The Times-Picayune 07-04-2025 by The Advocate

Housegives finalOK to Trump’slegislation

Speaker of the House MikeJohnson, R-Benton, left, and HouseMajority

signed President Donald Trump’ssignaturebill of tax breaks and spending cuts

La.makes gains on LEAP tests

Math scores up butsomesee declines in English

BY ELYSE CARMOSINO Staff writer

BY MARKBALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON —The U.S. House gave ﬁnal approval Thursday to President Donald Trump’stax relief and spending cuts package that Republicanscall the“One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” Speaker MikeJohnson, R-Benton, and Majority Leader Steve Scalise, RJefferson, worked all day and all night to win over Republicans who began Wednesday saying they would not vote for the legislation Enough Republicans agreed to go along with thenecessarybut stalled procedural votes to set up afull vote by theHouse Debate began at 3:28 a.m. on whether to agree with the measure, which had been

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.y.,right, leaveshis office shortly after speaking in the House chamber during Thursday’s final vote.

substantially rewritten in the Senate.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries,D-N.Y gave the longest speech in House history against the measure, complaining that the Republicans refused amendments thatwould have allowed Democrats to support thebill.

After Jeffries spoke for 8hours and 44

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Johnson, Scalisepush bill to ﬁnish

BY MARKBALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON —Just after the One BigBeautifulBill Act passed the U.S.House of Representatives on Thursday —intime for agrand IndependenceDay signing ceremony at theWhiteHouse —House Majority Leader Steve Scalisegave Speaker of theHouse Mike Johnson abig hug.

“A lot of people wrote this bill off for dead,” Scalise said.

As theHouse’stwo top leaders, the pair of Louisiana natives wereatthe centerofa political dramathathas consumed Congress for the past few months.

Willowsapartmentsget newmanager

N.O. East complex is in foreclosure

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

“This is sustained growth. We’re pleased with theprogress but not satisfied knowing that we can stilldo better.”

CADE BRUMLEy, state superintendent of education

Louisiana’syounger students mademodest gains on state tests this spring while high schoolers saw aslight overall decline, according to LEAP test scores released Thursday This year’sresultsare amixed bag for the state, which saw student scores plateau last year following several years of what state leaders and someeducation experts lauded as historic post-COVID improvements. In English, 43% of students in grades 3-8 metorexceeded state expectations, referred to by the state as “mastery” or above, the same share that metthat markin2024. In math, the number was 33%, which is 2percentage points higher than last year.Combining math, English and science, 35% of gra de s 3-8students achieved mastery or above, up 1point from 2024. In high school, 35% of students scored at the mastery level or above on their English, math and science tests combined. That is 1 percentage point lower than last year

Louisiana students are still performing better than they were during the early days of the pandemic, with grades 3-8 improving by 5 percentage points across all subjects since 2021 and high schoolers improving by 3points.

“This is sustained growth,” state Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley said in an interview “We’re pleased with the progress but not satisﬁed knowing that we can still do better.”

The Pelican Institute forPublic Policy, aconservative advocacy group, said in astatement that whilethe organization is encouraged to see improvements in grades3-8,“the decline in high

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ANew Orleans East apartment complex notoriousfor its slumlike conditions is in foreclosure and under new managementafter its owner failed to repaymorethan $11 million in bonds. RampartMultifamily Management,headquartered in Louisiana, took over management of The Willows apartments on Lawrence Road in early MayfromTennessee-basedMinistryOutreach Foundation The company took over at the request of Hancock Whitney Bank, which represents the bondholders, said MichaelRicci,principal and director of Rampart-WurthHolding Inc. Rampart was formally appointed as property manager on June 18 by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey as partofforeclosure proceedings. Ricci said his company has experience working with distressed properties as acourt-appointed receiver,and that it would oversee

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The Willows Apartments in NewOrleans East is in foreclosure and under new management.

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Leader Steve Scalise,R-Jefferson, celebrate after Johnson

on Thursdayatthe CapitolinWashington.

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Poll finds huge partisan divide on flying U.S flag Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to own and ﬂy an American ﬂag, according to new polling.

In the latest YouGov/Economist survey, more than twothirds of GOP respondents, 68%, said they own an American ﬂag at home while 37% of Democrats said the same. Among respondents overall, 51% said they owned a U.S. ﬂag.

The poll — which sampled 1,648 adults June 27-30 then asked those who have a ﬂag how often, if ever, they display it.

More than one-third of Republicans, 38%, said they fly the Stars and Stripes every day, while 11% of Democrats said they do the same. Meanwhile, 62% of Republicans and 30% of Democrats said they display the flag everyday, sometimes or on special occasions, such as holidays, including July 4. There was also a significant partisan divide on the question of whether flying the American flag is “an act of patriotism.”

The overwhelming majority of Republicans, 89%, said that it was a patriotic act. A smaller share of Democrats, but still a majority 58%, agreed.

The poll has a margin of error of 3.3 percentage points

Rainbow crosswalks next administration target ORLANDO, Fla. — The Trump administration is seeking to wipe rainbows and other “political banners” from streets and crosswalks across the nation, a move that puts at risk the multicolored crossing near the former Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sent a letter to the nation’s governors this week introducing a “safety initiative” seeking consistent markings on roads. On a post on X the same day, he more clearly spelled out his intentions.

“Taxpayers expect their dollars to fund safe streets, not rainbow crosswalks,” he posted. “Political banners have no place on public roads. I’m reminding recipients of @USDOT roadway funding that it’s limited to features advancing safety, and nothing else. It’s that simple.” A rainbow crosswalk has been emblazoned at the southern boundary of Pulse, the nightclub once seen as a safe haven for the LGBTQ community and where 49 were killed and 53 were wounded in a mass shooting on June 12, 2016.

Duffy’s letter itself doesn’t mention rainbows or “political banners” speciﬁcally, but states the agency’s desire to partner with state and local governments to “make the entire roadway right-of-way easier to interpret and navigate for all users.”

It cites 39,345 trafﬁc fatalities last year as “unacceptable,” though that marks a 3.8% decrease from the year prior ‘Reservoir Dogs,’ ‘Kill Bill’ star Madsen dies

Court will hear trans athlete case

BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a case over state restrictions on which school sports teams transgender students can join.

Just two weeks after upholding a ban on gender-afﬁrming care for transgender youth, the justices said they will review lower court rulings in favor of transgender athletes in Idaho and West Virginia. The case will be argued in the fall.

The nationwide battle over the participation of transgender girls on girls sports teams has played out at both the state and federal levels as Republicans have leveraged the issue as a ﬁght for athletic fairness for women and girls.

More than two dozen states, including Louisiana, have enacted laws barring transgender women and girls from participating in cer-

tain sports competitions. Some policies have been blocked in court.

At the federal level, the Trump administration has ﬁled lawsuits and launched investigations over state and school policies that have allowed transgender athletes to compete freely This week, the University of Pennsylvania modiﬁed a trio of school records set by transgender swimmer Lia Thomas and said it would apologize to female athletes “disadvantaged” by her participation on the women’s swimming team, part of a resolution of a federal civil rights case.

Separately, Senate Democrats in March blocked a Republican push for a national ban.

Republican President Donald Trump also has acted aggressively in other areas involving transgender people, including removing transgender troops from military service In May, the Supreme Court allowed the ouster of transgender service members to pro-

ceed, reversing lower courts that had blocked it. A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 7 in 10 U.S. adults think transgender female athletes should not be allowed to participate in girls and women’s sports at the high school, college or professional level. That view was shared by about 9 in 10 Republicans and roughly half of Democrats.

West Virginia is appealing a lower-court ruling that found the ban violates the rights of Becky Pepper-Jackson, who has been taking puberty-blocking medication and has publicly identified as a girl since she was in the third grade. Pepper-Jackson sued the state when she in was middle school because she wanted to compete on the cross country and track teams. This past school year PepperJackson qualiﬁed for the West Virginia girls high school state track

Immigration detainees arrive in the Everglades

BY CURT ANDERSON and KATE PAYNE

Associated Press

The ﬁrst group of immigrants has arrived at a new detention center deep in the Florida Everglades that ofﬁcials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” a spokesperson for Republican state Attorney General James Uthmeier told The Associated Press

“People are there,” Press Secretary Jae Williams said, though he didn’t immediately provide further details on the number of detainees or when they arrived.

“Next stop: back to where they came from,” Uthmeier said on the X social media platform Wednesday He’s been credited as the architect behind the Everglades proposal

“Stood up in record time under @GovRonDeSantis’ leadership & in coordination with @DHSgov & @ICEgov

Immigrants who are arrested by Florida law enforcement officers under the federal government’s 287(g) program will be taken to the facility according to an official in President Donald Trump’s administration. The program is led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and allows police officers to interrogate immigrants in their custody and detain them for potential deportation.

The facility is expected to be expanded in 500 bed increments until it has an estimated 5,000 beds by early July

meet, ﬁnishing third in the discus throw and eighth in the shot put in the Class AAA division.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for Pepper-Jackson in two areas, under the Constitution’s equal protection clause and the landmark federal law known as Title IX that forbids sex discrimination in education.

Idaho in 2020 became the ﬁrst state in the nation to ban transgender women and girls from playing on women’s sports teams sponsored by public schools, colleges and universities.

The ACLU and the women’s rights group Legal Voice sued Idaho on behalf of Lindsay Hecox, who hoped to run for Boise State University A Boise-area athlete who is not transgender also joined the lawsuit because she fears the law could force her to undergo invasive tests to prove her biological sex if someone questions her gender

Man charged in Minn. shootings looks forward to ‘truth’ coming out

BY STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press

ST PAUL, Minn. — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House

Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband on June 14, and wounding a state senator and his wife, said Thursday that he’s looking forward to the facts coming out about what happened that day

During a court appearance, Vance Boelter waived his right to full hearings on whether he should remain jailed without bail, and on probable cause, where the judge would determine whether the government has enough evidence to proceed with prosecuting the case. Thursday’s hearing lasted less than 10 minutes.

“Your honor, I’m looking forward to court, and looking forward to the facts about the 14th coming out,” Boelter told Magistrate Judge Douglas Micko. Boelter affirmed that he knowingly waived his rights to the full hearings he was entitled. “That gets us to court faster, where the truth can come out.”

A date for Boelter’s next court appearance has not been set. The acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota, Joe Thompson told reporters afterward that the next step is for a grand jury to return an indictment, which is due by mid-July and could include additional charges. Boelter faces separate cases in federal and state court on charges of murder and attempted murder, but the feds are using their power to go ﬁrst.

“This isn’t just a murder case,” Thompson said.

“This is a political assassination.”

Authorities say Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot to death in their home in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park on June 14 by a man disguised as a police ofﬁcer who was driving a fake squad car Boelter also allegedly shot and seriously wounded state Sen. John Hoffman, and his wife, Yvette, earlier that morning at their home in nearby Champlin. The Hoffmans are recovering. Hortman’s golden retriever, Gilbert, had to be euthanized.

LOS ANGELES Michael Madsen, whose menacing characters in “Reservoir Dogs” and “Kill Bill” made him a standout in Quentin Tarantino’s films, has died. He was 67. Madsen was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday morning and pronounced dead, Los Angeles County Sheriff ’s Department Watch Commande r Christ opher Jauregui said. He is believed to have died of natural causes and authorities do not suspect any foul play was involved. Madsen’s manager Ron Smith said cardiac arrest was the apparent cause. Madsen’s career spanned more than 300 credits stretching back to the early 1980s, many in low-budget films. But his most memorable screen moment may have been the sadistic torture of a captured police officer — while dancing to Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle with You” — as Mr Blonde in 1992’s “Reservoir Dogs.” He would become a Tarantino regular, appearing in the “Kill Bill” films and “The Hateful Eight.”

Florida is proud to help facilitate @realDonaldTrump’s mission to enforce immigration law,” the account for the Florida Division of Emergency Management posted to the social media site X on Thursday Requests for additional information from the ofﬁce of Republican Gov Ron DeSantis and FDEM, which is building the site, were not returned early Thursday afternoon.

The facility, at an airport used for training, will have an initial capacity of about 3,000 detainees, DeSantis said. The center was built in eight days and features more than 200 security cameras, 28,000-plus feet of barbed wire and 400 security personnel.

Federal agencies signaled their opposition Thursday to a lawsuit brought by environmental groups seeking to halt operations at the detention center Though Trump applauded the center during an ofﬁcial tour earlier this week, the ﬁling on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security seemed to try to distance his administration from the facility and said no federal money to date has been spent on it.

“DHS has not implemented, authorized, directed, or funded Florida’s temporary detention center Florida is constructing and operating the facility using state funds on state lands under state emergency authority and a preexisting general delegation of federal authority to implement immigration functions,” the U.S. ﬁling says.

Human rights advocates and Native American tribes have also protested, contending it is a threat to the fragile Everglades system, would be cruel to detainees because of heat and mosquitoes, and is on land the tribes consider sacred.

Lawmakers stopped from entering center in possible violation of Fla. law

Madsen BY ANA CEBALLOS and ANTONIO DELGADO Miami Herald (TNS)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group of Florida lawmakers were barred from entering Alligator Alcatraz, the state-run detention facility for migrants in the Florida Everglades, Thursday afternoon.

Citing “safety concerns,” a representative with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, the state agency overseeing the detention facility’s operation, was at ﬁrst hesitant to allow lawmakers into the facility

Ultimately, lawmakers were denied access after a back-and-forth that lasted more than an hour and told to return at a later time. “I ﬁnd it hard to believe that they have safety concerns for us but no safety con-

cerns for the president of the United States when he was here just two days ago,” Sen. Carlos Guillermo Smith, DOrlando, told the Herald/Times as he was trying to gain access into the site.

Denying access to lawmakers may run afoul of Florida law, which says members of the Legislature are allowed to “visit at their pleasure all state correctional institutions.” It’s the same case for the governor, all Cabinet members, judges of state courts, state attorneys and public defenders.

Smith was one of ﬁve Democratic state lawmakers who traveled to the remote site trying to go inside the facility The site opened on Tuesday with a visit from President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis, and which received the ﬁrst immigration detainees Wednesday night.

MIAMI HERALD PHOTO By AL DIAZ Workers install a permanent

Strikeskill94 Palestinians in Gaza,authorities say

BY MELANIE LIDMAN and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press

TEL AVIV,Israel Israeli airstrikes and shootings killed94Palestinians in Gaza late Wednesday and Thursday,including 45 who were attempting to get much-needed humanitarian aid, hospitals and the Health Ministry said Thursday.

Families wept over the bodies from astrike that hitatent camp during the night as displaced people slept in southern Gaza. At least 13 members of asingle familywere killed,including at least six children under 12.

“Mychildren, my children …my beloved,” wailed Intisar AbuAssi, sobbing over the bodies of her son anddaughters andtheiryoung children. Anotherwoman kissed the forehead of adead little girl wrapped in ablanket on the ﬂoor of the morgue at NasserHospital in the city of Khan Younis.

In central Gaza, aboy stroked the face of his dead sister,6-yearold Heba Abu Etiwi,inamorgue at Al-Aqsa Martyrs’Hospital. The girl andanother of her brothers were among eight people killed when astrike Wednesday evening hit near astand selling falafel.

Shootingsnearfood sites

The toll from strikes emerged as more Palestinians were killedin near-daily shootings while trying

to obtain aid

Fivewere killed on theroads leading to food-distribution sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,the newlycreated, secretive Americanorganization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip’spopulation. Another 40 were killed while waitingfor trucks carrying U.N.aid in several locationsaround Gaza,according to hospital ofﬁcials.

Witnesses have said Israeli troopsregularly unleash barrages on crowds of Palestinians trying to reach the GHF sites

Witnesses have also reported troopsopening ﬁre when crowds of people mass near military-run zones of Gaza, waiting for U.N. truckstoenter.

More than 500 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more wounded since the food-distribution sites opened in May

The Israelimilitary,whose forces are deployed on theroads leadingtothe sites, saysitﬁres warningshots to control crowds or at Palestinians who approach its troops. Armed U.S. contractors guardthe sites.

Amnestyreportattacks Israel

Amnesty International on Thursday issued areport saying Israel was continuing to“use starvation of civilians as aweapon of war as part of its ongoing genocide.”

It said theGHF distribution

Lian

system appeared intendedonlyto “placateinternational concerns” even as Israel allows in only a small amount of food forthe U.N. to distributeseparately

“By maintaining adeadly,dehumanizing andineffectivemilitarized ‘aid’ scheme, Israeli authorities have turned aid-seeking into a booby trap for desperate starved Palestinians,” it said.

The Israeli ForeignMinistry denounced the Amnestyreport,saying the organization has “joined forces with Hamasand fully adopted all of its propaganda lies.”

By The Associated Press

MOSCOW— Russia on Thursday became theﬁrst country to formally recognize the Taliban’sgovernment in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations. The Russian ForeignMinistry announced that it had received credentials from Afghanistan’snewly appointed Ambassador Gul Hassan Hassan. The ofﬁcial recognition of the Afghangovernmentwill foster “productive bilateral cooperation,”the ministry said in astatement.

Israel has rejected allegations it is committing genocide in Gazain thewar with Hamas, and it is challenging the accusation filed by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.

Israel intendsfor GHFtoreplace the U.N. humanitarian network, which has delivered massive amounts of aid to Palestinians throughout the war. Israel contends that Hamas siphons off large amounts of aid from that system, a claim that the U.N. and aid groups deny.Theyhaverejected GHF, saying it cannot deliver enough

aid, endangers Palestinians andis being usedbyIsrael to carry out its war goals. In astatement Tuesday,GHF rejected criticism of its operations and said it has delivered the equivalent of morethan 52 million meals. GHF distributesboxes of food staplessuchaslentils and rice, saying onebox holdsthe equivalent of morethan 50 meals. Witnesses have reported scenes of chaos at GHF sites as desperate crowdsrace to pick up food boxes, with some taking more than one while manyothers go emptyhanded. Much of the food is sold in markets at astronomical prices. Work continuesonceasefire

TheGaza Health Ministry said the numberofPalestinians killed in Gaza has passed 57,000 since the war began on Oct. 7, 2023. The ministry does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its death count but says morethan half of the dead are womenand children.

The deaths comeasIsrael and Hamas inch closer to apossibleceaseﬁre that would end the 21-month war Trump said TuesdaythatIsrael had agreed on terms fora60-day ceaseﬁre in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept the deal before conditions worsen. Hamas’ response emphasized its demand that the truce lead to an end to the war

Talibancontrol over Afghanistan

Afghanistan’sForeign Ministry called it ahistoric step, andquoted Taliban ForeignMinister AmirKhan Muttaqiaswelcoming the decision as “a good example for other countries.”

The Talibantook control of AfghanistaninAugust 2021 following thewithdrawalof U.S. and NATO forces. Since then, they have sought international recognition while also enforcing theirstrict interpretation of Islamic law

While no country had formally recognized the Taliban administration until now, the group had engaged in highlevel talks with many nations andestablishedsome

diplomatic ties with countries including China and the United Arab Emirates.

Still, theTalibangovernment has been relatively isolated on the worldstage, largelyover its restrictions on women. Although the Taliban initially promised amore moderate rule than during their first stint in powerfrom 1996 to 2001, it started to enforce restrictions on women and girls soon after the 2021 takeover.Women are barred from most jobs andpublic places, including parks, baths and gyms, while girls are banned from education beyond sixth grade.

Russian officialshave recentlybeenemphasizing the need to engage withthe Taliban to help stabilize Afghanistan, and lifted aban on the Taliban in April. Russia’sambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, said in remarks broadcast by state ChannelOne television that thedecision to officially recognize theTaliban government was made by President Vladimir Putin on advicefromForeignMinister Sergey Lavrov Zhirnovsaidthe decision proves Russia’s“sincere striving for the development of full-fledged relations with Afghanistan.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By JEHAD ALSHRAFI

Al-Za’anin, center,iscomforted by relatives Thursday as she mourns the loss of her father,RamiAl-Za’anin, whowas killed while heading to an aid distribution hub,atthe morgue of the Shifa Hospital in GazaCity.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov,right, and Acting ForeignMinister ofAfghanistan’sTaliban movement Amir Khan Muttaqi meet beforetheir talks on Oct.4 in Moscow

Bill boosts state’sshare of offshoreoil revenue

Moneywillaid coastalprotection

BY MIKE SMITH Staff writer

TheTrump administration’stax and spending billapproved by Congress on Thursday includesa long-sought measure to increase the amount of offshore oil-and-gas revenue that Louisianareceives from the federal government.

The little-known provision in the OneBig BeautifulBill, to be signed by President Donald TrumponFriday,means up to around $50 million per year extra for Louisiana over adecade —money thatmust be used for coastal protection and restoration projects. While the larger bill has been intensely divisive, that aspect of it has received bipartisan support in Louisiana, which is facing asteepdecline in coastal protection funds in the years ahead.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson,who was instrumental in including the measure in the mammoth bill, highlighted its passageinastatement.

“I was able to include in this bill my language to increase the revenue sharing Louisiana receives from energy exploration and productionoff our coast, which will result in new funding —tothe tune of hundreds ofmillions of dollars —for ﬂood control, hurricane protectionand coastal restoration projects that are vital to Louisiana’sfuture,” Scalise said, also noting the bill requires annual lease sales in the Gulf.

The measure changes aspects of what is known as GOMESA,or the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, and has longbeen agoal of Louisiana state ofﬁcials and its congressional delegation. Former Sen. Mary Landrieu was key in pushing the original GOMESA law throughCongress in 2006, givingLouisiana its ﬁrst share of the

“With a30% increase in GOMESA funding,our coastal programcan do much more crucial work over the next decade.”

GORDON DOVE, chair of the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority

funds in question, andhas since argued forcefully that thestate deserves more.

The law includes acomplicated formula that determines how much offshore revenue Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabamareceive each year.Louisiana must use themoney for coastal projects. Under the law,37.5% of offshore oil andgas revenue is shared among the four Gulf states, but the total amount is capped at $500 million per year.Louisiana receives themost of the four,amounting to

$156 million for the last ﬁscal year

The change approved in the currentbill lifts the cap to $650 million for the next decade. The amount of revenue does notreach the cap limit every year,but it has done so forthe past three years in row

Louisiana couldgain an extra $46 million per year,or$460 million over the next decade, if thecap is hit each of those years, according to estimates.

Stateofﬁcials have long advocated forsuch achange by pointing to Louisiana’srole in the nation’s energyproduction, the importance of river shipping through its portsand the long-term beneﬁts of investment in coastal protection. They also highlight a1920 law that grantsWestern states farmore revenue,handing over half of what is collected from onshore energy and mineral mining.

Louisiana’scoastal restoration and protection efforts face threatsonvariousfronts. Most of thebudget forsuch projects in re-

cent years has come from billions sent to the state in ﬁnes and settlement money related to the 2010 BP DeepwaterHorizonoil spill, but that money expires by 2032. TheTrumpadministration has also been seekingtoplace more of theburden onto states. That could mean severe consequences for Louisiana if FEMA and the U.S. ArmyCorps of Engineers are forced to greatly reduce spending.

Theextra moneyincludedin the bill falls farshort of ﬁlling the funding gap Louisiana will experience in the years ahead, but it has been welcomed by state ofﬁcials as progress. The longer-term goal for the state is to eliminate the GOMESA cap entirely

“With a30% increase in GOMESA funding, ourcoastal program can do much more crucial work overthe next decade,”saidGordon Dove, chairofthe state’sCoastal Protection and Restoration Authority

Scalise, R-Jefferson,said

President Donald Trump was the “absolute closer,” available to make the calls and take the meetings to get enough Republican votes.

“But this bill wouldn’tbe heading over to the White House without the yeoman’sunwavering support from the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson,” Scalise said.

Johnson, R-Benton, said Thursday that work on the bill began 15 months ago— before the November 2024 elections —when GOP leadership began seeing ademographic shift that portended Republican majorities in the House and Senate.

“Wehad avision for what we wanted to do,” said Johnson. “Wedidn’twant waste that opportunity.”

Getting there, however, took manysleepless hours —particularly during the last 48 hours. Johnson said he hadn’tgottenany sleep for two days.

“I’m adanger to myself and others right now,” he joked after the vote.

In May,after he managed to pass the bill through the Housebyasinglevote, Johnson asked the Senate not to make major changes to the provisions carefully cobbled outoverseveral months. But the legislation returned Tuesdayfromthe Senate substantially rewritten,with basicallytwo days to get it passed in time for Trump’sJuly Fourth ceremony Johnson decided that the most efﬁcient way to hit the self-imposed deadline was to accept the Senate’schanges.But that was going to require long conversations with recalcitrant Republicans to allow them to “make sure they fully understood it and all the implications.”

“Some of that was still goingon” Wednesday night, Johnson said.

Budget hawks in the

Housepromised to oppose the bill because of it would add$3.3trillion to the nation’sdebt, despite arecord $1.7trillion in spending reductions,mostly from Medicaid. They wanted deeper cuts in social safetynet programs to offset that deﬁcit. Less conservative GOP representatives vowednot backa bill theysaidcut Medicaidand foodstamps too much, arguing voters wouldholdthemaccountable in the 2026 congressionalelections. This processisinthe wheelhouse of the two LSU alumni whohead thelower chamber Scalise is an acknowledgedmasterofparliamentary procedures and knows howtoget into the weeds to change legislative language in away to turn “no” into “yes.” Hewas seen on the Houseﬂoor Wednesday nightgesticulating with holdouts.

Johnson’scalm and patiencewere seen as crucial to turning Trump’scampaign promises into law withoutthe support of asingleDemocrat. He held most of his meetings inaroom adjacenttothe House ﬂoor

They talked about,accordingtostaffers andHouse members, ways to address the nation’sdebtsand the kindsofexecutive orders Trumpcould issue.

Johnson said members wanted to talk abouthow the law would be administered. It was not about making new commitments but abetter understanding, he added.

While most House Republicans went along with the plan, Johnsonsaid he did need tobringinTrumpto close the holdouts. At the end, that was members of the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus.

Trumpbrought some to the White Houseand talked to others on thephone

Beyond his persuasive skills,Trump —aspresident and leader of the Republican Party—alsocan threaten thepolitical futures of those

who won’tgoalong withthe program

Time and again Republicans,particularlyhard-line conservatives, defiantly voiced theirwillingnessto die on aparticularpolicyhill only to fold in the ﬁnal moments and support the legislationTrump wanted.And when they didn’t, Trump threatened political purgatory.

The prime example is Sen. Thom Tillis,R-N.C., who said Trump’sbill “will hurt people who are eligible and qualiﬁed for Medicaid.

Trump attacked Tillis on social media and threatened to run an opponent against him in 2026. Tillis announced he wouldnot seek athird term.

RoyFletcher,a seasoned politicalstrategistfrom Baton Rouge,said Trump is playing the same game of hardball politics that all presidentsplay

“This is about the presidency. It’s aboutgoverning,” Fletcher said. “You may say, ‘I got real problems with it.’Sowhat. Here’sa bigger problem for you —the president of your party opposes you.”

When the House Freedom Caucus still wasn’tready to votelateWednesday night, Trump wroteonTruthSocial: “It looks like the House is readytovotetonight.We hadGREATconversations allday,and the Republican House MajorityisUNITED, for theGood of our Country,delivering the Biggest TaxCuts in History and MASSIVEGrowth.Let’sgo Republicans, andeveryone else —MAKEAMERICA GREATAGAIN!”

One of the procedural votes was held open for morethan six hours to give Johnson, Scalise and Trump time to ﬁnd enough Republicans to pass thebill.

The House began thedebateat3:28 a.m. Republicans approvedthe legislation 11 hours later

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minutes, Johnson took the ﬂoor

“Myfriends and colleagues on both sides of the aisle, we’ve waited long enough.Someofushave literally been up for days now,” Johnsonsaid.“Howeveryou vote today,myfriends, the presidentof the United States is waiting with his pen,the American people are waiting forthis relief.”

At 2:28 p.m. Eastern, the House voted 218 to 214 to get the bill to Trump for his signatureata Friday ceremony on Independence Day,which is what the president wanted.

In addition to Johnson and Scalise, the other two Republicans in Louisiana’sdelegation —Rep. Clay Higgins, of Lafayette; and Rep. Julia Letlow,ofStart —voted in favor of the bill. TwoGOP representatives joined all Democratic House members voting against the bill, including Rep. Troy Carter,DNew Orleans; and Rep. Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge.

Even though Republicans hold a 220-212 majority in the House and 53 of the 100 seats in the Senate, GOP leadership has grappled with ﬁnding enough votes at every legislative step.

The bill funds Trump’sdomestic agenda.

Republicans focus mostly on the tax beneﬁts. They argue that, when coupled with regulatory rollbacks, lesser taxes will instigate an investment surge that will energize the U.S. economyand lead to growth enough to lower the deﬁcit.

“The pro-growth policies within this historic legislationare going to fuel an economic boomlike we’ve never seen before,” said Karoline Leavitt, Trump’spresssecretary Democratic members counter thatthe rich will beneﬁt, by far from thetax cuts andthatlowerincome Americans will partially pay forthe bill’scosts throughreduced access to Medicaid and food stamps.

From the House ﬂoor,in the dark hours Thursday morning, Scalise boiled down the disagreement as a philosophical ﬁght between Democrats and Republicans

“They don’twant to give people back theirmoney.Theywantto keep the power in Washington

That’s really what’satstake here

That’sthe big ﬁght here,” Scalise said. “President Trump is at the

helm now.It’sa new day.World leaders knowit. The badguys knowitaround the world. But you know what those hardworking families who have been waiting forthisrelief for along, long time, are ﬁnally goingtorealize? Help is on theway.”

Thebill makes permanent roughly $3.8 trillion of temporary individualand business taxbreaks enactedwhenRepublicans held themajority during Trump’sﬁrst term.That 2017 tax break was set to expire in December

If the bill hadnot been approved, Louisianataxpayers wouldhave seen a$2,135 increase, on average, in federal taxes next year

Lower-incomefilers’ taxes would save about$150fromwhat they would have paid had thebill not passed, according to TheTax Policy Center,a Washington-based nonpartisananalysis group. Middle-incomeﬁlers, making $66,801$119,200 annually,would see about a$1,750 tax reduction and those earning over $217,100 annually would saveabout$12,540 in taxes

About 85% of the nation’shouseholds would receive atax cutin 2026.

The bill also temporarily allows workers to deducttips and over-

time pay,and provide anew $6,000 deduction for mostolder adults.

Alltold,the bill’s tax provisions reducefederal revenues by about $4.5 trillion over 10 years.

Plus, thebill increases spending by about $350 billiononborder security,includingbuilding awall along the Mexican border,and military armaments.

“We’recutting $1.7 trillion in this bill, and you’re notgoing to feel any of it,” Trumpsaid last week.

To payfor those expenses, the legislation cuts about $1.1 trillion from Medicaidand otherhealth programs. The bill reduces federal spending on Medicaid by 18% andrequiresmostbeneficiaries to work or volunteer 80 hours a month, along withrestrictions on howstatescan tax hospitals,clinics, and other healthcare providerstoraise moneyfor astate’s portion of Medicaid expenses.

About 17 million Americans 267,550 in Louisiana —could lose their coverageoveradecadewhen changestosubsidiesfor theAffordable CareAct areaddedinto theMedicaid revamp.

Republicans say their goal is to address “waste, fraud and abuse” andprotect the safety net programsfor the deserving popula-

tion,such as low-income pregnant women, the disabled and children.

