The St. Tammany Farmer 07-23-2025 by The Advocate

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Legacy of care

BY ANDREW

Work of saving abused equines continues from a Folsom farm

BY SUZIE HUNT Contributing writer

On a horse farm in Folsom, Vicky Busch helps carry on the work started by Dorothy Brooke almost a century ago in Egypt, when she successfully campaigned to save starving and abused war horses and mules left there by British troops when they returned home from the ﬁrst World War.

Northshore Humane Society campaigns for facility

BY KADEE KRIEGER Contributing writer

During periods of ﬂood-inducing rainfall or exceedingly high temperatures, the Northshore Humane Society often appeals to the public to temporarily foster their most at-risk animals to keep them dry and cool — something the current 70-year-old building and outdoor kennels cannot do.

But those kinds of emergencies should be a thing of the past if the nonproﬁt group succeeds in building the new facility and animal-focused community center it has on the drawing board. In support of that vision, Northshore Humane has just officially launched a fundraising campaign to raise the rest of the money needed to advance the project from a long-held dream to a brick and mortar reality The organization opened the project’s public capital campaign July 14 on the the 12-acre plot of anonymously donated land along Harrison Avenue near Covington, where a 21,000-square-foot facility will be built right around the corner from the the current no-kill shelter that has fallen into urgent disrepair

“This day is something we have dreamed about for years, and it is something that this community deserves,” Northshore Humane Society CEO Scott Bernier told the volunteers, board members, staff and community members gathered for the launch “This project is about more than just a building, it’s about creating a true community center, a welcoming space where our residents can come together to learn, volunteer, adopt, and connect through their shared love of animals It’s a place the entire community can be proud of.”

During the event, Bernier displayed renderings of the proposed campus designed by Kent Design Build and Greenleaf Architects It will include modern allindoor kennels for dogs and cats and an indoor play area, along with a state-of-the-art veterinary clinic with expanded medical suites and ample space for the rescue/rehabilitation and adoption of homeless animals.

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In anticipation of its annual tax sale on July 29, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office is advertising an updated list of delinquent properties in the July 23 edition of The St. Tammany Farmer The updated list also will be posted beginning July 23 under “Public Notices” on the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office website, www.STPSO.com.

The list includes approximately 1,300 properties with taxes and/or related fees due to the

parish and the municipalities of Slidell, Mandeville, Covington, Pearl River, Abita Springs and Madisonville. In accordance with L.R.S. 47:2153, this is the second of two public notices of properties still delinquent for the 2024 tax year A ﬁrst notice was published in the St. Tammany Farmer on June 25. Property tax bills for 2024 were mailed Nov 18. Delinquent notices were sent on Feb. 3 and again on May 27.

Delinquent taxpayers are encouraged to make their payments by noon on July 28 so they can be recorded and those properties removed from the list before the sale begins. The tax sale process completes the annual property tax collection cycle. The sale is not of the structure or land itself, but of a tax title, which places a lien against the delinquent property Tax sale buyers pay the tax that is due, interest and

other costs incurred in the collection process. Owners of property that sell at tax sale have a three-year period during which they can redeem their property with the Sheriff’s Office by paying all amounts owed at the time of redemption. The amounts collected are then used to reimburse the

PHOTO BY SUZIE HUNT

Vicky Busch is a champion dressage competitor, trainer and lover of horses and mules, like Muli, who shares Busch’s Folsom horse farm.

Horses and mules were essential to the military in WWI as a primary source of transportation, moving everything from troops, arms and artillery to critical mission messages, food and other supplies. Mules were even used to move essential items from the rear to the front lines. But once war ended, none of them went home, remaining behind to become sicker, older and abused until saved by Brooke and her helpers.

The movement of compassion that Brooke ignited still bears her name and continues to alleviate the plight of working equines throughout the world, while here at home in St. Tammany horse country, Busch does her part for the Brooke mission by helping teach the public what the needs are and raising the money to meet them.

Since 2016, Busch has been an active participant in Brooke USA, the American offshoot of the original foundation now based in London, and she recently became a member of the Brooke USA board of directors.

Busch is a champion dressage competitor, trainer, and like Brooke before her — along with generations of girls and young woman — she grew up crazy about horses. “Horses are almost like oxygen for me,” she explained. Some years later, she also became intrigued with mules, and got her ﬁrst one about a decade ago.

Not only can there be a special bond between a girl and her horse, there can also be an unbreakable bond between a girl and her mule

In Brooke’s case, the love she felt toward the multitude of needy or desolate horses and mules she found in Cairo, starting in 1930, was strong enough to help her change their world (she bought 5,000 of them). She next opened Cairo’s ﬁrst veterinary hospital and provided free care to everyone who brought their working equines in for help. Brooke went on to open other vet clinics throughout Egypt, in Pakistan, India and multiple other countries.

By the time she died in 1955, Brooke had inspired an army of determined followers and supporters who keep the mission alive, identifying working equines wherever in the world their needs are greatest.

Today

Today, Brooke nonproﬁt is recognized as the world’s leading equine charity There are more than 100 million working equines, horses, mules, and donkeys that support 600 million people in some of the world’s poorest areas, according to Brooke estimates. And Brooke’s efforts to improve the conditions of these working animals also increases the standard of living of the people who depend on them.

“For many people, a mule or a donkey is essential to their livelihood. If the family animal is well cared for, its people will beneﬁt on many levels,” Busch explained. “Should the animal become ill or lame, the repercussions can be devastating” for the animal and the family

“What appealed to me about Brooke, and Brooke USA, is their ability to work out local solutions to problems around the world,” she said. “It’s fun to be involved with ‘Let’s get it done’ people.”

Globally Brooke provides the funds, the volunteers and the staff to teach equine owners ways to better care for their animals, and they also help communities build infrastructure, from a reservoir in Kenya to shelter in Ethiopia, from how to properly fit a harness to making a hoof pick out of a common nail. Whatever benefits the health and strength of the working equine benfits the animal’s owner

“When our people are able to offer education on something as simple as the importance of hoof care, it helps to alleviate future problems (because) they will have a healthier animal,” said Busch. Brooke USA has also been active at home by providing postdisaster emergency relief. After Hurricane Helene devastated parts of

fornia wildﬁres.

Busch and her mule, Muli, work as a team to help spread the word and raise money for their non-proﬁt; Muli, aged 15, is a rock star ambassador for Brooke USA, representing the charity at horse shows while Busch wears a coat in Brooke USA’s signature orange and talks to fellow equestrians about the Brooke projects.

“I’m not on social media but he is,” Busch said, nuzzling Muli’s muzzle in a stable on her farm.

“When we’re at a show, Muli will wear a big, glittered heart with Brooke USA inside on his hip. He helps to advertise our efforts.” In 2023, Muli and Busch held a tea party with Paddington Bear in his stable to honor Dorothy Brooke’s birthday Muli wore a ﬁne hat and posed beside the famous British bear at the tea table

“Muli’s quite charming and very fun,” Busch said of the large mule who shares the farm (and occasional tea party) with Margarita, a 15-year-old mule rescue, and a bevy of dressage horses. “(But) there is nothing more satisfying than to know that my contributions and Muli’s volunteer work are having a major impact of the lives of those who need it most — human and animal in some of the poorest communities on earth.”

For more information on Brooke USA, visit the www.brookeusa. org website.

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Muli, an ambassador for the world’s largest equine charity, had a tea party in his Folsom stable that was attended by Paddington Bear, all to honor the birthday of equine charity namesake Dorothy Brooke of the United Kingdom.

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Busch gives Muli a little muzzle love in his stall on the Folsom horse farm the two share with a second mule and horses.

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The outdoor space will feature a public dog park, including a splash pad, dig pit and agility yards; 12 acres of scenic walking trails; and a memorial garden to honor beloved pets.

In addition, the new center will host community events and food trucks, creating an inviting gath-

ering space, he said.

Bernier said the new facility will allow more children to attend the Northshore Humane Society Summer Camp, which routinely turns down applicants because it lacks adequate space, as well as to care for more animals in the clinic.

At the current facility there are about 180 animals being cared for but are sharing cramped quarters, Bernier said. “This vital project represents a bold step toward a more compassionate future for

animals and the people who care about them.”

The current facility operates with outdated kennels, cramped workspaces and deteriorating infrastructure, said Capital Campaign Coordinator Ashley Rodrigue. “This is going to be an amazing place for the animals being cared for (and for the people who) come and ﬁnd an animal to be a part of their family,” she said.

The project actually began to take shape more than ﬁve years

Bill Borchert, left, and Randy Fandal, right signed up July 9 for the special mayoral election on Oct. 11. Borchert was a councilman at large who became mayor when Greg Cromer resigned earlier this year. Fandal has been the city’s police chief since 2017.

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opportunity to hear directly from the candidates on the issues that matter to the Slidell community and local businesses The event is free and open to the public.

Slidell Mayor Bill Borchert and Police Chief Randy Fandal are scheduled to participate. They are the only two candidates who qualiﬁed for the Oct. 11 special election. The winner will serve until June 30, 2026, completing the term started by Greg Cromer, who resigned as mayor earlier this year to take a job in Gov Jeff Landry’s administration. As the candidate with the most votes in the most recent race for Slidell City Council member at large, Borchert was named mayor, a position he’s held since Jan. 20. Fandal is in his second term as the city’s police chief, a position he’s held since 2017. The next regular election for mayor and each of the nine City Council seats is scheduled for March 2026 with the victors being seated for a full four-year term beginning July 1, 2026. For more information on the forum, go online to www.sttammanychamber.org.

ago when a Northshore Humane Society supporter privately donated the land for the new facility But plans took a backseat when the COVID-19 global pandemic hit.

Bernier said the organization continued to raise money for the project, which is estimated to cost $13.4 million. He said they have almost reached the halfway point for funding, so decided to go live with the capital campaign now and put the project in the hands of the public. He said the projects need about $5 million in order to break ground. Those wishing to contribute to the project can make a monthly donation, a one-time gift or be a part of a brick campaign. The personalized bricks will be placed at the center’s main entrance, courtyard or memorial garden. For more information, visit northshorehumane.org/capitalcampaign.

The Northshore Humane Society has sometimes issued an emergency plea for volunteers to temporarily foster at-risk dogs to get them out of the heat that animals must suffer in the outdoor kennels.

Construction of the Northshore Humane Society’s new facility and animal-centric community space on donated land in Covington is the goal of the nonprofit’s just-launched capital campaign.

Fire District 4 adds station

Station 46 site was chosen for proximity to growing area

BY ANDREW CANULETTE Staff writer

Ofﬁcials with St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 4 invited the public on July 12 to an open house for the district’s new ﬁre station located at 1300 La. 1088 near Mandeville.

The building will be known as Station 46 — 4 signifying the fire district and 6 being the number of fire stations now within district boundaries in and around Mandeville. The 6,202-square-foot station is designed to house up to seven firefighters per shift. The new station cost approximately $2.5 million, according to Jeremy Windom, public information officer for Fire District 4. Voelkel McWilliams Construction, of Mandeville, was contractor on the project.

Windom said the station’s location was a strategic choice as it will signiﬁcantly enhance response times in the area northeast of the city that is undergoing signiﬁcant development. That includes Adrien Rouquette Parkway (a long-awaited bypass road the parish is building to connect U.S. 190 and La. 1088), as well as the Gulf South Commerce Park being constructed at the intersection of La. 1088 and Interstate 12.

Madisonville honors hometown Marine

BY MARGARET ALBERT Contributing writer

When you are a driven, hardworking individual, good things can happen — and you are able to do good things.

Lt. Col. Philip Burke, son of David and Susan Burke of Madisonville, was honored recently by the Madisonville Town Council for becoming a U.S. Marine.

“I want to make this a tradition honoring the young people of our community when they make the decision to serve our country,” council member Louis Ogle Jr said.

Growing up, Burke attended Madisonville schools through junior high school. He moved to Mandeville High in 2021 where he was a member of the school band and USMC Junior ROTC for all four years, then went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Earth Sciences from Tulane University

He has been the recipient of several awards including: Eagle Scout; Newcomb Tulane College Dean’s Service Award; Distinguished Midshipman Award for excellence in leadership, academics, and military performance; Gen. Robert H. Barrow Award for the Marine

Midshipman who demonstrates excellence in military character; and the Cluverius Cup for demonstrating the highest military character throughout four years of service in Navy ROTC.

Burke applied for and received the Corps ROTC Scholarship for college students pursuing a commission as a Marine ofﬁcer He participated in Navy ROTC throughout college and graduated from the Marine Corps Officer Candidate School in Quantico, Virginia in June of 2024. By the end of his studies there, he had earned the commission of lieutenant colonel The next step for this young

25 years ago

Covington city officials discoveredTuesday night it could cost as much as $859,242 to remodel the present parish courthouse on Boston Street, and that does not cover architectural and or other professional fees.

The ﬁgure, delivered to a work session of the City Council by Jan Robert, who handles special projects for the administration, has council members wondering if a deal should be made. City and parish ofﬁcials have discussed a possible trade of the courthouse in exchange for the Covington City Hall building when the parish moves into the new courthouse across the street from the city’s home.

The city commissioned the architectural ﬁrm of Fauntleroy & Latham to determine how much it would take to refurbish the old building to meet the city’s needs. Robert presented the ﬁndings to the council Tuesday night.

The meeting also provided one of the few things nearly all council members could agree on lately — the old courthouse is ugly

“That’s the consensus; it is ugly,” said council member Carolyn Talley Pierce.

Council member Marty Dean went a step further He asked Robert if the $859,242 included money to upgrade the building’s exterior

“No,” came the short reply from Robert.

“In other words, it would still be ugly,” Dean said.

