d) all ap‐ plicable Statewide Or‐ ders.

11. To consider such other matters as may be pertinent.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Lake Bistineau Field, was de‐ fined in Order No. 287-F, effective December 16, 2008.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Jamestown Field, was defined in Order No. 999D, effective October 6, 2009.

The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Sibley Field, was initially de‐ fined in Order No. 148-M, effective May 12, 2009, and was redefined as to HA RA SUE in Order No. 148-M-2, effective Octo‐ ber 13, 2009, and was re‐ defined as to HA RA SUQ in Order No. 148-M-19, ef‐ fective May 2, 2023, both redefinitions being coin‐ cident with that from Order No. 148-M-1, effec‐ tive May 28, 2009, as to certain units in the Sibley Field.

A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Office of Conservation in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

BY ORDER OF: STEVEN M. GIAMBRONE OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION Baton Rouge, 5/8/25;5/13/25 S lck

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IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION-ENGINEERING DIVI‐ SION AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 708049275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OF THE HEARING DATE. 140465-MAY 13-1T $99.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --MJB:lck Approval Date: May 27, 2025 STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA May 13, 2025 RE: OLLA FIELD 29-K-61 TO ALL CONCERNED: This will advise that the following Legal Notice has been given to The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for publication: LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Statewide Order No. 29K-1, the following notice is given: Please be advised that C.T.R. Oil, Inc. has made application to designate their TREMONT H No. I-12 Well (SN 254907), located in Section 3, Township 9 North, Range 2 East, as the substitute unit well for the WX G2 RA SU436, Olla Field, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, which unit was created by Office of Conservation Order No. 1235-B effective January 1, 1986 and redefined by Office of Conservation Order No. 1235-B-8, effec‐ tive October 7, 1987. This proposed well is to be substituted for the WX G2 RA SU436; TREMONT H No. F-12 Well (SN 211854), which has been plugged and abandoned since No‐ vember 23, 1994.

Application review by the Office of Conservation in‐ dicates that all require‐ ments of Statewide Order No. 29-K-1, which governs the designation of substitute unit wells, have been met.

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Public Notices Conservation j within the ten (10) calen‐ dar day period following the date of this Notice by filing an application for a public hearing in accor‐ dance with LAC 43:XIX.3901 et seq. (Rules of Procedure) along with the $755 fee referencing this notice and his oppo‐ sition thereto to the Commissioner of Conser‐ vation, P. O. Box 94275, Baton Rouge, LA 708049275, with copies to the other parties as specified in the rules. In the ab‐ sence of the timely filing of a proper and complete application for public hearing including applic‐ able fee, a Supplemental Order will be issued des‐ ignating the substitute unit well as requested by the applicant. With re‐ spect to the computation of said ten (10) calendar day period of time al‐ lowed for receiving writ‐ ten application for public hearing, the date of this Legal Notice and the ap‐ proval date shall not be included. In the event the last day of said ten (10) calendar day period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, it shall be understood that the last day of said ten (10) cal‐ endar day period will then be considered to be the following Monday or the day following the legal holiday.

A copy of this application is available for inspec‐ tion in the Office of Con‐ servation Baton Rouge and Monroe, Louisiana.

All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --MJB:lck Approval Date: May 27, 2025 STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA May 13, 2025 RE: OLLA FIELD 29-K-60 TO ALL CONCERNED: This will advise that the following Legal Notice has been given to The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for publication: LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Statewide Order No. 29K-1, the following notice is given: Please be advised that C.T.R. Oil, Inc. has made application to designate their Placid Fee 24 No. 001 Well (SN 254731), lo‐ cated in Section 24, Township 10 North, Range 2 East, as the sub‐ stitute unit well for the WX C RA SU158, Olla Field, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana, which unit was created by Office of Conservation Order No. 1235-B effective January 1, 1986. This proposed well is to be substituted for the WX C RA SU158; LA CENT O&G No. 075 Well (SN 25136), which has been plugged and abandoned since Octo‐ ber 17, 1986.