The billﬁnds moresavings by shifting some of thepayments for food stamps fromfederal to state governments.

Rep. CleoFields, D-BatonRouge, saidthat, while lower-income people will receive amodest tax break, they will end up behind when lost health careand nutrition beneﬁtsare factored. He said the expertsdon’tback Republican insistence that thebill will energize thenation’seconomy

“The president is going to say howwelleconomicdevelopment is going to be impacted, but experts saythe numbers don’tindicate that,” Fields said. “These are not Democratic talking points. These arethe Congressional BudgetOfﬁce’sanalysis.”

“This bill increases energy costs by $400 per household, cedes hundredsofbillions in clean energy investments and jobs to countrieslike China, and undermines our ability to compete in a global economy,”said Rep. Troy Carter,D-NewOrleans. “Thisis afull-blown assault on veterans, students, workers, the elderly and everyfamily that reliesona fair shot to get ahead.It’sabetrayal of

our values and adark day foreconomic justice.”

Much of the GOP opposition came from fiscal hawks fearful of adding to the national debt and hadsought deeperspending cuts in Medicaid and other programs.

The bill is expected to add$3.3 trillion to the nation’s$36.2 trillion debt, according to the Congressional Budget Ofﬁce, the arm of Congress chargedwith estimating the ﬁnancial impact of legislation under consideration. Interest payments on thedebtare getting close $1 trillion annuallyand are oneofthe federal government’slargest expenses.

The bill also includes language that allowsLouisiana to receive alarger cut of federaloffshore leases and production by raising the annual cap on offshore energy revenue sharing withGulf states from $500 million to $650 million through 2034. Thebillalsowould require the Bureau of Ocean Energy Managementtohold no fewerthan two lease sales every year for15years in Gulf waters, and it eliminated the $200

WILLOWS

The Willows for at least the durationofthe foreclosure process.

“Wewere asked to step in and try to see what’staking place, and give suggestions on what we can do to try to ﬁx this up,” Ricci said, adding that hisﬁrm has begun an analysisofthe property

President andCEO of Ministry Outreach Foundation Richard Hamlet said in aTuesdaystatement that“the foundation exhaustedall of its resources tryingtomake The Willows abetter housing community” amid COVID-related ﬁnancial challenges and storm damage

“Unfortunately,wecould notsell the assetataprice which could pay off the lender/bonds,” said Hamlet.

“For the beneﬁt of the community, we had to relinquish the property.”

The receivershiporder comes as city officials, advocates and tenants have worked foryears and with little success —tocompel the property’sowners to improve conditionsorgive up control of the property

It is one of three complexes Ministry Outreach Foundation hasrun in recent years. The group sold its Metairie-based Bellemont Apartments to Jefferson Parish businessman Iman “Eddie”Hamdan in May of last year.That complex had also rackedupnumerouscode violations.

Anothercomplex, the Parc Foutaine Apartments in Algiers, is under contract to be sold and “will close shortly,” Hamlet said. At The Willows, broken windows and doors abound. Some are boarded up,while others areleft open to theelements.Unkept grassis scattered with trashand the rows of beige siding are splotched with green and gray.Tenantscontinue to report mold, airconditioning issues and pestsintheir units, ac-

cording to Daiquiri Jones, an organizer withthe nonproﬁt housing advocacy group Jane Place Neighborhood Initiative.

Thecomplexhas also been the site of numerous homicides in recent years.

Council Vice PresidentHelena Moreno told WVUE-TV this week that The Willows’ former owner should be slappedwithcriminal charges.

Facingpressure from city of-

ﬁcials, Hamlet saidinDecember 2023 saidhewas closetoa deal to sellthe property.But by the next month, the prospective buyer, an affordable housing nonproﬁt, had already decided against buying The Willows,citing its troubles.

CourtdocumentsfiledinJune showthat MOF-Willows LLC, a subsidiary of Ministry Outreach Foundation, failed to repay more than $11 millioninbonds issued by the Finance AuthorityofNew

Orleans, ahousing anddevelopment ﬁnanceagency.The authorityissued$13 million in bonds to the foundation in 2014 to ﬁnance the purchase and renovation of the 263-unit complex.

In aJune 11 judgment, Zainey ordered MOF-Willows LLCtopay Hancock Whitney the full balance of the unpaid bonds as of May 1, along with any interest that continues to accrue.

Paul Maxwell, communications officer with Hancock Whitney, said in astatement that the bank is working with Rampart “to help identifypotential paths forward.”

“MOF-WillowsLLC and its property manager walked away from and effectively abandoned The Willowsapartment complex,” said Maxwell.

Ricci said his ﬁrm hasalready begun ﬁnding problems with the homes.

“OnceRampartcame on-site, it was readily apparent there were anumber of issues. For example, Rampart has had to try and conﬁrmwho were actualtenantsand whowere squatters,” Ricci said.

Jones believes the transferof management is “a step in the right direction. It’s an opportunity.”

“But whether it’ssufficient to change the course of The Willows —sofar we don’tsee that,” Jones said.

Email SophieKasakove at sophie.kasakove@theadvocate. com.

schoolscores —reflecting the readiness of students whowill soontransition to college and the workplace —isconcerning.”

The institute also pointed out that 35% of students in grades 3-12 met or exceeded the statetarget, which reﬂects no change from last year. This year’smath scores were abright spot for elementary and middle school students. The share of third and fourth graders reaching mastery grew by 1percentage point, whilethe percentage of sixth, seventh andeighth grade students hitting that mark increased by 3points. Only ﬁfth

graders saw adecline, with the mastery rate dropping 2percentage points.

TheEnglish resultswere more mixed, with twogrades making gains —fourth graders improved by 2percentage points and sixth graders grew by 1point —while several grades saw slight declines. Students in ﬁfth, seventh and eighthgrade decreased by 1 percentage point and third graders decreased by2points.

The slip in literacy scores comes after Louisiana received praise earlier this year after itsfourth graders ledthe country in readingprogress on anational test, andafter astudy last year found that Louisianawas one of just three states where students’ reading scores had rebounded to prepandemic levels.Ofﬁcials credited

those gainstoanumber of literacy changes the state enacted in recent years.Undera lawthat took effect this past school year,third graders who are far behindinreading can be required to repeat the grade.

Brumley said his department is still working to determine why third graderssaw the biggestdecline in English on the LEAP test, noting that aseparate literacy screener given to thirdgraders showed they madeprogress over thecourse of last school year

“It’ssomething we’llwantto watch moving forward,”Brumley said, “but Idon’tthink it’ssomething we should be overly concerned about at this point in time.”

Brumley said themath gains are asign thatinitiatives thestate introduced last school year,including numeracy training forteach-

ers andmandated tutoring for struggling students, are working.

“Wewerereally excitedtosee the numbers because we did spend more time last year with an intentional focusonmathematics,” he said.“Youbasically seethat growthacross the board.”

High school students also take LEAP tests, some of whichstudents must pass to graduate. The share of students who reached mastery or above in each subject was:

English I: 44% —up3percentage points from last year

English II: 45% —down 2points

Algebra: 42% —up3points

Geometry: 30% —nochange

Biology: 26% —down 1point

U.S. History:25% —down 4 points.

Addressing the declines on some of the high school tests, Brumley

said he hopes the state’snew grading system for schools, which launches next year,will push districts to ensuretheirolderstudents are performing at grade level.

This is the last set of LEAP data to be released underLouisiana’s current school-rating system. Starting in 2026, students’ LEAP scores will be incorporatedmore heavily in their schools’ performance scores.

“There is someplateau there,” Brumley said. “I think it demonstrates the need for the accountability revisions that we made to provide extra emphasisonstudents mastering academic content before they graduate high school.” Email Elyse Carmosino at ecarmosino@theadvocate.com.

STAFFPHOTO By BRETT DUKE

The Willows Apartments in NewOrleans East has been the site of numerous homicides in recent years.

U.S. applications for jobless aid fall to 233K

Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs in the U.S. remain low despite uncertainty about how tariffs will impact the economy

The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless claims for the week ending June 28 fell by 4,000 to 233,000, less than the 241,000 that analysts forecast. Applications for unemployment aid are considered a proxy for layoffs.

Though the job market is broadly healthy by historical standards, some weakness has surfaced as employers contend with fallout from Trump’s policies, especially his aggressive tariffs.

Companies that have announced job cuts this year include Procter & Gamble, Workday, Dow, CNN, Starbucks, Southwest Airlines, and Facebook parent company Meta.

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it is laying off about 9,000 workers, its second mass layoff in months and its largest in more than two years.

Earlier this month, Google conﬁrmed that it had offered buyouts to another swath of its workforce in a fresh round of cost-cutting ahead of a court decision that could order a breakup of its internet empire.

The Labor Department’s unemployment benefits report showed that the four-week average of claims, which evens out some of the weekly volatility, fell by 3,750 to 241,500.

The total number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits the week of June 21 held steady at 1.97 million.

UPS plans to offer buyouts to drivers

UPS is making plans to offer buyouts to its drivers for the ﬁrst time ever prompting staunch opposition from the Teamsters union.

The potential buyouts come as UPS has announced plans to slash tens of thousands of management and other jobs and automate more of its business as it slogs through global trade tensions and the loss of business from what used to be its biggest customer — Amazon

Just two years ago, UPS struck a landmark agreement with the Teamsters union that included pay boosts, promises to add air conditioning to package cars and agreements to hire thousands of full-time Teamsters members

But on Thursday, UPS said in a written statement it is navigating “an unprecedented business landscape.”

The buyouts would include a “generous ﬁnancial package if they choose to leave UPS,” in addition to any pension, health care or other retirement beneﬁts they’ve already earned, the company said.

In April, UPS said it planned to cut 20,000 jobs from its workforce of about 490,000, because of a cutback in its deliveries for Amazon and a larger push to make the network more “efﬁcient.” The shipping giant also said it was closing 73 buildings by the end of June, with more to come.

368K pounds of Oscar Mayer bacon recalled

Nearly 368,000 pounds of Oscar Mayer turkey bacon products are being recalled over possible contamination with listeria bacteria that can cause food poisoning, federal health ofﬁcials said Wednesday

No illnesses have been conﬁrmed to date, U.S. agriculture department ofﬁcials said. Kraft Heinz Food Company of Newberry, South Carolina, announced the recall of the fully cooked turkey bacon that was produced from April 24 to June 11 The problem was discovered when the company’s laboratory testing indicated potential listeria contamination The recall includes products that were shipped to U.S. stores nationwide, as well as the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong.

U.S. stocks set another record

yields leap on signals the economy is solid

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK U.S. stocks climbed further into record heights on Thursday after a report showed the U.S job market looks stronger than Wall Street expected.

The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and set an all-time high for the fourth time in ﬁve days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 344 points, or 0.8%, and the Nasdaq composite

gained 1%.

The market’s gains were widespread, and companies whose proﬁts can get the biggest boosts when workers are feeling confident helped lead the way Expedia climbed 3.2%, and Norwegian Cruise Line steamed 2.9% higher

The reaction was bigger in the bond market following the report from the U.S. government, which said employers added 147,000 more jobs to their payrolls last month than they cut. The unexpected acceleration in hiring signals the U.S. job market is holding up despite worries about how Pres-

ident Donald Trump’s tariffs may hurt the economy and inﬂation.

“There is nothing to complain about here,” according to Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics. “You cannot ﬁnd any evidence of a nascent recession in these ﬁgures.”

A separate report, meanwhile, said fewer U.S. workers applied for unemployment benefits last week, an indication of easing layoffs.

Yields jumped in the bond market as investors bet the betterthan-expected data could keep the Federal Reserve on hold when it

comes to interest rates, instead of cutting them like Trump has loudly been calling for.

Traders in the futures market now see less than a 5% chance that the Fed could cut its main interest rate at its next meeting later this month.

That’s down sharply from the nearly 24% chance they saw just a day earlier, according to data from CME Group.

The Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, has been insisting that he wants to wait and see how Trump’s tariffs affect the economy and inﬂation before making its next move.

A ‘Help Wanted’ sign is displayed at Illinois Air Team Test Station in Lincolnshire, Ill. The U.S labor market delivered another upside surprise last month, churning out a surprisingly strong 147,000 jobs.

Labor market adds 147K jobs in June

BY PAUL WISEMAN AP economics writer

WASHINGTON The U.S. labor market delivered another upside surprise last month, churning out a surprisingly strong 147,000 jobs. The unemployment rate ticked down unexpectedly, too.

But the headline numbers masked some weaknesses as the U.S. economy contends with fallout from President Donald Trump’s economic policies, especially his sweeping import taxes and the erratic way he rolls them out.

Here are ﬁve key takeaways from the jobs report the Labor Department released on Thursday

The headline jobs numbers looked good June hiring was up modestly from May’s 144,000 increase in payrolls and beat the 118,000 jobs economists had forecast for last month. The unemployment rate slipped to 4.1% from 4.2% in May as the ranks of the unemployed fell by 222,000. Forecasters had expected the jobless rate to inch up to 4.3%.

Labor Department revisions added 16,000 jobs to April and May payrolls.

Average hourly wages came in cooler than forecasters expected, rising 0.2% from May and 3.7% from a year earlier The yearover-year number is inching closer to the 3.5% considered consistent with the Federal Reserve’s 2% inﬂation target.

Health care jobs increased by 39,000. State governments added 47,000 workers

and local governments 33,000.

Weakening in the job market

“On net, it was a good report,” said Sarah House, senior economist with Wells Fargo, “But when you dig underneath the surface, it was another jobs report that didn’t look quite as good as ﬁrst meets the eye.”

Private companies, for instance, hired just 74,000 workers last month, about half the 137,000 they hired in May And it was the fewest hires since last October, when there were signiﬁcant labor disruptions from hurricanes State and local governments added nearly 64,000 education jobs last month — a total that may have been inflated by seasonal quirks around the end of the school year

The U.S. labor force — the count of those working and looking for work fell by 130,000 last month on top of a 625,000 drop in May

Economists expect Trump’s immigration deportations — and the fear of them — to push foreign workers out of the labor force A falling labor force can keep the unemployment rate lower than it would be otherwise. That is because jobseekers need time to ﬁnd employment and can show up as unemployed in the interim.

The Fed is likely to stay put

The upside surprise in June payrolls likely will encourage the Fed to continue its waitand-see policy of leaving rates unchanged until it has a better idea of how Trump’s tariffs and other policies will affect inﬂation and the job market.

The Fed raised its benchmark interest rate

11 times in 2022 and 2023 to combat an outburst of inﬂation. As price pressures eased last year, the Fed reversed course and cut rates three times in 2024. More cuts were expected.

But the central bank has turned cautious this year “Today’s results are more than positive enough to reduce expectations for Fed rate cuts in the wake of tariffs and policy chaos, at least for now,” Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote in a commentary

After the jobs data was released Thursday, yields on U.S. Treasurys spiked immediately.

Traders in the futures market now see less than a 7% chance that the Fed could cut its main interest rate at its next meeting later this month. That’s down sharply from the nearly 24% chance they saw just a day earlier, according to data from CME Group.

The outlook is cloudy

Employers are now contending with fallout from Trump’s policies, especially his aggressive use of import taxes — tariffs.

Mainstream economists say that tariffs raise prices for businesses and consumers alike and make the economy less efﬁcient by reducing competition. They also invite retaliatory tariffs from other countries, hurting U.S. exporters.

Trump has increased the anxiety by imposing tariffs in an unpredictable way — announcing and then suspending them, then coming up with new ones. The uncertainty has left businesses bewildered and hesitant to make decisions about hiring and investment.

Analysis: Trump’s tariffs would cost U.S. employers $82.3B

BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON An analysis ﬁnds a critical group of U.S. employers would face a direct cost of $82.3 billion from President Donald Trump’s current tariff plans, a sum that could potentially be managed through price hikes, layoffs, hiring freezes or lower proﬁt margins

The analysis by the JPMorganChase Institute is among the ﬁrst to measure the direct costs created by the import taxes on businesses with $10 million to $1 billion in annual revenue, a category including roughly a third of privatesector U.S. workers These companies are more dependent than

other businesses on imports from China, India and Thailand — and the retail and wholesale sectors would be especially vulnerable to the import taxes being levied by the Republican president. The ﬁndings show clear tradeoffs from Trump’s import taxes, contradicting his claims foreign manufacturers would absorb the costs of the tariffs instead of U.S companies that rely on imports. While the tariffs launched under Trump have yet to boost overall inflation, large companies such as Amazon, Costco, Walmart and Williams-Sonoma delayed the potential reckoning by building up their inventories before the taxes could be imposed.

The analysis comes just ahead of the July 9 deadline by Trump to formally set the tariff rates on goods from dozens of countries. Trump imposed that deadline after the ﬁnancial markets panicked in response to his April tariff announcements, prompting him to schedule a 90-day negotiating period when most imports faced a 10% baseline tariff. China, Mexico and Canada face higher rates, and there are separate 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum. Had the initial April 2 tariffs stayed in place, the companies in the JPMorganChase Institute analysis would’ve faced additional direct costs of $187.6 billion. Under the current rates, the $82.3 billion

would be equivalent on average to $2,080 per employee, or 3.1% of the average annual payroll. Those averages include ﬁrms that don’t import goods and those that do. Asked Tuesday how trade talks are faring, Trump said simply: “Everything’s going well.”

The president has indicated he’ll set tariff rates given the logistical challenge of negotiating with so many nations. As the 90day period comes to a close, only the United Kingdom has signed a trade framework with the Trump administration. Trump announced Wednesday he’d reached a deal with Vietnam, while India has signaled it’s close to agreeing on a trade framework.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By NAM y. HUH

OFFICIAL NOTICE

Public Notice is hereby giventhat the Council of the City of New Orleans will consideratits regular meeting of July 10, 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. 35,148

introduced at the meeting of June 26, 2025.

SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”), and The Orleans Parish School Board(“OPSB”), for a term greater than one year,for the public purpose of the improving education forOrleans Parish residents by providing ashareofnet revenue generated by the City’selectronic enforcement devices, as morefully detailed in the CooperativeEndeavor Agreement form 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: July 4, 2025

NOCP 8451

OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,148

EXHIBIT A

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD [COVER PAGE]

COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

THIS COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT (the Agreement”)

is entered into by and between theCity of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and The OrleansParish School Board, represented by Katherine Baudouin, President (the “OPSB”). The City and the OPSB may sometimes each be referred to as a“Party,” andcollectively, as the Parties.” The Agreementiseffective as of May 21,2024 (the Effective Date”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS,the City is apolitical subdivision of the State of Louisiana;

WHEREAS,the OPSB isapolitical subdivision of the State of Louisiana, with aprincipal address located at 2401 Westbend Parkway, Suite 5055, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70114; WHEREAS,pursuant to Article7,Section 14(C) ofthe Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and relatedstatutes, and Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter intocooperative endeavors with theState of Louisiana, its political subdivisions and corporations, the United States and its agencies, and any public or private corporation, association,orindividual with regard to cooperative financing and other economicdevelopment activities, the procurement and development of immovable property,joint planning and implementation of public works, the joint use of facilities, joint research and program implementation activities, joint funding initiatives,and other similar activities in support of public education,community development, housing rehabilitation, economic growth, and other public purposes;

WHEREAS,Act No. 103 of the2024 Regular LegislativeSession of the Louisiana Legislatureenacted La.R.S. 32:46, which requires revenue generated as aresult of electronic enforcement devices in school zones be divided between the governingauthorityofthe school wherethe traffic citationwas issued and the municipality after paymenttothe contractor or vendor for the costs of providing the electronic enforcementdevices and related services; WHEREAS,Act No. 103 and La. R.S. 32:46 areherebyincorporated into this Agreement by reference and made aparthereof,asiffully set forth herein; WHEREAS,La.R.S. 32:46 further requires acooperative endeavor agreement executed by the municipality andeach governingauthority of the schools located within the municipality’s boundaries be in place prior to implementation of automated speed enforcementdevices and mobile speed cameras; WHEREAS,the City and the OPSB desiretoaccomplish avaluable public purpose of improving education for Orleans Parishresidents by providingashareofnet revenue generated by theCity’s electronic enforcement devices; WHEREAS,the OPSB willprovide the City alistofall schoolsunder its jurisdiction and use funds for the benefitofmember schools; and WHEREAS,the City willprovidethe OPSB apercentage of net generated revenue to distribute among public schoolsinOrleans Parish under the jurisdiction and oversight of the OPSB. NOW THEREFORE,the City and the OPSB, each having theauthority to do so, agree as follows: ARTICLE I-THE OPSB’S OBLIGATIONS The OPSB will:

A. Attestthat it has jurisdiction and oversight of Type 1, 3and 5charter schools within Orleans Parish and OPSB district-operated schools. Forpurposes of this agreement, jurisdiction and oversight does not meanoperational control, but the ability to authorize schools to operate.

B. Provide the City alist of all public schools located within Orleans Parish over which the OPSB has jurisdiction and oversight (“Member Schools”). The list will be reviewed on an annual basis, andany updateswill be provided to the City by September 1ofeach year that this Agreement is in effect.

C. Provide to the City acalendar no laterthan June 1st of each year showing the following information:

1. School start dates, end dates, holidays, and any scheduled closures.

2. Student start and dismissal times for each school.

D. Confirm with the City,on an annual basis, whichMember Schools arelocated in schoolzones that aremonitored with Electronic Enforcement Devices (e.g., automated speed enforcement cameras, redlight trafficcameras, and mobile speedcameras)

E. Distribute all funds to all Member Schools identified to the City within 30 daysofreceiptoffunds.

ARTICLE II -THE CITY’S OBLIGATIONS The City will:

A. Identify all Electronic Enforcement Devices located in aschool zone. School zone, for purposes of this Agreement, shall mean the distance within 1000 feet of an Electronic Enforcement Device and shall be the timeperiods designatedfor school zone enforcement, either on signage placed near the Electronic Enforcement Device or as otherwise designated.

B. Provide areport detailing the revenue collected at each Electronic Enforcement Device located in aMember School’s school zone.

C. Provide areport of thecosts withheld by the City’svendor for each violation wherethe vendor has collected funds.

1. The reports provided by the City will include the total amount of revenue generated by each camera and the itemized costs charged by the vendor.

2. Reports will be provided to the OPSB within 60 days of receipt by the City

D. Administration.

1. Administer this Agreement through the New Orleans Police Department and the Department of Finance

3. OPSB agreesthat the City has the authoritytosettle any claims andisnot required to fully adjudicate aclaim through averdict by ajudge

4. This shall notincludeany courtdecisions related to contract disputes between the City and its vendor(s) regarding the operationand administration of the trafficcameras.

5. This section does notapply to individual disputes by persons andentities contesting their tickets and goingthrough the adjudication process whohave notpaid their tickets.

ARTICLE IV -DURATION AND TERMINATION

A. Term.The termofthis agreement shall be for2yearsfromthe Effective Date.

B. Extension. TheCity can opt to extend the termofthis Agreement provided that the City Council approves it as amulti-term cooperative endeavor agreement and that additionalfunding, if required,isallocated by the City Council.

C. Termination for Convenience. TheCity may terminate this Agreement at any timeduring the termofthe Agreement by giving theOPSB written notice of the terminationatleast 30 calendar days before the intended date of termination.

D. Termination for Cause. Either Party may terminate this Agreement immediately forcause by sending written notice to the other party. “Cause” includes without limitation any failure to perform any obligation or abidebyany condition of this Agreement or the failure of any representationorwarranty in this Agreement.

E. Other Termination. This Agreement will terminate immediately in the event of any of the following circumstances: 1) Repeal of La Rev.Stat. 32:46 or subsequent statute that governs revenue sharing related to Electronic Enforcement Devices; 2) Theterminationofthe City’sElectronic Enforcement Device program; 3) Terminationofthe City’scontract forthe Electronic Enforcement Device Program; or 4) the removal of all Electronic Enforcement Cameras located in school zones.

F. Effect of Termination. Upon terminationofthis Agreement, the OPSB will be entitled to revenues generated through the date of termination.

ARTICLE V- INDEMNITY

A. To thefullestextent permitted by law,each party will indemnify defend, and hold harmless the other,its agents, employees, officials, insurers,self-insurance funds,and assigns(collectively the“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all claims, demands, suits, and judgments of sums of money accruing against theIndemnified Parties: for loss of lifeor injury or damage to persons or property arising from or relating to any negligent act or omission or theoperation of the party,its agents or employees while engaged in or in connectionwiththe useofthe Electronic EnforcementDevices in accordance with this Agreement.

B. The City agrees to indemnify and hold OPSB harmlessfromany and all claims, actions, suits, procedures, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities,including attorneys’ fees, arising out of itsoperation of the trafficcamera program.

C. OPSB agrees to indemnify and hold theCityharmless from any and all claims, actions, suits, procedures, costs, expenses, damages and liabilities,including attorneys’ fees, arising out of itsuse of revenues collected from thetrafficcamera program.

D. Limitation. Neither party’sindemnityextends to any loss arising from thenegligence or willful misconduct of any of theIndemnified Parties, provided that neither theparty nor any of itsagents or employees contributed to such negligence or willful misconduct.

E. The Parties intend and agree that each party shall be fully responsible for all liabilities incurred in connection with their respective use of theElectronic EnforcementDevices,regardless of thepresence or absence of insurance.

ARTICLE VI -NON-DISCRIMINATION

A. Equal Employment Opportunity.Inall hiring or employmentmade possible by,orresulting from this Agreement, the School Governing Board(1) will notdiscriminateagainstany employee or applicant for employment because of race, color,religion, sex, gender,age, physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, creed, culture, or ancestry,and (2) whereapplicable, will take affirmative action to ensurethat theSchool Governing Board’semployees aretreated during employment withoutregardtotheir race, color, religion, sex, gender,age, physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, creed, culture, or ancestry.This requirementshall apply to, butnot be limited to thefollowing:employment, upgrading demotion or transfer,recruitment or recruitment advertising, layoff or termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selectionfor training,including apprenticeship.All solicitations or advertisements for employees shall state that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment withoutregardtorace, color, religion, sex, gender,age, physical or mental disability, national origin, sexual orientation, creed, culture, or ancestry

B. Non-Discrimination. In theperformance of this Agreement, the School Governing Boardwill notdiscriminateonthe basis, whether in fact or perception, of aperson’srace, color,creed, religion, national origin, ancestry,age, sex, gender,sexual orientation, gender identity, domesticpartner status, marital status, physical or mental disability,orAIDS- or HIV-status against (1) any employee of the City working with theSchool Governing Boardinany of School Governing Board’soperations withinOrleans Parish or (2)any person seeking accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, services, or membership in all business, social, or other establishmentsor organizations operated by theSchool Governing Board. The School Governing Boardagrees to complywithand abide by all applicable federal,state and local laws relating to non-discrimination, including withoutlimitation, TitleVIofthe Civil RightsAct of 1964, Section V of theRehabilitation Act of 1973, and theAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

C. Incorporation into Subcontracts. The School Governing Board will incorporate theterms and conditions of this Articleintoall subcontracts, by reference or otherwise, and will require all subcontractors to comply with those provisions.

D. Termination forBreach. The City may terminatethis Agreement for cause if theSchool Governing Boardfails to comply with any obligation in this Article, which failureisa material breach of this Agreement.

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A. Event. An event of Force Majeurewill includeany event or occurrence not reasonably foreseeable by theCityatthe executionofthis Agreement, which will include, but notbelimited to, abnormally severe and unusual weather conditions or other acts of God(including tropical weather events, tornados, hurricanes, and flooding); declarations of emergency; shortagesoflabor or materials(not caused by City); riots; terrorism; acts of public enemy; war; sabotage; cyber-attacks, threats, or incidents; epidemics or pandemics; court or governmental order; or anyother cause whatsoever beyond the reasonable control of City,providedsuch event was notcaused by thenegligence or misconduct of City,bythe failureofCitytocomply with applicable laws, or by thebreach of thisAgreement.

B. Notice. To seek thebenefitofthis Article, the City must provide notice in writing to theSchool Governing Boardstating:(1) an event triggering this Articlehas occurred; (2) theanticipated effect of the Force Majeureevent on performance; and(3) theexpected duration of thedelay,ifthe Agreement is being suspended

C. Effect.

1. Upon theoccurrence of aForce Majeureevent,for which theCity hasprovidedrequired notice, theCitymay,atits solediscretion:

a. Suspend this Agreement for adurationtobeset by theCity, not to exceed 90 days.During such time of suspension,the Parties will notbeliable or responsiblefor performance of their respective obligations under this Agreement, and there will be excluded from thecomputation of such period of timeany delays directlydue to theoccurrence of theForce Majeureevent.During any such period of suspension theSchool Governing Boardmusttake all commercially reasonable actions to mitigate against the effects of the ForceMajeureevent and to ensurethe prompt resumption of performance when so instructed by theCity; or b. Terminate this Agreement, either immediately or after one or moreperiods of suspension,effective on notice to OPSB and without any further compensation due.

C. Construction of Agreement Neither party will be deemed to have drafted this Agreement.This Agreement has been reviewed by thePartiesand shallbeconstruedand interpreted according to theordinary meaning of thewords used so as to fairly accomplish thepurposes and intentions of theParties. No term of this Agreement shall be construedorresolved in favor of or against theCity or theOPSB on thebasisofwhich partydraftedthe uncertain or ambiguous language. The headings and captions of this Agreement areprovided forconvenience only and arenot intended to have effect in theconstructionorinterpretationofthis Agreement.Whereappropriate,the singular includesthe plural and neutral words and wordsofany gender shall include theneutral and other gender

D. EntireAgreement This Agreement,including allincorporated documents, constitutesthe finaland completeagreement and understanding between theparties. Allpriorand contemporaneous agreementsand understandings, whether oral or written, are superseded by this Agreement and arewithout effect to varyor alterany termsorconditions of this Agreement

E. Jurisdiction. The OPSB consentsand yields to thejurisdictionof theState Civil Courtsofthe ParishofOrleans and formally waives any pleas or exceptions of jurisdictiononaccount of theresidence of theOPSB.

F. Limitations of theCity’sObligations.The Cityhas no obligations not explicitly set forth in this Agreement or any incorporated documents or expresslyimposed by law.

G. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is entered into for theexclusive benefitofthe partiesand thepartiesexpressly disclaim any intent to benefitanyone not aparty to this Agreement

H. Non-Solicitation Statement The OPSB has not employed or retainedany company or person, other than abona fide employee working solelyfor it, to solicit or securethis Agreement.The OPSB has not paid or agreed to pay any person, other than abona fide employee working forit, any fee, commission, percentage, gift, or any other considerationcontingent upon or resultingfromthis Agreement I. Non-Waiver The failureofeitherparty to insistupon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement,toenforce any right or to seek any remedy upon discovery of any default or breach of theother partyatsuch timeasthe initialdiscoveryof theexistence of such noncompliance, right,defaultorbreach shall not affect or constitute awaiver of either party’s right to insistupon such compliance, exercise such right or seek such remedy with respect to that default or breach or any prior contemporaneous or subsequent default or breach.

