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A portion of Nicholson Drive will be converted from two to four lanes in an effort to alleviate traffic.

Work to start on $28M Nicholson Drive project Plan to alleviate traffic includes adding two lanes, room for cyclists and pedestrians

Meta will not be required to turn over more details about exactly how many jobs it expects to create and how much electricity it will use at its massive Hyperion data center in north Louisiana, after Republicans on the Louisiana Public Service Commission on Wednesday overrode a judge’s recommendation that the tech giant should provide the information. The decision, made in a party-line vote, was the latest by Republican leaders in Louisiana to support Meta in its push to build its data center in Richland Parish, after setting up tax incentives, approving electric infrastructure and fast-tracking Entergy’s plans to support a large expansion of the project. And it was a blow to opponents of the data center who are seeking more information about how many permanent jobs it will ultimately create as they try to build a case against Entergy’s plan to build seven new power plants to support Meta’s plans for a massive expansion. The company has said it will create 1,000 new jobs at the data center and that it will pay for its own power needs.

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New suspect named in death of boy, 3

BY OLIVIA TEES Staff writer

A stretch of Nicholson Drive where more than 30,000 cars pass near LSU’s campus daily is set to grow from two lanes to four, with new turning lanes and room for bike riders, as part of a road project to alleviate severe traffic in the area right off the Baton Rouge campus. The project, known as Nicholson Drive Segment 1, will widen the section of Nicholson Drive between Gorrier Avenue and Brightside Drive and create 10-foot-wide shared lanes for pedestrians and cyclists to use, according to city-parish officials. It will also create new U-turn lanes to eliminate turn stress on the major road. In the blazing Wednesday sun, the MovEBR program, in partnership with the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, broke ground on the $28 million expansion. MovEBR is a parishwide traffic improvement effort paid for by a half-cent sales tax approved by voters in 2018. “As LSU continues to grow, attracting more students, expanding research, and strengthening the role of this flagship campus, it’s important that the infrastructure supporting it grows as well.

BY QUINN COFFMAN Staff writer

A new suspect in the 2022 shooting death of Devin Page Jr., 3, was named Wednesday, as a Baton Rouge grand jury indicted another suspect, 23-year-old Jaylen Davis. Jordan Anderson, 21, and Jiles Vaughn, 24, were also charged with ﬁrst-degree murder, but won’t have the case against them pursued. Both are already imprisoned for previous violent convictions. Davis was indicted on a charge of second-degree murder. Davis and Anderson had previously been identiﬁed as suspects in the case; both are in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison. Vaughn had not yet been publicly tied to the crime. Court records show he is serving a 15-year sentence for attempted seconddegree murder and illegal use of weapons after he pleaded guilty to an unrelated 2023 shooting in a parking lot off Greenwell Springs Road.

LSU President Wade Rousse, left, stands with East Baton Rouge Parish MayorPresident Sid Edwards during a MovEBR groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday. That’s why this project matters,” LSU thriving college career. It will also help President Wade Rousse said. on LSU football game days and improve Rousse said the less time students sit safety. in trafﬁc, the more time they will have ä See NICHOLSON, page 7A to excel in classes and experience a

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An Army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire, a sheriff’s official said. Officials from Fort Hood announced that the AH-64 Apache helicopter had crashed. Cliff Coleman, spokesman for the Bell County Sheriff’s office confirmed that both occupants died. A military official tells the Associated Press that the crashed Apache was out on a routine training flight when it went down. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a developing situation. No cause of the crash was immediately announced.

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Hinckley addresses Foster in new interview Gunman John Hinckley thought he’d wind up with Jodie Foster even after shooting President Ronald Reagan and being arrested. He now realizes that wasn’t meant to be and wishes the Academy Award winner well. The 71-year-old attempted assassin was institutionalized until 2016 after shooting the 40th president outside a Washington, D.C. hotel in 1981. Hinckley, who now admits he was “delusional,” thought his actions might help his infatuation with Foster blossom into a relationship. Podcaster Mark Joseph asked Hinckley in an interview posted Wednesday how he ﬁgured events would play out after he attempted to kill Reagan, shot two law enforcement ofﬁcials, critically wounded White House Press Secretary James Brady and was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Hinckley said, “I wasn’t sure if I was going to be in jail or the hospital or what, but after things settled down, I had this notion she was going to join me wherever I was.”

CORRECTIONS A story Wednesday about Ascension Parish School Board elections incorrectly listed which schools were in which districts and had other incorrect information. Below is the correct list of schools and districts: District 1: Lowery Elementary, Lowery Middle, Donaldsonville Primary, Donaldsonville High, Ascension Head Start, Sorrento Primary, St. Amant Middle and St. Amant High. District 3: G.W. Carver Primary, Sorrento Primary, Spanish Lake Primary, Pecan Grove Primary, Gonzales Middle, Dutchtown Middle, Dutchtown High, St. Amant Middle, St. Amant High, East Ascension High. District 4: Bullion Primary, Dutchtown Primary, Dutchtown Middle, Dutchtown High, Duplessis Primary, Bluff Ridge Primary, Bluff Ridge Middle. District 5: Oak Grove Primary, Prairieville Primary, Prairieville Middle, Bullion Primary, Sugar Mill Primary, Galvez Middle, Bluff Middle, Prairieville High. District 6: Galvez Primary, Lakeside Primary, Sugar Mill Primary, Lake Primary, Central Primary, St. Amant Primary, Galvez Middle, Central Middle, Lake Middle, St. Amant Middle, East Ascension High and St. Amant High. District 7: Duplessis Primary, Central Primary, Gonzales Primary, G.W. Carver Primary, Pecan Grove Primary, Sugar Mill Primary, Central Middle, Gonzales Middle, Prairieville High and East Ascension High. The story also incorrectly said that candidate Vickie Auguste has served on the board before and that Lisa Bacala has been a principal. The story also misstated a previous job title for candidate Vera Jones. She was a secretary in the district’s technology department. The names of Lowery elementary and middle schools were also misspelled. A story Wednesday about retired ofﬁcers serving part time in the Baton Rouge Police Department incorrectly spelled Metro Council member Jenn Racca’s last name. The Advocate regrets the errors.

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Volunteers sort aid for people affected by the earthquake in Cali, Colombia, on Wednesday.

Earthquake response strains government The search for life in the rubble is growing more desperate

BY ASTRID SUÁREZ, MEGAN JANETSKY and MARKO ALVAREZ Associated Press

PEREIRA, Colombia — The search for survivors in the rubble of Colombia’s powerful earthquake grew more desperate on Wednesday, two days after the quake razed buildings, buckled roads and crushed cars. The devastation has tested Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, and his government as it scrambles to respond to the disaster and civil society as it pushes to provide aid to the most affected communities. Colombian forensics authorities said Wednesday that more than 200 people died in the 7.4 magnitude earthquake. The government has been slow to provide updated tolls, and the true number is likely higher. De la Espriella said Tuesday that at least 181 people died and 2,595 more were injured. Local and federal authorities have reported

hundreds missing, while civilianrun databases put that number at more than 4,100. Teams continued to pick through the rubble in the hardest-hit cities of Cali, Pereira, Manizales and Quibdo, as time ticked away for victims to be found — and rescued — alive. Aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours crucial for retrieving survivors, though that threshold can be extended if those trapped have access to food and water. On Wednesday afternoon, Alejandro Eder, the mayor of Cali, told reporters that rescue teams continue to find signs of people alive under the rubble and are racing to save them. “The next 20 hours are the most critical to find and rescue people alive,” he said. “Every minute is vital.” In Pereira, rescuers pulled Daniela Largo alive from the rubble late Tuesday, capping a complex 12-hour rescue in which crews carved a small opening in the debris to free her pinned arm and a doctor administered IV fluids to stabilize her. Wrapped in a blue blanket, the young woman was carried to an ambulance as firefighters embraced and onlookers

cheered. Another moment was marked by mourning, as a man was pulled from a building in the same city, lifeless and covered in a white blanket. Across the coffee-growing region, among the areas worst affected by the quake, authorities have converted sports arenas, schools and other public buildings into shelters for thousands of displaced Colombians. In Pereira and Cali, families have been sleeping in parks — some fearing aftershocks or the collapse of their damaged homes, others without homes to return to. Colombia’s geological service has documented 130 aftershocks since the quake. “We have the most important things: a roof over our heads, food, water and, in my case, medical care,” said Edith Penagos, 48, who was staying with her teenage son in one of the white tents set up in a Pereira park. Rodrigo León Loya, a seismologist and geosciences professor at the University of the Andes, said the probability of an earthquake of a similar magnitude occurring in the same area is low but he would not rule out more seismic activity.

Minn. man kills wife, daughter at daycare after killing other relative Police: Suspect fatally shot self

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HOPKINS, Minn. — A Minnesota man killed his 7-yearold daughter and wife as young children gathered at a home daycare the couple owned before taking his own life, police said Wednesday. Some time prior to the attack, police believe he also killed a 78-year-old relative at her home. The 41-year-old man fatally shot himself after stabbing his wife and child at their in-home daycare in Hopkins, a suburb of Minneapolis, police said. All six other children who were at Brown Bear Childcare were not physically harmed, authorities said. Another parent called police after witnessing the attack in the home’s basement while dropping off a child, Hopkins Police Chief Brent Johnson said. “There’s no worse scenario than this, where you drop off your child somewhere you think is safe, and you get that phone call,” Johnson said at a news conference. “This is a tragic day and horrific scene for little

WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to hold the role, will leave the Trump administration at the end of the month to spend more time with her young family. Leavitt, 28, called it a “bittersweet decision” in a social media post Wednesday shortly after President Donald Trump announced she would be stepping down. She recently returned to the White House podium after the birth of her second child, a daughter, in May. She also has a 2-year-old son. “The truth is since returning to the White House after the birth of my daughter, I have felt in my heart that I cannot be Leavitt the best mom my two young children deserve while devoting the constant time, energy, and attention required of the White House Press Secretary — and that is why I have ultimately made the bittersweet decision to depart the White House and embark on a new chapter in my life,” Leavitt wrote. Trump did not outline plans for who might replace her in the high-profile role. “Karoline will now be one of my top outside advisors, and an influential voice within the Republican Party, as we work to defy History, and conclusively win the Midterm Elections,” the president wrote. Trump, who regularly engages with reporters during White House events and during his travels, primarily deployed Leavitt to Fox News and other conservative news outlets to trumpet his agenda and take shots at Democrats and the mainstream media. Trump’s first-term press secretaries included Sean Spicer and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who were known for quarreling with reporters. Another, Stephanie Grisham, never held a briefing. Her successor, Kayleigh McEnany, often lectured the news media.

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Law enforcement respond to a call at a home daycare Wednesday in Hopkins, Minn. children to witness, if they did witness this,” Johnson later added. More than three hours after the killings, Burnsville Chief Matt Smith said ofﬁcers were called to a home in his community, 20 miles from Hopkins, where they found a woman who had been fatally stabbed. He said investigators believe the two tragedies are linked, and that the man had been living at the home of the “close family relative.” No names were released. Johnson said no clear motive had been determined yet and there was no history of police calls to the Hopkins address. Johnson said it will take time for authorities to determine the timeline between the killings in Hopkins and Burnsville.

Amanda Marx, a nurse who lives across the street, didn’t realize anything was wrong until she noticed police officers trying to break down the home’s front door. The brown, two-story house has a mural on the garage door of a tree-lined lake and a moose. Marx said she and her 7-year-old son always referred to it as the “garage house” due to the colorful mural. The longtime resident said she’d never met the home’s owners and was unaware they were running Brown Bear Childcare out of the home. She didn’t recall any prior disturbances. “I’m just trying to figure out how to explain to my 7-year-old why there’s crime scene tape on our deck,” she said.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers gloves that deliver painful electric shocks faced criticism Wednesday from Democratic elected officials and civil rights advocates, who called it unnecessary and cruel. ICE plans to spend between $10 million and $20 million to outfit officers and agents with “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices,” according to a notice published Monday and revealed first by The Associated Press. The devices known as the G.L.O.V.E., which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are normal patrol gloves until an officer presses a button to activate its electrical mode. They must be applied directly to someone’s skin to produce a voltage that causes pain, which is intended to gain compliance from people who are resisting. Unlike Tasers, they do not leave burn or contact marks.

New York AG ‘outraged’ by plan The size of the purchase suggests ICE plans to give the device to most or all of its ofﬁcers. The gloves have been used by local departments more often in jails than in the streets, where ICE ofﬁcers

torney General Letitia James said at a news conference Wednesday, where she warned that ICE officers who misuse the gloves in her state could face criminal and civil consequences. The Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency, issued a statement that did not mention the product specifically or explain why it had been chosen. “ICE is constantly assessing the needs of our officers in the field to ensure they have the tools and ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By yUKI IWAMURA equipment necessary to safely ar- New york Attorney General Letitia James, flanked by New york Mayor rest and remove criminal illegal aliens from our country,” the state- Zohran Mamdani, left, and New york Governor Kathy Hochul, takes part in ment said. “Every decision is made a news conference Wednesday to announce action against Immigration with careful consideration and ap- and Customs Enforcement overreach in New york. propriately reviewed to ensure that “These actions not only inflicted including Reps. Pramila Jayapal, any technology ICE utilizes is consistent with all applicable law en- unnecessary pain but also height- Maxwell Frost and Delia Ramirez, forcement policies and standards.” ened the risk of serious health said on social media that ICE did complications,” the investigation not need another weapon. Lawsuit: Shocks led to death “This won’t make anyone safer by the Madison County Detention While the devices are marketed Center found, according to court and in fact just gives ICE another dangerous tool to target citizens as nonlethal and safe for the heart, documents. An Associated Press review and immigrants alike,” Jayapal a pending lawsuit alleges a 43-yearold man died in 2024 after he was found two other lawsuits alleging wrote on X, the site formerly shocked 27 times with the gloves injuries from the gloves, including known as Twitter. and 13 more times by a Taser at a man with heart problems who a jail in Richmond, Kentucky. An was shocked at a Las Vegas trade Worry gloves will be misused internal investigation found two show and a defendant who said he The manufacturer warns the deof the glove shocks lasted 45 and was laughed at after he was un- vices should not be used against 99 seconds apiece — far more than necessarily shocked in court. Both some populations that ICE agents the manufacturer’s recommended cases have been dismissed. routinely encounter: the elderly, 15-second limit. Several Democrats in Congress, small children, pregnant women

and the severely handicapped. The device’s user manual also warns it should not be used in response to verbal defiance, or for punishment, torture or horseplay. “It’s too easy for this to get misused, against a population that doesn’t pose a threat,” former ICE acting director John Sandweg said Wednesday in an interview on MS NOW. The maker of the Taser recently phased out its drive-stun feature, a similar pain compliance tool that had been misused by some officers. Michael Mannheimer, a law professor at Northern Kentucky University who has written about police use-of-force and issues in federal law enforcement operations, agreed the gloves raised concerns about officers using disproportionate force. “One concern I would have is if ICE agents have this at their immediate disposal, will they use it more than they should? Will they jump over lesser force that could be appropriate and successful to attain compliance and instead use this first?” he said. The notice published in a DHS database indicated the solicitation for a no-bid contract to purchase the gloves could be released as early as Friday, and the contract would last through March 31, 2027. The founder of Compliant Technologies LLC, which manufactures the gloves, declined comment. Associated Press writer Claudia Lauer contributed to this report.

Ex-SPLC official charged in broader criminal case against group By The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A former Southern Poverty Law Center ofﬁcial has been charged in the Department of Justice’s broader criminal case against the Alabama-based civil rights group, a frequent target of conservative critics who claim the nonproﬁt is politically biased. Heidi Beirich, a political extremism expert who left the law center about six years ago, was named in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. Beirich, 59, of Palm Springs, California, is charged with wire

fraud conspiracy, conspiracy to submit false statements to a federally insured bank and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering. She was charged in the government’s existing case against the SPLC in Montgomery, Alabama. Beirich made Beirich her initial court appearance for a bond hearing in Riverside, California, Wednesday afternoon. She did not enter a plea

and U.S. Magistrate Judge David T. Bristow ordered her to surrender her passport and appear in court in Alabama within two weeks. Her lawyer, Michael Proctor, said his client is innocent of the charges and described the case as politically motivated. “She has dedicated her life to ﬁghting the KKK, neo-Nazi groups, extremists. And for all of that life’s work, we’re all safer. We’re all better as a community,” he told The Associated Press. Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the new charges at a

news briefing in Washington, but did not name Beirich. CNN was ﬁrst to report on the charges against Beirich. “This is exactly what we said would happen in a case like this,” Blanche said. Beirich led the SPLC’s Intelligence Project, which incurred the anger of conservatives with its annual report on organizations that it classiﬁed as hate groups. Critics accused the law center of unfairly tarnishing right-wing groups with the same label that it applied to White supremacists.

A superseding indictment ﬁled in June appears to refer to Beirich as “Employee-2” and by her former title as director of the SPLC’s Intelligence Project. The indictment alleges that between 2007 and 2023, more than $4 million in donated funds were secretly funneled to people who inﬁltrated or were associated with violent extremist groups. Prosecutors said some of the money was used for recruiting new members and purchasing Ku Klux Klan robes and materials for crossburning ceremonies.

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Richard Walls, Gladys Taylor Walls, Richard Walls Jr., Rafael Walls, Tedrick Derosin, Linda Lous Walls Butler, Brit‐ tany Butler, Deborah But‐ ler, David Butler, Ivory Hayes Scott, Nathaniel Scott, Roger Hayes, Sharonda Beverly, Ora Woolfolk, Wilbert W. Walls, Ricky Walls, Vir‐ ginia Ann Walls, Gugu Rutherford, Simon Ntezinde Jr., Mary Haney, Jeannette Walls Stewart, Kimoniece (Monique) Ward, Gladys Walls, Edgar Walls, Warren Walls, Michael Walls, Be‐ linda Walls THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 3, Square 3, Scott Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. ( ) Dayton Street. By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19763, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Richard Walls, et al., and was ad‐ judicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196888 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $92.48 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Ernest Moses THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 10, Square 6, Scott Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Cable Street By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19911, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Ernest Moses, et al; and was ad‐ judicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196891 Aug. 13, 20, 2026, 2t $79.02 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY Johnnie Anderson THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 15+, Square 2, Richmond Park Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. ( ) North 32nd Street. By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19910, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Johnnie Anderson, et al., and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2011 for un‐ paid taxes for the year of 2010. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street,

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To John N. Bullock THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Square 30, Southdowns Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Glasgow Ave By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19917, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of John N. Bullock, et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for un‐ paid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810

Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Joseph Faley, Shuntrey Faley, Patricia Faley, Gre‐ gory Faley, Joseph Faley, Jr., Derrick Faley, Gary Faley THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 4, Square 35, Scotland Addition Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Edwin Street By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19913, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Joseph Faley, et al; and was ad‐ judicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2022 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2021. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIX (6) MONTHS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196985 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $58.06

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196898 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $79.68 PUBLIC NOTICE The Planning Commis‐ sion of the City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge will hold a public meeting on Monday, August 17, 2026 at 5:00 p.m., in Room 348, City Hall located at 222 St. Louis Street, 3rd ﬂoor, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Planning Commis‐ sion will consider the fol‐ lowing rezoning requests and amendments to the Land “Comprehensive Use Plan” as indicated: PUBLIC HEARINGS – CITY & PARISH CURRENT ZONING CASES: PA-5-26 17060 Florida Boulevard To amend the Comprehensive Land Use Plan from Residential Neighborhood and Com‐ mercial to Commercial, located on the south side of Florida Boulevard, east South Stevendale of Road, on property now or formerly known as Tract LL of the A. J. Melancon Tract. Section 73, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 4- Moak) CASE 28-26 17060 Florida Boulevard To rezone from Rural to Light Commer‐ cial Two (LC2) on prop‐ erty located on the south side of Florida Boulevard, east of South Stevendale Road, on property now or formerly known as Tract LL of the A. J. Melancon Tract. Section 73, T7S, R2E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 4- Moak) CASE 27-26 3680 and 3696 Dalton Street To rezone from Single Family Resi‐ dential (A2) to Neighbor‐ hood Commercial (NC) on property located on the south side of Dalton Street and west of North 38th Street, on property now or formerly known as Lots 115 and 116 of Highland Gardens Subdi‐ vision, Square 286. Sec‐ tion 61, T6S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Council District 7- Harris) CASE 29-26 7122 Florida Boulevard To rezone from Heavy Commercial (C2) to Commercial Alcoholic Beverage (restaurant) (CAB-1) on property lo‐ cated on the south side of Florida Boulevard, east of Croydon Avenue, on property now or formerly known as a portion of Lot 5 of Florida Plaza Subdi‐ vision. Section 82, T7S, R1E, GLD, EBRP, LA (Coun‐ cil District 7- Harris) A certain tract of land designated as Lot 5, Florida Plaza Subdivision (2nd Filing), having a mu‐ nicipal address of 7122 Florida Boulevard, Suites A & B, containing 3,440 square feet, located in Section 82, T-7-S, R-1-E, Greensburg Land District, East Baton Rouge Parish, and being Louisiana, more particularly de‐ scribed as follows: Com‐ mencing at the north‐ west corner of Lot 5, Florida Plaza Subdivi‐ sion, on the south rightof-way line of Florida Boulevard, proceed S 00° 00' 00" E a distance of 56.00 feet to a point and corner; thence, proceed N 90° 00' 00" E a distance of 28.00 feet to a point and corner, this being the Point of Beginning; thence, proceed N 90° 00' 00" E a distance of 43.00 feet to a point and cor‐ ner; thence, proceed S 00° 00' 00" E a distance of 80.00 feet to a point and corner; thence, proceed N 90° 00' 00" W a dis‐ tance of 43.00 feet to a point and corner; thence, proceed N 00° 00' 00" W a distance of 80.00 feet to the Point of Beginning. CUP-6-26 2340 Tulip Street Proposed acces‐ sory dwelling on prop‐ erty located on the south side of Tulip Street, east of Drehr Avenue, on property now or formerly known as Lot 7-A of Drehr Place Subdivision, Square 10. (Council Dis‐ trict 10- Coleman) CS-9-26 Dolly Tucker and Alice Westbrook Property (14987 Port Hudson-Pride Road) Proposed ﬂag lot minor subdivision lo‐ cated on the north side of Port Hudson-Pride Road, west of Robinson Road, on property now or formerly known Lot B-2 of the Alice Westbrook Property. (Council Dis‐ trict 1- Noel) Run Dates: 8/7/2026 8/11/2026 8/13/2026 196304 Aug. 7, 11, 13, 2026 3t $163.89

PUBLIC NOTICE --Iberville Parish Council Advisory Board for Planning and Development P.O. Box 389 Plaquemine, LA 70765 Regular Meeting August 18, 2026 5:15 PM Iberville Parish Council Meeting Room 2nd ﬂoor, Parish Court‐ house 58050 Meriam Street, Plaquemine, LA 70764 Agenda 1. Roll Call 2. Public Comments (Must register with the Clerk) 3. Approval of Minutes 4. New Business a. Introduction of re-sub‐ division for Bart Morgan b. Introduction of re-sub‐ division for Brian Carville c. Introduction of re-sub‐ for Johnny division Andre, III d. Introduction of re-sub‐ division for Michael Vi‐ tale 5. Old Business a. Approve Consideration of re-subdivision Karen Hicks b. Approve Consideration of re-subdivision for MJN Farm c. Approve Consideration re-subdivision for of Hebert 6 WC d. Approve Consideration of re-subdivision for De‐ ondra Carter e. Approve Consideration of re-subdivision for Eric Weber f. Approve Consideration of re-subdivision for Phil Canova 6. Addendum a. None. 7. Discussions 8. Adjournment In accordance with the Americans with Disabili‐ ties Act, if you need spe‐ cial assistance for the meeting, please contact Iberville Parish Planning Commission at (225) 6875190, describing the as‐ sistance that is neces‐ sary. 7-9-2026 197200 Aug. 13, 2026 1t $27.68 PUBLIC NOTICE --The City Council for the City of Zachary will con‐ duct a Public Hearing Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 6:30 p.m. at Zachary City Hall, 4700 Main St. Zachary, LA 70791 to dis‐ cuss and consider autho‐ rizing the lease of Cityowned property at 4434 Central Avenue, W. Zachary, Louisiana. 196492-aug 6-13-20-3t $42.34

Public Notices Nat Res Coastal

PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE the Louisiana De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy, Ofﬁce of Permitting and Compli‐ ance (OPC) has received the following applica‐ tion(s) for a Coastal Use Permit (CUP) in accor‐ dance with La. R.S. 49:214.21 et seq., and the rules of the Coastal Man‐ agement Program. Appli‐ cations for coastal use permits may be in‐ spected at 617 North 3rd Street, Room 1078, Baton Rouge, LA or on the OPC at: https:// webpage www.dce.louisiana.gov/ page/coastalmanagement-publicnotices. Copies are avail‐ able, costs apply. Written comments are solicited from the public and must be received within 25 days of the date of this notice. Comments must be uploaded directly to our electronic record through the OPC web‐ page or mailed to: OPC Kyle Administrator, Balkum, P.O. Box 44487, Baton Rouge, LA 708044487. All comments must contain the appropriate CUP number and the commenter's full name and contact information. Below are the referenced application(s): ************ CUP NUM‐ BER: P20260593 Name: Halimar Shipyard, LLC P. O. BOX 2727 MORGAN CITY, LA 70381 Attn: Bill Hildago Location: Saint Mary Parish, LA; Lat.: 2941-10.68N, Long.: -91-959.26W; Section 7 T16S R13E; 6044 Railroad Av‐ enue Morgan City, 70380 Halimar Description: Shipyard proposes main‐ tenance dredging of an i i i l li

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Public Notices Nat Res Coastal g g existing, commercial slip in two events over 4 years, requiring the re‐ moval of a total of ~4,773 cy of material (~2,873 cy in ﬁrst event and ~1,900 cy in second event). Dredged material will be transported and stored at the Jesse Fontenot Memorial Boat Landing, on property owned by St. Mary Parish, and ulti‐ mately transported and used as capping material at the Harold J. "Babe" Landry Landﬁll. 197472 Aug. 13, 1t $22.34

WBR Public Notices

WBR Legal Notices

Public Notice West Baton Rouge Parish Zoning Commission Master Plan Change Request: Rezone approx.. 13.73 ac from R-MH, C-1.3, & AG to I-2. Owner: TMI Enterprise LLC Applicant: Edward Bradford Address: 053400003500 HWY 190 Port Allen LA 70767 Property Description: PJ #26-0021: as described by the WBR Assessor site: TRACT K190-B2-A CONT 13.703 AC IN SECS 38, 82 & 83 T7S R12E 34-35 The West Baton Rouge Zoning Commission will hold a PUBLIC HEARING relative to the rezoning request. Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Time: 5:30 pm The West Baton Rouge Parish Council will hold a PUBLIC HEARING relative to the rezoning request. Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026 Time 5:30 pm Public hearings will be held at the West Baton Rouge Parish Govern‐ mental Building, 880 N. Alexander, Port Allen, LA 70767 WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH P&Z COMMISSION ALL MEETING INFORMA‐ TION INCLUDING MIN‐ UTES AND VIDEOS CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE WBRPARISH.ORG UNDER THE AGENDA AND MIN‐ UTES TAB. Ordinances in full can be found on our website under Notice of Public https:// Hearings…… www.wbrparish.org/720/ Notice-of-PublicHearings

Publish The Advocate Three (3) Times: 7/30/2026, 8/6/2026, & 8/13/2026 194039 July 30, Aug. 6, 13, 2026 3t $77.97

WBR Public Notices Meet/Hear/Min

PUBLIC NOTICE --Academic Committee Meeting 05/12/2026 05:00 PM West Baton Rouge Parish School Board Office 3761 Rosedale Road Port Allen, LA 70767 MEETING MINUTES _______________ Attendance ___________ Voting Members Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member Mr. Michael Maranto, Board Member Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President Non-Voting Members Jessica Blanchard, Executive Secretary Jared Gibbs, Supervisor of Business Dr. Chandler Smith, Superintendent ___________________ 1. Call Meeting to Order The Chairman called the meeting to order. 2. Pledge of Allegiance Dispense with The Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call Jessica Blanchard conducted a roll call The following members were present: • Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President • Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member • Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member • Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member • Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member • Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member • Mr. Michael Maranto, Board Member • Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member • Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President A quorum was made. The following members were absent. Mr. Ronald "Blue" LeBlanc, Board Member 4. Agenda 1. Consideration of Ap‐ proval of the 2026-2027 Student Handbook (Taya Loupe) Mrs. Loupe went over the proposed attached changes. The chairman declared the floor open for public comment. That the board approves the 2026-2027 Student Handbook. Motion made by: Mr. Burke Fiscus Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Unanimously Approved 5. Adjourn That the Academic Com‐ mittee Meeting Adjourn. Motion made by: Mr. Alden Chustz Motion seconded by: Mr. Burke Fiscus Voting results: Unanimously Approved 197481 Aug. 13, 1t $43.85 PUBLIC NOTICE --Finance Committee Meeting 05/12/2026 05:00 PM West Baton Rouge Parish School Board Office 3761 Rosedale Road Port Allen, LA 70767

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Attendance _______________ Voting Members Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member Mr. Ronald LeBlanc, Board Member Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President ______________

Attendance ___________ Voting Members Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President

The chairman led us in The Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call

The following were pre‐ sent

______________

3. Roll Call

A quorum was made

1. Call Meeting to Order

Jared Gibbs conducted the roll call.