50 years ago

The St. Tammany Parish Police Jury will go back to single-member districts this fall, on order from Judge Frederick J. Heebe of the U.S. District Court in New Orleans.

The local police jury was redivided into 14 single-man districts last week, ending four years of multimember districts. The new system of apportionment attempts to equalize representation throughout the parish, especially in the Lacombe area where residents had ﬁlled ﬁled suit claiming no one on the jury stood for them.

Heebe, in explaining the switch back to single-member districts, said the plan proposed by the police jury last week was within the bounds of constitutional authority

“Crucial to our acceptance of the plan before the court is the fact that it was formulated by the police jury, which should and does have primary responsibility in its own redistricting,” he said.

No other plans for single-member districts had been submitted, he added. The plan provides exclusively for single-member districts, which is a substantial improvement over the multidistrict plan presently in effect, Heebe went on to say

The jury’s plans were approved by the body Thursday at its regular meeting. Robert Pecoraro moved to adopt the plan as drawn up by Bob Berlin, formerly with the St. Tammany Parish Planning Department, and Earl Broom seconded. All were in favor of its adoption except juror Warren Allen. Juror Al Link abstained from voting, however

Several of the jurors voiced dissatisfaction with having to change systems of apportionment, but

they went ahead and voted for the plan anyway Pete Fitzmorris wanted time for citizen input into the plan, but Assistant District Attorney Julian Rodriguez said that the judge wanted the plan now Jury president Webb Hart said he was not aware of the dissatisfaction with the plan but added that under the circumstances it was the best plan available.

It was said that the new reapportionment plan had no effect on the School Board or the election of justices of the peace.

75 years ago

Livestock spray for flies, ticks, lice, grubs and horseflies is now available to farmers of the Covington High School area, it was announced this week by the St. Tammany Parish School Board. One spray circuit has been organized in the Lee Road community and to farmers on the Veterans Training program who desire their cattle sprayed should contact their instructors. Other farmers may contact George Bankston of Covington High School, or veterans on-the-farm instructor who will answer questions about spraying of cattle and enter the names on the spraying circuit.

It was stated that the cost will be approximately five cents per head, depending on the mixture used. One experimental horsefly control cost eight cents per head. Most flies can be controlled with four cents per head mixture. Ticks and lice can be controlled with a five cents per head mixture, it was pointed out.

Experiments indicate that three sprayings during the summer months will control ﬂies to a satisfactory degree, while one spraying in the late fall for cattle grubs and mange has proven sufﬁcient. 100 years ago

LOST — Bathing suit, cap, towel and belt, along beach in Mandeville. Finder will be liberally rewarded if same is returned to the mayor’s home, Gerard Street, Mandeville La. 125 years ago

It has been ordained by the Police Jury of the Parish of St.Tammany, Louisiana that all persons are hereby forbidden to place any boom or obstruction across the creeks, bayous and rivers of this parish, within a distance of two miles above the public bridges. Any person or persons guilty of booming or obstructing the creeks, bayous and rivers as above said, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be ﬁned a sum of not less than $10 or more than $100. Anyone in default of payment of the ﬁne shall be imprisoned in the parish jail for a period not to exceed three months.

USMC officer will be a program in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, and that will determine what his job will be as a Marine. Ogle said he’d like to continue

FILE PHOTO

The former St. Tammany Parish Courthouse in downtown Covington

PHOTO BY MARGARET ALBERT

Sharing in the ceremony was, from left, David Burke, William Burke, Lt. Col. Philip Burke, Rosemary Burke and Susan Burke.

Albert ‘Bert’ Norton is the new chief of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No. 4.

Jeff Bender puts a child-friendly firefighter hat on son Harrison.

St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No 4 officials invited the public to a July 12 grand opening ceremony for Fire Station 46, at 1300 La. 1088 near Mandeville.

PHOTO BY GRANT THERKILDSEN Operator-paramedic Eric McCray of St. Tammany Parish Fire Protection District No 4 shows visitors some of the equipment at the agency’s new firehouse on La 1088.

Confusion among Abita Springs leadership stymies discussion

BY KIM CHATELAIN

Contributing writer

The Abita Springs Board of Aldermen went against the recommendation of its attorneys and the sentiment of several residents at its July 15 meeting when it opted against holding a legal closed-door meeting to discuss litigation strategy in the town’s yearslong legal battle with the developer of the controversial Abita Meadows subdivision.

An item on the agenda of the board’s regularly scheduled meeting called for an executive session to discuss the town’s legal strategy in the ongoing, high-proﬁle case involving Lonesome Development LLC. Executive sessions are used by government bodies to privately discuss — but not vote on — a narrow list of subjects defined by law mainly personnel issues (to protect an employee’s privacy) and to receive or discuss legal advice that is routinely exchanged privately with attorneys representing the public’s interest.

However, two of the Abita Springs’ five aldermen balked at the idea of an executive session and voted against a motion to conduct it Since a two-thirds vote in favor of such motions is required for passage, the motion failed, and the session was not held.

During the discussion over the motion, board member Regan Contois expressed concern about transparency, saying she wanted to make sure residents didn’t think the session amounted to backroom dealing. She ended up voting in favor of conducting the session.

Town attorney Edward Deano and others assured the board that voting on issues during executive ses-

BY KIM CHATELAIN

Contributing writer

Janet Dufrene, who served as the Abita Springs clerk of court and the town clerk, is stepping down from her post and moving to Dallas where her husband works. Her last day on the job will be July 31, and a replacement has not yet been named by Mayor Dan Curtis. “I’m going to miss Abita terribly,” Dufrene said “We raised our children here I look forward to coming

sions is not allowed and the sessions are a “common tool” used by governments to outline legal strategy with government decision makers.

Several residents, along with board member Pat Patterson, also urged the board to hold the private legal planning session, but the motion failed, nonetheless.

Alderman E.J. Boudreaux said he feared that he would hear something during the executive session that he might later “give away” inadvertently

“I don’t want to hear anything other than what is said in public,” said Boudreaux, who along with Stephen Saussy, voted against holding the executive session.

“That’s all I want to hear.”

The failure to conduct the executive session drew criticism on social media from some town residents.

Sandra Slifer who served as president of both the state and St. Tammany branches of the League of Women’s Voters and was named the town’s Citizen of the Year in 2021, said during an interview and on a Facebook post that she has attended public meetings for decades and was never more disappointed than after the board’s vote on the executive session.

“Choosing to remain uninformed in the name of transparency is a canard,” Slifer wrote. “We elected these ﬁve people to represent us, and because of the actions of two (of them) our town is ﬁghting with one hand behind our back.”

After voting down the executive session, the board discussed two resolutions on the agenda that were designed to have the town’s legislative and administrative branches take a uniﬁed stance on the steps being taken to address the legal

quagmire.

But board members said they need more time to digest the resolutions. Both were deferred to the board’s Aug. 5 meeting.

The Abita Springs government has been at legal odds with Lonesome Development over a plan to build a 168-acre subdivision on La 36. The town initially gave the company approval to build the subdivision, and in 2017, the town annexed the property so it would be inside the town limits.

In 2019, the town reversed course, saying its sewage system can’t properly treat the waste that would come from 390 additional homes in what is proposed to be the Abita Meadows development.

A legal struggle ensued, prompting a northshore judge to hold Abita Springs Mayor Dan Curtis in contempt of court for failing to comply with a court ruling to allow the subdivision to tie into the town’s already overburdened sewage system. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal then sided with Lonesome.

In other matters, the board voted unanimously to increase the monthly garbage collection rate from $26.70 to $27.48 beginning with the August billing cycle.

Coastal Environmental Waste Services, which has the contract to collect garbage in Abita Springs, notiﬁed the town that the increase is needed to maintain services at the current level. The company indicated that rising operational and disposal costs are driving the need to raise the cost of service. The board approved a resolution authorizing Mayor Dan Curtis to enact the increase with no discussion from members or the audience.

back one day.”

She said the family plans to maintain ownership of their home in Abita Springs.

Dufrene has been a part of town government since 2019, coming in when Curtis was elected to his ﬁrst term. In her role as town clerk, she handles many administrative duties at Town Hall.

As the clerk of court, she has helped run the town’s magistrate court, which convenes on the fourth Tuesday of each month Dufrene also took over

additional duties in the finance department in 2023 after revelations that the town’s finance director and public works supervisor used a taxpayer-funded credit card to make numerous questionable purchases. The town recently hired Jennifer Ralser to work in the finance department. Her appointment was announced by Curtis at the Board of Alderman’s July 15 meeting. That board meeting was Dufrene’s last as a member of the town’s administration, and she was given a standing ovation from the audience.

Three teens plead not guilty to charges in death of St. Tammany deputy

BY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer

Three Slidell teenagers who face charges in the death of a St. Tammany Parish sheriff’s deputy who was killed during a highspeed police chase pleaded not guilty during an arraignment in Covington on July 14, District Attorney Collin Sims said.

Sgt. Grant Candies, 37, was struck and killed in

March while setting up a spike strip on an Interstate 10 on-ramp near Slidell to stop a speeding vehicle.

The Sheriff’s Office said deputies had tried to stop the vehicle after seeing it being operated carelessly near Slidell, but it sped off leading to chase that wound up on I-10 and eventually ended in New Orleans. In June, authorities said the vehicle’s driver, Adrian Waughtal, 17, and one of

Mandeville area Rotarians selling Big

Staff report

The Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club is again offering $20 tickets for its annual Big Game Rafﬂe and the chance to win more than 50 great prize packages.

Raffle winners could come away with tickets to multiple Saints, LSU or Tulane games; a VIP package for the Zurich Classic; a unique Sporting Clay Sponsorship package valued at $2,500; hotel stays, restaurant gift cards and more; and even a ﬂight on a WWII Era PT-17 Stearman aircraft. Rotary is one of the world’s oldest service organizations, and the Mandeville area club will use rafﬂe proceeds to continu-

STP Health System rolls out lung cancer screening unit

BY KADEE KRIEGER Contributing writer

Sometimes the difference between a patient’s early-detected and treatable lung cancer diagnosis and a late-stage discover with a grim outlook is as simple as a ride to the health clinic, said the St. Tammany Health System lung cancer screening program coordinator Megan Broussard.

She said the new Breathe Well ConneCTion, the state’s ﬁrst mobile lung cancer screening bus, is a life-changing addition to the health system’s medical arsenal to ﬁght for improved health.

The mobile unit will take screenings on the road, visiting different rural areas throughout St. Tammany each week.

There are no needles, no dyes and no fasting, Broussard said. And scans are quick and painless; an actual scan takes only about 15 seconds. The person being scanned keeps on their regular street clothes, and at no point does the head ever go through the scanning machine. This is not an enclosed screening process.

“We hear all of the time that people can’t get to a screening, or even that they are not willing to drive what would be considered a short distance to a clinic. To have this exposure and provide screening access to rural areas is deﬁnitely going to save lives,” Broussard said.

She joined dozens of health care professionals, ﬁreﬁghters and community partners on July 10 to tour the new mobile unit that will be based at the St. Tammany Physician’s Network North Covington Clinic.

“Lung cancer screening is sort of the baby of cancer screenings, since it’s only been around about 10 years,” Broussard said.

She said early detection is key, because if left until the later stages of the disease, it can compromise more organs and quickly spread throughout the body

The unit, which can accommodate about 25 screens per week, offers a low-dose CT scan that is a key factor in reducing the lung cancer death rate by up to 20% among those in the high-risk category To get the Breathe Well unit launched, St Tammany Health System and its nonproﬁt arm, the St. Tammany Health Foundation, partnered with the Mauti Cancer Fund, which donated $500,000 to the cause.

An early screening was unavailable in 1978 when former New Orleans Saints player Rich Mauti’s father, Dominic, received his lung cancer diagnosis. Dominic Mauti died a year later, and Rich Mauti jumped into the ﬁght against cancer In 1981, he formed the Mauti Cancer Fund,

which has raised nearly $4 million through fundraisers, including his renowned golf and tennis tournaments. A Mandeville resident, Mauti has spent the past 40 years as an active and prominent ﬁgure advocating for early cancer detection and access to treatment to give others a better chance of survival.

But until now he said he has not been able to make a difference with lung cancer

“It’s humbling to ﬁnally be here and make an impact in this space,” he said. “This is an emotional event for me because of my dad. If we can save just one life, it will all be worth it. We are hoping that this program is the beginning of a program that will grow for our community and that we will be able to serve as many people as we can, saving lives as we go.”

The Breathe Well mobile until will also assist ﬁreﬁghters, who are at increased risk for lung cancer

“This is an asset we cherish,” said Mandeville Fire District No. 4 Fire Chief Bert Norton. “This tool gives us the best chance at early detection, treatment and recovery. That way we can keep our ﬁreﬁghters healthy and safe for their families.”

Medicare, Medicaid or private insurance companies cover the cost of the screening for those who meet the lung cancer screening eligibility requirements. Those requirements are to be 50 to 70 years old; a current smoker or someone who has quit in the past 15 years; and without any symptoms of lung cancer In addition, a cash program is available with the low-dose screening scan costing $119.

A physician’s order is necessary for the screening.

To schedule a screening or get information about the mobile unit, visit www.lungconnection.health or call (985) 871-5864.

the passengers, Mason Paul Eugene Fischer, 17, had been indicted on charges of second-degree murder

Another passenger in the vehicle, Michael Lanier, 18, was indicted with manslaughter

The three entered their pleas during proceedings at the St. Tammany Justice Center

A trial date was set for Oct. 6, WWL Louisiana reported.

ing helping about a dozen local nonprofits. Buy raffle tickets online at https://rafflecreator com/pages/30553/2025rotary-big-game-raffle or write a check payable to the Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club and mail to Northlake-Mandeville Rotary Club, P.O. Box 246, Mandeville, LA 704700246.

