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Judgerules Horton suit will stay in statecourt

BY MATT BRUCE Staff writer

Alawsuit that alleges one of the nation’slargest homebuilders erected single-family residences withmoldand water intrusionissuesacrosssouth Louisiana will remain in state court fornow,aBaton Rouge judge has ruled.

Donald Johnson, the 19thJudicial District Court’schief judge, metedout thejudgmentin a22-page order released late Tuesday afternoon. He determined the sales contract that West and Alicia Dixonsigned to buy their Youngsville home in 2014 “is not legally binding or enforceable.”

“The Dixons alwaysknew that if given theopportunity to present the evidenceina fairforum, the facts would carry theday.”

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

There aren’tmany football players who have meant more to Louisiana than Tyrann Mathieu. Anative of NewOrleans, born in the 7th Ward, Mathieu was an outright star at St. Augustine. He was asensation at LSU, where he earned “Honey Badger” as anickname. And he thrived in the NFL, winning accolade after

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

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accolade on his way to eventually playing for his hometown team Now,he’scalling it acareer

The decision took theSaints somewhat by surprise, but general manager Mickey Loomis said Mathieu gave “advanced notice” of his choice

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TheNew Orleans Saints safety unexpectedly announced his retirement Tuesday on aday when he was supposed to report fortraining camp. Instead,the 33-year-old decided to hang up his cleats after 12 seasons— stepping away from a decorated career that saw Mathieu earnthree All-Pros, threePro Bowls and win one Super Bowl.

Ofﬁcials at LouisArmstrong NewOrleansInternational Airport say if passenger growthcontinues trendingupward at the rate it has been until recently, the airport will need 15 moregates, another parking garage, and new ticket counters, security checkpoints andbaggage claimareas by 2031. In order to meet the additionalneeds,the airport is beginning to plan for asecond new terminal, Aviation Director Kevin Dolliole told theNew Orleans City Council Transportation Committee on Tuesday Whileitseemsvirtuallyimpossiblethatthe airport

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The ruling meansthe Dixons’ lawsuit won’tberelegated to arbitration, where plaintiffattorneys said evidentiary rules of disclosure are morerestrictive and the expense to litigate could cost the Dixons tensofthousands of dollars.Instead of arbitration, the case will remainin district court, where it could proceed to trial forajury to decide whether D.R. Horton should pay the couple damages. That remains along way off. Johnson’sdecision is almost certaintobechallengedinthe 1stCircuit Court of Appeal, and possibly the Louisiana SupremeCourt. Attorneysand spokespersons for D.R. Horton were not immediately available for comment Tuesday evening after the ruling came in.

LANCE UNGLESBy, attorney for the plaintiffs

Lance Unglesby,the NewOrleans attorney

See JUDGE, page 7A

BY MARK BALLARD Staff writer

WASHINGTON Speaker of the House Mike Johnson sent U.S. representativeshome aday earlyasa debate over whether to releaserecords from the federal investigation into convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein continues to roil Congress. For morethan aweek,Democrats and ahandful of Re-

publicansinCongress have repeatedly pressed foravote to demand the release of the Epstein files. Those demands havehaunted proceedings in both chambers of Congress. House leadership had hoped to vote on an immigration measure and abill on environmentalregulation this week. But that can’thappen without the House Rules Committee first clearing the legislation, and that panel has bogged down as Democrats repeatedly try to force avote on releasing the files. Johnson, aRepublican from ä See HOUSE, page 6A

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Speakerofthe House MikeJohnson, R-Benton, joined by Majority Leader SteveScalise, R-Jefferson, blames Democrats, former PresidentJoe Biden, and Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie, of Kentucky,for the Jeffrey Epstein situation during anewsconference on Tuesday

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Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu celebrates after an interception last seasonagainst the Eagles.

Colbert jokes about ‘cancel culture’

Stephen Colbert returned for his ﬁrst full program after last week’s announcement that CBS was canceling his “Late Show” with some supportive late-night guests, a joke about cancel culture and an extremely pointed remark directed at President Donald Trump.

“I’m going to go ahead and say it: Cancel culture’s gone way too far,” Colbert said to a rambunctious audience that loudly chanted his name. CBS and parent Paramount Global said the decision to end the “Late Show” next May was purely ﬁnancial. It hasn’t gone unnoticed and was mentioned by Colbert on Monday night — that the announcement came days after the comic had sharply criticized Paramount’s $16 million settlement of Trump’s lawsuit over a “60 Minutes” interview Colbert, known for his sharp comic takedowns of the Republican president, said that “over the weekend, it sunk in that they killed off our show But they made one mistake. They left me alive.” Now, he said, “I can say what I really think of Donald Trump, starting right now.” As his audience cheered him on, Colbert said, “I don’t care for him. Doesn’t seem to have the skill set to be president.”

He read a passage from a Trump social media message saying that he loved that the “untalented” Colbert had been ﬁred.

“How dare you, sir,” Colbert said. “Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?” The show switched to a close-up camera where Colbert appeared to say, “f*** you,” the word bleeped out and his mouth blurred.

Jim Jordan deposed in suit tied to sex abuse

COLUMBUS, Ohio Republican

U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan was among those questioned under oath this month about the sexual abuse of Ohio State University athletes decades ago by a team doctor according to a court ﬁling.

Jordan’s deposition Friday came in a federal lawsuit brought by former student athletes against the university over its failure to stop abuse by Dr Richard Strauss, who died in 2005. Hundreds say they were abused by Strauss, who worked at the school from 1978 to 1998.

Many ex-wrestlers over the years have accused Jordan, who served as assistant coach of the Ohio State wrestling team from 1986 to 1994, of knowing about the abuse and failing to act.

The 10-term congressman’s office had declined to confirm Friday’s deposition, but it reiterated Jordan’s denial of any awareness of Strauss’ crimes or the coverup. “As everyone knows, (House Judiciary) Chairman Jordan never saw or heard of any abuse, and if he had, he would have dealt with it,” a statement said. Jordan formerly sat for questioning during the university’s independent investigation of the matter, but this was his first time under oath.

A Monday court ﬁling shows attorneys for the former athletes also questioned Michael Murphy and John Doe 72, both plaintiffs in the case and former long-time Ohio State Athletic Director Andy Geiger

No lifeguard on duty when actor drowned

There was no lifeguard on duty when Malcolm-Jamal Warner drowned off the coast of Costa Rica on Sunday, according to the nation’s volunteer lifeguard group. Warner 54, was caught in a rip current and drowned on Playa Grande in Limon, the Caribbean Guard said Monday Bystanders attempted to save Warner and performed CPR on the beach, but it was unsuccessful, the group said.

“Playa Grande is one of our most challenging beaches,” the Caribbean Guard wrote “It’s a beach known by local surfers and there are signs (in English and Spanish) that warn of the danger of death by drowning.”

However, the lifeguard group had moved resources to two other nearby beaches, Playa Negra and Chiquita, known for their own strong rip currents.

Trump says Philippines will pay 19% tariffs

President reaches trade agreement

BY DIDI TANG and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said he has reached a trade agreement with Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos Jr., following a meeting Tuesday at the White House, that will see the U.S. slightly drop its tariff rate for the Philippines without paying import taxes for what it sells there.

Trump revealed the broad terms of the agreement on his social media network and said the U.S. and the Philippines would work together militarily The announcement of a loose framework of a deal comes as the two countries are seeking closer security and economic ties in the face of shifting geopolitics in the Indo-Paciﬁc region.

Marcos’ government indicated ahead of the meeting that he was prepared to offer zero tariffs on some U.S. goods to strike a deal with Trump. The Philippine Embassy did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

Marcos’ three-day visit to Washington shows the importance of the alliance between the treaty partners as China is increasingly assertive in the South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing have clashed over the hotly contested Scarborough Shoal.

Washington sees Beijing, the world’s No. 2 economy, as its biggest competitor, and consecutive presidential administrations have sought to shift U.S. military and economic focus to the Asia-Paciﬁc in a bid to counter China. Trump, like others before him, has been distracted by efforts to broker peace in a range of conﬂicts, from Ukraine to Gaza.

Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. would impose a 19% tariff rate on

the Philippines, down from a 20% tariff he threatened starting Aug. 1. In return, he said, the Philippines would have an open market and the U.S. would not pay tariffs.

Without further details on the agreement, it’s unclear how it will impact their countries’ economies.

Trump wrote that Marcos’ visit was “beautiful,” and it was a “Great Honor” to host such a “very good, and tough, negotiator.”

Appearing before reporters in the Oval Ofﬁce ahead of their private meeting, Marcos spoke warmly of the ties between the two nations.

“This has evolved into as important a relationship as is possible to have,” said Marcos, the ﬁrst Southeast Asian leader to hold talks with Trump in his second term.

When asked how he plans to balance his country’s relationships between the U.S. and China, Marcos said there was no need to balance “because our foreign policy is an independent one.”

“Our strongest partner has always been the United States,” said Marcos, whose country is one of the oldest U.S. treaty allies in the Paciﬁc region.

On Tuesday when asked about the U.S. defense commitment to the Philippines, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said, “Whatever cooperation the U.S. and the Philippines have, it should not target or harm any third party, still less incite confrontation and heighten tensions in the region.”

China, the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan have been involved in long-unresolved territorial conﬂicts in the South China Sea, a busy shipping passage for global trade.

The Chinese coast guard has repeatedly used water cannons to hit Filipino boats in the South China Sea. China accused those vessels of entering the waters illegally or encroaching on its territory

Trump announces deal with Japan that lowers tariff to 15%

BY JOSH BOAK Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation.

“This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs There has never been anything like it,” Trump posted on Truth Social, adding that the United States “will continue to always have a great relationship with the Country of Japan.”

The president said Japan would invest “at my direction” $550 billion into the U.S. and would “open” its economy to American autos and rice. The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1. With the announcement, Trump is seeking to tout his ability as a dealmaker — even as his tariffs, when initially announced in early April led to a market panic and fears of

slower growth that for the moment appear to have subsided. Key details remained unclear from his post, such as whether Japanese-built autos would face a higher 25% tariff that Trump imposed on the sector

But the framework ﬁts a growing pattern for Trump, who is eager to portray the tariffs as a win for the U.S. His administration says the revenues will help reduce the budget deficit and more factories will relocate to America to avoid the import taxes and causing trade imbalances to disappear

But the wave of tariffs continues to be a source of uncertainty about whether it could lead to higher prices for consumers and businesses if companies simply pass along the costs. The problem was seen sharply Tuesday after General Motors reported a 35% drop in its net income during the second quarter as it warned that tariffs would hit its business in the months ahead, causing its stock to tumble. As the Aug 1 deadline

Deputies caught on camera punching, dragging Black driver

Fla. sheriff says there’s more to story

BY JEFF MARTIN Associated Press

A video showing Florida deputies punching and dragging a Black man from his car during a trafﬁc stop has sparked nationwide outrage, with civil rights lawyers accusing authorities of fabricating their arrest report.

The footage shows that William McNeil Jr., 22, was sitting in the driver’s seat, asking to speak to the Jacksonville deputies’ supervisor, when authorities broke his window, punched him in the face, pulled him from the vehicle, punched him again and threw him to the ground.

“What happened to William McNeil Jr is a disturbing reminder that even the most basic rights — like asking why you’ve been pulled over — can be met with violence for Black Americans,” lawyers Ben Crump and Harry Daniels said in a statement. Crump is a Black civil rights attorney who has gained national prominence representing victims of police brutality and vigilante violence.

“William was calm and compliant,” they said. “Yet instead of answers, he got his window smashed and was punched in the face, all over a questionable claim about headlights in broad daylight.”

The sheriff said the cellphone camera footage from inside the car “does not comprehensively capture the circumstances surrounding the incident.”

But Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters says there’s more to the story than the cellphone video that went viral. He warned the public about “a rush to judgment” that could lead to faulty conclusions. McNeil’s lawyers say the video clearly depicts police brutality Body camera footage of the encounter shows that McNeil had been repeatedly told to exit the vehicle, and though McNeil earlier had his car door open while talking with authorities, he later closed it and appeared to keep it locked for about three minutes before deputies forcibly removed him.

The vantage point of the bodycam footage that was released makes it difﬁcult to see the punches that were thrown.

The cellphone footage from the Feb. 19 arrest shows that seconds before being dragged outside, McNeil had his hands up and did not appear to be resisting as he asked, “What is your reason?” He had pulled over and had been accused of not having his headlights on, even though it was daytime, his lawyers said.

“Part of that stems from the distance and perspective of the recording cell phone camera,” the sheriff said in a statement, adding that the video did not capture events that occurred before ofﬁcers decided to arrest McNeil. Cameras “can only capture what can be seen and heard,” the sheriff added. “So much context and depth are absent from recorded footage because a camera simply cannot capture what is known to the people depicted in it.” A key point of contention in the police report is a claim that McNeil was reaching toward an area where a knife was. Deputies later found the knife on the driver’s side ﬂoorboard of his car when they searched it after taking McNeil into custody

“The suspect was reaching for the floorboard of the vehicle where a large knife was sitting,” Ofﬁcer D. Bowers wrote in his report.

“The suspect continued to attempt to pull away from ofﬁcers and refused to place his hands behind his back.”

for the tariff rates in his letters to world leaders is approaching, Trump also announced a trade framework with the Philippines that would impose a tariff of 19% on its goods, while American-made products would face no import taxes The president also reafﬁrmed his 19% tariffs on Indonesia. The U.S ran a $69.4 billion trade imbalance on goods with Japan last year according to the Census Bureau.

America had a trade imbalance of $17.9 billion with Indonesia and an imbalance of $4.9 billion with the Philippines. Both nations are less afﬂuent than the U.S. and an imbalance means America imports more from those countries than it exports to them.

The president is set to impose the broad tariffs listed in his recent letters to other world leaders on Aug. 1, raising questions of whether there will be any breakthrough in talks with the European Union. At a Tuesday dinner, Trump said the EU would be in Washington on Wednesday for trade talks.

McNeil

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President Donald Trump greets Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr upon arrival at the White House on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

TrumprehashesgrievancesonRussiainvestigation

Gabbardreport

questionselection interference

BY ERIC TUCKER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump rehashed longstanding grievances over the Russia investigation that shadowed much of his ﬁrst term, lashingout Tuesday following anew report from his intelligence director aimed at casting doubt on long-established ﬁndingsabout Moscow’s interference in the2016election.

“It’stime to go after people,” Trump said from the Oval Ofﬁce as he repeated a baseless claimthat former President Barack Obama andother ofﬁcials hadengaged in treason.

Trump was not making his claims for the first time, but he delivered them when administrationofficials are harnessingthe machinery of thefederal government to investigate the targets of Trump’sderision, including key officials responsible forscrutinizingRussia’s attemptstointervene on Trump’sbehalf in 2016.

Thebackward-looking inquiries are taking place even as the Republican administration’snational security agencies are confronting global threats.

But they haveserved as arallyingcry forTrump, who is tryingtounifyapolitical base at odds over the Jeffrey Epstein case, with some alliespressing to disclosemoreinformation despite the president’spush to turnthe page.

Trump’sattack prompted arare response from Obama’spost-presidential

ofﬁce.

“Ourofﬁce does not normally dignify theconstant nonsenseand misinformation ﬂowing out of this White House with aresponse,” said Patrick Rodenbush, an Obama spokesman.

“Buttheseclaims areoutrageous enough to merit one. These bizarre allegations are ridiculous anda weak attemptatdistraction.”

Trump’stirade,a detour from his official business as he hostedthe leader of thePhilippines, unfolded againstthe backdrop of a newreport from Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard thatrepresented his administration’slatest attempttorewrite thehistory of the Russia investigation, which has infuriated him for years.

Thereport,released Friday, downplayed theextent of Russian interference in

and-leak operation of Democratic emails by intelligence operatives working with WikiLeaks, as well as acovert foreign inﬂuence campaign aimedatswaying public opinion and sowing discord through fake social media posts.

Gabbard’sreportappears to suggest the absence of manipulationofstate election systems is abasis to callinto questionmoregeneral Russianinterference.

Democrats swiftly decriedthe report as factually flawed and politically motivated.

the 2016 election by highlighting Obama administration emails showingofﬁcials had concludedbefore and after the presidential race thatMoscow hadnot hacked state election systems to manipulatevotes in

Trump’sfavor

But Obama’sDemocratic administration never suggested otherwise, even as it exposed other meansby which Russia interfered in the election, including through amassive hack-

“It is sadly not surprising that DNI Gabbard,who promisedtodepoliticize the intelligence community,is once againweaponizing her position to amplify thepresident’selection conspiracy theories,” Sen. MarkWarner,the top Democratonthe Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote on X.

Hunter Bidencriticizes advisers over father’s 2024 campaign

ProminentDems likeClooney,party leaderstargeted

BY MEG KINNARD and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press

WASHINGTON— Former President Joe Biden’sson Hunter, seen by some as the problem child of the Democratic Party for legal and drug-related woes that brought negative attention to his father,islashing out against Democratic “elites” and others over the way he says his father was treated during lastyear’s presidential campaign Hunter Biden spoke publicly in recent interviews about last year’s election, when Joe Biden ultimately dropped his bid and Donald Trump won the White House. In athree-hour,expletiveﬁlledonline interviewwith

him in thewaning days of his candidacy andadministration. He also laid bare critiques of theparty’s opewration andoperatives that, he says, aren’t well-serving its oppositiontoTrump and the Republican Party.

Here’salookatsome of the moments in HunterBiden’s interview:

AndrewCallaghanofChannel 5, he directed ire toward actor and Democratic Party donorGeorge Clooney for his decision to call on the elder Bidentoabandon his 2024 reelectionbid. He alsoranted against longtime Democratic advis-

ersheaccusedofmaking money off the party and trading off previous electoral successes, but not helping candidates’current efforts.

The lengthy screed made plain theyounger Biden’s feelings that his father was mistreated by those around

Hunter Bidenspared no feelings in his assessment of the actor,questioning why anyone shouldlisten to the “Ocean’sEleven” star Clooney supported Joe Biden’sbid for asecond term, even headlining a record-setting fundraiser for the then-president,but changedhis stance after Biden’sdisastrous debate performance against Trump in June 2024.

Clooney made his feelings known in an opinion piece in The New York Times, adding hisvoice to mounting calls for the then-81-year-old pres-

ident to drop his presidential bid. Biden ended up leaving the race afew weeks later and endorsed his vice president, Kamala Harris, who went on to lose to Trump. “What right do you have to step on aman who’sgiven 52 years of his f****** life to the services of this country anddecide that you, George Clooney,are going to take out basically afull page ad in the f****** New York Times to undermine thepresident, Hunter Biden said before he trailedoff to talkabout how Republicans are moreuniﬁed than Democrats.

Los Angeles-based representatives forClooney did notrespond to an emailed request for comment. There were also weighty critiquesofa numberof longtimeDemocratic advisers. Anita Dunn, alongtime Bidensenior adviser,has made “$40 to $50 million” off of work for the Democratic Party,HunterBidensaid. James Carville, adviser to former PresidentBillClinton, “hasn’trun arace in 40 f****** years.” Former Obama strategistDavid Axelrod,Hunter Biden said, “had one success in his political life,and that wasBarackObama —and that was because of Barack Obama.” Other former Obama aides who now host “Pod Save America,” are “four white millionairesthat are dining out on theirassociation with Barack Obama from 16 years ago,” he said. One of the four,Tommy Vietor,Mondayonsocial media applauded Hunter Biden’sdecision “to process the election, look inward, and hold himself accountable for howhis family’sinsular, dare Isay arrogant at times, approach to politics led to this catastrophic outcomewe’re all now living with.”

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when you need it most

Debbie Torres facedone of life’s biggest challengeswith unwavering faith, deep love for her family,and avillage of support behind her. Diagnosedwith StageIII ovariancancer, Debbie considered multipletreatment options before choosing LCMC Health. She leaned on her care teamsat LakeviewHospital and East JeffersonGeneral Hospital,and gained critical supportfromher churchcommunity,friends,and family,especiallyher husband Chris and daughterAngelle.Truetoform,Debbie brought light into the darkestmoments of her journey, from wearingtealwigs to singing karaoke. Her storyisa reminder to listen to our bodies, lean on our people, and alwayschoosefaith overfear.

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PresidentDonald Trumpsaid on Tuesdaythat ‘It’s time to go after people’ as he repeated aclaimthat former President Barack Obama and other officialshad engaged in treason.

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In 2022, President JoeBiden shakes hands withactor, directorand producer GeorgeClooneyduring the Kennedy Center honorees reception at the White House.

Ex-Black Sabbath lead singer became areality star

BY MARK KENNEDY AP entertainment writer

Ozzy Osbourne, the gloomy,demon-invoking lead singer of the pioneering band Black Sabbath who became the throaty,growling voice —and drug-and-alcohol ravagedid—ofheavy metal, died Tuesday,just weeks afterhis farewell show.Hewas 76.

“It is with more sadness than merewordscan convey that we have to reportthat ourbeloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with hisfamily and surrounded by love. We ask everyone to respectour family privacy at this time,” afamily statement from Birmingham,England, said. In 2020, he revealed he had Parkinson’sdisease after suffering afall.

Either clad in black or bare-chested, the singer was oftenthe target of parents’ groups for hisimagery and once caused an uproar for biting the headoff abat. Later,he would reveal himself to be adoddering and sweet fatheronthe reality TV show “The Osbournes.” Black Sabbath’s1969 self-titled debutLPhas been likened to the Big Bang of heavy metal. It came during the height of the Vietnam Warand crashedthe hippie party, dripping menaceand foreboding. The cover of the record was of a spooky ﬁgure against astark landscape. The music was loud, dense and angry,and marked ashift in rock ’n’ roll.

The band’ssecond album, “Paranoid,” includedsuch classic metal tunes as “War Pigs,” “Iron Man” and “Fairies Wear Boots.” The song “Paranoid” only reachedNo. 61 on the BillboardHot 100 but became in many ways the band’s signature song. Both albums were voted among thetop 10 greatest heavy metal albums of all time by readersofRollingStone magazine “BlackSabbath are the Beatles of heavy metal. Anybody who’sserious about metal will tell you it all comes down to Sabbath,” DaveNavarroofthe band Jane’sAddiction wrote in a2010 tribute in Rolling

Stone. “There’s adirectlineyou can draw back from today’smetal, through Eighties bands like Iron Maiden, back to Sabbath.” Sabbath ﬁred Osbourne in 1979 forhis legendaryexcesses, like showing up late for rehearsals and missing gigs. “Weknew we didn’t really have achoice but to sack him because he was just so out of control. But we were all very down about thesituation,” wrote bassist Terry “Geezer”Butler in his memoir,“Into theVoid.”

Osbourne reemerged thenext yearasasolo artist with “Blizzard of Ozz” andthe followingyear’s “Diary of aMadman,”bothhard rock classics that went multiplatinum and spawned enduringfavorites such as “Crazy Train,” “Goodbye to Romance,” “Flying High Again” and “You Can’tKill Rock andRoll.” Osbourne was twice inducted to theRock &Roll Hall of Fame —once with Sabbathin2006 andagain in 2024 as asolo artist. The original Sabbath lineupreunited for theﬁrst timein20years in July for what Osbourne said would be his ﬁnal concert Metallica, Guns NRoses, Slayer,Tool, Pantera, Gojira, Alice in

Chains, Lamb of God, Halestorm, Anthrax, RivalSons and Mastodon alldid sets. TomMorello, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler,Billy Corgan, Ronnie Wood,Travis Barker,Sammy Hagarand more made appearances “Black Sabbath: We’d all be differentpeople without them, that’s the truth,” said Pantera singer Phil Anselmo. “I know Iwouldn’tbe up here withamicrophone in my hand without Black Sabbath.”

Osbourne embodied the excesses of metal. His outlandish exploits included relievinghimself on the Alamo, snorting aline of antsoff asidewalk and, mostmemorably biting thehead off the live bat that afan threw onstageduringa 1981 concert. (He said he thought it was rubber.)

Osbourne was sued in 1987 by parentsofa19-year-old teen who died by suicidewhile listening to his song “Suicide Solution.” The lawsuit was dismissed. Osbourne saidthe songwas really about the dangersofalcohol, which caused thedeath of his friend Bon Scott, lead singer of AC/DC.

Then-CardinalJohnJ.O’Connor of NewYork claimedin1990that

Osbourne’ssongs ledtodemonic possession andeven suicide. “You areignorant about the true meaning of my songs,” the singer wrote back. “You have also insulted the intelligenceofrock fans allover theworld.”

AudiencesatOsbourne shows could be mooned or spit on by the singer.Theywouldoften be hectored to scream alongwith thesong, but the Satan-invoking Osbourne would usually send the crowds home with their ears ringing and ahearty “God bless!”

He started an annual tour Ozzfest —in1996 afterhewas rejected from thelineupofwhat was then the top touring music festival, Lollapalooza. Ozzfest has gone on tohost such bands as Slipknot, Tool, Megadeth,Rob Zombie, System of aDown, Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park.

Osbourne’slook changed little over his life. He worehis long hair ﬂat, heavy black eye makeup and round glasses, often wearing a cross around his neck.In2013, he reunited with Black Sabbath for thedour,raw “13,” which reached No.1onthe U.K. Albums Chart and peaked at No. 86 on the U.S Billboard 200. In 2019, he hada Top10hit when featured on Post Malone’s“Take What YouWant,” Osbourne’sﬁrst song in the Top10 since 1989.

In 2020, he released the album “Ordinary Man,” which had as its title song aduet with EltonJohn. In 2022, he landed his ﬁrst career back-to-back No. 1rock radio singlesfrom his album “PatientNumber9,” which featured collaborationswith Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Mike McCready, Chad Smith, Robert Trujillo and Duff McKagan. It earned four Grammy nominations, winning two. (Osbourne won ﬁve Grammys over his lifetime.)

John Michael Osbourne was raised in the gritty city of Birmingham. Kids in school nicknamed him Ozzy,short forhis surname. As aboy,heloved theFour Seasons, Chuck Berry and Little Richard. The Beatles madeahuge impression.

“They came fromLiverpool, which wasapproximately 60 miles north of where Icome from,” he told Billboard. “So all of asudden it was in my grasp, but Inever thought it would be as successful as it became.”

In the late 1960s, Osbourne had teamed up with Butler,guitarist Tony Iommi and drummer Bill Ward as thePolka Tulk Blues Band. They decided to renamethe band Earth, but found to their dismaythere was another band with that name. So they changedthe name to the American title of the classic Italian horror movie “I Tre VoltiDella Paura,” starring Boris Karloff: Black Sabbath.

Oncetheyfound their sludgy ominous groove, the band was productive, putting out their self-titled debut and “Paranoid” in 1970, “Master of Reality” in 1971, “Vol. 4” in 1972 and “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” in 1973.

The music wasall about industrial guitar riffs and disorienting changes in time signatures, along with lyricsthatspoke of alienation anddoom. The Guardian newspaper in 2009 said the band “introduced working-class anger stonersludge grooves and witchy horror-rock to ﬂower power.Black Sabbath confronted theemptyplatitudes of the1960s and, along with Altamont and Charles Manson, almostcertainly helpedkill offthe hippy counterculture.”

AfterSabbath, Osbourne hadan uncanny knack for calling some of the mostcreative young guitarists to his side. When he wentsolo, he hiredthe brilliant innovator Rhoads, who playedontwo of Osbourne’sﬁnest solo albums, “Blizzard of Ozz” and “Diary of aMadman.” Rhoads was killed in afreak plane accident in 1982; Osbourne released the live album “Tribute” in 1987 in his memory.

Osbourne then signed Jake E. Lee, who lent his talents to the platinum albums “Bark at the Moon” and “The Ultimate Sin.” Hotshot Zakk WyldejoinedOsbourne’s band for“No Rest forthe Wicked” andthe multiplatinum“No More Tears.”

Much later,awhole new Osbourne would be revealed when “The Osbournes,”whichran on MTV from 2002-2005, showed this one-time self-proclaimed madman drinking Diet Cokes as he struggled to ﬁndthe HistoryChannel on his new satellite television or warning his kids not to smoke or drink before theyembarked on a night on the town.

Forces kill over 1,000 aid-seekers, report says

Israeli troops target Gaza residents as hunger worsens

BY WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip

More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip, mostly near aid sites run by an American contractor, the U.N. human rights ofﬁce said Tuesday

Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed 25 people across Gaza, according to local health ofﬁcials.

Desperation is mounting in the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts say is at risk of famine because of Israel’s blockade and nearly two-year offensive. A breakdown of law and order has led to widespread looting and contributed to chaos and violence around aid deliveries.

Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid — without providing evidence of widespread diversion — and blames U.N. agencies for failing to deliver food it has allowed in. The military says it has only ﬁred warning shots near aid sites. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed American contractor, rejected what it said were “false and exaggerated statistics” from the United Nations

The Gaza Health Ministry which is part of the Hamasrun government and staffed by medical professionals, said Tuesday that 101 people, including 80 children, have died in recent days from starvation. The deaths could not be independently veriﬁed, but U.N. ofﬁcials and major international aid groups say the conditions for starvation exist in Gaza. During hunger crises, people can die from malnutrition or from common illnesses or injuries

that the body is not strong enough to ﬁght.

Israel eased a 21/2-month blockade in May, allowing a trickle of aid in through the longstanding U.N.-run system and the newly created GHF Aid groups say it’s not nearly enough.

Dozens of Palestinians lined up Tuesday outside a charity kitchen in Gaza City, hoping for a bowl of watery tomato soup. The lucky ones got small chunks of eggplant. As supplies ran out, people holding pots pushed and shoved to get to the front.

Nadia Mdoukh, a pregnant woman who was displaced from her home and lives in a tent with her husband and three children said she worries about being shoved or trampled on, and about heat stroke as daytime temperatures hover above 90 degrees.

“I do it for my children,” she said. “This is famine — there is no bread or ﬂour.”

The U.N. World Food Program says Gaza’s hunger crisis has reached “new and astonishing levels of desperation.”

Ross Smith, the agency’s director for emergencies, told reporters Monday that nearly 100,000 women and children are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and a third of Gaza’s population is going without food for multiple days in a row MedGlobal, a charity working in Gaza, said five children as young as 3 months had died from starvation in the past three days.

“This is a deliberate and human-made disaster,” said Joseph Belliveau, its executive director “Those children died because there is not enough food in Gaza and not enough medicines, including IV ﬂuids and therapeutic formula, to revive them.”

The charity said food is in such short supply that its own staff members suffer

dizziness and headaches.

Of the 1,054 people killed while trying to get food since late May, 766 were killed while heading to sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, according to the U.N. human rights ofﬁce. The others were killed when gunﬁre erupted around U.N. convoys or aid sites.

Thameen al-Kheetan, a spokesperson for the U.N. rights office, says its figures come from “multiple reliable sources on the ground,” including medics, humanitarian and human rights organizations. He said the numbers were still being verified according to the office’s strict methodology Palestinian witnesses and health officials say Israeli forces regularly fire toward crowds of thousands of people heading to the GHF sites. The military says it has only fired warning shots, and GHF says its armed contractors have only fired into the air on a few occasions to try

to prevent stampedes.

A joint statement from 28 Western-aligned countries on Monday condemned the “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians.”

“The Israeli government’s aid delivery model is dangerous, fuels instability and deprives Gazans of human dignity,” read the statement, which was signed by the United Kingdom, France and other countries friendly to Israel. “The Israeli government’s denial of essential humanitarian assistance to the civilian population is unacceptable.”

Israel and the United States rejected the statement, blaming Hamas for prolonging the war by not accepting Israeli terms for a ceaseﬁre and the release of hostages abducted in the militant-led attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which triggered the ﬁghting.

Hamas has said it will release the remaining hostages only in return for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal. Israel says it will keep ﬁghting until Hamas has been defeated

or disarmed. Israeli strikes killed at least 25 people Tuesday across Gaza, according to local health ofﬁcials.

One strike hit tents sheltering displaced people in the built-up seaside Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, killing at least 12 people, according to Shifa Hospital, which received the casualties. The Israeli military said that it wasn’t aware of such a strike by its forces. The dead included three women and three children, the hospital director, Dr Mohamed Abu Selmiya, told The Associated Press. Thirty-eight other Palestinians were wounded, he said. An overnight strike that hit crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in Gaza City killed eight, hospitals said. At least 118 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. “A bag of ﬂour covered in blood and death,” said Mohammed Issam, who was in the crowd and said some people were run over by trucks in the chaos. “How long will this humiliation continue?”

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TammanyParish Government, located at 21490 Koop Dr,Mandeville, La. 70471 on Friday,September5th,2025 at 11:00 a.m. to consider levying additional or increased millage rates without further voter approvaloradopting the adjustedmillage ratesafter reassessment and rolling forward to rates not to exceed the prior year’smaximum. The estimatedamount of tax revenues to be collected in the next year from the increased millage is $1,896.969 and the amount of increase in taxes attributable to the millage increase is $127,648.65.This is not anew tax and St. TammanyFire Protection District No. 8shall not exceed the voter approved maximummillage rate.

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Palestinians carry sacks of flour unloaded from a humanitarian aid convoy that reached Gaza City from the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

a few days ago

“I just have so much respect for Tyrann and what he’s accomplished,” Loomis said. “He’s a legendary Louisiana player a legendary NFL player I really appreciate his time with us. He was fantastic. I have a lot of good things to say about him. What a great career, and I just wish him all the best.”

Added coach Kellen Moore: “Just a spectacular NFL career His work ethic playmaking skills, the impact he had on this community and this league, just incredible.”

Mathieu spent the past three seasons with the Saints after joining them in 2022 He arrived with championship experience, having won a Super Bowl with the Kansas City Chiefs to cap the 2019 season. Playing for the Saints, he had said, was a dream come true — he often shared how he drove down to Canal Street to celebrate the Saints’ ﬁrst-ever title.

As a Saint, his years were productive. Though New Orleans did not make the playoffs in his three seasons, Mathieu recorded 10 interceptions, three forced fumbles and 228 tackles. He also did not miss a game in that span, starting all 51 contests.

That Mathieu proved to be so reliable is perhaps not what many expected to start his career The safety, after all, was famously dismissed from LSU after failing repeated drug tests before the 2012 season that led him to enter rehab. And when he turned pro the following year Mathieu wasn’t drafted until the third round in

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the Shreveport area, made clear the House would not vote on resolutions involving the Epstein ﬁles until the Trump administration has an opportunity to get approval from a federal district court to release grand jury testimony.

“We all understand that the America First agenda and the American people are best served by putting an end to the Democrats’ side shows, and that’s what we are doing by not allowing the Rules Committee continue with that nonsense this week,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Benton, said Tuesday The Epstein records release is coming but needs to be handled carefully in order to protect the victims, he added Instead, the full House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on small and largely uncontroversial bills, then head home. It was scheduled to adjourn Thursday; representatives

part because of the question marks around his situation.

“I was just trying to convince people that I care about the game,” Mathieu said last year, recalling his draft process. “You know what I mean? I would do anything to stay on track.”

When Mathieu entered the NFL, landing with the Arizona Cardinals, the safety demonstrated the same kind of versatile skill set that made him an absolute star at LSU.

He was the “Honey Badger” a player who could line up all over

are scheduled to return Sept. 2

‘Witch hunt’

A prominent ﬁnancier, Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution. He died by suicide in prison while awaiting trial in 2019 on federal accusations that he trafﬁcked dozens of underage girls, some as young as 14 years old.

Epstein had associations with many prominent celebrities and businessmen, including former President Bill Clinton and British Prince Andrew, as well as President Donald Trump His death spurred widespread conspiracy theories that he was murdered, that he kept a list showing he had trafﬁcked girls for powerful people and that he was blackmailing some of those who used the girls.

During the 2016 presidential campaign against Hillary Clinton, Trump himself began raising the specter of a cover-up to protect prominent Democrats. Conspiracy theories bloomed with claims, without proof, that Epstein was

the ﬁeld and force turnovers at a high rate. He even rocked a buzz cut with bleach-blonde hair on top to start his career, which was part of his signature look in college. Despite the controversies off the ﬁeld, Mathieu was a beloved player at LSU. Former Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas tweeted how the safety was “must see TV” every Saturday Mathieu, listed then at 5 feet, 9 inches and 170 pounds, didn’t have the size typical of his position, but he had the speed — and heart — to wreck op-

murdered to counteract his blackmailing elite men whose names were in his client list. Conservative media ﬁgures claimed Democrats didn’t want the list to become public because they would implicate high-ranking party ofﬁcials.

While Biden was in ofﬁce, nowFBI Director Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, Patel’s chief deputy, repeatedly condemned Democrats for not releasing the ﬁles, saying they contained the smoking gun linking elites to sex crimes with underage girls groomed by Epstein.

But federal law enforcement leaders this month released a twopage report that stated the files contained “no credible evidence” that Epstein was murdered, his client list didn’t exist and he blackmailed no one.

Trump has ferociously pushed back on accusations his administration is covering up the ﬁles. He said the whole debate is “sort of a witch hunt,” while taking questions Tuesday in the Oval Ofﬁce with Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr

one-year deal with the Houston Texans. After restoring his stock in Houston, he spent the next three seasons with the Chiefs — a stint that earned Mathieu recognition as one of the best safeties of his generation. In Kansas City, in addition to the team’s Super Bowl success, Mathieu earned two of his three Pro Bowl nods and was named firstteam All-Pro twice. He was named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade team. But his time there came to an end in 2022 when his contract expired and the Chiefs chose not to re-sign him.

