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Session amixed bagfor N.O.

La.Legislature doles outwins, losses

BY BEN MYERS and JAMESFINN Staff writers

Louisiana’slegislative session ended lastweek in acomplex brew of wins and losses for New Orleans’ local interests, many of whom found themselves at odds with each other throughout the three-month assembly New Orleans state lawmakers headed off attempts to enactcontroversial changes to their city and secured millions of dollars forlocal projects. Aﬁght between the City Council and Mayor LaToya Cantrell over who holds power to award sanitation contracts ended in awin for the council andFrench Quarter business interests. Lawmakers also blocked the owner of the city’sFair GroundsRace Course &Slots from leaving the state. And abipartisan measure to move the beleaguered University of New Orleans intothe LSU

TOPS to seesome changes

Top-scoringstudents qualify fornew award

BY PATRICK WALL Staff writer

Louisiana will cover the fullprice of college tuition for asmall group of stellar students, under newly passed legislation —but it won’t give more money to thousands of students whose state scholarships cover only part of their tuition bill.

Top-scoring high schoolers will qualify for anew “Excellence” award through the state’s TOPS scholarship program under House Bill 77, which the LouisianaLegislature passed last week and Gov Jeff Landry is expected to sign. Starting this fall, the award will

Identity questionsloom as UNOmulls

Prospectivestudents and

BY MARIE FAZIO Staff writer

On awintry dayin1969, thousands of Louisiana State University in New Orleans studentscrammedintothe library where the letters “LSUNO”had been strung acrossa hallway

As student body president Malcom Earhardtgavean impassioned speech, someone snippedoff theL and S, which came “clattering down to wild applause,” according to TimesPicayune reportsatthe time.

“As part of the (LSU) board’s system, we find ourselves continually used as apolitical football,” Earnhardt told the crowd.“As students, we simplydonot belong there.”

Theschool known today as theUniversityofNew Orleans began life as part of the LSU system. Afteryears of rallies and student advocacy,it was renamed UNO in 1974. In 2011, amidtensions between LSUand UNOleadership, the universityleft LSU’soversight entirely

Nearly60years later,UNO is on theprecipice of reverting to that system —and, possibly,to theLSUNO name.

Abill that would shiftUNO from theUniversity of Louisiana systemback to LSUis headed to Gov.Jeff Landry to be signed intolaw,though it still needs approval from UNO’saccreditation agency

BY SAM MEDNICK, NATALIE MELZER and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press

BEERSHEBA, Israel— Israel and Iran exchanged more attacks on Thursday as President Donald Trump said he would make up

his mind within two weekson whether theU.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict, seeking to keep open thedoor to diplomacy on Tehran’snuclear program

“Based on the fact thatthere’s asubstantial chance of negotiations that may or may not takeplace withIran in thenear future, Iwill make

my decision whether or not to go within the next twoweeks,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary,told reporters, reading outTrump’sstatement. Trump hasbeen weighing whether to attack Iran by strikingits well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility,which is buriedundera mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America’s“bunker-buster” bombs. Earlierinthe day, Israel’s defense minister threatened Iran’s

supreme leader afterIranian missilescrashed into amajor hospitalinsouthern Israel and hit residential buildings near TelAviv, woundingatleast 240 people.Asrescuerswheeled patients out of the smoldering hospital, Israeli warplanes launched their latest attack on Iran’snuclear program Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

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their families tour the University of NewOrleans campus in 2024.

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Gov. John J. McKeithen speakstostudents at Louisiana State University in NewOrleans.

‘Highly sophisticated’ tunnel found at border

SAN DIEGO An incomplete but “highly sophisticated” drugsmuggling tunnel between Tijuana and Otay Mesa was located and disabled by the U.S. Border Patrol, officials said Wednesday

The cross-border tunnel was actively under construction when it was uncovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the sector’s Tunnel Team in early April. The team made entry into the passageway, which ran beneath part of the Otay Mesa port of entry, ofﬁcials said.

Officials believe the tunnel’s intended exit point was “near or within a nearby commercial warehouse space.” Similar crossborder tunnels have been found in the surrounding areas before The tunnel was equipped with electrical wiring, lighting, ventilation systems and a track system intended for transporting contraband, the Border Patrol said.

U.S. officials worked with Mexico to locate the tunnel’s entrance. Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection ﬁrst reported the incident in a news release on Wednesday morning. Mexico’s operation also included the Attorney General’s Ofﬁce, the Army and the Navy

The entrance, which ofﬁcials said had recently been concealed with newly installed tiles, was found inside a two-story home in the Nueva Tijuana neighborhood, within close distance to the Otay Mesa port of entry Mexican ofﬁcials said that an undisclosed quantity of methamphetamine was seized at the scene

Neither U.S. nor Mexican ofﬁcials reported any arrests related to the incident.

SpaceX rocket explodes during test in Texas

A SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas exploded Wednesday night, sending a dramatic ﬁreball high into the sky

The company said the Starship “experienced a major anomaly” at 11 p.m. while on the test stand preparing for the 10th ﬂight test at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas.

“A safety clear area around the site was maintained throughout the operation and all personnel are safe and accounted for,” SpaceX said in a statement on the social platform X. On Jan. 16, one of the massive rockets broke apart in what the company called a “rapid unscheduled disassembly,” sending trails of ﬂaming debris near the Caribbean. Space X lost contact with another Starship during a March 6 test ﬂight as the spacecraft broke apart, with wreckage seen streaming over Florida SpaceX said Wednesday night’s explosion posed no hazards to nearby communities.

The company said it is working with local officials to respond to the explosion.

Police: Woman punched for being a Muslim

NEW YORK A 55-year-old Muslim woman was attacked by a stranger on a Queens train, police said Thursday

The victim was on a westbound E train around 4 a.m. Wednesday, when Naved Durrni, 34, approached her, cops said.

“Where are you from?” Durrni, who was wearing a surgical mask, asked as he pestered her with questions. “Who are you? Are you Muslim?” When the woman said she was Muslim, Durrni punched her in the face, leaving her with bruises to her eye and neck, cops said. Durrni ﬂed the station and was apprehended about a mile away Police charged him with assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment.

Zelenskyy wants more pressure put on Russia

Missile strike shows need for ceasefire, he says

BY JUSTIN SPIKE and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian missile strike on a nine-story Kyiv apartment building was a sign that more pressure must be applied on Moscow to agree to a ceasefire, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as Moscow intensiﬁes attacks in the war

The drone and missile attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, the deadliest assault on the capital this year, killed 28 people across the city and wounded 142 others, Kyiv Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. Zelenskyy, along with the head of the presidential ofﬁce, Andrii Yermak, and Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, visited the site of the apartment building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district on Thursday morning, laying ﬂowers and paying tribute to the 23 people who died there after a direct hit by a missile brought down the structure.

“This attack is a reminder to the world that Russia rejects a cease-

ﬁre and chooses killing,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram, and thanked Ukraine’s partners who he said are ready to pressure Russia to “feel the real cost of the war.”

Intensifying attacks

Tuesday’s attack on Kyiv was part of a sweeping barrage as Russia once again sought to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses. Russia ﬁred more than 440 drones and 32 missiles in what Zelenskyy called one of the biggest bombardments of the war which began on Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has effectively rejected an offer from U.S. President Donald Trump for an immediate 30-day ceaseﬁre, making it conditional on a halt on Ukraine’s mobilization effort and a freeze on Western arms supplies.

Meanwhile, Middle East tensions and U.S. trade tariffs have drawn away world attention.

In recent weeks, Russia has intensiﬁed long-range attacks that have struck urban residential areas. Yet on Wednesday, Putin denied that his military had struck such targets, saying that attacks were “against military industries, not residential quarters.”

Putin told senior news leaders of international news agencies in St. Petersburg, Russia, that he was open to talks with Zelenskyy, but repeated

his

Prisoners exchanged

A new round of such exchanges took place in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region on Thursday, involving the repatriation of Ukrainian prisoners of war who, according to Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War or KSHPPV, were suffering from severe health issues caused by injuries and prolonged detention.

The exchange was confirmed by Russia’s Defense Ministry, which released a video of Russian servicemen at an exchange area in Belarus after being released in the prisoner swap.

Commenting on the exchange, Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram: “We are working to get our people back Thank you to everyone who helps make these exchanges possible. Our goal is to free each and every one.”

Many of the exchanged Ukrainian POWs had spent over three years in captivity, with a large number captured during the defense of the now Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in 2022, according to the KSHPPV which added that preparations for another prisoner exchange are ongoing.

Erick makes landfall in Mexico, then weakens

BY FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and LUIS ALBERTO CRUZ Associated Press

ACAPULCO, Mexico

Powerful Hurricane

Erick made landfall in Mexico’s southern state of Oaxaca early Thursday as a major hurricane before moving inland and weakening to a tropical storm as it dumped heavy rain, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said.

The hurricane’s center was located about 35 miles north-northeast of Acapulco Thursday afternoon. Its maximum sustained winds were clocked at 50 mph, the hurricane center said.

The storm was downgraded slightly before making landfall, from a powerful Category 4 to a Category 3.

The storm threaded the needle between the resorts of Acapulco and Puerto Escondido, tearing into a sparsely populated stretch of coastline near the border of Oaxaca and Guerrero states Agricultural ﬁelds blanket the low-lying coastal area between small ﬁshing villages.

Erick weakened rapidly as it crashed into the coastal mountains of southern Mexico, and the system was likely to dissipate late Thursday or early Friday, the hurricane center said.

The storm threatened to unleash destructive winds near where the eye crashes ashore, ﬂash ﬂoods and a dangerous storm surge, forecasters said.

Storm moves south on approach

At ﬁrst light Thursday Acapulco awoke under ominous dark clouds. Rain started later in the morning with the arrival of stronger winds. There was light trafﬁc in the streets. Some residents shopped in the few open stores, fishermen went to the shore to

check their boats and a few people took advantage of the calm for a quick swim

The storm moved northwest just inland up the coast through midday, bringing heavy rain to the resort and the mountains that tower dramatically above it

Still, it appeared Acapulco had dodged the worst at least in terms of Erick’s strong winds. Late Wednesday, Erick’s projected path had crept south, closer to the resort city of Puerto Escondido in Oaxaca state with Acapulco up the coast to the northwest.

No injuries reported

President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday “the people have reacted very well so far.”

National Civil Defense Coordinator

Laura Velázquez said Thursday that at the moment there were no reports of injuries. Water entered a public hospital in the Oaxaca resort of Huatulco, and there were fallen trees, cuts to power and landslides blocking highways.

But authorities warned the heavy rain would now become the problem.

Guerrero Gov Evelyn Salgado urged residents of her state Thursday to not grow complacent after Erick made landfall in neighboring Oaxaca.

“In Guerrero we continue on maximum alert, Erick is still a danger with the intense rains, it could drop on our state in the coming hours,” she said.

Erick quickly doubled in strength

Having doubled in strength in less than a day, Erick churned through an ideal environment for quick intensiﬁcation. Last year, there were 34 incidents of rapid intensiﬁcation — when a storm gains at least 35 mph in 24 hours which is about twice as many as average.

TikTok ban gets another reprieve

BY WENDY LEE

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving TikTok a 90-day extension to work out a deal with the U.S. government that addresses security concerns over the app’s ties to China.

Significant pressure has been placed on TikTok, known for its popular social video app, after a law was signed in 2024 that required TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell its U.S. operations of TikTok or the app would be banned in the U.S.

The new order signed by Trump will give TikTok an extension until Sept 17 During that period, the Justice Department will not enforce the 2024 law that would have banned TikTok in the country or impose penalties on companies that distribute TikTok, the order said.

“We are grateful for President Trump’s leadership and support in ensuring that TikTok continues to be available for more than 170 million American users and 7.5 million U.S. businesses that rely on the platform as we continue to work with Vice President Vance’s Office,” TikTok said in a statement. TikTok has a large presence in Southern California, with ofﬁces in Culver City that serve as the company’s U.S. headquarters, and many video creators in the L.A. area produce content for TikTok.

The app has interested buyers, including Amazon and an investment group led by Frank McCourt, a former Dodgers owner, whose bid includes “Shark Tank” star Kevin O’Leary San Francisco artificial intelligence company Perplexity said in March it wants to “rebuild the TikTok algorithm.”

accusation that the Ukrainian leader had lost his legitimacy after his term expired last year — allegations rejected by Kyiv and its allies.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lays flowers Thursday at the site of Russia’s

that ruined a multistory residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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This image from rocketfuture. org shows a SpaceX rocket exploding at Starbase, SpaceX’s launch site at the southern tip of Texas, late Wednesday.

BY HOLLYRAMER Associated Press

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. Juneteenth celebrationsunfolded across the U.S. on Thursday,markingthe day in 1865 when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Texas and attracting participants who said current events strengthened their resolve to be heard.

The holiday has been celebrated by Black Americans for generations, but became more widelyobservedafter being designated afederal holiday in 2021 by former President Joe Biden, who was expected to attend an event in Galveston, the holiday’sbirthplace.

The celebrations come as President Donald Trump’s administration has worked to ban diversity,equity and inclusion initiatives, or DEI, in the federal government and remove content about Black American history from federal websites. Trump’stravel ban on visitors from select countries has also led to bitter national debate.

In Portsmouth,New Hampshire, Robert Reid waved alarge Juneteeth ﬂag at the city’sAfrican Burying Ground MemorialPark, where African drummers and dancersled the crowd in song and dance. Reid, 60, said he attended in part to stand against what he called Trump’s“divide and conquer” approach.

“It’stime for people to get pulled together instead of separated,” he said.

Jordyn Sorapuru,18, visiting New Hampshire from California, called the large turnout a“beautiful thing.”

“It’snice to be celebrated every once in awhile, especially in the political climate right now,” she said. “With

the offensive things going on right now,with Brown people in the countryand alot of peoplebeing put at risk forjustexisting, having celebrations like this is really important.”

Theholiday to mark the endofslavery in theU.S goesback to an order issued on June 19, 1865, as Union troops arrivedinGalveston at the end of the Civil War. General Order No. 3 declared that all enslaved peoplein thestate were free and had “absolute equality.”

Juneteenth is recognized at leastasanobservance in every state, and nearly 30 states andWashington, D.C., have designated it as apermanent paid or legal holiday through legislationorexecutive action.

In Virginia, aceremonial groundbreaking was held for rebuilding the First Baptist Church of Williamsburg, one of the nation’soldest Black churches.

In Fort Worth, Texas, about 2,500 people participated in Opal Lee’sannualJuneteenth walk.The 98-year-old Lee, known as the “grandmother of Juneteenth” for theyears she spent advocating to makethe daya federal holiday, was recently hospitalized anddidn’tparticipate in public this year.But her granddaughter,Dione Sims, said Leewas “in good spirits.”

“The one thing that she would tellthe community and the nation at large is to hold on to your freedoms,” Simssaid. “Hold on to your freedomand don’tlet it go, because it’sunder attack right now.”

During aJuneteenth speech in Maryland, Gov WesMoore announced pardons for 6,938 cases of simple marijuana possession, which can hinder employment and educational opportunities and have disproportionally affected the

Trumpsilentabout Juneteenth despitepreviousproclamations

BY DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON President

DonaldTrump honored Juneteenth in each of his ﬁrst four years as president, even before it became afederal holiday

But on this year’sJuneteenth holidayonThursday, the usually talkative president kept silent about aday important to Black Americans for marking the end of slavery in the country he leads again. No words about it from his lips, on paper or through his social media site.

Asked whether Trump would commemorate Juneteenth in any way,White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters: “I’m nottrackinghis signature on aproclamation today.Iknow this is afederal holiday.I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. We are certainly here. We’re working 24/7 right now.”

Asked in afollow-up ques-

tionwhether Trump might recognize the occasionanother way or on anotherday, Leavitt said,“Ijustanswered thatquestion foryou.”

Leavitt

The Republ ic an president’s silence was asharp contrast from his prior acknowledgement of the holiday.Juneteenth celebrates the end of slaveryinthe UnitedStates by commemoratingJune19, 1865, whenUnion soldiers brought the news of freedom to Galveston, Texas. Trump’squiet on theissue also deviated from White House guidance that Trump planned to signa Juneteenth proclamation. Leavitt didn’t explain the change. Trump heldnopublic events Thursday,but he shared statementsabout Iran, theTikTokapp and Fed chairman Jerome Powell on his social mediasite.

He had moretosay about Juneteenthinyearly statements in his ﬁrst term.

In 2017, Trumpinvoked the “soulful festivities and emotional rejoicing” that swept through the Galveston crowdwhenamajor general deliveredthe news that all enslaved people were free. He told the Galveston story in each of the next three years. “Together,wehonor the unbreakable spirit and countless contributions of generations of African Americans to the story of American greatness,” he added in his 2018 statement. In 2019: “Across ourcountry,the contributions of African Americans continue to enrich everyfacet of American life.” In 2020: “June reminds us of boththe unimaginable injustice of slavery and theincomparablejoy that must have attended emancipation. It is both aremembrance of ablightonour history and acelebration of our Nation’s unsurpassed ability to triumphoverdarkness.”

Moore, aDemocrat who is Maryland’sﬁrst Black governor and the only Black governor currently serving, last year ordered tens of thousands of pardons formarijuana possession. The newly announced pardons weren’t includedinthatinitialannouncement because they’d been incorrectly coded.

In New Hampshire, Thursday’sgathering capped nearly two weeks of events organized by the BlackHistory TrailofNew Hampshire aimed at both celebrating Juneteenth and highlighting contradictions in thefamiliarnarratives aboutthe nation’sfounding fathers ahead of next year’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

“Ina time when effortsto suppress Black history are on therise, andbyextension, to suppress American history,westand ﬁrm in the

truth,” said JerriAnne Boggis, the Heritage Trail’sexecutive director.“This is not just Black history,itisall of our history.”

NewHampshire, oneof the nation’sWhitest states, is notamong those with a permanent, paid or legal Juneteenth holiday,and Boggis said herhopethatlawmakers would take action making it one is waning.

“I am not so sure anymore given the political environment we’re in,” she said. “I think we’ve taken awhole bunch of steps backwards in understanding our history civil rights and inclusion.” Still, she hopes New Hampshire’sevents and those elsewhere will makea difference. “It’snot adivisive tool to know thetruth.Knowing the truth helps us understand someofthe current issues that we’re going through,” she said.

Black community

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Members of the Akwaaba Ensemble Nii Osenda, left, and Samuel

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for Thursday’sbarrage and said the military “has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he trusted that Trump would “do what’s best for America.”

“I can tell you that they’re already helping alot,” Netanyahu said from the rubble and shattered glass around the Soroka Medical Center in Israel’ssouthern city of Beersheba.

The open conﬂict between Israel and Iran erupted lastFriday with asurprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists. At least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran andmore than 1,300 wounded, according to a Washington-basedIranian human rights group. Iran has retaliated by ﬁring 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, according to Israeli army estimates Most have beenshot down by Israel’smultitiered air defenses, but at least 24 people in Israel have been killed and hundreds wounded.

Israel’sHome Front Command said one of the Iranian ballistic missiles fired Thursday morning had been rigged with fragmenting cluster munitions. Ratherthan aconventional warhead, acluster munition warhead carries dozens of submunitions that can explodeonimpact, showering small bomblets around a large area and posing major safety risks on the ground. The Israeli military did not say wherethat missilehad been ﬁred.

At least 80 patients and medical workers were wounded in the strike on Israel’sSoroka Medical Center.The vast majority were lightly wounded, as much of the hospital building had been evacuatedinrecent days.

Iranian officials insisted that they had notsought to strike the hospital and claimed the attack hit afacility belonging to the Israeli military’selite technological unit, calledC4i. The website for the Gav-Yam Negev advancedtechnologies park, 2 miles from the hospital, said C4i had abranch campus in the area. The Israeli army did not respond to arequestfor comment.AnIsraeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymityin line with regulations, acknowledged that there was no speciﬁc intelligence that Iran had planned to target the hospital.

Many hospitals in Israel, including Soroka, had activated emergency plans in the past week. They converted parking garages to wards and transferred vulnerable patients underground. Israel also has afortiﬁed, subterranean blood bank that kicked into action after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. Doctors at Soroka said the Iranian missile struck al-

most immediatelyafter air raid sirenswentoff, causing an explosion that could be heard froma safe room.The strike inﬂictedthe greatest damage on an old surgery building and affected key infrastructure, including gas, water and air-conditioning systems, according to the medical center.

Thehospital, which provides services to around1 million residents, had been caring for 700 patients at the time. After thestrike, the hospital closed to all patients except for life-threatening cases.

Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. But it is theonly non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich uranium up to 60%,a short,technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

Israel is widely believed to be the only countrywith anuclear weapons program in the Middle Eastbut has never acknowledgedthe existence of its arsenal.

The Israeli air campaign has targeted Iran’s enrichment site at Natanz,centrifuge workshops around Tehran, anuclearsite in Isfahan andwhatthe army assesses to bemost of Iran’s ballisticmissile launchers.

The destruction of those launchers has contributed to the steady decline in Iranian attackssince the start of the conﬂict.

On Thursday,anti-aircraft artillery was audibleacross Tehran, and witnesses in the central city of Isfahan reported seeing anti-aircraft ﬁre afternightfall

Trump’sannouncement of adecision in the next two weeks opened updiplomatic options, with the apparent hope Iranwould make concessionsafter sufferingmajor military losses.

Anew diplomatic initiative seemed to beunderway as Iran’sForeign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to travel Friday to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’stop diplomat, and with counterpartsfrom theUnitedKingdom, France and Germany

Butatleast publicly,Iran has struck ahard line.

Iran’ssupremeleader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls forsurrender and warned that any U.S. military involvement would cause “irreparable damage to them.”

Parliament speakerMohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Thursday criticized Trump for using military pressure to gain an advantage in nuclear negotiations. The latest indirect talks between Iran and theU.S., set for last Sunday,were canceled

“The delusional American president knows that he cannot impose peace on us by imposingwar and threateningus,” he said.

Israel’s military said its fighter jets targeted the Arak heavy water reactor, 155 miles southwest of Tehran, to prevent it from being usedtoproduceplutonium Iranianstate TV said there was “no radiation danger whatsoever” around the Arak site, which it said had been evacuated before the strike.

Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it pro-

duces plutonium as abyproductthatpotentiallycan be used in nuclear weapons. Thatwould provide Iran another pathtothe bomb beyond enriched uranium should it choose to pursue theweapon.

Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign thefacility to alleviate proliferation concerns. That work was never completed.

The reactor became a point of contention after Trumpwithdrew from the deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, ahigh-ranking nuclear ofﬁcial in Iran, saidin2019 that Tehranbought extra parts to replace aportion of the reactor that it had poured concreteinto under thedeal.

Israel said strikes were carriedout “in ordertoprevent thereactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development.”

TheInternational Atomic Energy Agency has saidthat due to restrictions imposed by Iran on inspectors, the U.N. nuclear watchdoghas lost “continuity of knowledge” about Iran’sheavy water ing verify and Me Av from

system reached the governor’sdesk —including a$20 million package to helpreverse the school’sﬁnancial fortunes.

Local issues from across Louisiana always bubble up during the legislativesession, which thisyear ran from April to June.

Yetthis assembly came at akey moment for New Orleans, aDemocratic bastion and economic engineof the largely Republican state that increasingly ﬁnds itself playing defense in the Legislature —even as its varied interests seek opportunities to enact their own agendas.

That dance has grown even more complex in recent years as the city’s council and its mayor have often landed on opposite sides of policy ﬁghts.

Officials within the Cantrell administration, for example, worked this year with some New Orleans lawmakers to advance aslim City Hall agenda —portions of which the City Council opposed. Andcouncil members worked with another legislator to advance the French Quarter sanitation changes, which will yankpower from the mayor

Some lawmakers and political operatives said Cantrell, whose second term ends in January,has not deﬁnedthe city’s state-level priorities as cohesively as city mayors have in years past.

“It was like that last year, it was like that in 2023, and it waslike that again this year,” saidstate Rep. Matthew Willard, D-New Orleans, the House Democratic Caucus chair.“The lobbyists for the city do agood jobwith what they have, but alot of the workendsupbeingreactive.”

But Paul Rainwater Cantrell’slegislative lobbyist, said the upcoming fall elections for mayor and council further complicated matters this session. He said state lawmakers were hesitant to move impactful legislation due to leadership uncertainty

“There’snodoubt the upcoming election in New Orleans had an impact on how thedelegation saw the session, how the House and the Senate saw certain bills that would impact the city of New Orleans,” Rainwater said “That’snot unusual.”

Council members Helena Moreno and Oliver Thomas are vying for Cantrell’stermlimited seat, while Willard and state Reps. Delisha Boyd are seeking the council’s atlarge seats. At-large member JP Morrell is also running for reelection.

Twoother powerfulNew Orleans state senators, Joseph Bouie and Jimmy Harris, have said they are consideringgetting in the race. Bouie is also rumored tobe considering the District D race against incumbent Eugene Green.

Losses forlocal officials

New Orleans ofﬁcials last year announced plans to defy the state’spermitless concealed carry law by making the city’sEighth District police station avocational-

to pull out of Louisiana.

technicalschool, oneofthe fewplaces wherestate law bars people from wieldinga concealed ﬁrearm.

Those plans will go up in smoke, however, once Senate Bill 101 bySen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, is signed by Gov.JeffLandry. The bill, whichclearedbothchambers, wouldlift theschools exemption, whichbanned ﬁrearms within 1,000 feet of aschool.

Landry,who did not return arequest forcomment, has supported the permitless carry law,and hisattorney general, Liz Murrill, last year called the city’sattempts to ﬂout it in the FrenchQuarter illegaland ineffective

Miguez has said removing the school zone restriction was necessary to ensure consistency in the state’s guncarry laws. This week, District Attorney Jason Williamsheaped scorn on the state’s intervention.