Abita Springs Clerk of Court Janet Dufrene leaving town

Dufrene

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The new Breathe Well ConneCTion, the state’s first mobile lung cancer screening bus, will visit rural areas through St. Tammany Parish each week.

Get your red beans and rice in east or west St. Tammany

Staff report

Put it on the calendar It’s time to kick off another campaign season by supporting a good cause while getting all the red beans and rice you can eat. The only decision to be made this side of the ballot box is whether to get your beans and rice at the East Cook-Off in Slidell or the West Cook-Off in Covington. It’s a good-natured competition that plays out every year In either location, the food is only $10 per person, plus tax and an online Eventbrite fee, and the proceeds at both events will sup-

port suicide prevention, mental health services and other United Way programs in the parish. On July 28, get the beans and rice at the West Cook-Off from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Briggs Assembly Center at St. Paul’s School at 919-999 S. Jefferson Avenue in Covington. Go to unitedwaysela. org to find the ticket link or to sign up to help sponsor the event. Or for those supporting the East Cook-Off, get your beans and rice meals on Aug. 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Slidell Auditorium at 2056 Second St. in Slidell Go to unitedwaysela.org to ﬁnd the link for tickets or to sign up to help sponsor the event.

St. Tammany public schools name six new administrators

BY ANDREW CANULETTE

Staff writer

St. Tammany Parish Public Schools Superintendent Frank Jabbia introduced six new district administrators at the July 10 meeting of the parish School Board in Covington.

They include:

n Gary Hooverwas named Director of Maintenance for the school district; n Sheri Jones, named a curriculum and instruction supervisor; n Amber Spurgeon, named a districtwide assistant principal;

n Katherine Grubb, named to a districtwide assistant principal position;

n Kathryn Horridge, also named a districtwide assistant principal; and

n Taylor Conway, named assistant principal at the Slidell-area’s Bayou Woods Elementary School.

Online registration begins July 24 for students new to the St. Tammany Parish Public School district. In-person registrations for new students will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 29 and 30 at the school the student will attend.

All students whose last names begin with the letters “A” through “L” are to report to school on Aug. 6 for a “Smart Start Day.” Students whose last names begin with “M” through “Z” report for their own Smart Start Day on Aug. 7.

All students report Aug. 8 to start the 2025-26 school year For more information, go online to www.stpsb.org or call (985) 8922276.

Folsom archer competing in national championships

BY MARGARET ALBERT

Contributing writer

Children often follow the interest of a parent, a family member or other adult they admire. But little did this boy’s dad know he was laying the groundwork for his son’s chance at a world championship.

As a child, Brody Wonch went bow hunting with his father, Jason. The experience must have made an impression because at around age 13, the young man asked his dad for a compound bow, the type used in competition. He watched YouTube videos to learn more about his new interest, and by his ﬁrst year of high school, three friends in 4-H asked Brody to join.

Before long, he and one of those friends were deep into archery, and to this day, they shoot together at Brody’s home in Folsom almost every weekend.

“I think I watched every archery video on YouTube. So, next, I focused on the experts, teachers and their students. I told my parents I found a coach and wanted to take the next step.” After two video lessons with George Ryals, the decision was made to travel to Atlanta for lessons with Ryals and joining his U.S. Archery team, The Hornets.

Jason and Katie Wonch are extremely supportive parents, and their son freely admits it. He has everything necessary to achieve his goals. They travel to competitions and to Atlanta for lessons and practice. Most of all, they provide moral support.

“This all came out of nowhere. (Brody) comes home from school one day and says he wants to join 4-H,” Katie Wonch said. “Next thing he’s practicing archery with a friend, taking lessons,

Engineering is one of the careers Brody Wonch is considering, so it’s no surprise that the precision of archery appeals to him. Also, just as many competitive archers do, he makes his own arrows because precision is everything in competitive archery.

and joining a team! Now, a world championship competition. All within three years!”

Brody Wonch feels that anyone who is willing to put in the effort can succeed at archery “There are no limiting factors,” he says. “You see people of varying height and weight competing. Archery is not physically demanding. Women and men alike are well represented at archery competitions.”

Wonch coach George Ryals says, “Brody has advanced from new to advanced very quickly He is proof of how fast you can succeed with good, hard work.”

He was part of the compound team last year at the 4-H National Championships in Nebraska and this year, he competed in the Gator Cup in Florida and that clinched his spot on the USA Archery Youth Team. He is now one of three young men under 18 representing the US in the Junior Olympic Archery Development World Archery Youth Championships this August in Winnipeg. Engineering is one of the careers the young archer is considering. No wonder, since he says everything in archery is mental and about precision. “It’s how you tune your bow and your arrows. You are constantly calculating. The slightest variation can make a difference,” he says. And like many competitive archers, he makes his own arrows for this reason.

Time for the Children’s Museum backpack giveaway in Pelican Park

chandise or services to sell. Some local stylists will

be on hand offering free back-toschool haircuts. On Friday, July 25,

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Trailhead from 6 p.m to 7 p.m. There will also be music, free food and children’s activities. At 6:30 p.m., also at the Trailhead, Reach Church will begin a night revival.

Johnson played the drum machine at the School of Rock in the resource section of the 2024 Children’s Museum Back to School Bash in Pelican Park.

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Brody Wonch feels that anyone who is willing to put in the effort can succeed at archery. ‘There are no limiting factors,’ he says.

“I think I watched every archery video on YouTube. So, next, I focused on the experts, teachers and their students I told my parents I found a coach and wanted to take the next step.” BRODY WONCH, competitive archer

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during the Columbia Street Block Party in the walkable downtown Covington area. See nstms. org for details, song lists and to conﬁrm event.

CELTIC: A free Irish Slow/Fast Session on July 27 (every ﬁnal Sunday) from noon to 2 p.m. at St. John’s Coffeehouse, 535 E Boston St. in downtown Covington. Play numbers slowly to learn them, then speed up the tempo. See nstms.org for details, song lists and to conﬁrm meeting times.

PERFORM: A free Open Mic Night on July 29 (ﬁnal Tuesday) from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in Cilantros Mexican Cuisine, 321 N. Columbia St for musicians of all ages and abilities to perform before a supportive audience. Each performer or ensemble will share a set of three songs; only eight sets, so arrive early for a spot. See nstms.org for details, song lists and details.

THEATER

ANNIE: With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts despite a next-tonothing start in 1930s New York City. Come and see “Annie, the Musical” at Cutting Edge Theater and watch Annie search for the parents who aban doned her years ago on the doorstep of a Ne York City orphanage run by the cruel Miss Hannigan. In adventure after adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan’s evil machinations. She ﬁnds a new home and family in billionaire Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy. The show was recently rescheduled, will now upen Aug. 1. For ticket information, visit cuttingedgetheater.com.

and 2:30 p.m. matinees. Go to 30byninety.com.

ART

SUMMER: The St. Tammany Art Association’s Summer Show at the Miriam Barranger Gallery in the Art House, 320 N. Columbia St., in downtown Covington, will hang through Sept. 13 and is open to the public Wednesdays through Saturdays. For the hours or more information, call (985) 892-8650 or email info@ sttammany.art.

LAUGHS: 30 by Ninety Theatre will host Comedy Night 15 on July 25 with the headliner, Texas comic Andy Higgins, known for his takes on aging and “senior moments.” The night’s comic card will also include Mike Peterson, Houston’s original “Comedy Cop,” a retired peace ofﬁcer and former Army MP, and Allison Hotard, a Gulf Coast comic who brings the local ﬂavor. Comic Gina G hosts the show. Doors open at 7 p.m., show starts at 7:30 p.m. at 880 Lafayetee St. in Mandeville. Tickets $32. Get them online at 30byninety.com.

MUSIC: The musical comedy “Something Rotten” continues for one more weekend

Jul 25-27, at Playmakers Theater, bringing a lightly risqué performance rated PG-13. The show, directed by Jennifer Patterson, “Something Rotten” follows the Bottom brothers, Nick and Nigel, as they struggle to compete with the rising superstar playwright William Shakespeare. Watch the brothers create the world’s ﬁrst musical after consulting a soothsayer. Friday and Saturday performances at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Tickets $30 for adults, $15 for students, available at BonTempsTix.com.

ROCK OUT: The 30 By Ninety Theater will present “School of Rock, the Musical” for three weekends, Aug. 9-24, in Mandeville. Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White and book by Julian Fellowes, with lyrics by Glenn Slater and the music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Directed by Joy Bosley and produced in collaboration with the School of Rock Northshore, the show features a cast of young rockers ready to make some

noise. Follow failed wannabe rock star Dewey Finn pose as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school, turning a class of straight–A pupils into a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mind-blowing rock band. But can he get them to the Battle of the Bands without their parents and the school’s headmistress ﬁnding out? Tickets for adults, $35; seniors and military $32; students 13+, $30; and kids 12 and under, $27. Aug. 9 & 10, Aug. 15-17; and Aug. 22-24. Shows at 8 p.m.

American Legion in Covington will go bananas again

Staff report

The folks at American Legion Post 16 in Covington plan to go completely bananas next month and say they could really use some help

The fifth annual Great American Banana Split Celebration will take place at the post Saturday, Aug 23, when the reknown American ice cream and banana treats will be served in two shifts, one early afternoon and the other very early evening. The banana split event has grown so popular over its first four years at Post 16, something extra special has been added for 2025. On Friday evening, Aug. 22, the post at 2031 Ronald Reagan Highway will host an inaugural Yellow Tie Gala dinner dance to emphasize the significance of the next day’s big Banana Split Celebration. And gala guests are

For the fifth year, the American Legion Post 16 in Covington is hosting another Great American Banana Split Celebration, this one on Aug. 23. Proceeds will help feed hungry families.

encouraged to wear — what else? — their best yellow clothes. In addition to a catered buffet dinner, the gala will include an open bar with plenty of dancing and live ’40s, ’50s and ’60s music by the Swing 101

Big Band. Proceeds from the gala will go into Post 16’s Charitable Giving Fund that finances the scholarships it awards annually to selected high school seniors heading to college or technical school, as well as to selected juniors attending Boys State and Girls State at Southeastern Louisiana University The scholarships are awarded each year by Post 16, its Auxiliary and the Sons of the American Legion.

Meanwhile, those who come out Saturday to enjoy a banana split at the post are asked to bring a donation for the Northshore Food Bank, the beneﬁciary of that event.

Donations of support and sponsorships at various levels are needed to help with both events. To discuss either or ﬁnd out the options, contact former post commander Dennis Charlesworth at (334)303-3936.

DUFOUR: An exhibit of 45 paintings and 20 pieces of blown and sculptured glass by artist Paulo Dufour will hang through Aug. 29 at the Atrium Gallery in the Christwood retirement complex at 100 Christwood Blvd. near Covington (reach it via Brewster Road). No

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Article 7, Section 23(C) of the Louisiana Constitution and R S 47:1705(B) that a public hearing of Fire Protection District NO 8 in St Tammany Parish will be held at St Tammany Parish Government, located at 21490 Koop Dr, Mandeville, La 70471 on Friday, September 5th,2025 at 11:00 a m to consider levying additional or increased millage rates without further voter approval or adopting the adjusted millage rates after reassessment and rolling forward to rates not to exceed the prior year’s maximum The estimated amount 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 a new tax and St Tammany Fire Protection District No 8 shall not exceed the voter approved maximum millage rate

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Covington Kiwanis Club host prayer breakfast

The 12th annual Kiwanis of Greater Covington Community Prayer Breakfast was held in the St. Paul’s Briggs Assembly Center on Jefferson Avenue in Covington on July 11. The keynote address was given by William Wainwright, president of Southeastern Louisiana University

Memories of Mississippi beach vacations run

While many embark on exotic summer vacations, I can count on one hand the number taken by my family They were almost always on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. This one stands out as the longest, with the best stories In the early ‘60s, my mother, grandmother, and the five of us spent a week in Waveland. An older cousin came along as a kid wrangler since my father was at sea. We rented a small cottage on Beach Boulevard with a pier and a long tree covered driveway We spent the days swimming, fishing and crabbing I lucked out with the sleeping porch, hearing the music of the insects at night and sometimes, the rain on the roof. Morning would bring a delightful breeze blowing through the screens, and early birdsong with the arrival of the sun. Grandma would fry up whatever fish we caught: speckled trout, catfish, and croaker, for the most part. There was no such thing as catch release. If a fish was small, she would “vout” the head and fry the fish whole, after which we removed the crispy skin and then the fish pretty much would fall off the

bones. We chewed slowly and carefully in the event of a bone. There was always “emergency” bread on the table if that were to happen. Grandma and mom would boil and pick the crabs we caught and make delicious stuffed crabs for us.

A family with a daughter my age was vacationing in the cottage next to us. We quickly became friends, exchanged addresses from Harahan and Garyville, and became pen pals. Our correspondence went on for a few years and we even visited one another once or twice.

One high point of the trip involved the oldest of my three brothers hooking a sting ray off the pier There was high drama, followed by heated discussion with the next-door family about the great danger my brother had faced. Note: Said brother had not been left unattended, and he knew not to land it. But this one beats the sting ray

One afternoon, everyone was headed back to the pier, leaving my grandmother and youngest brother napping. An hour later, I was asked to check on the two of them Halfway up the drive-

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Stephen Landry, Jim Harp

Maisha Bijou, Frances Wright

Dana Whitaker, Joseph Montelepre, Pemmie Sheasby

George Bonnett, Ryan Eberts, Sammy O’Keefe

Jason Broussard, Paul Tanguis

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Amy Tucker, Jim Tucker, Joyce Donohue

Courtney Ard, Cindy Dwyer, Tara Brouillette

The Summer Show exhibition opens, awards to top art

Staff report

Get ready for authors, Harry Potter’s birthday

Next month, two local authors will visit the St. Tammany Parish Library for “Author Talk” events to discuss their books, the process of writing and all things literary The ﬁrst author, De’Lisa RoweTate, a native of Slidell, penned “The Caregiver’s Journey,” a book centered on the role and challenges of a professional caregiver In her book, Tate provides inspirational tools and coping strategies for caregivers to use in their lives and work.