The Chiefs’ choice was New Orleans’ gain. And following all those years away, Mathieu embraced the city and then some upon his return. He was a nominee for the league’s Walter Payton Award in 2023 and used his charitable foundation to give back to the community. He was a near-constant presence, helping disadvantaged children throughout New Orleans.

posing offenses. His second year at LSU resulted in a nomination for the Heisman Trophy

“Best football player I’ve ever shared a locker room with,” former LSU center T-Bob Hebert tweeted.

In the NFL, Mathieu hit stardom, but his journey was far from easy In six seasons with the Cardinals, he suffered two separate seasonending ACL injuries. He was unceremoniously released from the team in 2018 when he refused to take a pay cut and settled for a

During Tuesday’s news conference at the Capitol, Johnson and his second-in-command, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, also blamed Democrats.

“For four years, the Democrats hid and covered up the Epstein ﬁles,” Scalise said “We’re going to continue pushing for transparency.”

“We’re done being lectured on transparency by the same party that orchestrated one of the most shameless, dangerous political cover-ups in the history of this country or any government on the face of planet earth,” Johnson added, saying Democratic aides and ofﬁcials hid President Joe Biden’s mental decline. “They all participated in it.”

Some Republicans break ranks

But it’s not just Democratic members calling for release of the documents, another illustration of the political high-wire act Johnson constantly faces with a slim GOP majority Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ken-

On Tuesday, Mathieu did not give an official reason for his retirement. He had largely stayed away from the Saints in the offseason by skipping voluntary workouts, but his absences weren’t unusual for a player of his caliber and Mathieu reported for mandatory minicamp in June. Earlier this month, however, Mathieu revealed that he was “beyond delighted” at the birth of his newborn daughter In an Instagram post, Mathieu wrote that he was “ﬁlled with gratitude” and thanked teammates, coaches and fans for their support as he hung up his cleats.

“I hope I made you proud out there,” Mathieu wrote. “This isn’t goodbye it’s just the next chapter.”

tucky is pressing for the full chamber to vote on a resolution calling for the Epstein ﬁle release without being ﬁrst approved by the House Rules Committee.

Rep Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina, asked on X on Tuesday for a ﬂoor vote on the resolution that the Rules Committee did forward but Johnson tied up.

“I led Republicans in a serious resolution — that protects victims — to expose the truth about the Epstein files, just like President Trump promised. But leadership is stalling,” Norman said. “The American people deserve action, not excuses. Let’s vote on it before August recess and get it DONE!!” Then a subcommittee asked for and received permission from the GOP majority House Oversight and Government Reform committee on Tuesday to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a prison term after being convicted of helping Epstein ﬁnd young girls. Email Mark Ballard at mballard@theadvocate.com.

could have another new terminal underway,much less completed, in six years, the facility will need the increased capacity onceits passenger count reaches9.7 million “enplanements” ayear,Dolliole said.Enplanements measurethe number of departing passengers from an airport.

Armstrong International has been on target to hit that passenger count by 2031, though arecent softening in domestic and internationalair travel could slowthe projection, he said.

“New Orleans, like the restof the country,isexperiencing it,” Dolliolesaid. “It’sseeninthe industry as atemporary thing and that we will get back to normal.”

Dolliole’sremarkswerepartof an update on the airport’smaster planning process, which kicked off nearly twoyears ago andisnearingcompletion. As part of that process, consultants have been studying travel trends and mappingout the airport’sneeds overthe next ﬁve, 10 and 20 years

Later this summer,the airport will present its ﬁndings to locals, who will have an opportunitytoweigh in. Then the airport will ﬁnalize amore detailed master plan with construction timelines, estimated price tags and funding sources

In the six years since it opened, the airport’s$1.3 billion NorthTerminal has won rave reviews from designers and customer satisfaction surveys, bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic, and continued to attract new air service.

Among the new routes at the airport in the past year are Alaska

Air’sdaily service to Portland,

Oregon; AveloAirlines’ serviceto

New Haven, Connecticut; Breeze Airways’ service to Tampa, Florida,and Myrtle Beach, SouthCarolina;and SpiritAirlines’service to Honduras andMexico.

Even more are on the way,including directnonstop service to Los Angelesand LasVegas on Breeze, Dolliole said.

Meanwhile, passenger counts have grown from 5.9 millionenplanements in 2022 to 6.6 million last year

Based on the increasedtrafﬁc, airport planners have been forecasting a“high growth” scenario for the localairport,whichwould call for signiﬁcant expansion quickly

Dolliole said projectionscall for 15 more gates and an addi-

tional 31,000-square-feet of ticket lobby space, 53,000-square feet of security checkpointspace and 78,000-square feet of baggage claim area.

“The additional capacity needs willdrivethe growthofa second terminal,” he said.

As currently envisioned in future phasesofthe plan, thenew terminal would be built to thewest of the existing terminal, which would be expanded to the westand to theeast and connect to the new terminal. Eventually,the facility would have thecapacity to accommodate 60 gates.

Airport ofﬁcials sayit’scritical to begin planning for expansion, whichisrequiredbythe Federal AviationAdministration which,

through Congress, approvesand helps fund airport construction projects.

“The airport industry standard is to beginimplementationoffacility growth at least ﬁve years ahead of the projected timeframe of when it will be needed,” said airport spokesperson Erin Burns.

“Now that theairport is nearing completion of its master planning process, we are preparing to move intothe design phase of theproject andsubsequently into construction.”

Dolliole also updated the council committee on several projects currently underway at the airport.

The ﬁrst phase of anew $52 million road will be builtonairport property connecting the north terminal

with the old

where economy parking,

are

ing and rental

The road will be dedicated for shuttle busesthatcurrently have to navigate public streets to get between the old airport terminal and the newone.Itisexpected to cut the drive time between the terminals in half

A$45 million baggage explosion detection system is also under construction. When completed in late 2026, it will give the airport 25% morecapacity to inspect bags. Upgrades to existing runways are also underway

Email Stephanie Riegel at stephanie.riegel@theadvocate. com.

leading the Dixons’ legal team, called it a“big win” that will hold up in appeals.

“Weare conﬁdent Chief Judge Don Johnson’s thoughtful opinion is bulletproof,” Unglesby said. “The Dixons always knew that if given the opportunity to present theevidence in afair forum, the facts would carry the day.Ithas already been ahard

ﬁght, butthe correct application of the law by the judge accomplished what the First Circuit Court of Appeal required.We are looking forward to our day in court in frontofLouisiana citizens. This is abig win forLouisianahomeowners.”

TheDixons ﬁled the lawsuit in March 2022. Theyalleged D.R. Horton soldthema homewith an poorly designed HVAC system thatwasn’tbuilt to stand up to Louisiana’sblistering summertime humidity.Attorneys for the plaintiffs have argued ofﬁcials for

the Texas-based companyknew their ventilation systems were faulty andschemed to keep buyers from takinglegal action by duping them into signingsales contracts witharbitrationclauses buried in agreements the that barred homeowners from suing the company in court. D.R. Horton’sattorneyshave insisted from theoutset that the issue should be settled in arbitration, citing thefact that theDixons twice signedasales contract with abinding arbitration clausethat directsany legal disputes intome-

diationunder construction industryarbitration rules.

Johnson, in Tuesday’sdecision, noted that the original sales agreement the Dixons signed in April 2014 hadmaterial differencesfroma sales agreement they signed two months later. Salesagents for the company told them they were simply reexecuting theold contract because the original was an illegible print out and needed to be updated.

But Johnson said the price of the homewas different on the two contracts, and he said no D.R.

Horton representativessigned the second contract of sale, making it unenforceable.

Johnson’sruling wasthe first time ajudge weighed in on the arbitrationissue after more than three years. It is apivotal decision in thelawsuit,whichispoised to becomeasweeping class-action caseinvolving hundreds of other Louisiana homeowners who purchased D.R. Horton-built houses after 2007.

Email Matt Bruceatmatt. bruce@theadvocate.com.

Trump administration again withdraws from UNESCO

Funding pulled from cultural agency

BY FARNOUSH AMIRI and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS

The Trump administration announced Tuesday that it will once again withdraw from the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, an expected move that has the U.S. further retreating from international organizations.

The decision to pull U.S. funding and participation from UNESCO comes two years after the Biden administration rejoined following a controversial, five-year absence that began during President Donald Trump’s ﬁrst term. The White House cited similar concerns as it did in 2018, saying it believes U.S. involvement is not in its national interest and accusing the agency of promoting anti-Israel speech.

The decision, which won’t go into effect until December 2026, will deal a blow to an agency known for preserving cultural heritage through its UNESCO World Heritage Sites program — which recognizes signiﬁcant landmarks for protection, ranging from the Taj Mahal to Egypt’s pyramids of Giza and the Grand Canyon National Park.

The agency also empowers education and science across the globe.

It is the Trump administration’s latest move to pull support for U.N. agencies under a larger campaign to reshape U.S. diplomacy Under the “America First” approach, the administration has pulled out of the U.N. World Health Organization and the top U.N. human rights body, while reassessing its funding for others. This has left the U.N., which is in the process of its own massive overhaul,

U.S. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement that the withdrawal was linked to UNESCO’s perceived agenda to ‘advance divisive social and cultural causes.’

reevaluating core programs and initiatives and what the international body would look like without support from the U.S. — its largest donor.

State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement that the withdrawal was linked to UNESCO’s perceived agenda to “advance divisive social and cultural causes.”

She added that UNESCO’s decision in 2011 “to admit the ‘State of Palestine’ as a Member State is highly problematic, contrary to U.S policy, and contributed to the proliferation of anti-Israel rhetoric within the organization.”

UNESCO director general Audrey Azoulay said she “deeply” regrets the U.S. decision but said it was expected and that the agency “has prepared for it.” She also denied accusations of anti-Israel bias, saying it contradicts “the reality of UNESCO’s efforts, particularly in the ﬁeld of Holocaust education and the fight against antisemitism.”

Azoulay added that “the reasons put forward by the United States of America are the same as seven years ago, even though the situation has changed profoundly, political

tensions have receded, and UNESCO today constitutes a rare forum for consensus on concrete and action-oriented multilateralism.”

Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the U.N., celebrated the announcement, saying in a statement that it is a “ﬁtting response to the consistent misguided antiIsrael bias of UNESCO, an organization that has lost its way.”

The Biden administration had rejoined UNESCO in 2023 after citing concerns that China was ﬁlling the gap left by the U.S. in UNESCO policymaking, notably in setting standards for artiﬁcial intelligence and technology education.

“Unilaterally withdrawing the United States from UNESCO is another assault by the Trump administration on international cooperation and U.S global leadership,” Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said.

“This decision cedes more ground to U.S. competitors, especially China, who will take advantage of America’s absence to further shape the international system in their favor.”

BY DIDI TANG Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump on Tuesday said a trip to China might be “not too distant,” raising prospects that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies may meet soon to help reset relations after moving to climb down from a trade war

Trump made the remarks while hosting Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr at the White House, where he praised the “fantastic military relationship” with Manila as the U.S. looks to counter China’s inﬂuence in the Indo-Paciﬁc region. Yet, Trump still said the U.S. is “getting along with China very well. We have a very good relationship.” He added that Beijing has resumed shipping to the U.S. “record numbers” of muchneeded rare earth magnets, which are used in iPhones and other high-tech products like electric vehicles.

Widely speculated about since Trump returned to the White House, a summit between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping would be expected to stabilize — even for a short while — a difﬁcult relationship deﬁned by mistrust and competition

Beijing believes a leaderlevel summit is necessary to steady U.S.-China relations and that Trump must be wooed because he has the ﬁnal say on America’s policy toward China, despite more hawkish voices in his Cabinet, observers say The question, however, is when.

Danny Russel, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said Trump has consistently shown his hunger for a visit to China and that Beijing has used that to bolster leverage.

“As soon as the leadership in Beijing is satisfied that Trump will be on his best behavior and will accept terms for a deal that they think are favorable, they will give a green light to the visit,” Russel said. Sun Yun, director of the China program at the Washington-based think tank Stimson Center, said a visit “is in the making” with two sides likely to strike a trade deal.

What Trump said might mean the visit would not be in September but “potentially November but still depends on whether they play ball on trade and other things we want,” Sun said.

Trump’s campaign to impose tariffs on other countries kicked off a high-stake trade war with Beijing. China raised tariffs on U.S. goods to 125% in response to Trump’s hiking the tax on Chinese goods to 145%.

Both sides also imposed on each other harsh trade restrictions on critical products: China on rare earths, and the U.S. on computing chips and jet engine technology Trade tensions, however, eased following two rounds of high-level talks in Geneva and London, when the two sides agreed to lower tariffs — pending a more permanent deal by midAugust and pull back on trade restrictions.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” that he will be meeting with his Chinese counterparts in Stockholm next week to work on “what

is likely an extension” of the Aug. 12 deadline.

“I think trade is in a very good place with China,” Bessent told host Maria Bartiromo. “Hopefully, we can see the Chinese pull back on some of this glut of manufacturing that they’re doing and concentrate on building a consumer economy.”

He said he also expects to bring up China’s purchases of Russian and Iranian oil and Beijing’s role in aiding Moscow in its war against Ukraine.

Beijing has not announced any travel plans for Vice Premier He Lifeng, who led trade negotiations in both Geneva and London on behalf of the Chinese government, but it is not unusual for China to make such announcements closer to a travel date.

In a possible friendly gesture, Beijing on Tuesday said it suspended an antitrust investigation into chemical maker DuPont’s operations in China. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation made the announcement in a oneline statement but gave no explanation for the decision. DuPont said in a statement it is “pleased” with China’s action.

Chinese regulators launched the investigation in April against DuPont China Group, a subsidiary of the chemical giant, as part of Beijing’s broad, retaliatory response to Trump’s sky-high tariffs.

Beijing also has agreed to approve export permits for rare earth

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BY REBECCA BOONE Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho Bryan Ko-

hberger, the masked man who snuck into arental home near the University of Idaho campus and stabbed four stud ent s to death in late 2022, is expected to face the families of his victims in court Wednesday at his sentencing hearing

Whether those families will get any answers about why he diditorhow he came to target the home on King

Road in Moscow remains to be seen. But Kohberger,30, is expected to be sentenced to life in prison formurdering Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle, Kaylee Goncalves and Ethan Chapin in the rural collegetown of Moscow. He pleaded guilty earlier this month in adealtoavoid thedeath penalty. He will have an opportunity to speak at the sentencing —aswill the lovedonesofhis victims. Mogen, Kernodle, Goncalves and Chapin were found stabbed to death on Nov.13, 2023. The crime horriﬁed the city,which hadn’t seen ahomicideinabout ﬁve years, andprompted a massive hunt for theperpetrator

Kohberger,agraduate student in criminologyat nearby Washington State University,was arrested in Pennsylvania, where his parents lived, roughly six

weeks later

Police said they recovered DNA from aknife sheath found at thehome, and used genetic genealogytoidentify Kohberger as apossible suspect.They accessed cellphone datatopinpoint his movementsand used surveillance camera footage to help locate awhitesedan that was seenrepeatedly driving past thehome on the night of the killings.

AQ-tip from the garbage at his parents’ house was used to match Kohberger’s DNA to geneticmaterial from the sheath, investigatorssaid.

Kohberger’sattorneys got thetrial moved to Boise afterexpressingconcernsthat thecourt wouldn’tbeable to ﬁnd enough unbiased jurors in Moscow.But Judge StephenHipplerrejected their efforts to get thedeath penalty taken off thetable and

Smokingoroxygenmachine may have caused deadly Mass.ﬁre

10 killed at assisted-living facility

BY KIMBERLEE KRUESI and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press

FALL RIVER, Mass. Aﬁre that killed 10 people at aMassachusetts assisted-living facility was unintentionally caused by either someone smoking or an electrical issue with an oxygen machine, investigators said Tuesday.

The state’s deadliest blaze in more than four decades hashighlighted thelackof regulations governingassisted-livingfacilities that often care for low-income or disabled residents. So far,investigators haveremained mum on the possibility of criminal charges related to the ﬁre at

Gabriel House in Fall River, and declined to answerwhen asked during aTuesday news conference.

thatelectrical outlets, lights, heaters or cooking appliances sparkedthe ﬁre.

to strike critical evidence including the DNA —from being admitted in trial.

Thetrial hadbeen set to begin next month

In exchange for Kohberger admitting guilt and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors agreed not to seek his execution. Instead, both sides agreed to recommend that he serve four consecutive life sentences without parole for thekillings.

The victims’ familieswere split on how they felt about theplea deal.

If theyknow why Kohbergerdid it, investigators haven’tsaid so publicly.Nor is it clear why he spared two roommates who werehome at the time.

Cellphone location data did show Kohberger had beeninthe neighborhood multiple timesbefore the attack.

Latah

County Prosecutor

Bill Thompson has said that Kohberger used hisknowledge about forensic investigations to attempt to cover his tracks by deep cleaning his vehicle after the crime.

Police say Kohberger’s Amazon purchase history shows he bought amilitarystyle knifeaswell as the knifesheath found at the home. But the knife itself was never found.

The case drewwidespread interest andjudgesfeared the publicity could harm Kohberger’s righttoafair trial. Asweeping gag order was imposed andhundreds of court documentswere sealed from public view

After Kohberger pleaded guilty,acoalitionofnews organizations including The Associated Press asked that thegag order be lifted and thedocumentsbeunsealed Hippleragreed, butsaid unsealing the documents

will take time andthatprocesswon’t begin until after the sentencing hearing. It’s not clear how many answers they might contain. The families andsurviving roommates of thevictims will have the opportunity during the sentencing hearing to describe the damage the killings have done to them. Because there areso many of them,the hearing could stretch into Thursday Kohberger will also have the opportunity to speak. Defendants sometimes use such chances to express remorse, askfor mercy,orto saywhateverelsetheythink the court should hear before sentencing. But Kohberger also has the right to remain silent despite asuggestionfrom PresidentDonaldTrump that the judge should force Kohberger to explain himself

The Massachusetts fire marshal, JonDavine, said thepresence of medical oxygen contributed tothe ﬁre’sspread on the night of July13. The blaze left some residents of the three-story building hanging out windowsand screamingfor help.

“Please, there’struly no safe way to smoke. But smoking is especiallydangerous when home oxygenis in use,” Davine said Tuesday Investigators are still collecting evidence on numerous aspectsofthe case, including whether the facility’s sprinkler system worked as it should,saidThomas Quinn, thedistrict attorney for BristolCounty. He told reporters there was no sign

The blazebegan in astudio apartment on the second floor of the facility, where investigatorsfound theremains of smoking materials, abattery-powered scooter and an oxygen concentrator. It’s hard to know exactly what happened, Davine said, becausethe person wholived in the room was among the victims of theﬁre.

Members of thelocal firefighter’sunionhavesaidunderstaffing madeitharder to respond to the blaze, and made thefire deadlier

EarlierTuesday, Democratic Gov.Maura Healey saidthe state was releasing $1.2 million to hire more emergency response personnel for the blue-collar city about 50 miles south of Boston.

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Wall Street ticks up to another record

Wall Street inched to another record Tuesday following some mixed proﬁt reports, as General Motors and other big U.S. companies gave updates on how much President Donald Trump’s tariffs are hurting or helping them. The S&P 500 added 0.1% to the all-time high it had set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 179 points, or 0.4%, though the Nasdaq composite slipped 0.4% from its own record.

General Motors dropped 8.1% despite reporting a stronger proﬁt for the spring than analysts expected. The automaker said it’s still expecting a $4 billion to $5 billion hit to its results over 2025 because of tariffs and that it hopes to mitigate 30% of that. GM also said it will feel more pain because of tariffs in the current quarter than it did during the spring. That helped to offset big gains for some homebuilders after they reported stronger profits for the spring than Wall Street had forecast. D.R. Horton rallied 17%, and PulteGroup jumped 11.5%. That was even as both companies said homebuyers are continuing to deal with challenging conditions, including higher mortgage rates and an uncertain economy So far, the U.S. economy seems to be powering through the uncertainty created by Trump’s on-and-off tariffs. Many of Trump’s proposed taxes on imports are currently on pause, and the next big deadline is Aug. 1. Talks are underway on possible trade deals with other countries that could lower the stiff proposals before they kick in.

LA Times owner plans to take paper public

Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the Los Angeles Times since 2018, said this week that he intends to take the newspaper public in the coming year

During an interview on Monday’s “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” Soon-Shiong said the move would allow the Times “to be democratized and allow the public to have ownership of this paper.”

Soon-Shiong said he’s working with “an organization that’s putting that together right now.” He didn’t identify the organization or say whether the deal would involve an initial public offer to sell shares of the company or another investment arrangement.

“Whether you’re right, left, Democrat, Republican, you’re an American. So the opportunity for us to provide a paper that is the voices of the people, truly the voices of the people, is important,” he said.

Soon-Shiong, a biotech billionaire, acquired the Times as part of a $500 million deal, returning it to local ownership two decades after the Chandler family sold it to Tribune Co. Soon-Shiong’s purchase raised hopes after years of cutbacks, circulation declines and leadership changes.

Altman warns of AI voice fraud crisis

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warned of a looming fraud crisis in the ﬁnancial industry due to AI’s ability to mimic voices. Speaking at a Federal Reserve conference Tuesday, Altman criticized ﬁnancial institutions still using voiceprints for authentication.

He called this practice outdated, as AI can now create voice clones that are nearly indistinguishable from real voices.

Voiceprinting became popular over a decade ago for wealthy clients but is now vulnerable to AI-driven fraud. Altman emphasized the need for new veriﬁcation methods.

The central bank’s top regulator Michelle Bowman suggested exploring partnerships to address these challenges.

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Coca-Cola has sold Mexican Coke — which uses cane sugar — in the U.S since 2005, but it’s positioned as a trendy alternative and sold in glass bottles. Coke with cane sugar likely will be more widely available.

What to know about soda sweeteners as sugar returns to American Coke

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press

President Donald Trump teased the announcement last week, but the Coca-Cola Co. confirmed it

Tuesday: A cane sugar-sweetened version of the beverage maker’s trademark soda will be released in the U.S. this fall.

For decades, Coke and the makers of other soft drinks have generally used high fructose corn syrup or artiﬁcial sweeteners in their products manufactured in the U.S. But American consumers are increasingly looking for food and drinks with fewer and more natural ingredients, and beverage companies are responding.

PepsiCo and Dr Pepper have sold versions of their ﬂagship sodas sweetened with cane sugar since 2009.

Coca-Cola has sold Mexican Coke — which uses cane sugar — in the U.S. since 2005, but it’s positioned as a trendy alternative and sold in glass bottles. Coke with cane sugar likely will be more widely available.

Many consumers know that consuming too many sweets can negatively affect their health, but soda drinkers sometimes debate if either cane sugar or high fructose corn syrup is better (or worse) than the other

The short answer is that it doesn’t make a difference, said Marion Nestle, one of the nation’s top nutrition experts and professor emeritus at New York University

High fructose corn syrup is made of the simple sugars glucose and fructose in liquid form. Cane sugar, also known as sucrose, is made of glucose and fructose

bonded, but quickly split, Nestle explained. Both are still sugars, with about the same amount of calories.

Whether a can of Coca-Cola contains one or the other, it will still be a sugary drink with about the same amount of calories and the same potential to increase welldocumented health problems from obesity and diabetes to tooth decay

Why the switch?

High fructose corn syrup costs less. According to price data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the wholesale price of HFCS-55, the type of corn syrup most commonly used in beverages, averaged 49.4 cents per pound last year. The average wholesale price of reﬁned cane sugar was 60.1 cents per pound, while the average wholesale price of refined beet sugar was 51.7 cents per pound.

But high fructose corn syrup has advantages beyond price. According to a 2008 paper in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, high fructose corn syrup is more stable than sugar when added to acidic beverages, and it can be pumped directly from delivery trucks into storage and mixing tanks.

Why a cost difference?

Tariffs are one reason. The U.S. has had barriers on sugar imports almost back to its founding; the ﬁrst went into place in 1789, according to the Cato Institute, a think tank that advocates free markets.

Since the passage of the Farm Bill in 1981, the U.S. has had a system in place that raises duties

on sugar once a certain amount has been imported. The U.S. also has domestic production controls that limit supplies, keeping prices higher

But high fructose corn syrup is also cheaper because of the federal government’s billions of dollars in subsidies for corn farmers. Loans, direct payments, insurance premium subsidies and surplus crop purchases all lower farmers’ costs — and the price of the corn they grow

Other sugar replacements

While cutting back on added sugars has documented beneﬁts, replacing them with artificial sweeteners is complicated, too.

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, introduced in 2017, uses the artiﬁcial sweetener aspartame and the natural sweetener stevia in its recipe.

But research suggests that aspartame may be linked to cancer In 2023, a committee for the World Health Organization determined that aspartame should be categorized “as possibly carcinogenic to humans.”

While that doesn’t mean that diet soda causes cancer the scientiﬁc committee concluded that there may be a possible link between aspartame and liver cancer, and that the issue should be studied further

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration disagreed with the WHO panel, citing “significant shortcomings” in the research that backed the conclusion.

FDA ofﬁcials noted that aspartame is one of the most studied food additives and said “FDA scientists do not have safety concerns” when it is used under approved conditions.

Stevia, a plant-based sweetener, appears to be “a safe choice,” according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, an advocacy group.

Hood Container says move will boost production

BY TIMOTHY BOONE Staff writer

Hood Container said it will spend $118.9 million to expand its St Francisville paper mill, a move that will boost production capacity at the facility

Investors breathe life into new batch of memestocks

BY DAMIAN J. TROISE AP business writer

NEWYORK As the stock market pushes into record territory and bargains become harder to ﬁnd, investors are once again turning to some of Wall Street’s beaten-down companies in hopes of a quick score.

The latest so-called meme stocks are the department store Kohl’s, which has surged this week, and the onlinebased real estate company Opendoor Technologies, which has skyrocketed this month. Both companies have been struggling in their respective sectors.

Wall Street defines a meme stock as a stock that gains signiﬁcant popularity and trading volume, primarily driven by social media hype and online communities, rather than the company’s fundamental ﬁnancial performance. Think GameStop and AMC Entertainment in 2021, and a few subsequent instances. Often, meme stocks are initially the target of “short sellers,” or investors betting against the stock. If other investors start buying the shares and boost the price, that could prompt the people betting against the stock to buy more shares to cushion their own losses.

Kohl’s

Kohl’s, which operates 1,600 stores across the country, has risen almost 50% this week. It is wrestling with a number of challenges, including a revolving door of CEOs and weak sales.

In May, it announced it had terminated its new CEO Ashley Buchanan after an investigation determined that he directed the retailer to engage in vendor transactions that involved undisclosed conflicts of interest.

Kohl’s named Chairman Michael Bender as interim CEO as it searches for a replacement. Buchanan’s appointment marked the third CEO for Kohl’s in three years as the department store struggles to reverse sluggish sales. Its middle-income shoppers have pulled back on discretionary spending in the face of still-high prices for necessities. It’s also faced stiff competition from Walmart and Amazon, which have been improving their fashion offerings at affordable prices. Now, like many retailers, it’s facing higher costs from President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Opendoor Technologies

Opendoor shares are up 28% this week after nearly tripling last week. Overall, they are up more than ﬁvefold in July, closing at $2.88 per share Tuesday That’s still far below their peak of $35.88 in early 2021.

The stock’s recent gains come as hedge fund manager Eric Jackson touts the stock on X, formerly known as Twitter On July 14, he said his hedge fund, EMJ Capital, took a position in Opendoor and expects growth over the next few years.

The real estate services company, which also buys and ﬂips homes, has yet to notch an annual proﬁt. Analysts polled by FactSet expect it to continue posting losses in 2025 and 2026. The company faces a tough housing market. Soaring interest rates and a low supply of homes on the market have made it difficult for homebuyers. Those same factors have also made it less likely for current homeowners to sell their homes, especially those with lower interest rates.

Francisville paper mill

The expansion, set to begin in summer 2026, will retain the 295 jobs at the mill, Louisiana Economic Development announced Tuesday. The work will create 650 construction jobs.

The work will involve upgrading the primary paper machine at the mill, boosting production capacity by 80,000 tons per year This will boost the amount of wood chips and recycled boxes the plant buys each year Hood Container acquired the 61-year-old former Crown Zellerbach and Tembec mill in 2015, after it emerged from federal bankruptcy protection ﬁled by an interim owner Since then, the company has invested more

tary, said investments like the one Hood Container is making boost the manufacturing base and the timber economy, two industries that have deep roots in Louisiana.

“The timber industry plays a key role in growing Louisiana’s agribusiness sector, which is one of

the priority areas we’ve identiﬁed for future growth in our Comprehensive Statewide Strategic Plan,” Bourgeois said in a statement. The work is expected to be completed in May 2027, when the mill has its annual outage.

The state offered the company an incentive package that includes a $800,000 Modernization Tax Credit spread over a five-year period. Hood Container is also expected to use the state’s Industrial Tax Exemption Program.

Email Timothy Boone at tboone@ theadvocate.com. Firm invests $119M to expand St.

organdonationsystemfaces scrutiny,changes

once death occurs.

BY LAURAN NEERGAARD AP medical writer

WASHINGTON The U.S. is de-

veloping new safeguards for the organ transplant system after agovernmentinvestigation found aKentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some patients who showed signs of life, officials told Congress on Tuesday

While the organ removals were canceled, near misses that some lawmakers called horrifying should never happen.

AHouse subcommittee asked how to repair trust in the transplant network for potential organ donors and families —some of whom have opted out of donor registries after these cases were publicized.

“Wehave to get this right,” said Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Kentucky Republican who chairsthe Energy and Commerce Committee and whose mother died waiting for a liver transplant.

“Hopefully people will walk away today knowing we need to addressissues but still conﬁdent that they can give life,” Guthriesaid, adding that he will remain a registered organ donor

The hearing came aftera federalinvestigationbegan last fall into allegations that aKentucky donation group pressured ahospital in 2021 to proceed with plans to withdraw life support and retrieve organs from aman despite signsthathemight be waking up from his drug overdose.

That surgery never happened after adoctor noticed him moving and moaning while being transported to the operating room —and the man survived.

Lawmakers stressed most organ donations proceed ap-

Hospitals are required to alerttheir area OPOtoeverypotential donorwho is declared brain-dead or once thedecision to withdraw life supportismade. The OPOs by lawcan’t participate in that decision and“we are noteveninthe room at that time,” said Barry Massa, of Kentucky’sNetwork for Hope.

When the doctor declares death, the organ retrieval process can begin.

propriately and save tens of thousands of lives ayear.But the federal probe —concluded in March but only made public ahead of Tuesday’s hearing —cited a“concerning pattern of risk” in dozens of other cases involving the Kentucky group’sinitial planning to recover someone’sorgans

Thereport saidsome should have been stopped or reassessed earlier,and mostly involved small or rural hospitals with less experienceincaring for potential organ donors.

TheKentucky organ procurementorganization, or OPO, hasmadechanges and the national transplant network is workingonadditional steps. But notably absent Tuesdaywas anytestimony from hospitals —whose doctorsmust independently determine apatient is dead before donation groups are allowed to retrieve organs.

Adireneed

More than100,000 people are on theU.S. transplant list and about 13 aday die waiting,accordingtothe OrganProcurement and Transplantation Network

Only about 1% of deaths occur in away that allows someone to even be considered for organ donation. Most people declared dead in ahospital will quickly

be transferred to afuneral homeormorgue instead.

Howsystemworks

Several groups are involved in every transplant: the hospital caring for someone dead or dying; the55 OPOs that coordinate recovery of organs and help match them to patientsonthe waiting list; andtransplantcenters thatdecide if an organ is the right ﬁt for their patients.

Adding to the complexity,two government agencies —HRSA, theHealth Resources andServices Administration, andthe Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services —share regulatoryoversight of different partsofthe donation and transplant process

Howdonationworks

Most organ donors are brain-dead—whentesting determines someone has no brain function after acatastrophic injury.The body is left on aventilator to support the organs until they can be retrieved.

But increasingly organs are donated after circulatory death,called DCD when people die because theirheart stops. It usually happens when doctors determine someonehas a nonsurvivable injury and the family withdraws life support

During the following days of preparation, hospital employeescontinuecaringfor the patient —while the donation team talks with the family about the process, gathers hospital records showingthe patientiseligible, requests tests of organ quality,and makearrangementswithtransplant centerstouse them.

Oncethe hospital withdraws life support and the heart stops beating there’sa mandatory wait —ﬁve minutes— to be sure it won’t restart

Organs are only considered usable if death occurs relatively quickly,usually up to abouttwo hours. Sometimes that takes much longerand thus the organs can’t be used—and HRSA’s Dr Raymond Lynch told Congress that doesn’tnecessarily mean anything was done wrong. Still, he said HRSA is investigating reports of possible mistakes elsewhere.

“This is atechnically demanding form of care” that requires“good collaboration between the OPO and the hospital,” he said.

What happens next

At issue is how doctors are sure when it’stime to withdraw lifesupport from adying patient —and the delicate balance of how OPOs interact with hospital staff in preparing fordonation

In May,HRSA quietly orderedthe U.S. transplant network to oversee improvements at the Kentucky OPO and to develop new national policies making clear that anyone —family,hospital staffororgan donation staff —can call forapause in donation preparations any time there are concernsabout the patient’seligibility Lynchsaidthe government now wants more proactive collaborationfrom OPOs to give hospital staff “a clear understanding” of when to at least temporarily halt and reevaluate apotential donor if their health status changes.

Kentucky’sMassa said his group only received HRSA’s reports this week— but that after learning about last fall’sallegations, it made some changes. Massa said every hospital doctor and nurse now gets achecklist.

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Ex-Warren Easton choir director arrested Gospel singer accused of raping teen

BY MARIE FAZIO and MISSY WILKINSON Staff writer

A well-known New Orleans gospel singer who recently served as choir director at Warren Easton

Charter High School was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of grooming and raping a 16-year-old boy, the New Orleans Police Department said Joshua “Josh” Kagler 38, who rose to local acclaim

with his gospel group, Josh Kagler and Harmonistic Praise Crusade, was booked into Orleans Justice Center Tuesday morning. He faces five counts of trafficking a child for sexual purposes, five counts of indecent be-

havior with a juvenile, one count of third-degree rape and one count of sexual battery According to police, Kagler enticed the boy to his house with marijuana and then plied him with money, paying him six times in January and February as he “escalated the sexual acts.”

Kagler stood silently in orange jail scrubs and shackles at his ﬁrst appearance Tuesday in Magistrate Court, where Commissioner Joyce Sallah ordered him held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Monday Sallah also granted a state prosecutor’s request to seal

Kagler’s court documents. Kagler worked last year as a choir teacher at Warren Easton Charter High School but is no longer employed there, school ofﬁcials said in a statement. He also worked at George Washington Carver High School and

Trial begins in death of N.O. musician

BY JOHN SIMERMAN Staff writer

Da Jump Off Lounge, a 7th Ward music club, sits on North Claiborne Avenue at the foot of a long on-ramp that ascends to Interstate 10 heading west.

It was there on the street, a few minutes into Fat Tuesday last year, that the fates of two New Orleans men collided.

Grammy-winning drummer Kerry “Fatman” Hunter had just left the club and was walking across about 35 feet of North Claiborne to the neutral ground.

Jeremy Lindsey, then a 21-yearold Xavier University senior and basketball guard, had turned left from Elysian Fields Avenue onto North Claiborne with two passengers in tow, headed toward the onramp when he struck Hunter The impact shattered the tinted front window of Lindsey’s vehicle. It knocked the shoes off Hunter, 53, who landed in Lindsey’s passenger seat, part of him hanging out of the window Lindsey didn’t stop. Hazard lights on, he sped toward University Medical Center, called 911 and reached the hospital in minutes, to no avail. An Orleans Parish prosecutor told a jury Tuesday morning that Hunter, a proliﬁc drummer who made a name with the New Birth Brass Band and later the New Orleans Nightcrawlers, was dead on impact.

District Attorney Jason Williams’ ofﬁce charged Lindsey with vehicular homicide, which carries a sentence of ﬁve to 30 years in prison upon a conviction.

Assistant District Attorney Corey Tassin told the jury in his opening statement that Lindsey’s blood alcohol level was calculated at .083% — slightly above the legal driving limit of .08% — in a test taken more than two hours after the fatal collision Lindsey told police he couldn’t see Hunter, but Tassin said that was because the windows in his vehicle were tinted “all the way around” and illegal. Tassin said Lindsey failed multiple ﬁeld sobriety tests at a police outpost on Tchoupitoulas Street Hunter, he said, “maybe could have lived” had Lindsey not been speeding, “but that wasn’t the case.”

Jace Johns, 2, goes down a roller slide at the new Tripp’s Treehouse, a sensory-rich inclusive playground at Lafreniere Park in Metairie, that officially opened on Tuesday. This type of slide offers more tactile stimulation and helps children slow down and control their downward momentum more than a traditional, smooth slide.

ONE FOR ALL

BY COURTNEY LUCIUS Staff writer

If there weren’t children climbing on the bark-like exterior of the new sprawling playground structure in Lafreniere Park, Tripp’s Treehouse could blend into the surrounding trees.