The following were absent Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member

2. Pledge of Allegiance Mr. Fiscus led us in The Pledge of Allegiance 3. Roll Call Jessica Blanchard conducted a roll call The following board members were present: • Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President • Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member • Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member • Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member • Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member • Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member • Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member • Mr. Matthew Daigrepont,

The following were pre‐ sent • Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President • Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member • Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member arrives at 5:19PM • Mr. Ronald LeBlanc, Board Member • Ms. Sonceria Evans, Board Member • Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member • Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member • Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President • A Quorum was made • • The following were absent Ms. Chareeka Grace, Board Member Mr. Mike Maranto, Board Member

The following board members were absent: Mr. Ronald "Blue" LeBlanc, Board Member Mr. Mike Maranto, Board Member 4. Agenda 1. Receive and review Head Start Directors Monthly Report. (Crystal Leon) Dr. Smith went over the attached Head Start Di‐ rectors Monthly Report. The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment. No

2. Consideration of Re‐ quest to Review and Ap‐ prove the Head Start Se‐ lection Criteria. (Crystal Leon)

4. Approval of Minutes

Voting results: Yes: Mr. Burke Fiscus Yes: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Absent: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Yes: Mr. Ronald LeBlanc Yes: Ms. Sonceria Evans Yes: Mr. Alden Chustz Yes: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Yes: Mr. Matthew Daigrepont

Informational Item, Action necessary

Motion made by: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Motion seconded by: Mr. Alden Chustz Voting results: Unanimously Approved 4. Consideration of re‐ quest to approve final bid summary for school year 2026 - 2027 (Jared Gibbs) Mr. Gibbs went over the attached final low bid summary for School Food Service for the School year 2026-2027 The chairman declared the floor open for public comment That the board approves final low bid summary for School Food Service for School Year 2026-2027 Motion made by: Mr. Matthew Daigrepont Motion seconded by: Ms. Chareeka Grace Voting results: Unanimously Approved 5. Consideration of re‐ quest for approval of raising SFS paying meal prices for the 2026-2027 School Year. (Jared Gibbs) The first motion was to accept the meal prices that are attached. Motion made by: Mr. Alden Chustz Motion seconded by: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Voting results: Vote Not Recorded: Mr. Burke Fiscus Vote Not Recorded: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Vote Not Recorded: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Vote Not Recorded: Ms. Sonceria Evans Vote Not Recorded: Ms. Chareeka Grace Vote Not Recorded: Mr. Alden Chustz Vote Not Recorded: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Vote Not Recorded: Mr. Matthew Daigrepont The board members dis‐ cussed getting more in‐ formation about pricing for our staff. The Chairman declared the floor open for public comment. Motion passes to table to End of Consent agenda for May if we have the available information, or to the Regular Board Meeting for June 2026 Motion made by: Ms. Chareeka Grace Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Unanimously Approved 5. Adjourn That the Finance Com‐ mittee Meeting be Ad‐ journ Motion made by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Motion seconded by: Mr. Matthew Daigrepont Voting results: Unanimously Approved 197490 Aug. 13, 1t $88.32 PUBLIC NOTICE --Regular Meeting of the WBR Parish School Board 05/20/2026 05:00 PM West Baton Rouge Parish School Board Office Board Room 3761 Rosedale Road Port Allen, LA 70767

5. Superintendent's Report

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

Dr. Smith went over his attached Superintendent Report.

That the board adopts adjusted millage rate(s) for the tax year 2026.

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

6. Report from Community tees/Agencies

Motion made by: Mr. Ronald LeBlanc Motion seconded by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Voting results: Unanimously Approved

Commit‐

6. Set forth the adjusted millage rate(s) and roll forward to millage rate(s) not exceeding the maximum authorized rates for the tax year 2026. (Jared Gibbs)

8. End of Consent Agenda 1. Receive and review Head Start Directors Monthly Report. (Crystal Leon)

2. Facility Updates (Chad Fontenot)

That the board approves the Head Start Selection Criteria.

That the board approves expenditures monthly and ﬁnancial reports for March 2026

Minutes were tabled to July

Motion made by: Mr. Alden Chustz Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment

Whereupon, on motion of Mr. LeBlanc and Dr. Walker, that the resolu‐ tion of adopting the ad‐ justed millage rates for the tax year 2026 be adopted. unanimously (Adjusted millage rate resolution is attached to the board agenda.)

4. Approval of Minutes

Informational Item, Action Necessary

5. Superintendent's Report

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

1. Consideration of re‐ quest to approve roof resurfacing at LES and consideration of request to approve work to repair the BUES gym ﬂoor. (Chad Fontenot)

That the board approves to Set forth the adjusted millage rate(s) and roll to millage forward rate(s) not exceeding the authorized maximum rates for the tax year 2026.

The 2nd grade building at Lukeville, needs a roof change on the building. Got 2 quotes - Alliance Roofing & Roofing Solu‐ tions. Alliance Roofing $131,416.67 Roofing Solutions $96,325.00

7. Unﬁnished Business 8. Presentation of Consent Agenda

That the chairman de‐ clared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

1. Consideration of Request to Review and Approve the Head Start Selection Criteria. (Fi‐ nance Committee Report 5/12/26)

That the board approves roof resurfacing at LES and consideration of re‐ quest to approve work to repair the BUES gym ﬂoor.

2. Consideration of request for approval of the monthly expendi‐ tures and ﬁnancial re‐ ports for March 2026 (Fi‐ nance Committee Report 5/12/26)

Motion made by: Mr. Alden Chustz Motion seconded by: Mrs. Teri Bergeron Voting results: Unani‐ mously Approved

3. Consideration of request to approve ﬁnal bid summary for school year 2026 - 2027 (Finance Committee Report 5/12/26)

3. Consideration of re‐ quest to approve the Early College Scholarship Incentive Program and ACT/WorkKeys Recogni‐ tion. (Ms. Candice Breaux)

4. Consideration of Approval of the 2026-2027 Student Handbook (Aca‐ demics Committee Re‐ port 5/12/26)

Ms. Breaux went over the attached Early College Incentive Scholarship and Program ACT/WorkKeys

Commit‐

Whereupon, on motion of Mr. LeBlanc and Dr. Walker, that the resolu‐ tion of setting forth the adjusted millage rates and roll forward to mill‐ age rates not exceeding the maximum authorized rates for the tax year 2026 be unanimously adopted. (Roll forward millage rate resolution is attached to the board agenda.)

The board reviewed the attached Head Start Di‐ rectors Monthly Report.

BUES Gym Floor repair termites have destroyed the gym ﬂoor & bleach‐ ers. Getting 3 quotes for con‐ tractors (full court re‐ placement or reﬁnished parts of the court). Asking permission below the public bid price of $260,000.00 for approval. Parks & Rec. might help with the cost, due to using the court as well.

5. Adopt the adjusted millage rate(s) for the tax year 2026. (Jared Gibbs)

Informational Item, Action Necessary.

The chairman declared the ﬂoor for public com‐ ment

Mr. Gibbs went over at‐ tached report

Informational Item, Action Necessary

The Chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

Dr. Smith went over the attached superintendent report.

3. Consideration of re‐ quest for approval of the monthly expenditures and ﬁnancial reports for March 2026 (Jared Gibbs)

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment

Dr. Smith went over the attached Head Start Se‐ lection Criteria. He in‐ formed the board there are no changes from the previous year.

Motion made by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Motion seconded by: Mrs. Hayley Clouatre Voting results: Unanimously Approved

Dr. Smith went over the Powerpoint attached from the State.

Be it Resolved, That the approval of the minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held on April 29, 2026 and Special Board Meeting held on May 12, 2026 be approved as pre‐ sented.

6. Report from Community tees/Agencies

4. Discussion of Gover‐ nor's Executive Order. (Dr. Chandler Smith)

7. Unﬁnished Business

Dr. Walker entered the meeting at 5:19 p.m.

A quorum was made.

Informational Item, Action Necessary

2. Pledge of Allegiance

Motion made by: Mr. Burke Fiscus Motion seconded by: Dr. Atley Walker Sr. Voting results: Unanimously Approved

Jared Gibbs conducted the roll call.

The chairman led us with The Pledge of Allegiance

The chairman called the meeting to order.

That the board approves the Early College Schol‐ arship Incentive Program ACT/WorkKeys and Recognition.

2. Pledge of Allegiance

Non-Voting Members Jessica Blanchard, Executive Secretary Dr. Chandler Smith, Superintendent Jared Gibbs, Supervisor of Business

1. Call to Order

The chairman declared the ﬂoor open for public comment.

The chairman called the meeting to order.

• Mr. Burke Fiscus, Vice President • Mrs. Hayley Clouatre, Board Member • Dr. Atley Walker Sr., Board Member • Mr. Ronald LeBlanc, Board Member • Mr. Alden Chustz, Board Member • Mr. Michael Maranto, Board Member • Mrs. Teri Bergeron, Board Member • Mr. Matthew Daigrepont, President

The Chairman called the meeting to order.

WBR Public Notices Meet/Hear/Min

1. Call to Order

MEETING MINUTES _______________ __

MEETING MINUTES ______________ Please silence all cellphones

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SHERIFF’S SALE SENECA MORTGAGE SER‐ VICING, LLC VS. BARRETT WILSON AND MARK AMBER WILSON DOCKET NO: 51297 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WEST BATON COURT ROUGE PARISH STATE OF LOUISIANA By virtue of a Writ of Seizure and Sale, di‐ rected by the Honorable The Eighteenth Judicial District Court, for the Parish of West Baton Rouge, in the above enti‐ and numbered tled cause, I have seized and proceed to sell by public auction, on the front steps of the West Baton Rouge Courthouse, 850 8th Street, Port Allen, Louisiana on WEDNES‐ DAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 at 10:00 A.M., the follow‐ ing described property, to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the build‐ ings and improvements thereon, situated in the Parish of West Baton State of Rouge, Louisiana, in that subdi‐ vision known as LIVE OAK PLACE, and desig‐ nated on a map of survey thereof prepared by A.J. Parker, Registered Land Surveyor, dated July 7, 1973 entitled “Final Plat of Live Oak Place, Beings, Lot 4A, 4B, 4C, 5A, 5B, 5C, and Lots 19 through 65 Inclusive, Located in Sec‐ tion 56 & 57, T8S, R12E, Town of Brusly, Parish of Baton Rouge, West Louisiana for Gerald Cail‐ louet and Raymond Loup, Owners”; as LOT NUM‐ BER TWENTY (20), having such measurements and dimensions as shown on said map (“Property”). Municipal Address: 1929 Live Oak Drive, Brusly, LA 70719 Terms of Sale: Cash to the highest bidder WITH‐ OUT beneﬁt of appraise‐ ment and according to law. Attorney for the Plaintiff: Watkins & Halliday, Mann, P.C. 1505 N. 19th Street Monroe, LA 71201 (801) 887-9618 Judicial Advertise‐ ment(s) will appear in THE ADVOCATE on the date(s) of: AUGUST 13, 2026 and SEPTEMBER 10, 2026. JEFF BERGERON, SHERIFF PARISH OF WEST BATON ROUGE BY: ANGIE DELAUNE, CIVIL DEPUTY $56.05

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The number of conﬁrmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose to 656 in East Baton Rouge Parish on Sunday for third-most in the state, while the The coronavirus killed more peo- number of deaths in the capital reple in the Baton Rouge area in a 24- gion hit 54, new data from the Louihour span than any previous day, siana Department of Health shows. East Baton Parish reported eight adaccording to state and local ofﬁcials who say the worst is yet to come as ditional deaths, bringing the parish’s Louisiana, too, saw record-breaking total to 22 as of Sunday afternoon, the most reported in a single day. deaths Sunday across the state. Staff writers

Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome exhorted residents to heed social distancing measures while echoing federal ofﬁcials’ warnings that the coming week will likely be the deadliest since the pandemic gained a foothold in the U.S. “We have to support each other during this season, and not allow ourselves to succumb to feelings of fear or hopelessness,” Broome said in a statement Sunday. “Things will likely get worse before they get better, but they will get better.”

The human toll from the virus reached 477 deaths in Louisiana by Sunday — an increase of 68 — and, like the capital region, marked the largest single-day jump in fatal cases. An earlier record was set between April 2-3. Sunday’s death tally in the Baton Rouge area was the largest singleday increase in at least a week when the region saw nine in one day. The number of deaths in the 12-parish

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MADISON, Wis. — David Crowley’s razorthin primary win over a democratic socialist sets up a Wisconsin governor’s race against a Republican congressman who has voted with President Donald Trump 100% of the time, potentially giving moderate Democrats an ideal matchup as Trump’s approval ratings sag in the swing state. Crowley overcame Francesca Hong in dramatic fashion in Tuesday’s primary, stunning pundits and pollsters who had long placed Hong as the front-runner. That means Crowley’s challenger, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany, must pivot to face a Democrat known for working across the aisle with Republicans as the county executive in Milwaukee, the state’s largest source of Democratic voters.

Crowley calls opponent extremist After a unity event with Hong and others on Wednesday, Crowley pledged to build a broad coalition — including Hong’s progressive backers — to take on Tiffany by zeroing in on the Republican’s support for the Make America Great Again movement. “This isn’t establishment versus progressive. This isn’t insider versus outsider,” Crowley said. “This is Democrats defeating a MAGA extremist in Congressman Tom Tiffany and that’s what we should be focusing on moving forward.” It will be easier for Tiffany to pivot away from his ties with Trump and unpopular federal policies because he’s running for governor and not Congress, said former Republican Gov. Scott Walker, a Trump supporter. “He’s got to be on point, on message every time that comes up, and say, ‘That’s not what’s on the ballot,’ ” Walker told The Associated Press. “What’s on the ballot is who’s going to be governor the next four years.” Tiffany represents a broad swath of Wisconsin’s rural, conservative north woods. Trump won the state in 2024 and 2016, but lost in 2020. All three elections were decided by less than

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Democratic gubernatorial nominee David Crowley, left, and lieutenant governor nominee Sarah Godlewski greet Susan Dopp, right, of Middleton, and her dog Zoey on Wednesday in Middleton, Wis.

a percentage point. Crowley’s win on ed multiple times. Tuesday was even narrower — about Elected to the state Assembly in 2016 half a point, further cementing Wis- at the age of 30, Crowley served just consin’s reputation for close elections. over three years before being elected as Milwaukee County executive. In 2023, Democrats look for state trifecta Crowley worked closely with the ReDemocrats savored the shift in focus publican-controlled Legislature to pass from their chaotic primary to the gen- a bipartisan deal that sent more state aid eral election against Tiffany, an oppo- to Milwaukee and local communities. Crowley launched his bid for governent they’ve long seen as vulnerable. They hope to capitalize on Trump’s nor 11 months ago. But he dropped out low approval ratings to retain control of the race on July 8, saying he didn’t of the governor’s office and flip both see a path to victory. He rejoined it chambers of the Legislature to earn on July 18, less than a month before full control of Wisconsin state govern- Tuesday’s primary. With the backing of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a felment for the first time since 2010. But it may be tough for Crowley to low moderate who crisscrossed the connect with the young people who state with him in the final week, Crowwere among the nearly 40% of primary ley made a case that he was the better voters who supported Hong, Republi- matchup against Tiffany. “Obviously Hong was the nevercan strategist Rusty Schultz predicted. “Making sure they come out in No- ending gift in terms of one gaffe after vember will be no small feat,” he said. another, wasn’t really ready for primetime,” Walker said. “But Crowley Crowley exited, reentered race didn’t get any real scrutiny either.” Crowley became the first Black perCrowley, 40, often notes on the campaign trail that he grew up in poverty son to win a major party nomination for in the poorest ZIP code in Wisconsin Wisconsin governor. Now he’s vying to on Milwaukee’s north side, his parents become the first Black governor of the struggled with drug abuse and mental state and just the fourth Black governor health issues, and his family was evict- elected in the country’s history.

BAGHDAD — The U.S. military is on track to pull all of its forces out of Iraq by the end of September, officials said Wednesday, marking the end of a presence that started with the 2003 invasion against Saddam Hussein. Washington and Baghdad agreed in 2024 to wind down the much smaller U.S.-led operations against the Islamic State group. U.S. troops pulled out of bases in most areas of Iraq last year but maintained a presence in the semiautonomous northern Kurdish region. Bases there have regularly come under attack since the U.S. and Israel launched the war on Iran on Feb. 28. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi met with Adm. Brad Cooper, who leads the U.S. Central Command, on Wednesday. Al-Zaidi said in a statement afterward that he had affirmed Sept. 30 as the “fixed and final date for ending the military mission of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS in Iraq and completing the departure of its forces.” A U.S. official confirmed that the U.S. expects to complete its pullout by Sept. 30, but declined to say how many troops remain in Iraq or where they would be redeployed. “The United States, Iraq and coalition partners have achieved tremendous success in defeating ISIS and now the Iraqi secu-

rity forces, including the Peshmerga and other Iraqi Kurdistan Region security forces, will lead the fight against terrorists in Iraq,” the official said. Two Iraqi Kurdish officials said a drawdown of U.S. troops and military equipment from Irbil began about three weeks ago. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly. The U.S. presence in Iraq grew to more than 170,000 troops at the peak of counterinsurgency operations in 2007. In December 2011, the final combat troops departed. But in 2014, the rise of the Islamic State group and its capture of a wide swath across Iraq and Syria brought U.S. forces back at the Iraqi government’s invitation. After IS lost its hold on territory it once claimed, coalition military operations ended in 2021. The U.S. maintained about 2,500 troops in Iraq for training and to conduct counter-IS operations with Iraq’s military. Iraq’s prime minister has also set a Sept. 30 deadline for non-state armed groups in Iraq to give up their weapons, saying they will have no justification to carry arms once the foreign troops withdraw. Some Iraqi militias have justified their existence by pointing to the U.S. military presence, which they describe as an occupation, although the current U.S. mission came at the invitation of the Iraqi government. Some of the country’s most powerful Iran-backed militias and have said they have no intention of giving up their weapons.

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Council OKs retired officer program

Part-time support positions set for BRPD BY BLAKE LESCHBER Staff writer

In a move to potentially ease staffing shortages for the Baton Rouge Police Department, the Metro Council approved a program Wednesday that will hire retired law enforcement ofﬁcers to work with the department — outside of writing tickets or making

arrests. Police Chief TJ Morse said the Police Specialist Support Program will allow full-time ofﬁcers to spend more time on the streets. “I’m very excited about (the program); this is something I’ve been looking to try to do for about two years,” said Morse, who proposed the idea along with Human Resources Director LaToya Pierson.

“We were ﬁnally able to get this down where we can rehire some of these people and retain that talent.” The specialists’ duties will include reviewing cold cases and body camera footage, assisting with public records requests, operating the drone program, writing grants and more. During Wednesday’s meeting,

the Rev. Alexis Anderson raised a concern that the council’s motion did not speciﬁcally state that ofﬁcers who have faced disciplinary issues would be barred from joining. “Part of my concern is the number of people who are on the Brady List, who were named in the narcotics scandal, the number of officers who were involved in the ‘Brave Cave,’ ” Anderson said. “Why would I want to hire somebody like that?” Morse said in re-

sponse to District 4 council member Aaron Moak’s clariﬁcation on disciplinary concerns. Morse said applicants will go through a process including background checks and interview panels, where he would ultimately decide whether they would be hired. He added that he has the same power to hire full-time officers who carry more authority, and that the program is only specifically

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City Council delays rezoning decision Environmental study sought

BY ANNAKATE FREELAND Staff writer

STAFF PHOTOS By JAVIER GALLEGOS

Quality Court Industries worker Olvin Guerra paints a pole along a tennis court black during renovations at Highland Road Community Park on Wednesday. Guerra and his crew are all wearing sun hats and long sleeve shirts to protect them from the summer sun.

Can’t beat the heat A brutally hot week lies ahead for the Baton Rouge area

BY ELLYN COUVILLION Staff writer

A high-pressure weather system sitting over Baton Rouge is ushering in a heat wave, with temperatures in the high 90s predicted into next week, the National Weather Service said. And the forecast does not promise any rain to provide some relief from the blistering heat. “The area of high pressure sitting over us keeps afternoon thunderstorms and showers from forming that would cool us off,” said Danielle Manning, a meteorologist with the weather service’s ofﬁce in Slidell. A heat advisory has been issued from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday in Baton Rouge, when the heat index, a measure of how hot it feels, is expected

Quality Court Industries worker Hunter Marin puts his head down to protect himself from the

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For the second time, the Gonzales City Council has deferred a request to rezone nearly 36 acres along West Orice Roth Road for townhomes, this time seeking a wetlands study before making a decision. The request, submitted by D. Daniels Construction, would allow the developer to begin preliminary plans for 68 townhomes and 18 single-family homes that would be part of the already established Gonzales Trace subdivision. The vacant property is currently zoned for single-family residential and commercial uses. Jeff Diamond, a land developer with Quality Engineering and Surveying, presented the proposal on behalf of D. Daniels Construction. He reminded the council that rezoning the property would not authorize construction. “This is simply the first step of a long, long process,” Diamond said. “The rezoning of this property doesn’t permit any construction.” Diamond said the developer would still need to complete additional studies and plans before construction could begin, a process that could take years. Council member Terri Lambert said the parcel of land was first donated to St. Theresa of Avila Catholic Church for a wetland and biology lab. The construction company purchased the land from the church in 2022 for $500,000. “This is not about denying it,” Lambert said. “I feel like the fair thing to do for Mr. Daniels and the community is to get this done before we rezone it. He may find out he has 13 acres of wetland.” Lambert called for a wetlands determination and delineation study to determine how much of the property could potentially be developed. The motion to defer passed 3-2. Council members Tyler Turner and Eddie Williams voted against the deferral. “Find out how much of it is wetlands,” Lambert said. “That’s what I

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Youth City Lab preparing to open in fall $2.3M investment brings together four organizations

Now, at age 24, Stcyr mentors other Front Yard Bike youth at the newly created Youth City Lab. Stcyr said he struggled while navigating changes through high school, and the program helped him better communicate with his BY BRIANNA MEEKS teachers and counselors. With Contributing writer LaFont’s help, he said, he eventuPhillip Stcyr first became in- ally developed confidence, public volved with Front Yard Bikes at speaking skills and graduated age 12, when he met Dustin La- from high school. “The support the shop shows, Font, founder of the program that teaches students to fix bikes as a I think, is what always drove me way to help with leadership skills and many kids through the doors over the years they have been and find their true selves.

open,” Stcyr said. The Front Yard Bikes program is one of the four nonproﬁts that have joined forces to raise money, plan for and build the Youth City Lab on Government Street, which is nearing completion and is expected to open later this fall. The building at 4385 Government St. brings together four organizations: Line4Line, Big Buddy, Humanities Amped and Front Yard Bikes. Although each has a different mission, they share a

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youth City Lab empowers children through diverse programs and a supportive environment. PHOTO By BRIANNA MEEKS

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Lawsuit by journalists against LSU dismissed Details sought on athletics revenuesharing program

BY HALEY MILLER Staff writer

A lawsuit by local journalists seeking details of the LSU athletics revenue-sharing program was dismissed after the Louisiana Legislature passed a law shielding those records from public view. The reporters chose to dismiss the lawsuit in light of the new state law, a statement from the plaintiffs said Wednesday. They faced “violent and occasionally sexual threats,” property vandalism and, in one case, physical assault after

the public became aware of the lawsuit, the statement said. “As an LSU alumnus and journalist who once covered LSU sports, it’s not lost on me how passionately people in Louisiana feel about their Tigers,” Louisiana Illuminator editor Greg LaRose said. “However, that zealotry crosses an unacceptable line when journalists are assaulted and threatened.” LSU declined to comment on the case being dismissed. In an earlier statement when the suit was ﬁled in March, the university said releasing revenue-sharing information “puts LSU at a competitive disadvantage on the ﬁeld and runs contrary to the privacy interest of our student athletes.” Revenue sharing refers to funds paid directly to student athletes

Man arrested in June drive-by shooting A Baton Rouge man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a June drive-by shooting that injured five juveniles ages 11 to 17. Antoine Cooley, 18, was arrested and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on six charges CRIME of attempted firstBLOTTER degree murder, alongside mulstaff tiple aggravated reports criminal damage to property charges, according to jail records. According to the arrest warrant, about 7 p.m. June 17, officers responded to an apartment complex in the 2100 block of Lobdell Boulevard where they discovered five juveniles had been struck by gunfire. Police said six juveniles were standing near the mailboxes when a 2016 red Hyundai passed the group, and occupants in the vehicle jumped out and began shooting at the juveniles. Two apartment buildings were also struck, and the bullets traveled through the walls into residents’ apartments who were home at the time. The vehicle fled the scene and was later discovered to be stolen. The juveniles injured were transferred to a hospital. A tip from

Crime Stoppers stated that one of the shooters was Cooley, and he was allegedly hiding at a family member’s house. The tip further said that after the shooting, Cooley allegedly posted on Instagram saying that one of the victims was not supposed to be hit. Further investigation linked one of the casings found at the scene to a ﬁrearm that had been stolen and pawned in January and returned to the registered owner in June, who resided at the same address where Cooley was allegedly hiding out in. Police stated Cooley and the registered gun owner were involved in an unrelated shooting investigation in 2023.

REZONING

ning and Zoning Chairman Scott Hughes said commissioners’ primary concerns involved traffic and public safety. Jamie Setze, executive director of the Capital Region Planning Commission, later addressed those concerns, presenting traffic projections that looked at growth over the next two decades. He said traffic on the east side of Interstate 10 is expected to increase by about 37% by 2046. The Planning and Zoning Commission ultimately recommended that the City Council approve the rezoning request. The council’s latest action sends the proposal back for additional information about the property’s wetlands before it considers whether to approve the zoning change.

Continued from page 1B want you to do. You’re going to be surprised.” The rezoning request was first brought forward in July. At the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission meeting July 6, the motion to recommend the rezoning failed to receive a second. The proposal later went before the City Council, which sent it back to the Planning and Zoning Commission rather than act on the request without a recommendation. The commission approved a recommendation at its August meeting. During the July meeting, Plan-

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Continued from page 1B to reach 110 degrees, the National Weather Service said. “Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses,” the weather service said. A predicted high of 96 degrees on Thursday is expected to rise to 98 on Friday. Then temperatures will stay at 99 degrees each day from Saturday through Tuesday, according to the current sevenday forecast.

out of athletics department budgets, an outcome of the House v. NCAA settlement in 2025. After the settlement, Louisiana passed a law that hiked the state tax on online sports betting to 21.5% and dedicated a quarter of those proceeds to public university athletics programs. The journalists suing LSU — Todd Horne of Tiger Rag, Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator and Chris Nakamoto of WAFB — argued that because of the taxpayer dollars at play, the revenue-sharing payments were “textbook public documents.” “It’s taxpayer money in many cases, and everybody from the legislators to reporters to an average fan has a right to know what public money is being spent and where,”

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Continued from page 1B hiring retired officers. “The same faith we’re talking about putting me in to make the determination to hire somebody to come back as a part-time job, you’re putting the same faith in me to hire a full-time officer making arrests,” Morse said. BRPD can make its own policies that aren’t stated in the council motion, and policies can change as the chief wants, Morse said. “Before we hire the first person into this role, you need to write policies on what the interview process looks like and what kind of exact jobs would they be,” Morse said. “We wanted to get

said First Amendment expert and attorney Scott Sternberg, who represented the journalists in the suit. “I just hope that in the name of student athlete safety, we don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” Sternberg also represents The Advocate | Times-Picayune in some legal matters. The newspaper was not a party to the lawsuit filed against LSU. The law signed by Gov. Jeff Landry in June exempted from public record laws the total amount or percentage amount of revenuesharing funds paid to any specific athlete or any specific sport. The act applied to all requests going forward as well as retroactively for “existing, created, or pending” requests. The law passed by a wide mar-

gin but faced vocal opposition as it made its way through both chambers. “This is really broad,” Rep. Beryl Amedee, R-Houma, said in the House Education Committee in April. “And I’m concerned that we’re expanding conﬁdentiality so much that we’re losing necessary transparency.” Sternberg said the lawsuit was not seeking more information at the expense of athlete safety. “It was never about ﬁnding out how much a certain athlete made because we wanted to expose that,” Sternberg said. “It was a larger question about what we’re prioritizing as a state.”

this first step done and then define that in policy.” All specialists must have at least 20 years of sworn law enforcement experience and separation from city-parish employment for at least 30 days. Enola Guyer, of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, questioned whether hiring retired officers would limit the amount of new talent that could “keep police officers accountable.” Morse said the department is still looking to hire new officers, while piloting the specialist program, especially as BRPD has experienced staff shortages. “We’re not reducing our allotment of police officers; we are still trying to max out there,” Morse said. “We are actively recruiting.”