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Tate will hold two events, one on Aug. 11 at the South Slidell Branch, 3901 Pontchartrain Drive, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., and the other on Aug. 12 at the Slidell Branch, 555 Robert Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The St. Tammany Parish community is invited to attend and listen to Tate’s story, as well as ask questions about her book, writing or life as an author.

The second author, Suzie Bronk Hunt, author of “Weathering the Storm,” “Rose Mary’s Run,” and “50% Chance of Sunshine,” will discuss books, writing and story creation with patrons at the Slidell Branch on Aug. 25 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Hunt’s writing focuses on small-town stories and experiences in Louisiana After receiving her journalism degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin, Hunt worked in news bureaus for two university medical centers.

She later became a columnist and reporter for The New Orleans Times-Picayune and Slidell Magazine She is now a contributing writer for The St. Tammany

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To register for the Author Talk event, visit http://bit.ly/3GTvtlQ.

Harry Potter birthday parties

The St. Tammany Parish Library will celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday on July 31 with two parties for guests of all ages. Both events will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., one at the Slidell Branch and the other at the Covington Branch. Patrons are invited to participate in Harry Potter-themed festivities, including photo opportunities, crafts, games and scavenger hunts. Neither event requires registration.

Other events

VIRTUAL QIGONG: Follow along with the instructor over Zoom on July 25 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. as she leads viewers through gentle moves that generate focus and clarity of the mind. Register for it at https://bit.ly/44SyZFb.

MOVIE MONDAY: Watch “The Sandlot” on July 28 at the Slidell Branch from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., where the library will showcase movies that celebrate the world of art for our recent Summer Reading them, “Color Our World.” Register to watch the movie at https://bit.ly/4lAVy8G.

NEWSPAPERS: Patrons can listen to a demonstration on how to access historical newspapers through the library databases on Aug. 1 at the Mandeville Branch from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Staff will go over how to use NewspaperArchive and Newsbank. Register at https://bit.ly/3GOAlc1.

Biscuits and his brother Gravy, came into Northshore Humane Society in April due to overcrowding in their previous home. Biscuits is a big boy with such a loving outgoing nature that he brings other dogs out of their shell He recently underwent entropion surgery to repair an issue with his eyelids that is common with short snouted breeds, but now that his sutures have been removed, he’s looking and feeling so much better.

July 12 was a big night for the St. Tammany Art Association as it opened the 55th Annual Summer Show at the group’s Art House headquarters in downtown Covington. The juried event was open to contemporary artists from across the United States so it was also an evening to remember for those whose work was singled out for recognition — including three local artists. The top four honors included: n Best of Show to Issac McCaslin (Savannah, Georgia) for “Insect-like Mutations in a Waiting Room,” an oil on canvas n 1st Place to Amber Hart (Baton Rouge) for “Through the Stalks,” oil and acrylic on canvas n 2nd Place to Caitlyn Clark (Bloomington, Ind.) for “Sprout I, II, III,” mixed media sculpture n 3rd Place to Joey Roberts (Covington) for “Maji Saﬁ,” pencil. In addition, merit awards went to another ﬁve artists, including: n John Good (Webb City, Missouri) for “Clay Bag Series: Marilyn,” stoneware n Inga Falterman (Mandeville) for “red, or eel grass, or swimming with me,” oil on panel n Michael Elliott-Smith (Alexandria) for “Bird On Chair,” photography n Jonathan Hoffman (Roseburg, Oregon) for “Watchful Gaze,” oil on panel n Lizzie Shelby (Slidell) for “The Spiral Within,” mixed media. The exhibition continues in the Art House’s Miriam Barranger Gallery at 320 N. Columbia St. through Sept. 13 and is open to the public Wednesdays through Saturdays.

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Monika Yates, Jade Bennett, Ashli Devargas and Serena Leday

John Green, Joe Pierce, Susan Pierce Dustin Simoneaux, Rachael Latapie, August Latapie

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FROM MIT TO LA

BY JOSEPH HALM Staff writer

Covington High graduate Mason Estrada always has been goal-oriented

He scored a perfect 36 on the ACT during his senior year of high school in 2023. He also was a three-year starter at shortstop for the school baseball team and he hit in the all-important three hole for the Lions.

He also pitched for Covington in his ﬁnal two years there before heading to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for college.

“I always jokingly said that he could go hit somewhere, but he said, ‘Coach, I’m going to go to MIT I’m going to throw 97, and I’m going to get drafted.’ I guess he did that, so it shows what I know,” Cov-

ington coach Jeff Dragg said. The MIT aeronautics and astronautics major reared back, ﬁred and got a radar gun reading of 95 mph during his fresh-

man season Those numbers make MLB clubs take notice, whether you’re at LSU or Division III MIT Then came his sophomore season,

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where Estrada went 6-0 with a 2.21 ERA, striking out 66 and allowing 22 hits in 402/3 innings. His fastball hit 96 miles per hour, and his sliders — he has two with velocity in the upper 80s produced up to 2,700 rotations per minute. Those are big-league metrics.

The World Series champion Dodgers took notice and drafted him in the seventh round with the No. 225 pick on July 14.

“After the ﬁrst three rounds of the day, I was getting very nervous,” Estrada said. “By the time we got to the sixth round, I really hadn’t had too many calls. There was some back and forth, and then, it happened really fast. They offered a number, and I took it. They picked me in the next round. It was awesome and pretty surreal.”

Estrada, who announced he was transferring to Tennessee next season, was suddenly on the road to the MLB.

Quiet confidence

Estrada laughed when told that Dragg remembered his now prophetic words as a senior Dragg always saw Estrada as more of a hitter

As a senior, the District 6-5A

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Covington’s Mason Estrada, right, celebrates with teammates during his senior season in 2023 Two years later, he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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MIT pitcher Mason Estrada was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers with the No. 225 pick in the MLB draft on July 14.

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Pinewood’s Mady Hill competes in the 100-yard IM at the 2025 Christopher Condon Championship Meet at Cross Gates on July 11.

(28.07). She also swam on the second-place 200-yard freestyle relay (1:51.46) and 200yard medley relay (2:07.66)

Hill said the league helped develop her love of swimming when she was younger and now it’s a way for her to have fun and teach the sport to the next generation Pinewood won the combined team title with 2,418.5 points to best second-place Lakeside Swim Club (1,402 points). The Porpoises ﬁnished the season undefeated as a team.

Pinewood’s Carter Diecidue competes in the 100-yard IM at the 2025 Christopher Condon Championship Meet at Cross Gates on July 11. He won high-point the 15-18 year-old boys division.

Northshore graduate Carter Diecidue added to Pinewood’s dominance as he took home high point earner honors in the boys 15-to-18-year-old division. He finished first in the 50 freestyle (24.77), second in the 50 butterfly (26.40) and third in the 100 IM (1:00.97), a race where the top 3 spots were decided by 0.7 seconds. He also swam on the first-place 200-yard freestyle relay team (1:40.11) and the 200-yard medley relay team (1:57 26). Diecidue, who will compete at William Carey in the fall, started swimming when he was 8.

“I took a little break, but it made me realize how much I enjoy this. Just the energy around this league is amazing, especially being a coach and swimmer I love being able to teach people and watching them develop a love for the sport. It’s been amazing,” Diecidue said.

“Summer league was such a gateway. It helped me grow and develop my love for this. Whenever I joined Hurricane Swim Club, it just exponentially increased that While Pinewood dominated the team competition, the Lakeside girls 15-to-18-yearold 200-yard freestyle relay team set a new league record with a time of 1:46.13

Lakeside’s Ryleigh McCreary competes in the 50-yard breaststroke

“It was a good relay,” anchor leg swimmer Ryleigh McCreary said. “We tried to break it at the last meet, but we did a little better this time. We were just heads down and determined to break it. It’s been our goal all summer One of our dads said we were really close, so we put our heads together to do it.” Lakeside coach Anastasia Megilligan said breaking the 9-year-old record was a special moment that doesn’t happen often.

“Since the beginning of the year, they kind of had that record in mind,” Megilligan said. “They tried for it at the A’ meet, and it didn’t happen. But they stayed focused and got it. They were so excited. It’s just really awesome because league records aren’t broken often. I’m just really proud of them.” Other high-point scorers include Cross Gates’ Lanna O’Rourre and Pinewood’s Iris Lin (13-14 girls), Pinewood’s James Ganucheau (13-14 boys), Pinewood’s Addison Fiedler (12 girls), Pinewood’s Jayden Lin (12 boys), Lakeside’s Olivia Bolin-Elfers (11 girls), Lakeside’s Brycen Hueschen (11 boys), Pinewood’s Susan Paquet (10 girls), Pinewood’s Darren Weng (10 boys), Pinewood’s Gabryelle Polanco (9 girls), Lakeside’s Lucas Pepe (9 boys) Cross Gates’ Emerald O’Toole (8 girls), Picayune’s Charles Evans (8 boys), Lakeside’s Ezri Lunsford (7 girls), Cross Gates’ Leonardo Quinto (7 boys), Pinewood’s Sadie Vidrine (6&U girls) and Pinewood’s Brooks Meyers (6&U boys)

COMBINED TEAM RESULTS: 1, Pinewood (PCC), 2,418.5 points. 2, Lakeside (LKS), 1,402 points. 3, Cross Gates (CGG), 1,307 points. 4, Picayune (PBT), 630.5 points.

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TEAM SCORES: 1, PCC, 1,079.5. 2, CGG, 862. 3, LKS, 848. 4, PBT, 296.5.

8-YEAR-OLD 100-YARD IM: 1, Vivian Biller, LKS, 2:04.17.

9 100-YARD IM: 1, Gabryelle Polanco, PCC, 1:33.82. 2, Avery Gratton, CGG, 1:34.73. 3, Samantha, CGG, 1:40.56.

10 100-YARD IM: 1, Avery Scholtens, CGG, 1:46.08. 2, Payton Hayden, PCC, 1:54.11. 3, Haldey Thorsen, CGG, 2:11.43.

11 100-YARD IM: 1, Olivia Bolin-Elfers, LKS, 1:27.46. 2, Linley Miller, PCC, 1:37.89. 3, Ella Erwin, PCC, 1:39.20.

12 100-YARD IM: 1, Addison Fiedler, PCC, 1:28.60. 2, Melanie Delaney, PCC, 1:31.45. 3, Cecilia Ganucheau, PCC, 1:41.98.

13-14 100-YARD IM: 1, Lanna O’Rourre, CGG, 1:13.80. 2, Adelynn Miller, PCC, 1:24.20. 3, Samantha Bryson, PBT, 1:42.07. 15-18 100-YARD IM: 1, Madyson Hill, PCC, 1:05.81. 2, Victoria Rice, LKS, 1:06.98. 3, Addison Provenzano, LKS, 1:07.55. 6 & U 25-YARD FREE: 1, Rory Whitworth, CGG, 24.44. 2, Sadie Vidrine, PCC, 26.12. 3, Riley Sottile, LKS, 28.32.

7 25-YARD FREE: 1, Emma Gust, LKS, 21.52. 2, Faith Harper, PBT, 22.25. 3, Ava Sterling, LKS, 23.10.

8 25-YARD FREE: 1, Emerald O’Toole, CGG, 18.66. 2, Regan Helwig, CGG, 20.57. 3, Zoey Ann Norberg, CGG, 21.05.

9 25-YARD FREE: 1, Gabryelle Polanco, PCC, 15.48. 2, Avery Gratton, CGG, 16.33. 3, Mia Canales, LKS, 17.20.

10 25-YARD FREE: 1, Susan Paquet, PCC, 17.93. 2, Paisley Roberts, PCC, 17.95. 3, Payton Hayden, PCC, 18.59.

11 50-YARD FREE: 1, Turner Brink, LKS, 35.57. 2, Ella Erwin, PCC, 37.56. 3, Izzy Smith, LKS, 38.81. 12 50-YARD FREE: 1, Gracie Tartar, PBT, 31.13. 2, Shelby Chabreck, PCC, 34.48. 3, Gabby Moody, PCC, 35.09. 13-14 50-YARD FREE: 1, Iris Lin, PCC, 27.66. 2, Lanna O’Rourre, CGG, 28.98. 3, Passion Spiers, PBT, 31.18. 15-18 50-YARD FREE: 1, Madyson Hill, PCC, 26.37. 2, Ryleigh McCreary, LKS, 26.88. 3, Vivienne Smith, LKS, 27.58. 6 & U 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC, 2:11.17. 2, LKS, 2:36.45. 3, CGG, 3:05.24. 7-8 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, CGG ‘A’, 1:26.88. 2, LKS, 1:33.40. 3, CGG ‘B’, 1:41.91. 9-10 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC, 1:10.85. 2, LKS, 1:13.52. 3, CGG, 1:14.85. 11-12 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC, 2:20.50. 2, CGG, 2:28.40. 3, LKS, 2:28.42. 13-14 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC, 2:08.09. 2, PBT, 2:12.97. 3, CGG, 2:14.92. 15-18 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, LKS, 1:46.13. 2, PCC ‘A’, 1:51.46. 3, PCC ‘B’, 1:52.08. 6 & U 25-YARD BACK: 1, Rory Whitworth, CGG, 27.24. 2, Riley Sottile, LKS, 35.62. 3, Sadie Vidrine, PCC, 36.96. 7 25-YARD BACK: 1, Addison Gabriel, CGG, 27.62. 2, Ezri Lunsford, LKS, 29.18. 3, Faith Harper, PBT

30.17.