The new disability-friendly playground, named after the park’s ﬁrst director, is the latest addition to Me-

tairie’s biggest park.

Inclusive playspot allows children of all abilities to have fun

On Tuesday Jefferson Parish Council member Arita Bohannan, other ofﬁcials and local families gathered to cut the ribbon on the new $1.3 million project that replaces the old playground that stood in its place Afterward, screaming children rushed down neon green slides and banged cylinders on the xylophone bridge as parents and camp counselors watched from the shade with snoballs in hand.

“When it came to something that was important to me and to my district, no one hesitated, and that means the world to me,” said Bohannan.

Even though Tripp’s Treehouse sits in her district, Bohannan got help from her fellow council members to get the playground built Council members Hans Liljeberg, Deano

Camp workers fight bounced checks

BY JONI HESS Staff writer

Weeks after ﬁrst-time summer camps by the Asher Institute Nola were forced to close for lack of funding, workers say they are battling bank overdraft fees and other ﬁnancial strains after receiving late paychecks that bounced. Over 60 staff members started

working in June for tuition-free camps at three sites across the city: Bricolage Academy in Treme, The Hangout Nola in New Orleans East and the Dryades YMCA in Central City The camps were created by Lee Anderson, stepfather of Pelicans player Zion Williamson, who is the director of local nonproﬁt the

Jefferson Parish reports corrosive acid leak

Cornerstone tracks 1,200 pounds in drainage system

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Crews with Cornerstone Chemical Co. have spent weeks cleaning its Waggaman campus three weeks after more than a thousand

pounds of highly corrosive acid leaked into its drainage system and the Mississippi River, according to a Coast Guard report. At 3 a.m. July 3, Cornerstone employees noticed abnormal readings on their Mississippi River monitoring equipment and later discovered that about 1,200 pounds of methacrylic acid had leaked out of a rusted piece of

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Man fatally run over after lying in road

No arrests made, officials say

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigators said a Kenner man found dead in a Metairie neighborhood Friday morning was lying in the roadway when he was hit by a vehicle.

Shawn Morgan, 22, was pronounced dead after deputies were dispatched to a report of an unresponsive man at the intersection of Brockenbraugh Court and

PLAYGROUND

Bonano and Byron Lee pitched around $100,000-$150,000 from their discretionary funds, Bohannan said.

“But with very very little hesitation, if any, all three said yes and helped me pay for this playground,” Bohannan said “We are partners in Jefferson Parish This playground is just an example of that. She and the park’s namesake, Lafreniere Park Director Tripp Rabalais, also have a personal connection to the all-inclusive playground.

“When we broke ground, that was the first moment I knew it was going to be called Tripp’s Treehouse, an experience that has humbled me beyond belief,” Rabalais said.

His sister Lyn Amanda Rabalais, had spina bifida and was wheelchair bound until her recent death while the park was being built. When they were kids, there weren’t any places like Tripp’s Treehouse for them to play, Rabalais said.

“My father made some modiﬁed stuff in the backyard, but it was nothing like this,” Rabalais said as he gestured toward the playground “This she could come to and enjoy.”

For Bohannan, her passion for the project comes from her nephew, Anthony, who is on the autism spectrum She also spearheaded the effort for Anthony’s Missing Pieces Playground in Kenner’s Miquez Park.

“So, it has special features that make this a very special, safe place for all kids to play,” Bohannan said of Tripp’s Treehouse.

Claudius Street about 6 a.m., said Sgt. Brandon Veal, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Ofﬁce.

An autopsy determined Morgan died of blunt force injuries caused by a motor vehicle, according to the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Ofﬁce.

Detectives are investigating the case as a hit-and-run, Veal said, and no suspect had been arrested as of Tuesday Morgan does not appear to have any direct ties neighborhood where he died, but it wasn’t his ﬁrst time in the area, according to authorities. He was arrested in the 1100

block of Brockenbraugh Court — about a half-block from the scene of the accident — on June 5 and booked on counts of trespassing, resisting an ofﬁcer and possession of marijuana, according to an incident report. A resident dialed 911 about 1:23 a.m. to report that a stranger was knocking on the doors and windows of their home. Deputies found Morgan in the backyard of the house. He told officers he was there to meet a friend, but the resident told investigators they didn’t know Morgan, nor did he have permission to be on the property

an incident report said.

After being booked, Morgan was released from jail the same day on a $1,250 bail, court records said.

Anyone with information about Morgan’s death or the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run is asked to call the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce investigations bureau at (504) 364-5300.

The public can also call Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or toll-free at (877) 903-7867.

Callers do not have to give their names or testify and can earn a $2,500 reward for information that leads to an indictment.

Park in Metairie. The playground, which offers more opportunities for children with disabilities, opened on Tuesday.

“The equipment is speciﬁcally designed so that they have to work together sometimes to make the equipment work.”

“Like my nephew said, after they play with me, they realize I’m not weird So, the idea of this playground is to have children and adults playing together in a safe place.”

The park, designed by Unlimited Play and built by Swift Recreation LLC, is full of inclusive playground equipment. There’s the accessible slide that doesn’t make noise when a rider slides down.

Under a tree at the edge of the park there’s a “quiet grove,” a structure with noise-canceling

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equipment, according to Shawn Ward, Cornerstone’s director of corporate health, safety, security, environment and sustainability.

The acid leaked into a ditch leading into the Mississippi River, according to a report made to the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Response Center

There were no injuries or impacts to the surrounding community as a result of the leak, Ward said.

Ward added that the leak was discovered during an “investigation with a tenant,” but did not specify who that tenant was Its clients include CF Industries, Röhm and, most recently UBE Corp.

Methacrylic acid is a hazardous, highly corrosive chemical that can severely irritate and burn the skin and eyes during contact or irritate the nose and

throat if breathed in.

Cornerstone said a third-party cleanup crew vacuumed out its ditches later that morning. Crews will continue cleanup efforts through Wednesday after tropical weather forecasts caused delays in mitigation plans last week.

Ward added that follow-up environmental sampling will be conducted to verify completion of the cleanup, and that Cornerstone will investigate the root cause of the incident.

“As always, our primary focus is on the safety and security of our employees, our neighbors, and the environment in which we operate,” Ward said in a statement.

Last August, Cornerstone reported a leak of more than 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid from a train car sent from its former tenant, Dyno Nobel that also had no off-site impacts.

Email Lara Nicholson at lnicholson@theadvocate.com.

walls covered in green caterpillars, as well as ﬁdget spinners and a bench that faces away from the playground. Kids can sit in there to calm down. Over by the gazebo, there’s a “raft rider,” an elevated platform painted brown to look like a raft, complete with blue splashes on the side. The platform has a ramp and space for wheelchairs in addition to benches for nonwheelchair users. Then, the riders rock back and forth together to sway

The “zoom twist spinner” is a tall, cone-shaped net with a cone on top. Up to 20 kids can squeeze

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McDonogh 35, police said.

12 counts

Police launched an investigation after the boy’s mother reported March 8 that a man was “sexting” her son, according to an afﬁdavit supporting a warrant for Kagler’s arrest.

In a forensic interview, the boy told investigators that Kagler had paid him for sexual activities on multiple occasions at the choir teacher’s home, and that Kagler either drove him there or arranged a rideshare.

Kagler allegedly paid the youth to wear a blindfold and do pushups naked. His requests escalated over several encounters, culminating in nonconsensual sexual contact, the afﬁdavit states. At least six times, he sent Cash App payments to the youth. The teen said he repeatedly expressed dislike for the teacher’s actions but that Kagler kept offering more money

“Kagler groomed (the boy) to perform sexual acts and used money as bait,” authorities wrote in the afﬁdavit. Magistrate Commissioner Jonathan Friedman signed the warrant July 18.

On Tuesday morning, New Orleans police ofﬁcers and a U.S Marshals Service task force arrested Kagler

Taslin Alfonzo, a spokesperson for NOLA Public Schools, said Warren Easton “is fully cooperating with law enforcement in their investigation of Mr Kagler.” School ofﬁcials said Kagler had been a teacher during the 20242025 school year and was no longer employed at the school. Kagler’s profile on the school’s website was removed Tuesday Gospel music career

News of Kagler’s arrest shook a tight-knit local music community

Over the years, Kagler and his

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Lindsey told police he drank and smoked 12 hours earlier, on Lundi Gras. Tassin described that time frame as implausible.

Lindsey’s defense attorney however, denied that he was intoxicated at the time, as she sought to cast doubt on the ﬁeld sobriety test and the Breathalyzer results. Attorney Sarah Chervinsky said the spot where Hunter crossed was poorly lit

“This happened in an instant an unlucky, unpredictable instant,” she said. “An accident isn’t always a crime.”

Lindsey sat Tuesday at the defense table in a charcoal suit. He’s now 23 and “halfway through a master’s” program at Xavier, Chervinsky told the jury.

A New Orleans native and son of a music director at Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, he’d won a basketball scholarship to Xavier out of Holy Cross High School and was three months from graduating when, while driving friends back to student housing, Hunter stepped into the street Criminal District Judge Nandi Campbell is presiding over the trial, which is slated to continue into Wednesday

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But after a month of operations, two camp locations shut down when Anderson failed to deliver on funding he said had been secured for facility rental fees, food service, staff salaries and programming costs.

“This situation has left hardworking individuals without the compensation they were promised. These employees showed up each day to support the youth in our community, and now they are left with empty promises and financial hardship,” Bricolage Camp Director Lesley-Anne Rey said.

into the ride and spin as much as they like. On opening day, kids reached through the net as they hung on and squealed while it spun.

For families in Metairie, this playground was long overdue.

“The slides were broken, and so we’ve been waiting because it was just closed for two years and then they were ﬁnally doing construction,” said Carolina Osorio, a Metairie parent. “So deﬁnitely an improvement for the neighborhood and the community.”

Park gates open at 6 a.m. and close at 9:45 p.m.

choir established themselves as mainstays at New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, performing lively soulful sets. Kagler and his group were the 2013 regional winners of “How Sweet the Sound,” a gospel choir competition, and appeared on the Oxygen reality television show “Fix My Choir” the following year

Renowned for his vocal range, Kagler said in a 2021 interview with the podcast Mic Check with Stylist B. that he had been directing choirs since he was 12. His current choir grew out of a group he’d started as a high school student at McDonogh 35, he said in the interview

“He truly has a gift,” said Megan Braden-Perry a journalist who attended Dillard University with Kagler and covered his 2013 Jazz Fest performance for Gambit Weekly She described Kagler as a “live wire” because of his spirited way of directing the Harmonistic Praise Crusade — “jumping, dancing and contorting his body.”

“It was Gospel, and it was beautiful,” said Braden-Perry, who estimated she has seen Kagler perform 15 to 20 times.

The group also performed at an event sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy in 2021, and the following January at Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s second inauguration at Gallier Hall.

In February, the group received a Grammy for their contributions to the album “Church” by Cory Henry, which won best roots gospel album.

The trafficking counts for which Kagler was arrested carry a life prison sentence upon a conviction.

New Orleans police urge any other potential victims to contact the NOPD Sex Crimes Unit at (504) 658-5523 or submit an anonymous tip through Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or crimestoppersgno.org.

WWL-TV reporter Paul Murphy contributed to this report.

Anderson designed the camps to serve 1,000 kids over eight weeks, at a cost of around $1.5 million, documents show But he later told staff members that while he had gained the support of business leaders and elected ofﬁcials, funding had not been secured, and he instead took a “leap of faith” that funders would pitch in eventually He did not respond to requests for comment on this story

Jonquil Romant, a teacher at Bricolage, is only paid 10 months out of the year and summer work is typically a lifeline to supplement her income. Romant said she gave her toddler’s day care a two-week notice that she’d be taking her out over the summer break to save money on tuition payments.

But when the opportunity to work at the camp came about, she kept her child enrolled while accumulating the $200 weekly tuition bill she has struggled to pay

“I basically have a bunch of late fees from the day care, so instead of digging myself out of a hole, I’m in a deeper hole now,” she said.

After a month of working without pay, Romant and other staff said they received paper checks signed by Anderson that bounced when they tried to deposit them.

In early July, news of the potential closure of three summer camps prompted community members to step in and fill the gaps.

After shutting The Hangout site down for a week because of the lack of funding, founder Ray Bender managed to raise enough funds to keep the camp going an additional two weeks.

Local businessman and IV Waste founder Sidney Torres and others also donated funding and resources to help keep the Dryades YMCA camp operational through the rest of the summer But YMCA Director Erica Mann said facility operational costs incurred since the camp launched, such as supplies, utilities, maintenance and in-house resources are “substantial losses.”

“Despite significant financial strain, we’ve made the decision to keep the camp running because our mission is to serve the children and families who rely on us,” she said earlier this month.

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Palmer Larkin, 4, steps into an enclosure that provides auditory and sensory experiences for children at Tripp’s Treehouse at Lafreniere

STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER Cornerstone Chemical Co. reported about 1,200 pounds of methacrylic acid had leaked out of a rusted piece of equipment at its Waggaman facility on July 3.

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graduatedfromFortier HighSchool andthenat‐tendedSoutheasternUni‐versity in Hammond. Everyonewho knew Roy knewhewas asportsfa‐natic!Heplayed basket‐ball, football andbaseball in high school.Hethen playedbaseballfor South‐eastern fortwo years, prior tobeing drafted by the Cleveland Indianswhere heplayedAAA baseball as a catcher. WhenRoy re‐turnedhome, he beganhis careeratthe Port of New Orleans as asteamship clerk.After 30+ years, he retired andenjoyed golﬁng almostdaily,being with friends andfamily, and watchingall thesportshe possiblycould.Hewas alsoa devotedmemberof St. AgnesCatholic Church inJefferson,LA. Roywas precededindeath by his parents,sisters Elaine Brandhurst and Carolyn Mauffrey, brotherRichard Brandhurst,and daughter Nan Brandhurst Orgeron. Lefttocherish hismemory ishis sonRoy Brandhurst (Lori)and daughter Tiffany Brandhurst,his siblings Ray Brandhurst (Kay)and Barbara Bordelon,and grandchildren Michael, Cody, Brooke, Brandi, Hunter,Hayden, andRyan. Also, he will be missed greatly by hisgreat grand‐childrenand many nieces and nephews. Visitation willbeat11:00 am on Fri‐day,July25, 2025, at Green‐wood FuneralHome, 5200 Canal Blvd.New Orleans, LA70124 followed by afu‐neral mass at 1:00 pm.In‐terment will be aGreen‐wood Cemetery.For condo‐lences, visitwww greenwoodfh.com.Roy was loved by many,and his memorywillbecherished byall that knew him.

Joan Cardaronello Cicero,88, adevoted wife and mother, passedaway peacefully on July20, 2025, in Covington, LA Born in Independence, LA on November 9, 1936, Joan was thedaughterof thelate John and Mattie (Pecora) Cardaronello.She was predeceased by her husband,Frank J. Cicero, Sr her son Frank J. Cicero, Jr., and her sister Victoria Ann (Baby Ann) Candiotto.

After graduatingfrom Independence HighSchool in May 1954, she enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana UniversityinHammond.On June 15, 1957, Joan married Frank J. Cicero,the longtime teacher and coach at St. John's, Jesuit, now LoyolaHighSchool in Shreveport.

Joan was adevoted member of St.Mary of the Pines Catholic Church, was afabulous Italiancook, as wellasa talented horticulturalist and seamstress. She poured love into every dish she prepared,every plant that flourishedunder her care, and every stitch she sewed. Her love for serving her church, family, and friends was aguiding light throughout her life and will be remembered by allwho knew her.

After 61 yearsofmarriage, Joan moved to Covington, LA in 2018 after thepassing of Frank Sr. The family would like to thank thecaring staff of St Anthony'sGardens and ChristwoodSenior Living Facility.

thelate Felix S. Costanza, Sr.Glenn was agraduate of St. Aloysius and CorJesu High School in 1967, and attended Southwestern University, Lafayette and UNO. Glenn was alongtime parishionerofSt. Louis King of France and was the head usherfor the4:00 SaturdayMass. Glenn became aKnight and was a member of Ludovicum Council 4663 for21years He participatedand became chairman of the "Feed thePeople"council program as one of the Bucktown Boys. As chairman, he did themonthly purchases and was apart of approximately250 Feed thePeopleWednesdays and serving30, 000 meals. In recognition of conscientious outstanding services, loyaltyand dedication, he was recognized as Knight of theYearfor 2008-2009 Glenn was also amember of VFW,DAV and American Legion. He was preceded in deathbyhis parents; brother, Felix S. Costanza, Jr. (Sammy);and niece, NicoleF.Curry. Glenn is survivedbyhis sisters CarlaCurry (Frank) and Lisa Beard (JC); nieces and nephews, Ryan Curry, Alyssa Curry Wylie, Jordan Beard (Aimee), Scott Beard (Jessica); and great-nieces and nephews, Nicole,Cole, Caleb,Ryan M. Curry and Amelia, Evelyn, Jonas and LeilaBeard.The family wouldliketogive special thanks to Passages Hospice Nursesand care team, theVeterans Hospital doctorsand their Community LivingCenter Team. Relatives and friendsare invited to attend services held at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home,5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. NewOrleans, LA on Friday, July25, 2025. Visitation willbefrom 10:00am untilMass begins at 12:00pm. Interment will follow in St.Louis No. 3, NewOrleans, LA.

held on Friday,July25, at 10a.m.atSt. Matthew's UnitedMethodist Church, 6017 CamphorSt.,Metairie, LA70003, with amemorial service to follow at 11 a.m.

Garrison, CharlesEdward

Charles Rollin Camp, Jr ofCovington, Louisiana, passed awaypeacefully on July 16, 2025,under the dedicatedcare of the team at HeritageManor. Born on December 17, 1926,in Mobile, Alabama, Charles liveda life fullofpurpose and dedicationtohis family and profession. Aproud graduate of Tulane University, Charles earned his Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineeringin 1948.Hebuilta distinguishedcareer, beginning his professional journey as an estimator forKeller Construction. His expertise and leadership led himto work forThe PortofNew Orleans,whereheultimately retired as the Chief of Construction. Charleswas the beloved husband of 68 yearsto Helen P. Camp, and adedicated father to his sons, WilliamCharles Campand BrianRollinCamp. Charles also held aspecial place in his heartfor his niece, Peggy Lae,aswell as her children, whom he loved dearly An avid loverofthe arts, Charlesenjoyed opera and enjoyedsinging bass. His participation in the church choir was atestamentto his faith and passion for music. Charles alsohad a profoundinterest in history,which he read about frequently throughout his life. He is preceded in death by his parents, Charles Camp Sr. and Stella Burgett, as well ashis sister, Stella Kearney Visitationwillbeheldon July 26, 2025, beginning at 1pm, followed by a Memorial Service at 2pm, located at Covington Presbyterian Church, 222 S JeffersonAve, Covington LA 70433. Areception will followimmediately after service at the church. Charles RollinCamp,Jr. will be remembered not only forhis professional accomplishments but also for the love and warmth he bestowed upon hisfamily and friends. Hislegacy will continue to liveoninthe hearts of those who knew him. His family wouldlike to thank both the team and the residents of Heritage Manor that helped them through this difficut time, as well as St. Catherine's hospice,for their kindess and compassionate care. Bagnell &Son Funeral Home has been entrusted with services.

Visitation willbeheldat 2:00 -3:15PM on Thursday July24, 2025, at St.Michael theArchangel Chapel,adjacent to theCathedral of St.John Berchmans in Shreveport, LA.immediately followedbya 3:30 PM Mass of ChristianBurial celebrating her life.The Celebrant willbeFr. Karl J. Daigle. The Interment will be held at 10:30 AM Friday, July25, at Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery in Pineville,LA.

She is survivedbyher sonand daughter-in-law, John (Jay) Cicero and Lisa Klein; her grandchildren Jasper,Adam, Jacoband Emilia Cicero; nieces Carolyn DileoNelson (Larry), Ginger Cicero Ridder (Ted), and Charity Candiotto; nephews Joe Paul Cicero (Karen), Vic Candiotto(Stephanie) and TomCandiotto(Phyllis); Godson Mark Nelson; step grandchildrenKaylieKlein andEmily KleinLewis (Austin); and step great grandchildren, Mollie Shockley, Kaia and Silas Poole.

Pallbearers willbe Jasper Cicero,Adam Cicero, JacobCicero, Mark Nelson, ArtAdams and Tony Papa. In lieu of flowers,the family requests that donations be made in her name to be madetoLoyola CollegePrep Baseball Program.

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Toni V. Dickerson, a beloved wife,mother, grandmother,sister, and friend, passedawaypeace‐fully after alongand beau‐tiful life.She leaves behind a legacy of love,cherished memories, anda commu‐nitydeeply touchedbyher warmthand generosity Toniwas thedevoted wife ofthe late Smokey (Gerald) Dickerson,withwhomshe shared56years of aloving marriage. Shewas aloving mothertoTeresaLandry (Greg)and Dale Dickerson (Darlene),and aproud grandmother to Ashley Landryand thelateGeof‐freyLandry. Shecherished her many belovednieces and nephews. Born to the lateHerbert Valentineand IreneWindham,Toniwas one of many siblings,in‐cluding Martha Sizemore (John),B Mary Neptune (Bob),ThomasWindham, Jonie Windham, Jake Wind‐ham (Karen), JoeWindham (Cindi),Pat Windham (Veronica), andMarie Macom.She waspreceded indeath by hersister Joann Windham. Forover 20years,Tonisuccessfully ran herown secretarial service,a testamenttoher dedicationand sharpmind. Beyondher professional life, Toni wasa proudand activememberofSt. Matthew's United Methodist Church.She found greatjoy in leading manybible studiesand was adedicated member ofthe care team fornu‐merousyears,offering comfort andsupport to those in need.Tonicreated a beautifulfamilyof friends during hertimein New Orleans. Sheheld dearevery card game,va‐cation, andmemoryshe madewiththem, truly cherishingthose bonds. Her kind spirit andloving naturewillbedeeply missedbyall who knew her. Avisitationwillbe

We celebratethe life of Charles Edward Garrison beloved husband, father, pastor, nurse,poet, and servant leader.Bornin New Orleans, Louisiana, Charles wasa proudU.S Air Forceveteran,Regis‐tered Nurse, andpastor who dedicatedmanyyears tonursing andthe min‐istry.Hefounded TheNew Genesis BibleChurch and inspiredmanyaround the world throughhis poetry asThe Triple AP.O.E.T.In 1981, he marriedthe love of his life,Gerolyn,and to‐gethertheyraisedfour children, Joy(Howard) Hampton,Rachel(Jebari) Garrison, Annette (Kass) Robinson, andDanielGarri‐son,while welcoming manyothersintotheir family. Charlesissurvived byhis wife Gerolyn; his children; grandchildren Madison,Chelsea,Kass, and Kade;grandchild-inloveJoshua; sistersBar‐bara(Cecil) Frezel and Kathleen (Rogers) Glenn; and ahostofgodchildren, extendedfamily, anddear friends.A pre-funeralview‐ing will be held on Thurs‐day,July24, 2025, from 3:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. at New Genesis BibleChurch,3711 FranklinAve,New Orleans, LA70122. TheCelebration ofLifeService will take place on Friday,July25, 2025, for10:00 a.m. at FranklinAvenue Baptist Church,8282 I-10 Service Rd, NewOrleans,LA70126 Visitationwillbegin at 8:00 a.m.A life of love,faith and purpose. Hallelujah! MinisterJustinRossHillard,Eulogist. Pastor FredLuter Jr,HostPastor. Intermentwilltakeplace onMonday, July 28, 2025, at Southeast LouisianaVeter‐ans Cemetery,34888 GranthamCollege Dr Slidell, LA 70460. Guest‐book Online:www.anewtra ditionbegins.com(504) 2820600. DonavinD.Boydand LinearBrooksBoydOwn‐ers/Funeral Directors.

Gloria Jean Gillard, “Fat Sue”, gained herAngel wings on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at theage of 80 She wasa lifelong resident ofNew Orleans, La., and the daughter of thelate Oscar Sr.and GenievePas‐cal Gillard. Gloria worked several jobs andwas al‐waysthe on-callbabysitter for many.Glorialeavesto cherish hermemoriesher siblings, Clarence Sr.(Clau‐dia), Alvin(Margie), Ronald Sr. (Edreen)and Thais McKay,Goddaughters: Deborah GillardScott and MelodyGillard Alphonse Alsosurvivedbya host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Sheispre‐ceded in deathbyher sib‐lings OscarJr.,John, Ger‐ald,Geraldine andBarbara Gillard.Relatives and friends,alsoemployees of NOPD, StateofLouisiana DepartmentofTourism Dumas Family Dentistry and Community Voiceare welcome to attend theser‐viceonThursday,July24, 2025, at Littlejohn Funeral Home, 2163 AubryStreet, beginning 10 am.Parlor visitation9 am until ser‐vicetime. Intermentwillbe private.Professionalser‐viceentrusted to Littlejohn FuneralHome, 2163 Aubry Street,Cal K. Johnson, Fu‐neral Director/Manager, Info: (504) 940-0045.

In loving memory of Na‐talie Gerdes Hebert.Itis withbrokenheartswean‐nouncethe passingofour beloved daughter,Natalie GerdesHebert, age37, on Friday, July 11, 2025. Born onSeptember 14, 1987, Na‐talie wasa bright lightwho touched thelives of all who knew her. Shewas known forher kind heart, sharp intellect, andloyalty tothose sheloved.She was thekindofperson who made others feel seen,heard,and valued someone whose presence lefta lastingimprint.Na‐talie graduatedvaledicto‐rianfromLSU School of Nursing in 2012 andem‐barkedona successful ca‐reer in thenursing profes‐sion, as well as continuing toworkatCasamento’s, her family’srestaurant. She hada gift for ﬁnding beauty in everyday mo‐

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ments—whetherthrough her handmade oyster shell crafts, thequiet joyofa good book,orcherished familyvacations that cre‐atedlasting memories.Na‐talie is survived by herlov‐ing husband, DouglasAlan Hebert; herdevoted par‐ents, CharlesJoseph Gerdesand LindaDonovan Gerdes; hertwinsister, NicoleMarie Gerdes;and her cherishednephew, NashWillis. Sheisalsosur‐vived by heruncles, Charles Donovan(Teresa), HaroldDonovan (Tammy), and Thomas Donovan; her auntGinaCasamento;her mother-in-law,Barbara Hebert; andnumerous other relativesand dear friends whowillcarry her memoryforward with love She wasprecededindeath byher maternal grandpar‐ents, CharlesGerardDono‐van andShirley Ferger Donovan,and herpaternal grandparents, Vernon GeorgeGerdes and Maryann Casamento Gerdes. In lieu of ﬂowers, donations maybemadeto the SusanG KomenFoun‐dation, in supportofbreast cancerresearch, or to the SPCA, in honorofNatalie’s lovefor herpets, Tigerand Callie. Gone from oursight, but neverfromour hearts –the love we have shared willnever depart.Family and friendsare invitedto attenda visitation on Sat‐urday,July26, 2025, from 5:00p.m.to7:00p.m.at Greenwood FuneralHome, located at 5200Canal Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70124.A Masswillimmediatelyfol‐low at 7:00 pm in thefu‐neral home chapel.Wealso inviteyou to shareyour thoughts, fond memories, and condolencesonlineat www.greenwoodfh.com

Your shared memories will helpuscelebrate Natalie’s lifeand keep hermemory alive

MichaelW.Helms,age 59, passedawaypeacefully onJuly19, 2025, in NewOr‐leans,Louisiana.Bornin New OrleansonOctober 4, 1965,Michael remained rooted in thecityheloved throughouthis life.A proud graduateofBrother Martin HighSchool,and OurLady ofHolyCross College. Michael hada lifelong pas‐sionfor science, andthe outdoors. He found joyin nature, curiosityinlearn‐ing,and peaceinquiet mo‐ments,alwaysoffering a thoughtfulpresenceto those around him. Michael was preceded in deathby his father,RonaldW Helms,and hisstepfather, DonaldO.Heumann. Heis survivedbyhis mother JudyTalbotHelms Heumann Tullis,and his stepfather, EliTullis. He is alsosurvivedbyhis brother StephenHelms, sister-in-law KathyFuller Helms,and belovednieces HaydenHelms,and Emma Helms.Michael also leaves behindmanydearrelatives fromthe Helms, Talbot Heumann, andTullisfami‐lieswho will carry his memorywithlove, and gratitude.Familyand friends areinvited to gatherincelebration of Michael’s life andhis legacy. Visitation will be from12:00-1:00pm, anda Massat1:00pmonFriday, July25atHolyNameof MaryChurch at 400 Verret Street, NewOrleans,LA. In‐terment,WestlawnMemor‐ial Park Cemetery.Family and friendsmay view and signthe online guestbook atwww.mothefunerals com.Michael will be re‐memberedfor hiskind spirit, gentle heart, andthe quiet strength with which helived."

precededindeath by her brother,Raymond Charles Gele'; herfather, Pierre WilliamGele';her mother, Dallas Brugier Gele'; her grandfathers, Pierre Victor Gele'and Marcel Evariste Burger;and her grandmothers,Emma Lagarde Gele'and Theodora Relimpio Brugier Karengraduated from Cabrini High School. She marriedJoseph Lloyd Herrmann Jr.onJuly25, 1975, at St.JamesMajor ChurchinNew Orleans. Growing up in Gentilly Karenspent most of her life in Chalmette before moving to Slidell in 2006. Karenenjoyed spendingtimewithher grandchildren, celebratingbirthdays with family, and hosting holidays and friends at her home. Shevolunteered at SMHCancer Center and was an active memberof St.Luke'scancersupport group.

Karen is survived by her brother, Ronald Joseph Gele';her husband, Joseph Lloyd Herrmann Jr.; her daughter,CherieTheresa Herrmann (wife of Eric LouisDesOrmeaux); her son,Shaun Joseph Herrmann(husband of Christy Lynn McKeough); her granddaughter Isabella Ana DesOrmeaux; her grandsons, Cole Louis DesOrmeaux,Camden Joseph Herrmann, and Bryce Myles Herrmann; her nephews, Stephen Michael Gele', BrianJosephGele', and MarkChristopher Gele';and her niece, StephanieMarieGele' Dupe'pe'.

Visitation is scheduled from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at St. Luke the Evangelist CatholicChurch on August 9th, to be followedbya funeralMass. Instead of flowers, donationsmay be made to the American CancerSociety or the SMH CancerCenter

Evan MichaelJohnson passedawaypeacefully on July18, 2025, at theage of 17. He wasthe belovedson ofCaren MayeauxJohnson and Robert L. “Bobby Johnson III. Loving brother ofTyler JamesJohnson (Madison Gondrella) and Emily ElizabethJohnson (ConnorRichoux). Cher‐ished grandson of S.J. and GailMayeaux,RobertJohn‐son Jr.and JoAnnDauen‐hauer,and GwendolynDur‐gin Davisand William Davis.Heisalsosurvived byhis loving girlfriend, KaydenCarrere,along with manydevoted aunts, un‐cles, cousins, andfriends Evanwas born andraised inBelle Chasse,LA. He at‐tendedOur Lady of Perpet‐ual Help School andwas a proud rising senior at Je‐suitHighSchool in NewOr‐leans.AtJesuit, he wasa memberofthe National Honor Society, aSodality member, anda player on the VarsityGolfTeam. Evan was actively involved in his OLPHChurch community Heservedasanaltar serverduringhis time at OLPHand wasa dedicated volunteer at theKnights of ColumbusCouncil 6357 An‐nualLentenFishFries.He alsovolunteered at the OLPHAnnualFairand, more recently,atRiver‐bendNursing Home.Evan workedatB&B Tackle where he lovedhelping customers andsetting themupfor fishingsuc‐cess. He also served occa‐sionallyasa deckhand for Calcutta Gold with Capt EricNewberry andCapt. JoshEdwards.A true bayou boy, Evan wasan avidsportsman, fisherman, hunter,and outdoorsman Heloved beingonthe water andspendingtime atthe fishingorhunting camp. He wasalsoa Junior MemberatEnglish Turn Country Club.Wisebeyond his years, Evan wasanold soulina young man’s body. He hada rare gift for connectingwithpeopleof all ages,never meta stranger, andcarried a meek andhumbleheart Evan’scontagiouslaugh and easygoing spirit will be deeply missed.He touched countless lives duringhis shorttimeon thissideofeternity. Visita‐tionwillbeheldatOur LadyofPerpetual Help Catholic Church,8968 LA-23 inBelle Chasse,onFriday, July25, 2025, from 10:00 AM to1:30PM. AFuneralMass willfollow. Intermentwill takeplace in theOLPH Church Cemetery.Mothe FuneralHomeisassisting the family during this diffi‐culttime. Family and friends areencouragedto share condolencesand memoriesbyvisiting: www.mothefunerals.com (http://www.mothefunera

ls.com/).In-lieuof ﬂowers, pleasecontributetoJesuit HighSchool Scholarship. Donations at thebelow link orQRcodeinEvanMichael Johnson’s name

Legaux,Doretha Jane Price

In Loving Memory of Doretha Jane PriceLegaux, July14, 2025 –Age 92. With deep love andgratitude for a life well lived, we an‐nouncethe passingof Doretha Jane PriceLegaux, who peacefully departed thislifeonMonday, July 14, 2025, at theage of 92. A lifelongresidentofNew Orleans,Doretha was known forher unwavering strength, hergentlespirit, and herdeep devotion to familyand faith.She spent manyyears in serviceto her community as adedi‐cated employee of Charity HospitalofNew Orleans, where hercompassionand caretouched countless lives.Doretha waspre‐ceded in deathbyher beloved husband,Claude G.LegauxJr.,and hercher‐ished parents, HenryPrice and CeceliaCreecyPrice She leaves behind alegacy ofloveand devotion through hersix children: Maria (Aaron)Williams, Anthony (Shelina)Legaux, Karen (Mark) Lewis, Kim Legaux, Lisa Legaux,and Raequel (Joseph) Slater She wasthe proudand lov‐ing matriarchofa large family, including14grand‐children, 13 great-grand‐children, and7 great-greatgrandchildren,aswellasa hostofextendedfamily members anddearfriends who will forevercherish her memory.Relatives and friends areinvited to at‐tenda Mass of Christian BurialonFriday, July 25, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Ma‐jesticMortuary, locatedat 1833 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard,New Orleans, LA. Visitation will beginat 9:00a.m.Doretha’s life was a testamenttofaith,re‐silience, andunconditional love. Though sheisno longerwithusinbody, her spiritwillcontinue to guide and inspireall those blessedtohaveknown her. Professionalarrangements entrusted to Majestic Mor‐tuary Service, Inc. (504) 523-5872.

Martinez Jr., Albert Joseph 'Al'

Albert “Al” Joseph Mar‐tinez,Jr. passedawayat his home on July 12, 2025, inNew Orleans, LA.Albert was born on September5, 1930, to Albert Sr.and Osceola Anna PalaoMar‐tinez.Hewas abrick mason andaneducator who taught formanyyears atBooker T. Washington High School.Albertispre‐

deceased by hiswifeof46 years,Mildred PattonMar‐tinez.Heissurvivedbyhis children, MoniqueMar‐tinez Butler (Troy) and Byron Joseph Martinez (Catrina);grandchildren: AdamTroyButler, Brandon JosephMartinez, Margaux Renee’ Butler andJustin JosephMartnez;and alov‐ing groupofother family members,church mem‐bersand friends. Albert was well knownfor his loveofmusic,his creativ‐ity,his gifted handsand especiallyhis senseof humor.A funeralservice willbeheldatGreenwood FuneralHome, 5200 Canal Blvd.,New Orleans, LA 70124, on Saturday,July26, 2025, at 11:00 am.Burial willbeatSt. VincentDe PaulNo. 2, at theOur Lady ofLourdes Mausoleum. A repastwillfollowatthe NOLAEastchurch of Christ 4332 Lonely OakDrive,New Orleans.Brother RL Clark willofﬁciate. In lieu of ﬂowers, please consider a donationtothe NOLA East church of Christ in Albert’s memory.

KarenAnn Mercadal, passed away peacefully on July16, 2025, at 74. BornAugust 29, 1950, in NewOrleans, Karen graduated fromSt. Mary's Academy in 1968. She workedatAetna Life Insurance for over 20 years and theLouisiana State Department.A two-time breast cancer survivor, Karenwas abeaconof warmth and kindness She is survivedbyher son, Travis(Dana); adopted son, Kieron (Shantall); grandchildren, Jayci, Kai, Lauren, Bailey,and Jayden; and siblings Laverne Mercadel, Angela Mercadel, Marvin Mercadel (Evelyn), and Lisa M. Triplett (Frank); and brother-in-law, Samuel Prout Jr. She also leavesbehind many nieces, nephews great-nieces, greatnephews, cousins,and friends.

Karen was preceded in death by her parents, Anthony J. Mercadel Jr. and RuthRuiz Mercadel, and her siblings, JaniceM Prout,Anthony J. Mercadel III, and MartinG.Mercadal, Sr.

Visitation willbeheldon July24, 2025 from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM. Funeral service willbegin at 10:00 AM at Corpus ChristiEpiphany CatholicChurch, 2022 St. Bernard Ave.