J. Order of Documents. In theevent of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement any incorporated documents, the termsand conditions of thedocumentswill applyinthis order: Act 103 of the2024 Regular Session, theCity Code of Ordinances, the ATS/Verra Agreement (asamended),and theAgreement

K. Prohibition of Financial Interest in Agreement No elected official or employee of theCity shallhave a financial interest,direct or indirect,inthis Agreement.For purposes of this provision, a financial interest held by thespouse, child, or parent of any elected official or employee of theCity shallbedeemed to be a financial interest of such elected official or employee of theCity. Any willful violationofthis provision, with theexpressed or implied knowledge of theOPSB, shall render this Agreement voidable by theCity and shallentitle theCity to recover,inadditiontoany other rightsand remedies available to theCity,all monies paid by theCity to the OPSB pursuant to this Agreement without regardtothe OPSB’s otherwise satisfactoryperformance of theAgreement

L. Prohibition on Political Activity None of thefunds, materials property,orservices provided directly or indirectly under the termsofthis Agreement shall be used in theperformance of this Agreement forany partisan political activity,ortofurther the electionordefeat of any candidatefor public office.

M. Remedies Cumulative. No remedy set forth in theAgreement or otherwise conferredupon or reserved to any partyshall be considered exclusive of any other remedy available to aparty Rather,each remedy shallbedeemed distinct, separateand cumulativeand each may be exercised from timetotimeasoften as theoccasion may ariseorasmay be deemed expedient

N. Severability. Should acourtofcompetent jurisdiction find any provision of this Agreement to be unenforceableaswritten, the unenforceableprovision shouldbereformed, if possible, so that it is enforceabletothe maximum extent permittedbylaw or,if reformationisnot possible, theunenforceableprovision shallbe fully severableand theremaining provisions of theAgreement remaininfull forceand effect and shallbeconstruedand enforced as if theunenforceableprovision wasnever apartthe Agreement

O. Survival of Certain Provisions. All representations and warranties and allobligations concerning recordretention, inspections, audits, ownership, indemnification, payment,remedies, jurisdiction, and choice of lawshall survive theexpiration, suspension, or terminationofthis Agreement and continue in full forceand effect

P. TermsBinding. The termsand conditions of this Agreement are binding on any heirs, successors, transferees, and assigns.

ARTICLE X- COUNTERPARTS

This Agreement may be executed in one or morecounterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy of this Agreement, but all of which, when taken together,shall constitute one and the same agreement.

ARTICLE XI -ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE AND DELIVERY

The Parties agreethat amanually signedcopyofthisAgreement and any otherdocument(s) attached to thisAgreement delivered by email shall be deemed to have the same legal effect as deliveryofanoriginalsigned copy of thisAgreement. No legally binding obligationshallbecreated with respect to aparty untilsuch party has delivered or caused to be delivered a manually signedcopyofthisAgreement.

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IN WITNESSWHEREOF,the City andthe OPSB, through their duly authorized representatives, execute this Agreement.

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BY:_ LATOYACANTRELL, MAYOR

Executed on this_ of ____________________________, 202___

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BY:_ KATHERINE BAUDOUIN, PRESIDENT

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PUBLICATION DATE:July4,2025

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Court clears wayfor deportations to SouthSudan

BY LINDSAYWHITEHURST Associated Press

WASHINGTON TheSupreme Court

on Thursday cleared theway for the deportationofseveralimmigrants who were put on aﬂightin May bound for South Sudan, awarravaged country where theyhave no ties. The decision comes after the court’sconservative majority found that immigration officials canquickly deportpeopletothird countries. The majority halted an order that had allowed immigrants to challenge any removals to countries outsidetheir homeland where they could be in danger The court’slatest decision makes

clear that the South Sudan ﬂight can complete thetrip, weeks after it was detouredtoanaval base in Djiboutiwhere themigrantswho had previously been convicted of serious crimes were held in aconvertedshipping container It reversesﬁndings from federal JudgeBrianMurphy in Massachusetts, who said his order on those migrants stands even after thehigh courtliftedhis broader decision.

Department of Homeland Security AssistantSecretary Tricia McLaughlin said federal authoritieswould complete trip to South Sudan by thenext day TheSupreme Courtmajority wrotethat their decisiononJune 23 completely haltedMurphy’srul-

ing and also rendered his decision on theSouth Sudan ﬂight “unenforceable.” The court did not fully detail its legal reasoning on the underlying case, as is common on its emergency docket.

Twoliberal justices,Sonia Sotomayor andKetanji Brown Jackson,dissented,saying the ruling gives thegovernment special treatment. “Other litigantsmust follow therules,but theadministration hasthe SupremeCourt on speed dial,” Sotomayor wrote. Justice Elena Kagan wrote that while she disagreed withthe original order, it does countermandMurphy’s ﬁndings on the SouthSudan ﬂight

The eight migrants could face “imprisonment, torture andeven

death”inSouth Sudan, where escalating political tensions have threatened to devolve into another civil war

Thepushcomes amid asweeping immigration crackdownby Trump’sRepublican administration,which has pledged to deport millions of people who are living in the United States illegally.The Trump administration has called Murphy’sﬁnding “a lawless act of deﬁance.”

McLaughlin said the Supreme Court’sintervention is “a win for therule of law,safety and security of the American people.” Attorney GeneralPam Bondi cast Murphy as a“rogue judge”and said the justices had rebuked him

Authorities have reached agreements with othercountriesto house immigrants if authorities can’tquickly send them back to theirhomelands.The eight men senttoSouth Sudan in Mayhad been convicted of crimes in the U.S. and had final orders of removal, Immigration andCustoms Enforcement ofﬁcials have said.

The menand their guards have faced rough conditions on the naval base in Djibouti where authoritiesdetoured the ﬂight after Murphy foundthe administration had violated his order by failing allowthemachancetochallenge the removal. They have since said they’re afraid of being sent to South Sudan, Realmuto said.

Abrego Garcia says he suffered beatings,psychological torture

BY LISA BAUMANN and BEN FINLEY Associated Press

Kilmar Abrego Garcia said he suffered severe beatings, severe sleep deprivation and psychological torture in the notorious El Salvador prison theTrump administration had deported him to in March, according to court documents ﬁled Wednesday He said he was kicked and hit so often after arrival that by the following day,hehad visible bruises and lumps all over his body.Hesaidhe and20others wereforced to kneel all night long and guards hit anyone who fell.

Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became aﬂashpoint in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown The new details of Abrego Garcia’sincarceration in El Salvador were added to a lawsuit against the Trump

administrationthat Abrego Garcia’swife ﬁled in Maryland federal court afterhe was deported.

TheTrumpadministration has asked afederal judge in Maryland to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that it is now moot because thegovernmentreturned himtothe United States as ordered by thecourt.

AU.S.immigrationjudge in 2019 hadbarredAbrego Garcia from beingdeported back to his native El Salvadorbecause he likely faced persecution therebylocal gangs who had terrorized himand hisfamily.The Trump administration deportedhim theredespitethe judge’s 2019 order andlater describeditasan“administrative error.” Trump and other officials havesince doubled down on claims Abrego Garciawas in the MS-13gang On March 15, AbregoGarcia wasdeportedtoElSal-

vadorand senttothe country’smega-prison known as the Terrorism Conﬁnement Center,orCECOT

In thenew court documents,Abrego Garcia said detainees at CECOT“were confined to metal bunks withnomattressesinan overcrowded cell with no windows, bright lightsthat remained on 24 hours aday, and minimal accesstosanitation.”

He said prisonofficials told him repeatedly that they would transfer himtocells with people who were gang memberswho would “tear” him apart. Abrego Garcia said he saw others in nearby cells violently harmeach other and heard screams from people throughout the night

TheTrump administration continued to face mounting pressure and aSupreme Court order to return him to the United States.Whenthe U.S. government brought

Trump, aftercallwithPutin,saysU.S. gave toomanyweapons to Ukraine

BY CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press

MOSCOW— President Donald Trump complained Thursday that the United States provided too many weapons to Ukraine under the previous administration, his ﬁrst public comments on the pause in some shipments as Russia escalates its latest offensive.

Speaking to reporters before boarding Air Force One, Trump said former President Joe Biden “emptiedout our whole country giving them weapons, and we have to make sure that we have enough for ourselves.” Air defense missiles, precision-guidedartilleryand other weapons are among those being withheld from Ukraine. The countrysuffered anew barrage overnight, with warnings of ballistic missiles followed by explosions in Kyiv

Trump, who also spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday,suggested he wasn’tcompletelycutting off American assistance to Ukraine. “We’ve given so many weapons,” he said,

adding that “we are working with them and trying to help them.”

Trump said he had a“pretty long call” with Putinthat “didn’tmake any progress” in resolving the war,which the Republican president had promised to swiftly bring to aconclusion. “I’m not happy about that,” he said TheKremlin described the conversation as “frank and constructive” —the sixth publicly disclosed chat between thetwo leaders since Trump returned to theWhite House.

While discussing thesituation aroundIran and in the broaderMiddle East, Putin emphasized the need toresolve all differences “exclusively by political and diplomatic means,” said Yuri Ushakov,his foreign affairs adviser

The leaders agreed that Russianand U.S. officials will maintain contact on the issue, he added.

TheUnited States struck three sites in Iran on June 22, insertingitself into Israel’s war aimed at destroyingTehran’snuclearprogram On the conﬂict in Ukraine,

Ushakov saidTrump emphasized his push for aquick halt to theﬁghting.

At thesame time, the Russian leader emphasized that Moscow will seek to achieve itsgoals in Ukraine and remove the “root causes”of theconﬂict, Ushakov said.

“Russiawill notback down from these goals,” Ushakov told reporters after the call.

Putin has arguedhesent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 to fend off a threat to Russia posedby Ukraine’spush to join NATO andtoprotect Russian speakers in Ukraine —arguments rejected by Kyiv and its allies. He insisted that anyprospective peace deal must see Ukraine abandon its NATO bid and recognize Russia’sterritorial gains.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in Denmark after meeting with major European Union backersthat he may talkto Trump in the coming days about the suspension.

“I hope that maybe tomorrow, or close days, these days, Iwill speak about it with President Trump,” he said.

back Abrego Garcialast month,itwas to face federal humansmuggling charges in Tennessee.

Justice Department spokesman ChadGilmartin told The Associated Press lastmonth that the depart-

ment intends to tryAbrego Garcia on the smuggling charges before it moves to deport him again.

Business owner enters mayor’s race

Scurlock campaigning on pro-business platform

BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE Staff writer

Business owner Frank Scurlock announced his run for New Orleans mayor on Thursday saying that if elected, he would ensure a safe, business-friendly city Scurlock is running as an independent and his campaign is self-ﬁnanced, according to a news release issued Thursday and his campaign

Jury awards

$2.4M in damages

Holy Cross abuse victim filed suit under ‘lookback window’

Staff report

A federal jury in New Orleans has leveled a $2.4 million verdict against the religious order that oversees Holy Cross School, finding that a religious brother, Stanley Repucci, sexually abused an adolescent boy more than half century ago at a summer camp. With the verdict last week, John Lousteau appears to be the first person to reach a successful verdict under Louisiana’s “lookback window” for survivors of long-ago childhood sex abuse to file lawsuits, according to his attorneys. The Louisiana Supreme Court last year reversed itself to uphold the law which gave people alleging abuse a three-year window to file damage suits regardless of how long ago the past abuse occurred.

Now retirement age, Lousteau sued the Congregation of Holy Cross Southern Province and Holy Cross College in 2021, alleging that Repucci abused him sexually when he was 10 or 11 — once after inviting Lousteau to his room for pizza, and again at the boy’s bunk. Repucci has since died.

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N.O. to streamline payroll for

website Scurlock, who is known for his family’s inﬂatable party attractions business and his attempt to acquire the former Six Flags site, ran for mayor in 2017 and for governor in 2023.

trepreneur” and “not a politician.”

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

Weeks after lifeguards at public pools complained that Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration hadn’t paid them on time, city officials say they’ve adopted new measures to ensure the issue doesn’t happen again. The city’s Chief Administrative Office, whose duties include issuing payments to city employees, plans to beef up its human resources team to handle the influx of summer employment applications. The New Orleans Recreation Development Commission will then let the administrative office handle all onboarding duties for its employees, agency officials said.

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“Scurlock believes that local government and elected leaders have failed the citizens of New Orleans,” a statement from his campaign said. “It’s time to put the local ﬁrst with the safest community in the United States with whatever it takes.”

“If these elected officials have been unable to ﬁx the city’s problems after all these years,” he said, “why should voters elect any of them to higher ofﬁce?”

In an interview Thursday, Scurlock said his goal is to “clean up the city” and to “let the world know we’re open for business.” His campaign website emphasizes his experience as a “serial en-

Scurlock will release his campaign platform Monday at an event at Joe’s Italian Bistro NOLA, according to the release.

Scurlock enters a crowded ﬁeld just days before qualifying begins Wednesday Those who have announced their candidacy are: City Council Vice President Helena

Moreno, retired Judge Arthur Hunter, City Council member Oliver Thomas, state Sen. Royce Duplessis, businessperson Renada Collins, former 911 call center manager Tyrell Morris and counselor Ricky Twiggs. Scurlock ﬁled a lawsuit against the owners of The Times-Picayune and The Advocate in 2020. An Orleans Parish judge dismissed the suit later that year

Email Sophie Kasakove at sophie.kasakove@theadvocate. com.

‘The legacy that is Essence’

New festival leaders hope special 2025 ‘curations’ appeal to old and new fans alike

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

For the Essence Festival of Culture’s producers, social media criticism is part of the job — and not necessarily a bad thing.

“It’s an honor and a blessing to have something you’re working on have that much emotional impact,” says Michael Barclay II, chief events ofﬁcer for Essence Fest parent company Sundial Media Group.

“I remind my team that even the negative shows you how impactful

you are. What we’re building is that important to people that they’re going to air us out if we get it wrong.

“But they will come back when we get it right.”

What started in 1995 as a one-off celebration of Essence Magazine’s 25th anniversary has matured into an annual, multifaceted celebration

and summit of Black music, culture, politics, health and wellness, and corporate marketing that draws tens of thousands of visitors to New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend. New Orleans has hosted every Essence Fest except in 2006, when it moved to Houston while the Superdome underwent Hurricane Katrinarelated repairs.

The 2025 Essence Fest’s nighttime concert series in the Caesars Superdome runs Friday to Sunday.

Attendees will also roam free daytime seminars, shop in the SOKO Marketplace and peruse elaborate, six-ﬁgure product “activations” from Coca-Cola, Disney, Target, AT&T, Wells Fargo/Visa and other corporate sponsors inside the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

Tourists, locals gear up for a busy weekend

BY DESIREE STENNETT Staff writer

As the Essence Festival of Culture kicks off in downtown New Orleans, thousands of people have already started to pack local hotels, restaurants and venues. Though slightly smaller crowds are projected to visit this year, and as business owners are bracing for dampened proﬁts, the festival is still expected to create thousands of jobs and bring an inﬂux of cash to workers that desperately need it during the slow summer months. Over the past three decades, Essence Fest has pumped more than $4 billion into the local economy, said Kirk McDonald, CEO of Sundial Media, which owns the Black women’s lifestyle magazine and operates the festival.

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Scurlock

STAFF PHOTOS By CHRIS GRANGER

Kirk McDonald, CEO of Sundial Media, talks Thursday at the opening of the Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell center makes her way to the stage.

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Darielle Powell, CEO of locally-owned Orcie Boutique, puts together her booth Thursday at the Essence Festival.

2 killed in separate boating incidents

BY MARCO CARTOLANO and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writers

Two men’s bodies were recovered from waterways in Orleans and Jefferson parishes on Thursday after separate fatal boating incidents, authorities said In Jefferson, deputies pulled 69-year-old Mark A Barrios, of Westwego, from the Marcello Canal near Bayou Segnette State

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“Essence Festival is much bigger than the (musical) talent,” Barclay said. “But we know that the talent drives a lot of excitement And the talent wants to be here because of the legacy that is Essence.” Changing of the guard

Over the decades, Essence has presented the likes of Beyoncé Prince, Janet Jackson, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Alicia Keys, Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah and Chris Rock.

A relatively small number of stadium-sized acts fit the Essence profile. They are often committed to their own tours, i.e. Beyoncé’s current Cowboy Carter Tour, or locked into exclusive contracts with global live entertainment powerhouses Live Nation and AEG Presents, neither of which is affiliated with Essence.

That can make booking Essence tricky “It is a constant conversation,” Barclay said. “We create wish lists. We’re already talking about next year, and the year after.”

In Essence’s early decades, oldschool and contemporary R&B was its bread and butter More recently, hip-hop has figured much more prominently That reﬂects rap’s ascent to the pinnacle of pop culture, the shifting demographics of the Essence audience and leadership changes within the Essence organization.

The 2023 and 2024 Essence Fests were led by Essence Ventures president and CEO Caroline Wanga and Hakeem Holmes, a St. Augustine High School graduate who was the company’s ﬁrst vice president focused speciﬁcally on the festival.

Following the 2024 Essence, Holmes left Essence and moved to London to pursue an acting career “I miss him daily,” Barclay said. “Hakeem was my right hand.” Wanga, who published a memoir titled “Highly Percent Sure”

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Nearly $1 billion of that came over the past three years, according to annual economic impact reports produced by Dillard University

“We live in a time where culture has become a business,” McDonald said. “But the truth is, we’ve lived that from the very start. The economic impact of Essence delivered over $345 million in value in 2024 right back into the community. ...This is a cultural movement.” Festival first timers

For childhood friends Cheryl Burton, who traveled from Arizona, and Aletia Howard, of Ohio, the festival is a reunion. Both ﬁrst timers, they are planning to play Essence by ear — no itinerary, just seeing what they can discover each day And by the time they visit again, they said, they will be festival experts. Howard said she has long wanted to attend Essence Fest and this year, it came together by chance. They booked the trip for the holiday weekend before they knew the festival dates and then pivoted to include it in their plans.

“We grew up on Essence Magazine, so to get to this point where they are holding festivals is a big thing,” she said. “I’ve always been curious and the timing was right.”

Cheryl Henry, of New York, met her cousin Paulette Simpson, who ﬂew in from London, at a downtown hotel steps from the Convention Center “I’ve been to New Orleans many times but I’ve never made it to Essence,” Henry said. “I’ve always wanted to be here. We’re excited.” The two will spend their days at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center, which opens Friday morning at 10 a.m. and runs until 6 p.m each day as an entertainment hub hosting talks on ﬁnancial planning, beauty, self care and mental health for Black women and men. Film screenings a marketplace of Black businesses from across

Park about 10:30 a.m., according to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

Barrios was not wearing a life jacket when his body was recovered, ofﬁcials said. Investigators believe his 16-foot aluminum boat struck an object in the water The coroner will determine the ofﬁcial cause of death

In an unrelated incident in New Orleans, police officers found 51-year-old Joseph Grice’s body

in Lake Pontchartrain near the 2000 block of Lakeshore Drive. Emergency Medical Services pronounced Grice dead at the scene shortly after 6 a.m.

A boat was reported with two men overboard at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday One of the men was able to swim ashore, Coast Guard officials said.

The survivor told ﬁrst responders that he and Grice were boating on Lake Pontchartrain when

in May, is currently on leave from Essence.

The executive team guiding the 2025 Essence Fest, the 31st overall, includes Barclay and Barkue Tubman-Zawolo, the chief community ofﬁcer at Essence.

Tubman-Zawolo and her staff booked the music for 2025. Highlights include the “curations,” unique, multiartist collaborations built around a theme.

With so many acts taking part in the curations, finding enough backstage dressing rooms can be a challenge. But the curations, Tubman-Zawolo said, “allow us to tell a story.”

The hope is that those stories appeal to both old and new fans of the festival. “The philosophy is always multigeneration,” Tubman-Zawolo said. “We look at where the brand is today as well as the legacy, the legends, the icons, the disrupters. We want to make sure we speak to all of those demos.”

‘Generational soul’

Case in point: Saturday’s crossgenerational Philadelphia showcase featuring Jill Scott, Patti LaBelle and Jazmine Sullivan. “That is the whole point — ‘gen-

erational soul,’” Tubman-Zawolo said “It’s probably a once-in-a-lifetime moment. We like to have those iconic moments: what can happen here that can’t happen anywhere else?”

Another example is Sunday night’s “Essence Flowers” salute to the legendary Quincy Jones, curated by Atlanta hip-hop producer and songwriter Jermaine Dupri.

Dupri curated a well-received Atlanta hip-hop showcase at the 2023 Essence Fest. For this weekend’s Quincy Jones tribute, Dupri recruited artists who worked directly with Jones or sampled his music. The latter includes rap group the Pharcyde, whose 1993 single “Passin’ Me By” sampled Jones’ “Summer in the City.”

“Sampling introduces you to a deeper part of the culture,” Barclay said. “I was a huge ParliamentFunkadelic fan at 15 in the 1990s because Dr Dre sampled them a lot.

“Quincy’s inﬂuence is his direct impact, but also all the indirect impact of all the people that utilized his sounds to create other sounds.”

Essence faces the same challenge as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival: Its original audience is aging out, so a new audience must be

Grice jumped into the water and struggled to stay aﬂoat, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said.

The man jumped in to help, but neither boater could get back to the vessel.

The survivor swam to shore around midnight, where police found him walking down Lakeshore Drive. He reported the missing boater, prompting a widespread search of the lake.

nurtured.

“How do we curate nights where the grandma who has been coming to Essence for 30 years can bring her granddaughter and they can have that moment together?” Tubman-Zawolo said. “What Jermaine is going to do will do that.”

Badu, GloRilla’s broad appeal

The eccentric contemporary R&B and soul singer Erykah Badu’s history with Essence dates to the 1990s. But Badu’s active presence on social media, Tubman-Zawolo believes, makes her relevant to a younger audience too.

“If you have that social relevance on the platforms that speak to the next generation, they get excited to see you maybe for a different reason than an old-schooler,” TubmanZawolo said.

Similarly, Memphis rapper Gloria “GloRilla” Woods is only 25, but her personality and media presence extend her appeal beyond music.

“I was talking to my mom, who is in our older Essence demographic, about the lineup,” Barclay recalled.

“She was very excited about Maxwell. I said, ‘You might not know GloRilla ’

“And she said, ‘Oh, I know GloRilla! I don’t know her songs, but I know her.’ It wasn’t about the music GloRilla’s personality is what’s attracting folks who may not listen to the music.”

That, Barclay said, is key: “We have to have that balance between our aunties and the new audience. GloRilla is one that transcends all.”

And if the opinionated Essence audience disagrees?

“Beating us up is part of it, too,” Tubman-Zawolo said, laughing. “It just lets you know that we’re not a monolith There are people who feel strongly about this and strongly about that.

“That’s what makes this such an amazing community It really is conversational. And we really do listen.”

Email Keith Spera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

the nation and ﬁreside chats and panel discussions will also take place inside the Convention Center

They’ll spend their nights at the Caesars Superdome enjoying music from artists such as Maxwell, Erykah Badu, Patti LaBelle and a host of others.

Smaller crowds affect business

After spending many years working during Essence, Ericka Lassair, owner of Diva Dawg food truck and catering company, said this year, the slowdown in business was unmistakable. Usually, she can count on at least $10,000 of extra cash for her business working just the auxiliary events hosted by partners over the Essence weekend. But this year?

“I haven’t even had one request,” she said, adding that other business owners she knows have had similar experiences.

If the slow weekend holds, Lassair said the lack of cash will prevent her from participating in this fall’s Fried Chicken Festival on the

lakefront. Her Essence Fest profits usually cover her bills and pay her fees for that and other popular events.

“It costs me $4,000” to participate in the lakefront event, she said. “I don’t want to put myself in the hole. It might be slow A hurricane might come. That’s $4,000 I don’t have.”

The slowdown is also visible in hotel bookings.

According to Kelly Schulz, spokesperson for destination marketing organization New Orleans & Co., last year, hotel occupancy ahead of the festival was 91%. This year, it’s projected to fall to 83%.

But Schulz said even with smaller crowds, New Orleans will see more businesses than most other cities across the nation over the holiday weekend. And she said it’s not just French Quarter restaurants and hotels that will beneﬁt as the money trickles down.

“There’s really the direct attendee spending, but then there’s the broader impact of what that means to the economy,” Schulz said. “All

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Lousteau’s lawsuit, ﬁled by attorneys with the Lamothe Law Firm, describes “devastating and far-reaching effects” from those encounters.

The Roman Catholic religious order of brothers is separate from New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese, and Lousteau’s case is not part of the Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that has engulfed the archdiocese with claims from some 600 victims of sexual abuse.

In Lousteau’s case, a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo ended June 25 with a jury ﬁnding by a preponderance of the evidence that Repucci sexually abused Lousteau at the camp, setting damages at $2.375 million.

“We are incredibly pleased with the jury’s decision, which validates Mr. Lousteau’s claims, and the harm caused by the abuse he endured as a child,” said attorney Kristi Schubert, lead counsel for Lousteau, in a statement.

“This verdict is a testament to the facts presented and we are proud to have represented Mr Lousteau in achieving this just outcome.”

A statement from the religious order did not comment on the verdict or whether it will appeal.

“The legal team for the Moreau Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross is evaluating its options moving forward,” the statement read.

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Assistant Chief Administrative

Ofﬁcer Christina Hamilton told a City Council committee Wednesday that 77 lifeguards and camp counselors failed to receive their ﬁrst paychecks on June 13 due to incomplete applications, missing documentation from applicants and communication gaps between the administration and NORD.

Officials will add mandatory checklists to hire packets, and the city will provide start dates in writing. The city will no longer accept incomplete paperwork, Hamilton said.

Shifting the bulk of the onboarding process to the city’s chief administrative ofﬁce would also streamline operations. NORD CEO Larry Barabino Jr said they will still be involved with interviewing candidates and making selections, but the city will take over other elements, such as collecting documentation.

“It’s difﬁcult when you have so many different hands involved that are not HR managers, frankly,” Hamilton said. Barabino said the latest snag differs from challenges faced years ago when more than 50 participants in NORD’s summer Teen Career Camp were forced to wait until September to receive $450 stipends promised for completing a three-week job training program. That program, which focused on job preparation, ﬁnancial literacy and other skills for teens between the ages of 13 and 15, partnered with workforce development program JOB1, which added another layer of bureaucracy, he said. That agency was responsible for collecting time sheets, among other duties.

Payment issues have also plagued the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program which in recent years has accepted nearly twice the number of applicants it did before the coronavirus pandemic, thanks to a $2 million boost in American Rescue dollars.

the people who make their living in hospitality go forward and invest those resources into their neighborhood restaurants and gas stations and grocery stores.”

Despite the lower turnout, Essence Fest ofﬁcials say excitement is still high even in the face of the economic uncertainty that may have kept some travelers away this year

“We’re well within our expectations — especially given the uncertain climate,” the company said in a statement. “Like many across the industry, we’re seeing a shift — there’s more hesitation around holiday travel and large-scale events and how people spend their money Even so, excitement for Essence Festival remains high It continues to be one of the most impactful economic drivers for New Orleans and we’re proud to carry that legacy forward.”

Email Desiree Stennett at desiree.stennett@theadvocate. com.

Ofﬁcials then blamed payment problems on bank account errors and a higher volume of applications than they had in previous years. After the city gave workers deadlines to submit time sheets, switched to paper checks and made its application process entirely digital, payment problems have been minimal, Barabino said. Email Joni Hess at joni.hess@ theadvocate.com.

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Michele Ghee, center, chief content officer for Essence Ventures, applauds Thursday as Mayor LaToya Cantrell talks at the opening event of the Essence Festival at the Ernest N Morial Convention Center

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Crews build out the finishing touches Thursday at the Essence Festival.