Application review by the Office of Conservation in‐ dicates that all require‐ ments of Statewide Order No. 29-K-1, which governs the designation of substitute unit wells, have been met.

Should any interested party feel that this appli‐ cation for the designa‐ tion of the substitute unit well should not be ap‐ proved, he is afforded the opportunity to make his objections known within the ten (10) calen‐ dar day period following the date of this Notice by filing an application for a public hearing in accor‐ dance with LAC 43:XIX.3901 et seq. (Rules of Procedure) along with the $755 fee referencing this notice and his oppo‐ sition thereto to the Commissioner of Conser‐ vation, P. O. Box 94275, Baton Rouge, LA 708049275, with copies to the other parties as specified i h l h b

Public Notices Conservation p p in the rules. In the ab‐ sence of the timely filing of a proper and complete application for public hearing including applic‐ able fee, a Supplemental Order will be issued des‐ ignating the substitute unit well as requested by the applicant. With re‐ spect to the computation of said ten (10) calendar day period of time al‐ lowed for receiving writ‐ ten application for public hearing, the date of this Legal Notice and the ap‐ proval date shall not be included. In the event the last day of said ten (10) calendar day period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday, it shall be understood that the last day of said ten (10) cal‐ endar day period will then be considered to be the following Monday or the day following the legal holiday.

A copy of this application is available for inspec‐ tion in the Office of Con‐ servation Baton Rouge and Monroe, Louisiana.

All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

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Mgr. Permit M. Browning File 140612-MAY 13-1T $65.35 PUBLIC NOTICE --PR:lck STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION OIL AND GAS DIVISION BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA RE: BENSON FIELD 29-D-6 TO ALL CONCERNED: This will advise that the following Legal Notice has been given to The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for publication on May 13, 2025: LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Statewide Order No. 29D-1, the following notice is given: Please be advised that BPX Operating Company has made application for authority to commingle in their CONVERSE COM‐ MINGLING FACILITY NO. 1 (9000016), hydrocarbons produced from the HA RA SUJ (617173) and HA RA SUK (617467), Converse Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Application review by the Office of Conservation in‐ dicates that all require‐ ments of Statewide Order No. 29-D-1, which governs the authority to commingle gas and/or liquid hydrocarbons and to use methods other than gauge tanks for the allocation of production have been met.

Should any interested party feel that this appli‐ cation for authority to commingle hydrocar‐ bons should not be ap‐ proved, he is afforded the opportunity to make his objections known, in writing, to the Commis‐ sioner of Conservation, P. O. Box 94275, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9275, within the ten (10) calen‐ dar day period following the date this notice is mailed by the applicant.

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A copy of this application is available for inspec‐ tion in the Office of Con‐ servation Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana.

All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

BY ORDER OF: STEVEN M. GIAMBRONE OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION Paper Applicant Dist.

Mgr. Prod-Audit P. Ray File 140621-may 13-1t $62.21 PUBLIC NOTICE --PR:lck STATE OF LOUISIANA OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION OIL AND GAS DIVISION BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA RE: CONVERSE FIELD 29-D-8 TO ALL CONCERNED: This will advise that the following Legal Notice has been given to The Advocate, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for publication on May 13, 2025: LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, OF‐ FICE OF CONSERVATION, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and Statewide Order No. 29D-1, the following notice is given: Please be advised that BPX Operating Company has made application for authority to commingle in their CONVERSE COM‐ MINGLING FACILITY NO. 1 (9000016), hydrocarbons produced from the HA RA SULL (617280), HA RA SUCC (617230), and HA RA SUYY (617206), Con‐ verse Field, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.

Application review by the Office of Conservation in‐ dicates that all require‐ ments of Statewide Order No. 29-D-1, which governs the authority to commingle gas and/or liquid hydrocarbons and to use methods other than gauge tanks for the allocation of production have been met.

Should any interested party feel that this appli‐ cation for authority to commingle hydrocar‐ bons should not be ap‐ proved, he is afforded the opportunity to make his objections known, in writing, to the Commis‐ sioner of Conservation, P. O. Box 94275, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9275, within the ten (10) calen‐ dar day period following the date this notice is mailed by the applicant.