8 25-YARD BACK: 1, Emerald O’Toole, CGG, 24.53. 2, Cadence Swendsen, CGG, 28.90. 3, Kamille Bond, PBT, 29.09.

9 25-YARD BACK: 1, Avery Gratton, CGG, 22.68. 2, Genevieve Bradley, CGG, 22.75. 3, Mia Canales, LKS 22.97.

10 25-YARD BACK: 1, Payton Hayden, PCC, 23.39. 2, Paisley Roberts, PCC, 23.59. 3, Susan Paquet, PCC, 26.92.

11 50-YARD BACK: 1, Olivia BolinElfers, LKS, 39.87. 2, Turner Brink, LKS, 45.05. 3, Juliet Weissbohn, CGG, 45.83.

12 50-YARD BACK: 1, Julianna Trussell, CGG, 40.98. 2, Gabby Moody, PCC, 41.29. 3, Shelby Chabreck, PCC, 42.29. 13-14 50-YARD BACK: 1, Iris Lin, PCC, 33.97. 2, Paige Zimmerli, PBT, 40.17. 3, Dylann Hursey, CGG, 40.74. 15-18 50-YARD BACK: 1, Addison Provenzano, LKS, 30.79. 2, Vivienne Smith, LKS, 31.90. 3, Calliray Goodson, PCC, 33.64.

7 & U 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Lena Cefalu, CGG, 31.80. 2, Sadie Vidrine, PCC, 37.63. 3, Ezri Lunsford, LKS 37.95.

8 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Regan Helwig, CGG, 28.73. 2, Emerald O’Toole, CGG, 29.06. 3, Zoey Ann Norberg, CGG, 29.28.

9 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Samantha Ory, CGG, 23.07. 2, June Brink, LKS 23.37. 3, Adaline Herbert, CGG, 23.68.

10 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Paisley Roberts, PCC, 20.21. 2, Avery Scholtens, CGG, 26.64. 3, Skylar Moore, CGG, 27.97.

11 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Turner Brink, LKS, 44.51. 2, Ella Erwin, PCC, 47.24. 3, Kinsley Robin, LKS 50.88.

12 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Addison Fiedler, PCC, 42.90. 2, Gracie Tartar, PBT, 43.58. 3, Shelby Chabreck, PCC, 44.96. 13-14 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Dylann Hursey, CGG, 46.70. 2, Charley Casrill, LKS, 1:11.15. 15-18 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Ryleigh McCreary, LKS, 32.44. 2, Allison Manion, LKS, 34.64. 3, Vivienne Smith, LKS, 35.62.

7 & U 25-YARD FLY: 1, Emma Gust, LKS, 28.51. 2, Ava Sterling, LKS 31.20. 3, Ezri Lunsford, LKS, 35.66.

8 25-YARD FLY: 1, Vivian Biller, LKS, 28.64. 2, Evelyn Meyers, CGG, 37.25. 3, Daisy Lincoln, CGG, 41.40.

9 25-YARD FLY: 1, Gabryelle Polanco, PCC, 18.16. 2, Samantha Ory, CGG, 19.17. 3, Mia Canales, LKS, 20.41. 10 25-YARD FLY: 1, Susan Paquet, PCC, 25.48.

11 50-YARD FLY: 1, Olivia BolinElfer, LKS, 37.57. 2, Giana Burrell, CGG, 40.02. 3, Lisa Souopgui, PCC, 54.37.

12 50-YARD FLY: 1, Brynleigh Jones, CGG, 38.61. 2, Addison Fielder, PCC, 38.81. 3, Gabby Moody, PCC, 39.24. 13-14 50-YARD FLY: 1, Lanna O’Rourre, CGG, 31.21. 2, Iris Lin, PCC, 31.27. 3, Paige Zimmerli, PBT, 34.80. 15-18 50-YARD FLY: 1, Madyson Hill, PCC, 28.07. 2, Ryleigh McCreary, LKS, 29.27. 3, Addison Provenzano, LKS, 29.72. 8 & U 100-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 2:28.23. 2, PCC ‘B’, 2:59.83. 9-10 100-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC, 1:23.22. 2, CGG, 1:27.06. 3, LKS, 1:32.75. 11-12 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY:

1, PCC, 2:42.43. 2, LKS, 2:48.23. 3, CGG, 2:51.00. 13-14 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC, 2:28.49. 2, PBT, 2:38.18. 3, LKS 3:07.47. 15-18 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, LKS, 2:00.03. 2, PCC ‘A’, 2:07.66. 3, PCC ‘B’, 2:08.77. BOYS TEAM SCORES: 1, PCC, 1,339. 2, LKS, 554. 3, CGG, 445. 4, PBT, 334. 7 & U 100-YARD IM: 1, Leonardo Quinto, CGG, 2:09.48. 2, Parker Bengston, PCC, 2:23.43. 9 100-YARD IM: 1, Lucas Pepe, LKS, 1:44.97. 2, Gavin Finley, LKS 2:06.12. 3, Beau Cotten, PCC, 2:16.33. 10 100-YARD IM: 1, Darren Weng, PCC, 1:36.05. 11 100-YARD IM: 1, Brody Benton, LKS, 1:24.66. 2, Joshua Weissbohn, CGG, 1:36.96. 12 100-YARD IM: 1, Jayden Lin, PCC, 1:22.00. 13-14 100-YARD IM: 1, James Ganucheau, PCC, 1:04.83. 2, Ethan Socarras, PCC, 1:11.31. 3, Chase Hayden, PCC, 1:20.96. 15-18 100-YARD IM: 1, Asher Socarras, PCC, 1:00.27. 2, Sam Naffa, CGG, 1:00.52. 3, Carter Diecidue, PCC, 1:00.97.

6 & U 25-YARD FREE: 1, Roman Galdamez, LKS, 21.42. 2, Brooks Meyers, PCC, 21.61. 3, Greyson Galdamez, LKS, 23.34.

7 25-YARD FREE: 1, Leonardo Quinto, CGG, 20.37. 2, Parker Bengston, PCC, 21.35. 3, Owen Unsworth, PCC, 22.69.

8 25-YARD FREE: 1, Charles Evans, PBT, 20.30. 2, Julian Hooks, LKS 21.08. 3, Weston Jones, CGG, 21.29. 9 25-YARD FREE: 1, Lucas Pepe, LKS, 17.02. 2, Cooper Brown, CGG, 18.70. 3, Gavin Finley, LKS, 18.83. 10 25-YARD FREE: 1, Darren Weng, PCC, 16.85. 2, Zayden Urban, PBT, 17.59. 3, Carter Fitzgerald, PCC, 18.33.

11 50-YARD FREE: 1, Brycen Hueschen, LKS, 31.70. 2, Brody Benton, LKS, 31.81. 3, Jackson Bradley, CGG, 33.24. 12 50-YARD FREE: 1, Sebastian Polanco, PCC, 29.99. 2, Stephen Bech, PCC, 33.51. 3, Trey Barber, PBT, 38.50. 13-14 50-YARD FREE: 1, Ethan Socarras, PCC, 27.99. 2, Brince Kay LKS, 28.79. 3, Christopher Salles, PCC, 30.24. 15-18 50-YARD FREE: 1, Carter Diecidue, PCC, 24.77. 2, Mason Dominigues, PCC, 24.86. 3, Leo Naffa, CGG, 24.98. 6 & U 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, LKS, 2:00.04. 2, PCC, 2:24.02. 7-8 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, CGG, 1:43.80. 2, PCC, 1:46.32. 3, LKS 2:15.24. 9-10 100-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, LKS, 1:15.42. 2, PBT, 1:18.51. 3, PCC, 1:19.11. 11-12 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC, 2:13.34. 2, LKS, 2:34.08. 3, CGG, 2:37.57. 13-14 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 1:56.91. 2, PCC ‘B’, 2:06.61. 3, LKS, 2:10.90. 15-18 200-YARD FREE RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 1:40.11. 2, PCC ‘B’, 1:48.23. 3. PCC ‘C’, 1:56.42. 6 & U 25-YARD BACK: 1, Greyson Galdamez, LKS, 27.02. 2, Noran Wagemann, CGG, 29.94. 3, Roman Galdamez, LKS, 32.67. 7 25-YARD BACK: 1, Owen Unsworth, PCC, 32.88. 2, Ben Arant, CGG, 46.99. 3, Elian Weng, PCC, 54.30. 8 25-YARD BACK: 1, Oliver Evans,

PBT, 28.39. 2, Dax Wallace, PCC, 30.37. 3, Charles Evans, PBT, 31.59. 9 25-YARD BACK: 1, Cooper Brown, CGG, 24.66. 2, Gavin Finley, LKS, 26.76. 3, Brennan Esteve, LKS 26.82. 10 25-YARD BACK: 1, Carter Fitzgerald, PCC, 22.05. 2, Zayden Urban, PBT, 24.73. 3, Ripken McNeese, LKS, 26.37. 11 50-YARD BACK: 1, Olivia Bolin-11 50-YARD BACK: 1, Brycen Hueschen, LKS, 39.48. 2, Jackson Bradley, CGG, 42.76. 3, Carter Schenck, PCC, 46.85

12 50-YARD BACK: 1, Jayden Lin, PCC, 40.34. 2, Stephen Bech, PCC, 44.62. 3, Ethan Ferrell, PCC, 51.64. 13-14 50-YARD BACK: 1, James Ganucheau, PCC, 32.64. 2, Michael Phelps, PBT, 38.43. 3, Henry Ganucheau, PCC, 41.44. 15-18 50-YARD BACK: 1, Beaux Reyes, PCC, 28.70. 2, Mason Dominigues, PCC, 31.39. 3, Sam Hirsh, PCC, 32.57. 7 & U 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Brooks Meyers, PCC, 31.96. 2, Parker Bengston, PCC, 32.97. 3, Noran Wagemann, CGG, 35.27. 9 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Cooper Brown, CGG, 26.71. 2, Beau Cotten, PCC, 26.75. 3, Wyatt Bolin-Elfers, LKS, 30.83. 10 25-YARD BREAST: 1, Carter Fitzgerald, PCC, 28.74. 2, Abel Weatherman, PCC, 32.40. 11 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Turner Brink, LKS, 44.51. 2, Ella Erwin, PCC, 47.24. 3, Kinsley Robin, LKS, 50.88.

12 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Jayden Lin, PCC, 41.06. 2, Sebastian Polanco, PCC, 41.32. 3, Ethan Ferrell, PCC, 50.78. 13-14 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Dylann Hursey, CGG, 46.70. 2, Charley Casrill, LKS, 1:11.15. 15-18 50-YARD BREAST: 1, Sam Naffa, CGG, 29.44. 2, Zak Kennedy PBT, 29.51. 3, Mason Dominigues, PCC, 30.92.

7 & U 25-YARD FLY: 1, Brooks Meyers, PCC, 28.70. 2, Leonardo Quinto, CGG, 29.23. 3, Elian Weng, PCC, 41.74.

8 25-YARD FLY: 1, Weston Jones, CGG, 27.09. 2, Charles Evans, PBT, 29.19. 3, Julian Hooks, LKS, 30.47. 9 25-YARD FLY: 1, Lucas Pepe, LKS 19.44. 10 25-YARD FLY: 1, Darren Weng, PCC, 19.74. 2, Zayden Urban, PBT 26.69. 3, Tanner Socarras, PCC, 29.71.

11 50-YARD FLY: 1, Jackson Bradley, CGG, 39.24.

12 50-YARD FLY: 1, Stephen Bech, PCC, 40.30. 2, Sebastian Polanco, PCC, 45.01. 3, Jude Faller, CGG, 1:06.12. 13-14 50-YARD FLY: 1, James Ganucheau, PCC, 29.91. 2, Brince Kay, LKS, 35.35. 3, Jacob Chabreck, PCC, 35.58. 15-18 50-YARD FLY: 1, Zak Kennedy, PBT, 24.77. 2, Carter Diecidue, PCC, 26.40. 3, Leo Naffa, CGG, 26.83. 8 & U 100-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC, 1:59.78. 2, LKS, 2:10.25. 3, CGG, 2:15.47. 9-10 100-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC, 1:30.72. 2, LKS, 1:33.96. 3, CGG, 2:00.42. 11-12 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 2:42.41. 2, LKS, 3:10.54. 3, PCC ‘B’, 3:14.99. 13-14 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 2:17.55. 2, PCC ‘B’, 2:35.71. 3, LKS, 2:39.86. 15-18 200-YARD MEDLEY RELAY: 1, PCC ‘A’, 1:57.26. 2, PCC ‘B’,

Pinewood’s Mady Hill competes in the 100-yard IM.

Cross Gates’ Lanna O’Rourre competes in the 50-yard butterfly at the 2025 Christopher Condon Championship Meet at Cross Gates on July 11

STAFF PHOTOS BY JOSEPH HALM

Lakeside teammates cheer on the boys 11-12-year-old 200-yard freestyle relay at the 2025 Christopher Condon Championship Meet at Cross Gates on July 11.