AntoineSr.,Wilfred

Bennett,Victoria

Boveland Jr., Wilson

BrownJr.,James

BrownSr.,Ollis

Harrington, Leslie

Hosch, Martha

Inman, Joan

Leslie,Margie Matthews,June Mitchell, Sylvia Newberry,Mark Parsons,James Samuelson, Lawrence

Smith,Rita

Spears,Lora Wood, Elizabeth NewOrleans

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Mitchell, Sylvia

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BrownSr.,Ollis

Leslie,Margie

DW Rhodes

Boveland Jr., Wilson

Gertrude Geddes

Spears,Lora

Lake Lawn Metairie

Inman, Joan

Wood, Elizabeth

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Harrington, Leslie

Hosch, Martha

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AntoineSr.,Wilfred

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Obituaries

AntoineSr.,Wilfred

WilfredAntoine,Sr.,also known as “JumpBack” Stuffy”departedlife peacefullyonMonday, June 30, 2025, at hisdaugh‐ter home in Gretna,La. He was 81 yearsold.Wilfred was alifelongresidentof PortSulphur,La. Wilfred was born on April12, 1944, tothe late Milton Sr.and EvelynWilliamsAntoine. Hewas thebeloved hus‐bandofLinda Espadron Antoine anddevoted fa‐therofNellice,Wilfred,Jr. (April),Nerissa andWayne (Kimberly). Wilfredisalso survivedby6 grandchil‐drenNyree Parker,Quadry, Kazmi,Ahmad,Khaleigh, Khayden Antoine, 6greatgrandchildren as well as manynieces, nephews, cousins,1 godchildand de‐voted friends. He wasa re‐tiree of Plaquemines ParishGovernment. He was also aVeteran of the UnitedStatesArmy. Wil‐fredwas baptizedlater in lifebyRev.JosephTaylor. Hewas aprankster and loved to tell jokes. He en‐joyed ﬁshingand talking trash with hissonsand grandsons aboutall types ofsports. He lovedhanging out with hisfamilyand close friendsMiguelSylve RobertBurrle, Sr., Michael Sylve andWinston Powell and many more.Heloved calls from hisniecesand nephews especially when theytaughthim about Facebook.Wilfred leaves to cherish hismemoriesof his wife,Linda,his children Nellice,Wilfred,Jr.,Nerissa and Wayne, his6grand‐childrenand his6 greatgrandchildren,his brotherin-lawArnoldEspadron and hissister-in-law Linda JonesEspadron. He is pre‐

cededindeath by hispar‐entsMiltonand Evelyn An‐toine,his brothers,Milton, Jr. Vernon,Lawerenceand JosephAntoine hissisters Deloris,Elizabeth andEve‐lyn Elaine.The family of Wilfredwould like to thank Heart of Hospice, West Jef‐fersonand everyone who called, messaged,visited and assisted thefamily duringthistimeofbe‐reavement.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thecelebra‐tionof life servicewhich willbeheldonSaturday, July5,2025, at New Sunrise Baptist Church locatedat 1325 LeboeufStreet, Gretna, LA 70056. Thevisi‐tationwillbegin at 9a.m., and theservice will begin at10a.m.PastorCornell Sislerofﬁciatingand inter‐mentwillbeprivate.Fu‐neral planning entrustedto RobinsonFamilyFuneral Home9611 LA –23, Belle Chasse,LA70037 (504) 208 – 2119. Foronlinecondo‐lencesplease visitwww robinsonfamilyfuneralho me.com

Victoria Adams Bennett Dec. 20,1946 -June 30, 2025

Big Mammapassed awayonMonday,June 30, 2025,atthe ageof78. She was aloving and devoted motherofAdamClinton Rodrigue, Jr., Grandmother to Sage Rodrigue and Madison Rodrigue. Sheis also survivedbya host of "AdoptedKids", family, and friends. Shewas anativeofLafitte and aresidentofWestwego. Vicki was born in NewOrleans, LA, to the late Ernest Joseph Adams Sr. and Elizabeth Irene Zar. Sister to ErnestAdamsJrand the late Toni Chiasson, Nettie Zetch, Edgar Gary Adam, and Marcia Lester Vicki lived herlifetothe fullest, surroundedby many caring friends. She enjoyedcooking and bringing happiness to others. At Big Mamma'srequest,her body was donated to science in hopes of helping others. The familywillforgo atraditional funeraland burial.A Celebrationofher life willbeheld on Saturday, July 26, 2025, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at BanterFraternity Hall 447 Columbus Street, Westwego,LA. Inplace of flowers, contributions may be made towards her Celebration of Life memorial.Any questions, please contact Shelly Perrin, Stacey Franatovich, or Karen Bordelon. Acelebrationof life willbeheldfrom2:00 PM to 6:00 PM on 2025-0726 at BanterFraternity Hall,447 Columbus Street

Boveland Jr., Wilson Charles

wasa 1979 graduate of WestJefferson High School,and he attended SouthernUniversityBaton Rouge.James proudly servedhis countryfor 23 years in theUnitedStates Army, acommitmentthat reflectedhis deep senseof duty, discipline, andlove for hiscountry.His yearsof militaryservice shaped his character andlefta lasting impactonall who served alongside him. Throughout his life,James wasa dedi‐cated andhardworking man who took prideinpro‐vidingfor hisfamily. He spent many yearsem‐ployedatAvondaleShip‐yardand MeritSprinkler Company.Hewas ade‐voted servantofthe Lord and afaithfuland active memberofSt. Mary Mis‐sionary BaptistChurch, where he sang with both the Male Chorus andMass Choir.James wasa true sportsfanatic whether it was football,basketball, or baseball, youcould always find himcheering(or yelling)atthe TV,asifthe players couldhearhim.His humor,warmth, andlove for life will always be re‐memberedbyall who knewhim.Lovinghusband of32years to LindaHol‐loway Brown. Devotedfa‐therofLyshondaRuggs, BrittneyMayfield, and Semaj Brown. Doting grandfather of AllenRuggs OliviaMitchell, andElla Grace Mayfield. Beloved son of Patricia Nicholas and thelateJames Brown, Sr. BrotherofArnold (Sheena) Brown, Troy (Rachelle)Brooks, Kevin Brown, Faith(Don) Kitchen, and thelateAaron Brown. NephewofArthur Nicholas, Darryl Nicholas Rev.Reginald(Eulalie) Nicholas, Sr CarolN.Hill, Wanda N. Steib, Sandra N. Smith,Felicia Nicholas,and the late RonnieNicholas. Alsocherishinghis memo‐riesare ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,and dearfriends.Relatives and friends of thefamily, also pastors,officers,and members of St.MaryMis‐sionary BaptistChurch and all neighboringchurches are invitedtoattend the Celebration of Life at St MaryMissionaryBaptist Church,6223 Avenue,Mar‐rero, LA on Saturday,July5, 2025, at 10:00a.m. Pastor EdwardJosephIII, officiat‐ing.Visitationwillbegin at 8:30a.m.until servicetime atthe church.Interment: RestlawnParkCemeteryAvondale, LA Arrangement byDavis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St.Gretna, LA Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face MasksAre Recom‐mended.

netLabat Glapion, Direc‐

tors(504)581 4411. ageof80years,four monthsand eighteen days She wasbornonFebruary 10, 1945, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Herfamilymoved to New Orleans, LA., in 1950, and shehas been aresi‐dentofCovington,LA., since 1991. Martha wasthe lovingdaughterofher pre‐deceasedparents,James WilliamNoble andDortha (Dottie) Jane Redmond Noble.She waspreceded indeath by herhusband and thetrueloveofher life, Donald Joseph Hosch, Sr. Martha wasmarried to her belovedhusband,Don for 39 years, 6months, and 12days, until hisdeath in 2014. Shewas also pre‐ceded in deathbyfatherin-lawand mother-in-law Henry andFlorenceDoyle Hosch,aswellasher most beloved niece, NancyVir‐ginia Elmer. Martha is sur‐vived by heronlychild GaryV.Schwabe,Jr.,from her previous marriage to GaryV.Schwabe,Sr. Sheis alsosurvivedbyher daughter-in-law,LisaMarie CalliaSchwabe,and her mostcherished grandchil‐dren, Rebecca Ann Schwabe andJames Noble Schwabe.Marthaisfurther survivedbyher loving sis‐ter,SallieNoble Elmer, and nieces, Martha ElmerHur‐ley andJoAnn ElmerAd‐kins, alongwiththeir hus‐bands,KrisHurleyand Bill Adkins, andgreat-niece Dotti Adkins.Marthaat‐tendedJohnMcDonough HighSchool andgraduated fromMid-CityBaptist High School in 1962. During her career,she worked for Shell OilCo.,20thCentury Fox,The Daily Record Newspaper,and theOf‐ﬁcesofLouis J. Roussel, Jr and EmileJ.Brinkmann WhileborninOhio, Martha was atrueNew Orleans girlwho lovednothing bet‐ter than to sharegood times anda good meal,in‐cluding herfavoritecraw‐ﬁsh,withher familyand friends.She lovedour local music andloved to dance. Martha’swishisthatall of her extended family, neigh‐bors, friends, andcowork‐ers remember heringood health, with abeaming smile on herface. Services wereprivate andclosed. Funeralarrangements wereprovidedbyE.J FieldingFuneralHomewith internmentinPinecrest MemorialGardens/Garden ofAngelsinCovington,La.

Harrington, Leslie Gonsoulin

Withsadness we share the passingofWilson Charles Boveland,Jr, on June 26,2025. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.comto viewservice information, signonlineguestbook, sendﬂowersand share condolences BrownJr.,James

JamesBrown, Jr., age64, was called home to be with the Lord at West Jefferson Medical Center on Friday June 27,2025. He wasa na‐tiveofMarrero,LAand a resident of Harvey,LA. He

BrownSr.,Dr. OllisT

Dr.Ollis T. Brown, Sr departedthislifepeace‐fully on Saturday,June 21st,2025 at theage of 89 A native of Montgomery, ALand aresidentofSlidell, LA, Dr.Brown wasborn July17, 1935 to thelate Ollis andMaryFarmerBrown. Belovedhusband of ConnieMartinBrown. De‐voted father of Anthony Brown, ShirleyBrown, Alice Brown, Leonard(Renee) Brown, Nicola McCathen, TinaMartin, BrooklynRuth and Teah Crutchﬁeld. Fa‐therinlaw of DarrellVani‐son.Lovinggrandfather of Kevin (Darrell) Oby, Mark Brown, Joshua (Maya) Bri‐ley,MorrisGuerin, Ashley Guerinand Jada McCathen Outstanding great-grand‐fatherofZowie Guerin and Jayce Briley.Relatives and friends;Pastorand mem‐bersofBountiful Blessings FullGospelMinistryand New Home Ministries; members of KreweofSe‐leneNolaFemme Sistas, Krewe of Majestic Carnival Club; employees of Person‐ify Health,Safe Harbor, JohnBossCollection, Our Ladyofthe Lake Hospital, St. TammanyParishSheriff Ofﬁce andConcern Hos‐piceare invitedtoattend the funeral. ACelebration service honoring thelife and legacy of thelateDr. Ollis T. Brown, Sr., will be heldatNew Home Min‐istries,1616 Robert C. Blakes, Sr.Drive,New Or‐leans,LA70130 on Satur‐day,July5,2025 at 10 am IntermentSt. Patrick CemeteryMausoleum No 3,143 City Park Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70119. Vis‐itation 9aminthe church Pleasesignonlineguest‐book at www.charbonnetf uneralhome.com. Charbon‐

Leslie GonsoulinHar‐rington passedaway peacefullyonTuesday,July 1,2025, after alengthy ill‐nessather home sur‐rounded by herlovingfam‐ily.She wasprecededin death by herparents, Armel Joseph Gonsoulin, Jr and Johanna Claire Stieg‐man Gonsoulin. Sheissur‐vived by herhusband, Patrick Harrington,her children, Benjamin Har‐rington (Christine), Sarah Gibson(Matt),EvanHar‐rington (Sera) andMar‐garet Fischer. Sheisalso survivedbyher grandchil‐dren, Mary EllenGibson, Eleanor Harrington,Ade‐laide Harrington,Ann Gib‐son,Katherine Gibson, Charles Fischer, Cecelia Harringtonand Owen Har‐rington,and herSiblings, JaniceBinnings(Bill), Jean‐nette Fischer(Cary), AJ Gonsoulin (Michelle)and Peggy Vallejo(Leo).Leslie was born andraisedin Arabi,Louisiana,asthe youngestof five children She attended Holy Angels HighSchool,where she formedmanylifelong friendships.Lesliewenton toearna bachelor’s degree incommunicationsfrom the University of NewOr‐leans.She beganher pro‐fessional career at Kaiser Aluminum,where shemet her future husband Patrick.Theymarried in 1983 andsoon welcomed fourchildrenintotheir homeinKenner. Adevoted wifeand mother,Leslie balancedfamilylifewith her favorite hobbies, in‐cluding tennis,sewing, craftingand playingword games (especially when playing alongsideher fam‐ily). Shewas amemberof St. TimothyMethodist Church andplayeda vital roleinthe organization CHADD (Childrenand AdultswithAttentionDeficit/HyperactivityDis‐order). As herchildren grewolder,Leslie held var‐iousadministrativeand of‐fice supportroles,where her exceptionalorganiza‐tionalskills flourished.She alsotook greatinterestin genealogy (mostnotably fromthe Gonsoulinline) which ledtothe publishing ofabook named‘Royal Blend’. Herpassion forhis‐toryand cultureled herto working as atourguide in New Orleans. In more re‐centyears,Leslie, or “Lol‐lie”, enjoyeddotingonher eight grandchildren— whether it be at thebeach cookingtogetherathome, oronfamilytrips to visit her grandkids. Shewas widelyknown forher kind spirit, hospitality, andgen‐uineinterestinothers. Leslie hada gift formaking peoplefeel seen,heard, and loved—treating every‐one shemet like family. Leslie will be deeply missedbyall who knew and lovedher.Relatives and friendsofthe family are invitedtoattend the Evening Visitation on Sun‐day,July6,2025, from 5:00 PMto7:00PMatE JField‐ing FuneralHome, 2260 West21st Avenue,Coving‐ton,LA. TheFuneral Ser‐vicewillbeheldonMon‐day,July7,2025, at St JosephAbbey, 75376 River Road, St Benedict,LAat 2:00PMwithvisitationbe‐ginning at 1:00 PM until service time at thechurch IntermentwillfollowinSt JosephAbbeyCemetery, St Benedict, LA.E.J.Fielding FuneralHomehas been en‐trusted with funeral arrangements. Please sign the guestbook at www.ejf ieldingfh.com

TulaneGreen Wavefootballteam. Shewould dutifully call herson after each game to give heropinion, goodorbad,onthe team's performance or lackthereof. Joan lovedplaying games andshe andDick wouldspend many Saturdays playinganafterlunchgame of cribbage, Scrabble or Gin Rummy over aBloody Mary. The marriage to Leslie brought on the"travelyears" and together,asempty nesters,theytook vacationsaroundthe globe. Eventuallytheyfound two locationsthatdrewthem away for summers at a time: Folly Farms in Tetbury, England, and an apartment in Venice,Italy. Joan wasalso predeceased by herparents Gary EldridgeGillis and Carlotta Kraft Gillis as well as hersister,Gretchen Kraft Gillis. She is survived by heryoungersister,Gary Gillis Baker Churchill.They remained close through thedecades,and thefamily is gratefulfor Gary's timely visits as Joan's life neared itsend. Joan is also survived by seven grandchildren(Lily Schlothauer MollySchlothauer, Emily Diamond MacPherson, Betsy Ellis Clement, Meg Ellis Chernekoff, Matt Inman Cochraneand BarrettInman)along with 11 great grandchildrenand many nieces andnephews. Joan wasknown by friends andfamilytobesmart, perceptive andengaging. As amothershe dida wonderfuljob of balancing maternal worrywithsage advice andcounsel.Simply put, shewas agoodperson with agreat moral compass. We are all the better for havingbeen surroundedbyher love Following aprivatefamily burialatMetairie Cemetery,friends andrelatives are invited to attend thevisitation at St.Charles AvenuePresbyterian Church at 1545 State Street in NewOrleans on Monday, July 7th, beginningat10:00 a.m. followed by funeral servicesat11:00. In lieu of flowersthe familyasks that donationsinJoan's memory be sent to either theGreater NewOrleans Foundation or the charity of thedonor'schoice

Joan Gillis Ellis Inman died in thecompassionate care of Saint Anna'sat Lambeth HouseonJune29, 2025 after abrief illness. Shewas preceded in death by twowonderful husbands both of whom she "loved equally".Joanattended Louise S. McGehee High School andlater,after hergraduation from Newcomb College, married hercollegesweetheart, Richard Parke Ellis, Sr.on December 20, 1951. Together they raisedthree children, GretchenGillis Ellis (Jay) of Charlottesville, VA Stephanie Ellis Reaves (John)ofAtlanta, GA and Richard Parke Ellis, Jr (Nancy) of NewOrleans They remained marriedfor nearly 29 years untilher husband's deathin September of 1980. On December 26, 1983, Joan wasremarriedtoLeslie LauderInman,bringingtogether twofamiliesthat hadknown each otheras friends since theircollege years. Joan wasblessed with threestepchildren PaulLauder Inman (Kathleen) of Portland, OR, Leslie Karen Inman of Raleigh,NCand John Hooper Inman (Elizabeth) of Denver,CO. Leslie and Joan were marriedfor 31 years untilhis death in 2015. Joan cherished her summers at theEllis family beach home in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Sheloved to comb theshoreline for shells andparticularly likedcrabbing in the "Galoon"behindthe house. At home in New Orleans, Joan wasa devoted wife andaninvolved mother, always supporting herchildrenintheir variousschool andsportsendeavors. She believedin volunteering,serving two stints as presidentofthe LaSalle School PTA and several years tutoring in thereadingprogram at Christ Church Cathedral Joan wasalso amember of theJuniorLeague of New Orleans. She was an ardent fan of NewOrleans sports teams, especially her

Margie MaePolkLeslie wifeofthe late Jimmie Leslie,was born on March 2,1937 to thelateReverend R Sr.and Gertrude Polk in New Orleans, LA.She peacefully enteredeternal restwiththe Lord on Mon‐day,June 23, 2025, at the age of 88. Margie wasa memberofFranklinAvenue Baptist Church andwas a proud graduate of Booker T.WashingtonHighSchool After graduating,she began hercareer at Char‐ity Hospital andretired as a dental assistantfrom New OrleansAdolescent Children'sHospital. In ad‐ditiontoher parentsand husband,Margieisalso precededindeath by her brothers, John Polk,Sr. and RobertPolk, Jr.She leaves totreasurepreciousmem‐ories,her loving daughter Jewel Watkins(Rodney Reed); belovedgrandchil‐dren, Dr.Jayda Watkins (Dr.Jason Tucker), Dr.Jayla Watkins (JonathanJoseph) and SheltonWatkins,Jr.; siblings, Mary Moore(the lateEddie),David Polk,Sr. (thelateLillie) andOrelia Keys(George); sisters-inlaw,AudreyPolkand Survery Polk,aswellasa hostofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives and dear friends. Relatives and friends; Pastor and members of Franklin Av‐enue BaptistChurch;em‐ployees of InspireNOLA Schools; membersofAlpha Kappa AlphaSorority, In‐corporatedand Kreweof Pyros areinvited to attend the funeral. ACelebration service honoring thelife and legacy of thelate MargieMae Polk Leslie will beheldatFranklinAvenue Baptist Church,8282 I-10 Service Road East,New Or‐leans,LAonSaturday, July 5,2025 at 10 am.Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery,4000 NormanMayer Ave.,New Orleans,LA.

Bennett, Victoria Adams Big Mamma

Inman,Joan GillisEllis

Leslie,MargieMae Polk

Hosch, Martha Jane NobleSchwabe

Martha Jane Noble Schwabe Hoschpassed peacefullysurrounded by her loving familyonSatur‐day, June 28, 2025, at the

Glapion, Directors(504)581 4411.

Matthews, June MarieShelton

June MarieShelton

Matthewsdepartedthis lifepeacefullyonFriday, June 27, 2025, at theage of 92. Shewas anativeof New Orleans, LA anda resi‐dentofMarrero,LA. June devoted herlifetocaring for others as aprofes‐sionalcaregiver forover50 years.She broughtcom‐passion,patience, and love intoevery home she en‐tered.Her clientsbecame family, andher kindness touched countless hearts June lovedcookingbig din‐ners, shopping,listening to gospelmusic,and tending toher garden.Junewas an activeand faithfulmember ofPentecost Baptist Churchin NewOrleans Louisiana.She served proudly on theDeaconess Board andwas honoredto becrownedQueen of Pen‐tecost. Belovedwifeofthe lateWillieMatthews. De‐voted mother of Opal (David) O’Neal,Dwight (Sherry)Matthews, Rosanna (Ronnie) Gooden, Marribell “Jeannie” (Michael) Thiel),Cornell “John”(Naisha)Matthews, Ricky (Georgetta) Matthews, Sr., Keith (Keisha)Grear,Sr. andthe lateMichael Matthews Daughterofthe late Harold Shelton Sr.and Reverend Marribell Shelby Shelton. SisterofZadie Ray, Corne‐lious Shelton, andthe late Rev.GloriaRichardson, Marribell DeWitt,Harold Shelton,Mahalia Foy, and Timothy Shelton. Devoted friendofJosephine Thomas, also survived by a hostofgrandchildren great-grandchildren,great great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, other relativesand friends. Relatives andfriends of the familyalsopastors,ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of Pen‐tecostBaptist Church and neighboring churches are invited to attend theCele‐bration of Life at Pentecost Baptist Church 1510 Harri‐son Ave. NewOrleans,LA onSaturday, July 5, 2025,at 10:00a.m. Visitation will begin at 8:30a.m. until ser‐vicetimeatthe church.In‐terment:Woodlawn Park MemorialCemetery-West‐wego, LA.Arrangementsby Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St Gretna,LA. Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face MasksAre Recom‐mended.

Mitchell,SylviaDominick

On June 30,2025, at the age of 89, Sylvia Dominick Mitchellwas called home tobewiththe Lord after years of battlingdementia. Sylviawas born in NewOr‐leans,LAonJune 22, 1936, toWilliam Pierre Dominick Jrand Louise MarreroDo‐minick. Shemet andmar‐riedBilly Mitchell in Cali‐fornia, they movedbackto New Orleansand were married for25years.Sylvia retired from theUnited StatesDepartmentofAgri‐culture where sheworked for over twenty years. She issurvivedbyher twochil‐dren, GregoryMitchell (Lisa), andJacinda “Cindy” Saavedra(Ernie),grand‐children: Brandi Shields (Ross),NicholasTatum (Kaylee),HeavenLabit,two great grandchildrenwho wereher prideand joy, Rylie andPreston Shields, sister; Janice Woods(late Alton), brother; PhillipDo‐minick(Marva) andmany nieces, nephews, friends and neighbors. Preceded in death by herparents, WilliamDominickJr.,and LouiseMarrero Dominick, brothers; William“Jimmy” DominickIII (lateShirley), Ralph Dominick Sr (Ursula) SidneyDominick(Marie), sisters;MarjorieSchexnay‐der (lateJoe)and Melba Domingue(late Leroy) Sylvia’sjoy in life was spending time with family,

watching good movies, playing cardsand occa‐sionallygoing to the casino. Shewillbemissed. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend theFuneral Service on Saturday,July5 2025, for10:00 a.m. at The BoydFamilyFuneralHome, 5001 Chef MenteurHwy, New Orleans, LA 70126.Vis‐itation will beginat9:00 a.m.PastorAlton Woods Jr.,ofﬁciating. Interment willfollowatMount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman Mayer Ave, NewOrleans, LA. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins. com (504)282-0600. Linear BrooksBoydand Donavin D.BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

Newberry, Mark Alan

Mark AlanNewberry, age 61, passed away peacefully at home on June 24, 2025.Hewas the sonof the late CharlesJ Newberry, III and Marie Louise "Susie"Newberry He leaves behind hisloving daughters, Charli Newberry (grandson Austin),and Tina Newberry (grandchildrenShaneise, Shazeel, Samiyah, Santana, and TreBez); and is survived byfivesiblings Cindi Koch (Bart),Brian Newberry (Cathy), Chris Newberry (Trudy),Kevin Newberry (Michaela), and Keri Armstrong (Murray). Mark was born in Algiers in 1964.Hewas raised in JesuitBend(Plaquemines) learning to be an avid sportsman and top marksman, fishing and hunting alongside his father, brothersand friends. He always contributed to the family farm throughout hislifetime.Markattended schools in Belle Chasse. His first jobwas at PRS Coating, and he was there for over adecade. He left whenthey weresold, working as asupervisor. He then worked as an equipmentoperator and finishedhis career out at Bayou Electrical. In his early yearsheenjoyed and mastered riding rigidframe,jockey shift motorcycles. He later rode motorcyclescross-country on numerous trips to Daytona &throughout the Fl.panhandle,the Smoky Mountains,the Rocky Mountains and the Black Hills. He spent hislast10 years outdoors enjoying time with his daughter Charli,grandsonAustin, and dog Kas,taking careof the citrus trees, planting annual gardens, raising chickens,starting bee hives, and keeping the wild coyotesatbay whentraveling across the property. His eveningmotorcycle rides werea highlight of most days whilestopping to visit numerous friends He was the same person throughout his lifeand will be highly missed by all that knew and lovedhim. Mark's Celebration of Lifewillbeheldon Saturday, August 16, 2025, from 2:00 -5:00 pm at Bayou Electricals' shop at 1843Peters Road.

Parsons, James Calvin 'Jim'

James "Jim"Calvin Parsons (1955-2025): ALife of Passion, Intellect, and a Profound Love for New Orleans

New Orleans bids fond farewell to James "Jim" CalvinParsons,who passed awayonJune 27, 2025, at 69. Agregarious soul who never met a stranger, Jim's magnetic personalityand wide-ranging intellect touched countless lives.Heleaves alegacy of wit, passion, and adeepappreciation for historyand culture.

Born August 30, 1955, in Portland, Oregon, Jimwas the beloved sonofthe late Wayne and CarolParsons. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Georgiaand his Masterof Arts from the University of New Orleans. With roots in the Pacific Northwest and

Augusta, Georgia,hefound his true home in New Orleans. Atransplant in theearly1990s, he quickly embraced theCrescent City's rhythm, residing in his cherished Garden District home fornearly30 years. He was preceded in death by his devoted wife, ConnieSchrader, and siblings David andJean. Jim will be deeply missed by his sister Linda; nephews Michael, Douglas, and Kenneth Stewart,and Daniel Mallory; and nieces Erica Oden,Katherine Stewart,and Heather Mallory.

Jimdedicated nearly 40 years to education,shaping youngmindsasa high schoolHonors English teacher in Georgia and Louisiana. His passion for language extended to teaching English as a Second Language. Anatural storyteller, Jimeven penned achildren's book, Our Rooty, recounting his petVietnamese Pot-Bellied pig'sremarkable survival during Hurricane Katrina

Beyond theclassroom, Jim's life overflowed with diverse interests. An avid traveler, he explored Europe,Mexico, and Central and South America numerous times, constantly seeking new cultures. In NewOrleans, hislove for thecity'sculture, food, music, and history was profound. He was aproud, activemember of the Jefferson CityBuzzards MardiGras Krewe, serving as Grand Marshal for Mardi Gras2014.

Jim's zest for life was infectious. He lovedgolf, oftentaking friends to Augusta, Georgia, for The Masters. Hisconversations artfullywovediverse topics fromphilosophy and poetry to 1960s music and NewOrleans Saintsfootball.A devoted Saints fan, he lovedretelling theiconic 2006 moment Steve Gleasonblockedthe Atlanta Falcons' punt in theSuperdome—amoment he witnessed firsthand and describedasdefining New Orleans' rebirthpostKatrina. Ever theproud alumnus, Jimalso passionatelyfollowedhis beloved Georgia Bulldogs, enduring their trialsand celebrating their triumphs with unwavering enthusiasm.

Jim thrivedontalking, laughing, and being around people.Hecherishedhis late wife Connie, adored hismany friends and extendedfamily (visiting them often across the U.S. and Canada), and held adeepfascinationfor history, especiallymilitary history.This ledhim to volunteer for nearly adecade at theNational WWII Museum in NewOrleans, wherehehelpedvisitors understand theincredible sacrificesmadebythe "Greatest Generation," including his parents. Above all, Jimloved agoodparty afitting reflectionofhis vibrant spirit

Detailsfor Jim's celebration of life,tobeheldin NewOrleans, willbeforthcoming. In lieu of flowers, donations may be madeto theNational WWII Museum in NewOrleans in Jim's honor, supporting their mission to preserve history and educate future generations. Youcan donate directlyathttps://www.na tionalww2museum.org/giv e/honor-your-hero.

Lawrence Allen Samuelson passed away peacefully in Marina Del Rey, California on March 23, 2025. Known as "Larry to family and friends, he was borninCleveland, Ohioand is proceeded in death by his parents Beryl and Jean Samuelson. He is survivedbyhis two daughters, his beloved sister, and threenieces and extendedfamily Larry'scareer started as an honor graduatefrom SanJacinto HighSchool and Rice University School of Architecture.Asanaccomplishedathlete and sportsman, he wonmedals and trophiesfor his endeavors. He enjoyed handball,racket ball,rollerblading, cycling and skiing and excelled in allsports.He was highly competitive and always enjoyed achallenge with anyone who was willing to take him on. He lovedtosing and would talk in fluent Spanish to anyone who would listen.

After 35 years with Genuine Parts Company and NAPA,Larryestablishedhis own architectural consulting firm as Founderand President of The Samuelson Company His experience in allphases of architecture, construction management and development formed the coreofthe company. His consultation assignments covered areas in Connecticut,Ohio, Texas, California and Louisiana, namelyNew Orleans Canal Place Larry eventuallymoved his operations to Chengdu, China where he was associatedwith BNBM Group in Qingbaijiang,a local subsidiary of BNBM Group Beijing,China's leading LGS Manufacturer and SupplierofBuilding Materialsmanufacturer. HisChina operation gave him access to largescale mixed use developments, hotels housing projects, retail malls, civic projects and manufacturing facilities. Larry was afrequent guest lecturer at the SichuanUniversity Architectural School and member of theAmerican Chamber Commerce of Southwest China. Larry returned to the UnitedStatesin2023 where he continuedthe coreofhis company's missioninCalifornia. One of his latest project involved designing container apartments and living spaces. Larry willberemember forhis talents, intellect and abilitytoconnect with people.Hewillbegreatly missedbyall who knew and lovedhim. To fulfill Larry's wishes, his asheswere scattered off the coast of California in thePacificOcean.

Rita MaeLewis Smith was born on March6,1938 tothe late Marcus andLu‐berta Lewisand transi‐tionedpeacefully into her Savior’sarmsonTuesday June 10, 2025, at theage of 87. Shewas marriedtoher latehusband,ThorntonC Smith,Jr. Shewas baptized atBethlehem Baptist Church where shewas a faithfuland lifelong mem‐ber.She served as Church Secretary for27years.She alsoservedasSecretary for theGoldenSunrise BenevolentAssociation and as Secretaryfor the Promise Land Cemetery Maintenance Organization She waseducatedinthe Plaquemines Parish School System. Rita Maewas very mildmannered, andshe al‐waysworea smile.She at‐tendedschool to improve uponher God-givengifts asa seamstress. Sheused thisgifttodesignand sew clothes forherself,her family, andmanyothers through theyears.She lived by themotto “believe inGod ﬁrst& then believe inyourself.”She dedicated her life to servingand praisingGod,toher church,and to herfamily. Tocelebrate herlegacy, RitaMae leaves herdaugh‐ters: ConstanceWilliams, AdrianHill, Glenda Matthews, andStephanie Reed;sister: Betty En‐calade; brothers:Marcus Lewis andMelvinLewis, Sr.;sons-in-law:Francis Isidore,Charles Hill,Rev Dr. Ronald Matthews, Sr and Pastor TerenceReed; grandchildren:Trechelle Lakeia, Danielle,Kierston, Aimee, Terrion, Donovan, and Ronald,Jr.;greatgrandchildren:Alexus, Khiah,Trinity,Kinsley, Kylie,Delilah,Kendrick, Jayden, Avery, Jameson, and Damian;sisters-inlaw: Betty Lewisand Darlene Lewis;brother-in-law: AdamMatthews; godchil‐dren: Sylvia Lewis, Sandra Lewis-Jenkins,and Regi‐naldClay; andcountless other relativesand friends. She wasprecededindeath byher mother andfather; husband;daughter: Cheryl Isidore;granddaughter: MeghanWilliams; broth‐ers:Elbert, Marvin,and Rev.WalterLewis,Sr.;sonin-law: HerbertWilliams; sisters-in-law: Mimey Matthews, HildaSmith,Au‐gustine Bienemy, Minerva Williams,Dinah Clay,Mar‐ion Smith, EthelSmith,and Josephine Smith; brothersin-law: NathanielEncalade, Joshua Smith, EddieSmith Oscar Smith, WilliamClay, Harry Williams,and Sidney Bienemy.Relatives and friends of thefamily; pas‐tor,oﬃcers andmembers ofthe BethlehemBaptist Church;and allneighbor‐ing churches areinvited to attend thefuneral service heldatBethlehem Baptist Church,111 Bethlehem Lane, Braithwaite, LA 70040 on Saturday,July5,2025, at

11AM, Rev. Dr.Michael W. Jiles,Sr.,oﬃciating. Visita‐tionwillbegin at 9AMuntil service time.Funeralplan‐ningentrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome9611 LA– 23, Belle Chasse,LA 70037 (504) 208 –2119. For onlinecondolences please visit www.robinsonfamilyf unerlahome.com.

Spears,LoraAnn

Lora AnnSpears, age63 was born on May16, 1962 inNew Orleans, LA de‐partedthisearthly home onMonday, June 16, 2025 She wasa graduate of Wal‐ter L. CohenSeniorHigh School andthe Housekeep‐ing Supervisor at the Crown PlazaHotel.Lora was thelovingmotherof LashauntaSpearsand LakitaSpears. Devotedsis‐ter of Gloria Bingham, McKinleyPollard,Jr. and CurleyPollard.She was alsosurvivedby4 grand‐children, 1great-grandchil‐drenand ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,family and friends. Shewas pre‐ceded in deathbyher hus‐bandJeromeSpears; and her parentsMcKinleyPol‐lard, Sr.and DorethaPol‐lard. Relativesand friends ofthe family, also staff of Crown PlazaHotel arein‐vited to attend theCele‐bration of Life Serviceon Saturday, July 5, 2025 at GertrudeGeddesWillisFu‐neral Home,2120 Jackson Avenueat12:00 noon.Visi‐tationfrom11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon.Interment Prov‐idenceMemorialPark, 8200 Airline Hwy, Metairie,LA 70046. Youmay sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegeddeswillis.com. Gertrude GeddesWillisFu‐neral Home Inc.,incharge (504) 522-2525.