In the absence of the fil‐ ing any letter of objec‐ tion during said ten (10) calendar day period, an approval letter will be is‐ sued authorizing com‐ mingling as requested by the applicant. With re‐ spect to the computation of said ten (10) calendar day period of time al‐ lowed for receiving writ‐ ten objections, the date of this Legal Notice and the approval date shall not be included. In the event the last day of said ten (10) calendar day pe‐ riod falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holi‐ day, it shall be under‐ stood that the last day of said ten (10) calendar day period will then be considered to be the fol‐ lowing Monday or the date following the legal holiday.

A copy of this application is available for inspec‐ tion in the Office of Con‐ servation Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana.

All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof.

BY ORDER OF: STEVEN M. GIAMBRONE OFFICE OF CONSERVA‐ TION Paper Applicant Dist.

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PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE LEGAL NOTICE WHEREAS, on December 23, 2011, a certain Mort‐ gage was executed by Carl Singleton, and Clau‐ dine Palmer Singleton, as mortgagors/grantors in favor of MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A., as mortgagee/grantee, and was recorded on January 12, 2012, at Orig 226 and Bundle 12381 in the Of‐ fice of the Mortgage Records of the Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. There‐ after, an Adjustable Rate Second Mortgage in favor of the Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment was executed December 23, 2011, and recorded on January 12, 2012, at Orig 227 and Bundle 12381; in the Of‐ fice of the Mortgage Records of the Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment (the Secre‐ tary) pursuant to the Na‐ tional Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Sec‐ retary, pursuant to an as‐ signment dated July 24, 2023, and recorded on August 04, 2023, at Orig 931, and Bundle 13266, in the Office of the Mort‐ gage Records of the Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and condi‐ tions of the Mortgage in that the property ceases to be the principal resi‐ dence of a borrower for reasons other than death and the property is not the principal residence of at least one other bor‐ rower; and the payment due on December 11, 2024 was not made and remains wholly unpaid as of the date of this no‐ tice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to cur‐ rency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of January 10, 2025 is $247,698.28; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secre‐ tary has declared the en‐ tire amount of the in‐ debtedness secured by the Mortgage to be im‐ mediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pur‐ suant to powers vested in me by the Single-Fam‐ ily Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 27 subpart B, and by the Secretary's designation f l

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y g of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on March 12, 2024, at In‐ strument No. 12409670, Book 3495 and Page 963, notice is hereby given that, on May 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM local time, all real and personal prop‐ erty at or used in con‐ nection with the follow‐ ing described premises ("Property"), will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder(s): See attached legal de‐ scription.

Commonly Known As: 6428 Chippendale Dr, Baton Rouge, LA, 70817 The sale will be held at the property of 6428 Chippendale Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70817 The United States Secre‐ tary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $259,990.73 plus any additional accrual, fees, costs or charges in‐ curred by the Secretary up to the date of sale.

There will be no prora‐ tion of taxes, rents or other income or liabili‐ ties, except that the pur‐ chaser(s) will pay, at or before closing, his (their) pro-rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secre‐ tary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling $25,999.07 in the form of a certified check or cashier's check made out to the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A deposit need not accom‐ pany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $25,999.07 must be presented be‐ fore the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The re‐ mainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may deter‐ mine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the high bid‐ der, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder(s) will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the pay‐ ment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the un‐ successful bidder(s) will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the pay‐ ment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the United States Secre‐ tary of Housing and Urban Development. If the high bidder(s) close(s) the sale prior to the expiration of any ex‐ tension period, the un‐ used portion of the ex‐ tension fee shall be ap‐ plied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder(s) is/are unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any ex‐ tensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be re‐ quired to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the elec‐ tion of the foreclosure commissioner after con‐ sultation with the HUD representative, will be li‐ able to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Com‐ missioner may, at the di‐ rection of the HUD Repre‐ sentative, offer the Prop‐ erty to the second high‐ est bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bid‐ der.

