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“Just as important as the fee itself is what we are putting in place moving forward — a much stronger process.” MAyOR HELENA MORENO

Moreno pitches sanitation fee hike

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Dozens sign NDAs for SpaceX project Number includes at least 20 state, local officials

BY SAM KARLIN Staff writer

Dozens of state ofﬁcials, companies and consultants signed nondisclosure agreements to keep information secret about SpaceX’s Vermilion Parish spaceport, records show. Louisiana Economic Development, Gov. Jeff Landry’s lead agency for negotiating with companies, signed a nondisclosure agreement with SpaceX in January, using the code name “Project Osprey.” In the ensuing months, the agency facilitated NDAs for the project with at least 20 public ofﬁcials across state and local government, according to records The Times-Picayune | The Advocate obtained through a public records request.

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STAFF PHOTO By BRETT DUKE

IV Waste employees make their collection rounds in a New Orleans neighborhood on Thursday.

City Council members greet proposal cautiously BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

Mayor Helena Moreno is proposing a 34% increase in New Orleans’ monthly sanitation fee, a bid to better cover existing service costs that will not come with increased trash pickups. The proposal, which the mayor has been foreshadowing since she took ofﬁce, calls for increasing the fee for curbside residential service from $24 to $32.25. The commercial rate, meanwhile, would increase from $48 to $64.50, under the plan a City Council committee discussed Thursday

but delayed a vote on. If the council approves the idea at its Sept. 3 meeting, the hikes — the ﬁrst since 2011 — would be in effect from Oct. 1 through the end of next year. After that, the fee would vary a bit every year according to the cost of service. Moreno, who last week announced an overhaul of the city’s trash operations after a state audit found that the city was paying for pickups at thousands of ineligible locations, said in a statement that she is aiming to tackle deeper problems with the sanitation department and needs a fee that covers full the cost of ser-

vice. The mayor said the measures will lead to “improved accountability and make sure our sanitation system remains accurate and ﬁnancially sustainable.” “Just as important as the fee itself is what we are putting in place moving forward — a much stronger process,” Moreno said. But the plan, which doesn’t propose an increase in the number of weekly trash hauls, could become controversial in a city where residents remember receiving more

Convention Center updates hotel deal Board move may soften opposition to incentives

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL and RICH COLLINS Staff writers

The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center board has approved a new deal with the developers of a planned “headquarters” hotel, a move that could soften opposition to incentives for the project and help it meet a crucial deadline for a fall groundbreaking. The board voted Wednesday to pay the developers of the Omni New Orleans $120 million now, instead of nearly $837 million over 45 years as originally planned, a change to the financial

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Natchitoches remembers Dolly Parton and her role in ‘Steel Magnolias’ BY BRIAN McCALLUM

salon of Dolly Parton’s character in “Steel Magnolias” during ﬁlming in 1988. “I have seen the movie a thouClare Prudhomme Trichel sat in her SUV just before lunchtime sand times, seen the play,” Trichel Wednesday, parked parallel to said, having lived in the area for the Cane River, there just for the about seven decades. “To me, she memories. was a Natchitoches monument. She had stopped in the 700 block She added the sparkle.” of Front Street in Natchitoches, The sparkle of Natchitoches is just in front of the building that far beyond anything that existed represented Truvy’s No. 2, the hair pre-Dolly Parton and “Steel Mag-

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nolias,” according to those who have lived there and saw it change. Cast as beauty salon owner Truvy Jones in the movie about several “strong as steel” Southern women in the ﬁctional town of Chinquapin, Parton’s legacy is everywhere in the northwest Louisiana town. A day after her death at the age of 80 following a battle with

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Flowers and balloons adorn a plaque in Natchitoches that honors Dolly Parton for her performance in the movie ‘Steel Magnolias.’ STAFF PHOTO By JILL PICKETT

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WASHINGTON — Parasitic illness cases linked to recalled iceberg lettuce have now been confirmed in 20 states, federal health officials said Thursday, expanding the scope of the largest outbreak of its kind in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration said government scientists have now identified cases in three additional states: Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The tally of people sickened by the parasite is now 11,458, up from about 10,900 reported last week. The FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state health officials have focused their investigation on lettuce grown at a farm in central Mexico operated by Taylor Farms, a major U.S. produce supplier. The FDA said its staffers are continuing to inspect and test produce at the farm, in cooperation with officials from the Mexican government. The U.S. agency said it “remains confident that all recalled iceberg lettuce related to this specific cyclospora outbreak is off the market.” Cyclospora is a microscopic parasite that commonly causes watery diarrhea “with frequent and sometimes explosive bowel movements,” according to the CDC. Outbreaks tend to occur most often in the late spring and summer. The heat-loving parasite infects the bowels and spreads through feces. The illness, called cyclosporiasis, is less common than foodborne illnesses caused by other germs, including salmonella and E. coli. Many cyclospora cases are never linked to a specific food or other source.