BRPD plans to hire around 20 to 25 specialists, with the number potentially changing depending on department needs, Morse said. Specialists will be paid $40 an hour to work a maximum of 29 hours a week, which Morse said was comparable to similar programs. Because the retired officers will be hired on a part-time basis, they will not receive benefits normally awarded to cityparish employees. Council member Jennifer Racca of District 12 and Morse said this will be more fiscally conservative rather than hiring full-time employees, since the administration does not have to pay out benefits and insurance, and full-time officers won’t have to work overtime to complete administrative tasks, keeping them on the streets.

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Man whose body was pulled from pond ID’d The man whose body was pulled from a pond off Wax Road in Central has been identified as 21-yearold Colby Riles, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner’s Office said. Riles’ body was pulled from a pond at 17157 Wax Road on Tuesday morning after someone saw it there and called law enforcement, a Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said. Law enforcement officials said they do not suspect foul play at this time.

“Normal highs this time of year for Baton Rouge are in the mid90s, about 93 degrees to 96,” Manning said. “It’s definitely warmer than normal.” Residents are advised to drink plenty of fluids, stay in air conditioning and out of the sun and check on relatives and neighbors. “Take extra precautions when outside,” the weather service said. “Wear lightweight and loosefitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take actions when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heatstroke.”

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Quality Court Industries worker Olvin Guerra paints a pole black during renovations for the tennis courts at Highland Road Community Park on Wednesday.

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Line4Line co-founder Lucy Perera reads and interacts with children on the first floor of the new youth City Lab.

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Continued from page 1B common goal: creating a safe environment where children and youth can learn new skills, express themselves and discover new interests. The idea for Youth City Lab began in 2019 after the directors of the four nonprofits each received a Blue Cross Blue Shield Angel Award. According to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, the Angel Award recognizes community members who make a difference in the lives of Louisiana children. Tina Miles, a Line4Line program instructor, said they also received $200,000 in funding on top of the Blue Cross award, which was divided among the four nonprofits to support programming and annual operating expenses. The funding encouraged the organizations to work together. “We were all working with young people and felt that if we were to combine and create a place together, that we would be able to serve them more holistically,” Line4Line co-founder Lucy Perera said. What started as a $1 million project grew to $2.3 million through years of fundraising, grants and donations from the community. Each organization will operate in the building. The organizations hope to raise another $75,000 to complete a teaching kitchen and still more for a $375,000 elevator to make the second floor accessible to all. The building has classrooms and gathering spaces for the nonprofits to work with children. The vision for Line4Line started about 10 years ago. O’Neil Curtis, a barber near North Boulevard, and Perea came together to in-

Tina Miles, a program instructor at Line4Line, instructs children during art projects. crease reading literacy with haircuts. Curtis offered free haircuts every Monday, but only to children who ﬁrst read a book. Today, the organization continues that mission through literacy and arts programming inside Youth City Lab. On a recent day at the nearly complete lab, the smell of fresh paint ﬁlled the air as bikes of all colors lined the wall to the left. Up a ramp is a stage where children sit in the bleachers to listen to the story of the day before heading off to an art project. The stage will later be used for students to share poetry and showcase their talents. Kincaid Nelson, retail manager for Front Yard Bikes, said the program gives young people a place to go during the summer and after school. Some children even walk miles to the shop just to repair a tube for their bike or borrow a wrench because they know someone will be there to help, he said. “You get to connect kids to mentors in ways that the traditional school system just doesn’t do well,” Nelson said.

Satyr said the organization became his safe place during his childhood. “A lot of kids go to school, they go home, and they get told they’re bad,” he said. “But in the shop, it’s always positive.” This story was reported and written by Brianna Meeks, a student at Southern University, with the support of the nonproﬁt Louisiana Collegiate News Collaborative, an LSU-led coalition of eight universities funded by the Henry Luce and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur foundations.

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Sister Rosaland Renette Gorman was born September 15, 1964 to the late Mary Ethel Gorman (deceased) and father Joe Nathan Gorman Sr. She was the second of five Children born at Independence Charity Hospital in Louisiana. She leaves to cherish her memories: one daughter, Mariam Harrison(Juarbe), one son Samuel Harrison and partner Charles Harrison. A visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM on 2026-08-24 at Elm Grove Baptist Church , 1069 N 38th Street .

and Kia Higgins, Esq.,both of Chicago, IL, Stanesha Mars, New Orleans,LA,two great-grandchildren; Tre'Mont Higgins and Tahiru Mohammend, Chicago, IL., one sister, Mattie Mars Green (Louis),Gloster, MS,two brothers, Willie Earl Mars (Wanda), Houston,TX and Edward Mars, Oakland, CA,seven sistersin-law, Marie Jackson Dillon, Joyce Jackson Washington, and Shirley Jacksonm all of Baton Rouge, LA, Celia Jackson Suggs (Maurice), Richmond,VA, Dr. Brenda Jackson, Gloster,MS, and Willie Alma Royal Jackson, Centreville,MS, one brother-nlaw; Nero Jackson (Lula), Ruleville, MS, and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends. A visitation will be held from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM on 202608-14 at HALL DAVIS & SON FUNERAL SERVICE, 9348 Scenic Hwy. A visitation will be held from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on 2026-08-15 at Camphor Memorial United Methodist Churc, 8742 Scenic Highway. A celebration of life will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM on 2026-08-15 at CAMPHOR MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 8742 Scenic Highway.

Odom, James Larry

A funeral service will be held from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on 2026-08-24 at Elm Grove Baptist Church , 1069 N 38th Street.

Jenkins, Melvin Alfred 'Doc'

Entered into eternal rest at Baton Rouge General Medical Center-Bluebonnet on August 5, 2026. He was a 74-year-old native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; a resident of Zachary, Louisiana; and a retired Exxon Machinist. Visitation at Miller & Daughter Mortuary, Friday, August 14, 2026 from 4-6 pm; visitation resumes at Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Samuel Pierre, Sr., pastor, on Saturday, August 15, 2026 at 9:00 am until the Celebration of Life Service at 11:00 am, conducted by Rev. Daniel Smith; interment at Southern Memorial Gardens. Survivors include his devoted wife of 49 years, Margie Jenkins; children, Tikita "Kim", Melisha and Jarred Jenkins; three grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren; other relatives and friends. `

Mars Jr., Johnny

Johnny Mars, Jr. departed his earthly life peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at the age of 91 at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana surrounded by his loving family. Johnny was born May 3, 1935, in Woodville, Mississippi. He was the second child born to the late Johnny Mars, Sr. and Idella Myles Mars. Johnny relocated his family to Baton Rouge, Louisiana and quickly began his work life at Louisiana Agriculture Supply. He later accepted a position as process operator with Exxon Resin USA. He remained at Exxon for 27 years as a loyal, dedicated, and dependable employee until he took his well-deserved retirement. Johnny enjoyed music and especially gospel and blues when playing his guitar. He leaves to cherish his loving memory, one devoted son, Thomas Royal Mars (Dell), Baton Rouge,LA , two loving daughters; Zan Mars Jones (Reginald) Mobile, AL, Deborah Higgins (Terrylon), Chicago, IL,six grandchildren; Thomas Royal Mars,II,U.S.Navy, Kaitlin Alexis Mars and Ashton Nicolle Jones Brumfield (Reginal), all of Baton Rouge, LA, Terrance Higgins (Dr. Traycee Allen)

On the afternoon of August 6, 2026, James Larry Odom (88) went to be with the Lord. He was the oldest of ten children born to Leonard Cecil Odom and Eula Irine Amerson Odom. He was born on September 28, 1937, in Burnsville, Mississippi. When he was 13 years old, his family moved to East Feliciana Parish, where he would eventually call Jackson home. James graduated from McKowen High School and went on to work for Standard Oil and Texas Eastern before eventually opening Big Star Supermarket (now Star Supermarket) in Jackson. He married his high school sweetheart, Barbara "Bobbie" Schaubhut Odom, and they celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary in June of this year. James loved Louisiana because of the food, LSU Athletics, sometimes the Saints, and the ability to be outside basically year-round. He loved fishing for speckled trout. In the spring and summer, you could often find him at Grand Isle, and in the fall, he was often at Pointe au Chien. James was also a carpenter. He enjoyed building several houses and helped his sons build their first houses. He proudly served his country as a member of the Army Reserve. James is survived by his wife, his two sons Jim Odom (Kelley) and Joel Odom (Cecelia), his three grandchildren Jackie Odom, Austin (Victoria) Odom and Julie Odom, his sisters Barbara Odom, Donna Beene (Charlie), Brenda Williams (Carl Ray), Becky Graham (David), and Linda Lanoue (Gene), sisters-in-law Virginia Osborn and Brenda Donze (Jesse) and numerous nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents and siblings Deetie, Dorothy, Dwight, and Danny. Visitation will be at First Baptist Church in Jackson on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2026 from 9am until service at 12pm conducted by Dr. Joe Nesom. Burial will be in Jackson Cemetery. Share memories at www.CharletFuneralHo me.com.

icated member of his community. He served as President of the St. John Parish Farm Bureau, served on the State Board for Farm Bureau, and was a member of the Board of Directors for Sunshine Equipment. Leslie was an avid NASCAR fan and had a true passion for sports, especially baseball and football. He was an active man who took great pride in his work, his community, and the things he loved. His dedication to farming, leadership, and the people around him will be remembered and cherished by all who knew him. He is survived by his three children, David Rodrigue (Patricia Martin), Debra Rodrigue (Jason Brod) and Kevin Rodrigue (Teresa Cadena); two grandchildren, Michelle Rodrigue Phillpott (William) and Michael Rodrigue (Amy) and his five great grandchildren, Claire Rodrigue, Olivia Rodrigue, Andrew Hof, Catherine Rodrigue and Luke Hof. He is preceded in death by his parents, Stan and Edna Tassin Rodrigue and his two siblings, Kenneth Rodrigue and Bernadette Rodrigue Kray. Pallbearers will be Michael Rodrigue, Jason Brod, Andrew Hof, Luke Hof, Brian Rodrigue and Scott Rodrigue. The family would like to express their heartfelt gratitude to the staff at Summerhouse Ashton Manor and Hospice Specialists of Louisiana for their care and support throughout Leslie's time of need. A visitation will be held on Friday, August 14, 2026, at Ourso Funeral Home in Donaldsonville, LA from 5pm until 8pm and will resume on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at St. Philip Catholic Church in Vacherie, LA, from 10:30am until Mass of Christian Burial at 12:30pm. Interment will follow in the church Mausoleum.

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Jimmie R. Wilcox Entered into eternal rest at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center on August 8, 2026. He was an 85-year-old native of St. Francisville, Louisiana and a resident of Port Hudson, Louisiana. Visitation will be at St. Peter Baptist Church on Friday, August 14, 2026, from 10:00 am until the Celebration of Life Service at 11:00 am conducted by Pastor Olton Scott; interment will follow at St Peter Church Cemetery. Survivors include his sons, Darryl and Donald Wilcox; sisters, Mattie Dunbar, Frances Guidry, and Lana Hardesty (Greg); grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Arrangements entrusted to Miller & Daughter Mortuary

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In Murrill case, grand jurors should not be made to fear Leave the grand jurors alone. Whatever else Attorney General Liz Murrill and her criminal defense attorneys do with regard to her now-dismissed indictment for alleged threats against Orleans Parish and city officials, they should make clear that grand jurors themselves aren’t targets for legal sanctions. With extremely rare exceptions, grand juries are sacrosanct institutions intended, as many of this nation’s founders explicitly said, as bulwarks of liberty. Consisting of ordinary citizens drafted into service, often at personal cost, they are guaranteed secrecy in their proceedings for their own protection and that of the witnesses and possible targets of criminal probes. And while grand jurors often are considered mere tools of prosecutors, the U.S. Supreme Court itself regularly has recognized — to quote Costello v. United States in 1956 — that it always has been the case that “grand jurors could act on their own knowledge and were free to make their presentments or indictments on such information as they deemed satisfactory.” That is exactly what the trial judge and prosecutor said happened in Murrill’s case. Granted, it is possible that grand jurors can be penalized if they themselves illegally violate their rules of secrecy or accept inducements, and Murrill herself said she suspects the former. Murrill and her team have every right to pursue a civil public records lawsuit to get to the bottom of what occurred. Before she filed that suit, though, her defense attorneys demanded that special prosecutor Laurie White pass on to the grand jurors a letter ordering them to preserve all records, including electronic, pertaining to Murrill’s case. That letter specifically said the grand jurors themselves could be subject to “tort liability” or “referral for criminal prosecution” if they fail to preserve relevant materials. This dire warning to grand jurors is highly unusual — and troubling. Such an ominous escalation of legal pressure should come only upon solid evidence, not mere suspicion, that grand jurors may have done something wrong. While it is surely within the Murrill team’s legal rights to send such a letter, it nonetheless is unwise. As Murrill, the state’s chief prosecutor, surely understands, the willingness of people to accept (rather than try to dodge) the civic duty of grand jury service, and the faith of the public in the system, is far from infinite. Grand jurors ought not be made to fear that their service carries major legal risks to themselves. That’s why it is heartening to see a group of defense lawyers open a hotline to answer questions from Murrill-case grand jurors and provide free legal consultations to them. Meanwhile, with Murrill herself no longer in legal jeopardy — properly so, as the indictment appears to have been misguided — she should make clear that even if she pursues answers about how her indictment was catalyzed, the jurors themselves are not her intended quarry for punishment.

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When innocence is ignored, SpaceX project would be is cruelty the primary point? another blow to coastal La. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill fights to stop wrongly convicted citizens from receiving compensation approved by the state Legislature. She is opposing, for example, the legal compensation claim of Elvis Brooks because, in her mind, he is guilty. The conviction of Brooks was overturned when a prosecutor finally admitted he had withheld fingerprint evidence in the case. Found guilty, Brooks served 42 years in prison. And now the attorney general thinks he should suffer more. Arrogance? Hubris? Pride? Cruelty? I vote for cruelty. Murrill’s cruelty makes us consider not only what power is, but also what power feels like. Cruelty has intimately attached itself to the joys of MAGA and Trump-

ism. Murrill’s act of symbolic violence shows she believes Brooks not only deserves cruelty but also provides her with joyful assertion of her power over Brooks and other lawful claimants. Trumpism has put within reach the joy of asserting power even if it means disregarding the rule of law and the Constitution. Trump is the paradigm of joyful cruelty. USA Today has described Trump as “basically a kid cackling in delight as he melts ants under the magnifying glass.” It is the weird excitement of asserting power over others. When cruelty is the point, we should know our nation has taken a turn to the dark side.

Your recent article on the use of Pecan Island for a large industrial project prompts this reply (“SpaceX is planning a rocket-launching space port in coastal Louisiana”). The ExxonMobil settlement comes will pay came from a corporation directly responsible for the destruction of the Louisiana coastal zone, and one that earns millions. The lawsuit that required this settlement took more than 20 years of litigation before it prevailed, and its purpose was to obtain resources for coastal restoration. Accordingly, the state has had an active coastal restoration program for the past 30 years, based largely on projects that will restore the coast in a natural way. Unfortunately, Gov. Jeff Landry canceled the most ambitious of them. More to the point, the Pecan Island wetlands are the last remaining undeveloped wetlands in Louisiana with a spectacular array of wildlife, including 30 species of birds; abundant ducks, geese, deer, raccoons, otters and fresh, brackish and saltwater ﬁsh, and reptile species. There are clearly less-damaging locations. I hope that Pecan Island will be saved for the hunters, ﬁshers, birdwatchers and all of us for generations to come.

RODNEY KENNEDY Baton Rouge

Corrupt culture means socialism would flop Recent letters have discussed the apparent increased desire for socialism and the difference between the democratic socialism of, for example, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the social democratic capitalism that is followed in Scandinavia. I have been to Norway and can report that they have a good life, achieving many desirable outcomes such as economic growth, health and happiness, without sacriﬁcing freedom.

They pay a lot of taxes, but they get efﬁcient services without corruption. In the United States, fraud, waste and failed outcomes are rampant. Those issues will need to be ﬁxed before I (and probably most of America) agree to the substantial tax increases that will be necessary to support the spending. In short, I am very skeptical that we can get there from here.

MICHAEL O’ROURKE Port Allen

Think through anti-trans ordinance before going forward The Bossier Parish Police Jury has introduced an ordinance that would allow the imprisonment of anyone refusing to leave a publicly owned bathroom if that restroom doesn’t match the sex of their birth (Shreveport Advocate, Aug. 6). This makes no sense at all. Wouldn’t it be more upsetting for a woman in a bathroom to see someone who looks like a man — a trans man — standing next to them at the sink than to see a trans woman standing nearby? Think

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this through. Trans people need to go to the bathroom. Until there are nongendered restrooms everywhere, isn’t it easier and less disturbing to allow people to choose the bathroom of the gender that they identify with? There are some unusual-looking straight people out there. Are we going to make everyone who looks a little different show a birth certiﬁcate before entering a public toilet?

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ExxonMobil has the money to stop using our water I saw where ExxonMobil Corp. raked in $14.5 billion and some change in its second-quarter earnings report. Maybe they can afford to install a

Your blatant bias continues to disappoint me, and I am sure many of your other subscribers. But as I always say: It’s your paper.

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COMMENTARY Blatant La. vote fraud case changed the course of history Friday marks the 50th anniversary of a second-place primary-election finish that changed the history of Louisiana and, really, the whole nation. “What if” lookbacks sometimes are amusing or thought-provoking, so… here goes — and you’ll love the little-known ending: In 1976, 36-yearinciumbent U.S. Rep. F. Edward Hebert, D-New Orleans, was finally reQuin tiring, and Democratic Hillyer City Council member Jimmy Moreau, a moderate-conservative, was a heavy favorite to replace him in the First Congressional District. Moreau was so well regarded that President Gerald Ford called him in May to try to talk him into running as a Republican rather than a Democrat. After a full century without any Republicans from Louisiana in Congress, the GOP was on a small upswing, electing David Treen in the Third District in 1972 and Henson Moore in the Sixth District in 1974. Moreau, though, remained a Democrat and led a six-man Aug. 14 party primary by a huge margin: His 37,646 votes nearly doubled the 18,888 votes of state Rep. Rick Tonry, a unionbacked populist. On the Republican side, assistant state attorney general Bob Livingston, a last-minute contestant after the expected nominee backed out, won the nomination, although the local news barely mentioned him. But it was Tonry’s move into second place on the Democratic side, forcing a runoff, that had the long-term consequences. In the Democratic runoff, Tonry ran a much more aggressive campaign than Moreau, and by official totals he eked out a stunning upset, 48,789 to 48,605. Had Moreau won, the Democratic label alone would have made him a betting favorite against Livingston. Instead, Moreau’s team immediately began yelling that Tonry supporters had committed massive vote fraud. With increasing evidence buttressing those charges, an ethical cloud weighed Tonry down while Livingston’s spirited campaigning made a real race of it. Tonry narrowly won a three-way general election race, 47.2% to Livingston’s 43.4%. And, lo and behold, as Tonry spent an antic-filled (that’s another story) four months in Congress, the charges were proved in court: Illegal votes had put him over the top, and he him-

could see her areolas. You could see the bumps on her areolas. And they were down to here. She was strutting like how great she was. Thinking everyone was staring at her, which they were.” Pronovias, the Barcelona-based bridal fashion house, ginned up quite a bit of press when it introduced naked dressing for brides. Of special note was its bridal jumpsuit made of lace with ﬂoral appliques strategically placed over the crotch. Bear in mind that Pronovias was an international luxury bridal brand, not a grubby adult sex shop. It had stores in the high-rent areas of Paris, Beverly Hills, Houston, Miami, London and New York. Their dresses started at $2,000 and ran to over $10,000. (I use past tense because Pronovias ﬁled for bankruptcy about six months ago.) We live in contradictory times. Some feminists argue women shouldn’t be viewed through the “male gaze.” Some say women should be free to reveal as much of their beautiful bodies as they choose. And some express both views simultaneously in an unsuccessful attempt to square the circle. “How dare you gaze at my naked body.” The bride isn’t blushing, but the congregants may be.

Political candidates greedy for power are often parsimonious with information about what they would do with it. And voters currently being exhorted to participate in electing a new Congress might reasonably wonder: Why bother? Presidents govern, Congress spectates. Nevertheless, here are three commitments voters might seek from those currently seeking House or Senate seats. First: When the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was passed, the George national debt was less than $500 billion. It is almost certain to Will reach 80 times that sum — $40 trillion — next month. It has become normal for the federal government to run nearly $2 trillion budget deficits even during full employment and steady economic growth. So, ask candidates about Warren Buffett’s five-minute solution: “I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there’s a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for reelection.” Buffett’s measure is Madisonian. He understands, as Saint James did, that it is not love, it is incentives that make the world go round. But a law might not suffice. Buffett’s plan would effect a change in qualifications for the House and Senate, so a constitutional amendment would be necessary. Fine. Ask the candidates if they would support one, and if not, why not. Second: About 99.9% of Americans would be startled, or bemused, or both, to learn that they are living during 53 national “emergencies.” (The count is from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law.) These have been declared by presidents whose powers are enhanced by invoking the National Emergencies Act of 1976. Some of these declared emergencies have become long in the tooth: Six were declared in the previous century. In a recent hilarity, the current president said his tariffs respond to the “emergency” of a national trade deficit. This continuous 50-year fact — aka something normal — has coincided with soaring national prosperity, but is an “emergency.” Go figure. Candidates should be asked to commit to making life more restful by making emergencies less numerous and persistent. Specifically, they should commit to legislation that says a declaration of emergency shall expire after 30 days unless there is a joint congressional resolution extending it. Third: Congress was the arena for the great national debates of the 19th century — about manifest destiny (westward expansion), “internal improvements” (canals, railroads, etc.), and slavery (especially its status in territories not yet states). As Jay Cost of the American Enterprise Institute writes, the thunderous speeches of Congress’s “Great Triumvirate” (Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and John Calhoun) and others were national events, made so by being published in newspapers nationwide. Late-19th-century Congresses were, however, as Cost says, corrupt and parochial. So, “reformers had good reason for moving power to the executive branch.” But, he says, this went too far. Cost, who cares more about Congress than many of its members seem to, writes: “If you have ever been to Washington, D.C., it is easy to appreciate just how much the city’s designers wanted you to notice Congress.” The Capitol sits on a hill, where the city’s four quadrants converge. In 1910, Congress passed height limits on the city’s buildings: the width of their street, plus 20 feet (about 12 stories). Congress’s prominence suits its constitutional preeminence — it creates all executive departments and all federal courts other than the Supreme Court. Today’s national debates focus on the White House 16 blocks west of Congress, or across First Street from Congress, in the Supreme Court. Congress no longer even controls most federal spending: Beginning with Social Security (1935), then Medicare and Medicaid (1965), the federal budget has become primarily (approximately 60%) a distributor of entitlements — transfer payments. It could begin to reverse its diminishment by involving itself with federal regulations that compel substantial private sector spending. Years pass, but the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act does not. It would require Congress’s approval of “major” regulations, defined as those with an annual impact on private sector entities of at least $100 million. If a candidate will not commit even to this small step toward resurrecting the legislative branch’s involvement in actual governance, it is fair to ask him or her this: Are you sure you want to be a legislator? There are other jobs involving less travel and more congenial colleagues. Starbucks is always hiring baristas.

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Bob Livingston, center, celebrates his election to Congress on Aug. 29, 1977, with Gov. Dave Treen, left, and U.S. Rep. Henson Moore of Baton Rouge. self resigned from Congress, pleaded guilty to accepting illegal campaign contributions and went to prison. With a special election thus necessitated, Livingston had a second chance that surely wouldn’t have come so quickly or promisingly if the honest Moreau had won and built the power of incumbency. That election lured rising-star state Rep. Ron Faucheux into the race on the Democratic side, but Livingston’s momentum from the first race pushed him, in another three-way contest, to a 51.2% to 37.2% victory. The downstream consequences of those races loom large. Who knows where Faucheux’s elective career would have gone if he had not been lured into that race? Would he have found a different path — a different higher-office to shoot for, rather than eventually losing a very close race for mayor of New Orleans — if he had been bided his time and waited for a better opportunity? His smarts and energy certainly seemed well suited for elective office. As it was, Faucheux did superbly in non-elected posts: He became the state’s Secretary of Commerce, then a major political consultant, publisher of Campaigns & Elections magazine, and trusted pollster, and he now graces these opinion pages with an insightful weekly column. The biggest hinge of fate, though, involved Livingston. The second chance afforded to him by Tonry’s primary shenanigans obviously had huge repercussions. Livingston’s election catalyzed massive tangible benefits for Louisiana through his work on

the Appropriations Committee. And nationally, without his powerful will and discipline in chairing that committee from 1995-99, there is very little chance — as anyone then in Congress would attest — that the federal government would have balanced its budget for four consecutive years. In light of massive subsequent debt, those balanced budgets look like epochal accomplishments. But ... what about Tonry? Well, after his prison term ended, Tonry drifted back into trouble. In 1986, he was convicted of bribing the chairman of the Chitimacha Indians for exclusive rights to lucrative bingo games on Indian land. Tonry appealed, arguing that bribery statutes applied only to money given to government officials. Native American leaders, he said, were not government officials, so the money wasn’t illegal. In open court, one of the judges, puzzled, asked Tonry — who was acting as his own lawyer — what he would call himself if not the purveyor of a bribe. “I guess you could just say,” Tonry chuckled, with stunning lack of political correctness, “that I’m an Indian giver.” Yes, Tonry won his appeal. But all that history — Faucheux, Livingston, balanced budgets, illicit payoffs — happened only because, 50 years ago tomorrow, Tonry managed to finish a distant second in a sleepy Democratic primary. Fate works in odd ways. Email Quin Hillyer at quin.hillyer@ theadvocate.com

What’s behind all the naked dressing? Brides should know that they alvealing manner could be to flatter the groom, to show the guys in the pews ready have a man. They don’t have to what they are missing. use their wedding to attract a date for It should be clear that I’m limiting Saturday night. They’ve supposedly secured one for the foreseeable future. this discussion to heterosexual pairThus, it’s hard to figure how the ings. Same-sex couples have their own fashion trend of “naked dressing,” rules. lamentable even at nightclubs, has Am I being unfair? I don’t think so. invaded the precincts of ancient Judgmental? Definitely. social custom. Displaying one’s At Studio 54, the late 1970s privates — or underwear — in disco of wild abandon, there public started as a fashion trend actually was a dress code — pushed by attention-hungry cethough it took up only one line. Women could get as naked lebrities. Now it’s walking down as they liked. Men, however, the aisle. Froma were not allowed to take out The traditional bridal dress is Harrop their “members” for display, if white for its association with puyou get my drift. rity, innocence and, yes, virginI know this because my husband, ity. OK, things change. before becoming a plumber, was one Brides still claim the white for its of Studio’s bartenders. “I couldn’t ensymbolic value, but many push other boundaries that were brick-walled in force this rule,” Craig recalls, “but I the past. Strapless dresses are comcould inform those who did.” Craig, as you might imagine, has mon. Whereas brides traditionally had seen it all, and remains generally nontheir arms modestly covered to the wrists, sleeveless has become a norm. judgmental on matters of provocative And the frontiers of cleavage display dress by women. Yet he was taken are continually being tested. aback last week when, walking down Suffice it to say, brides have the right a big city street in broad daylight, he to dress seductively even at a ceremo- passed a young woman who had wholeny crafted to broadcast that she is no heartedly embraced the naked dresslonger available. It’s their show. And ing aesthetic. if they want to entertain the congregaReader advisory: What follows may prove unsuitable for readers of delition by letting it see her skimpy panties through sheer fabric, well, I don’t cate sensibilities. (Bravo to you who have a vote here. still have them.) There’s another possible explanation. “She had this see-through top,” Craig One motive for dressing in this resaid. “You could see her nipples. You

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Rescued from floodwaters Authorities in Ohio and western Pennsylvania reported numerous water rescues. DeWine sent 40 Ohio Army National Guard members to help in two counties east of Columbus and he said dozens of local departments also responded to help, including from West Virginia. Floodwaters barged into Kaitlyn Rodgers’ home in Crooksville, Ohio, early Tuesday morning, reaching knee deep as it stranded her and her husband and four children. With the currents too strong to make it out themselves, they were rescued by firefighters in a boat in the predawn darkness. “Water just started pouring into the house,” she said. “Because of my house being very old, when the water was coming up I was very worried about the electric outlets that were on the floor, because there was water literally coming out of them, so I was afraid that my children were going to get shocked.” In Athens County, Ohio, nearly 300 people called 911 for help on Tuesday, including 42 involving vehicles stuck

in floods, with more calls Wednesday as high waters ﬂowed toward the Ohio River, said the emergency management director, Teresa FoutsImler. DeWine surveyed the hardest hit areas by helicopter on Wednesday and called the extent of the ﬂooding “stunning.” “These communities have been hit exceedingly hard in a historic way,” DeWine said during an afternoon news conference from Perry County. “They’ve been hit before with water challenges, but this is certainly the worst.”

