The Times-Picayune 05-24-2025

Church bankruptcy movestonextstep

Archbishop attendshearing,optimisticfor resolution

Federal Building in NewOrleans on Friday Some plaintiffs lawyers oppose settlement

BYSTEPHANIE RIEGEL

Staff writer

Twodays after atentativesettlement with survivors of clergy sex abuse was announced in the Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy, ArchbishopGregory Aymond made ararecourt appearance Friday at ahearing over whether toextend the appointment of akey mediator in the case who helped broker the recent agreement.

Aymond did not speak during the 90-minute proceeding in federal bankruptcy court in New Orleans, though he said after the hearing that he attendedbecausehe“wanted to be apartofthe process” andispraying for abuse survivors and their healing.

He is optimistic for aresolution in the long-running case, perhaps as soon as the end of the year,hesaid.

The archbishop’spresenceatwhat would typically be aroutine matter underscores the critical juncture in the courtbattlethathas consumed thelocal Roman Catholic Church for thepast five years

It also pointstothe challengesthe churchfaces as it tries to get the proposed deal —which would pay abuse survivors nearly $180 million over five years and entitle them to additional money from insurers and property sales —overthe finish line. Though thetentative deal wasnegotiated by thecourt-appointed committee that represents the600 or so abuse survivors in the case, it is opposed by avocal group of plaintiffs lawyers,who represent individual survivors,perhaps as manyashalf of the total.

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Fans raving aboutsets of ‘Sinners’

Production designer created film’s visuals with Louisiana artists

BY JENNA ROSS Staff writer

Early in the film “Sinners,” a buoyant, bloody box-office hit filmed in Louisiana and setinthe Mississippi Delta of the 1930s, the audience encountersasmall house, shaded by oak trees,its front boards stained blue. That blue, an earthy turquoise, shows up again and again through the movie, aprotective force in a world populatedbyvampires.

Thethoroughly Southern “Sinners,” releasedinApril, has dominated theaters across the country, earning praise for its director Ryan Coogler and its starMichael B. Jordan. But its intricate sets, and the Louisiana artists who cre-

MilesCaton portraysSammie in ascene from ‘Sinners.’The church, which artdirector TimDavis helped create, has several hidden

ated them,are becoming stars in their own right,withfans analyzing theirevery detail, down to the hues ofthe painted boards. “Every streak of rust was purposeful,” saidTimotheus Davis,

artdirector and lifelongNew Orleanian. Some of thefilm’sartists,including New Orleans-based Oscar

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BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

More arrested in wake of escape

Five inmates still remain on thelam

BY JOHN SIMERMAN and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers

Sterling Williams walked into pod 1-Dofthe OrleansParish jail last Fridaytofixatoilet, his attorney said.

He was armed with awork order to repairitinacellonthe second tier,but that commodewas fine, Michael Kennedy said. Another one, in Cell 6, ahandicapped unit on the floor below, wasa different story,stuffedwith towels, socks and underwear Kennedy said Williamstoldhim Friday that apair of Orleans Parish sheriff’s employees witnessed the resulting flooding, andone of themtoldhim the cellwith the clog “should not be in use.”

Kennedy saidthatWilliams turned off the water Thursday afternoon from apipe chase behind the row of cells, and he kept it off when he left the jail pod to prevent further vandalism. Williams’ shift ended at 6p.m. Seven hours later,inmates jostled adoor open and ripped out a toilet-sinkcombo,thensqueezed and leapt their waytofreedom outside the lockup in oneofthe largest and mostbrazen jailbreaks in city history As amanhunt reached its eighth day Friday,half of those escapees remained on the lam, even as the number of their alleged accomplices rose. Meanwhile, court records on Friday revealed moredetails on the help they received on the outside,while authorities revealed a previous escape attempt by three inmates from the samejail pod on May 1.

Sheriff Susan Hutson,

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Students couldface

Nearly aquarter of Louisiana third graders are ending the school year far behind in reading, the state Education Department said Thursday Under anew state law, some of those students will have to repeat third grade.

About 23% of third graders scored “well below” target reading levels on arecent endof-year assessment, the state said, indicating theyface a high risk of reading difficulties. Nearly 12,000 third graders could fall in that category, based on enrollment numbers.

Thosestudentscan retake the literacy test two times under the 2023 law,which took effect this school year and only

applies to traditional public schools. If their scores don’t adequately improve and they don’tqualifyfor an exemption,suchasbeing diagnosed with dyslexia, then they cannot movetofourth grade. State officials said Thursday that they expect the share of third graders who areheld back to be much smaller than the 23% whoscored at the lowestlevel on thereading test, called DIBELS.

The law also exempts students with certain disabilities and those learning to speak English, as well as students whoscoredatthe “mastery” level or above on this year’s state Englishtest. Third gradersatrisk of being held back can retake the DIBELStest once before this school year ends and again after optional summer school.

“You will naturally see some of the students, withthat

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symbols.

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

NewOrleans Archbishop GregoryAymond, middle, walks withSuzie Zeringue, in-house counsel for thearchdiocese, and the Rev. Patrick Carr, vicar general, towardthe HaleBoggs

BRIEFS

Woman arrested in knife attack in Hamburg

BERLIN A stabbing attack at the busy central train station in the German city of Hamburg left multiple people injured, some of them in life-threatening condition, authorities said. A woman was arrested as the suspect.

The attacker targeted people on the platform between tracks 13 and 14 in the station at around 6 p.m., according to police. Late Friday evening, Hamburg’s fire service said that 17 people were hurt in total four of them with life-threatening injuries, another six with serious injuries and seven with light injuries, German news agency dpa reported.

Police said a 39-year-old woman, a German national, was arrested at the scene without putting up resistance and that they believe after watching video footage that she acted alone. They secured the knife.

Investigators were looking into whether the suspect may have been mentally ill, police spokesperson Florian Abbenseth said.

FEMA disaster relief approved for 8 states

JACKSON, Miss. — President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters have been waiting on for months.

The major disaster declaration approvals allow Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas access to financial support through the Federal Emergency Management Agency

Several states requested the aid in response to damage from a massive storm system in midMarch.

“This support will go a long way in helping Mississippi to rebuild and recover. Our entire state is grateful for his approval,” said Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, whose state experienced 18 tornadoes between March 14 and 15.

Mississippi residents in hardhit Walthall County expressed frustration earlier this month over how long they had been waiting for federal help The county’s emergency manager said debris removal operations stalled in early May when the county ran out of money while awaiting federal assistance.

Kardashian’s robbers found guilty in Paris

PARIS — A Paris court on Friday found the ringleader and seven other people guilty in the 2016 armed robbery of Kim Kardashian, but did not impose any additional time behind bars for their roles in what the U.S celebrity described as “the most terrifying experience of my life.”

The chief judge, David De Pas, said that the defendants’ ages — six are in their 60s and 70s — and their health issues weighed on the court’s decision to impose sentences that he said “aren’t very severe.”

He said that the nine years between the robbery and the trial — long even by the standards of France’s famously deliberate legal system — were also taken into account in not imposing harsher sentences. The court acquitted two of the 10 defendants.

Aomar Aït Khedache, 69, the ringleader, got the stiffest sentence, eight years imprisonment but five of those were suspended. Three others got seven years, five of them suspended. Three more got prison sentences ranging from five to three years, mostly or completely suspended, and an eighth person was found guilty on a weapons charge and fined.

With time already served in pretrial detention, none of those found guilty will go to prison and all walked out free. The trial was heard by a three-judge panel and six jurors.

Kardashian’s testimony earlier this month was the trial’s emotional high point. In a packed courtroom, she recounted how she was thrown onto a bed and had a gun pressed to her

“I absolutely did think I was going to die,” she said. She said she pleaded: “I have babies. I have to make it home. They can take everything. I just have to make it home.”

Action against Harvard blocked

Trump administration trying to revoke its ability to enroll international students

BY COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard’s enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands.

In its lawsuit filed earlier Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an “immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.”

“With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard’s student body international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission,” Harvard said in its suit. “Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard.”

The ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs puts the

sanction against Harvard on hold, pending the lawsuit.

The Trump administration move has thrown campus into disarray days before graduation. Harvard said in the suit. International students who run labs, teach courses, assist professors and participate in Harvard sports are now left deciding whether to transfer or risk losing legal status to stay in the country, according to the filing.

The impact would be heaviest at graduate schools such as the Harvard Kennedy School, where about half the student body comes from abroad, and Harvard Business School, which is about onethird international. The move also would block thousands of students who were planning to come for summer and fall classes.

Harvard said it immediately puts the school at a disadvantage as it competes for the world’s top students. Even if it regains the ability to host students, “future applicants may shy away from applying out

of fear of further reprisals from the government,” the suit said.

If the government’s action stands, Harvard said, the university would be unable to offer admission to new international students for at least the next two academic years.

Schools that have that certification withdrawn by the federal government are ineligible to reapply until one year afterward, Harvard said.

Harvard enrolls almost 6,800 foreign students at its campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most are graduate students and they come from more than 100 countries.

The Department of Homeland Security announced the action Thursday, accusing Harvard of creating an unsafe campus environment by allowing “anti-American, pro-terrorist agitators” to assault Jewish students on campus. It also accused Harvard of coordinating with the Chinese Communist Party, contending the school had hosted and trained members of a Chinese paramilitary group as recently as 2024.

Russia, Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners

BY SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press

CHERNIHIV REGION, Ukraine Russia and Ukraine began a major prisoner exchange Friday, swapping hundreds of soldiers and civilians in the first phase of an exchange that was a moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire in the 3-year-old war

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the first phase brought home 390 Ukrainians, including soldiers and civilians, with further releases expected over the weekend that will make it the largest swap of the war Russia’s Defense Ministry said it received the same number from Ukraine

“It’s very important to bring everyone home,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, thanking all who worked to secure their return and pledging to continue diplomatic efforts to make more exchanges possible.

Dozens of relatives of prisoners cheered and chanted “Thank you!” as buses carrying the freed captives arrived at a medical facility in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region.

The men, some with expressionless faces and others unable to contain their emotions, got off the buses wrapped in Ukrainian flags for joyful reunions.

Kyiv and Moscow agreed in Istanbul last week to the exchange of 1,000 pris-

oners from each side in their first direct peace talks since the early weeks of Russia’s 2022 invasion. That meeting lasted only two hours and brought no breakthrough in U.S.-led efforts to stop the fighting.

The swap took place at the border with Belarus in northern Ukraine, according to a Ukrainian official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly

The released Russians were taken to Belarus for medical treatment, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The exchange, which would be the latest of dozens of swaps since the war began and the biggest involving Ukrainian civilians at one time, didn’t herald any halt in fighting.

Russia launched two ballistic missiles at infrastructure targets in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, killing two workers and injuring eight others, according to regional Gov Oleh Kiper Moscow’s forces attacked settlements in the Kherson region with artillery, mortars and drones throughout the day, killing three civilians and injuring 10, according to the Kherson Regional Prosecutor’s Office. They also shelled Kostyantynivka with artillery, killing one civilian, said Serhii Horbunov, head of the city’s military administration.

Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight near D.C. airport

BY TARA COPP Associated Press

WASHINGTON Military air

traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings May 1 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, the Army told The Associated Press on Friday Brig. Gen. Matthew Braman, the head of Army aviation, told the AP in an exclusive interview that the controllers lost contact with the Black Hawk be-

cause a temporary control tower antenna was not set up in a location where it would be able to maintain contact with the helicopter as it flew low and rounded the Pentagon to land. He said the antenna was set up during construction of a new control tower and has now been moved to the roof of the Pentagon. Braman said federal air traffic controllers inside the Washington airport also didn’t have a good fix on the location of the helicopter The Black Hawk was transmitting data that should have given controllers its precise location,

but Braman said FAA officials told him in meetings last week that the data the controllers were getting from multiple feeds and sensors was inconclusive, with some of it deviating by as much as three-quarters of a mile. “It certainly led to confusion of air traffic control of where they were,” Braman said. The FAA declined to comment on whether its controllers could not get a good fix on the Black Hawk’s location due to their own equipment issues, citing the ongoing investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

Harvard President Alan Garber earlier this month said the university has made changes to its governance over the past year and a half, including a broad strategy to combat antisemitism, He said Harvard would not budge on its “its core, legally-protected principles” over fears of retaliation. Harvard has said it will respond at a later time to allegations first raised by House Republicans about coordination with the Chinese Communist Party The threat to Harvard’s international enrollment stems from an April 16 request from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who demanded that Harvard provide information about foreign students that might implicate them in violence or protests that could lead to their deportation.

Harvard says it provided “thousands of data points” in response. Noem’s letter Thursday said Harvard failed to satisfy her request, but the school said she failed to provide any further explanation.

in cold case

BY RUSS BYNUM Associated Press

SAVANNAH, Ga. Investigators first believed Doris Worrell was killed in a botched robbery after her husband found her fatally shot at the South Georgia business they ran in 2006. When suspicion later turned toward Worrell’s husband, he fled the U.S. to live in Costa Rica with the couple’s live-in nanny

Nearly 19 years later, Jon Worrell was jailed on murder charges Thursday in rural Coffee County, where the sheriff said authorities never gave up on the cold case. They got a big break in April, when investigators traveled to Costa Rica and found the nanny willing to talk after her relationship with Worrell had ended.

Doris Worrell had worked as a teacher and an interior designer before deciding stay at home to raise three children. She and her husband operated a recreation business, Jon’s Sports Park, in the small community of Douglas.

Worrell called police from the business on Sept.

20, 2006, saying he had returned from running errands to find his wife’s body

“Many believed he was a grieving husband and his wife was the victim of a robbery gone wrong,” Jason Seacrist, an agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told reporters. Theories about Doris Worrell’s killing evolved as investigators gathered more evidence. Seacrist said investigators learned that Worrell had been having an affair with the nanny at the time of his wife’s death.

“Jon was concerned that if he divorced Doris, he would lose his children,” Seacrist said. “And it’s those thoughts that led him to begin recruiting someone to murder his wife.” He said Worrell fled to Costa Rica, where he and the nanny spent years living together while raising the Worrells’ children. Then investigators learned that the relationship had ended and Worrell had returned to the U.S. Worrell was arrested Tuesday in Mayfield, Missouri, north of Kansas City Ex-Ga. man charged with wife’s killing

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By EFREM LUKATSKy Family members of Ukrainian prisoners hold photos of service members in captivity during a POW exchange Friday between Russia and Ukraine, in Chernyhiv region, Ukraine.

Shooting suspectrailedagainst war in Gaza

BY MICHAEL BIESECKER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON— In the years before he was accused of killing two Israeli Embassy employees, the suspect in the fatalshootings was an active participant in Chicago’s left-wing protest scene, speaking out against police violence and a proposed Amazon headquarters. Then the war in Gaza ignited his fury into violence.

Elias Rodriguez, 31,was charged Thursday with the murder offoreign officials and othercrimes in connection with the deaths of Israeli citizen Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, an American, as they left an event at aJewish museum. The couple had plans to become engaged.

He told policeafter his arrest, “I did it for Palestine, Idid it for Gaza,” according to court filings.

Rodriguez lived in amodest 850-square-foot apartmentonChicago’snorth side and worked as an administrative assistant at amedical trade group. He had no apparent criminal record.

In his activism, he protested police violence against minorities and the power of corporations. His online postshad recently become fixated on the war in Gaza, calling for retaliation against Israel.

In the window of his apartment hung aphoto of Wadee Alfayoumi,

BY WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, GazaStrip— At least 60 peoplewere killedby Israeli strikes across Gaza in a24-hour period, Gaza’s health ministry said Friday, as Israel pressed ahead with its military offensive and let in minimal aid to the strip.

The dead included 10 people in thesouthern city of Khan Younis, four in the central town of Deir al-Balah and nine in the Jabaliyarefugee camp in the north, according to the Nasser,Al-Aqsa and Al-Ahli hospitals where the bodies were brought.

Israel faces mounting international criticismfor its offensive and pressure to let aid into Gaza amid ahumanitarian crisis. Gaza has been under an Israeli blockade for nearly three months, with experts warningthatmanyof its 2million residents are at high risk of famine.

Even the United States, a staunchally,has voiced concerns over the hunger crisis.

The strikes that lasted into Friday morning came aday after Israeli tanks and drones attacked ahospital in northern Gaza, igniting fires and causing extensive damage, Palestinian hospital officials said on Thursday.Videos taken by ahealth official at Al-Awda Hospital show walls blown away and thick black smoke billowing from wreckage.

Israel said it will continue to strike until Hamasreleases all of the 58 remaining Israeli hostages and disarms. Fewer than half of the hostages still in Gaza are believed to be alive, after most of the restwere returned in ceasefire agreements or

a6-year-old Muslim boykilled in astabbing in Chicago shortly after thestart of the war,which was sparked by the Oct.7,2023, attack by the Palestinian militantgroup Hamas that resulted in the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel, mostly civilians,and the abductions of 251 others.

Aneighbor told reporters that Rodriguez and awoman who lived with him appeared to be “very sensitivepeople, especially about the issue of Palestine.”

Suspectprotested in Chicago

An October2017 article in Liberation, the online newspaper for the Party for Socialismand Liberation, quoted Rodriguez as amemberofthe group participating in a protestoutside theChicago home of then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel over thepoliceshooting of Black teenager Laquan McDonald and the city’sbid to be the site for a new Amazon headquarters.

Theorganization denied ThursdaythatRodriguezwas an active member,thoughitacknowledged a“brief association”inthe past.

Thegroup also scrubbed the 2017 article identifying Rodriguez as a member from its website.

“Wereject any attempt to associate thePSL with the DC shooting,” the group said in astatement. “We know of no contact with (Rodriguez) in over 7years. We have nothing to do with this shooting

An account on Xthat used a variation of ascreen name Rodriguez had used on other sites, along with his givenname and photo, frequently featured pro-Palestinian posts, including avideofroman October 2023 protest in downtown Chicago against U.S. aid to Israel.

Last October, the account also reposted two videos of speeches by Hassan Nasrallah, aLebanese cleric anda former leader of Islamic militant group Hezbollah. Nasrallahhad been killedtwo weeks earlier in an Israeli airstrike.

and do not support it.”

As recently as this week,the group’sXfeed posted pro-Palestinian statements calling for an endto the war in Gazaand characterizing Israel’sattacks on Palestinians as genocide.

Family members of Rodriguez andhis defense attorney,Elizabeth Mullin, did notreturn messages seeking comment

The FBI did not respond to questionsabout whether he was on the bureau’sradar beforethe shooting.

Online postsshowfocus on Gaza

Social media accounts tied to Rodriguez suggest he had become increasingly focusedover the last two yearsonthe Israeli bombing campaign andgroundinvasion in Gaza, which has resultedinthe deaths of morethan53,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’sHealth Ministry,which does not differentiate between civilians and combatantsinits count.

Less than an hour after the shooting in Washington on Thursday night, the Xaccount posted, “Escalate For Gaza, Bring The War Home,” along with screen grabs of anearly 1,000-word essay signed with Rodriguez’sname. It was not immediately clearwhether Rodriguez, who was in police custody at the time, had used afeature on Xto schedule the release of the post in advance or if another person might have had access to the account.

In the piece, Rodriguez railed against the mounting death toll in Gaza, saying Israel “had obliterated thecapacity to even continue counting the dead, which has served its genocide well.” He sought to justify what he called “the morality of armed demonstration.”

“The atrocities committedby Israelis against Palestinedefy description and defyquantification,” he wrote.

as the GazaHumanitarian Foundation says it will take over aid distribution in Gaza,and armedprivate contractors will guard the distribution. Israel says the system is needed because Hamas siphons off significant amounts of aid.

The U.N. denies that claim andhas rejected thefoundation’sproposalfor delivering aid,sayingitfails to respect international law and humanitarian principles.Guterres said Friday that theUNalready has a structure in place capable of delivering enough aidto fill 9,000 trucks.

Afoundation spokesman said that it adherestohumanitarianprinciplesand that itsoperationsare free from Israeli control. It said the foundation was not a military operation and its decision to integrate armed security contractorsallows it the ability to access and operate in Gaza.

No movement on ceasefire

Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was recalling his high-level negotiating team from the Qatari capital,Doha, after aweek of ceasefire talks failed to

bring results. Aworking team will remain.

Qatari PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin AbdulrahmanAl Thani said a“fundamental gap” remained between the twoparties andthatnone of the proposals was able to bridge their differences. Hamassaid no real ceasefire talks have taken place since last week in Doha. The group accused Netanyahu of “falsely portraying participation” and attempting to “mislead globalpublic opinion” by keeping Israel’sdelegationthere without engaging in serious negotiations.

other deals.

Aidstartstricklingin

Israeliofficials said Fridaytheylet in more than 100 trucks of aid, including flour,food, medical equipment and drugs. The trucks came inthrough theKerem Shalom crossing.

ButU.N. agencies say the amount is woefully insufficient, compared with around 600 trucks aday that entered during arecent ceasefire and that are necessary to meet basic needs. U.N. agencies say Israeli military restrictions and the breakdown of law and order in Gaza makeit difficult to retrieve and distribute the aid. As aresult, little ofithas so far reached those in need.

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Fridaythat Israel had so farauthorized what “amounts to a teaspoon of aid when aflood of assistance is required,” with no supplies at all reachingnorthern Gaza.

On Friday dozensofpeople crowded acharity kitchen in

Khan Younis, holding empty pots and plastic containers in the air in hopes of receiving ashare of lentil soup.

Halima AbuAmra, adisplaced woman from Rafah, said she hadbeen struggling to feed adaughterinjured in the fighting. She said she had been collecting discarded breadfromthe streets, washing and soakingitso her daughter can eat,while her younger children get by on soup. “Wewant this war to end in any way,” she said. “My family is dying slowly.”

TheWorld Food Program said that 15 of itstrucks were looted Thursdaynight in southern Gaza while going to WFP-supported bakeries. It said thathunger and desperationabout whether food was cominginiscontributing to rising insecurity, and calledonIsrael to allow greater volumes of food to enter,faster and more efficiently

Israel says the aidnow is to bridge thegap until a U.S. backed initiative starts soon.A newgroup known

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JOSE LUIS MAGANA

People gather to light candles in amakeshift memorial outside of the White House in Washington on Thursdaytohonor yaron Lischinskyand Sarah Milgrim, whowere killed as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington.

meanwhile, faces astate grand jury subpoena seeking ahost of recordsrelated to the mass escape, as Orleans Parish DistrictAttorney Jason Williams takes aim. The grand jury subpoenaissued Monday to Hutson,obtained by The Times-Picayune,seeks all written communicationbetween her and her staff from midnight May 16 to midnight May 19, including text message and emails

Thesubpoena also seeks video evidence from inside the jail and copies of policies and protocols “regarding in-shift headcounts of inmates, inmate lockdown times, and security measures to prevent inmate escapes.”

Williams’ office is also seeking work lists for the days around the escape, records on repair work to thecell and podwhere theescape happened, and cell and tier assignments for the 10 escapees,among other records. Thesubpoena directs Hutson to turn over those records by June 2.

Sources said it’snot the only subpoena issued this week froman Orleans Parish grand jury,under the direction of Assistant District Attorney MatthewDerbes.

Inmates gethelp

Meanwhile, records filed by police in magistrate court began to flesh out the escape planning and thehelpthose inmatessought from the outsidetobringtheir plan to fruition.

Apolice affidavit supportingthe arrest of alleged accessory Corvanntay Baptiste,38, saysthat inmate Antoine Massey made acall from jail asking someone named “cuz” to pick him up after midnight. The number he called was associated with another escapee, Cory Boyd.

Therecords also show that several Crimestoppers tips have identified escapee Derrick Groves, whowas convicted last year of four killings, as hiding out in the Lower 9th Ward.

Police also allege awoman named Cortnie Harris picked up escapees Jermaine Donald and

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additional time on task, getting to where they need to be,” said state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley Students in kindergarten through third grade take the DIBELS test at the start, middle and end of the school year.Itmeasures kindergartners’ ability to recognize letters and sounds, andelementary schoolstudents’abilityto sound out words and read sentences. Across all grades, 64% of students ended theyear at or above the target reading level —animprovement of 17 percentage points from the fall.

“Weobviously are pleased with the progress,” Brumley said, “but will not be satisfied until 100% of students can read on grade level in the state of Louisiana.”

Louisianajoins more than adozen states that require third graders who are significantly behind in reading to repeat the grade,accord-

Leo Tate together about1:30 a.m. on S. Dupre Street, across Interstate10from the jail. Shethen dropped them offinAlgiers.With her in arented Buick was her cousin, Casey Smith, who was booked Tuesday as an accessory after the fact and held on a$1million bond.

Smith, apreschool teacher,had “no connection” to the escapees, norknowledge oftheir identities, accordingtoher defense attorney

Initially,“Harris stated she was unaware that Tate and Donald had escaped theOrleans Parish Justice Center,she believed they were being released,” states the affidavit by astate detective, Sgt. Benjamin Friedmann.

AssistantAttorney General

Alex Calenda argued at Smith’s bond-setting Friday afternoon that “ignorance is notanargument,” pointing to Smith’salleged confession.

“Ms. Smith engaged in awanton disregardfor the law,putting numerous citizensinthe metroarea at risk by aiding and abetting the escape of someofthe mostdangerous meninthe Orleans Justice

ingtoa2023 analysis by the EducationCommission of theStates.

Research on the policies hasfoundmixedresults, though theyappeartobe more effective when struggling readers are given extra support.

Louisiana’s law requires thirdgraders who are held back due to low reading scores to be screened for dyslexia. Schools also must create individual reading plans for those students and givethem intensivesupport, suchastutoringorlonger schooldays.

Brumley said he supports thelaw,arguing that itends “social promotion,” or allowing students to move to the next grade even if theyare behind academically

“At the end of the day,we support the concept that students are going to benefit if they’re prepared for fourth gradecontent,” he said.

The lawalso has created new urgency for schools to catch up struggling readers before they complete third grade, saidDeputy Superintendent of Teachingand Learning Jenna Chiasson.

Center,” Calenda said. Escapees leavetechtrail

Court documents also describe a federal Homeland Security investigation into Massey,and phone records indicating thatLenton Vanburen,26, another escapee whowas jailedfor weaponsfelonies, told his sisterhe’d need to be picked up on the interstate and instructed her to have “‘his girl’ get aburner phone.”

Police have tiedBaptistetoescapee Boyd in part through communications with hismother,according to the records. Early this week, Boydwas seen running into aresidence on Foxcroft Drive in Slidell, according to thereport. During his time on thelam, he allegedly threatened at least one person, texting “b**** I’ma kill you get it that’sall” after requesting money and being told to “stop texting,” the warrant states. Police latercapturedhim hiding outinan apartmentonIberville Street in New Orleans. Police have used theevidence to secure anumberofsearch war-

Throughout theschool year, educators used the testresults to identify the reading skills studentsneeded more help with.

“This screener tells teachers what the skills are that students may be lacking, and thenthey areable to teach to those skills,” she said. “It’savery individualized approach.”

The law is part of asuite of reading reforms enacted by the Louisiana Legislature and state education policymakersover thepastseveral years.

Otherchangesinclude training teachers to use research-backed methods to teach reading, requiring schools to use the DIBELS reading assessmentand expanding tutoring for struggling students.

This year,Louisiana’s fourth graders led thecountry in reading progress on aclosely watched national test.

John Wyble, astate lawmaker who is CEO of The Center for Literacy &Learning, which trains teachers in reading instruction, touted the reading scores thatthe stateshared Thursday

adifferent blanket, which he later discarded in cell15, according to court records.

“Williams is co-mingling withthe inmateswho escaped,moments before all 10 enter cell 6bottom and eventually escape,” the affidavit by LBI agent Phillip Lance Vitter states.

Williams, whohad been held on possession of afirearm by afelon andillegal carrying,was rebooked

“As Ipromised whenweinitiated our investigation, we will hold absolutely everyone who contributed any role to the prison breakinNew Orleans accountable,” Murrill said in aFriday statement. Also late Friday, NOPD announced the arrest of 28-year-old Emmitt Weber.Heisaccused of aiding twoofthe escapees and was booked as an accessory after the fact to simple escape, police said.

‘Thiswas intentional’

In the meantime, questions remained Fridayoveranallegedinside job, afterHutsonsuspended three employees in the wake of the escape.

Sheriff’s OfficeplumberSterling Williams was also booked, though he insists he wasn’tinonit.

rants for phone and “Voice over IP”records of alleged accomplices, relatives and others. Inmatefaces newcharges

An inmate, whowas not one of the 10 escapees, also is facing charges and accused of helping the others in the jailbreak, Louisiana Attorney GeneralLiz Murrill said Friday Trevon Williams, 23, was rebooked on 10 counts of suspicion of principal to simple escape. He was in pod 1-D with all 10 inmatesastheymade theirescape and gave them ablanket and a shirt, which were usedtohelp them scalethe razor wire-topped fence outside the jail, according to an affidavit forarrest warrant. Louisiana Bureau of Investigation agents alleged inmates forced the celldoor open at 12:22 a.m. May16, andthat Williams,who wore ablack support boot, entered it 13 minuteslater wearing an orange shirt with adark blanket wrapped around him He left thecellaround 1:02 a.m. wearing awhite shirt and carrying

Kennedy saidthatWilliams claims two Sheriff’s Office staff members werealsoaware of the flooding caused by the stuffed toilet, and that Williamsisafall guy

“It was clear this was intentional,” Kennedy said, adding that his client was just doing his job.