There is no right of re‐ demption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclo‐ sure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire pur‐ chase price in accor‐ dance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the prop‐ erty will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclo‐ sure sale shall be can‐ celled or adjourned if it is established, by docu‐ mented written applica‐ tion of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclo‐ sure is based did not exist at the time of ser‐ vice of this notice of de‐ fault and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner, in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment, before public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $259,990.73 as of May 27, 2025 plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, ad‐ costs and vertising postage expenses in‐ curred in giving notice, mileage by the most rea‐ sonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs in‐ curred for title and lien record searches, the nec‐ essary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner for recording doc‐ uments, a commission for the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner, and all other costs incurred in connec‐ tion with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier's check or application for cancellation of the fore‐ closure sale shall be sub‐ mitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner provided below.

Date: 4/18/2025 /s/Penny Daigrepont Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner Albertelli Law, P.A. Penny Daigrepont, LA Bar 30464 3500 N Causeway Blvd., Suite 116 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 504.732.3600 Firm# 25-001402 EXHIBIT “A” LEGAL DESCRIPTION ONE (1) CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE BUILDINGS AND IM‐ PROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALL THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THERE‐ UNTO BELONGING OR IN ANY‐ WISE APPERTAINING, SIT‐ UATED IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THAT SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS WOODLAWN ESTATES, FIRST FILING, AND DESIG‐ NATED ON THE OFFICIAL PLAN THEREOF, ON FILE AND OF

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RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AS LOT NUMBER TWENTY ONE (21), SAID SUBDIVI‐ SION, SAID LOT HAVING SUCH MEASUREMENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVITUDES AS ARE MORE PARTICULARLY DE‐ SCRIBED ON SAID SUBDI‐ VISION MAP.

to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire pur‐ chase price in accor‐ dance with the terms of the sale as provided herein. HUD does not guarantee that the prop‐ erty will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclo‐ sure sale shall be can‐ celled or adjourned if it is established, by docu‐ mented written applica‐ tion of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner not less than 3 days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclo‐ sure is based did not exist at the time of ser‐ vice of this notice of de‐ fault and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner, in the form of a certified or cashier's check payable to the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment, before public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $464,261.71 as of May 27, 2025 plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the mortgage had not been accelerated, ad‐ vertising costs and postage expenses in‐ curred in giving notice, mileage by the most rea‐ sonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs in‐ curred for title and lien record searches, the nec‐ essary out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner for recording doc‐ uments, a commission for the Foreclosure Com‐ missioner, and all other costs incurred in connec‐ tion with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

ber 19505, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Charles Scott and Louise Scott and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2010 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2009. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your interest in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the prop‐ erty by making all re‐ quired payments to the tax collector listed below or file a lawsuit in accor‐ dance with law within Sixty (60) Days of the date of the first publica‐ tion of this notice, or the recording of an act trans‐ ferring ownership, if later.

137901-may 6-13-20-3t $2,981.56 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE LEGAL NOTICE WHEREAS, on March 25, 2010, a certain Mortgage was executed by Luther W. Felps, and Jacqueline M. Felps, as mort‐ gagors/grantors in favor of Urban Financial Group, as mortgagee/grantee, and was recorded on April 19, 2010, in Orig 585 Bundle 12230 in the Of‐ fice of Mortgage Records of the Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Thereafter, an Adjustable Rate Second Mortgage in favor of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development was executed on March 25, 2010, in Orig 595 Bundle 12230 in the Office of Mortgage Records of the Clerk of Court, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment (the Secre‐ tary) pursuant to the Na‐ tional Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and WHEREAS, the Mortgage is now owned by the Sec‐ retary, pursuant to an as‐ signment dated October 30, 2018, and recorded on November 26, 2018, in Orig 256, Bundle 12927, in the Office of the Recorder, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana; and WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and condi‐ tions of the Mortgage in that the borrowers are deceased, and the prop‐ erty is the principal resi‐ dence of at least one sur‐ viving borrower, and as such payment was due on August 1, 2024, and was not made and re‐ mains wholly unpaid as of the date of this notice, and no payment has been made sufficient to restore the loan to cur‐ rency; and WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent as of is August 31, 2024 $437,847.95; and WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secre‐ tary has declared the en‐ tire amount of the in‐ debtedness secured by the Mortgage to be im‐ mediately due and payable; NOW THEREFORE, pur‐ suant to powers vested in me by the Single Fam‐ ily Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR Part 27 subpart B, and by the Secretary's designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on March 12, 2024, in In‐ strument No. 12409670, Book 3495, and Page 963, notice is hereby given that, on May 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM local time, all real and personal prop‐ erty at or used in con‐ nection with the follow‐ ing described premises ("Property"), will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder(s): See attached legal de‐ scription.