Jeanne A. Prevost, 70, a beloved mother,sister, aunt,friend, andlifelong educator, departed from thisearth on July 10, 2025 ather home in NewOr‐leans,LA. Alifelongresi‐dentofNew Orleans, she was born on August 12, 1954, to Herman Prevost, Sr. andEmeldaPrevost Jeanne graduatedfrom XavierUniversityPrepara‐toryHighSchool in 1972 and earned aBachelorof ArtsSpecial Education fromDillard University of New Orleans. Jeanne de‐voted over 33 yearsofher career to theJefferson ParishSchool System, where sheservedasa pas‐sionate andcommitted specialeducation teacher.

Sheprovidedindividual‐izedinstruction andsup‐porttostudentswithdis‐abilities,ensuringtheyhad access to thegeneral edu‐cationcurriculumand wereequippedwiththe academic, social,and emo‐tionaltools needed forlife‐longsuccess. Jeanne was deeply devotedtothe wellbeing of herstudents, al‐wayspreparing them for lifebeyondthe classroom. Her impact extended be‐yondacademics—she also led thegirls’ ﬂag team, coached volleyball,and ac‐tivelycontributed as a memberofthe teachers union.Jeanne'scommit‐menttoteachingextended beyondthe classroom; she was amentortomany young educatorsand a faithfuladvocatefor edu‐cationalequity. Sheissur‐vived by herbeloved daughter, Jeanneda Luke (DerekLuke),along with her cherishedgrandchil‐dren, Nova Luke andAtlas Luke. Jeanne is also sur‐vived by herfoursisters and brother: Charmaine Prevost,Valerie P. Roussell (Owen Roussell),Moureen P.Blackwell (Glenn Black‐well),DarrilynP.Broussard (KevinBroussard), and HermanP.Prevost,Jr.,as wellasa host of nieces and nephewswhomshe adored. Jeanne's accom‐plishmentswerenumer‐ous.She wasa star athlete inhighschool,earning the title of MVPinvolleyballat XavierPrepand contribut‐ing to thebasketballteam. Her dedication to student athletics wasevident in her involvementinofﬁciat‐ing andsupportinggirls’ sportsthroughoutthe New Orleans area.Jeannewas one of theoriginators of the Emelda PrevostSchol‐arshipFund,which contin‐ues to supportstudentsin their educationalpursuits. In addition to hereduca‐tionaland athletic contri‐butions,Jeanne wasanac‐tiveand esteemed member ofthe KacuwasSocialand PleasureClub, where she fosteredcommunity spirit and camaraderieamong its members. Hervibrant personality andinfectious laughterbrought joytoall who knew her. Jeanne Pre‐vost’slegacyisone of compassion, leadership and unwavering dedication tothe students andschool community sheservedso faithfully. Herlegacywill liveonthrough thelives she touched, thestudents she inspired,and thelove she shared with herfamily and friends. Shewillbe deeply missedlovinglyre‐membered. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend aMemorial MassofChristian Burial at St. KatherineDrexel Church,2015 Louisiana Ave NewOrleans,LAon Thursday,July24, 2025 at 10:00am.Visitationwill begin at 8:00am –10:00am Interment: Mt.Olivet Cemetery, NewOrleans,La. Arrangementsentrusted to D.W.RhodesFuneral Home 3933 Washington Ave.,New Orleans,LA70125.

StanleyLouis Robert age 75. Resident of Destre‐han,LA. Belovedhusband ofMarilynMamolaRobert. LovingfatherofMelissa Steve (Christee),and Dar‐ren Robert.Precededin death by hismother, Emma GuidryRobert, andFather, Norbert Robert.Survived byhis brothers,Ronald (Pat),Joey(Cindy),Gerald (Dee),Dennis(Debbie), and sister, Mona Robert Poche (Craig) andmanynieces and nephews. Graduate of Destrehan High School.He proudly served hiscountry inthe United States Navy duringthe VietnamWar as a Petty Ofﬁcer2nd Class aboardthe USSHancock traveling to Koreaand the Philippines in thecause of liberty.FormerComman‐der,Treasurer andAdju‐tantofAmericanLegion Post#195, Norco, LA.Re‐tired from ShellChemical Corporation after 39 years asaninstrumentinspec‐tor.Hewas an avid fan of the NewOrleans Saints LSU,and NASCAR.Stan loved ﬁshing, crossword puzzles,sudoku, andcorny Dad jokes. Thankyou to the doctors, nurses,and staff of HospiceCompas‐sus,Carpenter House, East Jefferson GeneralHospital, particularlythe Cancer Center, with gratitudeto Dr. MichaelDeSalvo,Dr. RizwanAslam,Dr. Kendra Harris, andDr. DavidMorri‐son fortheir specialcare. Also, appreciation for nursesJoseph, Kayla, Margo, andDavid forall the help andsupport they havegiven to Stanley these last severalmonths. VisitationwillbeheldatSt. Charles Borromeo Church 13396 RiverRd.,Destrehan, LA, on Friday,July25, 2025, at10a.m., followed by Fu‐neral Mass at 12 p.m. Inter‐mentinthe church ceme‐tery.

ElizabethMarie Seme entered into eternalrest onJuly19, 2025. Beloved daughterofCarol Harrigan Semeand RichardSeme. SisterofEricSeme(Clau‐dia). Aunt of Williamand Richard Seme.Alsosur‐vived by aunts, uncles cousins,friends,and care‐givers. Shewas deeply loved andwillbesadly missed. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend theFuneral Mass in theChapelof

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Oakdale immigration probeisthe rightkindof enforcement

We’d like to take amomenttocommendthe federal and state law enforcement officersand agencies who were part of theinvestigation that led to several arrestslast week in asweeping case of immigration fraud thatshocked the state. There areplentyofthreads topullhere, but first, the basics. The roundupnettedthreecurrent and one former elected law enforcement officer from acluster of small towns alonga 17-mile stretch of U.S. 165 in centralLouisiana The four are accused of acceptingbribes from alocal businessman, alsoindicted, in return for creating police reports documenting crimes that neverhappened.

The police reports could then be citedby those seeking what are known as Uvisas, in which the petitionerclaims to be thevictim or awitness to acrime who is aidinglaw enforcement. Granting of aUvisa often allows the petitioner to remain in the United States until the caseis resolved.

Accordingto the indictment, theowner of aSubway restaurant in Oakdale paid ofﬁcers from there as well as from the nearby towns of Glenmora and ForestHill tocreate the fake reports

Exactly who applied for the visas remains unclear,thoughthe federal indictment says that most of those who used thefakepolicereports were notresidents of Louisiana.

The indictment alleges that themen created hundreds of police reports. In return, theywere paid tens of thousands of dollars in bribes, using the money to purchase acamp at anearby lake, vehicles and anRV, among otheritems. The 62-count indictment focuses on 2024, butthe conspiracy may go back adecade. In adramatic twist, two of the arrestswere made while men attendeda police conventionin Baton Rouge.

It is always disappointing,ofcourse,whena sworn police ofﬁcer is accused of wrongdoing But it should serve as an importantreminder: The elderly man on his way to work inLafayette, the nursing mother in Baton Rougewho showed up for ascheduled immigration appointment or the woman gardeninginher NewOrleans yard are not the problem with thenation’s immigration system. Targetingthemisnot just cruel, but it does little to stem thetide of those who are here to do illegalthings.

Rather,investigatingtruebad actors, as these folks allegedly were, is amuch more worthyuse of time and resources

We are glad that, in thiscase, it appears that’s exactly what happened.

It is also important to remember thatanindictment is only an accusation. Those charged in this scheme arepresumed innocent until proven guilty.They,like those sweptupinall the immigration raids that have taken place this year,deserve humanetreatmentand due process.

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Fightfor queerliberation linked to otherstruggles

Iread the recent opinion criticizing Queer Northshore’sdecision to incorporatesolidarity with Palestine into its Prideparade with interest and some dismay

As afellow LGBTQIA+ person, Iunderstand the impulse to wantour Pride celebrations to feel uniﬁed, uncomplicated and joyfully apolitical.

Butthe truthis, Pridehas never been apolitical. From the Stonewall Riots to “Gays Against Guns” to ACT UP’sﬁerce advocacy during theAIDS crisis, our community has always known that visibility alone is not enough. Queer liberation has long been intertwined with broader movements for justice.

The writer called theinclusion of Palestinian solidarity a“hijacking,” but Isee it as an act of empathy awareness and courage. Queer people exist everywhere, even in war zones. There are LGBTQIA+Palestinians living and dying under siege in Gaza, and they do not have theluxury of separat-

ArticleonAmistad

The article about theAmistadCenter laying off workers to be in line with “President Donald Trump’seffortsto end programs that promote diversity or prioritizethe experience of minority groups” is misleading on many levels.

First,the Trumpadministration has not declared war on minoritygroups nor their historical research. It has declared war on “diversityequityand inclusion” or “DEI” programs, whose end effect was to divide students by race and promotethe tired Marxist rhetoric that the world is divided between two groups: theoppressor and oppressed. (Sorry,but in America, the sky’sstill thelimit.) TheAmerican public rejected DEI when it voted last November Secondly,all of the archives in the Amistad Center are housed at Tulane. If Tulane values this worthy research and preservation, why doesn’titfund it? As aprivateinstitution, witha healthy endowment, this would be a great use of itsfunds. The merefact that “grant-writing” is now ahigh-

ing their queer identity from the political reality around them. For us to say their struggle has nothing to do with ours is aprofound failure of imagination and solidarity,and quite frankly, that dog don’thunt

Let us remember that queer communities have historicallyshownup for others by protesting the Vietnam War, standing against apartheid in SouthAfrica, marching forBlack lives and rallying for immigrant rights. We have always understood that our liberation is bound up with the liberation of others. Pride is atimefor cathartic joy but also for resistance andremembrance.

If we only celebrate ourselves in isolation from the rest of the world, then we’ve forgotten what Pride is for. We don’tlive in avacuum,and queer people are not amonolith. We don’tget to opt out because it makes us uncomfortable at aparade.

KATE KIBBY NewOrleans

paying job demonstrates how deeply we have accepted that federal funding must support every project that any group deemsnecessary At one point in thearticle, there was aquotethat “every parish” in Louisiana(andnodoubt county in the rest of the country) has “an Amistad.” Nothing screams inefﬁciency like duplication. The work of this center is aworthy endeavor.Kathe Hambrick, theexecutive director,toher credit, has gone to thepublic to solicit support from theprivate sector.Bravo to that, and how about afew of these museumsand research institutions consolidating? Cutting unnecessary staff, reducing facility costs, prioritizing core missions? With a$37 trillion debt, you can count on more cuts, or we’re going to drown in debt.Alittle context in this article would have gone along way. Please, just do better reporting. Stop advocating.

DONNA MASELLI Tulane Law1985

We live in the Carrollton neighborhood, and we support the proposed NOLA Cannabis Co. Dispensary at 1407 S. Carrollton Ave. We wish to respond to the letter writer in the neighborhood who opposes the dispensary Cannabis is currently legal only for medical use, by prescription, in Louisiana. There are many science-based medical uses for cannabis, for pain, PTSD, seizures and cancer treatment relief, to name afew.Adults of all ages beneﬁt, including seniors like us. The dispensary can only sell cannabis for medical use, by prescription. It is no more dangerous to the neighborhood than adrugstore like Walgreens. We do share the letter writer’s concern that marijuana farming licenses are limited to aduopoly of big political contributors/operatives —and that they stand to proﬁt even more if recreational cannabis is ever legalized in Louisiana. But if that happens, there will be aproliferation of stores in this and other neighborhoods, as has happened in states where recreational cannabis is legal. The duopoly is likely to face serious market competition.

STEVE SCHMITT AND CHRIS DAY NewOrleans

Church deserves recognition

In reading Eric Feldman’sview on the mostsignificant forgotten historical site in New Orleans, Iam reminded of Mahalia Jackson. Nestled in the heart of Uptown New Orleans on Millaudon Street stands Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, an unassuming yet profoundly significant landmark in American cultural history.Itishere that Mahalia Jackson, the world-renowned gospel singer and civil rights icon, first raised her voice in songs as achild. Given the church’scentral role in shaping her early musical journey and its symbolic importance to the broader African American heritage in New Orleans, it is both fitting and necessary that Mt. Moriah Baptist Church be recognized with ahistorical plaque.

MARYEVELYNMUELLER NewOrleans

WhileLa. patients suffered, health care CEOboughta yacht

Buried deep in the thousands of pages of one court case, asingle line of afew simple words lays bare what canhappenwhen bad actors apparently run amok in the American health care system.

“These insiders,” the line reads, “pilfered Steward’sassets for their own material gain, while leaving the Companyand its hospitals perpetually undercapitalized and insolvent.”

paid

—by$200 million —for ﬁve hos-

pitals in Miami because he wanted an “empire” there. It also accuses him of directing payments for Steward assets into acompany owned by himself andtwo other executives, again gaining millions while his hospitals failed.

Steward, in this case, is Steward Health Care LLC, the Texas-based hospital operator that ran hospitals around the country before collapsing into bankruptcy lastyear and being forced to sell off assets. One of the company’shospitals was Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe,amajor health care provider in Louisiana’s largely rural northeastern corner.

The “insiders” in the linerefers to the company’sformer CEO, Ralph de la Torre, and ahandful of other former Steward executives and board members.

Earlier this month, Steward ﬁled suit against those formerleaders in an attempt to recoup some of what they paid.

According to the ﬁling, “through their greed and bad faith misconduct, (they) operatedStewardwiththe aim of enriching themselves.”

The most galling allegation is that de la Torre and others arranged for a$111 million dividend payout to executives and board members in January 2021, “ata time when the SHC System was alreadyinsolvent.”

In other words, even as their hospitals were failing, the company’sexecutives andboard members were paying out tens of millions of dollars themselves. De la Torre, the suit alleges, got$81.5 million in the deal, money he turned around and used to purchase a $30million yacht. The suit also alleges de la Torre over-

Even in dry legalese, theﬁling is infuriating.

While de la Torre was enjoyinghis very ﬁrst-world yacht patients in West Monroe were getting“thirdworld medicine,” according to what one doctor told a federal inspector The problems at Glenwood ranged from theannoying to thecritical. Sometimes, medical staff couldn’tperform basic diagnostic tests, such as for COVID, strep and staph. Some vendors hadn’tbeen paid. In one case, apatient complained of chest pain andadoctor recommended emergency surgery.But Glenwood didn’thave thepersonnel to operate and atransfer would have been unsafe. At least one doctor regularly sent patients outofstate because of the staffingproblems

Theproblems got so bad that state inspectors twice put the hospital on a restricted status after it determined that patients’ health and safetywere in “immediate jeopardy” due to supply andstafﬁngshortages

Thesecondtime, in early 2024, meant the hospital was allowed to operate at only aboutone-third of its capacity Meanwhile, de la Torre may as well have been in the Bahamas, on hisyacht, dreaming up thenext big dividend paymentorplotting the next expansion of hisempire. Or maybe he wasputtinghis money in aCayman Islands bank. Or perhaps checking out islands with no extradition arrangements. Ican’tsay

Iampretty sure, however,that what he was not doing was worrying about whether people in West Monroe could

get aCOVID testora potentially lifesaving heart operation. At aSteward facility in Massachusetts, awoman died one day after giving birthwhen doctors learned during surgery that supplies needed totreat her had been repossessed, according toareport in The Boston Globe.

That makes De la Torre an avatar for everything that is wrong about the American health care system. For him,proﬁtsand personal wealthwere moreimportantthan his patientsin Massachusetts,Texas and northeast Louisiana.

Luckily for those in West Monroe, Glenwood, like the other hospitals Steward owned, has been sold as part of the bankruptcy.Its new owner, California-based Healthcare Systems of America, took over last year.On itswebsite, HSA says its mission is to “breathe new life intostruggling hospitals.”

That imagery can’tbeamistake. A company whose business is literally about breathing new life into human beings wantstodothe samefor struggling healthcare facilities.

Glenwood CEO and Chief Medical Ofﬁcer Mark Boersma, aphysician and longtime Glenwood employee, has said that’swhat HSA is doing. During atour with Monroe TV news station KNOE, he showed off stuffed supply boxes and insisted that shortages were not a problem

An industry group gave Glenwood an “A”for safety in thefourth quarter of last year,aﬁrst,Boersma said.

“Their emphasis was you will run the hospital locally.And we will assist you in any way that we can,” he told KNOE. HSA has been welcomed in West Monroe for obvious reasons. Andhopefully Glenwood continues its rebound. Butjust in case, let’s keep an eye on yacht purchases.

Faimon A. RobertsIII can be reached at froberts@theadvocate.com.

Netanyahutells thetruth in interview

Can you hear the canary in the economy’s coal mine singing her heart out?

Youknow that we are headed fortrouble when somemasses start buying groceries on the installment plan. That is the business model behind the popular “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) borrowing platforms—loans that spread out purchases into four payments. Troubles are growing in several credit sectors —incar loans, in credit card debt, in student loans.

Inﬂation driven by monstrous federal deﬁcits, plus atrade war, has already led to higher borrowing costs, which makes paying borrowed money back all that harder

BNPL seemstobecatnip foryounger consumers whoare digitally savvy and do alot of buying online. BNPL shoppers spent about $19.2 billion in the ﬁrst quarter of this year

Modest wages play apart, but so does the allure of online shopping, which makes the purchase of fancy steak knives or luxury handbags feel so seamless. Over half of BNPL users responding to aHarris poll admitted that splitting payments let them spend morethan they knew they should. Almost aquarter said their BNPL spending was “out of control” and that they couldn’tafford mostofwhat they bought without splitting payments.

BNPL lets people dig deeper into the debt hole, which “will be harder and harder to climb out of,” Ed deHaan, an accounting professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, told Bloomberg News.That happens more“easily when there’snotransparency.”

And there hasn’tbeen transparency.This huge form of borrowing hadn’tshownupin Americans’ credit scores. The BNPL giants say they don’twant to release that information because it could hurt credit scores needed to secure mortgages and other important loans. Why didn’tthese borrowers use credit cards instead? The answer,inpart, is that athird of them had already nearly maxed out on credit cards. BNPL traditionally attracts struggling low-wage earners and nowadays moremiddleclass customers.

During his visit to Washingtonrecently,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was interviewed for anhour by Fox News and radio host Mark Levin. The interview was arebuke to the pro-Palestinian and anti-Israelslantso many in the media convey to the public Asked about Iran and itsproxies, Netanyahusaid:“Aregime that chants ‘Death to America,’ that’skilled and injured thousands of Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan through their IEDs that bombed your embassy that burned your ﬂag, that tried to assassinate President Trump, twice, bythe way, tried to assassinate me once, and they just put aprice on our head .this is ridiculous. These arethe enemies(of) America, sworn to your destruction. And, of course, President Trumpunderstands that. He understands that our enemy is your enemy,and that our victory is your victory.But he went further thanthat. He changedAmerican policy.Hesaid, if this is our common enemy,wecan have acommon victory.” About Iran following the bombing of its nuclear facilities:“This regime is in deep trouble. Imean theMiddle East without Iran, the Middle East with Israel and our Arab partners, the possibilities for economic cooperation, technological cooperation,energycooperation, A.I., tourism, trade. it’sa different world.”

As much of the American andespecially European media quickly pivoted from sympathy and support of Israel following the Oct. 7attack by Hamas, to its previous hostility towardthe prime minister and the Jewish state, Netanyahu debunked reporting that relies on Palestinian news releases which blame Israel for killingcivilians in Gaza: “Israel does everything in its power to avoid civiliancasualties. Hamas does everything in itspowerto have civilian casualties, civilian casualties on our side when theyrocket our cities and civilian casualties on their side when they prevent the civilian population, the Palestinian population, from leaving the combat zones.

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“Sowesend millions of text messages, phone calls, leaﬂets, get out of the war zonebecause we don’twant youtobehurt. Hamas shootsthem. They shoot their own people, in order to have Western media cover this and say,whatare the Israelis doing? And this is horrible.”

Asked by Levin to comment on biasedmedia coverage, Netanyahu responded: “I think that’sthe other front. We have aseven-front war,and we’ve won on all fronts and winning on all fronts, but this is the eighth front, the disinformation campaign is amongus.... it takes asecond for alie to circulate the world, and then you have to battle it with theonly weapon youhave, which is thetruthand truth is slower than lies and moredifﬁcult to ascertain, because you have to get thefacts when you lie, you can say anything,and it’sinstantaneous. When you tell the truth, you have to ascertain thefacts and until you do that in the electronic age, boy,that lie could encircle theEarth athousand times

So it’s ahandicap, but we’ll ﬁght theinformation war,too Ithink we have to shamethe media that does this.” Does the prime minister thinkthe apparent success of the bombing mission by Israel and the U.S. against Iran’s nuclear sites will ease antisemitism in Europe and the U.S.: “In away,yes, because antisemitism targets the Jews, because they’re prominent, but (the stereotype is we are) weak. Well, we’re not weak, and the world has been habituated tothe Jews as avictim, perfect victim.During our centuries of wandering, we were massacred, pogromed, expelled and exiled and ﬁnally burned in the ovens of Auschwitz theworld got used to us as aperfect victim. Now, they have to get used to us as an equal among the nations, and we will not be slaughtered again.”

Truthhas apower of its own, and Netanyahu delivered it powerfully in that interview

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FICO (Fair Isaac Corp.) is the company behind the most-used credit scores. It plans to roll out anew model that factors these BNPL loans into their calculations. Apple Inc. is the ﬁrst big BNPL provider to give transaction and payment data to Experian, one of the big-three credit reporting agencies.

But things are getting tough all over in the consumer debt world. Credit card delinquency rates have recently reached the highest level since at least 2012. The number of auto loans that were at least 90 days late in the ﬁrst quarter wasupover 13% from the sameperiod a year ago, according to the NewYork Fed. The thing is, manyAmericans can’tget to work without their cars and trucks.

“When auto loan delinquencies are rising, it’s alikely sign that people are struggling,” LendingTree consumer ﬁnance analyst Matt Schulz told Fox News.“That’snogreat surprise, given stubborn inﬂation, high interest rates and general economic uncertainty.”

Schulz adds that these numbers are especially worrisomebecause unemployment rates are still relatively low

What about student debt? Nearly 25% of the $1.6 trillion in the federal student loan portfolio is at risk of default, according to Investopedia. TransUnion, another big credit-rating agency, reports that arecord-high 31% of federal student loan borrowers are already 90 or more days past due.

It’s hard to see the current leadership in Washington doing anything other than make the problem worse. Higher federal borrowing at higher interest is on track to makelifeinthis country moreexpensive. (Moody’srecently stripped the United States of its last triple-A credit rating.)

The Trumpadministration, meanwhile, is busy dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB put alid on some predatory lending practices.

The canary is singing “A Hard Rain’sA-Gonna Fall.” The U.S. economy is looking shakier No amount of bullying the Federal Reserve can change that.

Froma Harrop is on X, @FromaHarrop. Email her at fharrop@gmail.com

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Staudinger,Dr. Edward Ballou

Edward Ballou

Staudinger, MD,February 11, 1954 –July8,2025. Dr EdwardBallouStaudinger passedawaypeacefullyin his sleeponJuly8,2025, at the ageof71. Born on Feb‐ruary 11, 1954, in Provi‐dence,Rhode Island,Ed dedicated hislifetotaking careofothers— both in and outofthe operating room.A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford,CT, Ed wentontoearnhis med‐icaldegreefromTufts Uni‐versity before moving to New Orleanstocomplete his surgical residencyat TulaneUniversity. While trainingatCharity Hospi‐tal,hefellinlovewithhis wife, Mary,and NewOr‐leans,where he wouldre‐mainand builda distin‐guished career as agen‐eralsurgeon.Known forhis technical excellence,aus‐teredemeanor, andunwa‐veringcommitmenttohis work, Ed savedcountless lives andtouched many morefor over 30 yearsin practice. He worked as a general surgeonatBaptist Hospitalfor over three decades where he was named ChiefofSurgery in 1999 andChief of Staff in 2003. Ed wasa generous man with asharp mind and steadyhand. From an early age,golfand therelation‐ships it builthelpedsteady and motivate him. He had anencyclopedicknowl‐edgeofthe USGA Rulesof Golfand wouldbeproud to say he played until the weekend before he passed. He also excelled at ﬁne

chanceswill decrease by Sundaythen another hot starttonext workweek.

DEATHS continued from woodcraft, lovedcheering onthe RedSox,cursing the Saints, andspendingtime withhis family. Of allhis manyaccomplishments hewas most proudofhis children andgrandchil‐dren. They were hisdeep‐est source of pride, and their happinessand wellbeing meantmoretohim thananythingelse. He is survivedbyhis wife,Mary MooreStaudinger; hischil‐dren Cara Basirico StaudingerOgg (Thomas) Robin Staudinger Williamson (Matthew), Katherine Jane Staudinger, and ChristopherEdward Staudinger(David O’Byrne); hissiblingsKath‐leen Staudinger (Joseph Campbell),JaneWallbridge (Edward), Evelyn Staudinger, Kevin Staudinger(Maura Kennedy), andDavid Staudinger(Holly);and his cherished grandchildren Quinn JuliaOgg, Thompson AlonzoOgg, Mclain Car‐penterOgg, Carter Edward Williamson,and Cecilia Evans Williamson. He was precededindeath by his parents,Dr. andMrs Leonard Singleton Staudinger. Ed’s friends and family will gather fora private service. In lieu of ﬂowers, donationsmay be madeinEd’smemoryto Hemochromatosis.org

Woods, Rodney James

Rodney JamesWoods, age 68,ofKillona,LA, went hometobewiththe Lord onTuesday,July15, 2025 Rodneywas born on June 2,1957, in Vacherie,LAto Harry L. and Corrine A. Woods. Throughout hislife, Rodneywas active in pub‐lic service. He served his country in theUnited StatesArmy, he wasactive incommunity servicein highschool andasCom‐missioner forthe city of Largo, FL andCommis‐sioner- St.Charles Parish Housing Authority. He was a member of theLions Club International, Presidentof

theKillona Brotherhood President of theKillona Civic Organization,a 4th DegreeMemberofthe Knights of Columbus and servedatOur Lady of the HolyRosaryCatholic Church in Hahnville. He alsoservedworking and volunteeringasa Profes‐sionalFireﬁghterfor the Des AllemandsFireDepart‐mentand theKillona Fire Department. Rodney was precededindeath by his parents,Harry L. Woods and CorrineA.Woods; and his brother, Raymond Stipe.Survivors includehis lovingdaughter, Tara Knowles (Joshua)ofOcean Springs,MS; hissiblings, Maxium(Louisa)Woodsof Beaumont, TX,Michael Woods(Deddie)ofLaPlace LA, Judy Williams of Kil‐lona, LA,Diana Borneof Killona,LA, Gloria Woodsof Killona,LA, andIrene Din‐vautofKillona,LAKillona; his grandchildren, Grayson Knowles of Orange,TX, Ad‐dilynKnowles of Ocean Springs,MS, Brynlee Knowles of OceanSprings, MS. He is also survived by a host of nieces and nephews.A memorial visi‐tationfor Rodney will be heldFriday, July 25, 2025 from9:00a.m.to11:00 a.m. atOur Lady of theHoly RosaryCatholicChurch,1 Rectory Lane,Hahnville,LA 70057. AMemorialMassof Christian Burial will begin at11:00 a.m. Inurnment willfollowmassatHoly RosaryCemetery, Taft,LA. In lieu of ﬂowers, please considera donation in honor of Rodney to theKil‐lonaBrotherhood,238 A SchoolhouseRd.,Killona LA70057. Online donations can be made through Venmo -@Tara-Knowles All donationsare to be pre‐sentedtothe KillonaBroth‐erhood

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Golden retrieverhelps Saints QB Shough overcome adversity

BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

All these months later,Tyler Shough still chuckles at the thought of his dog’s reaction on draft night

There werethe quarterback and his family,ecstatic after theSaintsselected him with the 40th overallpick. And there was Murphy,the dark red-haired golden retriever,jumping up and down.

Murphymight nothaveknown exactly what was happening, but she knewit wasamoment to celebrate.

“She was just chilling thewhole time and wasn’treallydoinganything,” Shough said, “and then as soon as everyone got hyped, shewantstobeinvolved.”

Murphy’sexcitement went viral, with multiple outlets (including this one) proclaiming the dog stolethe show There wasalsothe adorable image of Murphy wearing aSaints-branded dog bandana, which the Shoughs put on once the quarterback foundout where he was headed.

Shough was glad the public enjoyed it, buthis companion’sreactionsigniﬁed something deeper.Itwas indicative, he said, of howmuchMurphy means to him and how her arrival coincided with the quarterback’swinding path to the NFL.

Tyler Shough’sdog,Murphy,was his constant companion while Shoughrehabbed fromabroken leg in college.

Mathieu’s legacy extends well beyond footballﬁeld

Tyrann Mathieu didn’tjust play for the Saints

He played for New Orleans. He played for Louisiana. He played for allthose kids across the countrywho grewupwanting to wear the same No. 7jersey Mathieu donnedwhenheburst onto the scene as anationalphenomduring hisplayingdaysatLSU.

Andheplayed for allthe boys, both Black andWhite who rocked blondmohawks because theywantedtolook like him

Most importantly to Mathieu, he diditfor the kids in hishometown of New Orleans, the ones he wantedtosee beat the odds just like he did.

“New Orleansiseverything I’m made up of,” Mathieu told me in a2020 interview during SuperBowl week when he was playing with the Kansas City Chiefs.

Andthat’swhatMathieudid,risingfrom the 7thward of New Orleanstoafifth-place finish in the Heisman race to becomingone of the most respected players in the NFL. Mathieu’s playingcareer came to asurprising end Tuesday afternoon when he announced hisretirementonthe eveofthe Saints’training camp. His retirementleaves ahole at the safetyposition,giantshoes for someone to trytofill.

This wouldhavebeen Mathieu’sfourthseason with the Saints andhis 13thinthe NFL. Instead, he’s hanging up the cleats, as he showed us with an Instagram post of two Air Jordan cleatsdraped across awire.

Chances are, youcan’t name aLouisianaborn football playermore beloved thanMathieu. When he signedwith the Saints in 2022, the team put pre-orders for hisjersey on a website.The site crashed because of high trafﬁc.

“I justwanttoplay good ball, andI just want to do good things in the community,” Mathieu saidwhenhesigned. He’ll probablybethe ﬁrst to admit he ended up doingmore of the latterinhis three seasons back home.

Mathieu,who turned33inMay,recorded 10 of his36NFL career interceptionswith the Saints.But the team neverreached the playoffs in his return home. Off the ﬁeld,hewas astapleinNew Orleans, giving back justlike he didduring hisplayingdayswiththe Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans andChiefs. Theﬁrst timeImet Mathieu was about 10 yearsago at one of his camps. Istill remember

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Althoughhemust ﬁrst win the competition against Spencer Rattler,Shough washandpicked by theSaints new coaching staff to guide the team into anew era.

The journey hasn’tbeen easy,given allofShough’sadversityincollege three schools, seven years and numerous injuries.

When training camp begins Wednesday for the Saints, Shough will step onto the ﬁeld as he seekstobecome the team’sstartingquarterback.Drafted in the second round out of Louisville, the 25-year-old is the franchise’shighest-selected signal-caller in 54 years.

“The biggestthing withMurphy is she doesn’tcare how your day went, whether youplayedgood or played bad,” Shough said. The ﬁrst thingthat stood out was the

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Shough credits his support system led by his wife, Jordan, and Murphy for helping him push through. Among thebroken bones,grueling rehab and theascension of his sole season at Louisville, they were at Shough’sside.

BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

By securing the commitment of former BYU starting quarterback

Jake Retzlaff on Monday,Tulane may have cleared its largest remaining roadblock to aconference championship nine days before the start of preseason practice. Even with uncertainty surrounding the position after spring drills, AthlonSports magazine tabbed theGreen Wave to win theAmericanAthleticConference.Now the Wave hasadded aprovenwinner from aPower Four conference to themix.

Retzlaff, who has one year of eligibility left,started all13games in 2024 as BYU went 11-2 and was ranked 13th in the ﬁnal Associated Press poll. He withdrew from BYU

announced hisretirement on Tuesday.

in July because he faced asevengame suspension for violating the school’shonor code by engaging in premarital sex, an offense he admittedafter being accused of sexual assault in May in acivil suit that was dismissed amonth later

He denied the accusation, saying the sexwas consensual, and sources indicated the Tulaneadministrationvetted himcarefullyfor Title IX concerns before accepting him. He will be awalk-on because the transfer portal window is closed TheWavewould have to wait for the NCAA to rule him eligible on appeal if it tried to put himon scholarship.

Coach Jon Sumrall cannot comment on Retzlaff until he is officially enrolled, but he already knew him well before persuading himtochooseTulane.Retzlaff took

an ofﬁcialvisit to Troy in 2022 as ajunior-college prospect and had no other FBS offers before BYU swooped in to take him Retzlaffwill face asteep learning curve with little time to learn the offense, but his proven success will be afactor in what could be an intense four-way competition during August. None of the other candidates to replace Darian Mensah,who transferred to Duke after throwing for2,723 yards and 22 touchdowns ayear ago, possess anything close to Retzlaff’strack record of success on the ﬁeld. Ball State transfer Kadin Semonza, whoparticipated in spring drills, started forateam that went 3-9 last season. The other quarterback

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ByU quarterback Jake Retzlaff celebrateswithfans afterawin over Baylor on Sept. 28 in Waco,Texas. Retzlaff announcedMondaythatheis transferringtoTulane.

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Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu intercepts apass intended forEagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith on Sept. 22 in NewOrleans. Mathieu

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Saints quarterback TylerShoughand his wife, Jordan, pose with theirdog,Murphy. Shough credits hissupport system—led by Jordan and Murphy— for helping him pushthroughtough times.

Big Ten leader doubles down

No support for SEC’s at-large bid preference for college playoffs

BY EDDIE PELLS AP national writer

LAS VEGAS The Big Ten commissioner doubled down on the league’s preference for multiple automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff on Tuesday, increasing the likelihood of a showdown with the Southeastern Conference when the format for 2026 is decided.

At the league’s football media days, Tony Petitti said any change that adds at-large bids and increases the discretion and role of a selection committee — a format the SEC and others have shown a preference for — “will have a difﬁcult time getting support of the Big Ten.” Petitti also bolstered the idea of a weekend’s worth of conference play-in games for some of the four automatic bids that would go to the Big Ten in its preferred version of a 16-team playoff. He said the league favored this even though the games could put some of the Big Ten’s top-seeded teams in jeopardy of being shut out of the CFP

The likely slate for that would include a league title game between Nos. 1 and 2 and play-in games involving the 3-6 seeds.

“There are 18 members in the Big Ten, you have 17 possible opponents and you play nine,” Petitti said. “There’s a lot of discrepancy Let alone making comparisons across leagues, there’s a lot of issues about how you compare teams inside the Big Ten. Where we came down is we were willing to take that risk.”

Indiana coach Curt Cignetti, whose team earned the 10th seed in last year’s playoff but lost 2717 to Notre Dame in a game that didn’t feel as close as the score, echoed the commissioner’s thoughts and pointed out that Ohio State ﬁnished fourth in the conference last season and went on to win the national title. If “you want to put the best teams in the playoffs, give the best leagues the AQ, but make them earn it with play-in games,” Cignetti said. Though there is a Dec. 1 deadline for expanding the playoff for 2026, Petitti said he wouldn’t put any ﬁrm date on it.

That echoed a sentiment SEC commissioner Greg Sankey

voiced earlier this month when he said the 12-team format, which went into effect last season and offers automatic spots to ﬁve conference champions, could stay in place until the two leagues can agree.

Petitti said recent meetings between Big Ten and SEC athletic directors have produced good results on a variety of topics and he expects another such summit would do the same.

“The goal would be to bring people back together, have a conversation about what we think works, then kind of go from there,” he said.

The Big Ten and SEC will ultimately decide the new format, with input from the Atlantic Coast

and Big 12 conferences, along with Notre Dame and the five smaller conferences that are part of the system.

At his conference’s media days, ACC commissioner Jim Phillips said his preference was a format with ﬁve automatic bids and the rest at-large, which is also what Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark has said his league favors.

“Fairness and access should also be part of the equation,” Phillips said Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, while backing the work of the selection committee that would have a bigger role with up to 11 at-large selections to sort through.

Conferences currently earn $4 million for every team they place in the playoff, and that number could grow, which adds to the stakes of how the next version of the playoff takes form.

Embedded in the debate is the nine-game conference slate the Big Ten plays vs. eight for the SEC. That extra non-conference game, some believe, gives SEC teams a chance to bolster their schedules, which then adds value to any calculation the committee would consider in determining atlarge bids.

The SEC is exploring moving to nine conference games.

Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman portrayed a Big Ten that is uniﬁed around the format of nine regular-season conference games, a new round of play-in games and something like four automatic spots in a 16-team playoff going to both the SEC and Big Ten.

“It means you’re going to have probably eight or nine, maybe ten schools that are jockeying for the fifth and sixth spots as you get into November,” Whitman said. “It’s so cool, when you just think about what it would mean for our fan bases and the enthusiasm around those games And it minimizes some of the subjectivity that would be placed around the selection committee.”