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Trump renames Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ executive order has no effect in Canada

BY MICHELLE L. PRICE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Thursday he is renaming Lake Ontario to be known as “Lake America” in the United States as he escalates his trade war with Canada. The Republican president signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to update the lake’s name in the U.S. geographic naming service. Trump cannot force Canada to follow his preferred naming convention, however. Trump has been ﬂoating the idea of the name change in recent days as the U.S. announced it was imposing 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods over the

weekend after talks between the countries broke down. Trump has been needling America’s northern neighbor since he returned to the White House last year, suggesting the ally with whom the U.S. once had warm relations should instead be absorbed as the 51st state. Canada responded to Trump’s import taxes this week by imposing retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment. Trump, who signed the order as he was sitting at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office, had a large sign behind him propped on a stand with a map of the Great Lakes. Over Lake Ontario, in big red letters, the map read “Lake America.” On the other side of the president was another map with the words, “MAKING THE GREAT LAKES EVEN GREATER.” Trump said as he was signing the order that he’d “notiﬁed all of the various people that we have to

notify. So, we’ve done everything that you have to do.” “And this is ofﬁcial, effective immediately,” he added. But the executive order Trump signed shows that the changes are supposed to be made within 30 days. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the move, invoking the lake’s Indigenous roots and noting that the name predates both Canadian Confederation and the U.S. Declaration of Independence. “Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario — then, now and always,” he wrote. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston dismissed Trump’s move in a social media post, writing: “We’re into some real foolishness now. It’s Lake Ontario, buddy.” The lake is one of multiple Great Lakes that the U.S. and Canada share borders along. There is no single international body that determines names of international bodies of water and Trump has wide latitude over how

CATASTROPHIC FLOODING IN HIMALAYAS

Satellite imagery offers clues to cause BY JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press

Beluga whale dies at Chicago aquarium CHICAGO — A beluga whale died days after it was transported hundreds of miles to a Chicago aquarium from a shuttered Ontario park as part of an ongoing effort to rescue Canada’s last captive whales. The whale, a 23-year-old female named Peekachu, died suddenly Tuesday as caretakers tried to rehydrate her, Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium said in a news release. Peekachu was one of eight whales moved from Marineland park in Ontario to the Chicago aquarium this summer — four in July, and four more this month. Marineland shut its doors in 2024, kicking off a race to ﬁnd new homes for its 30 beluga whales and four dolphins before they would be euthanized. Peekachu was blind in one eye and had trouble socializing with fellow whales, the aquarium said in its announcement. The whale showed “early signs of progress” in the days after the trip, but blood samples taken Tuesday concerned caretakers that she was dehydrated. As aquarium attendants tried to revitalize her with food and medicine that evening, she died, according to the aquarium.

Mauritania intercepts boat with 161 aboard NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Mauritania said Thursday it intercepted a boat off its coast carrying 161 migrants trying to make their way to Europe. The country’s coast guard said in a statement it “rescued” the migrants off the coast near the ﬁshing village of Amhijrat, north of the capital, Nouakchott. The boat was carrying people from Senegal, Guinea and Gambia, including 17 children. It had left Gambia’s capital Banjul eight days ago and was trying to reach Spain’s Canary Islands. The coast guard said the 161 people are expected to be transferred to a migrant reception center in Nouakchott, Mauritania’s capital. “They were in distress due to a lack of water and food,” an immigration ofﬁcial told The Associated Press. “The boat’s engine was extremely worn out and exhausted, and the vessel could no longer move forward, it therefore came to a stop at sea.” At least 1,200 migrants died in 2025 along the West AfricaAtlantic route to the Canary Islands, according to the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project.

the U.S. government recognizes geographic places and landmarks. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Huron Indigenous people’s word “oniatarí:io,” which means “lake of shining waters.” The province of Ontario, founded in 1867, took its name from the lake. Trump said that while his action was not meant to send any particular geopolitical message, “Canada’s been ripping us off for a long time” on trade and military issues. “They wanted to be treated like a state and they’re not a state,” the president said. “We just can’t do that anymore.” “We love the people of Canada,” Trump added. “I don’t think their representatives do, an appropriate job. Maybe they’ll change. I really don’t know. It doesn’t make much difference.” He also suggested his push to rename bodies of water may not be ﬁnished. “So, if you think about it, we have a gulf and we have a lake. Now, all we need is an ocean,” Trump said.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By NIRANJAN SHRESTHA

A boy looks at the devastation caused by flash flooding along the Trishuli River in Nepal’s Nuwakot district on Wednesday.