ST. TAMMANY SWIM LEAGUE CHRISTOPHER CONDON CHAMPIONSHIP MEET

Dr John “Johnny” Ed‐ward Allen Sr., D.D.S passed away on Thursday, July 10, 2025. He was born in Columbus, Texas on Sep‐tember 7 1943. He is sur‐vived by his wife of 59 years Roberta Devoe Allen; his children, Matthew (Kim) Donald (Carolyn), Ethan, and John Jr. (Katherine); his grand‐children Ashley, Katherine, Morgan, Alex, George, Mar‐ilyn Lily Blythe Annabelle and Cecilia; and great grandsons Torin and Se‐bastian He is also survived by his sibling Mary Margret Allen Haydel, numerous nieces, nephews cousins and many wonderful life‐long friends. He was pre‐ceded in death by his par‐ents, Clark Eustace Allen and Margaret Russel Allen; siblings, Donald Russel Boy” Allen and Russel Clark Allen; and son, Clark Potter Allen. Johnny, of Covington, Louisiana, lived a life marked by quiet hu‐mility, unwavering kind‐ness, and a deep commit‐ment to serving others. A dedicated dentist for over 40 years, he treated every patient with compassion and respect, earning a place in the hearts of gen‐erations of local families An outstanding athlete throughout his life, Johnny was a beloved swimming and tennis coach sharing not just his skills but his encouragement and joy with future generations He never lost his childlike en‐thusiasm for the things he loved, especially family, friends nature, and time spent outdoors. More than his accomplishments Johnny will be remem‐bered for the way he lived: with gentleness, integrity, and a deep reverence for life. He gave generously, loved fully, and left the world better than he found it. E.J Fielding Funeral Home were entrusted with funeral arrangements

Bourgeois, Ella

It is with deep sorrow we announce the passing of Ella Louise Bourgeois a beloved sister, aunt, cousin, and friend. She died July 9, 2025, at the age of 79. Ella Louise was born February 14, 1946 to Royal Joseph Bourgeois Sr and Ella Gotti Bourgeois in Fol‐som LA She was preceded in death by her parents, her sisters Wanda Bour‐geois Jenkins and Yvette Bourgeois Barbazon. She is survived by her brothers “RJ” Royal Joseph Bour‐geois Jr and Roger Bour‐geois (Gwenda) and sister Regina Bourgeois Core and half-sister Gale Ann Bour‐geois many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great-great nieces and nephews whom she loved and always kept up with. She also had many cousins and friends To know Ella Louise was to know someone who al‐ways kept in touch She never failed to check in with a call and her signa‐ture question: “What are you doing?” She was often the first to send a birthday card—sometimes before you even remembered your birthday was coming—and she always made sure to check on anyone who wasn’t feeling well. Ella had a deep love for wildlife. She enjoyed feed‐ing birds, raccoons, and foxes taking joy in caring for the creatures around her She spent her final year in North Dakota with her great-niece Jessica, her husband Levi Springer their four children, and the family dog. Surrounded by love, laughter, and the warmth of family life, she truly cherished that time Ella Louise will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved her A future cel‐ebration of life will be held in the Fall at St. John's Catholic Church in Folsom LA. In lieu of flowers any denotations can be made to St John's Catholic Church in Ella Louise's memory.

Evelyn Mann Cahill, age 96, passed away peacefully on Thursday, July 3, 2025. She was born in Roby TX on December 16, 1928. She is survived by her son Kelly Theron Cahill (Mar‐sha); her grandchildren, Dr Kelly Theron Cahill Jr (Kelly) and Ashley Cahill Noto (Christopher); and great grandchildren, Pay‐ton Noto, Avery Noto William Cahill, Audrey Cahill and Bennett Cahill She is also survived by her brother James Mann. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Jerry” Cahill; her daugh‐ter, Laura Glynn Cahill; her parents Marvin and Vera Mann; and brother, Glenn Mann. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her The family extends its heartfelt gratitude to Brookdale Assisted Living including the wonderful staff and compassionate caregivers They all were truly a blessing. E J. Field‐ing Funeral Home were en‐trusted with the arrange‐ments.

John A. Davis Sr affec‐tionately known as “Buck,” passed away on Sunday July 6, 2025, at the age of 93. Born April 3, 1932, in his home in Lacombe, LA, he was a life-long resident of Lacombe and Slidell, LA Buck was married to the love of his life, Lenell O Davis of Slidell, LA, for 68 years and together they built a family legacy of love that lives on. In addi‐tion to Lenell, Buck is sur‐vived by his four children: John A. “Chip” Davis, Jr (Vicki,) D. Scott Davis (Deb‐bie,) Dawn McCormick (Michael Dee,) and Karen Rewerts (Carl.) Buck adored his eleven grand‐children: Katie Papasan (Brett,) Mallory Onarecker (Tim,) Trey Davis Jason Davis (Lauren,) Will Mc‐Cormick Chris Davis, Lau‐ren Petit (Pierce,) Claire Quintana (Michael,) Stuart Davis (Madison,) Glendon Rewerts (Lucy,) and Lydia Rewerts; and his twelve great-grandchildren: Davis Papasan, Elise Papasan Eleanor Onarecker, Ben Onarecker Elizabeth Onarecker, Elle Davis, Cole Davis Myles Quintana Harper Grace Quintana, Callum Quintana Margot Petit, and Pierce Petit, Jr Buck is survived by his sis‐ter-in-law, Peggy Davis brother-in-law Charles O’Neill (Ruthie,) special niece Elaine Jackson, and numerous nieces and nephews Buck was pre‐ceded in death by his par‐ents, William H Davis, Sr., and Margaret Thom Davis; his sisters, Marjorie Moran, Doris Wherritt, Juanita Love, Eleanor Storm, Lucy Lockwood, Frances Pear‐son; and his brother William H. “Billy” Davis, Jr Buck enlisted in the U.S Army on May 5, 1953, and served his country state‐side and in Germany, achieving the rank of Sergeant E-5, and being honorably discharged on April 19, 1956. Buck’s ser‐vice is memorialized at the National WWII Museum on the Honor Roll of Charter Members. Buck graduated from Louisiana State Uni‐versity in 1960 with a Bach‐elor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering He was an avid LSU fan and enjoyed engaging his grandchildren in lively de‐bates over the superiority of LSU over all other uni‐versities Buck enjoyed a successful career in facil‐ity engineering and man‐agement at the NASA Com‐puter Complex in Slidell He loved working in the aerospace industry and was selected to participate in and observe the launch of the NASA Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-53) at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Buck had a special interest in forestry, and was a longtime member of both the Louisiana Forestry Associ‐ation and the St Tammany Forestry Association Buck’s favorite things in life were his family, coach‐ing little league teams, at‐tending athletic events and dance recitals, leading Boy Scouts, participating in mission trips, assisting with innumerable piano recitals, gardening at an expert level repairing the irreparable, and feeding and caring for animals most fondly his long-time friend and companion, Boudin. When life got hard, Buck’s usual advice was, Go get a Coke and a candy bar.” Honaker Fu‐neral Home were entrusted with the arrangements

Marian Funck Fascio, of Slidell, Louisiana, passed away on July 12, 2025, at the age of 93. Born on Oc‐tober 27, 1931, in New Or‐leans, Louisiana, Marian's life was a testament to the power of love and faith She was preceded in death by her parents, Frank C Funck and Mary Dourrieu Funck, and her two broth‐ers, Frank E. Funck and Robert R. Funck. Marian is the beloved wife of Rudolph P Fascio. To‐gether, they shared many years of treasured memo‐ries. She is the loving mother of Rhonda Fascio Rudolph Fascio Jr., Kirk Fascio and Pamela Fascio Hughes. Marian also leaves behind, to cherish her memory eight grandchil‐dren, and a host of greatgrandchildren nieces nephews, extended family members, and friends all of whom she loved dearly Her warm presence and caring nature were the cor‐nerstones of the family Marian's family was her pride and joy, and she in‐stilled in them the values of kindness, compassion, and resilience An avid reader, Marian's thirst for knowledge was insatiable She found solace and ad‐venture within the pages of countless books, and her passion for literature was a gift she lovingly shared with her children and grandchildren When not reading, she could often be found in the tranquility of her garden, where she spent many happy hours tending to her flowers and plants. The beauty she cul‐tivated in her garden was a reflection of the beauty she cultivated in her life Marian's culinary skills were legendary among family and friends The kitchen was her canvas and she painted it with the flavors of her heritage and the love she poured into every dish. Her recipes were cherished, and the memories created around her dining table will be treasured forever Those who knew Marian were touched by her loving spirit. She was a woman of grace, whose kindness knew no bounds. Her laughter was infectious, her advice was wise, and her hugs were a safe haven Marian's legacy is one of unconditional love, a legacy that will continue to live on in the hearts of those she touched Arrangements by Audubon Funeral Home in Slidell.

Lopez, Laura Ann Whitaker

Laura Ann Whitaker Lopez, age 74, of Lacombe Louisiana, passed away after a valiant battle with multi ses Satur‐day, J 025, at Lake‐view al Medical Cente ngton Laura and were also 25 year residents of Luling, where she was an avid ten‐nis player and worked many years at First Na‐tional Bank. Several years ago, she converted to Catholicism in a move that profoundly impacted her life One thing she missed most about her long con‐valescence was the con‐siderable time missed with her brothers and sisters in Christ at St John of the Cross Parish and attending daily mass. She is survived by her high school sweet‐heart from West Jefferson High School and husband of 56 years, Terry Joseph Lopez, daughter, Lynne Lopez Swope (Daniel) and adored grandson Henry Daniel Swope of New Or‐leans. She is also survived by siblings Allen Whitaker Jr (Sheila) of Las Vegas, Lynne Whitaker Gaissert (Elwyn) of Alpharetta, GA, Ross Whitaker (Melissa) of Chattanooga and Mark Whitaker of New Orleans She has beloved numerous nieces and nephews from both sides of her family who lovingly refer to her as Aunt Lollie She is pre ceded in death by her pa ents Frank Allen Whitake of W ss, GA, and Bon nie rolyn

Laura Ann Whitaker Lopez, age 74, of Lacombe, Louisiana, passed away after a valiant battle with multiple illnesses Satur‐day, July 5, 2025, at Lake‐view Regional Medical Center in Covington. Laura and her family were also 25 year residents of Luling, where she was an avid ten‐nis player and worked many years at First Na‐tional Bank Several years ago, she converted to Catholicism in a move that profoundly impacted her life. One thing she missed most about her long con‐valescence was the con‐siderable time missed with her brothers and sisters in Christ at St. John of the Cross Parish and attending daily mass. She is survived by her high school sweet‐heart from West Jefferson High School and husband of 56 years, Terry Joseph Lopez, daughter, Lynne Lopez Swope (Daniel), and adored grandson Henry Daniel Swope of New Or‐leans She is also survived by siblings Allen Whitaker Jr. (Sheila) of Las Vegas, Lynne Whitaker Gaissert (Elwyn) of Alpharetta, GA, Ross Whitaker (Melissa) of Chattanooga, and Mark Whitaker of New Orleans She has beloved numerous nieces and nephews from both sides of her family who lovingly refer to her as Aunt Lollie She is pre‐ceded in death by her par‐ents Frank Allen Whitaker of Waycross, GA, and Bon‐nie Carolyn Carruth Whitaker of Roswell, GA Special thanks to the nu‐merous physicians nurses therapists and patient care technicians who took amazing care of her at Slidell Memorial Lakeview Regional Medical Center and Lacombe Inpatient Rehab Hospital. A very spe‐cial thank you to Father Dan Dashner who visited with her at the hospital, gave her substantial com‐fort, peace, and adminis‐tered her Last Rites and the Apostolic Pardon Arrangements by Honaker Funeral Home, Inc., Slidell, LA.

Deborah “Debbie” Peperone Resor, age 72, of Covington, Louisiana, passed away on Sunday July 7, 2025. Born in New Orleans on June 22, 1953 she was a devoted daugh‐ter sister, cousin, and friend who touched count‐less lives with her gentle spirit and ready smile She is survived by her brother Christian Peperone (Karla); cousins, Karin Crouch Blackburn (Roy), Kathy Crouch St. Pierre (Todd), Kelly Crouch Magee (Terry), Karol Crouch Mc‐Govern (Keith) Kristy Crouch Ellzey, and Kaye Crouch Lataxes (Stephen); nephews, Marx Giroir (Lisa) and Dean Giroir (Robyn); second cousins, James Blackburn (Mallory), Katherine Blackburn and Jordan Ellzey; third cousins Fitz and Stella Blackburn; great-nephew, Dominic Giroir; and many other beloved family mem‐bers and close friends. She was preceded in death by her mother Melanie Crouch Peperone Debbie earned her B.S in Microbi‐ology from Southeastern Louisiana University before pursuing graduate studies at Tulane University in New Orleans After completing her education, her meticu‐lous attention to detail and quiet competence distin‐guished a decades-long career as a paralegal with Shell Oil Company in New Orleans, where she worked until her retirement. Throughout her life she in‐dulged her love of travel, exploring many interna‐tional cultures, and keep‐ing travelogues of her ad‐ventures. Those who knew Debbie will remember her as a soft-spoken encour‐ager ever ready with a lis‐tening ear or a word of com g Fu‐nera gton, Loui red to be e Ms Reso ange‐ment

Dominic Giroir; and many other beloved family mem‐bers and close friends She was preceded in death by her mother Melanie Crouch Peperone Debbie earned her B.S. in Microbi‐ology from Southeastern Louisiana University before pursuing graduate studies at Tulane University in New Orleans. After completing her education, her meticu‐lous attention to detail and quiet competence distin‐guished a decades-long career as a paralegal with Shell Oil Company in New Orleans, where she worked until her retirement Throughout her life, she in‐dulged her love of travel exploring many interna‐tional cultures, and keep‐ing travelogues of her ad‐ventures Those who knew Debbie will remember her as a soft-spoken encour‐ager, ever ready with a lis‐tening ear or a word of comfort. E J. Fielding Fu‐neral Home of Covington, Louisiana was honored to be entrusted with Ms Resor’s funeral arrange‐ments.

