The Times-Picayune 06-13-2025

BY JONGAMBRELL and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press

JERUSALEM Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday,with explosions booming across Tehranas Israel said it targeted nuclear and military sites. The attack comes as tensions

Israel launches attack on Iran

have reached newheights over Tehran’srapidlyadvancing nuclear program. The Board of Governors at theInternational Atomic EnergyAgency for the first time in 20 years on Thursday censured Iran over it not working with its inspectors. Iran immediately announced it would establish athird enrichmentsite in the country and

swapout some centrifugesfor more-advanced ones.

Israel for years has warned it will notallow Iran to buildanuclear weapon, somethingTehran insists it doesn’t want—though officials there have repeatedly warned it could build them. The U.S. has been preparing for something to happen, already pulling

Locals step up support forPride events in N.O.

some diplomats from Iraq’scapital and offering voluntary evacuations forthe families of U.S. troops in the wider Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saidinanaddress on YouTubethat the attacks will continue “for as manydays at it takes to removethis threat.”

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel took “unilateral action againstIran”and that Israel advisedthe U.S. that it believed the strikeswere necessary forits self-defense.

“Weare notinvolved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region,” Rubiosaidinastatement released by the White House. Rubio also issued awarning to Iran that it should not target U.S. interests or personnel. People in Tehran awoke to the

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

The streets of theFrench Quarter are awash in rainbow flags, banners and signs, as residents and local businesses prepare for thecity’sannual Pridecelebration this weekend.

But enthusiasmfor the LGBTQ+ festivities has been more muted this year among one important group: the large corporations that have increasingly sponsored Pride events in recent years, said Nikki Tumblin, director of Black Pride NOLA.

“Some …we’ve had over the years totally ignored us —not

returningphonecalls, not returning emails,” Tumblin said. “It was shocking, to say the least.”

Thepullback is being feltnationally andcomes as the Trump administration has launched a massive effort to limit transgenderrights, rescindanti-discrimination policies for LGBTQ+ people, and eliminate diversity, equity andinclusion programs in both publicand private institutions. In New Orleans, locals have stepped in to fill the gap, helping this year’scelebration continue largelyasplanned,organizers said.

“The bright platinum silver

lining out of allofthisisthat the communityhas really come through,” said Jack Browning, spokesperson for Pridefest, the annual festival held outside the Phoenix Barinthe Marigny Browning said this year’sevent is entirely funded by local organizations and businesses, ranging from New Orleans& Co. to abiodegradable glitter company Montrell Carmouche said when she saw theheadlinesabout corporate sponsors pulling out of Pride events elsewhereinthe country,she knew herorganization needed to get involved.

Pharmacy bill killed on last dayofsession

Landry says he will call legislators back over issue

BY ALYSE PFEIL and MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writers

With just an hour left in the regular session, the Louisiana Senate on Thursday killed acontroversial bill thatwould have barredcompanies from owning both pharmacybenefits managers and pharmacies.

Thatdecision defiedGov JeffLandry,who said he would call the Legislature back in foraspecial session to address the issue.

“Yes we will have aspecial to lowerprescription drugs forour citizens. It’s that important!” Landrysaidina statement through aspokesperson.

It wasnot clear when Landrymight issue that call.

Senate President Cameron

BY ALEXLUBBEN Staff writer

Awatered-down version of abill that initially sought to allow Gov.JeffLandry to reshape

ä Legislature approves$51 billion budget on final dayof session. Page 8A

ä Attorneygeneral probing CVSovermass text messages lobbying against pharmacy legislation. Page 10A

ä Landrynames newheadof DepartmentofTransportation and Development. Page 13A ä Compromise reachedon measure forcleaning up old drilling sites. Page 14A

Henry,R-Metairie, said senators had concerns about the rapid pace at which House Bill 358 was beingconsidered —itonly emerged from aconference committee withthe language addressing PBMs on Wednesday afternoon. “There’sa legislativeprocess for areason,” Henry

which levee board members arenominated but otherwise leaves the current process largelyintact. Aprevious version of thelegislation wouldhavegiven Landry the abilitytohandpickmembers of the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East’s board,who arecurrentlyput forward by an independent nominating committee.

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Rainbow flags adorn the outside of Bourbon Street buildings on Thursday

At least 4 dead in San Antonio after heavy rains

SANANTONIO Heavy rains in San Antonio rapidly flooded roads, swept away submerged cars and sent some people scrambling up trees to escape fast-rising waters Thursday while firefighters made dozens of rescues across the nation’s seventh-largest city

At least four people died and two were still missing, authorities said. The deaths all occurred in the northeast part of the city, where authorities found over a dozen vehicles in the water Photos and video showed smashed and overturned vehicles submerged in a creek.

Some of the people rescued in that area said they were swept off an interstate access road by “sudden fast rising water,” San Antonio Fire Department spokesperson Joe Arrington said in an email. He said floodwaters swept vehicles into a creek and carried them downstream.

Crews were bringing in search dogs Thursday afternoon to help find missing people, Arrington said. By afternoon, crews could be seen pulling heavily damaged vehicles out of the creek.

Calls for water rescues began before sunrise, officials said. Two women and two men were found dead, according to police Chief William McManus, who did not have their ages.

“There were several people that were caught in that water that had climbed up into trees and we did do a couple of rescues out of trees and some rescues out of vehicles,” said fire department spokesperson Woody Woodward.

Texas governor deploys National Guard troops

AUSTIN, Texas Texas Gov Greg Abbott said Thursday he has ordered the deployment of more than 5,000 Texas National Guard troops, along with more than 2,000 state police, to help local law enforcement manage protests against President Donald Trump and the ongoing federal immigration raids.

Abbott’s announcement did not detail where the troops were sent, but some were seen at a protest Wednesday night in downtown San Antonio near the Alamo. That protest drew hundreds of demonstrators but did not erupt into violence. More protests are planned on Saturday in San Antonio and across Texas in cities such as Houston, Austin and Dallas as part of the national “No Kings” movement. Protests earlier this week in Austin and Dallas led to brief clashes with police who used chemical irritants to disperse the crowds. About a dozen were arrested. The Republican Texas governor’s move stands in sharp contrast to California Gov Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, who has publicly clashed with Trump over his decision to deploy National Guard and Marine personnel in Los Angeles.

Nigerian leader denies one-party plan

ABUJA, Nigeria Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday denied that there were plans to turn Africa’s largest democracy into a one-party state, pushing back against claims that he’s using state mechanisms to convince high-profile opposition politicians to defect to the governing party

Several governors and federal lawmakers have left opposition parties in recent months to join Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress party Abdullahi Ganduje, the governing party’s chairman, has also said there was “nothing wrong” with Nigeria becoming a one-party state, angering many in a region threatened with shrinking democratic space.

In his Democracy Day address to federal lawmakers, Tinubu said that he would be “the last person” to advocate for Nigeria to drop its multiparty structure and adopt a one-party system.

“At no time in the past, nor any instance in the present, and at no future juncture shall I view the notion of a one-party state as good for Nigeria,” he said Dozens of youths meanwhile, staged protests in the nation’s economic hub of Lagos, where they accused the government of bad governance and profiting off state resources at the expense of millions of citizens.

Air India crash kills 241 aboard

BY AJIT SOLANKI and RAJESH ROY Associated Press

AHMEDABAD, India — An Air India plane bound for London crashed in a residential area of Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff Thursday, killing 241 people on board, the airline said. One passenger who was thrown from the plane survived.

An unknown number of people on the ground were killed in the crash, including medical students in a college hostel when the plane hit the building and burst into flames, said Vidhi Chaudhary, a top state police officer in the northwestern city

“Most of the bodies have been charred beyond recognition,” she said.

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah confirmed that he met the sole survivor at the hospital. A doctor said he had examined the survivor, whom he identified as Vishwashkumar Ramesh.

“He was disoriented with multiple injuries all over his body,” Dr Dhaval Gameti told The Associated Press. “But he seems to be out of danger.”

Another medic said Ramesh told him that immediately after the plane took off, it began descending and suddenly split in two, throwing him out before a loud explosion.

Black smoke billowed from the site where the plane crashed near the airport in Ahmedabad, a city of more than 5 million and the capital of Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state Firefighters doused the smoking wreckage of the plane, which would have been fully loaded with fuel shortly after takeoff, and adjacent multistory buildings with water Charred bodies lay on the ground and parts of the fuselage were

scattered around the site Indian army teams were assisting civil authorities to clear debris and help treat the injured.

A video on social media showed the jet slowly descending as if it were landing. As soon as it disappeared from view behind rows of houses, a giant fireball filled the sky The AP was able to verify the video by matching up the flight path of the plane from the runway with the crash site and the nearby residential area.

At the crash site, the tail cone of the aircraft with damaged stabilizer fins still attached was lodged near the top of one of the buildings.

In a social media post, Modi called the crash “heartbreaking beyond words” and said “my thoughts are with everyone affected.”

Sambit Patra, a lawmaker from Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, said Gujarat’s former chief minister, Vijay Rupani, was among the dead.

Divyansh Singh, vice president of the Federation of All India Medical Association, said at least five students from the medical college were killed on the ground and 50 others were injured. Singh said some of them were in critical condition and many people are “feared buried in the debris.”

Air India confirmed in a statement posted on X that 229 passengers and 12 crew members were killed in the crash. The only survivor was a British national of Indian origin. The flight bound for London Gatwick Airport had 169 Indians, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese and one Canadian aboard.

“Our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of all those affected, their families and loved ones,” the airline said.

Homeland Security pledges to carry on immigration crackdown

BY KRYSTA FAURIA, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press

LOS ANGELES Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pledged Thursday to carry on with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown despite waves of unrest across the U.S., while in Texas thousands of National Guard troops were on standby in case more trouble breaks out.

The moves unfolded as cities nationwide braced for major demonstrations against President Donald Trump over the weekend, and their leaders pleaded with residents to protest peacefully

Noem said the immigration raids that fueled the protests will move forward, saying agents have thousands of targets.

“This is only going to continue until we have peace on the streets of Los Angeles,” she said during a news conference that was interrupted by shouting from U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat who was forcibly removed from the event.

Noem spoke hours before President Donald Trump’s use of troops to help carry out immigration raids faced its biggest challenge yet as a federal judge began weighing a request from California Gov Gavin Newsom to put an emer-

gency stop to the practice.

Newsom has warned that the military intervention is part of a broader effort by Trump to overturn norms at the heart of the nation’s democracy. He also said that sending National Guard troops on the raids has further inflamed tensions in Los Angeles, where large and sometimes volatile protests have broken out since the crackdown began nearly a week ago.

So far, the protests have been centered mostly in downtown LA near City Hall and a federal detention center where some immigrants are being held. Much of the sprawling city has been spared from the protests.

The Trump administration on Wednesday called Newsom’s lawsuit a “crass political stunt endangering American lives.

Hegseth: Pentagon has contingency plans to invade Greenland

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press

WASHINGTON Defense

Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared to acknowledge that the Pentagon has developed plans to take over Greenland and Panama by force if necessary but refused to answer repeated questions at a hotly combative congressional hearing Thursday about his use of Signal chats to discuss military operations.

Democratic members of the House Armed Services Committee repeatedly got into heated exchanges with Hegseth, with some of the toughest lines of questioning coming from military veterans as many demanded yes or no answers and he tried to avoid direct responses about his actions as Pentagon chief. In one back-and-forth, Hegseth did provide an eyebrow-raising answer Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., asked whether the Pentagon has developed plans to take Greenland or Panama by force if necessary

“Our job at the Defense Department is to have plans for any contingency,” Hegseth said several times. It is not unusual for the Pentagon to draw up contingency plans for conflicts that have not arisen, but his handling of the questions prompted a Republican lawmaker to step in a few minutes later

“It is not your testimony today that there are plans at the Pentagon for taking by force or invading Greenland, correct?” said Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio.

As Hegseth started to repeat his answer about contingency plans, Turner added emphatically “I sure as hell hope that is not your testimony.”

“We look forward to working with Greenland to ensure that it is secured from any potential threats,” Hegseth responded.

Time and again, lawmakers pressed Hegseth to answer questions he has avoided for months, including during the two previous days of hearings on Capitol

Hill. And frustration boiled over “You’re an embarrassment to this country You’re unfit to lead,” Rep. Salud Carbajal snapped, the California Democrat’s voice rising. “You should just get the hell out.” GOP lawmakers on several occasions apologized to Hegseth for the Democrats’ sharp remarks, saying he should not be subject to such “flagrant disrespect.” Hegseth said he was “happy to take the arrows” to make tough calls and do what’s best.

Questions emerge

Hegseth’s use of two Signal chats to discuss details of the U.S. plans to strike Houthi rebels in Yemen with other U.S. leaders as well as members of his family prompted dizzying exchanges with lawmakers. Hegseth was pressed multiple times over whether or not he shared classified information and if he should face accountability if he did.

Hegseth argued that the classification markings of any information about those military operations could not be discussed with lawmakers.

That became a quick trap, as Hegseth has asserted that nothing he posted — on strike times and munitions dropped in March was classified. His questioner, Rep. Seth Moulton, a Massachusetts Democrat and Marine veteran, jumped on the disparity “You can very well disclose whether or not it was classified,” Moulton said. “What’s not classified is that it was an incredible, successful mission,” Hegseth responded. A Pentagon watchdog report on his Signal use is expected soon. Moulton asked Hegseth whether he would hold himself accountable if the inspector general finds that he placed classified information on Signal, a commercially available app. Hegseth would not directly say, only noting that he serves “at the pleasure of the president.”

The court hearing Thursday in San Francisco opened with Senior U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Breyer asking attorneys whether Trump followed the law when he called in the National Guard.

“We’re talking about the president exercising his authority, and the president is, of course, limited in that authority,” Breyer said “That’s the difference between a constitutional government and King George.”

The judge added: “This country was founded in response to a monarch, and the constitution is a document of limitations. I’m trying to figure out where the lines are drawn.”

Demonstrations have picked up across the U.S., with protests emerging in more than a dozen major cities.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By AJIT SOLANKI

The tail of an airplane is seen stuck in a building at the site of an airplane crash in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state on Thursday.

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A man shouts into a megaphone outside City Hall during protests over federal immigration enforcement raids on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

“It was only right that we support them, in thinking about the state we are in and what’s happening all around the world,” said Carmouche, a senior adviser for Operation Restoration, which works with women and girls impacted by incarceration. Even as it faced its own federal funding cuts, the organization managed to pull together $5,000 to support Black Pride NOLA.

“If we don’t stand in solidarity in these times, what are we doing?” said Carmouche. “What was the stand ever about if we couldn’t stand in these times?”

‘A different year’

Not all corporate sponsors have opted out this year Shell, a regular supporter of the New Orleans Pride Parade, is again listed as a sponsor on the parade website. Another regular sponsor, pharmaceutical giant Bayer said it jumped in again this year Entergy, Gilead and Yahoo are also sponsoring Pride events in New Orleans Entergy is “proud to help sponsor this community event,” said spokesperson Beau Tidwell, and “remains committed to fostering a workplace where all employees are welcome, appreciated and respected.”

But Browning said dozens of messages to other companies seeking sponsorship were met with silence. Browning and Tumblin declined to specify which companies failed to respond

“This year is a different year for sure,” he said. “There were a lot of companies that we never heard a peep from that we knew had interests within the LGBTQ space. It would just be crickets.” The decline in corporate support meant that both Pridefest and Black Pride NOLA had to scale back by bringing in fewer outside performers and speakers. That was especially disheartening, Tumblin said, as gay and transgender people face threats from a host of federal policy changes and proposals.

“Every Pride here is huge but this year especially, I feel like it’s more reactive — like you need to go do something, you need to be heard, you need to say something. With what we’re dealing with in the world right now, why not go out and celebrate who you are?”

HUNTER CARLSON, French Quarter resident

“These are real lives; these are real people,” Tumblin said “This is a real situation.” Looking forward, organizers said they plan to focus fundraising efforts on smaller donors. “This year is a return to ways of fundraising and organizing that we have had to do in past,” Browning said The first Pride marches were far from corporate affairs. They were held in 1970 to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall riots, which erupted after New York City police raided the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, and to demonstrate for equal

rights Only in more recent decades did larger corporations begin to throw money behind the events, eventually transforming some larger city Pride celebrations into multimillion dollar affairs that had a major economic impact.

That practice has drawn critics who say corporations only support Pride events when it benefits them financially a practice called “pinkwashing.”

That theme also routinely pops up in local drag shows, said Jassy Gordon, producer of the New Orleans-based wrestling show called Choke Hole. A party Friday hosted by Gordon and other local performers is titled “Corporate Pride” and will feature performances on the theme of consumerism and sponsorship, Gordon said.

“The pendulum always swings in the direction of acceptance and then back,” said Gordon. “It just shows that we should be investing our time and money back into the community” rather than “in corporations or big business that aren’t truly interested in us.”

In the French Quarter this week, business owners and residents were busy pre-

paring for the festivities, but with more urgency, said resident Hunter Carlson.

As an afternoon storm rolled through, Carlson perched on the porch of a friend’s Orleans Street home alongside the route the Pride parade is scheduled to take on Saturday. An itinerary for the event-filled weekend had been hatched, and a batch of gummy bears had just descended into a vodka and soju bath for soaking.

“Every Pride here is huge but this year especially, I feel like it’s more reactive like you need to go do something, you need to be heard, you need to say something,” said Carlson, standing beneath a wide collection of flags rainbow, along with pink, white and orange flags representing the lesbian community “With what we’re dealing with in the world right now, why not go out and celebrate who you are?”

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sound of the blast. State television acknowledged the blast.

It wasn’t immediately clear what had been hit, though smoke could be seen rising from Chitgar, a neighborhood in western Tehran

There are no known nuclear sites in that area, but it wasn’t immediately clear if anything was happening in the rest of the country

An Israeli military official says that his country targeted Iranian nuclear sites, without identifying them.

The official spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongo-

ing operation, which is also targeting military sites.

Benchmark Brent crude spiked on the attack, rising nearly 5% on the news.

Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz said that his country carried out the attack, without saying what it targeted

“In the wake of the state of Israel’s preventive attack against Iran, missile and drone attacks against Israel and its civilian population are expected immediately,” he said in a statement.

The statement added that Katz “signed a special order declaring an emergency situation in the home front.”

“It is essential to listen to instructions from the home front command and authorities to stay in protected ar-

eas,” it said Both Iran and Israel closed their airspace.

As the explosions in Tehran started, President Donald Trump was on the lawn of the White House mingling with members of Congress. It was unclear if he had been informed, but the president continued shaking hands and posing for pictures for several minutes.

Trump earlier said he was urging Netanyahu to hold off from taking action for the time being while the administration negotiated with Iran.

“As long as I think there is a (chance for an) agreement, I don’t want them going in because I think it would blow it,” Trump told reporters.

Golden Lantern bartender Josh Trout stands outside the bar decorated for Pride on Thursday.

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said. “That amendment did not have one ounce of public testimony through the process.” Henry pointed out that the bill would not have taken effect until2027 anyway,had it passed, which meant the Legislature could simply vote on the bill next year

“I don’tknowwhy you would call aspecial session forabillthatdoesn’t take effect until 2027,” Henry said Ratherthan approve the governor’spreferred policy change, the Senate passed alast-minute resolution asking for astudyonthe impact of prohibiting PBM ownershipofpharmacies,a practice knownas“vertical integration.”

And the Legislature passed abill that would set new rules for howthose companies can operate, requiring them to pass more of their savings on prescription drugs to consumers and barring them from requiring customers to use their drugstores.

The series of political maneuvers and votes came after aferocious,last-minute lobbying battle between some of the country’s largest PBMs —including CVS, which sent abarrage of text messages to customers urging opposition to thebill— and Landry,who publicly pressured legislators to restrict the PBM giants.

HB358 would havebanned companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and pharmacies. Supporters arguedoingso would stop big companies from pushing out independent pharmacies.

PBMs actasmiddlemen between pharmacies,health care plansand drug manufacturers to negotiate lower drug costs, but critics say they have too muchpower over the drug market, drive out competition and limit where people can get their prescriptions filled.

CVS, which owns both a PBM and anationwidechain of drug stores, said the bill wouldhaveforced it to close its 119 stores in Louisiana, affecting about 1million patients across the state and 22,000 patients who receive high-cost specialty drugs that smaller pharmacies couldfind difficulttohandle

“Ourfocusremains on serving thepeople of Louisiana: lowering drug costs, providing access to care and helping improve health,” said CVS spokesperson Amy Thibault after the Legislature adjourned. “Welook forward to working productively with policymakers to continuetomakeprescription drugs more affordable and accessible and promoting the value of community pharmacy.”

In the hours before the session’s6 p.m. deadline, Landry andother PBMcritics took to social media to pressure legislators

Landry,who for days had been publicly urging the Legislature to pass the prohibition, said in apost on X hours beforethe end of the sessionthathecould quickly

call lawmakersbackintoa special session should they reject themeasure.

Donald Trump Jr., the president’sson, weighed in on thepolitical battle20minuteslater with apostonX: “Louisiana, it’stime to pass HB358 and end the charade that costs hard-working Americans so much money when buying prescription drugs.”

The House on Wednesday approved the bill on an 88-4 vote. But the Senate did not bring it up fora vote Thursday

Instead, its members passed withoutopposition SenateResolution 209, sponsored by Sen. Kirk Talbot, R-River Ridge,asking the Louisiana Department of Healthtostudy the idea of implementingthe rules sought in HB358.

The House ultimately unanimously approved House Bill 264 by Rep. Michael Echols, R-Monroe, which establishes new rules for PBMs. In additiontorequiring more money go to customers, thebillrequires them to disclose more informationtothe state.

On theHouse floor,Echols saidHB264 includes “stronger oversight tools,” protects consumers, enhances transparency and addresses “heinous practices”by PBMs

“Today is agiantleap forward, and we keep our promise to you to fix these problems,” Echols said. “We’re not done. Ithink we’re just beginning, but this opens abig door for us to go through.”

Talbot said HB264 was a sign that “thebig pharmacies are on notice now.” And he saidthe Senatemay be open in the future to banning vertical integration.

“It ain’tover,” Talbot said. Controversyatthe end

Debateover HB358 exploded in the last twodays of thesession

The bill was originally designed toallow pharmacy technicians to access pharmacy recordsand systems remotely.But onWednesday afternoon, it emerged from aconferencecommittee— where lawmakers from each chamber meetbehind closed doors to work through dis-

agreements —toadd the provision about pharmacy and PBM ownership.

CVShas blasted that process, saying thestate was making amajor change to pharmacy laws at thelast minute with no public hearings.

Supporters argued the restriction on PBMswould stop big corporations from having an unfair advantage thathas led to the closure of independent pharmacies.

Independent pharmacies have been gettingreimbursed lessand lessevery year “because the PBMs want to make their own pockets fatter,” Rep. Dustin Miller,D-Opelousas,sponsor of HB358, said on the House floor Wednesday “I think it’s time that we tell PBMs youhaveto choose: You’re either aPBM or you’re apharmacy in Louisiana,”Millersaid. Lawmakersinfavor the change saidthey weren’t forcing any pharmacies to close.

ButThibault said, “It’s not possible to operate aPBM in all states but one.”

“PBMs serve employers withpeopleinmultiple states. Youcan’thavea state-by-state PBM,sowe don’thaveachoice,” she said.

Arkansas passed asimilar bill earlierthis year.CVS has filed alawsuit seeking to block it from takingeffect.

Patients react

On Thursday, asteady trickleofcustomers picked up prescriptions as usual at stores on Magazine and Prytania streets.

After amorning of doctors’ appointments, Cynthia Marshall,72, stoppedtopick up aprescription after seeingthe text.She hadn’t had achancetolearn more about the bill, but said there were alternatives if the store did close.

“Wewould probably just go to Walgreens,”said Marshall, whoisretired from administrative work for a law firm.

ButthatWalgreens is small, Marshall pointed out, and she was concerned about it taking on the patient load of closed stores.

Alongwiththe textcampaign, CVS stores across

Rouge, stopped at aCVS storeWednesday to return an item and said the cashier handed her a“Save our Store” flyer containing aQR code.The employeeurged her to sign apetition. Hefler was initially confused and worried about CVSstores closing, because she shops at them forhousehold itemsand uses coupons. Shelooked into theissue and realized it wasmore “complicated” and“probably not as immediate as it was made to sound,” she said. Some CVS patrons said they hadnot heardofthe news, and weren’ttoo

Louisiana hung colorful

“Save ourStore” posters at their entrances, and some locations even passed out flyers to customers. Jordan Hefler,ofBaton

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

On the last day of the regular session, the Louisiana Legislature settled two major debates: Abill that would have banned companies from owning both pharmacy benefit managers and drugstores died, while lawmakers passed a measurerequiring app stores to age verify users and obtain parental permission before minors download apps.

Lawmakers also resolved questions surrounding next year’sbudget, giving $43.5 million to aprogram that helps families payfor their kids to go to private school, adding $1.2 billion in one-time spending on items suchas improvements to roads and bridges and raising the rate the statepays sheriffs to house state inmates, among other decisions.

All of those measures still require Gov.Jeff Landry’ssignature beforebecoming law Thursday’sdecisionsmarkedthe end of atwo-month session where battles aroundinsurance often took center stage. The Legislature passed anumber of measures that benefit insurance companies in the courtroom, but it also passed abill giving the insurancecommissioner more authority to reject rate increases.

Lawmakers alsovoted to overhaul the Department of Transportation and Development, set new court deadlines for prisoners seeking to have their sentences changed andgive pregnant women the right to sue providers ofabortion drugs, among many other measures.

In avideo end-of-session address, Landry described the sessionasavictory,citing changes to insurance law and the DOTD, among other items.

“In one session, we tackled some of the toughest issues that have plagued our state for decade,” he said.

Appstoresand PBMs

In the waning days of thelegislative session, one issue took center stage: how to deal with pharmacy benefit managers, companies meant to actasmiddlemen between drug companies, health care plans and pharmacies to negotiate

lower drug costs.

Criticssay PBMspocket too much of the savings for themselves.

Moved by such concerns, the House on Wednesday debated whether to pass House Bill 538, which would have banned companies fromowning both pharmacy benefit managers anddrugstores.

Thechamber overwhelmingly approved the measure.

Butamidheavy lobbying from Landry,who backed themeasure, and CVS, whichopposed it, theSenate declined to take up thebill, lettingitdie in the hours before the Legislatureadjourned.

CVS had said such alaw would have forcedittoclose 119pharmacies in Louisiana and prevented Louisianans fromaccessing their specialty pharmacy service.

Lawmakers instead passed House Bill 264, which would bar pharmacy benefit managersfrom steering customers to their own pharmacies. It would also require

that discounts they negotiategoto employers and consumers.

HB264 also requires pharmacy benefit managers to report more details of their activities to government regulators to ensure that they are following the law.

Asecond issue, which had drawn attentionfrom Google and Meta, was resolvedmore quietly: Lawmakers unanimously voted to pass House Bill 570, which would require appstores to age verify users.

If auser is under 18, theapp store must link their account to aparent account, which in turn would need to sign off on any app downloads.

The Senate amended HB570 to requireall appstorestodothe same, but thatamendment was removedbefore the final vote on the bill.

Apps thatwerealready legally requiredtoage verify must continue to do so, said stateRep.Kim Carver,R-Mandeville, the bill’s

sponsor. That includes social media platforms with more than5 million users, he said.

Thebudget

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved amendments theSenate madetothe various bills that lay out state government’sbudget with no drama and mostly on unanimous votes.

Total statespending forthe next fiscal year comes to roughly $51 billion, said state Rep. Jack McFarland, R-Jonesboro, who chairs the House Appropriations Committee. Roughly half that money comes from federal funds.

Perhaps thebiggest budgetdebate of the session was how much funding to give theLAGATOR program,which will give money to families to help them payfor privateschool. Landry pushed for $93.5 million. Though the House originally accepted that amount, theSenate stripped out $50 million, leaving

$43.5 million. Senate President Cameron Henry said that was the amount promised all along. The House accepted that amendment.

TheSenatealsoopted to pull $1.2 billionfromthe RevenueStabilization Trust Fund, astate savings account that consists of extra corporate taxes, to fund one-time expenses.

The money hasbeen allocated for roads and bridges, economic development incentives to attract businesses, andimprovements to college campuses, amongother initiatives.

And underthe budgetplan, local jails, which house about half of state inmates, will receive three more dollars aday to do so.That brings the daily rate to $29.39, according to state Sen. GlenWomack,R-Harrisonburg, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee. Sheriffs hadpressedthe Legislature to increase that rate, saying the current payments weren’tsufficient to cover the costs.

La.attorneygeneral investigatingCVS

Controversycontinues over pharmacy benefitmanagers

BY MEGHAN FRIEDMANN Staff writer

Louisiana Attorney Gen-

eralLiz Murrillsaidshe is investigating CVS after the company sent mass text messages to customers urging them to tell their legislators to oppose abillonpharmacy benefits managers.

House Bill 358,which stirred ferocious debate in the waning hours of the legislative sessionbut did not pass, would have barred companiesfrom owning both pharmacy benefits managers and drugstores.

Supporters said that would have stopped big companies from squeezing independent pharmacies out of the market and keeping too much of the savings they get on prescription drugs.

PBMs are meant to act as middlemen betweenpharmacies, health care plans and drug manufacturers to negotiate lower drug costs.

CVS, which owns both the drugstore chain and aPBM, Caremark, said the bill would have forced it to close 119 pharmacies in Louisiana. The company launched alobbying blitz on Wednesday that included amass text message campaign tellingcustomers thebill could force their drugstore to close and asking them to contact theirlegislator

The text messages infuriated many lawmakers,who accused the company of scaretactics.

In anote distributed to legislators on the floorThursday,Murrill pointed out that CVS manages the drug plans for state employees through theOffice of GroupBenefits

“My office will be investi

an appropriate useofpersonalinformationobtained throughastate contract.”

In anews conference Thursday afternoon, though, Murrill said her investigation was “broader than just the OGB contract.” Shesaid shewould examinewhether CVS engaged in “unfair and deceptivetrade practices by improperlyusing people’s personal information in a waythattheydid notpermit.

MurrillannouncedonX that shewas sendingCVS a cease-and-desist letter and civil investigativedemands.

Gov.Jeff Landryalso spoke out againstCVS’ lobbying action in apost on X,

“Abusing patients’sensitive informationtopush a political message is completely unethical and manipulativeand wewill notstand forit,” the post said

AmyThibault,a CVS spokesperson,issued a statement saying thecompany’scommunications with itscustomers, patientsand community members were “consistent with thelaw.”

“This bill came together yesterday with no public hearing,” Thibault said.“We believe wehave aresponsibility to inform ourcustomersofmisguidedlegislation that seekstoshuttertheir trusted pharmacy, and we acted accordingly.”

Thibault referred to the fact that the PBM legislation came through anamendment to abill that originally set rules for remote work for pharmacy technicians. That amendmentwas proposedwhile the bill wasin aconference committee, a closed-door process where of Ho nd Se te

at theidea that CVShad usedcustomerinformation to sendout lobbyingtexts.

StateRep.Beryl Amedée, R-Gray,saying she found it “disturbing.”

“I’mgoing to assume that somewhere in the tremendous amount of fine print that comes whenyou sign up foranythingthese days, that they have covered their potential liability here, but I still think that’soutside the boundariesofwhatcustomersexpected when they gave theirphone numberstoget prescription updates,”she said. “I’m very disappointed in CVS because themessaging that they did send out was untrue and Iconsider it propaganda.”

Lawmak ers shared screenshotsoftexts that CVS sent to constituents.

One said HB358 would “prohibit CVSSpecialty from serving youand thousands of other patients who receive specialtyprescription drugs.”

“You will lose accessto your pharmacy team, pharmacy supportive services, and you will need to be serviced by an alternatespecialtypharmacy provider, it said.

The textincluded alink for customerstosend messages to their elected officials.

“I’vebeen getting comments from my constituents and friends, and they’re terrified, and it ain’tright,”said stateRep.Michael Bayham, R-Chalmette.

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Louisiana AttorneyGeneral LizMurrill saidThursday she is investigating CVS overmass texts sent to customers lobbyingagainst pharmacy benefitmanager legislation.

Google Cloud outage disrupts internet services

NEW YORK Popular online services across the globe were disrupted Thursday due to ongoing issues at Google Cloud

Tens of thousands of users of Spotify, Discord and other platforms began noticing issues with their services early in the afternoon, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages. Outage reports for music streamer Spotify in particular peaked around 2 p.m. before dropping off, and some users began saying their access was restored.

Google’s Cloud status page said an incident with their systems affected clients in the U.S. and abroad. The company also posted that services are starting to recover after its engineers identified and began to mitigate the issue.

“We have identified the root cause and applied appropriate mitigations,” Google Cloud said. It added that there is no estimate for when the issue would be fully resolved.

Switch 2 sales hit a record within 4 days

Nintendo says it sold more than 3.5 million of its new Switch 2 gaming consoles within the first four days since its release — breaking a record for the company In a Wednesday announcement, Nintendo said that this marks the “highest global sales level” for any of its hardware it’s sold within that window of time. The Japanese gaming company officially launched the Switch 2 on June 5. Fans of the console’s eightyear-old predecessor have been clamoring for an upgrade for years. Throngs of gamers stood in long lines outside stores for the Switch 2’s release around the world last week — less than two months after a chaotic rush for preorders quickly sold out.

Nintendo is counting on the Switch 2 to boost sagging sales. In addition to a larger screen and new games, the console has added social features aimed at luring new players into online gaming.

Nintendo has said it expects to sell 15 million Switch 2 consoles for the fiscal year through March 2026. The 3.5 million sold in the first four days includes the Nintendo Switch 2’s Mario Kart World Bundle, as well as the Switch 2’s Japaneselanguage and multi-language systems sold in Japan.

The Switch 2’s baseline price of $449.99 is significantly higher than the original Switch’s $299 price tag.