Commonly known as: 14690 GRAPEVINE DR, BATON ROUGE, LA, 70818 The sale will be held at the Property of 14690 Grapevine Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70818.

The United States Secre‐ tary of Housing and Urban Development will bid $464,261.71 plus any additional accrual, fees, costs or charges in‐ curred by the Secretary up to the date of sale.

There will be no prora‐ tion of taxes, rents or other income or liabili‐ ties, except that the pur‐ chaser(s) will pay, at or before closing, his (their) pro-rata share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secre‐ tary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders, except the Secretary, must submit a deposit totaling $46,426.17 in the form of a certified check or cashier's check made out to the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. A deposit need not accom‐ pany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of $46,426.17 must be presented be‐ fore the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The re‐ mainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may deter‐ mine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier's check. If the Secretary is the high bid‐ der, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder(s) will pay all conveyancing fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title.

At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidder(s) will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the pay‐ ment. All extensions will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be paid in the form of a certified or cashier's check made payable to the United States Secretary of Hous‐ ing and Urban Develop‐ ment. If the high bid‐ der(s) close(s) the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the ex‐ tension fee shall be ap‐ plied toward the amount due at closing.

If the high bidder(s) is/are unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any ex‐ tensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be re‐ quired to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the elec‐ tion of the foreclosure commissioner after con‐ sultation with the HUD representative, will be li‐ able to the Secretary for any costs incurred as a result of such failure, and the Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD Field Office Repre‐ sentative, offer the Prop‐ erty to the second high‐ est bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bid‐ der.

There is no right of re‐ demption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclo‐ sure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner will issue a Deed

Tender of payment by certified or cashier's check or application for cancellation of the fore‐ closure sale shall be sub‐ mitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner provided below.

Date: 4/18/2025 /s/Penny Daigrepont Foreclosure Commis‐ sioner Albertelli Law, P.A. Penny Daigrepont, LA Bar 30464 3500 N Causeway Blvd., Suite 116 Metairie, Louisiana 70002 504.732.3600 Firm# 24-032616 EXHIBIT “A” LEGAL DESCRIPTION THOSE CERTAIN LOTS OR PARCELS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL BUILD‐ ING, IMPROVEMENTS AND COMPONENT PARTS THEREON, AND WITH ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTENANCES AND ADVANTAGES THERE‐ UNTO BELONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN WISTERIA LAKES IN THE PARISH OF EAST BATONROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND BEING DESIGNATED AS LOT NUMBER FORTY TWO (42), BEING MORE DE‐ PARTICULARLY SCRIBED ON A SURVEY ENTITLED “FINAL PLAT OF WISTERIA LAKES, A RESI‐ DENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, LOCATED IN SECTION 72, T6S-R2E, G.L.D., CITY OF CENTRAL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA FOR CJS DE‐ VELOPMENT, LLC, 9330 PECUE LANE, BATON‐ ROUGE, LOUISIANA 70809” PREPARED BY ALVIN FAIRBURN & ASSO‐ CIATES, LLC, DATED MARCH 20, 2008 ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR EAST BA‐ TONROUGE, LOUISIANA RECORDED AT ORIG, 242 BUNDLE 12043 ON MARCH 26, 2008, SAID LOTS HAV‐ ING SUCH MEASURE‐ MENTS AND DIMENSIONS AND BEING SUBJECT TO SUCH SERVITUDES AND RESTRICTIONS AS ARE SHOWN ON SAID MAP AND FILED OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA. 138953-may 6-13-20-3t $3,081 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297660 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Charley Scott and Louise Scott THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 1, Square 17, Abram‐ son Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () North 28th Street.