Wood, Elizabeth Friedrichs 'Betty'

Sheskied the Matterhorn, dove theGreat BarrierReefand spent many happy weekendscanoeing theBogueChitto River, camping on the gravel shore in tents whereshe taughther children to build aone-match fire. Natural curiosity led Betty Wood to check out theButterfly migration in Michoacán Mexico, scuba through coral cave formationsinthe Cayman Islands andtrack interestinganimals in Zimbabwe. Befriendinglocals (while attemptingtheir language) wasatravelbonus Betty wasalways the mom chosentochaperone springbreaks to Destin. Shewas Capable Broad

whocould tiea canoeto theluggagerackofa loaded stationwagon by 4:00 on Friday afternoonsso husband, kids anddog couldjust hoprightinto begin theweekend. Aseventh generation NewOrleanian,she still managed to live twoyears on aUSNavy base in Japan andten years on New York's LongIsland. Along,prolific, awardwinningart career began at MetairieParkCountry DaySchool andcontinued at Newcomb andmanya home in NewOrleans hasa Betty Wood portraitor painting hanginginside Pre-deceasing herwere herparents Edwin Jerome Friedrichs andElizabeth Reid Friedrichs, abrother William "Bill"Friedrichs, herformer husband, Donald William Wood,Sr., MaternalGrandparents: William RogersReidand Sarah PearceReidand PaternalGrandParents George Friedrichsand Marguerite Shelby Friedrichs, amean,green parrot namedGrinchand aplethoraofotherbeloved pets from CockerSpaniels to Cockateels.

SurvivingBetty are her threechildren: Sarah Louise Wood Ham(Scott), Donald William Wood,Jr (Ainsy Newell) andPearce Friedrichs Wood (Babs Bates), threebrothersE Jerome"Jerry".Friedrichs, Jr,(Elizabeth), Wynne Reid Friedrichs (Kathy)and David Friedrichs(Barbara) eightgrandchildren: Caroline, Hunter (Lainah Ingalls) andBriggsHam, Kate, Norah,Worth,Sadie andAshton Wood,four great-grandchildren and manynieces, nephewsand friends.

Betty's favorite song was"She'llbecomin round themountain when she comes". Shelived along andhappy life, always seeingthe glass half-full, and figured she'dbe"driving six whitehorses" into Heaven whereher old boyfriends would"all go outtogreet her" with martinis in hand.

Friends are invited to celebrate this past life of Betty andwish herwell on hernextadventure on Thursday July 10th from 46ather daughter'shome in Old Metairie, steps from whereshe lived andplayed as achild

Smith, Rita MaeLewis

Samuelson,Lawrence Allen

OPINION

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Plastics akey part of state’senergyeconomy

Louisiana’senergy sector is more than just amajor contributor to the state’seconomy —itis its backbone. From offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf to petrochemical facilities along the Mississippi River,energy production fuels nearly every facet of Louisiana’seconomic engine.

It provides tens of thousands of high-paying jobs, anchors local communities and keeps the lights on not only in Louisiana but across the country

Shane Comeaux GUEST COLUMNIST

It’simportant to examine what resources and materials remain essential to energy production within Louisiana. With years of experience working in Louisiana’senergysector,I know that one of the most important materials the industry relies on is plastic, aproduct often

overlooked in discussions about energy reliability, affordability and yes, even sustainability Plastics support both economic growth and affordable energy solutions serving acrucial rolein the production of energy Pipelines that transport oil and natural gas heavily rely on plastic components because they are lightweight, durable and resistant to corrosion. Meanwhile, materials like polyethylene areessential for pipeline applications because they withstand high pressures andextreme temperatures. Thesepropertiesare what help ensure areliable fuel transportation system for consumers, translating into lower costs for businesses and households alike. Without these advances in plastictechnology,wewould face

signiﬁcantly heightened risksof leakage and failureinour energy distribution systems.

Believe it or not,renewables are reliant on plastics as well. Wind turbines,solar panels and batteries allrely heavily on plasticcomponents. Solar panels are encased in plastic sheetsthat protect the sensitive cells responsible for converting sunlight intoelectricity

Wind turbine blades aremade with light, durable plastic composites,which allow them to spin well but also withstandhigh wind speeds and years of constant rotation.

Butlet’saddresswhat everyday Louisianans are really concerned with: jobs and economic growth. Plastics industry shipmentsinLouisiana totaled nearly $19 billion in 2023, placing it eighthamong U.S. states. Given its signiﬁcant scope, the

Army haslongand treasured historyin city,Louisiana

state’splasticsindustry supports adiverse arrayofhigh-paying, skilled jobs, offering signiﬁcant opportunities forcareer advancement. These jobs areessential for sustaining Louisiana’s economic growth andillustrate thevital local impacts of the state’sthriving plastics sector With theright leadership in Washington, this growth won’t stop any time soon.Luckily, theTrump administration has already showcased its commitment to unleashing American manufacturing andenergy dominance through executive orders that seek to rein in complicated, overly burdensome regulations that standinthe wayofinnovation

Companies arepaying attention.This reformedapproach to regulationisalready bringing new energy projects to Louisiana.

Woodside Energy Group has announceda$17.5billion investment into anew liquefied natural gasproduction andexport facility in CalcasieuParish —the first greenfield LNG project to reach afinalinvestment decision under the newpresidency.Newlab, a globalventure platform, has additionally announced plans to establish anew energy innovation hub in the state

Areliable supply of plastics is essentialfor these project plans to become areality,providing affordable energy,jobsand economicgrowth along the way Nurturing this sector will support aresilient energy supply onethatwill ensure American energy security andbeneﬁt Louisianans for generations to come.

ShaneComeaux is apublic policyand energy expert from Lockport.

Maj. Gen.

Justin Swanson GUEST COLUMNIST

Entering my third year servinginNew Orleans as the commanding general ofthe largest two-star commandinthe U.S. military,the 377th Theater Sustainment Command, Iremain deeply grateful for the extraordinary support this city extends to our soldiers, civilians andfamilies. As we celebrated our 83rd command birthday on Wednesday,and as the Army celebrated its250th birthday in June, I’m proud to reﬂect on the long andoften overlooked history between theArmy and New Orleans. New Orleans, withits strong maritime traditions, is sometimes considered a“Navy town,” but the city’sArmy roots are equal in depth and historical signiﬁcance.Itis, in fact, the Army Corps of Engineers thatensures our survival against theencroachment of theNavy’sdomain.

The Battle of New Orleans, thecity’smost signiﬁcant military moment, sawAmerican soldiers— Army regulars and militia—achieve arguablythe greatestupset in the history of land warfare.

The city’svery centerpiece, astatueofthat battle’shero,Army Gen. Andrew Jackson, proudly proclaims, “The Union Mustand Shall Be Preserved,” in an Army-directed engraving made during the Civil War.

Indeed, our city’sstoried cemeteries preserve the sacred resting places of both Unionand Confederate Army soldiers, reﬂecting the profound complexity of the city’sdeep Army heritage TheLouisiana ArmyNationalGuard’srenowned Washington Artillery—from which WashingtonArtillery Park in the French Quarterearns itsname —fought in every major American conﬂict since the Warof1812 and continues to serve us today During World WarII, New Orleansbuilt the Higgins boats that carried nearly 70,000U.S. Army soldiersto thebeaches of Normandy.And recently,duringthe COVID-19 pandemic,we mobilized locally to support hospitals, distribute vaccines and stabilize communities.

The 377th TSC moved here shortly after World WarII. Commanded from ourheadquarters in Belle Chasse, our 30,000 soldiers and civilians form “America’sTSC,” responsible forsustainment operations across NorthAmericaand contingency support around theglobe But this is ourhome. Look aroundand you will see our soldiersenthusiastically involved in high-profile events right here. Youmay have been one of the thousands tosee the Army flyover or interact with our displaysatthe Zurich Classic. At the Superdome or at home on TV,millions saw our thrilling, world-record rappelto the field at the Saints’ Salute to Servicegame. Especiallymeaningfultomepersonally was thehistoricArmyvs. LSU football game —the first since 1931. Watching Armyparatroopers expertly descend intoTiger Stadiumwas an un-

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Lt. General Honore visits the 377Sustainment Command in Baton Rouge.

forgettable moment, vividly capturing my dual loyalties; though Iproudly wear Army green, my heartbleeds purple and gold. Iearned my Army commission through LSU’sROTC in 1993.

Beyond community engagement, the Army’s role in safeguarding thecity is bigger thanever Youprobably noticed Army National Guard soldiers during theSuper Bowl and Mardi Gras, providing critical support to the city’ssecurity apparatus and allowing residents and visitors aliketofully enjoy the festivities that make our city world-renowned. And, of course, the Army’s work in disaster responseand recovery is afamiliar sight to New Orleanians.

While I’ve served in boththe regular Army and Army National Guard, I’ve spent the last 22 yearsproudly serving in theArmyreserve. Our soldiersdomore than serve in uniform;they lead in their communities. These citizen-soldiers live and work in our neighborhoods, bringing Army values like duty,honor and integrityinto schools, businesses and civic life. Their dual roles make them truly twice the citizen.

As theArmygoes rolling along intothe future, our commitment to New Orleansremains unwavering as ever.Weremain motivated, energized and inspired by thecommunity’sremarkable support.Thank you, New Orleans, for embracing your Army heritage for more than 250 years and for welcoming our soldiers into your vibrant,resilient and proud community.

This we’ll defend!

Major General Justin Swanson is commander of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command headquartered in Belle Chasse.

Public television provides an essential communityservice

Amongthe many memorable quotes attributedtoPBS icon Fred Rogers, whose “MisterRogers’ Neighborhood” inspiredgenerationsofviewers, is this: “The most importantpeople in achild’slife are the child’sparents and teachers. That means parents and teachers are the most important people in theworld.” For close to 70 years, one vital local resource has helped teachersand parentsinour community fulﬁll that critical role. It is our public broadcasting stations, and theyare facing aserious threat Iamdeeply concerned about the recent vote by Congresstorescind public media funding already allocated to theCorporation forPublic Broadcasting to support local stations like WYES andLPB. I hope that everyone recognizes thenumerous community beneﬁts provided by stations like these —from proven educational resources and essential local programming to lifesaving public safety services. For decades, public television’s educational programming for young children, the hallmark of public television, has supported families with valuable educational toolsthat have helped parents ensure their children are ready to learninschool andsucceed in life. In these days of streaming services and paid subscriptions, it is important to rememberthat all PBSprograms areavailable for free, over the airand online. This provides educational resources for theover 50% of 3- to 4-yearolds in the U.S.who do notattend preschool.

encouraging viewers to become visitors andexperiencethe magic of ourstate ﬁrsthand. Chef Paul Prudhomme became an even biggerculinary starwith his four nationalcooking series produced by WYES. Same forchef Kevin Belton, the Dooky Chase restaurant family andthe chefsand restaurateurs featured in the station’slatestseries, “Louisiana CoastalCooking,” which not only highlights ourstate’s cuisine but also its coastalrestoration challenges. Public broadcasting stations also provide lifesaving public safety communications in partnership with federal, state andlocal authorities. This includestraditional alerts andwarnings in ruralcommunitiesthatmay have no otherlocal broadcasters andcutting-edge technology thathelps ﬁrst responders communicate with each otheroverthe broadcast spectrum without the need for mobile serviceorbroadband.

At acostofabout $1.60 per American peryear —lessthan .01% of the federal budget —the federal investment in public broadcasting allows these stations to provide these critical services. Forevery federaldollar invested, public televisionstations leverage it six timesormoreinahighly efﬁcient public-private partnership, which includes the broad community support of members, donors andunderwriters. This makes a difference in the lives of people throughout ourcommunity every dayand federalfunding makesit possible

Public television is aboutlifelong learning. That includesits award-winning documentaries chronicling our state’srich history andculture, including programs on everything from historic neighborhoods and restaurants to Mardi Gras, the National WWII Museum and more.

Theseprograms educate not just viewers here but acrossthe country,sharing stories of our region withanationalaudience and contributing to oureconomyby

WhenWYES signedoninNew OrleansonApril 1, 1957, Marion Abramson, the ﬁrst chair of its boardoftrustees,said, “With ourcombinedefforts, WYES will achieve its maximum educational potential, of value to all of us.” Sixty-eight yearslater,Ibelieve thatWYES andits fellow public televisionstations still have tremendous potentialtoadd value to ourlives. It is up to us to protect it.

Mark Romigischairman of the WYES BoardofTrustees.

Mark Romig GUEST COLUMNIST

COMMENTARY

ROOM FOR DEBATE METADATACENTER

Meta’s$10 billion AI datacenter planned for Richland Parish in northeasternLouisiana has been hailedasaneconomicboon to an impoverished region. But as theproject movesforward, some have raised questions about what impactitwill have,especially giventhe significant powerneeds of data centers.How can Louisiana provide safeguards and ensure the benefits of sucha massive undertaking will go to its residents? Hereare twoperspectives.

PSCneeds to protectutility customers, notbig companies

What would it costtoobtain a$6billion insurance policy,providingcoveragefor 30 years? My guessisalot

What is it worth to get that largea policy for free?

That is exactly what Entergyand Meta are asking the PublicService Commission to order ratepayers to provide for adatacenter in north Louisiana:anopen-ended insurance policy to back up a$6 billion investment. Costs Meta does not pay would be paid by Louisiana consumers.

Keep themomentumgoing from Meta’s

projectbenefits

Meta, through asubsidiary, is building ahuge data center in Richland Parish, whichEntergy says will create 300 to 500 permanent jobs with an averagepay of $82,000. The data center will require enormous amounts of electricity, and Entergy wants to build three new naturalgas generators to servethe center. It also seeks to build“clean”resourcesnot for the data center,but to satisfy Meta’s green energy goals. Entergy says that Meta’sadditionwill provide overall benefits to customers, presumably because Meta’sratewill provide some contribution to paying embedded costs. But Entergy’s calculations are secret —available only toparties in the case who sign confidentiality agreements. Even so, theinformation disclosed in Entergy’sfiling suggests thatthe purported benefits are suspect at best.

The proposed new gas generators and direct transmission facilities will cost about$4billion. The investments will go into Entergy Louisiana’sratebase, paid for by all customers, but Meta will payarate sufﬁcient to cover theannual investment costs and expenses for these units,spread over 30 years.

Thecatch? Meta is obligated to make the payments only until 2041, about12 years after the data center begins operating. The term can be extendedinﬁveyear increments. Will Meta want the datacenter in 15, 20 or 25 years? With the paceoftechnological change, it seems doubtful that Meta will want it for the entire 30 years. Published estimates place the expected life of adata center at anywhere from15 and 30 years. Meta thus is protected;it can terminateat15years.

Entergy also says it needstobuild a $538 million transmission line in south Louisiana to balance power ﬂows to

Meta.The companycalls it a“system” transmission line, to be paid for by all EntergyLouisiana customers, but admits it is needed only for theaddition of Meta.The annual ratepayer cost is $57.6 million. Entergy says it will acquire 1,500 megawatts of solar generation to support Meta’sgreen energy goals. If Entergy constructs it, the cost will likely exceed $1.5 billion. Meta will pay a“levelized” annual cost, like a mortgage. The cost is lower than theactual costonthe front end andhigher on the back end, when Meta can escape thecontract. Ratepayers will pay amounts not paid by Meta. To further show Meta’scommitment to green energy,Entergy plans to equip an existinggas unit with carbon capture equipment. That will cost more than $1 billion,lower the unit’scapacity and make it less efﬁcient. Meta will pay a capped amount towardthe cost of the equipment. The ﬁling does not say who pays to transportand sequester the carbon.

Clean energy entitles aparty to obtain large tax credits and other benefits. Those go to Meta. Meta will profit greatly from thedeal and has protected itself from most of the risk.Entergy will also profit,sellingmore than2,500 megawatt-hours of electricity per hour or more, around the clock,for years. Meta will add about 50% to Entergy Louisiana’ssales. But Entergy assumes none of the risks Those it seeks to impose on consumers. Gov.Jeff Landry and Entergy have touted the project as an economic boon, andithas strong momentum. Buteven 500 jobsat$82,000 on average will produceonly$41 million for Meta’semployees and aftertaxes, less. The “system” transmission line in south Louisiana will cost more annually than that.

The obvious answer is to require Entergyand Metatotake some or all of the risk, since proﬁts normally entail risk in commerce. Will the PSC take that route, or will it commit ratepayers to ahuge open-ended insurance obligation?

Putanother way: Whom will the PSC protect?

Mike Fonthamisanattorney who has represented the PublicService Commission as outsidecounsel.

Richland Parish is now home to one of themost signiﬁcant economic development projectsinLouisiana’shistory Metahas single-handedly transformed northeast Louisianainto acritical hub in the nation’sdigital infrastructure network —bringing high-wage jobs and longtermtax revenue for future generations of Louisianans. Andit’salready delivering real impact

From theoutset,this project stood apart in scope and speed. With total capital investment projected at over $12 billion and over 6,000 construction workers expected to mobilize by 2026, the investments by Meta and Entergy place northeast Louisiana as theepicenter of technology growth in theU.S. The project is an affirmation that global companies see thebenefits of doing business in Louisiana. Grow NELArecently commissioned an independent economic impact study to confirm the project benefits to our communities. The datacenter will create more than500 high-wage permanent jobs, with an average wage 150% of the Louisiana average wage, or more than $88,000 per year.An additional 1,000 indirect jobs will be created solely because of this project

ing any new burden on taxpayers.

On top of that, the project is estimated to generate $163 million in new sales tax revenue in the ﬁrst ﬁve years.

Large-scale data centers require signiﬁcant water and electricity.Did you know that the infrastructure investments needed to support Meta’soperations are being handled in away that protects Louisiana ratepayers?

Entergy Louisiana has structured ashared-cost model in partnership with Meta to ensure customers are not unfairly burdened. Meta is paying forasubstantial portion of the required infrastructure upgrades. This includes new generation units, transmission lines and grid resiliency improvements.

On theconstruction side, more than $300 million in wages will be paid to workers in northeast Louisiana. It’saneconomic wave that extends well beyond thefence line of thedata center itself. Since theday following the announcement, and on the site today, construction crews are moving massive amounts of dirt and building afoundation for thefuture datacenter.All three general contractors are hiring Louisiana companies and residents, and subcontractors have already held hiring events. The volume of companies considering northeast Louisianahas morethan doubled over the previous six-month period. Companies from all over the world have bought, leased or inquired about buying property to set up new locations in our state. In the six monthssince the Meta announcement, northeast Louisianaleaders have worked feverishly to meet this transformational time by collaborating with state, local andhigher education partners to moreefﬁciently deliver workforce training solutions that can be replicated throughout the state.

Over the next 25 years, Richland Parish is projected to receive nearly $800 million in new property tax revenue. This revenue stream will dramatically strengthen public services, including roads and water,educationand emergency response, without plac-

Instead of passing those costs to the Louisiana customer,Meta is contributing hundreds of millions of dollars to strengthen Louisiana’sgrid while keeping rate increases minimal. Additionally,Meta is committing $1 million annually to Entergy’sPower to Care program,helping low-incomeLouisiana households cover utility costs. This is amodel forhow to responsibly power transformative projects: shared investment, shared responsibility and longterm grid beneﬁts forall.

Grow NELA’s mission is to ensure every community in northeast Louisiana participates in aglobal economy.What our state has pulled off in attracting Meta is nothing short of remarkable. Leaders at every level recognized the opportunity,and they acted quickly and decisively

If we want abetter Louisiana future for kids, we must accelerate this momentum

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NewOrleans Forecast

BY BOBWARREN Staff writer

Polly Patricia “Pat” Fuhrmann Clanton, who was born and raised in Covington and later became apoliticaland civicforce to be reckoned with as the ﬁrst woman elected to the City Council, died June 25,her family said. She was 96. Clanton,who was born in 1929 and raised on New Hampshire Street during atime when Covington was amuch smaller town, centered her life on the city’sdowntown, her son, Patrick Clanton, said.

“Her whole life was spent here,” Patrick Clanton said. “Her love was always Covington.”

Until just days before her death, Pat Clanton would always start visits with her family by asking, “What was going on in downtown Covington?” Patrick Clanton said.

“She lived agood, long life,” he added. “She cared so much about

this place.”

CovingtonactivistClanton dies at 96

Pat Clantongrew up in afamily steeped in Covington politics

Hergrandfather, Emile Frederick, and hisbrother, Adolph, were both Covington mayorsin the late 1800s. And her uncle, HebertFrederick, wasmayor during World WarII.

In 1987, shemade history when shewon aspotonthe Covington City Council, becoming its first female member

She served twoterms in adistrict seat but did not seek athird term after campaigning hard for the city’s two-term-limit referendum that proved successfulwith voters.

Then, in 2003, she ran and won an at-large seat on the City Council.

“I think she opened somedoors” for women, her son said.

FormerCovington Mayor Candace Watkins,who served two terms as thecity’schief executive from 2003-11, said PatClanton was aforce, no matter the cause.

“She was always completely dedicatedtowhatevershe was doingat the time,” Watkins said.

“She was on the council for all the right reasons: She wanted to make life better for every resident.”

Watkinsrecalled Pat Clanton once telling herthatapet peeve waswhenshe saw cars parked along the curb but facing against trafﬁc.

“I think about her everytimeI see aparked car facing the wrong direction,” Watkins said with a laugh.

Pat Clanton’sfamily said she wasalways impeccably “dressed to thenines”— often with ascarf or hat of some kind. She could oftenbefound at downtown breakfast spotssuchasMattina Bella and Abita Roasting, where she would hold court, her family said.

After-breakfastactivities often included adrive around Covington to makesure thecityremained on the“right path,” her family said.

Even after leaving political ofﬁce, Pat Clanton was often areceptive soundingboardfor elected ofﬁcials, said St.Tammany Parish Council member Rick Smith, who formerly sat on thecouncil in Covington.

“I didn’tserve with her,but I

deﬁnitely leanedonher andher expertise,” Smithsaid. “It’s sad that she’spassed, but,man,she led agood life.

“Her fingerprints are all over this town.”

Pat Clanton was also deeply involved in theChamber of Commerce, Playmakers Inc., andsupportednumerous animalrights causes.

Herfamily said shefoughtfor numerous civiccauses, including reopening theclosedColumbia Street Landing to city control.

She was preceded in death by herhusband, Richard Clanton; herparents, Clara Pauline FrederickFuhrmann andCharlesSidney “Sid” Fuhrmann; abrother, Charles Brandon Fuhrmann; and asister,Rosemerry Fuhrmann Hanian.

In addition to Patrick Clanton, sheissurvivedbyson Brandon Clanton, of Youngsville; three grandchildren; sevengreatgrandchildren; and four greatgreat-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be announced at alater date, the family said.

Former vendor of Jazz Fest favorite dies at 84

MerlineHerbert knownfor herCreole stuffedbreads

BY JOANNA BROWN Staff writer

CreoleLunchHousewas founded by Merline Herbert and her husband,RaymondHerbert, in 1983. For over40years,her restaurant has been serving up soul food and plate lunches from awelcoming little house in northLafayette, where regularsare drawn to the home cooking,friendlyatmosphere and famously delicious stuffed breads.

Merline Herbert, 84, died in LafayetteonJuly1.Insharing the news of her passing on social media, Herbert’schildren andgrandchildren said, “Her legacy continues in the food we serve.” They wrote, “Merline didn’t just serve food. She built ahome. From classrooms to kitchens,she spent her life pouring wisdom,

strengthand soulintoeverything she touched. Shetaught,she nurtured, and she builtsomething that lasts far beyonda lifetime.”

Herbert

Last week, LafayetteMayorPresident Monique Blanco Boulet issueda proclamation celebrating Creole Lunch House and theHerbert family for42years of service in the Lafayette community

Herbert’sfamily has been running Creole LunchHouse for a while now,but Herbert wasstill a common sightatthe restaurant and until 2019, she wasabeloved vendor at theNew Orleans Jazz and HeritageFestival, spreading the fame of her Creole stuffed breads far beyond Acadiana.

After missingthe stuffed breads at Jazz Fest—Herbert stopped travelingtothe event when it resumed in 2022, after pausing duringthe COVID pandemic —New

Orleansfood writer Ian McNulty traveled to Lafayette last year to find what he’dbeen craving. He wrote that thehandheld treats are a “grab-and-go manifestation” of the famousmusic festival, andhewas thrilledtoﬁnd that thebreads were just as tasty as he’d remembered. For Herbert’sfriends, neighbors and customers, her food was more like aslice of life in theheart of Lafayette. The breads arebursting with theCreole ﬂavors that the Herbert family has been dishing

up for decades —meats, peppers andcheese in abun thatlooksas unassuming as adinner roll, but contains moretodelight than tastebudscan imagine. Other items on the menu, like jambalaya andchicken fricassee,are just as transportive —and worth atrip. Herbert’slegacy will continue at CreoleLunch House, locatedat713 12th St., in Lafayette.

Email Joanna Brownatjoanna. brown@theadvocate.com.

100+ years of LSUFootball history in ahardcover book

BY WILLIESWETT Staff writer

Aman accusedofrobbing a Slidell bank telleratgunpoint pleaded guilty and wassentenced to 45 yearsinprison without paroleonWednesday Herbert Davis,50, wasaccused of pointing asemiautomatic handgun at atelleratBankPlus on Gause Boulevard East in Slidell in November 2023. Davis toldthe tellertofill adrawstring bag with money,thenfled thebankonfoot with nearly $6,000, according to northshore DistrictAttorney Collin Sims’Office. No onewas injured Davis was arrestedaftera brief policechase, during which he threw the bag of cash out of his truckwindow, the District Attorney’s Office said. Davis told detectives he had been experiencing financial problems at the time. Twobank employees gave statements about howtheywere impacted by theexperience, while Davis and members of his family gave testimony seeking sympathy fromthe court, prosecutors said. Davis had prior felony convictions forsimple burglary,unauthorized entry of abusiness and possession of stolen things. He wassentenced by Judge Vincent Lobello.

Email Willie Swett at willie swett@theadvocate.com.

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A slider, a milestone and a thank you

Dodgers’ Kershaw becomes 20th pitcher to score 3,000 strikeouts

BY BETH HARRIS AP sportswriter

LOS ANGELES Clayton Kershaw was laboring in pursuit of his 3,000th strikeout His pitch count soaring, he was down to the last batter he would face, needing one more swing and miss to become the 20th pitcher to reach the milestone.

“It’s a little bit harder when you’re actually trying to strike people out,” he said, smiling. “I never really had to do that before.” Kershaw accomplished the feat when Vinny Capra of the Chicago White Sox took a slider for a called third strike for the ﬁnal out of the sixth inning on Wednesday night. “I made it interesting Made it take too long,” Kershaw said “Honestly, I didn’t pitch that great tonight The slider was so bad.” In his 18th season in Los Angeles, Kershaw joined Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators and Bob Gibson of the St. Louis Cardinals as the only pitchers with 3,000 or more strikeouts all for one team Freddie Freeman capped a three-run ninth by singling in Shohei Ohtani, giving the Dodgers a 5-4 win. Kershaw didn’t get a decision.

The sellout crowd of 53,536 was on its feet roaring as the 37-year-old left-hander walked off the mound to end the sixth. Kershaw paused and doffed his cap, with teammates brieﬂy holding off hugging him to allow him to soak in the cheers.

Kershaw waved to his wife Ellen and four children in the stands and then patted his chest and mouthed, “Thank you.”

“I feel bad for Ellen. I know she was nervous,” he said. “I made her last six innings out there just stressed out that I wasn’t going to get it and have to go to Milwaukee to do it.”

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to Daniel Evans during their second-round

Djokovic sets another record at Wimbledon

BY MATTIAS KARÉN Associated Press

“That’s probably almost as much as Sinner and Alcaraz have years in their lives.”

Well, not quite.

Carlos Alcaraz, who beat Djokovic in the last two Wimbledon ﬁnals, is 22, while No. 1-ranked Jannik Sinner who was playing later on Centre Court — is 23.

The growing rivalry between Sinner and Alcaraz — especially in the wake of their ä See WIMBLEDON, page 3C

AHEAD LOOKING

BY REED DARCEY Staff writer

Though she must still ﬁgure out exactly how MiLaysia Fulwiley will ﬁt next to Flau’jae Johnson and Mikaylah Williams, coach Kim Mulkey has an idea of how the LSU women’s basketball team’s guards will contribute next season. The Tigers have only four returning contributors, and they all play in the backcourt.

What’s less certain, Mulkey told The Advocate in a recent interview, is the LSU frontcourt, a group she and her staff had to overhaul this offseason after a few key contributors left the program via the transfer portal.

“I think the exciting thing about the upcoming team is the unknown,” Mulkey said, “and the unknown is probably gonna be considered our post game.”

This spring, LSU had to replace all ﬁve frontcourt players from its 2024-2025 roster Aneesah Morrow exhausted her eligibility and began her WNBA career The other four decided to hit the transfer portal. Sa’Myah Smith landed at Virginia. Jersey Wolfenbarger and Aalyah Del Rosario enrolled at Tennessee and Vanderbilt, respec-

tively Amani Bartlett transferred to Houston.

Those departures forced Mulkey and her staff to overhaul their roster on the ﬂy

By the time the dust settled, the Tigers had found eight newcomers — ﬁve freshmen and three transfers — to replace the eight contributors they lost. That’s the most roster turnover LSU has experienced since the ﬁrst full offseason of Mulkey’s tenure.

“That’s not going to stop,” Mulkey said, “even if you win national championships. That’s just the way it is now, and you can’t even guesstimate because you don’t know.”

The only thing LSU did know was that it had four recruits signed to the nation’s No. 1 freshman class. In the 30-day portal window, the Tigers had to ﬁrst make sure they would retain both Johnson and Williams, then ﬁgure out which transfers they could recruit to plug the remaining holes. The frontcourt was a blank slate.

“The portal is open long enough,” Mulkey said, “for you to rebound and realize, ‘OK, this is who we lost; this is how many we lost; and so, now we’ve got a barometer of how many we need to sign and what we need to do.’ ”

Novak Djokovic returns

Wimbledon match on Thursday in London.

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AP PHOTO By KEVORK DJANSEZIAN Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw tips his cap after striking out Chicago White Sox’s Vinny Capra during the sixth inning of their game on Wednesday in Los Angeles. Kershaw earned his 3,000th career strikeout.

Pels waive second-year guard Reeves

BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

The New Orleans Pelicans are moving on from one of their most promising young players.

The Pelicans waived guard Antonio Reeves, the team announced Thursday afternoon.

Reeves, a 6-foot-5 guard, was selected in the second round of the 2024 draft out of Kentucky and showed ﬂashes of potential during his rookie season..

He scored a season-high 34 points in November in a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 34 points are the ﬁfth-most points scored by a Pelicans’ rookie in franchise history He made five 3-pointers in a game twice (against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Philadelphia 76ers.)

Reeves, who also spent time last season with the G League Birmingham Squadron, played in 44 games for the Pelicans

He averaged 6.9 points and 1.4 rebounds and shot 39.5% on 3-pointers. His best game came toward the end of the season. He averaged 15.4 points over the last 10 games of the season. There was a three-game stretch where he made 12 consecutive ﬁeld goals.

Pelicans coach Willie Green raved about Reeves’ play in late March.

“He’s doing fantastic,” Green said. “The thing he’s doing is building on what he already has. He really comes in and works on his shots. We see that carry over when he does play And

New Orleans Pelicans guard Antonio Reeves reacts after hitting a 3-pointer against the Milwaukee

he’s becoming a really good defender.”

The Pelicans’ decision to move a young, talented player on a cheap contract indicates perhaps the

team is eyeing another move in free agency As of Thursday afternoon, the only deal the Pelicans have agreed to in free agency is the

signing of center Kevon Looney from Golden State. The Pels agreed to a two-year deal worth $16 million for Looney, who won three NBA championships in his 10 NBA seasons with the Warriors. Looney gives the Pelicans a veteran presence at center

The team could still use more shooters, which becomes an even bigger issue now that Reeves has been waived. Reeves is the third reserve from last year’s backcourt no longer on the team. The Pelicans also declined the team options on both Elfrid Payton and Brandon Boston last week.