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Breaking down Saints’ ﬁrst unofficial depth chart Staff writer

There are good reasons why unofficial depth charts put out every preseason are unofficial. Coaches rarely, if ever, put any effort into the exercise. They’re required by the NFL to be released ahead of every preseason contest. They don’t always reflect what is actually happening in practice. That said, every once ä Preseason in a while, they do conJaguars at Saints tain some pivotal infor3 P.M. SATURDAy,WAFB mation. The Saints unveiled their first depth chart this week before Saturday’s preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars. And like many others around the NFL, it requires context to determine what’s real — and what’s not. Let’s dig in.

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Saints running back Travis Etienne STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

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LSU coach Lane Kiffin watches players run drills during practice on Tuesday at the school’s practice facility. Kiffin is holding his players to a high standard. STAFF PHOTO By PEARL SPURLOCK

LSU coach Kiffin expects his players to behave like pros BY JON BLAU Staff writer

Pelicans’ in-season tournament schedule set Dates for games abroad vs. Spurs also announced BY ROD WALKER Staff writer

The New Orleans Pelicans now know the schedule for their four NBA Cup games. The NBA announced the schedule for group play of its annual in-season tournament Wednesday morning. The Pelicans, as announced in June, are in West Group B with the Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies, Los Angeles Clippers and Oklahoma City Thunder. The Pelicans get their ﬁrst two games at the Smoothie King Center, hosting the Timberwolves on Nov. 6 and the Grizzlies on Nov. 13. They will then hit the road to play the Thunder on Nov. 20 and the Clippers on Nov. 27. The NBA implemented the in-season tournament during the 2023-24 season. The 30 teams are divided into six groups of ﬁve

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Teams, including the Saints, love to use the “-OR-” option the league allows so that they don’t have to tip their hands on a starter. This year’s version for the Saints includes three uses of the method. The Saints’ starting running back, based on this depth chart, is either Travis Etienne OR Alvin Kamara. The Saints’ starting defensive end is Chase Young OR Carl Granderson. The Saints’ kicker is either Charlie Smyth OR Tanner Brown. Of those three, the kicking competition is

LSU coach Lane Kiffin has been at the center of controversies this offseason following a tense departure from Ole Miss. But aside from a pair of ex-Rebels being sued by Ole Miss for transferring to LSU after signing revenuesharing contracts, Kiffin’s players have stayed out of the headlines. “I don’t want to jinx that,” Kiffin said as the Tigers opened preseason camp last week, “but it has been really quiet that way.” It would stand to reason that there is more opportunity for distraction in the NIL era where athletes are essentially paid a salary and have the funds to buy fancy cars and throw blowout parties if they wanted to. But there’s another side to that coin. “You’re pros now,” Kiffin said, “and they get paid like it. And the expectation should be that they act like it.” There are no illusions of amateurism in Kiffin’s program. Tens of millions of dollars have been invested in LSU’s

roster for the 2026 season, securing some of the top talents available in the transfer portal. In exchange for their wages, athletes are expected to focus on football, whether it’s quarterback Sam Leavitt strictly adhering to his rehab regimen to return from last season’s foot injury, or left tackle Jordan Seaton stripping excess pounds from his 6-foot-5, 305-pound frame in conditioning. A roster with 40-plus transfers appears to have bought in, but that’s to be expected when their football services were literally bought. “That’s kind of just how they run this program,” LSU center Braelin Moore said this week. “It’s scheduled like a pro team would be. We’ve got to hold ourselves to that standard.” Kifﬁn swears he’s all business, removing alcohol and, most recently, social media from his life. The 51-year-old said he spends most of his time in LSU’s football facility, preparing for a pressure-packed season. There is a seriousness Kifﬁn expects from his players too.

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Southern DC Lyght conﬁdent in secondary BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

Todd Lyght has a vision for his defense. He’s known it for months before preseason camp. Southern’s defensive coordinator, a former 12-year NFL defensive back and Notre Dame defensive backs coach, has a philosophy shaped by his experiences as a player and coach. A dominant defense, in his eyes, is intelligent and aggressive. “Smart, fast, physical and tough,” Lyght said of the defense’s identity. “We want to play with relentless effort. We want to get after the quarterback. We want to play tough man-to-man coverage. Make it difﬁcult for the quarterback to get the ball down the ﬁeld, and obviously we want to create pressure and displace the offensive line in the run game.” To consistently dictate terms in Southwestern Athletic Conference games, Lyght will need the players at his old position to excel. Despite losing four significant contributors from last season, including Treylan James, now a redshirt junior at LSU, the coaching staff said they successfully reloaded. One player who is a major source of optimism in the secondary and likely the team’s best defender is redshirt junior safety Herman Brister. The preseason

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Southern defensive coordinator Todd Lyght watches an 11-on-11 session on Aug. 1 at the school’s practice fields.

All-SWAC ﬁrst-team defense selection is as proven as anyone. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound Brister was third on the team in total tackles (55) and second in solo tackles (36) in 10 games last season. The safety, while battling injuries, also had 11/ 2 tackles for loss, ﬁve pass breakups, two quarterback hurries and one forced fumble. He’s been at Southern since 2024 after starting his career at Air Force in 2023.

The Jaguars staff is high on their star’s physical gifts, competitiveness and leadership capabilities. Brister said at SWAC media day that he’s personally motivated not to have a repeat of last season. “It’s deﬁnitely a chip on my shoulder. I refuse to do what happened again last year,” the Southern Lab product said. “You can expect a different attitude out of me, and along with a lot of the other guys who were on the team last year. Even the newer guys are like, ‘I don’t want to be part of a 2-10 team.’ We know what’s at stake, and we know we’ve got to come out with a chip on our shoulder regardless.” Brister isn’t the only returner with playing experience. Redshirt sophomore safety Ty Lee played nine games and had 29 tackles. Redshirt sophomore cornerback Landon Carter had a late-season breakout, ending the year with a team-high two interceptions, two pass breakups and 20 tackles in 10 games. Carter had the team’s ﬁrst interception in the 10th game and returned it 46 yards for a touchdown against Alcorn State. He’s trending toward being a starter so far through camp. “Landon has done a phenomenal job,” Lyght said. “Obviously, as a young player, he needs to improve a little bit technically,

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Kushner, Iger agree to buy Lakers The blockbuster deal is $12.5B according to AP sources BY GREG BEACHAM AP sportswriter

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold for the second time in a year, going to businessmen Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for a record-breaking price. This sale agreement is $12.5 billion, according to a person familiar with the terms who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because neither side revealed speciﬁc details of the latest stunning development with one of North America’s marquee sports teams. ESPN ﬁrst reported that Kushner and Iger are buying the NBA’s most valuable franchise. The Lakers were valued last year at $10 billion — a record for a pro sports team — when Mark Walter purchased a controlling stake from the Buss family, which had owned the team since 1979. “As lifelong NBA fans, we are deeply honored for the opportunity to become stewards of the Los Angeles Lakers, one of the most iconic sports franchises in the world,” Iger and Kushner said in a statement. “We have immense respect for the leadership and vision of Jerry and Jeanie Buss. Our long-term commitment is to build on that foundation, compete at the highest level, and serve this extraordinary team, its fans, and the city of Los Angeles.” Kushner, a venture capitalist, and former Walt Disney Company CEO Iger had been working together on landing a possible NBA expansion team for Las Vegas. By buying the Lakers, they don’t have to wait until the possibility of expansion in the 2028-29 season at the earliest. Lakers icon Magic Johnson, a partner in Walter’s ownership of baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers, praised the deal on social media. “Laker fans, you couldn’t have two better owners,” Johnson wrote. “I’ve known Bob personally for over 40 years — he has always loved the Lakers and basketball and he will bring championships back to LA.”

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Crypto Arena is viewed before a Los Angeles Lakers game against the Memphis Grizzlies on Jan. 4 in Los Angeles. The sale still will need approval from the NBA’s board of governors, and that process can take several weeks. The next board meeting is set for September in New York. The $12.5 billion price tag is not only a record for U.S. pro sports but a new summit in skyrocketing NBA franchise values. Only three years ago, Michael Jordan sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets for a $3 billion valuation, while the Boston Celtics were sold last year to private equity mogul Bill Chisholm at a valuation of just over $6 billion. Walter’s agreement to purchase a controlling stake in the Lakers at the $10 billion valuation last summer obliterated that mark, and now Iger and Kushner have pushed the bar even higher. The 66-year-old Walter’s shocking decision to sell after just 10 months of ofﬁcial ownership is reverberating throughout the team’s massive fan base, which appeared to be uniformly excited about the purchase last year. Walter has stewarded the Dodgers into the most successful stretch in franchise history, with three World Series championships in the past six seasons as the most aggressive spenders in baseball. Multiple media outlets last month reported that Walter’s business empire is under scrutiny from both federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission in tax fraud investigations.

The Lakers are 17-time NBA champions who won their most recent title in 2020. They’ve made the playoffs in each of the past four seasons, and their current roster is built around NBA scoring champion Luka Doncic, who is signed through the 2028-29 season. The Slovenian superstar has become passionate about Los Angeles and the Lakers less than two years after his arrival. “Being a Laker means everything to me, and I’m excited to get back on the court and bring a championship to LA,” Doncic wrote on social media after hearing of the sale. “I’ve gotten used to big changes over these last few years, but I know that no matter what, there is no limit to the potential of this iconic franchise. I look forward to meeting Josh and Bob so we can get to work building something special in LA together.” The 41-year-old Kushner has been a minority owner of two NBA teams, but he jumped into the international sports spotlight this summer when his capital holding company, Thrive Eternal, was set to be the “anchor investor” in FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in future World Cup proﬁts. Infantino abandoned the idea on July 31. Kushner’s older brother is Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. Josh Kushner currently owns a minority stake in the Miami Heat, and he previously owned a stake in the Memphis Grizzlies.

The 75-year-old Iger became one of Hollywood’s most well-known executives while he ran Disney for two lengthy stints between 2005 and last March, when he stepped aside. Iger and his wife, former sports journalist Willow Bay, became the controlling owners of NWSL team Angel City FC in 2024 with a deal that valued the club at $250 million. Walter’s purchase of the Lakers was approved by NBA owners last October. He originally bought a 27% minority stake in the team in 2021 before purchasing control of the team last year. The Lakers’ 17 championships going back to the franchise’s origin in Minneapolis are the second-most in NBA history behind Boston’s 18. It is a global brand, always at or near the top of the league’s merchandise-sales rankings. This record sale price comes just weeks after LeBron James, the league’s all-time leading scorer, left the Lakers after eight seasons to become a free agent. James ultimately decided to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers. Walter and his team had already begun to make extensive changes to the Lakers, who were often perceived as an antiquated franchise in many aspects during their decades of Buss family ownership. The Lakers had beefed up their basketball operations department with new hires in the front ofﬁce around longtime general manager Rob Pelinka. They also boosted the business side with extensive searches for new revenue, including sales of new jersey patches and additional prominent sponsorship deals. When Walter bought his controlling interest in the Lakers, the deal specified that Jeanie Buss would stay on as the team’s governor. With new ownership, it’s unclear whether Buss will have a continuing role in the team she inherited along with her siblings from her father, Jerry Buss, who died in 2013. Along with the Dodgers, Walter and his various partners also have ownership interests in the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, English Premier League club Chelsea, the Professional Women’s Hockey League and the new Cadillac Formula 1 racing team.

Westbrook retires from NBA with farewell video The Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Russell Westbrook, the NBA’s career leader in triple-doubles and the 2017 MVP, announced Wednesday he’s retiring after 18 seasons during which he was selected to the league’s 75th anniversary team. The two-time scoring champion shared his decision on social media in a post featuring a video narrated by actor Michael B. Jordan where the guard never says a word. “Sometimes you don’t even know when you’ve already watched the end,” Westbrook

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Continued from page 1C teams each. The six group winners and two wild card teams advance to the knockout stage. The quarterfinals of the knockout stage are on Dec. 4 and Dec. 5. The semifinals are Dec. 8 and 9. The championship is set for Dec. 11 in Indianapolis after being held in Las Vegas the first three years. Two more games on the Pelicans’ schedule were announced in May. The Pelicans will play a pair of games against the San Antonio Spurs in Europe. The Pelicans will play the Spurs at Accor Arena in Paris, France,

wrote. “You had to be there. And now it’s over.” Westbrook was the No. 4 pick in 2008 out of UCLA by the Seattle SuperSonics, just before they moved to Oklahoma City. He played his ﬁrst 11 seasons with the Thunder and spent this past season with the Sacramento Kings. Westbrook led the NBA in assists three times and was a twotime MVP of the All-Star Game. He won an Olympic gold medal in the 2012 London Games. Westbrook leaves with 209 triple-doubles, the last on March 15. Nikola Jokic ranks second in that category with 198 going into this

season. Westbrook also holds the NBA mark for most triple-doubles in a season with 42 in 201617, when he earned his only MVP award. Thunder general manager Sam Presti called Westbrook “the ultimate competitor.” “His internal belief and unbridled fearlessness helped establish the foundation of our organization from day one in 2008 and he elevated the conﬁdence and inspired our community in every year thereafter,” Presti said in a statement. “Russell will be as successful in his life after basketball as he was during his career because

his qualities and gifts transfer. His impact on our community is still felt today, and he is beloved for his devotion as much as his talent.” Westbrook averaged double ﬁgures for points and assists in ﬁve of six seasons starting in the 201516 season. Westbrook also played for Houston, Washington, the Lakers and Clippers — splitting the 2022-23 season between the Los Angeles teams and Denver. Last season, Westbrook started 58 of the 64 games he played for Sacramento. He averaged 15.2 points and 6.7 assists.

on Jan. 14. Pelicans Three days later, the two teams center yves will play in Manchester, England, Missi pulls at Co-op Live. down a It’s part of the NBA’s multi-year slate of regular-season games in rebound Europe. against the “These games provide a unique Orlando platform to showcase our team, Magic our culture, and our community on April to global audiences while building meaningful relationships with 5 at the fans, partners, and communities Smoothie abroad,” Pelicans executive vice King Center. president of basketball operations STAFF PHOTO Joe Dumars said in May. “We are By DAVID grateful to be part of the NBA’s GRUNFELD continued international growth efforts, and we are excited to help grow the game globally and con- Europe will be broadcast on Prime announced Thursday. nect with new generations of bas- Video, the league announced ketball fans.” Wednesday. Email Rod Walker at Both of the Pelicans’ games in The entire NBA schedule will be rwalker@theadvocate.com.

LSU third baseman Tucker to play junior college ball

Freshman third baseman Luke Tucker will spend the 2027 season with McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, before rejoining LSU baseball whenever his time at McLennan comes to an end, Tucker announced on social media Wednesday. Tucker, a former Arkansas State commitment, was set to join LSU for this upcoming season after not being selected during the MLB Draft. LSU’s roster was set by the end of July, but after left-handed pitcher and fellow commit Logan Schmidt failed to agree on a contract with the Cleveland Guardians, Schmidt wound up at LSU, which ballooned the roster to 40 players. The addition of Schmidt meant LSU would need to trim its roster to 39 players before the start of the new school year. Tucker’s decision to play at a junior college next season opens up that roster spot while keeping him in the fold in the long term.

Starting UNC guard Trimble committing to Louisville

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — North Carolina guard Seth Trimble is transferring to Louisville and taking advantage of the recent preliminary injunction from a Colorado judge giving student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 a fifth season of eligibility for the upcoming year. ESPN reported Wednesday morning that Trimble committed to Louisville, a social media post shared by the Cardinals. Trimble thanked North Carolina fans in an Instagram post for “the best four years anyone could ask for.” He wrote that he gave his all to represent North Carolina every day.

NASCAR’s All-Star race returns to North Carolina

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — NASCAR’s All-Star race is returning to North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2027. The midseason exhibition is moving back to the 0.625-mile asphalt oval in the picturesque North Carolina foothills after a one-year stop at Dover Motor Speedway in Delaware. North Wilkesboro hosted the All-Star event for three years, from 2023-25. The May 23 race will be televised on Fox Sports. It also will be part of a tripleheader weekend that includes the Craftsman Truck Series on Friday and the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series on Saturday. Kyle Larson (2023), Joey Logano (2024) and Christopher Bell (2025) won the previous All-Star races at North Wilkesboro, with each taking home a $1 million prize. Logano also won this season’s race at North Wilkesboro, the ﬁrst points-paying race at the track since 1996.

Rockies third baseman Karros lands on 7-day IL

PHOENIX — The Colorado Rockies placed third baseman Kyle Karros on the seven-day concussion injured list on Wednesday. Karros was injured in a collision with teammate shortstop Ezequiel Tovar in the sixth inning of Tuesday night’s game, a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Karros was moving to his right in pursuit of the grounder as Tovar moved to his left and the two collided. Karros went down and received assistance from a trainer before being helped off the ﬁeld. Karros, the son of former major league ﬁrst baseman Eric Karros, is batting .265 with 10 homers and 44 RBIs for Colorado this season. The Rockies recalled infielder Adael Amador from Triple-A Albuquerque to replace Karros. Amador, 23, was batting .261 with 11 homers for Albuquerque.

Cadillac makes abrupt F1 team principal change

SILVERSTONE, England — Formula 1’s newest outfit Cadillac fired its first team principal, Graeme Lowdon, and replaced him with former Alpine director Marcin Budkowski on Wednesday Cadillac said the move was part of a “planned leadership transition as the organization evolves from its initial build phase into the next stage of racing performance,” though it hadn’t previously signaled it intended to move on from Lowdon, who played a key role setting up the General Motorsbacked team. It comes a week before the F1 season resumes with the Dutch Grand Prix after the mid-season break.

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Former NFL QB Hasselbeck part of latest CTE frontier BY DAVID BRANDT AP sportswriter

many similarities between Alzheimer’s and CTE because both are degenerative brain diseases, but there are also some key differences, and mapping out those discrepancies is key to figuring out a way to diagnose CTE properly. “We’ve applied what we’ve known worked for Alzheimer’s disease, but we’ve learned it does not work for CTE,” Alosco said. “We’ve really got to push discovery efforts and find the marker that’s specific to the protein of CTE versus Alzheimer’s because they’re different. “How we’re going to get there is through the research we’re doing right now.” Nicholas Ashton, the principal investigator in Phoenix, said roughly 10 patients have participated at the Arizona site. He said that currently, diagnosing CTE in the living is mostly guesswork because so many of the symptoms mimic Alzheimer’s. “The more people involved, the more information we get and the closer we get to an answer,” Ashton said. “Treatments exploded with Alzheimer’s once we were able to accurately diagnose. We’re trying to get to the same spot with CTE.”

PHOENIX — Matt Hasselbeck took some nasty hits to the head during his 17-year NFL career, four years at Boston College and a childhood full of sports, but the quarterback seems to have emerged from more than two decades of collisions relatively unscathed, enjoying middle adulthood with his wife and three children. The 50-year-old knows that some of his friends and former teammates haven’t been as lucky. That’s why the three-time Pro Bowl selection recently spent two days at Boston University, going through a battery of scans and tests to determine how much all those collisions affected his brain. The hope is that it will be a small step toward a goal that has eluded doctors — diagnosing chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the living. “They need guys like me — they need people who are feeling good to step up to the plate and volunteer,” Hasselbeck said. “I played quarterback, so I didn’t take some of the hits that a lot of my teammates took. “But the guys who were blocking for me, or playing special teams, or trying to get the ball back for me on defense, Eye-opening tests I wanted to do something. They Hasselbeck said he went had my back, so in a way I’d through a variety of mental like to have their back.” tests — like counting backward from 100 by sevens CTE’s harsh spotlight and reciting the alphabet A degenerative brain dis- backward. He also had a ease that has been linked to blood sample taken, an MRI concussions and other head on his brain and a PET (positrauma common in military tron emission tomography) combat and contact sports, scan that injects a small CTE has been diagnosed in amount of safe radioactive more than 100 former NFL tracer that maps out the players, casting a pall over brain’s function. the United States’ most popuThe former quarterback lar sports league. Some high- said the procedures were proﬁle football players diag- eye-opening and humbling. “I’ve got a healthy respect nosed with CTE after their deaths include Hall of Famers for people who are dealing like linebacker Junior Seau with serious brain trauma, and quarterback Ken Stabler, whether it’s tumors or canalong with former Patriots cer,” Hasselbeck said. “I tight end Aaron Hernandez. walked in there feeling comRight now, CTE can only pletely healthy and you still get a little anxious when be diagnosed after death. CTE can affect regions of you’re doing a brain scan, the brain involved with reg- an MRI. You come out and ulating behavior and emo- you’re looking at your brain.” Hasselbeck also is donattions. This can lead to memory loss, depression, violent ing his brain for research mood swings and other cog- after he dies. Not everyone in the study nitive and behavioral issues, though researchers note is a famous former NFL these symptoms can also be player. Bryan Savage, a 56-yearlinked to other illnesses. Hasselbeck’s participation old who lives in Maryland, is just a small part of a study is a former linebacker at that Michael Alosco, co-di- Union College in Schenectrector of clinical research at ady, New York — an NCAA the Boston University CTE Division III school. He travCenter, hopes will expand eled to Boston for the study to hundreds of participants and also has committed to in multiple locations. Alosco donating his brain. is the principal investigator Savage said he’s lucky to in Boston and there are also be relatively healthy but sites in California, Arizona, that he’s been diagnosed Texas and Florida with po- with depression and ADHD over the past few years. tentially more to come. The study seeks two types “I was interested because of people: Those who played of some of the things that I’ve professional or college foot- gone through physically and ball and those who have mentally,” Savage said. “You been diagnosed with Al- wonder if it’s just getting older, zheimer’s disease and never a midlife crisis or if it’s related played contact or collision to any brain trauma I might sports and have no history have had playing football.” of repetitive head impacts. Savage praised the reAlosco said there are searchers who were with

him during the study and said he was relieved to ﬁnd out his brain scans look normal for a man in his mid-50s. He’s reached out to some of his former teammates, encouraging them to get involved in the study. “I’ll talk to some of my former friends and they’re going through a lot of the same things,” Savage said. “They’ll say — ‘Why do I feel like this? I’ve never been depressed. Things that I used to be passionate about I don’t care about anymore.’ ” Alosco said the main reason Alzheimer’s research is much more advanced than CTE research is sheer numbers: Alzheimer’s research dates back decades and there have been countless people who have been studied. By comparison, CTE research is relatively new. Volunteers like Hasselbeck and Savage are crucial to bridge the gap. The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring the current study, awarding $15 million for the research in 2025. “The (Alzheimer’s progress) is through years and years of research, of people donating their brains, and also collecting data during life,” Alosco said. “While we’ve been studying CTE for a while, we haven’t had the point where we’ve had all this data during life, that have also donated their brain. We need to get to that place.” He added: “I’m really hopeful about detecting CTE — I don’t think that’s too distant. Once we can accurately diagnose, that’s when we can start some treatment trials.”

Culture in NFL changing Hasselbeck — who played in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks, Tennessee Titans and Indianapolis Colts — said he had three concussions before he even started college, one playing football, another on the basketball court and another while gooﬁng around while ice skating. He had a few concussions during his college or NFL career, but he wasn’t sure of the exact number because some might have gone undetected since there was a culture of toughness in locker rooms, particularly early in his career. Hasselbeck’s pro career spanned from 1998 to 2015 and the quarterback said there was a huge change regarding head injuries during that time. Early in his career, the only acceptable answer after a hit to the head was “I’m good,” but by the mid 2010s, players were much more honest about potential concussions. Hasselbeck’s proud of that change. Now he hopes his participation in the current CTE study can continue that progress. “I’ve always had a passion for making the game safer,” Hasselbeck said. “I love football. One of the things I’m most proud of as an NFL guy is not just as a player, but the entire time I worked with the league and NFLPA for ways to make the game safer.”

SEC commish reminds schools to follow NCAA eligibility rules BY TERESA M. WALKER Associated Press

Commissioner Greg Sankey wants everyone in the Southeastern Conference to move carefully when adding players suddenly allowed by court rulings to seek a ﬁfth year of eligibility. Sankey sent a memo to league members on the landscape created by court filings and rulings being “highly dynamic,” a person familiar with the memo told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because of the volume of lawsuits, motions and courts involved. The memo, sent Tuesday, was ﬁrst reported by

CBS Sports. Sankey reminded SEC members that they should operate under existing NCAA rules, interpretations and applicable league rules until advised otherwise. He told them each school’s compliance ofﬁce should work with SEC staff before making any commitments on a player’s eligibility. “Recent court rulings should not be interpreted as creating broader eligibility relief beyond the scope of the applicable orders,” Sankey wrote. “In addition, SEC eligibility rules, including those relating to intraconference transfers, remain in ef-

fect until fully or individually waived, or the rule is changed.” The NCAA is appealing a preliminary injunction from a Colorado judge giving student-athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 a ﬁfth season of eligibility for the upcoming year. Tennessee announced forward Jalen Washington’s signing Aug. 5. The former Vanderbilt player was the lead plaintiff in a Tennessee chancery court along with 18 given a temporary injunction to retain their eligibility on July 31 — hours before the federal judge issued the injunction in Colorado.

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Scottie Scheffler hits from the second tee during the first round of the 3M Open on July 23 at the Tournament Players Club in Blaine, Minn.

Scheffler begins chase for FedEx title PGA Tour playoffs begin in Memphis

The Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The PGA Tour postseason starts with a $20 million tournament, with only a 69-man field, and with a sense of urgency for only about half of the players at the FedEx St. Jude Championship. Scottie Scheffler is the No. 1 seed and bracing for three straight postseason tournaments, even though his chances of winning the FedEx Cup for the second time depend solely on how he performs at East Lake for the season-ending Tour Championship. “I have three tournaments, three good starts to kind of end the year. Deﬁnitely excited to get this week going,” Schefﬂer said. He has played the TPC Southwind seven times, the most of any course on the PGA Tour without ever having won. Those outside the top 50 in the FedEx Cup — Jordan Spieth the most prominent at No. 54 and Jackson Koivun at No. 70 despite turning pro only in June — have great urgency. Their season is over if they don’t move into the top 50 and advance to St. Louis for the BMW Championship. And then there’s Rory McIlroy at No. 12, already set for the Tour Championship. He skipped the TPC Southwind last year because there was no point in playing. But he’s back this year, perhaps because the

Masters champion has played only 11 times on the PGA Tour this season. “A few different things went into that decision. I think having four weeks off going into the last two events of the year was probably going to be a little too much for me in terms of wanting to be competitive,” McIlroy said. “So this is a good week. Obviously I want to play well, but it’s also a good week to just see where my game is, do a lot of practice, or as much as I can in the heat.” McIlroy won’t reach the minimum 15 tournament required for PGA Tour membership, though there are enough exceptions — his home circuit is the Europe tour and McIlroy is a life member with his 30 wins — that it probably won’t be an issue. Membership is required to vote on such items as PGA Tour player of the year, and that might be the most compelling part of this year’s postseason before the tour completes its journey through the sweltering heartland before arriving in sweltering Atlanta. No one has stood out this year. Cameron Young, who won The Players Championship, might have been the front runner until Ryan Fox made that memorable birdie on the 18th hole at Royal Birkdale to win the British Open. McIlroy has only one win this year, which he wouldn’t trade — the Masters. Schefﬂer has only one win — his ﬁrst start of the year in the California desert — but he

has five runner-up finishes and had top-4 finishes in all but one of the majors. He’s still the player to beat, even though he has beaten the field only once this year. Matt Fitzpatrick and Chris Gotterup have three wins. Wyndham Clark’s two wins include the U.S. Open. Fox and PGA champion Aaron Rai have only one win. Any of them winning the FedEx Cup might go along way toward getting the Jack Nicklaus Award. “If you value winning the biggest tournaments, you would say it could be Cameron Young and Wyndham Clark,” McIlroy said. “Matt Fitzpatrick has had a great year. Scottie’s had an unbelievably consistent year without the wins that he’s had the last couple years. Again, it all depends on what you value. I guess I value like the bigger tournaments and guys having the bigger moments.” It all starts to unfold Thursday at a tournament where the heat is expected to be stifling, as usually is the case in August. The end of the season is near, and so is the St. Jude Championship. The PGA Tour already has said it will not be part of the top-tier “Championship Series” in 2028. For now, it remains as important as any tournament on the PGA Tour. The top 50 after this week are assured of all the $20 million signature events for the following season, and it keeps alive hopes of reaching the Tour Championship, where everyone starts over and the winner gets the FedEx Cup.

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SAINTS OBSERVATIONS

Shough, offense still searching for footing BY LUKE JOHNSON

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Staff writer

Not to sound like a broken record, but the 11th Saints training camp practice followed a similar trend to the 10 before it: The first-team offense is struggling against the starting defense. There have been moments, and even entire days, where the offense has looked like the unit that was generating so much optimism at the outset of training camp. And, with three sets of joint practices and three preseason games to go before the regular season kicks off, there is still plenty of time to get there. It is far, far too early to press a panic button. But the Saints do need to start seeing it more consistently. “It definitely needs to get there,” coach Kellen Moore said. “It’s training camp, it’s a work in progress. We need to play more consistent football and we have to get there. That’s what this time of year is about.” The pads came off for Wednesday’s practice and the team moved out from under the harsh South Louisiana sun into the indoor facility. It was a lighter session that ran a little less than 90 minutes. But in three team periods, the offense never found a rhythm. Second-year quarterback Tyler Shough completed his first two passes, both under duress from a pass rush that has harassed him for much of camp, then misfired on his next four pass attempts to close practice. On the optimistic side, two of those incompletions went to Chris Olave — optimistic because that pair, in particular, hasn’t seemed

Odds and ends

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Saints quarterback Tyler Shough prepares to hand off during a training camp practice on Tuesday at the team’s practice facility in Metairie. to be on the same page throughout camp ever since Olave returned from his “hold-in” contract standoff with the team. One incompletion came on a deep shot to Olave in double coverage, and the other glanced off Olave’s hands on a slant. Shough and Olave were great together last season, and it feels like a matter of time before they start clicking again. But the issues have seemed to go deeper than that one connection. The pressure from the Saints defensive line has been relentless (Carl Granderson, Chase Young, Nathan Shepherd and Khristian Boyd all affected plays with their rush Wednesday), and there have been plenty of moments throughout camp where Shough extends plays only to have to throw it away because nobody

has broken free. On the first-team’s final four snaps, all in the red zone where the team struggled a year ago, it found no breathing room. It ended on a Young sack. This sort of stuff happens in training camp — especially considering all that is new on offense and all that are returning on defense. But an improved offense is one of the main drivers of Saints optimism, and that unit has yet to prove that optimism is well-placed. Thursday’s joint practice against the Jacksonville Jaguars should provide a clearer image on where they stand.

Wednesday: Running backs Kendre Miller (back) and Devin Neal (hamstring), receivers Devaughn Vele (rest) and Mason Tipton (leg), defensive linemen Davon Godchaux (ankle) and John Ridgeway (back), linebacker Chris Rumph (ankle) and defensive back Rejzohn Wright (hip).

Play of the day

n For as much as the offense has struggled to find its rhythm throughout this training camp, running back Travis Etienne looks as much like the real deal as he can without the contextual benefit of live tackling. He is patient when finding his holes and incredibly quick to get through them when they develop. n The Saints frequently rotated players on and off the field with the first-team unit Wednesday. Jonas Sanker moved back to safety (with Jayden Price playing firstteam star) while Julian Blackmon and Justin Reid split snaps. The regular interior of the offensive line often checked out after a play or two, yielding the field to Jeremiah Wright (right guard), Cesar Ruiz (center) and William Sherman (left guard). Moore said that was a planned way to ease off the reps for starters. n There were several notable issues with the snaps from centers Wednesday. Starter Erik McCoy airmailed one over Shough on one team rep, while Zach Wilson had consecutive reps interrupted by either a low snap or a bad exchange under center. This was an issue with the Saints during training camp last season, too, but it never manifested during the regular season. n The Saints are going to use the controlled environment of joint practices to get their starters work. Moore said Wednesday that most of his starters will be held out for the team’s preseason opener against the Jaguars.

Rookie receiver Bryce Lance has put together a couple of nice practices now, and Wednesday he showed off his improved physicality when he made a leaping catch through contact in the end zone for a 30-yard touchdown from Spencer Rattler. While that play went down in the reporter’s notebooks Attendance as a touchdown pass for Rattler, The following players were it was really made possible by the Email Luke Johnson at not present for Saints practice effort from Lance to go up and ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

SAINTS McCarthy and Heidenreich’s Pittsburgh homecomings get real

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BY WILL GRAVES AP sportswriter

PITTSBURGH — The vibes for Mike McCarthy and Eli Heidenreich over the last few months have been immaculate. How could they not be? The chance for McCarthy to lead his hometown team brought the first-year Pittsburgh Steelers coach to tears when he was hired in January. The image last April of Heidenreich walking onto the draft stage in full Naval dress uniform outside Acrisure Stadium — just a few miles from the Mount Lebanon neighborhood where he grew up — felt like something out of a movie. Their respective homecomings have provided plenty of “fairy tale” narratives during an eventful offseason for the typically lowkey Steelers. And while there will be a little bit of “hey, is this really happening?” on Thursday night when they walk onto the field for the first time as the Steelers host Green Bay in the preseason opener, they’re both aware of the reality check that awaits under the lights. “Naturally, there’s some people that might assume that it was like you said, like a hometown pick or whatever, whatever someone wants to say,” Heidenreich said. “But I’m here to play football, and that’s it.” Good thing, because evolving from a seventh-round flyer following a record-setting career at Navy — where he set program marks for career receiving yards and receiving touchdowns — into an NFL roster spot will take some doing. Nobody knows that more than the 6-foot, 206-pound Heidenreich, who politely dismissed comparisons between himself and San Francisco 49ers running back and 2023 NFL Offense Player of the Year Christian McCaffrey. Both are on the smaller side, sure. And yes, both are shifty. But one came to the league as a Heisman Trophy finalist and a firstround pick. And it wasn’t Heidenreich. “He’s a fantastic player and one of the best to ever do it,” he said. “And he’s just someone that I look up to and really try to do my best to model him in certain ways. But yeah, I do see the (comparisons) and I know people get pretty fired up one way or the other about them.” Heidenreich wants no part of that discussion. He’s too focused on trying to carve out a niche in

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Pittsburgh Steelers running back Eli Heidenreich participates in the team’s training camp in Latrobe, Pa., on July 29. Pittsburgh, where his best chance to avoid getting cut for the first time in his life will be as a contributor on special teams. While the chance for reps at running back might be difficult to come by — though Heidenreich has basically attached himself to backfield coach Ramon Chinyoung since camp started — his elusiveness could make him an intriguing option as a kick returner. Whether Heidenreich gets any opportunities against the Packers in front of dozens of friends and family members who will make the short drive to Acrisure Stadium is uncertain. He tweaked his hamstring recently, which limited him for a stretch, though his No. 29 was noticeable during a walkthrough on Tuesday. Either way, it figures to be a “pinch-me” type of moment when he jogs onto the field and looks up, a point of view that will be markedly different from the one he enjoyed as a fan. “It’s an honor to just get out there and play in that stadium,” he said. “I think that’s the best way for me to put it. It’s something that I have dreamed of for a long time.” How long the dream lasts now that he’s exchanged his fandom for a uniform with his name across the back is up to him. “Preseason is really important,” he said. “So I’ve got to put my best foot forward and be locked in when I get there.”

The same goes for McCarthy, though perhaps for different reasons. He’s walked onto the turf a handful of times during his career, but has never stood on the home sideline. He figures the significance will start to hit as he makes the drive in. The fact that he gets to begin what is likely the final chapter of his head coaching career against the team where it all began makes it just a little sweeter. “Obviously, having a personal and professional connection to Green Bay, that’s part of my life,” he said. Of course, all the nostalgia will wear off once the ball is kicked. Then the more pressing needs of the moment — like figuring out how much progress his group has made during his first camp and seeing what he has to work with in young quarterbacks Will Howard and Drew Allar — will take over. And in a way, it will be a relief. While he has embraced all the trappings of being the hometown boy made good, the Steelers didn’t hire him to curry favor with the fanbase but to win games. The process starts in earnest on Thursday. “I just want to see these young guys play,” he said. “I want to see how they play connected to each other. The pre-snap of the operation, having an understanding of what’s in front of them ... This is what these games are for.”

the only spot where there’s a legitimate battle taking place. The Saints gave Etienne a four-year, $52 million contract in the offseason, and he’s taken almost all the reps with the starters — he’s going to be their No. 1 back. Young and Granderson, meanwhile, are often lined up on opposite ends. The main reason they’re listed on the same line is so that Cam Jordan — who has 228 straight starts — gets to preserve his streak. But in terms of playing time, Young and Granderson take the majority of snaps with Jordan coming in third. But Smyth and Brown have been razor-close in camp. The battle took another turn Tuesday when the Saints rotated the kickers by the snap rather than have them kick on alternate days, which they had done previously. The preseason will be crucial for each of them. Elsewhere, the Saints (thankfully) did not play any games as it relates to their rookies. Sometimes, rookies are intentionally buried on the depth chart so that they can “earn” their place. But the Saints listed ﬁrst-round pick Jordyn Tyson as a starting receiver because he is a starting receiver. Similarly, second-round defensive tackle Christen Miller, fourth-round receiver Bryce Lance, fourth-round guard Jeremiah Wright and sixth-round wide receiver Barion Brown are all listed with the second team. Fifth-round safety Lorezno Styles and seventh-round cornerback T.J. Hall are listed later on the depth chart. That appropriately reflects how their snaps have been divided, for the most part.

What’s not

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Saints running back Audric Estime runs a drill during training camp on July 29 at the team’s practice facility in Metairie.

the Saints have very much experimented with the orders of the others. On Tuesday’s release, the Saints have Kendre Miller listed as the third-string running back. Would that be the case if the regular season started this weekend? That’s debatable. For one, Miller has been sidelined with a back injury and the longer his absence lingers, the tougher it may become for the 24-year-old to make the ﬁnal roster. Second-year running back Devin Neal, listed fourth, also has been hampered by a hamstring injury. But even with the injuries to the two backs, Audric Estime’s emergence may be quickly making the ﬁrst depth chart already outdated. Estime, who appeared in seven games last season for New Orleans, has impressed enough that he earned reps with the starters during Tuesday’s practice. As for other quibbles, Chris Rumph being listed as a secondstring linebacker came as a minor surprise. Before he went down with an ankle injury, he was mostly working with the third team — although he did get some occasional reps with the 2’s. Some of the offensive linemen could also arguably be put in other spots. Xavier Truss, listed as the second-string right tackle, has played a lot of guard this camp. Joshua Kilty, listed at fourthstring left guard, has been the third-team center of late. Dillon Radunz, before his season-ending ACL injury, was primarily at right guard but was listed at left. Of course, there’s time for all of this to change by the regular season. Camp battles last throughout training camp, and coaches consistently tinker with lineups. That’s why putting too much stock into one chart can be dangerous. But it’s fun for us football sickos, nonetheless.

For one, the Saints can’t have 12 defenders on their starting defense. New Orleans, likely in an effort to avoid confusion between base and nickel packages, listed a third safety after the first 11 positions. In reality, that third safety spot — led by Jonas Sanker, followed by Jayden Price and Styles — reflects how the Saints are utilizing the “Star,” or inside cornerback. When the Saints trot out three cornerbacks, that means a defensive tackle is often coming off the field. The difference on the chart is appreciated but still worth noting in case there’s any confusion. Beyond that, the listed order of running backs is one position that doesn’t necessarily feel right. As mentioned, Etienne is the clearcut starter. While Kamara has Email Matthew Paras at matt. been a steady No. 2 behind him, paras@theadvocate.com

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Six games you won’t want to miss out on

Matchups that could play key role in CFP field BY MAURA CAREY AP sportswriter

From early-season heavyweight clashes to conference rivalry games, the road to the College Football Playoff could come down to a handful of marquee matchups. Here are six mustwatch games that could shape the playoff race in 2026: STAFF FILE PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

Ascension Catholic quarterback Gregory Fernandez scrambles during the Division IV select state championship game against Riverside Academy on Dec. 11 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Challenge accepted

Ascension Catholic aims to improve on state runner-up finish BY JACKSON REYES

Staff writer

Key offensive returners

While Simon is gone, the team returns several notable offensive players, including Fernandez, who started every game last year. “Anytime you’ve got your starting quarterback back, it’s an added bonus,” James said. “He’s been very impressive to say the least.” James said last year Fernandez worked toward winning the starting job, and learned to lead the team as a sophomore. This offseason, he’s seen Fernandez look more comfortable leading the offense. Fernandez was a threat through the air and on the ground, combining for more than 1,500 yards with seven passing touchdowns and eight rushing TDs. The team also returns leading receivers Cy Landry and Johnny Viallon, both seniors, three-year starters and all-district players. James’ emphasis is always on the offensive line, and the Bulldogs return three starters up front and another who got playing time last season for a unit that cleared the way for Simon. Senior Cole Cassard and juniors Dayveon Geason and Hayden Turner also return bolster the offensive line. “A very high IQ football-wise,” Replacing running back James said about Cassard at cenOne of the keys for the Bulldogs ter. “He gets us all set and lined is replacing star running back up front. We wouldn’t be able to do Trevin Simon, who is now at Vir- much without him.” Geason is another player James ginia Military Institute. Simon leaves big shoes to fill is excited about. The junior has after he set single-season state re- grown nearly four inches and addcords for yards rushing (3,994) and ed 40 pounds this offseason. “For Ascension Catholic, that’s a rushing touchdowns (58). “That’s the million-dollar ques- legacy thing,” James said about his tion, right?” James said. “I told offensive line. “You’re expected to all those guys, you can’t take their be very good up front.” place; nobody’s going to be Trevin Simon. They’re going to have to Key defensive returners figure out how to do the job their The Bulldogs return most of own way. “ their production at linebacker and Junior Caden Mays, who trans- defensive back. Ascension Catholic brings back ferred from Riverside last year, will look to take over at running All-Metro players in seniors John Rob Daigle at linebacker and Juback. Key returners like senior Jacob lien at defensive back. Julien and junior quarterback Julien, a dynamic athlete, scored Gregory Fernandez will offer touchdowns at quarterback, wide strong support in the backfield. receiver and running back last One of the biggest questions Ascension Catholic coach Taylor James dealt with this offseason is whether there will be a championship hangover. Ascension Catholic finished as the runner-up in the Division IV select state title game last year in James’ first season as head coach. James talked to his team to discuss what they learned from the experience, and how they can continue to grow from it. He said the talk reset their focus on using the offseason to get 1% better each day. “I think it shows the maturity of your team if you’re able to move past that,” James said of a 31-21 loss to Riverside Academy in the Caesars Superdome. With the 2026 season approaching, the Bulldogs will look to contend again for a state title. This year, they’ll do it in a new district, after the LHSAA moved them to District 10-1A. The Bulldogs join 2025 state champion Riverside and 2024 state champion South Plaquemines in what should be a powerful 10-1A.

SOUTHERN

Continued from page 1C but he’s working on that every day, and he’s becoming a player that’s going to be very productive for us.” Southern has 20 players in the secondary listed on the roster, including seven transfers and five true freshmen. One shared trait that has impressed Lyght is speed, which should help Southern in its goal to force more turnovers. “That’s a big emphasis for us,” Lyght said. “We know turnovers create wins, and you know there’s a big emphasis on the ball. You know we want to go after the ball whenever it’s on the ground. So guys are picking it up, constantly working on their scooping and scoring ability, and making sure that we stay in the dominant position on up-ﬁeld routes and trying to win at the end of the route to make sure that we create turnovers.” Dropping would-be interceptions became a habit for Southern the last couple of seasons. It was 11th in the SWAC in interceptions both in 2025 and 2024. The Jaguars had four picks last season compared to seven in 2024. The last time they were in the top half of the conference in interceptions was in 2022 when they were third with 13. Southern appeared in the conference championship

that season. Transfer additions who could help the Jaguars get more takeaways and defend passes are 6-2 Pace University transfer Denzel Williams, a redshirt senior, and 6-3 Eastern Illinois transfer Kiwaun Davis, a redshirt junior. “They’ve been playing really well,” Lyght said. “You know, Denzel is going to have an integral part in playing in our safety spot. And then also, Kiwaun has great length, great athleticism. We got to get him a little bit more urgent in his presnap readiness, but you know when he does that, and he’s locked in, he’s going to go to another level.” Coach Marshall Faulk doesn’t expect a handful of his defensive players to be playmakers. The Pro Football Hall of Famer wants a bevy of names involved, because he trusts his depth and wants to keep players fresh for the full season. “We got beat last year because we didn’t have enough depth,” Faulk said. “Second half in games, our guys were gassed. We can’t allow that to happen, especially early (in the season). We got to play a lot of guys till they get their game legs under them. So you can’t wear guys out, you can’t wear them down. You actually have to protect them from themselves, because they think they can go and they don’t know.” Southern’s secondary will be no different as several players should be involved this season.

season. At defensive back, he totaled seven interceptions, 37 tackles, four pass deﬂections and one fumble recovery. “(Julien) can do everything for us offensively,” James said. “Then he’s probably one of the best defensive backs in the state.” Daigle returns after he had 165 tackles as a junior. Sophomore Raif Melancon also returns after he totaled 130 tackles. Versatile Landon Thomas, another transfer, will be another player to watch. “He’s been a guy that we can move all over the place, put him on the defensive line, put him in at linebacker,” James said of Thomas. “He’s hard to handle on defense.” The team’s big challenge this year will be at defensive line after the team graduated four of its top players. “That was going to be the big question mark,” James said. “That was going to be the big thing that we had to learn.” Kole Folse has shown he’s ready to have a big season. “I told the guys the other day, we almost can’t block him sometimes,” James said. “He plays with a high motor.”

New district challenges While District 10-1A offers some unfamiliar opponents, one of the biggest challenges isn’t on the ﬁeld — it’s getting to new venues. “In a new district, we’re used to going one way and now we’re going a whole other way,” James said. “The time of travel is different.” The team’s travel time has almost doubled. “We have two buses for our whole school,” he said. “Logistics are a big deal for us.” James has requested more Friday night games this year, with travel times for some games going from 30 minutes to more than 21/ 2 hours. “The main thing is you always have to know where your feet are,” James said. “Our kids have done a good job, and it’s probably more of a trial by ﬁre type of thing.”

Ohio State at Texas, Sept. 12 Steve Sarkisian and Ryan Day match wits again as both teams get an early-season measuring stick game after failing to meet expectations in 2025. A Week 1 loss to the Buckeyes left the Longhorns fighting an uphill battle with little room for error throughout the rest of the season. Texas ultimately fell short of the 12-team CFP while the Buckeyes lost their last two games, the latter in the CFP quarterﬁnals. Julian Sayin vs. Arch Manning will get the headlines but last year’s 14-7 win by Ohio State is a reminder that the best-prepared defense may rule the day. The Buckeyes are reloading on defense — including three spots on the line — while Texas has four of its starting offensive linemen back. Both teams have stacked schedules — Texas faces the likes of Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU and Texas A&M and Ohio State has Indiana, Oregon, USC and Michigan — so a win here helps set the tone.

LSU at Ole Miss, Sept. 19 One of the most intriguing games of the year, an emotionally charged revenge game on paper for Ole Miss, as Lane Kiffin returns to Oxford, Mississippi, for the first time since his awkward departure for LSU in December. Trinidad Chambliss is a Heisman contender again for the Rebels. Will Leavitt said he couldn’t be happier after transferring in for the Tigers. Besides the obvious tension, the matchup could help shape the playoff race early. As contenders but not necessarily favorites in the SEC, Ole Miss and LSU could find themselves fighting for an atlarge bid. A win here could make all the difference come playoff selection time, especially with both teams facing schedules that leave little room for error.

Georgia at Alabama, Oct. 10 The SEC’s two most dominant programs over the past decade meet in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with plenty of recent history hanging over the matchup. Georgia had its 33-game home winning streak snapped by Alabama with a 24-21 defeat in 2025, but the Bulldogs later got revenge with an SEC championship game rout. Both teams now enter the season with plenty at stake. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer faces pressure to keep the Crimson Tide in national title contention following Ty Simpson’s departure for the NFL. Kirby Smart looks to ﬁ-

LSU

Continued from page 1C “We do a lot of football. Like, a lot,” said safety Ty Benefield, who transferred from Boise State. “You see guys when they’re tired, you see guys when they’re at their lowest … that chemistry is being built every second of every day.” Kiffin aims to make things fun, rolling a basketball hoop into the team meeting room for impromptu shot-making contests or one-onones. At the same time, the Tigers have to meet their film-study requirements. They can’t miss workouts. They have to perform during a fast-paced, intense preseason camp. Even when they’re not physically on the field, they can be virtually present through a virtual-reality system that’s been integrated into LSU’s training methods. “Part of that is how you run your program, what chooses you,” Kiffin said of his team’s lack of disciplinary issues. “They see how you do things; that’s what they choose and what they become attracted to.” Kiffin has expressed concerns in the past about the influence of money in college football, wondering aloud if getting paid before reaching the pro ranks has sapped motivation and drive from some

STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

LSU quarterback Sam Leavitt takes a snap before handing the ball off on Monday at fall practice.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO

Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton is brought down by Alabama defensive lineman Tim Keenan during the SEC championship game Dec. 6 in Atlanta.

nally secure a regular-season win against Alabama. This one could have major implications beyond just SEC standings.

Ohio State at Indiana, Oct. 17 Indiana was untouchable in 2025, as coach Curt Cignetti and a haul of transfers — including quarterback Fernando Mendoza — put together a 16-0 season and claimed the Hossiers’ first national title. The final four wins were a murderer’s row: Ohio State, Alabama, Oregon and Miami. It will be difficult to go through the Big Ten unscathed. A road win here would reassert the Buckeyes as a top dog in a rugged conference.

Miami at Notre Dame, Nov. 7 It’s safe to assume grudges are still being held in South Bend, Indiana, after Miami beat the Fighting Irish in the opener and then ﬁnished ahead of Notre Dame in the rankings to claim a playoff spot this past season. Both teams enter the season with extra motivation to win it all and rosters capable of pulling it off. While Miami can return to the playoff by winning an Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title, this is one of the few statementmaking opportunities for the Irish, who have a relatively low strength of schedule.

BYU at Utah, Nov. 7 Morgan Scalley’s debut season as Utah coach will include an edition of the Holy War that could play a big role (again) in the Big 12 race and the playoff berths available the ﬁrst week of December. There’s new staff in place and new faces, too, including two replacements for NFL draft picks on the offensive line. BYU held on to coach Kalani Sitake, has quarterback Bear Bachmeier and RB LJ Martin back, and is coming off a 12-2 season loaded with big wins and only a pair of losses to Texas Tech. The Cougars will be itching to erase that runner-up ﬁnish and crack the CFP.

Honorable mention Oklahoma at Michigan (Sept. 12), Houston at Texas Tech (Sept. 19), SMU at Louisville (Sept. 19), Miami at Clemson (Oct. 3), USC at Penn State (Oct. 10), Texas at Texas A&M (Nov. 27).

sometimes — or human beings, in general, for that matter. But the only court proceedings involving current LSU football players are in the civil realm, where Ole Miss has sued edge rusher Princewill Umanmielen and offensive lineman Devin Harper for allegedly breaking their revenue-sharing contracts by transferring to LSU. When asked if he was aware of Umanmielen and Harper’s buyout payments before he pursued them in the transfer portal, and how he hoped those contract matters would be resolved, Kiffin declined to comment. “Yeah, I really don’t get into that,” he said. Kiffin will hope he doesn’t have many cases to comment on this season. He believes he’s had a “good run” of good behavior off the field. He hopes the right players have “chosen” his program and his philosophies. They are asked to live as pros, on and off the field, because that’s what they are now. “We’ve been grinding … it’s been a grind since I got here in January,” Leavitt said of his relationship with Kiffin and his coaching staff. “Winning helps a little bit as well. So probably, down the road, it’s going to get even better.”

athletes. But there is a flip side to paying college athletes. “Where before it was you get in trouble, and maybe you lose a scholarship,” Kiffin said, “now you’re talking about a lot of money at stake when you make these mistakes.” It remains to be seen whether Kiffin’s standards are maintained throughout the season because 18- to 22-year-old athletes aren’t always the most sound decision- Email Jon Blau at jon.blau@ makers. Neither are actual pros theadvocate.com

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL American League East Division

National League East Division

Tampa Bay New York Boston Toronto Baltimore

W 74 67 64 59 58

L 46 52 56 63 63

Pct .617 .563 .533 .484 .479

GB — 6½ 10 16 16½

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

Chicago Minnesota Detroit Cleveland Kansas City

W 62 60 59 59 49

L 57 62 61 62 72

Pct .521 .492 .492 .488 .405

GB — 3½ 3½ 4 14

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh

Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

W 62 60 56 47 46

L 60 60 64 74 74

Pct .508 .500 .467 .388 .383

GB — 1 5 14½ 15

Central Division

West Division

Tuesday’s games

Detroit 6, Cleveland 4 Toronto 5, Boston 3 N.Y. Yankees 4, Seattle 1 Baltimore 5, Minnesota 2 Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings L.A. Angels 3, Texas 2 Tampa Bay 12, Athletics 4 San Francisco 4, Houston 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By CHARLIE NEIBERGALL

Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Drew Smyly walks on the field before a game against the Cincinnati Reds at the Field of Dreams movie site on Aug. 11, 2022, in Dyersville, Iowa.

MLB is back in Iowa BY DAVE CAMPBELL AP sportswriter

Major League Baseball ‘s growth goals have taken the game from a military base in North Carolina to a racetrack in Tennessee, with numerous stops for photo ops around the globe in between. But there’s nothing quite like turning the bright lights on an Iowa cornﬁeld, where home runs disappear into a sea of green stalks and ghosts of old ballplayers just might still be whispering. After playing in 2021 and 2022 at a temporary facility next to the “Field of Dreams” movie site, MLB has returned to stage another regular-season game in what is now a permanent ballpark. The Minnesota Twins host the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday in the small town of Dyersville, where mystique and nostalgia will hop into the pennant races for a night and the pace of the big-city beat can quickly fade into the endless rolling hills. “It’s going to be really cool, having been able to see the movie when I was growing up,” Phillies All-Star Kyle Schwarber said. “I’ve never been out there before, so I’m excited to see the corn.” Schwarber and his teammates sure won’t be disappointed. “It looks awesome this year,” said Keith Rahe, the executive director of Dyersville Events, which owns and operates the complex that now stretches beyond the farmhouse

and ballfield that set the 1989 film and hosts a full calendar of youth tournaments as well as high school, college, minor league and seniorlevel competitions. Rahe’s nephews grew up there and have carefully cared for the corn for more than a decade. Their five-person crew has worked particularly hard on those 67 acres this summer, fertilizing, transplanting and watering so their state’s signature crop looks as lush as can be for Netflix’s worldwide streaming audience. “It’s a big garden,” Rahe said. “It takes a lot of time and energy.”

They built it, and MLB came back After the 2020 game originally scheduled between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox was pre-empted by the pandemic, the White Sox played the New York Yankees in 2021 with a Fox telecast that was the most-watched regularseason game in 23 years. The Chicago Cubs then faced the Cincinnati Reds in 2022. Rave reviews of the broadcast presentation and on-site experience weren’t enough to guarantee the Field of Dreams an annual place on the MLB schedule, however, like the Little League World Series site in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Building a temporary ballpark from scratch was an unsustainable task. So the people in Dyersville — 2020 census population: 4,477 — and the business community in northeast

Iowa went to work on planning and funding a permanent venue that could continue to attract visitors to the area. With a state tourism grant from federal pandemic relief money and a few big contributions from local donors, construction began two years ago on a 3,000-seat ballpark that finished in time for a series of showcase events this summer. “We have some real plumbing that we don’t need to bring in, which is a real positive,” said MLB senior vice president of global operations and events Jeremiah Yolkut. With temporary bleachers added for the major league crowd, there will be seating for about 8,000 people on Thursday. Fans will again enter the complex through the quaint ballfield where the movie was filmed and walk through the corn toward the new ballpark. There will be more amenities than before, but still a vibe of simplicity. More than 25 members of the Hall of Fame are scheduled to be present. “I think it’s the perfect blend of being in the movie, on a farm, watching the baseball game, but having some of the creature comforts that people seek out when they’re coming to big events, and that’s a unique thing for us to be able to do,” Yolkut said. “I’m sure down the road if we’re able to come back to Field of Dreams we’ll learn things this year about having a permanent structure around the ballfield, but everything else remains the same.”