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 139533 May 6, 13, 2t $79.68

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297660 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Eddie Johnson THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 22, Square 42, University Place Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Avenue C. By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19493, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Eddie Johnson and was adjudi‐ cated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2021 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2020. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within Six (6) Months of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the recording of an act transferring ownership, if later.

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 139528 May 6, 13, 2t $77.66

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y first publication of this notice, or the recording of an act transferring ownership, if later.

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 139534 May 6, 13, 2t $77.66

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297660 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Shona Lee Brown, James E. Devaull and JerQuan L. Brown THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 7, Square 34, Istrouma Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Wenonah Street.

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19515, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of James E. Duvaull, Shona Lee Brown and JerQuan L. Brown and was adjudi‐ cated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within Sixty (60) Days of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the recording of an act transferring ownership, if later.

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297660 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Alfred Lucas, Jr., Cassan‐ dra Lucas and Richard Lucas THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lots 5, 6 & 7, Sq. 54, For‐ tune

Recquisition 11297660

Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Packard Street.

James White THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 35pt. & 36, Square 15, Bank Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. 73rd Avenue.

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19449, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of James White and was adjudi‐ cated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 1990 for unpaid taxes for the year of 1989. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within Sixty (60) Days of the date of the fi bli i f hi

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297660 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Sarah Rudison Owens, Rose M. Owens, Charles Owens, Michael Owens, Chester Owens and Shirley Owens THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ LOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY LOCATED IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot E, Square 32, Gracie Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () North 20th Street.

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19509, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Sarah Rudison Owens and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2016 for un‐ paid taxes for the year of 2015. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within Sixty (60) Days of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the recording of an act transferring ownership, if later.

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 139524 May 6, 13, 2t $80.36

PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUISITION 11297659 OFFICIAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE REGULAR ZONING MEET‐ ING OF THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL OF THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE CITY OF BATON

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ROUGE Notice is hereby given to all citizens of the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge and to all other interested per‐ sons, of the introduction at the regular meeting of the Metropolitan Council of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, held on April 23, 2025, of the pro‐ posed ordinances, the ti‐ tles of which are set forth hereinafter, and that public hearing will be held thereon by the Metropolitan Council at 4:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the Council Chambers (Room 348) on the third floor of the City-Parish Govern‐ mental Building in this City, these proposed or‐ dinances being entitled as follows: ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 9550 Dawnadele Av‐ enue To rezone property from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alco‐ holic Beverage (restau‐ rant) (C-AB-1) located on the south side of Daw‐ nadele Avenue, east of North Interstate Drive, on Property now or formerly known as a portion of Lot CC-2 of Inniswold Estates Subdivision, North and East of Jefferson High‐ way Filing. Section 100, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 11 Adams) CASE 9-25 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at 6263 and 6777 Comite Drive To rezone property from Heavy Commercial (C2) and Single Family Residential (A1) to Single Family Residential (A2.7) located on the north side of Comite Drive, east of Plank Road, on property now or formerly known as Tract 4-D-1-7-A-D of H.B. Weiland Tract. Sec‐ tion 33, T5S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 2 - Kenney) CASE 10-25

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19501, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Alfred Lucas, Sr. and Willie R. Lucas and was adjudi‐ cated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2003 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2002. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within Sixty (60) Days of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the recording of an act transferring ownership, if later.

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 139525 May 6, 13, 2t $80.36

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as to change the zoning on the property located at 5570 and 5630 Win‐ chester Avenue To re‐ zone property from Tran‐ sition (B1) to Single Fam‐ ily Residential (A2.7) lo‐ cated on the east side of Winchester Avenue, north of Hollywood Street, on property now or formerly known as Lots 1-3-A-1 and 1-3-A-2 of Suburb Loudon, Square 2. Section 51, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 5 - Hurst) CASE 11-25 ORDINANCE Amending the Compre‐ hensive Zoning Map of the City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, as contained in and made part of the “Unified Development Code “, as amended so as to change the zoning on the property located at Maple Cove Concept Plan To rezone from Rural to Planned Unit De‐ velopment (PUD) for a proposed low density zero lot line residential on property located on the north side of Burbank Drive, west of Portula Av‐ enue, on property now or formerly known as Lot A2-A-1 of the J.H. Jolissaint Tract. Section 76, T8S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 12 - Racca) PUD-1-25 138451-may 6-13-20-3t $186.88

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REQUISITION 11297658 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO DECLARE ADJUDICATED TAX PROPERTY SURPLUS AND TO SELL SAME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LSA-R.S. 33:4720.10 ET SEQ AND LSA-R.S. 33:4712.

“Notice is hereby given that the Metropolitan Council has received a request to declare the following listed property surplus and no longer needed for public purpose. These properties have previously been adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge for unpaid taxes.

Anyone wishing to offer a higher price for the property or wishing to oppose the property being declared surplus, or wishing to oppose the sale must file a written offer or written opposition with the Council Administrator, c/o The Parish Attorney’s Office, Room 905, Governmental Building, 222 St. Louis St., Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70801, by 2:00 P.M. on May 21, 2025. Anyone wishing to offer an amount greater than the minimum bid indicated below for the property shall bring a certified check or money order payable to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the amount of the deposit indicated below. If more than one person is interested in any particular piece of property, all parties who have submitted the required deposit shall be allowed to submit additional verbal bids at the Auction that will be held on the first floor of the Governmental Building at the Security Desk at 3:00 p.m. on May 21, 2025. The Metropolitan Council at 4:00 p.m. on May 28, 2025, in the Council Chambers(Room 348), after a public hearing, shall decide whether to declare the property surplus and whether to accept the high bid. For additional information, contact the Parish Attorney’s Office, Property section at 389-3114.”

Authorizing the Metropolitan Council to declare the following properties previously adjudicated to East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, surplus property, and to authorize the sale of said properties to the indicated persons, their agents or assigns for the consideration mentioned (Minimum Bid Amount), or to the highest offeror who submits their offer with a certified check or money order in the amount indicated: Lot 11, Square 51, Greenville Extension North 48th Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Charles Ellis Bell Jr

Lot 30, Square 21, Fortune Stearns Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Marie Gaither

Lot 66, Square 1, Richmond Park North 31st Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Eric James Jr

Lot 19+, Square 39, Bank 71st Avenue Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Wallace Chambers

Lot 21, 22, 23 & 24, Square 39, Bank 72nd Avenue Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Wallace Chambers

Lot 16, Square 30, East Garden City Lorraine Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Chiwanda Duplantier

Lot 18, Square 20, East Garden City Lorraine Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Chiwanda Duplantier

$ 3,000.00 $ 500.00

$ 100.00 $ 500.00

$ 2,500.00 $ 905.00

$ 200.00 $ 905.00

$ 200.00 $ 950.00

$ 100.00 $ 905.00

$ 100.00 $ 905.00

Lot 31 & 32, Square 4, Scotland Heights Yvette Yolanda Lawrence Pintail Street Initial Bid Amount $ 15,500.00 Advanced costs required (certified funds): $ 650.00

137104-481213-April 24-May 14-21x $ 2,215.29

Lot 27, Square 1, Levera Joseph Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Louis Bernard

Lot 23, Square 9, Greenville Extension Provost Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Dontrell Williams

Lot 11, Square 38, Greenville Extension Columbus Dunn Drive Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Michael W Bailey

Lot 5, Square 11, South Baton Rouge East Washington Street Initial Bid Amount Advanced costs required (certified funds):

Timothy Ricard

138450-485533-may 6-13-20-3t $ 523.95

$ 500.00 $ 905.00

$ 500.00 $ 500.00

$ 100.00 $ 855.00

$ 900.00 $ 500.00