Death toll close to 400; more than 1,400 missing Trishuli hydropower project, he added. Nepalese army has Dozens of injured people were transto Kathmandu for medical care. rescued 100 by helicopter ported Rescuers found bodies in Chitwan

BY NIRANJAN SHRESTHA and SHRISTI KAFLE district hundreds of miles downstream

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DEVIGHAT, Nepal — Rescue teams and military helicopters searched Thursday for hundreds of missing people along the mountainous Nepal-China border, where a deadly torrent of water and mud several stories high swept through communities a day earlier following a glacier collapse. Videos of the disaster showed people running before the floodwaters swallowed them up and washed out buildings and bridges. More than 390 people were killed, according to authorities in Nepal and China, and more than 1,400 were missing, including hundreds of foreigners and pilgrims. Hundreds of others have been displaced across the Himalayan region. Images showed what appeared to be the second ﬂoors of buildings in Nepal’s hardhit Nuwakot district slathered in mud after the torrent rushed by. Riverbanks and village streets were covered in mud. Debris hung from tree branches and wires. Vehicles were buried, and some stunned survivors were caked in mud. Before-and-after images aired by state broadcaster China Central Television showed a multistory building and more than a dozen vehicles covered in mud. A two-lane road running along a river in a valley in Tibet’s Shigatse prefecture was completely buried. Aerial footage also showed that a lake had formed and expanded on the China-Nepal border. U.S. President Donald Trump said the U.S. spoke with Nepalese leaders and offered to provide “anything they want.”

Helicopters deployed for rescue The disaster has left at least 389 people dead and more than 460 injured in Nepal, according to police. Another 910 people are reported to be missing in Nepal. Authorities in Tibet, an autonomous region of China, reported at least three dead and 558 missing. Nepalese ofﬁcials said dozens of bridges were destroyed and nearly 25 miles of roads were damaged, complicating search efforts. The Nepalese army has rescued more than 100 people by helicopter, army spokesperson Brig. Gen. Raja Ram Basnet said. Army teams also evacuated people trapped inside facilities linked to the

from the hardest-hit areas. Bishal Kumar Bhandari, chairman of the Nepal Red Cross Society, said the agency has shifted its focus from rescue to large-scale relief operations in the flood-hit districts. In Tibet, the roaring mudslide that struck Wednesday engulfed a multistory port building and swallowed a bus parking lot at the land border crossing of Gyirong Port. Mud left in the surrounding areas was more than 5 feet deep on average, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported. Roads leading to the crossing were all damaged, while secondary collapses or landslides might occur as rain continued in the area, it added. China’s premier, Li Qiang, arrived Thursday in Gyirong to direct rescue efforts, alongside 500 military and paramilitary personnel. Military helicopters circled overhead, searching for survivors, assessing the disaster and mapping out possible rescue and evacuation routes. Chinese authorities also warned that the newly formed lake at the confluence of the Tsogyal and the Purupqiangzangbu rivers is overflowing and may burst.

Hundreds of foreigners missing Shova Shrestha, 33, has spent more than a day seeking word of her husband, Rajan Shrestha. She said his phone rang when she first called after the floods, but it later became unreachable. Since then, she has watched every helicopter that landed in Bidur, the capital of Nuwakot district, hoping he might be among the survivors. “I keep looking at each helicopter, hoping he will step out of it,” Shova said. Among the missing are 517 foreigners, according to Nepal’s tourism board. Many of the missing may have been on a pilgrimage to Mount Kailash in Tibet, a sacred site for Hindus, Buddhists and others. Seventy-seven people from one pilgrimage group were caught in the floods at the immigration office at the border, according to a post on X from Indian spiritual guru Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. The U.S. State Department said 90 Americans were unaccounted for after the flood. The department said it was unaware of any U.S. deaths and that three Americans had been rescued.

As rescue teams searched Thursday for missing people following catastrophic ﬂooding along the Nepal-China border, Earth scientists reviewed satellite imagery for clues to the cause and assessed the devastation. Geomorphologists Kristen Cook and Dan Shugar said initial images from Nepal on Wednesday were obscured by clouds and dust from the debris, so they could only see that part of a glacier had broken off from the Langtang Lirung peak, near the border with Tibet. In clearer images from Thursday, they said they could see that the bedrock underneath the glacier had collapsed, taking the massive chunk of ice down with it and sending boulders and ice into the valley. “It shows the whole area without anything hidden, and we could see that, yes, it looked like there was not

only this glacier that had failed, but a much larger chunk of the bedrock of the mountainside itself that had given way,” said Shugar, associate professor at the University of Calgary. “You have this big bedrock failure that took part of the glacier with it.” After slamming to the valley floor, the debris maintained its momentum through the steep, narrow valley as ice melted, said Cook, at the Université Grenoble Alpes in France. The Trishuli River surged during the ﬂooding. Before and after satellite images of the Kolpurtar, Betrawati and Syapru Besi areas of Nepal show that the river is now much wider, and brown and black, because it overtopped its banks in some areas and ﬁlled with debris in others. The change in the color of the water shows how much sediment the flow was carrying, turning from greenish to very brown because it’s full of mud, Cook said.

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ﬁghting to the death for my art,” she said. “I am giving all I have so that many people will continue to be interested in my art, even after I am dead.”

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TOKYO — Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died, her studio said Thursday. Kusama, 97, died Aug. 14 at a hospital in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama Studio said, without specifying the cause of death. “She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul,” the studio’s statement said. Kusama, one of Japan’s most respected contemporary artists, was widely exhibited around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and the Museum Ludwig in Germany. Repetitive motifs were her trademark, in various shapes, resembling netting, swirls or worms, but most often dots, dancing proudly on her canvases, or as sparkling balls or dots of light in her installations, in all their vibrant psychedelic glory. “Polka dots are fabulous,” Kusama said in a 2012 interview with The Associated Press, appearing in her signature orange bob wig and polka dot attire.

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Japanese artist yayoi Kusama poses for photographers in front of her painting ‘Love Arrives at the Earth Carrying with it a Tale of the Cosmos’ at the Tate Modern in London in 2012. “I want to create a thousand paintings, maybe two thousand paintings, as many as I can draw,” she said in her childlike but matter-offact tone. “I will keep painting until I die.”

Pursuing her vision of art Kusama insisted she drew the way she saw the world: covered with spots, part of the hallucinations she said she had from childhood. She was in and out of psychiatric institution for decades, although her sickness did not hold her back as she was one of the ﬁrst Japanese women to go to New York to pursue her art, in 1957. Although soft-spoken and shy in her mannerisms, Kusama was always unabashedly bold in the as-

sertion of her dotty vision, not only in sticking to the style for decades but also in making it accessible to the masses. In her later years, as the times caught up with her art, she enjoyed fame. She signed on with fashion brands like Louis Vuitton as well as other licensed products like teacups, Tshirts and key chains with her illustrations, including replicas of her likeness that were used in show windows and other marketing. In 2008, Christie’s auctioned her work for $5.8 million. In 2016, she won the most prestigious award Japan gives its artists, the Order of Culture. “I feel there is little left in my life, but I am now still

Kusama was called pop, avant-garde, feminist, just to name some of the categories thrown at her, most of which Kusama brushed off as not quite representative of her art. She was born in a middleclass family but felt misunderstood, as her parents wanted her to simply get married. They wanted to buy her kimono, not paints and brushes. She knew she had to get away. She chose America. When she arrived in New York, the fad was “action painting,” characterized by dribbles, swooshes and smears, not dots. She suffered years of poverty and obscurity. But she kept painting dots. She put circles of paper on people’s bodies, and once a horse, in “happening” antiwar performances in the late 1960s, which got some people arrested for obscenity but helped get media attention for her art. While in New York, she befriended artists like Andy Warhol, Georgia O’Keeffe and Joseph Cornell, who praised her innovative style.

Jaye P. Morgan, whose antics enlivened ‘Gong Show,’ dies BY MARK KENNEDY Associated Press

NEW YORK — Jaye P. Morgan, one of the top female recording artists of the 1950s with ﬁve hits in 1955 alone, including “That’s All I Want From You,” and who later became a frequent talk show guest and game show panelist, infamously taking off her shirt on “The Gong Show,” has died. She was 94. Morgan died Monday of natural causes in Longview, Washington, said Mark Sendroff, longtime attorney and friend. Morgan’s Top 10 hits were “That’s All I Want From You” and “The Longest Walk.” Her Top 20 hits were “Danger! Heartbreak Ahead,” “If You Don’t Want My Love” and “Pepper-Hot Baby.” She also had two Top 20 hits with Perry Como, “Chee Chee-Oo Chee (Sang the Little Bird)” and “Two Lost Souls,” and a hit with Eddy Arnold called “Mutual Admiration Society” that reached No. 47 on the Billboard singles chart. Later she would become a regular guest on “The Tonight Show” and make appearances with Merv Griffin, Dick Cavett and Mike Douglas as well as spots on “Love Boat” and “Fantasy Island.” But it was her years hamming it up as a celebrity judge — along with Jamie Farr and Rip Taylor — on the chaotic “The Gong Show” starting in 1976 that cemented her fame. On the show, amateur performers tried out their acts, and when one of the judges

couldn’t stand it anymore, they smashed a gong, ending the proceedings. Whichever performer won the day’s show received a check for the random amount of $516.32. On one episode, Eugene Patton — the dancing stagehand performing as Gene Gene the Dancing Machine — started his thing when Morgan opened her shirt to expose her breasts, helping bring an end to the show’s run on NBC in 1978. “It paid good money, and it was great exposure. I really enjoyed it,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 1992. “Jaye P. Morgan’s devilmay-care ad-libs on television game shows have probably made her more famous as a personality than as a singer,” The New York Times wrote in 1984. “But the same kooky recklessness that inspires Miss Morgan’s remarks is also a part of her musical sensibility.” Her film credits include “The All-American Boy” with Jon Voight, “Loose Shoes,” “The Gong Show Movie,” “Night Patrol” and the 2002 Miramax release “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” directed by George Clooney.

Jaye P. Morgan’s early life Morgan was born Mary Margaret Morgan in a log cabin in Mancos, Colorado, and her show business career started early. At the age of 3, she was part of the Morgan Family, a traveling vaudeville act that included her mother, her father, her

sister and ﬁve brothers. The group disbanded after their father’s death in 1945. Morgan was class treasurer of her California high school and her peers nicknamed her J.P. after the 19th century financier J.P. Morgan. She later feminized it by changing the initial J to Jaye. But by the time she was 17, she was singing professionally again, and in 1950 she joined Frank De Vol’s orchestra, singing with it for three years. Her recording career got underway via “Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries” and “Just a Gigolo” with De Vol on a small label, Derby Records, that reached No. 26 on the Billboard chart. That led RCA Records to come calling with a recording contract.

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NEW YORK — Peter Cullen, a proliﬁc voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies, including Optimus Prime in the syndicated 1984 series “Transformers” and Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh cartoon franchise, has died. He was 85. His agent, Kevin Motley, said Cullen died Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles. “His family asks that you hon- Cullen or his remarkable legacy by serving your communities and leading others with compassion, integrity, and loyalty and always remember ‘be strong enough to be gentle,’” said a family statement. Cullen’s career spanned from being an announcer at the groundbreaking late-1960s comedy and variety series “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” to “The Smurfs” and multiple G.I. Joe iterations, but he struck a nerve as Optimus Prime. While the original cartoon ran just a few years, it left an indelible mark on pop culture, with a toy line, spinoff cartoon series and comics produced over the next two decades. That culminated in the launch of a multibillion-dollar, live-action ﬁlm franchise in 2007 by Michael Bay. Before his audition, Cullen only knew that he would be reading for the part of a truck, though giving voice to a vehicle didn’t seem that crazy. “You’re always auditioning for something in animation that’s a

little off of the norm,” Cullen told the AP in 2019. When Cullen read about the heroic Autobot leader that turned into a red cabover semitrailer, he thought about his older brother, who had served as a U.S. Marine in the Vietnam War. “He was my hero, and he certainly was the mainstay behind the character,” Cullen said. “I just did an impression of Larry, and he’s still alive in my mind today because every time I do Prime, there’s my brother Larry.” Cullen’s authoritative baritone as Optimus Prime also appeared in 2009’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” through “Dark of the Moon,” “Age of Extinction,” “The Last Knight,” “Bumblebee” and “Rise of the Beasts” in 2023. His thoughtful, almost operatic lines would be quoted for decades by kids and adults alike: “I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here. We are waiting,” he said in the ﬁrst movie. In another, he intoned: “Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.” Other highlights from Cullen’s prolific career include voicing Eeyore across various “Winniethe-Pooh” projects, including Disney’s “The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” TV series, as well as voicing the villainous KARR opposite KITT in the 1980s NBC series “Knight Rider.” Cullen would attend conventions around the country to meet with fans from multiple generations, often getting teary. He said parents sometimes got more excited than their children meeting him.

Morgan’s onscreen career Morgan even got her own TV show in 1956 — “The Jaye P. Morgan Show,” which featured four of her brothers. Her solo albums include “Jaye P. Morgan” — produced by Davis Foster — “Jay P. Morgan Lately!” and a joint album with Kaye Ballard called “Long Time Friends.” An appearance on “The Tonight Show” opened up a career for her on television talk shows and she kept returning to Johnny Carson for ﬁve years. “I take my body everyplace I go,” she joked to the host in a 1972 episode. She also was a guest on “The Odd Couple” playing herself and singing their goofy song “Happy, Peppy and Bursting with Love.”

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NEW YORK — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly told lawmakers who held the key to his confirmation last year that a 2019 visit to Samoa before a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines.” New documents obtained by The Associated Press and The Guardian refute that testimony. Kennedy, then a prominent antivaccine activist, preceded the visit with a letter to the Samoan prime minister requesting to study the Pacific island nation’s measles, mumps and rubella vaccines after the deaths of two children who had received them. In the letter, he used the words vaccine or vaccination eight times. The letter raises questions about how truthful Kennedy was in testimony before Congress. During an arduous confirmation process where he needed the support of some skeptical Republican lawmakers to advance, Kennedy also pledged to maintain vaccine policies that, once in office, he moved to change. “I am writing this letter to you in the hope that we might be helpful to the people of your great nation,” Kennedy wrote, adding that he believed the deaths of the two children could have resulted from manufacturing issues. “I would propose my team conduct detailed health informatics assessment in Samoa of what happened with your MMR vaccines,” he continued. The Department of Health and Human Services said in response to questions from the AP that the Samoa visit “was unrelated to vaccines.” “Any claim or insinuation based on these letters that Secretary Kennedy lied under oath or to Congress is not only false but outright defamatory,” the department said in a statement. Kennedy was not under oath during his confirmation hearing. Knowingly giving materi-

intended to meet.” In the end, Kennedy won crucial support from Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Baton Rouge physician who leads the Senate health committee and strongly advocates vaccination. The Senate confirmed Kennedy on a 52-48 vote. Cassidy said he voted to confirm Kennedy because Kennedy promised not to change certain vaccine policies and guidance. For example, Cassidy said when announcing his vote, Kennedy pledged to maintain a vaccine advisory committee “without changes.” In office, Kennedy ousted all 17 members of the committee and named his own advisers. Cassidy has acknowledged his ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO By ROD LAMKEy JR. trust in Kennedy was broken. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., right, President Donald Trump’s nominee to serve “The commitments that were as Secretary of Health and Human Services, talks with Committee made to me have been violated,” Chairman Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Baton Rouge, following his confirmation Cassidy said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” in June. hearing Jan. 30, 2025, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

al false testimony to Congress is a crime that carries a possible prison sentence regardless of whether a person is under oath, though it is rarely prosecuted. HHS did not make Kennedy available for an interview. The White House did not respond to a request for comment. The Samoan prime minister’s office and the former prime minister who corresponded with Kennedy did not respond to requests for comment. Kennedy’s Samoa visit has become one of the most contentious events in his career. At the time, he was leading a nonprofit known for its anti-vaccine activism. Critics said the visit fueled anti-vaccine sentiment in Samoa, which later experienced the measles outbreak that killed 83 people, mostly children under 5. Attorneys said lawmakers could use Kennedy’s statements as grounds for hearings, investigations or an impeachment inquiry. But such action is unlikely under the current Republican-led Congress, which is aligned with President Donald Trump’s administration. Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey and Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, both Democrats who questioned Kennedy about Samoa in his confirmation hearings, accused the health secretary of lying.

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Questioned in hearing At the start of Trump’s second term, Kennedy — then a leader in the anti-vaccine movement — faced an uphill battle to become the nation’s health secretary. Lawmakers from both parties had criticized his anti-vaccine rhetoric, and in confirmation hearings, he tried to assure them that he supported childhood vaccination. The Samoa trip also came under scrutiny. Kennedy told the senators that his Samoa visit didn’t influence people’s decisions on whether to vaccinate. Several times, he flatly denied that his reason for the trip had anything to do with vaccines. When it came up during Wyden’s questioning, Kennedy replied: “I went there, nothing to do with vaccines. I went there to introduce a medical informatics system that would digitalize records in Samoa and make health delivery much more efficient.” The following day, when Markey asked, Kennedy said: “My purpose in going down there had nothing to do with vaccines.” Upon further questioning, Kennedy again denied it had anything to do with vaccines before adding: “My purpose in the trip was not to — I ended up having conversations with people, some of whom I never

Kennedy for years was chair and chief legal counsel of Children’s Health Defense, a nonproﬁt group known for its anti-vaccine activism. The group turned its attention to Samoa in July 2018, when two young children died after receiving a tainted MMR vaccine that had been improperly prepared. The two nurses involved were criminally charged the following month. The nurses ultimately pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The Samoan government halted all vaccinations for 10 months, until April 2019. Vaccination rates plummeted. During that time, CHD started contacting the Samoan government, according to emails previously obtained by the AP and the Guardian through a lawsuit against the State Department brought with the aid of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. In the newly obtained letter from Kennedy, also revealed through the lawsuit and dated Jan. 20, 2019, he addressed then-Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and described his desire to study Samoa’s use of the MMR vaccine. Kennedy speculated that the deaths in Samoa may have been caused by issues with different vaccine lots. Writing on CHD letterhead, he said his team wanted

ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy gloves that deliver electric shocks BY RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist. ICE moved forward with the purchase despite opposition from civil rights advocates and Democratic members of Congress, who said ICE officers cannot be trusted to use them appropriately. A notice published in a federal database Thursday said ICE entered into a no-bid contract to purchase the gloves from Compliant Technologies LLC, a Kentucky-based firm that manufactures them. The deal includes acquiring 6,000 of the devices along with support equipment and services over the next six months. Civil rights advocates have said ICE officers face criticism for their use of

force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. ICE published the notice hours after a group of U.S. senators, led by Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, urged the agency to cancel its plan to buy the gloves. In a letter to ICE’s acting director Thursday, Cortez Masto and 15 of her colleagues in the Democratic caucus questioned ICE’s need for the devices. The senators were the latest to express opposition to the plan, which became public this month when ICE published a notice outlining its intent to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for ofﬁcers and investigators. The devices are normal patrol gloves until an ofﬁcer presses a button to activate the electrical mode. They must be applied directly to someone’s skin to produce a shock that causes pain, which is promoted as a way to gain compliance from people who are resisting. They have been used by some local jails

and police departments in recent years. ICE’s notice said officers would use them in “high-tension environments,” including while making arrests, transporting combative detainees and responding to civil disturbances outside detention facilities. It said that the shocks would help “maintain control over inmates and prevent aggression or escape attempts,” allow officers to handcuff people hiding their hands, and assist in crowd control. The goal would be to avoid using “more severe force,” including firearms. The notice said the gloves would be used with “approved policy, training, and accountability standards,” but it did not elaborate. ICE’s parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security, reacted defiantly Thursday to critics of the purchase. “Sanctuary politicians attempting to ban our federal law enforcement from any safety equipment is despicable and a deliberate attempt to undermine and endanger our officers,” the agency said in a statement.

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to evaluate whether that was the case through a “detailed health informatics assessment.” He expressed his belief that it was difficult and time-consuming in most of the world to investigate “adverse health events associated with vaccines” and said health information systems are rarely designed to quickly study links “between diagnoses and specific vaccination events.” The letter did not specifically discuss anti-vaccine activism. The prime minister responded a month later, saying Samoa could benefit from CHD’s assessment. “It is certainly beneficial for Samoa to have the benefit of your Team’s independent health assessment of our MMR Vaccines and I would welcome with much anticipation your Team’s proposed visit to our islands,” he wrote. CHD did not respond to a request for comment. Kennedy, his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, and Michael Graven, a CHD colleague, took their trip to Samoa in May and June of that year. By then, vaccinations had resumed and Samoa’s top health official had announced that human error, not a vaccine issue, caused the children’s deaths. While in Samoa, Kennedy met with anti-vaccine activists, including one who helped arrange the trip with a U.S. Embassy employee, the AP and the Guardian previously reported. Months later, with vaccination rates still dangerously low, measles broke out, sickening thousands. Public health experts have said their efforts to address the outbreak were hampered by antivaccine activists, some of whom they claim were emboldened by Kennedy’s visit. The AP and the Guardian previously reported that State Department and UNICEF officials privately discussed that the trip was about vaccines.

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to construct a 27-story building that exceeds the existing height limit in the surrounding Warehouse District neighborhood by more than 200 feet. Over the same time span, questions about the financial deal with Omni — which would have redirected several different revenues to the developer for decades — caused delays. In December, BGR issued a report encouraging the Convention Center to restructure the public subsidies for the hotel project to Years in the making save tax dollars. Key to the The Convention Center’s group’s recommendations is headquarters hotel plan has that the future revenues are hit multiple snags since it was announced eight years ago. In 2020, the project’s major financial backer left the deal during pandemic uncertainty, but the proposal came back to life in 2024 when the Convention Center’s oversight board approved a plan with Omni for a hotel in a new location. Over the last year, the project secured several key approvals, including a zoning waiver from the City Council to allow the developers

improve the deal for the public while still achieving the goal of building a Convention Center headquarters hotel.” The project has been a decades-long dream of Convention Center leaders, who say a state-of-the-art facility with more than 1,000 rooms is an essential tool to land big events in the nation’s increasingly competitive meetings industry. In 2018, the center announced a partnership with Omni to build it. Russ W. Allen, president of the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority, and Jim Cook, the Convention Center’s president and CEO, confirmed Thursday that the authority has applied to the Bond Commission for approval in September of the new financial obligations spelled out in the agreement that was amended Wednesday. “This brings us another step closer to delivering a project that has been decades in the making,” Allen and Cook said through a spokesperson. “That progress reflects close collaboration with state leaders to find a model that balances the efficient use of tax dollars with the activation of new tax revenues and long-term employment opportunities.” Omni did not respond to requests for comment. Henry said the Convention Center board will likely try to get on the Bond Commission agenda in September, but “that depends on their ability to meet with commission members and explain why the deal is improved.” “If they don’t have time to do it, we can move them to October or November,” he said. “Whenever they have the votes to pass it, that’s

disclosure agreements said the signee must keep all information about the project secret, including in “marketing materials, presentations, press releases, social media or interviews.” The agreement also said the signee must notify LED if they are requested or required to disclose confidential information so the “disclosing party may seek an appropriate protective order.” Asked Wednesday about PSC Executive Secretary Brandon Frey signing an NDA, Colby Cook, a spokesperson for the PSC, which regulates utilities like Entergy, said the commission doesn’t have a speciﬁc policy about NDAs. “As has been reported, NDAs are commonplace in economic development projects,” he said. “While

structure of the deal that could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars, according to an analysis of the agreement. The change comes nearly three weeks after state Senate President Cameron Henry, R-Metairie, said he would postpone a key vote on the project at the state Bond Commission because “the ﬁnancing isn’t in place, and we don’t have a deal that’s good for the state.” Bond Commission approval for the deal is needed before construction can begin. The developers previously said they needed to break ground in August, while the Mississippi River is low, or face months of delays and jeopardize a hoped-for opening date in 2030. On Thursday, Henry said there are still hurdles to overcome, but that the Convention Center board’s decision “moved the process in the right direction.” “They still have to go before the Bond Commission and still need approval, but this puts them in a much better position to rally support for an alternative plan that allows the state and the city the beneﬁt of Omni of being here instead of waiting 45 years to realize any sales tax revenue,” Henry said in a phone interview Thursday. The Bureau of Governmental Research, a local government watchdog group that criticized the original incentive package in an analysis last year, said in a statement late Wednesday that the board’s decision to restructure things “would