Connie Barrois Whittle, age 67, of Lacombe, Louisiana, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2025. She was born on March 14, 1958, in New Orleans Louisiana She is survived by her loving husband of 47 years, Jerry Whittle; sister, Debbie Barrois Martinez (Eric); brother-in-law, Ben Whittle (Frani); aunt Betty Alberts; nieces & nephews, Jessica (Jason), Adam (Mariana) Geri Ann (Chris), Megan, Matthew, Brad (Jessica) and Kyle (Beverly); great-nieces & nephews Madison Mag‐gie, Molly, Andrew, Ellie, Peter and Paige; cousins Scott (Terri), Emily (Lerenzo) Zack Trish (Don‐ald), and Heather (Russ); faithful canine compan‐ions, Jake & Sam; and many extended family members and friends. She was “Nanny” to many, Aunt Connie” to all, “Maw Maw” to Max and Luke, and “CoCo” to Duke and Brooks. She was preceded in death by two sons Jason Paul Whittle and Michael David Whittle; par‐ents, Anthony Vernon Bar‐rois and Frances Cecile Booksh Barrois; and

Fascio, Marian Funck

Allen Sr., John

Whittle, Connie Barrois

Davis Sr., John

Resor, Deborah Peperone 'Debbie'

Evelyn Mann Cahill age 96, passed away peacefully

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Be it known and de‐clared that the gov‐ erning authority of St Tammany Parish Wide School Dis‐trict No 12 of the Parish of St Tam‐many, State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), did meet in open and public ses‐sion to examine the officialcertifiedtab‐ulations of votes cast at the special election held in the DistrictonSaturday, May 3, 2025, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said election, there having been submitted at said election the follow‐ing proposition, to wit: PROPOSITION (BOND)

Be it known and de‐clared that the gov‐ erning authority of St Tammany Parish Wide School Dis‐trict No 12 of the Parish of St Tam‐many, State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), did meet in open and public ses‐sion to examine the officialcertifiedtab‐ulations of votes cast at the special election held in the DistrictonSaturday May 3, 2025, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said election, there having been submitted at said election the follow‐ing proposition, to wit: PROPOSITION (BOND)

PROPOSITION (BOND)

Shall St Tammany Parish Wide School District No 12 of the Parish of St Tammany, State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding $325,000,000, in one or more series, to run not exceeding 20 years from date thereof, with inter‐est at a rate of not exceeding 7% per annum for the pur‐pose of financing capital expenditures for school purposes for the District, in‐cluding construct‐ing, acquiring and/or improving

Be it known and de‐clared that the gov‐ erning authority of St Tammany Parish Wide School Dis‐trict No 12 of the Parish of St Tam‐many, State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), did meet in open and public ses‐sion to examine the officialcertifiedtab‐ulations of votes cast at the special election held in the DistrictonSaturday May 3, 2025, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said election, there having been submitted at said election the follow‐ing proposition, to wit:

PROPOSITION (BOND)

Be it known and de‐clared that the gov‐ erning authority of St Tammany Parish Wide School Dis‐trict No 12 of the Parish of St Tam‐many State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), did meet in open and public ses‐sion to examine the officialcertifiedtab‐ulations of votes cast at the special election held in the DistrictonSaturday, May 3, 2025, and did examine and canvass the returns of the said election, there having been submitted at said election the follow‐ing proposition, to wit:

PROPOSITION (BOND)

Shall St Tammany Parish Wide School District No 12 of the Parish of St Tammany State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding $325,000,000, in one or more series, to run not exceeding 20 years from date thereof, with inter‐est at a rate of not exceeding 7% per annum, for the pur‐pose of financing capital expenditures for school purposes for the District, in‐cluding construct‐ing, acquiring and/or improving schools and other schoolrelatedfacili‐ties, together with equipment and fur‐nishings therefor including, to the ex‐tent feasible, those specific school pro‐ jects set forth in the “Capital Improve‐ment Plan” ap‐ proved by the School Board on December 12, 2024, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and willbepayablefrom ad valorem taxes to be levied and col‐lected in the manner provided by Article VI Section33ofthe

Shall St Tammany Parish Wide School District No 12 of the Parish of St Tammany State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding $325,000,000, in one or more series, to run not exceeding 20 years from date thereof, with inter‐est at a rate of not exceeding 7% per annum, for the pur‐pose of financing capital expenditures for school purposes for the District, in‐cluding construct‐ing, acquiring and/or improving schools and other schoolrelatedfacili‐ties, together with equipment and fur‐nishings therefor including, to the ex‐tent feasible those specific school pro‐ jects set forth in the “Capital Improve‐ment Plan” ap‐ proved by the School Board on December 12, 2024, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and willbepayablefrom ad valorem taxes to be levied and col‐lected in the manner provided by Article VI,Section33ofthe Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statu‐tory authority sup‐ plemental thereto, with no estimated increase in the mill‐age rate to be levied in the first year of issue above the 13.80 mills cur‐rently being levied to pay General

Shall St Tammany Parish Wide School District No 12 of the Parish of St Tammany State of Louisiana (the "Dis‐trict"), incur debt and issue bonds to the amount of not exceeding $325,000,000, in one or more series, to run not exceeding 20 years from date thereof, with inter‐est at a rate of not exceeding 7% per annum, for the pur‐pose of financing capital expenditures for school purposes for the District, in‐cluding construct‐ing, acquiring and/or improving schools and other schoolrelatedfacili‐ties, together with equipment and fur‐nishings therefor including, to the ex‐tent feasible those specific school pro‐ jects set forth in the “Capital Improve‐ment Plan” ap‐ proved by the School Board on December 12, 2024, title to which shall be in the public; which bonds will be general obligations of the District and willbepayablefrom ad valorem taxes to be levied and col‐lected in the manner provided by Article VI Section33ofthe Constitution of the State of Louisiana of 1974 and statu‐tory authority sup‐ plemental thereto, with no estimated increase in the mill‐age rate to be levied in the first year of issue above the 13.80 mills cur‐rently being levied to pay General Obligation Bonds of

There was found by said count and can‐vass that there was a total of 11,084 votes cast IN FAVOR OF the Proposition and a total of 8,547 votes cast AGAINST the

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THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE WAS SPON‐SORED BY COUNCIL MEM‐BER DISCON; MOVED FOR ADOPTION BY COUNCIL MEM‐BER LANE; AND SECONDED FOR ADOPTION BY COUNCIL MEM‐BER STRONGTHOMPSON

ORDINANCENO 25-22 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAN‐DEVILLE DE‐CLARING CER‐TAIN ITEMS AS SURPLUS AND NO LONGER NEEDED FOR CITY USE; AU‐THORIZING THE MAYOR TO EX‐CHANGE DO‐NATE, OR DIS‐POSE OF SUR‐PLUS ITEMS; AU‐THORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXE‐CUTE ALL

ESSARY DOCU‐MENTS AND PROVIDING FOR OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, it is in the public interest that the City of Mandeville manage surplus items effi‐ciently responsibly and in a manner that maximizes commu‐nity benefit, whether through ex‐changes, donations or other lawful meansofdisposal; WHEREAS, the City of Mandeville is the owner of the itemslistedintheat‐tachedexhibit“A”; WHEREAS, these vehicles are no longer needed for City use and should bedeclaredsurplus; WHEREAS, the City may exchange, donate,ordisposeof surplus vehicles in a manner prescribed by law and City Or‐dinances and Regu‐lations; WHEREAS, for any surplus items to be auctioned, an adver‐tisement for bids for the items should be run in a local paper by the auction com‐pany on behalf of the City and the Mayorshouldbeau‐thorized to sell the items to the highest bidder; NOW THERE‐FORE, be it or‐dained by the City Council of the City of Mandeville that the items listed in exhibit “A” shall be declaredsurplusand nolongerneededfor Cityuse. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that the Mayor of the City of Mandeville be authorized to ad‐vertise for bids ac‐cept the highest bid‐ders and execute the necessary docu‐ments by which to convey the items to the highest bidder in “as is” condition; and BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED,

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The following Parish Council Or‐dinance was intro‐duced at the regular Council meeting on July 10, 2025 after publication of the regular agenda and is set for public hearing at the next Parish Council meeting:

Ordinance Calendar No 7901AA2 - Or‐dinance to amend St Tammany Parish CodeofOrdinances, Part II, Unified De‐velopment Code, Chapter 900 – Infra‐structure, Section 900-6 – Drainage and Flood Preven‐tion, Sec. 900-6.5 Placement of Fill, Subsection (C) –Areas of Special Concern,toaddsub‐paragrah (10) to add administrative waiver provision for properties which have experiencedsubsidence. (Cougle) 150635JUL23-1T $16.42

PUBLICNOTICE

“The following pro‐ posed ordinance was introduced at the July 22, 2025, meeting of the SlidellCityCouncil. A complete copy of this ordinance is available in the City Council Office at 2045 Second Street, Suite318.

1. Item No. 25-073606: An ordinance rezoning property located at 1570 Shortcut Highway from C-1AFremaux Avenue/Shortcut Highway district to C-4 Highway Com‐mercial (Case Z2505)

Note: A Public Hearing will be held on the above listed ordinance on Tues‐day, August 12, 2025, at 6:30 p.m in the Council Chambers, 2045 Second Street, Suite 319. Sincerely, ThomasReeves 150380JUL23-1T $44.83

PUBLICNOTICE Green Tea Sushi Bar LLC dba Green Tea Sushi

in the Parish of St Tammany at the fol‐lowing address: The Shops of 21, 69305 Highway21,UnitE, Covington, LA 70433. Owner name of business: Green Tea SushiBar,LLC Dba: Green Tea SushiBar MEMBER/ OWNERNAME: YangYang Zhao and HuijunJiao 148825JUL16*-23-

PUBLICNOTICE I am applying to the commission on Al‐coholic Beverage control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to distribute beverages of high and low alcoholic content at restaurant and business in Louisiana at the fol‐lowingaddress: Down South Distri‐bution 22240 Marshall RoadUnitA Mandeville La 70471 150361JUL23-302T $194.20

the 2301GauseBlvdW, SlidellLA70460. 150684JUL23-302T $165.00

PUBLICNOTICE

Omari Gas & Deli, LLC is applying to theofficeofAlcohol and Tobacco Con‐trol of the state of Louisiana for a per‐ mit to sell beverages of high and low al‐cohol content at re‐tail in the parish of Lafayette at the fol‐lowingaddress1611 Bertrand Dr, Lafayette LA 70506. Omari Gas & Deli, LLC Members: Yasir Bankassim 149630JUL16-232T $201.48

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We are applying for the Commission of Alcoholic Beverage Control of the State of Louisiana for a permit to sell bever‐ages of (High/Low)alcoholic content at retail in the St. Tam‐many Parish at the followingaddress: 1806ShortcutHwy Slidell,LA70458 Name of Corpora‐ tion: E Smoke Con‐venienceInc. Officer: Morshed Kasem 1499252JUL23-302T $194.20

I Albert David Cyprian Jr have been convicted of FORCIBLE RAPE

MyAddress is: 86098 BRUMFIELD RD FRANKLINTON, LA70438

Race: BLACK Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 12/15/1959 Height: 5 10 Weight: 210 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: L Hand -A// Mark: - No marks reported // Scar: R eye - small scar under eye

147391 JULY 1623 $250 00

I, BROCK TAYLOR GUILLOT , , have been convicted of SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINORS.

MyAddress is: 706 N PEARL DR SLIDELL, LA 70461

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 12/02/1997 Height: 5' 10 Weight: 242 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: HAZEL Scars/Tattoos: Mark: NONE REPORTED

149316 JULY 2330 $250.00

I, Christian Herbert Comenge , have been convicted of INDECENT BEHAVIOR WITH JUVENILES

MyAddress is: 120 HOLIDAY BLVD COVINGTON, LA 70433

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 2/22/1998 Height: 6'2 Weight: 234 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BLUE Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Scar: KneeSMALL SURGICAL SCARS // Tattoo: R_arm - REPOSE EN PAIX PERETattoo: Chest - PRAY HOPE AND DON'T WORRY // Scar: L_Hand - SMALL SURGICAL SCAR 149320 JULY 2330 $250.00

I, John Latham Triplett , have been convicted of PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES (ATTEMPTED) PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES

MyAddress is: 61075 SHADY PINE RD LACOMBE, LA 70445

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 3/06/1961 Height: 5 11 Weight: 245 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BLUE Scars/Tattoos: Mark: NONE REPORTED

146985 JULY 1623 $250 00

HAZEL Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Tattoo: R_HandDRAGON // Tattoo: L_HandDRAGON // Tattoo: L_arm BULLDOG // Tattoo: R_arm DRAGON // Tattoo: ChestCIRCLE // Tattoo: R_leg - DRAGON // Tattoo: L_legCOW SKULL // Tattoo: L_legPHOENIX // Mark: - NONE REPORTED // Scar: L_armUNDERARM SMALL SCAR // Scar: R_armUNDERARM SMALL SCAR // Piercing: Ear L & R PIERCED 146927 JULY 1623 $250.00

I, MATTHEW SALAS , have been convicted of KNOWLEDGE OF AJUVENILE PORNOGRAPHY INVOLVING JUVENILES

MyAddress is: 106 WOODCREST DR COVINGTON, LA 70433

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 4/24/1998 Height: 5' 6 Weight: 199 Hair Color: BLACK Eye Color: BROWN Scars/Tattoos: Mark: Piercing: Ear - BOTH EARS PIERCED // Prosthesis: NONE REPORTED // Scar: Forehead SCARS ON RIGHT SIDE OF FOREHEAD // Ultraviolet Tattoo- NONE REPORTED // Tattoo: L_arm SLEEVE WITH CLOCK CHAINS ROSEARROW ROSALINA3-3-20 // Scar:

PUBLICNOTICE American Neigh‐ borhood Mortgage Acceptance Com‐pany,LLC vs SkylaTroulliet (52)202513229 Sheriff's Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St. Tam‐many StateofLouisiana

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St. Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated June 16,2025 andto me directed, I, Randy Smith, Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day August 27, 2025, the following property:

I, Stephen Jude Perschall , have been convicted of SEXUAL BATTERY.