Williams brought abag containing aplumber’ssnake, needle-nose pliers and ascrewdriver that he leftwith, Kennedy said, not the power tools officials have said wereused in the jailbreak.

Hutson’soffice promoted Williams, a33-year-old civilian, from janitor to plumber about five months ago, Kennedy said. His shift had recently moved to later in theday,tomanage aswell in clogged toilets.

Williamswasn’tthe only plumber working on the issue, said Kennedy,who hasrequested apreliminary hearing in court to flesh out state’sevidence.

“Noone selected him in particular to use on this,” Kennedy said of theescape. “Itwas luck of the draw.”

“Wecelebrate our teachers, families, andstudents whoare workinghardevery day to build abrighter future through literacy,” he said in astatement.

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Louisiana State Police investigate aNew Orleans home during the manhunt for escaped inmates on Tuesday

They are trying to get the bankruptcy case dismissed, which would open the doorfor them to sue the church in statecourt.They also have said the proposed settlement falls short of what survivors deserve. In order for the settlement to be approved, two thirds of all the survivors must vote to approve it.

In court Friday,the leadattorney for that group asked U.S. Bankruptcy Judge MeredithGrabill not to extend the appointment of the mediator,retired bankruptcy Judge Christopher Sontchi, saying he acted irresponsibly in negotiating a“secret deal” without their support.

“This plan is deadonarrival. It doesn’thave the votes,” attorney Soren Gisleon said. “Wehavelost trust in Judge Sontchi.”

Grabill extended the appointment of Sontchi and that of another mediator in the case, John Perry, through July,clearing the way for the high-stakes talks to resume.

“This case has to continueto move,” Grabill said. “It is goingto require alot of hard work.”

‘Something to buildon’

Much of the hard workwill involve filling in the detailsofwhat, so far,are only the broad outlines of asettlement. Accordingto court documents filed Wednes-

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winner Hannah Beachler, the film’sproduction designer,have been sharing sketches and behind-thescenes photographs since the film’srelease, joining the online conversationdecodingthe scenes and their symbolism. Set decorator Monique Champagne, who lives in Houma, offered her own before-and-afters.

“Tosee theresponse from the public? Mind-blowing,” Davissaid. “Tosee people analyze, to notice ideas that I had, to break that stuff down …It’sbeen so cool to watch people dissect everything they can.”

The filmwarrants the close read, Davis and Champagne said during interviews this week, largely thanksto Beachler,ameticulousresearcher,who has worked with Coogler for adozen years andfive films, including“Black Panther.” ANew Orleans resident since 2004, she imbued the film with deep knowledgeoftheregion,tucking references to Ya-ka-mein and tamales into the sets.

“Everything has ameaning,” Beachler said by phone from South Africa,where she’sfilming the fantasy “ChildrenofBloodandBone.”

“Absolutely everything.”

“Sinners,” which has earnedcritical praise and more than $300 million worldwide since its opening, follows twin brothers Smoke and Stack as they return home to open ajuke joint in Mississippi. They enlist the preacher’sson, Sammie, to perform for the opening, conjuringpowerfulspirits, some of them bloodthirsty.

To create that world, Beachler and Davis trav-

day,the archdiocesehas agreed to pay $179.2 million into atrust that would be distributed to survivors over several years. If theamountweredivided evenly among allthe claimants, each wouldreceivenearly $300,000 on average, though, as apractical matter,claims in such cases are evaluated individually and the amount claimants receive would vary

The bulk of thesettlement would come from the archdiocese,its 110parishes andsome of its charitable organizations. Collectively,they have agreed to contribute$130 million in the first year and kick in $5 million ayear over the next four years foratotal of $150 million.

Additionally,threeofthe church’sfour insurance companies have agreed to contribute $29.2 million. Afourth company, Travelers Insurance, has not agreed to the proposal, which means, at least in theory, that survivors could recoveradditional dollars from successfully suing the company

Stillmorefunds wouldbeadded to the trust from thesale of Christopher Homes, aportfolio of 15 apartment complexesfor low-income elderly residents. Attorneys told Grabill on Friday that theyare stillworking on the sale of the portfolio and could not estimatehow much that mightadd to the pot.

Some estimates have put the value of the properties at $150

eled theMississippi Blues Trail. Theytoured historic sites, including Dockery Farms, aplantation known as the birthplaceofthe Delta blues,and Po’Monkeys,a rural juke joint that shaped theearlyscene. But they also notedthe slant of a shack, the color of thedirt

“Wewere trying to find the language,” saidDavis, 43,acarpenter-turned-artdirector.

Beachler arrived on set with that Mississippi dirt, Champagne said. “She’s just on adifferent level.

“I knew from the very first production meeting we had that we were goingtoput ourentire heartsintothis project.”

Theybuilt each set from scratch on locationinLouisiana.

Twoempty storefronts in Donaldsonville, an hour’s drive west of New Orleans, became bustling twin grocerystoresfor Black and White customers. The label for each box of salt and sack of flour had to be researched, designed andfabricated, Champagne said. “Wehad three full-time graphics peopleon for that part.”

They wanted thosemarkets to nod to the historyof Chinese American families whoset upshop in theDelta, so they hired consultantDolly Li, whohad made ashort documentary on the subject. They wanted Sammie’s house,filled with children, to be filledwithlove, too, so Champagne hadher mom sewtheir sleeping cushions from vintage fabrics. They wanted thecountry church to feelauthentic, so they turned to Davis, whogrew up goingtochurch.

The church in the film wassmall, meager,soit couldn’thave alot of bells and whistles. But Beachler

million, not including $60 million in debt that would have to first be repaid.

“Thisisfar from over butthis is astarting point,” said James Stang, the California-based attorneywho represents the committee that negotiated the settlement. “Butthis is something that can be built on.”

What it meansfor parishes

While manydetails of the plan are unknown, one element of the proposed agreement coming into focus is therole individual parishes will play.They would be placed, as agroup, into a“mini bankruptcy” of their own, attorneys said Friday

Theprocedure wouldbedesignedtoshield the parishes, which are not technically in bankruptcy themselves but are co-insured under thearchdiocese policies, from future statecourtlawsuitsalleging past abuse.

The approach is modeled after thatofanother long-running and contentious church bankruptcy case, the Diocese of Rockville CentreinNew York, whichwas successfully settled in December after nearly five years.

Experts say,asapractical matter,the “mini bankruptcies” are aprocedural matterthat involve alot of paperwork but would not affect daily operations at parishes or theability of theparishestopay bills.

“It is notgoing to mean anything to Mary Queen of Angels

asked Davis what the essentialswould be. Acommunion table, Davis said, with an inscription on the front:“In remembrance of me.”

Fans have sincedissected theframing of thosewords while Beachler hasshared themeaning behind another symbolwithin the church, this one anod to Chadwick Boseman,the “Black Panther”starwho died at 43 The church’scrossed beams are for Chadwick, she said on Twitter, “making the Wakanda Forever gesture.”

“Black Panther”ispart of what led Davis to make movies. Watchingit, he thought “all the stuffI’m looking at came out of someone’shead.” Beachler’shead, it turns out. Davis had been teaching carpentry and working event production when, amid thepandemic, he got aproduction design gig on “The Walk,” amovie shot in New Orleans.

As he took other jobs, his agent connected him with Beachler,and he went toher for advice. But “Sinners” was theirfirst time on set together

Growing up, he hadheard thestory, one the film toys with,about legendaryblues musician Robert Johnson selling hissoul to the devil in exchange for his guitar skills.But on their trip through the Delta together, Davis learned thatfolks would go to thatcrossroads to make an offering to remove any mental blocksthat they had that stopped them from making their art.

Andinsome ways, he continued, “that’swhat Ihad to do to approach this film.”

At first, amonghis idols, he felt like anewbie, an impostor.But those feelings faded quickly thanks to Beachler and Coogler,Davis said.

or anyotherparish,” said Marie T. Reilly,alaw professor at Penn StateUniversity and one of the mostrespected experts on church bankruptcy cases in the U.S. “It’s not going to last longer than aday or two and the parish cases will be resolvedbyconfirmation on the same day that theoverallplanis confirmed.”

Theapproach would, however, require parishestocontributeto thesettlement. Aspokesperson forthe archdiocesesaidit’stoo soon to say how much each parish would be expected to give or howthatamount would be determined.

In Rockville Centre, parishes contributed atotal of $53 million to the $323 millionsettlement. Some parishes kicked inasmuch as six figures. One wealthy parish ponied up $1.4 million, reports show Still, Reilly said the Rockville Centre case is “a big success story.”

“It wasatanimpasse likeNew Orleans, with everybody at everybody’sthroat,” she said. “They resolved it successfully.”

Shifting alliances

Resolving the local casesuccessfully will require hammering out details that asupermajority of survivors can support. That will be difficult in acasewhere alliances are shifting. Friday’shearing illustrated how the lines have been redrawn in acourt battle that, for much of thepastfive years,has been between the archdiocese and

“Theymademefeel like I belonged in thespace.”

Ahouse for Annie, the film’sspiritualcenter,was his “trialbyfire,” he said. They built it at Creedmoor PlantationinSt. Bernard Parish. Beachler hadfilmed there before and knew “instantly” thatAnnie’shouse would be at home there, she said. Unlike other plantations,which radiatepain, “there was something alittle morespiritual about that place,” shesaid. “You can feel theancestors there.” From the outside, she wanted the house to appear worn,leaning. But inside, big timbers would give the structure strength. Davis thoughthecould create

attorneys forabuse survivors. Now,it’sbetween various groups of attorneys representing survivors with different interests.

Attorneys for the court-appointed committeeofsurvivors, who have been on the front lines negotiating the settlement on behalf of all survivors, are trying to make the proposed settlement work. If not, thecasegets dismissedafter five years and $45 millioninlegal fees.

Under such ascenario, some survivors would be able to go to court and try their cases. Many others wouldn’tbeable to —ifthey even wanted to. Regardless, such aprocess would take years.

On the other hand, some survivors’ lawyers have said their clients wantthe case dismissed. Still others,are open to asettlementbut believe their clients are entitled to moremoney Reilly said the competing interests and various factions are not uncommon in masstort bankruptcies, like those filed by churches and the Boy Scouts of America. But thefactionalism hasthe potentialtocomplicatematters in the months to come.

“Toget this plan confirmed, you have to get the support of the creditors, and the louder and more recalcitrant those state court lawyers, who represent them, the moredifficult it will be,” she said.

Email StephanieRiegel at stephanie.riegel@theadvocate. com.

theshack with mostlynew wood made to look old, he said, running asample by Beachler Whenhis crew was done, Beachler walkedthrough, quiet.

“Congratulations, you madeaset,” she told him.“I don’tdosets.”

She wanted actor Wunmi Mosaku, who plays Annie, to need to shift her body to move around the room, filled with herbs and jars and hoodoo implements, adjusting to the crooked floor

“There needed to be nail heads and rust spots,” he said, “like she had been living there all her life.” So Davisstarted again, thistime using salvaged woodonly

Then they painted someof that wood blue. “Not just any blue,” as Champagne noted. But haint blue, the color used on porch ceilings across the South. The tradition originatedwiththe Gullah people,aformofprotection.Together,theytalked through that history, then Annie’shistory.They played with darker,greener shades of blue,painting themwith different brushes, until they found the one that felt right. Then Beachler showed the house to Coogler.Asthey walked inside, birds were chirping. “All kinds of life camethere,” Beachler said. In one corner,spiders had spun their webs.

NewOrleans Forecast

BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald TrumponFriday threatened a50% tax on all imports from the European Union as well a25% tariff on smartphones unless those products are made in America. The threats, delivered over social media, reflect Trump’sability to disrupt the global economy with a burst of typing, as well as thereality that his tariffs have yet to produce the trade deals he is seekingor the return of domestic manufacturing he has promised voters.

TheRepublicanpresident said he wants to charge higher import taxes on goods from the EU, along-standing U.S. ally,than from China, a geopoliticalrival that had its tariffs cutto30% this month so Washington and Beijing could hold negotiations. Trump was upset by thelack of progressintrade talks with the EU, which has proposed mutually cutting tariffs to zero even as the president has publicly insisted on preserving abaseline 10% tax on most imports.

“Our discussions with them are goingnowhere!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Therefore,Iam recommendingastraight 50% Tariff on the European Union, startingonJune1, 2025. There is no Tariff if the product is built or manufactured in the United States.”

Speaking later in the Oval Office, Trump stressed that he wasnot seekinga deal with the EU and might delay the tariffsifmore companies invested in the United States. “I’m not looking for a deal,” Trump told the reporters. “We’ve set the deal. It’s at 50%.” The EU’stop trade official, Maros Sefcovic, posted on the social media site X that he spoke Friday with

Trumpthreatens to raise tariffsonEU, smartphones

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer andCommerceSecretary Howard Lutnick.

“The EU’sfully engaged, committed to securing a deal thatworks for both,” Sefcovic posted. “EU-US trade is unmatched &must be guidedbymutualrespect, not threats. We stand ready to defend our interests.”

Trump’stariffs against Europehad been preceded by athreatofimporttaxes against Apple for its plans to continue making its iPhone in Asia. Apple now joins Amazon, Walmart and other majorU.S. companies in the White House’scrosshairs as they try to respondtothe uncertainty and inflationary pressures unleashed by his tariffs.

“I have long agoinformed TimCook of Apple that Iexpect theiriPhone’sthatwill be sold in the UnitedStates of America will bemanufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else,” Trumpwrote.“If that is not thecase, aTariff of at least25% mustbepaid by Apple to theU.S.”

Trump later clarifiedhis posttosay that all smartphones made abroad would be taxed and the tariffs could becomingassoon as the endofJune

“It would be also Samsung and anybody that makes that product,” Trump said.“Otherwise, it wouldn’t be fair.

The statements by Trump are critical in that he suggests the company itself would bear the priceoftariffs, contradicting his earlier claims as he rolled out a series of aggressive tariffs over the past several months that foreigncountries would shoulder the cost of the import taxes. In general, importers paythe tariffs and the costs are sometimes passed along to consumers in the form of higher prices.

In response to Trump’s tariffs on China, Apple CEO TimCook said earlier this

monththatmostiPhones sold in the U.S.during the current fiscal quarter would come from India, with iPads andother devices being importedfrom Vietnam. After Trump rolled out tariffs in April, bank analysts estimatedthat a$1,200 iPhone would if made in America jump in price anywhere from $1,500 to $3,500.

Stockssoldoff after Trump’spostings, with the S&P 500index down roughly 0.67%. Themarkets have developed ahair-trigger sensitivitytothe U.S. president’s statements, often slumping when he announceshigh tariffs and rallying when he retreatsfrom those threats.

U.S.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent provided some clarity on Trump’s postings in aFridayinterviewonthe Fox Newsshow “America’sNewsroom.”

Bessent said theEUhas a“collective action problem” because its 27 member states are being represented by “thisone groupinBrussels,”such that the “underlying countries don’teven know what the EU is negotiating on their behalf.”

TheTreasurysecretary saidhewas notinaWhite House meeting this week that Cook attended, but he also spokewith the Apple CEO this week. Bessent said the goal was to have Apple bring more of itscomputer chip supply chain intothe U.S. The core of Trump’sargumentagainstthe EU is that Americarunsa “totally unacceptable” trade deficit with the27member states. Countriesrun trade deficits when they import more goods than they export.

From the vantage point of the EU’sexecutive commission, tradewiththe U.S. is roughly in balance if both goods and services are included. As aglobal center for finance and technology, theU.S. runs atrade surplus in services with Europe

Americans are fortunate to havedental coverage fortheirentire working life,through employer-provided benefits. When those benefits endwithretirement, paying dental bills out-of-pocket can come as a shock,leading people to put off or even go without care Simply put— without dentalinsurance, there may be an importantgap in your healthcare coverage.

Medicare doesn’tpay for dental care 1

That’sright. As good as Medicare is, it wasnever meanttocovereverything. Thatmeans if you wantprotection,you need to purchase individual insurance.

Early detection canprevent small problemsfrom becoming expensive ones

The best waytopreventlarge dental bills is preventivecare. TheAmerican Dental Association recommends checkups twice ayear.

Even if you’ve hadquality dental work in the past, you shouldn’t takeyourdental health forgranted. In fact,yourodds of having adental problem only go up as you age.2

Treatment is expensive especially theservices people over 50 often need. Consider these nationalaverage costs of treatment. $222 fora checkup $190 for afilling $1,213 fora crown.3 Unexpected

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Bill to speed up execution process

Legislation would set stricter deadlines for courts

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

The state House passed a bill that would shorten how much time prisoners have to try to get their sentences changed in a process known as post-conviction relief, but changed some of the new rules to assuage some concerns from public defense advocates. House Bill 675 by state Rep.

4 jail workers put on leave

Escapee still on run Friday

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Four jail workers have been placed on administrative leave following a 22-year-old prisoner’s second escape in a year from the Tangipahoa Parish Jail, Sheriff Gerald Sticker said Friday

The search for Tra’Von Johnson, who escaped Thursday, continued Friday, the sheriff said during a news conference. Johnson, who was awaiting trial for his alleged role in a 2022 home invasion in the Hammond area that killed a man and injured the man’s child, “took advantage of a vulnerable moment” at the jail in Amite, Sticker said. The escape in Tangipahoa comes around a week after 10

Brian Glorioso, R-Slidell, also sets stricter deadlines for courts handling those prisoners’ applications. Though the new deadlines would apply to all prisoners, the bill marks an attempt by Attorney General Liz Murrill to speed up executions.

deadlines. We need to have discipline in the system, and we need to get (cases) adjudicated.”

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

State Rep. Kyle M. Green, Jr., a Marrero Democrat accused this week of driving drunk with his three children in his car, said Thursday he will take a leave of absence from the Louisiana House of Representatives as he seeks treatment.

Green said he was stepping away from his lawmaking duties to “take important steps to focus on my mental health and rehabilitation.” In a statement, he said he had alerted House Speaker Phillip DeVillier, R-Eunice, of his decision and asked for privacy for his

That attempt comes after the state resumed executions for the first time in 15 years: Louisiana executed Jessie Hoffman in March by nitrogen gas. For death row inmates, the time between conviction and execution can take decades. Murrill, who in a recent news conference described that delay as “torturous” for victims, has blamed Louisiana’s postconviction relief system for holding up executions.

“The capital system is built to delay Our system has to be built to move,” she said. “We need to have

Critics of HB675, formerly HB572, have previously said it sets overly harsh deadlines for prisoners who may struggle for years simply to get the records they need to file a post-conviction relief application. They’ve also said it could make the process so cumbersome that it could keep innocent people behind bars. But Jee Park, director of the Innocence Project New Orleans

one of the primary voices raising concerns about the bill — said Glorioso’s amendments to the proposal have begun to address those concerns. She expects to continue working with him moving forward, she said.

“It has been really refreshing to us that Rep. Glorioso has been so open and willing to work with us and hear our concerns,” said Park. She emphasized that the vast majority of people the bill will af-

Eli Koniditsiotis uncovers a tray of lamb at the Greek Festival in New Orleans on Friday. The event features the Greek Festival Run/ Walk Race Saturday as well as dance performances, cathedral tours, historic displays and vendors.

October show at Superdome called off

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

Billy Joel has called off all upcoming concerts, including his Oct. 18 show with Stevie Nicks at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The Piano Man is suffering from a brain disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus, or N.P.H.

“This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision, and balance,”

said a statement posted Friday to Joel’s social media accounts.

“Under his doctor’s instructions, Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period. Billy is thankful for the excellent care he is receiving and is fully committed to prioritizing his health.”

Joel, the statement said, “looks forward to the day when he can once again take the stage.”

Ticketmaster will automatically issue refunds for the New Orleans show Joel fell onstage while performing in Connecticut in February He subsequently postponed his scheduled shows through June to Billy Joel cancels all upcoming concerts

man pleads guilty to killing his mom

Sims led police on 130 mph chase on Causeway

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

DaRius Sims, the Metairie man accused of killing his mother on an Elmwood street before carjacking a couple and using the stolen vehicle in a chase across the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway that reached speeds of 130 mph, has pleaded guilty in the case, according to Jefferson Parish court records.

Sims, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a reduced charge of manslaughter in the death of 61-year-old Jeanette Collins. He also pleaded guilty to being a

convicted felon in possession of a weapon, obstruction of justice and first-degree robbery Shortly after the shooting, Sims’ relatives said they believe he was suffering from undiagnosed mental illness, noting that he’d always been troubled. Sims was riding on the back seat of a van with his mother and other relatives about 8:35 p.m. when authorities say he became agitated and asked for something to drink, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s

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Jefferson Parish sets Bicentennial Ball lineup

Chenoweth to appear at Lakeside mall event

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according to authorities.

A relative asked what he was doing. Sims said, “I got to do it,” according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sims then shot his mother in the chest and ran from the van, authorities said. Collins was pronounced dead at the scene. After the shooting, Sims walked to his home on North Dilton Street in Metairie, about two miles away according to the Sheriff’s Office

Once there, he got into a relative’s vehicle and drove off.

Sometime just after midnight, Sims, who was no longer in his relative’s vehicle, approached a couple who were sleeping in a car parked in the 2700 block of Edenborn Avenue in Metairie, according to the Sheriff’s Office.

Sims, who also had two small dogs with him, opened the car door and demanded to be driven somewhere, authorities said. When the couple refused, Sims began to reach for his waistband, frightening the pair

The couple got out of the vehicle, then Sims drove away, the dogs in the front seat, authorities said.

Sims caught the attention of police on the Causeway about 12:35 a.m. Dispatchers received reports of a car driv-

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Kristin Chenoweth arrives at the premiere of ‘Wicked’ on Nov. 9 at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.

Jefferson Parish has announced a star-studded lineup for its Bicentennial Ball that will take over Lakeside Shopping Center this summer Broadway superstar Kristin Chenoweth will perform along with New Orleans legends Irma Thomas and Deacon John, as well as The Yat Pack, Rachel Fleetwood, Tom Hook, NOLA Vox, and The

Victory Belles. “Chenoweth, a classically trained soprano, is world-renowned for her iconic performances as Glinda in the original Broadway cast of ‘Wicked’ and her television and film roles in ‘Glee,’ ‘The West Wing,’ ‘Pushing Daisies,’ and ‘Schmigadoon!,’ ” the parish said in a statement via Greg Buisson Creative. She will perform with an orchestra assembled by Jefferson Performing Arts Society maestro Dennis Assaf, after recently performing in New Orleans with the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.

Jefferson’s “once-in-alifetime extravaganza”

ing recklessly on the bridge. An officer using radar clocked Sims driving 113 mph, authorities said.

Police began pursuing Sims who refused to pull over despite the lights and sirens behind him, according to authorities. He reached speeds of about 130 mph.

The chase ended after Sims hit a curb that caused the hood of the vehicle to pop up, obstructing his view, authorities said Once taken into custody, Sims told officers that he’d killed his mother, authorities said.

Sims had been charged with second-degree murder in Collins’ death. His defense attorneys sought a mental evaluation, arguing that he’d been in psychosis and believed his mother was trying to have him killed, according to court records.

But the court ruled he was mentally competent to stand trial. In a July 2024 hearing, Sims was found to have been sane at the time of the killing, according to court records.

Sims had been scheduled to head to trial May 27.

After accepting the guilty plea, Judge Michael Mentz of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced Sims to 40 years for the manslaughter, obstruction and robbery charges He was sentenced to 20 years on the gun charge. All of the sentences are to be served at the same time according to court records.

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will take over Lakeside from 6 to 11 p.m. June 14, and the mall will close early that evening before Father’s Day Across the mall will be four themed stages to celebrate the parish history along with food stations from more than 40 restaurants, two martini bars, six libation stations, and a return of the 1970s-famed Orange Julius drink.

While Irma Thomas and Deacon John are household names in the area, other acts include The Yat Pack, a retro swing band; Rachel Fleetwood, a contemporary Christian and cover band singer; Tom Hook, a pianist; NOLA Vox, an

prisoners fled the jail in New Orleans in a brazen but unrelated jailbreak that has dominated news coverage. A small army of searchers from multiple agencies continues to run down clues to find five escapees still on the run as of Friday afternoon. Several people have been arrested in connection with the New Orleans jailbreak, accused of either helping in the jailbreak or aiding the escapees.

In Tangipahoa, Sticker said workers were dispatched to clean up water in a flooded cell around 4:15 p.m. on Thursday After the cleanup, possibly due to a miscommunication, Sticker said, the back door to the jail that leads into the yard was opened for around a minute and during that time Johnson and another man incarcerated at the jail, Trevon Wallace, were able to slip out.

Once outside, Wallace gave Johnson a boost to help him over the fence, Sticker said. They appeared to lay down a towel or blanket across the

razor wire on the outer fence, he said. Wallace, whether because he could not get over the fence without help or because he was just there to help Johnson, then returned to the jail, Sticker said. Once inside, a deputy encountered him and escorted him back to his cell, Sticker said. At that point, he said, staff should have conducted a head count, but did not. Instead, it would be around six hours before jailers realized Johnson was missing When they conducted a head count around 6 p.m., they counted everyone as present, even though after reviewing video evidence, Sticker said, that was not the case

“They did not do a proper count,” Sticker said. It was not until a person anonymously called around 10 p.m. to ask whether Johnson was still in custody that they realized he was gone, Sticker said.

Sticker said Wallace has been charged with simple escape and principal to simple escape. Johnson was one of four people who escaped from the jail in May 2024 before Sticker became sheriff, according to

a cappella ensemble; and The Victory Belles, The National WWII Museum’s ‘40s-themed vocal trio.

Sister Sledge, with their 1979 worldwide hit and iconic album “We Are Family,” will close out the evening.

Tickets are $150 plus fees, available online at jpball200.com. The dress code is formal or semiformal with red, white or blue attire encouraged.

The parish celebrated its 200th birthday earlier this year, and there are events planned all year long.

Email Lauren Walck at lauren.walck@ theadvocate.com.

Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Ashley Rodrigue. After that escape, Johnson was found within 24 hours, Rodrigue said, while one of the four was not found until November

Now, the Sheriff’s Office is searching for Johnson, he said, and is being aided by other law enforcement agencies, including Louisiana State Police.

The Sheriff’s Office and other agencies were out until 3 a.m. Friday morning, Sticker said, responding to a call about an individual who matched Johnson’s description, though they did not find the individual. He said they have also received multiple calls and tips on Friday

“He will be captured and he will go back to our jail and we will address our shortcoming,” Sticker said of Johnson. Sticker also apologized for the escape.

“I’m sheriff of this parish, I own this,” he said, adding that during his 10 months as sheriff, he has sought to stop staff attrition, improve leadership and address deficiencies at the jail.

Email Willie Swett at willie.swett@ theadvocate.com.

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deal with a “medical condition.” Now he has canceled every date on his calendar

The effects of N.P.H., which involves a build-up of excess cerebrospinal fluid in the brain’s ventricles, can include problems with talking, bladder control and memory loss and other cognitive impairment. The symptoms are sometimes reversible with surgery and therapy

Joel, who is 76, is allowing himself a long recovery period. In total, he has called off 17 stadium shows through early 2026. At each, he would have performed with Nicks, Sting or Rod Stewart. From his 1971 debut album, “Cold Spring Harbor,” through 1993’s “River of Dreams,” Joel churned out perfectly crafted, melodically unassailable singles that sounded great on the radio. He’s only released one new pop song in the past 30 years — 2024’s “Turn

the Lights Back On” but fans still turn out in droves to hear him and his band play the old hits and cover songs. He stepped away from performing for three years in the early 2010s, but has consistently filled arenas and stadiums again for the past decade. From January 2014 through July 2024, he sustained a sold-out, once-a-month residency at New York’s iconic Madison Square Garden. Throughout his career, he’s headlined the venue a total of 150 times. In recent years, he’s per-

fected a model of co-headlining stadiums with a classic rock peer Joel last performed in New Orleans on Feb. 10, 2017, at the Smoothie King Center Because his stage was open on all sides, tickets were sold around the arena’s entire circumference. The 16,000-plus in attendance that night was one of the largest concert crowds in the Smoothie King Center’s history Before that, he delivered a well-received set at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. That lovely afternoon made up

for his notorious 2008 Jazz Fest performance in the midst of a monsoon.

Joel would later describe that 2008 gig at the Fair Grounds as the worst weather he’d ever performed in. The Superdome was slated to host two concerts in three days in October. With the loss of Joel and Nicks on Oct. 18, the Dome is left with just one concert that week: contemporary R&B singer Chris Brown on Oct. 16.

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Green has sponsored legislation on a range of issues, including a bill in 2023 that sought to abolish Louisiana’s death penalty which was unsuccessful in the Republican-controlled Legislature. Another bill he successfully sponsored that year gave free school meals to public school students who had previously received those meals at a discount. Staff writer Tyler Bridges contributed to this report. Email James Finn at jfinn@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1B family in their efforts.” Green, in his second term representing his West Bank district, was accused this week of first-offense driving while impaired, three counts of child endangerment and other related counts after an early-morning wreck on the West Bank. Green was driving west on U.S. 90B at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday when his Honda Accord swerved off the road and struck a barrier, police said. Responding state troopers performed field sobriety tests and arrested Green on the scene, police said. Green’s children, who had been in the vehicle, were released to another family member Authorities said no one was injured in the crash. An attorney Green had pressed Republicans during debates in the ongoing state legislative session over socalled ”tort reform” legislation.

fect will be non-death row inmates.