Joe Dumars, in his ﬁrst year as executive vice president of basketball operations, has made major overhauls to the roster since taking over in April.

Last week, the Pelicans acquired Jordan Poole and Saddiq Bey from the Washington Wizards in exchange for CJ McCollum and Olynyk. Before that, the Pelicans obtained the rights to guard Mojave King in a trade with the Indiana Pacers.

The Pelicans also added three players to the roster in last week’s NBA draft They selected guard Jeremiah Fears (Oklahoma) and Derik Queen (Maryland) in the first round and guard Micah Peavy (Georgetown) in the second round.

Some of the young talent will be on display next week in Las Vegas when the Pelicans begin Summer League play Their ﬁrst game is July 10 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Bronny not focused on LeBron’s future with franchise

BY KHOBI PRICE

The Orange County Register (TNS)

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. For Bronny

James, the focus over the next couple of weeks will be on his summer league play with the Lakers Not the growing speculation surrounding his dad, LeBron James, and his future with the franchise after comments from his agent, Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul, made it less clear how much of the elder James’ future will be with the Lakers.

And that approach is exactly what LeBron has encouraged of Bronny, the No 55 pick in last year’s draft, who had a businessas-usual approach Wednesday for the Lakers’ summer league team’s practice.

“One of my friends called me, talking about where, what I was gonna do,” Bronny said. [Because] they [saw] my dad, whatever I didn’t see it. He called me. ‘I was like, Yeah, I have no idea what you’re talking about.’

“I don’t really pay attention to that stuff. There’s a lot of stuff going around that I don’t pay attention to.”

LeBron opted into his $52.6 million player option with the Lakers for the 2025-26 season Sunday, bypassing the opportunity to become a free agent earlier this week.

Paul issued statements to multiple media outlets, ﬁrst to ESPN, saying that James will monitor the Lakers’ offseason moves.

“He knows the Lakers are building for the future,” part of Paul’s statement said. “He understands

LSU

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First, LSU signed former Notre Dame forward Kate Koval. Then it dipped into the mid-major ranks to sign ex-East Carolina forward Amiya Joyner a rising senior with a guard’s skillset Mulkey and her staff also pursued former Wisconsin star Serah Williams, one of the top portal entrants of the 2025 cycle. But she wrapped up her visit to Ba-

that, but he values a realistic chance of winning it all. We are very appreciative of the partnership that we’ve had for eight years with [Lakers owner and governor]

Jeanie [Buss] and [general manager] Rob [Pelinka] and consider the Lakers as a critical part of his career

“We understand the difﬁculty in winning now while preparing for the future. We do want to evaluate what’s best for LeBron at this stage in his life and career He wants to make every season he has left count, and the Lakers understand that, are supportive and want what’s best for him.”

Speculation about LeBron’s future spread throughout the league, but Paul later clarified to ESPN that there haven’t been trade talks regarding the elder James.

Bronny said that he and LeBron don’t discuss his dad’s future with the franchise.

“We don’t really talk about it much,” Bronny said. “But I think when stuff like that does come up, he just tells me to not worry about it, not even pay attention to it. Just lock into what you have going on right now And that’s what’s gonna get me better and to keep me focused. It’s good that he tells me to not pay attention to that stuff.”

So the focus remains on Bronny’s growth and development.

“Just creating space for myself,” he said of what he’s focused on since the season ended “Just getting downhill more Use my body as a big point guard, just trying to use my body as best as I can. Just shooting off the dribble,

ton Rouge without committing to the Tigers and later signed with UConn instead, leaving LSU with a need to acquire more post production and few avenues to do so. So, Mulkey rounded out her roster by adding 6-foot-2 forward Meghan Yarnevich, a former Georgia signee, to her freshman class. The overhauled frontcourt now has the makings of a group that can complement LSU’s star guards. Koval, a strong 6-5 Ukrainian with a soft touch, can anchor lineups. In her freshman year with the Irish, she grabbed 10.3 re-

Los Angeles Lakers guard Bronny James, left, and forward LeBron James warm up before a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Oct. 22 in Los Angeles.

stuff like that. Everything. I’ve been working on everything. So trying to get better as a player overall.”

Second-round pick Adou Thiero, whom the Lakers selected with the No. 36 pick in the draft, won’t participate in the team’s summer league games. He’s in the ﬁnal stages of his return-to-play process from a left knee ailment he dealt with at Arkansas. Thiero is expected to be fully cleared for training camp. The Lakers begin their sum-

bounds and blocked 3.8 shots per 40 minutes. Only 11 other powerconference players who logged at least 500 minutes last season cleaned the class and protected the rim at both of those rates. Joyner, like rising freshman Grace Knox, likes to use her faceup game and play in transition. Knox is a 6-2 forward from California ranked as the seventh-best recruit in her class, according to ESPN. She, along with the other three highly rated prospects who signed with LSU in November is expected to contribute to next sea-

Bueckers named WNBA Rookie of the Month

Three days after Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers learned she had been named a starter for the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game, the league announced Thursday that she was the WNBA’s Rookie of the Month for June. It is the ﬁrst Rookie of the Month honor for Bueckers, whom the Wings selected No. 1 overall in the 2025 WNBA draft. The UConn product averaged 21.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 5.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 0.9 blocks over seven games in June. She shot .475 from the ﬁeld and .929 from the free-throw line.

Bueckers’ scoring average ranked third among all players and first among guards. The 23-yearold is first in scoring and assists averages among rookies and was the only player to average at least 20 points and five assists in June.

Steelers sign GM Khan to three-year extension

PITTSBURGH The Pittsburgh Steelers signed general manager Omar Khan to a three-year extension after an offseason that saw the team bring in quarterback Aaron Rodgers. The Steelers announced the deal Thursday that will keep Khan with Pittsburgh through the 2028 season. He was hired as the team’s GM in 2022. Khan and coach Mike Tomlin are structuring their offense around Rodgers, the four-time NFL MVP who’s returning for a 21st season. The 41-year-old Rodgers signed a one-year deal after a season in which Justin Fields and Russell Wilson combined to lead the Steelers to a 10-7 record and a playoff berth.

Reunited: Vogel joining Kidd’s staff with Mavericks DALLAS The Dallas Mavericks are poised to add Frank Vogel to coach Jason Kidd’s staff in a reunion for a tandem that won an NBA title with the Los Angeles Lakers in 2020, a person with knowledge of the agreement said Wednesday night. Vogel was the head coach and Kidd one of his assistants when the Lakers won their 17th championship in the Florida “bubble.” The roles will be reversed this time, with Vogel serving as associate head coach after spending this past season as a consultant for the Mavericks. Both coaches are 52. Kidd stayed with Vogel one more season in LA before replacing Rick Carlisle as coach of the Mavericks in 2021-22. Dallas went to the Western Conference ﬁnals that season, then to the NBA Finals two years later

F1’s Russell adamant he will stay at Mercedes

mer schedule with three games in four days as part of the California Classic at the Chase Center in San Francisco. The Lakers face the Golden State Warriors on Saturday at 3:30 p.m., square off with the Miami Heat on Sunday at 1:30 p.m and face the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday at a time to be determined. The team will then head to Las Vegas to participate in the leaguewide summer league, with their ﬁrst game scheduled for July 10 against the Dallas Mavericks.

son’s team. So, too, can Yarnevich, if she can ﬁnd some minutes at the back end of the Tigers’ brand-new, uncertain frontcourt rotation. “What I do know is they’re gonna play,” Mulkey said, “and they’re gonna play at an early age, and you’ve got a mixture of two of them that have college experience and two of them that don’t, and I think that’s great. I think that’s wonderful.”

Email Reed Darcey at reed. darcey@theadvocate.com.

SILVERSTONE, England George Russell says there’s an “exceptionally low” chance he’ll leave Mercedes next year, even after he claimed the team was holding talks with Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen. Speaking ahead of the British Grand Prix, Russell said he was confident of staying with Mercedes and argued that changing drivers would risk the team’s competitiveness when sweeping rule changes come in 2026. Russell caused a stir last week when he suggested to broadcaster Sky Sports that “conversations with the likes of Verstappen are ongoing” and were a reason why he had yet to renew his contract for 2026.

Liverpool forward Diogo Jota dies in car crash in Spain

MADRID Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain when the Lamborghini they were in veered off a road and burst into ﬂames, police said Thursday

The Spanish Civil Guard confirmed to The Associated Press that the 28-year-old Jota and his 25-year-old brother, André Silva, were found dead near the northwestern city of Zamora.

Jota’s death comes weeks after he married Rute Cardoso while on vacation from a long season where he helped Liverpool win the Premier League title. He leaves behind three children, the youngest born last year Police were investigating the causes of the accident that occurred past midnight local time. They said there were no other vehicles involved and that the

ers were

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Bucks on April 6 at the Smoothie King Center

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Fans question U.S. readiness for 2026 Club World Cup

BY STEVE REED AP sportswriter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Lifelong soccer

fan Victor Dumois expressed concern about the United States cohosting the 2026 World Cup after attending a recent Club World Cup match in Miami

“I think after the Copa America, a weird phenomenon has occurred here,” said Dumois, who is from Spain. “There’s people that don’t like the World Cup being in the United States.”

The Copa America championship game last year in Miami was a security nightmare, with overheated and ticketless fans breaking down the barriers at Hard Rock Stadium to get inside. Eventually the game was played, although some paying customers never were able to get to their seats because they were occupied. Some cited the debacle as one example of how unprepared the United States is to host soccer’s biggest tournament.

Fast-forward to this summer and the 32-team Club World Cup hosted solely in the United States. Dumois said security was tight this time around — almost to a fault.

“In Spain, it is different, you can just have an Uber or taxi take you right up to the stadium ” Dumois said, sharing his thoughts on the Round 16 match between Real Madrid and Juventus. “Here in Miami, they have to leave you outside and far away There’s so many layers of security, it’s too much.”

The Club World Cup, which is entering the quarterfinals this weekend, has served as a tune-up for the United States which, along with Canada and Mexico, will host the 2026 World Cup in cities like Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Dallas Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Seattle. So far, the club tournament has not been well-attended, except for a handful of matches.

A Round of 16 knockout match at Charlotte’s 75,000-seat Bank of America Stadium between Fluminense and Inter Milan drew just 20,030 fans. Stadium ofﬁcials allowed fans who’d purchased upper deck tickets to move down to the lower bowl. Even then, lower bowl looked half full.

Empty seats have been a common sight across the country There are variety of reasons why First, the club tournament simply isn’t as popular as the World Cup, where players are competing for their countries rather than a club team.

The costs — both for games and travel — have also kept some away And, for some, there have been lingering concerns of potential U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at matches amid

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ﬁve-set ﬁnal at the French Open last month — has helped tennis move on from the era of the Big Three, where Djokovic is the last man standing after Federer and Rafael Nadal retired.

But Djokovic is too focused on proving he can still win another Slam to sit back and reﬂect on everything he has accomplished at Wimbledon.

“I don’t pause to reflect, to be honest. I don’t have time,” Djokovic said in an on-court interview “I would like to. But I think that’s going to come probably when I set the racket aside and then sip margarita on the beach with Federer and Nadal and just reﬂect on our rivalry and everything.” Later in his news conference, Djokovic said he might choose a different drink if the three former rivals do get together.

“I don’t know why I said margaritas because I never had a margarita in my life,” he said “I don’t necessarily like that drink, but I guess it sounds good.” Against Evans, Djokovic failed to convert his first nine break points in the first set. But once he got the breakthrough for a 5-3 lead — raising both arms in the air as if to say “finally” he went five-for-six on break points the rest of the way

“You have these kinds of days where everything goes your way,” said Djokovic, who didn’t face a break point of his own until the ﬁnal game. “Everything ﬂows.” Andreeva, Navarro advance The top women’s players all

ICE arrests Mexican boxer César Chávez Jr.

BY JAIMIE DING and JULIE WATSON The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES Famed Mexican boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. has been arrested for entering the United States illegally and will be deported to Mexico, where he faces organized crime charges, U.S. federal ofﬁcials said Thursday

Sinaloa Cartel. The Associated Press contacted Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office about the charges but the ofﬁce has not responded yet.

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

The weather hasn’t helped either Benjamin Cabral lives in Boston, but his family is from Azoras an autonomous region of Portugal.

He said if FIFA hopes to grow the game in America, a scheduling change is necessary Due to soccer’s popularity in Europe, many club matches have been played in the middle of the day so fans overseas can watch games on television or livestream in real time at night.

The downside is players have been forced to play with temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 Celsius) while a major heat wave gripped the States.

“If they’re trying to grow their game in the US, they need to make the games later,” Cabral said. “It’s too hot out here for the players.”

It hasn’t been easy on fans, either

“There’s no roof, no screens, not much,” said Carlos Olguin, who made the trek from Mexico to Charlotte to watch Pachuca play Real Madrid

Next year’s World Cup will be played during a similar time frame, beginning in mid-June and concluding in mid-July

Excitement surrounding the current event also remains a concern.

“The other thing in the city is that it should be more prepared for the event, because there are people who don’t even know there’s an event and so you go to a restaurant

with the idea that there are ﬂags, fans, more football things and there’s nothing,” Olguin added of the Club World Cup. “The city should be more prepared for the event, because there are people who don’t even know there’s an event.”

As for the venues, spectators attending Club World Cup matches offered differing reviews of American stadiums and host cities leading up to the country hosting the World Cup for the ﬁrst since 1994.

“I’ll be honest, the U.S. is not ready to host the World Cup,” said Jeremy Zuniga from South Carolina. “There’s too many people coming from South America, Europe, everybody.”

Others, like Rogerio Bajos from Peru, feel differently

“I think it’s been good, we haven’t had any problems,” said Bajos, who also attended a CWC game in Miami. “The parking is no problem, the security has been good. Overall, a stupendous spectacle.”

Humberto Contasta from Miami said the Club World Cup should help the American co-hosts iron out some issues before next summer

Daniel Marques, who made the trek from Portugal to Charlotte for the sole purpose of watching Benﬁca battle Chelsea in a group play match, said he was impressed overall with how the tournament was run.

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Mirra Andreeva reacts during her second-round Wimbledon match against Lucia Bronzetti on Thursday in London.

avoided further upsets, after four of the five highest seeds went out over the ﬁrst three days. No. 7-seeded Mirra Andreeva and No. 10 Emma Navarro both advanced in straight sets The 18-year-old Andreeva earned a 6-1, 7-6 (4) win over Lucia Bronzetti of Italy, and Navarro cruised past Veronika Kudermetova 6-1, 6-2.

Former No. 1 Iga Swiatek, seeded eighth as she bids for a ﬁrst Wimbledon title, had to come from a set down to beat Caty McNally 5-7, 6-2, 6-1 on Centre Court. Defending champion Barbora Krejcikova was also taken to a third set before beating Caroline Dolehide 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, while 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina beat Maria Sakkari 6-3, 6-1. In the men’s draw, it was a good day for the old guys. Aside from Djokovic, 34-year-old Grigor Dimitrov, 35-year-old Jan-Lennard

Struff and 36-year-old Marin Cilic all advanced.

Cilic, the 2014 U.S. Open champion and 2017 Wimbledon runnerup, stunned British No. 4-seed Jack Draper6-4,6-3,1-6,6-4onNo.1Court. No. 11 Alex de Minaur ousted 115th-ranked Arthur Cazaux 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0 and 19th-seeded Gregor Dimitrov outlasted Corentin Moutet 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Sinner eased past Aleksandar Vukic 6-1, 6-1, 6-3 in the late match on Centre Court.

Who plays Friday?

Alcaraz, the two-time reigning champion, faces 35-year-old JanLennard Struff on Centre Court, before No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka faces British home favorite Emma Raducanu in the late match. Australian Open champion Madison Keys faces Laura Siegemund on No. 2 Court.

The arrest comes only days after the former middleweight champion lost a match against Jake Paul in Anaheim, California.

The 39-year-old boxer was picked up by a large number of federal agents while he was riding a scooter in front of his home in Studio City, according to Chávez’s attorney Michael Goldstein.

“The current allegations are outrageous and simply another headline to terrorize the community,” Goldstein said.

Many people across Southern California are on edge as immigration arrests have ramped up, prompting protests and the federal deployment of National Guard troops and U.S. Marines to downtown Los Angeles. Goldstein did not know where Chávez was being detained as of Thursday morning, but said they were due in court Monday related to gun possession charges from last year and were to provide an update on his progress in a substance abuse program.

The Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Chávez for overstaying a tourist visa that expired in February 2024 after he entered the country in August 2023.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services ﬂagged ICE about Chávez last year, saying he “is an egregious public safety threat,” and yet he was allowed back into the country Jan. 4, the agency said.

Ofﬁcials said he has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for his involvement in organized crime and trafficking firearms, ammunition, and explosives and is believed to be an afﬁliate of the

The Trump administration said Chávez applied for a green card on April, 2, 2024, based on his marriage to a U.S. citizen, Frida Muñoz, the former partner of Édgar Guzmán López, the now-deceased son of imprisoned Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.

The agency said Chávez had submitted multiple fraudulent statements on his application, which led to his arrest.

Chávez had fought just once since 2021 before his bout with Paul on Saturday, having fallen to innumerable lows during a lengthy boxing career conducted in the shadow of his father, one of the most beloved athletes in Mexican history, a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame who won championships in several weight classes.

The son has failed drug tests, served suspensions and egregiously missed weight while being widely criticized for his intermittent dedication to the sport.

He still rose to its heights, winning the WBC middleweight title in 2011 and defending it three times. Chávez shared the ring with generational greats Canelo Álvarez and Sergio Martinez, losing to both.

After battling drug addiction for long stretches of his career, Chávez went to a rehabilitation clinic in Sinaloa and claimed to be clean for the Paul ﬁght. He looked in his best shape in years while preparing for the match.

Chávez said in an interview with the Los Angeles Times ahead of his ﬁght with Paul that he and his trainers were scared by the immigration arrests.

“I don’t understand the situation why so much violence? There are a lot of good people, and you’re giving the community an example of violence,” Chávez said. “After everything that’s happened, I wouldn’t want to be deported.”

Pogacar, Vingegaard set to ignite Tour de France

BY SAMUEL PETREQUIN AND JEROME PUGMIRE AP sportswriters

PARIS At just 26 years old, Tadej Pogacar is among cycling’s greats and also admired as a spectacular rider The world champion wins on all terrains, and is favorite to win a fourth Tour de France title.

Pogacar lines up Saturday in the northern city of Lille with his conﬁdence sky-high boosted by a stellar ﬁrst half of the season punctuated with prestigious wins in both one-day and stage races.

This year, the Slovenian rider won a third Liège–Bastogne–Liège title and other one day-classics. Most recently, he won the Critérium du Dauphiné, a Tour tune-up, with a dominant display in the mountains.

“I’m lucky to have had close to the perfect preparation this year,” the UAE Team Emirates leader said “Everything has gone really smoothly, especially coming off a great altitude camp with my teammates.”

Pogacar posted back-to-back wins in 2020 and 2021, becoming the youngest double winner of the three-week showcase race. He was also runner-up in 2022 and 2023.

“It’s hard to believe it’s already my sixth Tour de France,” he

said. “Time ﬂies.”

So does Pogacar

His appetite for victory is insatiable and he has clearly established himself as the No. 1 rider in the world, drawing comparisons with the greatest of all time, Eddy Merckx. The Belgian great was known as “The Cannibal” for his ferocious taste for victory

The new “Cannibal”

The 80-year-old Merckx believes Pogacar has already surpassed him.

“It’s obvious that he is now above me,” Merckx told L’Equipe newspaper after Pogacar won the world championship last year.

“Deep down, I already thought as much when I saw what he did on the last Tour de France.”

A fourth Tour win will draw Pogacar level with British rider Chris Froome for the ﬁfth-most wins of all time. Merckx, Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain have won cycling’s biggest race ﬁve times. Vingegaard the main rival Pogacar’s team is formidable. He will be supported by experienced all-rounders and climbers.

His main threat appears to come from two-time Tour champion Jonas Vingegaard, who leads Team Visma-Lease a Bike.

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Julio César Chávez Jr.,right, punches Jake Paul during their cruiserweight match on Saturday in Anaheim, Calif.

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Fans cheer before the Club World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Manchester City and Al Hilal on Monday in Orlando, Fla.

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Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski throws against the New york Mets on Wednesday in New york. The hard-throwing rookie gave up five runs, five hits and two walks over 323 innings in a 7-3 loss.

Phenom Misiorowski gets tagged for 1st time in loss

BY MIKE FITZPATRICK

NEW YORK Jacob Misiorowski made everything look so easy in his ﬁrst three major league starts.

Now he knows it’s not.

The hard-throwing rookie ﬁnally got knocked around Wednesday, serving up back-to-back homers as the Milwaukee Brewers lost 7-3 to the New York Mets in the second game of a day-night doubleheader at Citi Field.

Barely touched by opposing batters since getting called up from the minors last month, Misiorowski (3-1) gave up ﬁve runs, ﬁve hits and three walks over 32⁄3 innings in his fourth career outing. Brandon Nimmo connected for a grand slam in the second and a slumping Francisco Lindor followed with another longball off Misiorowski to give the Mets a 5-0 lead.

“He wasn’t in sync tonight, for sure. You could see it early He’d have it for one pitch and then you could just see the ball wasn’t coming out of his ﬁngers the same. You could see the frustration building,” Brewers manager Pat Murphy said.

“That’s too good of a team and too good of a lineup. (These are) the days you realize how good these guys are, all major league players. It’s so tough to perform at the highest level and be consistent. But when you’re off a little bit, it can be the difference, and Miz just wasn’t in sync.”

A touted prospect, the 6-foot-7 Misiorowski had more than lived up to the hype since his arrival. He began his career with 11 hit-

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Kershaw shared a clubhouse toast with his teammates, coaches, training staff and front ofﬁce executives.

“Just super thankful for tonight, super thankful for my teammates,” he said. “I told my teammates individual awards are great, but if you don’t have anybody to celebrate with it doesn’t matter.”

The game was delayed for nearly 6 minutes between pitches, a gap that included a tribute video.

Kershaw joined Justin Verlander of San Francisco (3,468) and Max Scherzer of Toronto (3,412) as the only active pitchers with that many Kershaw is just the fourth left-hander in the club.

“It’s an incredible list,” he said. “It’s special to finally be in that group.”

Capra, hitting ninth, was retired on four pitches, with plate umpire Jim Wolf calling the third strike on a slider, Kershaw’s season-high 100th pitch of the night Wolf is the brother of retired pitcher Randy Wolf, once a teammate of Kershaw’s.

“I wanted it to come easy,” Kershaw said. “I would much rather have got it done in the ﬁrst.”

Manager Dave Roberts had said before the game that he would manage the three-time Cy Young Award winner differently with the milestone within reach. That was apparent when Kershaw jogged out for the sixth to an ovation, having already tossed a season-high 92 pitches with just two strikeouts. He came into the game needing three to make history

“I was going to give him every opportunity to do it at home,” Roberts said. “You could see the emotion he had trying to get that third

less innings and then a scoreless start in a win over Pirates ace Paul Skenes before a crowd of 42,774 in Milwaukee last week. The 23-yearold right-hander carried a perfect game into the seventh June 20 at Minnesota and racked up 19 strikeouts in his first 16 big league innings.

“He has amazing stuff,” Nimmo said.

Misiorowski threw 62 pitches at least 100 mph in his ﬁrst three games, and opposing batters were 3 for 49 (.061) against him — making him the ﬁrst pitcher in the modern era (since 1900) to have as many wins as hits allowed through three career starts

“He’s really good. Crazy future ahead of him,” Lindor said. “It’s going to be fun to watch him and fun to play against him.”

But on this night, Misiorowski walked consecutive batters with two outs in the second and was unable to corral a high comebacker off the bat of No. 9 hitter Hayden Senger.

The ball glanced off Misiorowski’s glove and spun away from second baseman Brice Turang for an inﬁeld single that loaded the bases.

“There was a fastball at the bottom of the zone for a walk that I thought was there. But I thought, good spot, and maybe get it up a little bit more,” Misiorowski said.

“Just frustrated at myself for not making a play.”

Nimmo pulled the next pitch, a 96 mph slider, to right ﬁeld for his third career slam and second this season. Lindor then drove a 1-2 fastball to right-center for his 17th

home run.

“I threw good pitches and they hit ’em. Plain and simple as that,” Misiorowski said “I mean, you’re facing the best of the best. They’re getting paid what they’re getting paid for a reason.”

Misiorowski said his problem was mechanical.

“My ﬁngers were just a little too far on the right side of the ball, and it kind of spun a little different than I’m used to,” he said. “I think I came back pretty well after that I ﬁxed it that next inning.”

Murphy said Misiorowski didn’t feel good while warming up in the bullpen, and that carried over to the game.

“His whole body was not in sync,” the manager explained “All the arms and legs, it’s hard to sync it all up.”

Misiorowski came out ﬁring 100 mph fastballs, touching 102 mph against Lindor in the ﬁrst inning — but it didn’t last.

“He learned his lesson. He’s ticked about it. Even some of the sequencing he’s ticked about,” Murphy said. “He can see it that there’s just a really ﬁne line between being dominant and being just OK.”

Misiorowski, however, won’t dwell on this disappointment.

“It’s done. Use the old Tiger Woods approach and move on to the next hit. Move on to the next pitch. It is what it is I got a loss but, oh well,” he said. “It’s frustrating. But at the same time like, young career it’s good figuring it out now. Not when we’re in the playoffs and it matters most.”

strike. It just happened the way it was supposed to happen.”

Kershaw retired Lenyn Sosa on three pitches for No. 2,999 in the fifth. Sosa fouled off Kershaw’s ﬁrst two pitches before ending the inning by striking out on a 72 mph curveball.

In the third, Miguel Vargas took called strikes on his ﬁrst two pitches before he swung and missed on another 72 mph curveball from his former Dodgers teammate.

Chicago swung aggressively against Kershaw who gave up a two-run homer to Austin Slater and two more runs as the White Sox led 4-2 after six innings.

“You could just feel it. They wanted it for me so bad,” he said of the crowd. “You could feel the tension. They were trying to will me to do it.”

Kershaw made history one batter after Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy was injured in tagging out Michael A. Taylor on a steal attempt. Muncy had to be helped off the ﬁeld, barely able to put any

Nationals slugger Wood commits to Home Run Derby

By The Associated Press

weight on his left leg.

Kershaw has provided muchneeded stability for the Dodgers’ pitching staff, which has been decimated by injuries.

“It’s just again a reminder for me, for anyone, to never bet against that guy,” Roberts said before the game. “It doesn’t matter health, stuff he’s going to will himself to doing whatever the team needs.”

Kershaw allowed five runs over four innings in his first start after returning from knee and foot surgeries last offseason. Since then, he has held opposing batters to a .222 average. “The first three months of the season, we’ve needed some length from the starter,” Roberts said. “Once he kind of got his footing after the first few he’s done everything and more that we’ve needed. That doesn’t go unnoticed.”

In his prime from 2010-15, Kershaw led the National League in ERA ﬁve times, in strikeouts three times and wins twice.

WASHINGTON Washington Nationals outfielder James Wood became the third player to announce he will take part in the Home Run Derby The derby will be held on July 14, the night before the All-Star Game, at Truist Park in Atlanta. Wood joins Braves outﬁelder Ronald Acuña Jr and Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who leads the majors with 33 homers, in the contest.

Wood has 23 homers this season He’s the third Nationals player to take part in the Home Run Derby, joining Juan Soto (2022) and Bryce Harper (2013 and ‘18).

The 22-year-old Wood has 12 homers that have been hit harder than 110 mph. It’s the second most in the league behind Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani’s 13. Wood also has four dingers that have been launched longer than 445 feet.

Wood was acquired from San Diego in August 2022 as part of the blockbuster deal that sent Soto to the Padres.

Guardians PITCHER ORTIZ SUBJECT OF MLB GAMBLING INVESTIGATION, PLACED ON LEAVE: Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz is the subject of a Major League Baseball gambling investigation and was placed on non-disciplinary leave Thursday, two people with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press.

The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity due to the nature of the investigation.

The investigation is related to in-game prop bets on two pitches thrown by Ortiz that received higher activity than usual during his starts at Seattle on June 15 and his recent outing against St. Louis on June 27 The gambling activity on the pitches was flagged by a betting-integrity firm and forwarded to MLB.

ESPN reported the ﬁrm IC360 recently also sent an alert to sportsbook operators regarding Ortiz.

MLB said Ortiz’s paid leave is through the end of the All-Star break, when players return to their teams July 17 and games resume the following day It can be extended if the investigation remains ongoing. Chris Antonetti, Cleveland’s president of baseball operations, said before Thursday night’s game at the Chicago Cubs that the team can continue to have contact with Ortiz, but he can’t enter any of the Guardians’ facilities Ortiz returned to Cleveland on Wednesday night. Manager Stephen Vogt said he and Antonetti addressed the team about Ortiz’s situation and tried to answer questions the best they could. It is another setback for a Guardians squad that has dropped a season-high six straight games and is 9-18 since May 1. The 26-year old Ortiz is in his ﬁrst season with Cleveland after he was acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh last December The right-hander is 4-9 with a 4.36 ERA and 96 strikeouts in 16 starts this season. The nine losses are tied for the most in the American League.

Astros

ALVAREZ’S SETBACK NOT AS SERIOUS AS FIRST FEARED, GM SAYS: Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez’s setback to his recovery from a fractured right hand is not as serious as first feared, general manager Dana Brown said Thursday Alvarez, who suffered the injury on May 2, was shut down after experiencing pain in his right hand. He had taken some swings at the team’s spring training complex in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday and when he arrived there on Tuesday the area was sore He was examined by a specialist, who determined inﬂammation was the issue and not a setback with the fracture

“It had nothing to do with the fracture, or the fracture not being healed,” Brown said before Houston’s game at Colorado. “The fracture at this point is a non-factor, which we’re very glad about. And so during the process of him being examined by the specialist, we saw the inflammation, and Yordan did receive two shots in that area.” Alvarez ﬁrst experienced issues with his hand in late April but stayed in the lineup. He was initially diagnosed with a muscle strain but a small fracture was discovered at the end of May

Brown said there has not been an update on the timetable for Alvarez’s return but said with the latest update it “could be in the near future.”

Alvarez, who averaged 34 home runs over the previous four seasons, has just three in 29 games this year and is batting .210 He was the 2021 ALCS MVP for the Astros and ﬁnished third in the AL MVP voting for 2022.

Dodgers

MUNCY PLACED ON INJURED LIST WITH KNEE BRUISE: Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy went on the injured list Thursday with a left knee bone bruise and is expected to be out about six weeks.

He had a MRI that showed no structural damage.

“It was obviously amazing hearing the news that nothing was torn, nothing was ripped,” said Muncy, who was walking gingerly “That was obviously a huge sigh of relief for me, but it still sounds like too long of a time in my head.”

He left in the sixth inning Wednesday night after a collision with Chicago White Sox center fielder Michael A. Taylor, who was attempting a steal Muncy took a throw from catcher Will Smith and tagged out Taylor Muncy sprawled on his back as a Dodgers trainer came out to check on him. He had to be helped off the field and was barely able to put any weight on his left leg.

A White Sox trainer checked on Taylor, who sustained a bruised back and left the game. Taylor cleared concussion protocol and was still sore a day later. He was not in Chicago’s lineup Thursday night.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was “very relieved” at Muncy’s test results and deliberately didn’t watch the gruesome replay Miguel Rojas started in Muncy’s place Thursday in the series ﬁnale. Kiké Hernández will play third on Friday against Houston. Utilityman Tommy Edman will begin taking grounders to prepare to join the platoon. Muncy and Taylor tangled just before Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw got his 3,000th career strikeout against Vinny Capra to end the inning. There was a brief delay before Muncy and Taylor left the ﬁeld.

Muncy is hitting .250 with 13 home runs and 55 RBI in 81 games this season.

Angels

ROOKIE SECOND BASEMAN MOORE PLACED ON INJURED LIST: The Los Angeles Angels placed rookie second baseman Christian Moore on the 10-day injured list with a sprained left thumb on Thursday

Moore left the Angels’ 8-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night with the injury Moore suffered the injury when he dove for Ozzie Albies’ ground ball in the sixth inning. Moore’s hand bent awkwardly when he hit the ground.

Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery said he was grateful Moore would not require surgery, though he wouldn’t put a timetable on how much time the rookie may miss.

“Anytime you see somebody like him have an injury like that, you fear the worst,” Montgomery said, adding the hope Moore may miss two weeks may be “looking at the best-case scenario.

Moore, a 2024 ﬁrst-round draft pick from Tennessee, was hitting .189 in 53 at-bats following his promotion to the Angels on June 13.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By KEVORK DJANSEZIAN Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws against Chicago White Sox’s Vinny Capra during the sixth inning to strike him out for his 3,000th career strikeout on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

AP baseball writer

Ghim sets pace at John Deere with a62and one-shot lead

By The Associated Press

SILVIS,Ill. Doug Ghim holed out for eagle on the par-4 sixth hole and kept bogeys off his card on a dayoflow scoring Thursday.He opened with a9-under 62 in abid to become the latest ﬁrst-time PGA Tour winner at the John Deere Classic.

Ghim had aone-shot lead over Max Homa and Austin Eckroat at the TPC Deere Run, where the winning score has been20-under par or lower 12 of the past15years. He has been around longenough —six yearsonthe PGA Tour,160 tour starts as apro —toknow it’s only astart. Theconditionswere so ideal Ghim wasn’teven sure his 62 wouldhold up as the lead bythe end of the day With alittle more wind in the afternoon, the best anyonecould do was 65 by four players, including Cameron Champ and Mexico Open winner Brian Campbell “Honestly,any time you can get to 20 under or better you’re going to have achance,” Ghimsaid.“It’s

still golf.It’sstill achallenge. You have to hit fairways. Ihit alot of them today.Sojusttrying to shoot forwardsof6undereveryday and see where that putsme.”

AldrichPotgieter of SouthAfrica, the 20-year-old coming off his ﬁrst PGA Tour win lastweek in Detroit, was challenging for the lead until he stalled at the end of his round, took bogey on the par-5 17th andhad to settle for a67.

TheJohnDeere Classichas produced24first-time winners, the most of any PGATourevent since 1970, alist that includedDavis Thompson last year,Bryson DeChambeau in 2017 and Jordan Spieth in 2013. Homa and Eckroat have won before,and both are trying to rediscover their games.Homa gets the most attention,particularly since he played in the last Ryder Cup andreached No. 8inthe world until goingintoaslump that includes new equipment, anew coach and new caddie. Eckroat won twice in 2024 but it has been astrugglethisyear.He

ended lastyear at No. 35 in the world and now is at No. 75, leaving him out of the past two majors. He hasyet to finishinthe top 10 in 19 startsthis year Homaran off four straight birdiesearly andwas tied with Ghim for the lead until he missedhis final green at No. 9intoa bunker and failed to get up-and-down, his only bogey of the round. Eckroat had apair of eagles, one on the par-5 second with ashotto12feet, the other when he holed out with agap wedge from 137 yards on the par-4 fifthhole. Scoring wassolow that 18 players were at 65 or better,and more thanhalf of the 156-man field broke 70.. Michael Kimand SamStevens werepartofthe group at 64. Kim was one of those first-timewinners in 2018 when he finishedat 27-under 257 to win by eight shots. And thenheregressed in theworst way, even going back to theKorn Ferry Tour,before connecting with swingcoachSeanFoley andturning his game around.

FedExCup bonusgoes from lump

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

ThePGA Tour hasdone away with thestaggered start for the FedEx Cup ﬁnale.Inits place is a new pay structure with staggered bonuses to whoever is leading at three points in theﬁnal month of the season.

TheFedExCup champion will get $10 million, down from $25 million.However,the No. 1seed wouldstill get$25 millionifhe stays at the top throughout the playoffs.

The bonus pool remains at $100 million underthe structure released Wednesday

But instead of the FedEx Cup champion receiving $25 million at the end of the Tour Championship, the No. 1playerwill get $10 million after the regular season ends with the Wyndham Champion. Whoever leads the FedEx Cup afterthe BMW Championship gets $5 million. Andthe Tour Championshipwinner gets$10 million.

This capsanoverhaul to what the PGA Tour hopescan lead to a more compelling— andless confusing— endtothe season.

The staggered start —also known as starting strokes —gave theNo. 1seed atwo-shotlead at theTourChampionship by putting him at 10-underpar before the tournament event started.

Now the top 30 who reach East Lake will start even, just like any tournament, and whoever wins the Tour Championship is the FedEx Cup champion.

To account forthe winner-takeallnature of the Tour Championship, the paystructure was altered to make sure season-long performances were still rewarded, and top players did notget penalizedtoo much forhaving abad week at East Lake. Scottie Schefﬂer was so dominant lastyear he led the FedEx Cup allthroughthe playoffs,picking up the $25 millionbonusasthe champion. If the newpaymentstructure had been in place in 2023, however,Jon Rahmwould have received $10 million for leading the FedEx Cup going intothe playoffs; Schefﬂer would have won $5 million for leading after the BMW Championship; and Viktor Hovland would have won $10 million for being the FedEx Cup champion. Rahmwas the No. 1seed starting the2023 playoffs, tiedfor 18th in the Tour Championship and hispostseason payout was $675,000. Under the new payment plan, Rahm wouldhave received $12,208,750 forhis FedEx Cup bonus —No. 1going intothe playoff, No. 4after theBMW Championship and atie for21st in the Tour Championship.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By CAROLyN KASTER

Doug Ghim tees off on the13th hole during the firstround of the U.S. Open on June 12 in Oakmont,Pa. Ghim continued his hot playbyshooting a62inthe first round of the John DeereClassic on ThursdayinSilvis, Ill.

n The night sky overNew Orleansgets festiveFriday for GO 4TH ON THE RIVER,the annual fireworksextravaganza overthe waters of the Mississippi River, viewable from both banks.The Riverfront Marketing Group’s pyrotechnic pageantry promises to be larger and include newspecial-effect features at 9p.m., with a musicalsimulcast of patriotic tunesvia wwl com Earlier in the day, the patriotic fervor gets fired u withconcerts includinga calliope concert from the Natchez, and theGen. RoyS.Kelley fireboa showers theriver with red, white and blue fountains at 6:30 p.m. go4thontheriver.com

‘Mia X’ young attends a groundbreaking ceremonyfor the NOLA Walk of Fame in 2024.

MiaX drops outof Essence event

Rapper wasslated to performwith Master P

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

Master P’sheavily promoted

“farewell” appearance at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome this weekend will be missing one of its most potent No Limit soldiers: Mia X. “It’sstill unbelievable that I’m actuallysaying this,” Mia“Mia X” Young announced on Instagram late Sunday night. “I will NOT be performing at Essence Fest as afeatured artist in Master Pset.” She then went on to explain why At least as early as May 20, Essence Fest organizershad touted Mia Xas oneofseveral performers scheduled to take part in the Sunday night showcase in the Superdome organized by No Limit Records founder Percy“Master P” Miller The festival has promoted it as his “final performance.” However,heisslatedtoheadline the NOLA Funk Fest at downtown New Orleans’ Spanish Plazaon Oct. 18, backed by the SoulRebels.

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n ESSENCEFESTIVAL OF CULTURE returns to NewOrleans for more than 20 curated experiences that celebrate music,art wellness, style, cuisine and more through Sunday.Daytime events are mainly in the ErnestN.Morial NewOrleans Convention Center with the star-studded evening concerts at the Caesars Superdome, featuring such names as Maxwell, Nas, GloRilla, Psiryn, Babyface and Boyz II Men. Speakers,authors, academics and more will speak and share insights.Manyofthe events are free, with tickets for the concerts and otherpackages starting at $82 essencecom.

n Drummers, dancers, healers, artists and more will takepartin Ashé Cultural Arts Center’sannual MAAFACOMMEMORATIVE PROCESSION at 9a.m.Saturday starting in CongoSquare in Armstrong Park and taking a special route, stopping at St. Augustine Catholic Churchand the Tomb of the Unknown Slave, then on sites in the French Quarter.The procession, which remembers the Transatlantic SlaveTrade or in Swahili, “the great disaster,” will mark the 25th anniversaryand end at the unveiling of the Rivers Rhythms Mural at the Canal Street Ferry Terminal. ashenola.org

SWITCHING ARENAS

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

Farewell, Master P. Hello, Coach P.

Ever since he launched No Limit Records in the early 1990s and introducedhimself as the “Ice Cream Man” whowould “Make ’Em Say Uhh,” Percy Miller built his brandasMaster P, self-made rapmogul, street-savvy marketing genius and serial entrepreneur

But in recent years, his interestshave shifted. He’sdevotedmore and moretime and energy to philanthropic andcivic improvement pursuits.

He advocates for mental healthawareness and for youth programs. Mayor LaToyaCantrell designated him as New Orleans’ “entertainmentambassador.”Heisthe main driverofthe NOLA Walk of Fame, an initiative to build a Hollywood Walk of Fame-like attractiononCanal Street. Buthis primaryfocus is basketball. In early 2025, the University of New Orleans named Miller president of basketball operations.

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‘MyMom Jayne’ seekstruth with sensitivity, directness

BY JOHN WIRT

Contributing writer

Review

Mariska Hargitay, star of TV’s “Law &Order: Special Victims Unit” for 26 seasons and counting, leads adifferent kind of investigation in the HBO documentary “My Mom Jayne.” An Emmy- and Golden Globewinning actress, Hargitay makes her feature ﬁlm directorial debut with the documentary,tellingan acutely personal story through an investigator’struth-seekinglens and amotherless child’slonging to know the mother she does not

remember The daughter of 1950s and ’60s movie star and sexsymbol Jayne Mansﬁeld,Hargitay was 3years old when her mother was killed in ahorriﬁc1967 car crash. The accidenthappened during an overnightdrivefrom Biloxi, Mississippi, to New Orleans, instantly killing the three adults in the vehicle’sfront seat. Hargitay and herbrothers, Mickey Jr., 8, and Zoltan, 6,all sleeping in theback seat, survived.

“My Mom Jayne” presentsHargitay’s ﬁrst-person account of her tragically ended relationship with hermother andthe complex family history they share. Echoing

her TV character,sex crimes detectiveOlivia Benson, Hargitay’s intimate inquiry is bothsensitive and direct. The ﬁlm includes Mansﬁeld’sup-and-down career, three marriages and affair with theItalian cabaret entertainer Hargitay didn’tknow was her biological father until she was 25 years old.

“I was so angry at my mother for hurting my father (Mickey Hargitay Sr.) and leaving me so alone and untethered,” she confesses.

Hargitay gathers asmall but essential group of interviewees, including her oldest half-sibling, Jayne Marie Mansﬁeld, and older

half-brothers Mickey Jr.and Zoltan

“You haveall these memories,” she tells them. “I’m envious of that.”

Jayne Marie Mansﬁeld, born when her mother was17years old, gives her half-sister Hargitay therichest memories, while the much younger half-brothers offer impressionistic recollections. The children’sstepmother,Ellen Hargitay,and, Mansﬁeld’s101-yearold press secretary,Raymond Strait,share their memories, too. Hargitay andher editor,J.D Marlow,effectively exploit a

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PROVIDED PHOTO

Percy ‘Master P’ Millertalks with University of NewOrleans players.

PROVIDED PHOTO Jayne Mansfield was perhaps the mostphotographed woman of her time.

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday,July 4, the 185th day of 2024. There are180 days left in the year.ThisisIndependence Day

TodayinHistory: On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by delegates to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Also on this date:

In 1826, 50 years to the day after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.

In 1831, the ﬁfth president of the United States, James Monroe, died in New York City at age 73. In 1863, the Civil Warsiege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, ended as aConfederate garrison surrendered to Union forces.

In 1910, in what was billed as “The Fight of the Century,” Black world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson defeated White former champ “Gentleman” Jim Jeffriesin Reno, Nevada; race riots across thecountry following the ﬁght killed more than 20 people In 1946, the United States and the Philippines signed the Treaty of Manila, recognizing Philippine independence from the U.S. In 1960, the current 50-star version of the U.S. ﬂag was adopted.

In 1976, America celebrated its bicentennial with daylong festivities; President Gerald R. Ford made stops in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Independence Hall in Philadelphia and New York, where morethan200 ships paraded up the Hudson River in Operation Sail In 1987, Klaus Barbie, the former Gestapo chief known as the “Butcher of Lyon,” was convicted by aFrench court of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life in prison(he died inSeptember 1991).

In 2012, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva cheeredthe apparent end of adecadeslong quest for anew subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, or “God particle.”

Today’sbirthdays: Actor Eva Marie Saint is 101. Queen Sonja ofNorway is 88. Actor Karolyn Grimes (“It’saWonderful Life”)is84. Broadcast journalist Geraldo Riverais82. Funk/jazz trombonist FredWesley is 82. VietnamWar veteran and peace activist Ron Kovic is 79. Singer John Waite is 73. International Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver is 63. Christian rock singer Michael Sweet (Stryper) is 61. Actorplaywright-screenwriter Tracy Letts is 60. Actor Becki Newton is 47. TV personality Mike “The Situation” Sorrentinois43. R&B singer Melanie Fiona is 42. Singer and rapper Post Malone is 30.

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cache of family photos andhome movies and the abundant archival filmofperhaps the most photographed woman of her time. Mansfield’sallure lights movie scenes and TV appearances with Groucho Marx, Ed Sullivan, Edward R.Murrow,JackPaar and Merv Griffin.

“My Mom Jayne” begins witha montage of Mansﬁeld’slife in the brightest of spotlights. The ﬂashy

MASTER P

He’scharged with revitalizing the Privateers’ program andfilling theLakefrontArena forgames when the 2025-26 season starts in November Given all those demands,the 58-year-old Miller is stepping away from thestage

During Sunday’s closing night at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome, he will preside over arevue-style showcase of No Limit “soldiers,” including his brother Vyshonn “Silkk the Shocker” Miller,plus such guests as Dru Hill and Keri Hilson.

Essence has heavily promoted this as Master P’s“ﬁnal performance.”

That’s notentirely accurate Miller is scheduled to headline the second day of the NOLA Funk Fest at Spanish PlazaonOct. 18, backed by the Soul Rebels, the brassy ensemble that has collaborated with a slew of rappers.

He also doesn’truleout thepossibilityofcontinuingto“host” his annual springtime birthday concert at the Smoothie King Center

But Sunday,hesays, will be his Essence swan song. Walking away from the rap game, he believes, will make it easier for him to be taken seriously in other arenas.

“Once you’re stereotyped with hip-hop, you can’ttransform,” he said during aninterview in early June. “That’s whyI feel like Ihad to give up the musicstuffmoving forward.”

Gettingstretched thin

Truth be told, performing was neverhis mainpassion, nor his primary strength. He wasmosteffective as No Limit’sface andmotivator.

Clearly he is sometimes stretched

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Regardless, hisEssence appearance is intended as afarewellashe stepsback from performing in favorofother endeavors, including hisrecentappointmentaspresident of basketball operations for the University of New Orleans.

In the mid-1990s, Young became theﬁrst female artist signedtoNo LimitRecords. Her 1997 album as MiaX,“Unlady Like,” was certiﬁedgold for sales of more than 500,000 copies.

No Limit’sroster eventually driftedapart as Miller focused on other businesses andinterests. As her rap career slowed down, Young pursued such passionsascooking.She launched Mama Mia’sFoods and, in 2019, published a“cookbook memoir” titled“Things My Grandma Told Me, Things My Grandma Showed Me.”

In early 2019, she started teaching a“hip-hop ensemble” class at

intro segues to aclip from achaotic 1966 episodeof“The Merv Griffin Show.” Despite thefamily circusaround her mother —four children,incontinent dogs and third husband —little Mariska, akaMaria, steals the show.Losingcontrol of his show,Griffin admonishes 2-year-old Mariska: “Listen, getyour own show,darling.” Like her mother,Hargitay studiedacting seriously before launching hercareer.Avoiding the typecasting Mansfield experienced, she took small roles, including her film

too thin.This week, veteran No Limit rapper Mia “Mia X” Young announced shewould notperform during Sunday’sEssence Fest No Limit showcase. Though Essence has for weeks advertised her,she saidonsocial media thatshe never received acontractfrom Miller,nevergot a payment offer she felt was fair,and hadnodiscussions with him about rehearsals or any other details until lastweek. By then, shefelt it was too late to properly prepare ashow

She didn’twant arepeat of the widely panned 2017 No Limit showcase at Essence, for which she was one of the few bright spots.

In his own social media post Miller admitted he’sbeen busy with coaching andthata“miscommunication” was to blamefor the misunderstanding with Mia X.

Miscommunication also hurt the rollout of theNOLA Walk of Fame.

Theinitial list of honorees included the likesofReeseWitherspoon, DJ Khaled andBryant Gumbel, all of whom were born in New Orleans but moved away while very young.

The listalsoincluded Miller and Cantrell, which raised some eyebrows.

Miller sayshedidn’twant to honor himself, but others insisted he warranted aspotonthe Walk of Fame.

In his view,Cantrell deserved inclusion for being New Orleans’ first female mayor

Andhethought Witherspoon, Khaled and Gumbel could be inspirational to young New Orleanians, good examplesofhow being born in New Orleans is no impediment to success.

“I had to jump-start this,” he said. “Wegot toomany good people here, too many talented people from this city that everybody is gonna say should be on there. It’sagood problem to have.”

Building anew cultureatUNO

Thesedays, he’s mostexcitedto

Loyola University In recent years,she has participated in No LimitSoldierreunion concertsatvenues across thecountry.She is often cited as ahighlight of such shows. According to Young, she never signed acontract to participate in Sunday’sperformance andhas had little contact with Miller and hismanagementteaminrecent months. Miller’smanager,she said, thought her asking price was toohigh. Essenceapparently booked Miller and agreed to pay him a certainamounttoput together the showcase. Who he subcontracted, and how much he paid those other performers, was left to him.

In Young’s posting, shewrote that “there was aclashbecause of my concern about the short time and no schedule in place for rehearsals, no contract, no deposit and the fear of arepeat of 2018” —anapparent reference to an uneven No Limitshowcase at the 2017 Essence Festthat received decidedly mixed reviews.

Shewrote that on June26, sheﬁ-

debut in 1984’s“Ghoulies,”before playing the recurring character in TV’s“ER” thatled to her starring role in “Law &Order: SVU.”

Evidence being essential to any investigation, Hargitay ﬁnds long-unexplored materialin Mickey Hargitay Sr.’sstorage unit. Mansﬁeld’smarriage tothe Hungarian-born actor and former Mr.Universewas her longest and, apparently,most loving.

“She always had me,”hesays in a1989 interview.“She knew that, but it seems like, at times, it wasn’t enough.”

talk about UNO basketball. He’salways been heavily into hoops. He played forthe University of Houston. Even as he built No Limit,hecontinued to chasehis hoops dreams.Hewent through training camp with acoupleofNBA teams and dabbledinother professional leagues. He coached his sons at various levels.

Now he’scome to acceptthathis sons, at least one of whomwill play forhim at UNO, can best him at basketball.

“As afather, that’sacertain milestone, whenyou realizeyourson can outperform youphysically on the court,” he said. “I’m going to do what Igotta do. If Ijust got to foul you… that’show we do it in NewOrleans. We are competitive.

“That’swhatIloveabout this (UNO)team. We ﬁght in practice. It’slike being at afootballgame. It’s toughness, mental toughness.” UNOasa whole, as well as its basketball program,faces alitany of challenges. But pressure, in Miller’sview,can be positive.

“Pressure does twothings. It bustspipes, which people in New Orleans kind of identify with, and it creates diamonds.”

He’s looking to stock the Privateers with diamonds in therough.

This year’steam will include international players, including some fromGreece and Serbia. Miller wantstomakeaUNO basketball game an event, with entertainment andactivities similartowhatPelicans fans enjoy He wants to change the culture of the UNOprogram, andhehopes the community turns out to support it.

“This is not the same team that you’ve seen in the past,”Miller said. “We’ve got agreat coach. I feel like us together,we’re gonna change the game.

“I’m not saying that we’re gonna winthe championship. We only won four games last year.We’re

nally spoke to Miller,who blamed the lack of communication on a busy schedule Thenext night, June 27, Young joined Master Pfor aNoLimit Soldiersreunion concert at the Orion Amphitheatre in Huntsville, Alabama.

Young says she received acontract forher 2025 Essenceappearance that same day,“but at this point it wastoo late in my opinion to give the largest most celebrated festival for us what they deserved from stage coordination to wardrobe.”

She addedthatshe wasalso still “insulted”bythe “dismissal of my fair fee considering Essence pay big.”

Arepresentative for Miller said he was traveling on Mondayand unavailable to comment. He did post ashort Instagram videothat showed him sitting on aweight benchinanathleticfacility.Inthe caption, he said that he’s been “coaching. Idon’tknow where the miscommunication came from, butMia Xcan get whatever she wants from me.”

On the last dayofher life,Mansﬁeld spokewithsecond husband Hargitay by phone 90 minutes before her speeding NewOrleansbound entourage lodgedbeneath atractor-trailer on U.S. 90 near Slidell. He toldher during thecall he was ﬂying to New Orleanstobe withher andthe children

Though MickeyHargitay Sr.is beloved by MariskaHargitay,“My Mom Jayne” revealsthat, contrary to his claim until his death,heisnot her biological father.Her loyaltyto him compelled hertosuppress the identity of herbiological father for

gonna winmore than that.”

Ultimately,hesays, “This is bigger than basketball. My coach saved my life and helped me change my life, and that’swhat I wanted to do forthese kids.

“I wanttoshow them that all this stuff, you can’ttake it with you. It’s only temporary —houses, cars, jewelry,everything.

“I feel like this is my most important job, to help and educate the next generation. So thisissomething Ihave to do. This is bringing alot of joy,knowing that I’mhelping kids further their education, not just play basketball.”

He sees the turnaround Deion Sanders sparked with Jackson State University’sfootball program as amodel for what he wants to do with UNO’sbasketball program

“It’salmost being afather to these young men,” he said. “Because we call it family over everything. After basketball is over,we gonna makesure that they go off into the real world and be successfulatlife. It starts with education.

“I definitely love what Deion Sanders did in football. If Icould do half of that, my job is complete. Ideﬁnitely look up to Deion Sanders and Ilove that he believes in God the same way Ibelieve in God. Becausethese opportunities don’t come from hip-hop.”

Basketball fever aside, will he miss performing?

“I think I’m gonna miss it because this is whatpaved the way for me. But Ialso know that you can’tbeafraid to grow up and get better anddothe right thing. And so that’sthe levelI’m on.

“I feel like Godput me here not only just to entertain, but to be a part of what I’mdoing now. So Ifeel good aboutit.”

Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

In the accompanying video, he said, “I talkedtoMia X. Itell hertogive me anumber. Whatever the management wastalking about. shegonna getwhatever she wants.”

However,healsoclariﬁed that Sunday night at Essence is intended as afarewellconcert forhim and is not aNoLimit Soldiers reunionshow. Young “can perform or don’thaveto,”Millersaid. The only announced participants in the Master Pfarewell, otherthanMillerhimself,are his brother Vyshonn “Silkk the Shocker” Miller, DruHill and Keri Hilson. Other main stageperformers at Essence on Sundayincludecoheadliner Boyz II Men plus Nas, Doug E. Fresh’ssalute to 55 years of Essence Magazine, and aJermaineDupri-curated tribute to Quincy Jones featuring Tyrese, Robin Thicke, MC Lyte, Al BSure, Xscape, SWV,the Pharcyde and Mobb Deep.

Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

35 years.

“Sometimes keeping asecret doesn’t honoranyone,” shesaysof herchange of heart. More revelationscome withappearances by Hargitay’sbiological father,Nelson Sardelli, andhis daughters. Hargitay embraces themeeting as part of ahealing process, helping herreplace the decades of loss, angerand shame shefeltabout hermother withunderstanding andforgiveness. Email JohnWirtatj_wirt@msn com.

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HOLDINGS VERSUS CAROL BURGDORF HEWLETT, (A/K/A CAROL BURGDORF, CAROL HEWLETT) By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedDecem‐ber27, 2024,I have seized and will proceed to sell to thehigh‐estbidderat public auction, at theJefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 13,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐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, in that portion thereofknown as BeverlyGar‐dens Subdivi‐sion,bounded by BeverlyGarden Drive, Codifer Boulevard, Hes‐perAvenue and Metairie Road, which said lotof ground is desig‐natedby the ( )

y numberTwo (2), commences at a distance of forty-ﬁve feet, sixinches, no lines(45’6”0’”) from thecorner of BeverlyGar‐denDrive and Metairie Road, andmeasures thence eightyeightfeet,no inches,nolines (88’0”0’”) front on BeverlyGar‐denDrive, the width in the rear being ﬁfty feet,noinches, no lines (50’0”0’”),depth on thesideline nearestto Metairie Road of eighty-three feet,nine inches,six lines (83’9”6’”) and a depth on the othersideline, nearesttoCod‐ifer Boulevardof seventyfour feet,six inches threelines (74’6”3’”),all ac‐cordingto sketch of survey Gilbert andKelly,Sur‐veyor, datedOc‐tober4,1947, broughtupto date as of June 22, 1956,a copy of which is an‐nexedtoanAct passed before Allain C. Andry, Jr Notary Public,dated July 3, 1956, for reference.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025 jul4-aug8-2t $100.83

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:854-971

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERSOF THE ASSETBACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES AMQ 2007-HE2ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐TIFICATES, SERIES AMQ 2007-HE2 VS CARLOS RUS‐SELL ANDDE‐SHANON COBB RUSSELL (A/K/A DESHANON COBB, DESHANON RUS‐SELL)

pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allimprove‐mentsthereon, allrights, ways,servi‐tudes, andprivi‐legesthereunto belonging, lying andsituatedin theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐soninthatsub‐division known as St.MarySub‐division,located anddesignated with aplanof resubdivisionby Michael W. Flo‐res, datedMay 20, 1985 approved by the JeffersonParish counselunder OrdinanceNum‐ber16513, ﬁled in COB 1313, folio 60, designated as Lot10, of Square C, boundedby SantaMaria Drive, 10th Street,Cande‐lightDrive (side) andthe Mayronne Canal RightofWay Lot10measures 62 feet fronton SantaMaria Drive, 62.01 feet in therear, by depthsof94.55 feet along thesouthernly‐most sideline and93.29 feet alongthe north‐ernlymostside‐line.All as more fullyshown on survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated May 16, 1991

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit EMILYA MUELLER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025 jul4-aug8-2t $92.36

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-398 NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS ELAINE LIEBEL A/K/AELAINE O'NEAL LIEHEL

g 10 o'clock a.m. thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Lake Vistaof Jefferson, being aresubdivision of aportion of Elmwood-Lafre‐nierePlanta‐tion;according to asurvey made by Ster‐ling Mandle, Surveyor,dated May28, 1981. Said lotof ground is delin‐eatedona plan of resubdivisionby BFMCorpora‐tion,dated Sep‐tember 2, 1982, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilon March23, 1983, under Ordi‐nanceNo. 15467, TitleChange ﬁledinCOB 1044 folio 680-681, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and according thereto said Lot15A measures as follows:

Lot15A,in

Square No.26, is bounded by Re‐becca Boule‐vard,39thStreet (late21st Street), Toby Lane and37th Street (late19th Street), and measures 75 feet fronton Rebecca Boule‐vard,same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 155.85 feet between equal andparallel linesand com‐mences at adis‐tanceof361.99 feet from the

corner of 37th Street (late19th Street)and Re‐becca Boule‐vard.All as more fully shownonthe survey of Gilbert,Kelly & Couturie,Inc., datedAugust 26, 1983, resur‐veyedDecem‐ber2,1986; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property

Forinforma‐tional purposes only,the Munic‐ipal Number bears: 4725 Re‐becca Blvd., Kenner Louisiana70065.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025 jul4-aug8-2t $109.30

DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-955

GITSIT SOLU‐TIONS, LLC, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UALCAPACITY BUTSOLELYIN ITS CAPACITY AS SEPARATE TRUSTEEOFGIT‐SITMORTGAGE LOAN TRUST BBPLC1 VERSUS FLOYDA.REED ANDHOLLY GAMBLE A/K/A HOLLYELIZA‐BETH REED GAMBLE, INDEPENDENT EXECUTRIXOF THESUCCES‐SION OF JUDITH FREEMANREED A/K/AJUDY FREEMANREED By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 26, 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 Au‐gust 13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in i

Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

PUBLICATION DATE: July 4, 2025

NOCP8453 OFFICIAL NOTICE CAL. NO. 35,153 EXHIBIT 1 AMENDMENT NO 1TOTHE COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND SUSTAINING OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE(SOUL) [COVER PAGE] AMENDMENT NO. 1TOCOOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND SUSTAINING OUR URBAN LANDSCAPE FOR THE URBAN AND COMMUNITY FORESTRY PROGRAM

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (the Amendment”) is entered into by and between the City of New Orleans, represented by LaToya Cantrell, Mayor (the City”), and Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, represented by Susannah Burley,Executive (“SOUL”orthe Contractor”). The City and the Contractor aresometimes each referredtoasa Party

Printed Name:

SUSTAINING

SUSANNAH BURLEY,EXECUTIVE

ACONTAINED ON NEXT PAGE(S)] AMENDMENT EXHIBIT “A”

EXHIBIT “B” (AMENDED) Scope of Services between The City of New

Louisiana And Sustaining Our Urban Landscape Scope of Services SOUL will plant 3,500 trees during the first 4years of the project to help fulfill three Reforestation Plan neighborhood pilot projects: Little Woods, Hollygrove, and the St.Bernardneighborhood. The St. Bernard neighborhood planting project is currently in progress and USDA funds will be used to leveragecurrent work and complete the area. All trees planted will be monitored and maintained by SOULasneeded for one year after planting. All trees planted must adheretothe City’splanting standards Section 32 90 00 (Exhibit D), including applying organic mulch and installingtreewatering bags for the full durationof1-year after planting All trees will be monitored to track trees’ performance, mitigate any threats, and evaluate the success of management. Additionally, every tree will be tagged, and its impact calculated using iTreetounderstand and sharethe impact of this project by SOUL’sData and Outreach Manager Every tree will be watered weekly for one year by SOUL’s to be procured watering contractor.SOUL will continue to monitorand maintaintrees as needed until the project’sclose. The tree installation will also be implemented by both SOULvolunteers and by ato-be procured contractor between October and Marchof each planting season. They will install approximately 24 trees per day This company will also water the trees weeklytoensuretheir proper establishment. SOUL’s Dataand Outreach Manager will conduct outreach to the project neighborhoods of Little Woods, St.Bernardand Hollygrove. This will include the relevant City Council offices, neighborhood associations, homeowners’ associations, and other community-based groups. The Program and Communications Coordinator and Program and Volunteer Coordinator will permit all the trees, under the supervision of SOUL’s Operations Manager.The permits will be processed by the

pilot neighborhoods andmaintain critical relationships within the community.Theywill serve as the liaison between SOUL’s planting projects andthe community

■ $103,047 -Programand Communications Coordinator will implement the steps necessary for planting the trees creating planting plans, coordinating with Parks andParkways on permit approvals, communicating with property owners abouttreelocations andspecies, andmarking tree locations for permit approvaland planting days. They will manage the tree database, andsupport/oversee the coordinators’ field andoffice work, andcommunicatetothe community about the program andefforts.

■ $103,047 –Programand Volunteer Coordinator will recruit andmanagevolunteers in planting trees. Theywill also help draw planting plans, permit trees, contact 811, andgenerally support the tree planting program.

■ $139,903 –Administrator andGrants Manager performs all office support for the pilot plantings, including paying projectrelatedinvoices, sending invoices, maintaining an inventory of allsupplies, andcoordinating meetings with project partners. They will also ensurethatthe administrative duties support the project staying on schedule andwithin budget.

■ $126,504 -Field andTreeTechnicianwill workprimarily in the fieldassessing trees andaddressing anyissues. They will provide support with data collection.Inthe office he will maintain the inventoryofsuppliesneeded to keep the grant within budget.

oFringe -$261,870 for same positions over 5-year period based on 30% rate oTravel -$5,752 for stafftravel reimbursements. oEquipment -$0 oSupplies-$378,072 -for 3,500 15- and30-gallon trees,and supplies to support trees’ health—arbor

g g anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, State of Louisiana, City of Kenner in SQUARE NO.1 of CANNES BRULEES, bounded by CANNESPLACE CHEVAL PLACE, N. BAYOUROAD, ANTOINEWAT‐TIGNY BOULEVARDand IRISHBEND ROAD,desig‐natedasLOT NO.49ona sur‐veymade by Gilbert, Kelly andCouturie, Inc.,Sur dated October26, 1980, acopyof which is annexedhereto andaccording thereto, said LOTcommences 300 feet from thecorner of CANNES PLACEand CHEVAL PLACE, measures thence 60 feet fronton CANNES PLACE, the same widthin therear, by a depth of 110 feet between equaland paral‐lel lines; subjectto restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting theproperty.

Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal Nos. 3318 CANNESPLACE

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

ZACHARY YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:861-997

THEFEDERAL SAVINGSBANK VS THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF GABRIEL CATHEY

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILDINGSAND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND

ALLOFTHE RIGHTS,WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BELONGINGOR IN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THESTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,EAST‐BANK SUBDIVI‐SION,SQUARE 56, BOUNDEDBY NORTHDILTON STREET (FOR‐MERLYELM STREET)AND AIRLINE HIGHWAY, DES‐IGNATEDAS LOTS NO.48, 49, AND50AND MEASURINGAS FOLLOWS, TOWIT: LOTS NO.48, 49 AND50ADJOIN EACH OTHER ANDMEASURE EACH 20 FEET (TOTAL OF 60.00 FEET)FRONT ON NORTHDILTON STREET,THE SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, BY A DEPTHOF120.00 FEET BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES;LOT NO 50 IS NEARER TO ANDCOM‐MENCES 60.00 FEET FROM THE CORNER OF NORTHDILTON STREET AND VERSAILLES STREET,ALL ACCORDINGTO SURVEY BY LANDMARK SURVEYING, INC.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-240 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS KELLYR.CAU‐DLE, DIVORCED WIFE OF ROGER MALINA

of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCity of Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as University City Subdivi‐sion,and in ac‐cordance with theresubdivi‐sion of Lots 8 and9,Square80, showninaccor‐dancewiththe plan of J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,Civil Engi‐neers, dated August 23, 1976 approved by the City of Kenner Planning and Zoning Commis‐sion September22, 1976, andbythe City of Kenner CouncilonOc‐tober26, 1976, OrdinanceNo. 1933,registered in COB878, folio 31, Parish of Jef‐ferson,State of Louisiana, and property is more fully de‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: Lot No.9-A,Square 80, University City Subdivi‐sion,isbounded by John Hopkins Drive, North‐westernDrive KilgorePlace andTulane Drive, said Lot9A, measures thence 50 feet frontonJohn HopkinsDrive same width in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 110 feet,lot commences 165.26 feet from thecorner or John Hopkins Driveand Northwestern Drive, allinac‐cordance with thesurvey of J. J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated November 29,1976.

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 LGRAHAM ARCENEAUX Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025 jul4-aug 8-2t $100.83

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-295 CLICKN'CLOSE INC. VERSUS ALEXANDRA COCCO By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 31, 2025,I have 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 Au‐gust 13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, prescrip‐tions, servi‐tudes, advantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, SECTIONB,SUB‐DIVISION 6. des‐ignatedasLOT

37 SQUARE 100, which square is bounded by Guardian Av‐enue,Goodson Drive, Gibson Street and GoucherStreet, which said Lot 37 commences at adistanceof 292.05 feet from thecorner of Guardian Av‐enue and GoucherStreet which measures thence 60 feet fronton Guardian Av‐enue,bya width in therearof60 feet,bya depth between equal andparallel linesof110 feet Allmorefully shownonsur‐vey by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie,Inc., datedAugust 14, 1975, an‐nexedhereto andmadea part hereof;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affecting the property

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 2125 Guardian Av‐enue,Terry‐town, LA 70056

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 irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-320 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS PATTY K. MC‐GOWANA/K/A PATTYMC‐GOWAN 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 4, 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 Au‐gust13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT,together with allthe im‐provements servitudes, rights,ways, privilegesand appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywise appertaining, designated as UNIT NO.226, in‐cludinganundi‐vided2.9882 percent ownershipin‐terest in the Common Ele‐mentsand Lim‐ited CommonEl‐ements as more fullyset forthin that certainDe‐clarationof Condominium Ownershipof theGOLDWEST CHALET CONDO‐MINIUM, by act before Jess R. Nelson,Notary Public,regis‐teredin COB970, folio 692, recordsof Jefferson Parish Louisiana, on November 21, 1979, EntryNo. 900489, together with thesurvey, plat andother instruments anddocuments annexedthereto andincorpo‐ratedbyrefer‐ence therein, which estab‐lishes theGold West Condominium, andwhich in‐cludes among theCommonEl‐ements thereof, thefollowing describedprop‐erty: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allbuildingand improvements thereon andall of the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in COURTLAND PARK SUBDIVI‐SION,being a resubdivisionof aportion of Lot9 of Rosedale Plan‐tation by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,Surveyors, datedJanuary 15, 1963, approved by theJefferson Parish Council, OrdinanceNo. 5925, datedFeb‐ruary 14, 1963 regis‐teredinCOB 567, folio 649, andaccording to which plan of resubdivision, said lotisdesig‐natedasLOT NO 3ofSQUARE Eand described as follows: LOTNO. 3com‐mences at adis‐tanceof149.0 feet from the corner of Cleary Avenue and 33rdStreet measures 62 feet fronton Cleary Avenue same width in therear, by a depth on thesideof LotNo. 2of 213.30 feet and adepth on the side of LotNo. 4 of 212.22 feet,all as more fully shownon survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons Inc.,Surveyors, datedJune 6, 1966.

Theimprove‐ments thereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 2305 Cleary Avenue Unit 226, Metairie Louisiana70001

This sale is sub‐

ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

BRIGHAMJ LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-817 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VS PATRICKJ URCIAA/K/A PATRICKURCIA

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 20, 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 July9, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That certainlot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allofthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Terrytown Subdivision, No 8, in Square No 140, bounded by MatadorDrive, Guardian Av‐enue,and Mys‐ticAvenue,des‐ignatedasLot 10-Aonsurvey by Gilbert, Kelly &Couturie, Inc., Surveying& En‐gineering, dated March 5, 1974, acopy of which is an‐nexedtoanact of sale before ManuelI.Fisher, N.P.,dated March20, 1974, andaccording to said survey, said Lot10-A commencesat a distance of 545.17 feet from thecorner of Matador Driveand Guardian Drive, andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonMata‐dorDrive,same width in the rear,bya depth of 115 feet, between equal andparallel lines.

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

TERMS- Thefull

purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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may30-jul4-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-114

ROUNDPOINT MORTGAGE SER‐VICING LLC VS BRENTJ.WEST A/K/ABRENT WEST,HEIROF JAMESSTANLEY BASSETTAND GEORGIA HONSES BAS‐SETT

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 11, 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 9 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 of therights, ways,servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Audubon Subdivision, designated as Lot15-Aof Square 1, thereof, per plan of subdivi‐sion by John F. Marshall, dated April1 1977, approved by Kenner Ordi‐nanceNo. 2092, and ﬁledinplan book 94, folio 19, (cabinet “C”, slideno. 6-D), conveyance recordsofJef‐ferson Parish, Louisiana. And accordingto said plat,said Lot15-Aislo‐catedand mea‐suresasfol‐lows:

Said Lot15-A commences 845 feet from the corner of thein‐tersection of thenortherly rightofway line of Yenni Drive andthe west‐erly rightofway line of Loyola Driveas measured on said line of Yenni Drive. Said Lot15-A measures thence 64.45 feet front on Yenni Drive, awidth in the rear of 63 feet by adepth on itssideline nearer to Loyola Driveof110

feet,and a depthonthe opposite or westerly side‐line of 96.66 feet

Accordingto a plat of survey by R.P. Fontcu‐berta, Jr dated May15, 1987, a copy of which is at‐tached hereto andmadea part hereof,saidLot 15-Ahas the same location anddimensions as setforth above.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-187

TOORAK CAPI‐TALPARTNERS LLC VERSUS RM REAL ES‐TATE GROUP, LLC

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, in ROSE PARK AD‐DITION NO.2, beingpart oforiginalLot 101, allofLots 102 through166, in Portion"B" of HERO SUBDIVI‐SION, CITY OF GRETNA,all in accordance with survey of AlvinE.Hotard, C.E.,dated December 12, 1955, approved by theCityof Gretna under Ordinance959 on January3, 1956; said por‐tion of ground beingdesig‐natedand mea‐suring as fol‐lows,to-wit: LOTNO. 9, in

SQUARE "W", bounded by CLAIRE AVENUE, 30THSTREET, HERO DRIVEand 31ST STREET,which said lotcom‐mences 150 feet from thecorner of Hero Driveand 31st Street,and measures thence 50 feet frontonHERO DRIVE, same width in therear, by a depthof100 feet,between equaland paral‐lellines.All in accordance with survey of AlvinE.Hotard, C. E.,dated No‐vember 30, 1956, annexedtoan act before Leon A. Pradel,N.P., datedDecem‐ber3,1956.

Allinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veyofGilbert Kelly andCou‐turie, Inc.,S.and E.,dated June 26, 1979.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:855-115 NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS MARIASAN‐DOVALTREGLE A/K/AMARIA GABRIELA SAN‐DOVALTREGLE A/K/A MARIAS.TRE‐GLEA/K/A MARIATREGLE A/K/AMARIA GABRIELA SAN‐DOVALA/K/A MARIAG.SAN‐DOVALA/K/A MARIASAN‐DOVALA/K/A MARIA GABRIELA TRE‐GLE A/K/AMARIA G. TREGLE AND GERALD TREGLE 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, datedJune 27, 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 July 9, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: Twocertain lots or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all

therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances, prescriptions, and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Highway Park,inSquare No 264, bounded by IndianaAve., Iowa Avenue, Thirtiethand Thirty-First Streets, designated by Nots 4and 5on Survey by J.J. Krebsand Sons, C.E. &S., dated March 1, 1951, ablue printofwhich is annexedtoan actbeforeJor‐danBrown, No‐tary Public datedApril 18, 1951; Surveyors, datedOctober 28,1982 and found as shown as of March30, 1983, acopyofwhich is annexed to an actbefore Richrd K. Si‐moneaux, Notary Public, datedMay 11, 1983, said Lots 4 &5 hereinabove describedhave been redesignated as Lot4-A,which said Lot4-A commences at a distance of Sev‐enty-Five (75’)feet from thecornerof BruinDrive (late 31st and13th Streets) andIn‐dianaAvenue, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth between equaland paral‐lellines of 127.5’

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-881

ADMINISTRA‐TOR, U.S.

Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 13,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

Lot9,Square46, Pontchartrain Shores Subdivi‐sion,Parishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or PersonalCheck with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

ALLISONN BEASLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:858-774

U.S.BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN IT'S INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LEGACY MORT‐GAGE ASSET TRUST20 21-GS4 VS WONISKIE THIG‐PEN, JR. (A/K/A WONISKIE THIG‐PEN) AND TAMARA WILLIAMS THIGPEN(A/K/A TAMARA WILLIAMS)

JATALA A/K/A KHALIL JATALA

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 27, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce

CouncilonFeb‐ruary29, 1984, filedofrecordn March16, 1984 under Entry Number 84-11831 in COB 1070 folio 176; andasper Act of Dedication before Jacque‐lynA Bruchi,Notary Public,dated March27, 1984 filedofrecord under Entry Number 84-21695, COB 1074,folio 488; andparcelFF7F-A Shadow Lake Subdivi‐sion,being furtherresubdi‐videdinto SHADOW LAKE SUBDIVISION EXTENSIONNO. 3asper Plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,L.S., dated December 11, 1992, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilon March10, 1993, under Ordi‐nanceNo. 18698,recorded under EntryNo. 9316580, apor‐tion of said lots beingresubdi‐videdby plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,L.S., dated April9,1993, ap‐proved by theJefferson Parish Council on July 14, 1993 under Ordi‐nanceNo. 18795, recorded under EntryNo. 9343589, more specificallyde‐scribedasfol‐lows,to-wit: SQUARE G, LOT 83A,which is bounded by JASONLANE, HARVEY BOULE‐VARD, (120’ L.P. &L R.R.O.W.)PAR‐CELJ.P.2-4 180’ TRAPPCANAL R.O.W. (SIDE) AND SHADOW LAKE SUBDIVISION, EXTNO. 2 (SIDE),and commences 491.97 feet from theintersection of JasonLane andHarvey Boulevardand measures 60.00 feet fronton JasonLane, same width across therear, by adepth of 110.00 feet be‐tween equal and parallel lines. All in accordance with that survey by BFMCorpo‐ration dated June 29 1993, resur‐veyedAugust4 1993 to locate theimprove‐ments, recerti‐fied correcton August 10, 1993 andSeptember 22,1993.

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 ofCredit.

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:829-882 HOME POINT FINANCIAL VS

TAMY T. NGUYEN A/K/A TAMY NGUYEN ANDMUI T. LE A/K/AMUI LE

Onecertain lot or parcel of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part known as Westgate Subdivision, beinga resubdivisionof aportion of HighwayPark Subdivision, ac‐cordingto a plan of West‐gate Subdivisionby Roessle& Gal‐loway, Consult‐ingEngineers datedJune30, 1935, recorded in Plan Book 27, folio 29, revisedJanuary 17, 1956, recorded in Plan Book 28, folio 45, which portionof ground is desig‐natedasfol‐lows:

Lot25ofSquare LofWestgate Subdivisionand saidportion of ground that has the same designa‐tion on acertiﬁ‐cate of survey by AdloeOrr, Jr andAssociates dated March1,1957.

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 ofCredit.

ASHLEY E. MORRIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025 may30-jul4-2t $84.42

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 17, 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 July 9, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Baywood and designated as Lot44ofSquare "C", said Square "C"isbounded by Fairfield Drive, Carlisle Drive South, Ridge‐fieldRoad, High‐land DriveWest, Carlisle Drive Northand Wall Boulevard. Lot44com‐mences at adis‐tanceof320 feet from apoint on thesoutheast‐erly pointof curvethat formsthe inter‐sectionof Carlisle Drive Northand Wall Boulevardand measures thence 55 feet frontonWall Boulevard, by a width in the rear of 68.29 feet,by adepth of 136.24 feet on thesideline nearestCarlisle DriveNorth and adepth of 119.79 feet on theop‐posite sideline allinaccor‐dancewith a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc.,Surveying &Engineering, datedSeptem‐ber3,1987, a copy of which is annexed hereto and made apart hereof;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:767-786 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS

TRUSTEEFOR ARGENT

SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-W11 VERSUS ANTHONY LEWIS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly28, 2023, 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 9, 2025at10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

Onecertain lot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and allthe rights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Saulet Subdi‐vision, being a resubdivisionof Tract8-C-1, Saulet Division andportion W2A,BellPlanta‐tion,and ac‐cordingtothe plan of resubdivision by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc C.E.& S.,dated De‐cember 14, 1983, registered at EntryNo. 8354947, said lot is designated as followsto-wit: Lot15, Square C, boundedby Vineyard Lane, Meadow Lane, Saulet Place, CousinsBoule‐vard (side) LapalcoBoule‐vard (side)and Vale Lake (side) Said lot15mea‐sures67feet front, same width in therear, by a depth of 82.50 feet between equaland paral‐lellines,all in accordance with survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., dated August 14, 1990.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

COREYJ.GIRIOR Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025 may30-jul4-2t $87.92

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JAMESB WALSHAND STEVEN J. FORET

ACERTAIN POR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Section9-E of BissonetPlaza Subdivision,ac‐cording to plan of Adloe Orr, Jr &Asso‐ciates,C.E., datedJune 15, 1961, approved by the JeffersonParish Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 5143 datedAu‐gust 9, 1961, registered in COB536, folio 163, andaccord‐ingtoplanof survey made by AdloeOrr, Jr., & Associates,C.E datedSeptem‐ber26, 1962, said portionof ground is desig‐natedas LOTNO. 19, SQUARE 14, bounded by Gillen Street, CraigAvenue, Blanke Street side andPower Boulevardside andaccording theretosaidLot No.19com‐mences at a distance of 198.53 feet from thecornerof Gillen Street andCraig Av‐enue andmea‐sures thence 64 feet frontonGillen Street,same widthinthe rear,bya depth of 100 feet between equal andparallel lines, allinac‐cordance with thesurveyofJ L. Fontcuberta, Surveyor,dated June 2, 1971 a copy of which is annexedtoact of sale by Mr andMrs BenK.Nortonto Mr.and Mrs. FloydC.Watts, datedJuly21, 1971; subjectto restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ing theproperty. 7012 GILLEN STREET, METAIRIE LOUISIANA 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 irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-029

FIRSTHORIZON BANK VERSUS INGRID VALLE CHAVEZ 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 27, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, that part thereofknown as PONTCHAR‐TRAINGAR‐DENS SECTION"C",in SQUARE NO.40, bounded by GLENDALE STREET,HAR‐VARD AVENUE,FAIR‐FIELDSTREET andLIME STREET,which said lotof ground is designated by theNumber29, andcommences at adistanceof 279.04 feet from the corner of Glen‐dale Street and HarvardAvenue andmeasures thence 50.00 feet fronton Glendale Street, same widthin therear, by a depthonthe side line near‐esttoHarvard Avenue of156.20 feet (actual 156.61' as per title) and a depthonthe opposite side line of 156.20 feet (actual156.82' as pertitle); all accordingto a sketch of survey by Gilbert, Kelly &Cou‐turie, Inc.,Sur‐veying andEngi‐neering, dated September3, 1980 and recertiﬁed on May6,1984 and annexedtoan actbefore MichaelM Dorsey,Notary Public,dated May23, 1984, registered in COB1075, folio 670; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

THEIMPROVE‐MENTS

THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NO.4733 GLEN‐DALE STREET

METAIRIE, LOUISIANA 70006.

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025 jul4-aug8-2t $105.59

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-956

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS BRETTJOSEPH BOONE 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 22, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Au‐gust 13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONE(1) certain lotorparcelof 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 subdivision known as BIS‐SONETPLAZA SUBDIVISION, SECTIONNO. 5, anddesignated on theofficial plan thereof, on file and of record in the office of the Clerkand Recorder of the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, as LOTNUMBER TWELVE (12), SQUARE NINE (9), said subdi‐vision,said lothavingsuch measurements anddimensions andbeing sub‐ject to such servitudes and restrictions as aremorepartic‐ularly shown on said map; sub‐ject to restric‐tions, servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty MunicipalNo. 7000 Hastings Street,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 irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐

RETT YOUNG

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate:

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-897

RACHELLE LIBBY AARON VERSUS KENT LIBBY

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 Au‐gust 13, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, situated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jefferson, City of Kenner in that part thereofknown as Southlake Village,Section 1, PhaseB,and in accordance with Kenner City Ordinance No.7661, regis‐teredinCOB 2881, folio 208 which approved thePlanofSub‐division by J. J. Krebs& Sons Inc., dated8/8/93, said Lotisdes‐ignatedasLot 7 in SQ.“D” which Sq.isbounded by LITTLEBAYOU LANE,TECHE DRIVE, CYPRESS BAYOULANE ANDTURTLE BAYOUDRIVE (FORMERLY BOEUFBAYOU DRIVE.)

Said lotcom‐mences 387.14 feet from thein‐tersection of Little Bayou Lane andTeche Driveand mea‐suresthence65 feet frontonLit‐tleBayou Lane, thesamein which the rear,bya depth of 120 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines

Improvements ThereonBear theMunicipal Number:217 Lit‐tleBayou Lane 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 irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

PETERS.TITLE Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025

jul4-aug 8-2t $83.89

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:864-904

FEDERALHOME LOAN MORT‐GAGE CORP VERSUS ROSALIO D. VALDEZ (A/K/A ROSALIO VALDEZ)AND ANAY.RO‐DRIGUEZ DEDERAS

THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisiana, in the Parish of Jeffer‐sonin that part thereofknown as Terrytown SubdivisionNo. 2-A, formerly a part of Oakdale Subdivision, SectionB,all in accordance with a survey of AdloeOrr,Jr.,& Associates on June 3, 1959 designated as Lot20inSquare 7, said square is bounded by Adonis Way, Athena Av‐enue andApollo Street,saidLot 20 measures thence 64 feet fronton Apollo Street,by width of 56.20 feet across the rear,bya depth on thesideline nearer Apollo Street of 112.31 feet, a depth on the opposite side line nearer Athena Avenue of 109.96 feet,the said Lot20com‐mences at adis‐tanceof404 feet from thecorner of Apollo street andAthenaAv‐enue.All as more fully shownonsur‐veymadeby Gilbert, Kelly& Cou‐turie, Inc.,dated July 25, 1987. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: July 4, 2025, August 8, 2025

jul4-aug 8-2t $88.12

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-238

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS EDUARDO CROSAAND CRISTINA MON‐TOYA HERNAN‐DEZ

ONECERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as UPLAND SUB‐DIVISION, accordingto sketch of survey by E. C. Hawkins, C.E., datedAugust 23,1927,saidlot is designated as LOT96-Aon a plan of resubdi‐vision by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Inc., datedOctober 27,2016, recorded at COB 3381,folio 319in theconveyance recordsof Jefferson Parish.Said Square 26 is bounded by N. Starrett Road, Balter Street Upland Avenue andVor‐buschStreet andmeasures 50.0025 feet frontonN.Star‐rett Road,with arearwidth of 50 feet,having a depth of 135.41 feet on theside‐line adjoining Lot94-A anda depth of 134.85 feet on theopposite sideline,all as persurveyofre‐subdivision. Said Lot96-Ais composed of all of former Lots 96 and97and a portionofLot 95; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe

property Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1217 N. Star‐rett Road, 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

CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025

may30-jul4-2t $99.77

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-752

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS MAURICE SANDERSAND MURIEL E. SANDERSA/K/A MURIEL E. REED SANDERS

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 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 9, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: That Certain PieceorPortion of Ground,To‐gether With All of theBuildings and Improvements Thereon, Situ‐ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in That Part Thereof KnownasLake VistaofJeffer‐son, Being a Subdivisionof a Portionofthe Elmwood lafre‐nierePlantation, Accordingto a Survey Made by J. L. Fontcu‐berta, Surveyor,Dated August 2, 1956, Said LotisDes‐ignatedbythe No.18inSquare no.22, Bounded by Toby Lane,Lake Avenue,Craig Avenue and39th Street (formerly 21st Street)Mea‐sures60Feet FrontonToby Lane,Similar Width in The rear,bya Depth of 130.85 Feet Be‐tween Equal andParallel Linesand Be‐gins at aDis‐tanceof180 Feet From theCorner of 39thStreet (Formerly21st Street)and Toby Lane;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐

ing theproperty.

MunicipalNo. 5013 Toby Ln, 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

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans

Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025

may30-jul4-2t $88.12

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-919

ROCKET MORT‐GAGE,LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC VERSUS DEREKROBERT ANDAYANA JOHNSON ROBERT A/K/A AYANAJ ROBERT A/K/A AYANAROBERT

Onecertain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages,ap‐purtenances, and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Sections 14, 56, 86and 88, Township 14 South, Range 24 East,westof theMississippi River, com‐posedofapor‐tion of Destre‐hanDivision, beinga portion of theresubdivi‐sion of Parcels FF-1 andFF-2, Lake Timber‐lane Estates, as shownon a plan of resubdi‐vision by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,C.E.&S., datedMay 9, 1986, approved by theJefferson Parish Council under ordinance no.17031 recorded in theclerkof court’sofﬁce forthe Parish of JeffersoninCOB 1590, folio 20, re‐subdivided with Lots 25A 26A,and 65A, Square A, The Commons at Lake Timber‐

lane as shown on aplanofre‐subdivisionby Landmark Sur‐veying,Inc., L.S., datedAugust 15, 1997, as well as that plan entitled PrivacyEntry Gate Plan for theCommons at Lake Timber‐lane, datedNovem‐ber14, 1997, ap‐proved by the Jefferson Parish Councilunder ordinance no.20221, recorded in the clerkofcourt’s office forthe Parish of Jeffer‐sonunder instrument no 9802013, in COB 2976, folio 188; said property beingfurther resubdivided as perplanofre‐subdivisionby Landmark Sur‐veying,Inc., L.S., datedJune 2, 1998, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish CouncilonFeb‐ruary10, 1999 under ordinanceno. 20578, filedand registered under instru‐ment no.9913038 in COB 3002, folio 950; as cor‐rected by plan of Landmark Surveying, L.S., entitled Actof Correction to theCommons at Lake Timber‐lane,dated May 10, 1999, adoptedbythe Jefferson Parish Council under ordinance no.21303, filed andregistered in COB3056, folio 273, into theCom‐mons at Lake Timberlane said property beingfurther re‐subdivided as per plan of resubdi‐vision of Rich‐mond W. Krebs, Professional Land Surveying, L.S.,dated August 1, 2001 last revised September17, 2001, andthat EntryGatePlan forthe Commons at Lake Timber‐lane (Harvey Boulevarden‐trance)adopted by theJefferson Parish Council on October24, 2001, underor‐dinanceno. 21414, filedand registered in theoffice of the clerkofcourt forthe Parish of Jeffersonunder instrument no 10162762, in COB3064, folio 313, and accordingto which said property is des‐ignatedas Square A, Lots 25A1, 25B,26A1, and 65A1; Square B, Lots 1-16; Square C, Lots 1-21; Square D, Lots 1-21; Square E, Lots 116; Square F, Lots 1-15; Parcel 7(Townsend North (Private Street)), Parcel 8(Revere Lane (Private Street)), Parcel 9(thecontinua‐tion of WyndhamNorth (Private Street)), Parcel 10 (the continu‐ationofWynd‐hamSouth (Private Street)), Parcel 11 (Townsend West (Private Street)), Parcel 12 (Jemison Lane (Private Street)).

Lot13, Square F, TheCommons at Lake Timber‐lane is bounded by Wyndham North, WyndhamSouth (side),Revere Lane (side),and Townshend West andmea‐suresa total of 54.99 feet title measurement, 54.96 feet actual measurement frontonWynd‐ham North, has a depth in the rear of 53.68 feet titlemea‐surement,50.28

feet actual measurement, hasa depth alongthe Town‐shendWestside of 129.11 feet anda depth alongthe Wynd‐hamSouth side of 111.84 feet Allinaccor‐dancewithsur‐veybyJohnson Professional Land Surveyors, Inc.,dated Feb‐ruary21, 2003, resurveyed March25, 2003 to locate forms, resurveyed March31, 2003, to locate slab, resurveyed July 2, 2002, a copy of which is annexedtoact datedAugust5, 2003, registered in COB3105, folio 710, Jefferson Parish,LA.

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

DENNISF WIGGINS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025 may30-jul4-2t $192.94

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-920

TIKVAPART‐NERS LLC VERSUS RITA ELENORA FORURIAKULICK A/K/ARITA ELENORA FORURIADON‐NELS KULICK

(formerlyLotola Avenue), desig‐natedasLOT R4ona blue print of survey by W. F. Calongne,C.E., datedMarch 8, 1955, more re‐cently desig‐natedand de‐scribedasLot "4-R"inaccor‐dancewithsur‐veybyJ.L Fontcuberta, Surveyor,dated August 1, 1955, a certiﬁed copy of which is an‐nexedtoact be‐fore John F. Stafford,N.P.of date September1 1955, as follows: Lot"4-R" mea‐sures60feet frontonN.Star‐rett Road,a sim‐ilarwidth in the rear,bya depthof115 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.Said Lot"4-R" begins at adistance of 1258.13 feet from thecorner of N. Starrett Road andOlga Street.All in ac‐cordance with a survey by F. G. Stewart, Surveyor,dated August 29, 1964, acopyofwhich is annexedtoact passedbefore Edmond G. Mi‐ranne,N.P., datedOctober 2, 1964; also in accordance with asurveyby J. J. Krebsand Sons,Inc C.E. & S.,certiﬁed cor‐rect on Janaury28, 1968, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoact passedbefore Edmond G. Mi‐ranne Notary Public; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing min‐eral rights of record affectingthe property

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

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

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

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025 may30-jul4-2t $114.06

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:847-600

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS TRAVIS NEW‐BAUER

pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on July9, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m.the followingde‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

ACERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, situ‐ated in the PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,STATE OF LOUISIANA, in WILLOWDALE SUBDIVISION, SECTIONNO. 4, apartofElm‐wood Lefreniere Plan‐tation,inSquare No.17, bounded by Boutall Street,Elise Av‐enue, West Napoleon Avenue and Tina Street, des‐ignatedasLot No.762, allin accordance with thesurvey of AdloeOrr, Jr &Associates C.E.,dated April 17, 1959, approved by Jef‐ferson Parish CouncilonAu‐gust 20, 1959, under Ordi‐nanceNo. 4196, which said lotcommences at adistanceof 435 feet from thecornerof Boutall Street andElise Avenue,and measures thence 60 feet frontonBoutall Street,the same in widthin therear, by a depthof105 feet between equaland paral‐lellines,all in accordance with thesurvey of AdloeOrr, Jr., &Associates, C.E.,dated Janu‐ary 31, 1962; subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineral rights of record affectingthe property

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 5912 BoutallStreet, Metairie,LA 70003. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior securityin‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit CANDACEA COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: May30, 2025, July 4, 2025 may30-jul4-2t $93.42