MyAddress is: 131 TRAFALGAR SQ SLIDELL, LA 70461

Race: WHITE Sex: MALE Date of Birth: 12/22/1966 Height: 5' 9 Weight: 196 Hair Color: BROWN Eye Color: BLUE Scars/Tattoos: Mark: - None Reported

149547 JULY 2330 $250.00

Property Descrip‐ tion: Lots 28 & 30, Square 37, South Abita Springs Sub‐division as refer‐enced in the Mort‐gage recorded at In‐strument#2340329 Municipal Address: 70046 7TH ST, COVINGTON, LA 70433 Writ Amount: $204,763.92

Plaintiff Attorney: Law Offices of Her‐schel Adcock, Jr., P.O BOX 87379, Baton Rouge, LA 70879

TermsofSale:With‐out appraisal 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $62.15

PUBLICNOTICE Carrington Mort‐gageServices LLC vs Estate of Julie N. Lewis (52)202513109 Sheriff's Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St. Tam‐many StateofLouisiana

I, Kenny Brandon Aroche , have been convicted of CARNAL KNOWLEDGE OF AJUVENILE MyAddress is: 120 HOLIDAY BLVD APT Room

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St. Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated June 9, 2025 and to me directed I, Randy Smith Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day, August 27, 2025, the following property: Property Descrip‐ tion: Lot 2, Suncrest Sub‐division, Phase 1 as referenced in the Mortgage recorded at instrument num‐ber1967660

Municipal Address: 321 CARDINAL DR SLIDELL, LA 70458-1706

Writ Amount: $125,020.46 Plaintiff Attorney: Jackson & Mcpher‐son, 935 GRAVIER STREET, New Or‐leans,LA70112

TermsofSale:With‐out appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $60.71

Sher‐iff,

session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day, August 27, 2025, the following property: Property Descrip‐ tion:

Lot No 7, Spartan Trace Subdivision, Phase 1 as refer‐enced in the Mort‐gage recorded at In‐strument#2332168

Municipal Address: 114 SPARTAN LO SLIDELL, LA 70458-5588 Writ Amount:

$20,371.75

Plaintiff Attorney: Graham, Arceneaux & Allen Two Lake‐way,3850N.Cause‐way Blvd., Ste. 1695, Metairie, LA 70002 Terms of Sale: With appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days

RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $61.19

PUBLICNOTICE Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs Jacob D. Purcell a/k/aJacobPurcell (52)202513104 Sheriff's Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St. Tam‐many StateofLouisiana Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St. Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated June 13,2025andto me directed, I, Randy Smith, Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day August 27, 2025, the following property:

Property Descrip‐ tion: ONE CERTAIN CONDOMINIUM, UNIT 35, EMER‐ALD OAKS CON‐DOMINIUM, in Section 15, Town‐ship 7 South, Range 11 East, St Tam‐many Parish, Louisiana, de‐scribed as UNIT 35 in the Declaration of Condominium Regime of Emerald Oaks Condo‐minium, dated March 3, 2005, which is registered with the Clerk of Court in the Con‐veyance Records of St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, as Instrument No 1480473, together with its 1/71 frac‐tional interest in the Common Elements as well as the use of the limited common elements as desig‐ nated in the condo‐minium Declara‐tion. Said UNIT 35 is shown on the Emerald Oaks Con‐dominium Master Site Plan prepared by Scalfano Engi‐neering, Inc. Job No 204479 dated January 17, 2005, revisedFebruary24, 2005.

Municipal Address: 136 EMERALD OAKS DR, Unit 35, COVINGTON, LA 70433

Writ Amount: $161,395.58

Plaintiff Attorney: Halliday,Watkinz & Mann, PC, 376 East 400 South, Ste. 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

TermsofSale:With‐out appraisal 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $80.44

(21A-11),

shape and dimen‐sions and being sub‐ject to such servi‐tudes as are shown

$140,213.77

Louisiana Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St. Tam‐many in the

entitled and num‐bered cause dated May27,2025andto me directed I, Randy Smith Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day, August 27, 2025, the following property: Property Descrip‐ tion: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐gether with all the buildings and im‐provementsthereon, situated in the Parish of ST TAM‐MANY State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as VILLAGES AT BOCAGE PHASE III, and being desig‐ nated on the official plan of said subdivi‐sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR (244), said subdivi‐sion, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map.

Municipal Address: 10000 CESSON CT MADIS‐ONVILLE LA 70447 Writ Amount: $151,534.50 Plaintiff Attorney: Halliday,Watkinz & Mann, PC 376 East 400 South, Ste. 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111

TermsofSale:With‐out appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $84.77

With appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $63.12

innings. He struck out 61 with a 0.802 ERA. At the plate, he hit .295 with a .492 OBP, including 38 hits, 32 RBIs, 29 runs scored, 12 doubles, four home runs and three triples.

“He’s a unique blend,” Dragg said. “He was a 36 ACT guy and was all about engineering, so that was important But baseball was always right there as well. I think it was kind of tough for him to ﬁgure out what he was going to do after high school. But he was steadfast that he was going to ﬁnd the best option he could, engineeringwise, and play baseball there.”

The right-hander said he planned to try his luck on the bump in college.

“Not until senior year did I see what I could be as a pitcher Once I saw it, I knew I was going to do whatever it took to get there. I knew I was going to work my butt off to be in a position to get drafted I knew what it was going to take to get there, and I got there,” Estrada said.

“I knew there was a 0.05% chance that I would be good enough as a hitter to get drafted. If you throw 97, 98, you’ll get drafted, especially if you throw strikes. As a hitter if you can hit an 85-mile-per-hour fastball, it doesn’t mean you can hit a 95-mile-per-hour fastball. I knew that, so I really wanted to focus on pitching.”

Balancing act

As doggedly as Estrada pursued his baseball dreams, he used that same energy to excel in the classroom.

The 6-foot, 200-pound athlete said he got a lot of help from his classmates, calling MIT a very collaborative environment “MIT really encourages working with your peers,” Estrada said “There were a lot of guys in my aerospace engineering class who were awesome and helped me through a lot of hard problem sets and helped me study for tests. Having a good support group meant a lot. It made it possible to get As and Bs this past semester and pitch well enough to get considered in the top 10 rounds.”

Estrada said that thermodynamics was his most challenging class.

Now, he’s taking a personal leave from MIT, which means he can return to school without needing to apply in the next two years. After that, it’s a streamlined application

While that plan is in place, he hopes not to use it for at least a decade.

Next steps

Estrada said getting drafted was a special moment that he enjoyed even more because he was surrounded by friends and family at his grandmother’s house.

But now the hard work begins.

“It’s really awesome to get drafted, but the job isn’t done yet,” he said. “I’ll be getting paid to play baseball, but the end goal is to make it to the Show I guess I’ll soak it all in when I get there, but until then, I’m just going to put my head down and get to work.”

He said he will be ﬂying out to Arizona

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shortly to begin his road to the Majors. Now, he’ll continue to put in the work to improve

PUBLICNOTICE Union Home Mort‐gageCorp. vs CharlesH.Touchet (52)202512986 Sheriff’s Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St Tam‐many StateofLouisiana

Orleans. He ﬁnished his high school career with a .500 batting average and went on to play at Alcorn State and Jackson State. He graduated from Jackson State in 2010.

Carter has won several middle school championships in the New Orleans area and is active in the Slidell youth baseball community The 38-year-old said the chance to lead the Salmen program was too

ment number 2368887

Municipal Address: 34062 LAURENT RD, SLIDELL, LA 70460 Writ Amount: $186,137.89 Plaintiff Attorney: McCabe Law Firm LLC 214 Frederichs Ave Metairie LA 70005

Terms of Sale: With appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $65.52

“I think the biggest thing for me was getting bigger and stronger, and a lot more physical in the weight room,” he said. “Just moving faster with weights. I think the big-

gest thing was using my lower half more efﬁciently.”

auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St. Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day, August 27, 2025, the following

good to pass up. “I’ve had opportunities to become a high school head coach over the years, but this one, I just felt called to do it,” Carter said. “It felt like it was the right time and the right opportunity It was the purpose. I think one of my greatest gifts is my patience and my ability to educate. I’m excited to build something special at Salmen.”

Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated June 4, 2025 and to me directed, I, Randy Smith, Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St. Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St, Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day August 27, 2025, the following property:

Still, his words of wisdom to any young players with MLB dreams are simple. “You have to really look at it and see what your options are,” he said. “MIT was my only option to get here. Baseball has a short lifespan. If what

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Spartans’ athletic director Eric Chuter said Carter’s history with Salmen was a plus. “His ties to Salmen baseball’s history will serve him well. He will bring enthusiasm,

Property Descrip‐ tion: Lot 74, Cherrywood Subdivision, Phase 1, as referenced in the Mortgage recorded at instru‐ment number 2352185

Municipal Address: 159 South CHER‐RYWOOD LN PEARLRIVER LA 70452-3457

Writ Amount: $159,938.11

Plaintiff Attorney: Dean Morris LLP 1505 N 19th Street Monroe,LA71207

TermsofSale:With‐out appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $61.67

PUBLICNOTICE Vanderbilt Mort‐gage and Finance Inc. vs Joshua Thomas Kern A/K/A Joshua T. Kern A/K/A JoshuaKern (52)202411444 Sheriff's Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St Tam‐many StateofLouisiana Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St. Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated June 9, 2025 and to me directed, I, Randy Smith, Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐ session of and will offer for sale at pub‐ lic auction to the highest bidder in the courthouse located at St Tammany Parish Courthouse, 701 N Columbia St Covington, LA 70433, beginning at 10:00 am Wednes‐day, August 27, 2025, the following property:

Property Descrip‐ tion: 2016 Platinum Manufactured Home bearing Ser‐ial Number PHAL03856 And ONE CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with all the building and im‐provements thereon and all of the servi‐tudes, rights and ap‐purtenances there‐unto applying, situ‐ated in the State of Louisiana, in the Parish of St Tam‐many forming a portion of Sections 26 and 27, Town‐ship 6 South, Range 12 East, in that part thereof known as Hillcrest Country Club Estates Addi‐tion No 2, as shown on survey by Land Engineering Ser‐vices, Inc., dated October 24, 1960, revised on April 18, 1962, certified by Robert A. Berlin, La Reg. Sur., and recertified on April 9, 1964, annexed to an Act of Collateral Mortgage passed before Bartholomew P Sullivan, Jr Notary Public ParishofOr‐leans, State of Louisiana, dated May 6, 1964, recorded in MOB 226, folio 146, Entry NO. 206679 of the records of St Tammany Parish, Louisiana, and said lot measures and is designated on the said survey as fol‐lows to-wit: LOT9, SQUARE 9, bounded by Hazard, Ace and Niblick Streets, which said lot forms the corner of Hazard and Nib‐

consistency dedication and the energy our baseball program and student-athletes deserve,” Chuter said via a news release Salmen principal Liza Jacobs echoed Chuter’s comments via a news release “Coach Carter’s proven commitment to excellence will elevate our baseball program and inspire our student-athletes to excel on the diamond and in the classroom,” she said. “We’re proud to welcome him back to the Spartan family and look forward to the energy and vision he will bring to Salmen Baseball.” Carter said he has three pillars for his

226, folio 146, Entry NO. 206679 of the records of St. Tammany Parish Louisiana, and said lot measures and is designated on the said survey as fol‐lows to-wit: LOT9, SQUARE 9, bounded by Hazard, Ace and Niblick Streets, which said lot forms the corner of Hazard and Nib‐lick Streets and measures 127.7 feet front on Hazard Street 174.2 feet in width in the rear a depth and front on Niblick Street of 144.1 feet and depth ontheoppositeside‐line adjoining Lot 8 of171.2feet SellingIn-Globo Municipal Address: 73104 Hazzard ST Abita Springs, LA 70420 Writ Amount: $74,093.94 Plaintiff Attorney: Trevathan

Wilmington Sav‐ings Fund Society, FSB, not in its Indi‐vidualCapacity but Solely as Owner Trustee for Verus Securitization Trust 2021-2 vs Mable B. Miller a/k/a Mable Ball Miller a/k/a Mable Miller (52)202512262 Sheriff’s Civil Divi‐sion Parish of St Tam‐many StateofLouisiana Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale issued out of the Honorable 22nd Judicial Dis‐trict Court for the Parish of St Tam‐many in the above entitled and num‐bered cause dated May 8, 2025 and to me directed, I, Randy Smith, Sher‐iff, have taken pos‐

program his team will be fundamentally sound, give 100% effort and have character

“Our pitchers are going to know what their mechanics are going to be on the mound. Our hitters will understand what their mechanics are supposed to be at the plate. We’re going to run the bases and steal some bases. We’re going to lay some bunts down. We’re going to play the game the right way,” Carter said.

Carter replaces Joey Smith, who spent one season as head coach. Smith is now an assistant coach at Slidell High.

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Terms of Sale: With appraisal, 10% at adjudication and balance within 30 days RANDY SMITH, SHERIFF $97.77

Property Descrip‐ tion: Lot 78, Quail Ridge Subdivision, Phase 3, St Tammany Parish, Louisiana. All in accordance with map and plat survey by J.V Burkes, III, Land Surveyor dated September 21, 1993, Survey No 931097.

Municipal Address: 608 EAGLE

Covington starter Mason Estrada releases a pitch against Northshore during his junior season in 2022. MIT pitcher Mason Estrada was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers with