The Times-Picayune 05-16-2025 by The Advocate

Fire heavilydamages historicNottoway

BY QUINNCOFFMAN

andELLYN COUVILLION Staff writers

TheNottowayResortplantation home in Iberville Parish caught ﬁreThursdayafternoon and slowly went up in ﬂames, causing massivedamagetothe 166–year-old house on the Mississippi River The blaze started in the building’ssouth wing beforespreadingtothe main house. Dozens of fire response vehicles, ambulances and civilian cars lined La.1,aswindkickedbillows of smoke into the sky.

Ofﬁcials on the scene Thursday eveningsaid it was too earlytojudge the full damage from the fire, but as the sun

BY JOHN SIMERMAN

Staff writer

An Orleans Parish judge on Thursday dealt ablow to Attorney General Liz Murrill in her attempt to push former

set,almost the entirety of the historic location was charred or had collapsed. The northern wing was gone, along with most of themansion’sback wall. Only the chimneys remainedonthose sides, standingwhere thesecondand thirdﬂoorsonce were.

Thefacade and upperbalcony hadcollapsed as well.

“This thing was built in 1859, now we might just see the endof it,” said Jordan Ward, adeputy withthe Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce, as he watched the ﬂamesThursdayevening

As theroof of the main house collapsed, IbervilleParishFire Department Director Shaun Bordelonsaid firefighters’

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New Orleanspolice officer Antoinette Frank to an execution date after nearlythree decades on deathrow Criminal District Judge KimyaHolmesset aDecemberhearing forFrank to fight her1995 conviction anddeath sentenceinaninfamous triple murder,denying amotion to dismiss herpost-conviction claims. Holmesalsorefused to allow Murrill’soffice or the privateattorneys shehired to represent thestate in thecase. The rulings amounted to a round rejection of Murrill’s

argument that Frank lether claims languishtoo long, and a rebuke of the Republican attorney general’sefforts to inject herself in the case to speed up the pace of executions. Louisianaresumedthe practice in March after 15 years. Ajudge in Rapides Parish this week denied asimilarar-

Landry urgespolice to partner with ICE

Useoflocal agencies has soared sinceTrump began immigrationcrackdown

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Louisiana state troopersare poisedtostart enforcing federal immigration lawsunder acontroversial partnership that President Donald Trump has dramatically expanded in abid to speed up immigration arrests and deportations. Gov.JeffLandryissuedanexecutive order Thursday urging local law enforcement agencies, too, to join the Department of Homeland Security’s 287(g)program,which lets Immigration and CustomsEnforcement ofﬁcials delegate certain immigration enforcementdutiestolocalcops working under ICE supervision. Federal agents alone typically have that authority

LouisianaState Policerecently entered an agreementunderthe 287(g) program, Maj. Nick

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

Anew vape tax could be off the table after a legislator pulled the proposal from his bill in the Louisiana House on Wednesday

ButstateRep. KenBrass,D-Vacherie, said the Senate will considerwhether to addsucha tax back into House Bill 517 as the proposal proceeds through that chamber

“It’sajuggling act,” Brass said, adding that he wasinnegotiationswith health advocates,

gument from the state in the case of death row prisoner Larry Roy,convicted in adouble murder. The Louisiana SupremeCourt, in apair of Caddo Parish cases, tore up twodeath warrants signedthis year by a districtjudge,DonaldHatha-

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Murrill

Homeland Security looks to buy $50M jet

The Department of Homeland Security wants to spend about $50 million to buy a new longrange Gulfstream jet to replace an aging one used by Secretary Kristi Noem and top Coast Guard and DHS ofﬁcials.

The request for funding, to come from the Coast Guard’s 2025 fiscal year budget, came up during a House appropriations subcommittee meeting on Wednesday Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., said she was “horriﬁed” to receive a “last-minute addition” to the service’s budget proposal for the jet, noting Noem has another Gulfstream to use.

Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting commandant, said the Coast Guard, like the other military services, operates two military “long-range command and control aircraft” and the one being replaced is more than 20 years old.

“Like a lot of the rest of our operational aviation ﬂeet and our cutters and our boats and our shore facilities, it’s old and it’s approaching obsolescence and the end of its service life,” he said during the hearing. Lunday, who became acting commandant on Jan. 21 after Trump, a Republican, ﬁred Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, said the jet is needed to provide the DHS secretary, deputy secretary himself, the acting vice commandant and two area commanders with “secure, reliable, on-demand communications and movement to go forward.”

The current plane is also “outside the Gulfstream’s service life, and well beyond operational usage hours for a corporate aircraft,” Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a written statement, calling its replacement “a matter of safety.”

$27 Magna Carta copy revealed to be original

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, “one of the world’s most valuable documents,” a British researcher said Thursday

The Magna Carta (Latin for “Great Charter”) is a landmark legal document ﬁrst issued by King John of England in 1215 that established limits on the power of the monarchy Today, it’s considered one of the most important legal writings in the history of democracy

A document believed to be a 1327 copy of the manuscript was purchased by Harvard Law School from a London book dealer in 1946 for $27.50, or about $500 today

But as it turns out, the manuscript held in the university’s library for nearly 80 years is no cheap copy — it’s one of only seven known Magna Cartas from the year 1300.

The stunning discovery happened after David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King’s College London, stumbled upon a document unassumingly titled “HLS MS 172” on the school’s website.

He reached out to fellow Magna Carta scholar Nicholas Vincent, a professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia, and sent him images of the manuscript for a second opinion.

A company specializing in digital research used ultraviolet light and spectral imaging to reveal details on faded pages invisible to the naked eye, and the document’s authenticity was veriﬁed.

Harvard’s stained copy of the Magna Carta is worth millions of dollars, Carpenter estimates. In 2007, an original 1297 version of the document was sold at auction in New York City for $21.3 million.

Republicans block transparency

Democrats want more information about people sent to El Salvador

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON Senate Republicans have blocked a Democratic resolution to require more transparency from the Trump administration about deportations to El Salvador

The vote Thursday was the latest attempt by minority Democrats to force Senate votes disapproving of Trump administration policy The Senate rejected, 45-50, the motion to discharge the resolution from committee and consider it immediately on the ﬂoor

“This information is critical at a time when the Trump Administration has admitted to wrongfully deporting people to El Salvador, and after Trump has said he’s also looking for ways to deport American

citizens to the same terrible prisons,” said Virginia Sen Tim Kaine, the lead sponsor of the resolution.

The resolution blocked by Republicans would force administration ofﬁcials to report to Congress about what steps it is taking to comply with courts that have ruled on the deportations. Democrats have highlighted the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to the Central American country and who a Maryland judge has said should be returned to the U.S.

Democrats want to put Republicans on record on that case and others while also pressuring the government of El Salvador, which is working with the Trump administration. The resolution would also require the Trump adminis-

tration to reveal more information about money paid to El Salvador and assess the country’s human rights record. It’s just the latest example of Democrats using the legislative tools available to them in the minority to try to challenge Trump’s agenda.

The Senate in early April passed a resolution that would have have thwarted Trump’s ability to impose tariffs on Canada, and Republicans narrowly blocked a similar resolution later that month that would have stalled Trump’s global tariffs.

Four Republicans voted with Democrats on the ﬁrst tariff measure, and three Republicans voted with them on the second resolution No Republicans joined Democrats on Thursday’s measure on El Salvador

Israeli woman killed on way to give birth

BY TIA GOLDENBERG

Associated Press

TEL AVIV, Israel Tzeela Gez was on her way to the hospital to bring new life into this world when hers was suddenly cut short.

As her husband drove their car through the winding roads of the occupied West Bank late Wednesday, a Palestinian attacker shot at them. Within hours, Gez, nine months pregnant, was dead. Doctors barely saved the life of the baby, who is in serious but stable condition.

Israel says it is trying to prevent such attacks by waging a monthslong crackdown on West Bank militants that intensiﬁed earlier this year But the escalating offensive, which has killed hundreds of Palestinians over 19 months, displaced tens of thousands and caused widespread destruction, has ultimately not snuffed out attacks.

Israel has pledged to ﬁnd the attacker, who ﬂed the scene, and the military chief of staff, who visited the area Thursday, told troops that the broader operation would continue alongside the manhunt

“We will use all the tools at our disposal and reach the murderers in order to hold them accountable,” Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said, according to a statement from the military, which said it had sealed Palestinian villages in the area of the attack and set up checkpoints

The shooting, especially because the victim was a pregnant mother with three other children, has the potential to ignite vigilante violence against Palestinians by radical Jewish settlers They regularly storm Palestinian towns and villages, burning and damaging property in response to such attacks.

‘A mother in her essence’ Gez, 37, and her husband Hananel, were residents of Bruchin, a settlement of some 2,900 in the northern West Bank. She worked as a therapist and on her

Facebook page, shared developments in her professional life as well as her thoughts on the war in Gaza, the fallen Israeli soldiers and the hostages still held by Hamas. Meital Ben Yosef, head of the settlement’s local council, told Israeli Army radio that Gez was “all mother A mother in her essence.”

“A couple of parents were driving to the happiest moment that a parent can experience and the wife is killed on the way It’s a horriﬁc incident,” she said.

Photos of the car released by the military showed a bullet hole on the passenger side of the windshield and a streak of blood on a back door

Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing, praised the attack as “heroic” in a video statement Wednesday but stopped short of saying the militant group was behind it.

Concern about reprisal attacks

The attack sparked outrage and calls for revenge.

“Just as we are flattening Rafah, Khan Younis and Gaza, we must flatten the nests of terror in Judea and Samaria,” wrote the Israeli finance minister and a settler firebrand, Bezalel Smotrich, in a post on X, referring to the West Bank by its biblical name.

The violence in the West Bank escalated when the war in Gaza erupted with Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. Israel has staged frequent raids in the territory, especially but not limited to its north, using ground and air power in violence that has killed many militants but also other Palestinians, some of them throwing rocks to protest the incursions as well as others not involved in confrontations.

On Thursday, the Israeli military said its forces killed ﬁve militants in a raid that appeared unrelated to Gez’s killing. Hamas mourned the men as “resistance heroes” but stopped short of claiming them as its ﬁghters

Charles Strouse, composer of ‘Annie’ and ‘Bye Bye Birdie,’ dies

BY MARK KENNEDY Associated

for the sitcom “All in the Family.” Strouse turned out such popular — and catchy show tunes as “Tomorrow,” the optimistic anthem from ”Annie,” and the equally cheerful “Put on a Happy Face” from “Bye Bye Birdie,” his ﬁrst Broadway success. “I work every day Activity it’s a life force,” the New York-born composer told The Associated Press during an interview on the eve of his 80th birthday in 2008. “When you enjoy doing what you’re doing, which I do very much, I have something to get up for.”

The Democrats are forcing the votes under different statutes that allow so-called “privileged” resolutions — legislation that must be brought up for a vote whether majority leadership wants to or not The resolution rejected Thursday was under the Foreign Assistance Act, which allows any senator to force a vote to request information on a country’s human rights practices.

Also Thursday, Kaine and several other Democrats ﬁled a joint resolution of disapproval to try to block a $1.9 billion arms sale to Qatar at the same time that the country is offering to donate a $400 million luxury jet as Trump’s Air Force One. If the Senate Foreign Relations Committee does not consider the resolution, Democrats could force another vote on the Senate ﬂoor

Fla. bars adding fluoride to water

Governor signs statewide ban on the mineral

BY STEPHANY MATAT and KATE PAYNE Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Florida Republican Gov

Ron DeSantis signed a measure Thursday prohibiting local governments from adding fluoride to their water systems, making it the second state in the country after Utah to implement a statewide ban on the mineral. DeSantis signed the bill at a public event in Dade City over the concerns of dentists and public health advocates.

“Yes, use ﬂuoride for your teeth, that’s ﬁne, but forcing it in the water supply is basically forced medication on people,” DeSantis said Thursday “They don’t have a choice, you’re taking that away from them.”

State lawmakers approved the bill last month, requiring the mineral and some other additives be removed from water sources across the state. Utah was the ﬁrst state to ban ﬂuoride in late March, and its prohi-

bition went into effect last week, while Florida’s provision is effective July 1. Some local governments in Florida have already voted to remove fluoride from their water, ahead of the statewide ban.

Some Republican-led states have sought to impose bans following a push by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr to stop ﬂuoridating water Earlier this month, DeSantis pledged to sign the bill and was ﬂanked by the state’s surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who has attracted national scrutiny over his opposition to policies embraced by public health experts, including COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Fluoride is a mineral that has been added to drinking water for generations to strengthen teeth and reduce cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The addition of low levels of ﬂuoride to drinking water has long been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century Studies have traced a link between excess fluoride and brain development.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MAyA ALLERUZZO

Israeli settlers look toward their neighboring village the morning after a Palestinian gunman killed Tzeela Gez, who was on her way to the hospital to give birth, Thursday outside of the West Bank settlement of Bruchin.

tobacco industry representatives, House and Senate leadership andGov.Jeff Landry’sofﬁce.

After it was amended Brass’ bill easily passed the House with a79-12vote.

For now,Brass’ bill has a new purpose: He amended it so that it would create afund to pay for efforts to help youth stop using tobacco or prevent them from starting Brass said keeping the fund in place is now his priority.Hebelievesitwill support his bigger goal of educating youth about the harmful effects of tobacco products, he said. Under the proposal, the newly-createdYouth Cessation and Prevention Fund would get its money from the state’ssmokeless tobaccotax, with 20% of that tax’sproceeds going into the

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Manale, an agency spokesperson, said Thursday.So have the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, spokesperson Taylor Brazan said, and the state Department of Public Safety and Corrections, according to Landry’sexecutive order

Manale and Barzansaid “operational details” of those agreementshave not yet been ﬁnalized.

In his executive order

Landry,a Trumpally, directed remaining state law enforcement agencies to “explore, and where appropriate, enter into” 287(g) agreements. Theorder “strongly encourage(d)” local agenciestomake those agreements.

“If you’re here illegally andyou engage in criminal activity, you aregoing to be deported or sent to jail,” Landry said of the state’seffort, which he is calling Operation GEAUX.

Trump’sadministration has pushed an aggressive expansion of the 29-year-old 287(g) program —which has long faced criticism over concerns about racial proﬁling and inadequate training for local officers —ashis administration seeks more personnel for its crackdown on illegal immigration.

Landry’sexecutive order underscores how Trumpallied stateleaders could bolsterthe president’simmigration ambitions as he seeks to marshal resources to fulﬁll his promiseofdeporting millions of people.

Leaders in other conservative states, including Florida and Texas, where participation in the program has surged, have taken action similar to Landry’sexecutive order to encourage participation in the 287(g) program.

‘Radically expanded’

That program traces to 1996, when Congress approved it under the Immigration and Nationality Act In 2009, before Democrat-

fund

Fortypercent of the money in thefund wouldgoto the Louisiana Cancer Research Center,40% would go to theLouisianaDepartment of Health, 10% would go to theCancer Center of LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveportand 10% wouldgotothe Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Gonzales.

At those organizations, the money wouldpay for smokingpreventionmass-media programs,tobaccocontrol programs, screeningprograms and prevention and cessation initiatives, among other measures. In its original form, HB517 —which was backed byGov Jeff Landry —soughttotax vapor products at 33% of their wholesaleprice. Currently,those products are taxed based on how much vaping liquid is in them,at 15 cents amilliliter

During aHouse Ways and MeansCommittee meeting

ic former PresidentBarack Obama’sadministration placed new guardrails over the programdue to concerns aboutracialproﬁling,there were only 29 existing partnerships.In2014, Congress slashed funding for theprogram from $68 million to $24 million.

Butthe programreturned in force during Trump’s ﬁrst term. Theadministration oversaw aspike in the agreements between the start of 2019 and the end of 2020, reaching over 150 active agreements heavily concentrated in Florida, North Carolina, Georgia and Texas, said Austin Kocher,a Syracuse University professor who studies immigration enforcement.

Landry’sexecutive order Thursdayfollows earlier effortsbystate leaderstoget tougher onimmigration.

The governor sent Louisiana Army National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border last spring amid a showdown between Republican governors and Democratic former President Joe Biden over what the Republicans calledBiden’s lax border enforcement.A Louisiana bill approved last year, modeledafterlegislation in Texas that materialized as part of that debate, sought to empower local police to take on immigration enforcementduties. But a court battle over the fate of the Texas law ultimately doomedthe Louisianabill, too.

With Trumpback in ofﬁce, thefederal governmentitself haselectedtohandlocal law enforcement agencies that power

The number of active 287(g) agreements nationwide has soared since he returnedtothe White House in January,driven by sharp increases in Florida and Texas, according to news reports in those states. As of mid-April, there were 456 active287(g)agreements nationwide, accordingtoCBS News —more than triple the number in December

“In the span of abouttwo months, theTrump administrationradically expanded

last month, health advocates saidthe bill was an importantstep toward reducing vaping rates among youth. They said nearly 1in3Louisianahighschool students vapes, citing astatistic from the2023 Louisiana Youth Tobacco Survey Those in the business community, however,warned the lawcould raise taxes on vape products by as much as 600%.Theyalsoargued that, after Louisiana in 2023 passed alaw that took many popularﬂavored vapesoff store shelves, manyyouth no longer use legally-purchasedproducts; atax, therefore, would do little to deter teens from vaping, they argued.

Bills creating new taxes need atwo-thirds majority vote to pass the Legislature —that’s70votes in the House and 26 in the Senate.

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the 287(g) program beyond anything Ihaveseen in the past 15 yearsofclose study of this precise policy,” Kocher said.

Only twoLouisianalaw enforcementagencies, though, previouslyhad active partnerships under the 287(g)program,according to data on ICE’swebsite: The Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁceand the Kenner Police Department. Apartnership with theBeauregard Parish Sheriff’sOfﬁce is pending. The State Police, corrections department andWildlife and Fisheries partnerships were not yet listed on ICE’swebsite.

LouisianaAttorney General Liz Murrill’soffice is weighing a287(g)partnership, too, she saidonThursday. Murrill is reviewing agreements recentlyentered by the state attorneys general in Texas and Mississippi, she said.

“I would not be opposed to it,”saidMurrill, aRepublican.

Broadstrategy

The expansionof287(g) partnerships under Trump’s second administrationis part of amultipronged strategy he has implemented in his bid to accelerate immigration detentions and deportations.

FBI agents have been reassigned to immigration enforcement, and federal prosecutors are initiating an unprecedented number of criminal charges against people accused of re-entering the country illegally The administration rolled back along-standing rule againstdetaining migrants in courthouses, schools, churches and other “sensitive” areas. Acting under that policy,ICE agents arrested several people inside acourthouse in Jefferson Parish last week.

ATrumpspokesperson and an ICE spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment on theadministration’sexpanded use of 287(g).

ICEhas typicallyentered twokinds of deals with local law enforcement under

the program: “jail enforcement” agreements, which allow deputized local officers to interrogate people about theirimmigration status once they’re held in jail, and “warrant serviceofficer agreements, acreation of thefirst Trump administration under which local cops are trainedand certifiedto execute immigrationwarrants.

Trump issued an executive order earlierthis year reinstating athird, particularly controversial version of those agreements: thesocalled “taskforce model,” which empowerslocal ofﬁcerstoconduct immigration enforcement during the course of their normal policing duties.

The agreements with Louisiana State Police and the Department of Wildlife andFisheries areboth “task force model” partnerships.

Researchers withthe National Immigration Forum, an umbrella organization of immigration advocacy groups,found that local

agencies have faced lighter training requirements through the program under thesecondTrump administration. Deputized 287(g) ofﬁcers were historically re-

quiredtoattend four weeks of training. Now, some local agencies report that training will be replaced by a ﬁve-day course, the group found.

Noticeishereby given pursuant to Article 7, Section 23(C)ofthe LouisianaConstitution and R.S. 47:1705(B) that apublic hearing of FloridaParishesJuvenileJusticeCommission will be held at itsregular meeting place at the FloridaParishesJuvenile Detention Centerlocatedat28528US190,Covington,La 70433, on Monday,June30, 2025 at 4:30 p.m. to consider levying additionalorincreased millage rateswithoutfurthervoter approval or adopting the adjustedmillage ratesafter reassessment and rolling forward to rates nottoexceed the prioryear’s maximum. Theestimated amountoftax revenues to be collected in the nextyear from the increased millage is $14,593,200.00,and the amount of increase in taxesattributable to the millage increase if $2,193,200.00.

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Rep. Ken Brass, D-Vacherie, left,proposed House Bill 517, whichwas widely expected to increase taxes on vape products.But on Wednesday he amended the bill, removing the tax from the proposal.

problems were simple: “Water Not enough of it.”

When the large hose on a ladder truck was turned on, it limited the amount of water available for others to battle the blaze.

The fire damaged all sides of the building, as the upper floor collapsed onto the ground floor. Debris from siding and the facade along the top ﬂoor fell, coating the grass in burning debris and hot coals as ash ﬁlled the air

Fireﬁghters were forced to take shifts spraying hoses on two faces of the building, allowing teams to rest and rehydrate from the heat.

The fire was called in shortly after 2 p.m., according to Chris Daigle, Iberville Parish president, who was on scene and directing the response alongside Bordelon Matthew Morgan, executive chef for Nottoway, was one of the ﬁrst to see smoke coming out of the south wing of the building. He was standing across the lawn in the gift shop at the time.

“I never ran so fast in my life,” he said. He and other employees grabbed ﬁre extinguishers and tubs of water But, by the time he got to the ground floor of the south wing,

“I heard crackling beneath my feet and it freaked me out. I just dropped the tub and ran back outside.” Morgan said the crackling and yellow smoke that was coming out of the ﬂoor would have had to have come from the basement level’s museum and theater rooms.

The south wing’s outer walls were blackened where the blaze had been extinguished, and burned window shutters dripped with water Morgan said first responders were on the scene within minutes.

“These boys showed up at damn near all the same time, and just

went right to work,” Morgan said. No guests were at the resort during the time of the ﬁre, and no injuries had been reported.

way, for not being ripe.

Murrill has argued that Frank and other condemned prisoners or their attorneys are to blame for “prejudicial delay.” By waiting to pursue post-conviction claims, prosecutors have been left hamstrung to answer those claims as memories fade or die, she has said.

In Frank’s case, Murrill’s ofﬁce asked Holmes to allow her ofﬁce to represent the prosecution, and to dismiss Frank’s petition. Holmes, a former capital defense attorney, did neither.

In a written ruling, she found Thursday that “no provision in the law and Louisiana Constitution allows for the Attorney General’s participation in this case, and there is no cause for the Attorney General to assume the duties of the District Attorney in this case.” Holmes set an evidentiary hearing on Frank’s post-conviction claims for the week of Dec. 16.

“We obviously strongly dis-

agree with the rulings of the court today in the Antoinette Frank case, in particular the decision refusing to permit my office to assist the Orleans Parish District Attorney in this case,” Murrill said in a statement. “We intend to ﬁle an expedited appeal and resolve these issues to get justice for the victims.”

Frank was convicted of one of the most notorious crimes in modern New Orleans’ history: The slayings of fellow police ofﬁcer Ronald Williams II, along with 17-year-old Cuong Vu and 24-year-old Ha Vu at the Kim Ahn Noodle House in New Orleans East. Her co-defendant, Rogers LaCaze, was removed from death row in a 2019 deal with former Orleans Parish District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro, who now heads Murrill’s criminal division. Frank has argued that a lifetime of abuse at the hands of her father left her vulnerable to the inﬂuence of LaCaze, a drug dealer who she claims forced her to shoot the Vus.

There had been little activity from either side in her case since 2009, when Frank’s attorneys filed a supplemental petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that egregious actions by prosecutors and an ineffective lawyer denied her a fair

Nottoway, which has changed its ofﬁcial name to Nottoway Resort, is used as an event venue, hotel and museum.

The plantation was built at the request of John Hampden Randolph, a prestigious sugar cane planter, and was completed in 1859. The 64-room, 53,000-square-

The White Castle Fire Department responded, alongside Plaquemine, Bayou Goula and other Iberville Parish municipal fire services. Other area fire departments, including St. George and Baton Rouge, arrived to assist as well. The Baton Rouge Fire Department was sending a boat to help the fight, and Bordelon said officials were considering pulling water from the river to extinguish the fire.

foot mansion was designed by renowned architect Henry Howard, of New Orleans, in Greek Revival and Italianate style. Among its features were 22 massive columns, 165 doors and 200 windows.

The mansion had flushing toilets, hot and cold water in all bathrooms, gas lighting throughout the home and a bowling alley installed for Randolph’s 11 children.

As the flames consumed the building Thursday evening, peo-

ple gathered on a nearby levee to watch.

Janean Webber, a resident who said she regularly walks the grounds at the plantation, lamented the potential loss of a landmark.

“All the hurricanes, all the disasters, it survived all of that, and a ﬁre takes it out. It’s sad,” she said Thursday evening.

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trial. The state never ﬁled a response.

A fresh ﬁling from Frank’s attorneys arrived last year, after the Legislature legalized nitrogen gas and electrocution as execution methods. Louisiana ended a 15-year hiatus in executions earlier this year, putting Jessie Hoffman Jr to death on March 18 using nitrogen gas. Holmes on Thursday deemed Frank’s 2024 ﬁling a valid supplement to her 2009 petition.

“Ms. Frank’s post-conviction investigation as well as the State’s own post-trial evidence — conﬁrms what Ms. Frank has been saying all along: She was not a willing participant in the tragic events at the Kim Anh Restaurant,” said Frank’s lead counsel, Naila Campbell, deputy director of the Mwalimu Center for Justice.

“This evidence was never heard at her trial, and the Attorney General’s objections sought to continue preventing Ms. Frank from presenting that important evidence. The court’s ruling recognizes the significance of this evidence, and properly rejected this attempt to deny her a full and fair hearing.”

Murrill’s ofﬁce took over Frank’s case at the invitation of District Attorney Jason Williams, who in a March 14 letter cited “the commonal-

ity of the issues in the various cases and the beneﬁts of a united appellate response” in ceding the case to Murrill. But Holmes found that Murrill had sought the case, that Williams hadn’t recused his ofﬁce and that the Constitu-

tion doesn’t allow Murrill to run “point” on the case. As a consequence, Holmes also turned away a motion by Murrill’s ofﬁce to enroll in the case four attorneys with the Baton Rouge-based Taylor Porter firm. Mur-

rill’s husband, John Murrill, is one of

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TrumpsaysU.S., Iran have ‘sortof’ agreed on adeal

BY ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates

President Donald Trump said Thursday that theUnitedStates andIranhave“sort of”agreed to terms on anuclear deal, offering a measure of conﬁdence that an accord is coming into sharper focus. Trump, in an exchange with reporters at abusiness roundtable in Doha, Qatar,describedtalksbetween American envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi as “very serious negotiations” for long-term peace and said they were continuing to progress.

Still, throughout his four-day visit to the Gulf this week, the president has underscoredthat military action against Iran’snuclear facilities remains apossibility if the talks derail.

“Iran has sort of agreed to the terms: They’re not going to make, Icall it,inafriendlyway,nuclear dust,” Trump said at the business event. “We’re not going to be making any nuclear dust in Iran.” Without offering detail, he signaled growing alignment with the terms that he has been seeking Atop political, military and nuclear adviser to Iran’ssupremeleader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told NBC News on Wednesday thatTehran stands ready get rid of its stockpiles of highly enriched uranium thatcan be weaponized,agree to enrich uraniumonly to the lower levels neededfor civilianuse and allow international inspectors to supervise the process

Ali Shamkhani added that in re-

turn,Iran wants an immediate liftingofall economic sanctions.

On Thursday, hours after Trump said the twosides were gettingcloser to adeal,Araghchi said Tehran’s ability to enrichuranium remained acore right of the Iranianpeople andared line innuclear talks.

“Wehave said repeatedly that defending Iran’snuclear rights including enrichment —isa fundamentalprinciple,”the ofﬁcial said.

“Thisisnot somethingweconcede,

either in public discourseorinnegotiations.Itisaright that belongs to the Iranianpeople,and no one can take it away.”

Trump saidhis demands have been straightforward.

“Theycan’thave anuclear weapon. That’sthe only thing. It’svery simple,” Trumpsaid.“It’snot like Ihavetogive you 30 pagesworth of details. It is only onesentence. Theycan’t have anuclear weapon.”

ButTrump on Wednesday sug-

gested he was looking for Tehran to make other concessions as part of apotential agreement.

Iran “must stop sponsoring terror,halt its bloody proxy warsand permanently and veriﬁably cease pursuit of nuclear weapons,”

Trump said in remarksatameetinginSaudi Arabia.“Theycannot have anuclear weapon.”

Before moving on to the United Arab Emirates from Qatar on Thursday,Trumpstopped at a

U.S. military installation at the center of American involvement in the Middle East. The president has used his visit to Gulf states to reject the“interventionalism” of America’spast in the region. Al-Udeid Air Base was amajor staging ground during the U.S. warsinIraq and Afghanistan. The base houses some 8,000 U.S. troops, down from about 10,000 at the height of those wars. Trump toldthe troops that his “priority is to end conflicts, not start them.”

“But Iwill never hesitate to wield American power if it’snecessary to defend the United States of America or our partners,” he said.

Trumplater ﬂew to Abu Dhabi in the UAEfor the ﬁnal leg of his trip. He visitedthe Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, the country’slargestmosque.The UAE’sfounder, SheikhZayed,isburiedinthe mosque’smain courtyard.

Trump took his shoes off, which is customary, as he steppedinto the house of worship andspent time marveling at the architecture. “It’sbeautiful,” Trumpsaid. He was later attended astate visit hosted by UAEPresident Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Qasr Al Watan presidential palace. Trump and his delegation were greeted by youngchildren wearing traditionalrobes andwavingsmallU.S. andUAE ﬂags,and theywereguidedthrough aspace exhibit inside the palace. Al Nahyan also presented Trump with the OrderofZayed,the UAE’s highest civil decoration and credited Trump with building the two nations’ economicpartnershipto new heights.

Judgepleadsnot guilty to helpingman evadeimmigration agents

BY TODD RICHMOND Associated Press

MILWAUKEE AWisconsin judge pleaded notguilty Thursday to charges accusing her of helpingaman who is illegally in the country evade U.S. immigration authorities seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered the plea during a brief arraignment in federal court. Magistrate Judge Stephen Driesscheduled atrial to begin July21. Dugan’s lead attorney, Steven Biskupic, told the judge that he expects the trialtolast aweek Dugan, her lawyers and prosecutors left without speakingtoreporters. She is charged with concealing an individual to prevent arrest and obstruction. Prosecutors say she escorted EduardoFlores-Ruiz and his lawyer out of her courtroom through aback door on April 18 after learningthat U.S. Immigration andCustoms Enforcement agentswere in the courthouse seeking to arrest himfor beinginthe country illegally.She could face up to six years in prison if convicted on both counts. Her attorneys say she’s innocent. They ﬁled amotion Wednesdaytodismiss the case, saying she was acting in her ofﬁcial capacity as a judge and therefore is immune to prosecution. They alsomaintain that the federal government violated Wisconsin’ssovereignty by disrupt-

theagents’ presence by her clerk, who was informed by an attorney that the agents appeared to be in thehallway Dugan was visibly angry and called the situation “absurd” beforeleaving the bench andretreating to herchambers, theafﬁdavit contends. She and another judge later approached members of thearrest team in thecourthousewithwhatwitnesses

described as a“confrontational, angry demeanor.”

After aback-and-forth with the agentsover the warrantfor Flores-Ruiz, Dugan demanded they speak with the chief judge and led them from the courtroom, according to the afﬁdavit.

After shereturned to the courtroom, witnesses heard her say something to the effect of “wait, come with me”

before ushering Flores-Ruiz and his attorney out through adoor typically used only by deputies,jurors, courtstaff and in-custody defendants, the afﬁdavit alleges. Flores-Ruiz was free on a signature bond in the abuse case, according to online state court records. Federal agents ultimately detained him outside the courthouse after afoot chase.

inga state courtroom and prosecuting astate judge.

Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the courthouse ahead of Thursday’s hearing Esther Cabrera, an organizer with the Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression,said the charges against Dugan amount to “state-funded repression.”

“If we are going to go after judges, if we’re going to go after mayors, we havetounderstand that they can come afteranybody,” shesaid.

“And that’skindofwhy we wanted to make apresence outhere today is to say that you can’tcomeafter everyone and it stops here.”

According to court documents, Flores-Ruiz illegally reentered the U.S. after being deported in 2013. Online court records show he was charged withthreecounts of misdemeanordomestic abuse in Milwaukee County in March, and he was in Dugan’scourtroom on April18 for ahearing in that case.

According to an FBI afﬁdavit, Dugan was alerted to

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOByALEX BRANDON

President DonaldTrump shakes handswith yousif Al Obaidli, director of Sheikh ZayedGrand Mosque, during a tourofthe mosque on Thursday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Plan forousting transtroopslaidout

Commanders will send them to medicalchecks

BY LOLITAC.BALDOR

Associated Press

WASHINGTON Military commanders will be told to identify troops in their units who are transgenderorhave gender dysphoria, then send them to get medical checks in ordertoforce themout of theservice,ofﬁcialssaid

Thursday

Asenior defense official laid out what could be acomplicatedand lengthy new process aimed at fulfilling President Donald Trump’s directivetoremove transgender service members from the U.S. military

The new order to commandersrelies on routine annual health checks that service members are required to undergo.Another defense official said the Defense Department has scrapped —for now —plans to go through troops’ health records to identify those with gender dysphoria. Instead, transgender troops who do not voluntarily come forwardcould be outed by commandersor others aware of theirmedical status. Gender dysphoria occurs when aperson’sbiological sex does not matchup with their gender identity

The defenseofficials spoke on condition of ano-

nymity to provide details of thenew policy. The process raises comparisons to the early “Don’tAsk,Don’t Tell” policy,which at times hadcommandersorother troops outing gay members of themilitary who —atthe time —werenot allowed to serve openly Active-dutytroopswill have until June6 to voluntarily identifythemselves to theDefense Department, and troops in the National Guard and Reserve have until July 7. The department is offeringafinancial incentive to thosewho volunteer to leave. They will receive roughly double the amount of separation pay thanthose who don’tcome forward.

Initially,ofﬁcials said the Defense Department would begin going through medical records to identifyanyone who did notcomeforward voluntarily.Thatdetailwas notincludedinthe new guidance released Thursday While the department believes it hasthe authorityto review medical records, it would rather go through a more routine health assessment process, the defense ofﬁcialsaid. Traditionally,all servicemembersgothrough ahealth assessment oncea yeartodetermineifthey are still medically abletoserve. Anew question about gender dysphoriaisbeing added to thatassessment.Activedutytroops who do not voluntarily come forward

would have to acknowledge their gender dysphoria during thatmedical check, whichcould be scheduled months from now. Aunit commandercould expedite thehealth assessment.

Underthe newpolicy, “commanders who are aware of servicemembers in their units with gender dysphoria, ahistory of gender dysphoria, or symptoms consistent withgender dysphoria will direct individualized medical record reviews of such service members to confirm compliance with medical standards.”

Thedefense official said it is theduty of the service member and the commander to comply with thenew process. The departmentis confident andcomfortable with commanders implementing the policy, andit does notbelieve they would use the processtotakeretribution against aservice member,the seniordefense ofﬁcial said.

It comes after the Supreme Court recently ruled that theTrump administration couldenforce theban on transgenderpeople in the military while other legal challenges proceed. The court’sthree liberal justices said they would have kept thepolicy on hold.

Ofﬁcials have said that as of Dec. 9, 2024, there were 4,240 troops diagnosed with genderdysphoria in the active duty, National Guardand Reserve. But they acknowl-

Missingcamper‘miraculously’

foundalive in Calif. wilderness

BY CLARA HARTER

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES WhenChristopher Gutierrez went to check in on his remotecampingresort after along,snowy winter in the High Sierra, he was met with ashocking discovery —a starving hiker holed up insideone of his cabins.

The woman, 27-year-old Tiffany Slaton from Jeffersonville, Ga., had been missing in the Fresno County wilderness for almost three weeks.

Gutierrez, who owns Vermilion ValleyResort, foundSlaton around2 p.m. Wednesday, just two days after FresnoCountySheriff’s Office officials announced they hadscaled back search efforts for the missing camper “She pops out, didn’tsay aword, just ran up and all she wanted was ahug,”Gutierrez saidduringaWednesday evening news conference. “It was aprettysurreal moment and that’swhen Irealized who thiswas.” Newsthat Slatonhad been found quickly reached her parents Bobby and Fredrina Slatonwhere, some 2,500milesaway in a Georgia clothing store,her mother hadthe exact same reaction as her daughter. “I just grabbed somebody,Isaid, ‘Can I hug you?’ And Idid,” Fredrina Slaton said. “I was crying and hugging.” Bobby Slaton saiditwas oneofthe best days of their lives. “Weare extremely excited and happy to hearthe news that my daughter is now safe,” he said. Slaton’sparents reported hermissing on April 29 after they had not heard from her for more than aweek. The Sheriff’s Office started searching for the missingcamper and, thanks to tips from the public, learned that she had been seenatHuntington Lake on April 20 andnear theold Cressman’s General Store on April 24. Herlocationbeyond that point was amystery

The Sheriff’s Search and Rescue team

scoured nearly 600 square miles of the High

Sierra looking for Slaton from May 6-10. Vehicleswereunable to make it through Kaiser Passbecause of heavy snow blocking the road, but helicopters were used to scout above Mono HotSprings and around Lake Edison, where Slaton was ultimately found. Snowplows cleared Kaiser Pass on Wednesday,whichmadeitpossible for Gutierrez to accessVermilionValleyResort on Lake Edisonfor theﬁrsttime thisyear,accordingtothe Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

“Wewere sliding off theroad. It was pretty dicey, icy,but we managed toget in there and spentabout an hour and ahalf breaking up the ice,” Gutierrez said.

He planned the trip to check on the condition of hisresortbeforethe summer tourist seasonand said he felt compelled to get there sooner rather than later after hearing reports of amissing hiker in the region.

Gutierrez had purposefully left one of his cabins unlocked over the winter so that someone who is lost could increase their chances of surviving in the cold, stormy weather.Sheriff ofﬁcials suspect Slaton survived by foraging from theland and using the cabin for shelter

After finding Slaton, Gutierrez gave her as many peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as she could stomach and contacted the Sheriff’s Office, which quickly arrived on scene with an ambulance. She was dehydrated, but was otherwise in goodcondition. Shewas takentoahospital for further treatment, accordingtothe Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s OfﬁcespokespersonTony Botti commended Slaton’sresilience andsurvival skills,sayingthisisthe longest stretch of timehe’sseen someone go missingand come outalive.

“Two days, nine days, that’samazing, but three weeks, it’sunheard of,”hesaid. “It speaks to the tenacity that Tiffany has, that she’saﬁghter.She’snot going to give up.”

edge the number maybe higher.There are about 2.1 million totaltroops serving.

In astatement, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell saidearlier this month that about1,000 troopsalready have identiﬁed themselves and“will beginthe voluntary separation process” from themilitary. That can often take weeks.

Trump triedtoban transgendertroopsduring his ﬁrst term,while allowing those currently serving tostay on. Then-President Joe Biden overturnedthe ban. The new policy does not grandfather in thosecurrentlyserving and only allows for limited waiversorexceptions.

“NoMoreTrans @DoD,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote in apost on X. In arecent speech to a special operationsconference, he said: “No more dudesindresses. We’re done with that s***.”

By The Associated Press

VATICAN CITY— PopeLeo

XIVmet Thursday at the Vatican with the head of the Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine,inone of his first audiences as pontiff that reafﬁrmed his appeal for apeaceful, negotiated end to Russia’swar His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk said he invited Leo to visit Ukraine and presented the pope with alist of prisoners held by Russia. The Vatican under Pope Francis had worked for prisoner exchanges, as wellasfor the return of Ukrainian childrentaken to live in Russian-occupied territories.

In his ﬁrst Sunday noon blessing as pope, and againthisweek,Leo has appealed for an end to the war and expressed solidarity with the Ukrainian

people. “I carry in my heart the sufferings of the beloved Ukrainianpeople.Let everything possible be done to achieve genuine, just and lasting peace as soon as possible. May all the prisoners be freed, and may the children return to their families,” he said Sunday The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said it was “premature” to think of apossible papal visit to Kyiv,which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hadalso suggested during aﬁrst phone call with Leo on Monday Leo has vowed “every effort” to try to bring Russia and Ukraine to thenegotiating table. Leo is to be formally installedataMassonSunday; Zelenskyyand U.S. Vice President JD Vance are expected to attend.

BRIEFS

FROM STAFFAND WIRE REPORTS

S&P 500 notches

a4th straight gain

Most U.S. stocks drifted higher in quiet trading Thursday following ajumble of mixedreportsthatofferedlittleclarity on how the U.S. economy is managing throughPresident Donald Trump’strade war

The S&P 500 rose enough to extend its winning streak to a fourth day and to pull within 3.7% of its all-time highset earlier this year.The Dow JonesIndustrial Average was up,but the Nasdaq composite slipped Stocks got alift from easing Treasury yieldsinthe bond market.They fell afterthe economic reports suggested the Federal Reserve may have more room to cut interest rates later this year to bolster the U.S. economy if it weakens under the weight of high tariffs.

But the reports did littleto spell out whether the economy is falling toward arecession,as many investors had been fearing, or shaking off the uncertainty after Trump called off many of histariffs temporarily. The headliner reports said shoppersspent less at U.S. retailers lastmonth than expected, while inﬂationwas better atthe wholesale level than economists forecast. Other updatessaid U.S. manufacturing looks like it’sstill contracting but fewer U.S. workers are applying for unemployment beneﬁts thanexpected.

Dick’stobuy Foot Locker for $2.4B

Dick’sSporting Goods is buying the struggling footwear chain Foot Locker forabout $2.4 billion, the second buyout of a major footwear companyinas many weeks as business leaders struggle with uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Dick’ssaid Thursdaythat it expects to runFoot Locker as astand-alone unitand keep the Foot Locker brands,whichincludeKids FootLocker,Champs Sports,WSS andJapanesesneaker brand atmos. Earlier this month Skechers announced that it wasbeing taken private by the investment ﬁrm 3G Capital in atransaction worth more than $9 billion Foot Locker,based in New York City,offers Dick’sa lot of potential, namely its huge real estate footprint, and would give the Pittsburgh company its ﬁrst foothold overseas. Foot Locker has about 2,400 retail stores across 20 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.The company had global sales of $8 billion last year

Dick’ssaid that it anticipates closing on the Foot Locker deal in the second half of the year The transaction still needsapprovalfromFootLockershareholders.

U.S. lost business travelersinApril

Business travel to the U.S. fell 9% in April as companies and workers grappled with economic uncertainty and anger over the Trumpadministration’stariffs and border policies. TheNational Travel and Tourism Ofﬁce released preliminary figures Thursday showing the numberofairlineand ship passengers who entered the country last month using business visas. TheMiddle East wasthe only region that saw higher business travel to the U.S., with arrivals up 9.4% compared to April 2024. But that didn’tmake up for big losses from otherregions; the number of business travelers from Western Europe fell17.7%, for example.

The new government data didn’tinclude people coming from Canada for business or who traveled by land from Mexico. Mexican arrivals by air for those holding business visas were down 11.8%, the government said. And overall travel from Canada also fell in April. According to Statistics Canada, Canadianresidents’ returntrips by air from the U.S. fell 20% in April, while return trips by car weredown 35%.

BUSINESS

NOLA.COM/BIZ

Walmartwarns of higher prices

BY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP retail writer

NEW YORK Walmart, which became thenation’s largest retailer by making low prices apriority hasfound itself in aplace it’s rarely been: Warning customers that prices will rise for goods ranging from bananas to carseats.

Executives at the $750 billion company told industry analysts Thursday that they’re doingeverything in their power to absorb the higher costsfromtariffs ordered by PresidentDonald Trump.

Given the magnitude of the duties,however,the highest since the 1930s, higher prices are unavoidable,and they willhurt Walmart customers already buffeted by inflation over the past three years.

Trump’sthreatened 145% importtaxes on Chinese goods were reduced to 30% in adeal announcedMonday, with some of the higher tariffs on pause for 90 days

Thosehigherprices began to appear on Walmartshelves in late Apriland accelerated this month, Walmartexecutives saidThursday.However,a larger sting will start to be felt in June andJuly when the back-to-school shopping season goes intohigh gear

“We’re wired to keep prices low, butthere’s alimit to what we can bear,orany retailer for that matter,” Chief Financial Ofﬁcer John David Rainey saidThursday after thecompany reported strong ﬁrst-quarter sales.

Rainey emphasized that prices arerising not just for discretionary items suchaspatio furniture

andtrendy fashions, but forbasic necessities as well. The price of bananas, imported from Costa Rica, rose from 50 centsper pound, to 54 cents. He thinks car seats madein China that sell for$350 at Walmart will likely cost customers another $100. Baby strollers are also sourced from China, Rainey said. Higher prices arrive as many Americans pull back on spending as theygrow increasingly uneasy about the economy.Aslew of companiesincluding toy manufacturer Mattel,toolmaker StanleyBlack &Decker and consumer products giant Procter &Gamble have announced higher prices or plans to raise prices. ButWalmart’smoves are even moresigniﬁcant given its outsized power in the retailing landscape.

Walmart says that 90% of American households rely on the retailer

fora range of products, andmore than 150 million customers shop on itswebsite or in itsstores every week. Analysts will dissect the earnings reports from other retailers including Target and Home Depot, set to be released next week. Tariffs on China and other countries are threatening the low-price model at the core of Walmart’ssuccess. The full impact of tariff costs hadbeen delayedascompanies tried to beat the clock by bringing in foreign goodsbeforeTrump’s tariffs took effect. Retailers and importers had also largely halted shipmentsofshoes, clothes, toys and other itemsdue to new tariffs but many are resumingimports from China in the narrow window that opened during the temporary “truce”thisweek, hoping to avoid sparse shelves this fall.

RebrandedAldistore opens

BY TIMOTHYBOONE Business editor

The ﬁrst rebranded Aldi store in metroBaton Rougeopenedin Prairieville on Thursdayasthe fast-growingsupermarket chain continued to increase its presence in thearea. Customersstarted lining up outside the former Winn-Dixie at 3:30 a.m. for free gift cards and bags, said Heather Moore, regional vice president.Bythe time the store opened at 9a.m., Moore said 250 people were in line.

“Wehave areallygoodfollowingand we want to continue to build onitinthisarea,” Moore said.

Aldibought all of the WinnDixie and Harveys Supermarket

stores from Southeastern Grocers in adeal that closed in early 2024. Plans are to convertabout 220 of the locations to Aldistores by the end of 2027. About170 of thestores will be soldback to a group of privateinvestors that includes thepresident and CEO of Southeastern Grocers.

The Prairieville store looks much like any of the18south LouisianaAldilocations that have been built from theground up over the past few years. The productscarried in the store are the same andthe layout is similar “Whenwefirst started the conversation about this, people thought, ‘Oh, is it going to be asuperAldi?’,”Moore said.“Butwe were like ‘No, we wantthe experience to be pretty similar.’”

The Prairieville Aldi is about 13,000 squarefeet,roughly the same size as the typical area store.That’sabout half the space the Winn-Dixie store took up. Plans aretolease out the remaining space, Moore said. Along with being smaller, the Aldi stores don’thaveamenities found at Winn-Dixie such as fresh meat andseafood departments. But the stores have lower costs because of the limited inventory and features like self-bagging and asking customers to put down a 25-centdeposit on shopping carts.

About 15 employees from the Prairieville Winn-Dixie have gone to work at Aldi, either at thenew store or at the company’s other area locations, Moore said.

Converted Winn-Dixie stores have already opened in Amite and Metairie. Aformer Winn-Dixie store in Zachary will reopen as an Aldi later this summer, Moore said.

Next week, Aldi will start on another conversion. The chain bought aformer BigLots store in DenhamSprings that will be converted over the summer.The planistoopeninthe fall, Moore said. Around the same time,a newstore in Gonzales at the intersectionofAirline Highway and Burnside Lane will open. Mooresaidshe doesn’tknow yet howmanylocal Winn-Dixies will eventually be rebranded as Aldi stores. According to the Winn-Dixie website, there are 15 locations in south Louisiana. Email TimothyBoone at tboone@theadvocate.com.

Report:UnitedHealthprobedfor Medicare fraud

BYJOHN TOZZI and LINDSAYBLAKELY

Bloomberg News (TNS)

UnitedHealth Group Inc. is undercriminal investigation for possible Medicare fraud, The Wall Street Journal reported,citing unidentiﬁedpeoplefamiliar with the matter

TheJustice Department has had aprobe into the company’sMedicare Advantage business sinceat least last summer, according to the people

Thenature of the potential criminalallegations against theinsurer isn’tclear,the newspaper said, citing the people. UnitedHealth’s shares fell more than 8% in post-

market trading in New York. UnitedHealthdidn’trespond to questionsfrom theWSJ, while a spokesman for the Department of Justice declinedtocomment to the newspaper. UnitedHealth representatives also didn’timmediately respond to requestsfor comment from Bloomberg on Wednesday The report comes just after the insurer unexpectedly replaced its chief executive officer and suspendedearnings guidance, asecondsurprise for investors after it cut itsannual forecast.The move piled further doubt on thecompany’sstrategytofocus on Medicare,which pushed proﬁtgrowth for years but hasrecentlyfaltered In additiontothose headwinds,

UnitedHealth also faces growing scrutinyinWashington,as antitrust regulatorschallenge its planned purchase of Baton Rougebasedhome health operator Amedisys. Earlierthis month, Amedisys announced it would divest 120 home health andhospice care centers to several companies in order to smooththe waytoapproval of the UnitedHealth deal. But this week, theU.S. Department of Justice rejected thesale, accordingtoHospice News. According to the report,the agency wasn’tconvinced thedealwould maintain competition in thehome health and hospice market Insurers’ MedicareAdvantage

practices have drawnquestions in recent years. Companiesget paid morefor taking care of sicker patients in the program, with rates determined by the diagnosis codes they submit. Watchdogs and whistleblowers have accused insurers of exaggerating how sick their patients are to boost profits, and some firms have paid large sums to resolve cases. UnitedHealth faced allegations in along-running civil Medicare fraud case that it improperly overchargedthe U.S. government by more than $2 billion. The company in March received afavorable finding in that case, bringing it astep closer to winning potential dismissal.

STAFFPHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

Customers shop Thursdayinthe produce section of the newAldi store in Prairieville.

SupremeCourt weighs birthright citizenship

Justices look for waytoscale back nationwide orders

BY MARK SHERMAN and LINDSAYWHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court seemed intentThursday on maintaining ablock on President Donald Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders.

It was unclear what such adecisionmight look like, but amajority of the court expressed concerns about wouldhappenifthe Trump administration were allowed, even temporarily,to deny citizenship to children born to people who are in the United States illegally

The justices heard arguments in the Trump administration’semergencyappeals over lower court ordersthat have kept the citizenshiprestrictions on hold acrossthe country Nationwide injunctions have emergedasanimportant check on Trump’s efforts to remake the government and asource of mounting frustration to the Republican president and his allies.

Judges have issued 40 nationwide injunctions since Trump began his second term in January,Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the court at the start of more than twohours of arguments.

Birthright citizenship is among several issues, many related to immigration,that

Tanjam Jacobson, of Silver Spring,Md.,holdsa signsupporting birthright citizenship Thursdayoutside the Supreme CourtinWashington. Jacobson is anaturalized U.S. citizen of Indian descent whowas borninEngland,and her son was bornhere. ‘This is something thatreally matters,’said Jacobson. ‘It’ssowrong against the Constitution(to takeaway birthright citizenship).’

theadministration has asked thecourt to address on an emergency basis.

The justices also are consideringthe Trumpadministration’spleastoend humanitarian parolefor more than 500,000peoplefrom Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela and to strip other temporarylegal protections from another 350,000 Venezuelans. The administration remains locked in legal battlesover its efforts to swiftly deport people accusedof being gangmemberstoa prison in El Salvador under an 18th-centurywartimelaw called the Alien Enemies Act. Trumpsignedan executive order on theﬁrst day of

his secondtermthatwould deny citizenship to children who are born to people who areinthe country illegally or temporarily

The order conflicts with aSupreme Court decision from 1898 that held that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment made citizens of all children born on U.S. soil, withnarrow exceptionsthatare notatissue in this case.

States, immigrants and rights group sued almost immediately, andlower courts quickly barred enforcement of the order while the lawsuitsproceed.

Thecurrent ﬁght is over the rules that apply while

thelawsuits go forward.

The court’sliberal justices seemed ﬁrmlyinsupport of the lower court rulings that found the changestocitizenship that Trump wants to makewould upset the settled understanding of birthrightcitizenship that has existed for more than 125 years.

Birthright citizenship is an odd case to use to scale back nationwide injunctions, Justice ElenaKagan said.“Everycourt has ruled against you,”she told Sauer If thegovernment wins on today’sarguments, it could still enforce the order against people whohaven’t sued, Kagan said. “All of

those individuals are going to win. And theoneswho can’t afford to go to court, they’re the ones whoare going to lose,” she said.

Severalconservative justices who might be open to limiting nationwide injunctions also wanted to know the practical effects of such adecision as well as how quickly the court could reach aﬁnal decision on the Trumpexecutive order

JusticeBrett Kavanaugh pressed Sauer with aseries of questions about how the federal government might enforce Trump’sorder “What do hospitals do with anewborn? What do states do with anewborn?” he said.

Sauer said they wouldn’t necessarily do anything different, but the government mightfigureout ways to reject documentation with “the wrong designation of citizenship.”

Kavanaugh continuedto push forclearer answers, pointing out that theexecutive order gave the government only about30days to develop apolicy.“Youthink they can get it together in time?” he said.

The Trump administration, like the Biden administration before it, has complainedthatjudges are overreaching by issuing orders that apply to everyone instead of just the parties before the court.

Picking up on that theme, Justice Samuel Alito said he meantnodisrespect to the nation’sdistrictjudges whenheopined that they sometimes suffer froman “occupational disease which is the disease of thinking that ‘I am right and Ican do whatever Iwant.’”

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor was among several justices who raised the confusing patchwork of rules that would resultifthe court orders werenarrowed and new restrictions on citizenship couldtemporarily take effect in more than half the country Some childrenmight be “stateless,” Sotomayor said, because they’d be denied citizenship in the U.S. as well as the countries their parents ﬂed to avoid persecution.

One possible solution for the court might be to ﬁnd a waytoreplace nationwide injunctions with certification of aclass action,alawsuit in whichindividuals serve as representatives of amuch larger groupofsimilarly situated people. Such acase could be ﬁled and acted upon quickly and might even apply nationwide.

Butunder questioning from Justice AmyConey Barrett and others, Sauer said the Trump administration could well oppose such alawsuit or potentially try to slow downclass actions. Supreme Court arguments over emergency appeals are rare. The justices almost always deal with the underlying substance of adispute. But the administration didn’task thecourt to take on the larger issue now and, if the court sides with the administrationovernationwide injunctions, it’sunclear how long inconsistent rules on citizenship would apply to children born in the United States. Adecisionisexpected by the end of June.

BY RICHARD WINTON Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES In the wake of a Los Angeles County judge resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez to terms of 50 years to life, Gov Gavin Newsom has withdrawn his request for aclemency investigation, turning ahearing scheduled in June before the parole board into an opportunityfor thebrothers to be granted early release.

The move streamlines thepotential path to freedom for the brothers who have served more than 35 years in prison since being sentenced for killing their parents with shotguns in 1989.

“We’re gratefultoJudge Jesic for his courage and ﬁdelity to the law.We are hopeful that the Governor will write the ﬁnal chapter in the brothers’release,” their attorney,Mark Geragos,said.

On Tuesday,L.A. County Superior

Court Judge Michael Jesic modiﬁed thebrothers’ original sentence of life without parole to 50 years to life, which under thestate’syouthful offender law,makes the brothersimmediately eligible for parole becausethe shootings happened before theyturned 26.

The parole board on Wednesday informed legalrepresentatives thatthe governorwas no longer pursuing the clemency investigationsbecause of thedecision to

FEMA’s acting chiefsaysagencywill

BY GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA

Associated Press

The Federal EmergencyManagement Agency’sacting chief plansto shift responsibility for disaster recovery to states during theupcoming hurricane season, he said during astaff town hall on Thursday David Richardson said his intention was to “returnprimacy to the states” as part of an agencywide transformation. Richardson said FEMA’s intent for the 2025 “disaster season” will be to strengthenstates’ abilities for response and recovery while coordinating federalassistance “when deemed necessary.” The comments dovetail with a broad-based effort by the Trump administration to overhaul and downsize the federal government.

They comejust 17 days before the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, which scientists predict will see an above-average 17 named stormsand four major hurricanes. Richardson said FEMA was“to some degree, to agreat degree, ready for disaster season ’25,” and that he wouldbesubmittingaplan for the season to Noem by next Friday

The agency is in aperiod of upheavalasthe Trump administration weighs its future. President Donald Trumphas ﬂoated “getting rid of” FEMA altogether,anidea Homeland SecuritySecretary Kristi Noem hasechoed. Richardson replaced former actingchief CameronHamiltonlastweek,one day afterHamilton told acongressional committee that he did not thinkFEMA should be eliminated.

change the brothers’ sentences.

“Since the ruling makes them immediately eligible for parole consideration as youthoffenders, it is theBoard’sintent to convert theJune13, 2025, clemency hearings to initial parole suitability hearings,” Scott Wyckoff, executive officer of Board of Parole Hearings stated in aletter

At the hearings, apanel of commissioners could deem the brothers suitable forparole, but that would not be the end of the process. A90-dayreviewperiod would follow, andNewsom could still blocktheir release —though it’s unclearwhether that would happen given his withdrawal request Wednesday accelerates their path to freedom. At aparole hearing, the brothers will have to take accountability for their crimes and argue to commissioners that they are unlikely to reoffend.

shiftmorerecoveryresponsibilitiestostates

While Richardsondownplayed the likelihood thatFEMA would disappear altogether,hesaid his role was to realize Trump’svision of howdisastersare managed, whichhesaidmeanspushing a “large part” of response andrecovery to thestates Some states, including Florida and Texas, are already adequately prepared for disasters, according to the acting chief. Others should prepare to shoulder more of the ﬁnancialburden, he said, warning thatthe typicalfederal 75% cost share for thingslike repairing public infrastructure could change as soon as this summer “There shouldbesome budgeting things that they have,” said Richardson. “I bet (Texas)Gov.(Greg) Abbott hasa rainy-dayfundfor ﬁres, tornadoes, hurricanes, and he

doesn’t spend it on something else.”

FEMA assistance is madeavailable to states when agovernor requests and the president approves amajor disaster declaration. Those decisions are typically based on whether the event’simpact exceeds thestate’s capacity to respond.

Trump has already signaled a departure from typicaldecisionmaking around disaster declarations. He hasdeniedrequestsfrom Washington and West Virginia.

Just this week,heapproved amajor disaster declaration forstorms that struck Arkansas in March after initially denying the request.

Therewere90major disaster declarations in 2024, and 27 climate-related events that caused more than $1 billion in damages.

While states typically lead disaster response, they rely on federal

resources as needed,saidJeremy Edwards, FEMA deputy director of public affairs during the Biden Administration, and not every state will be able to take on more of that responsibility

“It’sunclear whatthey mean when they say returning primacy to the states,” he said. “What does that mean when certain states don’thave the resources in their own budgets to respond to and recover from catastrophic events?”

Regardinglong-term restructuring, Richardson said FEMA will begina“missionanalysis” to ensure its activities are strictly limited to what it is legally mandated to do.

“Wewillnot do anything that is not in the statute,” he said. “If we are, we arewasting the American people’smoney.”

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Petition filed to recall St. Bernard president

Residents concerned over Pomes’ port project backing

BY ANTHONY McAULEY Staff writer

A petition to recall St. Bernard

Parish President Louis Pomes was ﬁled on Thursday by two parish residents opposing a multibilliondollar container ship terminal, with one accusing Pomes of break-

Body of man, 31, found in home

Mummified remains uncovered among ‘hoarding conditions’

BY MICHELLE HUNTER and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

Code Enforcement investigators found a mummified man and “extreme hoarding conditions” at a Lakeview house, New Orleans officials said Thursday Homeowner Barbara Hainsworth, a “mentally disabled elderly woman” lived at 6355 Argonne Blvd., which was “filled with garbage, chickens, roosters and rats,” according to a Feb. 7 citation filed with the city’s Healthy Homes Administration.

City records show Hainsworth had also been cited in February 2024 and ﬁned $6,125 for a house and yard that had been a “nuisance for years” and had “high weeds, bad smells, rodents and animals.”

New Orleans police uncovered the source of some of the bad smells about 3:38 p.m. May 7, when ofﬁcers, in conjunction with Department of Code Enforcement investigators, found the mummiﬁed man, “along with mounds of

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ing his campaign promise by backing a road that would facilitate the terminal. The dispute centers on the Port of New Orleans’ plan to build the huge terminal at Violet — called the Louisiana International Terminal, or LIT — so it can handle ever-larger container ships that

cannot make it past the Crescent City Connection to Port NOLA’s Uptown container facility

A large section of parish residents and all of its elected ofﬁcials have been against the port project since it was first announced in 2021, saying it would damage the environment and cause trafﬁc

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

mayhem as thousands of trucks moved to and from the terminal daily Several lawsuits have been ﬁled by the parish to try and stop the Port NOLA project. For a recall petition to force an election it must garner signatures from 25%

‘EVERYTHING COMES WITH A STORY’

Jari Honora, a historian and genealogist at The Historic New

Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from Creole people

Genealogist who discovered pope’s Creole roots is passionate about city’s history

BY POET WOLFE Staff writer

When Jari Honora was 9, he asked his grandmother who her grandparents were. His grandmother who raised Honora in her Uptown New Orleans home on Danneel Street, often wove stories of the past into daily conversations. As they would drive through the neighborhood, running errands, she would often gesture toward an old house and tell her grandson which relatives used to live there.

But Honora’s curiosity

stopped her in her tracks, he said this week.

“

‘Well, I didn’t know any of my grandparents,’” Honora recalled his grandmother saying. Honora, now a historian and genealogist at The Historic New Orleans Collection, can’t remember the exact moment he realized he had found his dream job, but that singular moment from fourth grade was the first time he remembers being called to the discovery of family lineage through tracing bloodlines and good

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Raises set for teachers and school workers

BY BOB WARREN Staff writer

New Orleans tax relief program faces overhaul

Developers would no longer receive breaks for short-term rentals

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

ST. TAMMANY PARISH

Jabbia

STAFF PHOTOS By BRETT DUKE

Orleans Collection in New Orleans, discovered that Robert Francis

of color in New Orleans.

Pomes

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Jari Honora displays genealogy materials related to the grandparents of Pope Leo XIV recently in New Orleans.

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old-fashioned research.

“I sort of took it upon myself to find those answers,” he said by phone Monday afternoon Honora’s roots

For two years after that conversation with his grandmother, Honora made trips to the New Orleans Main Library, where he spent hours in the city archives section, loading reels of microﬁlm in a reader device. He also used the website Ancestry.com, run by a genealogy company that was fairly new then. By the time he was 11, the boy had found the names of his greatgreat-grandparents and more His roots in Louisiana date back over two centuries along Bayou Lafourche and St. John and St. James parishes, with some ancestors coming to the state because of the domestic slave trade.

Most children don’t question family origins until years later when they have a stronger perception

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trash in and around the property,” according to the city statement.

Orleans Parish Coroner Dwight McKenna identified the man as Charles Hainsworth, 31, and said his cause of death remained under investigation.

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court — half the cost of the project — as well as $1.5 million for a BMX track and $750,000 to upgrade the Gretna farmers market. Those funds all come from the West Jefferson Medical Center lease, to be used by West Bank council members for health-related projects. Kerner, who was sworn in Wednesday as the Jefferson Parish Council member for District 1, said he plans to pull back funds in order to evaluate where he wants to prioritize spending in the district, and that he may reallocate funds back to projects as he sees ﬁt.

“I think we need to pull back now and start executing things that benefit each neighborhood and the collective vision of District 1,” Kerner said after the ceremony “I mean pulling back on essentially everything, so we can make a comprehensive look on it and get people engaged and involved again.”

In the case of the drug court, Kerner wants to negotiate that more of the project’s funds come from opioid lawsuit settlement funds, which is shared by the entire council and has tighter restrictions on how money is spent. Jefferson Parish has $10.7 million in opioid settlement funds, with $4.5 million of it allocated as the other half of the drug court’s cost.

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elected officials in the parish.

Pomes owns a herd of cattle in the parish and is known for his ubiquitous white cowboy hat.

However, on Monday Pomes spoke at a House Transportation Committee meeting in Baton Rouge to support a bill aimed at facilitating a new toll road that would keep LIT truck trafﬁc off the parish’s already overburdened roads.

Brianna Assavedo, one of the leading activists in the Save Our St Bernard, or SOS, a group opposing the project, said Thursday that she ﬁled the recall petition because she felt Pomes had broken his promise by backing the road ‘Sack the Hat’

“His backing helped push forward potential legislation that

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agreement that dominated school system politics last summer Among a handful of other salaryrelated items, the new agreement also calls for stipends ranging from $250 to $1,000 for coaches who guide teams to the playoffs or become state champions, as well as $550 per semester for employees who manage the Chromebooks laptop computers at their schools. The School Board must still approve the agreement. The board

of the world and their own being. Honora will admit it himself: His interests, from genealogy to coin collecting, were peculiar for a child.

His grandmother, who died in 2016, and other family members were well aware that he was mature for his age, Honora recalled, often repeating phrases like, “That boy has been here before.”

At the time, Honora didn’t see his hobbies, particularly relating to history, as strange “It kind of came naturally,” Honora said. Growing up in a place like New Orleans everything comes with a story.”

‘Incredibly proud’

At 33, Honora still spends his days sifting through records and answering questions from people about their roots as part of his job at The Historic New Orleans Collection, where he has worked for seven years

But his most recent ﬁnding, on May 8, attracted attention from hundreds of international publications his ﬁrst to gain that kind of notoriety

“The body had been in there for months — estimating about nine months,” McKenna said. “The odor is pretty bad. The odor alerted the neighbors.”

A neighbor who asked not to be named, said Barbara and Charles Hainsworth were mother and son.

Honora found that Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is descended from the Creole people of color in New Orleans — a discovery that highlights the city’s complex racial history and its strong Catholic presence.

Shortly after Prevost was selected as the ﬁrst American-born pontiff, Honora posted his ﬁndings on Facebook, as he does frequently, without any assumption that it would go viral around the world.

The discovery of the pope’s Black Creole roots fueled pride among residents of New Orleans’ 7th Ward — where Prevost’s grandparents lived before moving to Chicago and in Honora himself, who is Creole and Catholic.

“I’m just incredibly proud,” Honora said. “Incredibly proud that we have this very close connection.”

He noted that tourists tend to view New Orleans as a party city without recognizing how many of its local celebrations are rooted in Catholicism, as it is home to the second-oldest Catholic diocese in the nation.

Honora hopes his discovery “highlights the importance of Ca-

tholicism to our city, both spiritually, culturally, historically,” he said.

A life in New Orleans

Honora’s passion for New Orleans, its history and its people is part of the reason he never left. To this day, he still lives Uptown.

After graduating from St. Augustine High School in the 7th Ward, Honora attended Tulane University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 2013. He taught social studies at various New Orleans area charter schools for four years.

Next, Honora worked at Le Musée de f.p.c., a museum on Esplanade Avenue devoted to the history of the free people of color, for two years before taking a role at The Historic New Orleans Collection.

Honora said his lifelong dedication to unraveling history and family roots simply “came with the territory” of living in a historically and culturally rich city When asked if he ever plans to move, his answer was never

“As far as I can see, always New Orleans,” Honora said. “Until we ﬂoat away into the Gulf.”

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applications.

Critics have also said that “approvals are more subjective than objective,” she said.

The program, geared toward small-scale property developers in historic neighborhoods or so-called economic development districts, allows developers to pay property taxes for ﬁve years at the rate assessed the year before any renovations took place. It was enacted by the state Legislature in the 1980s and has been wielded by the city over the years as an incentive to reduce blight and create new business opportunities.

“When she walked around the neighborhood, she pushed this little baby stroller,” the neighbor said. “And then she would come back with the baby stroller ﬁlled with junk and trash. It honestly looked like she would go through people’s alleyways and dig in their garbage cans.”

Jefferson Parish will receive about $33.4 million over 18 years as settlement for national lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid crisis.

“I am not in any way going to stop this project from happening. I truly support the need for a drug court,” Kerner said in a text message “I just have a lot of questions that I would like answered before I commit my discretionary funds to a project like this.”

Other council members have indicated they’ll support how Kerner wants to spend money within his district. But some worry he is overstepping his authority in his council debut, as the drug court will be an asset to the entire parish.

“I don’t necessarily agree with pulling back any of the money he’s pulling back, but I’m going to support it unless it affects my constituents. And this one does,” said council member Hans Liljeberg.

Kerner won the special election for the District 1 seat earlier this month with 56% of the vote after running a “brutal” campaign, as he described it in his inaugural speech. He beat former council member Ricky Templet, who lost in the primary, and Andrea Manuel of Gretna in the runoff.

His attacks against Templet in the election heavily centered around discretionary spending in downtown Gretna, which he said received too much money for “trivial” projects instead of improving

grants the Port of New Orleans expanded power within St Bernard Parish, including the ability to expropriate land,” Assavedo said in a Facebook post that included a copy of the petition

“This bill lays the legal foundation for port expansion and directly threatens private property, local infrastructure, and our quality of life,” she added.

The petition was also signed by Henry Joseph Curtis III, who was designated as chair of the recall effort. They have called their campaign “Sack the Hat.”

The petition is not organized officially by the SOS organization but by the individual members, said Robby Showalter, president of SOS, who spoke by phone while vacationing in Ireland. He said he wasn’t aware of the recall effort until the petition was ﬁled on Thursday

Sidney Torres III, a prominent St. Bernard Parish businessman and lawyer, who has also been a

is expected to schedule a special meeting later this month to take up the issue, Jabbia and Osborn said in recent interviews.

The pay raises, if approved, would mark a departure from the most recent stipends given to employees. Those were one-time payments and did not add to employees’ permanent salaries. The school district has more than 6,000 employees. Permanent raises were a focus of the talks between the administration and union, Jabbia said. “We wanted to get out of the stipend business,” Jabbia said. “We felt it was important to start put-

No one answered a knock at the door of the Hainsworth home on Thursday afternoon. An orange notice hanging outside said six hens and a rooster had been impounded by the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER Timothy Kerner Jr., center, stands next to his wife, Shelby Bellard Kerner, right, and their daughter, Rhodes, as Harry ‘Chip’ Cahill swears in Kerner as a Jefferson Parish Council member for District 1 on Wednesday at the General Government Building in Gretna.

the quality of life for residents elsewhere.

The former mayor of Jean Laﬁtte now represents more than 90,000 Jefferson Parish residents across Gretna, Terrytown, Laﬁtte, Crown Point, Estelle, Barataria, Grand Isle and parts of Harvey and Marrero. Jean Lafitte’s town clerk, Yvette Crain, took over as the town’s interim mayor until an election takes place. Joe Marino III, the interim council member before Kerner said the cutbacks to the drug court came as “a surprise” to him. The new drug court was a passion project started in 2023 by former council member Marion Edwards, who retired late last year

leader of the campaign to halt LIT, declined to comment on the recall.

Assavedo didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.

Pomes said Thursday that he remains ﬁrmly opposed to LIT but took a position on the road as a backstop.

“I want the same thing they want with the port,” Pomes said, referring to the petition ﬁlers.

“But it is my job to protect the citizens of St. Bernard Parish and I cannot sit on my hands like some other politicians,” he added.

He noted that just one of the three lawsuits filed against Port NOLA has already cost the parish $6 million.

State support

While opposed by many in St. Bernard, the LIT project has gained momentum at the state level. U.S. Sens. John Kennedy RMadisonville, and Bill Cassidy, RBaton Rouge, have backed LIT and have helped secure a total of about

ting our money where we could for a permanent pay raise.”

Osborn posted some key takeaways to the proposed agreement on Facebook early Wednesday, one of which noted that this would mark the school district’s largest single-year raise.

Jabbia said starting teacher salary is just over $49,000 now and would near $52,000 if the raises go through. Another takeaway in Osborn’s Facebook post notes that teachers have had more than $6,400 in raises over the past four years, while support staff have had an additional $4,205.

The city said the property is being cleared of biohazards, after which Code Enforcement will begin emergency abatement, including sanitization and pest control.

“How did nobody notice this man gone, no relatives or friends?” said neighbor George Ramirez “I always felt something was off with it.”

WWL-TV contributed to this report.

“I think doing anything to set that back in any way would be a mistake,” said Edwards. “Fooling with that drug court money is Kerner’s way of snapping back at me because I was not a supporter of his.” Kerner denied that his pullback on the drug court was politically motivated.

At-large Parish Council member Jennifer Van Vrancken, who cosponsored the resolution to begin designing the court last year, said she supported allocating more opioid settlement money, and said it was “premature” for Marino to allocate health funds during his brief tenure.

“It certainly makes sense to hit pause and let him (Kerner) get his bearings,” Van Vrancken said.

Van Vrancken heavily backed Kerner in his campaign, and has been at odds with Gretna leaders and the other Parish Council members over the past year because of her criticisms against a parish project to build a $10 million brewpub in Gretna.

Kerner said in his inaugural speech Wednesday that he plans to be a unifying force on the council.

“We have so much on the line that if we don’t unite, we’re doing a disservice to the public,” Kerner said. “I plan on being the uniter of this council.”

For Kerner’s changes to succeed, he will need support from at least three other council members at the meeting Wednesday

$300 million federal money for the terminal and the road.

Last week, Gov Jeff Landry backed LIT and tapped Greater New Orleans Inc. CEO Michael Hecht to lead the effort to push it through. Hecht had been Landry’s point to oversee a rushed effort to get New Orleans in shape ahead of Super Bowl LIX in February

On Wednesday, the New Orleans Regional Planning Commission published a long overdue feasibility study on options for the road that needs to be built in St. Bernard to support LIT

The most likely options would require an elevated expressway to be built over the Central Wetlands Unit to the interstate system and would cost around $1 billion.

Opponents of the project have said their best prospect for blocking LIT now would be to stop the road. They said they expect lawsuits to slow or stop land expropriation and on environmental grounds.

The school district and union are halfway through their two-year contract.

“We really had a collaborative spirit and did everything we could with the existing budget,” Osborn said late Wednesday “I’m pleased with it.”

Jabbia and Osborn are also watching the politics in Baton Rouge, where the Legislature is mulling bills that aim to raise teacher salaries. Meanwhile, stipends for public school teachers and other school employees are included in the proposed state budget working its way through the House of Representatives.

The former Harry’s Ace Hardware store on Magazine Street, for example, is undergoing a $5.3 million renovation that includes three floors of retail and commercial office space. The City Council approved its tax abatement application earlier this year, which locks in the building’s taxable value at $337,020 pre-renovation for ﬁve years as opposed to an estimated $1.1 million post-construction, according to documents.

The council’s latest move, if passed, is the latest tweak to the restoration tax abatement program since 2020, when the council approved a five-year renewal option for affordable housing developments.

That was in response to a 2018 study that found a 10-year tax abatement would make affordable housing projects more feasible for developers.

Sayde Finkel, Moreno’s chief of staff, said tax break renewals have typically been discouraged. But under the current proposal, additional approval criteria considers if there’s a new scope of work or continued economic beneﬁt to the city to justify a renewal.

“Our charge was to ensure that there is clarity and consistency, so that not only do applicants know what the guidelines and responsibilities are, but there’s also a sense of accountability,” Finkel said.

The council now wants to ban tax abatements for short-term rentals and create new deﬁnitions for residential and commercial properties. Multiunit residential properties with more than three units would be considered commercial, for instance, while those with fewer units would be residential. Right now, six or less units fall under residential.

Officials said developers who sell their properties have pushed for the right to transfer tax freezes to property buyers. The program at present only allows transfers between hotels, but the latest proposal extends that perk to any developer the council approves.

Ofﬁcials also pledge to ramp up enforcement of rules that allow abatements to be revoked if a developer misrepresents a project or fails to abide by the city’s rules. Critics of tax incentives for businesses often complain the companies often don’t hold up their end of the bargain but continue to proﬁt from tax breaks.

The city also plans to spread the word about the program to developers and property owners in underutilized development districts in Gentilly, the Lower 9th Ward and other areas.

“It’s undoubtedly true that the historic core neighborhoods see a lot more of these,” said city Economic Development Director Jeffrey Schwartz.

These neighborhoods include the Vieux Carre, Faubourg Marigny, Treme, Bywater and portions of surrounding neighborhoods, according to the city zoning ordinance.

“Incentives are only as good as folks know how to use them and have access,” Schwartz said. “We know there’s an equity issue.”

The committee voted to advance the changes to the full council, which will meet later this month.

Email Joni Hess at joni.hess @theadvocate.com.

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Jackson, Carolyn

HarahanLouisiana,onMay 5,2025. Teresa wasa kind lovingand beautifulper‐son both inside andout She shared with us herjoy, humor andgood nature every day, punctuated by her infectious laughand lovelysmile.She metthe loveofher life andbest friendBradley Bruffinhigh school,and they were mar‐riedfor thepast26years Teresaisalsosurvivedby siblingsGeorgeSchleh (Nancy) andKaroline Schleh(Sean Gerowin).She adoredher nieces and nephews Mariaand LysanderSchleh(Bi), Hanni and BanksGerowin,Rachel Bruff Lambuth(Will), Renee Bruff, grandnephew WulfSchlehand grand‐niece Olivia Lambuth. Daughterofthe late Ingrid and Walter Schleh.Teresa alsoleavesbehindher beloved dogFarleywho followedher everywhere Following graduation from Riverdale High School, Teresaattended Tulane Universitywhere shepur‐suedand completeda BachelorofScience in Ma‐rineBiology.Teresahad a lifelongloveofanimals and found this majortobe a perfectmatch forher passion.Her career,how‐ever, followed adifferent path. Asuperblyorganized personwitha flairfor decor,Teresastarted aca‐reer in hotelbanquet man‐agement in Memphisbe‐forereturning to NewOr‐leans to continue herful‐fillingand lengthycareer atthe RoyalSonesta Hotel. Teresafeltblessedtohave manylifelongfriends that originatedfromMemphis and theRoyal Sonesta. Be‐forereturning to herhome inNew Orleans, shealso had ashort career in the movie business and workedon films“Heavy‐weights”starringBen Stiller,“AFamilyThing” starringRobertDuvalland James Earl Jonesand oth‐ers.Alwaysthoughtful, Teresamadesuretoget souvenirs forher nieces and nephews, includingan autographedsoftballfrom James Earl Jones. Afterre‐tiringfroma career in ho‐telsTeresastudied andbe‐camea jeweler. She started hersmall business under theTSB labeldesign‐ing andproducing handcrafted pieces in 2008. Her jewelry line reflectedher abundantcreativity, like her signatureringthe Schlehtini’thatare color‐ful anddazzling. In recent years shegreatly enjoyed being abench jewelerfor GOGOJewelry.Teresaex‐celledasanartistand craftspersonwithmany talents andcreativeout‐lets, includingseamstress, costume designer,crochet cross-stitching, and painter.She designed de‐lightfulcostumesfor her niecesand nephewsand oncecollaboratedwithher fathertomakeanamusing lifesizesheep.She enjoyed bread anddessert baking too, followinga familytra‐dition. Thoroughly steeped inher German heritage she oftenparticipatedin Deutsches Haus activities asa third-generation cele‐brator. Teresa greatlyad‐mired performing artists and at thetop were Cyndi Lauperand Cher,singers thatshe sawliveoften.The comedic actors Lucille Ball, JohnCandy andMartin Short always made her laugh no matter whatchar‐acter they played.Lifewith Teresahad guaranteed daily infusionsofcomedy, humor andlaughter. Most important though washer dedicationtoher family and especially herparents She sacrificedsomuch, but in loving support, to takecareofIngrid’sand Walter’shealthand wel‐fare. We thankher Ochsner healthteam, Passages Hospice andThe Carrollton for theircompassionate careofTeresathislast year. Relativesand friends are invitedtoattend the MemorialService at Gar‐den of Memories Funeral Home, 4900 AirlineDrive in MetairieLAonSaturday, May 17, 2025. Visitation will begin at 11 am andthe ser‐vicewillstart at 2pm. Pri‐vateinterment to follow.In lieuof flowers, donations may be made to St.Jude Children’sResearchHospi‐tal Foundation in memory ofTeresaBruff.

Caruso,MaryAdele

Withdeep sadnesswe announcethe passingof Teresa Schleh Bruff, of

Mary AdeleCaruso, also known as Nana by herfam‐ily andfriends,ended her earthly journeyonMay 13 2025, twodaysafter afab‐ulous 90thbirthdaycele‐bration. Sheisprecededin

Isaiah 57:1-2. 1The righteous perisheth, and noman layeth it to heart: and merciful menare taken away,noneconsider‐ing that therighteous is taken away from theevilto come.2Heshall enterinto peace:theyshall rest in their beds,eachone walk‐ing in hisuprightness RosemaryCastle, age74, was anativeand resident ofHouma,LA. Rosemary was adevoted member of ChristMissionaryBaptist Church on Hwy311 in Houma,LA. Shewas a woman of greatfaith and strength. Shea heartof goldand wasa mother to all who came in contact withher.She leaves to cherish hermemories, her children, Dwayne (Boona) Castle, Joseph Castle,Jr., Tasha Castle,AshleyCas‐tle,Rhoda Castle,EricFry (Zelda),Octavia Holiday, Camille (Tina) Fryand QuincyMcKinley. Hersib‐lings,Linda Brumﬁeld, Larry Smith, RickySmith, GailSmith andGregory Smith (Sharon).Twentyeight grandchildrenand hostofgreat grandchil‐dren, familyand friends. Rosemarywas preceded in death by herparents,Earl and BessieKenny,her stepdad John Smith, sib‐lings,Bessie(Mamado) Kenny,Dorothy Kenny, BrendaKenny Washington Betty Kenny, Earl Kenny, Jr., BertrellKenny,Michael Washington, Darlene Smith.Her grandsons, DominqueFry andLil Shawn Norman.Memorial ServiceswillbeonSatur‐day,May 17, 2025 at GertrudeGeddesWillisFu‐neral Home,617 Bond Street,Houma,LA70360 from11:00 a. m. until 12:00 noon.Private Burial.You may sign theguest book onhttp://www.gertrud egeddeswillis.com Gertrude GeddesWillisFu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge ofservice,(985) 872-6934.

Alfred "Gunslinger" Clark,a truckdriverand long-time resident of Baton Rouge,LA, departed this lifeTuesday,May 6, 2025 after along-term battle withcancer, at hishomein Gretna, Louisiana. He was 68years old. He waspas‐sionately knownasGun‐slinger.Heisthe sonofthe lateShirley Williams Clark and RooseveltClark.Father ofRandell Brock(Amanda) and Alfred Clark, Jr., (Ali‐cia); brotherofBettyeWat‐son,KarlClark (Monica), SandraC.Miller (Gil,Sr.), Darnell Clark, Shirley Hollins,and Dale Clark. De‐voted companionofShelia Bennett; devotednephew ofKermit"Joe" Williams and Bill "Peck" Henry, Jr Heissurvivedby9 grand‐childrenand 1great grand‐child,and ahostofnieces, nephews,and otherrela‐tives andfriends.Hewas precededindeath by 1 grandchild. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also priestand parishioners of St. Joseph theWorker Catholic Church,Marrero, LA, employees of Primoris ConstructionCo.,Gonzales, LA, andFirst Studentof New Orleans, LA,are in‐vited to attend theGrave‐sideService at Restlawn Cemetary, Avondale,LAon Monday, May19, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.,FatherSidney Speaksofﬁciating. ACele‐bration of Life eventwillbe heldata laterdate. Fu‐neral planning entrustedto RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home, 9611 LA Hwy. 23, Belle Chasse,Louisiana 70037, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

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CelestineSr.,Tyron 'Tiger'

Tyron"Tiger" Celestine Sr.,a native of NewOr‐leans andresidentofLake Charles,Louisiana,entered eternal rest on May1,2025, atthe ageof56. He was bornonJanuary 10, 1969, Tyron liveda life marked byquiet strength anda signature senseofstyle thatspoke volumesabout the manhewas.Hewas deeply lovedbyhis family and admiredbymany. His impeccablestyle wasmore thanjustappearance-it was an expression of his pride,conﬁdence, and presence. He leaves to cherish hismemory: His son TyronD.Celestine II the mother of hisson,Kyni‐tra Watson;his stepson NileJ.Vincent III, threesis‐ters: Audrey Thomas,Bev‐erly(Alfred)Harris, Lisette Jacobsand brotherKen‐neth(Amanda)Celestine; sister-in-law Danielle Ce‐lestine alongwitha host of nieces, nephews, extended familyrelatives and friends, whose liveswere

Vernell"Shot Gun" , Pops"Collins.February 15, 1948 -May 05, 2025. Ver‐nellCollins wasbornon February15, 1948 in Lib‐erty, MS.; Vernellwas born tothe late Esco Collins, Sr and AnoraCannonCollins Vernell passedaway peacefully on May05, 2025 atMarrero Healthcare Cen‐ter in Marrero, LA.; He was precededindeath by a son,Bernell Collins; par‐ents, Esco Collins, Sr.& El‐noraCannonCollins., Esco Collins,Jr.,Lee RoyCollins Sr. FrankCollins,Carolyn TobiasCollins,and Sliza‐bethCollins.Vernellat‐tendedCentral High school inliberty,MS.;Asa young adult Vernellmoved to New Orleans, Louisiana where he residedfor years beforemovingtoMarrero Vernell retiredfrom Ochaner hospital after 30 years where he worked in environmental services.He enjoyed hisSundays watchingfootball,moreso the Saints andlongdays playing hisguitar. Spend‐ing time with hisfamily and grandchildrenalways brought asmile to hisface. Heleavestocherish his memories, hiswifeDolores Collins,4 children,Vernell Collins,Sr. (lisa),Nakia Collins,Deshawnna Collins, and TarrellCollins,Sr.,Sib‐lingsShirley (leVoice)

Armond John Dinet, Jr., age 88, passedaway peacefully at hishomeon Sunday, May4,2025, sur‐rounded by theloveofhis wife, children,and grand‐children. He departed this world gently andwithout pain—just as he lived— withgrace,quiet strength, and unwavering devotion tohis family. Armond leavesbehindhis beloved wife, Virginia SylveDinet, his cherished“Me Honey,” of64beautiful years. Their lovewas ashining exam‐ple of faith,commitment, and enduring partnership. Together,theybuilt alife rootedinlove, resilience, and deep familyvalues. He was adevoted father to six children: TammyMonley (Michael),Cindy Ancar (Dwayne Sr.),Wendy Walker(David),AbbeyTay‐lor (James), Armond Dinet III (Candice), andNicholas Dinet Sr.(Hillary).Armond guidedhis children with wisdom, compassion,and quiet strength.Hewas a constantpresenceintheir lives,leading by example and instillingthe values of faith,hardwork, integrity, and unconditionallove. His grandchildren:BonnieSue, GlynJr.,DwayneJr.,Dylan Shawnna,TyroneJr.,Ar‐mondIV, Isaiah,Neijhel Amiah,NicholasJr.,Rae‐gan,Dalton, andgreatgrandchildren were his pride andjoy,and hissmile shinedbrightest in their presence. He is also sur‐vived by hissister, Virginia and brothers Anthony, Terry,and Craig, alongwith his much-loved brother-inlaw,Richard Sylve, anda hostofnieces, nephews, family, andfriends.Hewas precededindeath by his father, Armond DinetSr.; his mother,AnnieCasbon Alexis; hissister, Bessie; and hisbrother,Rufin. Beloved uncles andfriends who also preceded himin death includeHermanCas‐bon,VernonSt. Ann(Uncle Kat), Joseph Alexis,Eddie Phillips, EmileMartin, and Bernard Martin.Inhis early years,Armondlived in har‐monywiththe land and watersofLouisiana,work‐ing as a fisherman, hunter, and trapper—more than justwork, it waspartof who he was. He laterbe‐camea skilledbutcher firstatPetrovich Market, and then at Martin’s Gro‐ceries, both of which he loved.Drivenbyanentre‐preneurialspirit, he even‐tuallypurchased Martin’s and transformeditintothe beloved HappyJackSuper‐market, apillarofthe Happy Jack community for manyyears.Astimes changed,hefollowedhis heart back to thewater convertingthe storeinto Armond’sBaitShop, where hereconnected with his lifelongpassion.Healso servedhis communitywith pride throughhis work withthe Plaquemines ParishGovernmentfor 10 years.Armondwas a proud andgeneroussup‐porterofSt. Jude School and Church,especially known forhis presence at the semi-annual Turkey Shoot,where he lovingly ran hisfamousfried fish booth.His servicewas al‐waysgiven with joyand deep devotion to the school he dearly loved. The Dinet familywishestoex‐press heartfeltgratitude to the many compassionate hands that caredfor their Dad during his finaldays. Special thanks to Dr.Shibu Varughese(oncologist), Dr

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TheTimes-Picayune Cody Hill (pulmonologist), Dr. DavidHutchinson(car‐diologist), West Jefferson Medical Center,St. Joseph Hospice (Tasha), Robinson FamilyFuneral Home, Plaquemines Parish Police Department, Plaquemines ParishFireDepartment, Plaquemines Parish EMS, and thestaff of Walmart Pharmacy. Aprofound thank youtocaregiversLil‐lianCarmon, Lenetta Williams,and CarolSylve whose gentle presence and loving care brought peace andcomfort to our fatherand family. Though our hearts areheavy,we rejoice in knowinghe is now at peace. Hisspirit lives on in each of us—and inevery cherishedmemory weholdclose.Relatives and friendsofthe family are invitedtoattendthe memorialservice which willbeheldonSaturday, May 17, 2025, at OLPH Catholic Church locatedat 8968 LA-23, Belle Chasse, LA70037. Thefamilywill receive guests beginning at9 a.m.,and services will begin at 11 a.m. Father Kyle Daveofﬁciatingand inter‐mentwillbeprivately held Funeral planning entrusted toRobinsonFamilyFuneral Home, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA70037, (504) 208-2119. Foronlinecondo‐lences, please visitwww robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

DeolaGautier Duronslet passedawayMonday, May 12, 2025, at theage of 93 She wasborninVacherie, Louisiana to Georgina Oubre Gautierand Whit‐moreGautier,Sr. Deola was raised on thefamily farminWallace,Louisiana, adjacenttoRiver Road.She learned howtodrive a manualstick shiftvehicle tohelpout on thefarm. She wasthe fourth of eight children. Deolamet and married O’Neil Duronslet, Sr.,and movedto Lucy/Edgard,Louisiana, where shelived forthe next71years.She wasem‐ployedasa Paraprofes‐sionalfor theSt. John the Baptist School System.She spent many dedicated years at Leon Godchaux SchoolinReserve, Louisiana.After 19 yearsof working in SpecialEduca‐tion, sheretired to care for her mother.In1969,Deola becamea member of the Knights of PeterClaver LadiesAuxiliary,Ladiesof Perpetual Help Court66, and remained amember until herdeath.Deola also dedicated many yearsas anExtraordinary Minister ofHolyCommunion at St Johnthe BaptistChurch Along with herhusband O’Neil, shespent many years openingthe Church inthe morninginprepara‐tionfor Sunday Mass Deola leaves to cherishher son O’Neil V. Duronslet, Jr (Kim),sister, Lois Green,5 grandchildren,and 7greatgrandchildren.She is sur‐vived by ahostofnieces, nephews,and godchildren Deola wasprecededin death by herparents GeorginaOubre Gautier and Whitmore Gautier, Sr her husband,O’NeilV Duronslet,Sr.,son Gregory PaulDuronslet,daughter Danielle Duronslet, sister AllisonRoussel,brothers Perry,Stanford, Whitmore Larry,and Elwood Gautier (Mary). Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend aMassof Christian Burial honoring Deola G. Duronsletat10:00 a.m Saturday,May 17 2025, at St.Johnthe Baptist Catholic Church,2361 High‐way 18,Edgard, LA 70049 Visitationbeginsat8:00 a.m.withrecitationofthe Rosaryat9:00a.m.Inter‐mentwillfollowatSt. John the BaptistCatholicChurch Cemetery. Finalarrange‐ments entrustedtoPatrick H.Sanders FuneralHome& Funeral Directors, LLC, 605 MainStreet,Laplace,LA 70068, 985-359-1919. “Pro‐vidingCare& Comfortis Our HighestMission.”

AnnMarie Amadeo Em‐monspassedawayvery peacefullyearly on the morning of Thursday,May 8,2025. Shewas born in New Orleans, Louisianaon February18, 1948. Sheis survivedbyher children; Tommy Emmons II and StaceyMorganaswellas her precious grandchil‐dren, Joseph,Taylor, Ash‐leigh,Hunter,Mason, Kevin,Corrin, Hannah,and Wyatt. Sheisalsosurvived byher siblings;Pete AmadeoJr. andJoseph Amadeo; andgreat-grand‐children, nieces,nephews, cousins,and wonderful lifelongfriends.She was precededindeath by her parents,Peter Amadeo and MaryHaar; heroldest daughter, Michelle Em‐monsHarding;and sister RoseAmadeoRaziano After graduating from Riverdale High School in Jefferson,Louisiana,she wentontoenjoy along successfulcareer as an ad‐ministrator at ATTfor 30 plusyears.Through ATT, she wasabletorelocate several timestodifferent locations throughout northernGeorgia.She was fortunate enough to be abletospend 25 yearsin the stateand really getthe mostout of hertimethere Her personalityexempli‐ﬁed loving life,and sheal‐waysknewhow to make the most of herfreetime. Thisrangedfromshopping torelaxingonthe porchin her rockingchair andsip‐pinga margaritas andtak‐ing in theambiance. She was also agiver andwas abletodedicateher time ensuringher cats hada safe andcomfortable hometolivein. Herwarm presencewillbegreatly missedbyher loving fam‐ily andmultitude of friends.Contributions in memoryofAnn maybe madetoBig SkyRanch / CATNIP Foundation of Fol‐som,Louisiana.Relatives and friendsare invitedto attendthe funeralservice atMaryQueen of Peace Catholic Church 1501 West CausewayApproachMan‐deville,LA70471 on Friday 5/16/2025 at 12:00PMwith a visitation to beginat 11:00 PM.E.J.FieldingFu‐neral Home hasbeenen‐trusted with funeral arrangements. TheEm‐monsfamilyinvites youto share thoughts,fondest memories, andcondo‐lencesonlineatE.J.Field‐ing FuneralHome Guest Book at www.ejﬁeldingfh com

FranklinJr, David Thomas Davidwillbedeeply missed, he workedinthe service industry. He loved his close circle of friends He is survived by his brothers Philip Franklin and RonaldW Hedden, sister Roxanne Thornton, niecesHailey,Hannah and Danica Franklin, nephews DustyFranklin and Chandler Hedden,Father Ronald E. Hedden, special friend DonnaHankton (Mama), life partner Thomas Griffin and dogs Zoe and Gizmo Davidispreceded in death by mother Joyce MarlerHedden.

Goins, Vivian Rozelia Wiltz

(Petra), andJohnP.Goins Sr. (Robin); cherished nephew, LynchPiernas; and cherishedniece,Elaine Beckwith. Sheisalsothe proud grandmotherofTer‐rence Goins, Sr.(Bobbie), DeniceGoins Olubo, Au‐gustGoins,Jr. (Isha),Byron Goins (Cherie),Janel Goins, Darlene Hammond,Sean Goins,NatashiaGoins, Bobby Goins(Laura),Jules Goins,Jr.,Judea Goins-An‐drews (Emanuel),Dr. Lau‐ren GoinsCasimere(Don), RachelGoins,JohnP Goins,Jr.,and Bianca Goins.Vivianwillalsobe greatly missedbymore than10great-grandchil‐dren, anda host of nieces nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Pre‐ceded in deathbyher hus‐bandofa48years,James MiltonGoins,Sr.;daughter JaneGoins;sonsJules Goins,Sr. andJames M. Goins,Jr.;sisters Berna‐dinePiernas,EvelynLeary, LorraineSmith;and brother FernandezWiltz Jr Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend aCelebra‐tionService Honoring the Lifeand Legacy of Vivan Rozelia WiltzGoins on Sat‐urday,May 17, 2025, at Cor‐pus ChristiEpiphany Church,2022 St.Bernard Ave., NewOrleans,LA 70116. FuneralMasswill begin at 10:00 a.m. Viewing and Rosary will beginat 9:00a.m.ReverendDominic T.Njoku S.S.J.,ofﬁciating. Intermentwillfollowat Mount Olivet Cemetery, New Orleans, LA.Guest‐book Online:www.anewtra ditionbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear BrooksBoyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors

Juan AnthonyHall, Sr., a beloved father,grandfa‐ther, brotherand friend, entered eternalreston Saturday, May3,2025 at the ageof60. Born on Jan‐uary10, 1965 in NewOr‐leans,LA, Juan is theloving son of thelateGertrude Hall. Mr.Hallisa graduate ofAlfredLawless High School.Heleavesbehinda legacyofloveand cher‐ished memories in the heartsofhis four children Javonn(Davy,II) Crocklen, TaJuanand Juan Hall,Jr. and EbonyLindsey;seven grandchildren,Davy, III, Davyenand Davynchi Crocklen, Tamia, Larayon, Raijahonand EgyptBrown; devoted siblings,Carolyn Johnson,Keith,Clifton (Barbara),Wanda andEd‐wardHall; best friend Henry Charles, Jr;cousin, Byron Harrell; close friends,StevieJenkins and ClarenceTriche, alongwith a host of nieces,nephews other relativesand dear friends.Inaddition to his mother, Juan is also pre‐ceded in deathbysiblings, George, Lindaand Elaine Hall. Relativesand friends; employees of ILA3000 and Oakpark Village of Slidell are invitedtoattend the funeral. ACelebration ser‐vicehonoringthe life and legacyofthe late Juan A. Hall, Sr will be held at BeaconLight International Baptist Cathedral, 1937 MirabeauAvenue,New Or‐leans,LA70122 on Satur‐day,May 17, 2025 at 11 am IntermentProvidence MemorialPark& Mau‐soleum, 8200 AirlineDrive, Metairie, LA 70003. Apublic viewing will beginat10am inthe church.Repastto followatLivaudais Hall, 2205 Second Street,New Orleans,LA70113. Please signonlineguestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors (504)581-4411.

ily. He wasblessedwith92 years of life,wisdom, and purpose.Hueywas born on January 2, 1933, in Grosse Tete, Louisiana, to thelate DallasHilland thelateCor‐nelia Hill.Hegrewupwith a strong senseofpurpose and dedication that guided him throughout hislife. He graduated from Booker T. WashingtonHighSchool in New Orleans, Louisiana, and went on to attend GramblingState University, where he earned aBache‐lor of Arts degree in Educa‐tionand proudlyplayed football forthe legendary GSU Tigers under thedirec‐tionofthe late Coach EddieRobinson. Whilein college,Hueywas drafted intothe United States Armyand served honor‐ablyinNew York before re‐turning to complete hised‐ucation.Helater earned his Master's Degree in Edu‐cationfromBallState Uni‐versity,further demon‐stratinghis deep commit‐menttoacademicexcel‐lence.Hueybegan hispro‐fessional career as an edu‐cator at RalphJ.Bunche School andservedinvari‐ous teaching andadminis‐trative rolesthroughout the JeffersonParishPublic School System.Healso coached,bringingthe samepassion anddisci‐pline he hadonthe field intothe livesofyoung ath‐letes.Heeventually retired fromEastJefferson High School,where he worked in administration, cappingoff a long andimpactful ca‐reer in public education. In additiontohis servicein education,Hueywas a businesspioneer.He ownedand operated abar‐bershop in Kenner, Louisiana,one of theearli‐est Black-ownedbarber‐shops in thearea. Hisshop was more than aplace for grooming; it wasa trusted gathering spacewhere community,mentorship, and brotherhood thrived. Hueywas adevoted mem‐ber of CalvaryTabernacle, where he served faithfully under many pastors. He spent thelast19years under theleadershipofhis son,Rev.Duane A. Hill Sr., findinggreat joyand pride inworshipingwithfamily. Hewas also deeply in‐volvedincivic andfrater‐nal life andwas aproud memberofseveral es‐teemed organizations, in‐cluding KappaAlpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. A.V. Williams Chapter#178 Order of EasternStar, PrinceHallAffiliation; Platta Temple #15, Ancient ArabicOrder of theNobles ofthe Mystic Shrine,Prince HallAffiliation;Knights Templar,PrinceHallAffilia‐tion; Holy RoyalArchMa‐sons, PHA. Stateof Louisiana;EurekaConsis‐tory#7: andThe Mt.Olive Lodge #21, Free &Ac‐ceptedMasons, Prince Hall Affiliation.Heleavesto cherish hismemoryhis son,Duane A. Hill Sr (Sharon); hisbeloved baby sister, Mary Williams;and a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, andex‐tendedfamilywhomhe deeply cherished. Huey was preceded in deathby his belovedwife, JoyWell Hill; hisparents,Dallasand CorneliaHill; hissister, RubyPruitt; hissister-inlaw,AmandaBall; hisinlaws, Nancyand Bennie Woodard, andWelseyand ConnieWells;and his nephew, Wilbur "Peewee" Pruitt. Huey's legacy lives onthrough thefamilyhe loved,the students he taught, thelives he men‐tored,and thecommuni‐tiesheserved. He will be rememberedfor hiswis‐dom,humility, strong faith, and unwavering love.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also Pastors, Offi‐cers, andMembers of Cal‐varyTabernacleCME,all neighboring churches,and all affiliatedorganizations are invitedtoattend the WakeService on Friday, May 16, 2025 at 7:00 pm at Calvary Tabernacle CME, 3629 DryadesSt.,NOLA 70115. Viewingwillbegin at 6:00pm. TheFuneralSer‐vicewillbeheldonSatur‐day,May 17, 2025 at 10:00 amatLawless Chapel,Dil‐lardUniversity, 2601 Gen‐tilly Blvd., NOLA 70122. Rev. MaggieC.Banks,officiat‐ing.Visitationwillbegin at 9:00am. Intermentwillbe inLakeLawnParkCeme‐tery. Professional arrange‐ments entrustedtoMajes‐tic Mortuary Service, Inc., (504) 523-5872.

Allare invited to attend thevisitation andfuneral servicesatTrueLight Baptist Church,258 Little Hope St.Garyville,LA 70051, at 11:00am on Saturday, May17, 2025. Rev. Sam Jones Pastor Rev. Kent Fredericks Officiating.Visitationfrom 9am untilservice time IntermentinZionTravelers

Cemetery Professional Services entrusted to the Caring Staff of Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St., Garyville, La 70051 (985) 535-2516.

Lula Craft Joseph,a na‐tiveofNew Orleans, LA and resident of Marrero, LA entered into eternalrest onTuesday,May 6, 2025 at age 74. Lula wasbornto the late ElderJohnHenry Craft andAnnieMae Craft She wasmarried to the lateArthurLee Evansand the late KennethJoseph. Lulahad 7children; Stacy Evans,Terrence, Keturah, and JemimahJosephand the late Nikki Craft and KennedraJoseph. Shehad 7 sisters: ErnestineCarroll (Alvin),Charlotte Payton (Ralph),Alsenia Robertson, and thelateBerthaSeals, RoseKirkland, Carolyn Williams,and Emma Growe.She had7 grand‐children, Sheria Pierre (Kelvin), Sierra Williams, JonathanSmith Jr Ter‐rence Jr., Kaleb, Kaydan Joseph, andKingstonMar‐tin:3 greatgrandchildren SkyePierre, Terrence JosephIII andTyler Joseph Celebration of Life will be heldatGentillyBaptist Church 5141 Franklin Ave. NOLA70122 on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 10:00am Viewing from 9:00am until service time.Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery 4000 Norman MayerAve New Orleans70122. Profes‐sionalArrangementsEn‐trusted to Majestic Mortu‐ary Service, Inc. (504) 5235872.

King,Maureen Louise

MaureenLouise King, 61, of NewOrleans,LA passedaway peacefullyon May1st in Nashville, TN. Shewas in thecompanyof herdaughter, Bailey King, andher best friends Ian Campbelland LynnDrury at thetime. Maureenwas born in 1963 in San Angelo,TXto Tom and Linda Maher. Although she resided in many placesduringher adolescence,Maureen came to NewOrleans in September of 1972 and wouldcallithome for the next fourdecades Maureenwas alifelong writer. Throughout her professional career she held positions withLoyola University, Tulane University, theDA's Office of EddieJordan,the attorney's office of Porteous Hainkel &Johnson LLP, the ArchdioceseofNew Orleans, the Jewish Foundation,and Haunted History Tours. Maureenwas known for herintelligence,sharp humor, and generosity. She surroundedherself andher familywith colorfuland creative characters, many of whom were musicians and artists. They include BarryCowsill, Keith "Deacon Johnson"Moore, andLynnDrury, among others.She wasalso known for herlove of dogs, radio, mystery, and gardening Maureenissurvived by hertwo children, Adam King,34, and Bailey King 36, and by hermother Linda, 82. She will be dearly missed by them and the hundreds of otherpeople whoknewand lovedher

Madison, Linda AnnWilliams

Funeralservice forLinda Ann Williams Madisonwill beheldonSaturday, May 17, 2025 at Robinson Family FuneralHome, 9611 LA-23 Belle Chasse LA.70037. The visitationwillbegin at 9AM followedbya 10AMservice ofﬁciated by Pastor Allen Johnson of theGreater Mt Sinai BaptistChurch of PortSulphur LA.Toview the entire obituary and leavescondolences please visit www.Robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

Vivian Rozelia Wiltz Goins transitioned to her heavenlyhomeonApril 18 2025, at theage of 100. She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on September4, 1924, to thelateFernandez Wiltz, Sr.and Marguerite (Firmin)Wiltz.Vivianre‐maineda resident of New Orleans until HurricaneKa‐trina,resulting in herrelo‐cationtoRichardson, Texas andsubsequently Kennesaw, Georgia, where she residedfor over 16 years.Vivianwas alifelongRoman Catholic and parishioner of St.Joseph’s Catholic Church in Mari‐etta,GA. Vivian is survived by4 sons;AugustGoins, Sr. (Eliska),Richard Goins (Nannette),Brian Goins

Huey LeeHill, abeloved father, educator,and life‐longadvocateoflearning and community,passed awaypeacefullyonMon‐day,April 28, 2025, sur‐rounded by hislovingfam‐

Jackson, Carolyn Carolyn Jackson, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at theage of 78. Daughter of the late Henrietta and Ezekiel Jackson Sr. Mother of StephanieCook, Graylyn, and Tiffany Jacksonand thelateDesiree Jackson Rogers, Sister of Delphine, Errol, Clavinand Howard Jackson. Carolyn is also survivedbyher grandchildren,and ahost nieces, nephews, otherrelatives, and friends.

Antoine"Papa"Joseph, Sr.,was born to thelate Antoine,Sr. andDelsina Jones Joseph on August 22, 1930 in NewOrleans,LA. He completed hiseducation in the OrleansParishSchool systemand after graduat‐ing,enlistedinthe U.S. Army, where he washonor‐ablydischarged, after two years of service. Beloved husband of thelateWillie Mae DixonJoseph. Sur‐vivorsinclude hischildren, Tyrone(Katherine),Sandra (Charles) Johnson, Cynthia (Glen,Sr.)Minor andDar‐ryl,Sr. (Brandy) Joseph; grandchildren,GlenMinor Jr.,Lakeisha(Danny),An‐toine Minor, AltonJohnson EricMinor,DarrylJr., Quianne,DeJuan, Emily and JacobJoseph; nine great grandchildren; brother,Issac (Joyce)John‐son,a host of otherrela‐tives andfriends.Inaddi‐tiontohis wife andpar‐ents, Mr.Josephisalso precededindeath by his stepfather, AntoineDupre; siblings, Bartholemess Ro‐bichaux andGloriaJ.Jack‐son.A Viewingwillbeheld inthe Chapel of Charbon‐net LabatGlapion Funeral Home, 1615 St.Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Friday,May 16, 2025 from 4pmto6 pm.A Celebration servicehonor‐ing thelifeand legacy of the late Antoine"Papa Joseph, Sr., will be held at New Hope BaptistChurch 5856 Greenwell Springs Road, BatonRouge,LAon Saturday, May17, 2025 at 10am. Visitation 9amin the church.Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery New Orleans, LA.Please signonlineguestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors (504)581-4411.

Mary AnnWashington Narcisse enteredeternal restonSunday, May4, 2025, at theage of 75. She was anativeand resident ofNew Orleans, LA.Mary was ahomemaker.De‐voted mother of Kevin, Randy,Kedrick,and Joseph Narcisse.Daughterofthe lateWarrenWashington, Sr. andHilda King.Grand‐daughterofthe late Rev. Dr. Dan(Frances) King,Jr. and Amelia King.Sisterof the late Warren Washing‐ton,Jr.,Roland(Dorothy Jean) Chopﬁeld, Louis, Morris, Dan, andCharles (Lynette)Washington, Lor‐raine Washington,and MarionWashingtonCrump Companion of Andrew Richard,alsosurvivedby2 grandchildren,and ahost ofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives, and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend aCelebra‐tionofLifeatDavis Mortu‐ary Service, 230 Monroe Street,Gretna, LA on Satur‐day,May 17, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.Visitationwillbegin at 8:30a.m.until

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Nicholson, Barbara J. 'Bop'

Barbara J. Nicholson

"Bop" on Friday, May 2, 2025 at her daughter's home in Reserve, LA. Daughter of the late Willie Mae Shiloh and Lawrence Leon, Sr. MotherofLatoya Nicholson, Dwayne Nicholson, Herman Nicholson, Jr. and Tia Nicholson. Sister of Patricia Lipps and the late Lawrence Leon, Jr Stepsister of Lawrence Johnson. Also survived by 11 grandchildren, 7great grandchildren, and ahost of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Age 77 years. Anative and aresident of Reserve, LA. Relatives and friends of the family, also pastors and officers of Tchoupitoulas Chapel and all neighboring churches are invited to attend the Funeral Service at Tchoupitoulas Chapel, 1022 Highway 44, Reserve, LA on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at 11:00AM. Rev. Lionel Murphy, Pastor, Officiating. IntermentSt John Memorial Garden Cemetery,LaPlace, LA.

Visitation at the above named church from 10:00 AM until Service time SERVICED BY ROBOTTOM

Passwaiter, Bradley Earl Brad was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1941 and died on April 13, 2025 in Covington, Louisiana. He is survived by his brother, Michael Passwaiter, of Richmond, California.After afour year service in the Air Force and subsequent graduation in mechanical engineering from the University of Maryland, Brad worked for FordAerospace which later became Space Systems Loral (SSL) and finally for Globalstar. SSL builtthe first generationof Globalstar satellites. Brad relocated to Mandeville Louisiana in 2017, when Globalstar moved its headquarters from the California BayArea (San Jose) to Covington, Louisiana.Heonly just retiredfrom Globalstar three years ago. Services are pendinginCovington where acelebration of life will be held with his Globalstar colleagues and friends.Arrangements by colleague and dear friend, Claudia Duncan.

Petty,LorraineGeraldine

Lorraine GeraldinePetty age 73, enteredpeacefully intoeternal rest at herres‐idenceonSaturday, May 10, 2025. Shewas anative ofBarataria,LAand aresi‐dentofMarrero,LA. Lor‐raine attended Lincoln HighSchool andwas afor‐mer cook at Boutte’s Restaurant. Belovedcom‐panionofthe late Lionel Jackson,Sr. Devoted motherofElton Holmes,Jr. LionelJackson,Jr.,Lashana Holmes, Ladria Petty,and KimberlyPetty.Loving daughterofthe late Joseph B.Petty andStella Adams Petty.SisterofSherman Petty,GloriaLaCour, Na‐dinePetty,and thelate Aline Petty, Jerry Petty,Sr. AudreyBouisse,Gayann Palmer, andNathanPetty Alsocherishingher memo‐riesare 15 grandchildren, 8 great grandchildren, anda hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers,and members of GreaterSt. JohnBaptist Church andall neighboring churches are invited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at Greater St. John BaptistChurch, 2823 Privateer Blvd., Barataria,LAonSaturday, May 17, 2025, at 11:00 a.m PastorHaroldClark,ofﬁci‐ating.Visitationwillbegin at9:00a.m.until service timeatthe church.Inter‐ment: GreaterSt. Baptist Church CemeteryBarataria,LA. Arrange‐mentsbyDavis Mortuary

ProsperJr.,Patrick Lloyd

PatrickLloyd ProsperJr. was born on August 15, 2000, in NewOrleans Louisiana to theproud par‐entsPatrick LloydProsper Sr. andGaynell Johnson. Patrick wasknown as "Lil Pat or PatPat." He wasthe beloved brotherofseven siblings, andfroma young age,his presence brought light andlaughtertoevery‐one who knew him. Patrick gainedhis wingsSunday, April 27, 2025. He attended and graduatedfromJesuit SeniorHighSchool Magna Cum Laude 2018 andwent ontofurther hiseducation atHowardUniversity. Patrick wasalsothe founder and CEOofhis clothingline, Internal Vi‐sions,where he poured his creativity. Patrickwas cur‐rentlyworking alongside his father at Prospers A/C and HeatingasanHVAC technician. He wasalsoen‐rolledina program to earn his HVAC certiﬁcation demonstrating hisdedica‐tion, drive, andcommit‐menttoexcellenceinpath hepursued.Healsohad a deep appreciation for music,often ﬁndingcom‐fortand expression through hisfavoritesongs hewrote such as "Bless‐ings, Hustle,InMyZone, Struggling, andTragic." Patrick dreamedbig-one of his greatest ambitionswas tobecomea millionaire, and he carriedthatgoal withdetermination,always speakingabout building a successfulfuturefor him‐selfand thoseheloved Patrick is survived by his loving, parentsMr. Patrick & Mrs. Lashanda Prosper Sr. andGaynell Johnson, siblings, GregoryJohnson Mariah, Elijah,and Kyler Prosper,Jonathanand Bria Matthews, anda niece, 3 nephews,aunties,uncles, and cousins, alongwith manyother relativesand friends who will forever cherish hismemory. He was preceded in deathby his grandparents Gerald and GwendolynProsper Sr and sister GezelleJohnson A privateHomegoing Cele‐bration Servicewillbeheld withfamilyand close friends.Funeralplanning entrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome9611 LA-23, BelleChasse,LA 70037. (504) 208 -2119.

Ricard, Rev. Maurice

Rev. Maurice Ricard departedthis life on Sunday, February 23, 2025,atthe ageof70. Relatives and friends of the family, membersofthe Westside MissionaryBaptist Association, and members of the St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church areinvited to attend a Memorial Serviceon Saturday May 17, 2025 at 11:00a.m. at St. Stephen M.B.C. Rev. NormanN Francis Officiating.

Rogers, Peggy Jean Bull

Peggy Jean (Bull) Rogers passedawaypeacefullyin her home on April 18, 2025, after abrief illness. Peggy was born in San Antonio, Texas,onJanuary 6, 1932,toEdwin Lawrence Bull and Lorena Eason Bull. When she was an infant, herfamilymovedto Houston, Texas, whereher father worked forthe SouthernPacific Railroad before,during, and after World WarII. There, she made lifelong friends (selfdubbed the "Hubba Hubba

Clubba") at Lamar High School. She went on to attend theUniversityof Texas at Austin, whereshe joinedthe DeltaGamma sorority—an affiliationthat meantmuch to her for the rest of her life She was married to Lloyd Longmire from1951 to 1963. SonDalewas born in 1957, and daughter Kimberly in 1960. Whileliving in Austin, Peggyheld several jobs that she enjoyed,from anewspaper routeina poor part of town to abookkeepingjob at an innovativemodernist architectural firm, Fabricon, which inspired her enduring love of midcentury furniture and architecture. She remembered rushing to theAustin airportand parking next to arunway to hand blueprintsover achainlink fence so they could be flown out that night In the mid-1960s, while living in Corpus Christi Peggywent on ablind date with Luther Franklin "Frank" Rogers—a date that had been urged for some time by fellowDelta Gamma Barbara Owens and her husband, Harry, who workedwithFrank. Peggyand Frank were married in Barbara and Harry's home on June 25, 1966. DaughterRoseanne was bornin1967 and twins Kathryn and Daniel in 1969. Peggyand Frank livedin Texas and then Louisiana and enjoyed alongand happy marriage. They attended numerous cultural events, concerts, history roundtables, and Mardi Gras parades; hosted annual summer and Thanksgiving family vacations in Florida; and celebrated their50thanniversary in 2016, afew months before Frank passed away Peggyexpressedher love of her family and community especially through service. She was ahomemaker, avolunteerather children's schools, asoccer mom, and aGirlScout cookie mother. For53 years, she was member and pillar of Aurora United Methodist Church, where she was, at various times, aSunday school and confirmationclass teacher, Director of Christian Education, AltarGuild member, and an AdministrativeBoard member. Many of her strong friendshipswere forged at Aurora. She wasalso amember and officer of theDelta Gamma NewOrleans Alumnae Chapterand the Panhellenic Council. As part of Delta Gamma's Service forSight,she providedfree vision screening to thousandsofvery young schoolchildren,helping many families discover and correctchildhoodvisionproblems early. For decades, she enjoyed being part of the NewOrleans Geological Auxiliary alongwith some of herclosest friends and birthday buddies. Peggy also served on the Crescent City Needlework Guild, the NewOrleans Opera Guild,and as a member of Amici: Friends of theMetropolitan Opera National CouncilAuditions. She volunteered as adocent at theNew Orleans MuseumofArt forseveral years and as atextile preservationist at theNew Orleans Presbytère Museum, oftenworking on displays of centuries-old gowns, uniforms, and flags.

Peggywas an artist and astitcher who mademany craftsand quilts,including Herculaneum Revisited: Thank YouMr. Getty, a king-sizedquilt based on a first-century Roman floor in theGetty Villa; thequilt was showcased at an exhibit in theNew Orleans MuseumofArt and at international quiltfestivals.

Peggyispredeceased by her parents, Edwin Lawrence Bull and Lorena Eason Bull;her brother-inlaw Louis Rogers; and her belovedhusband,Frank Rogers. She is survivedby her children: Dale Longmire, KimTerry (Mike),Roseanne Rogers Guerra (Stephen), Kathryn Rogers (Michael), and Daniel Rogers (Maureen); grandchildrenJadeTerry, Alex and Robin Guerra, and BenjaminNeibergall; great -grandchildLily Heidenreich; sister-in-law Shirley Rogers, nephew LarryRogers, niece Dana Loomis, and great-niece Abby Loomis; and many treasured friends.

Peggywas grateful to her networkofsupport—her children, Amy Longmire, and neighborhoodand church friends—who helped her fulfill her wish to live independently in her ownhome Peggy's family particularly wishes to thank Stephanie and Milissa Calderaro, Mary Walther, Carol Strickland,ChristaLee, and Shelby Ortickefor everythingtheydid forher.

Peggygot akickout of watching Saintsand LSU

games and discussing them afterward.She was a raconteur who enjoyed a good storywelltold. She was known to quote John 13:34, "Love oneanother," often (especiallyyears ago, when her young children were squabbling). It's good advice. She was a gentle soul and willbe dearly missed.

Amemorial servicewill be held Friday, May 16, 2025 at 10:00AM at Aurora UnitedMethodist Church, 3300 Eton Street, in New Orleans. She willlater be interred privatelyatLake Lawn Cemetery. The family welcomes donations to AuroraUnited MethodistChurch in Algiers (auroraumc.org)in celebrationofPeggy'slife.

To view and sign theonline guest book, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com

ChristianLouis (Pete) SarratIIpassedaway peacefullyathomeearly Monday, May12justfour monthsshy of his95th birthday. Pete,ashewas affectionately knownsince early childhood,loved fam‐ily,friends,food,laughter, and agood time.Hewas happiestwhensurrounded byhis children andgrand‐children. He wasespecially delighted with thelatest additiontothe family, AddieAmos. Born on Sep‐tember10, 1930 in NewOr‐leans to ChristianL.Sarrat, Sr. andInezAddieHotz Sarrat, Pete is survived by his wife Mary Eleanor Camp(marriedonOctober 18, 1952) andhis children DanielleSarratAmos, Mark Christian Sarrat,and Lisa SarratGordon(husband, EdwardGordon).Pete, known as Pere,took great pleasureinhis grandchil‐dren, theiradventures, ups and downs,frequentphone calls,and visits.The grand‐childrenare Thomas Robert“Rob” Amos,Brent Michael Amos (m.Jessica NicoleStevenson Amos), Nicolas Edward Gordon, Melissa Lynne Sarrat Caitlin ElizabethSarrat, Christian L. Sarrat (m.An‐gelinaRaioSarrat).Great grandchildren:Aidan Stevens,BeauStevens Blake Stevens, andAdler Lisette Amos.A graduate ofthe 1947 classatSt. AloysiusHighSchool,Pete loved to attend Brother MartinHighSchool re‐unions. He wasespecially proud to standwiththe re‐maining membersofhis class andthathis son, a grandsonand agreat grandsonare graduates. After attendingLoyolaUni‐versity,Petelauncheda career that included home construction, workingfor several companiesbefore establishingQuatroCon‐structionsasits ownerin 1966. Yearslater,heleft constructionand worked asSales Managerand a Partner with Industrial Metalsofthe South. In 1985, he bought Horizon TravelGroup,wrapping up his work life doingwhathe loved—traveling to new placesand meetingnew people. Even in retirement Petewas happytoarrange travelfor friendsand fam‐ily.Cookingwas Pete’s passion.Inthe afternoons, you could ﬁnd himporing overcookbooks, looking for thenextgreat meal.For familygatherings, he al‐wayswantedtoknow “whatcan Icook?”.Hewas the familychef, creating and concocting each day. Petewas amemberofthe Louisiana National Guard 1950-61, retiring as aMas‐ter Sergeant.Hewas an early member of theKrewe ofPontchartrain,chosen asKingin1980. He served onseveral parish commit‐tees andasPresident of the Resurrection Associa‐tionofMen.He’sa Past President of theTravel AgentsAssociationofNew Orleans andSKALInterna‐tionalTraveland Hospital‐ity Association. Thefamily willreceive friendsSatur‐day May17atJacob Schoen& SonFuneral Home, 3827 CanalStreet from11AMuntil 1PMwith a mass of Christianburial tofollowinthe J. Garic SchoenChapel. Entomb‐menttofollowinSt. Louis #3cemetery. Condolences may be left at www schoenfh.com.

Templeton, David Kent

David Kent Templeton passed away peacefullyat hishomeinBrandon, MS on Wednesday, May7, 2025, from complications of Parkinson'sDisease. He wasbornonMarch 18, 1945, in NewOrleans,LA, to thelateClenton and Eunice Templeton He graduatedfrom Ridgewood Preparatory High School in 1963. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from Loyola University in May, 1972 andcompleted his MBA In December 1976. David servedhonorably in theU.S. Navy for twoyears (1969-1970) as an assistant navigator aboardthe U.S.S. Seafox (submarine). He oftenrecounted hisstories of soup-down,hot-bunking, andother escapades with WadeLeitzau while patrolling theWestern Pacific. He workedasa controller andChief Financial Officer at Crescent Construction Companyfor over 30 years untilhis retirement in 2008. He wasa past memberof theKrewe of Caesar. Dave lovedtofish,hunt, cook, and host parties, especially seafood boilswith endlesspiles of crabs, crawfish, and shrimp.He lovedhis familyand friends andany activity that broughteveryonetogether to laugh,tellstories,share ameal,and spend time together.Dave hada huge generousheart andsharedhis life and love openly in many directions. He hada knackfor bringing levity, joy, and humor in anysituation and told jokes untilthe very end, whichoften started with "a duck walked into a bar".

Dave is survivedbythe love of his life for41years, LynnHensarling Templeton, daughter, Col. Elizabeth Blanchford, sons, AndrewTempleton, Shane Morrow (Stephanie Hatten),and Jason Morrow (Dorinda), grandchildren, Isabella andAiden Blanchford, Riley Templeton, Morgan Morrow (Josh Sanders), Meghan Morrow,Dalton Colson,Ethan Morrow (Kayla), AddisonMorrow, Trey Clark (Bella) and Cooper Clark, andgreatgrandchildren, Charlie Morrow andBrooklyn Clark. He is also survived by hisloving cousins, Linda Hannibal Stewart andGlenStewart, hisbest buds, WayneYuspeh (Amy), Michael Marquez (Helene), and his"sonby anothermother" Scott Foret (Tina). He wasprecededin death by hisparents, Clenton David Templeton and Eunice Hannibal Templeton andsister,Elva Joan "Rusty" Templeton.

Thefamilywould like to give aheartfelt thank you to Home Instead, especially Laura Higgins, Heartof Hospice,and Rachel McKee.

Amemorial service will be held on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Lake Lawn MetairieFuneral Home 5100 PontchartrainBlvd NewOrleans,LA. Visitation will be held from12PM-2 PM with aprayerservice to begin at 2PM. In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made in Dave'smemory to the Michael J. Fox Foundation or the Parkinson's Foundation

EloisThomas, Jr “Boogerman”, age83, of Metairie, Louisianaentered eternal rest on Tuesday, May 6, 2025. He wasborn January 14, 1942. He was precededindeath by his fatherElois Thomas,Sr., sisterMaryTunson, and brother Robert Thomas.He leavestocherish hismem‐ories hismotherElizabeth Thomas, hiswifeYvette Thomas, 2sons: Erin Thomasand Albert John‐son,4 brothers,and 4sis‐ters. Acelebration of life willbeheldatHillofZion B.C., 1413 S. Dilton St., Metairie, Louisiana70003 onSaturday, May17, 2025 Rev Eric Dixon, Pastor.Visi‐tationand ﬁnalviewing 9:00am- 10:00 am,Service 10:00 am.Interment:Provi‐dence Memorial Park Cemetery, 8200 AirlineDr. Metairie, Louisiana70003 RichardsonFuneral Home ofJefferson,River Ridge, LAisinchargeofarrange‐ments.www.richardsonf uneralhomeofjefferson com.

Mr.David BernardTur‐ley,III passedawayonApril 30thinBaton Rouge, La at the ageof25yrs old. Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare allinvited to at‐tendhis CelebrationofLife service on Saturday May 17thatSt. JamesChurch of God In Christ 3034 Andover St.,Jefferson,La. at 10:00 am. Intermentwillbepri‐vate. Visitation with the familywillbegin at 9:00 am inthe abovenamed church

Thomas Jr., Elois

Sarrat II, Christian Louis'Pete'

Turley III, DavidBernard

Vassar, Gladys

Gladys Vassar entered intoeternal rest on Thurs‐day,May 1, 2025. Mother of Michael LeeVassar; daughter of thelateGreen

OPINION

NOLA.COM/opinions

Plansto weaken ethics enforcementa badidea

In alegislative session that should focus on the state’s most pressing problems, Louisiana lawmakers are pursuing awideranging rewrite of the state’sethics code that would whittle awayat the minimal protections enacted to safeguard against conﬂictsof interest, backroom dealingand corruption.

Steven Procopio GUEST COLUMNIST

That’sthe wrong message to send in astate riddled withLouisiana’slong and sordid political history,particularlywhen polls show public trust in government is at historic lows.

Supporters of the bill say the Louisiana Board of Ethics often pursuespublic ofﬁcials accused of the most minor infractions with an intensity that is inappropriate, costing small-town ofﬁcials and others unnecessary sums to hire lawyers for inadvertent mistakes.

Melinda Deslatte GUEST COLUMNIST

They say ethics ofﬁcials sometimes treat the processwithout the sensitivity and understanding of howthe hint of an ethics charge could damage reputations and political futures, sometimes for small violationsthat people simply didn’t realize they had committed

ThePublic Affairs Research CouncilofLouisiana agrees that tweakstothe ethics codeare likely neededtoadapt to changing circumstances and to address those legitimate legislative concerns.

But theresponse concocted by lawmakers andanattorney representing Gov.Jeff Landry in an ethics dispute is outsized for the problem. Thebill would skew the law in favor of public ofﬁcials accused of misconduct instead of ﬁnding anequilibrium between them and theethics board that in-

vestigates possible violations.

House Bill 674 won unanimous support from theHouseonMay 5. Lawmakersdidn’task asingle question on the House ﬂoor about the bill before supporting it. The entirediscussion and vote about suchsigniﬁcant revisions took about threeminutes. The bill now awaitsdebateinthe Senate and Governmental Affairs Committee.

The proposal would add new hurdles for manyparts of the ethics investigation process; give someoneaccused of aviolation multiple ways to try to stymie a case to run out the clock on when charges can be ﬁled; and require theboard to consider new,unclear standards for whether to even pursue an investigation.

For example, to determine that an investigation of an allegation is warranted, two-thirds of the ethics board is supposed to determinethat they are more likely than not to ﬁnd aviolation —even though they haven’tconducted theinvestigation yet

In addition, thebill would carve

Hydrogen couldbea key to fuelingstate’s future

The Gulf Coast region has abundant resources to expand beyondconventional energy fuels and chemical feedstocks.From its proximity to athrivingnatural gas industry to its existing processing and transportation infrastructure, there is ample opportunity for expanding production of hydrogento support our energy mix.

Speciﬁcally,the state ofLouisiana is more than prepared to champion the growth of hydrogen as it plays akey role in the development of emerging markets.

map.

Encouraging pilot projects from Ohio to NewYork showco-ﬁring hydrogen in turbinescan cut emissions, but challenges remain withpolicy,funding and infrastructure. Hydrogen’shigh delivered cost,driven by expensive production, transport and storage remains akey barrier

out new exceptions to ethics rules and allow public servants to newly take gifts up to $400 ayear without disclosure.

Andthe bill would expect the small ethics board stafftodothe added steps without any promise of new lawyers or other employees to help with the workload.

The measure clearly aims to makeitharder forthe ethics board and its administrative staff to bring charges against ofﬁcials. Arelawmakers trying to makeit nearly impossible, though?

The extensive ethics code rewrite is advancing at the same time lawmakers are considering a similar vast redesign of the laws governing the spending and disclosure of the money candidates, political parties andothers raise for politicking.

House Bill 596 would add similar hurdles forthe Board of Ethics to investigate possible campaign ﬁnance violations, just as in the other ethics code bill. It also would change disclosure rules with new limits on someof

the things that must be publicly reported.

These proposals come after lawmakers enacted changes last year that now allow the governor and legislators to appoint members to the Board of Ethics directly,removing aprocess that required board appointees to be vetted and recommended through Louisiana’sprivate colleges. PARhopes that as lawmakers consider these bills, they remember they are accountable to the public they serve.

Disclosure lawsand ethics restrictions may often feel cumbersomeand irritating, but they help build conﬁdence in government. Undermining those guardrails would only serve to further erode trust and makevoters question what their public ofﬁcials are trying to hide.

Steven Procopio is the president and Melinda Deslatte is the research director of thePublic AffairsResearch Council of Louisiana.

Next N.O. mayormustmarry qualityoflife, public safety

Elections matter.New Orleanians will soon elect the next mayor.There is no margin for error

Eric Smith GUEST COLUMNIST

Louisiana, long acornerstone of America’senergy and chemical industries, now ﬁndsitself at apivotalmoment in the clean energy transition. As the nation’s second-largest hydrogen producer —and the largest consumer— Louisiana already has the scale, industrialbaseand naturalgas resourcestoshift from gray hydrogen, or that produced from fossil fuels where the carbon dioxide is released, to blue hydrogen, which is produced from natural gasand the carboniscaptured. What sets the state apart is not just its productive capacity but its strategic infrastructure, including a600-mile hydrogen pipeline linking key industrialhubs across Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Meanwhile, carbon capture and sequestration is no longer hypothetical, it’s operational. Louisiana is one of four states in the nation granted regulatory primacy. Add in an existing carbon dioxide pipeline originally designed for enhanced oil recovery —now repurposed to support carbon sequestration —and Louisiana emerges not just as aparticipant but as afrontrunner in North America’s decarbonized hydrogen future. With support from stategovernment, Louisiana is laying the groundwork for a hydrogen economy that spans legacy uses like reﬁning and ammonia production to emerging sectors such as hydrogen-fueled transportation and power generation. But while hydrogen is hailedasthe fuel of the future, its path forward is subject to economic and politicaluncertainties. Green hydrogen, which ismade from renewable energy sources like wind or solar, remains prohibitivelyexpensive and faces steep infrastructure barriers. Blue hydrogen has emerged as the pragmatic alternative: leveraging existingnatural gas infrastructure andcarbon capturetechnology to deliver lower-carbon energytoday Federal incentives, like the hydrogen production tax credit, are designedtosupport this transition, buttemporal fragility in the face of shifting politicalwinds threatens the entire clean hydrogen road

Louisiana, with its existing pipeline network and upcoming projects like Kindle Energy’sMagnolia plant and Air Products’$4.5 billion blue hydrogen facility, is better positioned thanmost— but even here, upgrades are needed. Financing long-term projectsiscrucial, and Louisianamust balance global policy shifts with domestic concerns to succeed at delivery.

Meanwhile, corporategiantslike Exxon and Chevron are hedging theirbets.Ata recent industry conference, Exxon CEO DarrenWoods made it clear:Only 10% of their capital is going into emerging lowcarbon markets like hydrogen, and that’s contingentonthe continuation of the hydrogentax credit mentioned above.

Chevronismoving forwardwithgreen hydrogenstorageinUtah and eyeing carboncapture projects alongthe Gulf Coast. The interest is real, but without consistent federalbacking and fasterinfrastructure development, hydrogen risks becoming another solution thatfails to scale.

As globalenergy marketstighten and environmental scrutiny intensiﬁes, the U.S.—including energy powerhouses like Louisiana —are increasingly beholden to international climateregulations,regardless of domestic policy.The marketreality is clear: Compliance withforeign emissionsrules is aprice of participation in globaltrade.

Blue hydrogen offers Louisiana apractical, cost-effective path to decarbonization that leverages its existing industrial base, delivery infrastructure and abundant naturalgas resources. Louisiana’sutility, reﬁning, petrochemical, ammonia and maritime sectors arealready major gray hydrogen consumers, making them prime candidates for conversion to blue hydrogen.

With $20 billion invested and global demand rising in key export marketslike the European Union, Japan and China, Louisianaisprimedtolead in blue hydrogen —ifitdelivers on emissions transparency, aligns withglobal carbon standards and sustainsa stable regulatorypath.

Eric Smith is the associatedirector of The Tulane EnergyInstitute and a professor at the AB Freeman School of Business.

The city is progressing, yet still languishes in many areas. Improvements in public safety are tangible, but basic deliveryofcityservices remains lacking. New Orleans continues to struggle withjob creation, population growthand economic vibrancy

The 2025 municipal elections should focus on strategies for improving quality-of-life issuesand bolstering our economy.The two go hand-in-hand.

methods thatgenerate real-time alerts. Implementing this recommendation would give NOPD more toolswith which to ﬁght violent crime

The next mayor’sfirst task must be to fix thebasics. As seenin themonths preceding the SuperBowl, streets can be paved, potholesfilled and garbage removed

In particular,the iconic French Quarter should remainasource of pride for our city and state. Thereisnoexcuse for not maintaining thecity’srefreshed and safe crown jewel.But municipalservices must be exemplaryand workinunison citywide, not just in thebeloved Quarter.

The playbook for thenext mayor also includes recruitingthe best and brightest. Job one is to hire afirst-rate chief administrative officer and/orchief operations officer.That person must instill acultureofperformance, teamwork, accountability andurgencythroughout City Hall. They musttrackperformance metrics to emphasize immediate impact. As other cities deliver services effectively,itistime for New Orleans to do thesame.

The recentdownward trend in crime also must continue.

As of May 4, the MetropolitanCrime Commission reported that homicides, nonfatal shootings, carjackings and armed robberies aredown by more than 50% compared to the sameyear-to-date period in 2022.

Ourcityissafer through hot-spotproactive policing, effective technology use and excellent collaboration among city, regional, state and federal law enforcers. Troop Nola has provided acomplimentary boosttothe New Orleans Police Department. The next mayor should supportits ongoing presence.

Additionally,asNOPD’smanpower crisis persists, crime-ﬁghting technology and solid leadership arecritical force multipliers.

The Teneo report on ways to improve safety after the Jan. 1terrorist attack calls for investment in cutting-edge

Additionally,the next mayor should recognize thatChief Anne Kirkpatrick hasdelivered. Sign herback up. The city will nevertruly become whole, safe andprosperous until we bettersupport and serve ouryouth. Arobust New Orleans RecreationDevelopment Commission is vitalfor the well-being of ourchildren. AfterKatrina, public,business andcivic groups partneredwith the city to rebuild asuccessful NORD.

Today, many playgrounds are in disrepair andNORD leadership works compartmentally rather than collaborating with willing and able community partners. Message to the next mayor: Fix NORD andbuild partnerships, notsilos. All of which brings us to the economy Aclean,safeNew Orleans is one ledby acity administration that addresses the basicswith asense of urgency and lays the foundationfor economic growth. The newadministration should take advantage of private sector leadership andexpertise.Itshould assure businessesthatCity Hall is atrustedpartner, with departments that assist rather thanstymie legitimate businesses. The permit process, for example, haslong been asourceoffrustration. Dedicated casemanagersand the loosening of bureaucratic redtapewould significantly improve this process. Businesses—and citizens —need confidencethatevery taxpayer dollar is spent prudently and responsibly.The next mayor andchieffinancial officer must demonstrate that city expenditures ensure maximum impact and minimum waste. Our taxbaseisshrinking, so it’scritical to retain remaining businesses and showthe world that we are abusinessfriendly city.Job creation and related population growth depend on it. These challengesare daunting. But theycan be overcome if the next mayor hiresa top-notchteam, delivers basic city services,supports and properly resources lawenforcement, develops our youth andpartners with the civic and business community This is the winning formula.Anything less is unacceptable

Gregory R. Rusovich is acivic and business activist.

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COMMENTARY

ROOM FOR DEBATE POPE LEO XIV

The election of Pope Leo XIV was asurprise to many last week when the CollegeofCardinals choseCardinal RobertPrevost, aChicagonative, to leadthe world’s1.4 billion Catholics.The Roman Catholic Church has neverbeen led by an American —until now.Thenew pope also has worked as amissionary in Peru andholds citizenship of that nation. In addition, NewOrleans historian Jari Honora discovered the pope’sfamily hasdeep Louisianaroots.As we learnmore about Pope Leo XIV, questions remain about howhewill approach his role on theglobalstageand what hispapacy willmeanfor the church. Hereare twoperspectives.

With newpapal leader,there’s no goingbackfromFrancis

The selection of Pope LeoXIV,formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost,means there will be no turning back from thedirectioncharted by Pope Francis, whomade Prevost acardinalin2023.

ThefirstAmerican popewas shaped by his experience of global Catholicismand deeply influenced by two decades serving the poor and leading adiocese in Peru. The new pope’scommitment to social justice is reflected in the name he chose: the last Pope Leo authored the pro-worker 1891 encyclical, “Rerum Novarum,” which laid the groundwork for acentury of Catholic social teaching.

commitment to Francis’ legacy,calling for peace, dialogueand justice,”said John Carr, founder of Georgetown University’sInitiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. “He chose Leo XIV to make clear commitmenttoCatholic social teaching.”

Pope Leosends message that evil will notprevail

E.J Dionne

In his ﬁrst public address as pontiff, Leo signaled hissupport forFrancis’sbeliefin a“listening” or “synodal” church, built on grassrootsconsultation withthe faithful.

“Wewant to be asynodal church,” Leo said, “walking and alwaysseeking peace, charity, closeness, especially to thosewho are suffering.”

He will be the ﬁrst leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics with arobust socialmedia history.That history suggestsLeo will not be afraid to take issue withthe policiesof President Donald Trump, even though, as The Post reported, he voted in Illinois Republican primaries in 2012, 2014 and 2016. Within minutes of the pope’sselection, the internet buzzed with his February tweet, which linked to astoryinthe liberal National Catholic Reporter that criticized Vice President JD Vance’scomments on immigration.

“JD Vance is wrong: Jesus doesn’t askus to rank our love for others,” read theheadlinecapturedinthe new pope’stweet. Vance hadarguedthatlovefor family,neighborhood,community andnation took priority over love directed to “therest of theworld.” Leo’s own connections to “the restofthe world” are underscored byhis dual citizenship —born in the United States, he also took Peruviancitizenship.

His core beliefs wereimmediate cause for celebration among pro-Francis Catholics and other progressives in theU.S. “At the very beginning, he demonstrated

But PopeLeo is no carbon copy of Pope Francis.The remarkable speed of hisselection pointed to asense among middle-of-the-road cardinals that he could be aconciliator in adivided church.

It is hard to read where thenew pope will lead on LGBTQ+ rights and the role of women in the church, important issues everywhere but particularly in theAmerican church. Hispast statements andcloseness to bishops from theGlobal South— who tendtobemore conservative on these questions —suggest little innovation.But his support for thesynodal process and for modest advances in women’sroles in the church under Francis might leave open some doors to change.

There is alsosome irony that the ﬁrst American pope chose thename Leo. Despite LeoXIII’sprogressive stances on labor issues, he issued statementsstrongly critical of aspects of American Catholic thinking that were inﬂuenced by modernity. The object of Leo’sconcern came to be seen as a quasi-heresy called “Americanism.”

American Catholic bishops pushed aside thecontroversy,insisting that none of the ideas condemned by Leo XIII wereactually being taught by theU.S. church. Later,in the1960s, American ideas about democracyand religious freedom would have an important inﬂuence on the Second Vatican Council

Pope Leo XIV’selection might be seen as thedecisive settlement of the “Americanism”controversy Thenew pope might have important and critical things to say back to the leadership of thenation that nurtured him. He promises to beanimportant voice for social justice, international solidarity —and bridge building.

E.J. Dionne is on X, @EJDionne. Email him at ejdionne@washpost com

My favoriteearly fact about Pope Bob from Chicago comes from his talkative brother,John. Local reporters found John right away as the world met PopeLeo XIV.Fake newsI may have repeated initially had the new pontiff as aCubs fan.His bro set the record straight:Forever White Sox, much to thedisappointmentofWrigley Field, whohad already identiﬁed him as their man Besides clearing up diamond misconceptions, John shared childhood memories of his brother.“He took ourmom’s ironing board and put atablecloth over it, and we had to go to Mass,” John said. “He knew everything.Heknew his prayers in Latin. He knew his prayers in English, and he did that all the time, and he took it totally serious.” John explained that it was “not agame” to Rob, as he has referred to his brother.“He wasdead serious about it.” For cradle Catholics, it’snot an unfamiliar anecdote. Somekids used potato chips forthe play ceremony,others used crackers. Someofushave made the mistake of giving apreprepared play Mass kit to achild.

bearable, and yet be so hard to believe. We are living in atimewhen not only are we having contentious immigration debates, but we’ve also lost any sense of how manyundocumented children are unaccounted for. Only God knowswho among them are now in the hands of trafﬁckers. Evil will not prevail —itrequires an act of faith to believe this. And we’re going to trust an institution? One that’sbeen knowntohave looked the other way in the face of child abuse? Yes, because it is the Church of Jesus Christ, whocalls us to conversion.

Pope Francis used to visit the sameimageofMary and Jesus every timeheleft and returned to Rome. He did it from morethan merepiety He wasbearing witness to the fact that everything requires acts of trust in God. Conﬁdence that his mother is ours, too, carries us in wayswecan never fully know

All is pious and lovely until the “priest”decides he’shad enough and throws all the pretend consecrated hostsall over the basement, leading even the most conservative young women to wonder why Jesus put men in charge of his priesthood. Mercifully, God himself is actually the one calling theshots. When we had thechance to hear from theﬁrst pope from the United States —even if he’sspent enough time out of the country to makehim a morepalatable choice forthose who do not hail from our neck of the woods —heassured us we are loved and that evil will not prevail. We need to know these things. God is love and all its implications —this idea can makelife

Mary as the Immaculate Conception is the patroness of the United States and one of the most, if not the most, misunderstood aspects of Catholicism The Immaculate Conception has nothing to do with Mary and Joseph never having had sex. It is about the sinless nature of Mary, from the momentofher conception. It signals that miracles happen and purity is possible, with God’s grace. It’s not merechild’splay.The sacraments do actually sustain us. In his ﬁrst homily as pope, Leo XIV warned us of practical atheism. Even a daily Mass-goer can fall into it. Mass is not forplay anymore. It’s everything forthose whobelieve we believe it; we will live it and invite others with the love we show like never before. The attention the world has ﬁxed on the Catholic Church right now necessitates it.

Email Kathryn Jean Lopez at klopez@ nationalreview.com.

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andHenrietta Vassar;sis‐ter of Edwina Caldwell (James) of Rantoul, IL,Car‐rie Vassar of Seattle, WA Naomi TatumofJefferson, LA, thelateThelmaWright, Mildred Brown, Emma Vas‐sar,LimmieVassar, James C.Vassarand Ernest Vas‐sar;alsosurvivedbya host ofnieces, nephews, other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cersand membersof Ma‐rineand Mount Moriah Community Church andall neighboring churches are invited to attend theFu‐neral ServiceonSaturday, May 17, 2025 beginning 10:00 a.m. at Marine and Mount Moriah Community Church, 3034 Andover Street,Jefferson,LA, Pas‐tor Donald L. Robinson Jr ofﬁciating. Church visita‐tionfrom9:00a.m.until the hourofservice,Only. Inter‐mentProvidenceMemorial ParkCemetery. Rev. David M.Patin Sr.and Gwiena Magee Patin, FuneralDirec‐tors. Professional service entrusted to Littlejohn Fu‐neral Home,2163 Aubry Street,Cal K. Johnson, Fu‐neral Director/Manager, (504) 940-0045.

Brenda PriceVincent “akaMissB”was born on October 19, 1949,tothe LateWilliam Calvin Price and AnnieMae HookﬁnPrice.She departed this life onMonday, April21, 2025 She wasa graduate of Booker T. Washington High School,and sheworkedin the HospitalityDepartment atOchsner Hospital.She is survivedbyone (1)brother Leo Price, andtwo (2)sis‐tersGaynettaPrice-Miller (Husb.Charlie Miller Jr.) PatriciaGreen (Husb. RobertGreen), (1)daugh‐ter ShalvantaPrice (ﬁancé JeromeDuplessis),(1) son Leo Price, (4)grandchil‐drenLorealPrice,Shaun Price,CourtneyPrice, JacquelinePrice, (14) great-grandchildren,and a hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives, and friends. Brenda was preceded in death, by (3)

DEATHS continued from sistersBetty J. Francis“aka BJ”,GlendaPrice-Maxwell, PamelaPrice-Bailey, and (1) brotherKenneth Price. Relatives andfriends of the familyare allinvited to at‐tendthe FuneralService on Saturday, May17, 2025 at 10:00 am (NoViewing)at MajesticMortuary, 1833 OrethaC.Haley Blvd., New Orleans,Louisiana 70113 BishopHardy Frazier, Ofﬁ‐ciating.Burialwillbein Holt Cemetery.Due to COVID-19, everyone attend‐ing is encouraged to wear masks andadheretosocial distancing. Professional arrangementsentrusted to MajesticMortuaryService Inc.,(504) 523-5872.

Wicker,Harry

Harry Wickerentered intoeternal rest on Wednesday,April 30,2025 atthe SELA VA hospital.He was 89 yearsold.Hewas educatedand alifelong residentofNew Orleans, LA. Harrywas also aKo‐reanWar veteranofthe U.S.Air Force. He wasa familyman,businessman, businessowner, carpenter bytrainingand tradeas wellasa very hard worker Hewas very loyaland loved by hisfamily. He was the father to Leslie Eliza‐bethWickerCopelin,the grandfather to NedraEliza‐bethCopelin,father-in-law toGlenn Copelinand the beloved husband to the lateNedra EdwardsWicker of42years.Harry wasborn onJune4,1935, to thelate Moseand Gladys Ecter Wicker of Louisiana. Brother to thelateElton Wicker Sr,Alvin Wicker brother-in-law to thelate Bernadine Edwards (Calvin)Young,Lucille Ed‐wards (JohnA.Sr.)Rice, Ethel BurgessWicker, and WalterEdwards.Harry Wicker wasmarried and buriedalong with hiswife, two sisters-in-law,and two brothers-in-law at St David’sChurch andbap‐

tizedall theirchildrenand grandchildren at thefamily church.Heisthe uncle of Dione Wicker (George) Murphy, Rita Rice (Carl) Severan,JohnArthur (Diane) Rice Jr., Stephen Joseph(Irene) Young Sr the late CynthiaAnn Rice, JoanRice(Emile) Walker and EltonWickerJr. He leavestorememberhim a hostofgreat,great-great, and great-great-great nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives, friendsand caregivers. Relativesand friends of thefamily, parishionersand members ofSt. David, St.Jude, St JosephCatholicChurch Alumniand employees of XavierUniversity, OTSof La, Humana,Kaiser, Nasa Michoud,Orleans Parish School Board, LincolnMer‐cury, SELA VA,AalphaRe‐sources,Egan/Ochsner, and Medcentris areinvited toattend theFuneralMass ofChristian Burial on Sat‐urday,May 17, 2025 for 10:00 a.m. at St.David’s Catholic Church,5617 St ClaudeAvenue,New Or‐leans,LA70117. Visitation willbegin at 8:00 a.m. Fa‐therOswaldP.Pierre-Jules Jr.,SSJ,ofﬁciating. Inter‐mentwillfollowatMount OlivetCemetery, 4000 Nor‐man MayerAve., NewOr‐leans,LA70122. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditi onbegins.com(504)2820600. Linear BrooksBoyd and DonavinD.BoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors

Servicefor Johnell Williams will be held in the ChapelofCharbonnet Labat GlapionFuneral Home,1615 St.PhilipStreet New Orleans, LA 70116 on Saturday, May17, 2025 at 9:30am. Born on September 9th,1970, Williams wasa trueNew Orleanian through andthrough.He knewevery back road,fre‐quented everylocal hotspoteateryand faith‐

fully rooted forhis Saints evenintheir worstyears Mostofall,hewas acom‐radetomany. Thekindof man you’dwanttohavea drink with.The kind of man you’d want to play agame ofspadeswith. Thekind you wouldcallinyourtime ofneed.Toput it simply,he was astand up man— one who left behind ahostof loved ones,friends and familyalike.Hewillbe dearlymissed. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504)581 4411. Prairieville,LAand Genice Williams Carter (Glenn) of Prairieville, LA,father-inlaw LloydGriffin, III of Lul‐ing,LAand hissister-inlaw Kelly GriffinBoyd(Will) ofGretna, LA.Alsosur‐vived by fourteen grand‐children, ahostofaunts, uncles, nieces,nephews and friends. Preceded in death by hisfather, RoyalJ Stewart,Sr.,sister, Gwen‐dolyn Pollerd, brother, Willie Williams,maternal grandmother,Roselean MackyeonBoudreaux,ma‐ternalgrandfather,Joseph Boudreaux,niece,Kawani Hampand hismother-inlaw BarbaraHobbs Griffin. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to Celebratea Life Worth Living on Saturday, May 17, 2025, for10:00 a.m. atFirst BaptistChurch, 15471 OldSpanish Trail, Paradis,LA. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Pastor JustinRobinsonofFirst Baptist is officiating. Inter‐mentisprivate.Inlieuof flowers, please give alldo‐nations to thefamily. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

AnthonyRay Williams, Sr. wasbornonAugust3 1971, in BatonRouge,LA. Hewas theyoungestof elevenchildrenbornto Barbara Williams andthe lateRoyal J. Stewart, Sr.He grewupinGonzales, LA where he attended East Ascension High School and playedfor theSpartan Football team.Anthony’s favoriteNFL Football team was theNew Orleans Saints, andhis favorite gospelsongwas “I won’t Complain.”Another oneof his favorite things to do was to partyand make everybody happy. Anthony moved to Luling,LAwhere hemet andmarried An‐gelique Griffin. He leaves tocherish hisprecious memories, to hismother Barbara Williams,wifeof twentyseven years, An‐gelique GriffinWilliams, two daughters: RaychelDi‐amoniqueWatts of Thibo‐daux, LA andDijonnaeJon‐tel GriffinDunmiles(Larry) ofLuling, LA,two sons:Di‐avonteVontelGriffinand Anthony RayWilliams, Jr., ofLuling, LA,fourbrothers: CarlWilliams, Jr.(Norma) ofBaton Rouge, LA,Joseph Williams of Prairieville, LA Kevin Williams of Coving‐ton,LA, RoyalStewart,Jr. ofRaceland, LA,foursis‐ters: LindaWilliamsof Baton Rouge, LA,Ardene andRosalyn Williams of

Gerald Willis,Jr.,ofHar‐vey,LApassedaway peacefully on May5,2025, atthe ageof50years old. A belovedhusband,father, grandfather,brother,and friend, humor lefta la who kn graduat WalkerH of 1992)

hisjoyfulpresenceand deep love forfamily. Gerald was alifelongmemberof St. Matthew United Methodist Church,and he alsoattended Beacon Light MissionaryBaptist Church Headoredhis children and grandchildren andwas their biggestfan,espe‐cially at sporting events and school activities.A de‐voted PittsburghSteelers fan,Gerald’ssignature yel‐low andblack stylewas a symbolofhis loyaltyand pride.Heworkedfor 17 years as aTugboat Cap‐tain, earningrespect as a mentorand leader.Known for his flavorfulgumbo sharp fashion sense, and loveofstylish cars,Gerald lived life with passionand purpose.Heleavesbehind his loving wife Ayesha Willis five children,three grandchildren,and ahost ofextendedfamilyand friends.His legacy of love, laughter, andstrengthwill liveon. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, May17, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at St MatthewsMethodist Church,1100 Verret St New Orleans, LA 70114. Vis‐itation will beginat8:00 a.m.ReverendE.Carroll, officiating. Intermentwill followatWestlawnMemo‐rialParkCemetery, Gretna, LA70056. Guestbook On‐line: www.anewtraditionbe gins.com(504)282-0600 LinearBrooksBoydand Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ers/Funeral Directors.

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SPORTS

LSUlooking

LSU’sstrong start to the 2025 season was followed by afade at the ﬁnish,but all is forgottenwhenthe playoffs start.

Tigers third baseman/leadoff hitter and unquestioned leader Danieca Coffey said the teamhas latchedonto the resetvibe in theBatonRougeregional at Tiger Park.

“I took this week to focus on myself and whatIneed to grow in to put myself in the best spot tomorrow,”said Coffey,who missed nearly all of last year’srun to the super regionals.“You’re trying to getback to that spot you felt at the beginningofthe season.It’slikea restart to the season.”

Refreshed and ready withmore thanaweek off since their last game,the Tigers (41-14) take on No. 4seed Southeastern (48-14) at 4:30 p.m. following the opener betweenNo. 3seedConnecticut (35-17) and No. 2seed Nebraska (39-13) LSU went 4-8 in the last half of the SEC slate to ﬁnish

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Thestrongest field of the majors gaveway to afew surprises Thursday in the PGA Championship,starting with Jhonattan Vegascharging into the lead with a7-under 64 and the top 10 players in the world nowhere to be found among the top 10 at Quail Hollow Along day filled sunshineand mudballs ended withVegasinthe penultimate group playing the best golf hardly anyonesaw Abriefly energized crowd had mostly left when Vegas blazed his waytothe finish with five birdies on his last six holes, ending with an 18-footer on No. 8and a 25-footer on the rugged ninth It was Vegas’ bestscore in 45 rounds playingthe majors.The Venezuelanhas never finished in the top 20 in amajorand hadn’tqualified for this one in threeyears. He had atwo-shot leadoverRyan Gerard, the PGA Tour rookie who grew up in North Carolina and wasthe onlyother player to reach 7under until bogeys on his last two holes. He was joined at 66 by Cam Davis of Australia. The biggest crowds belonged to the top three

12-12 for the second consecutive season. Despite some program record-setting offensive numbers and aNo. 4 RPI, they slid out of thetop eight seeds, whichwould have put them in position to host asuper regional. But coach Beth Torina was clear on the difﬁculty the Tigers face to get beyond thisweekend with astrong and varied ﬁeld. SLUgavethe Tigers alltheycould handle in aFebruarymeeting and no other 4-seed won as many as 40 games much less the 48 theLions captured. The Lions facilitated their short game with 194 stolen bases this year “He (SLU coach RickFremin) does suchagood job of creatingthe rungame with his group,” Torina said. “Theyare so consistent year in and year out. Finding waystodefendthatisalwaysgoing to be the challenge when you face them.”

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BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

COLUMBIA, S.C. When Cooper Williams trottedout to themound at CollegeStation, Texas, countless family members were cheering him on from the stands. Williams is from Alvin,Texas.Ifthat town sounds familiar,it’sprobably because it’s thesame placewhere Nolan Ryangrew up. Alvin is only atwo-hour drive from College Station, and Williams grew up going to Texas A&M games and at onepoint was even committed to pitch for theAggies. This was abig moment forthe LSU freshman left-hander

“I had alot of family there,cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents,”Williams said. “The way they came and supported me, it felt (great).” Williams held his own that weekend. He forced asacrifice fly in hisfirst appearance —Game 1ofSaturday’sdoubleheader —before striking out future first-round pick Jace LaVioletteonSunday Twomore strong outings for afreshman whohas yet to allow an earned run in

LSUlatest exampleof SECsuccess impacting team’s image

Want an example of how brutal the Southeastern Conference has become?

We enter into evidence Exhibit A, the LSU softball program

The Tigers have the No. 5RPI in the country and astrong 41-14 record. Yet the Tigers wereonly the ninth seed in last week’sSEC tournament and are the No.10 national seed as they prepare to host their NCAA Baton Rouge regional against Southeastern, Nebraska and Connecticut.

If LSU,which opens at 4:30 p.m. Friday against SLU,wins its regional and No.7national seed Tennessee wins the regional it is hosting, the Tigers will have to go on the road forasuper regional forthe second straight season. LSU lost in three games at Stanford in 2024. The Tigers have been atop eight national seed three times since Beth Torina took over in 2012 but only once since 2015. That was in 2021, when LSU was the No. 7and lost asuper regional at hometoFlorida State. The Tigers madethe last of their four trips under Torina to the Women’sCollege World Series in 2017. They last won the SEC regular season in 2004 and the SEC tournament in 2007, all facts that were pointed out on the SEC Networktelecast of LSU’s SEC tournament loss to Oklahoma, the No. 2national seed. The arrival of Oklahomaand Texas to the SEC has madesoftball in the league, already unbelievably tough, harder than adiamond. Seven of the top eight national seeds, including the top four,are from the SEC. LSU and Alabama, the No.15, are also

ä See RABALAIS, page 4C

TIGERS ON THEROAD

LSUatSouth Carolina endedafter this editionwenttopress.For complete coverage,visit theadvocate.com

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Southeastern Conference play

“At the end of the day I’m here,” Williams said. “I love being here, and there’s no other guys I’drather go to battle with every day.”

Despite being afreshman,Williams’ decision to joinLSU followinglastsummer’sdraft was asigniﬁcant pickup for this year’steam. The Tigers lacked left-handedoptions on themound afterhaving10lefties in 2024 Theyhad sophomore Kade Anderson and redshirt sophomore DJ Primeaux, and hadadded two-wayseniorDalton Beck and junior college transfer Conner Ware. But those were the only leftiesonthe team before Williamsmade his pledge.

See BULLPEN, page 4C

Scott Rabalais

LSU center fielder Jalia Lassiter,center,celebratesher homerun withher teammatesinthe fourth inning against Alabama on April4atTiger Park STAFF FILE PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

STAFF FILE PHOTOByMICHAEL JOHNSON LSUright fielder McKenzie Redouteytalks with coachBeth Torina in the fifth inning of agame against Charlotte on Feb.7 at Tiger Park. Torina has led the Tigers to regionalsin all14seasons as coach.

PHOTO By GEORGEWALKER IV Jhonattan Vegas, of Venezuela, wavesafter making aputt on the seventh hole during the firstround of the

WNBA set to tip off season

A host of teams looking to challenge for the championship

BY DOUG FEINBERG AP basketball writer

There are no shortages of challengers to the reigning WNBA champion New York Liberty or star power across the league.

A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are some of the veterans who will share the spotlight with Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers as the league, in its 29th season, hopes to continue its rise in popularity

The WNBA season tips off Friday with expansion team Golden State playing its first game that night. A day later the Liberty will host the Aces where New York will receive its rings and raise the ﬁrst championship banner in the franchise’s history

Later that day, Clark and Reese will meet for the ﬁrst of ﬁve matchups this season between Indiana and Chicago.

Both are looking to build off their stellar rookie seasons where they set records and helped the league to record ratings and attendance. No team made more moves this offseason then the Fever who brought in a lot of talented veterans around Clark and Aliyah Boston the last two WNBA Rookie of the Year award winners. Indiana added DeWanna Bonner Natasha Howard and Sophie Cunningham as well as resigning Kelsey Mitchell.

Clark is a slight favorite over Wilson and Collier according to BetMGM to win the MVP The Fever are one of the betting favorites to win the title.

Indiana is not the only team to make major moves with several franchises adding marquee names to rosters during the offseason via free agency and trades.

Atlanta picked up former Mercury All-Star Brittney Griner, who had spent her entire WNBA career playing in Arizona since being drafted No. 1 in 2013 by Phoenix. The Dream also added former Connecticut standout Brionna Jones.

Phoenix was active in bolstering its roster trading for Alyssa Thomas and signing Satou Sabally The Sun lost their entire starting

ﬁve from last season and brought back former UConn All-American Tina Charles.

Looking for a repeat title

It’s rare for teams to win backto-back championships in the WNBA.

Las Vegas became the ﬁrst to do it in 21 years with its consecutive titles in 2022 and 2023.

New York is trying to do it now The Liberty made a few key offseason moves bringing in veteran guard Natasha Cloud as well as forward Isabelle Harrison.

New York also will have exciting

guard Marine Johannes back this season after she missed last year to prepare for the Olympics with her French team.

The Liberty did lose guard Betnijah Laney-Hamilton to a knee injury that she suffered in the offseason.

She’ll be out for the year Lynx for a championship

Minnesota was overlooked at the start of the season and led by Collier, they made it back to the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2017 before losing in a decisive Game 5 to New York.

While they didn’t make many offseason moves, the Lynx return all ﬁve starters.

Collier, the league’s Defensive Player of the Year last season, anchors a solid defense that held opponents to a league-best 41% shooting from the ﬁeld.

High expectations for Bueckers

Bueckers was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft and will try and help revitalize the Dallas franchise. She was the most efﬁcient player in college on the offensive end and capped off her career helping UConn win its 12th national championship. Before she went through a series of injuries at UConn, Bueckers became the first freshman ever to win AP Player of the Year

New leadership on sidelines

Eight of the 13 teams will have new head coaches this season.

Atlanta and Los Angeles turned to college coaches Karl Smesko and Lynne Roberts, respectively Indiana brought back former coach and player Stephanie White to lead the Fever. White had been in charge of the Connecticut Sun, who replaced her with former Belgium national team coach Rachid Meziane.

Curry watches as Warriors fade out

BY DAVE CAMPBELL

AP sportswriter

MINNEAPOLIS The Golden State Warriors revealed a glimmer of hope before their elimination game in Minnesota with the announcement that Stephen Curry had been cleared for shooting drills and light on-court workouts, raising the possibility his strained left hamstring could heal in time for him to play in the series. The Timberwolves quickly put an end to that, closing out the Western Conference semifinal series with a 121-110 victory Wednesday night. All Curry could do was watch, the four-time NBA champion and league’s career leading 3-point shooter relegated to wincing

from the bench while the Wolves shredded an exhausted Warriors defense with 63% shooting. The Warriors said earlier in the day that Curry was “making good progress” in his recovery from the injury suffered in the opener of the second-round series.

With a three-day break before the scheduled Game 6, Curry would’ve have had extra time to heal, but his fourth consecutive absence was simply too much to overcome for this Warriors team that was already thin on consistent scoring

“Injuries are part of the playoffs. I learned a long time ago the playoffs are really about health and then just guys stepping up and making some big shots, big plays in key games,” said coach

where I didn’t have my best stuff.”

Steve Kerr, who embraced veterans Jimmy Butler and Draymond Green on the court after the game.

That’s what decides every series.

We’ve been on both ends of that It’s just part of it, so there’s no sense in dwelling on it.”

The Warriors lost four straight games in the same postseason for the ﬁrst time since 1972.

“We definitely missed Steph. That obviously goes without saying. But I’m not going to come up here and harp on Steph not being here, make it like their win is less than what it is,” Green said.

“They’re moving on. Congratulations to those guys They beat us regardless.”

Curry’s ﬁrst career hamstring strain, one of several injuries that have waylaid star players during

The U.S captain, Keegan Bradley, was another shot behind.

these NBA playoffs, made it predictably harder for the Warriors to space their offense and generate scoring. They averaged 17 turnovers per game in the series and shot only 34% from 3-point range.

“A tremendous loss for Golden State, no doubt, a tremendous loss for the series. I’m sure it would’ve been quite different if Steph would’ve been able to play,” Wolves coach Chris Finch said.

‘But our guys took care of business, and that’s not something that we’ve always done. I thought we had a bunch of business-like approaches in this series and took advantage of something that happened and made the best of it. We don’t need to apologize for it We just went out and did it.”

China’s Yang joins draft combine for NBA spot

Yang Hansen — a 7-foot-1, 253-pound center from China — is one of a slew of international players at the draft combine in Chicago this week, meeting with teams, getting measured and being put through drills. He also is taking part in the 5-on-5 scrimmaging, under the watchful eye of executives from every NBA team. He turns 20 on June 26, the day that the Round 2 picks in this year’s NBA draft will get selected. That might turn out to be a fairly memorable birthday for the Chinese big man.

He really feels happiness here,” Chris Liu, Yang’s interpreter, said after relaying Yang questions. “And then, he’s really willing to compete with everyone and against everyone He really enjoyed that.”

NFL considers allowing players in Olympics

NFL owners will discuss a proposal to allow players under contract to participate in ﬂag football when the sport makes its Olympic debut in 2028 in Los Angeles.

The league released a proposed resolution on Thursday on the issue that will be considered next week by owners at the spring meetings in Minnesota.

If the resolution is approved by at least 24 of the 32 team owners, the league would be allowed to negotiate with the NFL Players Association, Olympic ofﬁcials and national governing bodies on the speciﬁcs of letting NFL players participate. The proposal would allow only one player per NFL team to be selected by a country for the Olympics in addition to each team’s designated international player

Pacquiao returning to the ring after senatorial loss

Boxing great Manny Pacquiao is coming out of retirement to fight Mario Barrios for the WBC welterweight crown in July Pacquiao’s team made the announcement on Thursday, just hours after he conceded defeat in a bid for another seat in the Philippines Senate. It was not clear if the fight at a Las Vegas venue to be decided is a one-off or if 46-year-old Pacquiao is coming out of a fouryear retirement to box full-time. Asked to clarify, his communications officer Joey Hernal said the media should wait for Pacquiao’s own press conference.

Pacquiao previously served as a senator from 2016-22. In the midterm elections on Monday, Pacquiao vied for a second stint in the Senate but ﬁnished 18th out of 12 allowed.

Sinner cranks up his game in rout of Ruud Top-ranked Jannik Sinner cranked up his level to near-perfection in a 6-0, 6-1 dismantling of Ruud in the Italian Open quarterﬁnals on Thursday — a day after Sinner was granted a private audience with the new tennis-playing pope just down the road at the Vatican.

In his fourth match back after a three-month doping ban, Sinner blasted winners on the lines, finished off points with aggressive overhead smashes and never really let Ruud — one of the best clay-court players on tour — have a chance. The seventh-ranked Ruud was coming off a title at the Madrid Open but in the ﬁrst set he managed to win just seven points. The Norwegian dropped to 0-4 in his career against Sinner

FIFA gets formal complaint of human rights oversight

sent him straight to the range. Scottie Scheffler and reigning PGA champion Xander Schauffele had plenty to say about mud balls on tee shots, particularly on the 16th hole that sent both to double bogey Schefﬂer at least holed two shots from off the green — one for birdie, one for eagle and he ﬁnished with a 6-iron from 215 yards to 3 feet on No. 9 that sent him to a 69.

“I did a good job battling and keeping a level head out there during a day which there was deﬁnitely some challenging aspects to the course,” Schefﬂer said. “Did a good job posting a number on a day

For the first time in at least 30 years, the top 10 scores after the opening round of a major did not include anyone from the top 10 in the world ranking In their places were Vegas, who only got his game back in order last year when he won in Minnesota, and a host of other surprises. Alex Smalley, the first alternate who found out about 15 hours before he teed off that he had a spot in the field, rolled in a 70-foot eagle putt on his way to a 67. Ryan Fox of New Zealand, who qualified by winning the Myrtle Beach Classic, also was at 67. They were joined by a large group that included Luke Donald, the 47-year-old Ryder Cup captain for Europe who was the only player without a bogey on his card.

“It’s always fun, bogey-free in a major championship on a course that you wouldn’t have thought would be ideal for me,” said Donald, who is only in the ﬁeld because of a PGA of America tradition to invite active Ryder Cup captains. Considering the champions the majors have produced in recent years, this leaderboard more closely resembled the Myrtle Beach Classic. None of the top eight players have won a major, nor have they ever seriously contended. Gerard looked comfortable playing before a home crowd. He made a tough par on the rugged ninth hole, then ran off four straight birdies on the back nine, and was 7 under for the round af-

ter holing a 60-footer for eagle on the par-5 15th. Davis had seven birdies and narrowly missed a 10-foot par putt on his last hole for the lead. Not bad for someone who recently ended a stretch of ﬁve straight missed cuts and hasn’t had a top 10 since early February

“It’s just constantly trying to go back to things that have worked, trying to keep the head in a place where you’re not feeling like you’re banging your head against the wall all the time,” Davis said.

“It’s letting it organically come — good processes, good routines, all those little one percenters add up to good golf eventually.”

The others at 67 were Stephan Jaeger and Aaron Rai, who both became ﬁrst-time PGA Tour winners last year

A group of international lawyers ﬁled a formal complaint to FIFA on Thursday claiming the soccer body is failing to uphold its human rights policy with 2034 World Cup host Saudi Arabia. The ﬁling using FIFA’s own online portal for grievance reporting was made by FIFA’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, Swiss lawyer Stefan Wehrenberg and British barrister Rodney Dixon. Their offers to advise FIFA on human rights compliance were ignored.

“Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the next host country despite its appalling human rights record, including violations relating to freedom of expression, arbitrary arrest, detention and mistreatment, migrants’ rights and women’s rights,” the lawyers’ complaint said.

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Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark walks off the court after an exhibition game against Brazil on May 4 in Iowa City, Iowa.

THE VARSITY ZONE

SPRING SHOWCASE

Plenty of talent and college coaches on hand for annual Karr-Destrehan game

BY SPENCER URQUHART Staff writer

New Orleans area football powers

Edna Karr and Destrehan have a tradition of facing off each May in a spring football scrimmage, and, as usual, there was plenty of talent on display in this year’s contest on Wednesday in Destrehan.

Both Karr and Destrehan have rosters led by college recruits, several of which have offers from LSU and other Southeastern Conference schools. Several college coaches were on hand to witness the two talented squads, which resulted in 49 points for the defending state champion Karr and 21 for Destrehan, a semiﬁnalist last season

Here are five takeaways from the game

Karr QB Johnson thriving

Karr quarterback John Johnson, a Liberty commitment, is coming off a strong junior season but will be working with a new cast of wide receivers as a senior having lost a trio of Division I signees.

Johnson displayed chemistry with his new weapons against Destrehan, which included Class of 2026 wide receivers Floyd Jones and Anthony Thomas Johnson threw two touchdown passes in the scrimmage, one of which was a bomb to Thomas. LSU commitment Mack shines

Destrehan quarterback Jackson Fields returns for his senior season along with LSU commitment Jabari Mack, a Class of 2026 four-star wide receiver recruit.

Fields, who has a pair of Division I offers of his own, targeted Mack early and often against Karr The two were able to connect for a pair of touchdown passes against a Karr secondary that includes three Division I commitments.

Karr’s defense is loaded Karr’s defense projects to be elite again with LSU commitments anchoring the defensive line and secondary in Richard Anderson and Aiden Hall.

Anderson has ascended to a ﬁve-star recruit and the No 1 defensive tackle in the country at Rivals.com Hall’s not far behind him in the recruiting rankings, and the versatile safety (a four-star recruit) was all over the ﬁeld against Destrehan.

Karr’s secondary also features Division I cornerback commitments Hayward Howard (Texas) and Maurice Williams (Liberty).

Destrehan’s second team flashes

Destrehan’s Au’shai Smith got playing time last season as a freshman when Fields went down with an injury, and the Class of 2028 quarterback did

well under center in this year’s spring scrimmage.

Smith found fellow 2028 wide receiver Dominic Townsend for a long touchdown catch, and the two connected several more times with the second-team offense.

Karr running backs deliver

Karr’s running game might be a more featured part of their offense in 2025 if the spring scrimmage was any indication.

Running backs Tre Garrison (Class of 2026) and Jermound Macklin (2027) combined to score five touchdowns, with Garrison scoring three and Macklin two.

They ran behind a Karr offensive line led by senior left tackle Leon Noil, a three-star recruit with multiple Division I offers.

DeSoto 000 800 0 — 8 8 0 W — Braden Jones (5 ⁄3 IP, 2R, 6H, 3K, 3BB). L — Brayden Ray (4 IP, 8 R, 7 H, 3K, BB). Leaders — BRUSLY: Jeremiah

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SULPHUR Jeff Lupo put his arms around the shoulders of two Brother Martin baseball players as the coach addressed the rest of the team.

The Crusaders had just lost 2-0 against Catholic-Baton Rouge in the ﬁrst game of their state championship series on Thursday at McMurry Park. His message was to keep looking forward.

“We’re good enough,” said Lupo, who has his alma mater in the state ﬁnals for the ﬁrst time since Brother Martin won the title in 1996.

“We’re focused on winning one pitch at a time, getting ready to play (Friday) and winning (Friday). We’ll lay it all out.”

The ﬁrst game did not go as planned. Brother Martin faced an unexpected starting pitcher with Bennett Smith taking the mound.

The senior right-hander threw 70 pitches in his first postseason start and gave up five hits with no walks over seven innings, relying on a mix of pitches that included a split-ﬁnger fastball, a pitch that “just drops,” Smith said. “It’s like a drop ball. It just falls off. It was working great.”

Top-seeded Catholic (365) turned to Smith when a rainout last week caused the Bears to play their two state semifinal games on Saturday leaving usual pitching ace Lucas Lawrence without enough rest to pitch Thursday Instead, Lawrence will pitch Friday, coach Brad Bass said. Bass told Smith after the rainout last week that he would get the first-game start in the championship series.

“It’s one he definitely earned,” Bass said. “This wasn’t something we gave him. This was something through coming out of the bullpen and being a dependable strike-thrower and competing his butt off.

To get this opportunity is something he earned. And he did that and made the most of it tonight.”

Lupo said he did not expect Smith to be the first pitcher his team would see,

but “we knew he was one of their guys.”

Even so, No. 3 Brother Martin (31-8) needed better execution against the consistent strike-thrower

“It doesn’t matter who they put up there, it’s still 60 feet, six inches away, and we’ve got to be better at making some adjustments to string together more quality at-bats in a row,” Lupo said. “I think if you go back and look at our quality at-bat chart, we didn’t have enough of those today We’ll be better (Friday).”

Brother Martin never advanced a runner beyond first base through the first six innings. Singles by Reece Roussel and Bronson Leaumont let the Crusaders put two runners on base for the first time in the seventh, and the final batter hit into a fielder’s choice. The two runs for Catholic scored on a wild pitch in the third inning and a throwing error from the outfield in the fourth, two miscues that provided all the support Smith needed in the shutout victory The first run scored on a wild pitch. Orlando Henriquez started the inning with a double to left-center field, went to third on Mills Richardson’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a wild pitch that bounced to the backstop. Egan Prather retrieved the ball and made a throw that glanced off the glove of pitcher Cole Navarro, covering home just as Henriquez reached the plate. The second run scored on a throwing error from the outfield. With Harrison Kidder on first base, Edward Henriquez singled to right field with two outs in the fourth, and the throw from right field sailed across the infield and into shallow left field, letting Kidder advance to home for a 2-0 lead.

Next, Brother Martin must win the second game set for 5:30 p.m. Friday to force a decisive third game. “We’ve been here before,” Brother Martin senior Cody Kropp said. “We’ve lost one before. It’s not the end of the world. We’ll come back. We know we’re

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Destrehan quarterback Jackson Fields prepares to throw against Edna Karr during a spring game on Wednesday in Destrehan. Fields, who has offers from Nicholls State and Lamar, found LSU commitment Jabari Mack for a pair of touchdown passes.

VeteranKempannounces retirement after9 seasons

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Tony Kemp is calling it acareer

The veteran utility player announced his retirement on social media Thursday after nine seasons in the majors.

The 5-foot-6 Kemp hit .237 with 35 home runs and 184 RBIs in 739 gamesfor theHouston Astros, Chicago Cubs, Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles.

Kemp broke in with the Astros in 2016, three years after the clubselected him in the ﬁfth roundofthe 2013 amateur draft out ofVanderbilt. He became aregular by 2018.

Kemp moved from Houston to Chicago at the trade deadline in 2019, then signed with Oakland before the 2020 season. He enjoyed his best season in 2021, hitting a career-best .279 in 131 gamesand became afan favorite in part because of his size, somethinghe acknowledged in his retirement announcement.

“Tothe undersized ballplayer: I see you, Ihear you,and Iunderstand you,” Kemp wrote.“With all of the metrics and data in the game of baseball today,there is still one measurement theycan’tcompute: your heart. Continue to play the game the right way and respect it. The game will reward you, Ipromise.”

Kemp signed withthree differentteams in 2024,includingtwice with Cincinnati. He made ahandful of appearanceswith the Orioles last spring before being released. Kemp spent time in the minors with Minnesota and the Reds last summer but didn’treturntothe big leagues.

AtlantaBraves

BRAVES FACING SURPLUS OF STARTERS AS SMITH-SHAWVER EMERGES: AJ Smith-Shawver is breaking out as an emerging force in the Atlanta Braves’ rotation. That rotation soon will receive another boost, as Spencer Strider is ready to come off the injured list. After Smith-Shawverallowed only two hits and no earned runs in six innings in the Braves’ 5-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Thursday,manager Brian Snitker said Strider would return to the rotationwhen Atlanta plays at Washington next week Snitker didn’tsay how the Braves would create aspot for Strider,who threw afive-inning simulated game atTruistParkon Wednesday.The right-hander was placed on the 15-day injured list on April 21 after straining his right hamstring. The hamstring injury came

after Strider hadcompleted his comeback from UCL internal bracesurgery on hisrightelbow on April 12, 2024. He was an AllStarin2023, when he finished fourth in the NL Cy Young Award voting after going 20-5 with a3.86 ERA andamajor league-best 281 strikeouts.

Striderpitched ﬁveinnings in a 3-1loss at TorontoonApril 16 in hisﬁrstgame backfromthe surgery.Thenhis comeback wasput on hold, thanks to thehamstring injury

Smith-Shawver,22, has been dominant since his recall from Triple-A GwinnettonApril 29. Though it’snot clear howthe Braves will make room for Strider, Smith-Shawver hasmadea strong case that heranks as one of the team’s top starters.

Smith-Shawver (3-2) has allowed one earned run in192/3 innings over hislast threestarts, leaving his ERAat2.33. Theright-hander took ano-hitterintothe eighth inning of a4-0 win over Cincinnati on May 5. Snitkersaid Thursday’sstart, whichincluded sixstrikeouts, “might have been better.”

Smith-Shawver haswon his last three decisions and is abig reason the Braves (22-22) returned to .500 for thesecond timeinthree days after losing their ﬁrst sevengames to open theseason.

MinnesotaTwins

CORREA, BUXTONPLACED IN CONCUSSION PROTOCOL AFTER OUTFIELD COLLISION: MinnesotaTwins shortstop Carlos Correa and center ﬁelder Byron Buxton were bothplaced in the concussion protocol following acollision during Thursday’s4-0 victory over Baltimore.

Baltimore’sCedricMullinshit a fly ball to shallow center field leading off the bottom of the third. Correaretreated to theoutfield grass in pursuit while Buxton raced in. Buxton appeared tocall off Correaatthe last minute, butitwas toolate. The6-foot-2, 190-pound Buxtonslammed into the 6-3, 220-pound Correa. Correa exited thegame immediately and was replaced by Jonah Bride.Buxton stayed in for the remainder of the third inning, but did not return for thefourth and was replaced by Ty France.

“It’sone of thoseﬂyballs that’s kindofright in themiddleof both of them,”Jayce Tingler, whoisserving as the acting manager whileRocco Baldelli deals withanillness, told reporters afterthe game. “And bothof them goingatithard,and, you know,pretty good crowdtoday, with abunch of people screaming, tough to communicate, and they obviouslycollided and banged heads.”

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hosting regionals. All but one of 15 SEC teams, Missouri, is in theNCAA ﬁeld of 64 (Vanderbilt does not compete).

“No other (SEC) sport put all but oneoftheir teams in the postseason,” Torina said. Well, SECgymnastics put all of its teams in, but that’sgoing 9-for9instead of 14 of 15.

In their ﬁnal four weeks of the SECregular season plus the single-elimination conference tournament, LSU faced the top ﬁve seeded teams from the SEC: The Tigers were swept at No. 1Texas A&M, lost two of three at No. 6Texas, won two of three at home against No. 3Florida, lost two of three at No. 4Arkansas and lost in the tourney to No. 2Oklahoma and former UL ace Sam Landry

LSU’sregional isn’taking cake walk by any means. No. 2-seeded Nebraska, which playsUConn at 2p.m. Friday, boasts one of the nation’stop three pitchers in Jordy Bahl, who is 23-6 and has an astonishing254 strikeouts in 174-2/3 innings pitched. SLU, the SouthlandConference champion, has asparkling 48-14 record and came within an inch of beating LSU in February at Tiger Park beforefalling 3-2.

But abreak from the rigors of the SEC, even for one round, is awelcomed respite. “It’snice to prepare for someone else,” Torina said.

Ithink there’sagrowing sentiment, misplaced as it may be, among LSU fandom that the softball program has grown stagnant, or even regressed. While LSU softball has not ranked among the league’s uber-elite in terms of SEC titles, national seeds or WCWS appearances in recent years, it is far from bad. Torina has run asuccessful program that has been free of any major scandal or controversy

One always aspires to be better,and enough LSU programs have demonstrated that they can and should reach the top. Among what one would consider the big seven sports at LSU —football, baseball, men’s basketball, women’sbasketball, gymnastics, softball and track

and ﬁeld —only men’sbasketball and softball have never won NCAA championships. The other ﬁve have all done so since 2019. The question is, since when has being atop 10-15 program been considered an underachievement?

LSU softball was whisker close to being atop-eight national seed in 2025. The difference may well have been its home series with South Carolina. The Tigers led game two of that series against the Gamecocks 2-1 before falling behind 3-2 in the seventh. LSU tied it 3-3, but South Carolina prevailed 5-3 in eight innings. The Gamecocks (40-15, 13-11 SEC) got aNo. 8national seed. LSU ﬁnished 12-2 in SEC play and is the No. 10. Draw your own conclusions.

The NCAA field is set. Now it’ suptothe Tigers to do it on the field. Theycertainly can fight their wayout of this regional andwin asuperregional on the road,orofcourse hope for Tennesseetoget upsetinKnoxville so asupercan come here If not, it’sget readyfor next season,and the SEC meat grinder thatissure to start up again. For more LSUsports updates, signupfor ournewsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

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Nebraska wasperhaps themost dreaded 2-seed with one of the three best pitchers inthe nation in Jordy Bahl, who helped pitch Oklahoma to apair of nationaltitles before transferring to her home state school.

“Somebody had to get them,” Torina said.

UConn blasted its way to asecond-place finish in the Big East with 76 homers, 385 runs and a .325 team average, all topsintheir league.

“There are alot of looks to cover in this tournament,” Torina said. “Different pitching, power offenses, short game, alot of different things to do. We’ve had some quality work and had to check all the boxes we can check.

“They’re all tough. Every team playing this time of year deserves to be playing. Whoever comes out of here willbevery battle tested.”

Despite the late slide, the Tigers have been asuccessstory after losing six starters and their No. 2and 3starting pitchers. What developed was ateam that set aprogram record for mercyrule wins, batting average (tied), on base percentage, tied for second in walks and sacrifice flies and third most runs scored.

Those achievements under Bryce Neal, whoreplaced longtime offensive coachHoward Dobson, brought adifferent vibe.

“It’soffensive number after offensive number,” Torina said. “It’s been really incredible what he’s done here.” The success is highlighted by the performance of redshirt freshman

ﬁrst baseman Tori Edwards, who wasnamed SECFreshmanofthe Year after belting an LSU freshman record 18 homerswith71 runs batted in.She also leads the team with a.403 batting average. Coffey bounced back from her season ending injury in 2024 to bat .386 witha .512 OBP and52runs scored.

What Torina needs this weekend is for the pitching to even outafter ace Sydney Berzon struggled in theﬁnal four weeks. Freshman left-hander Jayden Heavener

showed some signs of maturity withthree strong outings in the last four

“Her last fewoutings have been really good, really strong,” Torina said. “Wehave to hope that’s what we’re going to get here. She’s worked through alot of things and grown themost of anybody we’ve had.

“It’sbeen along season; nobody out hereisgoing to feel 100 percent. But (Sydney) has battled through some stuffall year.She’ll give us everything she’sgot.” LSU

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LSU had commitments from left-handers CamCaminitiand Boston Batemen, but both prospects were selected in the ﬁrst two rounds of the MLB draft. LSU needed Williams to supplement aneed forthe short and longterm.

“I thinkheisgoing to be a outstanding pitcher in abigger role than we’ve seen to this point,” LSU coach Jay Johnson said.“Andata place like LSU, on apitching staff like this, to be able to comeinand get meaningful outs andcontribute in SECgames as afreshman is really hard to do.”

So far,Williams has ﬁlled his short term promise.The No.12 left-handed high school pitching prospect in the nation,according to Perfect Game, hasa1.46 ERA in 17 appearances.

He’sonly thrown 121/3 innings, but his command hasimproved as the season has gone along, and he’saccomplished what he’s been asked to do in SEC play: Getleft-handed hitters out.

“I thinkthe next level of it is continuing to develop physically which he alreadyhas,” Johnson

“I thinkheisgoing to be aoutstanding pitcher in a bigger role than we’ve seen to this point.And at aplace likeLSU,onapitching staff likethis, to be able to come in and getmeaningful outsand contributeinSEC gamesasafreshmanis really hardtodo.”

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said. “And thencontinue to build in away where he cancommand the ball and mix(pitches).”

LSU will need all the help it can get from its bullpen at the SEC Tournament and as it heads into June. Odds are that extra innings will be needed from its relief arms. Like Anderson ayear ago, count Williams as one of those key pieces.

“Doing allthe things that you need to do to be successful, he does that,” Johnson said, “the mindset, mental game, competitiveness (and) ability.Now it’s just about building time, strength and experience.”

Email Koki RileyatKoki. Riley@theadvocate.com.

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON LSU pitcher Cooper Williamsdelivers apitchagainst Tennessee in the eighth inning of theirgame on April26atAlex Box Stadium

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LSU thirdbaseman Danieca Coffeyreacts after leadingoff witha double in the first inning of agameagainst Alabama on April 4atTiger Park.

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LSUcenter fielder Jalia Lassiter speakswithassistant coach Bryce Neal during agame against UT-Arlington on Feb.14atTiger Park.

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FormerHouston Astrossecondbaseman Tony Kemp throws to first base against the Los Angeles Angels on July 17,2019, in Anaheim, Calif.

BATON ROUGE SOFTBALL REGIONAL

No. 1 LSU (No. 10 national)

RECORD: 41-14, finished ninth in SEC

COACH: Beth Torina, 577-251, 14th season at LSU; 706-362, 18th season overall TOP HITTERS: 1B Tori Edwards (.403, 18 HR, 71 RBIs); Danieca

, 52 R) TOP PITCHERS: RH Sydney Berzon (17-7, 2.56 ERA, 99 K, 131 IP); LH Jayden Heavener (13-4, 2.79, 148 K, 113 IP)

NOTABLE: LSU is hosting its ninth regional in 10 years and 16th overall.

No. 3 Connecticut

RECORD: 35-17, finished second in Big East

COACH: Laura Valentino 176-99, sixth season.

TOP HITTERS: C Grace Jenkins (.425 BA, 21 HR, 68 RBIs); SS Cat Petteys (.409 BA, 14 HR, 46 RBIs)

TOP PITCHERS: RH Payton Kinney (15-5, 2.37 ERA, 92 K, 133 IP); RH Hope Jenkins (11-3, 3.92, 75 K 101.2 IP)

NOTABLE: The Huskies led the Big East in batting average (.325) home runs (76) and runs scored (385).

No. 2 Nebraska

RECORD: 39-13, tied for second in Big 10.

COACH: Rhonda Revelle, 1,166-678, 33rd season.

TOP HITTERS: DP Jordy Bahl (.458 BA 19 HR, 59 RBIs); SS Ava Kuszak (.421, 19, 56)

TOP PITCHERS: RH Jordy Bahl (23-6, 1.57 ERA, 254 K, 174.1 IP); LH Hannah Camenzind (5-2 3.21 46 K, 61 IP)

NOTABLE: Revelle is a former Cornhusker who played in the first WCWS in 1982 and coached Nebraska to the 1998 WCWS

No. 4 Southeastern Louisiana

RECORD: 48-14, won the Southland Conference Tournament.

COACH: Rick Fremin, 346-195, 10th season, 670-423 overall, 20 seasons.

TOP HITTERS: OF Shenita Tucker (.396 BA, 25 SB, 38 R); 3B Maria Detillier (.382 BA, 4 HR, 54 RBIs)

TOP PITCHERS: Macie LaRue (19-2, 2.10 ERA, 125 K,

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n Acelebrationofmusic, food, artand community,the MIDCITY BAYOUBOOGALOO gets down to the business of fun Fridaythrough Sundayalong BayouSt. John on land and water (no motorized boats,please) from LafitteStreettoOrleans Avenue alongMoss Street.Two stages of music will present acts including Jelly Joseph, Leo Nocentelli, Inferno Burlesque, James Andrews and the Crescent City Allstars, plus Big Freedia’s Gospel Revival.There’salso a crawfish-eatingcontest and loads of comedy.Tickets,for either land or sea,start at $30. thebayouboogaloo.com

Anew Jimmy’s MusicClub to return to original location

BY KEITHSPERA Staff writer

Jimmy’sMusic Club is getting an encore.

The new owners of the weathered brick box, at 8200 Willow St arerenovating the space and plan to restore the Jimmy’s Music Club name when they reopen this summer

“The name has alot of great history and alegacy,” said Chris Jones, the majority shareholder of the new ownership group In the 1980s, Jimmy’swas the de facto headquarters of New Orleans’ thriving punk and New Wave scene, hosting the likes of The Cold, Dash Rip Rock and the Models. Many of New Orleans’ legendary acts played there, includingthe Neville Brothers,Professor Longhair,the Meters and Dr.John, alongwith AFlock of Seagulls, Kid Rock, Tommy Tutone and scores of other touring bands

STAFF PHOTO By By KEITH SPERA Agroup led by Chris Joneshas purchased the former home of Jimmy’sMusic Club,the Frat House and TheWillow at 8200 WillowSt. in NewOrleans Carrollton neighborhood

The original Jimmy’sstageis still in place but hasn’thosted much live music in recent years. The building was most recently home to theWillow, abar that was popular with high school students. On weekend nights,aline of teenagerseager to pay the $20 cover —itwas $60 for theWillow’sfarewell party in April stretched around the corner As part of the new makeover, bathrooms are being renovated for the ﬁrst time in more than 20 years. New lighting and new décor arecoming, along with an upgrade to the patio.

The building’sexterior is getting an extensive facelift, with anew paint job —its current pink/orange hue willbecovered over —and new signage.

“We’re getting ridofthe eyesore on thecorner,” Jones said. Full schedule starts in August

Following asoft opening in July, the full schedule ﬁres up in August after the fall college semestergetsunderway. Jones intends to feature live music and deejays on the weekends.

“It’sabig space —Ican ﬁt800 people, so there’s no reason we shouldn’t have more national acts,” Jones said. “I’m leaving no stone unturned on this one.” Given its location, he’ll also cater to the college crowd. “It is what it is —a college

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Tenea Intriago and Rashif Ali starin ‘TinyBeautiful Things’ at Crescent City Stage.

n Lakefront Arena sees itsfairshare of graduating seniors, but Friday from 9a.m. to 1:30 p.m. is the New Orleans Council on Aging’s SENIOR FEST, listed as “a mega event forolder adults in the NewOrleans area” packedwith information and good times.Onhand will be city officials and departments to answer questions, plus food, entertainment, prizes and more. Tickets are $6. nocoa.org

BY KEITHSPERA Staff writer

The 2025 New OrleansJazz& Heritage Festival ofﬁcially concluded May 4, but what felt likeits final scene playedout four nights later Both the Revivalists and Tank and the Bangas, two of New Orleans’ mostprominent contemporary bands, enjoyedbig Jazz Fests.

TheRevivalists played to manythousandsoffansonthe main stagejust before the Dave Matthews Band, then ﬂipped thescript with asurprisepop-up show in the backyard of the Uptown dive barSnake andJake’sChristmas Club Lounge two days later Tank and the Bangas were featured on the ofﬁcial 2025 New Orleans Jazz &Heritage Festival poster.They,too, thrilled a huge crowd on the main stage just ahead of Lil Wayne &the Roots

On the evening of May 8, Revivalists singer David Shawand Tank andthe Bangas’ force-of-nature frontwoman Tarriona “Tank” Ball satside-by-side on asmallstage in theJazz Playhouse, the elegant lounge of theRoyal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street For 45 minutes, Rolling Stonesenior

Tank and the Bangas performduring the ‘Musicians On Musicians’event at the Jazz Playhouse.

ABOVE: The Revivalists’ DavidShaw, left,and Tank and the Bangas’ Tarriona ‘Tank’ Ball chat during the ‘Musicians On Musicians’ event at the Jazz Playhouse inside the NewOrleans Royal Sonesta Hotel on May 8.

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Today in history: On May 16, 1966, the Chinese Communist Party issued the May 16 Notiﬁcation, a document that criticized “counterrevolutionary revisionists” within the party and marked the beginning of the Cultural Revolution.

On this date:

In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15. In 1868, having already been impeached by the House of Representatives, President Andrew Johnson narrowly avoided impeachment by the Senate, which voted 35-19 in favor of impeachment one vote shy of the required two-thirds majority In 1929, the ﬁrst Academy Awards were presented. “Wings” won the award for

Outstanding Picture, while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named Best Actor and Best Actress. In 1943, the nearly monthlong Warsaw Ghetto Uprising came to an end as German forces crushed the Jewish resistance and blew up the city’s Great Synagogue. In 1960, the ﬁrst working laser was demonstrated at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu California, by physicist Theodore Maiman.

In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the ﬁrst woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. In 1997, President Bill Clinton publicly apologized for the notorious 40-year Tuskegee Experiment, in which government scientists deliberately allowed Black men to weaken and die of treatable syphilis. In 2018, ofﬁcials at Michigan State University said they had agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims

from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor Larry Nassar In 2022, the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 reached 1 million.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Danny Trejo is 81. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 72. Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Olga Korbut is 70. Baseball Hall of Famer Jack Morris is 70. Actor Debra Winger is 70. Olympic marathon gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson is 68. Actor Mare Winningham is 66. Rock musician Krist Novoselic (Nirvana) is 60. Singer Janet Jackson is 59. Football Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas is 59. Singer Ralph Tresvant (New Edition) is 57. Actor David Boreanaz is 56. Political commentator Tucker Carlson is 56. Tennis Hall of Famer Gabriela Sabatini is 55. Actor Tori Spelling is 52. Actor Melanie Lynskey is 48. Actor Megan Fox is 39. Actor Thomas BrodieSangster is 35.

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neighborhood. I’m not going to turn away anybody’s business.”

He knows that market. Eighteen years ago, Jones worked the door at the Frat House, a college bar that occupied 8200 Willow St. after the original Jimmy’s shut down. Now 35, he went on to launch the Tasting Room on Magazine Street, City Bar in Metairie and The Basin in Lakeview He also owns landscaping and construction businesses.

Bought with an NDA?

After selling the Tasting Room in September, Jones thought he was ﬁnished with the service industry Then a listing from a business broker about a “popular New Orleans music venue” for sale caught his attention. That he was required to sign a nondisclosure agreement before learning more details intrigued him even more.

bands and for storage. Jones plans to lease that space as a restaurant or coffee shop. His parents, he said, are especially excited that he plans to reopen Jimmy’s. So is Jimmy Anselmo, the founder and longtime proprietor of the original club.

Anselmo got his start in the bar business in the early 1970s with a couple of Carrollton-area bars, Coed’s and Quasimodo’s. Looking for a larger space, he bought Al’s, a pool hall at Willow and Dublin, in 1976 for $13,000 and signed a long-term lease. At the time, the Al’s clientele consisted mostly of patients from a nearby methadone clinic.

Where it all began

Anselmo tried unsuccessfully to secure a bank loan to renovate Al’s. He ﬁnally got a $65,000 loan from the Small Business Administration, for which his mother put up collateral.

the proposed Louisiana Music Experience. A subsequent ownership group rechristened the venue The Frat House. The Frat House hosted occasional live shows, including Vanilla Ice and Afroman, before closing in the summer of 2012. Ted Cuccia and Bradley Vega subsequently took over the property Cuccia ended up operating the bar as the Willow ‘The right person’

music editor Joseph Hudak moderated a conversation between Shaw and Ball on creativity and how New Orleans shaped theirs. After the chat, Shaw delivered a four-song solo acoustic set, followed by a brief, semiacoustic set from a pareddown version of the Bangas. The invitation-only event was part of a multi-city “Musicians On Musicians” cross-promotion between Rolling Stone and Sonesta International Hotels. The “Musicians On Musicians” mini-tour which features different musicians in every city, is named for Rolling Stone’s annual issue in which emerging artists converse with established stars in similar genres. The 100 or so audience members in the Jazz Playhouse consisted mostly of members of Sonesta Travel Pass, the hotel chain’s loyalty rewards program, and other invited guests.

Falling four days after the final notes sounded at the Fair Grounds, the New Orleans edition of “Musicians On Musicians” felt like a Jazz Fest nightcap, a dressed-up, understated and intimate way to sign off on the annual celebration of New Orleans music and culture.

A shared history

Shaw and Ball have known one another for years Their respective bands had just launched a joint tour in early 2020 when the COVID pandemic pulled the plug on live music, canceling most of the tour At the Jazz Playhouse, they played off one another and the audience as Hudak guided them.

Shaw reminisced about moving to New Orleans from his native Ohio in 2007 to work construction during the rebuilding of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Specifically, he helped install new gas lines. “I laid a lot of pipe in this city,” he joked.

“I want to say thank you for helping rebuild our beautiful city,” Ball replied. Ball talked about the Bangas’ residency in London several years ago

“Why’d you go to London?” Shaw asked.

“Because they spoke English,” Ball replied.

Shaw described Ball as “singular There’s not another artist out there like her.” His two favorite Jazz Fest experiences, he said, were when his grandmother watched the Revivalists in 2012 and when he watches Tank and the Bangas.

Another one was when the Revivalists performed “I Shall Be Released” with Ball and Ivan Neville sitting in at the Fair Grounds this year

The Revivalists typically tape all their rehearsals. The ﬁrst time they rehearsed “I Shall Be Released” with Ball was absolutely magical but the tape machine wasn’t running.

Ball is a Shaw fan. “I like that David can sing,” she

enthused “I respect that.”

Turning to him, she said, “I think of you as a rock star.”

They bonded over their mutual admiration for Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind & Fire, Tina Turner and, especially, Queen. Queen “made nothing but anthems,” Ball gushed “How you gonna make nothing but anthems?!?”

She recalled playing an early version of the Bangas song “Café Du Monde” for contemporary R&B singer Jill Scott, a close friend and mentor Scott pronounced it “a little on the jingly side.”

That inspired Ball to remake it. “It’s not no jingle no more! It’s a song!”

Both ticked off common misconceptions about New Orleans, including that it’s “all Bourbon Street” or “all jazz.” Given that they both front nontraditional New Orleans bands, that’s not a surprising stance.

Shaw revealed that the Revivalists are in the early stages of working on a new album, noting he’d been on ﬁve Zoom calls earlier in the day then also noting how un-rock ‘n’ roll that sounds. Ball likened musical creativity to a woman, believing it’s better to let inspiration strike when “she” makes the ﬁrst move.

“I don’t push myself on my woman,” Ball purred.

“I want her to tap me on my shoulder and say, ‘It’s time.’” Shaw, Hudak and the audience loved that line; Hudak promised to steal it

To sum up, Ball stressed that she wants listeners to “feel loved, that you can be vulnerable, that people are looking out for you.” What was Shaw’s summary?

“I don’t know what Tank said.”

With that, the stage was cleared and Shaw sat down with an acoustic guitar He premiered a new song called “Lost and Found,” of which

he is justiﬁably proud: “Every time I sing it, I just feel good.”

He talked about “wanting to be somebody people look up to (but) sometimes I’m not that. I’m human.”

He showcased “Take A Look Inside,” the title track from his 2024 solo album. Before he and his wife got married, he said, they went to couples therapy which was not an easy process.

“It got really bad,” he said, “and then it got really, really, really good. It changed our lives We haven’t had a ﬁght since.”

He concluded with another track from his “Take a Look Inside” album, “When You Love Somebody.”

After a break, it was the Bangas’ turn to squeeze onto the Jazz Playhouse’s small corner stage. Ball gushed about winning a Grammy this year for the Bangas’ latest album, “The Heart, the Mind, the Soul,” a signed vinyl copy of which was included in the “Musicians On Musicians” VIP gift bags.

“It feels so good to say (‘Grammy-winner’), especially after being nominated so many times,” Ball said. With two backing vocalists, a saxophonist/flutist, longtime music director Norman Spence on keyboards, an electric bass and a drum pad, plus Ball’s sparkling personality, presence and voice, the “acoustic” Bangas still ﬁlled the room.

In the spoken-word “Am I Still New Orleans,” from the latest Bangas album, Ball asked if she can still be considered a true New Orleanian even if she doesn’t always enjoy the city’s cliché attractions. As she and Shaw both demonstrated during their charming post-Jazz Fest summit at the Jazz Playhouse, the answer is yes. Email Keith Spera at kspera@theadvocate.com.

As soon as he learned the property was the former Jimmy’s, Jones resolved to buy it. His partners include Joseph Palermo, Nolan Gisclair and Matthew Limberg. They also acquired another parcel on the same plot: the neighboring duplex at 1324-1326 Dublin St During the original run of Jimmy’s Music Club, the duplex was used as a green room for

‘THINGS’

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death, grief, love and loss, so that each column was as much an eloquent minimemoir as it was a selfhelp series for others.

When Strayed ﬁnally revealed her identity in 2012, it was just prior to the release of her full-length memoir “Wild: From Lost to Found on the Paciﬁc Crest Trail,” a smash hit that ended up an “Oprah” book club pick and a popular movie (“Wild,” starring Reese Witherspoon). Capitalizing on that success, Strayed published a collection of her advice columns under the title “Tiny Beautiful Things,” and she quickly had another hit on her hands. Triple threat

“Tiny Beautiful Things” continued to take on a life of its own, evolving into a podcast, a stage play (adapted by Nia Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”), and a 2023 television series on Hulu.

So how exactly does one make a play out of an advice column? In this case, by letting the columns speak for themselves.

In a regional production from Crescent City Stage, “Tiny Beautiful Things” stars the magnetic and endearing Tenea Intriago as Strayed, a force of wonder whose dialogue is lifted directly from the page.

With a supporting cast of three actors playing a dozen or so letter writers — a ﬁne ensemble comprised

He originally didn’t want his name on the bar; he wanted to call it The Depot, in honor of the nearby streetcar barn. Instead, he opened Jimmy’s Music Club on April 8, 1978, with the popular local band Lil Queenie & the Percolators. The Neville Brothers played the next night, and Jimmy’s was up and running.

Anselmo finally bought the building in 1997. Three years later, he sold the Jimmy’s business to a group that included Chris Beary, who is now spearheading

of Steve Zissis, Helena Wang and Rashif Ali the play unspools as a series of queries and responses on a minimalist pitch-black set featuring not much more than a cluttered writing desk, a chaise lounge, and a park bench. A series of striking monochromatic projections (by James Lanius III) and bursts of original music (by Donald Markowitz, with trumpet by Branden Lewis) underscore the play’s roller coaster of emotions as the character of Strayed-as-Sugar listens to heartfelt questions and then paces the stage delivering sweet and thoughtful responses peppered with hard truths and ethereal observations about the ways we live our lives.

Thorny, intimate topics

The questions span thorny, intimate topics: cheating spouses, abusive parents and abused children, loved ones lost too soon. And a quick peek into the letterwriters’ lives opens up a window into the columnist’s life, a past deﬁned by milestones including the death of her mother, the dissolution of her marriage and her own childhood trauma.

By sticking solely to the source material — the “Dear Sugar” columns — “Tiny Beautiful Things” is more performance piece than traditional narrative.

The only developed character is the columnist, and there’s not much of a plot, relying instead on the letters and replies to shape a loose story arc. The unique approach is

Anselmo himself is not involved in the new Jimmy’s except tangentially When he sold the building to Cuccia, Anselmo acted as the bank, ﬁnancing the purchase. He still holds the mortgage, which transferred to Jones and his partners. Anselmo, who has for years been trying to ﬁnish a documentary about the original club, gave Jones his blessing to revive the Jimmy’s Music Club name. He also handed over a batch of vintage Jimmy’s Music Club posters that Jones intends to frame and hang on the walls of the reborn venue. At 80, Anselmo is still active. He’s a Senior Olympics medalist and an avid photographer He plans to pop in occasionally at the new Jimmy’s Music Club. “I think it will work out really well,” Anselmo said “I think the right person is in there. I told him I’m here to give him any advice he needs.”

both a strength and weakness, in that the show offers an inventive theatrical experience, but also meanders a bit from one scene to the next. Some scenes are stronger than others, and the tone of the piece doesn’t vary much, but the best scenes are gripping, heartfelt, and overﬂowing with a swirl of vivid emotion (Zissis in particular shines in an extended scene as a grieving father).

Directed by CCS cofounder Michael Newcomer, “Tiny Beautiful Things” clocks in at a tidy 80 minutes, delivering the goods without overstaying its welcome.

At its best, the actors are vessels for the text, delivering lines clear and crisp, reveling in the power of the written word; other times, scenes are played as if the advice-giving is a casual conversation which is less effective, as the writers’ expressive language gets mufﬂed and diluted in transmission.

Audiences should know that the play deals with heavy issues, including suicide and sexual assault, and the language is sometimes graphic. But for Strayed, that’s all part of the deal. “My grief is tremendous,” she writes, “but my love is bigger.” And it’s the tiny beautiful things of the play’s title that provide just enough hope to keep moving forward, even in the darkest times.

Brad Rhines writes about theater. Email him at bradfordrhines@gmail. com.

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The Revivalists’ David Shaw performs during the ‘Musicians On Musicians’ event at the Jazz Playhouse inside the New Orleans Royal Sonesta Hotel on May 8

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the meetingofMay 8, 2025. SAID ORDINANCEwould approve andauthorize the City of NewOrleans (“City”),actingbyand through theNew Orleans AviationBoard (“NOAB”) toenter into an amended Lease andConcessions Agreement at theLouis Armstrong NewOrleans InternationalAirport with CHASENORTH,LLC (“Host”) Said ordinancemay be seen in full in theOfﬁce ofthe ClerkofCouncil Room 1E09, City Hall

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aportion of the first floor of theUnion PassengerTerminal Building (the “Leased Premises”),for Subway’s operation of aSubway restaurant,and to pro‐vide forrelated matters, pursuant to Ordinance Calendar No.35,099. This ordinanceissched‐uled for finaladoptionon May22, 2025, andmay be seen in full in theClerk of Council’sOffice,1300 PerdidoStreet,Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATIONDATES: May2,9 and16, 2025 NOCP 8363 139215-may2-9-16-3t $56.76

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will consider at its regular meeting of May 22, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,107 introduced at the meeting of May 8, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) between the Mosquito, Termite, &Rodent Control Board and the Algiers Development District for three (3) years, as morefully set forth in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “1” and made apart hereof.

Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

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OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,107 EXHIBIT A

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ALGIERS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT [COVER PAGE]

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ALGIERS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT

SUBTERRANEAN TERMITEINSPECTION AND TREATMENT

THIS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is effective as of ________________(the Effective Date”), by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and the Algiers Development District, represented by Mr.Mark Major,Chairman (the ADD”or“Owner”). The agreement is effective for three years.

WHEREAS,pursuant Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and related statutes, and Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter into cooperative endeavors with the State of Louisiana, its political subdivisions and corporations, the United States and its agencies, and any public or private corporation, association, or individual with regard to cooperative financing and other economic development activities, the procurement and development of immovable property,joint planning and implementation of public works, the joint use of facilities, joint research and program implementation activities, joint funding initiatives, and other similar activities in support of public education, community development, housing rehabilitation, economic growth, and other public purposes;

WHEREAS,the Owner,Algiers Development District, is apolitical subdivision of the State of Louisiana, pursuant to Louisiana Revised Statute 33:2740.27; WHEREAS,the City and Owner desiretoaccomplish avaluable public purpose of protecting the designated Algiers Development District properties from subterranean termites;

WHEREAS,tothat end, the City of New Orleans Mosquito and Termite Control Board( MTCB”) will inspect for and manage termites in designated Algiers Development District building; and WHEREAS,Algiers Development District will compensate MTCB at fair market value for these services.

NOW THEREFORE,the City and Owner,each having the authority to do so, agree as follows:

I. OBLICATIONS OF THE PARTIES

A. Obligations of the Owner.The Owner will:

1. Provide the address of the building that will receive treatment.

2. Provide full access to the facility in order for the building to be inspected and serviced.

3. Provide architectural plans (if available) to the City in order to fully understand the building constructionand subterranean termite vulnerable areas.

4. The City will provide, in writing, termite-conducive conditions that will need to be remediated. The Owner will acknowledge the recommendations in writing and will make every attempt to fixthe termite conducive condition(s). If the condition(s) arenot remediated, the Owner acknowledges that the time to control the subterranean termites may be extended or may not be possible without remediation of the issue(s).

5. The Owner will report missing or damaged bait stations to the City.The Owner will notify the City,when feasible, no less than 30 days prior to any constructionorlandscaping projects at abuilding with bait stations. Port covers (if installed) for normal wear and tear or regular activity will be replaced by the City.Ifconstruction is initiated by the Owner,the City will be given no less than a10day written notice, when feasible, so that stations and port covers can be removed. The City acknowledges that 30 or 10 day written notice may not be feasible in the event of emergency,life/safety needs such as arepair of abroken water pipe, electrical line, etc. Any holes needed to be redrilled will be the financial responsibility of the Owner.Given the notification, the City will remove bait stations and port covers for futurereinstallation, however,ifnotification is not given, the Owner is responsible for any lost or missing port covers. The City will provide training to designated State Facility Engineers on the proper removal, handling and storage of stations and port covers at the beginning of the contract, in the event that an emergency arises and removal must be undertaken by Owner

6. The Owner will provide at least 50% of the payment 30 days after the baiting system has been fully installed and the balance can be paid June 1ofthat year.Renewals must be paid each year in full no later than three months after the one year anniversary date of installation. The City will provide a detailed invoice.

7. If the Agreement is terminated, the Owner will provide access to the City within two months of contract termination in order to remove any bait stations at the site(s). The State acknowledges that Dow AgroSciences LLC is the Owner of the Sentricon Termite Elimination System bait stations.

8. The Owner will meet with the City (2100 Leon C. Simon) at least twice ayear to discuss and review treatment results and plans.

B. Obligations of the City.The City will:

1. The City shall perform an initial inspection of the designated buildings. The City shall provide awritten report with a site map of the termite infestation and damage, and any evidence of any

(native and Formosan) a. The City shall furnish all pesticides and supplies needed. The Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System (Recruit IV or Recruit HD) shall be utilized at all locations, and installed per manufacturer’srecommendations.

b. If Recruit

d. For above-ground interior,exterior,trees, stumps, etc., subterranean termite activity,the use of above-ground bait stations (AG) will be the first option for treatment. The product will be used per manufacturer’srecommendations. Spot treatments using foam or liquid may be used if needed. Access holes will need to be drilled for this type of application.

e. If trees or other man-made structures areincluded, linear feet of the structureortreecan be added to the cost of the service. Written authorization must be received from the Owner in order to include these items after the initial installation. Each tree included will be no less than 35 linear feet based on the manufacturer’sstandards.

f. If concrete coring is required, the City will provide and invoice the itemized price for coring which includes: number of cores and the location on the site map (interior or exterior). The cost for coring and port cover is $40.00 per hole. Access to athirdparty shall be granted in order to drill the port cover

5. The City will make all termite inspection tools and termite experts available at no additional cost, which includes but is not limited to infra-red, resistograph technology,video probes, microwaves, and moisturemeters.

6. Drywood termite damage, beetle damage, and other wood destroying organisms arenot included in the current Agreement. Aseparate quote may be provided for those services upon request.

7. If atermite research project is available, the City will notify the Owner to describe the details and site requirements of the project. The Owner must notify the City in writing if they wouldlike to participate in the field trial. Therewould be no cost of treatment, labor, or materialstothe Owner in order to participate during the duration of the trial. The Owner would grant the City access to the facility in order to inspect and provide the treatment. The City and the City’s cooperator shall not be responsiblefor damage caused by termites to the facility.Treatment may be slightlyprolonged in order to collect information regarding termite pressure, colony relatedness, and treatment efficacy.Atthe end of the trial, the City will ensurethe termite infestation is remediated. At the end of the field trial, the Owner will be notified and asked if the Owner wouldlike to have the building placed under treatment. Depending on the product tested, the installation fee may be waived and arenewal fee will be charged.

8. NOMTCB reserves the right to use other baiting systems if the efficacy is equivalent to noviflumuron and hexaflumuron.

II. FUNDING/COMPENSATION

A. Inspection and Treatment.The Sentricon Termite Elimination System will be used. The cost includes all termiticides, materials, labor,and supplies needed for the first year of installation.

1. Preventative treatment. The cost of the inspection, treatment, and site management will be $5.50 per linear foot for the first year of installation of abuilding without an active infestation of subterranean termites. The roof line of the building is used to calculate the total linear feet of the structure.

2. Active infestation. The cost of the inspection, treatment, and site management will be $6.50 per linear foot for the first year of installation of abuilding with an active infestation of subterranean termites. The roof line of the building is used to calculate the total linear feet of the structure.

B. Concrete Coring.The cost of the concrete coring and port cover is$40.00 per hole regardless of the depth of the hole. This cost includes an aluminum port cover

C. Buildings four stories or higher.Anadditional charge of $0.50 per linear foot will be charged for buildings four stories or higher

D. Renewals.The renewal (each year after the installation) price for a structureuptothree stories is $1.75 alinear foot each year.The renewal cost for buildings four stories or taller is $2.00 per linear foot based on the roof line.

III. DURATION This Agreement will be effective for three (3) years from the Effective Date.

IV.TERMINATION A. Termination for Convenience.Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time during the term of the Agreement by giving the other party written notice of its intention to terminate at least 30 days beforethe intended date of termination.

B. Termination for Cause. Either party may terminate this Agreement immediatelyfor cause. If either party prevails in achallenge to a termination for cause, the termination for cause will be deemed to be atermination for convenience effective 30 days from the date that the original written notice of termination for cause without the requirement of notice. Any services completed for the Owner or materials for the treatment by the date of termination must be paid within 60 days of contract termination.

V. INDEMNITY A. Duty to Indemnify the City.Tothe fullest extent permitted by law,the Owner will protect, defend, indemnify,and hold harmless the City,its agents, elected officials, and employees (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against all claims, demands, actions, liabilities, losses (including, without limitation, economic losses), and costs, arising out of or related to (a) any actual or alleged act or omission in the performance of this Agreement by the Owner,its employees, or any subcontractor or (b) any act outside the scope of this Agreement by the Owner,its employees, or any subcontractor

B. Limit on Duty to Indemnify.Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,the Owner is not required to indemnify the Indemnified Parties for any loss that results from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any of the Indemnified Parties, provided that the Owner or any subcontractor did not contribute to such gross negligence or willful misconduct.

C. Independent Duty to Defend.Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,the Owner,atits option, will immediately defend the City from, or reimburse the City for the City’scosts incurred in the defense of, any claim that actuallyor potentiallyfalls within the scope of this indemnity,even if the claim is groundless, false, or fraudulent, or if the Owner is absolved of liability

D. Expenses.The Owner will bear all expenses, including without limitation reasonable attorney fees, of the City in enforcing the terms of this article.

VI. NON-DISCRIMINATION A. Non-Discrimination in Employment.With regardtoany hiring or employment decision made in connection with the performance of this Agreement, including without limitation employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer,recruitment, recruitment advertising, layoff, termination, rates of pay or other compensation, and selection for training including apprenticeship, the Owner: 1. Will not discriminate or retaliate, in fact or in perception, against any employee or person seeking employment on the basis of race, color,national origin, religion, creed, culture ancestral history,age, gender,sexual orientation, gender identity,marital or domestic partner status, physical or mental disability, or AIDS- or HIV-status; 2. Will take affirmative action to ensurecompliance with this section; 3. Will include statements in all solicitations or advertisements for employment thatall qualified applicants willreceive consideration for employment without regardtorace, color national origin, religion, creed, culture, ancestral history,age, gender,sexual orientation, gender identity,marital or domestic partner status, physical or mental disability, or AIDS- or HIVstatus; 4. Will post notices containing the provisions of this section in conspicuous places available to employees and persons seeking employment.

B. Non-Discrimination.Inthe performance of this Agreement, the Owner: 1. Will not discriminate or retaliate, in fact or in perception, on

the basis of race, color,national origin, religion, creed, culture, ancestral history,age, gender,sexual orientation, gender identity,marital or domestic partner status, physical or mental disability,orAIDS- or HIV-status against: any employee of the City; any employee of any person working on

an interest in amutual fund or trust that holds an interest in apublicly traded corporation.Ifthe Party Reference fails to submit the required affidavits, the City may,after thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Party Reference, suspend or cause the suspension of any further payments until the required affidavits aresubmitted.

D. Non-Exclusivity for the City.The City shall be free to engage the services of other persons for the performance of some or all of the obligations contemplated this Agreement.

E. Acknowledgment of Exclusion of Worker’sCompensation Coverage.The Party Reference expressly

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shall not be liable to the Party Reference for any benefits or coverage as provided by the Workmen’s Compensation Law of the State of Louisiana, and further,under the provisions of La. R. S. 23:1034, anyone employed by the Party Reference shall not be considered an employee of the City for the purpose of Workers’ Compensation coverage.

F. Acknowledgment of Exclusion of Unemployment Compensation Coverage. The Party Reference hereinexpressly declares and acknowledges that it is an independentcontractor and as such is being hired by the City under this Agreement for hireasnoted and

(PCBs).InFebruary2025, NASA submitteda PCB Cleanup Plan to EPARe‐gion 6for approval,and EPAisapprovingthe sub‐mission. EPAhas deter‐minedthatthe cleanup levelnecessary to return thesitetounrestricted useis1 part permillion (ppm)orlessofPCBs. EPAhas theauthority to issueapproval forRiskBasedOn-Site Remedia‐tion of PCBunder the ToxicSubstance Control Actand in accordance with 40 CFR§ 761.61(c) PCBs were normally used as dielectric fluids in electrical equipment. In 1979,PCB dielectric fluids were bannedfrom manufacture to limitfur‐ther releaseofPCBsinto lakesand streams, where they maybioaccu‐mulate in thefood chain intogame fish that could be harmfulifeaten.PCBs have been linked to liver andkidneydamageifin‐gestedinhighconcen‐t ti l i gested in high concen trationsover longperi‐odsoftime. This approval andcorre‐sponding documentation is availableathttps:// www.epa.gov/pcbs/eparegion-6-polychlorinatedbiphenyls. Forquestions regardingthisapproval please contactMs. Courtney Allenat214665-6630 or allen. courtney@epa.gov AVISOPÚBLICO AGENCIADEPROTECCIÓN AMBIENTALDEESTADOS UNIDOS REGIÓN 6, DALLAS TEXAS. APROBACIÓN PARA LA DELINEACIÓN Y LIMPIEZADEBIFENILOS POLICLORADOS (PCB)EN EL SITIODELAADMINIS‐TRACIÓNNACIONALDE AERONÁUTICAY EL ESPA‐CIO (NASA),INSTA‐LACIÓN DE ENSAMBLAJE MICHOUD, 13800 OLD GENTILLY ROAD,NEW OR‐LEANS, LOUISIANA La United States Environ‐mental Protection Agency (EPA oAgencia de protección ambiental de EstadosUnidos) Región 6estáentregando la notificación de aprobación para lastar‐easdelimpiezapropues‐tasenuna propiedadde la NASA ubicadaenel

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de regulaciones fed erales) LosPCB se emplearon normalmentecomo ﬂui‐dosdieléctricosen equiposeléctricos. En 1979, se prohibió la fabri‐cación de estos ﬂuidos dieléctricos para limitar la liberación de PCBen lagos oquebradas por losdaños quepuede causar su consumode‐bido alaposible bioacu‐mulación en la cadena alimentariadeproductos de pescadeportiva.Los PCBhan sido asociados a dañosenelhígadoy los riñonesdeingerirse en altasconcentraciones duranteextensos períodos Esta aprobación ylos documentos correspon‐dientesestán disponiblesenhttps:// www.epa.gov/pcbs/eparegion-6-polychlorinatedbiphenyls. Para consul‐tassobreestetema, por favorcomunicarsecon Ms.CourtneyAllen porel 214-665-6630 oallen courtney@epa.gov 140331-may7-23-14t $7,235.00

PUBLIC NOTICE

RenaissanceNeighbor‐hood DevelopmentCorp. is competingfor 9% Tax Creditsfromthe state housingcreditceiling to be allocatedbyLouisiana HousingCorporation in ordertoredevelop Groves Preservation a proposed 94-unitrehabil‐itationdevelopment for families,including indi‐vidualswithspecial needs, locatedat424 Purslane Dr Covington, LA70433 in St.Tammany parish.The plannedde‐velopmentwould contain community spaceand 24 one-beds,42two-beds, and28three-beds in a mixofduplexes, row‐houses andgarden apartments at an esti‐matedtotal development cost of $21.4mm. Thean‐ticipated financingis comprisedof$6.8mmof loan proceeds; $0.5mm of assumedreplacement reserves;$0.2mmof seller financing; $7.2mm of assumedOCD financ‐ing; $5.7mm of Federal LIHTC Equity;$1mmof Deferred DeveloperFee; andGeneral PartnerEq‐uity.Pleasereach outto TomCrumley at Tcrum‐l @ l if Tom Crumley at Tcrum ley@voasela.com if you wish to providecom‐mentsonthe proposed development. 141084-may15-17-3t $393.73

Deferred Developer Fee; and General PartnerEq‐uity.Pleasereach outto TomCrumley

WHEREAS,the city of New Orleans supports and encourages the restoration, development, improvement, and expansionofexisting structures in downtown, historic, and economic development districts through the granting of restoration tax abatements,inaccordance with state law; and

WHEREAS,the restorationtax abatementprogramiscurrently governed by City Council City Council Resolution No. R-20-10, which provides theapproval of restoration tax abatements,and all renewalsand transfers thereof; and

WHEREAS,the Council desires to enact acomprehensive revision of the policiesand procedures in Resolution No. R-20-10 in order to clarify and improve the application and approvalprocess, as well to clearly define eligibility and approval criteria; NOW THEREFORE

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THECOUNCIL OF THECITY OF NEW ORLEANS,That the ru es, requirements, and procedures set forth in the attached Exhibit A, incorporatedherein and made apart hereof, are hereby adopted and shall governthe awardofrestoration tax abatements, as authorized by Article VII, Section21(H) of the Louisiana Constitution and its implementing legislation.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THECOUNCIL OF THECITY OF NEW ORLEANS,That all this Resolution shall supersede and replace all previous resolutions related to the restoration tax abatementprogram including without limitation City Council Resolution No. R-20-10, and shall governthe approval of any and all restoration tax abatements,renewals, and transfers applied for after the date of adoption. Any applicant who hassubmitted an application foranew project and paid all advance notification fees on or after the effective date of this resolution shall be evaluatedunder the guidelines in effect prior to the adoption of this Resolution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,That the Clerk of Council shall advertise thisResolution in the manner reserved forthe adoption of Councilrules and regulations affecting thepublic and, upon adoption, shall transmit certified copies of this resolution to the Chief Administrative Office, the City’sOffice of Economic Development and the Mayor’sOffice of Intergovernmental Relations.

EXHIBIT A

NEW ORLEANS CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION R-25-274

RESTORATION TAXABATEMENT APPROVAL PROCEDURE

A. Initial Approval and Eligibility Requirements.

Any initial request forarestoration tax abatementthroughthe Restoration TaxAbatement Program, or any renewal or transferthereof, shall be appliedfor through the Office of Economic Developmentand shall be subject to approval by the City Council and to the requirements and limitations set forth herein. Aseparateapplication must be filedfor each structure being restored, renovated,improvedordeveloped. Arestoration taxabatement may be approvedfor an initial term not toexceed five years. Anyapplication submitted forapprovalbythe City Council must firstsatisfy any pre-submission filing requirements mandated by the LouisianaOffice of EconomicDevelopment, including (if applicable to the project) any required advance-notification filings

1. Eligibility.A project must meet eachofthe following requirements to be eligible for arestoration tax abatement.

a. The project must involve the restoration, remediation, or redevelopment of an existing structurelocated within the Downtown Development District, ahistoric district, an opportunity zone, or an economic development district.

b. The structuremust be either:

i. Designed or intended primarily forause classified as commercial within the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance use tables. Notwithstanding the foregoing, aresidential use includingmorethan three dwelling units on alot shallconstitute acommercial use forpurposes of this Resolution. ii. Aresidential structureconsisting of three dwellingunits or less that shall, upon completion of the project, be occupied during the periodoftax abatementbythe owner as the owner’sprimary residence, as determined throughcriteria established by theOffice of EconomicDevelopment. For purposes of establishing owner occupancy,the term “owner” includes any natural person holding ausufruct over the entireproperty,any natural person who is a beneficiary of atrust that owns the property, and any natural personholdinganownership interest of at least20 percent in ajuridical person that owns the property

c. No dwelling unit located on the lot containing the structure subject to the tax abatementmay be permitted forshort-term rentals at the time of the application or otherwiseused for short-term rentals, with or without apermit, during the period of tax abatement.

d. The structuresubjecttothe tax abatement maynot be used during the period of tax abatementasagamingestablishment including but not limited to acasino,river boat, dockside terminal, bingo hall, racetrack, or bettingparlor

e. All outstanding property taxes shall have been paid at of the time of theapplication.

f. No property taxes may have been paid on the basis of an assessedvaluation that includes any improvements made as part of the project. Forpurposes of this requirement, a payment under protest made in accordance with La. R.S. 47:1998 shall not render aproperty ineligible.

g. The proposed project and improvements will extend the useful life of the building for at least 20 years.

h. The project shall involve aminimum renovation investment of 25 percent of the pre-improvedassessment value of the existing structurefor thetax year immediately preceding the commencement of the expansion, restoration, improvement or development.

i. Theapplicant

son State of Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune12, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

One(1) certain lotorparcelof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, situ‐ated in that subdivisionof theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, known as AirlinePark Subdivision, and beingdesig‐natedonthe of‐ﬁcial subdivi‐sion map,on ﬁle d f d i

sion map, on ﬁle andofrecordin theofﬁce of the Clerkand Recorderfor said parish and state, as lot numbersix (6), of square one hundred thir‐teen (113) said subdivision, said lothaving such measure‐mentsand di‐mensions as shownonsaid map.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P.

LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May16, 2025 apr11-may162t $71

Ordinance and willsecureall required permits to undertake the work contemplated

2. Initial Application.Each initial applicationfor arestorationtax abatement shallbesubmitted to the OEDonforms prepared by that office, together with any documents, forms, analyses, appraisals and affidavitsthe OEDmay reasonably require to assess eligibilityand to evaluate the approval criteria.

3. DeterminationofEligibility.Upon receipt of acompleted applicationand all required documentation, the OEDshall determine whether the project meets the eligibilityrequirements set forthherein. If the property is deemedineligible for arestoration tax abatement,OED shall notify the applicant in writing and shall set forththe reasons the project has been deemedineligible. This notification may be made by e-mail.

4. Appeals.Anapplicantdeemedineligiblefor arestoration tax abatement may appeal the determination of ineligibility to the Councilby filing awritten appeal to the Clerk of Councilwithin 7days of receipt of the notice of ineligibilityfromthe OED. The appeal submission shallinclude acopy of the notice of ineligibility from the OEDand astatement outlining the reasons the OEDerred in determining the project ineligible, together with supporting documentation. The appeal,which shall be docketed and heard by the Councilinaccordance withthe procedureapplicableto land-use items, shall be limitedtowhether OEDcommitted afactual error in applying the eligibility criteria set forthherein. In deciding the appeal, the Council’sreview shall be limitedto whether the OEDerred factuallyinconcluding that the property is ineligiblefor arestoration tax abatement.Ifthe appeal is granted, whichshall be by motion, the applicationshall be deemedeligible for evaluation and approval in accordance withthe subsequent sections. The denial of an appeal following the hearing or afailure by the Counciltogrant an appeal within 45 days of formal receipt on the Consent Agenda shall constitutedenial of arestoration tax abatement.

B. Approval Procedure.

1. Once afully completed applicationand all required submittals have been received and the project has been determined eligible, the OEDorits designee shall prepareareport regarding the details of the project and apreliminary analysisofwhether project meets each of the approval criteria set forthherein.

2. The OEDshall convene an advisory review panel to review and make arecommendation to the Councilregarding the application. The panel may include representatives from the Chief Administrative Office, City Attorney’sOffice, the OED, the Historic District Landmarks Commission, Office Supplier Diversity, Bureau of Treasury,and Office of WorkforceDevelopment

3. Any meeting of an advisory review panel convened to review a restorationtax abatement applicationshall be noticed as apublic meeting and held in accordance with the requirements of the Open Meetings Law.A reasonable opportunity for publiccomment shall be provided beforeany vote is taken.

4. At the meeting of an advisory review panel,the advisory review panel shall consider the applicationinlightofeach of the approval criteria set forthinthe Section C. Following the discussion, the panel shall vote on whether the approval criteria, viewed in totality,justifythe grant of arestoration tax abatement.The panel shall render avoteofstronglyapprove, approve, or disapprove. If the panel is unable to reach amajoritywithrespect to a recommendation,the panel shall be deemedtohave decided to provide no recommendation.

5. Within 15 days of the panel decision, OEDshall forwarda copy of the decision, the preliminary report, and the advisory panel meeting minutes to the City Council, through the Clerk of Council, witha copy to the applicant. The OEDshall simultaneously notify all impacted taxing authorities of the restorationtax abatement application.

6. The OEDtransmittal shall be received as acommunicationonthe Consent Agenda in accordance withCouncil Rules and shallbe treated as adistrict land-use item forpurposes of scheduling and approval.

7. The Councilshall recommend approval or denial of the restoration tax abatement applicationbyresolution, whichthe OEDshall forwardtothe Louisiana Department of EconomicDevelopment

C. Initial Application Approval Criteria.The following criteria shall be used by the OED, the advisory review panel, and the Councilin evaluating whether to recommend or approve an initial applicationfor arestoration tax abatement:

1. The extent to which the project/improvementswillreturn a blighted, dilapidated,orotherwise abandoned or underused property to commerce;

2. The extent to which the project/improvementswillupgrade the usefulness of the property or preserve it in amanner that significantlyimproves itscondition fora period of no less than 20 years;

3. The extent to which the project/improvementsare architecturally and historically appropriate and willnot negatively affect surrounding properties, including any deleterious effectsonthe historic character of the surrounding neighborhood;

4. The extent to which the project/improvement willenhance the value of the property and whether the enhancement willbe sufficient to offset foregone tax revenue, as identified in the cost benefitanalysis conducted by the OED;

5. Whetherthe proposed project/improvementswillresultinother economic or social benefits to the citythat outweigh the foregone tax revenue over the useful life of the improvementsand thereafter

6. The applicant’shistory of compliance or non-compliancewiththe requirementsofprevious restorationtax abatements.

7. Whether the applicant willcomply,orhas demonstrated goodfaith effortstocomply,withthe goals for the City’sDisadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)Program goals, as set forthinSection 70-459 of the City Code and as determined by Office of Supplier Diversity based upon all hardconstruction costs (including labor materials, and immovableequipment) associated withthe project;

8. Whetherthe applicant willcomply,orhas demonstrated goodfaith effortstocomply,withthe participationgoalsfor local and disadvantaged local workers set forthinSection 70-499 of the City Code; 9. Whetherthe applicant willcomply,orhas demonstrated goodfaith effortstocomply with the living wage and employee leave compensation goals set forthinSections 70-806 and 70-807 of the City Code; and

Louisiana in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 6, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances,and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision

that subdivision knownasACA‐DIANA SUBDIVI‐SION, allinaccor‐dancewith a plan of resubdi‐vision by DufreneSurvey‐ing& Engineer‐ing, Inc., datedOctober 9, 2019, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder Resolution 136936, adopted on January 13,2021, said Resolution ﬁled at COB3449, folio 299. Accordingto said plan,said lotisdesig‐natedasLOT 16 in SQUARE H, ACADIANA SUBDIVISION. Lot16is bounded by Greenville Drive, AugustaDrive (side),Bayou Des Familles,and Savannah Lane (side) andmea‐sures80.00 feet fronton GreenvilleDrive, 80.02 feet in the rear,bya depth of 171.24 feet

of 171 24 feet alongthe south‐westerlymost sideline, and173.13 feet alongthe north‐easterlymost sideline.Such measurements areall in accordance with asurveyby DufreneSurvey‐ing& Engineer‐ing, Inc.,dated November 9, 2021, revisedto show improve‐mentsonJanu‐ary12, 2022; subjecttore‐strictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear themunici‐paladdress 264S Greenville Drive, Marrero, Louisiana70072. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull

includingaresidentialuse with morethanthree residential unitsconsideredcommercial pursuanttoSection A(1) (b)(i), theprojectshall satisfy theInclusionary Zoning requirements set forthinChapter 26,Article XIIofthe City Code andthe correspondingprovisions of the Comprehensive ZoningOrdinance,or, if applicable, the requirements for Small Multi-FamilyAffordable Dwellings setforthinSection 20.3.SSS of theComprehensive ZoningOrdinance,includingthe set-aside requirements for affordable housingunits,or ii.Inthe case of anon-residentialuse, theproject includesan additional renovation investment,excluding anyrenovation investmentsdescribed in theoriginalapplication, of at least 25 percent of thepost-improvementassessment value of thestructure reflectedinthe initial application. Theadditional renovation investment shall include only scopesofwork separate from thethose planned or executed during theinitial construction phase andmay notinclude repairs or corrective repairs to work executed during theinitial construction phase

2. RenewalApplication.Eachapplication for arestoration tax abatement renewalshall be submittedtothe OED on forms preparedbythatoffice,together withany documents, forms, analyses, appraisals andaffidavitsthe OED mayreasonably requiretoassess eligibilityand to evaluate theapproval criteria

3. Approval Procedure.The procedure for determiningand appealinginitial eligibility, andfor approvingthe initial application, shall applytoa renewalapplication, except that theapproval criteria to be appliedshall be as set forthinthe subsequent section.

4. RenewalApproval Criteria.The following criteria shall be usedbythe OED,the advisory reviewpanel,and theCouncil in evaluating whethertorecommend or approve an application to renewa restoration taxabatement: a. Whetherthe applicant hascompliedwith thetermsofthe abatement contractduringthe initial term; b. Whetherthe renewalwillprovide additional economic and socialbenefits to theCity, notconsideredaspartofthe initial application, that justifythe extension of theabatement period; c. Whetherspecialorunusual circumstances exist that justifythe extension of theabatement period.

5. Renewals Disfavored.Itisthe policy of theCouncil that renewals should be rarely granted, except in cases where thedeveloper hasdemonstratedacommitmenttoproviding affordable housing or providesaneconomic or other benefitclearly sufficient to offsetthe additional abatement. Thepresumption against renewal should be consideredwhenevaluating anyrenewal application. E. Transfer If property subjecttoarestoration taxabatement is sold or transferred, theexemptionmay be transferredfor theremainder of itsterm to thenew owner, provided such transfer is approvedbythe Council. Anytransfershall require thetransfereetoassumeall of the transferor’sduties, obligations, andliabilitiesrelative to therestoration tax abatement. Atransferred restoration taxabatement shall notbeeligible for renewal. Each application for arestoration taxabatement transfer shall be submittedtothe OED on forms preparedbythatoffice,together with anydocuments, forms, analyses, appraisals andaffidavitsthe OED may reasonably require. Arestoration taxabatement for property subjecttoa condominium declaration maynot be transferred.

F. Compliance and Enforcement.

1. Annual Reporting.Eachrestoration taxabatement shall be subjecttoannualreporting requirements to enablethe OED and other appropriate city agenciestoassess whetherthe award recipientisincompliancewiththe requirements of theRTA contract. Reporting shall be made on forms preparedbythe OED andshall be due, along with anyother documentation reasonably requestedbythe OED to assesscompliance, no laterthan November1 following thecompletion of each contractyear.

2. Enforcement.The provisions andrequirements of this Resolution shall be deemed incorporated into anyapproved restoration tax abatement andshall remain in effect during theentirety of the abatement period. Anyviolations of thetermsset forthhereinor material misrepresentation in anyapplication document or report shall be grounds for theCityorany other appropriate personor agency to pursueany andall available legal remedies, including withoutlimitation thetermination theRTA contract, theinstitution of state enforcement proceedings, andthe filingofsuitseeking specificperformance of thecontract,injunctive relief, and/or damages, includingrescission of theabatement anddisgorgement of anytax moniesthatwould otherwise have beenpayable during theperiodofabatement.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVEDBYTHE COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF NEW ORLEANS,Thatall this Resolution shall supersede andreplace all previous resolutionsrelated to theRestoration TaxAbatement Program, includingwithoutlimitation City Council Resolution No. R-20-10, andshall govern theapproval of anyand allrestoration taxabatements, renewals, andtransfers applied for afterthe date of adoption.Any applicant who hassubmittedanapplication for anew projectand paid alladvance notification fees on or afterthe effective date of this resolution shall be evaluated under theguidelinesineffectprior to theadoption of this Resolution.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERKOFCOUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: May16, 2025 NOCP 8389

TERMS The full purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:860-562

SUNWEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. VS TYSHEKARENEE WHITLEY

ALLTHATCER‐TAIN LOTOR PARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,pre‐scriptions, appurtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belongingorin anywise appertaining, lying andbeing i d i h

lying and being situated in the PARISHOFJEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as FLORAL ACRESSUBDIVI‐SION,and accordingto a plan of subdivi‐sion by Aldoe Orr, Jr.& Associ‐ates,C.E.dated August 15, 1961, approved by theJefferson Parish Council on March1,1962 under Ordi‐nance Number 5426, registered in COB549, folio 765, said portion of ground is designated as LOT16, SQUARE 3.

Having amunic‐ipal addressof 358 Azalea Drive, West‐wego, LA 70094. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck

Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$81.24

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24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-397

NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VERSUS THOMAS ROBERT ORDES ANDSTEPHANIE

JOLENE FELDICK AKASTEPHANIE

JOLENE FELDICK ALLENORDES

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof

a Writ of SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 5, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

TWO(2) CER‐TAIN LOTS OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingofin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as METAIRIE HEIGHTSSUBDI‐

HEIGHTS SUBDI VISION,in Square bounded by Metairie HeightsAvenue Veterans Memorial Boule‐vard,the west‐ernlineofthe said subdivi‐sion,and Fagot Avenue,which said lots of ground aredes‐ignatedbythe Numbers492 and494, adjoin each other, and measureeach 25 feet fronton Metairie HeightsAvenue, thesamein width in the rear,by adepth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;Lot 494 begins nearer to and commencingat adistance 524.35 feet from thepoint where Metairie HeightsAvenue meetsthe line of theright of wayofVeterans Memorial Boule‐vard;all accord‐ingto sketch of survey by AdloeOrr, Jr &Associates, Consulting Engi‐neers, dated May28, 1969, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoSaleat COB698, folio 595; subjectto restrictions, servitudes i h f

servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 2800 Metairie HeightsAvenue, Metairie, Louisiana70002

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, M 16 2025

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24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:859-900

FV-I,INC.IN TRUSTFOR MORGAN STAN‐LEYMORTGAGE CAPITALHOLD‐INGS LLC VS STRADA HOMES, LLC

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

Expressway, Harvey Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as NOTTING‐HAM

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber5,2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, H

SUBDIVISION, as shownonthe subdivisionplan of Harris & Varisco, C. E. datedJuly 25, 1977, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilby virtue of Ordi‐nanceNo. 13134, adopted 11/16/77, reg. in EntryNo. 800900, accord‐ingtowhich said lotisdesig‐nated as follows, towit:

LOT32, SQUARE

2, bounded, now or formerly,by JutlandDrive, PatriotSt.,(late 16th), Long Bridge Driveand Cross‐moor Drive, commencingat adistanceof 655.13 feet, more or less, from Jutland Driveand Cross‐moor Drive, measuring thence 60 feet more or less, fronton JutlandDrive, same width in therear, by a depth of 100 feet,moreor less, between equaland paral‐lellines.All in accordance with survey of Mandle Surveying, Inc., datedJuly30, 1979, September 14, 1979, Octo‐ber 18, 1979 and February 13, 1987; subjectto restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

Theimprove‐mentsbearthe municipalad‐dress1637 Jut‐land Dr,Mar‐rero,Louisiana 70072.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May16, 2025 apr11-may162t $106.12

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:860-097 ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC VS BRUNOC.LEE

on March 29 1999, in COB 3004, folio 402, of theCon‐veyance Recordsofthe Parish of Jeffer‐son, Louisiana(the "Declaration") which said con‐dominium unit consists of UNIT 228, as designated in theplatofthe Condominium by Dading,mar‐ques &Associ‐ates,Inc., datedNovem‐ber9,1998,con‐sistingof1 page, ﬁledas Exhibit Atothe Declaration, together with an undivided .280% interest in thecommon el‐ements andlim‐ited common elements of the Condominium appurtenant to each respective unit, as setforth in the Declaration; subjectto re‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofway andout‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property

Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 222 London Ave., Unit 228, Metairie,LA 70005

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages,liens and privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:855-542

CAGNATIONAL FUND III LLC VS BARBARADAVIS PIRIE

of Jefferson Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Plantation Estates, in ac‐cordance with theplanofre‐subdivisionofJ J.Krebs &Sons, Inc.,Civil Engineers and Surveyors, datedat Metairie, Louisianaon July 28,1977,ap‐proved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 13135, adoptedNo‐vember 16, 1977, registered in COB914, folio 177, of thecon‐veyancerecords of theParishof Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, and according to said plan,said Lotis desig‐natedbythe No 10 of Square One(1) which said square is bounded by the northerlyand easterly bound‐aries of thesubdivi‐sion,Oak Alley Boulevard, BaratariaBoule‐vard,Tract A-13A, Burleigh Court North, CatalpaCourt andHermitage Drive, andac‐cordingtosaid Plan said Lot10 measures fiftyfive 00/100 (55.00')feet frontfromthe intersection of Burleigh Court North andCatalpa Court, with a firstwidth in therearof forty-five and 00/100(45.00') feet,and asecondwidth in therearof onehundred oneand 90/100 (101.90")feet, by adepth on thesidelinead‐joiningLot 9of onehundred forty-eightand 15/100(148.15') feet anda depth on the sideline adjoin‐ingLot 11 of one hundred two and82/100 (102.82')feet.All as more fully shownonsur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated May1988; sub‐ject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affectingthe property Improvements thereonbear the Municipal No.22Catalpa Court, Marrero, Louisiana, 70072.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

JUAN PJONES A/K/AJUAN

PATRICKJONES

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 2213 Breckenridge Drive, Harvey Louisiana70058

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 29, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as East Bank Subdivisionin Square No.44, thereof, which said square is bounded by Simon, Mistle‐toe, andElm Streetsand JeffersonAv‐enue,saidlot is designated as Lot30and mea‐suresinaccor‐dancewith plan entitled MapEastBank, JeffersonParish Louisiana, left descending bank of the Mississippi River, Divisions 1, 2, 3and 4, by S.A. Co‐longues’s’ & Sons,dated May5, 1926, andinac‐cordance with recertiﬁcation of survey by E.L. Eustis,Sur‐veyor, dated August 27, 1958. LotNo. 30 mea‐sures20feet frontonJeffer‐sonAvenue,the same width in the rear by adepth of 120 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

in obedience to aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly1, 2022, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

Certiﬁed Check MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May16, 2025 apr11-may162t $119.36

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:833-593

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONNOT IN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGALTITLE TRUSTEEFOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 BKM-TT-V VS ANNETTE FRANKLIN A/K/A ANNETTE JOHN‐SONFRANKLIN

measures as follows: Lot11-C, Square 66, being bounded by Tu‐lane Drive, MiamiPlace, TrinityDrive and KilgorePlace, commencing 560 feet from thecornerof Tulane Drive andMiami Place, measuring50 feet fronton MiamiPlace, same widthin therear, by a depthof110 feet between equal andparallel lines. Assas more fully shownonsur‐veybyC.A Wethern, Land Surveyor, datedApril10, 1976; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 135 Miami Place, Kenner Louisiana.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 13, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE: Allfunds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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apr11-may162t $91.83

TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May 16, 2025 apr11-may162t $118.30

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:855-962

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-820 CITIBANK,N.A NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITYBUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEEON BEHALF OF EFMT 2023-1 VS NATIONAL HOUSEBUYERS OF LOUISIANA, LLC, CHELSIE MCCORMICK, AND EMILEHURST A/K/AEMILE HURST, JR.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:829-862

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONNOT IN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS LEGALTITLE TRUSTEEFOR RMTP TRUST, SERIES 2021 BKM-TT-V VERSUS PATRICKL FER‐TITTA

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part known as LOUISPARK SUBDIVISION, in accordance with plan of re‐subdivision made by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor dated 4/18/1973, said plan beingap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 11221, adopted 6/7/1973, regis‐teredCOB 792, folio 495; andaccording to said plan of said lotisdesig‐natedasthe WHOLEOFLOT NO.49-Ain thesquare bounded by Mi‐mosa Street,Av‐enue E, Four‐teenth andFif‐teenth Streets; and accordingto said plan said Lot49-Amea‐sures90.65 feet frontonMimosa Street,bya width in the rear of 91.61 feet,bya depth on thesideline adjoiningLot 50 of 97.49 feet andbya depth on thesideline adjoiningLot 47Aof103.80 feet Andaccording to survey of Wilton J. Dufrenedated 3/18/1974 and redated. 8/14/1974, Lot 49-Ahas a ﬁrst frontage of 30 feet andanad‐ditional frontage along a curveof60.65 feet on Mimosa Street,a width of 30 feet and a second width of 61.61 feet in the rear,a depth of 97.49 feet on Four‐teenth Street side,a depth of 103.80 feet on theFifteenth Street side,and commences 65.11 feet along thecurve of Mi‐mosa Street from thecorner of Fourteenth Street;subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting theproperty. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theIm‐provements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1404 Mimosa Street Marrero, LA 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

that part thereofknown as WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTIONNO. 1, andinaccor‐dancewith a subdivisionplan approved by the Jefferson Parish Council registered in COB808 folio 551, said plan beingrecorded in Plan Book 84 folio 39, and theresubdivi‐sion thereofin accordance with plan of J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated Au‐gust 20, 1974, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder Ordinance No.11805 on Oc‐tober3,1974, andregistered in COB824 folio 676, andaccord‐ingto which said lot thereonisdes‐ignatedasLOT 195-AofSQUARE “D”; subjectto restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 4033 NorthWoodbine Street,Harvey, Louisiana

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May16, 2025 apr11-may162t $123

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:820-531 WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A VS RHONDA MARIE SMITHA/K/A RHONDA MARIE TRETHEINER SMITHFULTZ

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests,mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: April11, 2025, May16, 2025 apr11-may162t $91.30

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in theVillage of Marrero, Parish of Jefferson,

SELENE FINANCE LP VS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the

By virtue of and in obedienceto

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check,

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedOctober 14, 2022, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisianain that part thereof known as University City Subdivi‐sion, andwhich por‐tion of ground accordingtothe plan of subdivi‐sion by J. L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor,dated November 1960, approved by the City of Kenner, December 14, 1960, by Ordinanceof 633, recorded in Plat Book 41, folio 23, as re‐visedbyplanof resubdivisionby Rene A. Harris, Inc.,C.E., dated March15, 1963, recorded in Plat Book 48, folio 14, Parish of Jeffer‐sonand accord‐ingtoplanofre‐subdivisionof Rene a. Harris,C.E., datedNovem‐ber15, 1965, ap‐proved by the City of Kenner, December 20, 1965, by Ordi‐nanceNo. 881, andfurther ac‐cordingtoplan of resubdivision of C.A. Wethern, Jr Land Surveyor, datedJuly11, 1973, approved by theCityof Kenner,by OrdinanceNo. 1552, registered in COB797, folio 755 said lotis designated and measures as f ll

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 23, 2021, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part th f k

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:829-503 US BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR VRMTGASSET TRUST VS MARIALUISA GARCIA A/K/A MARIAL.GAR‐CIAA/K/A

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber28, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments h d ll JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in Town‐ship 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East,South‐easternLand District of Louisiana, West of theMissis‐sippi River, knownasHar‐veyCanal Prop‐erty, designated as Parcel P-2-A-2-A, allasper plan of resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., C. E. &S dated March15, 1973, revisedFebru‐ary26, 1973, April11, 1974, May5,1975, De‐cember 29, 1975, andOctober 19, 1976,and ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Council by Ordi‐nanceNo. 12617, adoptedNo‐vember 18, 1976, recorded in COB 879, folio 409, andwhich said portionof ground was subdivided into Woodmere Sub‐division,Section 5, allinasper plan of resubdi‐vision by J. J. Krebs& Sons,Inc C. E. &S., datedOc‐tober19, 1976 andOctober 21, 1976,approved by the JeffersonParish CouncilbyOrdi‐nanceNo. 12617, recorded in COB 879, folio 408, and as perAct of Dedication be‐fore Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public,dated December 21, 1976 and recorded in COB 880, folio 822, same beingdes‐ignatedasfol‐lows: Lot1456, Square NN, which square is bounded by Ac‐caciaLane, Woodmere Blvd (side),Eastview (lateOakmere Dr.) Drive(side) andAlexKorn‐manBlvd. and said lot commences 425 feet from the corner of Acca‐ciaLaneand Alex Kornman Blvd with a 60 feet fronton AccaciaLane, same in width in rear,bya depth of 100 feet be‐tween equaland paral‐lellines;all as shownonsur‐veybyJ.J Krebs& Sons Inc.,C.E.&S., datedJune 30, 1978,stakedAu‐gust 17, 1978, resurveyed No‐vember 1, 1978 to show improvements Andinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veyofGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc. dated March6,1993, a printofwhich is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof,saidlot is situated in thesame square,subdivi‐sion andhas the samemeasure‐mentsashere‐inaboveset forth.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-365 GOVERNMENT LOAN SECURITI‐ZATION TRUST 2011-FV1, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUTSOLELYAS DELAWARE TRUSTEE AND U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐PACITY BUT SOLELY AS COTRUSTEE vs ESTATE OF WENDYSMITH COLEMAN BRATHWAITE ANDESTATE OF ROGELIO BRATHWAITE By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 7, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedto sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on May 21, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theSTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,IN SQUARE BOF GOLDEN HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION,(a portionof Sec‐tion "B"of Ames Farms) boundedby Wabash Drive, Suwanne Drive, GulizzoCanal School Board Property and Bonnie Ann Drive, desig‐natedasLOT 7 on a survey by Henry Eustis,Sur‐veyor, dated May13, 1972, a copy of which is annexedtoan actpassedbe‐fore Margaret Gaudin,N.P., registered in COB766, folio 746, and accordingto which,saidLot commences at a distance of 364.28 feet from thecornerof Wabash and Bonnie AnnDri‐ves, andmea‐suresthence 60.33 feet front on Wabash Drive, has a widthinthe rear of 60.44 feet,bya depth on theside nearer to Bon‐nieAnn Driveof109.40 feet,bya depth on theother sideline of 110.50 feet

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

RADERJACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:847-304

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS FRANCISCOAN‐TONIOCASTRO III

One(1) certain lotorparcelof ground,to‐gether with all the buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that subdivision known as Westwood Crossing,and beingdesig‐natedonthe of‐ficial plat of said subdivi‐sion,on file andof record in theof‐fice of theClerk andRecorder of said Parish and State, as Lot Number Nine‐teen,SquareE (19-E),saidsub‐division,saidlot having such size,shape anddimensions andbeing sub‐ject to such servitudes as areshown on said map

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:798-514

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATIONASIN‐DENTURE TRUSTEEFOR, CIMTRUST 2016-4, MORT‐GAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2016-4 VS BILLYPORCHE, (A/K/A BILLYJ PORCHE,SR., BILLYJO PORCHE,SR., BILLYJO PORCHE,BILLY J. PORCHE,BILLY PORCHE,SR. ANDTHE UN‐OPENED SUCCESSION OF DELORES RICHARD PORCHE,(A/K/A DELORES RICHARD PORCHE,DE‐LORESRICHARD, DELORES PORCHE,DE‐LORESR PORCHE)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 30, 2019, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

(side) measur ing63 feet fronton

TitanStreet, same width in therearby a depth andfront of 105 feet

Whichhas the addressof2000 TitanStreet Harvey,LA 70058

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYE HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $117

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:838-280

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS ESTATE OF SYLVESTER STANISLAS

and N Marlin Court.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit.

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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teenth Street andFarrington Drive, andmea‐suresthence ﬁftyfeet front on Farrington Drive, by a depthbetween equaland paral‐lellines of one hundred and ten feet.The im‐provements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1236 Far‐ringtonDrive

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

Sons Inc dated November 23, 1982. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybySurveys Inc.,dated September19, 1985. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybyGilbert Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc., datedJuly22, 1989, said square is bounded by SouthCata‐houlaCourt, North CatahoulaCourt (side),WestEs‐planadeAvenue (side),East LafourcheCourt (side), SouthLafourche Court(side), NorthLafourche Court(side)and Grandwood Boulevard; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Improvements bear theMunici‐palAddress: 7S Catahoula Court, Kenner LA 70065

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages,liens and privileges

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That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, formerlybeing apartof Lots 17 and18ofDe‐strehan Division,lo‐catedinSection 56, Township 14 South, Range14 East andnow knownas SpanishOaks Subdivision, PhaseII, allas perplanthereof made by S.K. Landry,C.E datedSeptem‐ber22, 1975, and approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 12175, recorded in COB848, Folio 803, andasper ActofDedica‐tion before Bern‐hardtC.Heebe, Notary Public, datedJanuary 24, 1973 recorded in COB 781, Folio112, andinaccor‐dancewith a plan made by S.K. Landry,C.E dated September7 1973, adopted by theJefferson Parish Council on October4, 1973 under OrdinanceNo. 11393, andac‐cordingtothe aforesaidplan, said property is more particularly as follows: Lot144 is bounded by TitanStreet, Cerritas Via, SpanishOaks Drive(side), Colombo Drive (side), Woodland West Subdivision (side) and JupiterStreet (side),measur‐i 63

Lot4 measures 60 feet fronton N. Marlin Court, same width in rear,by adepth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.Lot 4 commences at a distance of 233.00 feet from thecornerofW Marlin Court andN.Marlin

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-553 U.S. BANK TRUST COMAPNY, NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEE, FORRESIDEN‐TIAL ASSETSE‐CURITIES COR‐PORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-EMX2 VS FRANCISJONES BUTTON,III By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust 19, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes and advantages thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Square No.24of Valley Realty CompanySubdi‐vision,bounded by Farrington Drive, Thir‐teenth Street, Manson Drive andTwelfth Street,desig‐natedbythe Number Two Hundredand Eighty on asur‐veymadeby AlvinH.Hotard, CivilEngineer, datedJanuary 11, 1957, acopy of which is an‐nexedtoven‐dor'sset of pur‐chase, and, accordingto which,saidlot commences at a distance of one hundred feet from the corner of Thir‐teenth Street

FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF AMER‐ICA VS MAUREEN GELSTON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 1, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, andall of the rights,ways, privileges servitudes, appurtenances andadvantage thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Grandlake Estates(for‐merlyknown as Woodlake South Subdivision, Section II) designated as Lot26, Square B, bounded by SouthCata‐houlaCourt,Jef‐ferson Parish, Fourth District Drainage Dis‐trictCanal NorthLafourche Courtand Grandwood Boulevard. Said Lot26, mea‐sures66feet frontonSouth Catahoula Court, thesame widthinthe rear,bya depth andfront on Grandwood Boulevardof100 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.All in accordance with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated N b 23

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $104

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-376

HANCOCK WHITNEYBANK VS LEWISSADEK ELIASTOUNA By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 20, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, prescrip‐tions, servi‐tudes, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, formerly being apartofLots17 and18of DestrehanDivi‐JUDICIAL

Destrehan Divi sion,located in Section56, Township 14 South, Range24 East,and now knownasSpan‐ishOaksSubdi‐vision,Phase 1, allasper plan thereofmadeby S. K. Landry,C.E., datedNovem‐ber8,1972 and approved by the JeffersonParish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 11007 on January4, 1973, recorded in COB780, folio 729 andas perAct of Dedi‐cation before BernhardtC Heebe, N.P., datedJanuary 24, 1973, recorded in COB 781, folio 112, andinaccor‐dancewith a plan made by S. K. Landry,C E.,dated Sep‐tember 7, 1973, adoptedbythe JeffersonParish CouncilonOc‐tober4, 1973 under Ordi‐nanceNo. 11393 andrecordedin COB801, folio 954 andaccord‐ingto theaforesaid plans, said property is more particu‐larlydescribed as follows: Lot58inSquare 15-Bwhich square is bounded by SpanishOaks Drive, Bayou Fatma andSonoraVia Lot58measures a ﬁrstfront of 33.28 feet and a second frontof 21.04 on Spanish Oaks Drive, a widthinthe rear of 90 feet minus andplus, by adepth of 145 feet,minus and plus,neartoLot 59 anda depth on theopposite sideline of 141 feet Andaccording to aprint of sur‐veybyS.K Landry,Land Surveyor dated February 12, 1976saidsurvey Lot58measures 54.32 feet front on Spanish Oaks Drive, a widthin therearof96.75 feet more or less, and a depthonthe side nearer to Lot59of165.5 feet more or less, by adepth on theopposite sideline of 163 feet more or less. Square 15-Bisbounded by SpanishOaks Drive, Bayou Fatma, Square 15-C(side)and the west boundary of subdivision (side).SaidLot 58 commences 775.57 feet from the cornerofSpan‐ishOaksDrive andthe west boundaryof subdivision. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit LGRAHAM ARCENEAUX Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $128

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:849-860

BANK OF AMER‐ICA, N.A. VS BRAD PHOENIX ANDNAOMI M. WILSONPHOENIX, (A/K/A NAOMI WILSONPHOENIX, NAOMIWILSON, NAOMI PHOENIX)

By virtue of and in obedienceto

aWritof

SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber28, 2023,I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat publicauction at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025at10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

of 105 feet between equal andparallel lines. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veymadebyJ.J Krebs& Sons,Inc., C.E., datedMay 2, 1972, resur‐veyedJuly19, 1972.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYE HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Emergency OrdinanceNo. 6755, adopted87-64,and regis‐teredinCOB 596, folio 704

nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorany‐wise appertain‐ing, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, COHENSTREET SUBDIVISION, Part of FarmLot 10, Portion"B" Ames Farm,and accordingto plan of survey by Survey's Inc. R.P. Fontchuberta, Jr., La Reg. Land Surveyor No 4329, dated April20, 1978, said lotis located, desig‐natedand mea‐suresasfollows to-wit:

privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as MANSON SUBDIVISION, designated as LOTS 1AND 2, of SQUARE 19-A, beingbounded by Cleary Av‐enue, PharrStreet, Ford Street,and Plots21and 114, which lots mea‐suresasfol‐lows:

MOOREAND LORENSALINAS MOORE

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, prescrip‐tions, servi‐tudes, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofdesig‐natedasSec‐tions Band Con a Plan of Oakdale Subdivision made by F.B. Grevemberg, C.E.,Sheet No 2, datedJune 25, 1931,desig‐natedasTracts 5and 6and whichsaid property has been subdivided into that certain subdivision knownasBELLE MEADEEXTEN‐SION SUBDIVISION, all as perplan thereofmadeby J.J.Krebs & Sons,Inc C.E. & S.,dated April10, 1969, approved by the Jefferson Parish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 9257, recorded in COB 700, folio 191, andasper act of dedication before Bern‐hardtC Heebe, Notary Public,dated June 30, 1969, recorded in COB 700, folio 341, andasper plan of re-sub‐division made by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., C.E. & S.,dated Octo‐ber12, 1971, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo.10425, adopted November 11, 1971, recorded in EntryNo. 540466, andde‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: LOT872 in SQUARE 21, which said square is bounded by Sheree LynCourt, Sheree Street, Lawrence Drive andGinette Drive, andsaid Lot872 com‐mences at adis‐tance of 425 feet from thecornerof Sheree Lyn Courtand Sheree Street, andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonSheree LynCourt,same width in the rear,bya depth of 105 feet b l

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-710

MORTGAGE AS‐SETS MANAGE‐MENT,LLC F/K/A REVERSEMORT‐GAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. VS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF DOROTHY COLEMANA/K/A DOROTHYCOLE‐MANA/K/A DOROTHYCOLE‐MAN WOODRUFF A/K/ADOROTHY C. WOODRUFF A/K/ADOROTHY WOODRUFF

Jefferson Parish Louisiana, and which said lotis more fully de‐scribedasfol‐lows:to-wit: LotNo. 29 Square No.3 Ames Terrace, bounded by Sil‐verLily Lane Westside Expressway (side),Ames Blvd.(side), Lin‐coln Avenue (side) andSixth Street,which said lotcom‐mences at adis‐tanceof five hundred fiftyfive feet (555’) from thecorner of Silver Lily Lane andSixth Street andmeasures fifty-five feet (55’)front on Silver Lily the same width in therear, by a depth of one hundred two and fiftyhun‐dredthsfeet (102.5) on thesideline nearer Westside Expressway, by adepth on the opposite side line nearer Sixth Street of one hundred two and fifty-eight hundredthsfeet (102.58),all in accordance with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc dated 7-27-65.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-858 HOME SAVERS INC. VS COMMUNITY LENDINGSOLU‐TIONS, LLC

LOTNO. 25 is lo‐catedinthe square bounded by CohenStreet Luther Drive, Martin Drive, and Howard Street andsaidlot commences at a distance of 100 feet from the corner of Cohen Street and Luther Drive andmeasures thence 50 feet frontonCohen Street,the same in width across therear, and hasa depth of 207.80 feet on thesideline separating it from LotNo. 26 andhas adepth of 207.88 feet on itsopposite sideline

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit RADERJACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $87.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-337

NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS CURTIS D. SCROGGINSAND CRYSTALPERRY SCROGGINS

LOTS 1AND 2 adjoin andmea‐sure 22 feet each fronton PharrStreet,the same with in therear, by 0 depth andfront on Cleary Av‐enue of 100 feet between equal andparallel lines, said Lot1 formsthe cor‐nerofCleary Avenue and Pharr Street;all in accordance with asurveyof BFMCorpora‐tion,R.P Fontcuberta, Jr., datedAugust8, 1983; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting the property

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.3616 Cleary Avenue a/k/a 3900 Pharr Street,Metairie, Louisiana70002.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-347

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as University City Subdivi‐sion, andaccording to aplanofre‐subdivision made by J. L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor,dated July 12, 1971, andap‐proved by ordi‐nanceno. 1326, of theBoard of Alderman of the City of Kenner,dated August 9, 1971, registered in COB742, folio 372, andaccord‐ingto survey of Frank Foster &Associ‐ates,Inc., dated December 12, 1942, recorded in COB 778, folio 172, Jefferson Parish,LA, said lotismorepar‐ticularlyde‐scribedasfol‐lows:

Lot3-C,Square 110, which said square is bounded by Northwestern Drive, Auburn Place, theeast‐erly line of Square 110 and CanalNo. 13 ad‐jacent to Inter‐stateHighway No.10. Lot3-C commences at a distance of 110.38 feet from thecornerof Northwestern Driveand Auburn Place andmeasures thence 50 feet front on Auburn Place, thesame width in the rear,with a depth of 134.95 feet on theside‐line adjacent to Lot2-C andwith adepth of 134.60 feet on thesidelinead‐jacent to Lot4C. Allinaccor‐dancewithnew survey by J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E dated January23, 1974, copy of which is an‐nexedhereto, themeasure‐mentsremain thesameas described above.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐riorsecurityin‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, prescrip‐tionsand ad‐vantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Ames Ter‐race,being are‐subdivisionofa portionofLot No.7 andLot No.6 Hessmer Farms, South‐easternLand District of Louisiana, west of theMiss. River, allinac‐cordance with plan of J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc. C.E. &S., dated 6-1-64 approved by theJefferson Parish Council, Emergency O di N

ONECERTAIN LOT(S) OF GROUND,to‐gether with all the buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and d

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICESLLC VS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF GEORGE VEGA A/K/AGEORGE VEGA AND CHRISLEMOINE

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 28, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LINCOLN MANOR SUBDIVISION, formerly Sec‐tion 7, Kenner ProjectSubdivi‐sion,all as more fullyshown on aplanofre‐subdivisionby WilliamW Robert,Sur‐veyor, dated April3,1972, approved in Or‐dinanceNum‐ber1400 on April24, 1972, andregistered in COB760, Folio329, and accordingto which plan said portionisdesig‐natedasLOT NUMBER 30-AofSQUARE NUMBER 159, said.square beingbounded by Ohio Avenue (Formerly MalvernStreet), 31st Street (for‐merlyCharen‐tonAvenue), LexingtonAv‐enue and32ndStreet (formerlyGlen‐wood Avenue), said lotcom‐mences 120 feet from the corner of Ohio Avenue and 32ndStreet and measures thence 50 feet frontonOhio Avenue,same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines; Lot30-Aiscom‐posedofall of former Lots 30 and31and 1/2 of former Lot29 adjoining Lot30. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veymadeby WilliamW Robert,Sur‐veyor, dated June 1, 1972. All in accordance with asurveyby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Inc., Surveyors, datedApril 15, 1989; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-569

SUSANT., L.L.C. VERSUS ELIZABETH SCARBOROUGH MARZIALE

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 8, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, BeverlyHills Subdivision, designated as LOT15,SQUARE NO.7, bounded by AcademyDrive 37thStreet,Tar‐tanDrive and Irving Street LOT15 commences 144.24 feet from thecornerof AcademyDrive and37thStreet and measures 60 feet fronton AcademyDrive same widthin therear, by a depthof102.52 feet on theside‐line nearer to 37thStreet and adepth of 103.03 feet on theopposite sideline.All ac‐cordingtoa sur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie.Inc.dated January15, 1997. TheMunicipal Addressbeing 4713 Academy Drive, Metairie, LA 70003

LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-894 NEXUSNOVA LLC VERSUS SHIRLEYM COBURN,(A/K/A SHIRLEYM JOHNSON) ANDGOLDIE HOWARD

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNumber 3141 Ohio Street (a/k/a Ohio Avenue)Kenner, Louisiana70065

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-876

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS ALEXANDERW

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JOSHUA P. MATTHEWS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P.

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, on theright de‐scending bank of theMissis‐sippi River, in that part thereof which originally formed apor‐tion of Plots16 and17ofAmes FarmsSubdivi‐sion,Section “B”asshown on aplanofsurvey by S.W.T. Stephens,C.E &S., datedJuly 27, 1918, amened March 6, 1920, and which said por‐tion is now known as Nicholson PlaceSubdivi‐sion,all as pe plan of resubdi‐vision thereof made by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E.& S. datedApril 12, 1966, approved by theJefferson Parish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 7756, datedJune 16, 1966, recorded under EntryNo. 366931 in COB 640, folio251, in Square O, bounded by MichaelStreet, JamesStreet Orange Street andFrancis Street,and des‐ignatedasLot 5-B. Said lot commences at a distance of 187.5feet from thecornerof Jamesand MichaelStreets, andmeasures thence 62.5feet frontonMichael Street,same width in the rear,bya depth of 78.7 between equal andparallel lines. Allinac‐cordance with a survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons C.E. &S., dated December 29, 1966, redated N b 15

24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 8, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

feet This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

tled cause, datedApril 22, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

j strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.2136 Missile Street,Harvey, LA 70058

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

g g privileges.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

PENNY M DAIGREPONT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL

COURT

OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-271 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VERSUS DOMINIQUE SIMMONS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theSTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,inthat part thereof knownasOR‐LEANS VILLAGE, SEC‐TION 4and des‐ignatedasLOT 14 of SQUARE S. Said Square Sis bounded by RennesDrive, Bowdon Street, Mt.Blanc Drive, andSorbonne Drive. Said Lot14forms the corner of RennesDrive andSorbonne Drive, measures 65 feet fronton Sorbonne Drive, with awidth in therearof83.58 feet,bydepth andfront on Rennes Driveof102.29 feet anda depth on theopposite sideline nearest Bowdon Street of 100

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20,2025 may16-jun20-2t $78.59

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,situ‐ated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as WOODLAND WEST SUBDIVI‐SION,PHASE III, andaccording to aplanofre‐subdivisionpre‐paredby S.K. Landry,C.E., datedAugust 22, 1967, revised September8 1967, approved by OrdinanceNo. 8522 of theJef‐fersonParish Councildated October26, 1967, registered in COB667, folio 127, said lotis more particu‐larlydescribed as follows:

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$93.95

NEWRESIDEN‐TIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2019-RPL3 VERSUS VILCENENICO‐LAS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐

LOT395 of SQUARE 15, bounded by Missile Street, BayouFatma Drive, Matador Street and Apollo Avenue said lotmea‐sures65feet frontonMissile Street,samein widthinthe rear,bya depth of 108 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines. Said lot measures adis‐tanceof395 feet from thecorner of Apollo Av‐enue andMis‐sile Street; subjecttore‐i i i

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-110

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS HARVEY A. BIL‐LOTAND DEBRA V. BILLOT A/K/A DEBRAAMBRO‐GIOBEASLEY BILLOT

By virtue of and

in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 24, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ACertain Piece or Portionof Ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in what is thereof knownasADDI‐TIONTO GITZINGERSUB‐DIVISION more fullyde‐scribedasLOT NO.21of SQUARE NO 32; subjecttore‐strictions, servitudes rights-of-way andout-stand‐ingmineral rights of record affectingthe property Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo. 4425 14thStreet, Marrero, La 70072

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPHP LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $74.89

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages,liens and

LLC VS JOHN F. LABRUZZO,JR AND BRANDI DAVISON LABRUZZO By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof

Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribed prop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN PICE OR PORTIONOF GROUND,with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all theservitudes, rights andap‐purtenances thereuntoap‐plying,situated in Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, In LAKESHORE SUBDIVISION, CarrollTract,in Square No.11, bounded by Live Oakand Poplar Streets, Huron andChoctaw Avenues, designated as Lot50-A, allin accordance with thesurvey of AdloeOrr, Jr &Associates, C.E.,dated April 20, 1957, which said lotiscom‐posedoforigi‐nalLotsNos.48, 49, and 50, andcom‐mences at adis‐tanceof250 feet from thecorner of ChoctawAv‐enue and Poplar Street, andmeasures thence 50 feet fronton ChoctawAv‐enue,the same in width in therear,by a depthof150 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.Lot No 50 lies nearer to and commences at a distance of 400 feet from the corner of Choctawav‐enue andLiveOak Street.All in ac‐cordance with thesurveyof AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates, C.E.,dated Au‐gust 23, 1957.

MunicipalAd‐dress: 1427 ChoctawAv‐enue,Metairie, LA 70005

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit WA MAIORANA, JR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPHP LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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