SCOREBOARD Hole-in-one

x-clinched playoff spot Tuesday’s Games

Chad Smith

Indiana 106, New York 92 Las Vegas 86, Washington 76 Phoenix 94, Los Angeles 87

Course: Country Club of Louisiana Hole, yardage: No. 3, 176 yards Club selection: 7-iron Witness: Thomas Rathmann

Wednesday’s games

Dallas 94, Toronto 88 Chicago at Golden State, n Minnesota at Portland, n

Odds

Thursday’s games

Atlanta at Connecticut, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at New York, 7 p.m. Washington at Las Vegas, 9 p.m.

MLB Thursday

American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Cleveland -119 at DETROIT at N.Y YANKEES -153 Seattle Boston -165 at TORONTO at LA ANGELS OFF Texas National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Pittsburgh -131 at MIAMI Chicago Cubs -139 at WASH. at LA DODGERS -139 Milwaukee Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CHI. W. SOX -138 Cincinnati Philadelphia -113 at MINNESOTA

LINE -103 +123 +134 OFF

Soccer

LINE +107 +115 +113

Nashville Inter Miami CF New England Chicago New York City FC Cincinnati Charlotte FC New York D.C. United Orlando City Columbus Toronto FC Philadelphia CF Montréal Atlanta

LINE +113 -109

Pro football NFL glance Thursday’s games

Detroit at Cincinnati, 6 p.m. Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Indianapolis at New England, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Las Vegas, 7 p.m. L.A. Chargers at Houston, 7 p.m. Tennessee at San Francisco, 8 p.m.

Friday’s games

Denver at Atlanta, 6 p.m. Miami at Washington, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Jets, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Carolina at Buffalo, noon Cleveland at Chicago, noon Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, noon Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3 p.m. L.A. Rams at Kansas City, 3 p.m. Philadelphia at Baltimore, 6 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Pro basketball

Indiana Atlanta Washington New York Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 21 20 19 20 12 10 8

L 12 12 13 14 21 22 23

Pct GB .636 — .625 ½ .594 1½ .588 1½ .364 9 .313 10½ .258 12

x-Minnesota Golden State Las Vegas Dallas Portland Los Angeles Phoenix Seattle

W 27 23 23 19 13 12 13 7

L 7 9 11 14 19 20 22 28

Pct GB .794 — .719 3 .676 4 .576 7½ .406 13 .375 14 .371 14½ .200 20½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Friday’s games

MLS Glance Eastern Conference W 12 11 9 9 7 7 7 7 5 6 5 3 4 4 3

L 2 2 6 6 6 6 7 7 5 10 8 7 10 10 12

Western Conference

T Pts 4 40 5 38 3 30 2 29 5 26 5 26 4 25 4 25 8 23 2 20 5 20 8 17 4 16 4 16 3 12

GF GA 35 14 45 32 28 23 32 23 31 24 45 44 29 27 29 39 26 29 30 47 26 28 24 32 25 33 24 35 19 33

W L T Pts GF GA Vancouver 10 3 4 34 38 17 Los Angeles FC 10 5 4 34 35 19 San Jose 10 5 3 33 37 24 Houston 10 6 2 32 27 24 Real Salt Lake 8 6 3 27 29 25 FC Dallas 7 5 6 27 32 25 St Louis City 7 6 5 26 24 24 Portland 7 8 3 24 33 33 Seattle 7 7 3 24 20 22 Minnesota United 6 6 6 24 20 25 Colorado 7 10 1 22 27 25 LA Galaxy 5 7 7 22 24 29 San Diego FC 5 7 6 21 32 29 Austin FC 4 9 5 17 22 36 Sporting Kansas City4 12 2 14 18 46 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Saturday’s games

WNBA glance EASTERN CONFERENCE

San Diego 10 7 2 32 24 20 Portland 9 6 4 31 32 28 North Carolina 9 6 3 30 32 26 Kansas City 9 7 3 30 30 26 Angel City 7 7 3 24 26 19 Seattle 7 7 3 24 22 23 Denver Summit FC 6 7 5 23 24 24 Orlando 7 10 2 23 23 29 Boston Legacy FC 5 9 5 20 22 28 Houston 5 8 5 20 20 26 Bay FC 5 9 4 19 18 24 Louisville 5 11 2 17 24 35 Chicago 4 13 1 13 9 33 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

New York at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Columbus at Charlotte FC, 6:30 p.m. D.C. United at CF Montréal, 6:30 p.m. Cincinnati at Orlando City, 6:30 p.m. New England at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. LA Galaxy at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Nashville, 7:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at Colorado, 8:30 p.m. Minnesota at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. San Diego FC at Los Angeles FC, 9:30 p.m. St Louis City at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Portland at Chicago, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at New York City FC, 5 p.m. FC Dallas at Austin FC, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.

NWSL glance Gotham FC Washington Utah Royals FC

W 12 11 10

L 3 5 6

T 4 3 3

Pts 40 36 33

GF 24 29 32

GA 12 17 21

Kansas City at Gotham FC, 7 p.m. Denver Summit FC at San Diego, 9 p.m. Chicago at Seattle, 9 p.m. Bay FC at Utah Royals FC, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Boston Legacy FC at Louisville, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Portland, 7:45 p.m.

Sunday’s games

Houston at North Carolina, 6 p.m. Washington at Angel City, 8 p.m.

Pro golf ATP National Bank Open results Wednesday

At IGA Stadium Montreal Purse: $9,415,725 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor

Transactions BASEBALL

Major League Baseball American League ATHLETICS — Activated LHP Drew Rom. Recalled RHP Hayden Juenger from Las Vegas (PCL). Optioned RHP Yunior Tur to Las Vegas. Placed LHP José Suarez on the 15-day IL. BOSTON RED SOX — Recalled LHP Alec Gamboa from Worcester (IL). Designated RHP Seth Martinez for assignment. Traded CF Harold Rivas to Baltimore as the player to be named later in the Aug. 3 Adley Rutschman trade. DETROIT TIGERS — Selected the contract of LF Corey Julks from Toledo (IL). Designated RHP Troy Watson for assignment. Placed LF Riley Greene on the 10-day IL. SEATTLE MARINERS — Claimed C Willie MacIver off waivers from Toronto. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed RHP Paul Sewald off waivers from Arizona. National League CHICAGO CUBS — Sent RHP Shelby Miller on a rehab assignment to Knoxville (SL).

Pct .603 .525 .512 .484 .434

GB — 9½ 11 14½ 20½

W 74 71 61 57 58

L 47 50 60 62 64

Pct .612 .587 .504 .479 .475

GB — 3 13 16 16½

W 72 65 64 50 48

L 48 57 58 71 73

Pct .600 .533 .525 .413 .397

GB — 8 9 22½ 24½

Central Division

West Division Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

Tuesday’s games

Wednesday’s games

Thursday’s games

St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 1 Houston 2, San Francisco 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 4 San Diego 4, Milwaukee 3, 11 innings Miami 8, Pittsburgh 2 Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 3 Chicago Cubs 12, Washington 6 Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0 Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, n

Minnesota 7, Baltimore 5 Tampa Bay 8, Athletics 4 Houston 2, San Francisco 1 Cleveland 6, Detroit 4 Toronto 6, Boston 4 Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 0 N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 5 Kansas City at L.A. Dodgers, n Texas at L.A. Angels, n Cleveland (Messick 9-6) at Detroit (Montero 8-7), 12:10 p.m. Seattle (Gilbert 8-7) at N.Y. Yankees (Fried 4-3), 12:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 1:10 p.m. Boston (Tolle 7-6) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-4), 2:07 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 6:30 p.m. Texas (deGrom 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Ureña 7-8), 9:07 p.m.

Wednesday’s games

Thursday’s games

Pittsburgh (Ashcraft 11-5) at Miami (Phillips 3-5), 12:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Abbott 6-7) at Chicago White Sox (Martin 9-6), 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs (Gausman 6-10) at Washington (Cavalli 9-5), 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Nola 3-9) at Minnesota (Bradley 9-4), 6:30 p.m. Milwaukee (Drohan 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Sasaki 5-5), 9:10 p.m.

BOX SCORES St. Louis 7, Philadelphia 1

Houston 2, San Francisco 1

Philadelphia St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi Schwarber dh 4 0 0 0 Wetherh. 2b 3 2 1 0 Turner ss 4 0 0 0 Herrera dh 4 21 1 Harper rf 2 1 1 0 Burleson 1b 3 1 2 3 Arraez 2b 4 0 1 1 Walker rf 3 11 1 Stott 3b 4 0 1 0 Church cf 3 01 2 Marsh lf 2 0 0 0 Winn ss 4 00 0 De La Cr. ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Prieto 3b 2 110 Realmuto c 3 0 0 0 Jordan ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Bohm 1b 3 0 2 0 Fermín lf 3 00 0 Crawford cf 3 0 1 0 Pereira lf 1 01 0 Crooks c 3 00 0 Totals 31 1 6 1 Totals 31 7 8 7 Philadelphia 000 100 000 — 1 St. Louis 010 040 20x — 7 E—Bohm (11). DP—Philadelphia 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 7. 2B—Harper (23), Arraez (26), Church (10), Burleson (30), Walker (24). SB—Walker (16), Wetherholt (13). SF—Church (5). IP H R ER BB SO Philadelphia Wheeler L,10-4 5 6 5 4 1 5 Raley 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 Alvarado ⁄3 1 2 2 3 0 Shugart 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 St. Louis Leahy W,9-4 5 6 1 1 0 6 Bruihl 11⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 2 Graceffo 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Gastelum 1 0 0 0 1 2 HBP—Wheeler (Burleson), Shugart (Crooks). ABS Challenge—Harper (Strike-Conﬁrmed); Wheeler (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Wheeler (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Schwarber (Strike-Conﬁrmed). Umpires—Home, Dan Iassogna; First, D.J. Reyburn; Second, Louie Krupa; Third, Adam Beck. T—2:30. A—22,565 (44,494).

Houston San Francisco ab r h bi ab r h bi Peña ss 4 0 1 0 Lee rf 5 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 3 0 1 0 Adames ss 3 1 1 0 Paredes 3b 4 1 0 0 Kennedy 3b 0 0 0 0 Varsho cf 4 0 0 0 Eldridge 1b 3 0 0 0 Wade 1b 2 0 0 0 Devers dh 3 0 0 0 Velázquez ph 0 0 0 1 Bericoto lf 4 0 1 1 Walker 1b 0 0 0 0 Gilbert cf 3 0 0 0 C.Smith rf 3 0 0 0 Basabe 2b 4 0 0 0 Trammell lf 3 1 1 0 Cavanaugh c 2 0 1 0 Allen 2b 2 0 1 1 Knizner ph 1 0 0 0 Vázquez c 2 0 0 0 Koss 3b-ss 4 0 2 0 Totals 27 2 4 2 Totals 32 1 5 1 Houston 000 000 110 — 2 San Francisco 100 000 000 — 1 E—Bericoto (2). DP—Houston 0, San Francisco 2. LOB—Houston 2, San Francisco 9. 2B—Peña (13). 3B—Trammell (2). SB—Koss (2). SF—Velázquez (2), Allen (3). S—Vázquez (5). IP H R ER BB SO Houston 2 King ⁄3 0 1 1 2 1 1 De Los Santos ⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Imai 3 3 0 0 2 3 2 Blubaugh 1 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 2 Okert W,6-1 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Abreu H,8 1 0 0 0 0 2 Hader S,17-17 1 0 0 0 0 0 San Francisco Houser 6 2 0 0 1 5 Hentges H,9 1/3 1 1 0 0 0 Winn L,2-3 BS,1-41 2/3 1 1 1 0 0 Sanmartin 1 0 0 0 0 2 ABS Challenge—Imai (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Varsho (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Smith (Strike-Conﬁrmed). Pitch timer violations—Houser (pitcher). Umpires—Home, Nate Tomlinson; First, Paul Clemons; Second, Mark Wegner; Third, Steven Jaschinski. T—2:27. A—28,101 (41,915).

San Diego 4, Milwaukee 3

Atlanta 6, N.Y. Mets 3

Milwaukee

New York

San Diego ab r h bi ab r h bi Chourio lf 5 0 0 0 Rengifo lf 40 1 0 Turang 2b 5 0 1 1 Cronenw. 2b 4 1 1 1 Vaughn 1b 4 0 0 0 Machado 3b 5 0 0 0 Lara rf 1 0 0 0 France 1b 40 2 0 Bauers rf-1b 4 0 1 0 Song pr 01 0 0 Contreras dh 3 0 0 0 Merrill cf 40 1 1 Bae pr-dh 0 1 0 0 Hays rf 30 0 0 Sánchez c 4 1 2 2 Campusano c 2 0 1 1 Lockridge cf 2 0 0 0 Sheets dh 20 0 0 Mitchell ph-cf 2 0 0 0 Bowen pr-dh 1 0 0 0 Hamilton ss 4 0 0 0 Bogaerts ss 4 1 1 1 Ortiz 3b 3 1 1 0 Fermin c 20 0 0 Tatis ph-rf 01 0 0 Totals 37 3 5 3 Totals 35 4 7 4 Milwaukee 011 000 000 01 — 3 San Diego 001 000 010 02 — 4 E—Hamilton (8), Merrill (2), Rodriguez (2). DP—Milwaukee 4, San Diego 0. LOB— Milwaukee 13, San Diego 8. 2B—Sánchez (8), Merrill (20). HR—Sánchez (10), Bogaerts (10). SB—Tatis 2 (28), Hamilton (22), Bowen (5), Mitchell (12), Song (12). SF—Merrill (2). IP H R ER BB SO Milwaukee May 7 4 1 1 2 6 2 ⁄3 0 1 1 2 0 Patrick H,7 2 ⁄3 2 0 0 0 1 Ashby BS,0-6 0 1 0 Megill 12⁄3 0 0 Senzat. L,9-4 BS,3-9 2⁄3 1 2 1 0 0 San Diego Ray 4 2 2 2 3 4 Rodriguez 2 1 0 0 1 3 Estrada 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hart 1 0 0 0 2 2 Miller 1 0 0 0 2 1 Morejon W,9-2 2 2 1 0 2 4 May pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBP—Senzatela (France). WP—Ashby, Morejon. Umpires—Home, Alfonso Marquez; First, Mike Estabrook; Second, Lance Barrett; Third, Malachi Moore. T—3:46. A—36,072 (40,222).

Atlanta ab r h bi ab r h bi Ewing lf 3 0 1 0 Acuña rf 3 2 2 1 Lindor ss 4 0 0 0 Baldwin dh 4 0 3 1 Bichette 3b 4 1 1 1 Olson 1b 4 0 0 0 Benge rf 4 0 2 0 Albies 2b 4 0 0 0 Robert cf 3 1 1 1 Harris cf 4 0 0 0 J.Young 1b 4 0 1 0 Dubón ss 4 0 0 0 Alvarez dh 4 0 0 0 Thomas lf 2 1 1 1 Baty 2b 2 0 0 0 Ystrze. ph-lf 2 1 2 1 Semien ph-2b 2 0 0 0 Riley 3b 4 2 3 1 Torrens c 3 1 1 1 Murphy c 3 0 1 0 Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 34 6 12 5 New York 000 001 101 — 3 Atlanta 011 010 30x — 6 DP—New York 1, Atlanta 0. LOB—New York 5, Atlanta 5. 2B—Benge (16), Riley (18), Acuña (11), Yastrzemski (16). HR— Torrens (5), Robert (6), Bichette (12), Thomas (11), Yastrzemski (9), Riley (15). IP H R ER BB SO New York Thornton L,3-3 6 7 3 3 1 2 1 ⁄3 3 3 3 0 1 Núñez 2 ⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Yan Weisenburger 1 1 0 0 0 1 Atlanta Mahle W,4-9 6 4 1 1 0 7 Dodd H,11 1 1 1 1 0 1 Lee 1 0 0 0 1 1 Iglesias 1 2 1 1 1 0 ABS Challenge—Thornton (BallOverturned to Strike); Alvarez (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Thornton (Ball-Overturned to Strike); Bichette (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Thomas (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Núñez (BallConﬁrmed); Murphy (Strike-Overturned to Ball); Ewing (Strike-Conﬁrmed). Umpires—Home, Andy Fletcher; First, Alex Tosi; Second, Cory Blaser; Third, Jansen Visconti. T—2:17. A—26,415 (41,149).

THIS DATE IN BASEBALL

Semiﬁnals Brandon Nakashima (28), United States, def. Rafael Jodar (20), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4. Semiﬁnals Mate Pavic, Croatia, and Marcelo Arevalo (3), El Salvador, def. Albano Olivetti and Theo Arribage, France, 6-4, 6-4. Rafael Matos and Orlando Luz, Brazil, def. Tomas Martin Etcheverry and Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, 6-4, 7-6 (7).

L 48 58 59 63 69

Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Chicago Cubs 8, Washington 6 St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 0 Cincinnati 5, Chicago White Sox 4, 10 innings San Diego 11, Milwaukee 2 Colorado 3, Arizona 2 San Francisco 4, Houston 1 L.A. Dodgers 5, Kansas City 4, 10 innings

Men’s Singles

Men’s Doubles

W 73 64 62 59 53

Aug. 13 1910 — The Brooklyn Dodgers and the Pittsburgh Pirates played to an 8-8 tie. Each team had 38 at-bats, 13 hits, 12 assists, two errors, five strikeouts, three walks, one hit batsman and one passed ball. 1921 — George Sisler of the St. Louis Browns became the first batter in American League history to hit for the cycle twice. Sisler went 5-for-5 and drove in three runs in a 7-5, 10-inning win over the Detroit Tigers. 1921 — John “Mule” Watson of the Boston Braves pitched two complete-game victories over the Philadelphia Phillies. 1931 — Tony Cuccinello of the Cincinnati Reds had six hits in six at-bats in the first game of a doubleheader at Boston. Cuccinello had a triple, two doubles and three singles to knock in five runs as the Reds won 17-3. Cuccinello hit a three-run homer in the eighth of the nightcap to give the Reds a 4-2 win. 1939 — The New York Yankees beat the Philadelphia Athletics 21-0 to equal the major-league record for lopsided shutouts. Every batter in the Yankees lineup hit safely. Joe DiMaggio and Babe Dahlgren had two home runs apiece, each hitting an inside-the-parker. Pitcher Red Ruffing had four hits and drove in three runs. 1948 — Satchel Paige, 42, pitched his first major league complete game against the

Chicago White Sox. Paige gave up five hits en route to 5-0 Cleveland victory. 1957 — Milwaukee pitcher Lew Burdette hit his first two home runs to lead the Braves to a 12-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds. 1969 — Jim Palmer of the Orioles, plagued by arm trouble the year before, threw an 8-0 no-hitter against the Oakland A’s in Baltimore. 1979 — St. Louis’ Lou Brock reached 3,000 hits with an infield hit off Chicago Cubs pitcher Dennis Lamp. St. Louis won 3-2. 2004 — Kansas City rookies Abraham Nunez and John Buck hit grand slams to lead the Royals past the Oakland Athletics 10-3. 2005 — New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera blew his first save since April 6 in a 7-5 win over Texas. Rivera had converted a career-best 31 consecutive saves before allowing Kevin Mench’s two-run, gametying single in the ninth. 2013 — Paul Goldschmidt hit the first pitch of the 11th inning for a game-ending home run after leading off the ninth with a tying homer, to help Arizona beat Baltimore 4-3 with a winning blast for the second straight night. 2015 — The Toronto Blue Jays won their 11th straight game, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-2. The AL East leaders also won 11 in a row in June, becoming the first team with winning streaks of at least 11 since Cleveland in 1954.

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Spice things up with easy lamb curry BY LINDA GASSENHEIMER Tribune News Service (TNS)

Here’s a meal that will spice up your summer dinners. Tender cubes of lamb are simmered in a quick, curry sauce for an easy weeknight meal. The best lamb cut for this recipe comes from the leg, which is also ideal for kabobs. If you don’t see it in the meat case, ask your butcher to cut some for you. For convenience, I used supermarket curry powder. Curry powder, as we know it, is not traditionally used in India where cooks often create their own fresh spice blends. For the best ﬂavor, replace prepared curry powder every 3 to 4 months, as it gradually loses its potency. Frozen, cut green beans are another time-saving ingredient. They cook quickly in the curry sauce while staying crisp and tender. HELPFUL HINTS: n Fresh green beans can be used instead of frozen. Place them in the microwave for 2 minutes before adding them to the skillet. n Two teaspoons ground ginger can be used instead of fresh ginger.

PHOTO By MONICA BELTON

Rabbit Sauce Piquante

‘WE CAN DO THIS.’

A love letter to parents surviving a New Orleans summer Rabbit Sauce Piquante Makes about 6 servings. From “Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune” 1 wild rabbit, 1 domestic rabbit, or 1 chicken, cut into serving pieces Salt and cayenne to taste ¾ cup vegetable oil ¼ cup all-purpose flour 2 cups chopped yellow onions 2 cups chopped green bell peppers 1 cup chopped celery 2 teaspoons chopped garlic 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, crushed in their juice 1 (10 ounce) can Ro-Tel tomatoes 3 tablespoons tomato paste 2 bay leaves ¼ cup red wine (optional) 3 to 4 cups chicken broth or water, as needed 3 tablespoons chopped green onions 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

TNS PHOTO By LINDA GASSENHEIMER

Lamb Curry

Yields 2 servings. Recipe is by Linda Gassenheimer. 2 teaspoons canola oil ¾ pound lamb cubes cut from leg (about 1 to 1½-inch cubes) 1 cup chopped onion 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger 3 crushed garlic cloves 1 cup lite coconut milk 1 tablespoon mild curry powder 2 cups frozen cut green beans 2 tablespoons fresh mint 1 package microwaveable brown rice to measure 1½ cups cooked 1. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the lamb and brown for 2 minutes. Remove the lamb to a plate. 2. Add the onion, ginger and garlic to the skillet and saute until onion starts to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Stir in the coconut milk and curry powder. 3. Add the green beans and return the meat to the skillet. Bring the sauce to a simmer and cook 3 minutes. A meat thermometer for the lamb should read 140 F. 4. While the lamb cooks, microwave the brown rice for 1 minute or according to package instructions. Measure 1½ cups and save any remaining rice for another dinner. 5. Divide the rice in half and place on two dinner plates. Spoon the lamb and sauce onto the plates. Sprinkle mint on top. NUTRITION INFO PER SERVING: 613 calories (33 percent from fat), 22.6 g fat (10.2 g saturated, 7.3 g monounsaturated), 108 mg cholesterol, 43.7 g protein, 60.4 g carbohydrates, 8.7 g ﬁber, 151 mg sodium.

1. Season the rabbit pieces with salt and cayenne. Heat a half cup of the oil in a large, heavy pot over medium-high heat. Brown the rabbit, in batches, for about 6 minutes on each side. Transfer to a platter and set aside. Drain the oil from the pot and clean it well. 2. Return the pot to stove,

and, over medium heat, combine the remaining quarter cup of oil and the ﬂour. Stirring slowly and constantly, make a dark brown roux. Add the onions, bell peppers and celery, and cook, stirring often, until the vegetables are soft and golden, about 10 minutes. 3. Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, red wine (if using), the bay leaves and 3 cups of the broth or water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, until the oil rises to the surface and a paper-thin skin forms, about 30 minutes. Stir occasionally. 4. Return the rabbit to the pot and adjust seasoning to taste. Continue to cook over mediumlow until the meat is tender, about 2 hours. If the mixture becomes too thick, add the remaining cup of broth or water during the cooking time. Remove the bay leaves and add the green onions and the parsley. Serve over steamed rice.

Kevin Belton

here’s a particular kind of exhaustion that settles into your bones around mid-August in New Orleans. It’s not just the humidity that wraps around you like a wet blanket the moment you step outside, or the way the air conditioning bill makes you weep quietly over your bank statement. It’s the bone-deep weariness that comes from three months of being everything to everyone — camp counselor, shortorder cook, referee, entertainment director and somehow still expected to maintain your actual job and a semifunctioning household.

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Sweet corn, zucchini pasta tastes like summer Pasta with Sweet Corn and Zucchini, RECIPE 2D

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BY GRETCHEN McKAY

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS) One of the best parts of summer are the long and short car trips that get you out of town and into nature. Even better: The family-run farm stands featuring ﬂowers, eggs, jams and seasonal fruit and veggies — sometimes sold from the back of a pickup truck or small shelter at the end of a dirt driveway leading back to the farm.

Chief among August offerings is sweet corn, which has been grown and continues to be universally loved as a summer staple for more than 200 years. Harvested early, while the kernels are still young in the “milk stage,” sweet corn is exactly as billed — sweet, with tender, juicy kernels that burst open on the tongue when you bite into a buttery cob that’s been steamed, boiled, grilled or

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Dear Miss Manners: Men often do than $1,000 for a guest. not have a tuxedo to throw on for I understand a bride wants to a wedding. If they do, it is have her ideal day, but relikely embarrassingly out quiring black-tie wedding of date. They often need to attire in this economy is rent one for $200 to $400 probably better reserved — if one is even available for a wedding whose in their size, and it still guests are all afﬂuent and might need alterations. already possess a curJudith That is a lot for a guest! rently fashionable tuxedo Martin in their wardrobe. I chose to purchase an ecoMISS Gentle reader: To borrow nomical black suit to wear MANNERS vocabulary from a time as a wedding guest as an when those old tuxes in alternative to a tux. everyone’s closets still ﬁt: You In addition to that expense, have been snookered — lied to by there’s a wedding gift (from a a bridal industry trying to sell you registry where items range from something by saying good man$250 to $2,500), a shower gift, a hotel room for a destination ners demands it. wedding, and the list goes on. A Good manners require exactly simple one-hour wedding can eas- none of the following: wedding ily become an investment of more gift registries, wedding gifts,

bridal showers, bridal shower gifts, destination weddings, accepting a wedding invitation, brides having their ideal wedding days, or — to your point — gentlemen wearing black tie at black-tie events. A smart black suit, even one you already owned, is a proper alternative. As you did accept this invitation, you will have to go, which Miss Manners realizes involves some cost. As will the present you likely still wish to give, even if it is not strictly required. You can likely ﬁnd something not on the registry that you still know the couple will enjoy. She hopes you will agree that she has now done her part. Dear Miss Manners: Our family is not religious, although we have

TODAY IN HISTORY XVI; he would be executed by guillotine the following Today is Thursday, Aug. 13, January. In 1952, Big Mama Thornthe 225th day of 2026. There are 140 days left in the year. ton ﬁrst recorded the song Today in history: “Hound Dog,” four years On Aug. 13, 1961, on what before Elvis Presley’s fawould become known as mous version was released. Barbed Wire Sunday, East In 1969, New York City Germany sealed the border held a ticker-tape parade for between Berlin’s eastern Apollo 11 astronauts Neil and western sectors before Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” building a wall that would Aldrin and Michael Collins. divide the city for the next In 1995, Baseball Hall of 28 years. Famer Mickey Mantle died Also on this date: at a Dallas hospital of rapIn 1521, Spanish conidly spreading liver cancer at age 63. queror Hernando Cortez In 2020, Israel and the captured Tenochtitlan, United Arab Emirates anpresent-day Mexico City, from the Aztecs. nounced the establishment In 1792, French revoof full diplomatic relations under a U.S.-brokered deal lutionaries arrested and that required Israel to halt imprisoned King Louis By The Associated Press

its contentious plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians. Today’s birthdays: Former U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders is 93. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 78. High wire aerialist Philippe Petit is 77. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Clarke is 77. Golf Hall of Famer Betsy King is 71. Movie director Paul Greengrass is 71. Actor Danny Bonaduce is 67. TV weather forecaster Sam Champion is 65. Actor Dawnn Lewis is 65. Actor John Slattery is 64. Actor Debi Mazar is 62. Figure skater Midori Ito is 57. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is 44. Actor Sebastian Stan is 44. Actor Lennon Stella is 27.

Heavenly Hash Cake From “Cooking Up a Storm: Recipes Lost and Found from The Times-Picayune” 2 sticks, plus 6 tablespoons butter 10 tablespoons cocoa powder 4 eggs 2 cups granulated sugar 1½ cups cake flour 2 cups toasted pecan pieces 1 small bag miniature marshmallows 1 pound powdered sugar ¾ cup evaporated milk 1. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Melt 2 sticks butter and 4 tablespoons cocoa in a small saucepan over medium heat. Remove from heat and cool for several minutes. In a mixing bowl, beat the eggs and granulated sugar until well blended. Add the butter and cocoa mixture and stir to blend. Add the ﬂour and pecans. Mix well. 2. Spoon the mixture into a lightly oiled 13-by-9-by2-inch pan. Bake for 30

LETTER

Continued from page 1D But here we are, parents. We made it. We survived another summer. Soon those beautiful, exhausting, endlessly creative little humans will walk back through school doors across New Orleans and throughout the country. Lunch boxes are already appearing in Target displays like beacons of hope. The uniform shops on Veterans Boulevard are packed with families, and there’s an almost giddy energy in the air that parents are trying desperately to hide from their children. Don’t get me wrong, summer had its magic. There were sno-balls from Hansen’s Sno-Bliz that dripped rainbow colors down chins and arms. There were afternoons at City Park where the kids ran through the splash pad while you sat in whatever sliver of shade you could ﬁnd, scrolling your phone and calling it “supervision.” There were late nights on the porch, swatting mosquitoes and listening to the neighborhood come alive with music and laughter, bedtime be damned. We told ourselves we’d make memories. And we did. We took them to the Audubon Zoo before it got too hot (which is approximately June 1). We let them stay up late. We said yes to

nothing against religion. We would probably best be described as free thinkers. One manifestation is that we don’t say grace before a meal. When we have friends over for dinner, most of whom are religious, should we offer to let them say grace? We are upfront about our position and so are they, and everyone is extremely tolerant and friendly about it. I feel guilty about taking something away from them that I know is important, but I don’t want to make it a “thing” and emphasize our differences on that issue. I assume they can say grace to themselves. What is the best way to handle this? Gentle reader: The general rule is to follow the custom of the home,

Dear Heloise: I live in Texas, harmed my family and and there’s no way that I’m dinner guests! — Patricia D., in Anaheim, California going to leave my trash Patricia, you can can open to feed breath easy now. any roaches that Lead and cadmium may have wandered were phased out into the house. Also, globally, and in if I have paper 2021, they were that was wrapped completely elimiaround ﬁsh, it’s going to stink whether Hints from nated. However, Heloise trace amounts of it gets air or not. What I do is occaheavy metals like sionally spray an air fresh- cadmium can still be occaener that kills odors into sionally found in road runthe trash can and close it. off, but not from tailpipe Problem solved! — Emily M., emissions. — Heloise in Kingwood,Texas

Lipstick on collar

Protecting plants Dear Heloise: How thick should mulch be to protect tender plants? — Robert T., in Norcross, Georgia Robert, coarse material such as straw should be about 4 inches thick. Mulch that’s made of pine and other natural material should be about 3-4 inches, depending on how much frost you usually receive. — Heloise Dear Heloise: All summer, I grew veggies in my garden. They tasted good, but my brother pointed out that because the plants were so close to the road, they probably picked up lead and cadmium from auto exhaust. Now I’m worried that I may have

ice cream more times than we can count. We became intimately familiar with every playground in a 5-mile radius and developed strong opinions about which ones have the best shade. But we also survived the sibling ﬁghts that erupted approximately every 17 minutes. We endured the chorus of “I’m bored” that began roughly 45 seconds after the last day of school. We navigated the intricate social politics of playdates and summer camps. We became short-order cooks, preparing different meals for different children with different dietary preferences that seemed to change daily. We did this while New Orleans turned into a sauna, while afternoon thunderstorms rolled in with biblical fury, while the city’s rhythm shifted into its slower, sultry summer pace. We did this while working from home with children who seemed magnetically drawn to interrupt every single video call. We did this on budgets stretched thin by camp fees and activities and the constant need to feed growing children who apparently have hollow legs. And somehow, miraculously, we all survived. The truth is, we love these kids so much it sometimes feels like our hearts might burst. But we’re also counting down the days until that ﬁrst morning when we can drop them off, watch them disappear into their

classrooms, and sit in our cars for just a moment of blessed silence. Maybe we’ll cry a little because they’re growing up so fast. Maybe we’ll cheer a little; we made it through another summer. Probably both. To the parents in New Orleans and across the country who are eyeing those back-to-school sales with barely concealed joy: you’re not a bad parent for being ready. You’re a human being who has given everything you have for three solid months. You’ve loved hard, worked hard and probably sweated through more shirts than you care to count. We can do this. We can survive just a little more “Mom, can I have a snack?” and “Dad, they’re touching me!” and the endless, endless requests for entertainment. And then, the school buses will roll. The routines will return. And we’ll ﬁnally, ﬁnally get to drink our coffee while it’s still hot. We almost made it, parents. We’re almost there! Kevin Belton is resident chef of WWL-TV and has taught classes in Louisiana cooking for 30 years. The most recent of his four cookbooks, “Kevin Belton’s Cookin’ Louisiana: Flavors from the Parishes of the Pelican State,” was published in 2021. Email Chef at chefkevinbelton@gmail. com.

Dear Heloise: My brother came for a visit, and as he was leaving, I went to plant a kiss on his cheek. The dog jumped up and knocked me forward, and I planted a kiss right on his white collar. I insisted that he leave his shirt with me, and I’d wash it and mail it back to him. So, how do I get lipstick out of a man’s collar? — Marie G., in Trenton, New Jersey Marie, here’s what I do to remove lipstick: Rub the stain with cold cream or shortening. Then use three drops of liquid dish soap and 2 cups of club soda to wash the collar by hand. If you aren’t happy with the results, wash it again in your regular wash with a half cup of bleach. Or you might want to take it to

your dry cleaners and see what they can do about getting the stain out. — Heloise

Roach killer Dear Heloise: For many years, I’ve used boric acid to control (more like eliminate) roaches. I sprinkled the powder behind furniture and through the openings in cabinets around the drain. I have painted walls, and every time I wash the walls, I follow it up by brushing on a light coating of a solution of one-fourth of a cup of boric acid powder to 1 quart of water. It’s cheap, minimally toxic and basically harmless to anything but roaches, and it lasts and lasts. I treated my house while it was under construction, salting within the walls at the edges of wood ﬂooring before the base shoe was put down around the crawl space. I moved in 2010. For a long time, the only roaches I found were belly up. I haven’t see a roach indoors for many years. I’m a Chicago native, and it’s been fun sharing with the natives here in Mississippi how easy it can be to eliminate roaches. Thank you for all the helpful information you provide! — Cleon D., via email Send a hint to heloise@ heloise.com.

Pasta with Sweet Corn and Zucchini

PHOTO By MONICA BELTON 6 tablespoons butter in the evaporated milk in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Combine the sugar and cocoa mixture with the butter and milk mixture. Pour over the warm cake.

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minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and spread the marshmallows over the top of the hot cake. Sift the powdered sugar with the remaining 6 tablespoons cocoa. Melt the remaining

i.e., the host, which would mean that grace is said when you attend dinners at your friends’, while grace is not said in your own home. Although Miss Manners does not accept every impromptu etiquette innovation merely because it is new, she notes with interest that this old idea is consistent with showing respect by not pretending to be something one is not.

Serves 4-6. Recipe is from Gretchen McKay, Post-Gazette. I used trottole, a short, corkscrew pasta from the Campania region of Italy, but any spiral pasta will do. 4 ears sweet corn, husked 1½ tablespoons kosher salt, divided, plus more to taste 4 tablespoons (½ stick) salted butter, divided 2 medium shallots, minced 1 seeded and stemmed hot red chile, minced 1 large or 2 small zucchini, cut into small cubes 12 ounces trotolle or other spiral pasta Handful fresh basil leaves, sliced thin ½ cup sliced cherry or grape tomatoes Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

1. Place a box grater in a large bowl or atop a pie plate. Using the large holes, grate the corn down to the cobs. Set aside cobs. 2. In a large pot, bring 2½ quarts water to a boil. Add reserved corn cobs and 1 tablespoon salt. Bring heat down to medium, cover pot and cook cobs for 10 minutes. Use tongs to remove and discard cobs. Remove pot from the heat but do not discard water. 3. In a 12-inch nonstick skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium heat. Add shallots, chile pepper, chopped zucchini and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add corn puree and cook, stirring, 5 minutes or until shallots soften and zucchini is tender. 4. Stir in 1½ cups corn-infused water. Reduce heat to medium-

PASTA

Continued from page 1D roasted in the oven. While the best way to eat sweet corn is probably right off the cob, salted and heavily buttered, the veggie lends itself to a wide range of summer dishes. Pan roasted, it can easily star in a pasta salad or the Mexican dish known as elote; it also can be simmered in a soup or chowder, team up with tomatoes in a cobbler, be scraped into hot cream for a luscious pudding or be folded into risotto. More a fan of dessert? Corn can even be made into a sweet, no-churn ice cream. All told, the possibilities are almost endless for the creative cook — a happy fact that makes buying a

low and cook, uncovered, 15 minutes or until slightly thickened. A spoon should leave a brief trail when drawn through. 5. Meanwhile, bring water to a boil. Add pasta and cook according to package directions until al dente, about 10 minutes. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta water. 6. Add cooked pasta to skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until pasta is coated and sauce is creamy. If pasta seems dry, add reserved cooking water 1 tablespoon or two at a time to adjust consistency. 7. Remove pasta from heat. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons butter, basil and halved tomatoes; toss gently until butter has melted. 8. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then serve.

dozen ears when you’re only planning on eating half that much that day a smart move. Here, sweet corn purchased at a roadside farmers market is the star ingredient in a creamy, super-seasonal pasta dish. After the kernels are grated down to the cob using the large holes of a box grater set in a deep bowl, the cobs are added to a pot of boiling water to make a ﬂavorful “corn stock” full of sugars and starches. When pasta is added to the hot corn water after the cobs are removed, the noodles not only absorb the corn’s sweet, earthy ﬂavor but the starchy water helps bind the sauce into something wonderfully silky. Because zucchini is typically on display alongside corn at a farm stand, and almost melts into a creamy sauce when sauteed in but-

ter, I added small cubes of it to the pan along with shallots and a diced (homegrown) red chile pepper. A handful of halved cherry tomatoes add a punch of color and candy-like sweetness to the finished dish. When buying corn, look for ears with fresh, tightly wrapped green leaves and golden or light brown silks at the top that feel slightly sticky. That’s a sign that the corn was ripe when it was picked. An ear should feel plump and firm when lightly squeezed; avoid ones with holes in the leaves (possible worms!). Fresh corn very quickly loses its sweet flavor after being picked — it’s best within two days of purchasing — so if you’re not using it right away, leave the husks on and store in your fridge’s crisper drawer as soon as possible.

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p p at the Allen Parish Air‐ port. The Base Bid is the Sealcoating Runway while the Additive Bid No. 1 is the Parallel Taxi‐ way Sealcoat, and the Additive Bid No. 2 is the Terminal Apron Sealcoat‐ ing. The project requires marking removal, pave‐ crack sealing, ment pavement sealcoat appli‐ cation, and pavement marking application PROJECT DURATION: 60 Calendar Days PRE-BID MEETING: NonMandatory Pre-Bid Meet‐ ing will be held on 11:00 AM CST on Tuesday, 08/11/2026, at the ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT (ACP) located at 275 AIRPORT OAKLDALE, LA ROAD, 71463. BID SUBMITTAL: Sealed Bids shall be addressed to the ALLEN PARISH PO‐ LICE JURY and delivered to the 602 Court Street, Oberlin, LA 70655 not later than 2:00 pm CST on Tuesday, 8/25/2026. Any bid received after the specified time and date will not be considered. BID OPENING: Sealed Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. CST on Tues‐ day, 8/25/2026. Bid Re‐ sults will also be posted to the official bidding at www. portal civcastusa.com.. BID DOCUMENTS: Bid Specifica‐ Documents, tions, and Plans may be at www. obtained civcastusa.com. NOTICE TO PLAN ROOMS AND PROSPECTIVE BID‐ DERS: Plan rooms and other third-party ser‐ vices are requested to in‐ clude the following no‐ tice with any distribution of this Advertisement or Bidding Documents: The official Bidding Docu‐ ments, Plan Holders List, and all Addenda are available only through CivCastUSA.com. Prospective bidders should register through the official website to en‐ sure receipt of all ad‐ denda and other bidding The communications. Owner and Engineer as‐ sume no responsibility for the completeness or accuracy of documents obtained from sources other than the official website. REQUIRED LICENSE: Con‐ tractors submitting bids shall be licensed under R.S. 37:2150-2164, LA HIGHWAY, LOUISIANA AND BRIDGE STREET Or CONSTRUCTION. HEAVY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER: In‐ frastructure Consulting and Engineering, LLC 4000 South Sherwood Forest Blvd., Suite 301 Baton Rouge, LA 70816. The project manager is: Ken Morales, P.E. and can be contacted via email at: ken.morales@ice-eng. com (225-328-7419) OWNERS RIGHT: The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all bids for just cause; such ac‐ tions will be in accor‐ dance with Title 38 of the Revised Louisiana Statutes. FUNDING NOTICE: Notice is hereby given that Fed‐ eral and State grant funds may not be avail‐ able at the time of bid‐ ding. Award of the Con‐ tract is contingent upon obtaining Federal and State grant funding as stipulated in LA. R.S. 38:2215(D) BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accom‐ panied by bid security in an amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid amount, further specified in the Contract Documents..

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The successful Bidder shall be required to fur‐ nish a Performance and Payment Bond written by a company licensed to do business in Louisiana, in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract amount. Surety must be listed currently on the U.S. Department of Trea‐ sury Financial manage‐ ment Service List (Trea‐ sury List) as approved for an amount equal to or greater than the con‐ tract amount, or must be an insurance company domiciled in Louisiana or owned by Louisiana resi‐ dents. If surety is quali‐ fied other than by listing on the Treasury list, the contract amount may not exceed fifteen percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown by surety’s most recent financial state‐ ments filed with the Louisiana Department of Insurance and may not exceed the amount of However, a $500,000. Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A- rating in the latest printing of the A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide shall not be subject to the $500,000 limitation, provided that the con‐ tract amount does not exceed ten percent of policyholders’ surplus as shown in the latest A.M.

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, INC 1947 MARINER DR CHUQING HE 12617 WARWICK AVE RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST 10094 AVENUE B ESTATE OF WOODROW GEORGE 1923 75TH AVE LADONNA ROBERTSON 5915 WRIGHT DR GREGORY WILLIAMS 1923 HARDING BLVD TINA HENDERSON 8114 BAYOU FOUNTAIN AVE MICHAEL S JOSEPH 1724 LAUREL ST ROBERT KYLE PHILLIPS JAMES LUTHER MARTIN 14314 SUNNYHILL AVE BRANDON WASHINGTON 2045 SAINT CROIX AVE TERRY L PIXLEY 5252 BRIGHTSIDE VIEW DR PAUL J MOONEY 2432 DELTA ST MILDRED SIMS GIVENS 2578 JURA ST ANN DEAN ROBERTSON 1162 N 35TH ST VELMA MILTON 790 N 35TH ST RITA D MILLIGAN 4608 OSBORNE AVE KENDRICK T HUNT 1246 N 37TH ST VANESSA BROWN 1355 N 36TH ST PRESTON CHUBE 6586 GLEN OAKS DR MARLON M MCCOY 1621 SWAN AVE VIEWPOINT DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2943 REBECCA LYNN AVE NATHAN G WILSON 8855 GOVERNOR PLEASANT DR BRON R NOEL 763 FLICKER ST FRANK B MILLICAN, JR 10591 AVENUE D DAVID EVERITT 5435 SILVERLEAF AVE DANIEL G BOWMAN 5858 KILONA DR CHARLENE PORTER 3425 GERLANDO DR ANDREW GRANT 5133 N AFTON PKWY E&E PREFERRED PROPERTIES, LLC 7767 TOM DR HARRY P ROBERT

Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. RS.37:2150-2192 for the classification of Building Construction. Bidder shall certify that he is li‐ censed under the provi‐ sions of LSA-R.S. 37:2150 et seq. and show his license number on the bid enve‐ lope. Except as other‐ wise provided in LSA-R.S. 37:2163, any bid that does not contain the contractor’s certification and show the contrac‐ tor’s license number on the bid envelope shall be rejected, automatically shall be returned to the Bidder stamped “Re‐ jected” and shall not be read aloud. Any Bidder who submits a bid for a type of construction for which he is not properly licensed shall be acting in violation of LSA-R.S. 37:2163 and shall be sub‐ ject to all provisions for violations and penalties thereof. Any interested person may object to the licensing classification of this public project in ac‐ cordance with LSA-R.S. 37:2163D. The successful Bidder will be required to fur‐ nish a Performance Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond guaranteeing the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the contract. Sureties will be required to meet qualifications set forth in LSA-R.S. 38:2218 and R.S. 38:2219 as applicable, and as set forth in the Contract Doc‐ uments. Delgado Community Col‐ lege reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any and all informalities, and to re‐ ject nonconforming, nonresponsive, or condi‐ tional bids whichever is in the best interest of Delgado Com‐ munity College. Publish: Advocate (Baton Rouge and New Orleans) 8/20/26 & 8/13/26, 8/27/26 197173-aug 13-20-27-3t $209.50 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS PROJECT NAME: PAVE‐ MENT SEALCOAT PHASE II - CONSTRUCTION OWNER: ALLEN PARISH POLICE JURY LOCATION: ALLEN PARISH AIRPORT (ACP) STATEMENT OF WORK: This project is the seal‐ coating and remarking of the asphaltic pavement h ll i h i

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BID SECURITY: Each bid shall be accompanied by security in an bid amount not less than five percent (5%) of the total bid amount, as specified in the Contract Docu‐ ments. BID WITHDRAWAL: No bidder may withdraw his/her bid within fortyfive (45) days after the actual date of the open‐ ing thereof, except as provided under LA. R.S. 38:2214. PUBLICATION: ALLEN PARISH POLICE JURY BY: /s/ TONY HEBERT, PRESI‐ DENT - The Advocate and Kinder Courier News: 8/6/2026, 7/30/2026, 8/13/2026

Participants shall be in attendance by 10:30 a.m. and sign sheet provided by the Purchasing De‐ partment.

195766-jul 30-aug 6-13-3t $1,256.91 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT REQUEST FOR BID BID #50016-10360 NEW PARKING LOT (TENNIS COURT CONVERSION) SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND A&M COLLEGE BATON ROUGE CAMPUS BID OPENING DATE AND TIME: SEPTEMBER 7, 2026 @ 10:30 AM Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by Southern Uni‐ versity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in the Pur‐ Department, chasing 8100 James L. Prestage Drive, PO Box 9543, J. S. Administration Clark Building Annex, South Entrance, First Floor East, Baton Rouge, LA 70813. Bids will be opened and read aloud in a public meeting in the Southern Purchasing University Department. MAIL, HAND-DELIVER OR ELECTRONIC SUBMITTAL TO PURCHASING DEPARTMENT NO LATER THAN 10:30 AM-ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2026

Alternative submittal: Electronic submittal: Use link to submit bid online: http://www.sus.edu/bid certiﬁcation Bidders are solely re‐ sponsible for ensuring timely delivery of their bids. The Southern Uni‐ versity Purchasing De‐ partment is not responsi‐ ble for any delays caused bidders’ chosen by means of delivery. Failure to meet the bid deadline submittal date and time shall result in rejection of bid. ALL BID SPECIFICATIONS AND ADDENDA CAN BE OBTAINED BY ACCESSING THE LA STATE PROCURE‐ MENT WEBSITE https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ pubMain.cfm. (Search by bid # 5001610360) We highly recommend registering your com‐ pany with Louisiana State Procure‐ ment/LAPAC Mandatory Pre-Bid Con‐ ference & Site Visit: Au‐ gust 18, 2026 @ 10:30 AM Conference & Site Visit Location: Physical Plant Building (Southern Uni‐ versity Campus) Physical Plant Department Benjamin H. Kraft Building-515 James L. Hunt Street Southern University Campus Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Site Telephone Nos. 225771-4741 or 225-771-6241

Bidders must visit the site and be familiar with local conditions the under which the work is to be performed. No ad‐ compensation ditional will be granted because of unusual difficulties, which may be encoun‐ tered in the execution of any portion of the work. Inquiries will be ac‐ cepted until August 21, 2026 by 5:00 PM. Inquiries shall be submitted to Linda Antoine at lin‐ da_antoine@subr.edu Responses to inquiries will be posted on LAPACLA State Procurement website on August 25, 2026 by 5:00 PM Vendors are responsible for checking addenda posted on LAPAC Any person requiring special accommodation should notify the Pur‐ chasing Office of the type(s) of accommoda‐ tion required not less than seven (7) days be‐ fore the bid opening date. Additional contact is Henry Thurman, South‐ ern University Safety De‐ partment at henry_thur‐ man@subr.edu or 225771-4741 5% Security All bids must be accom‐ panied by bid security equal to five (5%) per‐ cent of the sum of the base bid and all alter‐ nates if applicable and must be in the form of a check, certified/official cashier’s check or bid bond, made payable to Southern University and A & M College. Surety represents that it is listed on the current U.S. Department of the Trea‐ sury Financial Manage‐ ment Service list of ap‐ proved bonding compa‐ nies and that is listed thereon as approved for amount equal to or greater than the amount for which it obligates it‐ self in this instrument. No bid bond indicating an obligation of less than five percent (5%) by any method is acceptable. Performance & Payment Bond Successful Proposer shall be required to fur‐ a performance nish bond. The (surety) amount will be deter‐ mined during contract negotiations for the pe‐ riod the contract is in ef‐ fect. The Bond should be made payable to South‐ ern University. Any per‐ formance bond furnished shall be written by a surety or insurance com‐ pany currently on the U.S. Department of the Treasury Financial Man‐ agement Service list of approved bonding com‐ panies which is pub‐ lished annually in the Federal Register, or by a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with at least an A-:VI rating or higher in the latest print‐ ing of the A.M. Best's Key Rating Guide or by an in‐ surance company that is domiciled in either Louisiana or owned by Louisiana residents and is licensed to write surety bonds. No surety or insurance company shall write a performance bond which is in excess of the amount indicated as ap‐ d b h

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p proved by the U.S. De‐ partment of the Treasury Management Financial Service list or by a Louisiana domiciled in‐ surance company with an A-:VI rating by A.M. Best up to a limit of 10 percent of policyholders' surplus as shown by A.M. Best; companies autho‐ rized by this Paragraph who are not on the trea‐ sury list shall not write a performance bond when the penalty exceeds 15 percent of its capital and surplus, such capital and being the surplus amount by which the company's assets ex‐ ceed its liabilities as re‐ flected by the most re‐ financial state‐ cent ments filed by the com‐ pany with the Depart‐ ment of Insurance. In addition, any perfor‐ mance bond furnished shall be written by a surety or insurance com‐ pany that is currently li‐ censed or authorized to do business in the State of Louisiana. The bond must be received within twelve (12) working days from the date of notifica‐ tion.

g 721000000 Building Con‐ struction, Support, Main‐ tenance & Repair Service. 72101700 Concrete Work; 30111500 Concrete and Mortars; 30121600 As‐ phalts

Bidders shall include the following envelopes of choice: company’s name, address, Louisiana con‐ tractor’s license number, bid number, bid opening date and time.

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Bids may be withdrawn by written, telegraphic fax notice or email and received at the address or email address desig‐ nated in the Invitation to Bid prior to the time set for bid opening, as recorded by date stamp at the Purchasing Office. Bids received after clos‐ ing time will be returned unopened. Evidence of authority to submit the bid shall be required in with R.S. accordance and/or 38:2212(a)(1)(c) R.S. 39:1594(c)(2)(d). The Southern University System is a participant in the Louisiana for the Small Entrepreneurships Program (the Hudson Ini‐ tiative) and the Louisiana Initiative for Veterans and Service-Connected VeteransDisabled Owned Business Small Entrepreneurships. Bid‐ ders are encouraged to consider participation. A list of certified vendors and additional informa‐ tion can be obtained website http:// from www.ledsmallbiz.com. Potential participants may also register at this website. Any questions concern‐ bid documents, ing contact Mary please Jane Spruel, Assistant Di‐ rector of Purchasing at (225) 771-2800 or email to maryjane_spruel@subr. edu and the Architect Firm. No bid may be with‐ drawn for a period of forty-five (45) days after receipt of bids, except under the provisions of LA. R.S. 38:2214. Bidder is required to comply with provisions and require‐ of LA R.S. ments 38:2212(B)(5). The University reserves the right to reject all bids and to waive any infor‐ incidental malities thereto. Bids shall be accepted from Contractors who are licensed under LA. R.S. 37:2150-2192 for the classification of 72000000 Building & Construction, ildi

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY & A&M COLLEGE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Linda A. Antoine, Director of Purchasing DATES ADVERTISED AUGUST 13, 2026 197138-aug 13-1t $102.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --NOTICE TO PROPOSERS Notice is hereby given that sealed proposals will be received by City of Baton Rouge and the Parish of East Baton Rouge until September 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM CST in Division, Purchasing Room 826 of City Hall, 222 Saint Louis Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 for:

Copies of the Request for Proposal may be ob‐ from LaPAC tained (https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ dspBid.cfm?search=dep artment&term=102), Central Bidding (http:// www.centralauctionh ouse.com) or by email re‐ to:email: quest 0210BankingServices@ brla.gov. *Note: The City-Parish elected to use has LaPAC, the state’s online electronic bid posting and Central Bidding noti‐ fication system, in addi‐ tion to its standard means of advertising this requirement. LaPAC is resident on State Pur‐ website at chasing’s https://wwwcfprd.doa. louisiana.gov/osp/lapac/ and is pubmain.cfm available for vendor selfenrollment. NOTE: This RFP is not available to submit online via Central Bidding; submissions MUST be mailed or hand delivered to the address mentioned in the RFP. In that LaPAC and Central Bidding provides an im‐ mediate email notifica‐ tion to subscribing bid‐ ders that a solicitation and any subsequent ad‐ denda have been let and posted, notice and re‐ ceipt thereof is consid‐ ered formally given as of their respective dates of posting. Though not re‐ quired if receiving solici‐ tation and addenda no‐ tices from LaPAC and Central Bidding the CityParish will email ad‐ denda to all vendors con‐ tacting our office and re‐ questing to be put on our office Vendor Listing for this solicitation. The deadline for receiv‐ ing written inquiries is September 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM CST. Proposals received after the above specified time will not be considered. The right to reject any and all proposals and to waive irregularities and informalities is reserved. All questions concerning the Solicitation and Con‐ tract Documents MUST be received in accor‐ dance with the Schedule

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of Events cited in the So‐ licitation documents. Though not required if receiving solicitation and addenda notices from LaPAC, the City of Baton Rouge, Parish of East Baton Rouge will email or mail addenda to all ven‐ dors contacting our of‐ ﬁce and requesting to be put on our ofﬁce Vendor Listing for this solicita‐ tion. 196479 Aug. 6, 13, 20, 3t $118.41

PUBLIC NOTICE --RFB 27-13 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER EQUIPMENT CITY OF HAMMOND, LOUISIANA The City of Hammond will open sealed Bids at 10:00 a.m. August 31, 2026, at the Purchasing 310 E Department, Charles St 2nd Fl, Ham‐ mond LA 70401, for "Air Control Tower Trafﬁc Equipment." The RFB for this project b d l d df

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p j may be downloaded from the City’s website, www. hammond.org, or via Bid www. Express, bidexpress.com

g Bid Opening must con‐ tact Director of Adminis‐ tration Charles Borchers at borchers_cw@ IV hammond.org or 985-2775647 at least 7 days prior.

y y Medium Duty Truck and Trailer Parts and Services 260804 Medical Equip‐ ment, Supplies, and Ser‐ vices 260805 Academic and Ed‐ ucational Goods and Ser‐ vices 260806 Holiday and Spe‐ cial Event Lighting

To review or obtain a hardcopy of the RFB or to submit questions, a Bid‐ der should contact Pur‐ chasing Director Jana Thurman Soileau at pur‐ chasing@hammond.org or 985-277-5633 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sealed Bids must be re‐ ceived by the Purchasing Department by 10:00 a.m. August 31 2026. Hard‐ copies must include the RFB Number, Bidder's Name, Bidder's Address, Bidder's Louisiana Con‐ tractor License Number, and RFB Opening Date clearly typed or printed on the outside of the Bid envelope. Section 3 Busi‐ nesses/MBEs/WBEs/SBEs are encouraged to sub‐ mit Bids. Any person with disabili‐ ties requiring special ac‐ commodations during id i

The City reserves its right under law to reject any and all Bids for just cause. The City shall incur no obligation to any Contractor relating to this RFB until a Con‐ tract between the City and the Contractor is fully executed. 196435-aug 6-13-20-3t $106.03 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Interlocal Purchas‐ ing System (TIPS) has posted procurement so‐ licitations at www.tipsusa.com for the following categories: 260801 Auditorium, Sta‐ Field Seating, dium, Bleachers, and Installa‐ tion Services (2 Part with JOC) 260802 Heavy Duty and Medium Duty Trucks and Trailers 260803 Heavy Duty and di k d

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PUBLIC NOTICE --- 1ASHLAND FIELD 26-263 thru 26-265 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY,

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026, upon the application of ADAMAS ENERGY LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Ash‐ land Field, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. 1. To authorize Applicant to drill, designate and utilize three cross unit horizontal wells to serve as alternate unit wells for HA RA SUL, HA RA SUM and HA RA SUN, all at the locations and in general manner the shown on the plat sub‐ mitted with the applica‐ i h l l

Public Notices Conservation pp tion, or at any other legal locations within such units, and to approve ex‐ ceptions to the spacing provisions of Ofﬁce of Permitting and Compli‐ ance Order No. 1262-E, ef‐ fective May 4, 2010, as to the common boundaries of the units which will be served by the cross unit horizontal wells, pro‐ vided that said cross unit horizontal wells will be no closer perforated than 330’ from any unit boundary, other than the common boundaries be‐ tween the affected units, except as requested in Paragraph 2 below. 2. In addition to the re‐ quest for exceptional lo‐ cations as to the com‐ mon boundaries between the affected units, the applicant requests an ex‐ ception to the well spac‐ ing provisions in Order No. 1262-E to allow the ﬁrst and last perforation point or take point in the proposed cross unit hori‐ zontal wells to be lo‐ cated no closer than 100’ from the north and south unit lines and no closer than 200’ to any well on a competitive unit com‐ pleted in, drilling to, or f hi h i h

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p g for which a permit has been granted to drill to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A. 3. To find that the pro‐ posed horizontal wells are necessary to effi‐ ciently and economically drain a portion of the Haynesville Zone under‐ lying the units on which it is proposed to be drilled which cannot be efficiently and economi‐ cally drained by any ex‐ isting well on such units, will prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unneces‐ sary wells, protect cor‐ relative rights and pro‐ mote the full and effi‐ cient development of the natural resources of this state. 4. To provide that if the horizontal portion of a well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit and offset boundary well(s) will be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not on the penetration point or ter‐ minus of the well in the Hayesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A.

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5. To provide that pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed wells shall be sep‐ arated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Ofﬁce of Permitting and Com‐ pliance. 6. To provide that the unit allowables for the units to be served by the pro‐ posed wells may be pro‐ duced from the unit well, from any alternate unit well, or from any combi‐ nation of such wells serving the unit, at the discretion of the opera‐ tor. 7. To provide that pro‐ duction from a cross unit horizontal well shall be allocated to each unit penetrated by the well in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as determined by an “as drilled” survey performed after the well has been drilled and completed. 8. Except insofar as set forth above, to conﬁrm and continue in full force and effect the provisions f d f

Public Notices Conservation p of Order No. 1262-E, ef‐ fective May 4, 2010, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 1262-E Se‐ ries of Orders, the units created thereby, and of all applicable Statewide Orders. 9. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was deﬁned in Order No. 1262-E, ef‐ fective May 4, 2010. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

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DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OF THE HEARING DATE. 197231 Aug. 13, 1t $88.22 PUBLIC NOTICE --- 1SAN MIGUEL CREEK AND ZWOLLE FIELDS 26-270 thru 26-272 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026, upon the application of RED WOLFPACK RE‐ SOURCES LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the San Miguel Creek and Zwolle Fields, Sabine Parish, Louisiana. 1. To authorize Applicant to drill, designate and utilize nine cross unit horizontal wells to serve as unit or alternate unit wells for HA RA SUF and HA RA SUU and nine unit horizontal cross wells to serve as unit or alternate unit wells for HA RA SUF and HA RA SUL, at the locations and in the general manner shown on the plat sub‐ mitted with the applica‐ tion, in exception to the to the spacing provisions of the 1165-K and 628-B Series of Office of Per‐ mitting and Compliance Orders, provided there are no perforations in any wellbore closer than 330’ to any unit boundary and limited to 100’ from any unit boundary in the direction of the horizon‐ tal wellbore closest to the top of perforations or based of perforations (200’ between wells in adjacent units), except for the common unit boundaries between said units. 2. To find that the pro‐ posed wells are neces‐ sary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the reservoir covered by each unit which cannot be so drained by any existing well within such units. 3. To permit the operator to produce the unit al‐ lowable for each unit from the unit well and/or the alternate unit wells, in any combination, at its discretion. 4. To find that unit pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed cross unit horizon‐ tal wells shall be allo‐ cated to each unit pene‐ trated by the well in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as determined by an “as survey per‐ drilled” formed after the well has been drilled and com‐ pleted, provided that the production shall unit continue to be shared on a surface acre basis. 5. To find that production from each of the pro‐ posed wells shall be sep‐ arated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Secre‐ tary of the Department of Conservation and Energy. 6. To find that, with re‐ spect to wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SUL, HA RA SUF and HA RA SUU, where the horizontal por‐ tion of the well is cased cemented back and above the top of the Hay‐ nesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calcu‐ lated based on the dis‐ tance to the nearest per‐ foration in the well, and not based on the pene‐ tration point or terminus. 7. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in full force and effect the provisions of Order No. 1165-K, ef‐ fective October 28, 2008, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 1165-K Se‐ ries of Orders and Order No. 628-B, effective No‐ 3, 2009, as vember amended and supple‐ mented by the 628-B Se‐ ries of Orders, the units created thereby, and of all applicable Statewide Orders. 8. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the San Miguel Creek Field, was defined in Order No. 1165-K, effective October 28, 2008. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Zwolle Field, was defined in Order No. 628-B, effective November 3, 2009. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND EN‐ ERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

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unit well for HA RA SUQ and HA RA SUDD, at the location and in the gen‐ eral manner shown on the plat submitted with the application; in excep‐ tion to the spacing provi‐ sions of Office of Permit‐ and Compliance ting Order No. 955-J and to approve this well in ac‐ with LAC cordance et seq. 43:XIX.4307 (Statewide Order No. 29S). 2. To find that the pro‐ posed horizontal well is necessary to efficiently and economically drain a portion of the Hay‐ nesville Zone, Reservoir A, underlying the unit or units on which it is pro‐ posed to be drilled which cannot be efficiently and economically drained by any existing well on such will prevent units(s), waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, protect correlative rights and promote the full and efficient development of the natural resources of this state. 3. To provide that if the horizontal portion of a well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit and offset boundary well(s) will be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not on the penetration point or ter‐ minus of the well. 4. To provide that pro‐ duction from the cross unit well shall be sepa‐ rated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance. 5. To provide that the unit allowables for the af‐ fected units may be pro‐ duced from the unit well, from any alternate unit well, or from any combi‐ nation of such wells serving the unit, at the discretion of the opera‐ tor. 6. To provide that pro‐ duction from a cross unit horizontal well shall be allocated to each unit penetrated by the well in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as determined by an “as drilled” survey performed after the well has been drilled and completed. 7. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in full force and effect the provisions of Order No. 955-J, effec‐ tive October 28, 2009, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 955-J Se‐ ries of Orders; and of all applicable Statewide Or‐ ders. 8. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 955-J, effec‐ tive October 28, 2009. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AT THE HEARING, PLEASE CON‐ TACT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORK‐ ING DAYS OF THE HEAR‐ ING DATE. 197243 Aug. 13, 1t $77.07 PUBLIC NOTICE --- 2WOODARDVILLE FIELD 26-266 thru 26-269 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2026, upon the application of ADAMAS ENERGY LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Woodardville Field, Bi‐ enville Parish, Louisiana. 1. To authorize Applicant to drill, designate and utilize one cross unit hor‐ izontal well to serve as an alternate unit well for HA RA SU78 and HA RA SUXX, three cross unit horizontal wells to serve as alternate unit wells for HA RA SU78 and HA RA SUT, and one cross unit horizontal well to serve as an alternate unit well for HA RA SU78, HA RA SUT and HA RA SU75, all at the locations and in the general man‐ ner shown on the plat submitted with the appli‐ cation, or at any other legal locations within such units, and to ap‐ prove exceptions to the spacing provisions of Of‐ fice of Permitting and Compliance Order No. 990-D, effective July 15, 2008, as to the common boundaries of the units which will be served by the cross unit horizontal wells, provided that said unit horizontal cross wells will be perforated no closer than 330’ from any unit boundary, other than the common bound‐ aries between the af‐ fected units, except as requested in Paragraph 2 below. 2. In addition to the re‐ quest for exceptional lo‐ cations as to the com‐ mon boundaries between the affected units, the applicant requests an ex‐ ception to the well spac‐ ing provisions in Order No. 990-D to allow the first and last perforation point or take point in the proposed cross unit hori‐ zontal wells to be lo‐ cated no closer than 100’ from the north and south unit lines and no closer than 200’ to any well on a competitive unit com‐ pleted in, drilling to, or for which a permit has been granted to drill to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A. 3. To find that the pro‐ posed horizontal wells are necessary to effi‐ ciently and economically drain a portion of the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, underlying the units on which it is pro‐ posed to be drilled which cannot be efficiently and economically drained by any existing well on such units, will prevent waste, avoid the drilling of un‐ necessary wells, protect correlative rights and promote the full and effi‐ cient development of the natural resources of this state. 4. To provide that if the horizontal portion of a well is cased and ce‐

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mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit and offset boundary well(s) will be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not on the penetration point or ter‐ minus of the well in the Hayesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A. 5. To provide that pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed wells shall be sep‐ arated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance. 6. To provide that the unit allowables for the units to be served by the pro‐ posed wells may be pro‐ duced from the unit well, from any alternate unit well, or from any combi‐ nation of such wells serving the unit, at the discretion of the opera‐ tor. 7. To provide that pro‐ duction from a cross unit horizontal well shall be allocated to each unit penetrated by the well in the same proportion as the perforated length of the lateral in each such unit bears to the total length of the perforated lateral as determined by an “as drilled” survey performed after the well has been drilled and completed, except that the proportion of unit associated production the perforated with length of lateral located within 330’ of the com‐ mon unit boundary be‐ tween HA RA SU78 and HA RA SUXX shall be allo‐ cated equally between HA RA SU78 and HA RA SUXX. 8. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in full force and effect the provisions of Order No. 990-D, effec‐ tive July 15, 2008, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 990-D Se‐ ries of Orders, the units created thereby, and of all applicable Statewide Orders. 9. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 990-D, effec‐ tive July 15, 2008. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND EN‐ ERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORKING DAYS OF THE HEARING DATE. 197234 Aug. 13, 1t $68.93 PUBLIC NOTICE ---3LONGWOOD FIELD 26-278 and 26-279 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026, upon the application of EXCO OPERATING COMPANY, LP. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Long‐ Field, Caddo wood Parish, Louisiana. 1. To permit the applicant to drill, designate and utilize six horizontal al‐ ternate unit wells: three for HA RA SULL; and three for HA RA SUNN, at the locations and in the general manner shown on the plat submitted with the application and made a part hereof, in with the accordance spacing provisions of the 123-K Series of Office of Permitting and Compli‐ ance Orders and all ap‐ plicable Statewide Or‐ ders. 2. To find that these wells are necessary to effi‐ ciently and economically drain a portion of the covered by reservoir each unit which cannot be so drained by any ex‐ isting well within such unit. 3. To permit the operator to produce the unit al‐ lowable from the unit well and/or any alternate unit wells, in any combi‐ nation, at its discretion. 4. To find that, with re‐ spect to horizontal wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SULL and HA RA SUNN, where the horizontal portion of the well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit and offset boundary well(s) should be calcu‐ lated based on the dis‐ tance to the nearest per‐ foration in the well, and not based on the pene‐ tration point or terminus. 5. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in effect the provisions of the 123K Series of Orders, the units created thereby and applicable Statewide Orders. 6. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was defined in Order No. 123-K, effec‐ tive June 17, 2008, and was redefined INSOFAR AND ONLY INSOFAR as HA RA SULL and HA RA SUNN are concerned, in Order No. 123-K-23, effective November 10, 2020. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

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PUBLIC NOTICE ---3SLIGO FIELD 26-275 thru 26-277 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2026, upon the application of APEX NATURAL GAS, LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Sligo Bossier Parish, Field, Louisiana. 1. To create three addi‐ tional drilling and pro‐ duction units (to be des‐ ignated as HA RA SU90, HA RA SU91 and HA RA SU92) for the exploration for and production of gas and condensate from the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, as shown on the plat submitted with the application. 2. To force pool and inte‐ all separately grate owned tracts, mineral leases and other prop‐ interests within erty each of the units so cre‐ ated, with each tract sharing in unit produc‐ tion on a surface acreage basis of participation. 3. To provide that with re‐ spect to horizontal wells drilled to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, within or to serve HA RA SU90, HA RA SU91 and HA RA SU92, where the horizon‐ tal portion of the well is and cemented cased back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A, the distance to any unit boundary and offset well(s) should be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not based on the penetration point or ter‐ minus. 4. To designate a unit well for each of the pro‐ posed units, as may be appropriate based on the evidence presented at the hearing. 5. To designate applicant as the operator of HA RA SU90, HA RA SU91 and HA RA SU92. 6. To continue in force and effect, except to the extent contrary herewith, the pertinent provisions of Order No. 8-N, effec‐ tive September 30, 2008, as amended and supple‐ mented by the 8-N Series of Orders, and all applic‐ able Statewide Orders. 7. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was origi‐ nally deﬁned in Order No. 8-N, effective September 30, 2008. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, IF YOU NEED ASSISTANCE AT THE HEARING, PLEASE CON‐ TACT THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND ENERGY AT P.O. BOX 94275, BATON ROUGE, LA 70804-9275 IN WRITING WITHIN TEN (10) WORK‐ ING DAYS OF THE HEAR‐ ING DATE. 197248 Aug. 13, 1t $66.21 PUBLIC NOTICE --- 4ALABAMA BEND FIELD 26-280 LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DE‐ PARTMENT OF CONSER‐ VATION AND ENERGY, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA. In accordance with the laws of the State of Louisiana, and with par‐ ticular reference to the provisions of Title 30 of Revised Louisiana Statutes of 1950, a public hearing will be held in the Hearing Room, 1st Floor, LaSalle Building, 617 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 9:00 a.m. on TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2026, upon application of the ADAMAS ENERGY LLC. At such hearing the De‐ partment of Conserva‐ tion and Energy will con‐ sider evidence relative to the issuance of Orders pertaining to the follow‐ ing matters relating to the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, in the Al‐ abama Bend Field, Bi‐ enville Parish, Louisiana. 1. To authorize Applicant to drill, designate and utilize four horizontal wells as additional alter‐ nate unit wells for HA RA SUQ, at the location shown on the plat sub‐ mitted with the applica‐ tion, or at any other legal location within said unit in accordance with LAC et seq. 43:XIX.4307, (Statewide Order No. 29S). 2. To find that the pro‐ posed horizontal wells are necessary to effi‐ ciently and economically drain a portion of the Haynesville Zone under‐ lying the unit on which it is proposed to be drilled which cannot be effi‐ ciently and economically drained by any existing well on such unit, will prevent waste, avoid the drilling of unnecessary wells, protect correlative rights and promote the full and efficient devel‐ opment of the natural re‐ sources of this state. 3. To provide that if the horizontal portion of a well is cased and ce‐ mented back above the top of the Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A, the distance to any unit and offset boundary well(s) will be calculated based on the distance to the nearest perforation in the well and not on the penetration point or ter‐ minus of the well in the Haynesville Zone, Reser‐ voir A. 4. To provide that pro‐ duction from the pro‐ posed wells shall be sep‐ arated and metered indi‐ vidually and that this in‐ formation shall be re‐ ported in the manner prescribed by the Office of Permitting and Com‐ pliance. 5. To provide that the unit allowables for the unit to be served by the pro‐ posed wells may be pro‐ duced from the unit well, from any alternate unit well, or from any combi‐ nation of such wells serving the unit, at the discretion of the opera‐ tor. 6. Except insofar as set forth above, to confirm and continue in full force and effect the provisions of Office of Permitting and Compliance Order No. 1490-C, effective De‐ 9, 2008, as cember amended and supple‐ mented by the 1490-C Se‐ ries of Orders, the units

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created thereby, and of all applicable Statewide Orders. 7. To consider such other matters as may be perti‐ nent. The Haynesville Zone, Reservoir A was deﬁned in Order No. 1490-C, ef‐ fective December 9, 2008. A plat is available for in‐ spection in the Depart‐ ment of Conservation and Energy in Baton Rouge and Shreveport, Louisiana. http://dnr.louisiana.gov/ conshearings All parties having inter‐ est therein shall take no‐ tice thereof. BY ORDER OF: DUSTIN H. DAVIDSON, SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF CON‐ SERVATION AND ENERGY Baton Rouge, 8/10/26;8/13/26 S lck

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PUBLIC NOTICE --IBERVILLE PARISH COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2026, AT 6:30 P.M. IBERVILLE PARISH COUNCIL 58050 MERIAM STREET, PLAQUEMINE, LOUISIANA 70764 AGENDA 1) Call to order 2) Pledge of Allegiance 3) Public Comments (Must register with the Clerk, please see dis‐ claimer below.*) 4) Addendum A) None 5) Presentations and Ap‐ pearances A) Resolution of Recogni‐ tion for St. John the Bap‐ tist Church B) Recognition of the Iberville Parish Animal Shelter C) Merry Way – Terri Witt D) Tyrone Drainage

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y the Iberville Parish Gov‐ and the ernment, Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce for the placement of a drone and equip‐ ment on the 911 Tower located at the Parish Barn Facility

g the year of 2022 for un‐ paid taxes for the year of 2021. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or ﬁle a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIX (6) MONTHS of the date of the ﬁrst publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later.

g Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810

y Cristina Broussard, Nicole Knox, Dailyn Jade Kennedy, and Ashli Kennedy

F) Consider/ Approve authorizing Resolution the Parish President to enter into a Cooperative Agreement Endeavor (CEA) with the Iberville Government, Parish Iberville Caer, and the Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce for the installation and operation of an Iberville Parish Sheriff’s License Plate Ofﬁce Reader (LPR) On the Iberville Parish Govern‐ ment and Iberville Caer Siren Pole Number 3504, in Sunshine, located Louisiana. G) Consider/Approve authorizing Resolution the Parish President to enter into a Cooperative Agreement Endeavor (CEA) with the Louisiana Department, Military through the Gillis Long Center, Louisiana Na‐ tional Guard Youth Chal‐ lenge Program Campus Carville Louisiana, in Iberville Parish, for the Establishment and Oper‐ ation of an Iberville Parish Fire Service Satel‐ lite Station. H) Consider/ Approve authorizing Resolution the Parish President to enter into a Cooperative Agreement Endeavor (CEA) with South Central Planning and Develop‐ ment Commission to pro‐ vide a supplemental plan for review, staff support, data, and documentation for the neighborhood re‐ vitalization of blighted and nuisance properties in the unincorporated areas of Iberville Parish which will establish a framework for targeted revitalization planning 12) Planning Commission Report A) Consider/Approve Consideration of re-sub‐ division for Bart Morgan B) Consider/Approve Consideration of re-sub‐ division for Brian Carville C) Consider/Approve Consideration of re-sub‐ division for Johnny Andre III Consider/Approve D) Consideration of re-sub‐ division for Michael Vi‐ tale 13) Boards and Commis‐ sions Report A) None 14) Announcement A) None 15) Discussions A) None.

E) Vibration Study Up‐ date by John Clark

16) Correspondence A) None

F) Hyundai Project Up‐ date by Joon Park & Charles Jang

17) Adjournment

6) Reading and Approval of Minutes • PH, RM Minutes for July 15, 2026 7) President’s Report 8) Financial Report 9) Old Business A) Approve Ordinance to Amend the 2026 Capital Improvement Budget and the 2026 General Fund Budget to provide for Ad‐ ditional Appropriations for the Iberville Museum Building Renovation Pro‐ ject and The St. Louis Subdivision Street Light‐ ing Project 10) New Business A) President appoint‐ ment of Ofﬁcer – Chief Ofﬁcer Administrative Randall Dunn

Macy W. Ourso, Council Clerk In accordance with the Americans with Disabili‐ ties Act, if you need spe‐ cial assistance for the meeting, please contact Iberville Parish Council at (225) 687-5190, de‐ scribing the assistance that is necessary. *In accordance with LASR.S. 42:14, the public will be allowed to speak on agenda items only, for a maximum of 3 minutes. Iberville Parish Council meetings are accessible for public viewing on our website IbervilleParish.com. 8-13-2026 197150-aug 13-1t $115.94 PUBLIC NOTICE ---

B) Motion to reschedule 15, 2026, September Council Meeting to Tues‐ day, September 22, 2026

Recquisition 11297771

C) Introduction of Ordi‐ nances

NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY

1. Ordinance to amend the 2026 capital improve‐ ment budget and the 2026 Ochsner Medical Complex special revenue fund budget to provide appropria‐ additional tions for Ramah Boat improvements landing and purchase of equip‐ ment for Ochsner Med‐ ical Complex. Set for Public Hearing on Sep‐ tember 22, 2026 2. Ordinance creating the Iberville Parish Infra‐ structure Fund; providing for the purpose, funding, administration, and use of the fund; authorizing the deposit of revenues derived from Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) agreements, pay‐ ments in lieu of taxes (PILOT), cooperative en‐ deavor agreements, and other economic develop‐ ment tax incentive pro‐ grams; providing for eli‐ gible capital improve‐ ments; providing for pro‐ ject approval, account‐ ability, reporting, and severability; and other‐ wise providing with re‐ spect thereto. Set for Public Hearing on Sep‐ tember 22, 2026 3. Ordinance to amend section 16-4(a) of the Iberville Parish Code of Ordinances to clarify that the replacement of existing culverts as part of certain governmental mitigation or flood improvement drainage projects is permitted when such replacement maintains or improves hydraulic capacity. Set for Public Hearing on September 22, 2026 4. Ordinance to amend IPC Ordinance No. 007-26 relative to the morato‐ rium on the location of battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the un‐ incorporated areas of Parish, Iberville Louisiana. Set for Public Hearing on September 22, 2026 D) Consider/Approve Cy‐ press Harvest Solar Farm Project 11) Resolution Commit‐ tee Report A) Consider/Approve authorizing Resolution the submission of an ap‐ plication to the Delta Re‐ gional Authority Commu‐ nity Infrastructure Fund Program; authorizing the commitment of NON-DRA funds, if applicable; au‐ thorizing the execution of related documents; and providing for other matters in connection therewith B) Consider/Approve Res‐ olution to establish a requisition of funds pol‐ icy as required by the Louisiana Division of Ad‐ ministration for partici‐ pation in the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Pro‐ gram. C) Consider/Approve Res‐ olution to establish and execute a section 504 Re‐ habilitation Act Certifica‐ tion as required by the Louisiana Division of Ad‐ ministration for partici‐ pation in the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Pro‐ gram. D) Consider/Approve Res‐ olution to declare Emer‐ gency 911 furniture sur‐ plus and Transfer to The Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Office. E) Consider/ Approve authorizing Resolution the Parish President to enter into a Cooperative Agreement Endeavor (CEA) by and between h b ill i h

To Ellis Williams THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 12, Victoria Gardens Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Winbourne Ave By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19916, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Ellis Williams, et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for un‐ paid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196992 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $79.02 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Malachi Gee, Jr., and Laura Gee THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 25+, Square 12, Bank Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () 70th Avenue By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19918, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Malachi Gee, Jr., et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in h f f

Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196996 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $79.02 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Celine Scott Colling, Susan M. Colling, Jeffery Colling, Thomas W. Colling, Karen F. Colling, Theresa A. Colling THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 285 Crystal Place

To Ruthie Bell Williams Parson Albert THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 3 Square F Crawford Addition Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Erie St By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19915, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Ruthie Bell Williams Parson Al‐ bert, et al; and was adju‐ dicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810

Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () East Beaver Dr By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19921, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Celine Scott Colling, et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2016 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2015. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your interest in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the prop‐ erty by making all re‐ quired payments to the tax collector listed below or file a lawsuit in accor‐ dance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publica‐ tion of this notice, or the recording of an act trans‐ ownership, if ferring later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196997 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $82.38 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Timothy Paul McCoy

196981 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $80.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY

To Republic Finance, LLC, Liberty Bank and Trust, Gulfsouth Credit, LLC, Heirs and Estate of Cor‐ nelious M. Brown (Mary E. Brown, Cornelious Brown, III, Linda Brown)

Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Chippewa St

197000 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $83.72

By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19914, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Timothy Paul McCoy, et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2022 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2021. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your interest in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the prop‐ erty by making all re‐ quired payments to the tax collector listed below or file a lawsuit in accor‐ dance with law within SIX (6) MONTHS of the date of the first publica‐ tion of this notice, or the recording of an act trans‐ ownership, if ferring later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196886 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $81.02

THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot 54, Deer Park Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () Deer Creek Dr By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19920, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Stephen E. Kennedy Sr., et al; and was adjudicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2018 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2017. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your interest in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the prop‐ erty by making all re‐ quired payments to the tax collector listed below or file a lawsuit in accor‐ dance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publica‐ tion of this notice, or the recording of an act trans‐ ownership, if ferring later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196893 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $83.06 PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Fulgham Inc. and EMC Mortgage THIS NOTICE BY PUBLICA‐ TION IS NOTIFICATION THAT YOUR RIGHTS OR INTEREST IN THE FOL‐ DESCRIBED LOWING PROPERTY LOCATED IN BATON ROUGE EAST PARISH, LOUISIANA MAY BE TERMINATED BY OP‐ ERATION OF LAW IF YOU DO NOT TAKE FURTHER ACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW: Lot C, Sherwood Village Condominiums Improvements thereon believed to bear on Mu‐ nicipal No. () N. Sher‐ wood Forest By virtue of the provi‐ sions of Louisiana Re‐ vised Statute 47:2201 et seq. and Metropolitan Council Ordinance num‐ ber 19912, the Parish of East Baton Rouge has been authorized to sell this property as adjudi‐ cated property. You have been identified as a party who might have a vested or contingent in‐ terest in said property, which was assessed in the name(s) of Ernest Moses, et al; and was ad‐ judicated to the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the year of 2017 for unpaid taxes for the year of 2016. The sale will take place in accordance with the provisions of LA R.S. 47:2201 et seq. Your inter‐ est in the property will be terminated if you do not redeem the property by making all required payments to the tax col‐ lector listed below or file a lawsuit in accordance with law within SIXTY (60) DAYS of the date of the first publication of this notice, or the record‐ ing of an act transferring ownership, if later. Tax collector: East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff 222 St. Louis Street, 2ND Floor Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70802 (225) 389-4810 196896 Aug. 13, 20, 2026 2t $80.36 PUBLIC NOTICE --The Louisiana Office of State Parks is requesting proposals for a PublicPrivate Partnership pro‐ ject to design, construct, and operate a high-qual‐ ity recreational vehicle campground and related amenities. For more in‐ formation go to opportu‐ nitiesinlouisiana.com. 192994-jul 2-aug 31-t

PUBLIC NOTICE --Recquisition 11297771 NOTICE OF SALE OF ADJUDICATED PROPERTY To Linda Kennedy, i i d

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OFFICIAL PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE – RE-ZONING THE TOWN OF BRUSLY, LOUISIANA ORDINANCE NO. 6 OF 2026 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to LA R.S. 33:4724 and 33:4726 to all citizens and all other interested persons that the Town of Brusly Zoning Commission has held and the Town Council of the Town of Brusly will hold Public Hearings to obtain views regarding the following re-zoning request: Request: Property Address: Property Owners:

Re-Zoning From C-1 (Light Commercial) To R-4 (Multifamily Residential) 102 N. LaBauve Avenue, Brusly Kyle Paul Thibodeaux, Ryan Clifton Fabre, Brad K. Fabre

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the Town of Brusly Zoning Commission relative to the re-zoning request. Date:

WEDNESDAY, August 26, 2026

Time:

6:30 P.M.

A PUBLIC HEARING will be held by the Brusly Town Council relative to the re-zoning request. Date:

MONDAY, September 14, 2026

Time:

6:30 P.M.

All hearings will be conducted in the Council Chambers of the Brusly Town Hall, 601 South Vaughan Drive, Brusly, Louisiana. The proposed re-zoning application is available for inspection at Town Hall during regular office hours. Publish in The Advocate (Baton Rouge) three (3) times: August 6, 13 & 20, 2026.

196112-673812-Aug. 6, 13, 20-3t $ 207.90