“When more guns are added to the mix or gun laws arerelaxed, more people die and more people get hurt,” Williams told WVUE-TV this week.

Anotherbill to allowpermitless concealed carryof ﬁrearms at parades has alreadybecomelaw,despite opposition fromcity ofﬁcials andkrewe captains. Landry signed Act 271, formerly House Bill 393, into law last week. It takes effect in August.

Other defeats for New Orleans were Rep. Stephanie Hilferty’s failed attempt to increase short-term rental taxes, Willard’sstalledbill on gun storage measures and Rep. Mandie Landry’s bill to expedite permitting reviewsfor affordable housing. Cantrelladministration officials asked Willardand Landry to advance the gun storage safety and affordable housing bills Wins forcity, officials Harris, akey power broker in the State Capitol, andother state lawmakers worked with Gov.Jeff Landry and Republican legislative leaders to net at least $89million forNew Orleans-baseduniversities, City Park, youth recreation services and hospitals.Harrissaidthisweek that his staff wasstill tallying the total amount of funding New Orleanshas secured through the budgetprocess.

Harris also convinced state lawmakers to designatethe FairGrounds Race Course andSlots ahistoric site, giving state lawmakers ﬁnalsay over demolitionor endtoits operations.That move came as theFairgrounds’ owner,Churchill Downs Inc., has threatened

“I cannotingood faithallow nothing to be done,” Harris said of the Fair Grounds measure.

Lawmakers also signedoff on Harris’ bill tomerge UNO to the LSU system. That measure is meant to prop up auniversity atop higher education ofﬁcial recently called “an asset” to NewOrleans that has struggled with deficits and layoffs amid declining enrollment in recent years.

“We’re working on the governing structureand the management of an institution, but thevalue of theinstitution must be continued to be lifted: It is doing good workfor students;itmust continue to servethe communityand businessand industry in the New Orleans area,” said Kim Hunter Reed, the statecommissioner of higher education,atarecent SenateEducation Committeemeeting.

An attempt the governor supported to ban homeless encampments in the city and elsewherestalled in theSenate after city officials and homeless services advocates showed up to the Capitol to protest the move. Asimilar attempt in the House also failed. The city’sshelters are alreadyoverflowing, shelter leaderssaid at acouncil meeting this week, and they often house people from out of state

Another bill that aimed to give Landry morecontrol over thecity’sﬂood protectionauthorityboard, ofﬁcially the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection AuthorityEast, was also gutted amid criticism that the proposed changes went against postHurricane Katrinareforms thataimed to depoliticize the agency

Councilversusmayor

Amove by Harris to let the 13-member French Quarter Management District enter into emergency contracts in the city’sFrench Quarter is awaiting the governor’ssignature. That bill, if passed, is atriumph for theCity Council, whichhas long opposed the contractor Cantrell tapped to pickuptrash in thatarea, Henry Consulting.

The council is appealing a judge’sruling that Cantrell may legally hire the firm, owned by businessowner Troy Henry,and hasargued that in themeantime, Henry may not start, though Cantrell has orderedhim to begin work on Aug. 1nomatter the appeal’sstatus. But the French Quarter board couldauthoranemergency contract with adifferent ﬁrm under Harris’ proposal.

IV Waste, owned by developer and business owner

Sidney TorresIV, is popular amongFrenchQuarter businesses and residents.

TheCantrell administration declined to comment on the bill.

Another bill by stateRep Stephanie Hilferty would have diminished themayor’s control over the Sewerage &Water Board’sgoverning authority andevenly spread power among state authorities, themayor andCity

Council. That was gutted and then killed.

Still another bill by Sen. Robert Owen, R-Slidell, would have diminishedthe council’scontrol over billing disputes and rate-making. But it died in committee.

“There’sagovernance issue that hastobedealtwith at some point,” said Rainwater,speaking of along-standing power struggle over the troubled utility.“But right

nowisnot the time because we’ve gotnew leadership coming in.”

State Rep. Mandie Landry also falteredona bill that would have given the S&WB anew revenuesourcewith adrainage fee, along-discussedideasupported by S&WB’sleadership that historically runs intothorny legal and practical questions. Morrell, the council’spresident, strongly opposed it. Mandie Landry said her effortstogainneeded legal and political backing from Murrill and the governor were interrupted by New Orleans’ stunning May16jailbreak The bill wasscheduledfor a May22committeehearing, but Landry said she put it off because Murrill and Gov. Landry’sofﬁces were no longer focused on it.

“All attention shifted to (the jailbreak). It sucked up all the air in the room,” Mandie Landry said.

Alex Lubben and Sophie Kasakove contributed reporting.

Staff writers Marie Fazio,

Supporters of the move say it could bolster enrollment and help the beleaguered university weather its current ﬁnancial storm.

But it’s unclear what the shift will mean for UNO’s identity Will it retain its name and continue to be the silver and blue Privateers, which students fought for in the 1970s to differentiate themselves from the Baton Rouge campus? Or will it adopt LSU’s purple and gold and assimilate more fully into that system?

To some, including state Senate President Cameron Henry, a “rebrand” could help align UNO with the state ﬂagship, where enrollment is on the upswing, and attract more students.

“It’s struggling,” Henry said last week after the bill to enact the shift cleared a ﬁnal legislative hurdle. “It’s got good bones; it just needs a face-lift.”

But others fear that merging UNO’s identity with that of LSU would alienate some of the school’s 80,000 alumni

“There are bigger fish to fry,” said Pierre Champagne, who graduated from UNO in 1976, “but how do we include those who have come before and their emotional connection to the university?”

What’s in a name?

UNO president Kathy

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provide up to $12,000 per year to students who attend a public university, or roughly the annual cost of tuition and fees at LSU’s main campus, and up to $8,500 for students at eligible private universities

To qualify students must score 31 or higher out of 36 on the ACT and earn 3.5 or above grade-point average. Fewer than 900 students annually are expected to get the award, or less than 2% of ﬁrst-year students at the state’s public colleges and universities.

The bill’s author, Rep. Christopher Turner, R-Ruston, initially had grander ambitions. His original bill would have established uniform rates for TOPS scholarships, which vary by school and often fall thousands of dollars short of the full cost of tuition and fees

The new rates would have meant more money for most of the roughly 48,000 TOPS recipients, lowering their out-of-pocket expenses. But the bill faced pushback because it would have resulted in smaller scholarships for some LSU students while increasing state spending on TOPS by nearly $48 million. In the end, the Legislature scrapped the new rates and kept only the Excellence award, which is projected to cost about $3 million next ﬁscal year

“I’ve very happy with where we ended up,” Turner said “It’s just not what we

Johnson said detailed decisions about the transition, including a possible rebranding, have not yet been made. “Any future considerations — whether academic, operational, or symbolic — will be guided by a collaborative approach to what’s best for our university community and our city,” she said in an email. “Most of all, we remain deeply committed to our mission: providing high-quality, affordable, and accessible education while supporting the economic and cultural vitality of the Greater New Orleans

started with.”

Rewarding excellence

Louisiana has given meritbased TOPS scholarships for nearly three decades, but participation has slumped in recent years. Fewer students are meeting the academic requirements, while more eligible students are turning down the awards.

Some of the highest-achieving students are choosing colleges in states with more generous scholarships.

Turner’s bill aimed to make TOPS more enticing by setting higher award amounts. It also sought to create parity across colleges by setting standards rates for each TOPS award

$6,000 per year for the Opportunity award, $6,500 for Performance and $9,000 for Honors. The proposed amounts were thousands of dollars higher than the current TOPS rates at many colleges, which haven’t increased in nearly a decade.

The changes would have driven up the cost of TOPS to about $330 million next ﬁscal year, compared with $282 million under the current rates, according to cost estimates.

Turner said lawmakers might eventually considering boosting TOPS amounts, but they “just weren’t ready this session.” He added that lawmakers want to ensure that TOPS dollars are well spent.

“How do we make sure Louisiana is getting a good return on investment for the students who are using state dollars to go to college?” he said.

region.”

In an interview last week, interim LSU President Matt Lee declined to say whether a prospective UNO student should buy silver and blue or purple and gold, but noted that “the LSU brand is strong, and there’s a lot of advantages to being affiliated with the LSU brand.”

The university has faced similar questions in the past. It was founded as Louisiana State University in New Orleans in 1956. About a decade later, students voted for UNO’s distinct colors and mascot, a swashbuck-

About 40% of TOPS recipients earn a bachelor’s degree in four years, compared with just 10% of nonTOPS students, according to the state Board of Regents, which oversees public higher education.

Students who qualify for the Excellence award will receive the standard amount or their college’s tuition and fees, whichever is less. Recipients can use the money at any public college or university in Louisiana, as well as private institutions in the Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. Member universities include Dillard, Loyola, Tulane, Xavier and others.

Rep. Laurie Schlegel, RMetairie, who helped develop the bill, said she thinks it will convince more top-performing students to stay in Louisiana.

“I do believe the Excellence level will move the needle and encourage students that might be looking out of state to choose our instate colleges,” she said.

Other TOPS changes

Students today can qualify for TOPS based on their ACT or equivalent SAT scores. Under the new legislation, students will also be able to qualify using their scores on the Classic Learning Test.

Backed by many conservative groups and frequently taken by private or homeschool students, the test features reading passages from classic literature and historical texts with a “lasting inﬂuence on Western culture and society,” according to the test website. Most col-

ling figure who at times wears an eye patch and wields a cutlass.

In 1973, student body president Bob Caluda made a case for why UNO needed its own name and identity He told the Times-Picayune that New Orleanians couldn’t relate to an institution whose name was tacked on to LSU, and they often mixed it up with its Baton Rouge counterpart.

“Every aspect of the two campuses is different, but the names get it confused,” Caluda said at the time.

In 1974, after then-Gov

leges do not accept the test for admissions. Louisiana Christian University in Pineville is the only institution in the state listed as one of the test’s “partner” schools. The state Legislature also made it easier for homeschool students to qualify for TOPS.

Under current law, those students are exempt from requirements to take certain high school courses and earn a minimum GPA to qualify for TOPS, but they must

Edwin Edwards made a personal plea to LSU’s board, the name was changed to UNO. That led to a ﬁre sale at the bookstore, which advertised “LSUNO sweatshirts, jackets, decals, pennants and ashtrays 30% off.”

Despite the name change, UNO remained part of the LSU system for nearly four more decades, before it was moved to the University of Louisiana system in 2011.

A possible rebrand

Since then, UNO’s enrollment has declined from a peak of around 17,000 students in the years before Hurricane Katrina to about 6,000 today University leaders have blamed the dropoff for the school’s deﬁcit, which state officials said earlier this year could be as high as $30 million.

Sen. Henry noted that LSU’s Baton Rouge campus is bursting at the seams with students, including many from other states Those students often pay higher tuition than in-state students.

“If we could give these students the option to go to LSU New Orleans, we might be able to help increase the student count at UNO,” Henry said, “which is what they deﬁnitely need.”

Todd Woodward, LSU’s vice president of marketing and communications, said that the university is “breaking enrollment records” at all of its campuses. Some students who don’t meet academic requirements for the Baton Rouge campus are of-

earn ACT scores that are two points higher than the cutoff for public or private school students. House Bill 378, which passed and is awaiting Landry’s signature, removes the higher score requirement. Now homeschool students must earn the same minimum ACT scores as their peers: 20 for Opportunity, 23 for Performance and 27 for Honors. Rep. Roger Wilder, RDenham Springs, said he

fered admission to Alexandria and Eunice campuses, he said, noting that about 300 out-of-state students accepted those offers last year Woodward said the transition committee has not yet formed, and it would be too early to speculate about how UNO’s campus could take on some of those students.

Josh Trochez, who was recently reelected as UNO’s student body president, said he didn’t feel strongly about a name change and suspected that people would continue to call UNO by that name even if the L and S were reattached.

Trochez, who is pursuing a masters of public administration, acknowledged that some may have concerns about the school losing its identity as “the New Orleans university.”

“UNO is a weird and wacky place in a weird and wacky city,” he said “At the end of the day UNO is so unique that they wouldn’t be able to touch it, and I don’t think they want to.”

Frederick Quinn, who graduated from UNO in December, said he supported the move to the LSU system if it meant ﬁnancial security, adding that some classes he needed to graduate weren’t

authored the bill after hearing from a student who scored 21 on the ACT. She would have been eligible for TOPS if she’d gone to a public school, but she didn’t qualify because she was homeschooled. Wilder said his bill holds all students to the same standard.

“To me,” he said, “a test is a test and student is a student.” Email Patrick Wall at patrick.wall@theadvocate. com.

Agents denied entrytoDodgerStadium parkinglot

BY TERRYCASTLEMAN and JACK HARRIS

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOS ANGELES Aline of unmarkedwhite vans and SUVs at Dodger Stadium sparked awaveofspeculation online about immigrationenforcement at the stadium Thursday,but team ofﬁcials say theagents were denied entry In photos postedonsocial media Thursday morning, the vehiclesappeared to be staging near thedowntown parking lot entrance to the stadium,which drew several

dozen protesters to thearea. The group gathered downhill from the agents, who stood around three unmarkedSUVs closer to the stadium’s entrygates but still outside the stadium parking lot

Five agents —several covering their faces with gaiters and armed withpistols— stood between the vehicles. They did not wear identifying items or badges. When asked by aLos Angeles Timesreporter which agency they were with, they said “DHS” and declined to comment further

Protesterschase federalagentsout of

BY CONNOR SHEETS

Los Angeles Times (TNS)

LOSANGELES At Pasadena’s AC Hotel earlier this month, dozens of protesters gathered in an effort to confront federal agents who had arrived in town amid demonstrationsagainst theTrump administration’smass deportationeffort.

Pasadena Mayor Victor Gordo was among those present on June 7asdemonstrators holding signswith “ICE out of Pasadena” and other messages chased federal vehicles out of the luxury hotel’sparking garage, cheering and recording it all on their cellphones.

The mayor said the protest forcedthe agents to leave the place they were using for local accommodations during their L.A. operations, whichinvolvedprotecting federalbuildingsdowntown.

“Word got out that there were Homeland Security vehicles parkedatthe hotel,” Gordo told The Times. “People wanted to express their FirstAmendment rights and they did so in alawful, nonviolent and respectful manner.”

After hours of noisy rallying, the hotel staff asked the feds to pack up their things

and go, according to Gordo. By sunset, uniformed agents from theFederal Protective Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security, were seen walking outofthe hotel with their bags stacked on aluggage cart in avideo of theincident that went viralonline.Their vehicles were escorted outofthe garagebylocal police as protesters trailed behind Hotels have emerged as hot spots for confrontations between community members and immigration agents. Federal agencies, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,sometimes rent blocks of roomsinplaces where agentsare dispatched for major operations.

The showdown in Pasadena wasone of several recent instances of protesters comingtogether at hotels across the LosAngelesregion to put pressure on their proprietors to offernoquarter to federal personnel during the Trump administration’s crackdown

The businesses, whichrely on immigrant workers for cleaningand maintenance, have been cast into an awkward position —one that requires balancing politicswith protecting their employees. Concerned citizens have

repeatedly taken to social media and whisper networks to share locationswhere they have spotted who they believe are federal agents. Andpeople have followed up on suchinformation by staging protests outside hotels.

Employees at the AC Hotel Pasadenareferred inquiries to aspokesperson, whodid notimmediately provide a comment.

Gordo said he had conﬁrmed that there are no longerany Homeland Security agents stayingatthe property

TheHomelandSecurity press ofﬁce did not immediately provide comment, and agencies underthe department’sumbrella did not respond to inquires

Protesters have been arrestedthis month for allegedly interfering with federal ofﬁcers, and federal agencies have expressed concernsabout the repercussions of people“doxxing” agents by sharing their locations and other personal information online.

“People are out there taking photos of thenames, their faces and posting them online with death threats to their family and themselves,”Reuters reported acting ICE chief Todd Lyons

The scene sparked awave of speculation online and among the protesters about where the white vans photographed hours earlier in the same spothad gone.Occasionally,aprotester walked up to the agents to record their vehicles on video, only to be told to back away or face arrest. Eventually,policecame to the scene and the agents drove away.The crowd of several dozen dispersed by the afternoon. According to astatement by theteam, theagentswere deniedentry to theDodger

Stadium grounds when they attempted to enter the parking lots. But both the Department of HomelandSecurity and itsImmigrationand CustomsEnforcementofﬁcials took to social media to clarify Thursday’sevents. Responding to the team’s post on social media,ICE postedonX:“False. We were never there.” The Department of HomelandSecurity,meanwhile, said it was Customs and Border Patrol agents who were at thestadium, but notfor an operation.

Extremetemperatures, ‘heat dome’forecastfor Midwest

BY ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press

Summer will make adramatic entranceinthe U.S. this week with aheat dome that will bring stiﬂing temperatures and uncomfortable humiditytomillions.

The heat will be particularly worrisome this weekend across wide stretches of Nebraska, Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa,where forecasters are warning of extreme temperature impacts.

This will be the first stretch of true summertime weather for many from Midwest to the East Coast, said TomKines, ameteorologist at AccuWeather

“A lot of those folks have been saying, where’ssummer? Well,buckle up, because it’scoming,” said Kines. The humid conditions will make places that exceed 90 degrees feel as much as 20 degrees hotter said Kines.

Heat domeforming

Aheat dome occurs when alarge area of high pressure in the upper atmosphere acts as areservoir that traps

heat and humidity, said Ricky Castro,a National Weather Service meteorologist in Illinois

According to theNWS Weather Prediction Center, daytime temperatures will be in the 90s and overnight temperatures will only droptothe mid-70sfrom theGreatLakes to theEast Coast during the heat wave that’sexpected to last into next week.

Moisture blown northward from theGulfofMexico is fueling the muggy weather,said Jacob Asherman, aWeather Prediction Center meteorologist.This inﬂuxof moisture is fairly typical during late spring andsummer,hesaid.

The heat will be widespread into next week. On Friday,Denver could reach 100degrees, according to theweather service. Chicagotemperatures could reach 96 degrees on Sunday.OnTuesday,Washington, D.C., could see ahigh of 99 degrees and New York’s CentralParkcould reach 96 degrees

Several states in theMidwest could seedangerous

FloridaAGpitches

BY SKYLER SWISHER Orlando Sentinel (TNS)

ORLANDO,Fla. Florida At-

temperature impacts over theweekend, according to aweather service measure that rates the risk from zero to four.Parts of Nebraska and Kansas will be in the highest category on the scaleonSaturday, meaningthatanyonewithout effective cooling or sufﬁcient hydration could face health risks. On Sunday Iowa,Wisconsin, Missouri and Illinois also seeacategory 4rating. Even thecrops ‘sweat’

In places such as Iowa, cropscan affect thehumidity in summer months. Plants feel theeffectsofhot weather and somepeople in the Midwest are familiar with “corn sweat,” which is when crops move water to theirleaves and other surfaces so it can evaporate, according to theOhio State University Madison County,Iowa, farmer Ryan Marquardt said corn sweat is “not as badasa sauna, but it deﬁnitely would have asauna effect. It’s humid in there (thecornfield), so you’re gonna sweat.”

Robertson Bradford, MarthaAnn

thePontalba Apartments, dedicatedher lifetoprayerand the Church,enjoyed dancingat FrenchQuarter Fest,travel‐ing on cruiseswithher family, andwas themost humblepersonwewere blessedtocallMom.Visi‐tationwillbeheldatGar‐den of Memories Funeral Home& Cemetery,4900 Airline Dr., Metairie,LA 70001, beginningat11:00 a.m.onFriday, June 20, 2025, followed by aFuneral Massat1:00p.m.Inter‐mentwillfollowatGarden ofMemories. To order ﬂowersoroffer condo‐lences, please visitwww gardenofmemoriesmetairi e.com.

Price, Marie Triplett

torney General James Uthmeier wants to set up an immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades he is calling “Alligator Alcatraz.” Uthmeier touted hisproposal for a1,000-bed facility as “the one-stop shop to carry out President Donald Trump’smass deportation agenda.” It would be positioned on a“virtuallyabandoned” airstrip surrounded by wetlands, he said. “People get out, there’s notmuch waiting for them other than alligators and pythons,” Uthmeier said in avideo posted on hisX account. “Nowhere to go Nowhere to hide.”

U.S. Department of Homeland Securitydid not immediatelyrespond to the Orlando Sentinel’srequests for additional details.

Those heldatthe Evergladesfacilitycould be deportedonﬂights leaving directly fromthe site’s runway,Fox Business reported. Uthmeier said thedetention center could be up and running in 30to60days once construction starts. He compared it tothe formermaximum security prisononAlcatrazIsland off the coast of San Francisco. Trumphas called for reopening the prison for “America’smost ruthless andviolentoffenders.”

Uthmeier’sofﬁce and the

The airstrip is the DadeCollier Training and Transition Airport, which is owned by Miami-Dade County and is about55mileswest of downtown Miami. Miami-Dadeofﬁcialsdid not immediately respond to inquiries into whether they have been involvedindiscussions to use the facility as adetention center Uthmeier and Gov.Ron DeSantishavevowed to do everything in their power to support Trump’simmigration agenda.

Sheridan;and greatnephew, DavidMack. Millie was a1968 graduate of ArchbishopChapelle High School,earnedher under‐graduatedegreefrom NichollsState University in 1972, andreceivedher Master’sinPublicHealth fromTulaneUniversityin 1981. Professionally,Millie was employed from 1974 to 2016 at theRudolph Matas Library of theHealthSci‐ences at Tulane University She held variouspositions including Head of Techni‐cal Services formany years andInterim Director ofthe Library. Milliewas anactiveand dedicated memberofthe SouthCen‐tralChapter of theMedical Library Association, where she served in numerous leadershiproles over the years.She wasPresident from2001 to 2002, held po‐sitions as Treasurerand Secretary,and wasa long‐timememberofthe Chap‐ter Advisory Council. She contributed to many com‐mittees,including theFi‐nance,Nominating, and Program Committees,and servedasParliamentarian until herretirementin 2016. In recognitionofher exceptional service, shere‐ceivedthe chapter’sDistin‐guished ServiceAward in 2005. Milliewas also in‐volvedatthe national level withthe MedicalLibrary Association, servingasa memberofMLA’s Chapter Council from 2008 to 2011 She also chairedthe Ethics PolicyTaskForce during 2008–2009, reﬂecting her commitmenttoupholding professionalstandards and integrityinthe ﬁeld. She wasa tireless volun‐teer forbothher church and heralmamater.A de‐voted parishionerofSt. Christopher theMartyr Parish, sheservedasHead ofEucharistic Ministers and Lectorsfor over 30 years andalsoserved manyyears on theParish Council.She received the Order of St.Louis Medal‐lionfromthe Archdiocese ofNew Orleansin2003. As a proudalumnaofArch‐bishopChapelle High School,Millieservedonthe Alumnae Board, chaired the decoration committee for theEmerald Gala for several years, andpartici‐pated in theannualProm Festand Craft Fair.She was honoredasAlumnaof the Year in 2011. Addition‐ally, Millieand Carl re‐ceivedthe Deus Providebit Award in 2016. Milliewas a caring, generous,and self‐lesswife, mother,sister, and grandmother. She lovedlifewithall herheart

Marie Triplett Price,88, passed away May16, 2025 in Louisiana. Marie was born March18, 1938 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. Marie attendedcosmetology school andbecame an entrepreneur working in andmanaginghair salons in Los AngelesCalifornia for most of herlife. Marie moved to New Orleansin1998 to be near heronlysiblingJohnT Triplett makingthe area home untilher death.She wasthe daughterof Thomas andAlice Ricks Triplett. Marie hadnochildren.Her favorite quote was"Idid it my way!" Marie waspreceded in death by both of herparents, herhusband, David Price,her brotherJohn Triplett anda beloved cousin Annie LeeRayford. Sheissurvived by her, nephew John C. Triplett. Shewill be missed by her many friends andremainingfamilymembersdearly Aprivate memorial will be held to honor hermemory.

NewOrleans,LAMarthaAnn Robertson Bradford, born August 29, 1947, in NewOrleans,LA, passedawaytragically on June 9, 2025. Adevoted educator,Marthadedicated herlifetoteaching in the NewOrleans Public Schools untilher retirement. Sheissurvived by herloving son SydneyIII (Evette); hercherished grandsons, Terris Bierria, Jr andSydneyIV; as well as manynieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friends whowill forever hold her memory close.She was preceded in death by her parents, Lillie MaeBlanton andCharlesTucker, her grandparents, Willie and MarthaCatlin Blanton and Albertand Bertha Weber Tucker,and herin-laws, Sydneyand VivianPerkins Bradford. Martha willbe remembered as aloving mother, daughter, sister-in -law,aunt, cousin,and friend. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at OurLady of Guadalupe Church,New Orleans, LA. Visitationbegins at 9:00 a.m. with the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Restlawn Park Cemetery &Mausoleumin Westwego,LA. In lieu of flowers, the familyrequestsdonations to OblateSisters of Providence, Marylandand Sisters of theHoly Family, Louisiana in memory of Martha.

Joseph SmithJr, affec‐tionately knownasJoe Jr, peacefullypassedawayon June6,2025, at theage of 67; surrounded by hisde‐voted wife,Adrienne.Born inNew Orleans, LA on Au‐gust4,1957, to theunion of JosephSrand Cora Lee VictorSmith.Hewas proud nativeofMontz,LA; Joe, Jr graduated from Destrehan HighSchool in 1976. After graduation, he beganhis career as askilled welder, boilermaker,and carpen‐ter.Joe,Jr.,possessedthe ability to lightupany room heentered.Hewillforever berememberedfor his quick-wittedhumor,blunt honesty,caringand loving spirit, andnumerous catchphrases. Laterinlife, Joe,Jr.,was baptized by ReverandHenry Leboyd, Sr.,eternally giving hislife toChrist. JoeJrleavesto cherish hispreciousmem‐ories to hislovingwifeof 48years,AdrienneLeBeaux Smith,two sons,Joseph (LaTecia) Smith, III of Prairieville, LA andTraun Sr (Lyoshi)Smith,ofMontz, LA, twodaughters,Teyon (Dwayne)Rogers andAri‐ane (Elgin)Bailey, of LaPlace,LA; eleven grand‐children: Emiya, TraunJr, Chaz, Cohann, Tatianna, Ean,Cade, Taryn, Ever,Dru and East;and ahis furr baby, Cotton. He also leavesbehindhis twosis‐ters, Debra(Ronald)Pate and Ramona (George) Cooper;mother-in-law, Rosalie Armstrongand fa‐ther-in-law Earl Henry(Jes‐selyn)Williams; five sis‐ters-in-laws, Carliss(Don) Poole, ShelleyLeBeaux Terrell Warren,Chandra (Flemming)Ragas,and SandraWilliams- Jones; five brothers-in-laws, Dwayne(Yvonne)LeBeaux, Eric(Jewanna)LeBeaux, Andrew(Shenell) LeBeaux Jr; Tremayne LeBeauxSr. ;Lloyd Wesley;his favorite goddaughtersKendraPate and TenyaSmith;his bud‐diesOliverAugillard, Wade Mashia, VincentBrumfield, Terry Gross, ‘BooMan’, Jer‐rel Turner,Blane Mason; and ahostofaunts,un‐cles,nieces, nephews,

cousins, andfriends.Joe Jr isprecededindeath by his parents,Joseph, Sr.and CoraLee Smith; his brother,Kevin ‘KevBoo’ Smith Sr;his maternal grandparents, Paul Sr and Celia Victor;his paternal grandparents, Sidney and Octavia Smith; grandson,T Smith;his godparents, Helen Etienne andGuy Stewart;his father-in-law, Andrew LeBeaux; hissis‐ter-in-lawDalphineLewis; and godson, Cedric Victor Relatives andfriends of the family, Pastors, ofﬁcers and membersofProvi‐dence #2 Baptist Church and allneighboring churches areinvited to the Celebration of Life Services at11:00am on Saturday June 21,2025, at Provi‐dence #2 BaptistChurch, 17294 RiverRd, Montz, LA 70068. Rev. VernellBraudOfﬁciating. Visitation 9:00amuntil time of ser‐viceatthe above-named Church.Interment Jeffer‐son Memorial Gardens, 11316 RiverRd, St.Rose, LA 70087. FinalArrangements Entrusted to PatrickH Sanders FuneralHome& FuneralDirectors,LLC.605 MainStreet, Laplace, LA 70068. 985-359-1919. “Pro‐vidingCare& Comfortis Our HighestMission.”

ViolaJasminThompson, 102, of New Orleans, LA, passedawaypeacefully on June 5, 2025. Shewas born inNew Roads, LA on Febru‐ary 14,1923, andthe youngest of eightchildren. She residedinVacherie, LA beforesettlinginNew Or‐leans,LA. Shewas ade‐voted choirmemberat LovingFourBaptist Taber‐nacle forover30years.She issurvivedbyher daugh‐ter,SheliaWilliams(Ric‐cardo), grandchildren: Aaron Miller (Reshonda) and ArianneWilliams, great-grandchildren,and one great-greatgrand‐child. Also survived by a

host of nieces,nephews, other relativesand friends. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend theHome‐going CelebrationonSat‐urday,June 21, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at Loving Four Baptist Tabernacle,2900 Thalia Street,New Orleans, LA. Visitation will beginat 9:00a.m.Rev.Matthew Tanner, Jr.ofﬁciating. In‐terment will follow at Mt OlivetCemetery, NewOr‐leans,LA. Guestbook On‐line: www.anewtraditionbe gins.com(504)282-0600 LinearBrooksBoydand Donavin D. Boyd Own‐ers/FuneralDirectors

Vicks, NaKeya Lynna 'Kia

NaKeya Lynna “Kia Vicks wasbornonOctober 13, 1982, to Robert L. Vicks and Annette M. Machado inNew OrleansLA. Kiawas baptizedatNew St Matthew Church by the lateRev.Johnson.She at‐tendedMt. Moriah Church under theleadershipof PastorC.Grayson.She was granted herwings on June 9,2025, in NewOrleans,LA surrounded by familyand friends.Kia graduated fromMarionAbramson HighSchool in May2001 and attended Sidney Col‐lierCulinarySchool in New Orleans.She wasem‐ployedatOfﬁce Depotasa stock clerk, andthe Hyatt Regency Hotelasa ban‐quetserver. Herfavorite color waspink, andshe en‐joyed cookingand eating great food.She wasfun outgoing,lovingand a “Wonderful” mother and daughter. Nakeya “Kia Vicks wasprecededin death by maternal grand‐parents WiliamSr.,and JessieL.Price,paternal grandmother Mary L. Vicks,one brother: Bran‐don Price, twouncles: WilliamPrice Jr.and Glen Vicks.She leaves to cher‐ish hermemoriestoher daughter JamairaS.Jack‐

son, hermotherAnnette Machado,one brother: DanzelR.Vicks,Aunts: Linda Williams (Carl Barnes),Shantell(John) Dickerson,and Lisa Vicks, Uncles: Anthony(Aisha) Price,and KornellPrice, stepparents;Colletto Vicks and AnthonyDowell, god‐mother; Aletha Cusher cousins:Olajuwon, Ken‐nette,Lisa, Antoinette,Jes‐sica, Antea, Erika, Tamyria, Arshad, Eddie, LilWilliam, Aneka,Isis, KornellJr.,John III, andJonas.Along with a hostofother familymem‐bers. Family andfriends are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life Service onSaturday, June 21, 2025 for 11:00 a.m. at Mt.Moriah Church,2407 Louisa Street New Orleans, LA 70117. Vis‐itation will beginat9:45 a.m.PastorCyril Grayson, ofﬁciating. Intermentis private.Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins com (504) 282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Washington,Marcus Archelle

Marcus Archelle Wash‐ingtondepartedthislifein the comfortofhis home surrounded by hisloving family, on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at theage of 51. He was anativeofNew Or‐leans,LA, aformerresi‐dentofAvondale, LA (Kennedy Heights),and presently residing in Laplace,LA. Marcus wasa graduateofL.W.Higgins HighSchool.Hewas em‐ployedaslaborer with ADM ARTCOShipyard. Beloved husband of ShawandaPetty Washing‐ton.Devoted father of Marchelle Washington Bryan Washington,and ToricaJoseph; bonus fa‐therofJordyn, Maegan, and Darren Jefferson. Cher‐ished grandfatherofArzari Washington. Loving sonof Cephus Washington and

thelateMaryLouiseWash‐ington. BrotherofRaynell (Wanda) Thomas,Byron Thomas, Cephus Washing‐ton,Jr.,Natasha Danielle Washington, DebraWash‐ington, Atressa W. (William) Sanders, andthe lateNikitaDeniseWashing‐ton andJohnieMae Wash‐ington. Uncleofthe late Ta’Shay Simmons. Marcus isalsosurvivedbyhis god‐childrenDarrionaNicker‐son,Kevin Anderson,Jr., and ahostofaunts, un‐cles, nieces,nephews, cousins,other relatives, and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers andmem‐bersofLivingWordFamily Worship Center,Fischer Community Church andall neighboring churches;em‐ployees of ADMARTCO Shipyardare invitedtoat‐tendthe CelebrationofLife atFischer Community Church,1737 L. B. Landry Avenue, NewOrleans,LA onSaturday, June 21, 2025, at10:00a.m. Bishop James NelsonBrown, host pastor; PastorDarionGray, ofﬁci‐ating.Visitationwillbegin at8:30a.m.until service timeatthe church.Inter‐ment: St.LandryCemeteryGonzales, LA.Arrange‐ments by DavisMortuary Service,230 Monroe St Gretna, LA.Toviewand signthe guestbook, please gotowww.davismortua ryservice.com.FaceMasks Are Recommended

Elizabeth(Betty)Rose Zachary wasbornonJanu‐ary 2, 1930 in Pensacola, Florida to WilliamL.and Georgie Cook Zachary. At anearly ageBetty andher mothermoved to NewOr‐leans where shegrewup withher cousinsHelen Gardner Meyerand Bernice Gardner Bordelon Shefﬁeld. Shegraduated fromNichollsHighSchool in1946 then attended Busi‐nessSchool.Betty started herbanking career at Dixie

Homesteadbeforegoing to workatFidelityHome‐stead where sheworked for 49 yearsuntil retire‐mentin2000. Sheheldthe title of Vice Presidentin chargeofPersonnel and Operationsfor many years. She excelled in theSavings and Loan industry andheld several positionsasthe firstwoman in whatwas verymuchthe boy’sonly club. As alifelongparish‐ioner of GraceEpiscopal Church,she spentthe first years of retirement work‐ing forthe church untilits closure in 2012. Shefound a newhomeatSt. Augus‐tineEpiscopal in Metairie, La. Betty passedawayon June 16, 2025 at theage of 95. Sheissurvivedbyher cousins HelenGardner Meyer of Loranger,and ThomasP.Grace of Chula Vista,California, many cousins andfriends.Visita‐tionwillbeSaturdayJune 21atJacob Schoen &Son FuneralHomefrom9 A.M. until 11A.M.followedbyan Episcopal FuneralMassin the J. GaricSchoenChapel. IntermentinSt. Vincentde Paulcemetery#3. In lieu of flowersdonations arere‐quested to St.Augustine Episcopal Church,Metairie LA, or your favorite charity. ArrangementsbyJacob Schoen& SonFuneral Home. Condolencesmay beleftatwww.schoenfh. com

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NOPD testing new shot detection system

BY MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

From the front porch of his Craftsmanstyle double shotgun, a man who goes by “Cheeky” Henry keeps tabs on the St Roch neighborhood where he’s lived for the past 13 years. He hears gunfire at least two or three times a week, he said, sometimes “real close,” but doesn’t report it to 911.

“I don’t want to get caught up,” he said. “Those cats will be trying to shoot at me.”

The New Orleans Police Department now has a different, hopefully better way to isolate the gunﬁre in his neighborhood.

The department on Tuesday launched a six-month pilot program for ShotSpotter, an acoustic gunshot detection system that has been deployed by police for years, with mixed reviews.

Fifteen years ago, the NOPD test-drove the system, but it never gained traction. Authorities blamed imprecise technology and inadequate manpower as obstacles to its utility in the Crescent City Supporters say New Orleans is receiving a more advanced version of the system, joining 177 cities that use it.

“With the technology now, you can pinpoint almost exactly where (gunﬁre) is coming from,” said City Council member Oliver Thomas, a supporter whose district falls in the coverage area for the pilot program, which includes St. Roch, Marigny, Bywater, St. Claude and the 9th Ward.

Under the ShotSpotter system, NOPD ofﬁcers will receive alerts within 60 seconds of a gunshot and can self-dispatch to the scene — no 911 call required.

The system arrives as shootings and murders near historic lows in the city

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La. schools craft plan to boost attendance

Last year, nearly 1 in 4 chronically absent

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO Staff writer

As the number of Louisiana students who frequently miss school grows, the state Department of Education has unveiled a new strategy for bringing them back.

The new guidelines released this week, called “The Power of Presence,” focus on district and community-level prevention and intervention efforts, rather than punitive measures, to improve attendance. They come as Louisiana’s absenteeism rate has risen the past two school years.

The 31-page guidebook also offers standard deﬁnitions of chronic absenteeism, which is when students miss 10% or more of a school year, and truancy to create consistency across school districts It also emphasizes consistent data collection and reporting so that districts can better track at-risk students.

Some suggested interventions to promote student well-being and boost attendance include providing weekend food bags for students dealing with food insecurity creating a closet with spare clothes for children whose families struggle to afford school uniforms, and encouraging students to join after-school activities.

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New Orleans marks Juneteenth with weighty, joyous festival in Congo Square

TBY JOSEPH CRANNEY | Staff writer

he word at the sixth annual Juneteenth Festival in New Orleans on Thursday was heritage

Among the throngs who gathered in the punishing afternoon heat for food and free music at Congo Square, a celebration of the 160th anniversary of the last freeing of slaves in America, it was everywhere.

It was in the second-line parade that kicked off the event, the blare of horns from New Groove Brass Band denoting the city’s centuries-old tradition. Women in baby doll krewes danced in the center of the square, roughly the same Sunday gathering spot used generations ago by their enslaved ancestors.

ABOVE: Mark ‘Mandela the Storyteller’ Whitaker hits a drum as he shares the history of Black Masking Indians. LEFT: Malik Bartholomew pours libations to kick off the festival

Oliver Fletcher raises his fist during the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival.

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The New Groove Brass Band performs in a second-line Thursday to kick off the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival in Louis Armstrong Park.

Harmony Circle heart sculpture removed

Symbol had replaced statue of Confederate general

BY DOUG MacCASH

Staff writer

St. Charles Avenue commuters may notice that something’s gone missing The sculpture of a giant scarlet-colored heart topped with a golden crown that stood atop the 60-foot column at the center of Harmony Circle since late October was craned away earlier this week.

The eye-catching artwork by Mexican artist Raúl de Nieves was the centerpiece of the Pros-

pect.6 international art exhibition that took place across the city from Nov 2 to Feb. 2.

According to the artist, the iron ornament, titled “The Sacred Heart of Hours,” was “inspired by and representative of Catholic iconography and Carnival culture.”

The St. Charles Avenue trafﬁc circle has long been a prime viewing location for passing Mardi Gras parades. De Nieves’ sculpture was the ﬁrst artwork to replace the statue of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was removed in 2017. In the artist’s words, the artwork was meant to symbolize “a new beginning for the space, one that considers the expanse of New Or-

leans’ rich and vibrant cultural legacies and histories.”

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co-curator Miranda Lash said the sculpture was “always designed as a temporary gesture, which we hope will help pave the way for the city’s long-term vision of what this space can be.”

The column at the intersection of St. Charles and Howard avenues is seen by some as a ghostly remnant of New Orleans’ racist past. Discussions began in 2024 about a redesign of the circle, including the possible removal of the old column, which was put in place in 1884.

Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@theadvocate.com.

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Oliver Fletcher, 69, from MidCity, waved a massive American ﬂag donning Pan-African colors.

On the stage by the green trafﬁc sign that marked “Juneteenth Way,” Gentilly native Malik Bartholomew invoked the West African Yoruba people’s àse tradition in a spoken-word toast to the enslaved.

“They were cooks, they were farmers, they were mothers, fathers, uncles,” said Bartholomew a board member of the event’s organizer, the Louisiana Afro-Indigenous Society “They were people. We honor those Africans who we come from.”

After George Floyd’s death in 2020, Director Shaddai Livingston started the event as a sometimes weighty, but mostly joyous celebration of the day in 1865 when Union soldiers declared emancipation in Texas, the country’s ﬁnal slavery holdout.

A number of other Juneteenth celebrations cropped up Thursday Attorney Juan LaFonta sponsored a public event with free food, drinks and ﬁreworks on the New Orleans’ lakefront. Organizers also launched a public art exhibition in Armstrong Park, featuring 10 sculptural drums, half of which were made by New Orleans artists.

On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission is hosting Park and Play in Pontchartrain Park, including sports, music, dancing and food.

On Thursday, Livingston’s growing event in its sixth year bore a resemblance to the park’s two-day

Festival attendees celebrate.

festival season mainstay Congo Square Fest.

Some 70 merchants — mostly Black, it appeared dotted the square, selling Black Panther Tshirts, African jewelry, soaps, lotions and dashikis, among the fare. Paintings for sale of Louis Armstrong hung alongside renderings of Outkast, the Atlanta rap duo.

The Nation of Islam was among food vendors selling plates of fried ﬁsh, oxtail, bean pies, shrimp po-boys and barbecue.

Closer to the entrance to Armstrong Park, near the Congo Square sculpture by Adéwálé Adénlé, Mark Whitaker of the 7th Ward sat in the shade, schooling visitors on the place’s history Catholic enslavers released their captives from noon to 6 p.m. every Sunday, when they’d come to Congo Square to dance and play West African music, Whitaker said, which eventually morphed into American blues and American jazz.

“All the music you hear today

it literally started right here where you stand,” said Whitaker, 63, who introduced himself to crowds as “Mandela the Storyteller.”

Charles Gravely, 70, arrived with a group from Virginia, donning shirts marking another anniversary of signiﬁcance in Black history — 60 years since civil rights protesters marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, before they were greeted by a violent mob of state troopers.

On their way to a bowling tournament in Baton Rouge, Gravely’s group stopped in Selma before making their way to New Orleans.

A New Orleans artist read poetry from the stage while a DJ played a staccato remix of “Iko Iko,” the local classic that originated from Mardi Gras Indian chants.

Gravely smiled, admiring the footwork in the dance circle that carried on in the square.

“I’ll be happy when it’s like this all over the country,” he said.

Police arrest two on child sexual exploitation counts

Staff report

Police arrested two people Wednesday following a two-day investigation into child exploitation, Louisiana State Police said.

Quindel Jarrow, 35, of New Orleans, and Edy Martinez-Rodriguez, 32, of Metairie, were booked

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Murders are down this year by about a third. Killings committed by gunﬁre are down by half. Thomas argued that those strides make it the right time to invest in new crime-ﬁghting tools.

Data pointed to the Fifth District as ideal for a pilot, said NOPD spokesperson Karen Boudrie. Historical crime patterns were a factor, said Jerome Filip, a spokesperson for ShotSpotter’s company, SoundThinking. So far in 2025, the NOPD has responded to at least three homicides and 17 shootings in the Fifth District, according to an analysis of the department’s calls for service log. A fatal shooting Wednesday night at Franklin Avenue and North Prieur Street added to the grim total in the district.

The pilot will cover a 5-squaremile area. Alerts from dozens of sensors will be sent to the RealTime Crime Center, a division of the city’s Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.

The six-month pilot is “free and is aimed at determining the efﬁcacy of the new ShotSpotter technology,” Boudrie said. The NOPD did not say how it might fund the system past the pilot period.

The Baton Rouge Police Department paid $400,000 annually before the system was axed this spring as part of a $9 million police budget cut. The BRPD had used ShotSpotter for 18 years, but the costs exceeded the beneﬁts when crime hot spots shifted, according to Chief Thomas Morse Jr

“The ShotSpotter technology is good, but it’s limited,” Morse told The Advocate in February “It’s bringing us to an area where a gunshot happened and that’s it.” Thomas, who advocated for ShotSpotter in 2023 as interstate shootings surged in New Orleans, said he wishes it had been launched sooner New Orleans first deployed ShotSpotter more than 15 years ago, Filip said. Rafael Goyeneche, president of the Metropolitan Crime Commission, said the city tried it out in the Central Business District. “It never went beyond that initial phase,” he said Former NOPD Superintendent Michael Harrison said ShotSpotter approached him during his tenure as chief, but he passed

into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center Both face charges of attempted carnal knowledge of a juvenile, indecent behavior with juveniles and computer-aided solicitation of a minor Jarrow also had outstanding warrant out of Denton County, Texas.

“With our manpower shortage, we didn’t think we had the resources to be able to handle what it would give us,” Harrison said.

“And secondly, we didn’t think it was developed enough in that earlier generation for us to say yes.”

When he headed to Baltimore in 2019 to lead that city’s police force, Harrison inherited a department with the ShotSpotter system running — a response to surging violent crime and killing.

Harrison said he immediately saw the value in a system that alerted officers to gunfire via an app. Response times fell to under two minutes compared to seven to 10 minutes with calls to 911, which often sent officers to the caller’s location rather than the shooting site.

“It was putting us in Baltimore within a block of where the gunﬁre took place,” Harrison said of the technology Among the beneﬁts, he said, were faster medical response times for victims, greater chances of apprehending shooters and a higher likelihood of preserving evidence such as spent casings.

“I think it’s a great move for the NOPD,” Harrison said “It did help us solve cases we otherwise would not have solved, because we would not have found those casings.” ShotSpotter has faced criticism over its accuracy and impact on communities.

A 2021 study by the MacArthur Justice Center found that it triggered more than 40,000 police deployments in Chicago over a 21-month period that led to no evidence of any gun-related crime. Civil rights advocates argue that the technology reinforces biased policing patterns with little proven beneﬁt

Bryan Lagarde, director of nonprofit crime camera system Project NOLA, said while the technology can aid investigations by pinpointing the exact time of gunﬁre, it’s less useful for departments that, like the NOPD, are understaffed and grappling with long response times.

The department has hovered around 900 officers recently hundreds fewer than when Harrison was chief — and has a median response time of around 21 minutes, according to NOPD data.

Goyeneche said manpower, not the technology, may ultimately determine its long-term beneﬁts. “NOPD will have to commit to responding to the notiﬁcations,” he said. “Otherwise, the results won’t be optimal.”

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While schools aren’t required to adopt the strategies, the framework is intended to give districts evidence-based solutions to combat poor attendance, which research has linked to numerous negative outcomes, including lower test scores, poor grades and a higher likelihood of becoming involved in the criminal justice system, education leaders said.

“We are facing a real and urgent challenge,” Sharon Clark, a member of the state education board, said during an annual teacher conference in New Orleans organized by the state Education Department. “Students are missing too much school, and we are feeling the impact.” Even as Louisiana climbs in na-

tional education rankings, it was one of just ﬁve states out of 36 that have released data in which absenteeism rates grew during the 202324 school year, according to information compiled by FutureEd, a Georgetown University think tank.

Last year, nearly 1 in 4 Louisiana students was classiﬁed as chronically absent, up three percentage points from the previous year, state data shows.

“Louisiana is the only state in the country where the average student has made” a full academic recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley said “But that growth has been minimized by attendance and truancy issues.”

Louisiana’s goal is to reduce absenteeism by 2% annually, ofﬁcials said. If it achieves that goal, nearly 45,000 fewer children will be considered chronically absent by the 2027-28 school year

While the framework gives districts flexibility to tailor strategies to their needs, it includes a handful of “universal elements” each school system’s attendance plan should include. Those key strategies include creating partnerships with community organizations, such as churches and local government agencies; keeping families engaged in their children’s education; and forming attendance teams at the school and district level that help track data and coordinate efforts. The guidelines draw on findings from a program piloted by Baker High School two years ago that aimed to drive down absenteeism using simple strategies, such as sending letters home when students rack up absences and checking in with at-risk students to find out why they’re missing school and discuss solutions. After one year, the district saw its share of

chronically absent students fall 13 percentage points to 37%.

While many districts already employ some of the methods the state is encouraging, the new guidelines are the most comprehensive set to date and should lead to more uniformity across the state, said Misty Davis, executive director of attendance strategy at the state Education Department.

By asking every district to use the same language when talking about attendance, it makes it easier for the state to collect and analyze submitted data, Davis explained. For example, the guidelines make clear when schools should label student absences as excused or unexcused in data systems, she said.

State Education Department staffers will work with districts that continue to struggle with attendance and help them adopt some of the suggested strategies, ofﬁcials

said. “This is getting everybody on the same page,” Davis said, “about how we do it and what it looks and sounds like.”

Email Elyse Carmosino at ecarmosino@theadvocate.com.

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A sculpture by Mexican-born artist Raúl de Nieves is installed at Harmony Circle in October The artwork was removed earlier this week.

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A second-line parade kicks off the New Orleans Juneteenth Festival on Thursday in Louis Armstrong Park.

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Bickham, Maurice Degree, Joyce Hill, Kenneth Obituaries Allen, ModesteJourdan ModesteJourdan Allen, March 3, 1949-June 12, 2025 Marrero,La. ModesteJour‐dan Allenentered eternal restonThursday,June 12, 2025 at theage of 77. She was anativeofBarataria LAand aresidentofMar‐rero, LA.She attended Lin‐colnSchool andretired as a caretaker. Belovedwife ofthe late Gray LeeAllen and loving mother of Gary Lee Allenand Tricia Allen (Darren)Washington. She was thedaughterofthe latePhillip andDelores Jourdan.Alsosurvivedby one sister PearlH.(An‐toine)Wrightand one brother PhillipLee (Denise) Dupre.A grandmotherof seven anda great-grand‐motherofnineand ahost ofnieces, cousins, rela‐tives andfriends.Relatives and friendsofthe family areinvited to attend acel‐

Bertoniere Sr., August Marshall

“The Legend”August MarshallBertoniereSr. cameacrossanobstacle hecouldn’t fixfor the first timeinhis life,his big heart finallygaveout at the VA Hospital on June 12 2025, at theage of 82.He was born in New Orleans, LAonFebruary28, 1943, to the late Rene andAnna Bertoniere. Preceded in death by hisparents,his son,AugustBertoniereJr., brothers, Rene Jr., John, Maurice andsisters,Sylvia Castayand MarilynMen‐doza. He wasbornand raisedinBucktownand workedasa fisherman. Au‐gusthad alifetimeoflove for thewater.Heattended EastJefferson High School and then wasdrafted into the Army during theViet‐nam Era. August is sur‐vived by hislovingwifeof 57years,ChristleCarey BertoniereHis greatest joy inlifewerehis children, TaraBeckmann(Paul), BradBertoniere(Tara), and grandchildren,Zachary and Hannah Beckmann and Cameron, Aubrey Jonah andReneBertoniere. Hewillbeforever missed byhis nieces,nephews, great-nieces, greatnephews,and cousins. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend thevisita‐tionat11:00 am,onTues‐day,June24, 2025, at Greenwood FuneralHome, 5200 CanalBlvd. NewOr‐leans,LA70124, followed bya mass at 1:00 pm.Bur‐ial will be at Greenwood Cemetery. Forcondo‐lences, visit www greenwoodfh.com

Bickham, Maurice

MauriceBickham de‐partedthislifepeacefully onWednesday,June 4, 2025 athis home in Avondale La. He was49years old. He was born June 25,1975, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to the union of thelateJoyce ElaineKellup andJames Simmons.Maurice gradu‐atedfromL.W.WalkerHigh School where he played in the band.For many years, Maurice wasemployedby PHMaterials andHurwitz Mintz FurnitureStore.In 1982 Mauriceacceptedthe Lordashis Christ andSav‐ior andwas Baptistat Greater St.Stephen Full GospelBaptist Church of New Orleans, LA,byBishop PaulS.Morton, Sr.Maurice was aquiet andhumble man who cherishedthe simplejoysoflife. He en‐joyed spending time with his family andfriends.He alsofound peace in ﬁsh‐ing.Maurice will be re‐memberedfor hisgentle nature, steady presence, and thewarmthhebought toothersbybeing helpful. Heisthe belovedbrother ofArleen Taylor (Shawn), TonyReynolds(Erin), Perry Bickham,Lloyd Bickham Sr.,and JamesRobinson. Heleavestocherish his memoryare ahostofun‐cles, aunties, nieces, nephews,cousins,and friends.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thecelebra‐tionof life servicewhich willbeheldonFriday, June 20, 2025, at Little Zion Bap‐tistChurch locatedat433 AvondaleGardenRoad, Avondale, LA 70094. The visitationwillbegin at 8:30 a.m., andthe servicewill begin at 10 a.m .Pastor DamienBrown ofﬁciating and entombment will fol‐low at St.Matthew Ceme‐tery. Funeralplanningen‐trusted to Robinson Family FuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA70037, (504) 208-2119. Foronline condolences,pleasevisit www.robinsonfamilyfuner alhome.com

Morris E. Biggs,Sr. en‐tered into eternalreston Saturday, June 7, 2025, at the ageof86. He wasa na‐tiveand resident of New Orleans,LA. Morriswas ed‐ucatedinthe NewOrleans PublicSchool System,and hewas aretired employee withthe TimesPicayune of New Orleansasa truckdri‐ver.Hewas amemberof Jolly Bunchand NOMTOC SocialAid andPleasure Club. Belovedhusband of Carolyn Biggs.Lovingfa‐therofCynthia B. Hener‐son,SharonB.Buggage Wanda Biggs,Daryl Biggs, KirkJenkins Biggs,Sr. DwayneBiggs,Gregory Jenkins,TroyJenkins,Brian Jenkins,Yolanda Antoine, and thelateMorrisE Biggs,Jr.,Marvell Biggs and Ronald Jenkins, Jr.Son ofthe late Milton Biggs and SarahRoseRivers. Brother of thelateMilton Biggs,Alvin Biggs,and Edith MaeRivers, also sur‐vived by 48 grandchildren, 96great grandchildren, 13 great greatgrandchildren and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the familyalsopastors,ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of St Stephen MissionaryBap‐tistChurch,and neighbor‐ing churches areinvited to attend theCelebration of LifeatSt. StephenMission‐ary BaptistChurch 1738 L. B.LandryAve.New Or‐leans,LA, on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. PastorNormanFrancis ofﬁ‐ciating.Visitationwill begin at 8:30 a.m. until ser‐vicetimeatthe abovenamed church.Interment: Woodlawn Park Memorial Cemetery-Westwego, LA ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St., Gretna,LA. To view and sign theguestbook pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face maskrecommended

CormierSSF,SisterM. Romuald

Sister M. Romuald Cormier,SSF (nee Imelda Marie Cormier),the daugh‐ter of Mr.ErnestCormier and Mrs. PaulineJones Cormier,entered eternal lifeonTuesday,June 17, 2025. Shewas born on De‐cember27, 1928, in Coulee Crouche,Louisiana.She was 96 yearsold.Sisteren‐tered theCongregationof the Sistersofthe Holy FamilyonSeptember 7, 1945, made herFirst Vows onMarch 19, 1948, andPer‐petualVowsonAugust16, 1953. Sister Romualdcele‐brated80years as aSister ofthe Holy Family.Sr. Ro‐muald attended Holy RosaryInstitute in Lafayette andwas taught byseveral Holy Family Sis‐ters. Sr.Romuald made ex‐tensive preparationfor her ministriesineducation all inLouisiana.She received a B.A. degree in 1966 and Early Childhood Certifica‐tionin1967 andLouisiana and TexasTypeA Certifica‐tionin1968, followed by a minor in SpecialEducation in1973 and finally aCertifi‐cationinReligionfor Pre-K and Primaryin1990. Sr.Ro‐muald ministered mainly in education at theelemen‐taryand pre-school levels all in Louisiana. Sister’s firstteachingassignment was at St.JoanofArc School in NewOrleans, thenatSt. Raymonds.Next sistertaughtatSt. Martin dePorresSchool in Lake Providenceand OurLady HelpofChristiansinBas‐trop. Sister continuedher teachingcareer at St.Fran‐cis Xavier in BatonRouge beforeshe movedinto early childhood education atSt. John Berchmans Child DevelopmentCenter, House of theHolyFamily and LafonChild Develop‐mentCenterall in NewOr‐leans.Lastly, Sr.Romuald taughtinLafayette at Im‐maculateHeart School.Sr. Romuald wasactiveas Captain 16 of theAlumni Associationofthe Sisters ofthe Holy Family.As‐signedtothe motherhouse for2016, Sr.Romuald as‐

sisted at theDelille Ofﬁce, PrayerMinistryand dishes Sistercontinued herPrayer Ministryasa resident at the LafonNursing Facility ofthe Holy Family until Tuesday,June 17, 2025. Sis‐ter Romualdwas preceded indeath by herparents three brothers:Melvin Joseph, Sr Bowman and Leo Cormierand oneSis‐ter:Mrs.RitaDartis. Sheis survivedbytwo brothers: Raymond andJames Don‐ald Cormierand twosis‐ters: Mrs. MarieRossand Mrs.MaryLoisPlumber Sisterisalsosurvivedby her nieces,nephews cousins,beloved students, friends andSisters of the HolyFamily. Mass of Chris‐tianBurialwillbeheldon Saturday, June 21, 2025, at the Chapel of theSisters of the Holy Family on 6901 ChefMenteur Hwy.,NOLA 70126. Visitation begins at 8:00a.m.Wakeservices begin at 9:15 a.m. and MassofChristian Burial at 10:00 a.m. IntermentatSt. Louis Cemetery #2.Profes‐sionalArrangementsen‐trusted to Majestic Mortu‐ary Service, Inc. (504) 5235872.

a devotedhusband,father, brother,grandfather,uncle and friend,passedaway peacefullyathomeonJune 3,2025, in NewOrleans, Louisiana,atthe ageof85. Henry wasborninNew Or‐leans,LAonOctober 14 1939, to thelateJoseph and Beatrice Davis. He was a lifelong Catholic andwas baptizedatCorpusChristi Catholic Church andwas a faithfulmemberofSt. David Catholic Church for over ﬁftyyears,serving in manyministries. Henryat‐tendedCorpusChristi Catholic School andcom‐pletedgrade school at ValenaC.Jones Elementary School.Hematriculated through Andrew J. Bell Ju‐niorHighSchool andGrad‐uated from Booker T. WashingtonHighSchool in 1959. He received various certiﬁcationsfromDelgado Community Collegeand earneda BS in Business AdministrationfromSouth‐ern University at NewOr‐leans.Early in hiscareer, hewas ahelperand driver for TheJAX BreweryCom‐panyinNew Orleans. After JAX closed,heworkedat LoneStarIndustries, the MechanicalEquipment Company andretired from CrescentCrown Beverage asa salesman.Hewas pre‐ceded in deathbyhis par‐ents, Joseph andBeatrice Davis,daughterAvis DeniseDavis,SisterMarie Hicks,and brothers Joseph (Dorothy) andMorris Davis,Sr. (Elaine).He leavestocherish hismem‐ory hiswifeof63years, Amy Davis; asisterBrenda BourneofDarrow, Louisiana;two sons:Henry MartinDavis,Jr. (Darlene) and Eric Davis(Carla),both ofHouston,Texas;and his daughterRachelDavis of New Orleans, Louisiana. His legacy continues through hiseight grand‐children: HenryDavis,III (Kiosha), Joshua Davis, RuthDavis,DymondDavis, SimoneHaley,Daniel Davis,SundiataHaley,and JosephDavis;and one great-grandson, Caleb Davis.Henry also leaves an extendedlovingfamily, in‐cluding hisbrothers-in-law Frank ScottJr. andLarry Scott (JaniceLee),and his sister-in-law AngelScott Hewas also aFather-inLaw to Zina Davisand N. SundiataHaley.Henry will befondlyrememberedby a host of nieces,nephews, familyand friends. He Will BeGreatly MissedBy Everyone! Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend hisMassof Christian Burial at St.David Catholic Church,5617 St ClaudeAvenue,onSatur‐day,June 21, 2025, at 11:00 am. Visitation will beginat 9:00am. Interment: St RochCemetery, No.2 Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtosignthe on‐lineguestbook,share memoriesand condo‐lenceswiththe family. Arrangementsentrusted to D.W.RhodesFuneralHome, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA (504) 8227162.

JoyceAnn Carter-Degree was born on January25, 1943, in St.James Parish Louisiana,tothe late Mil‐ton andAlmaCarter. She was alongtimeresidentof Marrero,Louisiana,and the proud mother of ﬁve chil‐dren. Shepeacefully de‐partedthislifeonMay 29, 2025, at theage of 82, sur‐rounded by theloveand prayers of herfamily. Joyce was baptized at an early age andcarried herfaith throughouther life.She was adevoted mother and homemaker to allwho cameintoher presence Joyce took specialjoy in raising herchildrenand spendingtimewithher grandchildren.She wasa woman of quietstrength, deep wisdom,and unwa‐veringlove. Shesharedher lovethrough cookingfor her familyand watching Lifetimemovies. That was her wayofgetting thefam‐ily to stay longer.She was known forher gentle pres‐ence, warm smile,and for makingeveryonefeel like family. Whetheroffering advice, aprayer, or aplate offood, Joycegaveofher‐selfcompletely. Sheissur‐vived by herchildren: Allen Degree, Sr.(Fonteechio), JoAnn Moore(Walter), and DwayneDegree(Gyton‐nea); 30 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren;her sisters Lynette Paul,Geral‐dineBarker, andBrenda Jones;and brothers Ed‐ward, Willie,and Melvin James Carter (Debra)— eachofwhomwillnever forgetthe love shebrought intotheir lives. Shealso leavesbehindher god‐daughter, Gail Brown, along with ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,and dearfriends.Joyce was precededindeath by her children, Tyrone Degree, Jr and Antoinette Anderson; her grandson,JermilDe‐gree; herparents,Alma and Milton Carter,Sr.;and her siblings,Milton Jr Alvin,Michael,Lionel, Joseph, andLarry Carter aswellasJanet Benjamin, GloriadeanBrown, and GertrudeDickerson Thoughshe hasgonetobe withthe Lord,Joyce’s spirit willcontinue to live on in the storieswetell, thetra‐ditions we honor, andthe lovethatbinds ourfamily together.She wastruly one of akind—andweare better, stronger,and more lovingbecause shewas ours. Relativesand friends ofthe familyare invitedto attendthe funeralservice onSaturday, June 21, 2025 atRockofAgesBaptist Church,6533 AcresRoad, Marrero LA 70072. Thevisi‐tationwillbegin at 8a.m followedbya 10 a.m. ser‐vice. Rev. Terrence Ranson isthe pastor andRev.Ken‐nethWalkerofthe Regular Baptist Church of Gretna willofﬁciate. Interment willfollowinEvening Star CemeteryinHarvey, LA.Fu‐neral planning entrustedto RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

JamesMitchellDown‐ing,III, affectionately known as “Smokey,”age 82, of Hahnville, Louisiana, transitionedpeacefully fromhis earthlyhomeon June 10, 2025, at 11:50 PM, surrounded by family. A devoted husband,father, grandfather,and proudna‐tiveofKillona.James leavesbehinda legacy rootedinlove, endurance, and generational strength James wasbornonJune 30, 1942, in Killona, Louisiana,tothe late James Mitchell DowningJr. and Bertrecia“Bay-Bay” Morris. He wasalsocher‐ished by grandparents:pa‐ternal—JamesMitchell Downing Sr.and Franceline Dinvaut;maternal— Dave MorrisSr. andRoseHandy James accepted Christ at anearly ageand wasbap‐tizedbythe late Rev.

JamesS.PowellSr. He was a lifelong member of Canaan BaptistChurch in Killona,where he served faithfullyonthe Deacon Board,asa Trustee, Trea‐surer,and amemberofthe CemeteryCommittee. His service to thechurch re‐mainedsteadyuntil his healthbegan to decline. James grew up in acloseknitKillona community, shapedbystrongfamily values. He enjoyedgarden‐ing andlawncare. His quiet strength andwork ethic were evidentfroman early age. He attended GeorgeWashingtonCarver HighSchool in Hahnville, where he played in the bandand laterjoinedKil‐lona’sbeloved “SoulPa‐trol” baseball team,ex‐celling as a firstbaseman Hededicated 42 yearsto AvondaleShipyard, known for hisprecision,skill,and dependability. As apipefit‐ter,James oftenlenthis talents to help familyand neighbors,never seeking recognition.James shared a beautifullifewithhis wife, Patricia LewisDown‐ing,who remained by his sideasa devotedpartner and caregiverthrough his 13-year journeywith Alzheimer’s.Their union blended twofamilies into one.Heloved each of his childrendeeply and formedenduringbonds with:-James Mitchell Downing IV (Annette), LeathaDowning,Ken Downing (Dedra), Michelle Cox (Bryant),Tommy Downing (Gidget),Jared Kevin Downing, Rechelle ThomasPierre(Charles) Patrick Thomas,Re’Shawn ThomasRayford (GlenSr.), and JavinDowning—form‐ing deep bondsthaten‐dured throughthe years. James is preceded in death byhis parents, James MitchellDowning Jr.and Bertrecia “Bay-Bay”Mor‐ris;his siblings,Ivory Downing Sr EverettDown‐ing Sr., HaywoodDowning, and Aleada Downing; and his sister in-law,Sheila Lorio Downing. He is sur‐vived by hisdevoted wife, PatriciaLewis Downing; 21 grandchildren;and a legacyfullof22greatgrandchildren.Heisalso survivedbyhis siblings Ida Mae Downing, Bertrecia Downing,Andrus“Pop” Downing,and Sandra Downing;his sisters-in-law NavadaLewis Borneof LaPlace,LA, andWanda Williams of Marrero, LA; and hisbrother-in-law David Lewis(Vanessa)of Edgard, LA.Heleavesbe‐hinda host of nieces, nephews,cousins,and two dearlife-long friends: Joyce Raymondand Calvin Harris. Thankyou to every‐one fortakingthe time withJames.James leaves a legacyofloveand memo‐riesthatwillforever be cherished by hiswife, Pa‐triciaLewis Downing, and his children.Relatives and friends of thefamily, Pas‐tors, Officers andMembers ofCanaanBaptist Church all neighboringChurches and allemployees andfor‐mer employees of Avon‐daleShipyardare allin‐vited to theCelebration of LifeServicesat11:00 am Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Canaan BaptistChurch,319 Killona Drive, Killona, LA 70057, Pastor HenryWolfe Sr. Officiating. Visitation at 9:00amuntil thetimeof service at theabovenamed Church.Interment Killona Resthaven, Mary PlantationRoad, Highway 3141, Killona, LA 70057 Final arrangements En‐trusted to PatrickH Sanders FuneralHome& FuneralDirectors,LLC.605 MainStreet,LaPlace,LA 70068. 985-359-1919. “Pro‐vidingCare& Comfortis Our HighestMission.”

Ourfamilymournsthe death of ourdear father, ClarenceGuillory,Sr.,a residentofCovington Louisiana, whounexpectedly died on June 15, 2025, after abrief illness. Clarencewas born in Mamou, Louisiana on July 20, 1927. Similar to many in hisgeneration in Acadiana, he wasthe first in hisfamily to have aformal education and speak English. After high school he enteredthe United States Navy whereheservedin Corpus Christi, Texas from 1946-1948. Followingservice in theNavy, he attended Louisiana State University for fiveconsecutive years withouta sum-

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OPINION

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‘Big BeautifulBill’ will benefitfamilies

As aworking mom of two young children, Iknow that strong families form the bedrock of our society.When parents and children are empowered, communities and future generations thrive.

The best way we can empower American families is by making it easier and more affordable to start and raise afamily. By that measure, President Donald Trump’sagenda for tax relief found in our “One Big Beautiful Bill” squarely hits the mark. For example, the legislation expands the child tax credit for America’sfamilies, providinga $2,500 annual creditfor children under age 17 —anincrease from the current $2,000 credit Without this action, the child tax credit willinstead decline to just $1,000 per childatthe end of the year The boosted child tax credit begins to phase out for parents at the higher end of the income

scale, ensuring that this relief is focused on middle-class families whoneed support the most.

valuable employees on the payroll and off government assistance.

hometoa child in need by offsettingthe high cost forprospective adoptive families.

TheHouse-passed legislation also expands paid leave opportunities for new parents. Oftentimes, parentsare forced to choose between career advancement and spending much-needed timeathome with their newborns.

We takeadifferent approach by incentivizing small businesses to provide paid family and medical leave to their employees —with the ultimate goal of providing more paid leave beneﬁts to workingfamilies.

The legislation strengthens the Paid Family and Medical Leave Credit, allowingjob creators new pathways toreceive atax beneﬁt from offeringpaid leave to their employees.

With this we both encourage Americanstostart and grow families and provide apathway forAmerica’sjob creators to keep

Iﬁrmly believe that providing moreaccess to paid leave beneﬁts is both pro-family and good economics.

It’snot just parents who will beneﬁt.Under theOne Big Beautifulbill, newborns will receive adedicated investment account with a$1,000 starting contribution. Parents could then contribute up to $5,000 annually until their child turns 18, when themoney could then be used for schooling, training programs, business loans or ﬁrst-timehome purchases.

These savings accounts will accumulate interest over time, encouraging families to contribute to their child’sfuture while giving kids astakeinthe market at a young age.

This is one of just numerous ways the tax bill prioritizes the next generation. The legislation also strengthens the existing federal adoption tax credit, encouraging more families to open their

Pell Grantisalifeline formanyLouisianans

Louisiana is quicklybecoming ahub forinnovation and job growth. From Hyundai Steel’s$5.8 billion investment in Donaldsonville to drone manufacturer Blueﬂite expanding in Lafayette to Procter &Gamble enhancingoperations in Rapides Parish, opportunity is on the rise. These investments promise thousands of good-paying jobs in manufacturing and technology. But proposed federal budget changes could undercut our momentum by weakening one of our most important tools for workforce development: the Pell Grant. More than 107,428 Louisianians used the Pell Grant last year to pursue higher education or workforce training,from recent high school graduates toworking adults seeking newskills orcareer changes. The Pell Grant,aneed-based federal program, helps cover tuition at public and private institutionsfor lowand moderate-income students.Most recipients come from families earning under $40,000 ayear,and many juggle jobs,caregivingresponsibilities and coursework while pursuingtheir education. Congress is currentlynegotiatingthe “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” abudget package that includesincome tax cut extensions and education funding changes. The bill includesimportant funding to shore up the Pell Grant— $10.5 billion to ensure the program has enough funds. However,there aretwo potential paths forward for how many students could use those funds. The House of Representatives’ version includes eligibility restrictions that could cutaccess to this critical funding for 79,000 Louisiana students, nearly25,000 of whom would lose their Pell Grantentirely These changeswould block students attending less than part-time from receiving aPell Grant. It would also require students to take 15 credits per semester to receive the full award, up from the current 12. Thatmay seem like asmall change, but it’s abig hit for working parents and adult learnerswho simply can’ttakeaﬁfth class due to time or cost. For them,thisisa $1,500 annual cut. In contrast, the Senate’shigher education budget bill, writtenbyLouisi-

ana’sSen.Bill Cassidy,keeps the Pell Grant accessible and available to those whoneed this ﬂexibility to complete their degrees.

In addition to strengthening incentives foreducation, adoption and providing paid leave, acrossthe-board tax relief will better position families to realize the American dream Families will beneﬁt from an increased standard deduction, which is theallowable amount that families can use to reduce their taxable income. Without action by the end of 2025, the current standard deduction will be cut in half forboth single ﬁlers and married couples —ensuring ahefty tax increase. Our bill not only stops this tax increase, but provides a$2,000 increased deduction for families.

Ahigher standard deduction is the ultimate middle class tax cut and is utilized by over 93% of taxpayers in my district. Increasing the standard deduction will provide moremoney to spend on you and yourfamily’shopes and dreams.

Service workers will beneﬁt from an elimination of taxes on tips, and our emergency responders in particular will beneﬁt from eliminating taxes on overtime work.

For example, awaiter or waitress depending on tips to make ends meet will see up to $1,700 moreintheir pockets. Similarly,a law enforcement ofﬁcer working extra hours to protect their community could see an additional $1,750 by eliminating federal taxes on overtime pay Congress has been working hard to deliver on the pro-family tax relief which Trumppromised and waselected on by 77 million Americans, and Ihope the Senate works quickly to pass the bill and get it to the White House for Trump’ssignature. In the meantime, I’ll continue to ﬁght foratax code which strengthens the American family Republican Julia Letlow represents Louisiana’s5th CongressionalDistrict.

Stay away from TV forIran-Israel insight

In our work at theCowen Institute, we annually publish areport on life afterhighschool for New Orleanshigh school graduates. The economic data about New Orleansisclear —the city’seconomy is overly reliant on the tourism and hospitality industries, which typically have lower wages and salaries than other industries. Acollege education is aladder for New Orleansyouth, as well as students statewide, to attain the skills necessary to achieve higher-paying, family-sustaining employment.Theseare thevery type of jobsthat Louisiana needs moreofand that bolsterthe economy of the entire state. We will not be able to continue to attract new innovative employers withoutaneducated workforce. The Pell Grantmakes that possible for tensof thousandsofLouisiana studentsevery year.

Astate committed to business growth must also invest in thepeople who power that growth. Each additional postsecondary graduate generates ﬁve additional support jobsand contributes roughly $105,000 to Louisiana’sGDP We can’t afford to pull theladder up for workingadults, student parents and others strivingfor economic mobility througheducation Now Congress enters thecritical phaseofnegotiating thepathforward between theHouse and Senate budget bills. For Louisiana’seconomy,it’s imperative that theSenatevision of a Pell Grant that works for our workers, families and students prevails.

ThePell Grant isn’tjust aline item —it’salaunchpad. Scaling back access would slow the progress Louisianais making and make opportunities less attainable for the people who need them most. Congress should protect and strengthen the Pell Grant, not cut it.

Amanda KrugerHill is the executive director and Mia Gonzalez Washington is the director of College &Career Success at the Cowen Institute at TulaneUniversity.

While friends and family were cheering and gasping at TV screens this weekend, Iwas yelling at TV screens. College baseball was providing emotional thrills and spills for them, but cable news coverage of Israel’s war against Iran was driving me up theproverbial wall.

Iwas traveling out of state and staying in hotel rooms. So naturally,assomeone whose job is to teach international politics to college students,I was channel-surﬁng across CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. It wasn’tpretty Over on Fox, Iwas treated to an eccentric roster of “experts.”A former Israeli soldier who has madeaname for himself as apodcaster.Awhite-haired rabbi who assured me that all bad thingsthat have happened or will happen in theMiddle East are the fault of Joe Biden.

So their anchors led off their respective programsbybreathlessly describing, as “breaking news,” afederal court order related to immigration and the California National Guard. Later,after acouple dozen morepeople had died in TelAviv and Tehran, the Israel/Iran wargot afew minutes of coverage.

For balance, apparently,Fox also gave me an Iranian-American whose qualifications for political punditry were clearly stated next to her name: “board-certified plastic surgeon.”This sage commentator,speaking for theentire Iranian people, clarified that they would be morethan happy to see their current government destroyed through aerial bombardment. Because that worked so well for Afghanistan and Iraq.

CNN, apparently,aspires to higher standards. They use punditswith better credentials to tilt theplaying-ﬁeld toward the regimeofIsraeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu. So CNN’sIsraeli outreach includes ex-diplomats and ex-bureaucrats, not just ex-soldiers. They also feature delegates from leading pillars of theAmerican foreign-policy establishment, such as the Council on Foreign Relations. They are glad to explain in detail how clever and courageous Israel’smilitary and intelligence services really are. Over on MSNBC, they barely covered Israel and Iran. They must have beencaught offguard. Yousee, this weekend was supposed to be wall-to-wall Los Angeles, Gavin Newsom,Alex Padilla and the military parade. Having spent days preparing (or,inthe case of the parade, probably weeks), MSNBC was not about tolet asudden geopolitical crisis throw them off-schedule.

Iget you, MSNBC. If these missile and drone exchanges do turn out to be the faint murmurings of World WarIII, there will be plenty of time forviewers to catch up later By the way,noone on any U.S. cable news channel mentioned China or Russia, or their consistent support forIran forthe last several years. They may be conspiring to overturn American dominance of global politics, but they are strictly irrelevant if you’re running an American cable network.

But then came the mostrevealing part. I happened to wake up early on Saturday for CNN’s“international edition.” It waslike an altogether different network, with airtime foraregional expert in Cairo and an Iranian exile in Sweden. These perspectives were very different. Maybe Israel lacks the capacity to achieve all its objectives without substantialAmerican military backing. Food for thought whenever Netanyahu inevitably hoists the “mission accomplished” banner.Americans still remember George W. Bush in Iraq in 2003.

Iﬁnally had somereal insight, but it was tucked away from the time slots when most Americans were tuning in.

JasonMaloy is aprofessor and holds the KalisteSaloom Endowed Chair of Political Science at the UniversityofLouisiana.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS PHOTOByLEO CORREA Smokerises after amissile attackinTel Aviv,Israel,on, June 13

COMMENTARY

ROOM FOR DEBATE CARBON CAPTURE

Carbon capture,a newtechnologytouted by proponents as an effective waytoreduce theamount of carbon released into the atmosphere, has scrambled anumber of traditionalpoliticalalliances.Proponents, including business, industryand some environmentalists, sayit’sa keyway to fightclimate change. Opponents have worried about unforeseen environmental impacts,especially of the carbon once stored, and theconsequences for local communities and autonomy. Hereare twoperspectives.

Property owners could seebig impact from tech

Energy,economicfutures dependentongrowth

The carbon-capture-and-storage industry continuedits Louisianaconquest this legislative session. Billed as a way to ﬁght climate change and boost the stateeconomy lawmakers in both parties fought off efforts to ban such operations or to even allow local control over the planning. Opponents of carbon capture voice several concerns, namely the minimal impact on the state carbon footprint, the industry’sreliance on federal subsidies and potential threatstolocal communities’ health and safety.

The industry plan is to inject concentrated carbon waste intodepleted oil reservoirs or other underground formations and keep it there forever. Butscientistssay this can’tbeguaranteed.Bynature, carbon seeksverticalescape, and itsmovement can causeseismic shift,release arsenic and lead into water and,inlargeenough quantities,cause asphyxiation

As professors of property law,wesee one threat the Legislature failed to adequately address: that carbon-capture technology willerode Louisianians’ traditional propertyrights. Within limits, propertyowners havethe right to be free from unwanted intrusions, to decide whetherto keep or sell their land and to seek compensation from thosewho degrade their resources. With carbon capture, these rights are beingrenegotiated Let’sstart with an intrusion, otherwise known as trespass. Imagine aplume of pressurized carbon waste escapesfrom an underground reservoir and migrates into themineral layers below your land, where it causeslead and arsenic to leach into your crawﬁsh pond or causes shifts in the foundation of your home. Is this atrespass? We don’t know In Louisiana, and in manyother states, the lawagainst trespass is unsettled where carbon is concerned.

Now consider an owner’sright to keep or sell. Generally, the lawprotectsusfrom being forced to sell or lease ourproperty to another private party. Thereare exceptions.Louisiana allowsprivateutilities, within certain limits, to take private land

(with compensation) for thepurpose of building transmission cables or pipelines. We justify this because the infrastructure provides a product to thepublic at-large (electricity,natural gas).

The state Legislature earlier expanded this process to include carbon-capture pipelines. Unlike utilities, these pipeline are part of aprivateindustry’swaste disposal system.Why should individual landowners subsidize that?

Finally,consider the possibility of an accident—anexplosion, an earthtremor,a massive leak —that hurtsnearby property owners or the public moregenerally.Tort law generally holds apropertyowner liable for damage caused to neighboring properties or to other people due to their negligent or reckless activities.

But carbon capture legislation has altered this arrangement as well. Louisiana law holds the carbon-capture company liable only for the ﬁrst 50 years and only as to certain kinds of damage. After that, all liability is assumed by the state.

The2025 legislative session saw several attempts, and failures,toaddress these concerns. Bills aimed at giving parish authorities autonomy over carbon capture permits did not makeitout of committee.

House Bill 691, which requires reporting of carbon capture failures, has been sent to the governor,but House Bill 696, which would have created greater protections for safety and drinking water monitoring, failed.

As Louisianians, we know from experience thedamage to our land and health that hydrocarbon exploration has caused. It’suptoustostandupfor our health, our environment, and our property,and after this legislative session there is more work to do

Rob Verchick holds theGauthier-St Martin ChairinEnvironmental Law at Loyola University NewOrleans and directs itsCenter on Environment,Land and Law.Martha Thibaut is an assistant professor of lawatLoyola University New Orleans.

We see that Louisiana is poisedfor healthy job growthacross the state if we don’tmess up this historic opportunity. The futureofenergy is abig partofdriving that potential. Traditional oiland gas production remains acenterpiece of the state’scapability in energy Now,asglobal markets demand cleaner energy solutions, new productsand technologies are driving investment, including blue and green hydrogen, blue and green ammonia,liqueﬁed natural gas,biofuels, direct air capture and data centers for artiﬁcial intelligence. Nearly all of these and more are enabled by akey technology: carbon capture, utilization and storage —abbreviated CCUS.

ectssuchasLNG exporters, biofuels, hydrogenorammonia projects and data centers will risk missing emissions targets, putting economic development projectsand thousands of jobs in jeopardy

Carboncapture isn’tjust about compliance— it enables ajob engine

Louisiana is fortunate to have a great geographic locationfor economic development as wellasunique geological advantages.Our underground geology makes carbon capture attractive here. In turn, that advantage is presenting parishes and regions with big opportunities for statewide job creation projects. With $23 billionin CCUS-related investmentsprojected to generate4,500 constructionjobs, Louisiana is poised for awaveofeconomic growth.

The stakes couldn’tbehigher.Ifwe fail to lead in carbon management, nearby state competitors like Texas and global competitors like China and Japan will, costingLouisiana billions in investmentand thousands of jobs.

LNG exports are now acornerstone of Louisiana’seconomy,supporting thousands of jobs and billions in investment. In some cases, this export networkishappening entirely intrastate, such as natural gasfrom the north Louisiana’sHaynesville Shale being exported in south Louisiana as LNG.

Butasinternational markets demand cleaner energy,integrating CCUS is and will be essential to ensuring Louisiana’senergy industry remains competitive. Without carbon capture, economic development proj-

Building infrastructure for CCUS will fuelLouisiana’s constructionsector,while capturedCO2 supports enhanced oilrecovery, synthetic fuels andadvanced materials —reinforcing ourleadership in energy innovation.

As we’ve alreadyseenwith the Meta data centerinnorth Louisiana,our state is uniquely positionedtobecome anationalhub for more AI-drivendata centers energy-intensive facilities driving AI, cloudcomputing and digital services. While renewable power generation is expanding, it alonecannotprovide the round-the-clock reliability that these facilities require, so natural gascombinedwith CCUS is critical in the near term for low-carbon power generation. CCUS and direct air capture allowLouisiana to offer astable low-carbon energy mix, making our state aprime destination for high-tech investment. We believe the future of Louisiana’s economy depends on decisive action anda statewide strategy.The Legislature is working to ensure servitude andproperty owners’ rights areprotected while Louisiana scales up to the globalneedsenabled by carbon capture. Further, the ability to safely capture andmonitor CO2 thousands of feet underground with no risk to the water table hasalready been established. With billions in investment on the horizon, Louisiana hasachance to lead Investing in CCUS securesour energy future, protectsexisting jobs and can extend the prosperity for our state. Spencer Martinisthe treasurer of Leaders fora Better Louisiana and an executive withRoyOMartin.

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NewOrleans Forecast

someparts this weekend.Combinehigh temperatures and humidity and it will feel likeitisinthe 110s this weekend and into next

heat dome doesnot seem to move for at least thenext fewdayssothe beginning of the workweekwill be much of thesame.Anyoutdoor activities this weekend should be broken up with shade, water breaks and anymeans of cooling necessary.The tropics will remain quiet through theend of June.

business administration and education. After a year teaching school in Missouri, he settled in New Orleans and married his first wife, Ray Marie Zemmer Guillory. They had three children, Julie Ann Fenger (Bobby), Therese Guillory (Steve), and Clarence Jr. Ray Marie Guillory died in July 1962. He remarried Janice Thriffiley Guillory and one child was born of the union, PaulaMargaret Brightman (Tommy). After years working as an executive for the Boy Scouts of America and the United Way, he became the Director of Planned Giving at Loyola University New Orleans, ajob he enjoyed immensely on apersonal and professionallevel. He was adevout Catholicand avid reader of religious books and literature. He loved attendingyearly retreats at Manresa. He was also an opera buff Clarencewas especially proud of his Mamou roots and Cajun heritage and spoke and read French fluently. He loved family dinners no matter what the occasion. He was preceded in death by his parents, Savan and Marie Guillory, and wife, Janice Thriffiley Guillory. He is survived by his four children and grandchildren, Ray Marie Fenger, Caroline Fenger, Robert Fenger, Jr., Genevieve Lemoine McGee (Miles), Spencer Lemoine, Margarita Wong (Lamgee), Mary Brightman, and Thomas Brightman, and great-grandchildren, Nicole McGee, Olivia McGee, Isla Wong and Cole Wong. Clarence willbe greatly missed by his family. The services willbeon Monday, June23, 2025at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70124.The visitation will begin at 9:30 am until the funeral mass at 11:00 am. The interment will follow within Metairie Cemetery.

children,Kenneth Jr., and ChanelNapier, 4stepchil‐drenand 13 grandchildren. His brothers andsisters Odessa Powell Cleveland), Henriette Hills, Velma Turner(Wilbert), Terry, Wendall,Herbert,Albert, CarrolHills Jr., uncle,Her‐bertTaylor, aunt Velma Hills andgodchildMichael Thomas. He is also sur‐vived by ahostofnieces, nephews cousinsbrother and sister in laws,other relatives anddevoted friends.Heisprecededin death by hisparents Ethel and Carrol HIlls, Diane Hills and brotherMichael Hills. Grandparentsand Molly Duncan, Albert andHenri‐ette Hills. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thecelebra‐tionoflifeservice which willbeheldonSaturday, June 21,2025, at Gentilly Baptist Church locatedat 5141 Franklin Avenue New Orleans,La. Pastor Jordan La'Vell Robinson Sr of New Zion BaptistChurch of Marrero,La.,ofﬁciating and entombment will fol‐low at Westlawn Memorial ParkCemeteryinGretna, La. Funeralplanningen‐trusted to Robinson Family FuneralHome9611 La -23, Belle Chasse,LA70037 (504) 208- 2119. Foronline condolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyfunea lhome.com

DEATHS continued from the late LeonardLocket. Fatherof4 sons:Dwayne, Brian andKevin Locket and MickeyByres.2 daughters: Chantel andReenae Pope Nurturedthe growth to RuthSylvester andLance Willis.Alsosurvivedby8 grandchildren,1 great grandchildand ahostof nieces, nephews, cousins, other relativesand friends. A Gravesideservice will be heldonFriday, June 20 2025 at 11:00 am at Holt Cemetery. Professional arrangementsentrusted to MajesticMortuaryService Inc.,(504) 523-5872.

Dimitris Metoyer. Beloved sisterofVenessa Laurent Jones,DeniseLopez and the late CharlesAragon Smith Jr.Grandmother of Juanika,Joshua,Chelsey Kiandra,Michael II,Bianca, Mario,Ashley, Monique, Margo andKeith Jr.She's alsosurvivedbytwo broth‐ers-in-law, many greatgrandchildren,great-great grandchildren,nieces, nephews,great-niecesand great-nephews,three aunts, cousinsand friends. Joanwas theformer ﬁrst wifeofMarvinMetoyer Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeSer‐vicefor Joan KaySmith Metoyer on Saturday,June 21, 2025 for10:00 a.m. at SunlightBaptist Church, 4724 Coliseum Street,New Orleans,La. 70115. Visita‐tionfrom9:00a.m.until 10:00 a.m. Rev. Herman Williams ofﬁciating. Inter‐ment: Providence Memor‐ial Park Cemetery,8200 Air‐lineDr.,Metairie, La.70003 Arrangementsentrusted to Estelle J. Wilson Funeral Home, Inc.,2715 Danneel Street,NOLA70113. Infor‐mation: (504) 895-4903. To signonlineguest book pleasevisit www.estelle jwilsonfh.com

TharrenPoplion,Sr.)and GeraldDannel(Tammy).He willbefondlyremembered bymanynieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and friends. In addition to his parents, Brentisalso precededindeath by his brothers, Arthur J. andEl‐dridgeA.Monette,Jr. (the lateNorma D. Monette). Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the funeral. AMassof Christian burial honoring the life andlegacyofthe lateBrent P. Monette,Sr. willbeheldatSt. Peter ClaverCatholicChurch 1923 St.PhilipStreet,New Orleans,LA70116 on Satur‐day,June 21, 2025 at 10 am Visitation9 am in the church.A repast will follow the Mass in theCharbon‐net Family Center,1615 St PhilipSt.,New Orleans, LA A private(familyonly, please) intermentwilltake place at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Ceme‐teryinSlidell, LA,onMon‐day,June 23, 2025. Please signthe online guestbook atwww.charbonnetfuner alhome.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion, Directors (504) 581-4411.

of singingorplaying wher‐everneeded. Ret, ourfam‐ily matriarch, is survived byher son, Kelly C. Richards, III; granddaugh‐ter,Candace Brisco Tucker (Iam);siblingsSheila Stevenson Brooks(Clem) ofTampa,Florida andAu‐dreyJoe of Jeanerette, Louisiana;and ahostof familymembers andde‐voted caretakers,Wanda Mitchell, LeonardMcIntyre and Kelly VarnadoKnox. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to sharea celebra‐tionoflifeservice on Sat‐urday,June 21, 2025, at 11 a.m.atFirst Zion Baptist Church,1221 S. Causeway Blvd.,Jefferson,Louisiana 70121. Visitation will begin at10a.m Pastor Graylin Burlofﬁciating. Interment willfollowatProvidence MemorialPark, 8200 Airline Drive,Metairie, Louisiana 70003. Repass will be held atFirst Zion BaptistChurch Hall, 1221 S. Causeway Blvd.,Jefferson,Louisiana, 70121. Arrangements en‐trusted to Dennis Funeral Home, 1812 LouisianaAv‐enue,New Orleans, Louisiana,70115.

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Joan KaySmith Metoyer entered theLord'shouse peacefullywiththe spirit ofChristianitydue to nat‐uralcausesonJune 13, 2025. Joan worked as ali‐censedDietician at various hospitals in NewOrleans and Metairie,Louisiana Joanalsocompleted aCer‐tiﬁed DietaryNursing As‐sistant Programthrough Charity Hospital andDel‐gadoCommunity College inNew Orleans. Shewas a graduateofWalterL Cohen High School,and was also amemberof manysocialand pleasure clubs.Joanwas ahigh spiritedwoman who was mostloved andwillleave behindmanymemories. She wasthe daughter of the late Elvina Sullivan Na‐talia SmithLaurent andthe lateCharles Aragon Smith Sr. Shewas thegrand‐daughterofthe late Estelle SullivanBarconeyPhillips ofNew Orleansand the lateGiuseppe AntonioNa‐talia of Sicily,Italy.She was thegreat granddaugh‐ter of thelateElvinaSulli‐van of NewOrleans and Cecilia andGustavo Na‐talia of Sicily,Italy.Joan Kay SmithMetoyer is the motherofTerrance Metoyer,Michael Metoyer, KeithMetoyer andthe late

BrentPeter Monette,Sr., passedawayonSaturday, June 7, 2025 at theage of 78. AnativeofNew Orleans and aresidentofDeRidder, LA, Mr.Monnette wasborn onJuly4,1946, the ﬁfthof six children to thelateEl‐dridgeA., Sr.and Mabel MeilleurMonette.Beloved husband of 55 yearstothe lateJanithDannelMonette Devoted father of BrentP Monette,Jr. andDr. Kelly Monette Gindoff(Scott) Lovinggrandfather of Alexisand BryceGindoff Brother of Kenneth (Yvette), Simone M. (Louis Charbonnet, III),and Jerry (Carolyn).Brother-in-lawof Elenor Poplion(thelate

Ammerette Francis Rieux Moore, well-known pianist,singerand teacher, inthe NewOrleans/Kenner area, passedawaypeace‐fully on June 6, 2025, at the age of 94. “Ret,” as shewas fondlycalled, taught in the Jefferson Parish School systemfor over 30 years and wasa member of both the JeffersonRetired TeachersAssociation, Inc., and theLouisiana Retired TeachersAssociation. Loved by allfor hergen‐erosity,kindspirit, and warmsmile,Ret nevermet a stranger as shewas often found graciously usingher phenomenal gift

Moore, anativeofNew Or‐leans,Louisiana,and resi‐dentofMetairie, passed awayather home on June 17, 2025, at theage of 75 She wasbornonJune 1, 1950, to thelateJohnEd‐wardMcNamaraand the lateRoseClare McNamara She is survived by herhus‐bandof51years,CarlF Moore; herthree children, Stele Moore, Sean (Lind‐sey)Moore,and Colleen Moore; andher adored grandchild, Evelyn Rose She is also survived by her bestfriendand sister, Catherine McNamara;her niece, Savannah (David)

ElvenLocket, Jr.onJune 6,2025 left to be with the MostHightoresigninhis bosom.Elven wasborn May 6, 1939, in WhiteCas‐tle,LAtothe late Alvinand RosalineLocket. Elvenwas married to Audrey Willis and communedtogether 42years.Hewas aveteran inthe U.S. Navyand Coast Guard.Heworkedat UnitedVan Linesasa Su‐pervisor. BrotherofEd‐ward (Burnette)Locketand Hill,Kenneth Wayne KennethWayne Hill was bornonMarch 12, 1960, to the late Carrol andEthel DuncanHills.A native of New Orleans, LA.Kenneth was alovinghusband to Diane Hillsand devotedfa‐thertoKenneth Jr., and ChanelNapier. He wasthe stepfatheroffourand a grandfather of 13. Left to cherish hismemoriesand celebratehis life arehis See more DEATHS page

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Saints’Gleason honoredwithinaugural courageaward

Steve Gleason knows how to break up aroom. The only thingbetter than his timingonpunt blocks is histiming with one-liners.

So it was no surprise Wednesday when the former New Orleans Saints standout lightened themood at an emotional Saints Hall of Fame press conference to introduce theorganization’s Class of 2025.

Anderson, Eyanson readyfor CWSﬁnal

available forseriesvs. Chanticleers

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

OMAHA, Neb.— Anthony Eyanson was stretching in the LSU bullpen onceagain Heading into the seventh inning on Wednesday with atrip to theCollege World Series final on the line, the Tigers were just nine outs away from defeating Arkansas. Redshirt-sophomore right-hander Chase Shoreswas warming up in thebullpen, but afew feet away gettinglimberwas Eyanson, the right-handed juniorand LSUco-ace. Eyanson, along with sophomore left-hander Kade Anderson, had been the one-two punch in LSU’sstarting rotation that had guided the Tigers to this point, one winaway from facing Coastal Carolina in thefinal. Eyanson’sweek in Omaha hadalready beenall overthe place.Hewarmedupin the bullpen during the Tigers’ first game at theCWS against Arkansas, only to thennot be used in their 4-1 win.Hestarted LSU’s next matchup againstUCLA two days later but inclement weather entering the fourth inning ended his night after 44 pitches “I think alot of pitching is (having)experiences,” Anderson said, “and for himto have that Little Rock outing, and in relief was, Ithink, just gets him ready, whether

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Jeff Duncan

“I’ll be brief,” Gleason said through the voice-banking technology on his computer tablet after ofﬁcials announced Gleason wasthe recipient of the inaugural courage award. “Thanks to the Hall of Fame committee forinventing another award.” Gleason’squip sparked laughter from the overﬂow crowd in

ä See DUNCAN, page 6C Gray Gleasonsits on her father Steve Gleason’slap following anewsconference announcing the 2025 Saints Hall of Fame class on Wednesday. STAFF PHOTO By BRETTDUKE

OMAHA, Neb.— As Jared Jones walks to theplate, he focuses on his bat, lets theoutside world melt away,and recites the Hail Mary What do they say about prayers —sometimes the answer is no? It’s been that way at times for Jones this season. ButWednesday night, in a College World Series all-timer between the Tigers and theArkansas Razorbacks, thefaithful were rewarded. More than once. Baseball people, as apoint of pride, relish saying their game is one of failure, an indication of how sweet success is when it ﬁnally does come.

Youmake out and you makeout,swinging and miss-

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ing, hitting pop ups to shallow right ﬁeld, beating harmless grounders to the shortstop.

Then, somethingclicks.The big hit comes. The big pitch.The dazzling putout. Andall is well again. On rare occasions, it makes youa living legend. Jones entered that realm Wednesday at LSU. Not that he wasn’talready waiting at the rope to be admitted into that exclusive club of LSU alltime greats. But Wednesday clenched it.

Clenched through failure, then over-the-top, Jack Buck-level “I don’tbelieve what Ijust saw!” clutchness.

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LSU first basemanJared Jones hits asingle during aCollegeWorld Series game against Arkansas on

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Rockets coach gets contract extension

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HOUSTON Coach Ime Udoka has agreed to a contract extension with the Houston Rockets, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday

The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced. No details on the terms of the contract were available.

The move comes after Udoka led the Rockets to the second-best record in the Western Conference this season and their ﬁrst playoff berth since the 2019-20 season. Houston made a remarkable turnaround in his two seasons in charge after being among the worst teams in the NBA the three seasons before his hiring.

The Rockets, who won just 42 games combined in the two seasons before Udoka was hired, went 41-41 in his first season before going 52-30 this season for their first winning record since 2019-20. Houston lost to the Golden State Warriors in seven games in the first round of the playoffs this season.

Udoka led the Boston Celtics to the NBA Finals in 2022, then was suspended for the following season after the disclosure of an inappropriate relationship with a female Celtics employee.

The 47-year-old was hired in April 2023 to replace Stephen Silas, who was ﬁred after three losing seasons.

ESPN was ﬁrst to report the contract extension.

Warriors

KERR’S SON JOINS STAFF FROM G LEAGUE: Steve Kerr’s son is the newest member of the Golden State Warriors’ NBA coaching staff.

Nicholas Kerr is joining the team’s coaching staff after spending the past two seasons as the head coach of the Santa Cruz Warriors in the G League.

Santa Cruz went 20-14 in each of his two seasons in charge, making the postseason during both campaigns. Before that, Nicholas was an assistant coach in Santa Cruz from 2021-23.

Lainn Wilson, Golden State’s head video coordinator for each of the past four seasons, was named Santa Cruz’s next head coach. Before working in Santa Cruz, Nicholas was an assistant coach on his father’s staff from 201821. He was a video coordinator and worked in player development during his time in the NBA. Nicholas, 32, played college basketball at San Diego and Cal from 2011-16.

The new coach joins a team that went 48-34 during the regular season, and was bounced from the playoffs in the second round by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Pacers

HALIBURTON ABLE TO PLAY: In Indianapolis, Tyrese Haliburton started for the Indiana Pacers in Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night while still dealing with a strained right calf. Haliburton has been dealing with lower leg issues throughout the series and the calf strain ﬂared up in Game 5 on Monday night. He played through it for the ﬁnal three quarters of that loss to the Thunder, though he basically stopped looking to shoot in the second half.

and a 14-time All-American, will be inducted into the Louisiana Sportswriters Hall of Fame on June 28 in Natchitoches

TONE-SETTER

Editor’s note: This is an entry in a proﬁle series of inductees for the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025. The induction ceremony is set for June 28 in Natchitoches.

BY HARRISON VALENTINE Contributing writer

Before there was Haleigh Bryant, Sarah Finnegan or Ashleigh Gnat, there was a 14-time AllAmerican at LSU. She was an NCAA beam champion and an SEC Gymnast of the Year who was setting the foundation and vaulting LSU gymnastics into a perennial power

That athlete was April Burkholder, a native of Houston but an LSU Tiger through and through. Just ask her legendary coach D-D Breaux, who experienced it all in her 43 years as the leader of the LSU gymnastics program. Breaux coached 250 All-Americans and 89 All-SEC selections during her illustrious tenure that in 2017 landed her in the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame. Burkholder was as driven as any of them, she said, high praise coming from one of the sport’s biggest pioneers.

“She was intense,” Breaux said.

“She had that eye of the Tiger Nothing was going to stop her Nothing was going to stand in her way She wanted to win championships. She wanted to do anything she could possibly do to put an exclamation point on her gymnastics.”

Now Burkholder will join her coach in the state’s sports shrine during the 2025 Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony

“She was the beginning of us being able to market and promote and really put people in the seats.”

D-D BREAUX, former LSU coach

on June 28 in Natchitoches.

Not only did Burkholder’s greatness pay dividends for LSU on the mat but it also translated into fan interest never seen in an LSU program that once competed in the Carl Maddox Field House or before sparse crowds in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center

In 2025, the Tigers ﬁnished with four consecutive gymnastics sellouts for the first time in school history More than 13,000 people attended the final meet against Georgia. Those numbers, historic in nature, were sparked by gymnasts like Burkholder

“She was the beginning of us being able to market and promote and really put people in the seats,” Breaux said. “The fact that, when she left, we were selling season tickets and putting 6,000 people in the stands that was the beginning of what we see now.”

When you boast a résumé like Burkholder’s, it’s almost impossible to pick one moment that stands out.

For Breaux, it was the final event of her senior year when she captured the 2006 NCAA championship on the balance beam.

“Everything she did was just awesome,” Breaux said. “She never won a national championship until her senior year Numerous All-America honors and numerous SEC honors. But that coveted national title had evaded her In my career, I’ve had three or four beam national championships, and every one are special people

Rookie QB Sanders cited for speeding twice in June STRONGSVILLE,Ohio

interstate earlier this week.

The Strongsville Police Department stopped Sanders at about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday in a 60 mph zone on Interstate 71 near the Ohio Turnpike, according to a report provided to local media.

Sanders, 23, could pay a $250 ﬁne to waive the fourth-degree misdemeanor case, according to police.

That ticket came after he was stopped by the Ohio State Patrol on June 5 in Brunswick Hills, Ohio. Sanders was pulled over for going 91 mph in a 65 mph zone, Ohio State Patrol told WKBN-TV

Soccer superstar Mbappe discharged from hospital

MIAMI Kylian Mbappe was discharged from the hospital Thursday after experiencing an acute case of gastroenteritis, and it was not known when he will be able to play for Real Madrid at the Club World Cup.

Mbappe missed the Spanish giant’s opening game of the tournament a surprise 1-1 draw against Saudi Arabian team Al Hilal in Miami — because of a fever Coach Xabi Alonso said the France international was in “rough shape” and hadn’t been able to train for days.

His illness casts doubt over what part he might be able to play in the monthlong tournament in the United States, with Madrid facing Pachuca in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Sunday

Fan at Wrigley climbs netting to retrieve bat

CHICAGO From villain, to superhero.

A fan was removed by security before returning to cheers on Thursday after he climbed Wrigley Field’s protective netting near first base to retrieve a bat that slipped through Sal Frelick’s grasp and became lodged there.

The Milwaukee outﬁelder’s bat got stuck about 10 feet up after a swinging strike in the top of the sixth.

Giving it his best Spider-Man effort, the fan clambered up the screen and pulled the bat into the seating area before being removed by guards. He returned minutes later to cheers from the crowd of 41,078, the Cubs largest this season.

because the event requires so much focus and repetition of training.”

Burkholder got an early start in the sport, inspired by her big sister and encouraged by her parents.

“My sister was four years older than me and had been in gymnastics a year before I started,” she said. “I was 3 and I was jumping all over the place. I broke five bones before I was 5 years old, I cracked my skull open when I was 2, so I think part of my introduction to gymnastics was my parents wanting me to learn how to fall.”

Burkholder stepped onto the LSU campus in 2002 as a rising star and left as the most decorated gymnast in school history four years later

Today, even after the program’s ﬁrst NCAA championship in 2024 and numerous great teams and great gymnasts, Burkholder’s accomplishments rank among the best in LSU history

When she left LSU, Burkholder had won a 108 individual event titles. Her eight perfect 10s (four on floor exercise, two on vault and two on beam) are tied for the fourth-most in LSU history And her 39.875 all-around score in 2003 in a meet with Centenary and Texas Woman’s University stood as the program’s best mark for 21 years until a 39.925 by Bryant in 2024.

During her time as a Tiger, Burkholder compiled 14 All-America honors (seventh-most at LSU). As the program continued to grow, so did she.

“She’s an example of what it means to work hard and achieve more,” Breaux said. “Every year she got better, achieved more — and she was great when she arrived.”

Top-ranked Sinner loses to Bublik in Halle’s 2nd round HALLE, Germany Top-ranked Jannik Sinner was upended by Alexander Bublik 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the second round at the Halle grasscourt tournament Thursday Sinner, the Halle reigning champion, was playing in his ﬁrst tournament since losing a five-set thriller to Carlos Alcaraz in the Roland-Garros ﬁnal.

The three-time Grand Slam champion had beaten Yannick Hanfmann in the ﬁrst round this week, but the big-serving Bublik gained some revenge after having lost to Sinner in the quarterﬁnals in Paris.

“It’s a special one — I had never beaten the top one (No. 1) in the world, that’s an accomplishment,” Bublik, who is ranked 45th, said in his on-court interview

ICE agents asked to leave Dodger Stadium parking lot

LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Dodgers organization said Thursday that it asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to leave the Dodger Stadium grounds after they arrived at a parking lot near one of the gates. Dozens of federal agents with their faces covered arrived in SUVs and cargo vans to a lot near the stadium’s Gate E entrance. A group of protesters carrying signs against ICE started amassing shortly after, local media reported.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the agents were not trying to enter the stadium.

“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. (Customs and Border Protection) vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very brieﬂy, unrelated to any operation or enforcement,” she said in an email.

Burkholder

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Former LSU gymnast April Burkholder performs on the balance beam during a meet at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Burkholder, the 2006 NCAA balance beam champion

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Scheffler shares Travelers lead

World’s No. 1 hits perfect shot, several great ones in firing 8-under 62

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

CROMWELL, Conn Scottie

Schefﬂer had one of those rare rounds where he hit a shot so pure it makes his confidence soar So many other shots were pretty good, too, and they added to an 8-under 62 to share the lead Thursday with Austin Eckroat in the Travelers Championship.

The week after a roughand-tumble U.S. Open was a welcome break for so many at the TPC River Highlands, even with the rough just as long (but not quite as thick) as soaked Oakmont.

Rory McIlroy played bogey-free for a 66 and didn’t look to break too much of a sweat.

“This is a nice tonic compared to last week in terms of it’s a slightly more benign golf course and the penalty for missing isn’t quite as severe,” McIlroy said

Schefﬂer faced the hot afternoon when a refreshing breeze turned into a strong wind, and he wasted no time getting in the mix with four birdies in six holes and a 30 on the front nine. And then came the par-5 13th, 236 yards away into the wind, over a pond to a pin on the right. It was per-

BY GREG BEACHAM Associated Press

LOS ANGELES The Buss family’s decision to sell a controlling stake in the Los Angeles Lakers at an eyepopping franchise valuation of $10 billion marks the end of nearly a half-century when one of the most valuable properties in the sports world was run by an eccentric father and his sometimes squabbling children With high-living playboy Jerry Buss and current team governor Jeanie Buss in charge, the glamorous Lakers essentially have been the professional sports equivalent of a quirky family business for two generations.

Sports became increasingly corporate and monolithic in the 21st century while franchise values skyrocketed and ever-more-wealthy titans seized control of this perpetual growth industry

Just not around Hollywood’s favorite basketball team, with its gold uniforms and 17 golden trophies

“The majority of businesses in this country are family-owned businesses,” Jeanie Buss told NPR earlier this year in a rare interview to promote a Netﬂix comedy series based on her career

“And everybody has a family If you’re in business with them, (disagreements) happen. But at the end of the day, what brings you together is the team or the business, and you want to build something successful.”

“I had to hit it really solid in order to get it there with the water short, and I just did pretty much exactly what I wanted to and it felt nice.”

SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER, PGA Tour pro

fect — that’s coming from golf’s No. 1 player — and settled 10 feet away for birdie.

“That 3-iron I hit in there was really nice,” Schefﬂer said. “It was pretty much exactly what I was trying to do It was kind of one where I had to hit it really solid in order to get it there with the water short, and I just did pretty much exactly what I wanted to and it felt nice.”

McIlroy was at 64 along with Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley and Wyndham Clark. Another shot back was Cameron Young. He was in the mix late on Sunday at Oakmont, and started the Travelers Championship by going from the rough to the bunker and then a three-putt from 25 feet for a double bogey

“I managed to get around Oakmont for four days with no doubles and I made it zero holes here,” Young said. “Typically that’s not kind of what you expect around here.”

Not to worry He followed with eight birdies in a day

The Lakers and the Buss clan have been inextricable since 1979 the longest active ownership tenure in the NBA — but Mark Walter’s stunning sports coup Wednesday effectively ends this improbable era. A person with knowledge of the agreement confirmed it to The Associated Press, speaking on condition of anonymity because neither side immediately announced the deal. The sale should make an extraordinarily wealthy woman of Jeanie Buss, one of Jerry’s seven acknowledged children and a longtime employee of his various sporting concerns. And that’s the biggest reason many Lakers fans are rejoicing: This lavish sale comes with the knowledge that the buyers have exponentially more resources than the Buss family and Walter has showed he knows how to spend it intelligently Walter, who heads a group that already bought 27% of the Lakers in 2021, has a sterling reputation in

with a new routine. His cad-

die went down with a stomach virus and the best option was to turn the bag over to his father, Dave Young, recently retired as the longtime pro at Sleepy Hollow

The surprise was Eckroat, already a two-time winner on the PGA Tour but struggling so much this year that he has only two ﬁnishes in the top 20 and eight missed cuts. The last two weeks served him well, however as Eckroat said he ﬁgured out how to eliminate the miss to the left.

He played the last six holes in 5-under par, starting with a 35-foot eagle putt on No. 13.

“I wasn’t fearing the left ball today, which is huge, and then whenever you’re feeling comfortable with other things, other things start to fall in line,” Eckroat said. “Felt great over the putter, and just a really solid day, and I felt conﬁdent, which it was nice to feel that this season. It’s been a while.”

U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun felt the fatigue, and the steamy heat didn’t help the cause Playing alongside Schefﬂer he was hanging in there until it took him two chips and two putts to cover 40 feet for a double bogey on No. 12, and a bogey-bogey ﬁnish for a 73.

Jordan Spieth didn’t even make it to the finish line. This was the first time Spieth didn’t need a sponsor exemption for a $20 million signature event, and he only lasted 13 holes when his shoulder blade got tight on the range, spread across the back of his neck to the other side and left him no choice but to withdraw Scheffler saying he hit a great shot is worth paying attention to because it doesn’t happen very often. He rarely hits it offline. But this was something special. “Hit it really solid and really straight, just barely right of the pin, and kept it nice flat flight, get it to go through the wind, and it was good,” he said.

In fact, he could only recall two other shots in recent years — a 6-iron on the fifth hole in the final round at the 2022 Masters, a 9-iron he hit on the par-3 third hole in the final round of the 2023 Players Championship.

Thitikul’s birdie streak nets lead at Women’s PGA

By The Associated Press

FRISCO, Texas Jenno Thitikul walked off the fifth green after a double bogey in the first round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship reminding herself to stay patient and that some missed shots are going to happen.

“Majors, you’re going to miss anyway,” said Thitikul, who’s No. 2 in the women’s world ranking. “A way to bounce back, it’s more important.”

Thitikul certainly found a way to do that on a hot and windy Thursday, ﬁnishing with a 4-under 68 for a onestroke lead over Minjee Lee (69). Haeran Ryu, Rio Takeda and Somi Lee all shot 70. That only hole over par for Thitikul was followed by a par before she made five birdies in a six-hole stretch, with a 60-footer on the par-3 eighth hole in the middle of three in a row

“My putter went really well,” said the 22-year-old from Thailand, who is seeking her ﬁrst major title. “In the front nine we had a lot of breeze going, and more than the back nine, but like (made) putts 7, 8, 9, which boosts the confidence up making the turn to the back nine.”

Thitikul, who lives in the Dallas area, needed only 25 putts on the Fields Ranch East course at PGA Frisco. Her makes measured 199 1/2 feet.

Thitikul played with topranked Nelly Korda (72) and No. 3 Lydia Ko (75).

Korda, who reaggravated a neck injury with a shot out of the rough during a practice round Monday, opened with seven consecutive pars in a round that had two birdies and two bogeys. Ko was the only in the group to make a birdie at the 513-yard, par-5 ﬁrst hole, but didn’t make another the rest of the day

While Korda said she doesn’t feel pain hitting shots, the two-time major champion said she has pain

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO Jeeno Thitikul hits on the first hole during the first round of the Women’s PGA Championship on Thursday in Frisco, Texas.

“just with rotation” of her neck and that it is hard to get comfortable to sleep at night. “It’s better yeah. Getting better every day, which is nice,” she said. “Just because I injured it last year, whenever I do injure my neck it takes a little bit longer than normal. Just takes me like a week to kind of recover when I tweak my neck now.” Korda opened with seven pars, including at the 317yard, par-4 seventh hole, where she hit a 294-yard drive into a valley just short of the green. Her initial pitch from there ricocheted off the edge of the green and rolled back down the slope to where she was. Korda hit her next shot to 2 feet.

PGA Tour Champions

KJELDSEN, GONZALEZ SHARE

KAULIG LEAD: In Akron, Ohio, Soren Kjeldsen of Denmark and Ricardo Gonzalez of Argentina each shot 3-under 67 on Firestone South to share the lead Thursday after the opening round of the Kaulig Companies Championship, the third major of the year on the PGA Tour Champions. Gonzalez opened with eight pars, took bogey on No. 18 and then played the front nine with ﬁve birdies to offset one bogey Stewart Cink, who lost in a four-hole playoff to Tiger Woods at Firestone in 2006 at a World Golf Championship, was poised to take the lead until two bogeys on his ﬁnal three holes. He was at 68 along with Retief Goosen and Steven Alker

Southern California for his group’s stewardship of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The iconic baseball team has become a perpetual World Series contender with bold, aggressive ﬁnancial moves grounded in smart organizational planning ever since Walter’s ﬁrm, Guggenheim Partners, paid $2 billion to wrest the Dodgers from the reviled Frank McCourt in 2012.

“He’s really committed to the city of Los Angeles in various ways, and sports is something that he’s very passionate about, and certainly Los Angeles sports,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Speaking (as) a Dodger employee, he’s very competitive and he’s going to do everything he can to produce a championship-caliber team every single year and make sure the city feels proud about the Lakers and the legacy that they’ve already built with the Buss family.”

In the Buss era, the Lakers could sell prospective players on their trophies, sunny Los Angeles and that family-business intimacy While that was enough to win big in most decades, Walter’s group epitomizes the modern, deep-pocketed approach to building a consistent championship contender Guggenheim Partners reportedly has $325 billion under management, with Walter particularly leveraging insurance investments to pursue gains across the breadth of the sports world.

“He does everything he can to provide resources, support,” Roberts said. “He wants to win. He feels that the fans, the city deserve that. I think that that’s never lost, and it’s more of challenging us always. How do we become better and not complacent or stagnant, to continue to stay current with the market, the competition to win?”

Before this sale, the Buss siblings were not thought to be particularly wealthy, at least not by team owner standards. Jeanie Buss occasionally appeared to balk at writing certain checks — ask any Lakers fan about Alex Caruso’s departure and the team’s front ofﬁce and infrastructure are thought to be on the NBA’s smaller side.

The new ownership group’s wealth could knock down some ﬁnancial barriers in the restrictive, apron era of salary cap management. It deﬁnitely will provide the Lakers with every resource in scouting,

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JESSICA HILL

Scottie Scheffler watches his shot from the first tee during the first round of the Travelers Championship on Thursday at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. Scheffler shares the first-round lead with Austin Eckroat

COLLEGE WORLD SERIES

‘A younger guy’s game’

Retired Chanticleers

coach Gilmore happy to watch CWS finals from afar

BY ERIC OLSON Associated Press

OMAHA, Neb Considering the run Coastal Carolina’s baseball team is on 26 straight wins on the way to the College World Series ﬁnals

— it would be understandable if Gary Gilmore had second thoughts about retiring after last season

Not a one, he said by phone Thursday as he pulled out of the driveway of his home in North Litchﬁeld Beach, South Carolina, to head to his grandson’s travel team tournament.

The 67-year-old Gilmore attended no Coastal Carolina games this season until the Chanticleers’ ﬁrst two in the CWS last weekend He sat in the stands at Charles Schwab Field, uncomfortable as it was for the man who spent 29 years at the helm, led the 2016 Chanticleers to the national championship and is regarded as the godfather of program Gilmore said he and his family would be back for the best-of-three ﬁnals against LSU starting Saturday night.

“Is there a piece of my DNA in this thing? Absolutely There’s no doubt about it,” Gilmore said, “and I hope it will be for all time.”

But the 2025 Chanticleers are first-year coach Kevin Schnall’s team, and Gilmore said he wanted to make a clean break and not give the impression he was looking over Schnall’s shoulder. Schnall was Gilmore’s assistant for more than two decades

The grind of building Coastal Carolina into a perennial NCAA Tournament team and CWS contender caused Gilmore to sacrifice time with his wife and two children to chase championships, as coaches are wont to do. When he was hired as head coach in 1996,

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he’s starting a game or being a reliever.”

Like on Saturday, LSU didn’t need Eyanson to take down the Razorbacks and advance to the championship series. The Tigers, trailing 5-3 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, put together a three-run rally — a two-run double that deﬂected off the left ﬁelder and a run-scoring single to clinch the 6-5 walk-off victory By not using Eyanson or An-

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The CWS didn’t start well for Jones at all. In the Tigers’ opener against Arkansas on Saturday he was 0-for-5 with five strikeouts, continuing the thread that he was struggling to make contact at the plate. From April 25 to June 14, the date of LSU’s CWS opener, Jones’ average dived from .363 to .328. It must be said April 25 was the date Jones walked off Tennessee with a titanic 452-foot home run to win 6-3, LSU’s only walk-off victory entering the CWS. So there was the knowledge, the belief, that Jones could do it again. Omaha is a tough place to regain your swing. Your touch. You’re playing the best, the hottest teams and pitchers. That first game with Arkansas, a 4-1 LSU win, was prime indication of that. So was LSU’s second game, the rain-interrupted one with UCLA. Jones blasted a 375-foot, three-run home run in the first inning, completing the Tigers’ flash and dash comeback from a 3-0 deficit earlier in the inning. He tacked on another RBI single in the eighth inning of LSU’s 9-5 victory Wednesday night against Arkansas, more frustration. A second-inning single was followed by two strikeouts, Jones’ seventh and eighth of the CWS. Then in the eighth inning with LSU clinging to a 2-1 lead, Jones

his office was in a trailer with no plumbing behind a weed-filled outfield. Twenty years later, the Chanticleers were national champions. Gilmore could have said his work was done at that point, but he wasn’t ready quite yet.

In January 2020, he got a devastating reality check when he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer It had spread to his liver, but it was a type that tends to be more manageable than the more common variety that invariably carries a grim prognosis. He went through chemotherapy and traveled regularly ﬁrst to Houston, and now Denver, for treatments.

In 2023, he was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and had surgery to remove the gland.

Gilmore tolerated his treatments for both cancers better than expected. He missed only three games and rarely a practice.

All he went through, though, made him realize the pull to dedi-

derson, LSU will have both fully available for the CWS ﬁnal series beginning on Saturday at Charles Schwab Field (6 p.m., ESPN).

“I think we’re really set, and all our guys will be ready to go,” Anderson said. “And whoever we need, they’ll be ready.”

The significance of Wednesday’s victory can’t be understated for LSU. Junior Jared Jones’ walk-off single had not only punched the Tigers’ ticket to the ﬁnal, it also guaranteed that Eyanson would be available to face Coastal Carolina.

If LSU was forced to play the 10th inning, LSU coach Jay John-

cate more of himself to his family was getting stronger He wanted to reconnect with his wife and children and build strong bonds with his four grandchildren.

“I feel awesome,” he said. “I have what I have. I’ve got the best doctor in the world His goal is to manage all this stuff. At some point I’m going to have a life-changing surgery where they can get everything in my liver completely stabilized, and they have conﬁdence that’s going to last me a long time I’ll hopefully rid myself of some of this.”

Doctors initially told him the worst-case scenario was that he would live two more years; the “dream” was to make it 10 Now the outlook is better

“How things have gone, God willing, they can keep me with a good quality of life and hopefully something else will get me before that,” he said.

Gilmore acknowledges the game isn’t the same now with name, im-

son revealed on ESPN 104.5 on Thursday morning that he would have turned to the California native to pitch the top of the frame.

And if LSU had maintained its 2-1 advantage through the eighth inning, an edge it built after sophomore Jake Brown’s two-run goahead single in the sixth, Johnson probably would have used Eyanson in the ninth.

“The last nine outs were going to be Chase and Anthony,” Johnson said. “And we were going to win it last night to give us the best chance to win the national championship.”

A loss on Wednesday would

dropped a tough throw on a potential double play that allowed two Razorbacks to scamper home for a 3-2 lead.

It was a short-lived lead. Jones, mouthing his prayer, strode to the plate and turned on the ﬁrst pitch from Arkansas reliever Gabe Gaeckle He launched a 398-foot homer to the same place in the Charles Schwab Field bleachers, beyond the right center ﬁeld power alley, where he hit the one against UCLA to tie the game 3-3. It was Jones’ 22nd of the season and 64th of his career, third-most in program history How big was the blast? It changed the course of the game according to LSU coach Jay

age and likeness opportunities and, soon, direct payments to athletes becoming larger factors in putting together and keeping together a team.

“The NIL, the analytics, the portal,” he said. “I honestly think this is a younger guy’s game, to be honest with you. Guys like me, we coached the game with our eyes. We didn’t coach with analytics and this and that. We recruited with our eyes. We didn’t recruit over the internet to a large degree. We went out and saw guys play, evaluated people.

“That’s not the reason I got out of it, ultimately I’ve got two stage-4 cancers is my body I feel healthy as I can, and I’m lucky and blessed I have the health I do All that played out in my mind. You’re 67 years old, you got four grandkids. What are the choices you want to make here?”

Right now, his choice is to be with his family while he enjoys watching the team he helped build chase a second national championship and see all that is possible for the 10,000-student school in the Myrtle Beach area that had no national athletic identity before 2016.

“Just because of the size of school, people want to label you Cinderella,” Gilmore said. “We were a Cinderella in ’16, absolutely, no doubt about it. We left Omaha still explaining what our mascot was, and Kevin’s still doing it today.”

Indeed, Schnall gave a stern pronunciation lesson to the media after his team beat Oregon State on Sunday, opening his news conference: “Everybody say it with me: SHON-tuh-cleers! SHONtuh-cleers! Not SHAN-tuh-cleers! SHON-tuh-cleers!”

However you say it, the Chanticleers are well-suited to the cavernous CWS ballpark. They don’t hit many home runs, but they get on base get timely hits have strong pitching and play outstanding defense.

They’re also hot.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” Gilmore said. “Crazy.”

have placed an even greater tax on LSU’s pitching staff. Johnson said the Tigers would have likely turned to some combination of Anderson and Eyanson on Thursday had there been a game, meaning that LSU would have potentially been without either starter against Coastal Carolina.

So, who would have gotten the ball first in that Thursday scenario?

“Somebody who took and passed 12 units at LSU in the spring semester,” Johnson quipped.

Email Koki Riley at Koki.Riley@theadvocate.com.

top of the ninth, LSU re-tied the game when catcher Luis Hernandez doinked a two-RBI double off the shoulder of tripping, flailing Arkansas left fielder Charles Davalan, scoring Ethan Frey and Steven Milam That set up Jones for the game winner, an on-the-screws single to center that ticked off the glove of second baseman and Omaha native Cam Kozeal. The ball rolled away into center field where no one could get it until Hernandez crossed the plate.

“What a great performance by him,” Johnson said. “That’s how you win here, when your best players are your best players.”

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Philadelphia Phillies’ Aaron Nola looks to throw a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals on May 14 in Philadelphia.

Phillies place ace Nola on 60-day IL

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MIAMI The Philadelphia Phillies moved right-hander Aaron Nola to the 60-day injured list on Thursday, a week after he injured his ribcage while trying to work himself back from a sprained right ankle. Nola had been out since early May with the ankle injury He experienced stiffness in his right side last week in Toronto that wiped out a planned session against live batters, and an MRI showed a stress reaction in his right ribcage.

The former LSU standout, who is in the second season of a seven-year, $172 million contract, is 105-86 with a 3.78 ERA in 11 seasons with the Phillies, making six straight opening day starts from 2018-23. He was 1-7 with a 6.16 ERA in nine starts this year before injuring his ankle on May 8 during pregame agility drills. The Phillies selected the contract of infielder Buddy Kennedy from Triple-A Lehigh Valley before Thursday’s game against the Miami Marlins and optioned infielder/outfielder Weston Wilson to the IronPigs. Kennedy, 26, is batting .283 with eight homers and 40 RBIs in 61 games for Lehigh Valley this season and was the International League Player of the Month for May In 54 major league games over three seasons with the Diamondbacks, Tigers and Phillies, he has batted 203 with two homers and 19 RBIs.

Dodgers

TWO-WAY STAR OHTANI WILL PITCH AGAINST NATIONALS: Shohei Ohtani will next pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday against the Washington Nationals. The two-way superstar made his mound debut for the Dodgers on Monday against the San Diego Padres, throwing one inning and allowing one run and two hits. He also batted leadoff as the designated hitter and had two hits. Ohtani faced Padres sluggers Fernando Tatis Jr and Manny Machado in his 28-pitch outing. The Dodgers conclude their four-game series with San Diego on Thursday night, looking for a sweep and their sixth straight victory overall.

Ohtani underwent Tommy John surgery after the 2023 season while with the Los Angeles Angels and missed all of the 2024 season after which he signed a $700 million, 10-year deal with the Dodgers. Diamondbacks

Johnson. “The home run this is super odd — I actually didn’t see it,” Johnson said Thursday “I’m always standing on the top step, and I took two steps down, and I started walking towards Chase (Shores) at the time, and we had Jacob (Mayers) up and was telling them what we were going to do. And then he hit it, and then I just saw the center ﬁelder running back, and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s sweet.’ So that made my decision for me right there, because we were going to do something different (pitching wise) tied or behind.” The dramatics were far from done, of course. After the Razorbacks went back up 5-3 in the

“A lot had to go right for me to get that opportunity,” Jones said. “A lot of quality at bats from the guys in front of me. Luis comes up big with the double and it brings up the runner in scoring position. I just tried to put a good swing on it.”

LSU will need more good swings from Jones to win an eighth CWS title against Coastal Carolina, as their best-of-three championship series starts at 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN. You get a sense he will be ready for the task. A drafteligible sophomore last season, this is why he came back to LSU in 2025.

“I spent time thinking about this exact moment, being two wins away from the national championship,” Jones said Thursday at a team pep rally “There’s been a lot of prayer and talking with God, and he’s put me in this situation.”

ARIZONA PUTS CATCHER MORENO ON 10-DAY IL: The Arizona Diamondbacks put catcher Gabriel Moreno on the 10-day injured list Thursday because of a contusion on his right hand. The move is retroactive to June 16.

Arizona selected catcher Aramis Garcia from Triple-A Reno. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Christian Montes De Oca (back/elbow) was transferred to the 60-day IL. Outfielder Corbin Carroll was not in the starting lineup for Thursday’s series finale against the Blue Jays. Carroll left Wednesday’s 8-1 loss in the eighth inning after being hit on the left hand by a pitch. X-rays did not reveal a fracture. Manager Torey Lovullo said Carroll asked to play Thursday, but Lovullo preferred to rest him. Carroll is batting .255 with 20 home runs and 44 RBIs.

STAFF PHOTO By HILARy SCHEINUK

LSU first baseman Jared Jones hits the ball to center field to score catcher Luis Hernandez in the bottom of the ninth inning against Arkansas on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.

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Coastal Carolina coach Gary Gilmore gives an interview during a regional game against Vanderbilt on May 31, 2024, in Clemson, S.C.

Associated Press

n It’sthe final days of RESTAURANT WEEK in NewOrleans, with more than 100 restaurantsparticipating in the annual beginning-ofsummer gastronomic gallivant.The establishments provide aprix fixe, multi-course menu for lunchand dinner.The seasoncan be atough time for localeateriesand staff and the week provides aboost, plus it gives dinersachanceto sample restaurantsthat might otherwise not be on their taste radar.The promotion is citywide and coordinated by the Louisiana Restaurant Association and the tourism marketing agency,New Orleans& Co.neworleans.com/ restaurantweek.

La.Music Factory concert to mark milestone

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

The 30th anniversary of the Louisiana Music Factorycame andwent with little fanfare in February 2022, thanks to thelingering effects of the pandemic.

Owner Barry Smith’sbrother Bruce, ahard-core music fan and retired petroleum engineer, suggested the store mark its 331⁄3 anniversary instead. That number,ofcourse, corresponds to therpm —the revolutionsper minute —ofmost12inch vinyl albums.

“Weall thought that was funny,” Barry Smith said. So on Saturday,the independentmusic store at the corner of Frenchmen and Decatur streets will celebrate its “33 & 1⁄3rd” anniversary with an afternoon of in-store performances.

The Louisiana Music Factory, which sells music and musicrelated merchandiseatthe corner of Frenchmen and Decatur streets, marks its “3313 anniversary” in June 2025.

The free show kicks off at noonwith trumpeterKermit Ruffins, followedbythe Tin Men,blues guitarist Little Freddie King and trombonistCorey Henry.The ﬁnal set, featuring the legendary Cyril Neville with his son Omari Neville’s band The Fuel, starts at 5p.m While admission is free, attendees aremore thanwelcome to buy arecord, CD, poster,Tshirt or some other bit of musicrelatedmerchandise.

FindingahomeonFrenchmen

Growing up,Barry Smith spent asizablechunk of his allowance,and later, his disposable income on recorded music. In the early1990s,hewas looking for anew endeavor when Jerry Brock, afounder of WWOZ-FM, suggested they start astore specializing in New Orleans music. The original Louisiana Music Factory opened on NorthPeters StreetinFebruary 1992. Inthe summer of 1996, it moved to 210 Decatur St., near the House of Blues. With walls covered in posters, photographs and memorabilia, it felt as much

n Twobook sales givereaders the chance to load up on volumes perfect for summer reading.The WAREHOUSE SALE OF BOXES OF BOOKS by the Friendsofthe Jefferson Public Library will be 9a.m.to1 p.m. Saturday at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon Ave. in Metairie, with boxes of books for $5 and DVDs for $10 per box. friendsofjeffersonlibrary. org.Starting an hour later at 10 a.m.to3 p.m. Saturday, the Friends of the NewOrleans Public Library will host their USED BOOK SALE in New Orleans East at the Regional Library, 5641 ReadBlvd. Prices for books startat$2and most are $4 or less. friendsnola.org

n TOUPS FEST is afais do-do with afood-related purpose Sunday at 5p.m. at The Broadside, 600 N. Broad St., to benefit Toups Family Meal.The nonprofitmission of Chef Isaac and Amanda Toups, Toups Family Meal delivers foodto500 food-insecure children in the summer.The festincludes musicbythe Lost BayouRamblers and Midriff, with noshables from several localrestaurants and asilentauction. Suggested donations start at $40. toupsfamilymeal. com.

STRANGE SYMMETRIES

BY DAVID BAUDER Associated Press

Sometimes there are strange symmetries in death, as in life. Thetwin passings of SlyStone and Brian Wilsonbrought that intosharp relief. Both were musical geniuses who paidahigh price fortheir gifts. They burned bright, with art they created at their peaks that became more moving andmeaningful with time, only to seetheir creative lightsextinguished suddenly through mental health andaddictionissues. Both were 82 when they died —StoneonJune 9and Wilson on June 11.

“It’ssuch an unsettling coinci-

dence,” said Anthony DeCurtis, contributing editoratRolling Stone.“These twofigures, they were very different and massively inﬂuential, and each ranintoawall of their own problemsinmany ways. As muchasthey achieved, it’shardnot to think that they could have done more.”

TheCaliforniasound

With hislatebrothers Carl and Dennis, Beach Boys co-founder Wilsonwas thearchitect of the California sound thatcaptured surﬁng andsun, beaches andgirls. Yetfor allthe “Fun, Fun, Fun,” there was something much deeper anddarker in Brian’sabilities as acomposer.

ASSOCIATEDPRESS

Sylvester ‘Sly’Stone, of Sly and the Family

BY HANNAH LEVITAN Staff writer

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILEPHOTO By LENNOX MCLENDON

Members of The Beach Boys, from left, Mike Love,CarlWilson, Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and BruceJohnston, pose with their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, during aceremonyinLos Angeles on Dec. 30, 1980.

Stone, performs in April 1972.

STAFF PHOTO By KEITH SPERA

Adding salt to coffee affectshealth

Dear Heloise: Adding salt to coffee is awell-knownway that some people have traditionally reduced its bitterness,but this is abad idea for several reasons. It may aggravate or cause high blood pressure. It can also cause ﬂuid retention, bloating, weight gain, poor sleep quality excessive thirst and so on. This is the take of the Cleveland Clinic and every medical professional Iknow Coffees vary in bitterness. Isuggest trying other types and not adding any salt.It is possible that asalt substitute will work without the healthimpacts, but this shouldbeinvestigatedand veriﬁed before using it. —Mark J.,via email Mark, thanks for writing in! I was told by acoffee expert that refrigerating coffee can make your morning brew taste bitter Isuggest keeping alid on your coffee and storing it in acool, dark and dry place such as a pantry

—Heloise

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police station address. So, if anyone stole my car or phone, they would beinfor abig surprise if they thought they weregoing to ﬁnd out where Ilive. —Deanne D., in Cypress, California Theright to vote

Clowns don’tjudge appearance

Dear Miss Manners: I’ve noticed that some mature women do not change how they apply makeup as they get older,which makes their maturing features begin tolook, well, clownlike.

Hints from Heloise

Dear Heloise: Lynnette K., in Blacksburg,Virginia, said she no longer voted for variousreasons.

Thankyou for your answer to her. Votingisa right andprivilege, and it should be taken seriously It has gotten even more confusingwith all the lying that seems to be “the thing” these days. I wonder if Lynnette is someone whocan quote sportsstatistics or knows sports team members but doesn’tknow whoher senator or representative is. Ihavebeen votingfor 66 years andonly missed oneprimary and zero general elections. Linda H., in Lincoln, Nebraska Linda,it’sactually fun to vote. We recently had an election for ourmayor and city council here where Ilive. Ifelt that it was my dutytocast aballot,and Ifelt goodabout doing itall day

Dear Heloise: My recommendation to Karel is to stop drinking coffee that she doesn’tlike. Ijust saw aclass offeredataretirement center on how to manage your salt intake.Mosthealth articles Iread caution people about the overuse of salt and its effect on blood pressure, the heart, the kidneys, etc. Ahalf teaspoon of salt is more than the recommended daily amount, and more than 1cup of acoffee with this much salt could be hazardous to her health

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Dear Heloise: Thank you for the greatresponse toLynnette K. It is so sad to hearpeople give up on voting. The other response we dislikehearingis“my vote doesn’tmatter.” I’m aveteran, andwhen people thank me for my service, Ireply “If you want to thankveterans, vote! We served to protect theconstitution and ourrights.” People win electionsdue to alow voter turnout. —Carin W.,via email

Send ahint to heloise@heloise. com.

TODAYINHISTORY

Today is Friday,June 20, the 171st dayof2025. There are 194 days left in the year.Summer begins today

Todayinhistory:

On June 20, 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston of violating Selective Service laws by refusing to be drafted and was sentenced to ﬁve years in prison. (Ali’s conviction would ultimately be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court).

Also on this date:

In 1782, the Continental Congressapproved the Great Seal of the United States, featuring the emblem of the bald eagle.

In 1837, Queen Victoria acceded to theBritish throne following the death of her uncle, King William IV

In 1893, ajury in New Bedford, Massachusetts, found Lizzie Borden not guilty of the ax murders of her fatherand stepmother

In 1943, race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to quell the violence that resultedin more than 30 deaths.

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30 years of observing the popular aquatic phenomenonatvarious Caribbean resorts

“New Orleans is often referred to as ‘The northernmostCaribbean city’and we felt this was afun way to bring abeautiful resort pool in an urban landscape,” said Kate Burke, Dreamscape Hospitality area director of sales. By the end of June, the Uptown spotwill openupthe brand-new bar and begin offering several shady cabanas at its existingpool area. Already guests are flocking to the 2,000-square-foot pool which is now opentohotel guests and daytime visitors looking for aspot to sunbathe and cool off. With more than 30 loungers and amplespace for relaxing, thepool offers avariety of amenities including atanning ledge with bubblers, jets and even community classes like yoga. From 11 a.m. to 9p.m.,visitors

For instance, their lipstick may be too dark for their skin toneand may be applied beyond thenatural vermilion line in an effort to give thelips afuller appearance, instead looking like the exaggerated mouth of aclown. Ditto for pale eye shadow applied over the entirelid, which appears even more like clown eyes when adark (and often uneven) eyeliner is applied.

This makeup schemeismade starker by either theabsence of balancing color to thecheeks and eyes, or the inclusion of clownlike rouge patches on each cheek. Should one makeany suggestions as to updating this unﬂattering makeup? And if so, how?

In 1947, gangster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel was shot dead at theBeverly Hills, California, homeof hisgirlfriend, Virginia Hill, likely atthe order of mob associates.

In 1972, three daysafter the arrest of theWatergate burglars, PresidentRichard Nixon met at theWhite House with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman; the secretly madetaperecording of this meetingended up witha notorious 18½-minute gap.

In 2002, in thecase Atkinsv Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled in a6-3 decision that executingpeople withintellectual disabilities qualiﬁed as cruel and unusual punishment and was therefore in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Today’sbirthdays: Filmmaker StephenFrearsis84. Singer Anne Murray is 80. TV personality Bob Vila is 79. Musician Lionel Richie is 76. Actor John Goodmanis73. Rock bassist Michael Anthony (Van Halen) is 71. Rock bassist John Taylor(Duran Duran) is 65. Actor Nicole Kidman is 58. Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is 57. Actor Josh Lucas is 54. Sen.Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.,is 50. Actor Christopher MintzPlasse is 36.

canaccess the pool daily. Day passes are $30 Monday through Thursday,and $45 Friday through Sunday Access is first come, first served, but by fall of this year,the hospitality group planstoopen thethird hotel in itscollection.

Judith Martin

MISS MANNERS

Gentle reader: What did clowns ever do to you?

Never mind; Miss Manners is wary of clowns, too. She would never once compare amature womanto them. Let alone do so four times. Unless you are atrusted friend who was speciﬁcally asked, or a makeupartist, still speciﬁcally

asked, there is no polite wayto tell someone that her makeup is garish. Youmay,however,give subtle recommendations of products that workfor you. (“I just found this makeup crayon in a ﬂattering shade. It works so much better than apencil, which Iﬁnd to be too stark.”) But you better be sure it works foryou.

Sendquestions to Miss Manners at herwebsite, www missmanners.com; to her email, dearmissmanners@gmail.com; or through postal mailtoMiss Manners, Universal Uclick, 1130 Walnut St., Kansas City,MO 64106.

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HurricaneKatrina,and Tower Records closedinlate2006, along with other stores in theTower chain.

In February 2014, the Music Factoryrelocated to the former home of theantique store TheJunque Shop at 421Frenchmen St.Atthe time,OffBeat magazine’sofﬁces were upstairs in thesame building. The record business, and by extension therecord retail business, has changed drastically in the three-plus decadessince theMusic Factoryopened.

The store still specializes in local music in bothCDand LP formats, but also stocks music fromnonlocal artists as well.

The store has benefited from the recent resurgence of vinyl. It sells moresecondhand than new vinyl albums, in part because new vinyl comes with acatch.Years ago, stores could return apercentage of unsold new vinyl records to

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It was morethandisposable music for teenagers. He had an unparalleledmelodic sense, hearingsounds in his mind thatothers couldn’t. He could worm his way into your head andthenbreak your heartwithsongs like “InMy Room”and “God Only Knows.” The tourdeforce “Good Vibrations” had anyone ever heard of the theremin before he employed its unearthly wail? —isa symphony both complex and easily accessible.

“He was our American Mozart,” musician Sean Ono Lennonwrote on social media. The 1966 album “Pet Sounds” was apeak. Wilson felt akeen sense of competition with the Beatles. But they hadthreewriters, including Sean’s dad, JohnLennon. Wilson was largely alone, and he heard impatience and doubt from other Beach Boys, whose music he provided.

He felt thepressure in trying to follow up “Pet Sounds,” and “Smile” became music’smostfamous unﬁnished album.Wilson, adamaged soul to begin with because of an abusive father,never reached the heights again. He descended intoa well-chronicledperiod of darkness. Sly’smusical landscape

Stone’sskillscameincreating amusical world that others only dreamed of at the time. The Family Stone was an integrated world

—Black and White, men and wom-

the distributor forcredit toward future purchases. Distributors no longer accept returns of unsold vinyl, Smith said, so stores must stock only what they think they can sell.

Vinyl renaissance aside, the Music Factory still moves asigniﬁcant number of CDs. That’spartly because the store makes consignment deals with many independent local bands who releasetheir music only on CD,which is cheaper to produce than vinyl.

Making and then aggressively marketing agood album is still the best way to ring up sales. “Audience With the Queen,” the new collaboration between Irma Thomas andGalactic, ranks amongthe store’stop recentsellers. Sales were driven in part by the star power involved, Smith said, “and by it being areally great record.”

The Music Factory has along and loud history of hosting live in-store performances by local bands. The roster of locals who played at the Music Factory before going on to national prominence include Jon

en —and themusic theycreated was apotent mixture of rock, soul andfunk. It made you move, it madeyou think.

Fora period of timefrom 1967 to 1973, their music wasinescapable —“Dance to the Music,” “Everybody is aStar,” “Higher,” “Hot Fun in the Summertime,” “Sing a sSimple Song,” “Family Affair,” “ThankYou (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).” Their performance at Woodstock wasamilestone.

“His songs weren’tjust about ﬁghting injustice, they were about transforming the self to transform the world,” musician and documentarian Questlove, who lovingly tendedtoStone’slegacy, wrote this week. “He dared to be simple in the mostcomplex ways —using childlike joy,wordless cries and nursery rhymecadences to express adult truths. His work looked straight at thebrightest and darkest parts of life anddemanded we do thesame.”

From his peak, the fall was hard. Years of drug abusetook itstoll. Periodic comeback attempts deepened asense of bewildermentand pity. Lives, legacies endure Music is littered with stories of sudden, untimely andearly deaths. Yetuntil this week, both men lived on,somewhat improbably passing average life expectancies. Wilson, by manymeasures, achieved some level of peace late in life. He hada happy marriage. He was able to see howhis music was revered and appreciated and spent several years performing it again with ayoungerband that clearly worshiped him. It was a

Batiste, Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews,Tank andthe Bangas and Hurray forthe RiffRaff. In thestore’searlyyears,performers pluggedinalmost every weekend. Nowlive events are mostly limited to festival season and special occasions, such as this weekend’s331⁄3 anniversary During the 2025 New Orleans Jazz &Heritage Festival, the instoreperformersincluded Jon Cleary &the AbsoluteGentlemen andguitarist Samantha Fish. Not surprisingly,those twoacts’ most recentreleases —Cleary’s“The Bywater Sessions” and Fish’s“PaperDoll” —wereamong the MusicFactory’sbiggest sellersduring the fest.

Afterall those yearsofhosting loud, live bands in his store, how has Smith’shearing held up? “Every now and then, someget a little rowdy,” he said. “But we keep it under control.” For 331⁄3 years, and counting. Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

postscript not many knew,said journalist Jason Fine, who befriended Wilson and made the 2021 documentary,“Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road.”

“That sort of simple message he really wanted to give people through his music going back to the’60s—asense of warmth,a sense that it’s goingtobeOKinthe sameway that music lifted him up from his darkness, he’d try to do forother people,” Fine toldThe Associated Press in an interview then. “I think now,more than earlierinhis career,heaccepts that he does that andthat’sa great comfort to him.”

Stone emerged to write an autobiography in 2023. But less is known about hislater years, whetherhefound peace or died without the full knowledge of what his music meanttoothers.

“Yes, Sly battled addiction,” Questlove wrote. “Yes,hedisappeared from the spotlight.But he livedlongenough to outlast many of his disciples, to feel the ripples of his genius return through hiphop samples, documentaries and his memoir. Still, none of that replaces the raw beauty of his original work.”

Did Sly Stone andBrian Wilson live livesoftragedyortriumph? It’shard to say now.One suspects it will becomeeasier with the passage of time, when only the work remains. Thatsometimesbrings clarity

“Millions of people had their liveschanged by theirmusic,” DeCurtissaid. “Not just enjoyed it, but had their lives transformed. That’squite an accomplishment.”

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The Louisiana Music FactoryonFrenchmen Street specializes in the music of NewOrleans, butalso sells CDs and vinyl albumsfrom nonlocal artists.

PROVIDED PHOTO FROM GARDEN DISTRICTHOTEL

The GardenDistrict Hotel will open the city’s first swim-up bar this summer

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Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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Bridge

BY PHILLIP ALDER

What does it mean if,after opener begins with one no-trump, responder bids twoclubs,Stayman, then rebids threeofaminor?

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JUDICIAL

ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:765-685

WELLSFARGO

BANK,N.A VERSUS RENADER

MYLESAND THE UNOPENED SUC‐CESSION OF LEORAMYLES A/K/A

LEORAMYLES

Drive, measures thence32.09 feet frontonMt. LaurelDrive a width in the rear of 31.06 feet,having a depth of 100.01 feet on theEast‐erlysideLot Line, anda depthof100.00 feet on theop‐positesideline. This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

By virtue of and inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt, ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tled cause,

datedFebruary 8,2018, Ihave seizedand will proceed to sell tothe highest bidderatpublic auction,atthe Jefferson Parish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex,1233 WestbankEx‐pressway, Har‐vey,Louisiana 70058, on July 30, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit: THAT PORTION OFGROUND, to‐getherwithall the buildings and improve‐ments thereon andall rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes,appurte‐nancesand ad‐vantagesthere‐unto belongingorin anywise apper‐taining situated inthe Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana,in thatportion thereof known asBAYWOOD SUBDIVISION, SQUARE A, LOT 22-A-1 accord‐ing to aplanof resubdivision by J.J.Krebs & Sons, Inc.,dated September 17 1980, approved inOrdinance No. 14505 in COB 991, Folio535 ﬁled October27, 1980, said SQUAREA is bounded by Mt LaurelDrive, ShereeLyn Court (side) Drainage servitude (side) HighlandDrive North (side) and WallBoulevard Said LOT22-A-1com‐mencesata dis‐tance of 123.98 feet from the cornerofWall Boulevard andMt. Laurel

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for

Plaintiff

JOSEPH P.

LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of

TheNew Orleans

Advocate:

June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025

jun20-jul25-2t $114.59

JUDICIAL

ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT

PARISH OF JEFFERSON

STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:838-707

BANKUNITED, N.A. VS KATHIFRANCIS

SELLERSWIFE OF/AND RONNIE

H. SELLERS

g thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise apper‐taining,situated inthe Parish of Jefferson, State ofLouisiana,in WillowdaleSub‐division, Section No. 6, in Square 28, bounded by Rosalie Court, Boutall Street and Tina Street, designatedas Lot 644, allin accordance with thesurvey ofAdloe Orr, Jr., & Associates C.E., on August 17, 1962, whichsaidlot measures60 feetfront on Rosalie Court, the same in width in the rear, by adepth of 105 feetbetween equal andparal‐lel linesand Lot 644 commences ata distance of 161.95 feet from the corner of Rosalie Court and Rosalie Court.The above description and measurements arealsoinac‐cordancewith the survey madebySter‐ling Mandle,Land Surveyor, dated December18, 1979, recorded inCOB 974, folio 39.

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐riorsecurityin‐terests,mort‐gages,liens and privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice isdue at the timeofthe sale

NOTE:All funds mustbe Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or PersonalCheck withBankLetter ofCredit.

FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 20,2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $87.59

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:846-887

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VS MARLENE MILLER DAVIS WIFE OF/AND LAWRENCE DAVIS, JR.

Byvirtueofand inobedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALEfromthe 24thJudicial DistrictCourt ParishofJeffer‐son,State of Louisiana,inthe above num‐bered andenti‐tledcause, dated Septem‐ber 11,2023, I haveseizedand willproceed to selltothe high‐est bidder at publicauction, atthe Jefferson ParishSheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on July 30, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐scribed prop‐ertytowit:

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND, to‐getherwithall the building and improvements thereon, andall ofthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes appurte‐nances andadvantages h b

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff

THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐TIONOF GROUND,to‐getherwithall the buildings and improvements thereonand all ofthe rights, ways, privi‐leges,servi‐tudes,advan‐tages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐

Fund to fund youth-led climate initiatives in support of the

Orleans Climate Action Plan, to extend theterm thereof for an

sixteen months, increase the funding $100,000, and modify

obligations of

parties, as morefully detailed in the Amendment No. 1tothe Cooperative Endeavor Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit “A”. Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2025 NOCP 8432

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,138

AMENDMENTNO. 1TOCOOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGEREMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITY SUPPORTFOUNDATION YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION FUND

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and NewOrleansCommunitySupport Foundation, represented by Eric Seling, Vice President for Finance (the “Foundation”or Contractor”). The City and the Contractor aresometimes each referred to as a“Party,” and collectively,asthe Parties.” The Amendment is effective as of the date of execution by the City (the Effective Date”). RECITALS

WHEREAS,onOctober 8, 2024, the City and the Contractorentered into aCooperative EndeavorAgreement (the “Agreement”) for the purpose of engaging young people, ages 15 –24years, to design and implement urgent climate solutions that directly benefitthe City of New Orleans; and WHEREAS,the City and the Contractor,each having the authority to do so, desiretoenter into this Amendment to modify the obligations of both parties, provideadditionalfunding, and extend the termofthe agreement. NOW THEREFORE,for

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regular meeting of June 26, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber,City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No.35,128 introduced at the meeting of June 12, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE wouldauthorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into Amendment No.3 to apreviouslyexecuted Cooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”)between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and Healing Minds Nola relative to the public purpose of supporting the New Orleans Assisted Outpatient Treatment (“AOT”) program’sability to coordinate physicians to conduct mental health evaluations for prospective AOT participants in compliance with the Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:66 et seq., and to compensate physicians for samebyoperating the AOT programs through the Orleans Civil District Court and working to connect people in need of mental health treatment to appropriate resources through case management and court supervision; to modify the provisions thereof and extend the term thereof for one (1) additional year,asmorefully set forth in the Amendment No.3 form attached hereto as Exhibit“A” and made apart hereof.

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

AISHAR.COLLIER ASSISTANTCLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2025 NOCP 8426

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,128

AMENDMENT NO. 3TOCOOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND HEALING MINDS NOLA NEW ORLEANS ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT PROGRAM

THIS THIRDAMENDMENT is made and entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and Healing Minds NOLA, represented by Janet Hays, President/Director (the Contractor”). The City and the Contractor may

sometimes be collectively referred to as the Parties.” The Agreement is effective as of January 1, 2025 (the Effective Date”).

WHEREAS,the City and the Contractor areparties to acooperative endeavor agreement, effective January 1, 2022, to support the operations of the New Orleans Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) program (“the Agreement”); WHEREAS,effective January 1, 2023, the Agreement was amended by the City and the Contractorinorder to extend the term,increase compensation, and modify the obligations (“First Amendment”); WHEREAS,effective January 1, 2024, the Agreement was amended by the City and the Contractorinorder to extend the term,increase compensation, and modify the obligations (“Second Amendment”); WHEREAS,the City and the Contractor,each having the authority to do so, desiretoenter this Amendment to increase the funding amount andextend the term NOW THEREFORE,for good and valuableconsideration, the City and the Contractor amend the Agreement as follows:

1) Extension:The Agreement is extended for one (1) additional year through December 31, 2025.

2) Compensation:The Agreement is amended to increase the compensation in the amount of $75,000.00. The maximum aggregate compensation payable under the Agreement is increased to $375,000.00.

3) Obligations:Inaddition to the obligations set forth in the Agreement andprior Amendments, the Contractor shall provide coordination of the AOT program, to do the following:

a. Advise courts, the City and other interested parties on AOT best practices; b. Provide advice on revisions of policy and laws, as needed; c. Provide a first point of contact for new program referrals from hospitals, the community,public defenders, and jail-based social workers to: i. Consultwith the party making the referral. ii. Coordinate cases. Preparecase presentations for hearings at criminal and civil courts,the attorneys ,including information provided by hospital and/or jail staff,

OYF and ORS adocket of qualified and non-qualified organizations that have applied for funding, for selection of grantee(s) by aselection committee, jointly determined by the Foundation, OYF,and ORS;

f. Confirm awardamountsare between $1,000 and $5,000;

g. Notify selected grantee(s) and non-selected organizations that applied;

h. Develop and administer grant agreement(s) with selected grantee(s);

i. Develop apayment schedulefor selected grantee(s);

j. Disburse aminimum of $85,000 in micrograntstolocal youth-led climate projects to aminimum of 17 projects for Round 2;

k. Disburse amaximum of $5,000 in administrative costs to the City to support the implementation of Round 2with events and/or communications;

l. Maintain records and data pursuant to the Agreement;

m. Timely comply with all reasonable requests by the City,OYF,and ORS pertaining to the Agreement;and

n. Submit final report to Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors via their flux portal.

4. The City’sObligations. In accordance with Article XIV, Section A of the Agreement,Article I, SectionA is removed and replaced in its entirety with the following ARTICLE II –THE CITY’SOBLIGATIONS

A. Administration The City will:

1. Administer this Agreement through the Office of Youth and Families (OYF) and Office of Resilience and Sustainability;

2. Provide the Foundation with documents deemed reasonably necessary for the Foundation’sperformance of any work required under this agreement;

3. Provide access to Department personnel to discuss the required services during normal working hours, as requested by the Foundation;

4. Timely complywith all reasonable requests by the Foundation pertaining to the Agreement;

5. Review docket of qualified and nonqualified organizations that have applied for the micrograntsand select grantees;

6. Organize at least one design or co-creation session to support potential applicants in developing their project ideas;

7. Announce all or anumber of micrograntsonthe global announcement day of April 22, 2025; 8. Organize at least one event for grantees with the Mayor to encourage and support project

delivery of an originalsignedcopy of this Amendment. No legally binding obligation shall be created with respect to aPartyuntil such Party hasdeliveredorcaused to be delivered amanually signed copy of this Amendment

[SIGNATURES CONTAINEDONNEXT PAGE]

[The remainder of this page is intentionallyleft blank.] IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City andthe Contractor,through their duly authorized representatives, execute this Agreement.

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

BY:_ LATOYACANTRELL, MAYOR

Executed on this____________of ____________________, 2025.

FORM AND LEGALITY APPROVED: Law Department

By:

Printed Name: CITY OF NEW ORLEANS,CITYCOUNCIL

BY:_ JEAN-PAUL MORRELL CITYCOUNCIL PRESIDENT

NEW ORLEANS COMMUNITYSUPPORTFOUNDATION

BY:_ ERIC SELING,VICE PRESIDENT FOR FINANCE

FEDERAL TAXI.D.

[END OF AGREEMENT] AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2025 NOCP 8433

longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, in that part thereofknown as University City Subdivision in Square No.25, bounded by Ole Miss Drive, 40th Street (side),E LouisianaState Drive(side)and East Rice Place, said portionof ground is desig‐natedasLot No 17-A, formsthe cor‐nerofOle Miss Driveand E. Rice Place, mea‐suresthence62 feet fronton OleMissDrive, same width in therear, by a depth andfront on E. Rice Place of 110 feet between equal andparallel lines, allas more fully shownonsur‐veyofGilbert, Kelly and Couturie,Inc., S &E,dated June 22, 1976.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025

jun20-jul25-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate:

June 20,2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $138.94

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:849-951

JPMORGAN CHASEBANK, NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION VS MICHAELLEWIS, JR.,(A/K/A MICHAEL LEWIS) AND YOLANDA STEVENSON, (A/K/A YOLANDA STEVENSON LEWIS, YOLANDAS LEWIS, YOLANDAF LEWIS, YOLANDA LEWIS)

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-605

JERO PROPER‐TIES,INC VS EDWARDS EXPRESS, LLC

THAT CERTAIN TRACTOFLAND, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, neat thetownofHar‐vey, in Township 13 and14South Range24East, Southwestern Land District of Louisiana, form‐ingportion of Lot"M" on map by C. 0. Hooper,Indus‐trialEngineer datedFebruary 18,1935, ablue‐printcopyof which is attached to an actbeforeE.M Conzelmann, N.P.,dated March8,1935, registered in COB123 folio 446, andform‐

ingthe South portionofPar‐cel"M" consist‐ingofthe remainderof Parcel "M"sep‐arated from said NorthPor‐tion or Portion Onebya line beginningat a point18' dis‐tancefromthe west rightof waylineofthe public road (PetersRoad), which pointis a ta distance of 150' from an iron pinSouth 73 degrees West,70.5' from apoint on the West line of boundaryofand distance of 2075 feet, South16de‐grees 48 Vi East from theNorth‐east corner of thehereinabove described larger tract, and which iron pin marks the northeastcor‐nerofParcel "M", andrun‐ning from that point in awesterlydi‐rectiontothe east line or boundarylineof theUnited States Govern‐ment's Intra‐coastal Water‐way(Harvey CanalSection No.1)right of way, andthenalong andfollowing theeastright of waylineofthe United States Government's Intracoastal Waterway (Har‐veyCanal Sec‐tion No.1)at rightanglesto thepreceding course South17 degrees East a distance of 150' to thesouth‐west cornet of Parcel "M". THENCE North 73 degrees East adistanceof 272.75’moreor less, on aline forming thesouth boundaryof Parcel “M", at rightanglesto thepreceding course andto‐wards thelands of Mrs. Olivia HatchBryant's to apoint 39.5' from thewest rightofway line of thepublicroad (PetersRoad) andthe south‐west corner of Parcel "M". THENCE North 8 degrees 38 1/2' West alongthe east line of Par‐cel"M" adis‐tanceof 151.54' to the pointofbegin‐ning,together with aservitude of 30'roadway with parallels Lot"M" on its southboundary forthe purpose of ingressand egress, how‐ever,not to the exclusionofad‐joining. Together with a real servitudeor rightofway and passageover spur tracks ad‐joining Peters Road and locatedonthe east side of aboveproperty having theright of passage at allhours over said trackfree of allcharges andrentals Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 730 Pe‐ters Road,Har‐vey, La 70058

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

IRLR SILVERSTEIN

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of

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: June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $98.18

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24THJUDICIAL

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:853-484

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 4, 2024,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,onJuly 30, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the following de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Thelandre‐ferred to in this policy is situ‐ated In the StateofLA, CountyofJEF‐FERSON, City of HARVEY anddescribed as follows: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all of thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Woodmere South Subdivision, Section3,desig‐natedasLot 749, Square Q, bounded by Cimwood Drive, Keith-WayDrive, Clover Lane end DestrehanAv‐enue,saidlot commencesat a distance of 594.19 feet from theInter‐sectionofDe‐strehanAvenue andCimwood Drive,and measures thence 60 feet frontonCim‐wood Drive, same in width in therear, by a depth of 100feet,be‐tween equal endparallel lines. Allas more fully shownonsur‐vey by Gilbert, Kelly andCouturie, Inc.,dated Sep‐tember 28, 1994, acopyofwhich is attached to actregis‐teredinCOB 2302 Folio690.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS CLAIBORNE WILLIAMS,III, INDIVIDUALLY ANDASSURVIV‐INGSPOUSEIN COMMUNITY WITH ADRENE DAVISWILLIAMS

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‐tainingsituated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, beingcom‐posedofapor‐tion of LotH125, anda por‐tion of Sections 7, 65 and103, Town‐ship 14 South, Range23East, Southwestern Land District of Louisiana; West of theMissis‐sippi River, des‐ignatedasOR‐LEANS VILLAGE, SEC‐TION 4, allinac‐cordance with a survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated April3,1970, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 10036, registered in COB731, folio 30, andaccord‐ingtowhich survey,saidlot is designated andmeasures as follows,towit: LOT27, SQUARE "F", boundedby Mt.Blanc Drive, Mt.JuraCourt Mt.Revarb Court, theSouth Boundaryofthe Subdivision, Mt Arbois Court, RochesterDrive, andMt. Kennedy Drive. Said LOT27be‐gins 60.01 feet from thecorner of Mt.Blanc Driveand Mt.JuraCourt andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonMt. BlancDrive,the same width in therear, by a depth of 90.66 feet alongthe sideline nearer Mt.JuraCourt, by adepth of f l

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p 91.33 feet along theopposite side line.All in accordance with aplanof survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,dated Janu‐ary26, 1972, resurveyed Au‐gust 5, 1975, a copy of which is attached to actrecordedat COB842, Folio 198.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and 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

RACHEL E. BREAUX Attorney for

Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $109.83

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-287

JPMORGAN CHASEBANK NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION vs DEVONJACK‐SONGILES (A/K/A DEVONJ GILES, DEVON GILES) AND

HENRY GILES, JR. (A/K/A HENRY GILES) AND KRYSTALJ.WIL‐SON(A/K/A KRYSTAL WILSON)AND ADOLPHUS WIL‐SON, SR

followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in SQUARE "D"of KENSINGTON GARDENSSUB‐DIVISION, bounded by ABBEYROAD, OLDCOMPTON ROAD,WEST CHELSEAROAD andJUSTIN LANE, designated as LOTNO. 19-B-1 on asurvey made by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, datedSeptem‐b

596-2625 Rosa Keller Library &Community Center 4300 S. Broad Avenue,(504)596-2660 Housing Authority of NewOrleans 4100 TouroStreet,(504) 370-3300 Office of Community Development 1340 Poydras St., Suite 1000

NOCP 8411 143388-501820-jun 3-5-9-11-13-17-20-23-25-27-30-jul 2-12t

$1,244.64

Public Noticeishereby giventhat theCouncilofthe City of NewOrleans will consideratits regularmeetingofJune 26, 2025 at 10:00 a.m to be heldeither via video conference or in theCouncilChamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street,Room 1E07, theadoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,131 introduced at themeetingofJune 12, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE wouldauthorize the Mayor of theCity of NewOrleans to enter into Amendment No. 1toa previously executed Cooperative EndeavorAgreement (“CEA”) between theCity of NewOrleans (“City”) and Blue Krewe relative to thevalued public purpose of operatingthe NewOrleans bike shareprogramtoprovide an affordable and convenient transportation option,toextend theterm thereoffor an additional forty (40) months, as morefully detailedinAmendment No. 1tothe CEA attached heretoasExhibit “1”.

Said ordinance maybeseen in full in theOffice of theClerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: June 20, 2025 NOCP 8428

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,131

AMENDMENT NO. 1TOCOOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THECITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND BLUEKREWE FOR NEW ORLEANS BICYCLE SHARING PROGRAM

THIS FIRSTAMENDMENT (the Amendment”) is entered into by and between theCity of NewOrleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and Blue Krewe, represented by Leo Fraser, Interim Executive Director (the Contractor”). The City and theContractor aresometimeseach referred to as a“Party,” and collectively as the Parties.” TheAmendment is effective as of thedateofexecution by the City (the Effective Date”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS,onJanuary 1, 2021, theCity and theContractor entered into aCooperative EndeavorAgreement for aNew Orleans Bicycle Sharing Program(the“Agreement”); and WHEREAS,the City and theContractor,each having theauthority to do so, desiretoenter into this Amendment to extend theterm of the Agreement NOW THEREFORE,for good and valuable consideration,the City and theContractor amend theAgreement as follows:

1. Extension.Inaccordance with Article 6.3 of theAgreement,the term is extended for an additional forty (40) months, from theExpiration Dateofthe Agreement,through December31, 2029. 2. Additional Miscellaneous Provisions.The followingtermsand conditionsare added to theAgreement: a. Article 16.2 –Assignment

i. Neither aContractor nor subcontractor may assign or transfer its rights, duties, or obligations under this Agreement without theprior writtenconsent of theCity,which consent must be approvedbyaresolution of theCity Council. ii. Atransfer requiringthe prior writtenconsent of theCity,as describedinthe preceding subsection, shall occur upona

Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate:

May16, 2025, June 20, 2025

may16-jun20-2t

$110.89

survey by J. J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,C.E., dated January23, 1974, copy of which is an‐nexedhereto, themeasure‐mentsremain thesameas described above.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐riorsecurityin‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NO:861-347

CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICESLLC VS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF GEORGE VEGA

A/K/AGEORGE VEGA AND CHRISLEMOINE

By virtue of and in obedienceto

aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 14, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as University City Subdivi‐sion, andaccording to aplanofre‐subdivision made by J. L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor,dated July 12, 1971, andap‐proved by ordi‐nanceno. 1326, of theBoard of Alderman of the City of Kenner,dated August 9, 1971, registered in COB742, folio 372, andaccord‐ingto survey of Frank Foster &Associ‐ates,Inc., dated December 12, 1942, recorded in COB 778, folio 172, Jefferson Parish,LA, said lotismorepar‐ticularlyde‐scribedasfol‐lows:

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: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $110.89 p 7-64, andregis‐teredinCOB 596, folio 704, Jefferson Parish Louisiana, and which said lotis more fully de‐scribedasfol‐lows:to-wit:

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-710 MORTGAGE AS‐SETS MANAGE‐MENT,LLC F/K/A REVERSE MORT‐GAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. VS THE UNOPENED SUCCESSIONOF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOF DOROTHY COLEMANA/K/A DOROTHYCOLE‐MANA/K/A DOROTHYCOLE‐MAN WOODRUFF A/K/ADOROTHY C. WOODRUFF A/K/ADOROTHY WOODRUFF

LotNo. 29 Square No.3 Ames Terrace, bounded by Sil‐verLilyLane, Westside Expressway (side),Ames Blvd.(side), Lin‐coln Avenue (side) andSixth Street,which said lotcom‐mences at a dis‐tanceof five hundred fiftyfive feet (555’) from thecorner of Silver Lily Lane andSixth Street andmeasures fifty-five feet (55’)front on Silver Lily the same width in therear, by a depth of one hundred two and fiftyhun‐dredths feet (102.5) on thesideline nearer Westside Expressway,by adepth on the opposite side line nearer Sixth Street of one hundredtwo and fifty-eight hundredthsfeet (102.58),all in accordance with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated 7-27-65.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price 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: May 16, 2025 June 20,2025 may 16-jun20-2t $114.06

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-858 HOME SAVERS INC. VS COMMUNITY LENDINGSOLU‐TIONS, LLC

longingorany‐wise appertain‐ing, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, COHENSTREET SUBDIVISION, Part of FarmLot 10, Portion"B" Ames Farm,and accordingto plan of survey by Survey's Inc. R.P. Fontchuberta Jr., La Reg. Land Surveyor No 4329, dated April20, 1978, said lotis located, desig‐natedand mea‐suresasfollows to-wit:

LOTNO. 25 is lo‐catedinthe square bounded by CohenStreet Luther Drive, Martin Drive, and Howard Street andsaidlot commences at a distance of 100 feet from the corner of Cohen Street and Luther Drive andmeasures thence 50 feet frontonCohen Street,the same in width across therear, and hasa depth of 207.80 feet on thesideline separating it from LotNo. 26 andhas adepth of 207.88 feet on itsopposite sideline

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $87.59

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:852-858

that part thereofknown as Grandlake Estates(for‐merlyknown as Woodlake South Subdivision, Section II), designated as Lot26, Square B, bounded by SouthCata‐houlaCourt,Jef‐ferson Parish, Fourth District Drainage Dis‐trictCanal, NorthLafourche Courtand Grandwood Boulevard. Said Lot26, mea‐sures66feet frontonSouth Catahoula Court, thesame width in the rear,bya depth andfront on Grandwood Boulevardof100 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.All in accordance with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc dated November 23, 1982. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybySurveys, Inc.,dated September19, 1985. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybyGilbert Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc., datedJuly22, 1989, said square is bounded by SouthCata‐houlaCourt, North CatahoulaCourt (side),WestEs‐planadeAvenue (side),East LafourcheCourt (side), SouthLafourche Court(side), NorthLafourche Court(side)and Grandwood Boulevard; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affecting the property

Improvements bear theMunici‐palAddress: 7S Catahoula Court, Kenner LA 70065

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

ZACHARY

YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, BeverlyHills Subdivision, designated as LOT15,SQUARE NO.7

bounded by AcademyDrive, 37thStreet,Tar‐tanDrive and Irving Street LOT15 commences 144.24 feet from thecornerof AcademyDrive and37thStreet and measures 60 feet fronton AcademyDrive, same width in therear, by a depth of 102.52 feet on theside‐line nearer to 37thStreet and adepth of 103.03 feet on theopposite sideline.All ac‐cordingtoa sur‐veybyGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie.Inc.dated January15, 1997.

TheMunicipal Addressbeing 4713 Academy Drive, Metairie LA 70003

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

JOSHUA P. MATTHEWS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $81.77

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

Lot3-C,Square 110, which said square is bounded by Northwestern Drive, Auburn Place, theeast‐erly line of Square 110 and CanalNo. 13 ad‐jacent to Inter‐stateHighway No.10. Lot3-C commences at a distance of 110.38 feet from thecornerof Northwestern Driveand Auburn Place andmeasures thence 50 feet front on Auburn Place, thesame width in the rear,with a depth of 134.95 feet on theside‐line adjacent to Lot2-C andwith adepth of 134.60 feet on thesidelinead‐jacent to Lot4C. Allinaccor‐dancewithnew

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, prescrip‐tionsand ad‐vantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐tainingsituated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Ames Ter‐race,being are‐subdivisionofa portionofLot No.7 andLot No.6 Hessmer Farms, South‐easternLand District of Louisiana, west of theMiss. River, allinac‐cordance with plan of J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc., C.E. &S., dated 6-1-64 approved by theJefferson Parish Council, Emergency OrdinanceNo. 6755,adopted8d

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedOctober 25,2024, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onJune 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOT(S) OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐

FIRSTNATIONAL BANK OF AMER‐ICA VS MAUREEN GELSTON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 1, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on June 25, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May16, 2025, June 20, 2025 may16-jun20-2t $104

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-569

SUSANT., L.L.C. VERSUS ELIZABETH SCARBOROUGH MARZIALE

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-530 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS RONALD JOSEPH BERTUCCI AND EMILYBERTUCCI A/K/AEMILY LIBERTO BERTUCCI

g scribed prop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES,AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGINGOR IN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING SIT‐UATEDINTHE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN PORTIONOR TRUDEAU PLAN‐TATION SUBDIVISION, FORMERLY PART OF SQUARES19 AND21OFUP‐LAND SUBDIVISION DESIGNATED AS LOTNO. 23, BOUNDEDBY NORTHUPLAND AVENUE,WEST METAIRIE AV‐ENUE,FERRIS PLACE, AND SHIRLEYSTREET, WHICHSAIDLOT COMMENCESAT ADISTANCEOF 783.54' FEET FROM THE CORNER OF SHIRLEYSTREET ANDNORTH UP‐LAND AVENUE, ANDMEASURES THENCE 65.01 FEET FRONTON NORTHUPLAND AVENUE,BYA DEPTHALONG THESIDELINE NEARER TO WEST METAIRIE AVENUE OF 84.99 FEET,BYA DEPTHALONG THEOPPOSITE SIDELINE OF 84.26 FEET,BYA WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 65' FEET,ALL IN AC‐CORDANCE WITH THESUR‐VEYOFF.G STEWART, SURVEYOR, DATEDOCTOBER 19, 1958, AND FURTHERINAC‐CORDANCE WITH ASURVEYOF J.L. FONTCU‐BERTA, SUR‐VEYOR, DATED JULY 31, 1974. TITLETO THEABOVE REF‐ERENCEDPROP‐ERTY CONVEYED TO EMILY BERTUCCI,WIFE OF ANDRONALD JOSEPH BERTUCCI FROM EMILYBERTUCCI FORMERLY KNOWNAS EMILYLIBERTO WIFE OF AND RONALD JOSEPH BERTUCCI AND RECORDED ON DECEMBER 22, 2017 IN BOOK 3399, PAGE 520; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty.

Property Com‐monlyKnown as:801 North Upland Avenue, Metairie,LA 70003

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-827

PLAINS COM‐MERCEBANK VERSUS JAREDWILFRED HYDELL

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, datedMay 16, 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 30, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that subdivision knownas, WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION5,and beingdesig‐natedonthe of‐ficial plan of said subdivi‐sion,on file and of record in theof‐fice of theClerk andRecorder forthe Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana,as LOTNUMBER ONETHOUSAND THREEHUN‐DRED NINETY FIVE-A (1395-A) of SQUARE LL, said subdivision, said lothaving such measure‐mentsand dimensions and beingsubject to such restric‐tionsand servi‐tudesasshown on the official subdivi‐sion mapand/or of record

Furtherinac‐cordance with a survey,pre‐paredbyJ.J Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated April 24, 1978, resur‐veyedJuly22, 1978, acopyof which is at‐tached to and made apartof that certainact recorded at COB 939 Page 545, of theofﬁcial recordsofJef‐ferson Parish Louisiana, ex‐cept said lotis showntohave a depthof98.60 feet between equaland parallel 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.

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-337

SERVBANK,SB VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF GREGORYJ TAUZIER ANDRACHAEL JOAENTAUZIER

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, datedMay 15, 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 30, 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, FirstWard, TER‐RYTOWN SUBDI‐VISION NO.1 in SQUARE 57 bounded by Farmington Place, Heritage Avenue and FriedricaStreet, designated as LOT15ona survey by Harris &Varisco,Sur‐veyors dated October15, 1973, andac‐cordingthereto, said Lotcom‐mences 721 feet from thecorner of Farmington Placeand Her‐itage Avenue,and measures thence 61 feet frontonFarm‐ington Place, a widthinthe rear of 64.17 feet,by a depthof110 feet between equaland paral‐lellines Andinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veyofGilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc. dated March16, 1989, a printofwhich is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof,saidlot is situated in thesame square,subdivi‐sion andhas the same measure‐mentsasherein setforth

THAT PORTION OF GROUND, andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantage thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $115.65

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 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $89.18

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

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:864-545

US BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR VRMTGASSET TRUST VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF TILLYBERT CHERAMIE PUNCH(A/K/A TILLYB PUNCH)

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, datedMay 14, 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 30, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALL BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND

ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGINGOR IN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, IN THAT PORTION THEREOFWHICH WAS FORMERLY KNOWNASLOT 21 OF AMES HOMESTEAD FARMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH PLAN MADE BY J.W.T. STEPHENS C.E. &S,DATED MAY 2, 1921, ANDINAC‐CORDANCE WITH PLAN MADE BY HO‐TARD &WEBB, SURVEYOR, DATEDNOVEM‐BER6,1952,A COPY OF WHICH IS ATTACHED TO AN ACTOFDEDICA‐TION OF STREETS PASSEDBEFORE WILLIAMJ WHITE, NOTARY PUBLIC,DATED NOVEMBER 9, 1952,AND REG‐ISTEREDINCOB 329, FOLIO 325, THESAIDPROP‐ERTY IS SITU‐ATED IN MYRA SUBDIVISION ANDINACCOR‐DANCE WITH SAID PLAN, THESAID LOTISDESIG‐NATEDBYTHE NO.17IN SQUARE 2 THEREOF, WHICHSQUARE 2ISBOUNDED BY ST.ANTHONY STREET,JUNG BOULEVARD, UR‐BANDALE STREET ANDLOT 23 OF AMES HOMESTEAD FARMS, ANDMEASURES AS FOLLOWS: LOT17COM‐MENCES AT A DISTANCE OF 362.50 FEET FROM THECOR‐NEROF ST.ANTHONY STREET AND JUNG BOULE‐VARD,AND

MEASURES THENCE 55.34 FEET FRONTON ST.ANTHONY STREET,RUN‐NING IN THEDI‐RECTIONOF URBANDALE STREET, SAME WIDTHINTHE REAR,BYA DEPTHBE‐TWEEN EQUAL AND PARALLEL LINES OF 79.35FEET ALLASMORE FULLYSHOWN ON SURVEY OF HO‐TARD &WEBB. C.E.,DATED SEP‐TEMBER 10, 1954.

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 20,2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $120.95

LON, F/K/ATHE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEEFOR REGISTERED HOLDERSOF CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-5 VS THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF ANTHONYJ VALENTI(A/K/A ANTHONY VALENTI) ANDTERRI ADAMSVALENTI

ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudesappurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof JEFFERSON, Stateof LOUISIANA, in BLOCK2,SEC‐TION "C"OF COLONIAL CLUB ESTATES, bounded by Colonial Club Drive(late Son‐aitAvenue), Jef‐

ferson Highway, O.K. Avenue and Public River Road,desig‐natedasLOT "X"ona survey made by E.L. Eustis,C.E.& S., datedFebruary 29, 1952, andac‐cordingto which said Lot "X", is composed of that portionof original LotNo. 2nearertoJef‐ferson Highway, andsaidLot "X"adjoining Lot1 on theJef‐ferson Highway side,and mea‐suresseventyﬁve feet (75') frontonColo‐nial Club Drive, by awidth in therearand frontonO.K.Av‐enue of seventy-ﬁve feet (75'), with a depth on both side linesofone hundred sixtyeightand eighty-three one-hundreths feet (168.83'), andinaccor‐dancewitha survey by J. J. Krebs &Sons, C. E. &S datedApril 27, 1954, andsaid lothas the same designa‐tion,location andmeasure‐mentsasabove setforth,and commences at a distance of one hundred andseven onehundredthsfeet (100.07')from thecornerof JeffersonHigh‐wayand Colonial Club Drive. Allas more fully shownona plot of survey make by Gerald B. Dunn, 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

EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: June 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-335 SERVBANK,SB VERSUS ETHANPAUL SMITH(A/K/A ETHANSMITH)

Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Ridgeﬁeld Subdivision, all as perplanthereof made by J. J. Krebs& Sons, C.E.,dated Feb‐ruary5,1965, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐nanceNo. 7040, registered in COB611, folio 438, andasper actofdedica‐tion registered in COB615, Folio 645, said prop‐erty is describedas follows:

LotNumber3 Square D, bounded by Caminada Drive, BayAdams Drive, Bastian Drive andVermillion Drive, com‐mencing105 feet from the corner of Bay Adamsand Caminada Dri‐ves, measuring 50 feet fronton BayAdams Drive, same in widthinthe rear,bya depth of 100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines.

In accordance with asurveyby J.J. Krebs& Son, Inc.,dated June 4, 1966, said lot commences 55 feet from the corner of Bast‐ianDrive and Bay Adams y Drive.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior

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 20, 2025, July 25, 2025 jun20-jul25-2t $93.42