ACC moves past lawsuits and uncertainty

BY AARON BEARD AP sportswriter

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jim Phillips

stood in the same spot Tuesday morning that he did exactly one year earlier as he ofﬁcially opened the Atlantic Coast Conference’s preseason football media days.

Only now, the message and tone are far different.

The league has successfully quelled a rebellion in the form of the lawsuits by member schools Clemson and Florida State, which represented a threat fueling doomsayers’ chatter about the league’s long-term stability. Instead, the settlement that ended the legal fight spawned a new revenue-distribution model set to benefit the league’s biggest brands. There was also ESPN’s extension on its long-running partnership with the league.

And that sends the ACC into the 2025-26 sports season with the closest thing to peace as a college landscape churning with constant change can muster In an interview with The Associated Press, Phillips, the ACC commissioner, described recent months as “the restabilization of a great league that went through a very bumpy period.” He also talked about working to “make this a league that teams want to be in, not have to be in” at the start of the revenue-sharing era.

“We’re as healthy of a league as we’ve ever been based on having to go through some really tough moments,” Phillips told the AP

“I give our presidents/board credit for it, and I give our ADs a ton of credit for it as well. So we’ve moved away from some of the legal issues that we’ve had and now we’ve been able to work on things that I think have been put on the backburner.”

A summer earlier FSU, Clemson and the league were entangled in a crossﬁre of lawsuits over the ACC’s ability to charge hundreds of millions of dollars in exit fees for schools that leave for another league.

That came amid the backdrop of the ACC’s ﬁnancial conundrum.

The league annually posts record revenue hauls ($711.4 million for 2023-24, with football-playing members receiving nearly $45 million). It also keeps lagging behind the Big Ten ($928.1 million revenue, $63.1 million payout) and Southeastern Conference ($839 million, $52.6 million), though it ranks ﬁrmly third among the Power Four leagues ahead of the Big 12 ($493.8 million $39.5 million).

Had the Clemson or FSU lawsuits proceeded, there was potential a ruling might defang the league’s exit fees. Or its grantof-rights deal, signed by all ACC schools to give the conference control of their media rights — and the TV money that comes with them — as a deterrent to moving elsewhere.

Either could have triggered more teams to exit and chase revenue elsewhere, with the 2024 disintegration of the Pac-12 offering a worst-case harbinger

The stakes were clear last summer when Phillips took an assertive stance that was downright pugilistic by his own measured-tone standards in promising the league would ﬁght “as long as it takes.”

He now touts a successful “reconciliation” and what he calls “a really good story about the ACC.”

“People had various opinions about how unstable it was I never felt ever that it was going to lose its way or anything like that,” Phillips said. “It was never going to have the demise that I had heard that may happen. I never believed that for a second.

“But you have a staff that you’re dealing with. You have other schools that you’re dealing with. So to me, part of my responsibility was to be incredibly level and strong and unwavering about (how) we would get to the place that we’re experiencing now, where we have stability.”

ESPN’s decision in January to pick up its base-rights option through 2035-36 provided a key perception boost, aligning that

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deal’s timeline with a second covering the partnership for the ACC Network. The legal settlement followed in March, featuring a revised revenue-distribution model incorporating TV viewership as a way for top programs to make more money Throw in the last season’s implementation of a “success initiative” allowing teams to keep money generated by their own postseason success, and big-brand names like Clemson and FSU in football or Duke, North Carolina and Louisville in basketball, have avenues to offset the gap with Big Ten or SEC peers. That said, it didn’t sound like the legal ﬁght produced constant stress at the team level.

Miami coach Mario Cristobal said he never focused on uncertainty surrounding the conference’s future, while linebacker Wesley Bissainthe and offensive lineman Francis Mauigoa said they essentially knew nothing about the lawsuits.

“I live in a cave,” Mauigoa said with a grin. Still, reaching resolution was a welcome sign all the same.

Devers debuts at 1B after balking to do so

Rafael Devers was in the lineup at ﬁrst base for the San Francisco Giants at Atlanta on Tuesday night, the slugger’s ﬁrst start at the position that he refused to play for his prior team, the Boston Red Sox.

Boston traded Devers to San Francisco in June after his relationship with management deteriorated less than two years into a 10-year, $313.5 million contract he signed in 2023.

The Red Sox signed Gold Glove third baseman Alex Bregman during spring training and asked Devers to move to designated hitter. He balked before agreeing to the switch, but when Boston ﬁrst baseman Triston Casas suffered a season-ending injury, the Red Sox approached Devers about playing the position and he declined.

Rays put second baseman Lowe on 10-day injured list

The Tampa Bay Rays placed second baseman Brandon Lowe on the 10-day injured list Tuesday and acquired outﬁelder Stuart Fairchild from the Braves for cash considerations.

Lowe has been dealing with tendinitis in his left ankle. He exited Saturday’s game and was initially diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. The injury was later clariﬁed as tendinitis.

His IL placement was retroactive to July 20, indicating he could return before the July 31 trade deadline.

The 29-year-old has appeared in 87 games this season, batting .269 with 19 home runs, 11 doubles and three stolen bases. He’s driven in 58 runs while striking out in just over 25% of his plate appearances.

Paul to wear No. 3 jersey in return to Los Angeles

Chris Paul will be wearing his No 3 jersey in his return to the Los Angeles Clippers. Newly acquired Bradley Beal has agreed to give Paul the number that Beal has worn his entire NBA career, according to Lawrence Frank, president of basketball operations.

Paul played last season in San Antonio and forward Keldon Johnson gave up wearing No. 3 so Paul could have it. Paul has worn the number since he entered the NBA in 2005. Paul, a free agent, signed with the Clippers for what is expected to be his 21st and ﬁnal NBA season, citing a desire to return to Los Angeles where his family lives. He played 82 games for the Spurs, but will come off the bench for the Clippers.

Venus Williams becomes 2nd oldest woman to win

“For me,” Virginia coach Tony Elliott said, “really to see the commissioner stand up there and have conﬁdence and say the things he’s said just gives me conﬁdence.”

Longer-term questions await, though. The settlement included a rollback of the ACC’s grantof-rights provision that ensured schools would bring no TV value to a new league. It also created a schedule of declining exit fees from its current nine-ﬁgure status to $75 million for the 2030-31 season, then leveling off there through the duration of the ESPN deals.

That 2031 date would largely align with expiration of media deals for the Big Ten (2029-30 season) and the Big 12 (2030-31), while the SEC’s deal runs through 2033-34. That conﬂuence could set up a potential countdown for massive realignment impacting all Power Four leagues, maybe even through the formation of super league.

Asked about that looming potential, Phillips could only chuckle.

“We’re trying to get through this next year,” he said, “and all the rest of it.”

Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tourlevel singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while beating Peyton Stearns — 22 years her junior — by a 6-3, 6-4 score at the DC Open on Tuesday night. This was the first singles victory for Williams in nearly two years. The only older woman to win a match was Martina Navratilova at 47 in 2004. The former No. 1-ranked Williams had not played singles in an official match since March 2024 in Miami, missing time while having surgery to remove uterine fibroids. She hadn’t won in singles since August 2023 in Cincinnati. Until this week, she was listed by the WTA Tour as “inactive.”

Baker-Finch to retire from golf coverage on CBS

Ian Baker-Finch is retiring after CBS ends its PGA Tour golf coverage next week after nearly 19 years of his friendly Australian voice contributing to the network’s broadcast.

Baker-Finch, best known for his British Open victory in 1991 among his 16 victories worldwide, joined CBS in 2007. He had worked the previous decade in golf announcing with ESPN and TNT “Golf has been an enormous part of my life,” Baker-Finch, 64, said in a statement “I was fortunate to compete against the best players in the game and more recently work with the very best in television.”

CBS ends its 2025 coverage of the PGA Tour next week at the Wyndham Championship.

Petitti

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Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith celebrates after scoring against Notre Dame during the national championship game on Jan. 20 in Atlanta.

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commissioner Jim Phillips and Clemson coach Dabo Swinney look

on after Clemson wins the ACC championship against SMU on Dec. 7 in Charlotte, N.C.

Tiger Stadium public address

announcer Dan Borne works during an LSU game against Alabama in 2008.

LSUaccepting applications to replacePAannouncer

BY SCOTT RABALAIS Staff writer

Everdreamed of your voice booming out across Tiger Stadium as LSU scores atouchdown?

Now is your chance. LSU is accepting audition tapes from people interested in becoming the next voice of Death Valley, according to sports information director Michael Bonnette. Theschool is lookingfor someonetoreplace legendary,longtimepublicaddress announcer Dan Borne. He held thejob since 1986, but on Thursday LSU announced that the 79-year-old Borne was retiring from his role as PA announcer for football and men’sbasketball

Bonnette said LSUisnot necessarily lookingfor someone to do bothsports. In fact, anew PA person for men’sbasketball likely is to be announced at alater date.

“Our priority is to ﬁnd theright voice for Tiger Stadium,” he said.

Bonnette added that interest in succeeding Borne is signiﬁcant

Borne took aleave of absence from hisrolebehindthe micduring the 2024 football season and 2024-25basketballseasonbecause of health issues.

He wasreplaced by Bill Franques, the longtimePAannounceratAlex Box Stadium and publicist for LSU baseball.

Overthe past 70 years, Tiger Stadium has had only three PA announcers: Borne, Franques and

thelate SidCrocker,aweatherman at WAFB who manned the mic at LSUfootball games from 1955-85.

Borne’ssignature phrase before each kickoff was: “Chance of rain …never!”,anallusion to themyth that it neverrains in TigerStadium on an LSUhome game. During his tenure,the Tigers won three national championships (2003, 2007, 2019) and seven Southeastern Conference titles (1986, 1988, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2019).

Bonnette said LSU plans to honor Borne at agame during the upcoming season.

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EnglandbreaksItaly’s heart in Women’sEurosemiﬁnal

BY GRAHAM DUNBAR Associated Press

GENEVA— England is living on the brinkand survived another nearinevitable elimination all theway to another Women’sEuropean Championship ﬁnal.

The defending championbroke Italy’shearts —twice—ina 2-1 winafter extra time in theirsemiﬁnal on Tuesday Chloe Kelly scored the decisive goal in the119th minute, shooting home the rebound only after Italy goalkeeper Laura Giuliani saved her penalty kick.

Italy was forced into extratime becauseanother substitute, Michelle Agyemang,leveled the game deep into stoppage time Kelly and Agyemang alsowere crucialfor Englandinanother great escape in the quarterﬁnals against Sweden.

Englandwill now defendits title in Sunday’sﬁnal in Basel against either world championSpain or Germany. Their semifinalis Wednesday in Zurich.

“When it ﬁnishes like this, Iam enjoying it, but it’sa little bit dramatic,” said England coach Sarina Wiegman, who has never been eliminatedfrom the tournament She led her native Netherlands to the 2017 title before joining England. It wasall so cruel on unheralded Italy,which had led since Barbara Bonansea’sraspingvolleyedshot in the 33rd minute.

“It’sabitter defeat because we were oneminuteawayfromthe

ﬁnal,” Italy coach Andrea Soncin saidin translatedcomments. “But we have to be proud.”

Either potential opponent is a title rematch for England, having beaten Germanyinthe Euro 2022 final —also decided by aKelly goalinextratime —and lost the 2023 World Cup ﬁnal to Spain.

Forthe second time in six days, England had stareddown what looked asure exit and survived into extra time.

Italy would have been aworthy winner just for theimmense defending of central backs Elena Linari and Cecilia Salvai as England pressed intensely in the secondhalf.

But Agyemang fired in alow shot after Giuliani spilled across in arare handling error.The ball arrowed toward the net cruelly through the legs of bothLinari and Giuliani.

After the finalwhistleblew, Giuliani lay flat out and face down against the turf all aloneinthe middleof Italy’shalf of the field.

Thepenalty was conceded by substitute Emma Severinifor tangling with Beth Mead.

Severinihad aclear chance in the 86th to lift Italy into atwo-goal lead but her close-range shot after acorner was smothered by England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton. The defending champion is takingabumpy road to asecond straight title match.

It started with ahumbling 2-1 loss to France in the opening gamethat was Wiegman’sfirst defeat at aWomen’sEurosinher

third tournament. It did, however, after routing theNetherlands and Wales by acombined score of 101, keep England outofSpain’shalf of the knockout bracket.

England then trailed 2-0 to Swedenafter 78 minutesoftheir quarterﬁnal, and twice in the penalty shootout would have been out had the Swedes not failed with their next spot-kick.

Supersub Agyemang

At age 19, Agyemang is making an incredible start to her England career just afew yearsafter she was aball girl for theteam.

Her thirdgoal in just her fourth national-team game also was her secondcrucial equalizer in the Euro 2025 knockout rounds.

The Arsenal forward almost won the game beforeKelly,but her deft lob in the117th rebounded off the Italy crossbar

“I think that gave us anew lease of energy,” Kellysaidof Agyemang’simpact.“When your forwardisdoing that, it’sspecial.”

Carter’s return

England defender JessCarter was not in England’sstartinglineup for the ﬁrst time, fortactical reasons, two days after revealing she was the target of racist abuse online during thetournament.

Carter came on for theclosing minutes to protect England’slead andgot arousing cheer from fans.

Kelly saidvictoryafter the team united behind Carter was “a powerful moment to show this is what we expect.”

Scheffler mightbemore like Nicklaus than Woods

PORTRUSH, NorthernIreland Even with four majors, three legs of theGrand Slam and 20 victories around the world, it’salittle early to be making Scottie Schefﬂer comparisons. And yes, it’sabit silly

Butone momentisworth noting. His four-shot victory at the British Open complete, Schefﬂer saw 14-month-old son Bennett coming toward him on the 18th green at Royal Portrush. The toddler face-planted going up the slope.

Scheffler is relentless. He can take the dramaout of amajor without notice. He’sthe first player to wineach of his first four majors by at least three shots since J.H. Taylor morethan acentury ago.

Nicklaus picked up on this at the Memorial without ever talking to Schefﬂer about it.

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Schefﬂer eventually scooped him into his leftarm, his right hand holding the claret jug.

This was pure joy

It was reminiscent of Canterbury in the 1973 PGA Championship. Jack Nicklaus, whothat week brokethe record formost major titles, was coming off the 18th green after the second round when 4-year-old son Garyran out to meet him. The Golden Bear carried off his cub.

“My favorite photo in golf,” Nicklaus said years later in a Facebook post that he ended by saying, “Family ﬁrst, golf second.”

Sound familiar?

“He playsalot like Idid,” Nicklaus said in late May at the Memorial, and perhapsthat’swhere any similarities should start.

Comparisons with Tiger Woods are natural because they are separated by ageneration, and no one has been this dominant for such along stretch since Woods. Schefﬂer has stayed at No. 1 for thelast two years and two months.

Buttheirgames, their styles, their paths are not all that similar Everyone saw Woods coming when he was on “The Mike Douglas Show” at age 2, when he won theJunior Worlds six times and boththe U.S.Junior and the U.S. Amateurthree straight times. He madea hole-in-one in his pro debut.Hewon his ﬁrst PGATour event in his ﬁfth start.

Schefﬂer spent his ﬁrst year as apro on theKorn Ferry Tour

“I played with him alot in college, and he was not that good,” Bryson DeChambeau said with a laugh. He now refers to Schefﬂer as being “in aleague of his own.”

Woods was overwhelming, winning theMasters by 12 shots, the U.S. Open by 15 and the British Open at St. Andrewsbyeight for thecareer Grand Slam at age 24.

Before the tournament, Nicklaus spoke about his approach to golf —more emphasis on the tee shot (left-to-right shape, like Schefﬂer) and the approach, less dependence on putting foragood score. And when he got the lead, Nicklaus did what was required.

Schefﬂer won that weekbyfour shots.

“Once Igot myself into position to win, then you’ve got to be smart about how you ﬁnish it,” Nicklaus said. “And that’sthe way he’splaying. He reminds me so much of the wayI like to play.”

There wasone other Schefﬂer comparison. Nicklaus doesn’t believe he could have achieved all that he did without his wife, Barbara, whom he honored this year at the Memorial and whois universally regarded as the ﬁrst lady of golf

Nicklaus played his 164th and ﬁnal major at St. Andrewsin2005 and said that week: “I’m not really concerned about what my legacy is in relation to the game of golf,frankly.I’m moreconcerned with what my legacy is with my family,with my kids and my grandkids. That’sbyfar more important to me.”

Scheffler’semotions began to pour out at Royal Portrush only when he saw Meredith, the girl he first met as ahigh school freshman and finally dated as asenior

He madehis PGATour debut at the Byron Nelson that year at 17. He recalled being at her house the weekbefore when a promotion about the tournament came on TV.Meredith said to him: “Wait aminute. Isn’tthat what you’re doing?”

Schefﬂer said she’safast learner

“Every timeI’m able to wina tournament, the ﬁrst person I always look forismywife,” he said Sunday.“She knowsmebetter than anybody.That’smybest friend. It takes alot of work to be able to becomegood at this game, and Iwouldn’tbeable to do it without her support.”

To the rest of golf world, he’s the No. 1player in the world, now the “champion golfer of the year.” Fame won’t escape him now even if it doesn’tdeﬁne him

BY DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press

NEW YORK The WNBA tipped off thesecond half of its season Tuesday night with 10 of the 13 teams playing.

One player who won’tbecompeting for the immediate future is Caitlin Clark, whoisrecovering from aright groininjury she suffered last week. Clark missedIndiana’sﬁnalgame before the All-Star break with an injured right groin andpulled out of Friday night’s 3-point contest as well as Saturday’sAll-Star Game

Clark told reporters on Saturday nightthatshe hadbeen getting treatment during the festivities, whichalso took place in Indianapolis.While she is improving, Indiana coach Stephanie White said, the Fever intend to be cautious with Clark,who missed 10 games during the ﬁrst half of the season with threedifferent muscle injuries.

Players weren’tthrilled having to playsosoon after the All-Star break and hope to addmore of a break in the next collective bargaining agreement that they are currently negotiating with the league.

Atlanta has back-to-back games on Tuesdayand Wednesday while New York and many otherteams have three games this week.

“It’skind of the health and safety of it all,” NewYork star Breanna Stewart said.“Players having time to rest and recover,but also if we want the product in the All-Star Game to be better, we have to have time between games; like, there’s no way that you’re goingtohave asuper competitive All-Star Game when we play Tuesday.” New York added somereinforcements for the second half of the season, getting acommitment from Emma Meesseman to join the team once shegetsher visa The Liberty also added Stephanie Talbot, who was waived by Golden

State, strengthening the Liberty’s bench. New York also gotback a healthy Jonquel Jones, who missed the last month before the break to recover from asprained ankle. The defending champion Liberty currently are second in the standings behind Minnesota.

Strong ratings

The WNBA 3-point contest and skills challenge averaged 1.3 million viewersFridaynight,making it the mostwatched forthat event ever.The All-Star Game, which wasn’textremely competitive with Team Collier winning 151-131 over Team Clark, drew an average of 2.2 million viewers Saturday.It wasthe secondmostwatched AllStar Game, only trailing last year’s contest, which drew arecord 3.44 million viewers on average. Player of theweek

A’ja Wilson of Las Vegas had 37 points and 10 rebounds in the Aces’ lone game last week, a90-86 victory over Dallas. Otherplayers receiving votesincludedStewart and Los Angeles’ Dearica Hamby Game of theweek Phoenix

AP PHOTO By MICHAEL CONROy Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum, left, goes

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England’sChloe Kelly,right, celebrates

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offensivetackle LukeGoedeke,left, and

linetobecome the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history.

Contract squabblestop NFL storylines as campbegins

BY ROBMAADDI Associated Press

Contract squabbles. Quarterbackcompetitions. Comeback quests. Thosewillbejusta fewofthe storylines to watchduringNFL training camp. When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons report on Wednesday,all 32 teams will be ready to go

Each one is 0-0 and can dream about winning the Super Bowl. It’s amuch more realistic thought for some teams than others

Still, it’sa long road that requires key players staying healthy,plenty of luck andexceptional performances in the biggest moments.

Here are ﬁve of the mostcompelling storylines to watch:

Contract issues

MicahParsons is going tobecome the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history because Jerry Jonesand the Dallas Cowboys have waited to givethe twotime All-Pro acontract extension.

Last year,Jones made Dak Prescott the league’sﬁrst $60 million man.

How longwill it take to getthe deal done? Will it impact Parsons’ participation in practice?

All-Pro edge rusher Trey Hendrickson wants anew contract from the Cincinnati Bengals, who also haven’tsigned first-round pick Shemar Stewart.

The Bengals are holding their ground.

Something has to giveifthey want to compete for achampionship because theirdefense needs the help. Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin also is seeking an extension.

Washington, which lost to the Eagles in the NFC title game, acquired Deebo Samueland reworked his contract. They’ll want McLaurin on board to make the

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remainingfromthe spring —Illinois transfer Donovan Leary— playedintwo games overthree years with the Illini.

Post-spring addition Brendan Sullivan, an Iowa transfer, started eightgames in twoyears at Northwestern and three more with the Hawkeyes at the end of 2024, winning only three of those combined contests.

Retzlaff’s numbers last year were pedestrian —hecompleted 57.9% of his passes with 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions —but he produced in the clutch as BYU fell just short of reaching the Big 12 championship game after being picked 13th in apreseason media poll. He led a67-yard drive to setupatiebreaking field goal in the final two minutes of an 1815 early September victoryat eventual CollegeFootballPlayoff participant SMU. He threw a35-yard touchdown pass with 10 seconds left to beatOklahoma State 38-35 in October.Hedrove the Cougars from their own9 to theUtah 26 to set up awinning field goal as time ran out in a2221 come-from behind victoryin November

He also ran for 417 yards and six touchdowns, exhibiting adualthreat ability Semonza and Leary lack. When asked about their mobility near the endofspring

Bearscoach sets lofty goal forquarterback

Johnsonwants Williams to complete 70% of passes this season

BY GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press

LAKE FOREST,Ill. Chicago Bears coach BenJohnsonset ahighbar for quarterback Caleb Williamsas the two began their ﬁrst training camp together TuesdayatHalas Hall.

It could be the key to how well theBears bounce back in Johnson’sfirst season from a5-12 record and last year’sfiring of former coach Matt Eberflus.

“Wecertainly have goals that we strive for; it’snot asecret,” said Johnson, the former Detroit Lions offensive coordinator.“Itold him Iwould love forhim this season to complete 70% of his balls.

“So,you would like to think that over the course of practice that we’re completing 70% or more, or that’shard to just magically arise in agame. It’s alofty goal,but it’s onewe’regoing to strive for. Because of that, we’re going to use thatasabenchmark and kind of work from there.”

had pro success yet.

Even though it’srevamped, the offensive line may take timecoming together because left tackle Braxton Jones hasn’tpracticed all offseason.

However,when the team reportedfor camp Tuesday, he was deemed ﬁt for practice after rehabbing from ankle surgery Now it will be athree-way competition for the starting spot between Jones, rookie Ozzy Trapilo and second-year tackle Kiran Amegadjie. Johnsongives no favors to the incumbent.

“I would like to think his experience will help him,but we’re coming in with blank slates right now,” Johnsonsaid. “And so justbecause aguy has played and another guy hasn’tinthis league, we’re going to let the competition play out, and we’ll see where it goes.”

Johnsoncalledita casewhere Jones does need some time to “ramp up” afterbeing away all offseason.

offense even more dynamic.

Quarterbackbattles

TheClevelandBrownshave used40startingquarterbacks since 1999. Thatnumber will increase by Week 1unless veteran Joe Flacco wins afour-way competitionagainstKenny Pickett and rookies DillonGabriel and Shedeur Sanders.

Flacco, theSuperBowl 47 MVP, was the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year when he led the Browns to theplayoffs in 2023. He’sthe favorite going into camp.

The Indianapolis Colts brought in veteran Daniel Jones to battle Anthony Richardson,the No. 4 overall pick in 2023 who has been injured often and hasalingering shoulder problem. Rookie Tyler Shough,second-year pro SpencerRattlerand unproved Jake Haener will compete to replace Derek Carr,who retired after two seasons in New Orleans.

TheNew York Giants signed Russell Wilson andJameis Winston in free agency and then traded up to get Jaxson Dart in the ﬁrst round. General manager Joe Schoen andcoach BrianDaboll areinwin-now mode,sowhichever quarterbackgives them the best chance to compete in adifﬁcult NFC East will get the job.

Comeback kids

Prescott returns in Dallas after aserioushamstringinjury forced himtomiss nine games. After gettingthe richest contract in NFL history, Prescott has plenty to prove forthe Cowboys, who haven’tplayedinNFC championship game since the 1995 season.

Christian McCaffrey,the 2023

AP NFLOffensive Player of the Year,isback for the San Francisco 49ers, whowent6-11 after losing the Super Bowl the previousseason.McCaffrey missed 13 games lastseason, ayear after ﬁnishing third in voting for the NFL MVP award. The Detroit Lions

welcome back star edge rusher

AidanHutchinson after going oneand-done in the playoffs following a15-win season.Hutchinson had 71/2 sacks in ﬁve games beforehe broke his leg.

QB J.J. McCarthy will make his NFLdebut after sitting out his entire rookieseason because of aknee injury.McCarthy replaces SamDarnold, wholed Minnesota to 14 wins.

The TampaBay Buccaneers gave wide receiver Chris Godwin a$66 million, three-year contract despiteanankle injurythat ended his season after seven games. Godwin had 50 catches for 576 yards and ﬁve touchdowns before his injury Dolphins QB TuaTagovailoa missed sixgames last season, includingthe ﬁnal two with ahip injury.Hemissed four games because of aconcussion and his history of head injuries has been a concern.

Curtaincallfor Rodgers

AaronRodgers hasteamedup withMike Tomlin in Pittsburgh, aimingtohelpthe Steelers winanother Lombarditrophy.The fourtime NFL MVP couldn’tget the New York Jets to end their playoff drought. Now,he’slooking to go out on topand bring Pittsburgh its seventh Super Bowl.

Tomlin,the longest-tenured coach in the NFL, has neverhad alosing season, but the Steelers haven’twon aplayoff game since the2016 season.

Eagles prep forrepeat

Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley and the Eagles ended the Kansas City Chiefs’ bid for athree-peat with adominant victory in the Super Bowl. Philadelphia lost Josh Sweat and Milton Sweat,who combinedfor 41/2 of thesix sacks against Patrick Mahomes. But general manager Howie Roseman found ways to ﬁll holes and kept a dynamic offense together

practice, Sumrall said jokingly he could win afootrace withbothof them. Semonza and Leary struggled in Tulane’sspring game, combiningfor three interceptions while producing zero points. The duo entered thespringinathree-way battle with well-traveled Ponchatoula product TJ Finley,who was suspended midway through drills afterbeing arrested andcharged with possession of astolen pickup truck. Finley ultimately entered thetransfer portal again. “Wedidn’tplay well enough today(at quarterback) to win,” Sumrall said afterthe spring game

“I likebothguys. They areboth great teammates.Theyboth can throw it well enough. They both work incredibly hard, but we’re along wayfrom where we need to be.” Sullivan, whoarrived for the summer semester,was named one of three workout warriors of the week in mid-June. Tulane is seeking its fourth consecutive appearance in the AAC championshipgame. TheWave won the league in 2022 under former coach Willie Fritz but lost the title matchup the past two seasons, falling to Army in December in Sumrall’sﬁrst year

TheBears have done alot to help Williamsimprove from aQBwho completed 62.5% to one with more consistency. GM RyanPolesadded guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson and center Drew Dalman to avoid last season’s68-sack debacle.

“Obviously Ihave self-goals,” Williams said.“That’s being the first 4,000-yard passer in Bears history.That’sagoal of mine Seventypercentcompletion, that helps theteam keep on the ﬁeld, putsusinbetter positions.

“And then, other thanthat, just trying to go down andscorethe most points that we canwith each drive that we have. That’skind of my self-goal and obviously, other than that, you’ve got to go win.”

Whether the mixisthere forlast season’slast-ranked offense to improve is thequestion. Johnson hasn’tbeena head coach before,and Williamshasn’t

“Every playmatters;itall is going to matter as we go through this thing,” Johnson said.“Andso Ican’ttell you I’ve been through a three-man race before and so each play is going to be evaluated, and they got to take full advantage of each opportunity that they get.”

Rookie receiverLutherBurden and ﬁrst-round pick tight end Colston Loveland, both recovering from injuries at OTAs and training camp,also will be readyfor Wednesday’sﬁrst practice.

The only starter in question is cornerback Jaylon Johnson, who hasa leginjuryhesufferedwhile training on his own, and is on the non-football injury list fornow

The Bears gave Poles acontract extension before training camp so thatheand Johnsonboth have dealsrunning to 2029.They’re expecting progress to come much sooner

“The focus for us is going to be on continuous improvement, all right?” Johnson said. “Really,for thenextsix weeks, that’sall we careabout is getting alittle bit better every single day,day by day,brick by brick, and that starts today.”

U.S. Olympicofficials bartransgender women from women’ssports

ByTheAssociated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS,Colo. The U.S. Olympic andParalympicCommittee has effectively barredtransgender women fromcompeting in women’ssports, telling the federationsoverseeingswimming, athletics and other sports it has an “obligation to comply” with an executive order issuedbyPresident Donald Trump.

The new policy,announced Monday with aquietchange on the USOPC’s website and confirmed in aletter sent to national sport governing bodies, follows asimilar step taken by theNCAAearlierthis year The USOPC change is noted obliquely as adetailunder “USOPC AthleteSafetyPolicy”and referencesTrump’s executiveorder “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports,” signedinFebruary. That order,among other things, threatens to “rescind all funds” from organizations that allow transgender athlete participation in women’s sports.

U.S. Olympicofficials told the national governing bodies they will need to follow suit, adding that “the USOPC hasengaged in aseries of respectful and constructive conversations with federal ofﬁcials” sinceTrump signed the order “Asa federallychartered organization, we have an obligation to comply with federalexpectations,” USOPC CEO SarahHirshland and President Gene Sykeswrote in a letter

TheUSOPC oversees around 50 national governingbodies, most of which playarole in everything from thegrassroots to elite levels of their sports. That raises the possibility that rules might need to be changed at local sports clubs to retaintheirmemberships in the NGBs.

Some of those organizations for instance, USA Track and Field —havelong followed guidelines setbytheir ownworld federation World Athletics is considering changestoits policiesthatwould mostly fall in line with Trump’sorder

AUSA Swimming spokesman said the federationhad been made aware of the USOPC’s change and wasconsulting with the committee to ﬁgure out whatchanges it needs to make. USA Fencing changedits policy effective Aug. 1toallow only “athletes who are of the female sex” in women’scompetition and opening men’s events to “all athletes noteligible forthe women’s category,including transgender women,transgender men,nonbinary and intersex athletes and cisgender male athletes.”

The nationwide battle over transgendergirls on girls’ andwomen’s sports teams has played out at both the state and federal levels as Republicans portray theissue as a fight for athletic fairness. More than two dozen states have enacted laws barring transgenderwomen and girls from participating in certainsports competitions. Some policies have been blocked in court after critics challenged thepolicies as discriminatory,cruel andunnecessarily targeting atiny niche of athletes.

The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes to limit competition in women’s sports to athletes assignedfemale at birth,whichchange came aday afterTrump signedanexecutive order intended to ban transgender athletes. Female eligibility is akey issue for the International Olympic Committee under its new president, Kirsty Coventry,who has signaled an effort to “protect the female category.” The IOC has allowed individual sports federations to set theirown rulesatthe Olympics— and some have already taken steps on the topic.

Stricter rules on transgender athletes —barring from women’s events anyone who went through male puberty—havebeen passed by swimming, cycling and track andﬁeld. Soccer is reviewing itseligibility rules for women and could set limits on testosterone.

Trump has said he wants the IOC to change everything“having to do withthis absolutelyridiculous subject.” Los Angeles will host the Summer Gamesin2028.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By ERICGAy

ByU quarterbackJakeRetzlaff looks to pass against Colorado during theAlamo Bowl on Dec. 28 in San Antonio.

Dallas linebacker Micah Parsons, center, rushes againstTampaBay

tightend Payne Durham on Dec. 22. Parsons is in

TEs Hill, Moreau not ready for start of camp

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

When the Saints take the practice ﬁeld for the start of training camp Wednesday, two veteran tight ends will watch from the sideline.

The Saints announced Tuesday that both Taysom Hill and Foster Moreau will begin training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. The news was expected, as both Hill and Moreau missed the summer program while recovering from knee injuries suffered late last year

While both Mickey Loomis and Kellen Moore struck opti-

mistic tones about Hill and Moreau’s recoveries, neither committed to a potential timeline for their return to the ﬁeld. Players are eligible to come off the PUP at any time during training camp, though it’s possible that one or both are not ready for the start of the regular season.

Hill suffered a torn ACL against the Los Angeles Rams on Dec. 1, while Moreau required offseason surgery after injuring his knee in the season ﬁnale. Hill had been in the midst

of a strong season before his injury, rushing for 278 yards and six touchdowns while averaging 7.1 yards per carry He will turn 35 years old in August.

This summer, Moreau said he’d be happy with a timeline that put him back on the ﬁeld before the start of the regular season.

“The knee is doing great, and I’d have to say we are ahead of schedule,” Moreau said in May

TE Holker retires

Tyrann Mathieu isn’t the only New Orleans Saints player who retired on the eve of training camp.

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being shocked at how small he was. Nobody this size (he’s listed at 5-foot-9, 190 pounds) was supposed to wreak that much havoc on a football ﬁeld. But Mathieu was living proof that you can’t measure the size of one’s heart.

His heart wasn’t just passionate about football He also was passionate about giving back to the city Those LSU days of hearing the phrase ”Honey Badger don’t care“ were long gone Honey Badger indeed cares, which is why the kids in his hometown mean so much to him. He doesn’t want to see any of them fall by the wayside and become a statistic. He knows he easily could have when he was dismissed from the football team at LSU But New Orleans didn’t teach Mathieu to quit. He went to St. Augustine High School, where the first lyrics of the school’s alma mater are “Rise, Sons of the Gold and Purple.” And he learned just as many lessons at the school of hard knocks, which is what life for Mathieu felt like growing up. He’s had family members who were locked up in jail. He’s lost friends to gun violence. He’s seen it all. But New Orleans taught him this: “It’s fighting, it’s surviving,” Mathieu said in 2022 “It’s celebrating other people and happiness. I think that’s who I am.” On Tuesday, it was time for others to celebrate Mathieu. His peers flooded social media with well-wishes to Mathieu. Former Saints receiver Michael Thomas summed it up well.

“He was must-see TV for me on Saturdays in high school,” Thomas posted on X. “Really for all of us. In my generation, we never really (had) seen anyone like him. Through all the adversity, he gave us a show every time. What an honor to call him a teammate.” Mathieu was a favorite of his teammates, and he was a favorite of the local media. Win or lose, we always knew we could go to Mathieu and he’d put the game in proper perspective. He was voted the winner of the media award in New Orleans in 2023, an award that he also won at his other three NFL stops. “He is one of those guys that commands respect by his actions and his deeds,” Saints general manager Mickey Loomis said. Very thoughtful. Intelligent Super smart player Did all the right things on the football field and with his experiences in life. He’s just fantastic.” It seems fitting that Mathieu finished his career in New Orleans. It’s the city that raised him. It’s the city where he got his first NFL interception, picking off a Drew Brees’ pass in the Superdome in 2013 during Mathieu’s rookie season with the Cardinals. He also got his final interception in the Dome in November, intercepting a Kirk Cousins’ pass. Is there a better way for a guy from New Orleans to finish off his career than to get his last interception against the rival Atlanta Falcons?

In between those inter-

Dallin Holker also announced his retirement Tuesday after just one season in the NFL. The tight end, who made the Saints as an undrafted free agent last season, made the announcement shortly after New Orleans’ decision to release him.

“I can’t thank God enough for the opportunity to live out my dream,” Holker wrote on Instagram. “I’m incredibly grateful for my amazing wife and family your love and support have meant everything throughout this journey After a lot of prayer and conversations with my family and representatives, I’ve decided to

retire from the NFL.”

Holker, 25, appeared in 12 games last season and caught three passes for 21 yards. He latched onto the Saints after a breakout season at Colorado State.

Holker, who reportedly dealt with an ankle issue this offseason, becomes the fourth member of last year’s Saints team to retire this offseason, joining Mathieu, quarterback Derek Carr and tackle Ryan Ramczyk Mathieu’s replacement?

The Saints lost Mathieu, but they might have found his replacement. The Saints are working to

sign veteran safety Julian Blackmon, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed. Blackmon, 26, must ﬁrst pass a physical and is coming off a torn labrum that he dealt with last season. Blackmon suffered the injury in Week 1 but still managed to play 16 of 17 games. Blackmon, a third-round pick in 2020, spent the last ﬁve seasons with the Indianapolis Colts. He started in 62 of 66 games, missing significant time in 2021 when he tore his Achilles. He had three of his 10 interceptions last season. The Saints hosted Blackmon on a free-agent visit earlier in the offseason.

ceptions, he was named to four All-Pro teams and three Pro Bowls. He also was named to the NFL’s All-Decade team for the 2010s. And he won a Super Bowl ring with the Chiefs. But around here, Mathieu won’t be remembered for any of those accolades He’ll be remembered for being arguably the most revered and electrifying player this state ever has produced, highlighted by some magical Saturday nights in Baton Rouge at Tiger Stadium. He was small in stature but played so big. He was bigger than just football, which is why even Louisiana Gov Jeff Landry weighed in on his retirement.

“There is no one like the Honey Badger,” Landry posted on X. “A Louisiana Legend!”

Chances are, there never will be another one like him.

Email Rod Walker at rwalker@theadvocate.com.

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smell.

In December 2022, after his second season at Texas Tech, Shough had made up his mind that it was time for Jordan and him to get a dog. They both grew up in dog households, so Shough found a farm in Fort Worth where they could adopt a golden retriever puppy. On Jordan’s birthday, they made the ﬁvehour drive from Lubbock, Texas, to pick up 8-week-old Murphy

It was apparent right away they were adopting a farm dog.

“She smelled like cow poop,” Shough said.

“We (had) to immediately give her a bath,” Jordan said with a laugh.

Jordan likes to refer to Murphy, named after a character in Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” movie, as a therapy dog. At the time, her husband was recovering from surgery for a broken collarbone that limited his year to seven games. Murphy she said provided a “disruption” that the couple could “pour everything into.” And Jordan even discovered how helpful having a dog could be.

At ﬁrst, Jordan was hesitant about whether the timing was right After playing soccer at Oregon, where she met Shough, she agreed to move to Texas with him and started her ﬁrst job out of college as a seventh-grade science teacher. She was worried about the commitment the dog would require, but Shough’s calmness convinced her

“That’s pretty much how our big decisions happen,” she said. “He’s the calm one that’s like, ‘It’s going to be OK. It’s gonna work out.’ And then I’m the one questioning it a little more. But yeah, it turned out to be the best thing ever.”

Murphy quickly became a fixture not just for the Shoughs but also in the Texas Tech community In the era of name, image and likeness deals, Murphy even got her own endorsement from a doggy daycare named WagBnb. The sponsorship gave Murphy a place to stay when the Shoughs traveled to road games.

For the first three days after Shough broke his leg four games into his 2023 season, Murphy stayed in the quarterback’s lap.

Shough vividly remembers what he called the lowest point of his college career A defensive lineman had broken Shough’s leg on a hip-drop tackle, and though he tried to play through the pain, he was carted off one play after Shough couldn’t walk, wondered about his future and even brieﬂy contemplated retirement.

Murphy could tell Shough was in pain. Jordan remembers how Murphy would spend “all day” by her husband’s side.

By the fourth day, Shough sensed a shift in the dog’s demeanor

“She was like, ‘All right, let’s get up,’ ” Shough said.

Over the next few weeks, that’s when the walks began. Initially, Shough was bound to a knee scooter Despite the limited mobility, the quarterback found comfort in the way his dog would get excited about those trips.

When dealing with a serious injury, Shough said

there’s a period of self-pity that kicks in. Factor in his two previous broken collarbones one in 2021 and another a year later — and Shough couldn’t be blamed if he wondered whether someone, or something, had it out for him. But it was on those walks with Murphy that Shough gained perspective, a sense of clarity that he said made him grateful for all that he endured.

As he progressed physically and worked his way back into shape, Shough was able to escape. Not just literally from the home he was cooped up in but from football and that day’s workload.

Murphy wouldn’t allow Shough’s mind to wander, anyway Shough often had to keep his dog from chasing after squirrels, pointing at birds, or drifting off to trees for sticks and branches.

“That’s really the best part about it is going on those adventures,” Shough said. “To me, that’s what life is about.”

Jordan could see how Murphy was helping. After all, she knew better than anyone how the quarterback’s injury affected him. She was the one who bathed Shough with a wet rag when he couldn’t move, who helped him fall asleep on those restless nights after the injury This isn’t lost on Shough, either He credits Jordan as his “primary support,” thankful she was there.

But Murphy cared, too.

“It helped him a lot,” Jordan said, “just having this dog that just loves him regardless of everything else happening in his life.”

Shough didn’t know what to expect when he transferred to Louisville last year He said he certainly didn’t envision it would lead to him becoming a secondround draft pick.

All he wanted was a shot. He wanted to make it through a year healthy And he looked forward to coach Jeff Brohm’s pro-style offense, thinking it was a scheme in which he could thrive. He was ready for a new adventure.

“I was hopeful that he was hungry,” Brohm said.

Brohm’s hopes soon were realized The coach learned quickly that Shough was willing to put in the work and could process everything his offense required. Brohm wasn’t concerned about Shough’s injury history, either He had a plan to keep the quarterback out of harm’s way keeping him mostly in the pocket rather than on designed quarterback runs.

As they started to work together, Brohm saw how Shough’s adversity had shaped him. There was a maturity about him, Brohm said. And his work ethic fueled what was ultimately a successful pairing: For the ﬁrst time as a starter in college, Shough made it through the year completely healthy And he had results to show for it, leading Louisville to an 8-4 record with more than 3,000 yards passing.

Life in Louisville became normal as well. While Shough was ascending, he had Jordan and Murphy to fall back on. They had found their go-to dog park, their favorite pet store and plenty of other places where Murphy could roam.

“The nicest part is she’s just attached to us,” Jordan said. “Like, we’re our own little family We’re excited to go to new places because of her, (just) because she’s

so excited. She’s so resilient when she’s moved. We’ve driven across the country multiple times. She loves it.” Shough’s breakout caught the eye of NFL teams, including the Saints. Suddenly one of the top quarterback prospects in this year’s draft, Shough prepared for every team — with Jordan providing an assist by quizzing him on different playbooks and speciﬁc plays, a process that dated to their time in college.

The Saints made their interest apparent at Louisville’s pro day in March Quarterbacks coach Scott Tolzien took Shough out for lunch, followed by what Shough said was “extensive board work” in a meeting with coach Kellen Moore and the rest of the Saints contingent on the trip. They later hosted him for a predraft visit.

“There was a lot to like on his tape,” said Tolzien, who raved about Shough’s accuracy “And then you see him in person, and it conﬁrms a lot of that stuff.” Now, another adventure begins. Shough has spent the last few months integrating into the city of New Orleans. He shucked an oyster and tried crawfish. He popped a tire on a pothole. He stuck around the area after offseason workouts concluded and volunteered at the Manning Passing Academy He has settled in, allowing him to focus mainly on football. The stakes are clear Even beyond the drama of a quarterback competition, Shough must play well enough this season to quiet chatter that the Saints could be in the market for another rookie signal-caller in 2026 if they finish with one of the worst records in the NFL. The projected top of next year’s quarterback class — Texas quarterback Arch Manning (grandson of Saints legend Archie Manning) and LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier (son of Saints offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier) — hold strong ties to the organization as well.

“I got to see him through every kind of hard battle, every tough game, every big move across the country,” Jordan said. “He’s the same person. He’s pretty unshakeable The biggest thing I’ve noticed, especially in the last few years, is he loves this more than anything.

“It’s pretty evident, especially being somebody that lives with him.”

Shough gets home and often wants to put on ﬁlm, Jordan said And the quarterback lights up when talking about his day at the facility That conversation even ropes in Murphy whom Jordan said Tyler addresses as if she were a person.

Shough said he isn’t sure how he’ll balance the grind of the regular season while ﬁnding time to take Murphy out on their usual walks And if his career truly takes off, the reality is he might become too famous to walk around the neighborhood with his dog, anyway But if the trips have to be put on pause, or if more challenging times lie ahead, Shough still can come home to a dog that is eager to see him.

Just as it has been from state to state, year after year

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Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu celebrates after intercepting a pass against the Atlanta Falcons on Nov. 10 in New Orleans, the last interception of his career

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Saints safety Tyrann Mathieu tackles Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers on Dec. 29 in New Orleans.

HAPPY HOUR HOPPING

Exploring ‘the two-course happy hour’ for summer fun and support

TBY IAN McNULTY | Staff writer

his summer I’ve been pursuing different ways to dig into our restaurant scene, to enjoy the richness of it during the season when showing up matters more for local businesses. I’m also keen to ﬁnd good deals, because things are tough all over

That’s how I landed on the idea of happy hour hopping and the two-course happy hour. This simply pairs happy hour deals at two or more restaurants, visited in quick succession, for an outing that adds up to more fun and less money spent (if you pace yourself at least).

Happy hour hopping means small bites and quick sips here and there, in the spirit of a tapeo, a Spanish tapas crawl, and it can turn an early meal out into a different kind of low-key social activity with friends. For these to work, the restaurants must: 1) have an appealing happy hour deal; 2) offer them in time frames that will work together; and 3) be in close enough proximity to make this double dip doable (ideally they should be a short walk apart).

Once I started looking, I found potential all over the place. Uptown, start with a cheese board at St. James Cheese Co., 5004 Prytania St., and then tapas at the bar at Costera, 4938 Prytania St.

In Mid-City, get your smoked wings and daiquiris at Blue Oak BBQ, 900 N. Carrollton Ave., and then a bowl of cracklin’ and cocktails at Toups’ Meatery, 845 N. Carrollton Ave., and maybe a sno-ball at Pandora’s, 901 N. Carrollton Ave., to make it three courses, of sorts. Here are a few itineraries I dove into in detail with some special deals as summertime rolls. Oysters and Argentinian apps

Maria’s Oyster & Wine Bar, 752 Tchoupitoulas St., now in its ﬁrst summer, is the spot that many will remember as Tommy’s Wine Bar (and later NOSH). One block away

ä See HAPPY HOUR, page 2D

In Old Metairie, get cocktails and small plates at Garrison Kitchen + Cocktails, 2918 Metairie Road, with happy hour all night on Thursdays, and then pizzas at the bar at TANA, 2919 Metairie Road, right across the street (just be careful crossing!).

STAFF PHOTO By IAN McNULTy Mussels with fries and pimento aioli are part of the happy hour menu at Saint John restaurant.

RIGHT: Cocktails feature lesser-known spirits and fresh preparations at Aguasanta in New Orleans

Sotol with pineapple, left and kaffir lime with vodka and creme de menthe and basil star in these two. | STAFF PHOTO By IAN McNULTy

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER Provoleta, a molten skillet of cheese, herbs and oil, is a signature at La Boca steakhouse.

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The marble and tile bar stretches down the room at Maria’s

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By The Associated Press

Today is Wednesday, July 23, the 204th day of 2025. There are 161 days left in the year

Today in History

On July 23, 1967, the ﬁrst of ﬁve days of deadly rioting erupted in Detroit as an early morning police raid on an unlicensed bar resulted in a confrontation with local residents, escalating into violence that spread into other parts of the city and resulting in 43 deaths.

Also on this date:

In 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its ﬁrst car, a Model A, for $850.

In 1990, President George H.W Bush announced his choice of Judge David Souter of New Hampshire to succeed the retiring Justice William J. Brennan on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1996, at the Atlanta Olympics, Kerri Strug made a heroic ﬁnal vault despite torn ligaments in her left ankle as the U.S. women gymnasts clinched their ﬁrst-ever Olympic team gold medal.

In 1997, the search for Andrew Cunanan, the suspected killer of designer Gianni Versace and others, ended as police found his body on a houseboat in Miami Beach, an apparent suicide.

In 1999, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off with the world’s most powerful X-ray telescope and Eileen Collins became the ﬁrst woman to command a U.S. space ﬂight.

In 2003, Massachusetts’ attorney general issued a report saying clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese had probably sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades.

In 2006, Tiger Woods became the ﬁrst player since Tom Watson in 1982-83 to win consecutive British Open titles.

In 2011, singer Amy Winehouse, 27, was found dead in her London home from accidental alcohol poisoning.

In 2012, Penn State’s football program was all but leveled by penalties for its handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal as the NCAA imposed an unprecedented $60 million ﬁne, a four-year ban from postseason play and a cut in the number of football scholarships it could award.

In 2021, Cleveland’s Major League Baseball team, known as the Indians since 1915, announced that it would get a new name, the Guardians, at the end of the 2021 season; the change came amid a push for institutions and teams to drop logos and names that were considered racist.

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is La Boca, 870 Tchoupitoulas St., the Argentinian steakhouse, which introduced a new happy hour this summer that runs through the end of July Hurry to this one, because it’s a remarkable deal.

I started at Maria’s, where happy hour (daily, 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.) brought raw oysters ($1.50 each), tuna dip ($10) with big chunks of smoky ﬁsh to spoon onto chili butter Saltines, and a dry vinho verde wine ($8) with a bit of a ﬁzz, perfect with seafood

Next, it was swiftly over to La Boca, where happy hour is served at the bar only (5:30 p.m to 7 p.m Monday to Saturday) with fullsized dishes from the appetizer list for $8 I got them all: the provoletta molten cheese, always a favorite; empanadas (one with beef, another with squash and ricotta); and a pair of fat chorizo links.

This fills the bar, but I had to add the mollejas (sweetbreads) because a restaurant that serves them with nothing more than the taste of the grill and a dash of lemon must be respected Happy hour cocktails and wine are $10; the pisco sour was smooth, elegant and refreshing.

Sushi, rolling the dice on Oak

Across town, Oak Street has numerous happy hours for drinks, and one combo for food that gives a low-cost introduction to an extraordinary Japanese spot, Sukeban, 8126 Oak St., and an unusual offer from the modern Mexican restaurant Aguasanta, 8312 Oak St

Sukeban’s happy hour (4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m Tuesday to Thursday) has a changing menu of combos, like onigiri (a sushi rice ball ﬁlled with tuna) with a juice box of ﬁne sake, for $15; or a pair of temaki hand rolls with a bowl of spicy cabbage salad for $20. Beers are 25% off; try the Koji Gold, a very crisp, refreshing lager made by the same people

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restaurant brand with Khodr McCelvey and Tay will run the new Lakeview restaurant together

As the name suggests, crawﬁsh and seasonal boiled seafood will be a big part of the program, like at Frankie & Johnny’s. It will also have a wide-ranging menu, modernizing the template of the traditional New Orleans restaurant a bit. There will be fried platters and po-boys, and raw oysters from the kitchen (rather than a dedicated oyster bar), and also a burger and steak, grilled ﬁsh and chilled seafood, like crab claws and shrimp remoulade.

“I’ve learned what New Orleans wants, you don’t have to reinvent the wheel,” McCelvey said. “But we can bring things to the neighborhood so people have more of what they want close to home.”

The barrel part of the name refers to a focus on beer and bourbon at the restaurant’s large bar It will have a handful of beers on tap, with many more in cans. In addition to its bourbon selection, the bar will have a menu of dishes dubbed “friends of bourbon,” geared to pair with whiskey like boudin balls and deviled eggs.

Last call for Ancora

Ancora, 4508 Freret St., (504) 324-1636, set a new standard for New Orleans pizza with its artisan approach to Neapolitan pies, and it helped contribute to a new era

and birria-topped arepas; and $5 off cocktails, which are a particular strong point of this place anytime. It also adds a game of chance. You’re offered to roll the dice, and if your die lands on six, the food you ordered is free. There are numerous caveats to this, the most important is that you need to make a reservation to qualify to roll (because they want you to plan on coming, of course).

Downtown heavyweights

behind the new Rice Vice, 143 Delaronde St., sake bar in Algiers Point. Now hustle down to Aguasanta where the happy hour menu (4 p.m to 6 p.m. Monday to Thusday) has substantial appetizer dishes for $8, like pulled brisket on crusty bread

of Freret Street as a restaurant

row But the Uptown pizzeria will close after July 31.

A big part of the decision for proprietor Bryn Thompson came down to sticking to what Ancora has always done best rather than bow to changing trends.

What had been a steady business has struggled in the past few years, he said. There’s increasing pressure to use the ubiquitous third-party delivery apps, which add fees for restaurants. And Ancora’s pizza is best right out of the wood-ﬁred oven at the restaurant anyway, Thompson asserts.

After more than 14 years, he determined it was time to step away rather than reconﬁgure the business model for a new chapter

“One of our priorities was building a neighborhood and community; I think we did that,” Thompson said.

What’s next for Thompson remains to be seen. The same goes for the restaurant space, which is owned by the operators of the adjacent restaurant High Hat Café. Thompson assumes a new restaurant here will utilize the wood-burning oven, a centerpiece that is versatile for much more than pizza.

Ancora was opened by chef Adolfo Garcia and partners in 2011, just as Freret Street’s revival was hitting a new pace. Thompson was there from the start as part of the staff before becoming manager and eventually an owner

“I don’t see this as a loss. We helped build up a neighborhood. I feel really lucky to have been a

Here’s a heavyweight edition of the two-course happy hour back downtown at Saint John, 715 St. Charles Ave., and Desi Vega’s Steakhouse, 628 St Charles Ave., right across the street from each other with happy hour offerings that are practically robust enough to be regular restaurant menus.

Saint John (4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday to Monday), for instance, has a daily crudo (not a normal happy hour dish) and mussels, a dish that’s a meal unto itself, with

part of it,” Thompson said. Tatlo bows out, for now

Last year, a local chef known for her way with Filipino cooking spun together a truly unique restaurant with a speakeasy-esque location on Bourbon Street, an absinthe bar, late-night hours and a deep connection to her own spirituality as a witch.

Now Tatlo, 240 Bourbon St., is counting down its ﬁnal days, at least in its current incarnation. It will close after service on July 27.

The restaurant is in a well-hidden space tucked behind the Old Absinthe House, the landmark Bourbon Street bar It quietly opened in June 2024 and then burst on the scene in the fall in time for Halloween. It has stayed busy through the year, even through the city’s summer slump.

Chef and founder Cristina Quackenbush said she’s closing because the expense of running the business in its current location has become untenable. She left the door open for Tatlo to return in a different location, though she has no ﬁrm plans in place now

A self-described “witchy” restaurant in the French Quarter has all the makings for shtick (it’s tagline: “for the bewitched and hex curious.”). But Tatlo never felt like a theme restaurant. Instead, it was a genuine manifestation of the chef’s identity and spirituality through food, drink and hospitality Dishes and cocktails start with the spiritual or wellness properties of their ingredients, and recipes are composed as spells and

very crisp fries and zigzags of pimento aioli. Specialty cocktails and wine are $7; martinis are $5; beers are $5; and dishes range $6-$10.

Speaking of martinis, a dirty one at Desi Vega’s with blue cheesestuffed olives started off this happy hour (4 p.m.

and

chosen for a purpose, always a positive one, the chef asserts. Quackenbush, who gained a following for more traditional Filipino food, still runs her pop-up Milkﬁsh for special events and communal dinners.

Rosella says goodbye

In a part of town with known for its long-running, traditional New Orleans-style neighborhood restaurants, Rosella, 139 S. Cortez St., (504) 766-6642, brought something different. It was a more modern version of the neighborhood restaurant, with generous charcuterie boards, inexpensive wines and a grab-and-go section. But Rosella will close after service on July 27. Rosella debuted around Thanksgiving in 2023. Just a block from the Mid-City landmark restaurant Mandina’s, Rosella’s opened in the location that had been Fullblast Brunch and, prior to that, the original Ruby Slipper It was originally created by Paul McCaige and Alixandra Petrovich, who tapped friends in the movie set design business to give the space its distinctive look. Petrovich’s mother Romney Richard and her husband Charley Richard later took on operating the restaurant.

The look is colorful and vintage, with a wrap-around bar and sidewalk tables. In a change of pace from the Creole-Italian and New Orleans-style joints nearby, the menu here is an eclectic mix of ﬂavors, some hearty, some light. Corn dogs became an unlikely menu hit.

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

An espresso martini is served at

STAFF PHOTO By IAN McNULTy

Costera, the modern Spanish restaurant in Uptown New Orleans.

GLAD HANDS!

n School of Design

Indeed, on the invitation’s cover,itwas a “design” that caught the eye right away Fashioned in circular form, it was centered with the letters REX and the surrounding wording: Pro Bono Publico Foundation and School of Design.Atop the three central letters was acrown. Featured elsewhere on the cover of the whitestock invitation was the announcementofthe foundation’s18th dinner and the Audubon TeaRoom venue, as well as the event’s corporate sponsor, Hancock Whitney.From the latter were President and CEOHancock Whitney Corporation John Hairston and President and COO Hancock Whitney Bank Shane Loper They were joined by their wives, Ann and Mona.

were passed; and conversation was robust.

Oncewithin, lively conversationensued as guestslocated their tables and sat.The centerpieces by Meade Wenzel featured ﬂowers in thecolorsofred, yellow and palest pink, accented by greenery As introduced by Dickie Brennan,ﬁrst and second courses, an “entrée” and dessert followed in culinary succession, complemented by Champagne, and redand white wines.All threewerefromFrance

The honorary dinner chairmen were Mr.and Mrs.John M. Eastman and Mr.and Mrs.E.Howell Crosby. In 2024, John (also Johnny)Eastman wore the crown of the Rex Organization,whose ofﬁcial name is the School of Design.OnMarch 4ofthis year,the royal honor befell Howell Crosby Kathy and Katie aretheirspouses.

Prior to ﬁling into theTea Room, dinnersupporters assembled in thepatio insidea clear, air-conditioned tent, where the Clive H.Wilson three-piece jazz band entertained. Drinks were served with alacrity; hors d’oeuvres, such as polenta fries, shrimp andporkmeatballs, tuna poke and jalapeno duck poppers

n AColorful Caper

The Jefferson Chamber of Commerce’sBlack and Gold Gala touched down at the Ochsner Sports Performance Center,home of the Saints Training Field in Metairie, to raise funds —and fun. The purpose of the event was to raise money to abet the chamber’smission in supporting business growth, provideresources and enhance partnershipsinJefferson Parish. Brian Poole –CFIndustries was the Presenting Sponsor,and theNew Orleans Saints and the Pelicans were the hosting forces

Aspecial presentation occurred when John Hairston displayed his impressive collection of ducals from past Mardi Gras seasons. “The Rex ducal decoration and itstri-colored ribbon are worn only by Rex members, dignitaries honored by the King of Carnival, and Dukes of the Realm in the RexCourt.”

As he has been for years, Mark Romig was the auctioneer.Choice itemswere artwork by Cyn Sewell that referred to the2025 theme of “La Belle Epoque,” and three bottles of exceptionally rare bourbon. Their “going, going, gone” raised more than $20,000 for the Pro Bono Foundation. Created in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina to help rebuild the city, primarily through education, the foundation has distributed morethan $15 million. It is acharitable arm of Rex,whose

other gala attraction wasthe bid business.

Lighting transformed the venue with LED features dominating. Of course, the appropriate theme of blackand gold was incorporated throughout. An openbar catering by FLIK Hospitality Group and Drago’s, and music added party perks. TRaythe Violinist entertained atthe VIP reception, prior to The Phunky Monkeys’ music making during themainevent. Yetan-

n Emeritus Club

The Tulane Alumni and the Newcomb Alumnae associations welcomed constituencies to the Classof1975 Emeritus Club Induction and Awards Dinner in the Audubon TeaRoom Cynthia Heaberlin Beaird and Rick Rees teamed to chair the 50th reunion that included more than two dozen on the class committee. Prior to dinner, Tulane Alumni Association President Jennifer Mills (NC ’01) welcomed everyone.Dinner followed, starting with asalad dressed with atasty raspberry sauce, and followed by amain course of two crab cakesand a small ﬁlet, and dessert.

To continue with the program, Paula Perrone (NC ’73, L’75), gave theEmeritus Club Welcome as president-elect. MaryLynn Hyde answers to president.Upnext were the awards presentations, starting with the recognition of Jeanne Olivier (NC ’75) and the above Rick Rees (BA &MBA, 1975) as the Outstanding Alumni forthe class of 1975. Coincidentally,they had been schoolmates in the Crescent City decadesago and even enjoyed royalty: homecoming king and queen. Both have shown exemplary professionalism, and leadership concerning Tulane and philan-

ProBono Publico motto means “for the public good.” Further dinner notables were Rex 2015 ChristianBrown with Kia, and his majesty of 2020 and foundation board chair Storey Charbonnet with Anne Lynne.Additional board members were Merritt Lane III with Elly,Stephen Sherrill, Chip Goodyear with Elizabeth,Sandy Villere III with Anne,Ludovico Feoli (Rex 2023) with Stephanie,and Dr StephenHales (Rex 2017) with Nancy Accompanied by their wives, Peggyand Erica, were Rexes Jack Laborde of 2014 and James Reiss III of 2022. The Reisses enjoyed another round of royaltyinMarch, when daughter Tatum Lady Reiss,asqueen of Carnival, joined Howell Crosby on thethrone. Additional guests —and there were scores —included Debbie and BobbyPatrick, Kathleen and Pat Dennis, Erin (Mrs. JP) Hymel,Joy and Boysie Bollinger,Lynn and CharlieSmith, Courtney and Richard Montgomery,Will French and Tricia Sarpy, retired USMC Col. Gregg Habel,and Lt. Gen. Len Anderson, USMC. As thedinner supporters departed, they were given etched rocks glasses featuring thelogos of Hancock Whitney and the Pro BonoPublico Foundation. Filled with an oldfashioned or another drink, the glasses could offer astylishtoast to amemorable night.

The silent auction includedmorethan 80 items with exclusive travelpackages to Mexicoand Italy,and Saints autographed merchandise eliciting bids galore.

The evening also featured an array of casinogames, as well as aPunch Wall with prizes, and apopular wine rafﬂe with morethan four dozen bottles of premiere vino.

Making their Black and Gold rounds were Jefferson Chamber BoardChair NoraVadenHolmes,chamber president Ruth

thropy.“How do you summarize 50 years in three minutes?” queried Jeanne (with aknowing wink). Ascholarship student at Tulane,Rick paid tribute to cohonoree Jeanne; his spouse of 43 years, Debra,“Debbie;” and to MichaelA.“Mike”Fitts, 15thpresident of Tulane University,who related recent signiﬁcant activityatTulane and presented the awards to Jeanne and Rick. Both expressed deep gratitude.

“Weare very happy to have Dan with us tonight,” announced Paula Perrone in reference to the next award, the Dan Hurley Emeritus Award, which bears his name. He was the ﬁrst recipient and the second, the in-attendance RobertE.Young.The 2025 honoree was Dwight LeBlanc Jr (B ’59, L ’61),who talked about his time at Tulane, where he met Janie Janssen, his wife of 64 years, his militaryand community service, and his career as an admiralty lawyer.After presenting Dwight his award,Paula called up all the members of theClass of 1975, new membersofthe Emeritus Club, for agroup picture.

Lawson, Brittany Whitsell, Suzi Swoop O’Brien, and representing their various businesses or community afﬁliations, Thomas Gennaro, GregNielsen, GeorgeMueller, Michelle Bourg,Jimmy Aitken, Leon Giorgio (ﬁrst board chair), Johnny Domiano and Lee Reid, Roland Frank, Brian Lade, Larissa Littleton Steib and Kyle Steib,Gerry Cvitanovich, and Beth Branch. Also, Mayor of Kenner MikeGlaser and from the Jefferson

Parish Council, members Byron Lee, Deano Bonano, Hans Liljeberg,Joe Marino, and Scott Walker To nameafew within the extensive party pack. As the night waned, the bounty of the beat picked up. Dozens headed out to party on the turf and groove to the engaging, non-stop sounds of The Phunky Monkeys.

John Baxter Mona and Shane Loper

John and Ann Hairston, Erica and James Reiss

PHOTOSBy JEFF STROUT

SandyVillereIII, Rhonda KalifeyAluise

Merritt Lane, Katieand Howell Crosby

Katique and TomGennaro

Deano Bonano, Ruth Lawson

U.S. Sen. Bill and LauraCassidy, Byron LeBlanc

PHOTOSByJEFFSTROUT

JoeEagan, AmandaSchott, John Roberts, Nora VadenHolmes

PHOTOSByJEFF STROUT

Jeanne Olivier,Rick Rees

PaulaPerrone, MaryLynn Hyde

Allison Tally,Anne Rafal, Cynthia Beaird

LEFT: Dan Hurley, Janieand Dwight LeBlanc,Ashley LeBlanc

PROVIDED PHOTO Jennifer Mills

LEo (July 23-Aug.22) Engage in events that stimulate themind and motivate you to be and do your best. Working alongside others will encourage new friendships and provide opportunities to experience different lifestyle choices

VIRGo (Aug.23-Sept. 22) Take precautions when dealing with financial, medical or contractual matters. Pay attention to detail and negotiate any changes youwant to implementbefore proceeding.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-oct.23) Walk away from anyone demanding toomuchtime, patience andtalent. Concentrateon doingmore for yourself. Change your work or living space to accentuate your lifestyle.

ScoRPIo(oct. 24-nov. 22) If you want more money, focusoncareers that pay top dollar. Including educational pursuits on your resume when applying for yourdream jobwill pay off.

SAGIttARIuS(nov. 23-Dec. 21) Live, learn and appreciate whatevercomesyour way. Let your charm work itsmagic on someoneyou want to get to know better. Persistence, playfulness and patience will payoff.

cAPRIcoRn (Dec.22-Jan. 19) Take time to rethink your next move. Numerous outside influences can deter you from achievingwhatyou want.Bide your time, watch how others respondand learnfromthe experience you gain.

AQuARIuS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Turn up the volume, direct your energy and play

to win. Kindness and confidence will carry you forward withthe class and poise of awinner. Believe in yourself and your actions.

PIScES(Feb. 20-March 20) You'll thrive in environments that feature something you enjoy. Refuse to let anyone play withyour emotions. Rise above it all, know your worthand use your energy to ensure every move is right on the money.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) Pursue your interests. Don't wait for someone to beat youtothe finish line. Keepwhatever youdosimple andaffordable, and you willsee long-term benefits.

tAuRuS (April 20-May 20) Tidy up loose ends andcomplete whatever taskor responsibility youreceivefrom your superiors. What you do and how you do it will be what counts, not the promises or compliments you make.

GEMInI (May 21-June 20) Sticking to facts and figures willhelp liberate you from the people most likely to attempt to take advantage of you. Making personal improvements will boost your confidence.

cAncER (June 21-July 22) Your imagination will be in overdrive. Don'toverreact; give othersthe benefitofthe doubt, but keep your guard up just in case. A little charm will go along way.

better or For WorSe

beetLe bAILeY Mother GooSe And GrIMM

Sudoku

InstructIons: sudoku is anumber-placing puzzle based on a9x9 grid with several given numbers. Theobject is to place the numbers 1to9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once. Thedifficulty level of thesudoku increases from monday to sunday.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

THewiZard oF id

BLondie

BaBY BLueS

Hi and LoiS

CurTiS

Bridge

By PHILLIP ALDER

James Patrick Murray,a former sportswriter, said, “Show me aman who is agood loser, and I’ll show you aman who is playing golf withhis boss.”

That reminds me of astory about Sam Snead, who still has the most winsonthe PGAtour. While an office boy, he was playing golf with his boss. They reached adownhillpar 4that wasmore than 300 yards. Snead, whohad the honor,waited. His boss suggested that Snead should hithis drive. Snead pointed out that the foursome in front was still putting on the green. “Doyou wantajob tomorrow?” asked his boss.

“Yes, sir.

“Then drive.”

Snead hit his ball onto the green into themiddle of thefoursome. Ihope the boss apologized to them. And Iguess that Snead won the match.

At thebridge table, it is important to track losers. In this deal, how should Southplayinfour spades afterWest leads thediamond queen?

Southhas five losers: three hearts and two diamonds. He can discard aheart on the club ace, butneeds to trump a diamond in the dummy (unlessthe suit breaks 3-3)

Declarer should take the first trick on

theboard, pitch aheart on the club ace, play adiamond to his ace, and lead another diamond. In amoment, he will ruff his last diamond withdummy’sspade 10, so that East cannot overruff. South will take six spades,two diamonds, oneclub and that diamond ruff in the dummy.

Each Wuzzle is awordriddlewhich creates adisguised word, phrase, name, place, saying, etc. For example: nOOn gOOD =gOOD aFTErnOOn

Previous answers:

word game

InStRuctIonS: 1. Words must be of fourormore letters. 2. Words that acquire fourletters by the addition of “s,”such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed.3 additional words made by adding a“d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit wordsare not allowed

toDAy’S WoRD HEPAtIc: heh-PAT-ik: Associated with the liver

Average mark26words

Timelimit 40 minutes

Can you find 35 or morewords in HEPATIC?

yEStERDAy’S WoRD —EPISoDES

episode epode espied espies pied poesies posies poise pose ides seed

seep side sped speed spied spies deep depose despise dispose does dope dose

today’s thought “For as the lightning comesout of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall alsothe coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew24:27

Jesusiscomingback. Areyou ready?— G.E. Dean

wuzzles

marmaduKe

Bizarro

hagar the horriBle

Pearls Before swiNe

garfield

mallard fillmore

dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Scrabble GramS Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

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InstructIons: 1 Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner. HErE is a

WiShinG Well

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OF FI CIAL PROCEEDING S OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS REGULAR SESSION

CITY HALL: APRIL 24, 2025

The Council of the City of New Orleans met this day in Regular Session,

at 10:09 A.M., in the Council Chamber,City Hall, Council President, JP Morrell, presiding.

On calling the roll, the following members answered to their names:

PRESENT: MORENO (VICE PRESIDENT) MORRELL (PRESIDENT) GIARRUSSO

SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENT, CONSTITUTING AQUORUM. ROLL CALL

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

INVOCATION

BISHOP BRANDON BOUTIN

UNITED FELLOWSHIP FULL GOSPELBAPTIST CHURCH

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

LESLI D. HARRIS

COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT “B”

SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS PRESENTATION

METAIRIE PARK COUNTRYDAY SCHOOL-Congratulating the Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country Teams on winning the 2024 State Championships. WITHDRAWN.

THRID ORDER OF BUSINESS

PRESENTATION

METAIRIE PARK COUNTRYDAY SCHOOL

SPEAKER: MIKE MCGUIRE,BASKETBALL COACH

Congratulating the Boys’ Basketball Team on winning the 2025 State Championship. Also, congratulating the Girls’ Volleyball Team on winning the 2024 State Championship.

WITHDRAWN.

ORDINANCES ON FINALPASSAGE

CAL. NO. 35,008 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance to amend Ordinance No. 34,984 M.C.S. regarding atemporaryprohibition on non-essential travel and certain non-travel related expenses to extend the effective date of such ordinance; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

WITHDRAWN.

CAL. NO. 35,010 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GIARRUSSO (BY REQUEST)

-AnOrdinance to amend and re-ordain OrdinanceNo. 30,141 M.C.S., entitled “An Ordinance Providing aCapital Budget for the Year 2025”, to effect the following change to the 2025 Capital Budget: to de-appropriate funds from the Department of Property Management, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, and the Office of Stormwater and Green Infrastructure; to appropriate funds to the Department of Property Management, Department of Public Works, the New Orleans Fire Department, the New Orleans Health Department, the New Orleans Police Department, the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission, and the Office of Resilience and Sustainability; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell,Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,042 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) -An

Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant aservitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 1717 Religious Street; to fixthe minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declarethat such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interferewith the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,043 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) -An Ordinance to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant aservitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 333 North Diamond Street; to fixthe minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declarethat such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither neededfor public purposes nor shall such use interferewith the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,044 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance to amend and reordain Articles 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 26 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S.,as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create “Ice Manufacturing and Vending Machines” as principal and accessory uses in all non-residential zoning districts except for the HUB1A Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 93/24)

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,045 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS AND MORRELL -An Ordinance to amend and reordain Article 25 of the Comprehensive ZoningOrdinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to permit the reduction in size of legally non-conforming electronic billboards and billboards created under the processes outlined in Section 25.7 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance without affecting their non-conforming status; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 95/24).

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell,Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,046 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance to amend and reordain Article 19 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413

M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create anew Interim Zoning District called the Non-Commercial Short-Term Rental Special Exception Interim Zoning District, the intent of which is to prohibit the issuance of any Non-Commercial Short Term Rental by special exception as specified in Article 21, Section 21.8.C.18.R; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 97/24)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,047 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance to amend and reordain Article 21, On-Site Development Standards, Section 21.8.C.18.r of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264

M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to remove special exceptions from block limitations; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 96/24)

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell,Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,048 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN-An Ordinance to effect azoning change from an HI Heavy Industrial District to aC-2 Auto-Oriented Commercial District, on Square720, Lot 22, in the Third MunicipalDistrict, bounded by Kentucky Street,North Claiborne Avenue, Poland Avenue, North Derbigny Street (Municipal Address: 1600 Kentucky Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 2/25)

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell,Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,049 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS AND MORRELL

-AnOrdinance to effect azoning change from an HU-RM2Historic Urban Multi-Family Residential District to an HU-B1Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District, on Square391, Lots Aor9or9,R,and an undesignated lot, in the First Municipal District, bounded by Magnolia Street, Erato Street, Clio Street, and South Robertson Street(Municipal Address: 1238 Magnolia Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO.3/25)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,050 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER THOMAS -AnOrdinance to establish aconditional use to permit an accessory parking lotinan HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-FamilyResidential District, on Square424, Lot 2, in the ThirdMunicipal District, bounded by Forstall Street, Marais Street, Reynes Street, and Saint Claude Avenue (Municipal Address: 1122 Forstall Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO.7/25)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,051 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING -AnOrdinance to establisha conditional use to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages in a specialty restaurant in HU-MU Historic Urban Neighborhood Mixed-Use District, on Square393, Lot 9orLots A, B, and C, in the ThirdMunicipal District, bounded by Saint Roch Avenue, MaraisStreet, Saint Claude Avenue, and Spain Street (Municipal Addresses: 1126-1128 Saint Roch Avenue and 2362-2364 MaraisStreet); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO. 8/25)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,052 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER KING -AnOrdinance to effect azoning change from an S-RS Suburban Single-FamilyResidential District to an MU-2 HighIntensity Mixed-Use District on Lot 63-A or Pt. Lot 62, Lot 63, and Pt. Lot 64 and Lots 67 through 72 on Square81, bounded by Marr Avenue, Behrman Avenue, Donner Drive, Anson Street, and the Westbank Expressway; Lots 5through 12 on Square93, bounded by Marr Avenue, Arizona Street, Behrman Highway,and Elmwood Park Drive, in the Fifth Municipal District (Municipal Addresses: 2410, 2419, 2422, 2423, and 2455 MarrAvenue, 2300-2310 Elmwood Park Drive); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO.9/25)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT: Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,053 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN -AnOrdinance to establisha conditional use to permit aconstruction and demolition debris recycling facility in an HI Heavy Industrial District, on Square802, Lots A and B-1, in the ThirdMunicipal District, bounded by North Derbigny Street, Kentucky Street, North Roman Street, and Japonica Street (Municipal Address: 4501 North Derbigny Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO.10/25)

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,059 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN -AnOrdinance to effect azoning change from an HMR-1 Historic Marigny/ Tremé/Bywater Residential District to an HMC-1 Historic Marigny/Tremé/Bywater Commercial District, on Square200-201, Lot Aor2,inthe Second Municipal District, bounded by North Robertson Street, Esplanade Avenue, Governor NichollsStreet, and North Claiborne Avenue (Municipal Addresses: 1243-1245 N. Robertson Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. (ZONING DOCKET NO.12/25)

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,067 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL- An Ordinance amending and reordaining Ordinance No.30,074 MCS regarding shorttermrental platforms to verify eligibilityofits listings, to extend the effective date of such ordinance; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,068 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance

establishing section 70-417.3 of the Code of the City of New Orleans relative to the execution of publicly bid or competitively selected contracts wherethereisamaterial change between awardand execution; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,069 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST)

-AnOrdinance approving and authorizing the City of New Orleans (“City”), by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board(“NOAB”), to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement (“CEA”) with the United States Department of Transportation, Build America Bureau (“BAB”), and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: 0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,070 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS THOMAS, MORRELL, MORENO, GIARRUSSO, HARRIS, KING AND GREEN -AnOrdinance ordaining Section 162-552 of the Code of the City of New Orleans; to allow for Animal Drawn Carriage CPNC holders to use an electriccarriage, or morecommonly called e-carriage in lieu of acarriage drawn by an animal; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,071 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) -

An Ordinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (“City”), and Dryades YMCA School of Commerce, Inc., (“Dryades YMCA”) for twenty (20) years, for the public purpose of developing a training kitchen to train futurechefs and restaurant professionals, as more fully detailed in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement form as Exhibit“A”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell-6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Thomas -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,073 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER GIARRUSSO (BY REQUEST)

-AnOrdinance authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an Amendment No. 2toa Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (“City”) and the Sewerage and Water Boardof New Orleans (“Board”), to extend the term through January 1, 2027, and to increase the City’sparticipation by $14,000,000.00 as apartial local funds match requirement for the Louisiana Hubs for Energy Resilient Operations (HERO) program, administered by the state of Louisiana and funded by agrant from the Department of Energy,asmorefully detailed in the Amendment No. 2tothe Cooperative Endeavor Agreement form as Exhibit“A”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell- 6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Thomas -1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE, AS AMENDED, WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,075 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN -AnOrdinance amending amend Ordinance No. 30,139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate unassigned fund balance to the Chief Administrative Office to provide for the 2025 payment to Youth Force NOLA for programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT: Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,076 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL,HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,077 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL,HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30,139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate unassigned fund balance to the Health Department to provide for the 2025 payment to Thrive Kids for continued programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,078 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Expendituresfor the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate funds to the unassigned fund balance to the Health Department to provide for the 2025 payment to Thrive Kids for programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED. CAL. NO. 35,079 –BY: COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL -AnOrdinance establishing Section 2-15 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to prohibit the use of acity credit cardbypersons with outstanding financial obligations to the City; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Harris, Moreno, Morrell -4

NAYS: Green, Thomas -2

ABSENT:King –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,080 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amend Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to the Law Department for the Federal Judgment payment in the Hainey v. City of New Orleans matter,-USDCLAED #21-407; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,081 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to the Law Department for the Federal Judgement payment in the Hainey v. City of New Orleans matter,-USDC-LAED #21-407; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,082 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to the Department of Parks and Parkways towards afull roof replacement for the Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course clubhouse; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,083 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to the Department of Parks and Parkways towards afull roof replacement for the Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course clubhouse; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,084 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending

Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance

Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate unspent grant funds from the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) FY 21 to the Office of the Mayor for the purchase of telecommunication equipment; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,085 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance

Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate unspent grant funds from the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) FY 21 to the Office of the Mayor for the purchase of telecommunication equipment; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris –1

RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

CAL. NO. 35,086 –BY: COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) -AnOrdinance amending Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance

Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate Private Grant funds to the New Orleans Health Department to support the advancement of the Healthy Food Delivery to Pregnant and Postpartum Families Program and serve as a foundation for attracting additional investment for other programs; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

ROLL CALL:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris –1 RECUSED: 0 AND THE ORDINANCE WASADOPTED.

entitled “An Ordinance

Providing aCapital Budget for the Year 2025”, be amended and reordained to authorize anddirect the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provisiontherein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds therein as follows:

DE-APPROPRIATION

DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

FEMA KATRINA

30382 -HOUSE OF DETENTIONPW924 $8,373,272 LA ST REVOLVING FD

43000 -CITYWIDE GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS $288,558 43000 -PUBLIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS $21,148 DEPARTMENT OF PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Total $8,682,978

ORLEANS RECREATION DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

ST REVOLVING FD 43000 -CITYWIDE PARK &PARKWAYS $15,657 NEWORLEANS RECREATIONDEV.COMMISSIONTotal $15,657 STORMWATER AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE HAZARD MITIGATION GRANTPROGRAM 30653 -MIRABEAU GARDEN STORM WATERMGT.$8,169,140

AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Total $8,169,140

Total $16,867,775

$3,698,366 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS APRIL 24,

TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: March 27, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,042 NO. 30306 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to authorize theMayor of the City of New Orleans to enter intoanagreement to grant aservitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of public right-of-way located at the municipal address 1717 Religious Street; to fixthe minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declarethat such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for publicpurposes nor shallsuch use interferewith the use of the public rightof-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the followingportions of the public rights-of-way arenot needed for public purposes at this time and that the Mayor is hereby authorized to grant the following servitude thereon to the adjacent property owners as described below for ayearly payment of $208.00 said annual payment subject to upwardadjustment of 15%, rounded to the nearest dollar,following the expiration of every fifth year after November 1, 2024: Approximately 62 squarefeet of air rights consisting of the Encroachments ofacanopy,on/over the Religious Street public right-of-way,the Encroachments being part of the improvements located in the 1st Municipal District, Square87, Lot Q-1A, bounded by Religious Street, Celeste Street, Saint Thomas Street, and Saint James Street, bearing the municipal address 1717 Religious Street, New Orleans,Louisiana.

SECTION 2. That the grant of servitude be undertaken for the following reasons:

(a) The owner,which owns the improvements adjacent to the City-owned property,has constructed or is planning to construct improvements upon the public rights-of-way after applying for and obtaining building permits, tothe extent necessary,fromthe City of New Orleans.

(b) Said improvements and constructions referred to in subsection (a) hereinabove aredependent upon the servitude agreement with the owner; the plans and specifications submitted by the owner,toobtain the building permits for the improvements described herein, accurately delineate the improvements and constructions which aresubject to the servitude agreement, and said plans and specifications wereinspected and approved by the City of New Orleans prior to the issuance by the City of building permits allowing the improvements to be constructed as shown therein; the disposition of property rights by the servitude agreement as authorized herein will not hinder or preempt the use by the public or the City of any other public property and will provide revenues to the City otherwise not attainable if the aforementioned property rights wereunused.

SECTION 3. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the servitude agreement as described hereinabove in SECTION 1and attached hereto asExhibit “A”. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF

public purposes nor shall such use interferewith the

public rightof-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; and otherwise toprovidewith respect thereto.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the following portions of the public rights-of-way arenot needed for public purposes at this time and that the Mayor is hereby authorized to grant the following servitude thereon to the adjacent property owners as described below for ayearly payment of $650.00 said annual payment subject to upwardadjustment of 15%,rounded to the nearest dollar,following the expiration of every fifth year after November 1, 2024: Approximately 122 squarefeet of air and ground rights consisting of the Encroachments of canopy’sand steps, on/over the North Diamond Street andSaint Joseph Street public right-of-way,the Encroachments being part of the improvements located in the 1st Municipal District, Square53, Lot B,C,D,17, 20,21, 24, and 25, bounded by North Diamond Street, South Peters Street, Saint Joseph Street, and Tchoupitoulas Street, bearing the municipal address 333 North Diamond Street, New Orleans, Louisiana.

SECTION 2. That the grant of servitude be undertaken for the following reasons: (a) Theowner,which owns the improvements adjacent to the City-owned property,has constructed or is planning to construct improvements upon the public rights-of-way after applying for and obtaining building permits, to the extent necessary, from the City of New Orleans. (b) Said improvements and constructions referred to in subsection (a)hereinabove aredependent upon the servitude agreement with the owner; the plans and specifications submitted by the owner,toobtain the building permits for the improvements described herein, accurately delineate the improvements and constructions which aresubject to the servitude agreement, and said plans and specifications wereinspected andapproved by the City of New Orleans prior to the issuance by the City ofbuilding permits allowing the improvements to be constructed as shown therein; the disposition of property rights by the servitude agreement as authorized herein will not hinder or preempt the use by the public or the City of any other public property and will provide revenues to the City otherwise not attainable if the aforementioned property rights wereunused.

SECTION 3. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the servitude agreement attached hereto as described hereinabove in SECTION 1and attached hereto as Exhibit “A”.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Harris, Moreno,Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 *Copies of the attachment may be seen

the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: March 27, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,044 NO. 30308 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Articles 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22 and 26 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No.4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create “Ice Manufacturing and Vending Machines” as principal and accessory uses in all non-residential zoning districts except for the HU-B1A Historic Urban Neighborhood Business District; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 93/24 was initiated by City Council MotionNo. M-24-376 and referredtothe City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this zoning petition and recommended denial of atext amendment in its report to the City Council dated January 3, 2025, presented in Zoning Docket Number 93/24; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was overruled and the changes weredeemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and weregranted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-25-131 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on February 27, 2025. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Article 10 ofthe Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments), be, and is hereby amended and reordained to read as follows: “ARTICLE 10. HISTORIC CORE NEIGHBORHOODS NON-RESIDENTIAL

COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Harris, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 *Copies of the

permitted in Paragraph 3below

3. Freestandingice machines arepermitted for commercial uses in the following zoning districts: HMC-1, HMC-2, HM-MU, HU-B1A, HU-B1, HUMU,S-B1, S-B2, S-LB1, S-LB2, S-LC,S-MU, S-LP,S-LM,C-1, C-2, C-3, MU-1, MU-2, EC, MC, MS, LS, LI, HI, MI, and BIP. Freestanding ice storage machines may be located in the required front yard, corner side, interior side, or rear yardbut shall be three (3) feet from any lot line. No freestanding ice storage machine may be located within arequired parking space.

4.The

21.6.S.2 PROPANE STORAGE MACHINES Propanestorage machines may be located on the exterior of astructurein accordance with the section.All other vending machines, such as rentals and change conversion machines, shall be located inside the principal building.

1. Propane storage machines arepermitted for commercial uses of twothousand five hundred (2,500) squarefeet or moreofgross floor area. However,inthe S-LB2 District ice and propane storage machines are permitted only for commercial uses of five-thousand (5,000) squarefeet or moreofgross floor area.

2. Propane storage machines shall be placed against the exterior of the principal building andcannot encroach into any public right-of-way or required yard, unless permitted in Paragraph 3below

4.Propane storage machines shall be placed sothat customers accessing these units do not block the public right-of-way

5. Propane storage machines shall not exceed nine (9) feet in height, five (5) feet in width and six (6) feet in length.

6.The only sign permitted is the word“PROPANE,” as applicable. The size of the sign is limited to one (1) squarefoot in area.

7.The color of these units shall be unobtrusive. Propane storage machines placed against the exterior of the principal building may be

storage machines shall be

8.The area surrounding the

free of any junk,

material. SECTION9.THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OFNEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Article 22 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments),be, and is hereby amended and reordained to read as follows: “ARTICLE 22. OFF-STREET PARKINGAND LOADING

CITY HALL: March 27, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,045 NO. 30309 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS AND MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Article 25 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to permit the reduction in size of legally non-conforming electronic billboards and billboards created under the processes outlined in Section 25.7 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance without affecting their non-conforming status; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number95/24 wasinitiated by City Council MotionNo. M-24-488 and referredtothe City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of atext amendment in its report to the City Council dated January 3, 2025, presented in Zoning Docket Number 95/24; and WHEREAS, the changes weredeemed necessary and in the best interest ofthe City of New Orleans and weregranted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-25-137 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on February 27, 2025.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Article 25 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments), be, and is hereby amended and reordained to read as follows: “ARTICLE 25. NONCONFORMITIES

25.2.G DEMOLITION OF ANONCONFORMING USE OR STRUCTURE

1. Thevoluntary demolition of anonconforming structure,use, or sign will result in the loss of the legal nonconforming status of that use and/or the nonconforming characteristic(s) of that structure, use, lot, or sign, including off-street parking.

2. When anonconforming structure, use, or sign has been voluntarily demolished, the structure, use, or sign may only be rebuilt in conformity with this Ordinance.

3. Wheremorethan fifty percent (50%)ofa structure has been voluntarily demolished, the retentionofa wall or façade on anonconforming yard/ setback is not sufficient to retain the nonconforming status of the yard/ setback deficiency.Inthis instance, the work is treated as new construction andall applicable regulations shall be met.

4. Anonconforming electronic billboardmay be voluntarily demolished without aloss of its legal nonconforming status order to allow for the billboardorits support structuretoberepaired and/or replaced. The repair and/or replacement shall not increase the size or height of the billboardor otherwise increase its intensity.The billboardmust be reestablished within 180 days of the date of demolition. If it is not reestablished within 180 days, the legal nonconformity is lost. Aholder of avalidly issued billboardpermit ofanon-conforming billboardstructure, which permit is current and in good status, and which permit holder is also the owner of the non-conforming structure, shall be allowed to remove said structure formaintenance, repair or restorationand build back without loss of non-conforming status.

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ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS:0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: March 27, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,046 NO. 30310 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL

AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Article 19 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to create anew Interim Zoning District called the Non-Commercial Short-Term Rental Special Exception Interim Zoning District, the intent of which is to prohibit the issuance of any Non-Commercial Short Term Rental by special exception as specified in Article 21, Section 21.8.C.18.R; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 97/24 was initiated byCity Council Motion No. M-24-493 and referredtothe City Planning Commission; and

WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval of atext amendment in its report tothe City Council dated January 3, 2025, presented in Zoning Docket Number 97/24; and

WHEREAS, the changes weredeemed necessary and in the best interest ofthe City of New Orleans and weregranted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-25-110 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on February 27, 2025.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Article 19 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments), be, and is hereby amended and reordained to read as follows: “ARTICLE 19. TEMPORARYPROHIBITIONS

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19.4 TEMPORARYPROHIBITIONS

19.4.A INTERIM ZONING DISTRICT(S) (IZD)

19.4.A.21 NON-COMMERCIAL SHORT-TERM RENTAL SPECIAL EXCEPTION INTERIM ZONING DISTRICT

A. Intent of the District The intent of the Non-Commercial Short-Term Rental Special Exception Interim Zoning District is to prohibit the issuance of Non-Commercial ShortTerm Rentals that exceed block limitations through the Special Exception process.

B. Boundaries The Interim Zoning District applies to all zoning districts in which Special Exceptions for Non-Commercial Short-Term Rentals areallowed.

C. Prohibited Uses No Special Exception shall be granted for any Non-Commercial Short-Term Rental application received after September 19, 2024.

D. Appeal Procedure Determinations as to the applicability of the Interim Zoning District to any particular property shall be made by the Department of Safety and Permits.

Appeals shall be submitted to the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission, whose staffshall review and make recommendations relative to the appeal within sixty (60) days of receipt. Asuccessful appeal shall document extraordinary and unusual circumstances related to the shortterm rental application process, other than economic injury

The Council shall have sixty (60) days from receiptofrecommendation to approve, deny,ormodify the appeal recommendation by motion.

E.Expiration

TheIZD shall be in effect for aperiod of one year and is subject to extension in accordance with Article 19, Section 19.3.B.3 of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: March 27, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,047 NO. 30311 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain

COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris -1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: March 27, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,048 NO. 30312 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER GREEN AN ORDINANCE to effect azoning change from an HI Heavy Industrial District to aC-2 Auto-Oriented Commercial District, on Square720, Lot 22, in the ThirdMunicipal District, bounded by Kentucky Street, North Claiborne Avenue, Poland Avenue, North Derbigny Street (Municipal Address: 1600 Kentucky Street); and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 2/25 was initiated by Quentella M. Richards and referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this zoning petition and recommended approval, of the zoning change in its report to the City Council dated January 27, 2025, presented in Zoning Docket Number 2/25; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was upheld, and the changes weredeemed necessary and in the best interest of the City of New Orleans and weregranted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-25-129 of the Council of the

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF

ORDAINS, That

be and

with

and other information shown thereon, together with the lot line zoning districts maps referred to in Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26413 M.C.S., as amended, the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans, for

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL:March 27, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,059 NO. 30318 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBER GREEN

AN ORDINANCE to effect azoning change from an HMR-1 Historic Marigny/ Tremé/Bywater Residential District to an HMC-1 Historic Marigny/ Tremé/Bywater Commercial District, on Square200-201, Lot Aor2,inthe Second Municipal District,bounded by North Robertson Street, Esplanade Avenue, Governor Nicholls Street, and North Claiborne Avenue (Municipal Addresses: 1243-1245 N. Robertson Street); and otherwisetoprovide with respect thereto. WHEREAS, Zoning Docket Number 12/25 was initiated by 1816 Investment, LLC and referred to the City Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission held apublic hearing on this zoning petition and recommended denial, of the zoning change in its report to the City Council dated February 24, 2025, presented in Zoning Docket Number 12/25; and WHEREAS, the recommendation of the City Planning Commission was overruled, and the changes weredeemed necessary and in the bestinterest ofthe City of New Orleans and weregranted approval, as stated in Motion Number M-25-170 of the Council of the City of New Orleans on March 13, 2025.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Executive Director of the City Planning Commission be and is hereby directed to change the appropriate zoning district maps together with all the notations,references,and other information shown thereon, together with the lot line zoning districts maps referred to in Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26413 M.C.S., asamended, the ComprehensiveZoning Ordinance of the City of New Orleans, for azoning change from an HMR-1 Historic Marigny/Tremé/ Bywater Residential District to an HMC-1 Historic Marigny/Tremé/Bywater Commercial District,onSquare200-201, Lot Aor2,inthe Second Municipal District, bounded by North Robertson Street, Esplanade Avenue,Governor Nicholls Street, and North Claiborne Avenue (Municipal Addresses: 12431245 N. Robertson Street); in accordance with Motion Number M-25-170 ofthe Council of the City of New Orleans, approved on March 13, 2025. SECTION 2. Whoever does anything prohibited by this Ordinance or fails todoanything required to be done by this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.Upon conviction of such amisdemeanor,the individual shall be subject to a fine, imprisonment, or both, in accordance with Section 1-13 of the Code of the City of New Orleans. Such aconviction shall be cause for immediate cancellation of the Useand Occupancy Permit for the premises. Alternatively,the individual shall be subject to whatever civil liabilities, penalties, or remedies the law prescribes

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,067 NO. 30319 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to amend and reordain Ordinance No. 30,074 MCS regarding short-term rental platforms to verify eligibility of its listings, to extend the effective date of such ordinance; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Section 2ofOrdinance No. 30,074 MCS shall be amended and reordained to read as follows: SECTION 2. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEARBY ORDAINS, that the effective date of this ordinance shall be July 1, 2025.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris,King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,068

NO. 30320 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL

AN ORDINANCE to establishsection 70-417.3 of the Code of the City of New Orleans relative to the execution of publicly bid or competitively selected contractswherethereisamaterial change between awardand execution; and otherwise to provide with respectthereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Code of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana is amended byadding section 70-417.3 which shall read as follows: “Chapter 70 – FINANCE ARTICLE IV.–PURCHASES AND CONTRACTS

Sec. 70-417.3. –Post-awardcontract changes prohibited. (a) It shall be unlawful for the city to enter into any publicly bid or competitively selected contractwherethereisamaterial change in the terms of the contract between the date on which awinning vendor is selected and the execution of the contract (b) For purposes of this section, a“material change” occurs in the following circumstances: (1) The contract reflects an expansion of or significant alteration in the scope of work as publicly advertised; (2) The winning vendor increasesthe price in the submitted bid or proposal or significantly modifies the terms of the submitted bid or proposal; or (3)Inthe case of acompetitively selected professional services agreement, the winning vendor eliminates or substitutes any subcontractor or thirdparty vendor whose participation and services (i) aredescribed in the submitted bid or proposal and (ii) materially contributed to the evaluation and selection of the winning vendor for the project. This shall not include circumstances whereasubcontractor or third-party vendor described in the submitted bid or proposal cannot provide services through no fault of the winning vendor; but shall include circumstances wherethe replacement or substitutionofthe subcontractor or third-party vendor is aresult of the failuretoagree to economic terms that were, or could have been, agreed to atthe time proposals weresubmitted.”

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025 APPROVED: DISAPPROVED: MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONMAY 5, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNED BYTHE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHERAPPROVEDNOR DISAPPROVED BYTHE MAYOR. THEREFORE, SAID ORDINANCEBECAME LAWAT 12:00 NOON ON MAY4,2025 AS REQUIREDBYLAW ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,069 NO. 30321 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER GREEN (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to approve andauthorize the City of New Orleans (“City”), by and

WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 14(c) of the Constitution of the State of Louisiana provides, “For apublic purpose, the State and its political subdivisions or political corporations may engage in cooperative endeavors with each other,with the United States or its agencies, or with any public or private association, corporation, or individual”; and WHEREAS, the NOAB is agovernmental entity,political subdivision, or non-governmental entity of the State of Louisiana; WHEREAS, the New Orleans Code of Ordinances, Section 9-314(3), requires aCEA longer than one (1) year to be submitted to the Council for approval; WHEREAS, the United States Department of Transportation (“USDOT”) returned certified ordinance No. 30225 to the NOAB for the purpose of adding Executive Orders Nos. 14149, 14151, 14168, and 14173 to Appendix Eofthe Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program Cooperative Agreement. NOW,THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That the Council hereby approves, and that the City of New Orleans, by and through the New Orleans Aviation Board, be and is hereby authorized to sign, the following cooperative endeavor agreement in substantial conformance to and with Exhibit “A” attached hereto and made

aparthereof:

Exhibit: A

Document: Innovative Finance and Asset Concession Grant Program

Cooperative Agreement (Updated by USDOT)

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24,

2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,070 NO. 30322 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS THOMAS, GIARRUSSO, GREEN, HARRIS, KING, MORENO, AND MORRELL

AN ORDINANCE to ordain Section 162-552 of the Code of the City of NewOrleans; to allow for Animal Drawn Carriage CPNC holders to use an electric carriage, or morecommonly called e-carriage in lieu of acarriage drawn by an animal; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto

WHEREAS, many cities arephasing out or completely banning animal drawncarriages; and WHEREAS, electric carriages area best practice to replace animal drawn carriages and arepresently operating in historic neighborhoods in cities across the United States and around the world;and WHEREAS, electric carriages have proven to be an environmentally sensitive and safe alternative to animal drawn carriages, particularly in densely populated historic city centers; NOW THEREFORE

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Section 162-552 of the Code of the City of New Orleans is hereby ordained to read as follows:

“Sec. 162-552. –In-lieu provision.

In lieu of utilizing an animal drawn carriage, aholder of an Animal Drawn Carriage CPNC may provide the same service without the use of an animal and instead use an electronic or e-carriage that adheres to all the following standards:

a) TheDepartment of Public works must certify that the vehicle is an electric carriage; and b) The vehicle must be powered by electricity or battery and not utilize a combustion engine and may not be gasoline powered; and c) Thevehicle must not be able to seat over 16 passengers in addition to adriver;and

d) The vehicle shall be no longer than 20 feet; and

e) The vehicle must not be able to exceed aspeed of 25 miles per hour; and f) To be certified as an electric carriage, the vehicle’sdesign must be inspired by avintage horse-drawn carriage.

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025

JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso,Green, Harris, King, Moreno,Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: Apil 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,071

NO. 30323 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE to authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into aCooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (“City”), and Dryades YMCA School of Commerce,Inc., (“Dryades YMCA”) fortwenty (20) years, for the public purpose of developing atraining kitchen to train futurechefs and restaurant professionals, as more fully detailed in the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement form attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto

WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority contained in Article 7, Section 14(C) ofthe Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and statutory authority supplemental thereto, the State of Louisiana and its political subdivisions, including the City,may enter into cooperative endeavors with each other,orwith any public or private corporation or individual; and further pursuant to Section 9-314ofthe Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter into cooperative endeavors with any public or private association, corporation, or individual for activities in support of economic growth and other public purposes; and WHEREAS, Dryades YMCA will plan and construct the Dryades Kitchen Incubator Project; and WHEREAS, Dryades YMCA’s mission is to “strengthen community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility”; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 7, Section 14(C) of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974, and related statutes, and Section 9-314 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of New Orleans, the City may enter into cooperative endeavors with the State of Louisiana, its political subdivisions and corporations, the United States and its agencies, and any public or private corporation, association, or individual with regard to cooperative financing and other economic development activities, the procurement and development of immovable property,joint planning and implementation of public works, the jointuse 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; and WHEREAS, the Kitchen Incubator Project will enhance economic opportunities, especially for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs, and will reinvest in historically marginalized communities in Central City; and WHEREAS, through rehabilitation of the kitchen, loading dock, and storage space, the Kitchen Incubator Project will offer significant benefits to the local New Orleans community and beyond; and WHEREAS, the City will provide funding in the amount of $466,666.00; NOW THEREFORE

SECTION I. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That the Mayor,onbehalf of the City of New Orleans, is hereby authorized to enter into the attached cooperative endeavor agreement with Dryades YMCA for aterm of twenty years, for the public purpose of establishing atraining kitchen that prepares futurechefs and restaurant professionals, while fostering economic opportunities for low-to-moderate income entrepreneurs and revitalizing historically marginalized communities.

SECTION 2. That said cooperative endeavor agreement is attached to this ordinance as Exhibit “A” and incorporated and made apart hereof

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025 LATOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS:

Green, Harris,

-1

Moreno, Morrell -6

Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell -6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Thomas -1 RECUSED: 0 *Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

ORDINANCE (AS AMENDED) CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,074 NO. 30325 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to extend and modify the prohibitions in Ordinance No. 30,239 M.C.S.; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the provisions of Ordinance No. 30,239 M.C.S. and the temporary prohibitions imposed therein be and hereby arecontinued in effect until December 31, 2025 (the “Travel Study Period”), provided that the provisions imposed by Ordinance No. 30,239 and extended by Section 1 of this ordinance shall not be enforced so long as the preliminary injunction

their express terms, notwithstanding the existence of the foregoing preliminary injunction. SECTION 2. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That the Chief Administrative Officer,inconsultation with the Director of Finance, the City Attorney,the Director of the Office of Economic Development, and any other department or official deemed appropriate by the Chief Administrative Officer,ishereby requested and directed to study and report on to the Council on or beforeDecember 31, 2025 the costs and benefits of city-funded travel and to recommend necessary policies and procedures intended to ensure fiscal responsibility,transparency,and public accountability with regardtocity-funded travel. This report should include any necessary or desirable legislative changes addressing, limiting, or improving travel, as well whether the ban on non-essential travel imposed herein should remain permanent, in whole or in part. The study and report directed herein should, at aminimum, contain the following: (a) Afull accounting of travel expenses incurred by each city employee during each of the last three years, including the following information for each, if available: (1) Name of the employee traveling; (2)

Stated public purpose of the travel; (8) The amount spent on each trip, divided into the following categories: (i) Airfare; (ii) Lodging; (iii) Meals; (iv) Tips; (v) Per diem expenses; (vi) Taxi and ride sharefees;

Recommendations regarding any limitations that should be imposed on travel and non-essential travel; (d) Acomplete study of other comparable jurisdictions that have enacted legislative regulations of employee travel and astatement of best practices that could be incorporated into futurelegislation; (e) An evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the manner in which the city currently manages travel; (f) An analysis of the benefits provided by travel, specifying economic and non-economicbenefits, broken into categories that must include but are not limited to: (1) Continuing education and/or best practices engagements; (2) Economic development; and (3) Historical, cultural, or goodwill activities.

SECTION 3. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That the Chief Administrative Officer,inconsultation with the Director of Finance, the City Attorney,and any other department or official

0 *Copies of the attachment may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,073 NO. 30324 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER GIARRUSSO (BY REQUEST)

of the city (e)Travel requests that include upgrades for airfare, car rentals,taxi, or rideshares shall be denied. If the requestismade after the travel occurs, theemployee shall not receive reimbursement for any upgraded airfare, car rental, taxi or rideshare. An exception to this requirement shall only be allowed upon the unanimous written concurrence of the Chief Administrative Officer,Director of Finance, and City Attorney and must state the reasons as to why upgraded airfare, car rentals,taxi or ridesharewas necessary to avoid an immediate, direct, and material harm to the financial well-being of the city

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITYOFNEW ORLEANS APRIL24, 2025

J.P.MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED:

DISAPPROVED:

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONMAY 05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0 ABSENT:0

RECUSED: 0

THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNEDBYTHE MAYOR ON MAY05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NORDISAPPROVED BYTHE MAYOR. THEREFORE,SAID ORDINANCE BECAMELAW AT 12:00

NOONONMAY 04, 2025 AS REQUIREDBYLAW

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,075 NO. 30326 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO, MORENO,MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30,139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate unassigned fund balance to the Chief AdministrativeOffice to provide for the 2025 payment to Youth Force NOLA for programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding to support Youth Force NOLA as agreed upon during the 2025 budget process; and WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding sothat the City Council may financially support the efforts of Youth Force NOLA for the benefitofthe citizens and children of Orleans Parish; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30,139 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize, and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,to transfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: GRANTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, AND FUND TRANSFERS –FUND 6699 INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES

Grants, Contributions, &Fund Transfers $1,000,000

TOTAL $1,000,000

TO: GENERALFUND OPERATING BUDGET –FUND 1000 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES

Use of Fund Balance $1,000,000

TOTAL $1,000,000

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED:

DISAPPROVED:

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONMAY 5, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNEDBYTHE MAYOR ON MAY05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NORDISAPPROVED BYTHE MAYOR. THEREFORE,SAID ORDINANCE BECAMELAW AT 12:00 NOON ON MAY04, 2025 AS REQUIREDBYLAW

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,076

NO. 30327 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO,MORENO, MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate funds to the unassigned fund balance to the Chief Administrative Office to provide for the2025 payment to Youth Force NOLA for programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding to support Youth Force NOLA as agreed upon during the 2025 budget process; and WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding so that the City Council may financially support the efforts of Youth Force NOLA for the benefitofthe citizens and children of Orleans Parish; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERSOPERATING BUDGET –FUND 6699 7998 –Intergovernmental Transfers 600 –Grants, Contrib., &Fund Transfers $1,000,000

TOTAL $1,000,000 TO: GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET– FUND 1000 CHIEF ADMINSTRATIVE OFFICE

200–Operating $1,000,000

TOTAL $1,000,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: DISAPPROVED: MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONMAY 5, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

TOTAL $3,000,000 TO: GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET –FUND 1000 OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Use of Fund Balance $3,000,000 TOTAL $3,000,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: DISAPPROVED: MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED BYTHE MAYOR. THEREFORE, SAID ORDINANCE BECAME LAWAT12:00

NOON ON MAY04, 2025 AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,078 NO. 30329 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025” to appropriate funds to the unassigned fund balance to the Health Department to provide for the 2025 payment to Thrive Kids for programming; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding to support Thrive Kids as agreedupon during the 2025 budget process; and WHEREAS the City Council desires to appropriate funding so that the City Council may financially support the efforts of Thrive Kids for the health and wellbeing of the citizens and children of Orleans Parish; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30,140 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated thereinas

follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS OPERATING BUDGET –FUND 6699

7998 –Intergovernmental Transfers

600 –Grants, Contrib., &Fund Transfers $3,000,000

TOTAL $3,000,000 TO: GENERAL FUND OPERATING BUDGET –FUND 1000 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 200 –Other Operating Expenses $3,000,000

TOTAL $3,000,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: DISAPPROVED:

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED BY THEMAYOR. THEREFORE, SAID ORDINANCE BECAME LAWAT12:00 NOON ON MAY04, 2025 AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,079 NO. 30330 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER MORRELL AN ORDINANCE to establish Section 2-15 of the Code of the City of New Orleans to prohibit the use of acity credit cardbypersons with outstanding financial obligations to the City; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That the Code of the City of New Orleans, Louisiana is amended by addingsection 2-15 which shall read as follows: “Chapter 2– ADMINISTRATION

ARTICLE I. –INGENERAL ** * Sec. 2-15. –Credit cardusage. No credit cardprovided by or through the city may be issued to or otherwise used by any person who owns property in Orleans Parish with delinquent andoutstanding ad valorem taxes, unless paid under protest and timely challenged in accordance with state law,orwho owes an outstanding financial obligation to the city arising from unreimbursed travel costs or damage to city property.”

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: DISAPPROVED:

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Harris, Moreno, Morrell -4

NAYS: Green, Thomas -2

ABSENT:King -1 RECUSED: 0 THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY05, 2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED BY THEMAYOR. THEREFORE, SAID ORDINANCE BECAMELAW AT 12:00 NOON ON MAY04, 2025 AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,080 NO. 30331 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BYREQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for theCity of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate funds to the Law Department for the Federal Judgment payment in the Hainey v. City of New Orleans matter,-USDC-LAED #21-407; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto SECTION 1. THECOUNCIL OF THECITYOFNEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained

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OF NEW ORLEANS

HALL: April 10, 2025

NO. 35,082 NO. 30333 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

GIARRUSSO, MORENO,

OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025 APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025 LATOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris -1 RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,083 NO. 30334 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans

with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES -FUND 6699

INTERGOVERNMENTAL 600 –GRANTS, CONTR. AND FUND TRANSFERS $224,250

TOTAL $224,250 TO: JOE BARTHOLOMEW GOLF COURSE– FUND 1143 PARKS AND PARKWAYS 200 -OTHER OPERATING $224,250

TOTAL $224,250 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6 NAYS: 0 ABSENT:Harris - 1 RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,084 NO. 30335 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An

30328 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO,MORENO,MORRELL, HARRIS, THOMAS, KING AND GREEN AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30,139 M.C.S.,

ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTALREVENUES -FUND 6699

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

600 –GRANTS, CONTR. AND FUND TRANSFERS $15,797

TOTAL $15,797

TO: LOUISIANA MILITARYDEPARTMENT –FUND 4412

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR

200-OTHER OPERATING $15,797

TOTAL $15,797

ADOPTED BY THECOUNCIL OF THE CITY OFNEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025

JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,086 NO. 30337 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO,MORENO, GREENAND THOMAS (BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate Private Grant funds to the New Orleans Health Department to support the advancement of the Healthy Food Delivery to Pregnant and Postpartum Families Program and serve as afoundation for attracting additional investment for other programs; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated therein as follows:

FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTALREVENUES– FUND 6699 Intergovernmental Revenues Grants, Contributions, and Fund Transfers $140,000

TOTAL$140,000

TO: LOCAL FOUNDATION GRANTS– FUND 4900

Total Local Foundation Grants $140,000

TOTAL $140,000 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFNEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS:0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,087 NO. 30338 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERSGIARRUSSO,MORENO,GREEN AND THOMAS

(BYREQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate Private Grant funds to theNew Orleans Health Department to support the advancement ofthe Healthy Food Delivery to Pregnant and Postpartum Families Program andserve as afoundation for attracting additional investment for other programs; and otherwise to provide with respectthereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

600 –GRANTS, CONTR. AND FUND TRANSFERS $140,000

TOTAL $140,000 TO: PRIVATEGRANTS– FUND 4900 HEALTH DEPARTMENT

200 –OTHER OPERATING $140,000

TOTAL $140,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OFNEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025

JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ONAPRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS:0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0 ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,088 NO. 30339 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

JP MORRELL PRESIDENTOFTHE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: DISAPPROVED:

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -7

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:0 RECUSED: 0 THIS ORDINANCE WASRETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON MAY5,2025 AT 2:45 P.M. AND THE SAME WASNEITHER APPROVED NOR DISAPPROVED BY THEMAYOR. THEREFORE, SAID ORDINANCE BECAME LAWAT

12:00 NOON ON MAY4,2025 AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,089 NO. 30340 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS

(BY REQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No.30139 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Revenues for the City of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate grant funds from the NewOrleans Business Alliance to the Office of Workforce Development to expand opportunities for entry-level positions, support skill-building, and highlight potential career pathways; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto. SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That Ordinance No. 30139 M.C.S., as amended, be amended to

authorize and direct the Director of Finance, notwithstanding any provision therein contained to the contrary,totransfer funds allocated therein as follows: FROM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES –FUND 6699

Intergovernmental Revenues Grants, Contributions, and Fund Transfers $90,000

TOTAL $90,000 TO: DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY– FUND 4416

Total Delta Regional Authority $90,000

TOTAL $90,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24,

2025 JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE:

YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1 RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,090 NO. 30341 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES

BY:COUNCILMEMBERS GIARRUSSO, MORENO, GREEN AND THOMAS (BYREQUEST) AN ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance No. 30140 M.C.S., as amended, entitled “An Ordinance Providing an Operating Budget of Expenditures for theCity of New Orleans for the Year 2025”, to appropriate grant funds from the New Orleans Business Alliance to the Office of Workforce Development toexpand opportunities for entry-level positions, support skill-building, and highlight potential career pathways; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto.

SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

INTERGOVERNMENTAL

600 –GRANTS, CONTR. AND FUND TRANSFERS $90,000

TOTAL $90,000 TO: DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY– FUND 4416

WORKFORCE INVESTMENT

100 –PERSONAL SERVICES $90,000

TOTAL $90,000

ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025

JP MORRELL

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL

DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025

APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025

LATOYACANTRELL

MAYOR

RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M.

AISHA R. COLLIER

ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL

ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, King, Moreno, Morrell, Thomas -6

NAYS: 0

ABSENT:Harris -1

RECUSED: 0

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

CITY HALL: April 10, 2025

CALENDAR NO. 35,091 NO. 30342 MAYOR COUNCIL SERIES BY:COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS (BY REQUEST)

AN ORDINANCE authorizing the Mayor of the City of New Orleans

toenter into aSecond Amendment to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City of New Orleans (the “City”) and New Orleans

Redevelopment Authority (“NORA”) relative to the City’sDepartment of Information Technology and Innovation (“ITI” or “ITI Department”) providing basic operational and disaster recovery support to NORA in exchange for NORA’s data sets; to extend the term thereof for an additional three (3) years; and to modify or reaffirm certain conditions, as more fully set forth in the Amendment attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated and made a part hereof; and otherwise to provide with respect thereto

WHEREAS, the City and NORA have enteredinto aCEA, dated March 20, 2021, relative to the City’sITI Department providing basic operational and disaster recovery support to NORA in exchange for NORA’s data sets; and WHEREAS, the City and NORA amended the CEA, effective March 20, 2022, to extend the term and to modify or reaffirm essential provisions (the “FirstAmendment”); and WHEREAS, the City and NORA now desiretoamend the Agreement to extend the term thereof for an additional three (3) years and to modify or reaffirm certain conditions and to set forth certain other matters in connection herewith; NOW THEREFORE

SECTION I. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY

ORDAINS, That the Mayor,onbehalf of the City of New Orleans, is hereby authorized to enter into aSecond Amendment to the Cooperative Endeavor Agreement between the City and NORA relative to the City’sITI Department providing basic operational and disaster recovery support to NORA in exchange for NORA’s data sets; to extend the term thereof for an additional three(3) years; and to modify or reaffirm certain conditions, as more fully set forthinthe Second Amendment. SECTION 2. That said Second Amendment to the previously executed Cooperative Endeavor Agreement is attached to this ordinance as “Exhibit A” and incorporated and made

into the attached cooperative endeavor agreement with EMDRC for aterm of morethan one year,ending no later than December 31, 2026, for the public purpose of securing and stabilizing Building 601, ensuring that the entireNSA site— including Building 601—remains asafe and appealing space for residents, businesses, and visitors during Phase 1 of the NSA Development. SECTION 2. That said cooperative endeavor agreement is attached to this ordinance as Exhibit “A” and incorporated and made apart hereof. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS APRIL 24, 2025 JP MORRELL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL DELIVERED TO THE MAYOR ON APRIL 25, 2025 APPROVED: APRIL 29, 2025 LATOYACANTRELL MAYOR RETURNED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 29, 2025 AT 3:45 P.M. AISHA R. COLLIER ASSISTANT CLERK OF COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE: YEAS: Giarrusso, Green, Harris,

ORDINANCE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS CITY HALL: April 10, 2025 CALENDAR NO. 35,095

City and CACRC desiretoaccomplish avaluable public purpose of providing electronic waste removal and recycling services, reducing dumping fees, reducing electronic waste in landfills, and providing greater access to technology; and WHEREAS, CACRC will continue to provide the City with acurrent list of electronic devices accepted by CACRC, retrieve collected electronic devices from the City’sapproved collection site(s), transport all items collected to CACRC’sBaton Rouge facility,erase the harddrives or memories of the electronic devices to certified standards for the purpose of ensuring

and CACRC desiretoenter into this Amendment No. 3toprovide for continuity of services for an additional one (1) year and to set forth certain other matters in connection therewith; NOW THEREFORE SECTION 1. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS HEREBY ORDAINS, That

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

ACONDO: THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND OF THE MAIN STREET CONDOMINIUM II, BEARINGMU‐NICIPALNO. 9701 LAKE FOREST BLVD,UNIT28, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS RONIQUER RANDALL, RHONDALINE RANDALL GAINES,NAR‐CISSEJ.GAINES, ANDKIARA REEVES

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2022-4841

By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onAugust28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ACONDO: ONECERTAIN CONDOMINIUM UNIT,together with allthe buildingsand improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longing or in anywise appertaining, designated as UNIT 28, includ‐inganundi‐vided5.87per‐cent ownershipin the CommonEl‐ements and LimitedCom‐monElements as more fully setforth in that certainDe‐clarationof Condominium Ownershipof Main Street CondominiumII, by act before Omer F. Kuebel,Jr.,No‐tary Public, datedMay 3, 1984, registered in COB793D folio 123 133, N.A. No 547357, records ofOrleans Parish Louisiana, to‐gether with the survey,plat andother in‐strumentsand documentsan‐nexedthereto andincorpo‐ratedbyrefer‐encetherein, which estab‐lished Main Street Condo‐minium II, and whichincludes amongthe Common Elements thereof, thefol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty:

ONECERTAIN

PARCEL OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall therights, ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longingor in anywiseap‐pertaining,situ‐ated in the THIRDDISTRICT of theCityof NewOrleans, Parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Section23of theLaKratt Tract {formerlyNew Orleans LakeshoreLand Company Subdi‐vision), andac‐cordingto a plan and survey of Uni‐versal Land Sur‐veyors,Inc., datedDecem‐ber14, 1981, ap‐proved by the City Planning Com‐missiononFeb‐ruary10, 191, andregistered in COB774, folio 444, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, said parcel of ground is designated as Lot3E4Band is more particu‐larly describedas follows:

Commenceat theintersection of thenorth line of Lake Forest Boulevardand theEastlineof Citrus Canal, thence measure N29degrees 05'35" W, adis‐tanceof236.03 feet to thepoint of beginning; thence continu‐ingalong the east line of Cit‐rusCanal,N 29 degrees 05'35" Wa distance of 182 feet to apoint; thence N60de‐grees 54'25" E a distanceof 258.46 feet to the west line of PlazaDrive, thence along thewestlineof PlazaDrive S29 degrees 05;35''E a distance of 182 feet to apoint; thence S60de‐grees 54'25" W a distance of 258.46 feet to the pointof begin‐ning

WRIT AMOUNT:

$6,155.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 3 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS(504) 658 4346 LATEEFAH HAR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $179.30

STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER WNTITLED: PSOF NP NEW ORLEANSLLC VERSUSEHP NOLA HOTEL LLC

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-2113

TRACTI:

PROPERTY 1: ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, SITUATED IN THEFIRST MU‐NICIPALDIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NO 299, BOUNDED BY RAMPART ANDGRAVIER STREETS, A COMMON ALLEY ANDLOT "K", WHICHPORTION OF GROUND IS DESIGNATED AS LOT"J" ON A SURVEY BY J. A. D'HEMECOURT, DCS, DATED MAY19, 1879, ANDACCORD‐INGTHERETO, SAID LOT"J" FORMSTHE CORNER OF RAMPARTAND GRAVIER STREETS AND MEASURES27 FEET, 4 INCHES, FRONTONRAM‐PART STREET,18 FEET,5 INCHES, 4LINES,IN WIDTHINTHE REAR,BYA DEPTHAND FRONTON GRAVIERSTREET OF 121FEETEX‐TENDINGINTHE REAR TO AN ALLEYCOMMON TO IT ANDTHE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON RAMPART STREET.THE SIDE LINE NEARER LOT"K" MEASURES,40 FEET,4 INCHES TO APOINT, THENCE ON A LINEAPPROXI‐MATELY PARAL‐LELWITHRAM‐PART STREET OF 0FEET9 INCHES,THENCE AFURTHER DEPTH OF 80 FEET 6INCHES TO THECOM‐MONALLEY.

SIDE IS AN IRREGULARLINE DESCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNINGATA POINTONRAM‐PART STREET,27 FEET,4 INCHES, 7LINES,FROM THE CORNER OF GRAVIER STREET;RUN‐NING THENCE ALONGA STRAIGHT LINE AT A RIGHTANGLE TO RAMPART STREET,A DIS‐TANCEOF40 FEET,4 INCHES; RUNNING THENCE TO‐WARDSTULANE AVENUE ON A STRAIGHT LINE APPROXI‐MATELY PARAL‐LEL TO RAMPART STREET,A DIS‐TANCEOF0 FEET,6 INCHES, 0LINES;RUN‐NING THENCE IN ASTRAIGHT LINEAPPROXI‐MATELY PARAL‐LELTOGRAVIER STREET,A DIS‐TANCEOF 79 FEET,11 INCHES,1 LINE TO THENORTH‐WEST CORNER OF SAID LOT, WHICH CORNER IS 18 FEET,7 INCHES, 3LINES,FROM GRAVIER STREET,MEA‐SURED PARALLEL TO RAMPART STREET PROPERTY 2: TWOCERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND,SITU‐ATED IN THE FIRSTMUNICI‐PALDISTRICTOF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS PARISH OF OR‐LEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NO.299, BOUNDEDBY GRAVIER STREET,LOYOLA AVENUE,TU‐LANE AVENUE AND RAMPART STREET,AND WHICHLOTS AREDESIG‐NATEDBYTHE LETTERSK AND L, ON ASURVEYOFF C. GANDOLFO JR.,SURVEYOR, DATEDFEBRU‐ARY11, 1957, AND WHICHPOR‐TIONSOF GROUND COM‐MENCEATA

DISTANCE OF 27 FEET,4 INCHES, FROM THECOR‐NEROFGRAVIER ANDSOUTH RAMPART STREETS, AND MEASURES THENCE 50 FEET, 1INCH, 4LINES, MORE OR LESS, FRONTON SOUTHRAM‐PART STREET,BYA DEPTHONTHE SIDE LINETO‐WARDSTULANE AVENUE (FOR‐MERLY COMMON

COMMON STREET)OF119 FEET,8 INCHES

4LINES,WITHA WIDTHINTHE REAR OF 40 FEET,1 INCH FRONTING ON A COMMON ALLEY, WITH A FRONTDEPTH ON THESIDE LINE TOWARDS GRAVIERSTREET OF 40 FEET, 4 INCHES,THENCE AT RIGHTAN‐GLES TOWARDSTU‐LANE AVENUE 6 INCHES,THENCE ON AN OBLIQUE LINEOF80FEET 1 INCH

ACCORDINGTO ASURVEYMADE BY GANDOLFO KUHN,LLC, C.E.&L.S., PAUL J. KOCKE, SR., REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SUR‐VEYOR, DATED NOVEMBER 11, 2002, BEARINGNO. 556 15;

ACOPYOF WHICHISAT‐TACHED TO ACT DATEDNOVEM‐BER26, 2002, REGISTERED AT CIN248404, SAID LOTS J, KAND L ADJOIN EACH OTHER, ARESIT‐UATEDIN SQUARE BOUNDEDBY GRAVIER STREET,SOUTH RAMPART STREET,TULANE AVENUE AND LOYOLA AVENUE (FORMERLY SARATOGA STREET), AND TOGETHER MEA‐SURE 77 FEET,6 INCHES, 3LINES,FRONT ON SOUTHRAM‐PART STREET,58 FEET,6 INCHES, 6 LINES, IN WIDTH IN THEREAR, BY ADEPTH AND FRONTON GRAVIERSTREET OF 121 FEET,2 INCHES, 5LINES,AND A DEPTHONTHE OPPOSITE SIDE‐LINE OF 119 FEET,7 INCHES,0 LINE. THEABOVE REF‐ERENCEDLOTS J, K, ANDL ARE NOWDESIG‐NATEDASLOT J 1, SQUARE 299 FIRSTDISTRICT OF THECITYOF NEWORLEANS, ON ARESUBDI‐VISION PLAT BY GILBERT, KELLY &COUTURIE, INC.,SURVEYING &ENGINEERING, DATED JUNE 16, 2014, ANDATTACHED TO DECLARA‐TION OF TITLE CHANGE BY SUBDIVISION, DATEDSEPTEM‐BER22, 2014, RECORDED AS CIN562260 IN‐STRUMENT NUMBER 2014 37567, RECORDSOF

RECORDS OF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA, AND ACCORDINGTO WHICH LOTJ 1MEA‐SURES77FEET,6 INCHES,3 LINES, FRONTON SOUTHRAM‐PART STREET 58 FEET,6 INCHES,6 LINES IN THEREAR, BY ADEPTH AND FRONTON GRAVIER STREET OF 121 FEET,2 INCHES, 5LINES (AC‐TUAL), 121 FEET, 2INCHES, 4 LINES (TITLE), ANDA DEPTHONTHE OPPOSITE SIDE LINE0F119 FEET, 7INCHES, 0 LINES (ACTUAL),119 FEET,8 INCHES 4LINES (TITLE). TRACTII(SERVI‐TUDE ESTATE): THOSECERTAIN INCORPOREAL RIGHTS FORUSE OF AN ALLEY BENEFITING TRACTI ESTABLISHED BY:

SALE OF PROP‐ERTY TO LOUIS DUBOST, DATED APRIL 2S,1879, RECORDED APRIL2S, 1879, AS COB 110, FOLIO 802, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA; AND FURTHERPUR‐SUANTTOSALE OF PROPERTY TO THIERRYDU‐FONGERAY, DATED APRIL25, 1879, RECORDED APRIL25, 1879 AS COB110, FOLIO 803, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA.

TRACTIII (SERVITUDE ES‐TATE): THAT CERTAIN SERVITUDEES‐TATE BENEFIT‐INGTRACT IES‐TABLISHEDBY: GRANTOF SERVITUDEBY THECITYOF NEWORLEANS TO SLUMBER CORNERSNOLA, LLC, DATEDOC‐TOBER14, 2015, RECORDED AU‐GUST 17, 2016, IN CIN604473, N.A. #2016 33337, RECORDSOF ORLEANS PARISH LOUISIANA, AF‐FECTINGA POR‐TION OF THERIGHT OF WAYOF GRAVIER STREET,CON‐SISTINGOF: AIRAND GROUND RIGHTS CONSISTING OF THEENCROACH‐MENT OF AN AWNING ON/OVER

ON/OVER GRAVIERSTREET PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THEEN‐CROACHMENTS BEING PART OF THEIM‐PROVEMENTS LOCATEDINTHE 1STMUNICIPAL DISTRICT,LOT J 1, SQUARE 299, BOUNDED BY LOYOLA AV‐ENUE,TULANE AVENUE,S RAMPART STREET ANDGRAVIER STREET,NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. WRIT AMOUNT: $21,950,217.36

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- 100% CASH AT THE MOMENT OF AD‐JUDICATION Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 16 JONESWALKER L.L.P. 504 582 8174 DAVIDM.KERTH

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $340.76

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4227 4229 SOUTH TONTISTREET, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:FACOREO SECURITIZATION SUBI LLCVER‐SUSCHARLES ALBERT MENDY

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-754

Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS ANDIMPROVE‐MENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGINGORIN ANYWISEAP‐PERTAINING, SITUATED IN THESIXTH DIS‐TRICTOFTHE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NUMBER 776 (FORMERLY SQUARE NO 146) THEREOF, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY S. TONTI, GEN‐ERAL PERSHING (LATE BERLIN), S. ROCHEBLAVE ANDMILAN STREETS, DESIG‐NATEDASLOT CONA PLAT OF SURVEY BY JOHN S. PEARCE C.E.,DATED NO‐VEMBER 28, 1921. ANDAC‐CORDINGTO WHICHSURVEY, SAID LOTCOM‐MENCES 33 FEET 8INCHESFROM THEINTERSEC‐TION OF GENERAL PERSHING AND TONTISTREETS ANDMEASURES THENCE 43 FEET 2 INCHES FRONT ON SOUTH TONTISTREET, BY ADEPTH OF 100 FEET,MORE OR LESS BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES; SUBJECT TO RESTRIC‐TIONS, SERVI‐TUDES, RIGHTS OF WAY ANDOUTSTAND‐INGMINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD AF‐FECTINGTHE PROPERTY WRIT AMOUNT: $213,500.00 Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7710 BREVARDAAV CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:LAKE‐VIEW LOAN SER‐VICING,LLC VERSUS DEE'AUNDRA WITSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-413

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7710 BREVARD AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70127 LOTH -SQUARE 12 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1435122 VILLASITES SUBDIVISION/ NOWSOUTH SHORES SUBDI‐VISION NO.1 WRIT AMOUNT: $119,282.02

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty daysthereafter h

ACCORDINGTO SURVEY BY F.C. GANDOLFO,JR., SURVEYOR, DATEDNOVEM‐BER12, 1945, SAID LOT OF GROUND HAS THESAMEDES‐IGNATION AND LOCATION AND IS IN THESQUARE BOUNDED BY RAMPART, GRAVIERAND SARATOGA STREETSAND TULANE AV‐ENUE, AND FORMS THE CORNEROF RAMPARTAND GRAVIERSTREET AND MEASURES27 FEET 4INCHES7 LINES,FRONT ON RAMPART STREET,18FEET, 7 INCHES,3 LINES IN THEREAR, BY ADEPTH AND FRONTON GRAVIERSTREET OF 121 FEET,2 INCHES, 4LINES,EX‐TENDINGTOTHE REAR TO AN ALLEYCOMMON TO IT AND THEADJACENT PROPERTYON RAMPART STREET.THE TU‐LANE AVENUE SIDE IS AN

Note:The

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onAugust28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 7330 BULLARD AVNEW OR‐LEANS, LA 70128 LOT: 17, SQUARE:B THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1164164 LAKRATTTRACT SUBDIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $132,004.86

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS -CASH. Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 7 DEAN MORRIS,

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $92.48

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4719 WEST ADAMS COURT, THIS CITY IN THEMATTER ENTITLED: LOANDE‐POT.COM, LLC VERSUSGARYD FINCHER

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-372

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING. SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 13 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 LOUISG.ARCE‐NEAUX

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7320 DALEWOOD ROAD,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION VERSUS HAROLD BLOUIN,JR. CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-3977

Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onAugust28, 2025,at12:00 o'clocknoon, the following describedprop‐erty to wit:

7320 DALEWOOD RD NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 19, SQUARE:5 THIRD MUNICI‐PAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1267877

KENILWORTH EAST SUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $137,861.70

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING.

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 9 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $89.93

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 919 NORTHRENDON STREET,THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:MORT‐GAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT LLCVERSUSL.T JENKINSAND JEANETTE STEWARTJENK‐INSA/K/A JEANETTE S. JENKINSA/K/A JEANETTE JENK‐INS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-1995

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 18 LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $90.89

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5601

CARLISLE CT, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CAR‐RINGTONMORT‐GAGE SERVICES, LLCVERSUS SABRINAD GIBSON

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3600

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 21 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 AMYR.ORTIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $88.24

LLCD/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SER‐VICING VERSUS SHAWNSCOTT (A/K/A SHAWN NICHOLAS SCOTT, SHAWN FELICIASCOTT)

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-625

GENTILLY PARK WRIT AMOUNT: $70,399.21

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 22 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 EMILYA MUELLER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $91.42

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 8041 PEBBLE DR,CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCITION,AS TRUSTEE, SUC‐CESSORIN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMER‐ICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLEBANK NATIONSL AS‐SOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR MERRILL LYNCH MORTGAGE IN‐VESTORSTRUST MORTGAGE LOAN ASSETBACKED CER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2006-HE6 VERSUS AUDRY HILL A/K/A AUDRYANN HILL A/K/A AUDRYA.HILL

District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 8041 PEBBLE DR NEWORLEANS LA 70128 LOT1 -SQUARE A 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 856187 LAKESHORE NORTHSUBDIVI‐SION WRIT AMOUNT: $158,853.74

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans RB 30 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $102.01

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4543 LANCELOT DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CSMC 2019-RPL11 TRUSTVERSUS SHIRLENE WILLIAMS WHITEA/K/A SHIRLENE W. WHITEA/K/A SHIELENE WHITE, INDIVID‐UALLY, ANDAS HEIR OF ROBERT LEEWHITE A/K/AROBERT L. WHITE A/K/AROBERT WHITE CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-2607

TERMS CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACEMASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 29

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $94.07

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 8719 APPLEST, CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANS, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:FED‐ERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE AS‐SOCIATIONVER‐SUSMICHELLE LEEJOHNSON A/K/AMICHELLE L. JOHNSON A/K/AMICHELLE JOHNSON, HEIR OF RUTH CLAI‐BORNELEE A/K/ARUTHC LEE A/K/ARUTHLEE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3758

cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $93.01

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4710 WRIGHT RD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:ROCKET MORTGAGE,LLC F/K/AQUICKEN LOANS, LLCVER‐SUS KYANDE S. FINNIE A/K/A KYANDE FINNIE A/K/AKANDYE S. FINNIE A/K/A KANDYE FINNIE, HEIR OF LAVONZELL FINNIE CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-3247

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans RB 26

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

Case No: 2024-10309

5221 SFRONT ST NEWORLEANS LA 70115 SQUARE 74, LOT 6 SIXTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1316701 WRIT AMOUNT: $73,032.02

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans BD 34 TREVATHAN LAWFIRM, APLC 225-334-9222 ALLISONN BEASLEY

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $90.89

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $93.54

RB 27 THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoorofthe Civil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, i h i i PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5221 SOUTHFRONT STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:U.S SMALLBUSI‐NESS ADMINIS‐TRATION, AND AGENYOFTHE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VERSUS LOVESWIM‐MING,INC.F/K/A LOVESWIM‐MING,L.L.C PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 202 WARRINGTON DR,CITYOF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:NEWREZ

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks.

Case No: 2025-3695 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6845 LAKE WILLOW DRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:PRIME IMPORTSCOM‐PANY,INC.VER‐SUSPROPERTY TRANSFORMA‐TION OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC ANDSONNY OK‐PALOBI CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2022-4875 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 6845 LAKE WIL‐LOWDRNEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 LOT: 28, SQUARE:4 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT LAKE FOREST SUBDIVISION NO.2,PART"B"

NO 2, PART B WRIT AMOUNT:

$232,682.46

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order.NoPer‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED

Sheriff,

(s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $87.18

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5100 KENDALLDRIVE, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:U.S.BANK NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATIONVER‐SUSANNAMAE C. WOODS A/K/AANNA‐MAE

CROCKER WOODSA/K/A ANNAMAE CROCKERVIN‐CENT WOODS CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-867

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025& 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T

Case No: 2024-10932

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 3 DEAN MORRIS, LLC 318-388-1440 ASHLEY E. MORRIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s):

cias directed to me by theHon‐orable Judges of CivilDistrict Courtfor the Parish of Or‐leans, in the aboveentitled cause,I will pro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: 6045 PINES BOULEVARD LOT16, SQUARE 4, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, PINESVILLAGE SUBDIVISION ACQUIRED MIN 1383896 WRIT AMOUNT: $17,915.00

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 2 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS(504) 658-4346 MARSHALL G. GRIES

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025& 8/27/2025

the balance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 20

LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2820 ANNETTE STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATIONAS TRUSTEEOFTHE CABANA SERIES III TRUSTVERSUS PAULAHOSKINS BATISTE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-4193

MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,BEAR‐INGMUNICIPLA NO.4835 CORO‐NADO DRIVE, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS ELIZA‐BETH L. POOL

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2021-7270

4835 CORONADO DRIVE LOT 154, SQUARE 5, THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, CORONADO HEIGHTSSUBDI‐VISION ACQUIRED MIN 1301753 WRIT AMOUNT:

$3,335.00

lowing de scribedprop‐erty to wit:

1320 MENDEZ ST NEWORLEANS LA 70122 LOT11- SQUARE 39 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1365896 OAKPARKGAR‐DENS WRIT AMOUNT: $120,539.20

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

RB 10 GRAHAM,ARCE‐NEAUX& ALLEN, LLC504-5228256 LOUISG.ARCE‐NEAUX

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025

jun18-jul23-2t $88.24

sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 8 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025

jun18-jul23-2t $94.07

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4901 HAYDEL STREET, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:TRUIST BANK VERSUS ALIE HUBBARD, ELVERA WOODS HUBBARDA/K/A ELVERA WOODS-HUB‐BARD AND AKAYLA HUB‐BARD

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-5976

NANCEOF AMERICARE‐VERSELLC VER‐SUSTHE UN‐OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF ANDUNKNOWN HEIRSOFMILES R. PEREZ, SR A/K/AMILES R. PEREZ, SR A/K/AMILES PEREZ, SR A/K/A MILESR.PEREZ A/K/AMILES PEREZ

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-11158 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 13734LOURDES ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70129 LOT: 266, SQUARE:29 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1368669 WRIT AMOUNT: $125,107.73

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH

Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACEMASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 10 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ZACHARYG YOUNG

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $90.89

JUL23-AUG272T $89.83

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 6938 ORLEANSAV‐ENUE,THISCITY, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:SELECT PORTFOLIO SER‐VICING,INC VERSUS EDWIN M. REEVES,III A/K/AEDWIN REEVES,III CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-9445 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause,I will pro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City onJuly24, 2025, at 12:00o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 6938 ORLEANS AV NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70124 SQUARE 71,LOT 35-A SECOND MUNIC‐IPAL DISTRICT ACQ MIN:1124193 WRIT AMOUNT: $116,033.85

2820 ANNETTE ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70119 LOTS 11 &A PORTIONOFLOT 12, SQUARE: 1583

THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 825407 WRIT AMOUNT: $76,976.56

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 1 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 THOMAS D BATES

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025

JUL23-AUG272T $87.71

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5879 MARSHALL FOCH STREET, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:WILMING‐TONTRUST,NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLEY AS TRUSTEEOF MFRA TRUST 2015-1VERSUS KEITHC.LEE A/K/AKEITH CHARLES LEE AND MELISSAO.LEE A/K/AMELISSA ORTIZLEE

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-2373

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 19 LAWOFFICESOF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS

District Court Building,421

Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

7530 CROWDER BD NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70127 LOT16- SQUARE C 3RDMUNICIPAL DISTRICT ACQMIN: 1328346

NORTHKENIL‐WORTHSUBDI‐VISION WRIT AMOUNT: $258,659.13

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $93.10

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 17 LAWOFFICES JACKSON &MCPHERSON L.L.C504-5819444 RADERJACKSON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1320 MENDEZ ST CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:HAN‐COCK WHITNEY BANK VERSUS KYONGYUN PORTER CI VI L

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $94.07

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 7 DEAN MORRIS, LLC318-3881440 ASHLEY E. MOR‐RIS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $89.30

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 7530 CROWDERBD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:U.S BANK TRUST NATIONAL AS‐SOCIATION, NOT IN ITSINDIVID‐UAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR RCF2 ACQUIS‐TION TRUST VERSUS DER‐RICK WALKER

jun18-jul23-2t $90.89

PUBLIC NOTICE

ﬂoor of

District Court Building,421

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-2648

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND,BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NO.6045 PINES BOULEVARD, CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS THE SUCCESSIONOF MARY SUE ALEXANDER MARINO AND JOHN MARINO JR. CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2022-1876 By virtue of a Writ of FieriFa‐cias directed to

Seized in the above suit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks.

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 13734 LOURDES STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:FI‐

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 4712 TULIPSTREET THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED:NATION‐STAR MORT‐GAGE LLCVER‐SUSTHE UN‐OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF AND UNKNOWN HEIRSOFGLO‐RIADONALD THOMPSON A/K/AGLORIA DONALD THOMPSON A/K/AGLORIAD THOMPSON A/K/AGLORIA THOMPSON CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-442 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 4712 TULIPST NEWORLEANS, LA 70126 LOTS:22AND 23, SQUARE:11 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 1085874 WRIT AMOUNT: $247,846.30

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty d th ft

ARE REQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BD 32

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756-0373

COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t

$97.24

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2604-06 DAUPHINE STREET,THIS CITY, IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:IN‐VESTOR EQUI‐TIES L.L.C. VER‐SUSJAMES MICHAELTHOR‐RICK

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-1446

STREET LOTA ADJOINS LOT 14, SQUARE 132 (LATE SQUARE5), THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQUIRED MIN 885558 WRIT AMOUNT: $157,362.25 Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 5429-31 URQUHART ST THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEROF ENTITLED;CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANSVERSUS ALDOLPHUS WILSON,SR.

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2023-7469

LOT1-A; SQUARE NO.551 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN 1400387 WRIT AMOUNT:

$9,709.87

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

DAUPHINEST NEWORLEANS LA 70117

THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT SQUARE 166, LOT21 ACQ MIN:1435743 WRIT AMOUNT:

$623.50

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

BT 30

NEWMAN MATHIS BRADY &SPEDALE A PROFESSIONAL LAWCORPORA‐TION 504-8379040

JOSHUA P. MATTHEWS

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $89.83

LOR) ANDTHE OPENED SUC‐CESSION OF LUTHER TAYLOR AND ALLEND.TAY‐LOR

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-7158

609 MAJESTIC PL NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70114 LOTS:13AND 14, SQUARE:242 FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 533353 WRIT AMOUNT: $40,000.37

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonal Checks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPONENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson

Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans BD 4 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $86.66

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 609 MAJESTIC PLACE, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTEROFEN‐TITLED:THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/ATHE BANK OF NEWYORK AS TRUSTEEFOR NATIONSTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2007-AVERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ELNORA SARTIN TAYLOR (A/K/A ELNORA SARTIN, ELNORA TAY‐

Orleans in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit:

1600 BODENGER BD NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117 LOTS:1 AND2, SQUARE:270-A FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQMIN: 728865 BODENGER SUB‐DIVISION WRIT AMOUNT: $73,448.22

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 25 LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 DENNISF.WIG‐GINS,JR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $92.48

PUBLIC NOTICE

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 29 LOGS LEGAL GROUPLLP 504838-7535 EMILYA MUELLER

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $96.18

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 1600 BODENGER BOULEVARD, THIS CITY,INTHE MATTERENTI‐TLED:CITIBANK, N.A.,NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CA‐PACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEFOR NEWRESIDEN‐TIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2018-3VERSUS YOLANDAFLOT

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-8242 By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACEMASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans

GH 23

LAWOFFICES OF HERSCHEL C. ADCOCK,JR. LLC (225) 756-0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $87.18

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 2420 DUBREUIL STREET,THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED: FLAGSTAR BANK,N.A.VER‐SUSWILLIAML WREN A/K/A WILLIAMWREN

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-5866

ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon,the fol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 2420 DUBREUIL ST NEWOR‐LEANS, LA 70117 SQUARE 1272, LOT8 THIRDMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT ACQ MIN:1258628 WRIT AMOUNT: $62,789.41

PUBLIC NOTICE SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 173 CY‐PRESSCOURT, THIS CITY,IN THE MATTERENTI‐TLED: DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS TRUSTEEFOR THEREGISTERED HOLDER OF MORGAN STAN‐LEYABS CAPI‐TALI INC. TRUST 2007 HE1MORT‐GAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007 HE1 VERSUS KENY‐ATTA M. BOX A/K/AKENY‐ATTA MOORE BOXA/K/A KENYATTA BOX

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2025-1786

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on August 28, 2025, at 12:00 o'clocknoon, thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ACERTAIN LOT OF GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS,AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVI‐TUDES, APPURTE‐NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTOBE‐LONGINGORIN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THEPARISHOF ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA, CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANS, IN THAT PART KNOWN AS TALL TIM‐

AS TALL TIM BERS EXTEN‐SION SUBDIVI‐SION, AS DELINEATED ON APLANOF RESUBDIVISION BY J. J. KREBS& SONS,INC., C.E. &S DATED2/16/84, TITLECHANGE REGISTERED AT COB793, FOLIO 650, ACCORDING TO WHICHPLAN, SAID LOTISDES‐IGNATEDAS FOLLOWS: LOTNO.,301 SQUARE 1, WHICHSQUARE IS BOUNDEDBY CYPRESSGROVE COURT TIMBER GROVE DRIVE, TULLIS DRIVE, THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SUBDIVISION, A 30’ TEXACO PIPELINE SERVI‐TUDE (INTER‐COASTALCANAL RIGHTOF WAYSIDE),AND THESOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THESUBDIVI‐SION,AND AC‐CORDING TO SURVEY BY WILTON J. DUFRENE, LAND SURVEYOR, DATEDFEBRU‐ARY17, 1994, SAID LOT301 MEASURES 70 FEET FRONTON CYPRESSGROVE COURT, SAME WIDTH IN THEREAR, BY ADEPTH OF 115 FEET BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES AND SIAD SQUARE 1 IS BOUNDEDBY CYPRESSGROVE COURT, INTER‐COASTA CANAL (SIDE) SOUTH LINE OF SUBDI‐VISION AND TULLISDRIVE (SIDE)

WRIT AMOUNT: $73,200.77

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans GH 28

THELAW OF‐FICESOFHER‐SCHELC.AD‐COCK,JR.,L.L.C (225) 756 0373 COREYJ.GIROIR

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $145.41

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT THAT CERTAIN PORTIONOF GROUND BEAR‐INGMUNICIPAL NUMBER 814 N GALVEZ STREET, THIS CITY,IN THEMATTEREN‐TITLED:CITYOF NEWORLEANS VERSUS CHARLEEN M. MABONORHER SUCCESSORS HEIRS, ANDAS‐SIGNSIFDE‐CEASED

OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2024-259

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter

Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash,Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Orleans BD 5 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS504658-4346 ANNA T. LEE

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 7/23/2025 & 8/27/2025 JUL23-AUG272T $88.24

PUBLIC NOTICE

SALE BY SHERIFF JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

THAT PORTION OF GROUND BEARINGMU‐NICIPALNUM‐BER4432 COPERNICUS ST THIS CITY,IN THEMATTER ENTITLED:U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITYBUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS IN‐DENTURE TRUSTEEOFCIM TRUST2021-NR2 VERSUS ESTATE OF DENNIS G. PERKINSAND ESTATE OF LOUISE MORRIS PERKINS

CI VI L DI ST RI CT CO UR TF OR PA RI SH OF OR LE AN S Case No: 2022-4349

By virtue of a Writ of Seizure andSaledi‐rected to me by theHonorable Judges of Civil District Court forthe Parish of Orleans, in the aboveentitled cause, Iwillpro‐ceed to sell by bli ti

ceed to sell by public auction, on theground ﬂoor of theCivil District Court Building,421 Loyola Avenue, in theFirst Dis‐trictofthe City on July 24, 2025, at 12:00 o'clock noon, thefol‐lowing de‐scribedprop‐erty to wit: 4432 COPERNI‐CUSSTREET LOT336, SQUARE 6, FIFTHMUNICI‐PALDISTRICT, SUBDIVISION5COFHOLIDAY PARK, ACQ: 2003-34488 WRIT AMOUNT: $35,581.51

Seized in the abovesuit, TERMS- CASH Thepurchaser at themoment of adjudication to make ade‐positoften per‐cent of thepur‐chaseprice,and thebalance within thirty days thereafter Note:The pay‐ment must be Cash, Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed CheckorMoney Order. No Per‐sonalChecks. FACE MASKS ANDTEMPERA‐TURECHECKS AREREQUIRED UPON ENTERING BUILDING

SusanHutson Sheriff, Parish of Or‐leans

BD 13 JACKSON& MCPHERSON, LLC504-5819444 CRIS JACKSON

TheN.O.Advo‐cate Date (s): 6/18/2025 & 7/23/2025 jun18-jul23-2t $