Long confirmed as IRS commissioner

Former U.S. Rep Billy Long of Missouri was confirmed on Thursday to lead the Internal Revenue Service, giving the beleaguered agency he once sought to abolish a permanent commissioner after months of acting leaders and massive staffing cuts that have threatened to derail next year’s tax filing season. The Senate confirmed Long on a 53-44 vote despite Democrats’ concerns about the Republican’s past work for a firm that pitched a fraud-ridden coronavirus pandemic-era tax break and about campaign contributions he received after President Donald Trump nominated him to serve as IRS commissioner While in Congress, where he served from 2011 to 2023, Long sponsored legislation to get rid of the IRS, the agency he is now tasked with leading. A former auctioneer, Long has no background in tax administration Long will take over an IRS undergoing massive change, including layoffs and voluntary retirements of tens of thousands of workers and accusations that then-Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency mishandled sensitive taxpayer data. Unions and advocacy organizations have sued to block DOGE’s access to the information.

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Wall Street ticks closer to record

BY STAN CHOE AP business writer

NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes ticked higher on Thursday following another encouraging update on inflation across the country

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% to pull back with 1.6% of its record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 101 points, or 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.2%.

Oracle pushed upward on the market after jumping 13.3%. The tech giant delivered stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected, and CEO Safra Catz said it expects revenue growth “will be dramatically higher” in its upcoming fiscal year

Stocks broadly got some help from easing Treasury yields in the bond market following the latest

update on inflation. Thursday’s said inflation at the wholesale level wasn’t as bad last month as economists expected, and it followed a report on Wednesday saying something similar about the inflation that U.S. consumers are feeling.

Wall Street took it as a signal that the Federal Reserve will have more leeway to cut interest rates later this year

The Federal Reserve has been hesitant to lower interest rates, and it’s been on hold this year after cutting at the end of last year, because it’s waiting to see how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs will hurt the economy and raise inflation While lower rates can goose the economy by encouraging businesses and households to borrow, they can also accelerate inflation.

Besides the inflation data, a

separate report on jobless claims also helped to weigh on Treasury yields. It said slightly more U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than economists expected, and the total number remained at the highest level in eight months. That could be an indication of a rise in layoffs across the country

“We believe that were it not for the uncertainty caused by the tariffs, the combined information coming from the inflation and labor-market data would have compelled the Fed to have resumed cutting its policy rate by now,” according to Thierry Wizman, a strategist at Macquarie.

The Fed’s next meeting on interest rates is scheduled for next week, but the nearly unanimous expectation on Wall Street is that

it will stand pat again. Traders are betting it’s likely to begin cutting in September, according to data from CME Group.

Trump’s on-and-off tariffs have raised worries about higher inflation and a possible recession, which had sent the S&P 500 roughly 20% below its record a couple months ago. But stocks have since rallied nearly all the way back on hopes that Trump will lower his tariffs after reaching trade deals with other countries.

Many of Trump’s tariffs are on hold at the moment to give time for negotiations, but Trump added to the uncertainty late Wednesday when he suggested the United States could send letters to other countries at some point, “saying this is the deal. You can take it or you can leave it.”

Average mortgage rate falls modestly

Home borrowing costs remain elevated

BY MATT OTT AP business writer

WASHINGTON The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage fell modestly for the second straight week but home borrowing costs remain elevated.

The long-term rate inched back to 6.84% from 6.85% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday A year ago, the rate averaged 6.95%. Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation. The key barometer is the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans. The 10-year Treasury yield was at 4.38% at midday Thursday down from 4.58% just a few weeks ago.

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage has remained relatively close to its high so far this year of just above 7% set in midJanuary The 30-year rate’s low point this year was in early April when it briefly dipped to 6.62%.

High mortgage rates can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers and reduce their purchasing power That’s helped keep the U.S. housing market in a sales slump that dates back to 2022, when mortgage rates began to climb from the rock-bottom lows they reached during the pandemic. Last year, sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank to

their lowest level in nearly 30 years. Sales fell last month to the slowest pace for the month of April going back to 2009.

Rising mortgage rates have helped dampen sales during what’s traditionally the peak period of the year for home sales. Last week, mortgage applications rose for the first time in four weeks, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. Mortgage applications jumped 13% from the previous week as rising inventory lured more buy-

ers, the group said. Applications are up 20% from a year earlier Other recent data suggests sales could continue to slow in the coming months. An index of pending U.S. home sales fell 6.3% in April from March and declined 2.5% from April last year, the National Association of Realtors reported two weeks ago.

There’s usually a month or two lag between a contract signing and when the sale is finalized, which makes pending home

sales a bellwether for future completed home sales.

Economists expect mortgage rates to remain relatively stable, with forecasts calling for the average rate on a 30-year mortgage to remain in a range between 6% and 7% this year

Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, declined to 5.97% from 5.99% last week. The average a year ago was 6.17%, Freddie Mac said.

Nvidia chief: AI ‘greatest equalizer,’ Europe risks falling behind

BY THOMAS ADAMSON and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press

PARIS Will artificial intelligence save humanity — or destroy it?

Lift up the world’s poorest — or tighten the grip of a tech elite?

Jensen Huang the global chip tycoon widely predicted to become one of the world’s first trillionaires offered his answer on Wednesday: neither dystopia nor domination. AI, he said, is a tool for liberation

Wearing his signature biker jacket and mobbed by fans for selfies, the Nvidia CEO cut the figure of a tech rock star as he took the stage at VivaTech in Paris.

“AI is the greatest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang said, kicking off one of Europe’s biggest technology industry fairs.

Huang’s core argument: AI can level the playing field, not tilt it.

Critics argue Nvidia’s dominance risks concentrating power in the hands of a few But Huang insists the opposite — that by slashing computing costs and expanding access, “we’re democratizing intelligence” for startups and nations alike.

But beyond the sheeny optics,

Nvidia used the Paris summit to unveil a wave of infrastructure announcements across Europe, signaling a dramatic expansion of the AI chipmaker’s physical and strategic footprint on the continent.

In France, the company is deploying 18,000 of its new Blackwell chips with startup Mistral AI. In Germany, it’s building an industrial AI cloud to support manufacturers Similar rollouts are underway in Italy, Spain, Finland and the U.K., including a new AI lab in Britain. Other announcements include a partnership with AI startup Perplexity to bring sovereign AI models to European publishers and telecoms, a new cloud platform with Mistral AI, and work with BMW and Mercedes-Benz to train AI-powered robots for use in auto plants.

The announcements underscore how central AI infrastructure has become to global strategy — and how Nvidia, now the world’s most valuable chipmaker, is positioning itself as the engine behind it. As the company rolls out ever more powerful systems, critics

warn the model risks creating a new kind of “technological priesthood” — one in which only the wealthiest companies or governments can afford the compute power, energy, and elite engineering talent required to participate. That, they argue, could choke the bottom-up innovation that built the tech industry in the first place.

Huang pushed back “Through the velocity of our innovation, we democratize,” he said, responding to a question. “We lower the cost of access to technology.”

As Huang put it, these factories “reason,” “plan,” and “spend a lot of time talking to” themselves, powering everything from ChatGPT to autonomous vehicles and diagnostics.

But some critics warn that without guardrails, such all-seeing, selfreinforcing systems could go the way of Skynet in “The Terminator” movie — vast intelligence engines that outpace human control. To that, Huang offers a countermodel: layered AI governance by design. “In the future,” he said, “the AI that is doing the task is going to be surrounded by 70 or 80 other AIs that are supervising it, observing it, guarding it, ensuring that it doesn’t go off the rails.” He likened the moment to a new

industrial revolution. Just as electricity transformed the last one, Huang said, AI will power the next and that means every country needs a national intelligence infrastructure. That’s why, he explained, he’s been crisscrossing the globe meeting heads of state.

“They all want AI to be part of their infrastructure,” he said. “They want AI to be a growth manufacturing industry for them.” Europe, long praised for its leadership on digital rights, now finds itself at a crossroads. As Brussels pushes forward with world-first AI regulations, some warn that over-caution could cost the bloc its place in the global race. With the U.S. and China surging ahead and most major AI firms based elsewhere, the risk isn’t just falling behind — it’s becoming irrelevant. Huang has a different vision: sovereign AI. Not isolation, but autonomy — building national AI systems aligned with local values, independent of foreign tech giants

“The data belongs to you,” Huang said. “It belongs to your people, your country your culture, your history, your common sense.”

But fears over AI misuse remain potent — from surveillance and deepfake propaganda to job losses and algorithmic discrimination.

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A sign announces the sale of a new home Jan. 16, 2024, in Kennesaw, Ga.

Landry namesnew transportation secretary

CPRA directorLedet to take over post

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

The same week that the Louisiana Legislature approved aplan to overhaul thestate Department of Transportation and Development, Gov.Jeff Landry announced major leadership changes at thetransportationagency

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The earlier version of the bill provokedconcerns that reforms put in place after Hurricane Katrina to professionalize and depoliticize the agency were being eroded.The House andSenate both voted unanimously to approve the new version of the bill on Wednesday

Shane Guidry,awealthy businessman who serves as the governor’sinformal adviser on New Orleans affairs, has become acentral figure in the controversydespite holding no official governmentrole. He celebrated the bill’spassage.

“Obviously when you want to do something, you reach for heights that you know areunattainable, knowing where you really want thedusttosettle,” he said. “Wewanted the stars and the moon, which we had no intention of ever getting, and we got acompromise that Ithink makes complete sense.” Before Katrina, each of the parishes in the New Orleans area had its own levee board; after the storm, reforms regionalized the boards, creating one flood protection authority for the eastbank, and another for the West Bank, acrossOrleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes.

The authorities are responsible for maintaining andoperating the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-built flood control system, made up of levees, pumps and floodgates across the New Orleans region.Prospective members of each board are put forward by an independent committee that sends nominees to the governor for his approval.

Overhaulbecomes tweak

The bill originally proposed to scrap the nominating committee for the east bank’sflood protection authority and givethe governor the ability to directly appoint board members. It maintained the nominating committee for the West Bank.

The bill that passed Wednesday maintains the nominating committee for both agencies, but gives the chairman of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority —currently Gordon “Gordy” Dove, aLandry ally —aseat on the committee.

The bill also requires two names to be sent up to the

Glenn Ledet, executive director of theCoastalProtectionand Restoration Authority,will takethe helm as DOTDsecretary beginning Monday.

Ledet, an engineer with experience working at consulting firms, hadbeen in the job at CPRA for over ayear,replacing Bren Haaseafter heleft that job last summer

“I look forward to working alongsidethe agency’sdedicated team and partners throughout the state

“Obviouslywhenyou want to do something, you reach for heights that you know are unattainable, knowingwhere you really want the dust to settle. We wanted thestars and themoon, which we had no intentionofever getting,and we gota compromise that Ithink makes complete sense.”

SHANE GUIDRy,adviser

governor in the event of an unexpectedvacancy,rather thanjust one. And it allows members of the board to servethreeconsecutive terms, rather than two.

Guidry had taken issue withthe nominating committee’srequirement of only sending one nominee to the governor for hisapproval.

“No board should ever be allowed to submit one name, letalone two. Youshould have to submit three,” he said. “That’show you letthe nominatingcommittees not be able to stack theboard for their own personal gain. Now they have to submit more than onenamesothe governor will get to choose between qualified people.”

Those opposing Guidry’s changes had accused him and thegovernor of seeking to stack theboardwiththeir ownnominees byeliminating the independent committee, which is an expert panelcomprisinggood-governmentorganizations, universities and professional organizations. Guidry has also sought to expand the role of the flood agency’s small police force.

“It was aheavy lift,” said Rep. Jacob Braud, R-Belle Chasse, who sponsored the legislation. “I met withall interested parties, and I ended up taking on the role of beingmore of amediator than alegislator.What was passedwas arevision that I thinkall parties were happy with.”

Sen.Patrick Connick,RMarrero, whom the governor’sofficehad initially asked to sponsor the bill, saidhe wassatisfied with theoutcome. Keeping the nominatingcommittee intact, he said,was “akey goal for me.”

“Wechanged it andfixed it,” he said.“The end product will keep politics out of thelevee boardsasmuch as possible.”

Advocates had pressed legislators to maintain the

to strengthen Louisiana’stransportation network,” Ledet said in astatement. “Together,wewill focusondelivering efficientand safe infrastructure.”

Landry’sannouncement says Ledet hasworked at “nationally renowned engineering, planning and construction management firms, where he led strategic growth, business development, and operationsefforts.”

Current DOTD Secretary Joe Donahue will become theagency’s

nominating committee. Theyalso sought to remove thegovernor’s ability to appoint the board president,which he was granted through separatelegislation lastyear.The bill that passed does not address that issue.

“I’m pressedtofind anyone who thinks it’sagood idea to mixpolitics with flood protection,” said Blair duQuesnay,the head of Citizensfor 1Greater New Orleans, whichadvocatedfor the post-Katrina reforms two decades ago, at aSenate TransportationCommitteehearing lastweek. She asked lawmakers:“Are you willing to stand aside and let thegovernance structure of New Orleans’ levee boards reverttothe systemsin place before Hurricane Katrina?”

Rebecca Mowbray,the president of the nonprofit Bureau of Governmental Research, expressed bewilderment at why Landry sought to reform the flood authority at all.

“Westill don’t know what this is allabout,”she said “Wedon’t knowwhatthe problem is that they were tryingtosolve by introducing this legislation.”

Troubleahead

Trouble at the east bank’s flood protection authority is likely not over.Four membersofthe boardresigned in recent months in protest over Guidry’sinvolvement at the agency and the leadership of thecurrent Landryappointed boardpresident, RoyCarubba. That leaves the board with just five of its nine members.

“Ifyou look at thebigger picture, Ithink there’sconcern with the choosing of the chair,”saidSteven Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, agood-government group thatispart of the nominating committee.

“I think that concern exists, but Ithink it’sgoing to continue to grow.”

The board did not have a quorumand did notmeet

executive counsel.

“Joe has done an outstanding job in one of the most thankless roles in stategovernment,” Landry said in astatement. “Louisiana’sroads andinfrastructure are in dire need of reform, and Joe worked every day to moveDOTDforward despitethe challenges.”

Landry named Donahue secretary in January 2024 and in May that year orderedhim to crafta plan to reform and rehabilitate thebeleaguered transportation

last monthtoapprove its hurricane preparedness plan before theofficial start of hurricane season on June 1because Carubba could not makethe meeting.

One of the board members, Clay Cossé, wrote aletter to TheTimes-Picayune calling on the governor to remove Carubba as board president.

department. That led to an agency review by aprivate firm,a formal improvement plan, and ultimately apackage of billsthe Legislature passed this week to overhaul DOTD

Eric Dauphine will take on adeputy secretary position at DOTD Dauphine is currently adistrict administrator based in Lafayette at oneofnine regionaloffices. He has worked at DOTD for26years, including various engineering roles.

Since then, Carubba and the agency’spolicechief, Joshua Rondeno, have argued that the city is better preparedfor ahurricane than ever before. Carruba has sought to elevate Rondeno’srole at the agency

“Wehavenever been this preparedtoperform for flood protection season before,” Rondeno said on WWL’s Tommy Tucker show earlierthis week.“We are able to move water outof the systemata flow rate of 53,000 cubic feet persecond.”

The agency’spolice chief has not historically played a role in flood engineering or system operations.

Compromisereached on drilling sitesbill

long-standing oil lease languagethathas protected past oil drillers from having to payfor cleanup,known as indemnification.

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL Staff writer

Abill that had divided Gov.Jeff Landry and Louisiana’soil industry before acompromise was reached has received Senate approval, likely assuring the measure on cleaning up old drilling sites becomes law

The heavily amended bill approved by the Senate on Wednesday would give state regulators astrong hand in determining court-ordered cleanups of oldoil field sites. Known as “legacy” lawsuits, the class of litigationhas sought to clean long-standing contamination and leftover surface infrastructure from decadesold drilling sitesacross the state But the oil industry and some large landowner advocates have argued these suits, which number more than 600, have hindered newdrilling from companies worried they could be drawn into paying forthe problems of their long-gone predecessors.

Theproposed changes, which had been stalled in aSenate committee under adifferent bill, House Bill 694, were amended into Senate Bill 244, sponsored by Sen. Bob Hensgens,RAbbeville. His bill received the key Senate nod Wednesday In arecent House committee hearing, Landry threw his weight behind SB244 and the then newly added legacy language, suggesting the oiland gas industry was being “hypocritical” in its oppositionto the measure. At the time, however, Landry’scomments were aimed at defending changes that would have nullified

Thegovernor called removing this indemnification language the“crux” of the legacy issue, though critics argued it wouldhavebeen an unconstitutional change to decades of oilleases.

In the version of SB244 thatthe Senate adopted, the “anti-indemnification” languagethatLandrysupported was stripped out through an amendment adopted on the House floor Sunday

TheLouisianaOil and Gas Association, which had said it was talking with Landry aboutthe anti-indemnity provision, didn’timmediatelyrespond to arequest for comment

Originally aimed at reorganizing the state Department of Energy andNatural Resources, Hensgens’ more than200-pagemeasurehas been layered withmultipleamendments not only tweaking the departmental changesbut also addressingthe legacy suits, carbon capture andother issues like Baton Rouge’sgroundwaterdistrict.

Hensgenstold his Senatecolleagues Wednesday before they votedthathis bill andits manyamendments were his and state Department of Energyand Natural Resourcesofficials’ attemptstocreateabalanced piece of legislation that modernized the department.

“Each group foundprovisions that alignedwith their interests, as well as elements that presented challengesunique to their perspective. Every suggestion was carefully evaluated,thoroughly debated and, where possible, integrated into thebill, aimingtoserve Louisiana’sgreater good,” Hensgens said.

The Senate had previously approved the bill but

had to concur after amendments were added in the House. Thesecond Senate votehappened without a dissenting voteora single question from thefloor

State Rep. Jacob Landry, R-Erath, the sponsor of the original legacy bill, HB694, andofthe amendment that took out the antiindemnity language, said he wanted to streamline cleanup and reignitelagging oildrilling.

Rep. Landry said the changeswould prevent “big pockets” from continuing long fightsincourtand create certainty for landowners in addressingtheir cleanup problems.

In hearings this spring, some landowners, however,airedworries the changes would diminish their rights under preexisting lease contracts, also potentially an unconstitutional change

One prominent plaintiff’s attorney,whose firmhas handled many of thelegacy suit,s promisedonlyhours after thenew rulescleared theSenate Wednesday that the new law,ifsigned by the governor,would face court challenges.

The lawyer,Victor Marcello, saidthe oil industry hasbeen afterthischange for years and now will have the court fight that they’ve been seeking.

“It’sridiculous, but they’ve wanted to convince acourt thatit’sconstitutional, which we’ll have to see what happens,” Marcello said.

Hensgens said various lawyershave offered opinions on theconstitutionality of that change.Bolstering thebill’sconstitutionality, Hensgens argued, is language delaying implementation until Sept.1,2027, for newcases of oilfield damage.

Thelanguage alsokeeps theold procedure in place for preexisting cases and

giveslandowners with old damage who haven’tsued yet 26 months to bring their case under theold rules

Under the new proposed rules, once acourt establishes thatanoperator is on thehookfor cleanup, thestate DepartmentofEnergy andNatural Resources mustdetermine themost feasible plan and use cleanup standards already built intostate law,though it can consider exceptionssought by landowners.

Currently,the various sides present their plans in court for ajury to determine. Often plaintiffs pursuecleanup above these state standards because, they argue, their contracts implicitly requirethis higher level. Those leases mostly predate the adoption of thestate cleanupstandards. Under thechanges, however,the sideswould pres-

ent theircleanup plan to the department. Once the department decides, the court mustaccept the plan unless oneside can prove by “clear and convincing evidence,” ahigher burden of proof,thatanotherplan is appropriate.

In an effort to contain other costs, the bill would setnon-remediationdamages, after economic losses to 300% of thefairmarket value of oilfield properties before theyweredamaged, Hensgens said.

The bill would also limit attorneys’ fees and costs that defendants who are foundliablewould have to payplaintiffs andwould let defendants not found liable to be entitled to attorneys’ fees from plaintiffs.

As SB244matriculated through thefinaldays, legislators and advocates tracking the bill complained that

too many different matters werebeing improperly addedand that thechanges werecoming too late in the process for transparent debate

One exchange about the legacy changes between Reps. Jacob Landry and Matthew Willard, D-New Orleans, on theHouse floor Sunday highlighted these concerns.

“You read this wholebill?” Willard asked his House colleague. “Yeah, Idid,” Rep. Jacob Landry responded. “Two hundred something pages? Youreadthe whole bill?” Willard pressed.

“Uh, yep. Not the whole bill, but the part thatIdid,” Rep. Jacob Landry clarified.

“OK, thank you,” Willard answered.

David J. Mitchellcan be reached at dmitchell@ theadvocate.com.

Lawmakers pass Fair Grounds measures

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

City and state lawmakers on Thursday passed measures to ensure the Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots remains what it has been for nearly two centuries: a horse racing facility

The future of the historic, 145acre property that also hosts the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has come into doubt recently as the owner, Kentucky-based Churchill Downs, has said its horse racing and casino operations are no longer viable following a state Supreme Court ruling.

Krewe of Oshun, float builder at odds

$50K debt leads to captain takeover

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

Mardi Gras parades are free to the public, but that doesn’t mean they don’t cost money New Orleans krewes hire producers to build their glittering floats and handle other aspects of the procession. When parading organizations can’t pay their bills, the wheels can come off.

The Krewe of Oshun is now embroiled in a rancorous dispute with float builder Jack Rizzuto over an unpaid $50,000 debt. Krewe members accuse Rizzuto of trying to take over their organization. Rizzuto said he just wants the money he’s owed.

The Krewe of Oshun parade is the first float procession in New Orleans’ official Mardi Gras season. As the 2025 Carnival season approached, the krewe found itself with fewer riders than expected and unable to make its advance payments to Rizzuto.

By contract, Rizzuto said, the krewe was required to pay in full before he delivered the floats. Yet, he said, he didn’t want to see the small, 30-year-

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N.O. civic groups get nearly $2 million Money to start youth recreation programs at UNO

BY JONI HESS and JAMES FINN Staff writers

As the University of New Orleans merges with the LSU system, millions of state dollars are poised to flow its way, including nearly $2 million for youth recreation — part of a push by a prominent attorney and New Orleans-area business leaders who have long criticized the city’s public recreation services. A civic group behind that initiative called the NOLA Coalition, a collection of more than 500 nonprofits and businesses that focuses on public safety and investment in youth services, called a news conference Friday to celebrate new

Churchill Downs notified state officials this week that it intends to surrender its racing, slots and video poker licenses after failing to convince lawmakers to kick in state money to make up for lost revenue. The company has not elaborated on its plans for the racetrack, but the uncertainty has raised fears it could close or redevelop it for other purposes.

The New Orleans City Council on Thursday passed a temporary ban on new land uses at the Fair

Grounds, with plans to introduce more permanent zoning measures to that effect soon. State lawmakers, meanwhile, passed a bill marking the site as a “Louisiana Historic Site,” requiring legislative approval for demolition or ceasing horse racing operations. That measure was a last-minute amendment to a bill by state Sen. Jimmy Harris, D-New Orleans, on the last day of the legislative session. “I cannot in good faith allow for nothing to be done,” Harris said in a text.

Churchill Downs says it can’t operate the Fair Grounds without “Historical Horse Racing,” a new game where players bet on anonymized races that have already happened. State lawmakers permitted

Future of racetrack uncertain ä See RACETRACK, page 2B

THE BALL AND MALL

Lakeside turns into gala showcase for event marking Jefferson Parish’s bicentennial

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

As early morning walkers circled Lakeside Shopping Center before the doors opened Wednesday, loud clanging echoed off the storefronts as construction crews hammered away at a stage covered with red carpet. Come Saturday, the red carpet is rolling out for the Jefferson Parish Bicentennial Ball. The entire mall will be converted into a ballroom space, with the stage serving as the centerpiece for headlining act Kristin Chenoweth and a 22-piece accompanying orchestra.

It’s poised to be one of the grandest events for the parish in recent history, with four music stages, eight open bars, an arcade, sports lounge and more than 50 food booths, with cuisines ranging from mall staple Auntie Anne’s to fine dining land-

mark Brennan’s, all scattered throughout the building. Red, white and blue attire is encouraged as partygoers re-

live some of the greatest hits of Sister Sledge and the Yat Pack while sipping on an Orange Julius or espresso martini. The

event is part of a yearlong celebration of all things Jefferson, from the sale of brightly-colored Thomas Jefferson busts — with the hashtag #showusyourbusts — to an original parish song featuring Irma Thomas.

The event, hosted by the Jefferson Community Foundation, is expected to have around 3,000 attendees — a little less than daily patronage at the mall during the busy Christmas season — but only about 600 VIPs will be able to view Chenoweth’s performance from the seating area. Public officials from all levels of government, including U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, and Gov Jeff Landry, are expected to attend.

The event has raised over $1 million in corporate sponsorships from more than 100 companies, organizers say, and proceeds

St. Tammany Parish holds hurricane meeting

Officials prepare for upcoming season

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

With recent planned changes to the state and federal emergency response agencies, state and parish officials in St Tammany Parish gathered Thursday to try to assuage concerns about this year’s hurricane season

A few days after President Donald Trump announced his plans to phase out the Federal Emergency Management Agency, an audience of about 100 fire chiefs, law enforcement officers, and state

and parish officials gathered at a church near Mandeville for the parish’s annual meeting to kick off the hurricane season, which began on June 1. The gathering, which the parish said was its largest hurricane preparation meeting ever, was too large to fit in the parish’s Emergency Operation Center in Covington. “There’s so many distractions, so many other things to be worried about — let’s focus on this hurricane season,” St. Tammany Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness Clint Ory said, echoing statements by Brig. Gen. Jason P. Mahfouz, interim director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and

emergency response from the fed-

eral government. “The only confidence I have about what’s going to happen to the federal level is it’s going to change,” he said.

Emergency Preparedness. Mahfouz, who took the top job at the state’s emergency management office in March, when the Louisiana National Guard took control of GOHSEP as part of a restructuring aimed at cutting costs, said “the focus on efficiency and the structural changes within the merger of the two agencies do not take anything away from the mission.” Still, Mahfouz acknowledged there was some uncertainty around what to expect in terms of

“There’s ample reason to be concerned,” Mahfouz said, but added those concerns were better left to the “backside of this hurricane season.”

Trump said on Tuesday he wanted to “wean” states off FEMA, the federal agency responsible for disaster relief and recovery after hurricanes, instead shifting responsibility to state governments. FEMA has provided Louisiana close to $47 billion for 28 disasters

See HURRICANE, page 2B

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Angel Gutierrez, of Apache Industrial, sweeps away debris where he and his co-workers were installing a stage inside Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie on Wednesday for the Jefferson Parish Bicentennial Ball this Saturday.

Greg Buisson, CEO and founder of Buisson Creative, helps install carpeting on a stage inside Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie on Wednesday.

Mahfouz

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the machines across the state in 2021, but the state Supreme Court this year ruled they are illegal without local voter approval

Churchill Downs has said the ruling will cut its Louisiana profits nearly in half

The company says it will also be hurt by state laws this year expanding poker machines at truck stops and bars.

State officials have been cold to Churchill Downs’ request for a subsidy, however, as the company reported $2.7 billion in total revenue and $150 million in Louisiana net revenue last year

Rumors of a sale have swirled amid the uncertainty, with Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson pegged as a potential buyer. Benson has said she wants horse racing to continue at the site and is monitoring the situation. A Churchill Downs spokesperson said it is not in discussions to sell the property

The City Council measure overrules the existing zoning, which is already somewhat restrictive and requires conditional-use permits for most commercial activities.

City Council Vice President Helena Moreno, who sponsored the zoning measure with council member Joe Giarrusso, said existing conditional-use permits for slot machines and sports betting would remain in effect, but any facility without horse racing as an anchor is unacceptable.

“This is going to be a horse racing facility This is not to be just some new big casino, or anything like that,” Moreno said. “Obviously the gaming piece is certainly part of the financial model.”

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old organization fail. In a telephone interview Thursday, Rizzuto said that two weeks before the parade, he agreed to allow the Oshun parade to proceed, with the proviso that he become krewe captain.

Rizzuto, who already serves as captain of the Krewe of Mid-City and cocaptain of the Krewe of Pygmalion, said he didn’t need the headache of managing another parading group. But he believed he knew how to increase membership in the krewe and ensure that he eventually got paid for the services he had provided.

Oshun’s former captain, Dominique Thomas, characterizes Rizzuto’s motives differently In a telephone interview, she said she considers his insistence on being captain as a power grab that will result in changes to krewe traditions. Thomas said Rizzuto solidified his control of the krewe by seating a new board of directors. Thomas accuses Rizzuto of using unfair tactics to take control, including imposing interest fees on the money he is owed and suggesting that the former Oshun board members might be personally responsible for the krewe’s debt.

Rizzuto said the krewe has strayed away from the city’s Mardi Gras code and, without changing its ways, may no longer qualify for a parade permit or nonprofit status. Thomas said the former Oshun board members have reconvened and voted Rizzuto out. Rizzuto said he’d only planned to be captain temporarily, but added, “I’m not going to get out of the krewe now.” Thomas proposes resolving the matter by “buying out” Rizzuto. She said the krewe has found the money to do so, but she said Rizzuto has not provided her with a figure he would accept.

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leftover from the event will go to the Jefferson Ready Start Network for early childhood education.

At the event’s core will be a celebration of history and culture over the past 200 years, and, by coincidence, the mall’s 65th year in business.

“We’re literally turning (one of the) largest retailer(s) in Louisiana into the largest ballroom in Louisiana,” said media consultant Greg Buisson, who’s helping manage the event. “And we’re doing it in a matter of a week or less.”

The mall will close to the public at 4 p.m. Saturday to allow time for final event setup before the 6 p.m. start time.

Party of the century (or two)

The ball’s floor plan will encourage attendees to meander through the mall to partake in a variety of oldies, rock, blues and soul at different stages throughout the night

Near the Dillard’s, the Timeline Stage will feature Deacon John, Irma Thomas and the Yat Pack, and displays will show archival photos of historical parish events Six photo display trees will be dedicated to the six municipalities of the parish: Kenner, Harahan, Gretna, Westwego, Jean Lafitte and Grand Isle. Also in that area, a makeshift sports lounge will play the College World Series opener between LSU and Arkansas, starting at 6 p.m.

In front of Restoration Hardware, the Rachel Fleetwood Trio, Tom Hook and the Victory Belles will play on the Memory Lane stage, designed to look like a retro television set. An empty retail space will have eight retro arcade games, including Pac-Man, and Lakeside Mall memorabilia will decorate the area.

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low-cost youth athletic programs that will soon be offered at the university according to coalition spokesperson Matt Wolfe.

Under UNO’s transfer into the LSU system, which Gov. Jeff Landry is expected to sign into law this week, lawmakers in New Orleans’ legislative delegation secured millions of dollars for debt payments and deferred facility maintenance at the financially-troubled university At the same time, Landry, acting at the urging of attorney Laura Rodrigue, a longtime ally of the governor’s and other conservative leaders, secured $1.95 million to stand up the recreation programs at UNO — apparently without the knowledge of members of New Orleans’ legislative delegation, who said this week that they knew nothing about the plan.

The project culminates months of activism by Rodrigue and business leaders against conditions at parks run by the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission.

The agency has long been the target of community complaints, and Rodrigue and others say it has been plagued by mismanagement.

By expanding programming, the group hopes the new facilities will help reduce juvenile crime.

“The whole purpose is to scale recreational programs, for whatever children don’t have the opportunities already to come receive mentorship, have fun and be active,” said Greg Rusovich, a local businessman involved in the plan.

The initiative, however, has drawn some skeptics who worry that it is part of a broader incursion into the city by Landry and his conservative allies.

Multiple members of the New Orleans City Council, including Freddie King III, who sits on NORD’s governing board, said they weren’t aware of the project before hearing about it from a reporter

“As a member of the council and as a member of the NORD Commission, I’d have liked to be informed,” King said Improving recreation services in

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since 2003. The changes to FEMA would not be implemented until after hurricane season ends on Nov 30, Trump said. This year’s hurricane season is predicted to have above-average activity, with an expected 13 to 19 named storms this year, in part due to warm temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico, said Julie Lesko, a senior service hydrologist with the National Weather Service, at the meeting Thursday

party on the Festival Stage with their hit song, “We Are Family.”

Local restaurants will cater the event, like Metairie’s Caribbean restaurant Rumba serving Hawaiian ribs and seared ahi tuna alongside their tiki bar New Orleans Distillers, owned by Public Service Commissioner Eric Skrmetta, will offer a standard martini bar — while another bar will be dedicated to espresso martinis, for those in need of a pick-me-up late in the night.

And as an ode to the mall’s heyday, the event will serve a rendition of the Orange Julius, a classic beverage sold at malls across America in the 1970s.

Many food court options will also be available, including Cafe du Monde.

“It’s almost like a three-ring circus,” said Lynda Nugent Smith, a Jefferson Parish Community Foundation board member and event organizer Nugent Smith said the foundation chose Lakeside Mall, owned by The Feil Organization, as its event venue over the Pontchartrain Center or Alario Center because of its

the city should start with increasing NORD funding, he said, rather than standing up a new facility in a single pocket of the city

“If you live in Central City, how are you going to access these facilities?” he said. “Who is this truly for?”

‘Recreation is back!’

Through a partnership with local nonprofit sports organization The 18th Ward, the new facilities will offer baseball, soccer, swimming, flag football and other team-based athletic programs as early as this fall, through a pay-what-you-can structure.

“I am incredibly excited about the opportunity to bring young people and their families to our beautiful campus,” UNO President Kathy Johnson said of the university’s first-of-its kind plan.

Organization director Lowery Crews said the move will help 18th Ward trim down waitlists and expand its programs, which have amassed more than 6,000 participants across New Orleans since its 2019 founding.

The organization is also partnered with NORD, which pays The 18th Ward to run some of its sports programs, including those newly activated at the long-defunct Hardin Park.

NORD serves thousands of youth each year across offerings that include team sports, after-school programs, summer camps, pools and recreation centers.

But it’s also long faced criticism from community members frustrated over difficulties signing up for programs, unexpected pool closures in the heat of summer and shoddy conditions at some of its sites.

A flyer distributed this month by the coalition credits state lawmakers and Landry for providing funding so that “children and families from across our city can participate in recreation.”

“Recreation is back!” reads the flyer

The announcement comes months after the coalition published an open letter pointing to “alarming” conditions at NORD-operated parks and sports fields.

The letter reiterated similar examples of poor conditions that Rodrigue described in an online post

busts of Thomas Jefferson using the library’s Makerspace in the parish colors of indigo, blue, orange or yellow for $100 each. They encouraged local businesses and residents to decorate their statues and post them to social media under the hashtag #ShowUsYourBusts.

The library sold 27 busts so far, with funds going toward the nonprofit Friends of the Library

Local musician Richard Smith, also known as Preacher Man, wrote and recorded a bicentennial song and music video with Irma Thomas, titled “Thomas Didn’t Know,” which features references from Popeye’s Chicken to Ochsner Hospital, and even the late Sheriff Harry Lee.

The Jefferson Community Foundation also sold official bicentennial posters by Louisiana artist Becky Fos, depicting a pelican in front of the Mississippi River

familiarity and cultural significance to people on both sides of the Mississippi River while still maintaining adequate size and parking.

“Backed by The Feil Organization’s long-standing investment in the region, Lakeside has become more than a shopping destination

— it’s a place where memories are made and the community comes together,” said Erin Graham, spokesperson for Lakeside Mall.

Buisson estimated the ball will cost $400,000 to $500,000 in total, excluding donated goods and services from vendors.

Bicentennial campaign

Saturday’s ball will highlight a yearlong bicentennial campaign hosted by Jefferson Parish and its partners.

Parish President Cynthia Lee Sheng kicked off celebrations on Feb. 11, the 200th anniversary of the parish’s founding, with a statue unveiling, cake cutting and singing of “Happy Birthday” in the parish seat of Gretna.

At the East Bank Regional Library, the parish sold 3D-printed

last year, such as “overgrown fields, exposed electrical wire” and trash scattered across sites.

NORD has responded by highlighting ongoing improvement projects at many of the sites in question. The ballfields at Perry Roehm Stadium, for instance, were being turfed and regraded and the bathrooms were in the process of being upgraded.

NORD spokesperson Emily Oliver told The Times-Picayune in April that each of NORD’s 160 sites are scheduled for weekly maintenance, with priority given to highuse sites that host sports games and after-school programs.

Asked about the flyer advertising the new programming at UNO, Oliver said they were aware and offered no additional comment.

How the money came together

A spokesperson for Landry’s office confirmed the governor had secured money for the project in the state’s budget. The money is dedicated to UNO “for recreation for youth partnership with community partners,” according to budget documents.

Long before she helped secure that cash, Rodrigue, who did not respond to messages for this story, has been a vocal critic of NORD, calling the department’s failings a contributing factor to New Orleans’ juvenile crime problem.

She’s listed as a speaker and “project founder” at Friday’s news conference along with Rusovich, CEO of Transoceanic Development; Kim Boyle, of the NOLA Coalition; Vincent Granito, interim director of UNO athletics; and Kyle Ruckert, Landry’s chief of staff.

In February, she spoke of “deplorable conditions” at NORD facilities at the Metropolitan Crime Commission of New Orleans’ monthly board meeting, and in December she suggested the department should be defunded.

“I don’t think it would be prudent to give them more money, considering the gross neglect that we see happening under their watch right now,” she said in December of the department’s $20 million budget.

For Lee Sheng, the goal of the bicentennial campaign “has always been that every person, business and organization would come celebrate with us,” she said.

She added that her “decades of fun memories” at Lakeside Mall make it “such a fun and meaningful place to celebrate our Bicentennial.”

“It’s really special and fun to look back on those times and see how far we’ve come as a parish,” Lee Sheng said. “The Jefferson Community Foundation stepped up in a big way by turning our vision into a reality and making this Bicentennial Ball possible.”

The event starts at 6 p.m. Saturday with a VIP party at Arhaus featuring performances by NOLA Vox and the Victory Belles, and general admission begins at 7 p.m. The event ends at 11 p.m.

Tickets start at $150 plus fees, and dress is semiformal to formal. By the time the mall reopens at 11 a.m. Sunday, the entire event will be taken down, and the mall will operate as normal, Buisson said.

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Goyeneche said NORD’s programming has failed to offer the city’s youth adequate outlets. He repeated the argument that the new recreation initiative could help curb juvenile crime.

“This is critically important when it comes to keeping kids out of crime,” he said “It’s critically important that recreational programs be provided to the youth of this community this summer And NORD, you know, has basically, I think, overpromised and under-performed in their responsibility to provide programming for our city’s youth.”

News of the funding came as a surprise to members of New Orleans’ legislative delegation interviewed about the project this week.

Sen. Jimmy Harris, D-New Orleans, who backed the bill to merge UNO with LSU and marshaled state money for the initiative, said Tuesday that he was unaware of where cash for the project came from and planned to inquire about it.

Asked if he knew about the project, Rep. Matthew Willard, a New Orleans Democrat who chairs the state House’s Democratic caucus, said he had not heard of it until NORD staff got in touch last week asking what it was. Sen. Joe Bouie, D-New Orleans, and Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, both said a reporter’s inquiry was the first they had heard of the plan.

Others in the community view the plan as a concerted effort to privatize public recreation.

“Anytime you see programming popping up that mirrors programming already in existence, you have to ask yourself why you’re trying to reinvent a wheel when you can just pour the resources to shore up the parks and recreation that already exists,” said Ashonta Wyatt, a community activist and former New Orleans elementary school principal, this week on local radio station WBOK.

Rusovich, the local businessman involved in the project, said it is not meant to be oppositional to NORD programs.

He said the planners hope the program will serve as a model for the next mayor, who the group hopes will pursue reforms at NORD after their election this fall.

Among those who support the plan are Republican mega-donor and businessman Boysie Bollinger and MCC President Rafael Goyeneche. Bollinger did not return a phone message.

Ory also announced some of his office’s new hurricane season initiatives, including a formal agreement with VIA LINK, a nonprofit based in Covington that will serve as a central hub for social services provided by nonprofits and faith-based groups in the parish. Residents can contact VIA LINK by dialing 211. The agreement is in effect now, according to parish spokesperson Michael Vinsanau, but during a hurricane, the Emergency Operating Center will have a dashboard that tracks all requests for help The parish has a patchwork of different emergency response agencies, with its 14 different fire districts, as

well as its various municipal police departments and the Sheriff’s Office part of why the parish government said the meeting, which also included discussion of “contraflow” and general advice on individual preparation by the Louisiana State Police, was so important. “Organizing meetings like this ensures us that we’re all on the same page,” said Parish President Mike Cooper Vinsanau said this was the “biggest emergency prep meeting we’ve ever had.”

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Crews with Apache Industrial install scaffolding and stages inside Lakeside Shopping Center in Metairie on Wednesday for the Jefferson Parish Bicentennial Ball this Saturday

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BarbaraE.Aubert, age 77, enteredher eternalrest onThursday,May 29, 2025 atAudubon Retirement Vil‐lage. Daughter of thelate FreddieEstelle andEmma JeanBrown. Mother of James A.C. Lawson,III, RobertLawson, SabrinaL Simmons,WoodrowLaw‐son,and Miquel C. Aubert, Sr.sister of Dr.Betty J. Crockettand Elaine E. Allen.Alsosurvivedby twenty-twograndchildren, thirtygreat-grandchildren a host of otherfamilyand friends.A Celebrationser‐vicehonoringthe life of the late BarbaraE.Aubert willbeheldatFifth African Baptist Church,3419 S. Robertson Street,New Or‐leans,LA70115 on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 10 am.Visi‐tation9 am in thechurch Pleasesignonlineguest‐book @www.charbonnetf uneralhome.com. Charbon‐net LabatGlapion,Direc‐tors(504)581 4411.

BillyDeanAugustus, age 65, transitioned into eter‐nal rest on Friday,June 6, 2025, at OchsnerMedical Center, NewOrleans,LA. Billy wasbornonJune 1, 1960, in NewOrleans,LA. A nativeofPhoenix,LA, Billy was thebeloved sonofthe lateAudreyMae Augustus and thelateWillisMiller. Hewas cherishedbyhis stepfather, thelateArchie Augustus, Sr.His maternal grandparentswerethe late Viola Williams andthe late FreddieWilliams. Paternal grandparentswerethe late Eliza Miller andthe late Au‐gustMiller, Sr.Billy was the Godson of Joyce Yvonne Benand thelate Herbert Williams,Jr.,and the GodfatherofTrenille Albert”Bentley andAn‐gelique Mosely.Heleaves tocherish hismemories his devotedwifeoftwentynineyears,Trenese Randall Augustusand hischildren Candice Augustus,Jennifer (Jared) Barthelemy,Trenee’ Jiles,Kerry Fernandez, and Tevin (Norkesia) Augustus Grandchildren Journie, Jor‐dyn,Kayne,Rome, Sum‐mer,Maci, andMichael.He isalsosurvivedbyhis sib‐lings Archie (Stacy)Augus‐tus,Jr.,Carolyn Augustus Alfreda (Gary) LeBlanc, Willard(thelateTammy) Augustusand Gretchen Miller.Son-in-lawofthe

late Calvin Randall, Sr.and the late Rosa MaeRandall Brother-in-lawofDavetta Randall,the late Calvin Randall,Jr. (Elenora), the lateLinda Joseph (the late Henry Joseph,Jr.). Also survivedbya host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Billywas bap‐tized at St.JosephBaptist Church in Phoenix, LA However,in2017 he joined St. John BaptistChurch in Bertrandville,LAand fel‐lowshippedunder thelead‐ershipofRev.JohnD.Riley, Jr. until Godcalledhim home. Aftergraduating fromPhoenix High School in1979, Billywas employed atUnitedBulkTerminal and InternationalMarine Terminalbeforehis final employmentatthe Plaque‐mines Parish Sheriff’sOf‐fice.Billy waswellknown for hisathleticskills. His competitive spirit allowed him to excelinwhatever sport he participated in, and he wasregardedas one of thegreatestath‐letes of histime. He wasa prominent member of the After Dark Softball Team where he served as Team Captain.One particular title couldnot define him, asBilly also fulfilledmany other roleswithinthe orga‐nization. Billyspent count‐lesshours travelingtodif‐ferentsportingeventsto support andmentorthe youth from thePlaquem‐inesParishcommunity Later in life,hedeveloped a passionfor golf. This openeda newchapter in his life andhis love forthe gamewas rivaledonlyby his love forhis familyand friends.Hewas aproud memberofthe RiverParish GolfAssociationwhere he madelifelongfriends and was awardedthe RPGA 2023 Flight Champion dur‐ing his firstyearofmem‐bership.Hewillbedeeply missedbyall who knew him andloved him, andhis legacywillliveoninthe heartsofhis family, friends,and allwhose lives hetouched.Thoughwesay goodbyefor now, this is not theend.His spirit lives oninthe love he gave,the lessons he shared,and the lives he shaped.Until we meet again, in God'spres‐ence, mayherestineter‐nal peace. MembersofSt. JohnBaptist Church in Bertrandville,LA, neighbor‐ing churches,employees of Plaquemines Parish Sher‐iff’s Office,International MarineTerminal/Kinder Morgan, United Bulk Termi‐nal,Plaquemines Parish Government, relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thecelebra‐tionoflifeservice which willbeheldonSaturday, June 14, 2025, at St.John Baptist Church locatedat 7074 Highway39, Bertrandville,LA70040 Visitationwillbegin at 9:00 a.m., andthe servicewill begin at 11:00 a.m. with Rev.JohnD.Riley, Jr.offici‐ating.Interment will follow atCook Cemetery in Phoenix,LA. Funeralplan‐ningentrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneral Home,9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA 70037, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

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Barnes,Marion D. Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union60: Funeral serviceswill be held forour lateBrother MarionD.Barnes on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Poydras Baptist Church,8213 Saro Lane, St Bernard, LA. By orderofJohnJ.Sabathe, President.

Attest:Ronald R. Rosser, Business Manager

MarionDellBarnes passed away peacefullyon Monday, June 9, 2025 at his residence in St.Bernard, Louisiana, at the ageof77. He wasbornonFriday, October17, 1947 in Magee, Mississippi to the late Harold andPaulene Barnes. Marionwas aretiredmember of Plumbers Local 60 for thepast 45 years. Marion'sfamilymembers include hisbeloved wife of 57 years, Betty "Sue"Barnes; children, Melissa Assavedo(Barry), Richie Barnes (Amy), Harold Barnes (Kori), and David Barnes (Debbie); 12 grandchildren, Corey, Courtney (Kenny), Christine (Larry),Devin (Emily),Dell(Hannah), Danielle(Joel), Mollie,Jack, Mark, Mallory, Ethan,and Eli;and sisters, Jocelyn Moore (thelateBobby) andSusan Oneal (the late Bruce); andbrother,the lateHarold, Jr.Alsosurvived by 8great grandchildren,aswellasnumerous nieces, nephews, family members and friends. Marionwas aproud member of Delacroix Hope Baptist Church Relativesand friends are invited to attendthe visitation at Poydras Baptist Church,8213 Saro Lane, St.Bernard, Louisiana 70085 on Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 10:00 am until1:00 pm, followed by the Funeral Service at 1:00 pm with Pastor Paul Hussey officiating In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to St Jude Children'sHospital online at stjude.org/donate in Marion'smemory Share yourthoughts and memoriesofMarion in his guestbook by visiting Lnhughes.com. Arrangements are entrustedtoLNHughes Funeral Servicesof Ponchatoula, Louisiana.

Augustus,Billy Dean

Powell, Joyce Amos, AlvinEmanuel

Bell, Roberta Keller

Roberta"Bobbie"Keller Bell, alovingwife,mother, grandmother,great-grandmother, and friend, passed away peacefullyonJune 3rd,2025 at 88 years of age, after along hospital-

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ization. To her family, she was "Memaw" -a title that carried with it warmth and unconditional love Memaw was the heartof her family. She was the person everyone turned to for the latest family updates. Her accepting, forgiving and accommodating spirit was unmatched Born in Bucyrus, Ohio in 1937 and raised in Cleveland, she married in 1955 and moved with her family in 1973 to New Orleans, when her four children were ages 2, 4, 6, and 8. There she spent the next 52 years.Familywas Memaw'sgreatestjoy and she absolutely delightedin the holidays, when every square inch of her home would become filled with dozens of familymembers. Her anticipation for holiday gatherings would begin weeks in advance when she would start baking cookies allday longto make sure there would always be enough. Predeceased by her parents, Robert Warren Keller and Mildred Ewing Keller, and by sister Ruthie Keller Aiello (Bruce). She is survived by her beloved husband of 70 years, James "Jim" Bell, and their children: Rob (Bonnie),Gary (Monica), Ron (Tessie), and Lora. Her legacy continues through her grandchildren Ryan (Brigid), Mandy (Devin), Keller (Maribel), Justin, GaryJr., Richard, James, Blake, Brenna,Brooks, and Parker, and her greatgrandchildren Collin, Lucy, Adalynn, andAlexander. There wasn't an animal Memaw didn't love, from thefamily pets over the years, to strays and even wild animals who seemed to know instinctively that her heart was open to them. Before her retirement, she was adevoted Registered Nurse. She began working at West Jefferson General Hospital, where she rose to become Director of Nursing Pediatrics.She later worked for years in Pediatrics at Meadowcrest Hospital and Jo Ellen Smith Memorial Hospital. She later became the school nurse at Alice M. Harte Elementary School, where she touched many young lives. Acelebration of life will be held Saturday, June 14th, at 10:00 am at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Boulevard, New Orleans, La. 70124, with ashort service to follow at noon. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you show kindness to someone, share a sweet treat, or give an animala little extra love —all things Memaw would have done herself. Her legacy lives on in the hearts she touched, and the family she built. She willbe missed more than words can say and she will never be forgotten.

Boyd,Doris Lee

DorisLee Boyd,born July17, 1935, in NewOr‐leans,passedawaypeace‐fully on May29, 2025. Pre‐ceded in deathbyher par‐ents, Robert NathanielLee and Leona“Janie” Green, stepfatherEdward“Papi” Green,and siblings: Robert, Jr., MarilynLewis, TheolaMoses,Lillian Gar‐rett, andEdwardGreen.Jr. She leaves behind herlov‐ing children:Winifred “Miss Winnie”Boyd, Terry Terry Fat” Boyd,and Yolonda “Londie” Boutte (Robert); grandchildren: George, Leonard, Terrilyn, Robernique, andDimonne; great-grandchildren:Tae‐lyn,“Rotti,” Tahlia,Taraj Aniyal, Liam,and Sage; and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,and friends.Doris wasa proud graduateofWalter L. Cohen High School,and she retiredfromthe Jeffer‐son Parish Health Unit.She was theheart of herfamily. Her faith,strength, and joyfulspirittouched every‐one shemet.She wastruly a gift from God. OurGrand‐mommie, ourlight,and our safe place. Relativesand friends areinvited to at‐tendthe HomegoingCele‐bration at TheBoydFamily FuneralHome, 5001 Chef Menteur Hwy, NewOr‐leans,LAonSaturday, June 14, 2025, for10:00 a.m. Visi‐tationwillbegin at 9:00 a.m.PastorRobertBoutte officiating. Intermentwill followatMount Olivet Cemetery,New Orleans,

LA.Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins. com (504) 282-0600. Don‐avinD.Boydand Linear BrooksBoydOwners/Fu‐neral Directors.

Brisbon, Isaac 'Ike'

Isaac IkeBrisbon a beloved son, brother, cousin, andfriend, peace‐fully departed this life at the ageof52onJune 4th, 2025, surrounded by his Motherand Sister.Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana,Isaac liveda life markedbyquiet strength, and adeep love forthe thingsthatbrought him joy.A skilledmechanicby trade,Isaac wasknown for his hands-on wisdom and talentfor breathinglife backintocars. Butbeyond the shop,his true passion shinedthrough in his uniquelovefor restoring bicycles—especially those outfitted with lights and music that turned every rideintoa celebration. His creations broughtsmiles toneighbors andchildren alike,adding rhythm and brightnesstothe streetsof New Orleans. Ikeleavesto cherish hismemoryhis de‐voted mother,RoseBris‐bon; hislovingsister, KeishaBrisbon,(4) Uncles Levy(Cynthia) Brisbon, Emile (Yolanda)Brisbon Michael (Kendrell) Brisbon, and DemetriusBrisbon.(3) AuntsJuanita (Eddie) Bris‐bon,Trina Brisbon, and Joycelyn(Jacob) Brisbon, his grandfatherWarren Brisbon,and onedear friend, FrederickAugus‐tine. Hislifewas touched bymany, buthis circle re‐mainedgrounded in those who trulyknewhis heart. Henow restsineternal peace,reunited with hisfa‐ther, Ervin“Bj”Smith;his beloved grandmother, Bet‐tyJoyce Brisbon; hisgrand‐father, Adam “Cho-Cho Burrell;his uncle,Jerome Cut" Brisbon; andhis cousins Lashondrieka and WeltonBrisbon,who pre‐ceded himineternal life ThoughIsaac hadnochil‐drenofhis own, hiskind‐ness, humor,and generous spiritleftanunforgettable markonall who knew him. His presence will be missed, butthe memories ofhis laughter,and crafts‐manship,willliveonfor‐ever. Relativesand Friends ofthe Family areinvited to attend hisCelebration of LifeService on Saturday, June 14th,2025 at 11:00am atMajesticMortuarySer‐viceInc.1833 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., New Orleans, Louisiana 70113. Visitation willbegin at 10:00am. In‐terment will be private. Due to COVID-19, everyone attendingisencouragedto wearmasks andadhereto socialdistancing. Profes‐sionalArrangementsen‐trusted to Majestic Mortu‐ary Service, Inc. (504) 5235872.

ChristmasSr.,Charles Manny

CharlesManny Christ‐mas Sr.age 94 passed awayonMay 27,2025 sur‐rounded by family. Charles was preceded in deathby his wife of 63 yearsDelores Smith Christmas, twosons Charles June ChristmasJr. and Carl LeeChristmas and onedaughterCharles‐tineBridges.Alsopreceded indeath by threesisters and twobrothers. Charles leavestocherish hismem‐ory,two daughters, Mary Elmoreand Maple (Theodore)Robinson, two sonsTyrone(Paula) Christ‐mas andJimmieChrist‐mas.Healsoleaves fifteen grandchildren,twenty-four great-grandchildren,six great-great grandchildren and ahostofnieces, nephews andother rela‐tives.Relatives andfriends ofthe familyare invitedto attend theCelebration of LifeService forCharles Manny ChristmasSr. on SaturdayJune14, 2025 for 10:00 a.m. at OaklandBap‐

tist Church,825 Reverend Richard Wilson Dr.Kenner, La. 70062. Viewingat9:00 a.m.until 10:00 a.m. service time. Rev. CharlesHurst (Pastor)officiating. Inter‐ment: Providence Memor‐ial Park Cemetery,8200 Air‐lineDr. Metairie,LA70003 ArrangementsEntrusted ToEstelle J. Wilson Funeral Home, Inc. 2715 Danneel St NOLA70113. Information: (504) 895-4903. To sign on‐lineguest book please visit www.estellejwilsonfh.com

It is withprofound sorrowand asenseofpeace that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, Mrs. Pearlie B. Clark. She transitioned to her heavenly home on June 4, 2025 at Oschner Medical Center, Westbank in New Orleans, LA.A funeralservice will be held at 12:00 PM on 2025-06-14 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2308 Houston Street.

Aburialwillbeheldat 1:00 PM on 2025-06-16 at Alexandria National Cemetery, 209 EShamrock Street

Avisitationwillbeheld at 11:00 AM on 2025-06-14 at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2308 HoustonStreet.

Earline“Ricka” Denise Craft enteredeternal rest onSunday, May25, 2025, at the ageof57. Shewas a nativeand aresidentof Marrero,LA. Earlinewas a graduateofJohnEhret HighSchool,and shewas employedasa home healthaide. Beloved motherofPrentissCraft, EuricaCraft (Dwayne) Johnson.Devoted grand‐motherofAndre,Danyla, Prentiss, Prince,Dansani and Preston. Daughter of the late JoyA.Craft and Lee Authur “Jack” Craft Granddaughter of thelate Albertand BessieGilson, Johnnyand Nellie Craft SisterofJoyce and LakeishaCraft,and thelate GretchenJones,and Eliza‐bethWilliams, also sur‐vived by ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives,and friends. Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeat Davis Mortuary Service 6820 Westbank Express‐way,Marrero,LAonSatur‐day,June 14, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.Visitationwillbegin at 8:30a.m.until servicetime atthe abovenamed parlor Interment: McDonoghville Cemetery-Gretna,LA. To viewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face MasksAre Recom‐mended.

Gonzalez,Stella

Mrs. Stella Gonzalez was alifelongresidentof New Orleans, LA,bornon October 1, 1941 andde‐partedonMay 25, 2025 She enjoyedlifetothe fullest andenjoyed beinga homemaker.She will be loved,adoredand remem‐bered foreverfor herout‐spokenand outgoing per‐sonality. Stella is survived bytwo daughters, Jau‐vanda Cutnoand RoiRem‐ble;six grandchildren, JovoughnCutno,Jamaal Cutno,JapenaDuval Janikqua Cutno, Steven

Remble,and Glendale Thomas; andsix greatgrandchildren,Ah’Nijah Axam, KameronLeoard, WariOgounII, KeiraGonza‐lez,Kylie Gonzalez,Jahaire Cutno;her sister Bernadine Stewart;and ahostof niecesand nephews. She was preceded in deathby her husband RoyGonzalez, her only sonGlenThomas, and eldest grandson Ward Gonzalez; andsisters Laura,Betty,Hilda Tyler; and nephew AntoineLa‐Garde.Wewillall continue toloveand miss her dearly. Relativesand friend ofthe familyare invitedto attend thecelebration of lifeservice which will be heldonSaturday, June 14, 2025 at GentillyBaptist Church locatedat5141 FranklinAvenue,New Or‐leans,LA70122. Thevisita‐tionwillbegin at 1:30 p.m., and theservice will begin at2:30p.m.Interment will beprivate.Funeral plan‐ningentrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA 70037, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf unerahome.com

On Tuesday, June 3, 2025, BarbaraAnn Jones Harrell enteredintoeternal restather home.She was bornApril 24, 1944 in New Orleans,LAtothe late Harry Jonesand Florence Coleman Jones. Barbara Jones Harrellwas the beloved wife of thelate GeraldAugustHarrell, Sr Theywereunitedinholy matrimony on April25, 1964 in Sunrise, Louisiana. Tothisunion were born six children, Lori AnnHarrell, GeraldAugustHarrell, Jr (Patricia “Trudie”), Nicole Ann Harrell, Bridgette Har‐rellHuntley(Quinn),Corey Andre’Harrell, andthe late JerrieA.Harrell Godfrey (theLateKenneth). Bar‐baraJones Harrellwas baptizedin1956, at theage of12, in theMississippi River by Reverend Alcide Merrick at FirstMount Zion MissionaryBaptist Church, inSunrise,Louisiana Throughouther life,she was spirituallyguidedby the Word of God. Herlife, aswellasher family’slife, was centered in the church.She raised herchil‐drenatBethelA.M.E Church,New Orleans Louisiana,where shewas a SundaySchool andVaca‐tionBible School teacher, aswellasa leader of the Young People Department Barbara wasalsoa mem‐ber of theAdult Choirand a Girl ScoutLeader. Before Hurricane Katrina, shebe‐camea member of Gaza MissionaryBaptist Church, and then Franklin Avenue Baptist Church.While away fromhomeduringthe hur‐ricane, sheattended Mt OlivetMissionaryBaptist Church in Monroe Louisiana andFranklinAv‐enue BaptistChurch in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. When shereturnedtoNew Orleans,she continuedher membershipatFranklin Avenue BaptistChurch Barbara received herhigh school diplomafromSun‐riseHighSchool in 1962 and herBachelor’sDegree inEarly Childhood Educa‐tionfromSouthernUniver‐sityofNew Orleansin1979 Beforebecominganeduca‐tor,Barbara wasemployed atCharity Hospital of New Orleans.Uponreceiving her degree, shewas em‐ployedbythe Archdiocese ofNew Orleans: St.David Elementaryand St.Maryof the Angels;Orleans Parish School Board: RayAbrams and George Washington El‐ementarySchools; and Plaquemines School Board: Boothville-Veniceand Buras Elementary Schools. Barbara retiredfromthe Orleans Parish School Board on March25, 2006 She lovedbeing an educa‐tor.Itwas herlife’smis‐siontoimpartknowledge and wisdom to those around her. Shewas beloved by allofher stu‐dents,parents,faculty staff, family, andfriends Her pass time enjoyment was sewing,cooking, read‐ing,traveling,fellowship withfamilyand friends, and more importantly, sharing thegospelto everyoneshe encountered. Her love forher church,her family, friends, neighbors and community wasevi‐dentinthe life shelived Barbara’s legacy will live oninher children,aswell asher grandchildren, Jen‐trele, Jarred,Courtney,

Gerald,III “Tre” (Tuwaikene),Jeremy, and Syndi Harrell; Jordan God‐frey(Ash’Leigh);Raven Parker(Patrick, Sr.);Torin Sr. (Kayla)and Noah Hawkins;Michael,Marcus, and Brianna Huntley; and great-grandchildren,Caleb Adams;Javian, Yo’el, Ya’ir, Jru,and Jordyn Harrell; Syrai Manimoi; PatrickJr. and Raya Parker;Torin “Levi”Jr. andAnnalia Hawkins;and Isabella Huntley. Barbaraalsohad three godchildren: Kerbert Vaugn Jr,Keshun Carpen‐ter,and theLateLoretta Jones Henry. Barbarawas precededindeath by her husband,GeraldAugust Harrell, Sr.; herdaughter, JerrieH.Godfrey;her sonin-law, KennethGodfrey; her parents, Harryand Flo‐rence Jones; andher sis‐ters, Rosemary J. Vaughn and Gloria J. Foster.Bar‐baraleavestocherish her memory, her five children thirteen grandchildren, twelvegreat-grandchil‐dren, twosisters,Carolyn J. Parker(KennethSr.)and Henrietta J. Turner (Theodore Jr.),one aunt (DeloresP.Coleman), her three sisters-in-law,Leola Hamilton, Lorraine Sample and Janice Banks, anda hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,and friends. Through Barbara’sprayers and supplication,her fam‐ily is blessedbyGod’s grace andfavor.Special thankstoher son, Corey Andre’, who took excellent careofhis mother during these past years. Relatives and friendsofthe family are also invitedtoattend the FuneralService at FranklinAve Baptist Church,8282 I-10 Service RoadNew Orleans, Louisiana on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 10:00am Visitationwillbegin at 9:00amuntil 10:00am.In addition,you canviewthe servicesonlineatwww franklinabc.com,Face‐book.com/fabcnola, and YouTube.com/fabcnola. In‐terment:Providence MemorialParkCemetery. ArrangementsbyD.W RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 WashingtonAve,New Or‐leans,LA70125. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral com to sign theonline guestbook

LandaS.Henry wasborn onNovember13, 1946 in New Orleans, Louisiana and departed this life on June 2, 2025 at theage of 78, at herhomeinWest‐wego, Louisiana. In her early school years, sheat‐tendedSt. Joan of Arc Catholic School andcom‐pletedher educationat WalterL.Cohen Sr.High School.Inthe mid70‘s Landa startedher career in the healthcare fieldwhere she wasemployedbyBap‐tistHospital, East Jefferson Hospitaland West Jeffer‐son Hospital forover30 years.Landa wasa beloved anddevoted mem‐ber of theBroadwayMis‐sionary BaptistChurch for over50years.Her strong Christian beliefswerea guiding lightthroughout her life.She wasa resident ofWestwego, Louisianafor 54years where shebuilt a warmand welcoming home filledwithloveand laughter. Landaleavesbe‐hindcherished memories and is survived by herde‐voted husbandof58years, RonaldD.Henry,Sr. who has stoodbyher side through everychapter of their shared journey. Born inthatunion wasRonald, Jr.,(wife Simone); Betty M. Henry;AngelaC.Henry;11 grandchildren;and 12 great grandchildren. Sheis precededindeath by her parents Gilbertand Murdis T.Smith,three brothers Gilbert,Jr, Earl andLenord Smith andthree sisters RitaJ.Kelly,Charlotte M. Jones andBrendaSmith Landa's presence will be sorelymissedbyall who knewher,but herlegacy lives on throughthe cher‐ished memories shecre‐atedwithher familyand friends.Her gentle spirit and unwavering faith touched thelives of many leaving an indeliblemark onthe hearts of thosefor‐tunateenoughtohave known her. Funeralser‐vices will be Friday,June 13, 2025 at Broadway Mis‐sionary BaptistChurch,121 Alvin Calendar Street,New Orleans,Louisiana.Visita‐tionisfrom8-10am. Ser‐vicewillstart at 10 am.Dr. Cornelius Tilton will offici‐ate andinterment will fol‐lowinWoodlawnCemetery

in Westwego. Funeralplan‐ningentrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA 70037, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

Hickman, Ernestine

ErnestineHickman passedaway peacefullyon June 5, 2025. She wasborn December 26, 1927 in Natchez,Mississippi to the lateBeatrice Williams and Sam Woods. Shewas the beloved wife of thelate George Hickman. Shespent herformative years in Natchez before moving to NewOrleans LA.

Sheissurvivedbyher daughter, Pat Light, brothers, Sam WoodsJr. and ErnestWoods, hergrandchildrenMaster SGT. Tirrell Hickman (Micaela), Dr Tirrase Bishop (Anthony), Malcolm Light(Leila) and Akilah Light(Gregory) and 5great grandchildrenand 3great great grandchildren.A host of cousins, otherrelativesand friends Preceded in death by herhusbandGeorge Hickman,son Robert L Hickman,grandsonRobert KHickman, sister Matiel Leche, brotherAlbert Woodsand son in law Michael Light. Also,her 4 sister cousins, Marie Fitzgerald, OpheliaPayton RebeccaWilliams andElsie White. Celebration of life will be held,SaturdayJune14, 2025, at 61 E. Wilderness Rd,Natchez, MS 39120.

Juma H. Hill (Elow) peacefully enteredinto eternal rest in theDomini‐can Republic on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at theage of 48. He wasa native of New Orleans,LAand aresident ofHarveyLA. Juma wasa graduateofArchbishop ShawHighSchool Classof 1995 andwas amemberof the football team where he worethe #15jersey. After graduation, he attended college at Kansas Wes‐leyan University.Hewas employedasConstruc‐tion/ProjectManager Jumawillberemembered for hisloveoffootball, fish‐ing,cooking,and just being around familyand friends. Beloved sonofMoses Hill Jrand Antoinette GuilloryElow. Fiancé of Ganika A. Davis.Popstohis pet Bruno.Grandsonofthe late Moses Hill,Sr.,Vashti BowensWalter, andMary Guillory.Great grandson of the late Vashti Felix Brother of Alisia Hill Danikia (Ellis)Thomas, JaishaIrvin (Travis) Franklin, andKyren Hill NephewofBobby (Brenda) and Ted(Bobbie)Guillory, Franciene Simmions,Mal‐com (LaTungia) Hill,Mil‐dredBlanche,and thelate Melanie Guillory,and Bar‐baraMcGrew. UncleofCy‐moneGates,BrittaniEn‐calade, Breanne (Michael, Jr.)Goldsboro,Ja’Quan IrvinSr.,Melanie andTre’ QuanFranklin, Ajani(Jas‐min)Black,Ashanti Bradley,and MadisonHill. Great uncleofJa’Quan Jr., Legion, andJa’Aire Irvin, JosiahBlack,Michael,III, and Beau Goldsboro. God‐fatherofAsia, Caleb, and Ryaan Gabriel, Zayden Davis,Brycenand Braxton Holmes. Godbrotherof TraceyTaite andEddie Spotville.Father figure of KeonHampton andBonus PawpawofKeh’Laniand Kah’Marii Hampton, also survivedbya host of other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeat Israel BaptistChurch 1612 EstherStreet,Harvey, LA onSaturday, June 14, 2025, at10:00a.m. Pastor Darrell Mckinnies Host Pastor, MinisterSeanDuckett, Of‐ficiating. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. untilser‐viceatthe abovenamed church.Interment:Rest‐lawnParkCemetery- Avon‐daleLA. Arrangements by Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St.Gretna, LA

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Craft, Earline Denise 'Ricka'

Hill,JumaH.

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Hoffmann, Raymond George

RaymondGeorgeHoff‐

mannofNew Orleans, Louisiana passedawayon May 17, 2025, at theage of 89. He wasa native of New Orleans born on Septem‐ber 12,1935 to hisloving parents ChristianCharles Hoffmannand Marguerite Ehren Hoffmann. Raymond was alovinghusband to MargaretHarringtonHoff‐mannfor 40 years, who precededhim in death. He was adevoted father to Raymond George Hoff‐mann, Jr andRobin “Buffy Lafont (Jody).Hewas pre‐ceded in deathbyhis daughterKelly Jackman (Danny).Raymond wasa lovingbrother to Joseph AdolphHoffmannand Mar‐garet Hoffmann Giovengo and thelateChristian Charles Hoffmann, Jr,Ger‐ard Joseph Hoffmann MaryAnn Hoffmann Mis‐tretta andmanynieces and nephews. He is sur‐vived by 7grandchildren: DanielJackman (Katelyn), JenniferJackman Stone (Clay), ChristopherJack‐man (Jenny), TiffanyHoff‐mannPledger (Joe), Jeffrey Hoffmann, AlyseLafont Weber (Tommy)and Ross Lafont (Katie). He is also survivedby13great grand‐children. Raymondgradu‐atedfromRedemptorist HighSchool.Heretired fromIllinoisCentral Rail‐roadand wasco-ownerof HoffmannPestControl.He enjoyed boating, golf, woodworkingand allthe littleprojectsheliked to workon, which if youknew him youprobablybene‐fitedfrom. He especially enjoyed hisfamily, andwe havemanygreat memories ofhim.Sixty-five years ago, Raymondmoved to PattonStwhere he found his home.The street’s per‐sonaisexactly who he was generous, caring andsup‐portive.Wewillalwaysbe gratefulfor everyone who supported Raymondinthe lastyears of hislife. Rela‐tives andfriends arein‐vited to attend thefuneral massJune13, 2025 at 11:00am at St.Francis of Assisi Church.631 StateSt NOLA. Visitation will begin at9:00am. Arrangements byJacob Schoen &Son Fu‐neral Home.Condolences may be left at www schoenfh.com

He was aproud veteran of the United States Marine Corps, passed away peacefully on May 30, 2025 at the age of 90. Bernel is preceded in death by Garcia Veronica Gabrial, parents Philip and Marguerite Johnson, 9siblings Duveney,Philp, Jr, Melvin, Emile and Joseph Johnson, Evenlyn Hodge, Marguerite Young, Lois Rankins and Velma Fisher; He leaves behind his former spouse and friend Veraneece Perkins and their children Dwanell DiBartolo, (Johnny DiBartolo, III), Bernel "Phil Johnson, MichelleJohnson, Timothy Johnson, and Alverneece Johnson; 5 grandchildren Johnny DiBartolo, IV, Trinity DiBartolo, Ras Johnson, (Alexia) Rashaad Johnson, Sr, (Victoria), and Cydney Johnson; 2great grandchildren, Enzo MontoyaJohnson and Rashaad Johnson, Jr. Along with a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews cousins and friends.

Jones, Dawanna 'Buda'

On February 9, 1992 Dawanna "Buda" Jones was theblessedgiftto GlendaJones andRodney Stanback, Jr.inLos Ange‐les,Ca. Shewas educated inthe New OrleansParish School system.Dawanna joinedBethlehem Lutheran Church where shecon‐fessedChristtobeher Lordand Savior."Buda"as her family andfriends lov‐ingly referred to herwas a sourceoflaughter, fun, constantcomforter andal‐waysa joytobearound Her most belovedachieve‐ments in life were herchil‐dren, who undoubtedlywill misstheir mother.Froma young age, Buda show‐cased atalentand love for make-up andhairstyling Thisblossomed into alife‐longpassion solidifying her as apersonalstylist to familyand friends. Her contagioussmile will live onwithinher family for‐ever. On Tuesday, May27, 2025, Godgracefully opened hisarmsand wel‐comed ourbeloved Dawanna home into en‐teral rest.She leaves to cherish herwonderful memoriesher sonTarrell Phillips, daughter Khy Franklin, mother Glenda Jones,two brothers-Rod‐ney Stanback,Jr.,Marcell London, Jr., threenieces LondonBrooks, Ta'Mya London, RyleighStanback, one nephew MalachiLon‐don,two auntsKellikioca and Rosalind Jonesalso survivedbya host of rela‐tiveand friends. Shewas precededindeath by her daughterShy Jones, sister Laquana Jones, grandpar‐entsAnna andGlenJones, Jr, cousin JamesJones uncle Harold Jones, great grandmother's Dorothy Tolbert andDeloris Jones. Relatives andfriends are invited to attend thefu‐neral serviceonSaturday, June 14,2025, at Israelites Baptist Church,2100 Mar‐tin Luther King Jr.Blvd.,be‐ginning at 10 am.Church visitation9 am until ser‐vicetime. Professional Ser‐viceEntrusted to:Little‐johnFuneral Home,2163 Aubry Street,Cal K. John‐son,Funeral Director/Man‐ager, Info: (504) 940-0045.

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Jones, Wilfred 'Will'

Wilfred"Will"Jones passed away peacefully on May 15, 2025, at theage of 69, in NewOrleans, LA.He was bornonAugust 1, 1955 to thelateLillianJonesand JosephJones, Sr. in New Orleans, LA.Wilfred was a Second Marine Engineer and MEBA Union official He held ahuge passion for travelingthe world and enjoyed cycling, diving and photography. He willbe greatlymissedbymany across theworld that he left hismark on. He is survivedbyhis children, Candace Jones and Wilfred Jones II.Healso leavesbehind his beloved siblings, JosephJonesJr.,Betty Brown (Nathan, Sr.) Ernest Jones &Gloria Santos. He also leavesbehind his nephews and nieces Jabari, Keisha, Nathan Jr,Allen, Rashaun, Evongelaand Cara in addition to many other relativesand friends. He will havea small ceremony in Guatemala through the spreading of his ashes across anearbyvolcano

NolanJosephLapey‐rouse Jr.passedaway peacefullyathis home on Wednesday,June 11, 2025 atthe ageof77. Beloved husband of DebraAnn ArcementLapeyrousefor 43years.Lovingfatherof DeniseTraylor (DarrylSr.), EdieLandry(Mark), Nolan LapeyrouseIII, Steven Berry (Mary),TaraBooth, JustinLapeyrouseand the lateRachael Lynne Berry Son of thelateNolan Dubby” Lapeyrouse Sr and JustineZagameLapey‐rouse Verges.Brother of Charles (Jenny)and Vivian (James).Proud grandfather ofDarrylJr. (Meghan) Madalynn, Luke,Adam, An‐drew, Jourdan, Payten Nolan IV,Noah, Lennon, StevenJr.,Jonathan, Holly (Blake),Bradley andWade. Great grandfatherof Everett, Levi,Veraand Miles.Alsosurvivedbyhis faithfulfour-leggedson Jack. Nolanwas aretired entrepreneur, ownerof LapeyrouseConstruction and Lapeyrouse Bros Seafood.Hewas aman of strongfaith with agentle disposition who was known foralwaysgivingof himself.His familyand familygatheringswerehis greatestpride andjoy.He willbedeeply missedby his family, friendsand all ofthose whose liveshe touched.Relatives and friends areinvited to at‐tenda visitation to be held atSt. BernardMemorialFu‐neral Home,701 W. Virtue St.,Chalmette,LAonSatur‐day,June14, 2025 from 9:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m. AFuneral Masswillbegin 11:00 a.m. Intermentwillbeprivate

FrederickA.Jones,(Ret.) OwnerOperatorof Fred Jones CabService,transi‐tionedpeacefullyonJune 4,2025. Frederickwas born onSeptember 2, 1963, to the union of thelateEstelle and Landry Jones. Freder‐ick wasa lifelong resident ofNew Orleans, Louisiana. where he attended Our LadyStarofthe SeaEle‐mentary School.Hewas alsobaptizedattheir church,where he served as analtar boy. He wasa proud graduate of Warren EastonHighSchool andat‐tended DelgadoCommu‐nityCollege.Lovinghus‐bandof25yrs.toBianca Stewart-Jones;devoted fa‐therofMarcThomas, Fred‐erick Jarmon,Bre’Jean Stewart,DelvinAlfred, Fre’JaStewart andthe late Frederick A. Palmer;cher‐ished pawpaw to 11 grand‐children, 3great grandchil‐dren; also survived by his onlysisterJoAnn Jones, niece KiaJones,and ahost ofother relativesand friends.Hewas preceded indeath by hisparents son,and hisbest friend/cousin,Reginald Thornton. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also Pastor, officers andmem‐bersofFairviewBaptist Church andall surrounding churches,aswellaspa‐trons of Fred JonesCab Service and theUnited StatesPostalService,are all invitedtocelebrate Frederick’s life on Satur‐day,June14, 2025 at 11:00 amat GentillyBaptist Church,5141 Franklin Ave., 70122. Pastor WillieL.Cal‐hounOfficiating. Interment willfollowatProvidence MemorialCemetery, 8200 Airline Dr., Metairie,La. Visitationwillbegin at 10:00 am in theabovenamed church.Toviewthe fullobituaryand leavecon‐dolences, please visit https://www.dennismortu

LiberalArtswithhonors. She went on to manage the office of herbeloved hus‐band’slaw firm,where her sharp mind andimpecca‐ble organization were in‐valuable. Awoman of manytalents,she also held a blackbeltinTae Kwon Do and wasa gifted,selftaughtinteriordecorator whose creativity brought warmthand beauty into every spaceshe touched. Diane is preceded in death byher parents, JamesA Hodges, Jr.and Gladys Aileen Hodges.She is sur‐vived by herdevoted hus‐band, Albert J. LeBeouf, Sr.; her sister,SharonHodges (Bob);her niece, Sara Mc‐Cann(Cary); hergreatnephew, Beau;her nephew James Harvey (Malayne); her great-niece, Charlotte; her lifelong friend andsis‐ter,TinaLong, herhusband Gary, andtheir children: Shani Lannert, Dena (Kelly Donnell)and Geoffrey Long (Tara), herclose friend, Janet Hensley, herhusband Skipand sonNathan. She isalsolovinglyremem‐bered by herstepsons, Al‐bert“Butch” J. LeBeouf, Jr (Nevena)and Paul LeBeouf (Emily);daughter-in-law, Theresa LeBeouf; andthree grandchildren,Julien LeBeouf (Hannah),Shane LeBeouf,and ÉlèneMichele LeBeouf,her brother-in-law Larry LeBeouf, sisters-inlaw,EllaHarleauxand Donna Leah Carstarphen. Diane leaves behind many cherished aunts, uncles, cousins,sisters,and broth‐ers-in-law, as well as nu‐merousniecesand nephews.Diane wasa radi‐ant soul,known by allasa shining lightwhose pres‐encebrought joy, comfort, and laughter.She livedlife onher ownterms,meticu‐louslyplanningand exe‐cutingitwithintention and love. Herfavoriteplace was herbackporch,per‐fectlypositionedtotakein the view of the flowersand yardher Albert so lovingly tendedfor her. Shealso found greatpeace in the white sandsofDestin, toes inthe surf,a Corona in hand, anda heartfullof joy.ToknowDiane wasto feel welcomed,hugged tightly,and kissedwith squeaky affection. Shewas the perfectwife, mother sister, aunt,niece,cousin, friend, andmatriarch—she truly took care of every‐one.Her unwavering faith inGod,deep love forher family, andunmatched warmthleave behind a legacythatwillliveonin the hearts of allwho were blessedtoknowher Guestsare encouraged to wearcolorfulattire in honor of Diane’sluminous lifeand spirit.Relatives and friendsare invitedto visit Greenwood Funeral Home, locatedat5200 Canal Blvd., NewOrleans, LA70124, on Saturday,June 14, 2025, at 11:00 AM Methodist Services will fol‐low thevisitationat1:00 PMinthe chapel.The bur‐ial will take placeinGreen‐wood Cemetery.A recep‐tionwillfollowthe burial atGreenwood Funeral Home’sBoulevard Room.In lieuof flowers, please con‐sider donating to theNew Orleans Mission or St.Tam‐manyHospice.Wealsoin‐viteyou to shareyour thoughts, fond memories, and condolencesonlineat www.greenwoodfh.com Your shared memories will helpuscelebrate Diane’s lifeand keep hermemory alive.She will be deeply missedand foreverre‐membered.

JamesArthurLewis III departed this life on June 6, 2025 at 73 years old. He wasa native of New Orleans, LA butresidedin Madison, AL. Jameswas a graduate of Joseph S. Clark High School andlater became aveteran of the United States Navy. He retiredasa Unit Operator from Murphy Oil USAwhere we wasemployed for 27 years. Jameswas preceded in death by hisparents Mary MartinLewis andJames ArthurLewis, Jr andhis son Jason Akeem Lewis. James, affectionately known as "BigJimmy," leaves to cherish behind hiswife of 43 years, Vanessa Garcia Lewis; children KyraK.Holmes, Jamal Holmes (Kashiba), JamesA.Lewis IV (Tiffany) and Jared Lewis(Keva).

Jameswas also afather figure to hisnieceCherita Gambleand nephew Rashad Nelson.His loving memory will also be shared by sixteengrandchildren, onegreat-grandson, three sisters, two brothers, six sister-in-laws, four brother-in-laws, two aunts, two godchildren andahostofotherrelatives andfriends.Services will be held at Professional Funeral Services, 1449 N. ClaiborneAve,New Orleans, LA 70116 at 12 noon. Repast to immediately follow

Lydia AnnHenry Lumar on Monday, June 9, 2025 at Twin Oaks Nursing Home, LaPlace, LA.Daughter of thelateLydia andJohnny Henry, Sr.Beloved wife of thelateWilbert G. Lumar, Sr.MotherofSamanthaL Turner (Freddie Lee), Anna L. Williams (Ron), Wilbert G. Lumar, Jr.(Yakeisha) andRatifordA.Lumar (Stacie). Sister of Mary AnnJones (Harold, Sr.), JohnnyHenry, Jr Juanita Wash,CelesteBlackman (Lloyd), Dorothy Dennis (James), thelateLeroy Henry, Sr.and Cynthia

Lawrence. Sister in law of LillyHenry andOscar Lawrence, Sr.Alsosurvived by 9grandchildren, 2 great grandchildrenand a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, otherrelatives andfriends. Age 78 years. Anative anda resident of Reserve, LA. Relatives and friends of thefamily, also priest and parishioners of OurLady of GraceCatholic Church andall neighboring churches are invited to attend theFuneral Mass at OurLady of GraceCatholic Church,772 Hwy 44 (River Road), Reserve, LA on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM.Fr. Sylvester Adoga, Celebrant. Visitation at theabove namedchurchfrom8:15 AM untilMass time. Rosary at 9:15 AM.Interment at St PeterCemetery,Reserve, LA. SERVICED BY ROBOTTOM MORTUARY

KenyaMaryLei McElveen wasbornonJan‐uary18, 1976 in NewOr‐leans,LAtothe late Caldin Tinyman McElveen and LulaSmith.She passed awaypeacefullyather homeinHumble, TX on Fri‐day,June 6, 2025 sur‐rounded by herfamily. Kenya developeda rela‐tionshipwithGod at a young age. Shegraduated fromWarrenEastonHigh School in 1994, Delgado Community Collegewith anAssociateofScience in Accountingin2000 and SouthernUniversityofNew Orleans with aBachelorof Science in Accountingin 2005. Kenyaworkedwith the HousingAuthority of New Orleansuntil Hurri‐caneKatrina in 2005, which shifted herlifetoHouston, TX. There, shebecamean accountant andworked withvarious employersbe‐forejoining Ascend Perfor‐mance Materialsinthe Oil & GasIndustry. Shewas alsoanaccomplishedau‐thor. Dedicatedtoministry, she hada strong sister‐hood of Pastor wivesand women of God. Sheserved faithfullyasa member of the WhaleChurch in Hous‐ton,TXand wasknown for her commitmentand ser‐vice. In recognitionofher contributions,Kenya re‐ceived the2024 Presiden‐

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Problems at UNOstemfrombad oversight

The budget crisis at the University of New Orleans has been all over the news, but from the view of faculty and staff at UNO, the narrative of the crisis is far from complete While administrators, members of the Board of Regents and University of Louisiana System supervisors point to drops in enrollment as the main driver of our current crisis, we workers are more familiar with the long-term issues that have widened our budget gap. As members of the United Campus Workers union, we know that staff and faculty engage with students on adaily basis, and many have served the institution for years or decades —much longer than administrators and state board members. Our deep institutional knowledge allows us to understand the management practicesand misguided policies that landedthe University in its currentpredicament —practices that areoften overlooked in reporting about the situation at UNO.

Jena McCullin GUEST COLUMNIST

Any decrease in studentsisasymptom of the bigger problem: mismanagement by the state and higher administration.

Our university is apublic institution, overseen by public bodies charged with stewarding crucial processes like budgeting and management.

From ourperspective, the mismanagementofUNO shows howoversight from these public officers, especially those at the UL System Board of Supervisors, hasbeen woefully lacking for years.

Forexample,years of understaffing in offices such as the bursar and registrar has left students without needed guidance, hurting enrollment and revenue generation. At the sametime, administrators have prioritized less essential aspects of the university,including maintaining a Division Iathletics department. Similarly,theyengaged in exorbitant spending on external contracts that have locked the UNO communityintobad deals,

making the budget situation even worse. They refuse to hire full-time faculty to replace those who have retired and cut courses from the schedule days before each term begins, causing whiplash for students.

All this has occurred while enrollment tumbled and retention suffered from alack of staff in crucial offices —trends that for years went unaddressedbyUL System administrators charged with providing oversight.

For years, the administrative mismanagement at UNO has made the successful enrollment and retention of students nearly impossible, and the UL System Board of Supervisors hasfailed to carry out its fiduciary duty to ensure campus administrators were proper stewards of the institution.

These root causes of UNO’s difficulties are still not being adequately addressed, even in this time of crisis.

The administration’sresponse hasfocused primarily on reducing the numberofdeans, department chairs and adjunct faculty and combining colleges to bring down operating costs. These reductions in middle management

‘Debanking’isareal problem, andthe fix must come from D.C.

At the start of the session, lawmakers were considering legislation aimed at combating “debanking”— the alleged practiceoffinancial institutions cutting off banking services to individuals or businesses based on political or religious beliefs. Thankfully and with credit to our lawmakers, they are looking to federal lawmakers to address this issue It is important that we protectLouisianans against this type of financial discrimination, but as our lawmakers recognized, change needs to come from Washington, which can address the government overreach at the root of the issue. While well-intentioned,House Bill 418 by Rep. Roger Wilder III, RDenham Springs, wouldhave further increased government intervention in the financial sectorand contributed to aconfusing patchwork of state-level regulations thatwouldcause headaches for Louisiana residents and our banks. HB418 would havebeen a disaster for small businesses andcustomers alike. Make no mistake —debanking is real and needs to be addressed.President Donald Trump himself has called for asolution, but the cause is government overreach, not discriminatory big banks. While I’m glad ourLouisiana lawmakers are listening,weneed to look to Washington on debanking reformrather than muddythe waters here To put an end to unintended consequences of state activity on anational issue like debanking and ensuring access to banking services, federal policymakers must enact anational standard that codifies into lawthatbanks are prohibited from denyingservices for religious or political reasonswhile adding clarity and consistency to the regulatory process Louisiana’sown U.S. Sen. John Kennedy cosponsored theSenate’s Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act,acommon-

only overload personnel who teach and run essential functions that directly serve students.

Recent staff layoffs and ongoing furloughs have further hamstrung the university’sdayto-dayoperations, reducing the numberofworkers available to help students gain access to financialaid, advising, study abroad and English language training for international students.

Faculty and staff have been made to pay the price for the errors and irresponsibility of past administrators and the UL System Board of Supervisors, and therehas been no accountability for their failure to uphold the fiduciary responsibilities associated with one of the University of Louisiana System’smost crucial institutions.

The University of New Orleans plays an essential role in southeast Louisiana. Our universitytrains and prepares abroad swathofthose who will become local engineers, business leaders, artists, musicians, teachers, lawyers and research professionals.

For decades, the school has maintained programs that cultivate New Orleans’ iconic music,

arts, hospitality,tourism and culture communities, even in the face of massively dwindling state investment. The students and workers at UNO deserve responsible management and accountability for the campus and system leaders who put us in this situation.

UNO’sfuture is intimately tied to New Orleans’ socio-economic success. It is too valuable to allow those who have mismanaged it to walk away without being held responsible.

The UNO and New Orleans community deserve enhanced investment by the state and sufficient oversight of their public university.Wehope that, after years of negligence, our public officials will step up to fulfill this essential duty

Roberto E. Barrios is Doris ZemurrayStoneChairofLatin Americanand Caribbean Studiesand professorof anthropology.JenaMcCullin is assistant director of data management. Both are members of theUniversity of NewOrleans Organizing Committee, United Campus Workers —Southeast, AFL-CIO.

TheU.S.mustquickly move to endUkraine war

It is very challenging at times to understand the current administration’s foreign policy.

Scott Wilfong GUEST COLUMNIST

sense piece of legislation aimed to remove “reputational risks” in the regulatory supervision of bank customers, marking the first substantial step from Washington in reeling in illicit debanking. The House of Representatives also introducedits companion version of theFIRM Act with bipartisan support, showing significant attention fromfederal leadersto solvethisissue.

Astrong federal standard, in addition to theFIRM Act, will ensure banksserve customers fairly andconsistently,allowing financial institutions to uniformly serve their clients withoutfear of regulatory persecution.

This would also hold those truly responsible for debanking accountable: overzealousfederal regulators. These unelected,holdover bureaucrats under theObama and Biden administrations were responsible for what is nowknown as Operation Choke Point, which infamously pressured banks to cut ties with legally operating businesses that were politically disfavored,including those in the crypto industry. TheTrumpadministration andCongress are hard at work scaling back the tentacles of government abuse andweneed to continue to let them lead on this effort.

Ourneighbors in Texas were consideringsimilar legislation this session to address debanking, but instead, Republican state Sen. TanParker issued aresolution pushing fora congressional solution.Louisiana also has the opportunity to lead on this issue by encouragingWashington toestablish clear,unifiedrules that bar ideologicaldiscrimination in banking, provide justification for service denials and hold rogue regulators accountable when they cross the line.

Thankyou,Louisiana lawmakers, for looking to Washington and legislation likethe FIRM Act to reel in government overreach on this issue.

Scott Willfong is abusiness owner in Baton Rouge.

Our vice president articulates ahistorically wrong isolationistapproach,yet the administration is actively involvedin trying to solve numerous international conflicts.

In addition to apotential nuclear agreement with Iran, ahistoric meeting with the newSyrian president whowas once adesignated terrorist and efforts to bring home innocenthostages still held in Gaza’stunnels, there are ongoing efforts to negotiate acease-fire andlong-term peace between Ukraine and Russia.

This thankfullydoes not seem likeisolationism.

Iamlooking forwardto spending part of my summer in Ukraine, where I help send Ukrainianyouth to U.S. summer camps.

Three years intothis effort, Ihaveseen with my own eyes howthese kids —onlydaysremoved from beinginbomb shelters —are able to just be kids again.

We will also discuss an interesting initiative to help disabled Ukrainian military men and women recover through the use of sports. And, through the help of generous donors, we are sponsoring more than 60 Ukrainian athletes’ attendanceatthe Maccabiahin Israel, the second-largest sporting event in the world with over 10,000 global Jewish athletes. It can be easy to get dispirited given the11 yearsofconflict in Ukraine, which began with Rus-

sia’s unlawful takeover of Crimea in 2014 and the brutal 2022 invasion and bombardment of the entire nation. YetIcontinue to be an optimist and am still hopeful a just and long-term peace is possible.

To achieve this, Iamhoping President Donald Trump’seyes will open to the fact that Russia —not Ukraine —isthe sole obstacle to peace.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is aliar who cannot be trusted and a war criminal responsible for rapes, beheadings and, worst of all, the unlawful kidnapping of nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children.

Putin refuses to stop the brutal war that he started, and feels there is no need to reverse course given America’scurrent unwillingness to take more assertive action.

Most Americans continue to support assistance to Ukraine.

It is time our president understands that America First does not mean walking away from our longtime allies and abandoning our democratic principles in order to appease abrutal autocrat.

Have we not learned from history that appeasement is always alosing proposition?

But indeed, there is a strategic pathway to get Putin to negotiate in good faith.

U.S. officials should demand that Putin immediately cometothe diplomacy table —orelse the United States will: join European allies in boost-

ing foreign aid to Ukraine, especially with munitions manufactured in the U.S.; impose additional sanctions on Russia’senergy industry; fast-track Ukraine’s entry into NATO and the European Union; put satellite defense systems over Ukraine; and support NATO providing air support to guard Ukrainian airspace.

Merely getting to adeal with Russia should not be the only goal. Rather,it must be ajust and sustainable deal, with security guarantees, so that Ukraine is not attacked yet again in the future by Russia.

Ihave seen the courage of the Ukrainian people (and the horrors of the war) with my owneyes, and it is imperative we assist Ukraine in regaining its freedom and sovereignty Some maycall the above naive and unattainable, but it is imperative that the United States, along with our European allies, stay unified, put collective pressure on Russia and bring acessation to the current conflict.

America is still greatly admired and respected by people from around the world, and it is well time we demonstrate that American values include compassion and support for acountry in great need. My belief is that peace and prosperity are still dreams worth fighting for In the words of the great basketball coach Jim Valvano, “Don’tgive up. Don’t ever give up.”

ArnieFielkowisaformer NewOrleans City Council president and former CEO of theJewish Federation of Greater NewOrleans.

COMMENTARY

ROOM FOR DEBATE ICE RAIDS

Efforts by the Trump administration to round up illegal immigrants at jobsites and courthousesnationwide have sparked protests around the country. In Los Angeles, most notably, protesters attempted to block Immigrations and Customsagents from conducting arrestsinrecentdays.Theconflict has led to anearlya week of unrest as President Donald TrumpcalledupNational Guard troops and Marinesand sent them to Los Angeles against the wishes of Gov. Gavin Newsom, whosayslocal policecan handle the protests and federal troops only enflametensions. Butthe ICEraids have also prompted alarger debate about how farlaw enforcement can go as the UnitedStatesseeks to deportimmigrants. Here are twoperspectives:

Secret police descending on SmallTown, America

GREATBARRINGTON, Mass.— Maybe they really were immigration officers, just as they claimed. Or maybe they werea ragtag vigilante group, arbitrarilysnatching brownlooking people off the street.

“It could have been like aband of the Proud Boys or something,” said Linda Shafiroff, recounting the agents who showed up outside her office in masks and tacticalgear andrefused to show IDs, warrants or even the names of any criminals they were supposedlyhunting.

spect it even to seewhat agency it was for.

“It couldhave been from Cracker Jacks,” sherecalled.

In LosAngeles standoff over ICE, Trumpisright

As unrest and military troops overtake Los Angeles, terrifying scenes are also unfolding in smallercommunities around the country.They, too, are being invaded by what resemblesa secret police force, often indistinguishable from random thugs.

Shafiroff and businesspartnerSarah Stiner own aboutique home-design and construction firm in Great Barrington, a New England town largely populated by artists, aging hippies and affluent secondhome-owners. On May 30, around 11a.m., six armedagents showed up outside the women’soffice. The agents were dressed as though they had parachuted into awar zone, rather than asmall town where the crosswalks are painted in rainbows.

When the business owners repeatedly askedthe agentstoprove who they were, the agents said they didn’tneed to show identification andaccused their interlocutors of promoting lawlessness. “You want people driving drunk in here?” one of them asked, according to acellphone video. Shafiroff replied: “I don’twant people driving drunk. Ihave asked forIDs.”

The gardener was eventually put in the back of an unmarked car and driven away.Shafiroff, who described theincident as partofthe new “police state,” said she hassince heard through mutual acquaintances that theman is being detained in an immigration facility, perhaps near Boston.

The business partners, who have receivedthreatsinthe days after the incident as aresultofcoverage by local newspapers, hadgood reason to question who these cloaked agentswere

Throughout therioting in her city, Los Angeles Mayor KarenBass has frequently lashed outatPresident Donald Trump’sdecision to sendNational Guard and active-duty troops to protectfederal buildings and keep thepeace. “It makes me feel like our city is actually atest case,” Bass told reporters Monday,“atest case for what happens when the federal government moves in and takes theauthorityaway from thestate or away from local government.”

The paramilitary-resembling group approachedaHispanic man who was outside the design office, picking weeds. The man did not work for Shafiroffand Stiner’sdesign firm, but rather for alocallandscaping company.(The women say their employees are all citizens or otherwise have documents proving they’reherelegally.) Neither Shafiroff nor Stiner knew the gardener’sname, but they said they had seen him aroundbefore and that he seemed friendly They were also incensed by what looked like an extralegal abductionunfolding in their parking lot.

“These guys had guns hanging all over them,” said Shafiroff, but they otherwise had no conformity to their dress. “None of them had the same lettersonthe front of their vests. Some of them didn’tevenhave letters, but it said ‘Police’across theback. …One had light-colored jeans and sneakers on, and one had on aRed Sox hat.” The agentsarrivedinunmarkedcars, some with out-of-state plates.

The women asked to see IDs or warrants, or even the names of the alleged criminals these agents were there to trackdown. They refused. One brieflyflashed abadge, Stiner recounted, butwould not let her in-

It’seasy to buy tactical gear online. And aroundthe country,bigots and criminals have alreadybegun taking advantage of chaotic,maskedimmigration raids to further theirown ends. Civilians have impersonated ICE agents while committing robbery (Pennsylvania),kidnappings (Florida, South Carolina), sexual assault (North Carolina)and other forms of public intimidation(Washington state, California)

Some Democratic leadershave demanded that ICE agents showtheir faces and present identification when carrying out enforcement actions,sothey can at leastbe differentiated from anonymous hooligans. Republican lawmakers have fiercely opposedsuch efforts, claiming thatasking federal officials to identify themselves would putagents in “extreme danger.”

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump ordered the arrest of protesterssimply forwearing masks.“MASKS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to be worn at protests,” he posted onsocial media on Sunday.“What do these people have to hide, and why???”

This seems like areasonable question to ask of federal law enforcement officers. America,after all, is not supposed to have asecretpolice force. And our country’shistory of roving bands of maskedmen rounding up undesirables is along, ugly one.

Email Catherine Rampell at crampell@ washpost.com. She is on X, @crampell.

Of course, Bass was referring to theTrump’s administration’s decision to enforce immigration law, which set off protests and then rioting in theso-called “sanctuary city” of Los Angeles. That, Bass believes, is an example of the federal government “taking away” authorityfrom state and local governments.

The only problem is,the state and local governmentsdonot have any authority to enforce immigration law. The sole power to do that lies with the federal government.Bass can look it up. So can Gov.Gavin Newsom of California

The federal government’ssupremacy in such matters haslong beenestablished, but arelatively recentSupreme Courtcase that some might remember was Arizona v. United States. In that case, the state of Arizona —actually the Republican officials at the topofstate government —said to then-President Barack Obama: You’renot enforcing immigration law,sowewill. And Obama said: No, you won’t

The casewent to court. Obama argued that thefederal government has thesole power to enforce immigration law,including thepower nottoenforce immigration law if thepresident so chooses. It’snot your decision, Obama toldArizonaofficials. Obama won, and that was that.

Now,adozen years later,the problem at the root of the unrest in California is that state andlocal officials appear to believe they can have their own immigration law.But thelessonofArizona v. United States is that they can’tdothat. It is apretty simple story.And in this case, it means that U.S. Immigrationand Customs Enforcement, or ICE, is able to enforce federal immigrationlaw in Los Angeles,inCalifornia and all across the country

Bass andNewsomalso seem to think thatthe president should not be able to send the National Guard to LosAngeles when the governor has not requested it. Newsom hasjust filedsuit against President Trump over the issue. But he andthe mayor are, unfortunately for them, on the wrong side of thatquestion, too. Yes, usually when apresident sends the NationalGuard, it is at the request of astate’s governor.But notalways. In 1965, during the Civil Rights era, President Lyndon Johnson wanted to send the National Guard to Alabama to protect participants in the Selma to Montgomery march. Alabama Gov.George Wallace did notwantthat. Johnson wonthe argument because he was president of the United States. Now,Trump cansend the Guard to LosAngeles because he is president of the UnitedStates. That’slaw andhistory.But Bass and Newsom arealso on the wrong side of the politicsofimmigration. Arecent CBS News poll found that 54% of those surveyedapproved of the “Trump administration’sprogram to deport immigrants illegally in the United States.” More people also said the deportations aremaking people saferthannot,although fewerliked Trump’smethods. The big picture is that Trump has alot going forhim in the immigrationstandoff, andBassand Newsom— andtheir party —donot.“The chaos in Southern California could have been designedin alab to exploit Democratic weak spots, combining the issues of illegal immigration, crime andpublic disorder,” writes moderate Democratic analyst Ruy Teixeira.“Democrats do nothave to cheer on everyICE raid, but theyhavetobe seen to prioritize law and order and not deny the reality on the ground of violent protests.” Everyone should hope that the violenceand disordercometoanend soon in LosAngeles. But the Trump administrationwill continue to deport people, especially criminals, who areinthe United Statesunlawfully.And leaders like KarenBassand Gavin Newsom, and otherDemocratsaround the country, will continue to resist. There is more conflicttocome.

Byron York is on X, @Bryon York.Email him at byronyork@yorkcomm.com.

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Protesters gatherinLos Angeles to denounce U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations on Tuesday

tial Lifetime Achievement Award from President Biden on Saturday,Decem‐ber 7, 2024. In addition to her parents, Kenyaisalso precededindeath by her grandparents, Jack John‐son McElveen andEmma Drayton McElveen;parents ofCaldinand Willie Smith, Sr. andMaryFreeman Smith,parents of Lula.Sur‐vivorsinclude herbrother Shawn Joshua McElveen; nephews,Waymon, Zarian, Shaquilleand Dreux McElveen;great-nieces, and nephews, Mon’Yae, withwhomshe shared a special bond,Azere Za’marjai andShai; God‐children, Ky ShanaBooker TerrenceDeJeanand KaylenGlenn; loving,de‐voted aunt andcaretaker, CorneliaSmith,who never lefther side.A Celebration service honoring thelife and legacy of thelate Kenya McElveen will be heldinthe Chapel of Char‐bonnetLabat GlapionFu‐neral Home,1615 St.Philip Street,New Orleans, LA 70116 on Saturday,June 14 2025 at 930am. Visitation 9 aminthe chapel.Please signonlineguestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors (504)581 4411.

WilliamJohnMuller passedawayatOchsner Medical Center in NewOr‐leans,Louisiana,May 27 2025, at theage of 89. Billy was born on October23, 1935, in Ponchatoula, Louisiana.After graduating Ponchatoula High School in 1954, Billyenlistedinthe UnitedStatesNaval Train‐ing Center,Company 55552 in SanDiego, California for four years. Upon hisre‐turn, he worked at Shell Chemicalbeforestarting his career as alandsur‐veyor at Surveys, Incand thenco-ownerofBFM Cor‐poration, Kenner, Louisiana.Heissurvived byhis wife of 26 years, CherylRybandMullerof Harahan,Louisiana DaughterPamelaMuller Hernandez,onlychild to Billy andHelen Adams Muller, andher husband Brian of PeachtreeCorners, Georgia.Three grandchil‐dren, twinsBrandon Her‐nandezand wife Bridget of Harahan,Louisiana,Mor‐gan Hernandezof Greenville, SouthCarolina and JuliaHernandez of Lawrenceville,Georgia.As wellasmanynieces, nephews,cousins,and familyfriends that he loved dearly.Hewas pre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐ents, Mathiasand Mary HaightMuller, brother, RonaldMullerand sister, MattieLou MullerSchech. A celebrationoflifewillbe heldSaturday, June 14 at GardenofMemories, 4900 Airline Hwy.,Metairie, LA 70001. Visitation will be from9-11a.m.withser‐vices at 11 a.m. followed by graveside services.Inlieu of flowers, please consider a donation to acharity of yourchoice. To offerthe familyonlinecondolences, pleasevisit www.gardeno fmemoriesmetairie.com.

DEATHS continued from Costantini,his brother-inlaw,RobertHanemann, and hisnephews,Eric North,JackNorth,Maxx Hanemann, NashHane‐mann, andNateCostantini. Hewas preceded in death byhis father andgrandpar‐ents. Brianattended St.An‐drewthe Apostleelemen‐taryschool andChristian Bothers School.Hewas a proud graduate of Jesuit HighSchool,Class of 1983 Brian received aBachelor’s DegreefromLouisiana State University anda MBA fromthe University of New Orleans.Brian spenthis entirecareerworking at Fifth District SavingsBank, startingasa teller, work‐ing throughseveral posi‐tions,and becoming Presi‐dent& CEOin2016. He also servedonthe bank’s Board ofDirectors.Brian hada special love forhis col‐leagues at FifthDistrict, pastand present. Instilled witha spirit of servicethat hegainedthrough histime atJesuitHighSchool,Brian proudly served hiscommu‐nitythrough numerous civic andcharitableorgani‐zations.Atthe time of his death,Brian wasthe Chair‐man of Jesuit High School’s Board of Directors, amem‐ber of theBoard of theJe‐suitHighSchool Founda‐tion, chairman of theBoard ofTrusteesatthe Ochsner Medical Center,Westbank campus, immediate past Chairmanofthe Louisiana Banker’sAssociation Board ofDirectors,memberof the BoardofDirectors at St. Mary’s DominicanHigh School,and amemberof the BoardofDirectors of Legatus,New Orleans. He previouslyservedonthe Board of Directorsofthe Catholic Community Foun‐dation, St.Andrew School Foundation, and wasa memberofthe Fore!Kids Foundation. He also en‐joyed decadesofretreats atthe ManresaHouse of Retreats, where he served onthe BoardofDirectors from2010-2018 and was President in 2015. Brian was grateful andproud to bea member of Jesuit’s Class of 1983, whata gen‐erous andspecial groupof men.Together,theyhave done so much to serve those in need throughout our community over the years both throughtheir annualturkeydrive and mostrecentlythrough Pro‐ject’83.AMDG!A lifelong Westbanker, Brianloved being from southLouisiana and allthatcomes with that…thefood, thefesti‐vals, theSaints, yearly rides on ThothSunday, and somuchmore. He wasan avid fisherman, enjoying countless tripsoverthe years with hisgood friends traversingthe saltwater marshes near hishome. He was also an avid golfer, where he enjoyednumer‐ous roundswithhis close friends andfamily. Brian found so much joyinhis “happyplace,” hissecond homeinPassChristian, MS. Most of all, Briancher‐ished hisrelationships withhis wife,children, grandchildren,and hisnu‐merousfriends.Brian loved Americaand allthat our countrystandsfor.He was abundantly grateful to all thosewho served our country throughmilitary service.God BlessAmer‐ica!! AMemorialFuneral Masscelebrating Brian’s lifewillbecelebratedatJe‐suitHighSchool’s Chapel ofthe North American Martyrs,4133 BanksSt., New Orleans, LA on June 14, 2025. Visitation will start at 9:00 am with Mass at12:00 noon.Inlieuof flowers, please consider a donationtothe Jesuit High School Foundation (4133 Banks St New Orleans, LA 70119) or Project’83 (306 Athania Pkwy Metairie,LA 70001).Familyand friends may view andsignthe on‐lineguest book at www mothefunerals.com

North, BrianWilliam

BrianWilliam North passedawayonMonday, June 2, 2025 after agifted lifefor which he wasover‐whelminglygrateful. The greatestofthose gifts werethe familyand friends whosurrounded him at hispassing.Brian was born on June 6, 1965 to Bruce Albert North and JudyNolan Nelson.Heis survivedbyhis loving and devoted wife of 36 years, SueannHanemannNorth his children,Molly Bilich (Luke), andWilliam North (Julie);grandchildren, AmalieBilich, Wesley North,LukaBilichand baby North.Alsosurvivedbyhis siblings, MichaelNorth (Terri)and KatherineNorth

selorfor Allthose that would call or come over for a “RealTalk.”Isaac found joy from thesimplethings inlife. He lovedlistening to Anita Baker, Sade,Luther Vandross, andBarry White; watchinga rangeof movies, comedy specials, and re-runs of theMartin Show; playingchess and going fishing. Butmostly, heloved hisFamily. He leavestocherish hismem‐ories,son Isaac Parker Jr godsonTevin Bell, Daugh‐tersSharonand Sharmain Mathew. GrandsonsCarl Hurst III, Cam’ronHurst Rasha’d Gonzalez,Lyric Jenkins,Granddaughters Rosha’Matthew andBon‐nie Thompson.Isaac is alsosurvivedbyhis broth‐ers John Parker Jr., Peter ParkerSr. Dexter Parker Sr and George (Tracy)Parker Sr. SistersDebbie(Willie) Carey.Schewanda (George)Hill, Jerrydean Henry,Pamela(Dr.Welling‐ton)Coleman Jr andCas‐saundra (Dwight) Andrews. One UncleLeroy Brown, Aunt Thelma Bishop, nieces, nephews, family, and friends. Isaac is pre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐entsBetty andJohnParker Sr.,TwinsisterIvy Fulton, sisters BarbaraHoward, Joyce Riley, Brenda and Marzetta Parker.Brothers, Charles Parker Sr.and WilbertParkerSr. Nieces JoanRiley. NephewsAn‐thony Hamilton Jr., Keith Graham, Joseph andTroy Parker. Grandparents, Aunts, andUncles. Funeral ServiceswillbeheldonFri‐day,June 13, 2025 at Gen‐tilly BaptistChurch 5141 FranklinAve.New Orleans, LA70122 for10:00am Viewing will beginat 9:00amuntil 10:00am.Bur‐ial will be held at alater date. Professional Arrange‐ments EntrustedtoMajes‐tic Mortuary Service, Inc. (504)523-5872.

Dr. EduardoPersand, a retired physician, passed away on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 at theage of 81. He is survivedbyhis wife, Nelsy Persand,his children, Vivian Persand, Wendy Persand Vekic (Tino), EdwardPersand (Christina), and by his grandchildren, Jacob, Tyler, Matthew, Griffin and Emery. He isalso survived by hissiblings, Adelaida Mc Neil,Alberto,Alexander and Nelson. Dr. Persand graduated frommedical schoolatthe Universityof Cartagena in Colombia. He pursuedhis residency in Internal Medicine at both Mount Sinai Hospitalin Hartford, Connecticut and Danbury Hospital in Danbury,Connecticut. He completeda Fellowship in Cardiology at The Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. He practiced Medicine in Metairie from1978 until 2007 when he retired. Eduardoenjoyed spending time with his family,gardening and playing pool withfriends. He willbegreatlymissed. ACelebrationofLifefor Dr. Persand willbeheld Monday, June 16 from 11am-2pm at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. NewOrleans, LA

Parker Sr., Isaac Lee

Isaac LeeParkerSr.,lov‐ingly knownas, “Ike,Big Ike, UncleIke”transitioned tohis heavenly home on May 27,2025. Isaacwas bornonAugust3rd,1956, tothe Late BettyJean Parkerand John James ParkerSr. in NewOrleans, Louisiana.Isaac accepted Christ, theLordand Savior ata young age. He wased‐ucatedin theOrleans ParishSchool system and was draftedtothe United StatesArmyin1977. Isaac workedasa Welder,Radi‐ology transporter, Stock clerk anda Postmanfor the United StatePostalser‐vice, Isaac also specialized as an Unlicensed Coun‐

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tocongestiveheart failure Her legacy enduresinthe lives shetouched with her warmthand thefamilyshe cherished deeply.Joyce was adevoted mother to GlendaVermillion, who precededher in glory, and toBetty LouStrother, who remains alivingtestament toher mother’s love.She was alovingmother-in-law toJohnVermillionand the lateRussell Strother.Her light shines throughher granddaughters, Shanna and AmberVermillion, and her nephewsand niece, Matthew Boatmon, Welsey Vick, andBrendaGarcia, whose livesare richer for her presence.Joyce,a homemaker,pouredher soulintonurturing her familywiththe same devo‐tionshe gave to hercom‐munity.Her hands, which tenderlycrafted beautiful artificial flower arrange‐ments,alsoservedher neighbors throughher vol‐unteer work with the AmericanRed Crossin Meridian, Mississippi,and Inverness, Florida. Shecon‐tinuedher missionofser‐viceatB &W Rexall in In‐verness, where sheas‐sistedthose in need of medical equipment, ensur‐ing comfortand care were withinreach.Joyce’s life was alivingsermonoof the virtuesshe held dear: faith-filled,loving, and generousbeyondmeasure Her passionfor creating and gifting flower arrange‐ments wasbut oneexpres‐sionofher abundant gen‐erosity,eachbloom em‐blemofthe joyshe found ingiving. Shelived by the words of ourLordJesus Christ, “Itismoreblessed togivethantoreceive,” (Acts 20:35), andindeed, her life wasa testamentto thisholytruth.Let us re‐memberJoyce E. Powell not with heavyhearts, but witha spirit of gratitude for thegiftofher presence She walked with faith, loved withoutreserve,and gavewithout expectation. Her legacy is etched in our heartsand herspiritlives oninthe acts of kindness she inspired.Aswebid her farewell, letuscarry for‐wardthe lightofher love, illuminating thepathfor othersasshe didfor us Wecommend oursister Joyce to theAlmighty, trustingthatshe hasfound eternal rest in thecomfort‐ing arms of ourSavior. And wepartwayswiththispre‐cious soul,let us hold fast tothe memories that bind ustoher andtoeach other,forevermore.Amen. Relatives andfriends are invited to attend Joyce’s memorialservicesonSat‐urday,June 14, 2025, at ParkviewBaptist Church 6301 CamphorSt, Metairie, LA70003. Visitation will begin at 10:30am,witha service followingat 11:00am

Brethren,today we gathernot in sorrow,but in celebration of thelifeof Joyce E. Powell, abeacon offaith,loveand generos‐ity who walked amongst us. Born on the fifthday of June in theyearofour lord, 1932, in thecityofSt. Louis, Missouri, Joycewas ates‐tamenttothe enduring spiritofkindnessand faithfulnessthatshe car‐riedwithinher heart throughouther earthly journey.Joyce wascalled homebythe Lord in Metairie, Louisiana, her soul departingfromthe

MontyJ.Toddpassed awayonMay 26, 2025 at the ageof71. He wasborn July8,1953 in Dallas,Texas tothe late T.J. andTreva Todd. He wasprecededin death by hisbeloved wife of42years,Elizabeth R. Todd. He is survived by his children, Christine Stallings (Arthur) andDou‐glasTodd(Jennifer); his grandchildren Cedar, Gwyneth,EvelynToddand his siblings,Terry Todd (Vickie)and GaylaGame (Keith).Monty developeda lovefor musicinhis youth thatwas carriedwithhim throughouthis life.Hewas a talented musician,and the NewOrleans music community wastruly a secondfamilytohim.He servedasconductor for the Shriner’sBandfor mul‐tiple years, Apositionhe heldwiththe utmost pride. Monty wasanemployeeof the TimesPicayune news‐paper formanydecades until hisretirementin2016 There he developednot onlya career,but many lifelongconnections.Upon retirement, Montymoved toCecilia (BreauxBridge), Louisiana.Herehefound joy in having his“fewacres ofland”,a greenhouse, and gardens.His true purpose camewithhis four horses heacquiredand lovingly cared for. He wasem‐bracedbymanyinthis small community andlived his last yearssurrounded bycaring, loving friends. His familywould like to ex‐tendextreme gratitudeto Heart of Hospicein Lafayette,Louisiana forthe careand supportprovided. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend Monty’s MemorialService on Satur‐day,June 14, 2025 from 11 a.m.- 3p.m.atGardenof MemoriesFuneral Home, 4900 AirlineDr.,Metairie, LA70001. Intermentwillbe private

Turner Sr., Cleveland

Watson Sr age 85, passedawayMay 23, 2025, after abattle with illness. Born on March13, 1940, in Bolton, Mississippi. Jimmie graduatedfrom DelgadoCollegein1973. Jimmie wasa machinist, crane operator,and certified rigger.Hewas employed at Boland Marine, Buck Kreihs Co. Inc.,and retiredfromNorthrop Grumman. He marriedAnna Robinson GableWatson in October1995. Theyraised aloving blendedfamily: Jimmie Jr., Jimmese and Vernon Waterhouse, and Myrianne andGregory GableJr. Jimmie is survived by sistersThelma Cornelius andMildred Walker. He will be deeply missed. Amemorial service will be held on Friday, June 20, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at The LuxuryHall,5555 BullardAve., NewOrleans, LA.

Norvin Kenneth "Ken" Scheffler passed away on May 21, 2025. He was 79 years oldatthe timeofhis death and is survived by his sister, Susan Braniff, his brother-in-law, Richard, hisniece, Ashley Braniff Champagne, her husband, Ross, and theirson, Nathan. He is also leaving behind his cousins William and Thomas Hodas, his closefriend Charles Bealer, and several othercousins and long-timefriends.

Ken was anativeof Gretna, Louisiana. He spent his adult life in Belle Chasse, Louisiana. He was agraduateof Northwestern State University and heldengineering-related positions at TaylorDiving and LockheedMartin Michoud Space Systems.

On Saturday, June 14, 2025, there will be agraveside memorial serviceat Westlawn Cemetery in Gretna, LA,from 1:00 to 1:30 p.m.

Instead of flowers, please consider making a charitable contribution to aChristianorganization in his name.

Deacon Cleveland Bebop” Turner,Sr. was bornonJune 16, 1933, in Columbia, MS to thelate Charles andRitaMae Turner. He departed this earthly life foreternal rest onMay 26, 2025. Cleveland moved from Mississippi at anearly agewhere he met his firstwife, thelate Doretha James, andfrom their uniontheyhad 8chil‐dren, (5 boys and3 girls) Cleveland only hada 6th grade education, but somehow,hebecamea self-madebusinessman after moving to NewOr‐leans.Helater residedin Jefferson parish until his passing.Heowneda fleet ofcabsand wasa great mechanicand aProprietor. Hewas alovingand caring father, grandfatherand friend. Clevelandleaveshis memoriestohis 6daugh‐ters: Rita Turner,Lisa TurnerSanders (Terry), AlmaBrag(Ricky) Tanya and SonjaBaptisteand De‐lashaun Tate,3 sons:David and ClevelandTurner, Jr and BruceWallace,3 sis‐ters: KatherineTurner, Clynethel Smithand Brunetta Weedon.Legacy of39grandchildren,74 great grandchildren, 12 great-great grandchildren, a host of nieces,nephews, cousins,other familyand friends.Precededindeath byhis parents, three daughters:Sonia Pierre Brendaand CarolynTurner, 1 sonLawrenceTurner, Sr 2 greatgrandchildren:Hen‐drick Hacksonand Ceven Woods,6 brothers:Jackie (J.C.), Theo,Carvin, Sr James Earl,Major and WilliamTurner(Ruth). Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend hisHome‐going CelebrationonSat‐urday,June 14, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at BlessedHope MBC,1922 PollandAvenue, New Orleans, LA 70117. Vis‐itation will beginat9:00 a.m.Rev.Derrick Beaulieu officiating. Intermentwill followatResthaven Memo‐rialParkCemetery, NOLA Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com

George H. White, ade‐voted husband, father,and grandfather,passedaway onJune 7, 2025, at theage of90. He wasbornonFeb‐ruary 18, 1935 andenjoyed a fulfillinglifemarkedby his unwavering dedication tofamily, community,and service.Georgespent a significant portionofhis career at Gulf Alliance Re‐finery,where he con‐tributedhis skills and knowledge beginningin 1971 until hisretirement. His commitment to excel‐lence wasmatched only by his dedication to hiscom‐munityasa longtime mem‐ber of Gretna United Methodist Church,where heactivelyparticipated and fostered connections withfellowcongregants Georgeproudly served in the United States Coast Guard,anexperiencethat instilled in hima profound sense of duty andcama‐raderie.Hecherished the valuesofservice andcom‐munitythroughouthis life, often sharingstories of his militaryexperiences with those around him. He is survivedbyhis loving daughterMaryPlaisance and herhusband Keith, as wellashis sonStephen Whiteand hiswifeAngela. Georgewas grandfatherto Julia andKatie Whiteand Cortney Plaisance Donewar andgreat-grand‐fathertoBrody Donewar. Additionally,heisremem‐bered fondly by many rela‐tives andfriends whomhe loved.Georgewas prede‐ceasedbyhis belovedwife, Ann ZellerWhite,with whomheshared49years ofmarriage. He wasalso precededindeath by his parents,Hermanand GussieLee White, andhis sisterBea.His legacy of love, strength,and commu‐nityservice will endure in the hearts of allwho knew him.The familywillhold visitationonJune 13, 2025, from9:00a.m.to11:00 a.m. atGretnaUnitedMethodist Church,located at 1309 WhitneyAve., Terrytown, LA. Afuneral servicewill followat11:00 a.m.,with burialtakingplace at WestlawnMemorialPark at1:00p.m.Asweremem‐ber George White, we honor alifewell-lived and a spirit that will forever resonateinthe memories ofhis familyand friends. In lieuof flowers, please con‐sider donationstoGretna UnitedMethodist Church orStJude'sChildrenRe‐search. Please view and signthe online guestbook atwww.mothefunerals com

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SPORTS

Diversified CWSfield allays fears of atakeover

BY ERIC OLSON AP sportswriter

OMAHA, Neb.— Six conferences andanindependent will be representedatthe College World Series, and none of the teamswere among the final eight in Omahaa year ago.

In 2024, the SEC and ACC had fourteams apiece in the CWS, and all the talkwas that college baseball would forevermorebe dominated by the schools in those conferences that invest the most in the sport in scholarships, NIL and, startingsoon,direct paymentstoplayers.

Someone forgot to tell that to Murray State, among others

The CWS opens Friday with the SunBelt Conference’sCoastal Carolina (53-11) playing the Big 12’sArizona (44-19)ina rematch of the 2016 finals won by the Chanticleers. No. 8nationalseed Oregon State (47-14-1), an independent until the Pac-12 ramps up again in 2026-27, meets theACC’sLouisville (40-22) in the second game.

Saturday’sgamesmatch theBig Ten’s UCLA (47-16) against MissouriValleyConference upstart Murray State (44-15), and an all-SEC battle between No. 3Arkansas (4813) and No. 6LSU (48-15)

Chanticleers coach Kevin Schnall was Gary Gilmore’sassistant in 2016, and he said he neverbelieved apower conference takeover in baseball was inevitable. His team’s23-gamewinning streak isthe longest in history by ateam entering aCWS

“Why has Coastal been so successful for 25 years? Well, Gary Gilmore was able to teach us how to assemblearoster,”Schnall said. “It’snot about putting togetherjust the best players. Youhavetoput together the best team. Sometimes money doesn’t always buy that.”

The money is about to getbigger. The

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FLAME ON

Pitchers throwing heat no longer an anomalyin collegebaseball

OMAHA, Neb.— When Ronnie Rantz was pitching for LSU back in the early 1990s, he remembers the electricity that would crackle through thedugout when one of the Tigers saw theother team had apitcher who could throw 95 mph.

“Everyone would be on thetop step or turn andpay attention,like in those oldE.F.Huttoncommercials,” said Rantz, whopitchedfor LSU’s 1991 and1993 College World Series champions.

KEYPIECE: Freshman pitcher Evansversatile option forLSU 4C Alookatthe CWS field, 5C

The aura, then as perhaps now,was always more than thereality,hesaid.

“Guys didn’tjust consistently do that,” said Rantz, who owns the Baton Rouge Rougarou minor-league

baseball team and is CEO/president of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Foundation. “There were guys who would touch 95 mphbut wereliving at 90-91. Now they’re throwing 94, 95, 97. They’re living at 95.”

Flame-throwing pitchers whoconsistently can hit 100 or even 101 or 102 mphonthe radar gun have proliferated throughout college baseball in the last couple of years, to the point where it seemsthey’re capturing the imagination of fans even morethan theguys whocan blast tape-measure homeruns.

Yes, it dazzles the mind to see LSU’sJared Jones belt ä See RABALAIS, page 4C

Olavetrade rumors catchflak from Saints

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

Olave not only heardthe buzz but he also laughed about it.

“Man, it’sall rumors, man,” Olave said. “You see in theNBA, some of the top players be in trade rumors. Everybody be in trade rumors during theoffseason. Ilove it here, man. Ilovethe front office. Ilove my coaches. I’m excited to be here, and Iwant to be

If Chris Olave bothered to search his name on socialmedia this offseason, the New Orleans Saints wide receiverwould not have had to dig hard tofind it mentioned in atrade rumor. Practically anytimeOlave wasbrought up, some NFL team —oratleast its fans —salivatedoverthe idea of acquiring the 24-year-old. It seemed not to matter thatthe Saints had no interest in dealingarguably their best player.Why let that pesky fact get in the way of Olave photoshopped in a Pittsburgh Steelers jersey?

here forever,sothis is where Iwant to be.”

As Olavefinishedhis sentence, it was pointed out to him that in the NBA, those players are actually traded sometimes. It is much rarertosee NFL dealscome together,particularlyinvolving aplayerof Olave’scaliber.Whentheydohappen, the reasons typically come downtoaclub hitting the reset buttonorwanting to avoid paying astar.Think of lastyear’s Marshon

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Louisville’sEddie King runs to firstbase during agame on April 11 in Raleigh, N.C.

AP PHOTO By GERALD HERBERT Saints wide receiverChrisOlave runs drills during minicamp on Wednesday.

RACING

12:25 p.m. F1: Practice ESPNU

3:55 p.m. F1: Practice ESPNU BEACH VOLLEYBALL

7p.m. AVPLeague:Week 3—Day 1CBSSN COLLEGE BASEBALL

1p.m. CWS:Arizona vs.Coast.CarolinaESPN

6p.m. CWS: Louisville vs.Oregon St. ESPN MEN’S COLLEGE TRACKAND FIELD

7p.m.NCAA Out.Champ.—Day2ESPN2

noon U.S. Open, 2ndrd. NBC

2p.m. Meijer LPGA Classic, 2nd rd. Golf HORSE RACING

noon America’s Dayatthe Races FS2 MLB BASEBALL

1p.m. Pittsburgh at ChicagoCubs MLBN

6:10 p.m. N.y.yankees at Boston MLBN

6:05 p.m. L.A.Angels at Baltimore APPLE TV+

8:40 p.m. San DiegoatArizona APPLE TV+

9p.m. San Fran. at L.A. Dodgers MLBN NBA

7:30 p.m.Finals: OKC at Indiana, Gm. 4ABC

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U.S. OPEN

Spauntames fierce Oakmontwith66

BY DOUG FERGUSON

AP golf writer

OAKMONT,Pa. J.J. Spaun played asurprisingly steady hand

Thursday amonga wild mix of rare shots and some shockers at Oakmont, playing bogey-free on America’stoughest course fora 4-under 66 and aone-shot lead in the U.S. Open.

Patrick Reed made an albatross —only the fourth in the U.S. Open since it started tracking such records in 1983 —byholing out from 286 yards on the par-5 fourth, but he finished with atriple bogey Shane Lowry made the first eagle on the par-4 third hole at Oakmont. He shot a79.

Scottie Scheffler made more bogeysinone round (five) than he usually makes in atournament and had his highest start (73) at a U.S. Open.

Former LSU golfer Sam Burns was tied for second in the afternoon at 3under through 14 holes

He closed his round witha bogey, doublebogey,bogey and bogey to finish with a2-over 72. Through all that high entertainment, Spaun went out in themorning with hardly afuss and nary a bogey He matched the low opening round in U.S. Opens at Oakmont —Andrew Landry alsoshot 66 the last time here in 2016 —and it was no mystery.Good putting never fails at any U.S. Open, and Spaun holed five par putts ranging from 7feet to 16 feet to go along with four birdies.

“I didn’treally feel like I’m going to show abogey-freeround 4 under.Ididn’treally knowwhatto expect, especiallysince I’ve never played here,” said Spaun, playing in only his second U.S. Open.“But yeah, maybe sometimes nothaving expectations is the best thing, so I’ll take it.”

Oakmont lived up to its reputation with ascoring average of 74.6 despite acoursestill relatively soft from rain and moderate wind that didn’tstick around for long. And oh, that rough.

Just ask Rory McIlroy,although he chose nottospeak for thefifth straight competitive round at a major since his Masters victory He hadtohack out three times on thefourth holetoget it back to the fairway,and thenheholed a30-foot putt for amostunlikely bogey. He shot 74.

“Even fora guy like me, Ican’t getout ofitsomeofthe times, depending onthe lie,” Bryson DeChambeausaidafter a73. “It was tough. It was abrutal test of golf.”

As the first round was headed for aconclusion— more than 13 hours of golf —only10playersmanaged to break par.That’sone fewerthan the opening round in 2016.

Scheffler,the heavyfavorite as theNo. 1playerinthe worldwho hadwon three of his lastfourtournamentsbyacombined 17 shots, made a6-foot birdie putt on his second hole. Then he found the Church Pew bunkers on the third

and fourth holes, made bogey on both andwas neverunderthe rest of theday

“I made some sillymistakes out there, but at the same time, Imade somekey putts andsome good momentum saves in my round,” Scheffler said. “But overall just need to be alittle sharper.“ Spaun, whostarted hisround by chipping in fromankle-deep rough just right of the10th green, was walking down the 18thfairway when aspectator looked at the group’sscoreboardand said, “J.J. Spaun. He’s 4under?”

The emphasis was on the number, notthe name. But some of thenames were surprising, starting with Spaun. He lost in aplayoff at The PlayersChampionshiptoMcIlroy that helpedmovehim to No. 25 in the world, meaning he didn’thave to go through U.S.Open qualifying for the first time.

Thriston Lawrence of South Africa,who contendedatRoyal Troonlastsummer, hadsix birdiesinaround of 67.

Andperhaps Brooks Koepka can count as asurprise because the five-time major champion has not contended in amajor since winning thePGA Championship in 2023, and he missed the cut in the Masters and PGAChampionship this year

He looked like the Koepka of old, muscling his wayaround Oakmont,limiting mistakes and closing with two birdies for a68 that left him in agroup with the SouthKorea duo of Si WooKim andSungjaeIm.

“It’snicetoput agoodround together.It’sbeen awhile,” Koepka said.“It’sbeen so far off but now it’s starting to click. Unfortunately,we’re about halfway through the season, so that’snot ideal, but we’re learning.”

Both teamsreset forGame4 of NBAFinals

BYTIM REYNOLDS AP basketball writer

INDIANAPOLIS— TheIndiana Pacers aren’tcelebrating. The Oklahoma City Thunder isn’t panicking. The NBA Finals scoreboardis what it is —Pacers 2, Thunder 1 —going into Game 4ofthe best-ofseven title seriesonFriday night. Everybody cancount to four,and everybodycan seethatIndiana is in abetter position right now than Oklahoma City

Butthe Pacers know ifthey were to partake in such thinking, that would be dangerous.

“There’snothing to get excited about right now,” Indiana guard Tyrese Haliburton said. “We’re still along way away.”

An even-keeled approach,for certain. TheThunder is going about business the same way

“I just think we stay pretty emotionally even in all of the differentexperiences,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “You really see that when we win. Ithink if you’re going to get high on the wins, then the natural opposite of that is to get low on the losses This team doesn’treallyswing violently between those twothings. Never has.”

Indiana grabbed control of the series on Wednesdaynight in a 116-107 win, agame in which the Pacers’ bench —led by Bennedict Mathurin’s27 points in 22 minutes and T.J. McConnell’s10points, five assists andfive steals in 15 minutes —outscored Oklahoma City’s reserves 49-18. The Thunder starters were more than fine in Game 3: Oklahoma City opened the game with a15-6 run, then started the third quarter

—with the starters all on the floor —with an 8-0burst.Add up those 7minutes of play,and it was Thunder23, Pacers 6. Add up the other 41 minutes of thegame, and it was Pacers 110, Thunder 84.

“It’sgot to be akiller edge to beat these guys,” Pacers coach Rick Carlisle said. “We’regoingto be an underdogineverygame in this series It’sadaunting challenge.Anythingless than atotal grit mindset,wejust don’thave a chance.”

If Oklahoma City finds away Friday, it goes home with a2-2 series tie and two of the final threegames of the series set to be played in its building. Aloss, andit’s3-1 —the sort of hole thatfew teams in NBA history haveescaped.

“I think justthe competitive

greatness for this team has to be at an all-timehigh,”Thunder guard AlexCaruso said. “Tobeable to go on theroad andwin agameis adifficult thinginthe playoffs, but especially staring 3-1 down in the face. Yougot to really getyour mind right and get ready for the preparation that it’sgoing to take to go outthere andcompete for 48 minutesand getthe win.”

Turner update Myles Turner,who had five blocks for Indiana in Game3,including two against Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren with about2 minutes left —first a3-pointer and then a6-footer on the same possession —isdealing with an illness. Turner waswith the Pacers for film on Thursdayand then was

Mets RHP Senga to IL with ahamstring strain Mets right-handerKodai Senga, the major-league ERA leader,will be placed on the injured list after suffering aright hamstring strain in Thursday’s4-3 win over the Washington Nationals.

“He’sgoing to get an MRI tomorrow,we’llsee the severityof it,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said. “But he’sgoing to be on (the) IL here. So we’ve just got to wait and see what we’re dealing with.” Senga allowed just two runners in the first 51/3 innings before racing to cover first on CJ Abrams’ grounder to Pete Alonso. According to Mendoza,Senga said he felt his hamstring grab one stride before he made aleaping grab of Alonso’shigh throw

Brewerspitcher Civale says he stillwants to start MilwaukeeBrewers right-hander Aaron Civale is moving to a bullpen role for the first time in his seven-year career His next move could be outof Milwaukee entirely One day after the Brewers announced they were shifting him to the bullpen to make room for flame-throwing prospect Jacob Misiorowski in the rotation, Civale said he wants to continue starting, even if that meansgetting traded.

“We’re exploring opportunities formetoget back into arotation,” Civale said Thursday Misiorowski’sarrival gave Milwaukee asurplus of starting pitchers. Civale (1-2, 4.91 ERA) was theodd man outwhenthe Brewers opted to go with Misiorowski FreddyPeralta (5-4,2.69),José Quintana (4-1, 2.66), Quinn Priester (4-2, 3.65) and Chad Patrick (36, 3.25).

Bengalsrookie defender leaves minicamp early Cincinnati Bengals first-round pick Shemar Stewart’shold-in escalated to aholdout on Thursday as he did not attend the final day of the team’smandatory minicamp. Stewart has expressed concern over language in the contract that the Bengals have presented him and hasn’tsigned his rookie deal yet. He had been participating in meetings and off-field activities withthe team butwas just aspectatoratpractices.OnThursday, he went astep further and left the team facility before the end of the summer program.

“He wasn’there today,sowejust focus on the guyswho arehere,” Bengals coach Zac Taylor said. The Bengals selected Stewart with the 17th overall pick in the draft.

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sent home. It seemslike Indiana expect that he will play in Game 4. Bounce-backThunder

Indiana hasn’tlost back-to-back games in three months. Oklahoma Cityhasn’t done so in two months.

The Thunder is 6-0 after losses since earlyApril, 5-0 after losses in these playoffs.

“There’s amaximum four games left in the season,” Gilgeous-Alexander said. “It’swhat you worked the whole season for.It’swhat you worked allsummer for.Tome, the way Isee it, yougot to suck it up, getitdoneand try to get awin.” Haliburton’s free throws

In five games against Oklahoma Citythis season, Haliburton has beenfouledinthe act of shooting just once —inthe first half of a Thunder-Pacers game on March 29.

He has not taken afree throw in this series. He’sthe first player to log at least 109 minutes in the first threegames of afinals and not takeasingle free throw since Miami’sMario Chalmers in 2012— also against the Thunder A2-1 lead,again

In this current 16-team playoff format that dates back to 1984, Indiana is thesixth team to have a 2-1 lead in all four of its postseason series.

The others were the Los Angeles Lakers in 2009 and 2020, Boston in 2008, Detroit in 2004 and San Antonio in 2003. Allfive of those teams went on to win the NBA title.

Afederal judge on Thursday deniedTennesseepoint guard Zakai Zeigler’srequest for apreliminary injunction allowing him to play a fifthseason of Division Ibasketball in five years.

U.S. District Judge Katherine Crytzerlistened to argumentsin ahearing June 6inKnoxville and entered her denial Thursday morning. She wrote that Zeigler failed to demonstrate he wouldsucceedon his argument that the NCAA keeping him from playing afifth season of Division Ibasketball is aviolation under the Sherman Act.

Thetwo-time Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year asked for an injunction when he sued the NCAA on May 20 over itsrules limitinghim to four seasonsina five-year windowasan unlawful restraint of trade.

Six-hole stretchpowers Leeto first-round lead

BELMONT,MICH. Mi Hyang Lee of SouthKorea played asix-hole stretch in 6under and shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take the first-round lead in the Meijer LPGA Classic.

Grace Kim of Australia wasa shotback,ayear after losing to Lilia Vu in aplayoff that also included 2015 championLexiThompson Fellow Australian Karis Davidson, AkieIwai of Japanand Sofia Garcia of Paraguay were two strokes behind at 66 in the final event before themajor KPMG Women’sPGA Championship next week in Texas. Playing in themorning on the tree-lined course, Lee birdied Nos. 5-8, parred the ninth and eagled the 10th after surprising herself by reaching thegreen in two on the par-5 hole.

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J.J. Spaun watches his tee shot on the seventh hole during the first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on ThursdayinOakmont, Pa

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By MICHAEL CONROy OklahomaCityThunder forward Chet Holmgren is fouled by Indiana Pacers centerMyles Turner during thesecond half of Game 3ofthe NBAFinals on WednesdayinIndianapolis.

Saints QB sinks shot to earn team golf outing

BY MATTHEW PARAS and LUKE JOHNSON Staff writers

Kellen Moore liked what he saw from the first two days of mandatory minicamp, so before Thursday’s scheduled practice, the New Orleans Saints coach issued a challenge to his players during the team’s morning meeting.

The mission: If someone could make a 3-pointer on the first try, Thursday’s practice would be scrapped in favor of a team outing

Hunter Dekkers, a fourthstring quarterback, made it And so practice was off.

Moore rewarded players with a golf outing to Five O Fore Golf and Entertainment, choosing to bond on the final day of minicamp rather than hitting the practice field.

“We had two really good days of practice on Tuesday and Wednesday; I thought our guys really attacked it,” Moore said. “They were longer practices, heat. I thought these guys knocked it out of the park. So we chose to go to Five O Fore golf and spend some time as a team. It’s been awesome.”

Moore’s decision isn’t that out of the ordinary: NFL coaches occasionally will pull the plug on the third day of the three-day camp as

a reward for the hard work performed throughout the offseason

Moore also has emphasized team bonding since taking over the Saints. He took the group on a paintball outing last month and also spent a day focusing on community service last week.

Earlier Thursday, Moore had the Saints begin the day with a 3-point competition that pitted the offense against the defense After the offense won the shootout, the coach upped the

ante by telling his team it could have the day off if the next shot went in.

With Juwan Johnson serving as the offense’s captain, he nominated Dekkers — who played basketball in high school — for the shot.

And if Dekkers missed, would the Saints have practiced?

“There might have been a few more shot opportunities, hopefully,” Moore said with a smile “I’m really glad he was the first guy, made it, and we didn’t have to go down that road.”

Road trip

California, here they come — again. For the second straight year, the New Orleans Saints are headed west for a portion of training camp, Moore said Thursday The team will practice at UC Irvine from Aug 6-15, with the Saints also set to play a preseason game against the Los Angeles Chargers while there.

This year’s stay will be significantly shorter than last year’s trip, as New Or-

leans practically held all of camp out west in 2024 while the team’s cafeteria was undergoing construction.

“It’s a really good opportunity for us just to change, put the guys in a little bit of a different environment,” Moore said. “Those guys will spend a lot of time together naturally when you kind of go on a longer road trip, and so we feel like that’s a great opportunity for our team to connect.”

Moore said he believes in creating a “different environment” for a portion of camp, whether that’s holding joint practices with a team or taking an extended road trip.

The Saints initially eyed joint practices with the Chargers during that week, but Moore said they did not materialize Versatile rookie

While he was at the University of Texas, Vernon Broughton mostly lined up as a three-technique defensive tackle — meaning he lined up over the outside shoulder of the offensive guard.

But one of the things that drew the Saints to him was that Broughton did a lot of other things, too And as they’ve brought him up to

speed at the NFL level, the Saints have been checking out what Broughton can give them as a defensive end in their new 3-4 alignment.

“We can move him around,” Saints defensive line coach Bo Davis said. “He grew into being able to do that (at Texas), and the thing about him is he just wants to play.”

Davis spent two seasons at Texas and has seen Broughton’s versatility firsthand. His comfort with Broughton’s ability to give New Orleans snaps at multiple positions is part of what made the team willing to select Broughton with the No. 71 overall pick in the draft this spring.

According to Pro Football Focus, Broughton played 57% of his snaps as a threetechnique defensive tackle in 2024, 8% as a nose tackle, and the other 35% either lined up directly over the tackle or outside the tackle as a defensive end.

“I really don’t care,” Broughton said. “You can put me anywhere on the Dline, wherever the coaches need me. It’s a blessing to be here, so I’m going to do whatever the coaches need me to do.”

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate. com.

Written for the LSWA State champions from Sam Houston claimed two of the top honors for baseball and softball on the Class 5A all-state teams selected by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association. Pitcher Kaitlyn Mire was

voted Outstanding Player on the softball squad after leading Sam Houston to its Division I nonselect title. Chad Hebert was selected as baseball Coach of the Year after leading the Broncos to a Division I nonselect title. Live Oak’s Sawyer Pruitt

was selected as the Outstanding Player on the baseball squad, while Benton’s Kelsey Baker of Division I nonselect quarterfinalist Benton was picked as the Coach of the Year for softball. Mire, a sophomore, pitched all but two-thirds

of an inning during a 30-2 season that included a 28game winning streak for Sam Houston. She pitched a three-hitter in the state finals against Dutchtown. She had a 1.63 ERA with 110 strikeouts in 180 innings. With Hebert as coach, Sam Houston went 37-8 and

won a baseball state championship for the first time since 2001. It is the second title in school history.

Pruitt, a UL signee, led Live Oak to a No. 1 playoff seed and a runner-up finish to Sam Houston. The District 5-5A MVP finished 9-2 with a 1.17 ERA and 117 strikeouts in 77 innings pitched. Benton’s Baker became interim coach just before the season began and led her school to its first 20-win season since 2017 on the way to a No. 2 playoff seed and the quarterfinals of the Division I nonselect playoffs

Mention Nate Alario, John Curtis; Thomas Allen, Benton; Lytton Arledge, West Monroe; Lenny Cline, Archbishop Rummel; Tanner Conley, Fontainebleau; Trey Davis, Higgins; Tristan Dehart, Terrebonne; Connor Donnelly, Jesuit; Davis Emonet, Catholic; Parker Franks, Neville; Troy Green, Slidell; Owen Galley, Sam Houston; Kanyon Griffin, Acadiana; Hunter Guillot, Thibodaux; Mason Hickman Mandeville; David Griep, Ruston; Brock Laird, Natchitoches Central; Lucas Lawrence, Catholic; Noah Lewis, Catholic; Lawton Littleton, Barbe; Carson Malasovich, Northshore; Chase Marcotte, Destrehan; JP Moak, Ruston; Wes Oats, Pineville; Gavin Panks, Covington; Brayden Rachal, Alexandria; Tyler Roark, West Monroe; Tyler Roach, Ruston; Logan Rogers, H.L. Bourgeois; Koa Romero, Hahnville; Aidan Ryan, Covington; Andrew Sharp, Captain Shreve; Slade Shove-Knox, Sulphur; Connor Smith, Northshore; Austyn Taylor, Pineville; Abel Thetford, Parkway; Brody Trosclair, Thibodaux; Bryce Wilson, Chalmette; Zach Wilburn, Byrd.

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Lattimore trade between the Saints and the Washington Commanders, or the Steelers’ acquisition of wide receiver DK Metcalf from the Seattle Seahawks this offseason.

The Saints aren’t there with Olave. Sure, certain fan bases might have seen Derek Carr’s retirement as an excuse for New Orleans to cut bait with Olave, but the Saints were much more concerned with getting the wide receiver back in the fold after his last season was cut short because of a concussion. The bigger question now is whether a contract extension is in store.

New Orleans picked up Olave’s fifth-year option in April, locking him in for a projected $15.5 million in 2026. But Olave is eligible for an extension, and the NFL has seen teams reach deals with fourth-year players entering similar situations.

“I wouldn’t worry too much about that,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said, referring to the trade rumors involving Olave. “We feel really really good about Chris. He’s had an excellent offseason, he’s had an excellent career so far, and he’s going to have an excellent future.”

There may be legitimate reasons for the Saints to wait on an extension. For one, there’s Olave’s concussion history The 2022 firstrounder has had five documented concussions since 2020, including two last year Olave said he was cleared by specialists in December and

that he’s not worried about his future, but the reality is his history may warrant a wait-and-see approach At the same time, Olave has been a very productive player when available and those guys tend to get paid. He has the fourth-most receiving yards of his draft class, even after missing 12 games in three seasons. And he began his career with back-to-back 1,000-yard campaigns.

If the Saints are interested in securing Olave’s future, getting a deal done this offseason likely would benefit them in the long run to avoid letting other deals set the market. In Olave’s draft class, Atlanta’s Drake London, the Jets’ Garrett Wilson and Dallas’ George Pickens are among the other wideouts in line for a new contract.

From the 2021 draft, seven players who were drafted in the first round received extensions before or during their fourth season That list includes three wide receivers: Philadelphia’s DeVonta Smith (three years, $75 million), Miami’s Jaylen Waddle (three years, $84.8 million) and Baltimore’s Rashod Bateman (two years, $12.9 million).

A year before that, only four first-rounders received an extension under the same criteria — but that list notably includes Saints guard Cesar Ruiz. In Ruiz’s case, New Orleans declined his fifth-year option and instead signed him to a four-year $44 million extension.

Complicating matters, the wide receiver market has exploded over the last two offseasons New contracts for Justin Jefferson (four

“We feel really, really good about Chris. He’s had an excellent offseason, he’s had an excellent career so far, and he’s going to have an excellent future.”

KELLEN MOORE, Saints coach

years $140 million), CeeDee Lamb (four years, $136 million) and Brandon Aiyuk (four years, $120 million) reset the market. Then this offseason, Ja’Marr Chase (four years, $161 million) became the league’s highestpaid receiver, while Metcalf (four years, $132 million) cracked into the top five at his position.

Eight receivers, in all, have a contract that carries an annual average value (AAV) of at least $30 million per year Another 13 have an AAV of more than $20 million.

Among those, the most comparable deal for Olave might be the four-year, $115 million deal signed by Tee Higgins — the 26-year-old who still received nearly $28.8 million annually from the Cincinnati Bengals despite missing 10 games over the last two seasons.

The Saints also must determine whether Olave is a player their new coaching staff wants to build around. On that front, the wide receiver already has impressed. Moore has raved about Olave’s football intelligence, recalling a pre-draft meeting he had in which Olave accurately drew up plays taught to him hours earlier

But until a deal is done, trade speculation — no matter how unfounded — likely will continue. But even that’s a compli-

ment in its own way

“People want good players, and so they’re always chasing to find ways to get good players on their team,” Moore said. “And we feel like we’ve got a good one in him.”

Saints wide receiver Chris Olave catches the ball during organized team activities on June 5.

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Saints QB Hunter Dekkers throws the ball during a practice on June 5.

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LSU to face Duke in ACC/ SEC event

Mulkey’s squad set for December clash

BY REED DARCEY and TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writers

The LSU women’s basketball team’s nonconference schedule will include an opponent from the ACC for the third year in a row

This time, the Tigers will face Duke on Dec. 4 inside Cameron Indoor Stadium as part of the annual ACC/SEC Challenge.

Last season, their fifth under coach Kara Lawson, the Blue Devils finished in third place in the ACC, won their conference tournament and reached the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, where they lost a close game to eventual national runner-up South Carolina.

LSU has won both games it has played so far in the crossconference challenge. In 2023, the Tigers defeated Virginia Tech in a rematch of the Final Four matchup they won to reach the national title game a season earlier Then in 2024, they beat Stanford in an overtime battle.

Both Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams will return to LSU for the 2025-26 season. Three other returners, five freshmen and three transfers — including former South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley — are set to join them.

LSU hasn’t faced Duke since they met in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Tournament. Both of the Tigers’ previous ACC/SEC Challenge games were played inside the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Men face Boston College Coach Matt McMahon and the LSU men’s basketball team’s 2025-26 schedule is rounding out. The latest addition for the Tigers is a game against Boston College set for Dec. 3 as part of the ACC/SEC Challenge, it was announced Thursday This first-ever game between the programs will take place in the Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Boston College finished last season 12-19 overall and went 4-16 in the ACC. In the two years of the ACC/ SEC Challenge, the SEC leads the series 21-9. Both LSU and Boston College are 1-1. The Tigers beat Florida State 8575 at home last season in the challenge. Boston College fell 73-51 to South Carolina at home.

LSU finished last season 1418 overall and 3-15 in the SEC in the third season of McMahon’s tenure.

Football lands O-lineman

A four-star offensive lineman from Mississippi announced he is committing to LSU football on Thursday Emanuel Tucker a 6-foot-5, 290-pound tackle in the Class of 2026, chose between the Tigers and Ole Miss. According to 247Sports composite rankings, his is a top-250 national prospect and one of the 20 best tackle recruits in his class.

LSU now has three offensive linemen committed to its 2026 class, and two of them are from New Orleans. Edna Karr standout Richard Anderson pledged in June 2024, and Warren Easton star Jalan Chapman committed in July On June 2, Tucker backed off a verbal pledge to Mississippi State.

Ten recruits are now committed to LSU’s Class of 2026, which is slotted inside the top 15 of the 247Sports composite rankings.

Five-star wideout Tristen Keys, a Mississippi native who’s widely regarded as the top wide receiver prospect in the country, headlines the group As of Thursday, he’s still verbally committed to the Tigers.

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RHP Evans is a crucial, movable chess piece for LSU

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

OMAHA,Neb Jay Johnson had a decision to make. Would he pitch Casan Evans? Evans, LSU’s top freshman pitcher, had yet to appear in the Baton Rouge super regional despite playing a major role in saving the Tigers’ season the week before in the Baton Rouge regional.

Sunday was only Game 2 of the super regional But if the score was tight, would the LSU coach turn to Evans to close out the game and send the Tigers to Omaha? Or would he save Evans and use him for only a decisive Game 3?

“Managing a super regional and managing the pitching staff is very unique,” Johnson said. “It’s like when you get to the end of the regional, you want to win the game at hand and in front of you. But you also have to have a plan for game seven of the regional, game three of the super regional.”

In the end, Johnson’s decision was an easy one. LSU blew out West Virginia 12-5 to advance to Omaha. The Tigers reached the College World Series while providing Evans ample rest, even if he was ready to pitch.

“I started warming up my body in the bullpen,” Evans said after LSU’s Omahaclinching win over West Virginia, “but was never close to getting hot.”

Evans almost certainly will pitch this week as LSU guns for an eighth national championship It’s journey in Omaha begins Saturday night against left-handed ace Zach Root and Arkansas (6 p.m., ESPN).

The only question that remains for Evans is what role he will serve for the Tigers.

“I don’t really know what my role is going to be this week,” Evans said Thursday during LSU’s media availability session. “So whatever coach Johnson

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a 452-foot homer to center field to beat Tennessee, like he did earlier this season But it also got the crowd buzzing to see Chase Shores throw three consecutive pitches of 100, 100 and 101 mph to blow away a West Virginia batter during an outing to close last week’s NCAA super regional at Alex Box Stadium

Does Shores think about throwing gas on opposing bats while on the mound?

“I think about throwing strikes,” he said Thursday after the Tigers’ practice at Charles Schwab Field, home of the College World Series. “I am a perfectionist. I faced four batters, struck out three, so I guess if we’re talking about perfect, I would like to have struck out all four.”

Pitchers have hit triple digits in the major leagues for a long time. Nolan Ryan was doing it 50 years ago with the California Angels, but he was the rarity Now, teams in the CWS with blazing fast-ballers like Shores are the rule, not the exception. He and teammate Jacob Mayers can both hit 100-plus Arkansas, which faces LSU on Saturday in a blockbuster CWS opener (6 p.m., ESPN), has three 100 mph hurlers: Christian Foutch, Carson Wiggins and Gage Wood.

“I’ve said it all year,” Arkansas coach Dave Van Horn said, “the arms in our league have been amazing. I remember the week down at LSU, they kept running guys at us throwing 99, 100 mph.

It was something else.

“We’ve got a few guys who can bring it. So does everybody else. I see it staying the same. And I think 97 (mph) is going to be normal in five years, maybe even more.”

You might think there’s no way

college hitters can catch up with a 99, 100 mph fastball streaking across the plate like a meteor

But there are hits to be had, in

asks me to do, I’m going to do.

If it’s to start or coming in the middle of the game or close, I’ll be ready for it.”

Conventional wisdom suggests Evans will start the Tigers’ third game in Omaha, if they don’t drop their first two. The Texas native has started three games this season and has the stamina to fill the role, throwing 109 pitches in relief in Game 7 of the Baton Rouge regional.

That outing against Little Rock was his best of the season and easily his most important one. He allowed just one earned run in six innings while striking out 12 batters — including nine in a row to help LSU come back from a 5-1 deficit.

“He pitches the best in the big-time moments. That’s a really great trait to have,” LSU

sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson said about Evans. “He gets to learn from this. He’s a freshman in college. And learning from these experiences, being able to play in Omaha is a big deal for the future of LSU.”

Evans hadn’t pitched for more than two weeks before he threw in the regional finale. His latest outing before that was a 27-pitch inning of relief against South Carolina. The week prior, he threw 87 pitches in a start vs. Arkansas.

LSU has changed Evans’ role throughout the second half of the season. It’s a responsibility that Anthony Eyanson said isn’t easy for a freshman to assume.

“I think about if I was a freshman trying to do that, it would be really tough,” the LSU junior right-hander said. “So he’s obvi-

College World Series At Charles Schwab Field-Omaha, Neb. (Double elimination; x-if

large part because of technology reams of data at the fingertips of the top programs.

“On the hitter’s side, they’re better trained,” Rantz said. “The pitching machines, analytics, simulators. You can say, ‘Rantz is pitching a 2-2 count to a righthanded batter’ and overlay one video after another You have the data that says he throws a fastball 73% of the time or a slider 23% of the time.”

From his perspective, LSU coach Jay Johnson said: “The only reason we have a chance or Arkansas has a chance is two things. Number one, we both have talented players on the position-player side. And number two, you kind of get accustomed to seeing this elite pitching. And the more you see something, the more you get a little more com-

fortable with it. I don’t know if ‘comfortable’ is the word, but I think it’s the beauty of playing in our league, which is really tough at times.”

Perhaps the biggest exception to the power-pitcher rule in Omaha this year is the biggest Cinderella in the field. Murray State, a No. 4 seed that came out of the Ole Miss regional and toppled Duke in a road super regional, doesn’t have a Shores or Foutch.

Its liveliest arm belongs to bullpen ace Graham Kelham, who Murray State coach Dan Skirka said tops out at a still rapid, if increasingly quaint-sounding, 94 mph.

Playing on the level the Racers do in the mid-major Missouri Valley Conference, Murray State doesn’t even try to pull in the flamethrowers. Skirka said Murray State’s emphasis is on quality over speed.

“You’ve still got to throw strikes,” Skirka said. “So, in recruiting, we like to get kids who are strike throwers. We feel we can develop them after that, develop another one or two pitches.”

It never hurts, of course, if one or two of those pitches go really fast.

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ously very talented, very great, works hard, and he’ll be a great player in the future.”

How Johnson utilizes Evans will come down to the situations LSU finds itself in over the next handful of days. Will Evans pitch in a tight second game in Omaha to keep the Tigers in the winner’s bracket? If LSU won its first two matchups, would it be prudent to start Evans in the Tigers’ third game or save him for a do-or-die fourth game? These are all questions Johnson will have to answer eventually “He’ll be ready to roll, and the makeup and the toughness and the ability to adapt and athleticism, all those things, he’ll be ready to go,” Johnson said. “And I feel like he’ll be in a great spot.”

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House v. NCAA settlement will mandate roster limits, likely 34 in baseball, and allow schools to award as many scholarships as there are roster spots. Most programs are not expected to max out scholarships in baseball, but many will at least double the longstanding limit of 11.7.

Division I Baseball Committee chair Jay Artigues, athletic director at Southeastern Louisiana, said high-performing mid-majors aren’t necessarily at a disadvantage because of how they tend to build their rosters. The outlook for them is not doom and gloom, he said.

“The Arkansases, the LSUs and the Georgias of the world, they’re going to have the premier 18-, 19-year-olds in the country, no question about it,” Artigues said.

“They can’t get old because their 18- and 19-year-olds are signing (pro contracts) after that third year Now where a mid-major can compete against them is having a good 22- or 23-year-old. You put a good 22-, 23-year-old against a really good 18-year-old, it evens the field.

“I think the mid-majors that are having success are all older. You look at what Southern Miss did this year, they’re a fourth-, fifthyear team. That’s why they’re kicking the crap out of some P4 teams.”

Louisville coach Dan McDonnell said he thought at least one more ACC team would join his in Omaha, but he can’t help but be happy for Murray State to make it considering he played second base on the Citadel’s 1990 CWS team. It was his greatest baseball experience, he said, and as far as he’s concerned the more players who can experience the CWS, the better American Baseball Coaches Association executive director Craig Keilitz said the diversity of this year’s CWS field is good for the sport.

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pitcher Chase Shores throws during practice ahead

Series on Thursday in Omaha, Neb

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LSU right-handed pitcher Casan Evans works in a drill during practice ahead of the College World Series on Thursday at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb

CWSTEAM CAPSULES

COASTAL CAROLINA (53-11)

Coach:Kevin Schnall (53-11 in 1yearat Coastal Carolina and overall).

RoadtoOmaha:Won Conwayregional:beat Fairfield 10-2, beat East Carolina 18-7, beat East Carolina 1-0.WonAuburnsuperregional: beat Auburn7-6 in 10 innings, beatAuburn 4-1.

2025 record vs. CWS teams:0-0. Last CWS appearance:2016. All-time recordinCWS:6-2 in one appearance (won national title in 2016).

Batters:CCaden Bodine (.329, 5HRs,41 RBIs), 1B ColbyThorndyke(.301, 4, 40),2B BlakeBarthol (.274, 12, 50), SS Ty Dooley (.292, 6, 36), 3B Walker Mitchell (.292, 4, 45), LF Sebastian Alexander (.328,10, 53),CFWells Sykes (.293, 3, 36), RF BlagenPado (.273, 8, 30), DH Ty Barrango(.247, 2, 19)

Pitchers:RHP Cameron Flukey (7-1, 3.35 ERA), RHP Jacob Morrison (11-0, 2.11), RHP Riley Eikhoff (6-2, 2.90), LHP Hayden Johnson (4-0, 3.43), RHP Ryan Lynch (2-1, 0.59,8 saves), RHP MatthewPotok (4-1, 2.55), LHP Dominick Carbone (6-0, 2.61), RHP Darin Horn(5-1, 2.96), RHP LukeJones (4-2, 3.51), RHP Scott Doran(1-0, 4.15).

MLB alumni:Mickey Brantley,Tommy La Stella KirtManwaring,Taylor Motter,DaveSappelt Zach Remillard, Luis Lopez

Shorthops:Chanticleers have the nation’s longest activewinning streakat23games Since the NCAA Tournament went to its current format in 1999, no teamhas entered theCWS with so manyconsecutivewins. Schnall was an assistant on GaryGilmore’s national championship-winning teamin2016. He succeeded Gilmore, whoretiredafterlast season, and is in his 22nd season on the staff over twostints. The 53 wins are the most in the nation. Sun Belt Conferenceregularseason and tournament champion. Coastal batters have been hit by 170 pitches, most in the nation.

ARIZONA(44-19)

Coach:Chip Hale (152-93 in 4years at Arizona andoverall).

Road to Omaha:Won Eugene regional:beatCal Poly 3-2, beat Utah Valley14-4, beatCal Poly 14-0.WonChapel Hill super regional: lost to North Carolina 18-2, beat NorthCarolina 10-8, beat North Carolina 4-3. 2025 record vs. CWS teams:0-1. Last CWS appearance:2021.

MURRAY STATE(44-15)

Coach:Dan Skirka (209-150 in 7seasons at Murray State and overall).

Road to Omaha: WonOxford regional: beat Ole Miss 9-6, beat Georgia Tech 13-11, lost to Ole Miss 19-8, beat Ole Miss 12-11.WonDurham super regional: lost to Duke7-4, beat Duke199, beat Duke5-4. 2025 record against CWS teams:0-0. Last CWS appearance:None. All-time record in CWS:0-0.

Batters:C Will Vierling (.316, 10 HRs, 52 RBIs), 1B LukeMistone (.340, 4, 53), 2B Dom Decker (.361, 0, 48), SS Conner Cunningham (.257, 7, 38), 3B Carson Garner (.281, 17, 59), LF DanTauken (.257, 11, 76), CF Jonathan Hogart (.339, 22, 65), RF Dustin Mercer(.356, 0, 39), DH Nico Bermeo (.305, 1, 7).

Pitchers:RHP Nic Schutte (8-4, 4.85 ERA), RHP Isaac Silva(9-2, 5.09), RHP Kane Elmy (6-2, 4.45), RHP Reese Oakley(3-0, 5.64),LHP DylanZentko(4-1, 4.38), RHP Graham Kelham (4-1, 4.40, 9saves), RHP Jacob Hustedde (2-0, 5.09), LHP Ethan Lyke(2-1, 4.64), RHP Jack Wajda (2-3, 5.56). MLB alumni:Jack Perconte,Kirk Rueter, Pat Jarvis.

Shorthops:Only the fourth No. 4regional seed to reach the CWS,joining FresnoState (2008 national champion), StonyBrook (2012) and Oral Roberts (2023). This is the Racers’ fourth NCAA Tournament appearance and first since 2003. The 44 wins are aprogram record. 10.8 runs per game in NCAATournamentranks second. Hogarthas hit anation-leading eight of his22homers to lead off agame. Kelham has recorded four savesand one win over his last five appearances, andhis nine savesare a programrecord.

UCLA (47-16)

Coach:John Savage (723-479-2 in 21 seasons at UCLA; 811-563-3in24seasons overall).

Road to Omaha:Won Los Angeles regional: beat Fresno State 19-4, beat Arizona State 115, beat UC Irvine 8-5.WonLos Angelessuper regional: beat UTSA 5-2, beat UTSA 7-0. 2025 record vs. CWS teams:0-1. Last CWS appearance:2013. All-time recordinCWS:9-9 in 5appearances (won 2013 national title).

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All-time record in CWS:43-32 in 18 appearances (won national titles in 1976, 1980,1986, 2012).

Batters:C Adonys Guzman (.318, 8HRs, 42 RBIs), 1B Tommy Splaine (.290, 5, 25), 2B GarenCaulfield (.262, 8, 43), SS Mason White (.332, 19,72), 3B Maddox Mihalakis(.278, 5, 35),LFEaston Breyfogle(.248, 5, 31) or TJ Adams(.167, 0, 7), CF Aaron Walton(.320, 14, 49),RFBrendan Summerhill (.358, 4, 34), DH Andrew Cain (.245, 6, 22).

Pitchers:RHP Owen Kramkowski(9-6, 5.48 ERA), RHP Raul Garayzar (2-0, 2.81), RHP Smith Bailey(3-3, 4.01), RHP Tony Pluta (3-0, 1.26, 14 saves),RHP Garrett Hicks (5-0, 5.61), RHP Julian Tonghini (4-2, 4.26), RHP CaseyHintz (7-4, 5.53),RHP Michael Hilker Jr.(2-1, 6.45), RHPHunter Alberini (1-0, 3.48), RHP Matthew Martinez (3-0, 4.42), RHP Collin McKinney(0-2, 3.98), LHP Eric Orloff (1-0, 5.14).

MLB alumni:KennyLofton, J.T. Snow,Tony Clark, RonHassey, Scott Erickson, Dan Meyer, Trevor Hoffman, Nick Hundley,JackHowell, CaseyCandaele,TerryFrancona, Gil Heredia, Hank Leiber,Craig Lefferts, JoeMagrane,Mark Melancon. Shorthops:The Wildcats are back in Omaha for the first time since going0-2 in the 2021 CWS under currentLSU coach JayJohnson. Dawson Netz, whomade relief appearances in both games, is agraduate manager Hale played on Arizona’s1986 championshipteam.

LOUISVILLE (40-22)

Coach:Dan McDonnell (791-357-1 in 19 years at Louisville and overall).

Road to Omaha:Won Nashville regional: beat East Tennessee State 8-3, beat Vanderbilt 3-2, beat Wright State 6-0.WonLouisville super regional: beat Miami 8-1,lost 9-6 to Miami, beat Miami3-2. 2025 record vs. CWS teams:1-0. LastCWS appearance:2019. All-timerecordinCWS:4-10 in 5 appearances.

Batters:CMatt Klein (.327, 5HRs,30RBIs), 1B Tague Davis (.286, 18, 50), 2B Kamau Neighbors (.250, 0, 16), SS Alex Alicea (.310, 1, 24), 3B JakeMunroe (.345, 12, 58), LF Zion Rose(.315, 12, 63) or EddieKing (.362, 17, 60), CF Lucas Moore (.353, 5, 48), RF Garret Pike (.294, 4, 39) or King,DHRose or Pike.

Pitchers:RHP Patrick Forbes (4-2,4.36 ERA), RHP Tucker Biven(3-0, 4.19), LHP Ethan Eberle (6-2, 4.34), RHP Brennyn Cutts (3-1, 4.89), LHP JustinWest (2-2, 6.12), LHP Wyatt Danilowicz (0-1, 2.25), RHP Jack Brown (5-5, 6.69), LHP Ty Starke(1-0, 8.50), RHP Jake Schweitzer (4-2, 2.15).

MLB alumni:Adam Duvall,Will Smith,Adam Engel, Nick Solak, Chad Green,SeanGreen, Reid Detmers,Tyler Fitzgerald, Kyle Funkhouser, Matt Koch.

Shorthops:Cardinalsare 5-1 in the NCAA Tournament after entering regionals coming off

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Murray State outfielder Dustin Mercer doubles in arun against Ole Miss during theirregional game on May30inOxford,Miss. The Racers playUCLA at 1p.m.Saturday

Batters:C Cashel Dugger (.276, 3HRs, 25 RBIs), 1B Mulivai Levu (.319, 12, 85), 2B Phoenix Call (.258, 3, 31), SS Roch Cholowsky (.367,23, 73), 3B RomanMartin(.320, 9, 58), LF Dean West (.315, 4, 40), CF Payton Brennan (.304, 6, 39), RF AJ Salgado (.313, 12, 52), DH BlakeBalsz (.246, 1, 24).

Pitchers:RHP Michael Barnett (12-1, 4.09), RHP Landon Stump(6-1, 4.54), RHP Wylan Moss (2-1,2.47), RHP Jack O’Connor (3-0, 1.80),RHP August Souza (0-0, 5.40), RHP Easton Hawk (1-1, 4.84), LHP Chris Grothues (4-1, 4.94), RHP CalRandall (2-1, 3.09), LHP Ian May(7-3, 5.00).

MLB alumni:ChrisChambliss,Todd Zeile, Jeff Conine, BobbyGrich, Chase Utley, EricKarros, Brandon Crawford,TroyGlaus, Jackie Robinson, DonSlaught, EricByrnes, Shane Mack, Mike Magnante, Matt young,Gerrit Cole,Trevor Bauer Shorthops:Bruinswere BigTen regularseason co-champions in their first season in the league. Their.372 batting averageinthe NCAA Tournament ranks first. UCLAmore than doubled its wintotal from 2024, when it went 19-33. Cholowsky is the Big Tenplayer of theyearand defensiveplayerofthe year Cholowsky’s23home runs are the most by a Bruins playersince Forrest Johnson in 2000.

lossesinsix of sevengames Kingisonatear, having gone 12 for22(.545) with twohomers, threedoublesand eight RBIs in six tournament games Moore leads thenation with 51 stolenbasesand has been caught stealing just once Athumbinjuryhas forced Alicea, aswitch hitter, to bat left-handed exclusively since the startofMay Biven movedfrom the closer’srole to weekendstarter in May. He has received ano-decision in all four starts but allowedjust five earned runs over 171/3 innings.

OREGON STATE(47-14-1)

Coach:Mitch Canham (223-101-1 in 6years at Oregon State and overall) Road to Omaha:Won Corvallis regional: lost to Saint Mary’s6-4, beat TCU 7-2, beat Saint Mary’s20-3, beat Southern California 14-1, beat Southern California 9-0.WonCorvallis superregional: beat Florida State 5-4 in 10 innings, lost to Florida State 3-1, beat Florida State 14-10. 2025 record vs. CWSteams:1-0. Last CWSappearance:2018. All-time record in CWS:21-12 in 7 appearances(wonnational titles in 2006, 2007, 2018).

Batters:C Wilson Weber (.333, 12 HRs, 57 RBIs), 1B Jacob Krieg(.251, 13, 35), 2B AJ Singer (.309, 3, 39), SS AivaArquette (.354, 18, 65), 3B TrentCaraway(.270, 12, 47), LF GavinTurley(.346, 19, 66), CF Canon Reeder (.303, 8, 35), RF Easton Talt (.265, 7, 35) or Carson McEntire (.263, 4, 10), DH Tyce Peterson (.282, 5, 19).

Pitchers:RHP Dax Whitney(6-3, 3.66 ERA), LHP Ethan Kleinschmit (8-4, 3.54), RHP James DeCremer (3-0, 5.34), LHP Nelson Keljo (3-2, 3.74), RHP AJ Hutcheson (3-0, 4.00), RHP Kellan Oakes (4-0, 3.60), RHP Laif Palmer (2-0 2.12), RHP WyattQueen (3-1, 3.35), RHP Eric Segura(8-2, 4.76), RHP Zach Kmatz(2-0, 4.21). MLB alumni:JacobyEllsbury, Michael Conforto Darwin Barney, Bob Forsch, StevenKwan, AdleyRutschman, Ken Forsch,Trevor Larnach, MatthewBoyd, Drew Rasmussen. Shorthops:The Beavers surpassed 100 home runs for thesecond consecutiveseason.The 103 arethe second-most in programhistory, trailing the2024 club’s118. Five homeruns in Game3ofthe super regional were apostseason programrecord. The Beavers are5-1 in elimination gamesthis postseason. Talt has walked 62 times, the fifth-most in thecountry EricOlsen,APsportswriter

MLB alumni:Joe Adcock, DJ LeMahieu,Aaron Hill,AlbertBelle,Todd Walker,Ben McDonald, Alex Bregman, Brad Hawpe, Ryan Theriot, Russ Springer,Kevin Gausman, Jason Vargas,Warren Morris,Austin Nola, Paul Byrd,Aaron Nola, Mark Guthrie,Paul Skenes,Dylan Crews. Shorthops:Tigerswent2-1 this season against Arkansas, their opening opponent The Tigers have the second-highest NCAA Tournament winning percentage(.708, 182-75).

ARKANSAS (48-13)

Coach:DaveVan Horn(931-470 in 23 seasons at Arkansas; 1,516-710 in 38 seasons overall). Road to Omaha:Won Fayetteville regional: beat North Dakota State 6-2, beat Creighton 12-1, beat Creighton 8-3.WonFayetteville super regional: beat Tennessee4-3, beat Tennessee11-4. 2025 record vs. CWSteams:1-2. Last CWSappearance:2022.

All-time record in CWS:18-22 in 11 appearances.

LSU (48-15)

Coach:Jay Johnson (185-77 in 4seasons at LSU; 502-249 in 13 seasons overall).

Road to Omaha: WonBaton Rougeregional: beat LittleRock7-0, beat Dallas Baptist 12-0, lost to LittleRock10-4, beat Little Rock 10-6. WonBaton Rougesuperregional: beat West Virginia 16-9, beat West Virginia 12-5. 2025 record vs. CWS teams:2-1. LastCWS appearance:2023. All-timerecordinCWS:46-29 in 19 appearances (won national titles in 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2023).

Batters:C Luis Hernandez(.272,9 HRs, 30 RBIs), 1B JaredJones(.328, 20, 70), 2B Daniel Dickinson (.312, 12, 48), SS StevenMilam (.290, 11, 55), 3B MichaelBraswell (.201, 2, 17) or TannerReaves(.266, 3, 12), LF Derek Curiel (.347, 7, 52), CF Chris Stanfield (.309, 1, 28), RF Josh Pearson (.297, 7, 32) or JakeBrown (.315, 8, 44), DH Ethan Frey(.340, 13, 49).

Pitchers:LHP KadeAnderson (10-1, 3.58 ERA)

RHPAnthonyEyanson (11-2, 2.74),RHP Jaden Noot (2-1,4.26), LHPDJPrimeaux (0-0, 3.86), RHPWilliamSchmidt (7-0,4.73), RHP Mavrick Rizy (0-0, 4.74), LHPCooper Williams (0-1, 1.83), RHPChaseShores (5-3, 5.24), RHP Casan Evans (4-1,1.90), RHPZac Cowan(3-3, 3.09).

Batters:CRyder Helfrick (.320, 14 HRs, 36 RBIs), 1B ReeseRobinett (.276, 2, 12), 2B CamKozeal (.346, 15, 62), SS Wehiwa Aloy (.348, 20, 64), 3B Brent Iredale (.289, 14, 56), LF CharlesDavalan (.355, 14, 59), CF Justin Thomas (.278, 9, 35), RF Logan Maxwell(.360, 13, 35), DH Kuhio Aloy(.330, 13, 70).

Pitchers:LHP Zach Root (8-5, 3.59 ERA), RHP Aiden Jimenez (4-1, 3.66), RHP Gage Wood (3-1, 5.02), RHP BenBybee (3-0, 4.38), RHP SteeleEaves (1-0, 1.86), LHP Colin Fisher (3-0, 4.62), RHP Gabe Gaeckle(4-2, 4.76), LHP Parker Coil (3-0, 1.27), LHP Landon Beidelschies(4-0, 4.92), RHP Will McEntire(10, 2.59), RHP DylanCarter (6-0, 2.18). MLB alumni:Kevin McReynolds, Eric Hinske, Jeff King,AndrewBenintendi, LesLancaster TomPagnozzi, RyneStanek, BlakeParker,Drew Smyly, Cliff Lee, Dallas Keuchel, Colin Poche JalenBeeks,RobertPerson,TimLollar Short hops:The No.3 Razorbacks arethe highest remaining national seed. Wehiwa Aloyisthe SECplayerofthe year.His first name means “prizedone”inHawaiian. He leads the team with20homersand is among seven Arkansas players withdouble-digit homers. EricOlsen,APsportswriter

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By BEN MCKEOWN

Arizona’sTommy Splaine, right, celebrates withEaston Breyfogle after scoring arun against NorthCarolina in their super regional game SaturdayinChapel Hill, N.C.

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HUNT

(1991,1993, 1996-97,2000,2009, 2023) 6— Texas(1949-50, 1975,1983, 2002, 2005)

5— Arizona State (1965, 1967, 1969, 1977, 1981) 4— Arizona (1976, 1980, 1986, 2012), Cal State Fullerton (1979, 1984, 1995,2004), Miami (Fla.) (1982, 1985, 1999, 2001)

3— Minnesota (1956, 1960, 1964), Oregon State (2006-07, 2018)

2— Vanderbilt (2014, 2019), SouthCarolina (2010-11), Stanford(1987-88), Oklahoma (1951, 1994), Michigan(1953, 1962)and California (1947, 1957) Pro basketball NBAFinals (Best-of-7;x-if necessary) Indiana 2, Oklahoma City 1 Thursday, June 5: Indiana 111, Oklahoma City 110 Sunday’s game: Okla.City123,Indiana107

SCOREBOARD

Taylor Pendrith, Canada 36-36—72 +2

Aaron Rai, England 36-36—72 +2

Xander Schauffele, USA37-35—72 +2

Jordan L. Smith, England36-36—72 +2

MattWallace, England 36-36—72 +2

Keegan Bradley,USA 37-36—73 +3

Bryson DeChambeau,USA 35-38—73 +3

Harris English, USA37-36—73 +3

Justin Hastings, Cayman Isds. 35-38—73 +3

TyrrellHatton, England36-37—73 +3

Mackenzie Hughes, Canada 38-35—73 +3

Stephan Jaeger, Germany39-34—73 +3

Chris Kirk,USA 41-32—73 +3

JacquesKruyswijk, S. Africa37-36—73 +3

PatrickReed USA34-39—73 +3

Scottie Scheffler, USA37-36—73 +3

Nick Taylor,Canada35-38—73 +3

Gary Woodland, USA32-41—73 +3

Byeong Hun An,South Korea39-35—74 +4

ZacBlair, USA37-37—74 +4

6, Milwaukee 2 Toronto 5, St. Louis2

5, Seattle2 L.A. Dodgers5,San Diego 2 N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 0 San Francisco 10,Colorado 7 Thursday’s games N.Y. Mets 4, Washington 3 Colorado 8. San Francisco7 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis0 Chicago Cubs 3, Pittsburgh 2 Friday’s games Pittsburgh (Skenes 4-6)atChicago Cubs (Horton 3-1), 1:20 p.m. Miami (Cabrera2-2) at Washington (Parker 4-6),5:45 p.m. Toronto (Gausman 5-4) at Philadelphia (Suárez 4-1),5:45 p.m. Cincinnati (Martinez 4-6) at Detroit (Montero2-1), 6:10 p.m. TampaBay (Bradley 4-5) at N.Y. Mets (Holmes 7-3),6:10p.m. Colorado (Márquez 2-8)atAtlanta (Elder 2-3),6:15 p.m. St. Louis (Fedde 3-5) at Milwaukee (Peralta 5-4),7:10 p.m. San Diego (Kolek 3-1)atArizona (Nelson 2-2),8:40 p.m. San Francisco (Webb 5-5)atL.A. Dodgers (Yamamoto 6-4), 9:10 p.m. Golf U.S. Open At Oakmont CountryClub; Oakmont, Pa Purse: $21.5million Yardage: 7,372; Par: 70 First round J.J. Spaun, USA35-31—66

Thriston Lawrence, S. Africa 35-32—67

Sungjae Im, South Korea36-32—68

Si WooKim, South Korea35-33—68

BrooksKoepka, USA33-35—68

Thomas Detry,Belgium

Ben Griffin, USA35-34—69

Rasmus N,-Petersen, Denmark32-37—69

JamesNicholas,USA 35-34—69

Jon Rahm, Spain 33-36—69

Bud Cauley,USA 34-36—70

Russell Henley,USA

Robert Macintyre, Scotland

DennyMcCarthy,USA

Ryan McCormick, USA34-36—70

Collin Morikawa, USA35-35—70

Adam Scott, Australia

Jordan Spieth, USA35-35—70

Cameron Young, USA35-35—70

Trevor Cone, USA36-35—71

Lanto Griffin, USA35-36—71

Emiliano Grillo, Argentina

Brian Harman, USA36-35—71

Rasmus Hojgaard, Denmark

Viktor Hovland,Norway

MarcLeishman, Australia

Carlos Ortiz, Mexico

Matthieu Pavon, France39-32—71

Victor Perez, France36-35—71

Adam Schenk, USA

Sam Stevens, USA38-33—71

KevinVelo, USA36-35—71

Jackson Buchanan, USA38-36—74 +4

Wyndham Clark, USA35-39—74 +4

Cameron Davis, Australia 38-36—74 +4

MattFitzpatrick, England37-37—74 +4

TommyFleetwood, England37-37—74 +4

Lucas Glover, USA35-39—74 +4

Matthew Jordan,England38-36—74 +4

Hideki Matsuyama, Japan36-38—74 +4

Rory McIlroy,Northern Ireland41-33—74 +4

Phil Mickelson, USA39-35—74 +4

Edoardo Molinari, Italy 41-33—74 +4

Zach Pollo, USA39-35—74 +4

J.T. Poston, USA39-35—74 +4

LanceSimpson,USA 35-39—74 +4

Jhonattan Vegas, Venezuela 38-36—74 +4

Chandler Blanchet, USA37-38—75 +5

Emilio Gonzalez, Mexico 38-37—75 +5

TomHoge, USA39-36—75 +5

Benjamin James, USA39-36—75 +5

Dustin Johnson, USA35-40—75 +5

Takumi Kanaya,Japan 38-37—75 +5

Michael Kim, USA37-38—75 +5

JinichiroKozuma, Japan38-37—75 +5

Michael La Sasso, USA36-39—75 +5

Guido Migliozzi, Italy 39-36—75 +5

Joaquin Niemann, Chile 37-38—75 +5

Alvaro Ortiz, Mexico 38-37—75 +5

Harrison Ott, USA37-38—75 +5

Trent Phillips, USA38-37—75 +5

Cameron Smith, Australia 37-38—75 +5

DavisThompson, USA35-40—75 +5

Erik VanRooyen, South Africa37-38—75 +5

Scott Vincent, Zimbabwe 37-38—75 +5

TylerWeaver, England38-37—75 +5

Jose Luis Ballester, Spain 41-35—76 +6

Philip Barbaree, USA38-38—76 +6

AkshayBhatia, USA38-38—76 +6

RichardBland, England38-38—76 +6

PatrickCantlay, USA36-40—76 +6

Eric Cole, USA41-35—76 +6

Jason Day, Australia 37-39—76 +6

Tony Finau, USA38-38—76 +6

Chris Gotterup, USA39-37—76 +6

Max Greyserman, USA38-38—76 +6

MarkHubbard, USA35-41—76 +6

John Keefer,USA 40-36—76 +6

Frederic Lacroix, France 38-38—76 +6

RileyLewis, USA37-39—76 +6

MaverickMcNealy,USA 39-37—76 +6

MaxwellMoldovan, USA38-38—76 +6

Niklas Nor. Moller, Denmark 40-36—76 +6

Andrew Novak, USA39-37—76 +6

Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 38-38—76 +6

Justin Thomas, USA39-37—76 +6

Austen Truslow, USA37-39—76 +6

Nick Dunlap, USA35-42—77 +7

JoeyHerrera,USA 41-36—77 +7

Mason Howell, USA40-37—77 +7

MinWoo Lee, Australia 39-38—77 +7

Justin Rose,England38-39—77 +7

ZacharyBauchou, USA38-40—78 +8 Will Chandler, USA40-38—78 +8

Nicolas Echavarria,Colombia39-39—78 +8

James Hahn, USA40-38—78 +8

RikiKawamoto, Japan37-41—78 +8

Bryan Lee, USA40-38—78 +8

DavisRiley, USA41-37—78 +8

Sepp Straka, Austria 39-39—78 +8

Preston Summerhays,USA 39-39—78 +8

Evan Beck, USA42-37—79 +9

Brian Campbell, USA41-38—79 +9

Doug Ghim, USA39-40—79 +9

Frankie Harris, USA41-38—79 +9 Joe Highsmith, USA40-39—79 +9 ChaseJohnson,USA 43-36—79 +9 Shane Lowry,Ireland40-39—79 +9 Yuta Sugiura, Japan42-37—79 +9 Alistair Docherty,USA

n Plenty of events surround PRIDEFEST in NewOrleans. Some of the highlights for this festive season includethe centerpiece event SaturdayatNorth Rampart Street and Elysian FieldsAvenue at 5p.m. Saturdayfeaturing Kerri Colby, live music, vendors and more. AndNew Orleans Black Pridecelebrates with COMMUNITY FESTIVAL Saturday from noon to 6p.m.atArmstrong Park north of theFrench Quarter Bridging the twoeventswill be the PRIDE PARADE at 6p.m The parade starts at Toulouse and North Rampartstreets and winds throughthe French Quarter neworleanspride.org.

n Eat, drinkand be merry —it’s NOWFE, the NewOrleans Wine and Food Experience that brings culinarians together for aweekend of celebrating gastronomic and vineous pleasures. From Friday’sTournamentofRosés at 7p.m. at Generations Hall to Saturday’sGrand Tasting at 3p.m. at the NewOrleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center to Sunday’s finale Burlesque, Bubbly &Brunchat11a.m. at the Omni RoyalOrleans, taste buds will be jumping for joy. nowfe.com.

n More than 10,000 fans are expected in the city for the POKÈMON NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS at the Convention Center Friday through Sunday In addition to the championshippoints available, there will be exclusivefan activities, aplaylab,anactivity zone and merchants with exclusive Pokémon goods. pokemon.com.

‘Venus’sculpture coming to Coliseum Square

BY DOUG MacCASH Staff writer

The late sculptor Randy Morrison considered “Venus Dreaming” to be his masterpiece. Her pose is unusual. The life-size, nude woman is held

aloft by her long, luxurious hair,which drapestothe earth beneath her head. The sculpture is meant to represent the Romangoddess of love, who has drifted away in sleep.

Laterthismonth,the glinting bronze sculpture will be

installed in New Orleans’ Coliseum Square Park, a tribute to the artist who was alongtime resident of the neighborhood. Morrison died of aheart attack in 2022 at 53. He is well-known to Carnival fans for his smooth, supple Styro-

foam carvings seen on pass-

ing floatsinthe Bacchus, Hermes, Pygmalion and other parades. If you recall an alluring human figure that seemed abit morelifelike and revealing than most, it was probably Morrison’s handywork.

Anative of Pittsburgh,

30 yearsafter

‘Deluxe,’businessisbooming forBetterThanEzra

BETTER THAN EVER

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

In1995, Elektra Records rolledout New Orleans alternativerock band BetterThan Ezra’s“Deluxe.” It sold more than amillion copies, making it one of the most successfulalbums ever by a Louisiana rock band Over the ensuing 30 years, the members of Better Than Ezra endured all mannerofrock ’n’roll drama, spanningdrugs,divorce, multiple drum-

BYJON BREAM The Minnesota Star Tribune (TNS) MINNEAPOLIS ABroadway musical of “Purple Rain” apparently isn’tenough to introduce Prince to new generations. Get ready for ajukebox musical movie.

mers, lawsuitsand lost record deals.

Thebandnot only survived butis thriving.

“We’re having more fun playing musicnow than we’veeverhad,” guitarist/vocalistKevin Griffin saidrecently.“The crowds andthe guarantees are better than we’ve ever had.”

During the2025 New Orleans Jazz &HeritageFestival, Better Than Ezra sold out the 2,200-capacity Fillmore for acelebration of the 30thanniversary of “Deluxe.”Days later,the band played to thousands of fans at the Fair Grounds’ Gentilly Stage.

ComeJanuary,Ezra will sail aboard The 90s Cruise. Departing from Tampa, Florida, they’ll ride the waves of ’90s nostalgia alongside TLC, Sugar Ray,EnVogue,Tonic,SmashMouth and other MTV-era favorites.

“Better Than Ezra is agreat example of perseverance,” said Griffin, 56. “It took us seven years to get signed (to arecord deal). Nothing ever fell into our laps. We were the quintessential‘getinthe van, playfor $50 and pizza, sleep on floors.’ We worked

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Park in Chanhassen. Also in the pipeline area Princeimmersive exhibit, a boxedset of 1985’s “Around theWorldina Day,” andvinyl releases of the CD-only “Hit and Run” (both Phase One and Phase Two, his final releases in 2015 before he died the following year). Furthermore, the estate is working on adocumentary to replace the controversial ninehour authorized Netflix series by Oscar-winningdirector Ezra Edelman that the estate quashed. “I say cryptic things,” the oft-criticizedMcMillantoldthe audienceofnearly600. “Doyou really want to know why we stopped Netflix? Youwill not disrespect Princeonmywatch.” Dissing the doc fornot discussing Prince’screative

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The late Randy Morrison’s life-size sculpture ‘Venus Dreaming’

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PROVIDED

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Safe andsound

Dear Heloise: Youpublished a letter from John M., aka Uncle Johnny,who asked: “Why do food companies make it so hard to take the seal off of food jars?”

Obviously he doesn’t remember back in 1982 when seven peopleinthe Chicago areadied after ingesting capsules laced with cyanide. This led to anationwide panic and a massive recall of 31 million bottles of the painkiller.The murders triggeredsignificant changes in the way over-thecounter medications were packaged, withthe introduction of tamper-resistant packaging Personally Iamgrateful for the seals and the sense of security that they give —Sandy,in Ventura, California

By The Associated Press

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hard, but we never quit

Hints from Heloise

Sandy,Iremember that time too well. The manufacturing of medication changed for the better to prevent tampering. However,for people with arthritis or other issues with their hands, it became anightmare. If your medication is fromadoctor,you can request aneasy-to-open bottle or vial. If it’s amedication thatdoes not require aprescription from adoctor,you can always have someone open the bottlefor you andtransferthe medication to another easy-to-open container If youopt foreither method, be sure to keep yourmedicines coveredinacool, dry place and outofchildren’s reach. —Heloise Email heloise@heloise.com.

TODAYINHISTORY

Today is Friday,June 13, the 164th day of 2025. There are 201 days left in the year

Todayinhistory:

On June 13, 1971, The New York Times began publishing excerpts of the Pentagon Papers, atop-secret study of America’s involvement in Vietnam since 1945, that had been leaked to the paper by military analystDaniel Ellsberg.

Also on this date:

In 1942, during World WarII, afour-man Nazi sabotageteam arrived by submarine on Long Island, New York, three days beforea second four-manteam landed in Florida. (All eight men were arrested within weeks, after two membersofthe first group defected.)

In 1966, the Supreme Court ruled in Miranda v. Arizona that criminal suspects had to beinformed of their constitutional rights to remain silent and consult with an attorney

In 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall to become the first non-Whitejusticeonthe U.S. Supreme Court

In 1983, the U.S. space probe Pioneer 10, launched in 1972, became the first spacecraft to leave the solar system as it crossed the orbit of Neptune.

In 2000, the first meetingbetween leaders of North Korea

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process and instead fillingitwith disparaging comments from formeremployees and lovers, McMillan acknowledged that “Prince needs controversy but it’sgotta be truthful.”

There was alot of controversy during Saturday’s90-minute panel, which was part announcements, part Q&A and part focus group (fans apparently don’twant Prince TikTok videos).

The panelists were McMillan, Charles Spicer and Prince’s nephew Johnny Nelson of Prince Legacy LLC,and Zach Hochkeppel, amarketing vice president from Sony Music which ownsthe distribution rights to about half of Prince’scatalog Hochkeppel, who also works with the catalogs of Bob Dylan and Miles Davis, saidPrince has way more unreleased material than any artist and that his estate is less “dictatorial” than others he’sdealt with.

Only 45% of the material in Prince’svault has been archived and digitized, McMillan said Spicer added that it’s necessary and time consuming to convert music and video from old formats like 8-track, cassettes and videotape to modern technology.

There have been fewer posthumous musical releases —three albums and four boxed sets partly because, McMillan said, the appropriate video footage to accompany them has been unavailable since Netflix had first access to them. That arrangement ended last year Meanwhile, the estate is working on its own documentarywith “an Academy award-winning director” whomMcMillan would notname yet. But he said it’sneither Spike Lee nor Coogler The stars of the “Purple Rain” musical, which opens in October in Minneapolis, have yet to beannounced.

McMillansaidthe show has gone through two drafts, withthe second onebeingexperimental and the creativeshewing more

“You’ll have moments where maybe you’re not as hot,orpeople aren’tcoming to the shows like they were. Youstick around and suddenly it’sback.We’reinthis era now of ’90s love.

“So manyofour fans are in their 40s, or maybe they’re empty nesters, andthey’re coming to the shows andbringing theirkids. I still haven’tseen three generations yet.But it’s coming.”

Born at LSU

Better Than Ezra formed on the LSU campus in March 1988. The band slogged it out in college bars and self-released acassette called “Surprise.”

Following the1990suicide of guitarist Joel Rundell, the remaining trio —Griffin, bassist TomDrummond anddrummerCaryBonnecaze —wroteafresh batch of songs.

Stagein2025.

and South Korea since the Korean Warbegan as South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung met North Korean leader Kim JongIl in Pyongyang. In 2013, theWhite House said it hadconclusiveevidence that SyrianPresident Bashar Assad’s government had used chemical weaponsagainstopposition forces seekingtooverthrow him. In 2022,the committee investigating the Jan. 6attack on the U.S.Capitolwas toldthat Donald Trump’sclosest campaign advisers, top government officials and even hisfamily were dismantling his false claims of2020 election fraud ahead of theinsurrection, but the defeatedpresident was becoming “detachedfrom reality” and clinging to outlandish theoriestostay in power Today’sbirthdays: Actor Malcolm McDowell is 82. Former U.N. Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon is 81. Actor StellanSkarsgård is 74. Actor Richard Thomas is 74. Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Weaver is 74. Actor-comedian TimAllen is 71.

Actor Ally Sheedy is 63. SportscasterHannah Stormis63. Musician RiversCuomo (Weezer) is 55. Actor-comedian Steve-O is 51.

Actor EthanEmbry is 47. Actor Chris Evans is 44. Actor Kat Dennings is 39. Fashiondesigners and formeractorsAshleyOlsen and Mary-KateOlsen are 38. Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnsonis35.

Actor Kodi Smit-McPhee is 29.

toward theoriginal concept as an adaptation of the movie. Rehearsals for the musicalproduced by OrinWolf areexpected to start in August at the State Theatre in Minneapolis.

After panelmoderator Reg ChapmanofWCCOTVasked several questions,fansgot theirturn

Calling herselfthe youngest fan at Prince Celebration, 22-yearold Nina Massenberg of St. Louis asked why not let Prince’smusic be sampled by hip-hop artists in order to introduce him to Gen Z.

McMillanresponded with astory about Prince listening to aheavily sampledNotorious B.I.G. song andrespondingthat he’d already heard the original of thesample and whynot play instruments?

McMillanwelcomed the faceto-face interaction withfams, as Prince preferred to call them.

“I’d rather there be boisterous fans, than not,” McMillan told the audience, which canbemore vociferousonsocial mediathanin person. “I’lltakethe blows.”

McMillan and the estate expressed interest in tapping this community of fans as partners to help withtheirexpertise in variousareas andtobecome global ambassadors for Prince.

Fans cherishedthe dialogue.

“It’simportant that they commented on the complexities aroundreleasingstuff,” said Rob Staples, of London, who runs the Purple Stream Facebook page.“It was an honest and brave statement.”

Sisters Ellece McKinleyand Elleatrice Thompson, who have attended allthe previous posthumous Celebrations, were encouraged

“I heardfromLondell; Iappreciate that,” said McKinley,of Bloomfield Hills, Mich

“It’sagood start getting fans involved,” said Thompson, of New York City

After the panel, McMillan told the Minnesota Star Tribune that thediscussionwas “surprisingly superb and appreciated.”He pointed out that next year is the 10thanniversary of Prince’spassing.

“We’ll do bigthings,” he promised.

The lyrics are “a tourofmyeducation, of being an English major at Louisiana State University,” Griffin said. “The Killer Inside,” for example, was inspired by Jim Thompson’s 1952 novel “The Killer Inside Me.”

They recorded what became “Deluxe” in theLos Angeles apartmentofproducer/engineer Dan Rothchild, whose father,Paul Rothchild, produced albums for The Doors and Janis Joplin. They used half-inchanalog tape and only 16 individual audio tracks.

“That’salmost hobbyist-level quality,” Griffinsaid. “But (Rothchild) was so gifted that it just has avibe.”

They bought red velvet fabric in the garment district of East L.A. for the album’scover art, hoping it looked “deluxe.”

The total cost to create “Deluxe” and print 2,000 CDs?Approximately $8,200.

They initially released “Deluxe” in 1993 viatheir own Swell Records. After it started selling, majorlabel Elektra Records signed thebandand rereleased “Deluxe” in 1995. The first single, “Good,” was built on four guitar chords: G-major,Dmajor,E-minor and, at theend of thechord progression, Cmajor seventh, which, says Griffin, “was how you madeita ’90s rock song.”

Theformula worked.“Good” exploded at modern rock radio, propelling “Deluxe”toplatinum status.

“There’salot of love for those songs,” Griffin said of the album’s enduringappeal. “There’ssomethingabout that collection of songs that’sspecial.”

Taylor Swiftafan

Following the “Deluxe”tour, Bonnecaze departed acrimoniously and sued his former bandmates. The casewas settled on theeve of trial.

With new drummer Travis McNabb,Better Than Erza recorded its secondalbum at DanielLanois’ famed French Quarter studio, Kingsway.They spent $500,000 making “Friction, Baby.” It sold barely half as many copies as “Deluxe.”

“It just goes to show,” Griffin said, that “it’snot themoney you put into it. It’sabout the spirit of the songs, the performance, the moment.”

After McNabb left to join country-pop hitmakers Sugarland, Ezra enlisted Michael Jerome Moore, a powerhouse drummer known for his work withJames Hall’sPleasure Club.

No subsequent album soldlike “Deluxe,”but Ezra songsstill turned up in popular culture. “Juicy”was used in commercials for thesecond season of the hit TV series “DesperateHousewives.”

Taylor Swift covered two songs from the band’s2005 album “Before theRobots,” “Our LastNight” and “Breathless.” She showcased

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Morrison was aRenaissance man. He studiedphysics at the University of Southern California before settlinginNew Orleans, where he took ajob with Kern Studios, New Orleans’ premier float builders

Morrison wasa fixture in theColiseum Square neighborhood. He usually wore black, kept late hours and lived on the top floor of the VictorianSt. Vincent Infant Asylum building, where he sculpted, conducted physics experiments and tinkered withinventions.

Krewe of Pygmalion co-captain Jack J. Rizzuto describedMorrison as aself-driven perfectionist.

“He would sculpt,and re-sculpt, and re-sculpt until he wasfinally satisfied. He would laboriously position asculpture on afloat,then take it down andtry it anotherway,

“Breathless” during Hope For Haiti Now,aJanuary 2010 charity telethon for earthquake victims.

“When you’re aband, you want people to like your later albums, notjustthe biggest album,” Griffin said. “The fact thatshe knew (‘Beforethe Robots’) wassuper flattering.

“‘Breathless’ is track 12 —it’s the last song. It was the newest song that we recorded for that album. Often, when asongmakes it under the wire, it gets put at the end(of the album)because you just don’tknowhow good it is.It getsburied. She found it.”

In February 2010, Better Than Ezra performed at the Saints’ postgame Super Bowl party in Miami, theresult of themusicians’ longstanding friendship withgeneral manager Mickey Loomis and nowformer coach Sean Payton.

“Wegot to ride on the team bus from the hotel to thestadium,” Griffin recalled. “In that bus was James Carville,the archbishop of New Orleans and KimKardashian andher mom, because Kim was dating (Saints running back) Reggie Bush.

“Now,itsounds like ajoke.”

ANashvillePilgrimage

Griffin sold his NewOrleans house after Hurricane Katrina and settled in Los Angeles. He now lives in Franklin, Tennessee, just outsideNashville.

He excels at creating his ownopportunities.One reason he moved to theNashville area wastodevelop his lucrative sideline as asongwriter for other artists.

His credits include Howie Day’s 2004 hit “Collide.” “Collide” first took shapeatBTE’sformer Lower Garden Districtrecording studio, which is now owned by Trombone Shorty.

Griffin also co-wrote Sugarland’s 2010 smash“StuckLikeGlue,” among the mostdownloaded countrysongs of all time.

The day after Thanksgiving 2013, he went jogging in The Park at Harlinsdale in Franklin. Gazing around, he thought, “This is the mostbeautiful site for afestival I’ve ever seen.”

In 2015,heand two associates co-founded the Pilgrimage Music &Cultural Festival. The 2025 Pilgrimage FestisSept. 27-28 and featuresJohn Mayer,Kings of Leon, Turnpike Troubadours, Young the Giant, Father John Misty and Sam Fender

“What Jazz Fest taught us is you can have something that’sfamilyfriendlyand super-cool, relevant and authentic musically,” Griffin said. “That was the DNA.Wewere unabashed in saying, ‘Wegot that idea from Jazz Fest.’ Initially,hedidn’t book Better Than Ezra at Pilgrimage.

“I didn’twant to give anybody anyammunition like,‘Thatguy from Better Than Ezra started a festival, and guess who’splaying?’

sometimes four times,” Rizzutorecalled in a2022 interview.“Morrison had aspecial wayofgluing together thebig foam blocks before he started carving, using aspecial glue that he mixed up in special popcorn cups …and only popcorn cups. That’show he was.” In theyears before his death, Morrison completed the clay version of “Venus Dreaming” in his apartmentand createda fiberglass mold to begin the process of casting the statue in metal. But he never completed theproject. Robyn Gilliam, amember of the Lower Garden Districtneighborhood association, said thatwhen Morrison died, his family and friends discovered the “Venus Dreaming” mold andset outto complete the artist’svision.

Themold was shipped off to a foundry in Oakland, California, where it was cast in bronze, Gilliam said. The project cost roughly $27,000, which was paid for with

“After year one, Ihad musicians and other people say,‘Why aren’t you playing your own festival? That’sstupid.’ So now it is shameless self-promotion.”

‘Well, that happened’

Griffin went throughamessy divorce from his first wife; substanceabusewas afactor.Sober for morethan 10 years now,he married Gibson Guitar Brands executive Erica Krusen in 2022. People magazine covered the couple’sdual ceremonies. The first wasinPositano, atown on Italy’sscenic Amalfi Coast; actor Jonathan Silvermanofficiated Twoweeks later,Griffin and Krusenexchangedvows againata legally binding ceremonyinSeaside, Florida.

Other relationships have also stabilized. James Arthur Payne Jr., whohad contributed guitars, keyboards and backing vocals to Better Than Ezra as an auxiliary musiciansince 1996, is nowanofficial band member

Taking apage from the Taylor Swift playbook, the band rerecorded manyofits old songs so thatthe musicians, rather than arecord company,own the master recordings.Thatpays off every timeaBTE song is licensed for a movie, TV show or commercial; Griffin says he fields suchinquiries at least once aweek.

“The master, the actualphysicalrecording,isthe most lucrative thing forbands,”hesaid. “Rerecording is asmart endeavor.” They’re still making new music too. In 2024, BTE released “Super Magjck,” the band’sfirst album of newmaterialinmorethana decade.

The path to the present was sometimesdifficult,but Drummond, Moore, Payne andGriffin are in agood place.

As Griffin putsit, “You start in life saying, ‘That’ll never happen to me.’ And then something happens and you’re like, ‘Well, that happened.’

“Hopefully,over those years, youget some self-awareness and wanttobetter yourself.Better ThanEzra hasbeen this vehicle with agroup of friends that I’ve gottentoexperiencesomanyof life’sups and downs and twists and turns” with.

He doesn’ttake his current good fortune forgranted.

“When I’m on that stage, Ialways have amomentlike,‘Iget to do this thing that Ifirst wanted to do when Iheard Elton John and Kiss so many years ago and picked up my dad’sclassical guitarand learned how to play it.

“I’m 56 years old and I(still) get to do that and sell out the Fillmore? It’sa blessing, man.It’sthe best job ever.And we show no signs of stopping.”

Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

contributions to aGoFundMe campaign.

The sculpture is now in the care of an art installer,awaiting installation. Morrison’ssister Stacey said she’sbeen “deeplymoved by the level of commitment to the project” by people whocare about her brother’slegacy.“It’s been agroup effort,” she said.

“Inthis world, there aren’tmany people as authentic as him,” Stacey Morrison said. “Thisproject has kept him alive in our hearts.” With permission of the city,“VenusDreaming” will be locatedat the southernmost part of Coliseum Square Park near Morrison’s formerhome, Gilliam said. It will rest on a4-foot-tall concrete plinth that’s already been erected in the park. An unveiling ceremonyand party will take place on June 21 at 7p.m.and followed by areception. Email Doug MacCashat dmaccash@theadvocate.com.

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Lead vocalistKevin Griffin, of NewOrleans-basedBetter Than Ezra, performs on JazzFest’sGentilly

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) A shift in how you handle financial and medical affairs is necessary. Get out into the mainstream and discover what's meaningful to the masses. Knowing what's necessary and what's fruitless will save you time.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) First and foremost, be honest with yourself. Keep your situation in perspective. Refuse to let laziness or self-pity set in when your creativity, charm and confidence will carry much more weight.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) Do you want to bulldoze your way forward or gain

support incrementally? Think big, but fine-tune your game plan to fit your budget, time and skills. Make sure you have adequate support lined up.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Uncertainty will hold you back. Approach someone who can offer a financial perspective regarding your plans, and you'll gain insight into how much your plans might cost. Time is on your side.

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InstructIons: sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle based on a9x9 gridwith severalgiven numbers Theobjectistoplace the numbers1 to 9inthe empty squares so that each row,each column andeach 3x3 box contains the samenumber onlyonce. The difficulty level of the sudoku increases from monday to sunday.

Yesterday’sPuzzle Answer

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BLondie

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Bridge

BY PHILLIP ALDER

Ludwig Mies van derRohe was an architect who worked first in Germany, thenintheUnitedStates.Hesaid,“Architecturestartswhenyoucarefullyputtwo bricks together.” One guesses that plans might have beendrawnfirst.However,abridgecontractwillhavemorechanceofsuccessif declarerhastwowaystogethomeandis able to try them both —asinthis deal.

South is in six spades. West leadsthe club queen: four, eight (encouraging, showing the king), ace. What aredeclarer’s two primary chances to bring home 12 tricks?

South has two potentiallosers: one diamond and one club. He startswith only 11 top tricks: sevenspades, one heart, two diamonds and one club. A12th winner can be established if either the diamondfinesseisworkingortheheartsare dividing 4-3.

Sincethe finesse, if it loses, would be instantlyfatal(thedefenderswouldcash aclub trick), it should be triedsecond if it is needed.

Declarer must play on hearts immediately. He cashes his heart ace, leads amiddle spade to dummy’s10(happy to see both opponents follow suit), ruffs ahearthigh, plays amiddle spadeto dummy’s jack, and ruffs another heart high. When the suit breaks4-3, South leadsthe spade three to dummy’s four, ruffs another heart, plays adiamond to theace,anddiscardsadiamondoraclub on the heart jack. If hearts break 5-2 or 6-1, South would draw trumps and run trumps, planning to rely on thediamondfinesse (but also havingared-suitshow-upsqueezeifEast has the long hearts).

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tODAY’s WORD unDERcut: UN-der-kut:Tocut away the underpart.

Average mark 27 words

Time limit 45 minutes

Can you find 37 or more words in UNDERCUT?

YEstERDAY’s WORD —REVIVAL

marmaduKe

Bizarro

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InstructIons: 1 -Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1thorugh 4(easy) or 1through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 -The numbers within the heavily outlinedboxes called cages must combine using the given operation(in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners 3 -Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

HErEisaplEasanT liTTlEgamE that will give you amessageevery day.it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell outyourfortune.Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6ormore, subtract4.ifthe numberislessthan 6, add 3. Theresult is your key number. start at the upperleft-hand corner and check each of yourkey numbers,left to right. Thenreadthe message the checked figures give you

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:852-823

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY AMERI‐CAS, AS TRUSTEEFOR RESIDENTIAL ASSETMORT‐GAGE PROD‐UCTS,INC MORTGAGEBACKED

PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2005-SL2 VS JUAN R. ESCO‐BAR(A/K/A JUAN ESCOBAR)

ANDGIULIA AR‐RILLAGAESCO‐BAR (A/K/A GIULIA

ARRILLAGA, GIU‐LIA ESCOBAR)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 15, 2024, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF GROUND SITU‐ATED IN THE PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PART THEREOF KNOWNAS LAKE TIMBER‐LANE ESTATES, RESUBDIVISION APPROVED BY ORDINANCENO. 14581, RECORDED IN COB996, FOLIO 813, JAN‐UARY,1981. ALL ASMOREFULLY SHOWNON PLAN OF RESUBDIVI‐SION PREPARED BY J. J. KREBS ANDSONS, INC.

DATED SEPTEMBER19, 1980.LOT 75, SQUARE 4, SEC‐TION 1IS BOUNDEDBY LAKE DESALLE‐MANDSDRIVE LAKE PALOURDE DRIVE, LAKE SU‐PERIOR DRIVE AND LAKE PLACID DRIVE.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

EMILYE HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans

Advocate:

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may9-jun 13-2t $82.83

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:855-793

DALE GUIDRY VS DAVIDVOLION

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 18, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

a. Themobile home locatedat 5117 2ndSt., Lafitte,LA 70067, identified as a2007 Cappaert 3281, VIN CHVM0307276248 which is subject to alienheldby Small Business Ad‐ministrator, 14925 Kingsport Road,Fort Worth, TX 86155 Notice of seizure shallbe provided to the lienholder in ac‐cordance with La.R.S.13:3886.

b) TheJudg‐ment Debtor's interestsinthe properties lo‐catedat5121 2ndSt.,Lafitte, LA 70067, and5134 NunezSt. Lafitte,LA 70067, including anyimprove‐mentsthereon, which were ac‐quired through donation and succession

I. 5121Second Street,Lafitte, LA 70067

Camp site and wood frame building,5121 Second Street, Lafitte, Louisiana

Beingthe same interest in the same property originally ac‐quired by For‐rest Slawson from Norman J. Duet and JuanitaDuet Bennet by Actof Sale datedJune 1, 1990; subsequently transferredby ForrestSlawson untoTracy Lee LaBella by Quit‐claimDeed datedOctober 30, 2003;subse‐quentlytrans‐ferred by Tracy LeeLaBella unto John P. LaBella by Quit‐claimDeed datedMarch 21, 2007; andsub‐sequentlytrans‐ferred by John PeterLaBella untoDavid Vo‐lion by Bill of Sale dated Oc‐tober27, 2010.

II. 5117 Second Street,Lafitte, LA 70067

No formal legal description ex‐ists

III. 5134 Nunez Street,Lafitte, LA 70067

of Lafitte in the Jefferson Drainage Dis‐trictNo. 3, allin accordance with aplanof survey by Ho‐tard andWebb, CivilEngineers, datedJuly26, 1950, attached to an actexe‐cutedbeforeW J.white Notary,dated August 17, 1950, beinganact of sale by John W. Dufrene to John A. Rogers,on file in theoffice of theClerk of Courtof the Parish of Jeffer‐son, said piece or portionof ground is desig‐natedasLot No 4 andpartofLot No.5,which ad‐join each otherand mea‐sure as follows:

LotNo. 4mea‐suresfortysevenand 66/100 feet (47.66’)front on NunezStreet thesame width in the rear by adepth of onehundred andten feet (110’)between equaland parallel lines. The portionof LotNo. 5herein conveyed mea‐surestwenty twoand 34/100 feet (22.34’) frontonNunez Street,the same width in the rear, by adepth of onehundred andten feet (110’)between equaland paral‐lellines

Theentiremea‐surementsof theproperty herein conveyed areasfollows: Seventyfeet (70’)front on Nunez Street constituting 47.66 feet of Original LotNo. 4and 22.34 feet of Original LotNo. 5nextadjoining thesamewidth in therearby a depth of one hundred andten feet (110’)between equaland paral‐lellines

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price isdue at the time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with Bank Letter ofCredit.

AUSTIN J. HIGHT Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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tled cause datedJanuary 23, 2020, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in AirlinePark NorthSubdivi‐sion,being a portionofElm‐wood and LaFreniere Plan‐tations, allas perPlanofsaid Subdivision made by H. E. Landry.C.E datedSeptem‐ber1,1954, and revisedOctober 20, 1954, and which said Plan of Subdivisionwas approved by the Police Jury for theParishof Jeffersonunder OrdinanceNo. 2535, recorded in COB366, Folio 627, andasper Plan of Subdivi‐sion made by H. E. Landry Sr.C.E , datedOctober 28, 1954, ap‐proved by the Police Jury for theParishof Jeffersonunder OrdinanceNo. 2592, registered in 369, Folio450, and which said property is more particu‐larlydescribed as Lot13of Square 219.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Louisiana in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber10, 2021, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, and anyofthe rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages andprescrip‐tionsthereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as PLANTATION ESTATES, in accordance with theplanof resubdivisionby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., Engi‐neers, Planners &Sur‐veyors,dated December 27, 1989, approved by theJefferson Parish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 17933, adopted March7,1990, registered under EntryNo. 9013951 in COB 2312, folio 159 of theConveyance Recordsofthe Parish of Jeffer‐son, andaccording to said plan said lotisdesig‐natedasLOT NO.24of SQUARE 16, bounded by Gainswood DriveWest, Oak AlleyBoulevard, Rienzi Drive, Bri‐arfieldDrive, Gainswood DriveEast, Par‐langeDrive and Parcel W-2-A-2A, Bell Planta‐tion,and accordingto said plan,said Lot24forms the corner of Gainswood DriveEastand Parlange Drive, andmeasures 60 feet fronton Gainswood DriveEast, 31.42 feet frontat theintersection of Gainswood DriveEastand Parlange Drive, by adepth and fronton Parlange Drive of 100 feet,with width in the rear of 80 feet anda depth on thesideline adjoiningLot 23 of 120 feet

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

LOUISIANA NO:863-246

STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS COURTNEY R. COLE

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 2, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Chateau EstatesNorth, Section1,being aresubdivisIon of Parcel 7, ChateauEs‐tates, locatedin aportion of Sec‐tion 37, Town‐ship 12 South, Range9 East,S E. District of Louisiana, all in accordance with asurvey thereofbyJ.J Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated March29, 1972, approved by the City of Kenner under Ordi‐nanceNo. 1390, adopted 3/27/1972, registered in COB758, folio 255 under Entry No.553134, Jef‐ferson Parish Louisiana, andaccording to said survey, revised 12/7/1972, to complete lotdi‐mensions said lotis designated as follows: LOT5 OF SQUARE 10, bounded by TavelDrive, ChateauBoule‐vard,St. Julien Drive, andMontrachet Drive, Lot5 commences at a distance of 240 feet from thein‐tersection

tersection of Taveland Montrachet Dri‐vesand mea‐suresthence60 feet fronton TavelDrive same widthinthe rear,, by adepth of 110 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

MEYER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May9,2025, June 13, 2025 may9-jun 13-2t $97.65

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-293 NEWREZ LLC

D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS MATTHEW SCAFIDEL A/K/A MATTHEW B. SCAFIDEL A/K/A MATTHEW BEN‐JAMIN SCAFIDEL By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 3, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings d i

the buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,servitude appurtenances andadvantages thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in the Town of West‐wego, forming part of the WHITEHOUSE SUBDIVISION, as shownon a plan of said subdivisionby Hotard and Webb, CivilEn‐gineers, dated May 3, 1941, andre‐visedJuly9, 1943; acopyof which is an‐nexedtoanact before Ernest M. Conzelmann, N.P.,dated July 30, 1943; accord‐ingtosaidplan, thesaidportion of ground is desig‐natedasLOT NO.13, in SQUARE NO.35 of said subdivi‐sion,which is bounded by Av‐enuesB andC andEighthand NinthStreets, Lot13lying at a distance of onehundred ninety-two feet (192')fromthe corner of Av‐enue Band NinthStreet and measuring thence thirtytwo(32')feet frontonAvenue Bbya depthof onehundred twenty-five and eighty-one hun‐dredthsfeet (125.81) be‐tween equal andparallel lines. All in accordance with asurvey made by Gilbert &Kelly,Survey‐ors, datedAu‐gust 13, 1959, acopyofwhich is annexed to an actbefore Mosemann R. Simoneau,N.P dated August 24, 1959, which shows thehereinabove describedprop‐erty as having thesame location,situa‐tion,designa‐tions, bound‐ariesand mea‐surementsas hereinaboveset forth. Allas more fully shownona sur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,Sur‐veying & Engineering, datedMay 2, 1996. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 945 Av‐enue B, West‐wego, Louisiana 70094.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price i d h

purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

BRIGHAMJ LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May9,2025, June 13, 2025 may9-jun 13-2t $114.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:857-679 FLAGSTAR BANK,N.A VS JAC'QUEL ROCHE' WILLIAMS A/K/A JAC'QUEL R. WILLIAMS A/K/A JAC'QUEL WILLIAMS By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedSeptem‐ber23, 2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That portionof ground,situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as Woodmere Subdivision, Section3,all as perplanofre‐subdivision made by J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E dated May5,1975, ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Council on June 12, 1975 under Ordi‐nanceNo. 112054, and recorded in COB 839, folio 589, andper Actof Dedication be‐fore Bernhardt C. Heebe, No‐t P bli

2022-2026Consolidated Plan -Draft 2025 Annual Action Plan City of New Orleans Office of Housing Policy and Community Development As required by the U.S. Department of Housing&UrbanDevelopment (HUD) theCityofNew Orleans is preparing the2025AnnualAction Plan(AAP) for theuse of federal funds. Prior to submission,

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, pre‐scriptions, servitudes advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in theParish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as DUFRENE SUBDIVISION andformerly part of original Lots 842and 843 of Lafitte in the ff

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:803-098

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A.,AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST VS BRYANARENA, SR.A/K/A BRYANR.ARENA ANDKATHLEEN PIAZZA ARENA By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, d t d J

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:823-259

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,ASINDEN‐TURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORT‐GAGE INVEST‐MENT TRUST 2007-SD1 VS GLORIA CASIDE A/K/AGLORIA ISOLINACASIDE A/K/AGLORIAI CASIDE By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the

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

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$1,244.64

C Heebe No tary Public, datedJuly21, 1975, recorded in COB840, folio 303, said lotis describedas follows, to-wit:

Lot1028, Square EE,which square is bounded by Deerlick Lane, Post Drive (side) East Boundary of subdivision andPatricia Lane,and ac‐cordingto above, said lot commences at a distance of 65 feet fromthe corner of Patri‐ciaLaneand Deerlick Lane, andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonDeer‐lick Lane,the same in width in therear, and by adepth of 100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines; allas notedonprint of survey made by J. J. Krebs& Sons, C.E. &S., dated August 9, 1976 resurveyed Oc‐tober15, 1976 to show improvements andresurveyed December 29, 1978 by Sterling Mandle, Land Surveyor

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May9,2025, June 13, 2025

may9-jun 13-2t $96.59

anywise apper taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part knownas Floral AcresSubdivi‐sion Addition No.1, formerly desig‐natedasa por‐tion ofAreaH Live OakPlanta‐tion,inaccor‐dancewith survey by Adloe Orr, Jr., &Asso‐ciates,C.E datedAugust 12, 1963,being resubdivided by that plan of resubdivisionby AdloeOrr,Jr.,& Associates,C.E datedOctober 9, 1963, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under ordinance no.6566 adoptedApril 9, 1964, recorded in COB 590, folio 940, andasrevised by plan of re‐subdivisionby Don A. Garland, C.E., datedJanuary 22, 1982, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilon February 17 1982, under emergencyordi‐nanceno. 15060 recorded under entryno. 1005497 in COB 1021, folio 405, in conjunction with ordinance no.15088ap‐proved by theJefferson Parish Council on March17, 1982, recorded under entryno. 1007502 in COB1022 folio 434; beingfur‐ther resubdi‐videdbyplanof Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants, Inc.,dated De‐cember 14, 2001, revisedMarch 15, 2002, ap‐proved by JeffersonParish Councilunder ordinanceno. 21576 adopted May22, 2002 filedin COB3077,folio 491. Beingfur‐ther resubdi‐videdbyplanof Krebs, LaSalle, LeMieux Consultants, Inc.,dated June 21, 2002, ap‐proved by Jef‐ferson Parish Councilunder ordinanceno. 21671 adopted October9,2002, filedinCOB 3085, folio 918, andmore particularly de‐scribedasfol‐lows:

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May 9, 2025, June 13,2025

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-694

BANKPLUS VERSUS NOLA WINE CRE‐ATIONS LLC

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, ParishofJeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, dated February 10, 2025, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

**TOBESOLD SEPARATELY**

A/K/ADERRICK MARTIN By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber13, 2024,I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat publicauction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233Westbank Expressway Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025at10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

Lot2G, Square 13, Floral Acres SubdivisionAd‐dition No.1 is bounded by Primrose Lane,Dandelion Drive, Jasmine Lane (side) and Azalea Drive (side) andmea‐sures50 feet fronton Primrose Lane, hasthe same width in the rear by adepth of 100feet between equal andparallel lines. Allinac‐cordance with survey by John‐sonProfes‐sional Land Surveyors, Inc.,dated Sep‐tember 19, 2003, resurveyed No‐vember 4, 2003, to locate forms, resurveyed No‐vember 13, 2003, to locate slab resurveyed Feb‐ruary8 2004, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoact registered in COB3120, page 297.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

MARK C. LANDRY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$190.29

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:855-657

U.S. BANK TRUSTNA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEEOF IGLOOSERIESV TRUST VS STEVEN D. SMITH

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

Certified Check MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May9,2025, June 13, 2025

may9-jun13-2t $80

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-319 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS SABRIA MARIE NETTER-GOLD‐STON A/K/A SABRIA MARIE NETTER WALKER GOLDSTON AND CHARLESGOLD‐STON

dated June 5 1986; subjectto restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty.

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 1836 HamptonDrive, Harvey Louisiana70058.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale

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

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

said plan,saidLOT Eleven (11)

measures forty (40’)feet from on Barataria HighwaybyTwo Hundredfeet in depth, between equaland paral‐lellines,said plot (15) being bounded by BaratariaHigh‐way, BruceEs‐tate Line,Or‐leansRoadway andThomas SharpLine. The foregoing de‐scriptionisin accordance with printsur‐veybyAlvin Ho‐tard,C.E.dated October31, 1968. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear Municipal No.7917 BaratariaBlvd., Marrero, LA 70072

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

TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐i i i d

dated August 13, 1925, C.O.B. 69, folio 584, which street rightofway wasset aside and abandonedby ordinanceNo. 2718 of thePo‐lice Jury of the Parish of Jeffer‐son, adopted on April12, 1955 andregistered in C.O.B. 386, folio 624, Jeffer‐son Parish, Louisiana. and Acertain strip of ground,to‐gether with all of thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as GARDERESUB‐DIVISION.Said portionof ground is part of astrip of ground origi‐nally measuring50 feet wide ex‐tendingfrom Gardereaddi‐tion to Southern CottonOil Co reserved as a street in asale to R. W. May‐ronne datedAu‐gust 13, 1925, registered in C.O.B. 69, folio 584. Said stripof ground com‐mences 124.75 feet northofthe intersection of Chalmette Av‐enue andEighth Street (formerly Eleventh Street) and measures 25 feet fronton Chalmette Av‐enue,same width in the rear,bya depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;and in accordance to a survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated August 24, 1979, said stripof ground is situ‐ated andhas thesamedesig‐nationsand measurements as aboveset forthand is bounded by Chalmette Av‐enue,Pine Street,Manhat‐tanAvenue and Eighth Street (formerly Eleventh Street), acopy of said survey is annexedtothe act, datedSep‐tember 7, 1979 and recorded as COB965, folio 489, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Lots 1and 2and portionofaban‐doned50foot rightofway beingacquired by Dolores BarriosGuidry andAlcideG Guidry by act datedJune27, 1978, and recorded as COB 932, folio 171, Jefferson Parish Louisiana. Aportion of abandoned50 foot rightof way(25 x120) also beingac‐quired by Do‐lores BarriosGuidry andAlcideG Guidry by act, datedSeptem‐ber7,1979, and recorded as COB965, folio 489, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana MunicipalAd‐dress: 1605 8th Street,Harvey, LA 70058 (for in‐formationalpur‐posesonly) THIS ACTIS MADE,AC‐CEPTED AND SUBJECTTOTHE FOLLOWING: •BellPhone Ter‐minalasshown on thesurvey by Wilton J. Dufrene, dated 6/1/1978.

-AND MISCELLA‐NEOUSFURN‐TURE,FIXTURES ANDEQUIP‐MENT AS PER INVENTORY ON FILE WHICH IS STORED ON SITE

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 27, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ALLTHATCER‐TAIN PIECEOR PARCEL OF LAND,together with allthe buildingsand improvements thereon, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Manson Sub‐division,resub‐division of Plot 182, in accor‐dancewitha plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc. dated 5/22/1967 and recorded in Plat Book 62, Page 63, said Lot182E is describedas follows: Lot182E,for‐merlybounded by Richland Av‐enue,Richland Court, Cleary Avenue and Lufkin Steet and currently bounded by Richland Av‐enue,Lufkin Street,Manson Avenue andIotaStreet, measures 50 feet fronton Richland,same width in the rear,bya depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

COREYJ.GIROIR

Acertain piece or portionof ground together with allthe buildingsand improvements thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages,and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, Southof GardereSubdi‐vision andinac‐cordance with Plan of Survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, land surveyor,dated Harvey, Louisiana, June 1, 1978,a copy of which is an‐nexedtothe act, datedJune 27, 1978 and recorded as COB932, folio 171, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana; said pieceorportion of ground mea‐sures 242.55 ft fronton 11thStreet, (alsoknown as 8thStreet), a depth andfront on Manhattan Avenue of 159.87 ft a depth andfront on Chalmette Avenue of 124.75 ft.bya width in therearof 240 ft.Said property bounded on the southsideby 11thStreet (or 8thStreet), on the west side by Chalmette Av‐enue,onthe east side by ManhattanAv‐enue andonthe north side by what wasformerly GardereSubdi‐vision In accordance with plan of sur‐veybyR.L Schumann, Sur‐veyor, datedAu‐gust 26,1975, said pieceor portion of ground consist‐ingofLot 1and Lot2 lyingsouth of Square 5, GardereSubdi‐vision and a portionofa 50 foot stripre‐served for street rightof way datedAugust 13 1925 C O B

This sale is sub‐

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, M O d

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 3, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 18, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofknown as TIMBER OAKS SUBDIVISION anddesignated as LOTNO. 253. Allinaccor‐dancewiththe plan of resubdivision made by S.K. Landry,Sur‐veyor, datedDe‐cember 29, 1980, approved in Ordinance #14696, by the JeffersonParish CouncilonApril 1, 1981, regis‐teredinCOB 1003, follo 672. Allasmorefully shownonsur‐veymadeby Gerald Swan‐son, Inc., Surveyor,dated February 19, 1982, revised May28, 1982 Lot 253 is bounded by HamptonDrive, ManhattanBlvd, Northlinesub‐division and East line of sub‐division.Said lotcommences at adistanceof 305.00’ feet from thecornerof HamptonDrive and ManhattanBlvd, andmeasures thence 60.00’ feet fronton HamptonDrive, same in width in therearand by adepth be‐tween equal andparallel linesof115.00’ feet.All in accordance with survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, L.S., datedJune5 bj

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May9,2025, June 13, 2025 may9-jun 13-2t $106.55

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-561

HOME BANK, N.A. VS 7917 BARATARIA, LLC

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

JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-854

WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND

in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, BaratariaEs‐tatesExtension, allasper Ordi‐nanceNo. 14120, registered in COB972 folio 499 andismore particularly de‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: Lot No.14, Square A, which square is bounded by Cy‐pressLawn Drive, Dede Street,Cedar Lawn Driveand BaratariaBoule‐vard andsaid lotforms the corner of Cy‐pressLawn Driveand Dede Street and measures 98.78 feet frontonCy‐pressLawn Drive, same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 162.74 feet between equal andparallel linesand front on Dede Street

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025 jun13-jul18-2t $93.42

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 13, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances, andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theparishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as CROWN POINT, about twelve (12) milesfromthe Mississippi River, being a part of that land sketch attached to andmadea part of asaleofreal estate by Clemelle A. Ter‐rebonne to Eu‐gene Paula Cheramie passedbefore W. Richard White, Notary Public,dated July 31, 1944, the said LOTisdes‐ignatedbythe NO 11 and marked “Nola Billiot”inPLOT designated as NO 15 which said lotcom‐prises eightand ahalfacres, moreorless, accordingto said l id

SOCIETY, FSB, NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITY BUTSOLELYIN ITSCAPACTIY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR OCWENLOAN ACQUISITION TRUST2024HB1) VERSUS THEOPENED SUCCESSIONOF TOMMY JOSEPH PLAISANCE (A/K/A TOMMY JOSEPH PLAI‐SANCE, SR, TOMMY JPLAI‐SANCE) AND GAIL PULLEN PLAISANCE (A/K/A GAIL H PLAISANCE) By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 25, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certain portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-967 SELENE FINANCE VERSUS STEVEN JOSEPH RIVET, III By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 24, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as MANOR HEIGHTSEXTEN‐SION SUBDIVISION, beinga resubdi‐vision of Lots A206, A21B,and one-half (1/2)of A21A of SectionB,Ames Farms, and, ac‐cordingto a planofsaid bdi i i b

plan of said subdivision, by John W. Mitchell,Sur‐veyor, datedOc‐tober8,1958, re‐visedFebruary 2, 1959, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Council, Ordi‐nanceNo. 3932, recorded in the ClerkofCourt's Office in theParishof Jefferson, Entry No.157089,and Ordinance No 3990, recorded in the ClerkofCourt's Office in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, EntryNo. 157090, and, ac‐cording thereto, said lot is designated by LOTNUMBER 7, of SQUARE NUMBER 6, which said Square is bounded by Bonnie Ann Drive, Canal Road andJef‐frey Street,and the Westernbound‐aryofsaidsub‐division and measures as follows;Lot No 7measures seventy five (75')feet front on Bonnie Ann Drive, thesame widthinthe rear,bya depth on thesideline adjoiningLot No.6 of eightyeightand 2/10 (88.2')feet and by adepth on theopposite sideline adjoin‐ingLot No.8 of eighty eightand 74/100 (88.74') feet.The foregoing de‐scriptionisin accordance with print of survey by Adloe Orr, Jr.& Associates,C.E., dated May22, 1964, annexed to an actregis‐teredinC.O.B 592,folio 582,and Lot7 commences at a distance of 219.1feet from thecornerof CanalRoad andBonnieAnn Drive.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025

jun13-jul18-2t $110.36

Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onJuly 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTORPARCEL OF GROUND with allofthe improvements thereon, andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Section"A" of the Bridgedale Sub‐division,in Square No.23, bounded by Zin‐niaAvenue on theWest, West Metairie Avenue on the North, Kenner Avenue on the Southand a canalonits East side anddesig‐natedasLot #47; situated in theSoutheast‐ernDistrictof Louisianain Section44, Township 12 South, Range10East. Whichsaidlot measures in ac‐cordance with plan of Section A& Bof Bridgedale,pre‐paredbyH.W Nugent,C.E., dated June 24 1926, acopyof which is attached to an actbeforeChas I. Denechaud, N.P.,onOctober 15, 1934,being sale by Mrs. F.T. Borah to AssetReal‐izationCo.,Inc as follows: Lot#47 begins at adistanceof 292 feet,more or less,fromthe corner of Zinnia Avenue andWest Metairie Avenue andmeasures thence less.50 feet fronton Zinnia Avenue similarwidth in therear, by a depth between equal andparal‐lellines of 120 feet,moreor less;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting theproperty.

Theimprove‐mentsbearthe municipalad‐dress729 Zinnia Ave, Metairie, LA 70001

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time ofthe sale

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

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13,2025, July 18, 2025

jun13-jul18-2t $105.59

FIRSTHORIZON BANK VERSUS PAUL DUHON,IV ANDRAVEN ROBINSON

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial DistrictCourt Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 23, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onJuly 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN TRACTOFLAND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, located in SectionSeven (7)T 14 S, R 23 East,said tractoflandis describedas part of Farm No H-4A andH-305 and measuring one hundred four and35/100 (104.35')feet frontonForty (40')foot road, and by asimilar width in the rear,onpro‐posedextension of St.Thomas Street,and by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 737.1 feet,asshown on survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., Sur‐veyors,dated February 17, 1966, attached hereto and made part hereof on which said tractisidenti‐fied as Square 2.

LESS ANDEX‐

CEPT: Portionof ground de‐scribedin the OrderofExpro‐priation by and between State of Louisiana throughthe De‐partment of Highways and FarrellJ.Hunter, datedMay 30, 1975, Docket #176-005, 24th JDCfor the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, recorded in COB#836 folio 887, Jefferson Parish,

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

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13,2025, July 18, 2025 jun13-jul18-2t $91.83

JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-993

LOANDE‐POT.COM, LLC VERSUS JOYCEL.GROS A/K/AJOYCE L.

NAJOLIA DE‐MANDRE GROS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 29, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in VALLEY REALTY CO.Subdivision, in Square No.16, bounded by Manson Drive, Tenth Street Farrington Driveand Eleventh Street, designated as LotNo. 121, all in accordance with thesurvey of AdloeOrr, Jr &Associates,C E.,dated July 17, 1958, which said lotcommences at adistanceof 250.03 feet from thecornerof Manson Drive andTenth Street,and measures thence 50 feet frontonManson Drive, thesame in width in the rear,bya depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025 jun13-jul18-2t $82.83

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 25, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining. situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in that part thereofasSec‐tionsB andC on a planofOakdale Subdivision, made by F.F. Revenberg, C.E. Sheet No.2, datedJune 25, 1931, desig‐natedasTracts Nos. 5and 6and which said property has been subdivided into that certain subdivision knownasBELLE MEADESUBDIVI‐SION,UNIT A, more fully de‐scribedasfol‐lows:

LOTNO. 162, in SQUARE 3. bounded by Brookmeade Drive, Lynmeade Driveand Woodmeade Courtand ac‐cordingto a printofsurvey made by Adloc Orr, Jr.& Associates,C.E &S,dated May 22, 1970, said lot 162 commences at adistanceof 60 feet from the pointofcurva‐ture of Brook‐meadeDrive into Brook‐meadeDrive and measures thence 65 feet frontonBrook‐meadeDrive, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth of 105 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$98.71

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-129 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES LLC VS ANNA MARIE BEHLAR A/K/A ANNA M. BEHLAR A/K/A ANNA BEHLAR

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 30, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allthe rights ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudesand ap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longing, or in anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner,in Square No.4 of ChateauEstates North, Section No.1,bounded by Bordeaux Drive, St.Julien Drive, Rhone Drivesideand Chabils Drive side,designated as LotNo. 35 on asurvey made by Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,Sur., datedMarch 30, 1973, redatedNovem‐ber5,1973, re‐datedJune15, 1978 andre‐datedDecem‐ber7,1985, andaccording thereto, said lot commences at a distance of 124.41 feet from thecorner of Bordeaux Driveand St Julien Drive, measures thence 60 feet frontonBor‐deaux Drive, same width in the rear,bya depth of 110 between equaland paral‐lellines

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025 jun13-jul18-2t $84.95

STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-779

HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,AS TRUSTEEONBE‐HALF OF ACESE‐CURITIES CORP HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST ANDFOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERSOF ACE SECURITIES CORP.HOMEEQ‐UITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-ASAP6, ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐TIFICATES VERSUS SONYAREED GREEN,INHER CAPACITY AS IN‐DEPENDENTEX‐ECUTRIXOFTHE SUCCESSIONOF VERONICA MARSHREED ANDGERALDP REED,SR By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 1, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOffice Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Allthatcertain lotorparcelof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, means, servitudes,pre‐scriptions, appurtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belongingorin anywise appertaining, lyingand being situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Park Place Subdivision, Section2,being aresubdivision of Lots in Square 6, 7, and9 of Park PlaceSubdivi‐sion,Section 2, andaccording to aplan of resubdivision by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc Civil Engineer &Sur‐veyors,dated November 9, 1983, revised February 21, 1984, approved by theJefferson Parish Council on March 14, 1984 under OrdinanceNum‐ber15927, said portionof ground is desig‐natedasLot 239A,Square7 which square is bounded by Kingsway Drive East,Westside Drive, Plaquemines Parish and Northerly boundaryof Subdivision, and said lotcom‐mences at adistanceof 521 feet from theintersection of Kingsway DriveEastand Westside Drive, andmeasures thence 50 feet fronton Kingsway Drive East,same widthinthe rear,bya depthof102 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE: All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certified Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025 jun13-jul18-2t $107.18

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:760-853

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUSTFOR REGISTERED HOLDERSOF LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2004-4, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-4 VERSUS WILLIAMI WELLS, JR. AND MAUREEN WELLS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedSeptem‐ber6,2024, I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 23, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereunto belonging, or in anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknowas CHATEAU ES‐TATESSOUTH, SECTION2 beinga resubdi‐vision of Parcel 16-B, Chateau EstatesSouth, allinaccord with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated March27, 1973, approved by the City of Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 1509, adopted April9,1973, registered in COB787, folio 886, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and accordingto said survey, said lotisdesig‐natedas LOT18, in SQUARE 7. Square 7is boundedby ChateauMagde‐laineDrive, Chateau Ausone Court, ChateauPetrus Court, Chateau Margeaux Court, Chateau Haut Brion Driveand ChateauPontetCanetDrive

This

ject to allsupe‐rior

liensand

TERMS The full purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 13, 2025, July 18, 2025

jun13-jul18-2t $92.36

NOTE:All funds