HB675 now heads to the Senate. It passed the House in a 71-26 vote, with mostly Democrats opposed. The bill also aims to restrict “shell petitions,” applications for post-conviction relief that act as placeholders but don’t contain fully fleshed out legal arguments. All existing shell petitions would need to be fully “briefed” by the end of the year

Bill comes with a price tag

Since HB675 would expedite death penalty cases, it would cost the state money, according to an analysis by the Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal staff. That’s because the state funds appeals representation for death row inmates; it does so by contracting with outside firms.

The fiscal note states it would likely cost the Office of the State Public Defender about $4.2 million to fund a contract that would encompass the increased workload during the coming fiscal year

In addition, state statute requires 75% of the office’s budget be distributed to local public defense districts. Since paying capital defense firms more money may upset that ratio, the public defender’s office may need to request another $12.5 million to remain compliant with that rule, according to the fiscal note. An earlier version of HB675 gave the attorney general the power to take over post-conviction relief cases from local district attorneys. It also limited how much time prisoners had to get illegal sentences corrected to one year Both those provisions were removed through amendments. Another amendment prevents death row inmates from filing post-conviction relief applications within 45 days of a scheduled execution.

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Judge: Prisonersmustget precautionsinhighheat

Angola officialsto issuealertswhen heat indexexceeds 88 degrees

BY ANDREA GALLO Staff writer

Afederal judge ruled Friday that officials at the Louisiana StatePenitentiaryat Angola must again take special precautionstoprotect inmates who work in the prison’sfields during high temperatures, rebuking anew state policy that raised the temperature necessaryfor inmates to receive such measures U.S.DistrictCourt Judge Brian Jackson of the MiddleDistrict of Louisiana issued atemporary restraining order Friday that requires prison officials to issue a “heatalert”when the heat index at the prison exceeds 88 degrees. The order also requiresprison stafftomonitor the heat index every30minutes for the farm line at Angola, in which inmates perform grueling manual labor in the prison’ssprawling fields.

The ruling followed anorder Jackson issued last July,which directed Angola officials to do more to protect inmatesfrom extreme heat. He had ordered them to address problemsonthe

farm line, where workers lacked shade, sunscreen and relief from the heat.During heat alerts, prison staffwere supposed to provide the workers with more frequentwater,ice and breaks.

Butthree months after the order last year,the state raise the thresholdnecessary to trigger a heatalert —from88degrees to 91 degrees

“Incredibly,although the Court found thatDefendants’proposed remedies to address thethreatto human health and safety on the Farm Line ‘border(ed)onbad faith,’ Defendantsnonetheless chose to raise theHeat Alert threshold,” wrote Jackson,who was appointedtothe bench by former President Barack Obama.

Voice of the Experienced, a nonprofit that represents people who wereformerly incarcerated,asked the courts to toss out thestate’snew policy raising the heat threshold. Jackson held a hearingonthe issue last month.

“Thisrulingaffirms abasic truth: Themen we represent arehuman beings whodeserve dignity,safety and protection from extreme heat,” said Samantha Pourciau, an attorney at the Promise of Justice Initiative,who is also involved in the case. “This second temporary restrainingorder is anecessary next step to protect theconsti-

tutional rights andbasic human dignity of our clients.”

TheLouisiana Department of Public Safetyand Corrections will comply with the order,said Tiffany Dickerson, aspokespersonfor SecretaryGaryWestcott. She said they could not comment further because of ongoinglitigation.

Thedepartment had argued in legal filings that the plaintiffs were trying to hold themtohigher standards than agricultural workers around the country, and thatthe farm line serves a legitimatepurpose by harvesting fruits and vegetables to feed theprisonpopulation.

Attorneys forthe state said they increasedthe threshold for heat alertsto91degrees based on advice from Dr.Carl Keldie, aphysician and health care consultants forprisons who they retainedasanexpert witness.

Jackson,however, wrote in his order that Keldie was “wholly uncredible” and thathehad no expertise in heat-related medicalcare. Thejudge instead leaned on testimony from an expert witnessfor the plaintiffs, Dr.Susi Vassallo, aphysician andexpertonthermoregulation. Vassallo testified that the risk of heat stroke and other heat-relateddisorders risessubstantially at aheat index of 88 degrees

Memorial Day

BY MARCO CARTOLANO Staff writer

After abrief respite from aboveaverage mid-May heat, local forecasters say it could feel like near 100 degrees this Memorial Day weekend.

Along with plenty of sunscreen you may alsoneed an umbrella for Memorial Day

In New Orleans, highs for Saturday,Sunday and Monday are projectedtobearound 91 degrees according to the National Weather Service. Lowswill be between 76 and77degrees.Heatindex values, or “feelslike” temperatures, will be near 100 degrees all weekend.

Baton Rouge will see around the same level of heat, with highs between 92 and 90 degrees over Memorial Dayweekend andlows between 73 and 75 degrees.

Saturday andSundaywill be mostly sunny with achance of some isolated thunderstorms, according to the Weather Service forecast. New Orleans has abouta 20% chance of rain for Saturday andSunday while BatonRouge has a20% chance Saturday and 30% Sunday as of Friday morning, according to the Weather Service.

Rain is looking more likely on Memorial Day,with more scattered thunderstorms.InNew Orleans,the likelihood of rain is about30% while Baton Rouge has a50% chance, as of the Friday morningforecast Here is theNew Orleansforecast,

according to the National Weather Service’sseven-day forecast:

n Saturday: A20% chance of showers andthunderstorms after 1p.m.Mostlysunny,witha high near 89 degrees. In theevening, mostly clear,with alow around 75 degrees.

n Sunday: A20% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1p.m. Mostly sunny,with ahigh near 90 degrees. Light southwindincreasing to 5to10mph in the morning. In theevening, partlycloudy,witha low around 77.

n Memorial Day: A30% chance of showersand thunderstorms, mainly after 1p.m. Mostly sunny, with ahigh near 89 degrees. In the evening, a20% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy with alow around 76 degrees. n Tuesday:A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers andpossibly athunderstorm likely after1 p.m. Partly sunny, witha high near 89 degrees. In theevening, achance of showers andthunderstorms, mainly before 1a.m Partly cloudy,with alow around75 degrees.

n Wednesday: Showers and thunderstormslikely.Partly sunny,with ahighnear 88 degrees. In theevening, aslight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy,with alow around 75 degrees.

n Thursday: Achance of showers and thunderstorms.Partly sunny with ahighnear 87 degrees.

BatonRouge judgefightstostayonbench aftermisconduct

Official faces commissionin hearing

BY ANDREA GALLO Staff writer

Baton Rouge Judge Tif-

fany Foxworth-Roberts said Friday that sheshouldnot be stripped of her judgeship even as sheacknowledged failures in jud gment and admitted to some allegations that she embellished hermilitary service as well as other lapses.

Foxworth-Roberts spent Friday fieldingquestions from Louisiana’sJudiciary Commission, which will recommend what kind of discipline she should face in her misconduct case. The state’s Office of Special Counsel has asked that Foxworth-Roberts be booted off the bench arare step that has not been taken against aLouisiana judge in more thana decade Foxworth-Roberts’ pattern of lies and obfuscation make her unfit to keep serving,the special counselargued. The Louisiana Supreme Court will ultimately decide on how to impose discipline.

Foxworth-Roberts called herself aveteran of three wars in campaign materials in 2020,saying she served in Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan. She also previously testified in asworn statement that she attained the rank of captain. But Foxworth-Roberts never was

promoted to captain, and shewas 16 yearsold during Desert Storm. She served stateside during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,but shenever served in combat, despite campaign ads showing her in military gear while she said, “I am no stranger to beingonthe front linesduring thecall of duty.”

JohnFitzmorris Jr., an attorney and Judiciary Commissionmember,pressed Foxworth-Robertson whethershe understood the conceptofstolen valor and whether she agreed that her campaign statements amounted to it. FoxworthRoberts agreed. And Third Judicial District Judge Bruce Hampton, the commission’schair,asked if Foxworth-Robertsagreed that her campaign ads gave the impression that shewas acombat veteran. She said she couldunderstand why they’d be perceived that way.

“How can anyone expect youtobefairifyou won your office unfairly?” he asked

Foxworth-Roberts said she’sbeenfairfromthe bench and had no complaintsfrom litigants in her courtroom.She also said she’sstarted working with amentor judge andpledged to improve herself in the future.

“I could have done better and Ihave theability to do better,” Foxworth-Roberts told commission members.

“This is not the sumtotal of who Iam.”

And an attorneyfor Foxworth-Roberts, ClareRoubion, acknowledged that the judge made missteps, but said she has not mistreated litigants or manipulatedju-

dicialproceedings to help her friends.

“Failures in judgment, not failures in character,” Roubion said.

But other Judiciary Commission members questioned how thepublic would react to appearing beforea judge with Foxworth-Roberts’ past.

“As acitizen, Iwould be appalled by some of this information, knowing that Ihavetogobeforeajudge whohas engagedinsome of this,” said LloydClark, a citizen member of the commission.

Military records

Still,Foxworth-Roberts defendedsome of herpast statements.

Though she did notdeploy during DesertStorm, she said she is still considered aGulf Warveteran because she played asupporting role by treating Gulf War veterans in the early 1990s at theWalter Reed Medical Center

She said she neverwent before the promotions board, despiteher military paperwork saying she was honorablydischarged after being twice non-selected for therank of captain. She also indicated that she had not received full discharge paperwork from themilitary

“The reason you weredischarged from themilitary …isthat you were passed over twice for captain?”

Fitzmorris asked.

Foxworth-Roberts agreed.

And while the OSC said Foxworth-Roberts repeatedly rebuffed their attempts to receive hermilitary records, delaying their investigation into her, she saidshe had reservations

Sheriff: Teacher arrested with cocaine

BY JONAHMEADOWS Staff writer

Ateacher was caughton video dropping abag of cocaine in the hallway ofthe Lutcher school wherehe worked, according to the St. James Parish Sheriff’sOffice. Someonefoundaplasticbaggiecontaining whitepowder Tuesday morningatCypress GroveMontessoriSchool at 2461 NorthKing Ave. in Lutcher The contents of thebag tested positive for cocaine,and when detectives reviewed

school security video, they found it had been dropped by ateacher,Lee Michael Granier,accordingtothe sheriff’s office ASheriff’s Office spokesperson said asearch of Granier’s car turned up another bag of cocaine. Granier,42, of Thibodaux, wasarrested andbooked for cocaine possession andaviolation of controlled substances law.

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about handing them over because shewas sexually assaulted in the military

Foxworth-Roberts also defendedherselfoverinsuranceclaims that she submitted aboutbeing burglarizedin2020 while on the campaign trail.

The specialcounsel said Foxworth-Roberts misled the policeabout the burglary,which she told them happened in her driveway, though she reported to her insurer that it happened while shewas campaigning in Baton Rouge’sSherwood Forest neighborhood.

She said $40,000 worth of jewelry and other goods she left in her car’scenter consolehad been taken.And shemoved hercar back to her home beforecalling police, shesaid.

Attorney John Sinquefield asked why she’d leave such valuable jewelry in hercar and then not immediately reportitbeing stolen to police.

Sinquefield is oneofseveral new Judiciary Commission appointees since votersagreed late last year to change thecommission’s makeup, as all members used to be appointed by judges.Gov.Jeff Landry appointed Sinquefield,while theLegislature now has appointmentsaswell.

“That’s what Iwear on a daily basis,” Foxworth-Roberts said,adding that she didnot thinkitwas appropriatetowear the jewelry while campaigningthere.

‘Honesty is aminimum’

The OSCcompared Foxworth-Roberts to another judge who the Supreme Court kicked off the bench in 2003, C. Hunter Kingin Orleans Parish.The court

held in that case that “honesty is aminimum qualification expected of every judge.”

King wasaccusedofforcing former staffmembers to sell fundraiser tickets to wipe out campaign debt. He pleaded guilty in 2007 to conspiracy to commit payroll fraud in aplea deal that later allowed him to expunge the conviction.

The last time the Louisiana SupremeCourt kicked ajudge off the bench wasin 2009. Former Jefferson Parish Judge Joan Benge was removed over her role in an

FBI corruption investigation into the courthouse called “Wrinkled Robe,” though Benge wasnot charged criminally.She has since disputed the high court’sdecision to remove her Foxworth-Roberts said she believed voters did not elect her by mistake, and that she had committedher life to service. The OSC agreed that votersdid notelect her by mistake, but arguedvotersselected herbased on lies.

“Her misrepresentation worked,” said Michelle Beaty,the special counsel.

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Beaver,Cynthia AnnMarionneaux

CynthiaAnn Marion‐neaux Beaver,84, wasso fulloflife, love,and joy! She passedaway, at home withfamilybyher side Sat‐urday,May 17. Born on March 26, 1941,toHazel LeJeune &Charles K. Mari‐onneaux, Sr.inBrusly, Louisiana,she latergradu‐atedfromBruslyHigh School, ’59, earned herBS inEducation (SLU), and taughtfor severalyears until caring for3 children and Ma.She supported familyinterests –culinary, sports, opera, andwriting She hada deep love for Brusly, baseball;pride in her father,brother,and sister’scontributions to BruslyHighSchool& com‐munity where cousinslike RosemaryBabin,friends likeDonna Peavy, arefor‐everfriends.A green thumb,she addednew va‐rieties to herbeautiful yard and made uniquechoices asa gifted flower arranger Favorite flower:Poppy! Personifies howcolorfully she livedlife, brightening every room by simply walking in;the rest was lagniappe!Favoritecolor: Aqua! Favorite nail polish: Cajun Shrimp personified her,“Teenie!” Favorite quote:Nonepreachesbet‐ter than theant,and she saysnothing (Ben Franklin).Craftyand cre‐ative,she celebrated oth‐erswithannotated al‐

bums,the prefectquotes fromnewspaper clippings, and unique fittinggifts She wasanavidreader. Music lover, member of Cajun French MusicAssoc. she &Phildanced (Zydeco aswell) from Acadiana to CT& MA to KeyWest; Tango from Louisianato Argentina.The best travel companion,she,Phil, Holly & Stephenlived in Greece for over 1 ½ years& en‐joyed travelingEurope. Wonderful cook,she hostedholidayswithfam‐ily &friends,adding live music!Warmand welcom‐ing shewas the life of any party;card parties(all night)! In late illness, when her eyes opened,a party began –lightsup! Shesaid itall with lift of an eyebrow - always inviting.Delight shinedthrough expression: a womanofresilience grace,openheart,and ele‐gance,she couldnever sit byanyonewithout talking tothem. Sheloved staying healthy,walking with friends.Cynthia handled extreme challenges in life withspecial privacy, hu‐mility& grace. Shebattled Progressive Supranuclear Palsy+ with an elegant strengthtorival Wonder Woman.Prior,she cared for family members, host‐ing hergrandmother for10 yrs,and oftenstayedwith ill father or brother. In her you would find themost wonderful wife;best motherorsister; kind & caringextendedfamily member, &bestfriend. A sharp thinker, shewas the kindest sweetestperson, had apeacefulinnerhap‐piness& contentment, often smilinginserene peace.Dedicated to herre‐lationshipwithGod and her Catholic faith she servedasEucharistic Min‐ister &sponsored multiple confirmands at St.Jude Catholic Church.Though she will be greatlymissed bymany, herbrightlight willnever dim. To know her istoloveher.Thank God for her! Mayshe trulyrest inpeace with theLord, re‐uniting with herson mother, father,grandpar‐ents, andothers. Cynthia was preceded in deathby her parents, CharlesK Marionneux,Sr. &Hazel LeJeune Marionneaux; son, StephenBoydBeaver; cousinlikea sister -Julia LaBauve; stepmother MargieMarionneaux. Sur‐vived by herhusband of 56 yrs,Phillip R. Beaver; daughters HollyElizabeth Beaver& RebekahLeigh Beaver; sister MintaSue Marionneaux, brother Charles “Boo” Marion‐neaux,Jr; stepsister Joanne D. Pennison (Eu‐gene) andstepbrother GaryDavid (Cheryl).For‐evergratefultoRebekah for 24-7 365 care (5 yrs), Phillip,Holly,and Mintafor vital support; for many friendlyvisits, especially dearfriend, Loretta Ellis. Pallbearers: Brandon Bueche(forStephen Beaverin spirit), Brian David,Landess Hebert (Classof’59),Ory Hebert, PeteJohnston, JulesLam‐bert; Honorary Pallbearers: Yancy Guerin,Donald LaBauve,Brandon Penni‐son,Cleve Wright.Visita‐tion: Resthaven Funeral Home, 11817 Jefferson Hwy,Baton Rouge, LA 70816, Monday,May 26, 2025, 5:00 -7:00PM. Mass ofChristian Burial:St. John the BaptistCatholic Church,402 SKirklandSt, Brusly, LA 70719, Tuesday, May 27,2025, 9:00 –11:30AM visitation, 11:30AM mass, Father Joel LaBauve Interment: Resthaven,Jefferson Hwy, Baton Rougeapproxi‐mately1:30-2PM, recep‐tiontofollow. Contribu‐tions canbemadeto: St Johnthe BaptistCatholic Church andCurePSP trib‐ute fund “inmemoryof Cynthia Marionneaux Beaver”.The flowersap‐pearonthe earth: thetime ofthe singingofthe birds iscome. Sol. 2:12

Ourbeloved Lori Leigh Pierce Dunphy, age64, passed away on Sunday, May18, 2025. She wasborn in BatonRouge and attended public schools through high school.She obtained adegreeinFinance from LSU. Aftera short break, shepacked twosuitcases, borrowedsomemoney from hermother, along with theWallStreet Journal,and headedfor New York. She got an apartment with afriend in SpanishHarlemand then she hitthe pavement.She quicklybecamea broker, with astintinone of the Twin Towers. She spent just over halfa decade in NewYorkand then went into thebanking industry in Houston, TX. Thiseventually ledtoher stay at the Louisiana TreasuryDepartment,whereshe handled investments and other matters until her retirement.Duringher retirement,she traveled,gardened and spentmostof her time doing activities with her son. She wasa devotedwife,motherand friend whowill be missed by many. Loriissurvived by her husband,James Dunphy; son, Pierce ;three sisters, Karen, Gwynne and Janice; brother, Brentand alarge numberofrelatives and friends. She is preceded in deathbyher parents, Katie and Charles(CB); several auntsand uncles and adear friend, Ferbe. A visitationwill be heldon Sunday, May25atRabenhorst Funeral Home on Government St.from 1PM to 3PM; with afuneral service beginning at 3PM Burialwill take place at Greenoaks Memorial Park on Tuesday, May27at 1PM.Inlieuofflowers, please donatetoyour favorite charity.

Frankie J. (Noble) Duvall fell asleep in death on May 13, 2025. She leavesto mournher memory; husband, James Duvall,her son, RogerNoble,two sisters and five brothers, all of BatonRouge.Also to cherish her memory are her grandkids, Chris Noble, StephanieNoble,Jeremiah Noble, Brianna Noble,4 greatgrandchildren, and a host of other relativesand friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alphonseand Regina Denham, her sister, Dinah Denham, brother, MichaelDenham, her daughter, Gina Banks. Her remains are being takencare of by WilsonWooddaleFuneral Home.The family willhave aprivate memorial and wish to thank allfor their prayersand assistance during this period of grief.

EdwardsJr.,Clarence Clarence Edwards, Jr., a residentofPlaquemine, LA, passedawayWednesday, May 14, 2025 at theage of 63. Visitation on Friday May 23, 2025 from 5p.m.to 7 p.m. at Pugh's Mortuary 58233 Plaquemine Street, Plaquemine, LA.Gravesite service 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24, 2025 at Word of Truth Cemetery,LA1, Bayou Goula, LA

Julius Bernard "JB"

Juneau, 83, passedaway peacefully on May 20, 2025, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana BornonSeptember 17, 1941, in Cottonport, Louisiana, he liveda life marked by devotion to family,faith,and service Julius was thebeloved husband of Elaine Roy Juneau and aproud father to threesons: Micheal Juneau (Cindy), Brian Juneau (Wendy), and Eric Juneau (Carolyn). He was also acherished PawPaw to five grandsons: Joey Juneau (Ching), Richard Juneau, Travis Juneau, ChaseJuneau, and Zachery Juneau. His sisterFlorence Rabalaisalso mourns his

passing.Julius wasprecededindeathbyhis parents, Bernard andThelma Juneau

Aman of deep faith, Julius was adevoted memberofSt. Alphonsus Catholic Church.His spiritual life guided him throughout theyearsand served as afoundation for thelove and care he extended to those around him. Julius proudly served hiscountry in theUnited States Army. Histimein themilitaryreflected his strongsense of duty and commitment—values that remained withhim throughout hislife. He was also amember TheKnights of ColumbusStAlphonsus Ligouri KC#2807 and a proudmember of theCOA Baton Rouge

Knownaffectionately as JB by manywho knew him, he retiredfromSonitrolsecurity systems in 2008 with 32 years of service.Julius foundpeace andpurpose in nurturing life from the soil after he retired. More than anythingelse,he treasured spending time with familyand friends. Hishomewas often filled

with laughter, stories shared across generations, and thewarmth of togetherness. On June 7th,2025 at St Alphonsus Catholic Church in Greenwell Springs, LA. visitation will begin at 11:30am then Mass will followat1:00pm. Julius Benard Juneau leaves behind alegacyoflove, strength, andunwaveringdedication to those he held dear. May hismemory bringcomfort to all whoknewhim.

Dunphy, Lori Leigh Pierce

Juneau,Julius Bernard JB

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Red River Bank to repurchase $5.1M stock

Red River Bank said it has reached adeal to buyback $5.1 million in company stock.

The Alexandria-basedbank announced after the marketclosed Thursday it had agreed to buy back 100,000 shares from astockholder.That price represents a discount;sharesofRed River closed at $55.38 Thursday

The purchase comes on top of Red River Bank’spreviously announced plans to buy back $5 millioninshares by the end of the year.AsofThursday,Red River said it has about$4.7 millionremaining in the buyback program. Boeing to avoid prosecutionovercrashes

The JusticeDepartment has reached adeal with Boeing that will allow the airplane giant to avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S.regulators about the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed andkilled 346people, according to court papers filed Friday. Under the “agreement in principle,” which still needs to be finalized, Boeing would pay and invest more than $1.1 billion, including an additional $445 millionfor the crash victims’ families, according to the Justice Department

In return, thedepartment hasagreed to dismiss thefraud chargeagainst Boeing, allowing themanufacturer to avoid apossible criminal conviction that could have jeopardized the company’sstatus as afederal contractor,according to experts.

“Ultimately, in applying the facts, the law,and Department policy,weare confident that this resolution is the most just outcome withpracticalbenefits,”a Justice Department spokesperson said in astatement.

“Nothing will diminish thevictims’ losses, but this resolution holds Boeing financially accountable, provides finality and compensation for the families and makes an impact for the safety of future air travelers.”

Many relatives of the passengers who died in the crashes, which took place off thecoast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia less thanfivemonthsapart in 2018 and 2019, have spent years pushing for apublic trial, the prosecutionofformercompany officials, and more severe financial punishment forBoeing.

Trump says U.S. Steel to keep HQ in Pa

President Donald Trump said Fridaythat U.S. Steel will keep its headquarters in Pittsburgh as part of what he called a“planned partnership” between the iconic Americansteelmaker and JapanbasedNippon Steel, whichhas sought to buy it.

Nippon Steel’snearly $15 billionbid to buy U.S. Steel was blocked by former President Joe Biden and, afterTrump became president, subject to another national security review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.

What Trump called a“planned partnership” will create at least 70,000jobsand add $14 billion to the U.S. economy, he said,althoughitwasn’tclear what the terms of the dealwould be or who wouldown U.S. Steel under the arrangement.

McDonald’sisclosing its CosMc’srestaurants

McDonald’ssaid Friday that it’s closing down CosMc’s,anew restaurant format it began piloting in the U.S. last year

McDonald’sannounced in late 2023 that it wanted to test asmallformat store with customizable drinks and treats that would appealtoafternoon snackers—and potentially grab sales from rivals like Starbucks and Dutch Bros. McDonald’swound up opening one CosMc’slocationnear its headquarters in Chicago and seven in Texas.

McDonald’ssaid CosMc’sallowed it to experiment with bold flavors and different technologies, like drive-thru lanes that manage traffic based on the complexity of orders.

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Tariff threatsknock stockslower

S&P500 closes worstweekin past seven

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEWYORK— U.S. stocks fell

Friday after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on theEuropean Union that could beginina littlemore than aweek.

The S&P500 dropped to close out its worst week in the last seven. The Dow JonesIndustrial Averageand theNasdaqcomposite also sank.

Trump threatened the tariffs before the U.S. stock market opened,sayingonhis Truth Social platform that trade talks with theEuropeanUnion “weregoing nowhere” and that “straight 50%”tariffs could go into effect on June 1. The European Union is one of the United States’ largest

trading partners.

Stocksfell immediately afterward in Europe, with France’s CAC40index losing1.7%. The U.S. market also took aquick turn lower,and futures for U.S stock indexestumbled after earlier suggesting only modest moves at the open of trading.

The S&P 500 lost as much as 1.3% shortly after trading began, but it pared its loss as traders weighed whether Trump’s latest threats were just negotiating tactics aimed in hopes of getting adeal or something more Apple dropped 3% and was theheaviestweightonthe S&P 500 afterTrump went after the company specifically.Hesaid he’s been pushing Apple CEO TimCook to move production of iPhonestothe United States, and he warned atariff“of at least 25%mustbepaidbyApple to the U.S.”ifitdoesn’t Trumplater clarifiedhis post

to saythat all smartphones made abroad would be taxed and the tariffs could be coming as soon as the endofJune.

“It wouldbealso Samsung and anybody thatmakes thatproduct,” Trump said. “Otherwise,it wouldn’tbefair.”

Trump has been criticizing companies individually when he’s frustrated with how they’re acting because of his tariffs and because of the uncertainty his trade war has created. He earlier told Walmart it should “eat the tariffs,” along with China, after the retailer said it would likely have to raise prices to coverthe increasedcostof imports.

DeckersOutdoor,the company behind the Hoka and Uggs brands, became one of the latest companies to sayall theuncertainty around theeconomy means it won’toffer financial forecasts forthe full upcoming year.Instead, it gave forecasts

only forthe upcoming quarter and they fell short of analysts’ expectations for revenue and profit.

That sent its stock down 19.9%, even though thecompany reported astronger profit and revenue for the latestquarter than expected.

Ross Stores fell 9.8% after it pulled itsfinancial forecasts for the full year,citing how more thanhalf thegoods it sells originate in China. “As such, we expect pressure on our profitability if tariffs remain at elevated levels,” CEO Jim Conroy said.

On thewinning side of Wall Street was Intuit, which rose 8.1% after the company behind TurboTax and Credit Karma reported astronger profit for the latestquarter than analysts expected. Perhaps moreimportantly,Intuitalsoraisedits forecasts for revenue and profit over its full fiscal year

Homeownersspend on improvements

Trendcomes amid uncertain economy, higher prices

BY ALEX VEIGA Associated Press

LOS ANGELES— U.S. homeownersare spendingmore on home renovation projects, bucking abroaderpullback by consumers amid diminished confidence in theeconomy Sales at building materials and garden supply retailers rose 0.8%lastmonth from March, the biggest gain since 2022, and were up 3.2% fromApril last year At the sametime, U.S. retail sales overall rose 0.1%, asharp slowdown from March

Thetrend comesevenaspricesfor home improvement products have beenrising. Thecost of home repairsand remodeling climbed by nearly 4% in the first quarter fromayearearlier,according to Verisk’s Remodel Index.The strategic data analytics firm tracks costs for more than 10,000 home repairitems,from appliances to windows

Recent priceincreases appear to be drivenprimarily by labor costsand don’t appear to reflect the ongoing tradewar that the Trump administration is engaged in with major U.S.trading partners like Mexico, China and Canada.

“Wehaven’tseen panic buying from contractors or investors concerned about the impact tariffsmight have on future costs, or labor rates being driven up by stricterenforcement of immigration policies,” Greg Pyne, vice president of pricingfor Verisk Property Estimating Solutions, said in areport earlier this month.

Home Depot said Tuesdaythat it doesn’t expect to raiseprices because of tariffs, saying it has spent yearsdiversifying the sources forthe goods on its shelves. However,executive Billy Bastek said some productsnow on Home Depotshelves may disappear

He alsonoted that thechain is seeing fewer customers taking on large home improvement jobs like kitchen and bath remodels, because highinter-

BY ANTHONY McAULEY Staff writer

Tulane VenturessaidFridayit will lead a$1million investment round in NewOrleans education softwarestartup Hilight,which has developedanapp to help schools evaluate teachers with theaim of betterstaff retention. Theventurefund, whichispart of TulaneUniversity’sInnovation Institute, said it will directly invest $250,000 in thecompany, whichwas founded threeyears ago by Claire Smith, aformer St.Bernard Parish middle school math teacher Smith said she developed the

estrates maybedissuadinghomeowners from borrowing money to finance such projects.

Spendingonhome renovations hasremained resilientaselevated mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices have frozen out many would-bebuyers. That’s kept U.S. home sales in aslump, limiting the market for homeowners who want to sell.

Many homeowners also boughtorrefinancedtheirmortgagewhenthe average rate on a30-year home loanwas below 3% or 4% in thefirst couple of yearsofthe pandemic. That’s made them reluctant to sell now, whenthe averagerateishover-

app after shesaw area schools losing teachersinthe wake of the pandemic.

“After COVID,the profession felt impossibly difficult due to safetyconcerns, stressed students and parents, and staff burnout,”she said in astatement. “I kept thinking there must be abetter way to celebrate the positive moments that happen daily in schools instead of dwelling on the problems, to support and retain talented educators.”

Smith contacted formercollege roommate and softwaredeveloper,Krissy Taft, to initially create atool for peer-to-peer reviewing and information sharing. They jointly foundedHilight and have developed andgrowntheir online tool, which they say cansave schools up to $25,000 to replace lost staff.

ing near 7%.

In response,manyhomeownershave opted to invest in sprucinguptheir home rather than sell andtakeona mortgage with asharply higher interest rate. Ashortfall in new home construction more than adecade in the making has kept people living in older homes longer

Nearly half of the owner-occupied homes in the U.S. were built before1980 and have amedian age of 41 years, according to an analysis of census databythe National Association of HomeBuilders. That aging stock of homes hashelpedfuelthe need for repairsand improvements

What began as asimple tool forrecognition at the St.Bernard Parish school whereSmith wasworking hasevolved into “a multipurpose,easy-to-useplatform offering strategic insights and operational intelligence to school district leadersand principals,” according to Tulane Ventures

Hilight has been in “bootstrap mode”since it wasfounded, getting by with investment from their ownsources as well as friends and family.The app is now in 135 schools across adozen statesand the money raised will be used to hire sales staff to expand into all 50 states over the next two years, Tulane said.

Kimberly Gramm, managingdirector of Tulane Ventures, said the progress the startup had made in ashort time was

impressive. “The combination of strong early traction, aclear market need and measurable impact made it acompelling choice forustolead this (investment) round,”said Gramm, who is also Tulane’s Davidand Marion Mussafer chief innovation and entrepreneurship officer

Studenthelp

Students taking the venture investing course at Tulane’sA.B. FreemanSchoolofBusiness conducted the due diligence and presented the investment to the venture fund, according to the university

The Tulane Innovation Institute was founded three yearsago as part of its growing downtown campus, with the aim of raising up to $100 million from alumni and other sources to support investments in entrepreneurship.

ANOTHERVIEW

Nottaway burns, butrealhistory is in theashes

Many thoughts rumbledfor space in my head as Iwatched the media’srelentless updatesabout the flames slowly engulfing thehistoric Nottoway Plantation in White Castle.

First, Ithought it was interestingthat it was a plantation burning. That was astrategy ofthe Union army in the Civil War, to burn downplantations that could provide food forConfederate soldiers.

That thought was thenovertaken by my knowledge thatNottoway was knownasaplantation that kickedthe human horrorsofits origins under its grand sofas. In my mind, the destructive yellow and orange flames became emblematic ofthe federal and state governments’ current efforts to minimize or destroy informationabout the sufferingthat happened at places like Nottoway In the news accounts, some spoke glowingly of Nottoway.After all, it is described as thelargest survivingantebellum plantationhome in theSouth Written descriptions saiditwas a53,000-squarefoot Greek Revival and Italianate-stylemansion. (I dunno what that means, but Iwas borninto athreeroom house, no hot water,notub and no toilet.I think it was Black Church Revival Shotgun-style.)

But, while adjectives overflowed about Nottoway among reporters, IswearIcould hear thefaint sounds of slaves,human beings forced to work home construction, tend sugar cane fields andsupply the plantation owner the broken-backworkneededto keep his family fed and rich.

Working sugar cane was the most brutal of plantation jobs. That, the heat and poor foodprobably shortened the life span ofmany slaves

Acommon phrase in the Blackcommunity whenI grew up was that those slaves, thenlater plantation workers, “worked from can’tsee (in themorning) to can’tsee (at night).”Theywere denied anyform of human dignity,asthe owners sippedmint juleps.

As Nottoway’sceiling fell, Icould imagine Black women wailing as theirchildren, eveninfants, were sold to other slaveownerslike horses andshoes. I could hear the frail,muffledsoundsofBlack women beingraped, while their families and friends could do nothing but accept the outcome.

As the fire continued itsslowmarch through Nottoway,itreminded me of the effort across thenation to burndown the history of my people. Like Nottoway, they want the cruelty done to Blacks and,in someinstances, eventhe heroismofBlack people lessened or swept away like ashes from afire. Young and old deserve to know the truehistoryof thiscountry,evenifthey must ask about an oldnewspaperphoto showing grandpa yelling atyoung Black people at alunch counter or walking to aclassroom Iwonder if Iwould have felt differently about Nottoway had its owners done what another plantation a few miles away has done.

In its online advertisement, the Whitney Plantation in Wallace has this interesting message: “Whitney preserves the history of those enslavedwith facts, testimonies, and memorials …Noone should let the currenttimes in theUnited States deter us from hearing and speaking the truth —here or abroad As Iusedtohear from an old historyteacher: “Write that down.”

But as the Whitney tellsitstraight, education and government officials here and across thenation, under the guise of protecting students, are fightingtoboard up the real history of the country. This includes bookbans,curriculum restrictions and state-level mandates intendedtodownplay or erase thestruggles,heroicresistance and contributions of Blackpeople. Well, justlike Nottoway Let me be clear.Ifthe ownersofthatplantation want to use it for anything, from adance hall to awedding facility to aplacefor country western bands, that’sall fine. But given the inhumanity that ruled the people who sufferedthere every day,they deserve to have some informationabout their unbelievablestruggle in that building and onthe website Now,doIhave any personalfeelingabout Nottoway burning? Isaw wheremanypeoplerejoiced, even posting “burn, babyburn” onsocialmedia. I think Iknow where they are coming from. Ibelieve sometimes things happen for areason,and I’ll leave it at that. Word has it that the ownermay rebuildthe site.If he does, it would be greatifheaddedinformation about the real history of Nottoway It would be the right thing to do, and Ihopetosee it Email Edward Pratt,a former newspaperman, at epratt1972@yahoo.com.

Iread the letter from Jane Hill of Slidell about immigration policy and Christianity.Apparently,Hill is not reading the sameBible Iread. In Matthew 22, Mark 12 and Luke 20, Jesus is tested about paying taxes. He asks which likeness is on thecoin, and thereply: “Caesar’s.” Jesus says, “Render untoCaesar,the thingswhich are Caesar’sand to God thethings which are God’s.” In Romans13, Paul instructs Christians to obey civilian authorities as adivine mandatebecause civilian authorities are placed in God’sservice to maintain order and justice. Hill’sletter suggests theTrumpadministration just madeupthese laws to start deporting people. Au contraire, the immigration laws have been in effect for over ahundred years passed by previous administrations,both Democrat and Republicans. The difference now is the Trumpadministration is actually enforcing the laws, which the Biden administration did not.

I’ll also point out the illegal immigrantswere deported to El Salvador,not aprison. The El Salvadoran authorities, however,put them in prison because they know what those tattoos mean, which, clearly,Hill does not.

Ichallenge Hill andanyone else who agrees with her to ask Laken Riley’s parentshow they feel about illegal immigrantsbeing allowed to stay in the USA? Ialso challenge Hill to illegally enter Mexico [also aChristian country] and ask for food, shelter,clothing, housing, medical and education benefits. Mexico will, indeed, provide those benefitswhile she finishes her 10-year prison sentence. Finally,many Christians, including myself, voted for President Donald Trumpbecause we wanted our lawsto be enforced. This does not constitute a “moral crisis,”but, rather,a“moral responsibility.”

DUDLEY GARIDEL Baton Rouge

Trump’s1st hundreddayshavebeenincredible

After the first 100 days of thesecond Trump administration,it’stimetogive credit where credit is due.Ijust didn’t get it at first, but nowIsee howPresident Donald Trump andhis accomplishedcabinet is making us all greatand greater.To those whoclaim he is avindictive egomaniac with the attention span of agnat, I sayjust look at thewins so far Thanks to Trump’sfoxy choice to lead the Pentagon, we aresafer than ever. Aquick scan of my Signal App letsme know who we’re bombing and when. There’sno“real” danger in keeping friends and family and themedia in the loop —it’scalled transparency Thanks to Trump’sbrilliant “onagain, off again, oops again” tariff strategy, we’reall richer.We’ve cut trillions in liquidity from the world’sfinancial markets, thrown American leadership into question and made China look like a

stable,reliable partner. Guess Ineed to reread, “The Art of the Deal.” Thanks to flag-waving, democracyloving Donny,we’ve done away with time-consuming due process, tried to intimidate free speech at universities and asked, “Why does everyone deserve ahearing at the Supreme Court?”

And lastly,thanks to Trump, we’re all healthier now thatwe’ve cut funding for science, questioned lifesaving vaccines and even figured howtoMake MeaslesA Threat Again. And there youhave it. If after the first 100 days of life underTrump, you don’t feel richer, safer and more secure about America’sfuture, you obviously don’t seethe cunning in the chaos. We are winning. We should have aparade.

JOSH MAYER NewOrleans

No onewants amilitaryparadeonTrump’s birthday

My guess is our military rank and file would rather have athree-day pass than to be made to parade on President Donald Trump’sbirthday.Asa taxpayer,I am angry thatTrumpwould spend millions

of our dollarsonhis ego. As anation, we have always honored our veterans and always will, without Trump’shelp.

JOE BISHOP Abita Springs

Isupport Ukraine. Iamnot Ukrainian nor could Iname anyone whoisfrom that country.My sympathies lie squarely with this nation as avictim of Russia’sunprovoked invasion and its criminal targeting of civilians and their schools, churches and cities. Russia’sbloody action is based upon astarkly unbelievable assortment of lies: that Ukraine had attacked Russia first; that Ukraine is governed by Jewish Nazis; that Ukraine had been invited to join NATO; that Ukraine remained apart of Russia. The innate perjury of Vladimir Putin spins out such drivel that only his sycophants would digest. Ukraine gained its independence in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union nearly ten years before Putin’srise. In 2014, the country endured many civilian deaths while successfully protesting its pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. He abandoned office and fled to Moscow,thereby proving his stripe. Thus Ukraine has functioned as atruly independent country for barely ten years, the last three in warwith Russia.

This is the quagmire that President Donald Trumphas entered with the intent to gain peace. While Idid not believe his campaign boast that he could end the warwithin the first 24 hours of his election, Iback his efforts to end the war. But Idonot endorse Trump’sunprofessional and boorish treatment of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office. His fantasy quips pulled out of thin air cause me to doubt his acuity.Mr. President, please remember that American voters overwhelmingly support Ukraine in this war by morethan a2-to-1 margin. Failure to address this problem with honesty and

ness will be obvious to us all.

Edward Pratt

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BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

Possessing amediocre 36-42 record in leagueplay duringcoach Jay Uhlman’sthree years, theTulanebaseball team has been nearly unbeatableinthe American Athletic Conference Tournament

When the fifth-seeded GreenWave(32-24) faces topseeded Texas-San Antonio (44-12) on Saturday at BayCareBallpark, it will be seeking aschool-record ninth consecutive tournament victory and canpunchits ticket to its third straight AAC titlematchup.A loss, which the Wave has not experienced since the same stagetwo yearsago,would force adecisive rematchbetween the teams later Saturday

Following a10-6 win against UTSAonThursday,Uhlman said the extraordinary jumpfrom regular-season to postseason performance was noaccident.

“I would like to thinkofthatasbody of work,” he said. “Weteach through the wins and through the tough times,

andour guys believe.Webuild trust thateven in times they don’tget what they want, doing everything the right way is very important.”

Uhlmanpointed outhow hisstaff does notoveruse players. Michael Lombardi was fresh enough to throw seven innings in the Wave’s 6-3opening winagainst FloridaAtlantic because he had pitched only 31 innings in his role as acloser.Frequent substitutions in the later innings forposition players reduced the wear and tear on them, too.

“Wedidn’t put our self-interest(as astaff) andour egos in frontofour players’ needs,” Uhlman said. “Wedon’t always get what (we) want in terms of the volume of wins, but how we go about our business allows us to put ourselves in positionhere. Our guysare just readyto play.They feel good about being here.”

Reliever Tayler Montiel, who earned the win against UTSA, seconded that notion.

BY JOESTARKEY

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

PITTSBURGH— Pleasedothis before you form an opinion on NFL players playing flag football at the2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles (something NFL owners votedunanimously in favor of Tuesday): Go to YouTube and find last year’sworld championship final between the United Statesand Austria, then decide if it’s a goodidea to sic Lamar Jackson, Justin Jefferson, T.J. Watt and Tyreek Hill on these dudes.

TheU.S. won, 51-23, even though its roster is notstocked with elite professional athletes. The Austrian squad looked like apickup basketball team at your local YMCA, and not aparticularly good one. They played defense like theSteelersina playoff game. They looked like theguys who wear knee bracesand take charges in playground

SGA, Jokic headline All-NBA teams

Lakers star James first 40-year-old to make an All-NBAteam

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

Oklahoma City’sShai Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver’sNikola Jokic and Milwaukee’sGiannis Antetokounmpo were theonly players to appear on every MVP ballot this season. It only madesense that they would be unanimous All-NBA picks as well. Gilgeous-Alexander —the league’sMVP —along with Jokic andAntetokounmpo were unveiledFridaynight as first-team AllNBA players, along with Boston’sJayson Tatum and Cleveland’sDonovan Mitchell. Tatum was another unanimous first-team pick. Mitchellmadethe first team forthe first time.

Antetokounmpo hasseven first-team selections and nine appearances on the All-NBA team overall. Jokic is afive-time first-teamer and seven-time All-NBApick, Tatum is first-team for the fourth time (fifth overall), Gilgeous-Alexander hasbeen first-team in all three of his All-NBAappearances, andMitchellisAll-NBAforthesecondtimeinhiscareer Gilgeous-Alexander,Jokic, Antetokounmpo and Tatum were all first-teamers last season as well.

Second team

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers is an All-NBA player for the 21st time in 22 seasons. He madethe second team Also on the second team:Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards, Cleveland’sEvan Mobley, Golden State’sStephen Curryand New York’sJalen Brunson.

Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander AP PHOTO

basketball games. If that’sthe second-best team in theworld, and if the NFLhas even afew guys on the U.S. squad, Ifear we’re talking scores of 200-0. We’re talking about agamethat would make the 1992 Dream Team vs. Angola look like asqueaker (that one wound up U.S. 114, Angola 48). It would not be fun. Combine thecompetitive imbalance with theobvious injury risk, and it’shard to see where theNFL would look good here. If you watch the U.S.-Austria game, you’ll see inadvertenthead-on collisions, bodies twisting and turning to snatch flags, jumpball scrums, guys crashing into the backs of receivers’ legs, etc., which is whyI hear ProFootball Talk’sChris Simms when he says, “If somebodycalls the head coach or GM of (an NFL team), and they’re like, ‘We’d liketohave Tyreek Hill forour flag football team,’ I’d be like, ‘No. Getthe hell outofhere. You’re crazy.’” Green Bay Packers general manager

Brian Gutekunst feels the same. I’mbetting manyother NFLcoaches and executives feel that way, too, about ahigh-stakes competition that would happen during NFL training camps. So that’sthe downside. And that’sall I was going to talk about until Ispoke with former Pitt

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LSU to retire No. 4 jersey of running back Alexander

Charles Alexander will become just the fourth LSU football player to have his jersey retired, the school announced Friday A twotime Heisman Trophy finalist, Alexander was first-team All-American running back in 1977 and 1978 and the first SEC running back to gain 4,000 career yards rushing.

The Galveston, Texas, native will join Billy Cannon (No. 20), Tommy Casanova (37) and Jerry Stovall (21) as the only LSU football players to have their jerseys retired.

The LSU Athletic Hall of Fame Committee unanimously approved the move. His No. 4 jersey will be retired at a football game this fall.

Basketball love affair came early

Former Brother Martin coach Russo set for Hall induction

BY RON BROCATO Special to The Advocate

Basketball became a way of life at an early age for Andy Russo. Russo learned how to shoot a makeshift ball with accuracy at an early age through muscle memory

His coaching skills developed under the tutelage of mentors Milton Clavier and Beryl Shipley, and he plied his acquired knowledge and innovation as a coach to win 253 games and two state championships at Brother Martin over nine years.

Living in an uptown neighborhood whose streets were lined with oak trees, his father lit a spark that grew into a passion for all phases of the sport.

“Our backyard had one weird tree with a straight trunk, almost like a telephone pole,” said Russo, who went on to be an allstate player at then Fortier High School and an all-conference player at Southwestern Louisiana. “An arborist suggested to my mother to remove it.”

Instead, his father mounted an old basketball rim on the trunk and handed his young son a volleyball that wouldn’t always hold air. But even half deflated, “I played with that ball for hours. Needless to say I was falling in love with basketball and didn’t even know it.”

Russo will join Shan Foster, Temeka Johnsona and Joe McKnight for induction into the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 on Aug. 2.

Early success

His legend started at Lafayette Elementary, recently renamed for Chef Leah Chase, on the black-top basketball court when his father finally gave him, “a real basketball,” he said.

“I would hang out until it got dark and played 3-on-3 with older guys,” he said. “When they realized I could shoot the ball, I had no trouble being picked.” At McMain Junior High, Russo grew to 6-foot-4, making him

Brother Martin coach Andy Russo gives instructions to Jay Trapani in 1972

a welcomed addition to coach “Mook” Clavier’s Fortier High team. By his senior year at Fortier, Russo was an all-state caliber player, averaging 18.6 points in public league play Fortier advanced to the 1958-59 Class 3A championship game before losing to De La Salle.

After graduation, Russo enrolled at Central Florida Junior College and then went to Southwestern Louisiana to play under lShipley

“Besides being a tremendous coach, (Shipley) taught his players the value of persistence — to never make excuses to justify your mistakes,” Russo said. “And while being a demanding disciplinarian, he loved his players. He was always there to help his players during and after graduation.”

Russo learned Shipley’s complicated continuity offense and employed it when he became a coach at St. Aloysius and then Brother Martin.

“It was called the shuffle run, designed to promote balanced scoring,” he said. “From it, four starters averaged double-digit scoring.”

After his playing career ended Russo got into coaching, and his abilities were evident in St Aloysius’ final season (1968-69) as he guided the squad to the Class 3A semifinals.

In the summer of 1969 the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, who founded and ran St. Aloysius and Cor Jesu high schools, merged the two into Brother Martin High. They had to decide who would be the new school’s first basketball coach: Bob Conlin, who tutored the Cor Jesu team, or Andy Russo, the mentor at St. Aloysius.

The Brothers made Russo their basketball coach and Conlin their football coach

In Brother Martin’s debut season (1969-70), Russo molded a team full of talent into a cohesive group of athletes who

bought into his disciplined, but fun brand of coaching.

Brother Martin was hardly a household name because it was a first-year school, but Russo changed that in one season as the Crusaders were ubeaten and rolled to the championship in the Catholic League.

Led by all-state forward Ernest “Skippy” Brunet, the team continued to roll after a regular season that ended in Hollywood fashion in the final of the Top 20 Tournament in Alexandria. The championship game matched 35-0 Brother Martin against 35-1 Captain Shreve.

Anticipation was high with a reported attendance of 15,657 looking on from the overcrowded stands.

The Gators held a 36-24 lead at halftime, but Brother Martin came back to tie the game 56-56 at the end of regulation. Captain Shreve did not score in the threeminute overtime period as the Crusaders dominated the extra session for a 72-56 victory to cap the perfect season with the Class 3A state title.

The Crusaders won the state title again in Russo’s second season in Class 4A. After opening the season with a 7-2 record, the Crusaders won 13 straight games and beat Rummel twice for the district title.

In the state tournament, Russo’s team, now healthy posted three straight victories to return to the state championship game with a 29-6, before beating 35-1 Woodlawn of Shreveport 76-72 and its 7-foot star center Robert Parish, a Boston Celtics Hall of Famer Russo coached the Crusaders for two more seasons, helping to develop big man Rick Robey until Robey’s final season.

Robey, also a member of the New Orleans Sports Hall of Fame, is noted as the first Louisiana-born basketball star to win a state championship (at Brother Martin), a national championship (at Kentucky) and an NBA title (Boston Celtics).

Russo then moved on to Jacksonville University as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for a brief time before taking advantage of a business opportunity as a food service equipment factory agent where he rose to national sales manager in that industry

Griffin on verge of breakthrough at Colonial

Fowler stalks, Scheffler 10 shots back at Colonial

BY SCHUYLER DIXON APsportswriter

FORT WORTH, Texas Ben Griffin could be on the verge of a breakthrough season on the PGA Tour

It’s more like a possible comeback for Rickie Fowler

Griffin shot a 7-under 63 in the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial on Friday and was tied with Matti Schmid for the second-round lead at 11 under, two strokes ahead of first-round leader John Pak and five ahead of Fowler who made the turn in 29 before settling for a 64. Pak, the tour rookie who opened with a 63, birdied the par-4 18th for a 68 and was a shot ahead of Chris Gotterup, a one-time tour winner like Griffin. Gotterup was 8 under after a 65. Ryo Hisatsune, a 22-yearold from Japan, was another stroke back after a 67, tied with Akshay Bhatia (66). Scottie Scheffler, who won the

PGA Championship last weekend, shot 71 and was 10 shots off the lead as the world No. 1 tries to become the first player since Dustin Johnson in 2017 to win three consecutive starts. Scheffler’s run started with a runaway three weeks ago, an eight-shot win at the first of his two hometown events, the CJ Cup Byron Nelson north of Dallas. It was close, but Scheffler made the cut with a shot to spare, which extended his streak to 55, second to Xander Schauffele’s 64. Both of Scheffler’s playing partners missed the cut, including Davis Riley The reigning champion shot a 69 while Daniel Berger, one of the eight top-25 players in the field, made an 83-foot putt from just off the green for birdie on the par-3 fourth hole in a round of 70. Both were at 2-over 142. A month removed from teaming with Andrew Novak to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Griffin made eight birdies seven from inside 10 feet — and saved par with a 12-foot putt from the fringe after his only bogey The 29-year-old has already matched his career best of five top10 finishes from last year, including

a tie for fifth at the PGA.

“I feel like I’ve kind of made good steps the last couple of years just kind of building to get to that first win,” Griffin said. “Now that I’ve got that first win, I feel like it’s really freeing me up to come out and benotnecessarilymoreaggressive, but just feel more aggressive, feel like I’m trying to win more. It’s definitely been a breakthrough year, but I think there’s more to come.” Fowler has dropped to 127th in the world after being in the top 25 as recently as early 2024. The sixtime winner was solid in the $20 million signature Truist Championship two weeks ago but missed the cut at the PGA.

The 36-year-old followed an opening 70 with six birdies before finishing even over his final nine holes.

“It’s definitely coming around,” said Fowler, who has just one victory since 2019, the Rocket Mortgage Classic two years ago. “I know it’s been slow last year and slow start to the year Body is starting to feel better, and the game (has) been in a good spot and not very far off. It’s a fine line out here. Nice to see things starting to come together a bit.” Schmid, a 27-year-old German

seeking his first tour victory in his 79th start, has been bogey-free with 10 birdies over 24 holes since a double bogey on the par-4 12th in the opening round.

Gotterup, who won the 2024 Myrtle Beach Classic and is in position to qualify for the $20 million signature event at the Memorial next week, had a bogey-free round. He lives within driving distance of Colonial, known as Hogan’s Alley, after finishing his college career at Oklahoma. Gotterup took a week off at home during the PGA after playingfourconsecutiveweeksand finishing. After his first bogey of the week on the par-4 seventh, Pak got to 10 under with birdies on three of the next four holes. Consecutive bogeys dropped him into a tie with Gotterup before Pak made a 13-footer on 18. Jordan Spieth, Scheffler’s fellow hometown headliner and former Texas Longhorn, birdied the 17th and made the cut on the number at even par Two holes earlier, the three-time major winner let a club fly out of his hands in disgust on an approach shot that was short and right, then covered his face with his hands when his par putt lipped out.

“Playing at LSU those four years, I never dreamed that one day my jersey would be retired and be on display in Tiger Stadium,” Alexander said.

Bregman leaves game with right quad tightness

Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman was removed in the fifth inning of Friday’s opening game of a doubleheader against the Baltimore Orioles with right quad tightness, the team said.

Former LSU standout Bregman singled sharply to left field and made a wide turn before retreating to the first-base bag.

The two-time All-Star motioned to the Red Sox dugout, and Bregman didn’t bother checking the severity of the injury before heading down the stairs to get it checked out. A two-time World Series winner who spent the first nine seasons of his big-league career with the Houston Astros, Bregman signed with Boston in February He entered Friday with a .297 batting average with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs.

Cubs deny report that AllStar Game goes to Wrigley

The Chicago Cubs denied a report from their flagship radio station that the 2027 All-Star Game was coming to Wrigley Field, telling the Tribune “no decision has been made.”

WSCR-AM 670 reported Thursday that MLB has awarded the game to the Cubs, who have long sought the big event since a massive ballpark renovation in the 2010s. MLB tends to make its AllStar Game announcements at a mutually acceptable date to the club to get maximum publicity for its TV networks and corporate sponsors, so speculation that the decision has been made but was prematurely leaked seems plausible.

The Cubs have hosted only three All-Star Games at Wrigley and none since 1990.

FIFA fines and sanctions federations of six nations

FIFA fined six soccer federations $24,400 to $32,200 each for discrimination offenses at World Cup qualifying games in March.

Albania’s federation also was ordered to cut the capacity of its stadium by 20%, or fill the seats with “community and/or special interest groups.” Albania’s next home game is against Serbia on June 7. Ecuador, which hosts Brazil on June 5, must cut capacity by 25% or fill with community groups, FIFA said in published sanctions from its disciplinary panel. Paraguay, Romania, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Indonesia also were fined and ordered to reduce stadium capacity at their next home games in World Cup qualifying. The acts of discrimination were not specified by FIFA.

Berlin bids for Olympics, 100th anniversary looms

Berlin is making a bid to host the Olympics again, possibly 100 years after the city hosted the 1936 Games under the Nazis.

Berlin Mayor Kai Wegner is to present bid plans, with help from four other German states, on Tuesday at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.

The invitation sent on Friday to the presentation does not mention which Games the city is bidding for but the next available edition will be in 2036 — the 100th anniversary of the Berlin Games.

The German Olympic Sports Confederation has said a German bid for the 2040 Games is also possible. Los Angeles is hosting the 2028 Olympics and Brisbane the 2032 Olympics.

The states of Brandenburg, Saxony and more would also host competitions as part of Berlin’s bid.

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SUGAR BOWL NEW ORLEANS SPORTS HALL OF FAME

City Thunder guardShai Gilgeous-Alexander pushes the ball up the floor against Minnesota Timberwolves guard MikeConleyduring Game2ofthe WesternConference finals playoff series Thursdayin Oklahoma City

RelentlessThunder put

T-Wolves in earlyhole

BY DAVE CAMPBELL AP sportswriter

MINNEAPOLIS Thenewest NBA MVP put his headdown and dribbled toward thebasket,an attempt by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to lunge past one of the league’sbest perimeter defenders midway through the fourth quarter of another decisive victory by Oklahoma City in theWestern Conference finals.

After his right arm wassubtly hookedbyGilgeous-Alexander at the beginningofthe drive, Jaden McDaniels reached for the middle of hisback and pushed Minnesota’stormentor with enough force to send him stumbling to thefloor on Thursday with the Thunder up by 16 points.

McDaniels got aFlagrant1 penalty and shrugged off the significance of the shove afterward.He had fouls to give, he said, so he used one.But it wasa clearsign of frustration forthe Timberwolves, who have so farseen their championship aspirations overwhelmed by awell-constructed team chasing the title with amix of poise, precision and relentlessness unseen anywhereelse in these NBA playoffs.

“We’vegot to meet theiraggression,” said Julius Randle,who had by far his worst performance of this postseason in Game 2with just six points on 2-for-11shooting and four turnovers.

The Thunder will take a2-0 lead and aload of confidence and momentum into Game 3onSaturday night at Target Center in Minneapolis.

“We’ve got to be desperate,” McDaniels said. “Every posses-

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Curry made All-NBAfor the 11th time, something only 21 players in NBA history have done.Edwards and Brunson are two-time All-NBA players, and Mobley made ateam for the first time Thirdteam

Detroit’sCade Cunningham, Indiana’sTyrese Haliburton, the Los AngelesClippers’ James Harden, NewYork’sKarl-Anthony Towns and Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams were named to the third team.

Harden is an eight-time selection, Towns is athree-time pick, Haliburton made ateamfor the second time and Cunningham and Williams both are All-NBA for the first time.

All100 ballots

Eight players appeared on every ballot. Antetokounmpo, Gilgeous-Alexander,Jokic and Tatum all got 100 first-team votes.

Mitchell got61first-teamvotes, 35 second-teamand fourthirdteam. Edwards got 11 first-team, 87 second-team and two thirdteam. Curry got two first-team, 68 second-team and 30 third-team. And Brunson got two first-team, 62 second-team and 36 third-team. James and Cunninghamwere on 99 of 100 ballots.

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sion matters.”

Oneofthe most discouraging developments forthe Wolves from Game 2was that they held the Thunder to 9-of-33 shooting from3-point range and still lost by 15

Deftly bucking thedata-driven NBA trendawayfrommidrange jumpers, theThunder shot 63% on 2-pointers, many of them outside of thelaneagainst aWolves team that has establisheditself as big, fast and strong enoughto consistently takeaway the rim andthe perimeter

“Wehavetodojust abetter job of contestingthat.We’re trying to takeaway alot of things. They do agreat jobofgetting into those spots,” saidMike Conley, whoat plus-19isthe only net-positive player for theWolves in the series.

Therest of theguards in their usualeight-man rotation have been badlyoutscoredduringtheir time on the court. Anthony Edwardsisa minus-45,Donte DiVincenzo isaminus-47, and Nickeil Alexander-Walker is aminus-20.

Just as critical as tightening up the middle of their defense for theWolves will begettingRandle going again. Afteraveraging 24 points on52% shooting over his first 11 games of theplayoffs, includingGame 1ofthis series, his struggle against the Thunder’s intense ball pressure was so pronounced on Thursday that coach Chris Finch kept himonthe bench for theentire fourth quarter “Probably just standing and

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James goes for alayup in agame against the Minnesota TimberwolvesonApril 30 in Los Angeles. James is the first 40-year-old to makeanAll-NBA team.

Giannis: People’s choice,again For theeighthconsecutive year, Antetokounmpowas listed on everyAll-NBA ballot.That’sthe longest active run in theNBA. Thelast time an All-NBA ballot was sent to the league without Antetokounmpo’sname listed was2017, when four of the100 votersdidn’trankhim among the league’stop players.

Since then: 799 ballots cast, 799

Gilgeous-Alexander says fellow Canadian Nash inspired him

BY TIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

Watchingfellow Canadian Shai

Gilgeous-Alexanderbeannounced as this season’sNBA MVP left Steve Nash brimming with pride.

Andthen the momentgot better Nash —until this week,the first and only Canadian to winthe MVP award— was someone that Gilgeous-Alexander identified in his MVP acceptance speech Wednesday night as one of his basketball inspirations.

“It means the world,” Nash, the 2005 and 2006 MVP,said Thursday in avideoconferencewitha small group of reporters. “I don’tneed it. And at the same time, there’sno better feeling thanwatching these guys thrive and them saying you had an impact on them.That makes it all worthwhile and special. And I don’tknow if there could be very fewcompliments higher than that.”

Gilgeous-Alexander— the NBA’s scoringchampion —got 71 of apossible 100 first-place votes to win the award,one that he received from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver Thursdaynight just before he and the Oklahoma City Thunder hosted the Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 2ofthe Western Conference finals

best team, aclub that went 68-14 in the regular season and set an NBA record forpoint differential.

“This is avery special moment for me,” Nashsaid. “I genuinely getsuper excitedtosee hissuccess. He’sreally probably my favorite playertowatch and let’s hope he continues on this trajectory and continues to rack up seasons like this and represent himself and his country and his team the wayhehas been. He’sphenomenal.”

Gilgeous-Alexander was just a littlekid, 5or6 years old, when Nash won his MVP awards. But he was long touted as Canada’s next great one —the basketball version, that is —and now he has delivered.

Like Nash, Gilgeous-Alexander is also acornerstoneofCanada’s national program.Gilgeous-Alexander led Canada to abronze medal at the2023 World Cup, afinish that qualified the team for the2024 Paris Olympics, and it would seem likely that the2028 Los Angeles Games are on the Thunder star’s radar as well.

spectatingtoo much,” Randle said. “I’vegot to getmyself into actions, get myself on the move. We know what type of defense they are. They’re going to swarm you.”

Unfortunately forthe Wolves, theThunder got theirwakeup call out of the way nearly three weeks ago when they wasted a 13-point lead midwaythrough the fourth quarter andlosttheir second-round opener when Denver’sAaron Gordon hit ago-ahead 3-pointer with 3seconds left.

The Nuggets presented several defensive strategies that the Thunderultimatelyfiguredout howtopivot away from on their waytowinning theseriesinseven games.

The Wolves have done the same so far, emptyingthe playbookin an attempt to keep Gilgeous-Alexander’s slick-moving, smoothshooting game in check and the role players from beating them beyond thearc.

But while theWolves are superior defensively to theNuggets, the Thunder used that experience to not practice thepostseason art of quick adjustment —and cut their teeth in someclose games. They took plentyoftactical and mental momentum, into this matchup.

“Wehad ourbacksagainst the wall and had to respond multiple times in that series,” coach Mark Daigneault said.“And nowwe have adifferent challenge.

“We’re up 2-0goinginto their place. We know they’regoing to play veryaggressively,hard, comfortably at home,and now we’ve got to have themental toughness to go and rise to that challenge.”

listing Antetokounmpo.

Jokic appeared on every AllNBAballotfor thefifthconsecutiveyear; it would be six in arow if he hadn’tfallen one vote short of unanimous statusin2020. Jayson Tatum was on every All-NBA ballot for the fourth consecutive season.

LeBron:The firstat40

James is the first 40-year-old to makeanAll-NBAteam —he turned 40 in December

James has 13 first-team appearances, foursecond-team selectionsand four third-team nods. No other player has more than 15 All-NBA selections. Kobe Bryant (11 first-team picks), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (10 first-team picks)and TimDuncan (10 firstteam picks)are theother members of the 15-time club.

Awards season

Therelease of theAll-NBA teams wrapped up awards season in theleague.Aglobalpanel of 100 writers and broadcasters sent their votes to the NBAbefore the playoffs started. Those awards voted on by the panel included Gilgeous-Alexander winning MVP, Cleveland’s KennyAtkinsonwinning coach of the year,Atlanta’sDyson Daniels winning most improved player,San Antonio’sStephon Castle winningrookieofthe year,Mobleywinning defensive player of theyear,Brunson winning clutch player of theyear,

“Foryou, it’salways been team first,”Silver toldGilgeous-Alexander,justbefore handing him the trophy at midcourt. “But you ledthisteamtothe best record in the NBA andthe most wins in franchise history.Congratulations.”

Gilgeous-Alexander then hoisted the Michael Jordan Trophy as the crowdroaredand histeammates moved in for yetanother round of applause. He was the best player on the

There were 25 Canadian-born players who scored in the NBA this season,including seven Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett,Shaedon Sharpe BennedictMathurin,AndrewWiggins and Dillon Brooks —who had morethan1,000 points. No countryoutsideofthe U.S. hadmore 1,000-point scorers than that.

“He setthe foundation,” Gilgeous-Alexander said of Nash. “He wasthe first Canadian basketball player Iknew of. And without seeing guys go to the NBAfrom Canada, it wouldn’thave been as much of adream as it wasfor us as kids growing up.”

Sinner returnsto GrandSlamtennis afterhis doping ban

BY HOWARD FENDRICH AP tennis writer

PARIS Jannik Sinnerpassed his

first test back on tour after adoping ban —a run to last weekend’s final at theItalian Open,where his tennis felt good andlookedgood, and the statisticshestudied afterward backed thatup.

Now comes awhole new set of challenges forthe 23-year-old Italian at the French Open, which begins Sunday: acrowdthat could be pullingfor his local opponents insteadoffor him;the extra rigors of best-of-five-setmatches instead of best-of-three; theadded pressure andimportance of amajor tournament.

“Wehave seen acouple of things whereI canimprove,and Grand Slams are just different. Youhave to be mentally ready. Physically, too, tryingtouse the right energy.It’sall about being consistent andsolid,” Sinnersaidata news conference at Roland-Garroson Friday

“Yeah,” he added. “Let’ssee if I can do that.”

Ayear ago on the red clay in Paris, Sinner made it to the semifinals before blowing atwo-setsto-one lead and losing to his top rival, eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.

Despitethat setback,Sinner rose to the top of the ATPrankings on the day after the French Open concluded, marking his first appearanceatNo. 1.

He’s still occupying that spot, maintaining his status even after notbeing allowed to play for threemonthswhile suspended. It wasaunique case:After Sinner tested positive twicefor abanned steroid in March 2024 —once at atournament, once eight days later —noone knew he wasbeing investigated until an announcement that he was cleared shortly beforethe U.S. Open began in August.

Theruling accepted hisexplanationthat two membersofhis team were to blame for accidentally exposing Sinner to thebanned substance.

Butthe World Anti-Doping Agency appealed that exoneration,and Sinneragreed to serve a short banthatwas timedinsuch away as to allow him not to miss

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTO JannikSinner hits ashot backto CarlosAlcaraz during the Italian Open final on Sunday at the Foro Italico in Rome.

aSlam event or the Masters 1000 eventheldinhis country

Sinnerhas won three of the past five major trophies —two at the Australian Open, including this January,and at the U.S. Open last season —and Alcarazhas grabbed the other pair in that span, at the French Open andWimbledonin 2024.

“The goal (in Rome) was to win couple of matches, and Iended up in the final, whichisahuge extra for me,” said Sinner,who was defeated by Alcaraz for the title there

“Hopefully this can give me, then, some confidence forherein Paris.”

Hisjourney in thebracket will begin against aFrenchman, Arthur Rinderknech. Winthat, and Sinnerwould face another player from the host country: Terence Atmane or Richard Gasquet, two wild-card recipients. Asked Fridayabout what sort of reception he expects from the spectators at Roland-Garros, as compared to in Italy, Sinner said:

“It’sdefinitely going to be different. Iknowthat.

“But Idon’t thinktheyhave something against me. It’sright thattheysupport the players who arefromhere.”

Last year’srunner-up to Alcaraz at theFrenchOpen, Alexander Zverev,expects Sinner to be receivedwarmly

“Jannik is loved, and he will always be loved by tennis fans,” Zverev said, “so if I’m in his shoes, I’m not too worried about the crowdtoo much.

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Firsttothe WCWS

Canady dominates forTexas Tech to finish offFlorida

By The Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. NiJaree Ca-

nady scattered three hits for her second-straight complete game in less than 24 hours, pitching Texas Tech to its first Women’sCollege World Serieswith a2-1 win over Florida State on Friday After throwing atwo-hit shutout on Thursday night, Canady came back on Friday afternoon and blanked the fifth-seeded Seminoles until the seventh inning. Canady (30-5) walked her only batter of the game on fourpitches to lead off the top of the seventh. Michaela Edenfield followed with adouble to right center. Shelby McKenzie got the RBI with an infield chopper but Canady got the last two hitters to pop out tofirst basemanLauren Allred in foul territory The 12th-seeded Red Raiders (50-12) plated runs in thefirst, on asacrifice fly Alana Johnson, and in the fifth, on Demi Elder’ssingle up the middle. Both runs were unearned. FSU had four errors.

Julia Apsel (12-2) tookthe loss for the Seminoles (49-12), Canady,the reigning National Player of the Year,transferred from Stanford, where she reached two WCWS, for areported $1 million in NIL money and promptly turned Texas Tech into acontender.She is oneofthree finalists for

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“Wehad apitchers’ meeting the night before the first game where we said everythingtothis point is just preseason,” hesaid “This is our season. This is when we need to come to play.It’sbeen great.” The next win could be the most difficult. UTSA broke the conference record with its 499th run of the season while beating FAU6-3 on Friday afternoon, and the Wave is well aware of the Roadrunners’ firepower after givingup24 in a three-inning span in their April series finale in San Antonio.

Uhlman did not tip his hand on astarting pitcher,but normal Saturday starter Trey Cehajic (5-2, 5.20 ERA), who threw 15 pitches is aleading candidate. He allowed three runs in 41/3innings in a5-3 win at UTSA and threw 15 pitches against the Roadrunnersinrelief on Thursday UTSA coach Pat Hallmark did notrevealhis starter, either, naming Gunnar Brown (7.77 ERA), Jake Cothran (13,03 ERA), Sam Simmons (7.71 ERA) and MikeDeBattista (5.28 ERA) as available.

History favors Tulane.Only one team,East Carolina in 2023, has reached the AACchampionship game after falling into the loser’s bracket since the tournament went to its currentdouble-elimination format in 2015.

“We’re going to enjoy it,” Hallmark said. “What’sbetterthanbeing the underdog. We’re finally the underdog again.”

ROUNDUP

thenational award again, sporting asub-1.00ERA.

No. 2OKLAHOMA 3, ALABAMA 0: In Norman,Oklahoma, KasidiPickeringhit atwo-run home runand SamLandry pitched acomplete game for Oklahoma and the Sooners beat Alabama in Game 1ofthe Norman super regional. The Soonershavewon 17 consecutive games in super regional play.Landry (23-4),aULtransfer, allowed four hits with two walks, ahit-by-pitchand fivestrikeouts. Abigale Dayton drew alead-off walk in thethird and Pickering hit the next pitch over the wall in centerfield. JocelynBriski(17-13) gave up threerunsonsix hitsover fiveinnings forNo. 15 seed Alabama (40-22). TwoofOklahoma’s losses this season came against Alabama.

No. 3FLORIDA6,GEORGIA 1: In Gainesville, Florida, Reagan Walsh hita three-run homer in the first inning and Keagan Rothrock threw atwo-hitter to carry Florida over unseeded Georgia in the opening game of the Gainesville superregional. Rothrock took ano-hitterinto thesixth,facing just onebatter over the minimum. She struck out seven, walked two and hit one batter.Ava Brownhit atwo-run

homer, her in seventh in thelast 11 games and 11th overall, and Kendra Falby had an RBI double.

OLE MISS 9, No. 4ARKANSAS 7: In Fayetteville, Arkansas, Ashton Lansdelldrove in three runs andOle Miss won its first super regional gameasArkansas stranded 13 runnersonbase. LexieBrady and Mackenzie Pickens doubled in runs in the third ahead of Lansdell’shome run. The start of thegame was moved up eight hours to avoid inclement weather No. 8SOUTH CAROLNA9,No. 9UCLA 2: In Columbia, South Carolina, Lexi Winters hada two-run home runin the first inning and drove in three runs, Sam Gressthrew three-plus innings of no-hit relief and South Carolina opened theColumbia super regional witharout.

Aleadoffwalkcame beforeWinters’ two-out blast to center field. Then Kaitlyn Terry (18-5) hita batter and Brooke Blankenship rippedanRBI double down the rightfield line. Arianna Rodi ropedatwo-run single in thesecond for the Gamecocks. AlexisRamierez andSophia Mujicahad RBI hits in the fourth for UCLA but Abigail Knight answered withatwo-run double in thefifth andand South Carolina wrapped it up with two runs in the sixth.Gress scattered four hitsin 31/3 innings.

Tulane pitcherTreyCehajic looks at arunner on first base before throwing apitch against UTSA on March 29, 2024, at Turchin Stadium. Tulane will face UTSAonSaturdayinbid to reach third straight AACtourney final.

Comfortzone

Montiel closed out both of the Wave’svictoriesinClearwater, Florida, butthat was the only similarity betweenthe two appearances. He wasshaky against Florida Atlantic, allowing arun-scoring single and walking back-to-back batters to load thebases and bring the winner run to the plate before agame-endingstrikeout. He was dominantagainst UTSA, getting out ahuge jam when he entered in the sixth and retiring everyonehefaced until there were two outs in the ninth.

“Thisismythird year here,and I’d never actually stepped on the

Loyola-N.O.falls to TWUinopener

Wolf Pack trytostay aliveinNAIAWorld Series on Saturday

Staff report

Loyola of NewOrleans fell into the loser’sbracket of the NAIA WorldSeries on Friday with a 7-3 loss to Tennessee Wesleyan in Lewiston,Idaho. The Wolf Pack (41-17), playing in their first NAIA WorldSeries, trailed 4-0 in the fourth inning after Kolton Davis hit asolo homer and Jack Stevensfollowedwith an RBI double. TWU (47-12) then gotanRBI single from Devin Dixon and Corbin Shaw hit into afielder’schoicedouble play to give the Bulldogs a4-0 lead. Loyolarespondedwith two in the seventh off Blake Peyton, who had allowed just one hit to that point. Anthony Fernandez hitadouble to drive in Landon Trosclair before Jaxon Buratt singled and scored after two Bulldogs errors to trimthe deficit to 4-2.

ButTennessee Wesleyan responded right away in thebottom of the seventhwith aDaniel Stewart two-run single for a6-2 lead. Another run came home on Kruise Newman’s RBI single. Peyton went seven complete innings to get the win. He gave up tworunsonthree hits.Hewalked six and struck out seven.

mound,” he said Thursday.“There were definitely some problems for me the other day,but Igot it out of theway and felt comfortable today.”

Montiel, agraduatestudent who hadanERA of 10.20 and10.24 in 2023 and 2024 in limited appearances, credited pitching coach Anthony Izzio for his turnaround. He has a3.61 ERA in 421/3 innings this year,yielding 28 hits while striking out 54.

“He (Izzio) is thebest in the business, and he knows how to win these tournaments,” Montielsaid. “He’sdone agreat jobmanaging thepitching. Whatever he decides, we have ultimatetrustand faith that it’sgoing to work out for us.

Thomas Hakimian (7-2) took the loss after allowing four earned runs on seven hits in four innings. He walked two and struck out one.

Loyola will playinanelimination game at 6:30 p.m. Saturday against Friday’sGeorgiaGwinett-British Columbia loser In other action Friday,top-seeded LSU-Shreveport (55-0) beat Grand View (Iowa) 6-3.

Ohtani to face hittersfor 1sttimeinpitchingrehab

BY MIKE FITZPATRICK AP baseball writer

NEW YORK Shohei Ohtani is scheduledtoface hitters Saturdayfor thefirst time in his recovery from rightelbowsurgery

The two-way superstar will throw live batting practice at Citi Field before the Los AngelesDodgers play theNew York Mets, manager Dave Roberts announced Friday

It’sthe next step for Ohtani as he workstoward returning to the mound. He had surgery on Sept. 19, 2023, the second majoroperation on his right elbow since he arrived in the majors, and he hasn’tpitched in abig league game since Aug. 23 that year for theLos Angeles Angels.

“It’s aprogression.Progress for Shohei,” Roberts said. “He doesn’ttip his hand very often, as far as emotions. But Idon’tsee howhecouldn’tfeel thatit’sstarting to become morerealistic.”

Thereisnotarget date yet for Ohtani’spitching debut with the

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basketballexplosion.

“The Dream Team massacred everybody,but it lit afuse,” Curd says. “I think we’re onto football’sversion of that.”

The NFL, of course, also benefits from apotential worldwide expansion of flagfootball, sparked by its players: More people becomeNFL fans, and that means more(and moreand more) money Curd also said that sprinkling NFL players onto the U.S. team would be the best waytogo, as opposed to completely stocking theteam with stars. We’ll see about that. I’mthinking the NFL —whilelimiting the number of professional players on the team —wouldn’twant to take any chances on getting upset on home soil in the biggest flag football event ever staged. Curd agrees there, saying, “You don’twant to sell somethingthis hard and then not win.”

Andthat brings up another point:Bymaking one player from each team available, the league actually is giving other countries achance to have an NFL player or two on their team —and in a5-on-5 game, even one guy couldmakeahuge difference.

Dodgers, though expectations are it could come in July

“A lot of it is going to be contingent on how he’s feeling and then what the next step is,” Roberts said. “So, Idon’tthink anyone knows how the next couple months are going to go.” Roberts wasn’tsure how many pitches Ohtani willthrow Saturday or which Los Angeles teammates he will face.

“I think that we’ve seen the bullpens for quite some time, so to see him going outthere and trying to get some major league hitters out, Ithink we’re all anxious forthat,” the manager said. Ohtani mixedinbreaking pitchesduring athrowing session Tuesday for the first time in his rehabilitation program. Before that, the right-hander had been limited to fastballs and splitters. “The stuff looks good. It’seasy 94,95(mph)coming outofhis hand. It’s areally good throw,” Roberts said. “I think we’re all anxious to see how it looks to hitters.”

Imagine if Nelson Agholor and several other NFLplayers of Nigerian descent decided to play forNigeria. Canada also could field an interesting team with players such as Josh Palmer, Chuba Hubbard and Chase Claypool (who could perform a first-downcelebration as Canada tries to execute alast-minute drive).

“Those guys that have international ties or citizenship opportunities to play foranother country,it’snodifferent than when Sidney Crosby plays for Canada and Victor Wembanyama for France,” Curd says. “And countries will have afew years to rampupfor this.”

Right, so I’mthinking places such as China might take this very seriously and put together ateam with, say,anOlympic sprinter as its pass rusher (Curd tells me speed is the key there, not strength, since there is no blocking).

In other words, it probably won’t be the U.S. against a YMCA team forgold. It might be something quite different. Something much better,with asport the NFLsays already is played by 20 million people across 100 countries.

I’mnot sure any NFLteam will wanttosend asuperstar to L.A., but Curd sold me on the general idea.

Imight have ahand over one eye, but Iwant to see it.

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Texas Tech pitcher NiJareeCanadyscatteredthree hits ina 2-1win over Florida State to help theRed Raiders sweep Florida State in theTallahassee super regional on FridayinTallahassee, Fla.

Hot diggity dog!

Sold-out Indy 500 packed with drama

BY JENNA FRYER AP auto racing writer

INDIANAPOLIS There has been so much drama ahead of the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 that Kyle Larson’s attempt to complete the 1,100-mile NASCAR double doesn’t even crack the top attention-getters.

Roger Penske’s credibility was tested this week and he fired the top three executives of his IndyCar team because the cars of twotime defending race winner Josef Newgarden and Will Power failed inspection. The team had modified a spec safety part — something IndyCar insists provided no competitive advantage — and it forced Penske to act.

The second major infraction in just over a year at Team Penske put The Captain’s reputation at stake He owns his team but also IndyCar, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy 500 — the most important race in the world to him, and one that the 88-yearold Penske has won a record 20 times.

Wienermobiles put on riveting race in Wienie 500 ä Indy 500

BY DAVE SKRETTA AP sportswriter

INDIANAPOLIS Give the Borg-Wiener Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Wienermobile affectionately known as Slaw Dog

In a down-to-the-wire race among the six iconic Wienermobiles that serve as goodwill ambassadors for Oscar Mayer, the hot dog-on-wheels representing the Southeast proved to be the big dog on Carb Day ahead of Sunday’s running of the Indianapolis 500. It made a dramatic pass of the Wienermobile repping Chicago at the finish line to win the inaugural Wienie 500 on Friday

The margin was about a half a bun. “You are standing in a moment in hot dog history right now,” Sarah Oney, who was co-piloting the Wienermobile representing New York with Connor Wolff, told The Associated Press. “This is the first-ever time we have honestly had all six Wienermobiles together and especially at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.”

It was the definition of a wiener-take-all race, too: The driver and co-pilot of the No. 3 dog, who managed to roast the rest of the Wienermobiles on a cool, sunny afternoon, got to stick around for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.

The Wienermobiles have been around since 1936 as a promotional vehicle for Oscar Mayer — not to be confused with Louis Meyer, the first three-time winner of the Indy 500. They travel around the country logging about 20,000 miles annually, though none were

probably as important to the hotdoggers on board as the 5 miles they drove on Friday

Oney and Wolff jumped into the lead when the green flag flew at the historic yard of bricks, and the six Wienermobiles slowly picked up speed until they reached about 65 mph. They were right in each other’s grills down the backstretch, and swapped the lead among themselves several times until the second of two laps, when the No. 4 dog led the field out of Turn 2.

That’s when smoke began pouring from its rear, and that dog was cooked.

The Wienermobile wearing No. 1 assumed the lead as the field headed onto the front stretch and a crowd of nearly 80,000 fans who had just watched the final practice for the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500 was standing and cheering

That’s when the Wienermobile from the Southeast, which had doggedly hung around the lead for most of the race, made its big move. It passed the the Wienermobile repping Chicago just in time to relish in the sweet taste of victory

It might have been the fastest Wieners have gone since Joey Chestnut’s heyday on Coney Island

“The Indy 500 marks the unofficial kickoff of summer and the start of hot dog season,” said Kelsey Rice, brand communications director at Chicago-based Oscar Mayer “It’s only fitting that we bring a race of epic proportions to the Speedway and celebrate a timeless tradition: delicious meats and a little friendly competition to kick off a summer of wieners.”

Holy cow! O’Ward finally milks a cow before Indy 500

BY DAVE SKRETTA AP sportswriter

INDIANAPOLIS Pato O’Ward learned this week that it behooves Indianapolis 500 drivers to take part in the rookie tradition of milking a cow if they ever want to drink the stuff in victory lane upon winning “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.”

Problem is that O’Ward never got that opportunity — until Friday One day after lamenting that his Indy 500 debut occurred amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indiana Dairy Association and his Arrow McLaren team came through for him. The folks at Silverstone Farms in nearby Greenfield, Indiana, loaded up a cow named Rihanna and trucked her to the track on Friday, where she was waiting for O’Ward at the crack of dawn O’Ward, one of the most charismatic and popular drivers in the paddock, was udderly amazed

“Woke up for some morning milking, and it was a really cool experience,” he said, flashing a big smile. “Very warm. You know, gotta warm her up. Yeah, she was fabulous. Did you see a video at least? You’ll see. First try.” Yep, first tug and there came the stream of milk. Perhaps that’s a good omen as O’Ward chases his first Indy 500

win. He has finished second twice in the most important race of the season, and has talked candidly about how Indianapolis Motor Speedway has repeatedly broken his heart.

Maybe the fact that he hadn’t milked the cow was the karma keeping him from victory lane.

The high-steaks effort to get a cow to the speedway before Sunday’s race came after O’Ward sat for a press conference Thursday with Robert Shwartzman, who earned the pole as an Indy 500 rookie. Shwarzman dutifully took part in the traditional milking earlier in the week, and as he explained: “The woman, she came to me and said, ‘The people who didn’t milk the cow, they never won the Indy 500,’ and they were like (did not finish). It’s bad luck.”

Shwartzman pointed out that Alexander Rossi milked the cow when he won as a rookie in 2016.

“You have to milk the cow,” Shwartzman said, describing his personal experience with a “very calm, cute” cow named Indy

To which O’Ward declared: “I’m going find a cow and I’m going to milk it tonight.”

“We know some farmers who know some cows who can make that happen,” the Indiana Dairy Association responded on X. It only took them a day

“We had an organizational failure not once but two times. It hurts me in my gut,” Penske told new TV partner Fox Sports. “There’s a certain amount of credibility you have to have. We let people down. We’ll move on and our goal is to win the race.”

The grandstands are sold out for the first time since 2016 and the Indy 500 is slated to run hours before the Indiana Pacers host Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals a few miles away The speedway is expecting 350,000 people will attend.

“The downside is that most of the talk going into our biggest race of the year is about that,” 2008 Indy 500 winner Scott Dixon said of the Team Penske scandal “There’s so many cool stories going into it.”

What about the Penske cars?

The three Team Penske cars did not participate in the final day of qualifying. Scott McLaughlin crashed earlier that day, before Newgarden and Power were disqualified, and his car did not have the illegally altered piece on it.

McLaughlin will start 10th and is motivated to help Penske repair the team image. Newgarden, seeking to become the first driver to win Indy in three consecutive years, will start 32nd and Power in the final spot following the penalties.

No driver has ever won from the last row but Newgarden believes it can be done. The field won’t be surprised.

“The Penskes are freaking missiles,” O’Ward said. “It’s going to be fun watching Josef carve his way through traffic.”

O’Ward’s takeover

The Mexican driver has become IndyCar’s superstar, and he has twice had his heart broken at Indy with runner-up finishes. O’Ward’s third-place starting position is the best of his career and momentum for a victory has been building. His energy vibrates around the speedway, where his purchasing of a bomber jacket at the infield merchandise tent caused the item to sell out online and boost Indianapolis-brand Homefield to a national level. There were only

five jackets, all size XL still available Friday morning.

O’Ward also got the Indiana Dairy Association to bring a cow to the speedway Friday so he could milk it a rookie tradition at the Indy 500 that he missed because his first appearance was during the pandemic.

“We need more guys like Pato in NASCAR,” said Larson, his Arrow McLaren teammate at Indy Hole in the resume

Alex Palou has won four of the first five IndyCar races this season but has flown under the radar this month The Spaniard will start sixth. His best finish is second and he’s been inside the top nine the last four years.

Palou is the two-time reigning IndyCar champion and has three titles in the last four years. He admitted if he never wins the Indy 500, his career would not be complete and the 14-race winner has yet to earn a victory on an oval.

“In that race, you don’t think about the championship at all,” Palou said. “A third place is not good enough A second place is not good enough. It’s only first that counts.”

F1 hopes extra pit stops bring more excitement in the Monaco Grand Prix

BY JAMES ELLINGWORTH AP sport writer

The Monaco Grand Prix may be “the jewel in Formula 1’s crown” but the race itself is rarely mustsee TV Sometimes, it’s downright dull.

F1 and its governing body, the FIA, hope a rule change for Sunday’s race will change that. Drivers will be forced to change tires at least twice in the hope that more pit stop strategy could shake up an event where Saturday qualifying — and the resulting grid position — is often more important than race day

“I guess it can go both ways,” champion Max Verstappen said Thursday “It can be quite straightforward, or it can go completely crazy because of safety cars coming into play or not making the right calls. I think it will spice it up probably a bit more.”

The change is designed to stop a repeat of last year, when a firstlap crash brought out the red flag, allowing everyone to make their one mandatory tire change.

With overtaking all but impossible on the twisty Monaco streets, the rest of the race was a procession. Home driver Charles Leclerc took the win for Ferrari and all of the top 10 finished in grid order

How Sunday’s race shakes out could depend on whether teams get creative with their strategies.

“Normally, with one stop, once you have a good pit stop and everything is fine, then you drive to the end and just stay focused and not hit the barrier,” Verstappen said. “But maybe with a two-stop it can create something different, people gambling, guessing when the right time is to box.”

Leclerc leads the way

Leclerc’s win last year in Monaco followed years of frustration at his home race. Friday’s first practice session had a similar pattern in miniature as Leclerc recovered from an early crash to

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc of Monaco crashes with Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll of Canada during the first free practice ahead of the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix race at the Monaco racetrack on Friday in Monaco.

set the fastest time.

Leclerc clipped the back of Lance Stroll’s slow-moving Aston Martin, smashing the Ferrari’s front wing and causing a brief stoppage so the debris could be cleared. Stroll said he hadn’t heard a warning from the team over the radio that Leclerc was approaching before he moved across the track into the Ferrari’s path. In the end, though, Leclerc was fastest by .163 of a second from Verstappen, with Norris thirdfastest, .326 off the pace. Alex Albon of Williams was fourth, with Piastri fifth. Seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton placed ninth after briefly going airborne when his Ferrari went over a curb.

Leclerc went fastest again in an eventful second session which saw Piastri cause a red flag when he hit a barrier, though he recovered and was second-fastest, .036 off Leclerc and ahead of Hamilton and Norris. Verstappen could only manage the 10th-fastest time.

French rookie Isack Hadjar called himself “so stupid” over

the radio after twice clipping the wall with the rear-left wheel in separate incidents, damaging his Racing Bulls car both times. McLaren’s Monaco pedigree Monaco was once McLaren territory It could be again. It’s the most successful team with 15 wins in Monaco, but none since Lewis Hamilton took the victory in 2008 on his way to his first championship.

Verstappen’s win at the EmiliaRomagna Grand Prix last week tightened up a title race which was increasingly dominated by McLaren.

Oscar Piastri leads the standings, but now only by 13 points ahead of his teammate Lando Norris and 22 from Verstappen. Monaco could favor McLaren because its car tends to be easier on its tires and, as Verstappen said last week, because his Red Bull dislikes low-speed corners. Verstappen skips movie night Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix, all but two of the 20 F1 drivers were pictured at a private screening Wednesday of the upcoming movie “F1,” starring Brad Pitt and produced by Lewis Hamilton.

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AROOMFROMSCRATCH

Starting over in aroom can be achallenge, but it’salso

When faced with thesoberingtask of decorating or redecoratingaroom from scratch, where do you begin?

In the previous century,you likely would have purchased astack of shelter magazines, torn out photos that you found appealing, and they would have landed on your desk. If you were organized, they would be in afolder.Today,you are more likely to turn to Pinterest or Houzz to find photos. It’sthe same process making use of adifferentmedium.

If you did this without overthinking each photo, the result would be acollection of images that really appeal to you, avoiding being overly influenced by your best friend or by popular trends Trustyour aesthetic instinct —that’s thelittle

voice inside that tells you thetruth.(Sometimesthat same littlevoice seemsto insistthat you purchase lottery tickets, but deep down you know better.)

Pin the photos thatattract your attention. The more photos the better,as

youwill soon seecommon threadsrunning through them. Those might be aparticularcolor or combination of colors, or an unusualmix of furnishings thatyou had notpreviously considered …burnedbamboo pieces mixed with dark woods?

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THE DIMENSIONS: With this bit of acquired inspiration,you are ready for the next step: Take stock of the physical space, as you will design within this framework.

Measure the room, including the ceiling height. Create asimple measured drawing, making note of door and window placement as wellasany special features such as afireplace or bookcase

Be sure to make note of door swings, as this willaffect furniture placement. Also make note of how this room opens or connects to adjacent rooms.

Mark the locations of electrical outlets, or the need to add more. Adding afew outletsis agood investment and allows you to avoid the unsightly and potentially dangerous extension cord.

Into thelight

CONSIDER THE MECHANICS: You also may consider theconvenience of having an outlet or two operated from alight switch. One half of theoutlet could be activated from the switch, and the other half would not. This allows you

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you are mostlikely to use the room.That will affect what kind of lighting you need.

Think of lighting in layers: There’snatural light, general illumination and task lighting.

Task lighting is geared to a specific purpose such as reading or paperwork.

For themost part, lamps will direct light forspecific tasks. Small recessed spots or directional art lights are used strategically to highlight art or architecture.

This might take the form of

one or moreunits to highlight an interesting exposed brick wall.

Aword of caution: Be carefulnot to overdo recessed lighting, as the result can be a ceiling that resembles Swiss cheese.

Apendant fixture centered in the room can be very dramatic andisanopportunity to express yourself stylistically. Amultibranched fixture with wire arms ending in candle ä See

theconvenience of turning on lamps asyou enter theroom.

It was Elsie de Wolfe, considered bymany to beAmerica’s first interior decorator,who is credited with this innovation about ahundred years ago. De Wolfe was awoman far ahead of her time, andshe found overhead lighting“unflattering.”

To quote her further:“You express yourself with your housewhether you wanttoor

not.”

We cannot overlook the light provided by that other great designer,Mother Nature. Does theroom receive morning or afternoon light? Or are you blessed withgrand, old trees that limit the light the room will receive during thecourse of the day?

Does this look rightonme?

LIGHT FIXTURE SIZE MATTERS: Next consider how and when

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Apendant fixture centered in the room can be very dramatic and is an opportunity to express yourself stylistically

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sockets from a whitewashed turned spindle would convey a very different aesthetic than would an oversized, white paper sphere by Isamu Naguchi.

This is why the measurement of your ceiling height is so important. That chandelier that looked great in the showroom might be wonderful if your ceiling height is at least 10 feet, but it’s a no-go in a room with a ceiling height of 8 feet. Taller ceilings simply allow for more dramatic light fixtures.

Take your room measurements with you when you shop, and remember, if a fixture looks a little small in the showroom, it will look even smaller in your home. A general observation is that if the fixture looks a little large, it’s probably the right size.

If you are unsure, ask the salesperson for a tear sheet. This provides all measurements as well as a photo of the fixture in question. You can also make a mock-up silhouette of the piece and look at it in your room.

Lighting mounted flush to the ceiling works best with a ceiling height of 8 feet. Many stylish fixtures are available, so you need not settle for the contractor-grade bowl with a button in the bottom. In the trade, this is often referred to as a “boob” light.

Or you may wish to forego a pendant light and opt for a ceiling fan. I know some design-savvy folks are now rolling their eyes, but remember some people love a ceiling fan. Others do not. Decide in which camp you belong. Hopefully, if there is a significant other in your household, the ceiling fan vote will be unanimous.

There are fans in a contemporary design with the light set within the fan for a very clean appearance. Even so, most often the light emitted

Think of light for a room in layers, from natural light to overhead and task lighting Filtered natural light is always a good idea in the deep South.

from a fan is sufficient only to allow you to cross the room without tripping over the furniture.

One additional word of caution regarding ceiling fans: Avoid the temptation to purchase a “fun” themed fan. That fan with the palm frond-shaped blades will loose its charm within a very short time.

Louis J. Aubert is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers and an avid preservationist. Some of his most visible New Orleans projects include making interior color selections for Gallier Hall, Trinity Episcopal Church and the Louisiana Supreme Court Royal Street Courthouse, and both interior and exterior selections for St. Stephen’s Basilica. Contact him at mrcolour@aol.com.

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This week

1. Find your style

2. Assess the room's size and shape

3. Think about light fixtures

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4. About floors

5. Window coverings

6. Furnishings

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gallery Open-air

If the art you choose is a reflection of your personality, placing that art outside must say something, too. Maybe that kind of sharing is a statement on the strong connections to community that are baked into New Orleanians’ DNA. Whatever the message, a visual treat is still a nice way to brighten the day for passersby

— Karen Taylor Gist

GARDEN TIPS

BROMELIAD SHOW: The River Ridge Bromeliad Society will hold its show and sale at LakesideShopping Center under the skylight by Macy’sfrom from 10 a.m. to 8p.m. Saturday andfrom noon to 3p.m. Sunday.Club members will be selling plants and can answer questions about growing bromeliads.

BASIL VARIETY: Nowisa great time to plant basil and enjoyawonderful fresh seasoning for summer cooking.Beyond thetraditional sweet basil, there are other basils with unique flavors like cinnamon, lemon and Thai basil.

TOMATO TIME: By the end of Maymost standard tomatoes willhaveset their maincrop. High temperatures (days in the 90s and nights in the70s)interfere with pollination. In addition, tomato bushes are less inclined to setmore fruit when theyalreadyhaveaload. So don’t be surprised if moreofthe flowers startfalling off without setting fruitas we move into June —it’sjustthat time of year.Heat-tolerant varieties (like Sunleaper,SolarSet and Heatwave), cherry and paste tomatoes set fruit more reliably during summer heat.

FILLER SOIL: Soil subsidence may require fill to occasionally be spread over thelawn. Filling can be done nowthrough August. Mowthe lawn immediately before spreading the fill. Choose alight, sandysoil(such as pump sandorriver sand) for filling Grass will not reliablygrowifcovered with more than twoinches of fill. If you fill deeper,you mayhavetolay newsod in areas where the grass does not grow through.

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Hydrangeas

offerSoutherncharm

in avariety of colors

TOP: Hydrangeas flower blue in acid soils and pink in alkaline soils.White hydrangeas do not have pigment in their sepalsand are white regardless of the soilpH.

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Hydrangeas have along tradition of use in shady Southerngardens. From late April through July, huge flower heads of light pink, pink, rosy-red, lavender,light blue, dark blue, bluish purple and white appear above the rich green leaves.

Garden hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) are native to Japan and are the most common type of hydrangeas grown in area gardens.

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Don’t worry about evergreen oleanders dropping leaves

BY DAN GILL

Contributing writer

I have several oleander bushes.Although they all flower well and long, the leaves turn yellow periodically. Not all at once, but enough to be unsightly. Is this normal, or a sign of deficiency in my soil?

Sarah

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This brings up an important topic when it comes to evergreen plants. Although evergreen plants do not drop all their leaves at one time, leaves do not live forever. Eventually, every leaf will grow old, and these old leaves are shed from evergreen plants at various times of the year — generally in fall, over the winter, in spring or early summer

Some evergreen plants shed leaves more than once a year Gardenias tend to shed old leaves in fall and again in spring/early summer. Other plants drop old leaves in a specific season. Savannah hollies drop their old leaves in April just before they bloom and send out new growth. Magnolias are beginning to drop old leaves right now

Oleanders tend to drop leaves in spring/early summer. So, what you are seeing is normal loss of the older leaves. There is no need for concern, and it is not related to a deficiency in the soil. Once the old yellow leaves are shed, the plants look normal again.

I recently purchased a new home, and in the front yard there is a mature pine tree approximately 50 feet in height. Growing from the ground up is a large poison ivy vine with the base the size of a broomstick.Aside from carefully cutting the vine near the base and disposing of it, how do I kill it permanently without killing the pine tree? — Mike

Once you cut the vine near the base, all the vine up in the pine tree will die, and you can leave it there or pull it down

large shrubs that begin blooming in May, continue producing clusters of showy flowers in red, pink or white through the summer. The plants tend to drop leaves in spring/early summer.

(continue to be careful as dead poison ivy foliage can still cause a rash).

However, the stump left behind will be all too happy to sprout and grow back up the tree — so, the trick is to kill the stump. This can be accomplished by applying the herbicide triclopyr (undiluted) to the surface of the freshly cut stump. You will find it in products such as Brush B Gon, Brush Killer and Green Light Cut Vine and Stump Killer. If the vine tries to grow from the treated stump (and an old one like that may), spray the foliage with triclopyr following label directions just until it is wet. Check the stump every now and again, and spray any sprouts as needed. It may take several applications to kill a poison ivy vine that old. Be persistent. This procedure will

not hurt the pine tree.

I’m having problems with my wax-leaf begonias.Although they have been well cared for, the stems are withering at the surface of the ground, and they are falling over and dying What could be causing this? — Russell

Wax-leaf begonias are the most common begonias we plant in shady flowerbeds. They bloom continuously and are generally reliable. This sounds like stem rot or crown rot. These diseases are caused by fungal organisms in the soil attacking the plant at the point where the stems enter the ground (the crown area).

This problem is most common when begonias are overwatered by watering too frequently or periods of rainfall. This is more likely to happen if the bed does not drain well.

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Caring for hydrangeas in pots

Potted hydrangeas are popular gifts for Mother’s Day When their flowers fade, these gift plants can be planted outside, where they will provide beautiful flowers for years to come.

Display your potted gift hydrangeas in a bright, partly sunny window, and make sure the soil stays moist so the plant does not wilt Hydrangeas don’t make particularly good houseplants, so the flowers may not last as long

indoors as they do in our gardens.

When the flowers begin to look unattractive, cut the flower heads off and plant the shrub in an appropriate location in your landscape. Blooming hydrangeas are also available at nurseries and can be purchased and planted into garden beds now.

Planting into the garden

Locate hydrangeas in a spot where they receive some shade during the day, particularly in the afternoon. Morning sun is much preferred by these plants, so an eastern exposure is excellent. Avoid hot, sunny, dry areas or beds

that are baked by the afternoon sun.

Incorporate a 2- to 4-inch layer of organic matter, such as compost, rotted manure or composted soil conditioner, into the soil during bed preparation. The organic matter helps retain moisture in the soil, but also makes sure that the soil stays loose and open, preventing it from getting waterlogged (hydrangeas may develop root rot in constantly soggy soil).

Once planted, water hydrangeas deeply and thoroughly twice a week (or more often if you see them wilt) while they get established their first summer Water established shrubs once or twice a week if the weather is dry Hydrangeas also benefit from a 2-inchthick layer of mulch, such as leaves, pine straw or pine bark, to help maintain a moist soil condition.

Color depends on soil

The colorful parts of the flower head are not petals; they are modified sepals. Interestingly, the color of the sepals is influenced by the availability of aluminum ions in the soil where the plant is growing.

In acid soils, such as those on the north shore, free aluminum ions in the soil are absorbed by the plant and make the flower heads blue. In

Locate hydrangeas in a spot where they receive some shade during the day, particularly in the afternoon.

alkaline soils, such as those on the south shore, the aluminum ions are not available, and flower heads tend to be pink. White hydrangeas do not have pigment in their sepals and are white regardless of the soil pH.

To make pink hydrangeas blue, treat the soil around the bushes with aluminum sulfate in March and again in October each year. If you want your blue hydrangeas to be pink, treat the soil around

the bushes with lime following the same schedule. It may take a couple of years for the treatments to be fully effective. The intensity of the color (such as light pink, deep pink or rosy-red) is controlled by genetics and depends on the variety you are growing.

How to prune in the garden

When the old flower heads turn green in June or July it signals the ideal time to prune your plants. First, cut off the faded flower heads with stems about 4 to 6 inches (these dry beautifully). To reduce the size of your bush, cut the heads with longer stems and shorten any other shoots as needed to achieve the desired results. This type of pruning should be done by mid-July. Garden hydrangeas set their flower buds for the next year in late summer, so any pruning after that removes the flower buds and reduces or eliminates flowers the next year Hydrangeas sometimes produce a second crop of, generally smaller, flower heads in late summer Leave these to bloom when you prune and cut those shoots back later Hydrangeas naturally drop

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Oakleafhydrangeas have large leavesthat resemble those of oak trees.

their leaves in the winter, leaving behind aplant that basically looks like abunchof dead sticks. Many gardeners, thinking the plant has died or just looks too unattractive to leave alone,cut back their hydrangeas during the winter.The next spring beautiful green growthpops up,but no flowers appear because the buds were on the bare growth cut off earlier.Donot prunein winter.

More typesofhydrangeas

Adifferent speciesofhydrangea, Hydrangea paniculata, is becoming increasingly popular here.This species produces white flowersinconeshaped, pointed clusters rather than the rounded clusters of garden hydrangeas. Limelight was the first variety to become popular,and it is an excellent selection, but there are more varieties availablenow

The paniculata hydrangeas are not cultivated the same as the common garden hydrangeas. For one thing, they are tougher,will tolerate full sun and are not so droughtprone. They are susceptible to root rot, so make sure the planting area is well-drained (raised beds) and do not water the plants too generously.

Also, they bloom on new growth. So, when pruning is needed, paniculata hydrangeas are pruned back inlate

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winter or early spring when these deciduousshrubs are leafless. Feel free to try these. They look spectacular when they are in bloom

Ournativeoak leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), with its large, pointed cones of white flowers that age to dustyrose with large dark greenleaves, also deserves consideration for shady,welldrained areas of your landscape. Larger growing than garden hydrangeas (upto8 feet), oak leaf hydrangeas are also deciduousand have the added attraction of orange to burgundy fallcolor.Prune on the same schedule as garden hydrangeas.

Make sure the bed where you plant begonias is wellprepared and has excellent drainage (raised beds are best). Generally,it’sbest to water beds thoroughly two timesa week, or not at all if there is adequate rainfall. If thisplanting fails and must be replaced, consider something else besides begonias, such as torenia or caladiums.

DanGill is aretired consumer horticulture specialist with the LSU AgCenter.Hehosts the “Garden Show” on WWLAM Saturdays at 9a.m. Emailgardening questions to gnogardening@agcenter lsu.edu.

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Stem rot or crown rot in begonias can be caused by overwatering

ONEINAMILLION

Artful Marigny restoration boasts elegant details

BY VICTOR ANDREWS Staff writer

A little over a quarter of a century after Spain’s rule over Louisiana ended, its influence on New Orleans was still felt, although blended with French inflections.

Take, for example, the street names. In Faubourg Marigny, named after the Bernard de Marigny, St. Ferdinand Street recalled Spain’s Ferdinand III, combining both cultures in one place.

By the time the home at 816 St. Ferdinand St. was built in 1830, another Ferdinand was on the throne of Spain (Ferdinand VII).

The home, like the city itself, is a blend of several styles, including elements of French, Spanish, Creole and American architecture.

And now, almost two centuries later, it is still a stellar example of Crescent City living, artfully restored in 2012 in one of the city’s marquee neighborhoods and with a current price tag of $1.995 million.

With three bedrooms and more than 3,300 square feet of historic living space, the dwelling pulls vintage style with contemporary ease into a grand place to call home.

The raised center hall cottage features a broad front veranda, flanked by twin pairs of floor-length windows with working shutters. The recessed front door, with pediment and transom, also features working shutters.

Cypress floors run from the front and down the long hall leading to the interior.

To the right, double parlors with high ceilings form gracious yet intimate spaces for a formal living room and dining room, connected by pocket doors and framed by architectural details that include ceiling medallions and broad molding around doors and windows. All the windows are in

The linear kitchen leads into the breakfast room through an arched opening.

working order to allow fresh breezes through the home. Each of the formal rooms has a fireplace with decorative mantel and surround. Double doors in both lead to the central hall.

From the dining room and the hall, French doors lead to

Built in 1830, this centerhall cottage in Faubourg Marigny is a fine example of a restoration.

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a wide and sun-filled den with a variety of seating spots. Anchoring the space is an artistic curved staircase, original to the house, that heads up to the two bedrooms on the second floor. More French doors in the space lead to the patio as well as a short hall to the kitchen

The formal dining room has a fireplace and plenty of architectural details, and it takes advantage of the floor-length windows of the living room through the pocket-door opening.

and a powder room.

The linear kitchen boasts exposed beams on the slat-board ceiling, with marble counters punctuated by professionalgrade stainless appliances.

A central work table, with

matching marble, expands the working area, which is bathed in natural light from French doors to the patio and large windows.

Through an arched wall, a breakfast room continues the

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The double parlors on the first floor are currently configured as formal living and dining rooms, with pocket doors separating the two spaces

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ceiling treatment as well as the door-and-window combination. A commanding builtin sideboard with upper and lower cabinets creates a haven for storage. At the end of the room, an antique French mantel frames the working wood-burning fireplace, and a door leads to the home’s laundry and back door

At the front of the home, across from the twin parlors, the primary bedroom is an expansive enclosure with floorlength windows on one wall and a fireplace with columned surround.

The marble-filled en suite, evoking rich images of European spa baths, has a standing shower, double carved sink and a trio of niches for statuary. A walk-in cedar closet is also accessible through the bath.

The two bedrooms upstairs feature exposed-beam ceilings, dormer windows and double closets. The shared marble bath repeats design aesthetics from the primary bath downstairs. Outside, the home continues the New Orleans style with a gallery that runs along the den and faces the broad brick patio, framed by a variety of artfully manicured foliage in decorative pots.

A bubbling fountain is the

centerpiece of the courtyard, which wraps around the home to create a smaller, more intimate space off the laundry room, perfect for morning coffee.

Wide expanses of verdant lawn are open on the lot that is more than 5,700 square feet. It also includes

Orchid Society show is next weekend

Vendors from throughout the Gulf South will be on hand May 30 to June 1 with plants and supplies for the Orchid Society’s “Orchids Midst Marshes and Mosses” show and sale, the largest in the region.

Sales will be from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Lakeside Shopping Center on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie. Exhibits will be going up on Friday. The exhibit area will be closed Saturday until noon for judging.

A raffle will also be at 2 p.m. Sunday

For information, visit neworleansorchisociety.org.

Learn the art of bonsai over a beer

Horticulture will be what’s on tap at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Parleaux Beer Lab, 634 Lesseps St., for Bonsai Bar, which aims to introduce the ancient Asian art of gardening while enjoying a beer at a local brewery Dwarf jade (Portulacaria afra) will be the planting.

Instructors will lead participants in lessons on the core concepts to pot, prune and design a bonsai tree.

Additional sessions are planned:

n June 7: 3 p.m. Saint August Maison, 153 Robert St., Slidell

A bubbling water feature is the central aspect of the bricked patio at the rear of the home, which also offers ample space for entertaining and activities al fresco

gated, off-street parking on a bricked pad.

The home is listed by Joey Walker, of Rêve Realtors, (504) 610-5637.

One in a Million is an occasional series featuring upscale homes for sale in the metro area.

Longue Vue House and Gardens is hosting Family Equality Day on June 1.

fair and a children’s parade. Admission to the grounds at 7 Bamboo Road and the activities are free.

For information, visit longuevue.com.

Volunteer projects abound at City Park

A variety of cleanup days and initiatives are on tap at City Park to improve and maintain the extensive urban green space. Those coming up include:

n Urban Forest Support Initiative: 9 a.m. Saturday. Volunteer Center, 1031 Harrison Ave.

n Couturie Forest Trail Team Zoom Info Session: 9 a.m. Saturday.

n June 11: 6:30 p.m., Port Orleans Brewing Co., 4124 Tchoupitoulas St.

Cost starts at $85. For information, visit bonsaibar.com.

Family fun, free day at Longue Vue

Visit Longue Vue House and Gardens in New Orleans on June 1 for Family Equality Day, which honors and recognizes families of all shapes, sizes and identities. The event coincides with Free Family Sunday

Activities at the historic dwelling include story time, dance performances, fan decorating, a community resource

n After Memorial Day Cleanup: 9 a.m. Tuesday. Volunteer Center.

n Horticulture Projects: 9 a.m. Wednesday. Lagoon Soccer Field parking lot near 30 Henry Thomas Drive.

n Horticulture Projects: 9 a.m. Thursday Volunteer Center

n Big Lake Native Plant Trail Restoration Project: 9 a.m. Friday. Big Lake Native Trail near 7 Friedrichs Ave. Register for the programs and find out more about what to bring at friendsofcitypark. volunteerhub.com.

Have a home and garden event coming up? Send it to events@theadvocate.com.

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Niches hold artwork in the primary bath, a European spalike space just off the primary bedroom.

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The plush cotton quilt in the primary bedroom was handmade and gifted to D’Addono by a former neighbor It features a pattern evocative of Moroccan tiles rendered in tangerine, turquoise, yellow and navy. Above the bed is a treasured poster picked up early in D’Addono’s traveling career advertising the Bahnhof Buffet Basel, a restaurant in a Swiss train station.

‘I have always had a red bathroom,’ said D’Addono. The scarlet hue is a backdrop for colorful photographs and paintings featuring Black masking Indians.

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HAS A STORY’

Home reflects its owner’s love of art, color and New Orleans

BY JYL BENSON Contributing writer

A miniature folk art painting featuring the likeness of Joan of Arc and the heroine’s memorable quote, “I am not afraid. I was born to do this,” hangs in the primary bathroom in Beth D’Addono’s Bywater home.

The sentiment encapsulates how D’Addono approaches life: with fearlessness and curiosity, seemingly free of the bonds that keep so many tethered to lives they don’t enjoy out of fear of the unknown.

A tag on her professional biography includes a quote from Mark Twain: “Years from now, you will

Writer Beth D’Addono relaxes in her Bywater home with her beloved dog Pearl. ä See STORY, page 16

The stunning blue-violet on the walls contrasts with the colorful braided rug in this guestroom.

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be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did.”

After decades of heading to New Orleans from her native Philadelphia, mostly to revel in the glories of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, in 2012, the prolific, celebrated freelance travel and food writer chose a vulnerable time to make a permanent move she had long contemplated.

“I was going through a divorce,” D’Addono said. The sense of freedom that New Orleans offers moved her “I knew I had to try,” she said.

Beth

She left everything behind and started over. After a series of moves, her life has become a statement of her devotion to

her adopted hometown. As all homes should, hers tells her life story through collections of art and treasured possessions.

ABOVE: An enviable art collection, much of it acquired locally, dominates the decor in Beth D’Addono’s Bywater home. This grouping shows works related to St. Louis Cathedral.

LEFT: A collection of artworks D’Addono refers to as her ‘lady bits’ depicts women in various stages of undress. The tangerine towels contrast pleasantly with the room’s pale gray stone and cabinetry.

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D’Addono owns a circa 1904 Craftsman four-bay double cottage.

ABOVE: A daring use of color is emblematic of the private spaces in Beth D’Addono’s home. In this case, blue violet walls form a backdrop in one of the guestrooms for a collection of paintings featuring colorful birds. The work at the top is from Brenda Delle. RIGHT: A slipper soaking tub in the primary bathroom shares space with pieces collected on travels to Thailand.

Consistent themes

Themes of her love of music, food and travel are lavishly represented on the walls of a circa 1904 Craftsman four-bay double cottage, where a banner flutters from the porch railing commanding passersby to “Love Your City.” The home was renovated and converted into a single home just before D’Addono bought it in 2019.

Walls in the public areas are painted the same pale gray with white trim chosen by the contractor from whom she bought the house

“I knew the color would come in with the art,” D’Addono said.

Throughout the home, the art is grouped based on subject matter, which includes the St. Louis Cathedral, architecture, jazz musicians, blues musicians, Jazz Fest posters, portraits of her beloved pets and Black masking Mardi Gras Indians. The furnishings throughout are comfortable but largely unremarkable.

A framed cover of the album ‘Swingin’ the Loop,’ recorded in January 1959, by saxophonist Vito Price (born Vito Pizzo in 1929), Beth D’Addono’s father His second album, “S Wonderful,’ was released in 2003 under the name Vito Pizzo. Now retired, Pizzo spent decades performing in upscale Las Vegas hotels, such as The Starlight.

ABOVE:

A second guest bedroom is awash in color LEFT: A collection of works in the living room includes a selection of posters from the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.

Shape of the remake

The pre-purchase renovation consumed the living room from one side of the house, leaving the remainder of that side to serve as private spaces. The newly acquired living space spans the width of the house. A seated island extends 4 feet from an exterior wall to form a transition between the living room and the kitchen.

Throughout the space, the framed white cabinets are topped with a striated grey stone that resembles wood, and a backsplash of thin horizontal slats with a luminous finish, interspersed with the occasional metallic tile, rises to meet the undersides of the cabinets. The various textures and finishes lend a sense of movement to the room, which opens to the dining area.

Orleans restaurants and chefs, paired with their recipes.

Her copy is stacked with other wellthumbed tomes against a wall under a wine rack undermounted with a collection of decorative glassware. The vignette is filled with barware and artwork reflective of cocktail culture.

Glorious colors

The walls in the home’s private spaces are painted in vivid colors and then layered over with colorful art gathered on world travels. Her two guest rooms— one a saturated blue violet, the other radiant turquoise — are routinely occupied by fellow world-travelling friends.

“If I fall in love with an original work of art but can’t afford it, I will ask for a giclee or a print.”

“My art is personal to me,” she said. “Every piece has a story. I thrift my clothes. Everything in my house is used. I have picked up things on the roadside and had them recovered I take castoffs from friends and family. I comb estate sales I would rather give money to an artist than buy a new piece of furniture.

The space sees its share of action via frequent dinners hosted by D’Addono, a skilled cook. She is the author of several books, most recently “City Eats: New Orleans,” released last year through HarperCollins’ imprint Cider Mill Press. The tome explores how much the city’s restaurant scene has changed since the pandemic and profiles 50 New

The spacious primary bedroom is painted the exact shade of the flesh of a juicy tangerine. A plush cotton quilt made by a former neighbor features a pattern evocative of Moroccan tiles rendered in tangerine, turquoise, yellow and navy. Above the bed is a poster picked up early in her traveling career advertising the Bahnhof Buffet Basel, a restaurant in a Swiss train station. “It always ends up over my bed, no matter where I live,” she said.

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Reap the benefits of planting a native garden

BY HANNAH LEVITAN Staff writer

Though Louisiana’s warm and humid climate is optimal for gardeners year-round, there’s ample opportunity now for residents to cultivate their own garden, especially one filled with native Louisiana flowers.

Native plants can fit into any garden, LSU assistant extension agent Anna Timmerman said. The most common flowers, though, include swamp mallows, Louisiana iris, coreopsis, rudbeckia and Texas star hibiscus.

For experienced or entrylevel gardeners, Timmerman said plant-lovers can choose from a variety of flowers at their local garden shop. But before heading over, she recommends gardeners inquire about certain flowers, because it’s the only way garden centers know to order them from wholesale nursery growers.

Gardeners can easily have up to 60 different flower species in their gardens, Timmerman said. That’s because of the variability in native plants.

“We can kind of push the envelopes in our gardens and landscapes a little and get away with planting a lot of different ecotypes into the garden,” Timmerman said.

But if you’re just getting started, the best native options include coreopsis, crimsoneyed rose mallow, cardinal flowers and rudbeckias. These are relatively easy to find in garden centers and require little maintenance. Some are even drought-tolerant.

Planting tips

Usually, most garden stores offer a palette of native flowers for customers to choose from. Experts can also provide valuable gardening advice, especially regarding the best flowers to plant together.

Rudbeckia is a common native plant that can fit into any garden.

But the most important thing to consider, Timmerman said, is timing.

“If you’re gardening natives, especially from the seed, you want to mimic what’s happening in nature, so that’s when the seed heads are drying out in the fall,” Timmerman said. “They’re dropping over the winter, getting cold exposure and then they germinate in the spring, so fall is really the best time to seed a lot of our natives.”

But transplanting flowers, a process of rerooting them, can be done anytime in the spring or fall, since they are not in the early stages of growth. They tend to do well over win-

ter because of their adaption to the climate.

Before planting, consult your local gardening expert about proper soil type and drainage.

If you don’t have a green thumb, Timmerman recommends beginners plant tickseed (coreopsis) and coneflowers (rudbeckia), which are good for entry-level planters They are low maintenance and require little effort.

“Always shop small, independent local garden centers, if possible,” Timmerman said. “Most of them will set aside a native plant section in their nurseries, especially in the New Orleans area.”

Snow impact

Even though Louisiana’s rare snowfall in January was tough on tropical plants, natives did well due to the additional atmospheric nitrogen from the snow.

“Snow contains a lot of air by volume, so it’s kind of like laying a thick blanket over our gardens and it does contain some atmospheric nitrogen too, so it’s like a little boost in free fertilizer,” Timmerman said.

Many native plants, especially perennials, can grow further north, allowing them to adapt to a range of environments and tolerate colder weather.

Most garden stores offer a palette of native flowers, like cardinal flowers, for customers to choose from.

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Louisiana irises are among nativeplantsthat would work well in local gardens. Because of thevariablity,gardenerscan easily have up to 60 different flower species in their gardens

The snow’sinsulative qualities allowed native plants to thrive more than tropical plants, Timmerman said. Goingnative

According to Timmerman, incorporating native species into your garden has numerous ecological benefits.

“They attract alot of pollinators and beneficial insect species that help us in our

garden, doing somenatural pest controland boostingour production,” she said.

Nativeflowers can fit into any landscapeor garden and integrate well.

Forthose interested in attracting hummingbirds and butterflies to their yards, consider plantingcoral honeysuckle or Texas star hibiscus

Timmerman recommends these for school gardens.

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GRAVIER ST.2208-10: donation, no value stated, Hope Diana Hayes, Juan Artise Hayesand Letrise DarcAarabi Blanks to TanjaMaria Hayes.

ST.CHARLES AVE. 736: $10, Mclain Investments LLCto Casey Lynn Enmon Lambert and Jason Michael Lambert.

TCHOUPITOULAS ST.1071: $662,500, Chris J. Digrado and PamelaW.Digrado to William Harrison Walker Jr. Living Trust.

DISTRICT 2

ARGONNE BLVD.6942: $650,000, Louise SeguraCook and Michael W. Cook to Cameron S. Tomand RobynR.Blanchard.

BURGUNDYST. 824: $100, Charles Matthew Bartholomew to Andree Lansou Jacques and Kenneth William Jacques.

CANAL BLVD.6710: $985,000, Max Nelkin and Nichole Nelkin to KatherineJohnson.

COLBERTST. 6110: $695,000,

James HowesEnglandand LaurenLabarreEngland to Ashleigh AttawayFleischer andBrian T. Fleischer.

CONTI ST.3205: $343,000, AllisonM.Hartdegen to Mahalia Crawford.

DAUPHINE ST.617: $321,000, DaftaryTrust and Scheherezade DaftarytoChristopher Gerard Tietz.

DAUPHINE ST.1119: $185,000, 1119 Dauphine Street LLCto Amanda Ann Keane and Keith EdwardKeane.

FLAMINGOST. 31: $1,750,000, Angela GaineyGrundmeyerand Wade MichaelGrundmeyerto LauraA.Colosino and Robert

Colosino.

GEN. DIAZ ST.6373: $588,000, Susan Napolitano Trauth Liebert to David WawroseJr. and Lauren Nelsen.

GOV. NICHOLLS 525: $560,000, Jessica Norfleet CoyTrustto John CletusAndry III.

GOV. NICHOLLS ST.2639: $340,000, LydiaRoseWinklerto Genorie Church.

JEWEL ST.301: $427,000, Conrad J. Schwartzand LindaWest SchwartztoScott Matthew Loup. LOUISVILLE ST.6044: $940,000, Allison ShapiroDandry and Bobby DandrytoCatherine Cranfield

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Chenevert and Dakota Chenevert.

NAVARRE ST. 716: $455,000, Britney Jara Logan and Britney Jara Shelton to Zoe M. Levert.

NEW CASTLE ST. 7530: $115,000, Archisa M. Watson Miller to Thang Hoa I LLC.

N. ALEXANDER ST. 606-608: $449,000, Micaela Woskie Shetty to Arin Michelle Okada and Maxwell Graeme Appiey

N. SALCEDO ST. 315: $280,000, Justin Paul Rubin to Jeanne Marie Baudouin.

ROSEMARY PLACE 5620-22:

$225,000, Succession of Carolyn Coppage Lalla to Alejandro Tefel and Margaret Zelaya Tefel.

TOPAZ ST. 929: $870,000, Barry G. Lee and Kay Bailey Miller to Benjamin Kahn and Sarah Lillis Kahn.

DISTRICT 3

ALABO ST. 1814: $165,000, JRG Investments LLC to Chianti Martin.

ALVAR ST. 2321: $65,000, 3 Boys Investments LLC to American Home Cash Buyers LLC.

ALVAR ST. 2321: $75,000, American Home Cash Buyers LLC to Xiomara Y. Ventura Merino.

ASSUMPTION PLACE 5: donation, no value stated, Reginald Antonio Scott to Tamaro Scott Woods

BARTHOLOMEW ST. 2413: $28,105, Olit 2024 HB2 Alternative Holdings LLC to Shaniece Detrion.

BAYOU ROAD 2235: $806,342, Laura L. Wahl to Angela Maria Morton and Sean Patrick Knowlton.

BENTLEY DRIVE 5521: $230,000, Aldalibe Mora Fernandez and Franklyn Hernandez Marte to Gabrielle Aubry.

RONEAGLE DRIVE 3817: donation, no value stated, Carl Wilson Sr. to Connie Wilson McCormick.

CAFFIN AVE. 49936: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Arlene Theresa Madine.

CARTIER AVE. 4543, SENATE ST. 1559-61: donation, no value stated, Emanuel Esteves Jr. and Gertrude P. Esteves to Tender Love & Co. Rental LLC.

CHARBONNET ST. 705: $47,100, City of New Orleans to MGA Builders LLC.

CHEVY CHASE DRIVE 10331: $24,500, Hollywood 504 Real Estate LLC to T Top Construction LLC.

CONGRESS DRIVE 4412: $381,000, City of New Orleans to 4412 Congress LLC.

DALE ST. 4359: $12,800, City of New Orleans to Mushatt Developing Unlimited LLC.

DELONDE ST. 2401: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Keith Francois and Michelle D. Francois.

DESLONDE ST. 2418: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Jose Alex Merino Munoz.

DOWNMAN ROAD 4107: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Ahmed Salem.

EGANIA ST. 1634: $6,870, City of New Orleans to Jesse Wallace III.

EGANIA ST. 1906: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Roxane E. Johnson.

ELDER ST. 2644-2646: $450,000, Legacy One Properties LLC to Tania Higginbotham.

FATS DOMINO AVE. 2418-2420: $325,000, Herbert Fisher IV to Donna M. White.

FLOOD ST. 2000: $18,000, J&J Investment Enterprise LLC to 2226 Franklin LLC.

FRANKFORT ST. 2538: $300,000, Shenelle Dominique Nicole Sansom to David William Fulk and Rebecca Christine Pearson.

GALLIER ST. 1843: donation, no value stated, Andrew J. Forest to Karen M. Morrison Forest.

GENTILLY BLVD. 3300: donation, no value stated, Terri Simon Coleman to Alan Anthony Coleman.

GORDON ST. 2614: $6,430, City of New Orleans to Calin William Visser.

HAVANA PLACE 3822: $135,000, Tien Viet Vu and Tuui Vu to Maria Ester Ramirez.

HORSESHOEBEND 140: $19,620, City of New Orleans to Lashonda Woodfork and Raymond Woodfork.

JAHNCKE ROAD 40893: $35,200, City of New Orleans to Tuxor Realty and Yang Su.

LAUSSAT PLACE 3125: $8,156, City of New Orleans to Donovan Martin.

LONELY OAK DRIVE 4516: donation, no value stated, Anthony L. Francis, Carol Francis, Cecilia Prichard, Julie Hill, Laura Francis, Lenette Jupiter, Lisa Hawkins, Renette Johnson and Wendy Jacques to Carl William Francis.

LONELY OAK DRIVE 4613: $8,000, City of New Orleans to DRS Developers LLC.

LOUISA ST. 821: $970,000, Richard W. Cruz to Frederick A. Fletcher and Teddi Baer Fletcher.

LOUISA ST. 906-08: $560,000, Jaimie E. Kroot to Gretchen Weller Howard and Peter S. Howard.

MARIGNY ST. 736: $381,000, Samantha Hope Lejeune to Jeffrey

M. Harris revocable trust.

MAYO BLVD. 7231: $233,500, Keonda T. Weathersby Leggins to Tequila Bardell.

MAZANT ST. 1801: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Tiffany N. Mars.

MEXICO ST. 4930: $54,200, City of New Orleans to Janelle N. Dejan.

MEXICO ST. 5022: $20,100, City of New Orleans to ATB Holdings Corp.

MEXICO ST. 5042: $8,010, City of New Orleans to Tuxor Realty and Yang Su.

MIRABEAU AVE. 4608: $335,000, Claudinei Caron Spanhol and Virginia Gonzales Perez Vasquez to Pacquealla M. Williams Berryhill and Taiwan Berryhill.

MORRISON ROAD 9110-12:

$230,000, Marcus Lajuan Tyler to Aviayna Lorita Tran and Danny Tran.

MUSIC ST. 5115: $110,000, JMods LLC to CM Construction & Investments LLC.

MUSIC ST. 6338: $150,000, Raymond B. Floyd II to Madeline Templeton.

NINA ST. 6435: $9,610, City of New Orleans to Danatus G. King.

N. BROAD ST. 1704-1706: $479,000, Wells One Investments LLC to Mollie Ponds.

N. DORGENOIS ST. 211: $20,500, City of New Orleans to Janelle N. Dejan.

N. DORGENOIS ST. 211: $5,870, City of New Orleans to 2brothers1love LLC.

N. HARDY ST. 10954: $312,000, Qian Qian Liang and Yi Ming Zheng to Dmiria Livas.

PAUGER ST. 3337: $10,600, City of New Orleans to Total Home Renewal LLC.

PAULINE ST. 1413: $338,000, Karen

Elizabeth Phillips Schiro to Amy Johnson.

PIEDMONT DRIVE 4109: $279,500, XK8 LLC to Adrienne Michelle Snider and Ramiro Diaz Rodriguez.

PIETY ST. 2213: $115,000, Eboni Latanya Davis to Bartolomeu Cruz LLC.

REPUBLIC ST. 2643: $52,700, City of New Orleans to Cristi Lynn Rickey.

RIVIERA AVE. 1310: $560,000, Wishkaranjit Sarai to Karen Glaser.

ROSALIA DRIVE 4917: $104,000, City of New Orleans to KO Developers LLC.

S. EASTOVER DRIVE 5461: $20,120, City of New Orleans to Tuxor Realty and Yang Su.

SAN REMO ROAD 4211: $28,000, Ann Fernandez Glover and George M. Glover to Brenda Dingeman Watzke and Kenneth P. Watzke Sr.

SEAWOOD ST. 10115: $92,000, Javier O. Rosales and Monica Doss Washington to ICLP19 LLC.

SPAIN ST. 3113: $6,722, City of New Orleans to Don Anthony Palmer Sr. and Troylyn Billew Palmer.

SPAIN ST. 5140: $115,000, Go Gentilly LLC to CM Construction & Investments LLC.

ST. ANTHONY ST. 1818: $5,970, City of New Orleans to DNC Investments LLC.

ST. ANTHONY ST. 2809: $9,331, City of New Orleans to Nationwide Real Estate Investments LLC.

ST. ROCH AVE. 2319: $11,440, City of New Orleans to Inbound Residential LLC.

ST. ROCH AVE. 2509: $10,100, City of New Orleans to Inbound Residential LLC.

VENUS ST. 5114: $150,000, Susan E. McClain to CM Construction & Investments LLC.

VIRGILIAN ST. 7166: $5,995, City of New Orleans to Angela Gail Honora.

WALLACE DRIVE 410: $40,100, City of New Orleans to Melvin Ellis IV. WICKFIELD DRIVE 6048: $225,000, Brianna Bell Roussell and Bruce S. Roussell III to RFGV Wickfield LLC.

WILTON DRIVE 5226: $128,000, Nola Renovations 247 Co. to Design 4 You LLC.

YORKTOWN DRIVE 7132: $9,090, City of New Orleans to 14Sixty Limited LLC.

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DISTRICT 4

COLISEUM ST.2850: $820,000, Kendale Alan Kirkand Nina Yaugo Kirk to IngoBurghardt and Jennifer Golbeck Burghardt

CONERYST. 1526: $655,000, Jennifer Cohen to Caspian Roberts

FOURTH ST.3708: $5,820, City of New Orleans to Heart 2Heart Family Worship Center.

JACKSON AVE. 1441: $350,000, Roy Family revocable trust toJohnE. Wade II.

ST.THOMAS ST.2506-08: $525,000, KCTSt. Thomas II LLCtoFay S. Kravitz.

THIRD ST.3910: $44,900, City of New Orleans to Fully Charged LLC.

DISTRICT 5

BEHRMAN PLACE 3222: $406,670, TadProperties LLCtoJS&MS Real Property LLC.

BOYD ST.1356301: $7,000, City of New Orleans to ZSquared Enterprise LLC.

CROYDEN AVE. 4527: $75,000, Michaele Rildy ShapirotoEver Antonio Murcia Gutierrez.

INWOOD AVE. 3616: $277,000, Dipit Budhdev Aucoin andJohn AnthonyAucoin to Emily O. Melancon and Eric Jacob Melancon.

LAWRENCE ST.2811: $10,600, City of New Orleans to 340Helen St. LLC.

LEBOEUF ST.1248: $399,000, Legacy One Properties LLCto Betty Allen Jones, Gabrielle KaranJones and Gary A. Jones. MACARTHUR BLVD.4134:

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GROVE AVE. 567: John E. Pell III to David Anderson, $170,000.

LANDRYAVE. 8118: Portta LLCto Bridget Pastorella, $660,000.

W. IMPERIAL DRIVE 178: Gary A. Hargroder to Rb Bison,$425,000.

JEFFERSON

JEFFERSON HIGHWAY 2019: Randall P. Schmidt to Bellow Properties LLC, $675,000.

$196,000,CCROG Enterprises LLC to Donna M. Williams and Isaiah T. Andrews.

OCTAVIA ST.1220: $1,605,000, Jonathan Bush De Laureal Sr. and Marceline Strumphler De Laureal to Ryan Louis Hebert, Tina Campbell Hebert and Ulla Campbell.

PARK BLVD.404: $199,000, AngeliqueForrest Francois and Fredrick N. Collins to Jalen Forrest.

PELICAN AVE. 1018: $274,900, Heather BrowntoLogan Dale.

PITTARI PLACE 3219: $70,500, CityofNew Orleansto14Sixty Limited LLC.

SAUX LANE 1173701, 1173901: $48,000, Lisa Raye Investments LLCtoBrittney McMillon and Mcmillon TaxSolutions LLC.

SULLEN PLACE 3094: $14,100, City of New Orleans to Emergency Rooter LLC

TITAST. 1450: donation, $67,350, Sekou Nkrumah toMary Arlene MacIsaac.

WAGNER ST.542: donation, no value stated, GregoryA.Harvey to CorethaBanksHarvey.

DISTRICT 6

AUDUBONBLVD. 199: $1,845,000, DavidAguilar and Emily Lorraine Sedgwick to Triessl Living Trust.

AUDUBONST. 2913: $44,300, City of New Orleans to Bolz Audubon LLC.

BARONNE ST.4121: no value stated, Jeffrey P. Green and Lisa Mott Green to Anna J. Frey and John D. Frey.

CONSTANTINOPLE ST.722: $510,000, Gretchen Weller Howardand Peter Schwing Howard to Miles EdwardLapeyre.

LOUISIANA AVE. PARKWAY 3523: $76,300, City of New Orleans to A

KENNER

27TH ST.2316: Gabriela M. C. Solis to Bertucci Property Development LLC,$186,500.

AIRLINE DRIVE 1805: Liying X. Junou to Nabut Brothers LLC, $300,000.

BEAUNE DRIVE4164: Rekha Rishi to Guisselle Alba,$359,000.

CHATEAUHAUTBRION DRIVE 40: Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust 2018 Rpl5toBhavnaM.Mistry, $670,000.

CONNECTICUT AVE. 3617: Merly R. Forno to Linda L. Ramos, $252,000.

DAVID DRIVE 4621: Rita Bushto

and LRealty Inc.

LYONS ST.513-15;: $563,000, Louisiana Coastal VI LLCtoChristopher JasonGiarmo Lemoine and Nathan Andrew Lemoine Giarmo.

NASHVILLE AVE. 209-211: $180,000, Tanya Marie Turner Honore to BambiMarie Turner.

PALMER AVE. 2830-2832: $620,000, Wendy D. Edwards and WilliamL.Edwards to Midgard Interests LLC.

PRYTANIAST. 4707: $566,800, Jimmy R. Johnsonand Patricia Snider Johnson to James ThomasMitts Oakes and William Thomas Oakes Mitts.

PRYTANIAST. 4707: $300,000, Jimmy R. Johnsonand Patricia Snider Johnson to James ThomasMitts.

S. NORMAN C. FRANCISPARKWAY1637: $680,000, Paulette Marie RodehorstWalter and Rodney John Walter Jr. to Kyle Teraoand Noel Marie Higgason.

S. ROBERTSON ST.4119-4121: $510,000, AshleighAttaway Fleischer and Brian Fleischerto Patrick Michael Gahagan Rogersand Steven Marcus Rogers Gahagan.

TCHOUPITOULASST. 5228-30:

$423,000, Erin Masaye Murphy and Patrick Joseph Murphyto FTW HoldingsLLC.

TOLEDANO ST.3318: $49,400, City of New Orleans to Kaleb MacCallum Harris.

VALENCE ST.731-733: $245,000, Taha Construction LLCtoNext LevelProperties LLC.

DISTRICT 7

AVE. A6531: $485,000, Carolyn Hatfield Ledet and Philip Joseph Ledet to Cassity S. Caireand DanielM.Caire.

JohnR.Bush Jr., $156,666. E. LOYOLA DRIVE 3617: Micazas ContractorLLC to Marissa A. Jackson, $225,000.

FORSTALL AVE. 23: Kate T. O. MorristoGricelda D. Ramos, $275,000.

GARDEN ST.1511: Wm Construction Services LLCtoGlenda N. Ruiz, $345,000.

KENTUCKY AVE. 3024: Villagama LLCtoJill B. Chenevert, $240,000.

LAKETRAIL DRIVE 4228: La Best Holmes LLCtoLoc Nguyen, $440,000.

MARYLAND AVE. 1909: TommyJ

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COHN ST.8531: $250,000, James MichaelGlass to AshleyEdgerton Oates and Lucida SkyTrust.

COUNTRYCLUBDRIVE 119: $285,000, Marie Doucet Hodgins and TimothyG.Murphy to Amie Hansel Vaughn andTroy L. Vaughn.

DANTE ST.2111: $335,000, Bradley Ricks HubbardtoChristopher Vitti, Eileen Vitti andGabrielle Vitti.

FLEUR DE LIS DRIVE 6540-42: $425,000, DavidP.Vicknair to Jarret Brashear andMeghan McGlone Brashear.

FORSHEY ST.8537-8539: $289,000, Basin St.PropertiesLLC to Jazerell Howard Picou.

GREEN ST.9045: $415,000, Christopher J. Craine to Alessandra Louise Pons Pennington and Chase Andrew Pennington. HICKORYST. 8001: $867,500, Jef-

frey Mark Giddayand LindaLeili GiiddaytoElizabeth Holt Zabel

JEANNETTE ST.8837-39: $130,000, Angela DixonMontrel, Joan Elizabeth Armstrong Dixonand Willie LeeDixon Sr. to JSB IV LLC. KENILWORTHST. 205-207: $431,000, SLCT LLCtoHailin Luo. PALM ST.8602: $54,500, BOKF NA to Pervez Hai.

ST.CHARLESAVE.7444: $207,000, Gail Stonisch to Carlos Eduardo Hernandez and Laura Cruz Hernandez.

SPRUCEST. 8602-04: $75,000, Alexander D. Bates, Charlotte BrownBates and Willie Dee Bates Sr. to James C. Oddo. WILLOW ST.7527: $650,000, Frederick Kyle Kusin revocable trustand Julie A. KawaharaFamily TrusttoNicole Anne Ieyoub Murray.

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Arabi Sr. to Beyond Renovation LLC, $125,000

MERCUREY DRIVE 3: Mary B. Jones to DoyceR.Phipps III, $500,000.

MOISANT DRIVE 1205: Dylan P. Ryan to Olivia Scallan, $172,500.

PIEDMONT ST.2820: Marlon Cisneros to Igor Jovanovski, $340,000.

ROOSEVLET BLVD.1627: Rhonda Lewis to Brajropp Das, $265,000.

SCHILL AVE. 40: Allison Derise to David Munoz, $285,000.

TENNESSEE AVE. 3009: Melissa A. Difulco to John D. Szwak, $305,000.

VASSAR COURT509: Jose R. F. Triminio to AlysonB.Bienvenu, $232,500.

W. ESPLANADE AVE. UNIT 13E 1500: Lillian B. Arning to William Davis Jr., $153,900.

WILLIAMS BLVD.2425: NewOrleans Area Habitat ForHumanity Inc. to Morgan &Morgan LLC, $2,800,000

METAIRIE

ARIS AVE. 1053: WanW.Lin to Marco T. Puente Jr.,$345,000.

BATH ST.400: Jean Lennoxto Carl Laforge III $640,000.

BELLE ST.4925: Fernando J. Martinez Jr. to Douglas M. Haskins Jr., $220,000.

BRIDGET ST.5609: Carolyn Taylor to Sur Properties LLC, $170,000.

CLIFFORD DRIVE 3548: Sarah Calmes to Rekha Rishi, $415,000.

CLIFFORD DRIVE 4013: Margaret

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C. BordestoCharlesN.Jonau Jr., $640,000.

DAVID DRIVE 1101: Yong Properties LLC&Jinlan toYong Properties LLC&Jinlan,$90,000.

E. BODE PARKWAY 3627: Joseph MuratoJudyLa, $280,000.

FAGOTAVE. 2514: TaylorB Deranger to JenniferJ.Tanzillo, $405,774.

FULTON ST.8740: J&M Real Estate Investors LLCtoAlexis E. Cruz, $284,000.

GLENN ST.6916: Miguel E. Hernandez to Adilson Rubio, $355,000.

GROVE ST.613: Vincent F. Prestigiacomo Jr.toRnt Prpoerties LLC, $150,000.

GRUNER ROAD 152: Msle LLCto Francis Conrad, $75,500.

HASTINGS ST.4012: Jonathan P. RowantoWenxiao Guo, $685,000.

HASTINGS ST.4733: Jon A. Tapia to JasonL.Henriquez, $288,500.

HESSMER AVE. UNIT 2054101: AnthonyJ.Lejune to Ul 209 LLC, $72,000.

HOUMABLVD. 3805, UNIT B234: Archie D. Saurage to Darlene Descant, $97,000.

KAWANEEAVE. 6308: Ugne G. B. Medina to Eastern Housing LLC, $205,000.

LORINO ST.4621: Perreyclear S. LeetoChristineR.Lanasa, $308,900

LUFKIN ST.4033: Janice Martin to CherylA.M.Smith, $234,000.

MADISON ST.2017: Carol L. Metclaf to Diana M. Denny, $215,000.

MASON SMITH AVE. 1200: Maja Bahat to Justin P. Redmond, $273,000.

MELODYDRIVE 340: V, Elaine

Shearer to Neves Properties II LLC, $300,000.

MICHIGAN AVE. 2324: C. IncapreratoMelissa A. Tortorich, $158,800.

MORALES ST.4712: Jennae F. Ruth to Molly Derbes, $310,000.

N. ELM ST.604: Iniobong T. Nwoko to Vairon Acosta, $15,000.

N. LABARRE ROAD 2924: Ashton T. GuidrytoMitch J. Chailland, $100,000.

N. STARRETT ROAD 1608: Orestes J. J. Rodriguez to Govinda Das,$201,000.

OAKLAWNDRIVE 625: Dierdre Brinkman to Celso E. Hernandez, $350,000.

OLGA ST.8605: Carla B. Naquin to Annette S. Dinh, $245,250.

PHOSPHOR AVE. 430: Kelly Leary to Jjs Properties LLC, $1,840,000.

POINSETTIA DRIVE 1341: FloraM M. Jenevein to Carlos Macnish, $230,000.

PRINCETON AVE. 1704: Donald Hebert II to Edwin Allen, $199,000.

SENA DRIVE 924: Viki W. Lovelace to Olivia G. Stromain, $462,500.

SIGUR AVE. 1317: Sharon Bourgoyne to DavidColomb, $490,000.

TRENTON ST.4813: GloriaN. Johnson to Maria V. Anchundia, $285,500.

W. METAIRIE AVE. 3936: Joan Blum to Kathleen T. Peltier, $150,000.

WADE DRIVE 5012: Stephanie A. A. Mccloskey to Colin Accardo, $325,000.

WHITNEYPLACE 2716 UNIT 620: Brian M. Rinaldi to Michelle R. Hart, $133,000.

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CHERRYGROVE DRIVE3605: Dsld

LLCtoM.Brown, $248,320.

GEORGE ST.200: Stephanie M. P. Lopez to Disha O’conner, $145,000.

VALENTINE DRIVE 144: DariaL. Early to 365 DaesofLiving LLC, donation, no value stated.

W. TISH DRIVE 245: EveM.Eckart to Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing,$135,000.

GRANDISLE

SANDYPOINT DRIVE 1: Kelly C. CompeauxtoCelsoE.Hernandez, $550,000.

SANTINY LANE 229: Audrey B. Cheramie to Paula Wells,$225,000.

WISTERIA LANE 114: KeithJ. Bergeron to Jan Charpentier, $210,000.

GRETNA

DULCICH DRIVE 4: Sham Realty LLCtoSham Realty LLC, $95,000.

LAKEKRISTIN DRIVE 3620: Charlene K. Wininger to Naela K. H. Mohammad, $435,000.

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE 764: Rashim J. H. Khan to Jose Hechavarria, donation, no value stated.

N. VILLAGE COURT2317: Maria M. Castillo to MariaM.Castillo, $255,000.

WYNDHAM NORTH 1205: Tuyen Nguyen to Ana G. Lane, $382,000.

HARVEY

BIRCHFIELD DRIVE 3880: Darius

Lovette to Legacy Capital Consultants Group LLC, $156,090. CURTIS ST.1561: Carrington Mortgage Services LLCtoSecretaryofVeterans Affairs, $215,168.

REDWOOD DRIVE 1524: Josefina M. Duag to Chloe Ieong, $138,000.

SAULETPLACE 2048: Mark C. Russo to John J. Russo, donation, no value stated.

S. FRIENDSHIP DRIVE 2233: Natalie Danna to AnthonyClark, $250,000.

S. VONBRAUN COURT 2278: Gerald H. Hawkins Jr. to Gerarld H. Hawkins Sr., donation, no value stated.

TATTERSALL DRIVE 2445: Jackquel Johnson to Td Rental LLC, $169,000.

TIMBERLANE WAY DRIVE APT 150 3312: Brandi DufrenetoSheanean Williams, $130,000.

W. PARC GREEN ST.3329: Demetria S. Johnson to Marcus Selders, $280,000.

WINNIPEG DRIVE 3616: Mary M. Smith to Elaine Mille,$480,000.

MARRERO

AVE. F1230: Garrett Shano to Sonya S. Mclean,$200,000. BEECHST. 4008: Heather H. Bruening to LucreshaThomas, $155,000.

BRIANTDRIVE 3840: Crystal M. Gisclair to Adaleigh Mcneel, $352,000.

CHENIER ST.2744: Chad M. Gonsoulin II to Austin S. Phillips, $269,000.

GREENVILLE DRIVE 2609: Jbl Properties L.T.D. to Laila B. Machen, $387,000.

GRILLETTACOURT3945: MargueriteF.Sofio to Stephen B. Sanchez, $175,000.

JEANNE DRIVE 2745: Forrest B. Chessher Jr. to Brett J. Chessher, donation, no value stated.

JUNG BLVD.420: Gail C. Dennison to Christopher R. Leaumont, donation, no value stated.

MICHAELST. 643: Jose N. G. Vasquez to Jacqueline Mancia, donation, no value stated.

OAKBAYOU AVE. 5172: Tracy A. West to MariaLavala, $220,000. PITRE DRIVE 5291: Kevin Ruttley to TylerCortez,$500,000.

S. RIDGELINE ST.4233: Trachelle L. Johnson to Speedy Home Solutions LLC, $257,484.

ST.ANN ST.1120: DeniseJ.Carey to Letreian Johns, donation, no value stated.

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ABITA SPRINGS

11TH ST. 70150: Jason P. Serigny and Cherandie R. Serigny to Daryl Cleworth Jr., $440,000.

BALD EAGLE DRIVE 220: Billy J. Hurst Jr. and Jerri Hurst to Daniel K. Crane and Susan L. Crane, $581,000.

MONEY HILL SUBDIVISON, PHASE 9B, LOT 486: Money Hill Plantation LLC to Daniel R. Bordelon and Janis R. Bordelon, $265,000.

NEAR ABITA SPRINGS, PORTION OF GROUND: Wayne Brannan LLC to Joel M. Brannan and Alexis Brannan, $55,000.

COVINGTON

BODET LANE 146: Lori M. Ray to Ricky Murray and Sherri L. Murray, donation, no value stated

BOGUE FALAYA SUBDIVISION, LOT 3A: Armand J. Michaud and Kathryn L. Ryan Michaud to Brook Danos, $197,000.

BOMOKA ROAD 17094: Melvin H. Adolph Sr. to Jeffrey Boone and Stacey S. Boone, $287,500.

E. JESSE JONES ST. 429: Matthew H. Anderson and Raymi B. Anderson to Christy L. Becnel, $115,000.

EMERALD FOREST DRIVE 350, UNIT 5201, PARKING SPACE CP16:

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TERRYTOWN

MORNINGSIDE DRIVE 733: Barbara C. Miller to Mi Group LLC, $135,100.

WAGGAMAN

ASTER LANE 106: Beverly S Saltzman to Angelica M. Padilla, $150,000.

E. PRISCILLA LANE 19: Wayne Reese Jr. to Andrea D. Schotten, $530,000.

WESTWEGO

AVE. B 1045: Haryl Deason to Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, $75,000.

AVE. D 875: Atward J. Theriot to Rosa P. Alexis, $170,000.

CABILDO LANE 9416: Gladys Scott

REALESTATETRANSFERS

Ronda M. Gabb and Gina C. Noto to Emily Toomer, $124,900.

FLOWERS ESTATES, LOT 200: Steven W. Munster to Traci A. Huth Munster, donation, no value stated.

LA. 25 74242: Christine C. Penton to Kristen M. Galvin, $200,000.

LA BRANCHE PLACE 489: Terra Bella Group LLC to Highland Homes Inc., $118,000.

MADRIS LANE 15524: James J. Petrie and Misti D. Rainey to Mark Pennison III and Corryn Pennison, $225,500.

MALLARD GLEN DRIVE 213: William C. Sims to Todd Gross and Manon C. Gross, $295,000.

N. CREEK DRIVE 1357: Mark B. Milton and Lauren T. Milton to John W. Dalton, $240,000.

N. THEARD ST. 417: Richard W. Suhm and Laura K. Suhm to S2 LLC, $564,350.

NEAR COVINGTON, LOT S1A: Henry V. Stanga Jr. and Moriah Stanga Watson to Karl J. Kerner, $16,000.

NEAR COVINGTON, PORTION OF GROUND: Fredaco LLC to Roger R. Plescia and Rondalyn G. Plescia, $437,750.

PINE ACRES ROAD 17300: Hayden M. Carter and Emily B. Carter to John T. Basco Jr. and Diana S. Junqueira Basco, $367,000.

RIVER CLUB SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1, LOT 3: Thomas K. Bennett to Spencer Rossie Properties LLC, $120,000.

to Gitsit Mortgage Loan Trust Bbplc1, $104,900.

DILLARD DRIVE 157: Devonn M. Sylve Sr. to Salem LLC Zaina, $80,000.

138N.CortezSt.

BurgundySt.

TouroSt#1$399,000

RueChardonnay$1,350,000

Hyacinth St $599,000

BellviewSt$424,900

CarolSue Ave$275,000

RIVER CLUB SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2B, LOT 166: River Club Development LLC to Jason D. Dahlberg and Tera Kramer Dahlberg, $230,000.

SPRUCE DRIVE 8: Alvoria P. Fields, Dwayne R. Fields and others to Bridget Bankston, $250,000.

TOWN OF COVINGTON SUBDIVISION, LOTS 1-8, SQUARE 1: Succession of James O. Sanders III and Nanette M. Sanders to Covington Historic Property Ltd., $1,325,000.

VICTORIA DRIVE 75460: DSLD Homes LLC to Adolfo Noe Baide Sabillon and Escarlet Fiallos, $284,135.

WAX MYRTLE LANE 13: Jeffrey D. Hufft and Danielle T. Hufft to BWDHT LLC, $1,050,000.

WESTON GLEN SUBDIVISION, PHASE 2A, LOT 40: Michael L. Black to Cynthia F. Glancy, $575,800.

FOLSOM

AUSTIN ST. 82349: SACC Premier Builders LLC to Cheyenne Real Estate LLC, $40,000.

AUSTIN ST. 82351: SACC Premier Builders LLC to Cheyenne Real Estate LLC, $40,000.

NEAR FOLSOM, PORTION OF GROUND: Mark D. Beckers and Gerlinde G. Beckers to Kalie Beckers Dressage LLC, $300,000.

NEAR FOLSOM, PORTION OF GROUND: Hale Property Hold-

EAST DRIVE 1201: Lacey M. B. Camardelle to Devin K. Breaux, $215,000.

HELIS DRIVE 525: Reve Inc. to Joy Russell, $242,000.

ings LLC to Garrett M. Jones and Taylor Wager Jones, $102,500.

LACOMBE

ASHLEY DRIVE 30358: Douglas E. Koriakin and Kathleen P. Koriakin to Jay Weatherman and Melissa A. Dye Weatherman, $305,000.

CYPRESS PARK SUBDIVISION, LOTS 8-10, SQUARE 11: Burgess Inc. to Fallon Investments LLC, $24,000.

FOREST GLEN SUBDIVISION, LOTS 17, 31, SQUARE 21, LOT 48, SQUARE 24, LOT 27, SQUARE 25, LOT 23, SQUARE 78, LOTS 4, 25, SQUARE 80, LOT 27, SQUARE 35: Jeanette Laurent to D&A Hamauei LLC, $6,300.

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DRIVE 59898: First American Bank and Trust to Dinah M. Crawford, $92,500.

NEAR LACOMBE, PORTION OF GROUND: Succession of Edwin E. Geiling Jr. and John R. Berniard Jr. to Steven Armstrong and Meghan D. Armstrong, $100,000.

OLD TODD ROAD 30994: John R. Forbes and Penny W. Forbes to Bobby J. Ducote and Melissa L. S Ducote, $519,000.

PINE BAY LANE 59231: Donald W Hawkins to Raymond A. Oakman and Laura S. Pfefferle, $315,000.

SUNSET OAK BLVD. 60421: DSLD Homes LLC to Peter DuCre and Danielle DuCre, $259,530.

MADISONVILLE

AUTUMN CREEK SUBDIVISION, PHASE 1, LOT 5: Windol J. Griswold to Prahngar Draper and Regina Draper, $422,000.

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BEDICO CREEK SUBDIVISION, LOT

832: Danos Land Development

LLCtoRebeccaBaradell, $62,500.

BEDICO CREEK SUBDIVISON, LOT 891: Alvarez Construction Co. LLCtoAlvin L. Revell Jr. and April J. Revell, $405,990.

BREWSTER ROAD 755: Clayton A. Miller and Charlotte W. Miller to Charles Paulsell Jr. andMeghan Paulsell, $650,000.

CHICOTLANE 317: John F. Authement and Deann C. Authement to Brenda M. Leonard, $325,000. E. LA. 22 127: Darin L. Watkins and Marcy C. WatkinstoMark C. Corcoran and Roberta Corcoran, $445,000.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

ENGLISH OAKDRIVE 728: Robert J. Killeen and Sarah AnnVoelkel to MarkB.Milton and Lauren Milton, $380,000.

FOXSPARROWLOOP 1141: GMI Corp.Inc. to Kurt M. Jusselin and AlexandraLawlor, $476,434.

KRISTIAN COURT529: MichaelT. Crossand Donna M. Diaz to Mark D. EastSr. and Jacquelyn S. East, $680,000.

LOST LAKE LANE 3021: Joann Kerr-Mathewsto Rebecca Reynolds, $310,900.

NEAR MADISONVILLE, PORTION OF GROUND: Gas Properties LLC to Refusal LLC,donation, no value stated.

NORTHPOINTEBUSINESSPARK SUBDIVISION,LOT 30A2: NorthpointeBusiness Park LLCto Waffle HouseInc.,$399,999.

OLD PLACE LANE 329: Jarrod C. Birney and Aimee Middleton Birney to Roselyn Grace LLC, $385,000.

PINELAND SOUTHSUBDIVISION, LOTS 3A, 4: Kevin R. Worack and Ellen S. Worack to DavidM. Kitchell and HannahM.Kitchell, $975,000

SPIKE DRIVE 71615: DSLD Homes LLCtoJohn W. Norwood IV and TiffanyNorwood, $201,130.

TROPHY LANE 12129: DSLD HomesLLC to Evelynn B. Breaux, $202,005.

WALLACE ROAD 108: Shawn P. Smith to Justin M. Keller, $255,000

MANDEVILLE

Post and Amie B. Post to Preston Bivonaand AlexandraB.Bivona, $620,000.

CEDARWOOD DRIVE 639, UNIT 639: Melanie M. JohnstonTrust to Kristen C. Miller,$142,000.

CHATEAUPAPILLON 124: Sean Bennett CustomHomes LLC to Mitchell Cosse and Ashley Cosse, $590,770.

CHESTNUT OAKDRIVE 183: MichaelRhett Rush and Cynthia H. Rush to MarkD.Mulhearn and Ashley E. Hursst Mulhearn, $450,000.

COFFEE ST.624: Conbeth DevelopmentLLC to Eric R. Schneller II and LauraFuentes, $835,000.

COLBERTST. 619: Charles R. Garrison Jr. and Rachel G. Garrison to Shaun A. Burns and Savannah G. Burns,$259,000.

DEVON DRIVE 180: Gary J. Jeral and GailL.Hambleton Jeral to CT Moffatt Group Inc., $399,500.

E. RUELLE DRIVE 117: Maria E. WinntoJesse Post and Amie Post, $510,000.

ELM ST.23387: Brandon D. WoodfordtoWayne T. Maherand BrittanyA.Maher, $45,000.

HEAVENS DRIVE 740, UNIT 9: Desiree J. WilloztoParetti Leasing Corp.,$120,000.

HEAVENS DRIVE 740, UNIT 6: Desiree J. WilloztoParetti Leasing Corp.,$120,000.

HERMITAGEONTHE LAKESUBDIVISION, PHASE2,LOT 18: Foster Living Trust to MarkF.Moritz, $1,185,000.

JASMINE ST.1313: DevinMichael Jones and Nicolette P. Jones to

Q. Minger to Lillie Q. Mingerand RhyshanekeHills, $1 and other good and valuable consideration.

KILGORE ST.23119: Jason K. Manale and Elda-Jaye Manlale Munsch to Jason D. Richoux and Melissa W. Richoux, $150,000.

LAMARQUE ST.509: Lamarque St.LLC to Alec Shea Rovner, $172,500.

LAMBERTST. 728-30: Jamie L. Jackson LLCtoKyle Jackson, donation, no value stated.

MADISON ST.1540: Jeffrey J. Lindheim and TiffanyR.Bruno to John B. Rudolph Burns,$880,000.

MARINA BLVD.309: Carl M. Franzella and Denise D. Franzella to Maurice J. Barreand VickieH.

Barre,$825,000.

MULBERRYST. 65621: Corrine E. Marshall to Andrew J. White and Gracee LeBlanc, $229,500.

N. CAUSEWAY BLVD.675: 675 Properties LLCtoNSHV Properties LLC, $1,500,000.

PARKVIEW BLVD.103, UNIT 103, PARKING SPACE103: KeithM. Normandand John P. Guzzardo Jr. to Cole Houser, $135,000.

PONDEROSAPLACE 2004: Lorie H. Fulco to Anna K. Tschirn, $433,000.

PONDEROSAPLACE 2059: Charles K. Cicero III and Erica E. Cicero Trust to Ryan Landry and Johanna Landry, $420,000.

RED MAPLE DRIVE 319: Tafaro Living Trust to Brad Raziano and Samantha Raziano, $408,000.

SANCTUARYSUBDIVISION, PHASE4-B, LOT415: Todd J. Mello

man to Michael A. DragnaIIand Andrew D. Dragna, $369,000.

WESTWOOD DRIVE 433: Craig J. Starkey to Charlton A. Tramel and Chelsea M. Tramel, $426,000.

WING HAVEN2128: Tracie J. Ohlsen to RobertM.Conley, $630,000.

WOODRIDGE BLVD.721: Taylor J. Gilliam and LindsayI.Gilliam to Matthew Fayard and BritnyN. Lee, $319,000.

PEARLRIVER

LA. 41 67420: BlaineJ.Leake and Alyssa R. LeaketoMichael K. Burkeand DebraH.Burke, $218,000.

TAYLOR FARMS ROAD 64309: DSLD HomesLLC to Travis S. Fenstermacherand Amanda L. Fenstermacher, $326,475.

SIXTHWARD

NEAR SIXTH WARD,PORTION OF GROUND: Neil J. Lalondeand Christina L. LalondetoChad H. Fleming, $125,000.

NEAR SIXTH WARD,PORTION OF GROUND: Succession of Michael L. Slaughter Sr. and Sylvia B. Slaughter to Michael L. Slaughter Irrevocable Camp Trust, donation, no value stated.

SLIDELL

10TH ST.2023: Justin E. Cooley and Thomas J. Martin to Donterrius Bell, $320,000.

ALISADRIVE 6625: PennyMac Loan Services LLCtoSecretary of Veterans Affairs, $2,439.

BARBARA DRIVE 940: Jeffrey P. Roeand Kellie C. RoetoMark J. Titus Jr., $24,000.

BAYOULIBERTYROAD35240 , UNIT 775-B: GingerK.DeForest to Amber K. Richards, $94,000.

BELLWICK BAYDRIVE 3428: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoasttoLeandroLopez,$280,798.

BELLWICK BAYDRIVE 3432: D. R. Horton Inc.-GulfCoasttoJasmaine J. Woolridge,$273,000.

BERRYWOOD COURT 213: James V. Belland ReneeM.Bellto CharlesJ.Craft and Kimberly A. Craft, $315,000.

BLACKFIN COVE 120, UNIT 4: Son Chu Nguyen and Tuong-VanNgo Nguyen to Kevin J. Behling and Jaclyn D. Behling, $305,000.

BLUEBIRD DRIVE 292: Ernest J. Torregano and JoAnn S. Torregano to MelanieJ.Torregano, donation, no value stated.

BOSWELL DRIVE 104: HerbertJ. Comeaux to Nathan T. Norwood and Stephanie C. Norwood, $275,000.

BROOKTER ST. 1940: Tyrone Marshall and Kendra M. Williams to Kieyokie Amin and Russhay B. Amin, $205,000.

CAMBRIDGE ST. 3834: Krissi A. Ver Wey to FEH 3834 LLC, $250,712 and other good and valuable consideration

CAMPANA LANE 34373: Shelley P. Thmpson to Ricardo Resendiz and Nathalie I. Resendiz, $258,000.

CARA MAE ST. 40403: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Dazia R. Raine, $294,900.

CARROLLO DRIVE 677: Carl D. Siegle to Christopher E. Price and Julie G. Price, $130,000.

CHANNEL BEND COURT 940: Christy Lee to Robert Pittman and Megan Pittman, $357,000.

CHANNEL BEND COURT 952: Monique M. Howard to Truong Van Tran and Mai Tram Courtney Nguyen, $235,000.

CLEARWOOD ESTATES, LOT 18: Boltin Properties LLC to Donald P. Flettrich III, $239,000.

CUTTER COVE 1267: John V. Valenza III and Kristen H. Valenza to Shawn P. Berger and Allison S. Berger, $70,000.

E. LAKESHORE VILLAGE DRIVE 373: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Charles A. Briggs, $245,298. E. MEADOWLAKE DRIVE 30017: Gary M. Royce Craig and Kelly A. Craig to Thuyan Nguyen, $300,000.

FLORENCE DRIVE 529: Linda C. Latour to Claudette M. Millsap, $500,000.

FOXBRIAR COURT 213: Albert Baudier Jr. to Aaliyah Hart Falgout and Mark E. Falgout Jr., $170,000.

GOLDEN PHEASANT DRIVE 126: Linda A. LaPlace to Valencia M. Taylor and Kelbert D. Taylor, $325,000.

GRAFTON DRIVE 98: Kathie A. Kellogg Eastin to Ryan B. Ritterbush and Alexandria P. Ritterbush, $250,000.

HELENES WAY 1022: That’s Moray Properties LLC to Davirin Carter, $285,000.

HONEY DEW DRIVE 205: Gregory P. Parent and Desiree S. Parent to St. Tammany Parish, $34,000.

KEMPSEY COURT 105: Patrick R. Mackin to Flipping Blue Ladder LLC, $145,000.

KINGS ROW DRIVE 1811: Annod LLC to James Maryland Jr. and Tamia Bowie, $195,000. LA. 433 36200: Jeffrey P. Levy and Catherine D. Levy to Byron Foley, $365,000.

LAKESHORE ESTATES, PHASE 2B, LOT 59: Mark E. Gauthier to Kaela R. Mace, $72,500.

REALESTATETRANSFERS

LOUISIANA IRIS CIRCLE 225: Deborah A. Granier to Jarad Tushim, $309,500.

MARAIS RIVER DRIVE 4530: D. R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Terry L. Smith, $262,885.

MARINA DRIVE 1415, UNIT 4: Timothy D. Koehl and Karen S. Shales Koehl to Alexander C. Clarke and Laura E. Frost Clarke, $269,000.

MARINA DRIVE 286: Robin Oddo to Willibe Consulting LLC, $248,000.

MARINA DRIVE 758, UNIT 758, BUILDING 2: Ryan E. Thomsen and Stephanie G. Thomsen to Ashley E. Jones, $150,000.

MARY DRIVE 1740: Erin Roberts Owen to Tyler Cairns, $210,000.

MEADOWDALE DRIVE 3719: Kathy M. Chan to Leching Chan, donation, no value stated.

MOONRAKER DRIVE 102: Jill H. Barbee, Wallace D. Hayes and Robert H. Hayes to George H. Jenning III and Julie A. Larkin, $272,000.

MOONRAKER DRIVE 123: Douglas S. Dicke to Derek M. Delatte, $314,500.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Francisco J. Candal and Rebeca Delvalle Candal to Journey Fellowship Church Inc., donation, no value stated.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: John E. Rogers to Socorro M. Stubbs, donation, no value stated.

NEAR SLIDELL, PORTION OF GROUND: Inferno Customz LLC to Warehouse Five LLC, $700,000.

NEW BASIN ROAD 561: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Zuleika K. Moore, $10 and other good and valuable consideration.

NICKLAUS DRIVE 297: Bobby J. Ducote and Melissa Scelson to Cynthia L. Andrews, $435,000.

ORIOLE ST. 2502: Danelle E. Kirchem to Sierra Dashner, $148,000.

PEBBLE BEACH DRIVE 137: Vikrambhai Desai and Sonalben Desai to Vincent Rizzo and Jesse Vicker, $274,000.

PELICAN BAY DRIVE 709: D R. Horton Inc.-Gulf Coast to Bethaney C. Charles, $232,900.

PELICAN ST. 2004: Succession of Salvatore M. Adams to 3304 Desaix Blvd. and Darrell D. Smother, $110,000.

RALEIGH DRIVE 240: Marleesa T. Bastian to Quintrell Craig, $289,000.

RIVER LANDING DRIVE 304: Glennis M. Neal Jr. and Rachel S. Neal to Samreen Zarroug, $460,000.

RIVIERA DRIVE 102: Carrington Mortgage Services LLC to Integrity Investment Properties LLC, $180,500.

ROBERT ST. 168: Steven E. Teal and Kelly B. Teal to 1026 Ventures LLC, $95,000.

ROE DRIVE 60823: D. R. Horton Inc. Gulf Coast to Luis MarinCollazo and Ava Criscitiello, $296,335.

RUE JUNEAU 124: Kevin E. Beane to Michael W. O’Daniell and Elizabeth D. O’Daniell, $380,000.

SLIDELL OZONE HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, PORTION OF GROUND: Countertops For Less to C2M Holdings LLC, $100 and other good and valuable consideration.

SLIDELL OZONE HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, PORTION OF GROUND: Industrial Drive LLC to Countertops For Less, $100 and other good and valuable consideration.

STEELE ROAD 307: Kenneth Countryman and Marcia Countryman Living Trust to NAF Cash LLC, $260,000.

TEDDY AVE. 448: John R. Becker and Anita Heffley Becker to Linda Cooley Latour, $405,000.

TERRY DRIVE 207: Dunaway 11 LLC to Kyle W. Werner and Tracey T. Powell, $110,000.

TRACEY LANE 313: William A. Sauer II to Garreth M. Keller and Danielle B. Keller, $305,000.

TRESTLE CROSSING AVE. 3608: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to Nephateria R. Jones, $10 and other good and valuable consideration.

VALERIE DRIVE 969: Margaret G. Gonzales to Zachary N. Stallings and Brooke M. Mustacchia, $245,000.

WAKE RESERVE ROAD 5548: D R. Horton Inc. Gulf Coast to Ste-

phen H. Moore and Mary M. Hyer Moore, $381,900.

WAKE RESERVE ROAD 5444: D. R. Horton Inc. Gulf Coast to Dontrell M. Williams and Ashley M. Williams, $410,000.

WHITE HERON DRIVE 169: Melanie E. Hogan to RRR Holdings LLC, $195,000.

WHITTY DRIVE 3014: HCH Property Investments LLC to Sasha Lewis, $27,500.

WOODLAND PARK SUBDIVISION, LOTS 26-30, SQUARE 7: Melody P. Gelpi, Donald H. Palmer and Dianne P. McLain to Russell B. Palmer, donation, no value stated.

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Perfect pollinator

Gaura is a graceful plant that can take the heat and attract bees and things

By the LSU AgCenter

Lots of people want to plant gardens that attract and nurture bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

Fortunately, many plants that are pollinator magnets also provide beauty and interest. Even better? A number of native plants, which are pros at handling our challenging Louisiana growing conditions, are beloved by pollinators.

One plant that meets all these criteria is gaura. It’s such a great plant that the LSU AgCenter has named it a Louisiana Super Plant for 2025.

Gaura (Oenothera lindheimeri) is a perennial that consists of dense foliage at its base and tall, wispy spikes of flowers that move with the breeze — which is why it’s sometimes called wandflower. Another nickname for gaura is bee

Some gaura cultivars, including Ballerina White, have taller bloom spikes.

blossom, a nod to its superstar status in the world of pollinator plants.

Because gaura is native to Louisiana, it thrives in our heat and humidity with few maintenance requirements. Like

most plants, gaura needs regular watering when it’s first planted. Once established, though, gaura is remarkably drought-tolerant thanks to a prominent taproot that reaches deep into the soil to provide the plant with moisture.

Gaura can reach 2 to 4 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide. It has an upright growth habit. It can tolerate partial shade but should be planted in full sun for maximum flower power — and pollinator visits.

Blooms, which measure about an inch across, appear from early spring to midsummer Plants can become a bit leggy in the summer, and trimming back this excess growth and spent flowers can encourage a second round of blooming in the fall.

There are many gaura cultivars out there — including shorter plants with

pink blooms such as Belleza and Steffi Dark Rose. Whirling Butterflies has white flowers and hints of pink on taller stems. Many unnamed, wild gauras have tall bloom spikes as well.

In its natural setting, gaura is known for readily reseeding itself and spreading. But popular cultivars you’re likely to find at the garden center don’t reseed as much — a plus for those hoping to keep a tidy garden appearance.

Gaura can usually survive Louisiana winters, and its foliage is sometimes evergreen. New stem and leaf growth on some cultivars is a vibrant shade of red.

Gaura and other Louisiana Super Plants have been thoroughly vetted by AgCenter scientists. Plants that earn this title are both tough and attractive. To learn more about the program, visit www.lsuagcenter.com/SuperPlants.

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Gaura, a 2025 Louisiana Super Plant, is a native flower that attracts pollinators such as bees and butterflies.

By The Associated Press

Today is Saturday,May 24, the 144th day of 2025. There are 221 days left in the year. Todayinhistory

On May 24, 2022, an 18-yearold gunman opened fireat Robb Elementary Schoolin Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. The gunman, Salvador Ramos, a former student at the school, was also killed. It was the deadliest shooting at aU.S. elementary school since the 2012 attack on Sandy Hook ElementarySchool in Connecticut.

On this date:

In 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message “What hath God wrought” from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America’s first telegraph line.

In 1883, New York’sBrooklyn Bridge, at the time the world’s longest suspensionbridge, opened to traffic.

In 1935,the first Major League Baseball game to be playedatnight took place at Cincinnati’sCrosleyField as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies,2-1.

In 1937, in apair of rulings, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Social Security Actof1935.

In 1941, during World War II, the German battleship Bis-

Drinking

is drivinglifelongfriendaway

Dear Annie: My best friend and I, both 54-year-old women, met two weeks before kindergarten. Except for a couple of years, we havestayed friends throughout our lives

marck sank theBritish battle cruiser HMS Hood in the North Atlantic,killing all but three of the 1,418 men on board. (The Bismarck would be sunk by British battleships threedays later.)

In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit theEarth as he flew aboard the Aurora 7spacecraft.

In 1974, American jazz composer and bandleader Duke Ellington, 75, died in New York.

In 1994, four Islamic extremists convicted of bombing New York’sWorld Trade Center in 1993 wereeach sentenced to 240 yearsinprison.

Today’sbirthdays: Comedian Tommy Chong is 87. Musician Bob Dylanis84. Actor Gary Burghoff is 82. Singer Patti LaBelle is 81. Actor Priscilla Presley is 80. Actor Jim Broadbent is 76. Cinematographer Roger Deakins is 76. Actor Alfred Molina is 72. Musician Rosanne Cash is 70. Actor Kristin Scott Thomas is 65. Author Michael Chabon is 62. Basketball Hall of Famer Joe Dumars is 62. Actor John C. Reilly is 60. Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady is 46. Dancer-choreographer Mark Ballas is 39. Country singer Billy Gilmanis37. Rapper G-Eazy is 36. Actor Brianne Howey is 36. Actor Daisy Edgar-Jones is 27.

We see each other everyfew monthswhen I’m in town for adoctor’sappointment. Since last year,we’ve been going to concerts and acouple of comedy shows, and we attendedour 35-year highschool reunion.

She’salways been adrinker, but it’sgotten extreme to where Idon’tlike being around her because she gets belligerent. And herdrinking has only gotten worse since her mom passed away.Ihonestly don’t know how she even remembers the events we attend.

She has paid for both ofour tickets to each show,which I’m grateful for,but Ihonestly don’tknow howmany moreI can attend with her.

With her mom’spassing, she did inherit asizable amount of money.But the last concert

waswhen things got weird. She kept talking about how shecould change my life financially andIcould workfor her

To be totally honest, it really gotundermyskinand Ifelt very uncomfortable with the conversation, so Iwent to bed. Igot upand leftthe next day before she woke up because I didn’twant to see her Being bestfriends for 50 years is pretty amazing, and I love her,but I’m not going to be heremployee. Ihonestly do notknowhow to evenapproach herabout everything. But I also do not want this to endour friendship. —Feeling Confused in Kansas

Dear Confused: Fifty years of friendshipisincredibly special, you’re right. Thatsaid, even a bond thatdeep doesn’tmean youhave to tolerate behavior that makes you uncomfortable. It sounds like the heart of the issuestems fromher drinking, so that’s where I’dstart. When she’ssober,let her knowyou’ve noticed she’s beendrinkingmoresince her mother passed and that you’re worriedabout howit’saffectingher

This conversation could make all the difference or none at all, but either way,you’ll know you’ve said what you needed to.Fromthere, you can setbetterboundaries and stick to them.

Instead of concerts and long nights out where drinking can spiralout of control, try shifting your time together to things like coffee or lunch —daytime outings that don’t revolve around alcohol.

As for her comment about changing your life financially,it sounds like the alcohol was really the one talking thatnight. She probably meant thattobe generous and supportive,but it came acrossdifferently to you. If it’s still weighing on you, bring it up now so you can clear the air of any resentment. Afriendship like this should be strong enough tohandle the hard conversations, though she might have to become completely soberbeforeyour relationship can get back to whereitwas.

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