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Gov. Jeff Landry speaks during Tuesday’s SpaceX announcement in Abbeville.

he noted that President Donald Trump’s administration is aiming to waive federal regulations that would otherwise offer the public an opportunity to weigh in on the SpaceX project. Procopio said he sees the value in the ability to negotiate with businesses, especially for large job creators like SpaceX. But he said the Legislature should set guidelines for how much disclosure should be made about proposed projects. Currently, state ofﬁcials often negotiate and agree to provide public money to companies before the public learns about the deal. “At some point, there should be a public process where these things get approved,” he said. “But it’s a tradeoff.” Chad Vallo, president of the Vermilion Parish Police Jury, said he agreed to sign an NDA after ofﬁcials at LED asked him. He added that “99%” of his constituents are on board with SpaceX’s plans. “Most of them understand that it’s common sense,” Vallo said of the NDAs, which were also signed by the sheriff, another police juror and the president of the local school board. Asked about whether the public should have a role in such a massive project, Vallo said, “the public did have a role. They found out about it yesterday.” “For this kind of a deal, I don’t see where having a town hall would have done anything more than allow you guys to have the negative side of it and blab with the negative side of it,” he said.

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Secretary Frey signed an NDA for Project Osprey, he was not involved in negotiations, but only available as a resource regarding utility regulation and consistent protection of ratepayers.” Entergy also signed an NDA with LED, according to the documents, along with Venture Global, GEC Inc., a consultancy whose president is former CPRA chairman Johnny Bradberry, and several other companies. Nondisclosure agreements are often used between businesses negotiating with one another. But the embrace of them at the state government level has drawn some concerns in recent months from good government and transparency advocates, especially as data centers become a political lightning rod around the country. Meta is building a $50 billion hyperscale data center in northeast Louisiana, and Amazon is building an $18 billion campus of data centers near Shreveport. Landry’s administration has aggressively used NDAs to negotiate with companies in hopes of landing major investments here. LED has signed more than 300 NDAs since Landry took ofﬁce, including with tech giants like Anthropic, Google, Amazon and Meta, as well as a range of other companies and state ofﬁcials, a database maintained by The Times-Picayune | The Advocate shows. Steve Procopio, president of the Public Affairs Research Council, said NDAs cause a “huge tension” between economic development and the public’s right to know. And

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Continued from page 1A cancer, her photo was visible throughout town Wednesday morning, including on an electronic billboard visible to all entering from the east: her photo with the words “Goodbye Dolly, 1946-2026.” The people of Natchitoches just want to remember. “That’s what I’m out doing today,” Trichel said. “I’m seeing all the (filming) sites.” Dannie Collins was hired by the production company TriStar Pictures before Parton, Sally Field, Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah and Olympia Dukakis ever got to Natchitoches for filming. Then a real estate agent, he was tasked with finding homes for the stars and various members of the production staff. “She was just so nice,” he recalled of Parton. “I think she let everyone else pick first. She really didn’t care which house she got.” The people of Natchitoches, however, did. Shortly after she moved into a home along the river, people began stopping on the road across the waterway. “They were waiting for her to come out on her porch, just to see her,” he said. “It changed Natchitoches. When they did ‘Steel Magnolias,’ they were all very nice stars, big stars, but the favorite for all the people was Dolly Parton.” To his knowledge, that didn’t change. “She spent so much time with children, handicapped children,” he said. “For years, I heard stories of how she would still call them on Christmas just to talk.” Sandra Dickens worked at the hospital in Natchitoches where some of the filming was done, and she helped the production staff and stars as they navigated the facility. “My daughter ran the elevator at the hospital, and as they were going up and down, they would talk to her, and I remember Dolly sang to her.” Dolly sang to Natchitoches in public, at least once. At halftime of Northwestern State’s Sept. 3, 1988, football game, a sedan drove onto the field, parked about the 15-yard line and out hopped Parton. She addressed the crowd briefly, concluding by joking that “if you folks wanna sing along with me on this song, please don’t; you’ll mess me up!” Then, she added, “I’m just joking,” before belting out the song “9 to 5” as the band accompanied her. Jacque Horton was in the crowd that day, but she met

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Continued from page 1A frequent service at a lower price. The city cut twiceweekly pickups in 2021 to help pay for improved equipment and technology. Council members, who generally have warm relations with the administration, greeted the proposal cautiously on Thursday. While some members said they recognized that the sanitation department is running a steep deﬁcit, they said they need more feedback from residents before deciding how to vote. “$8 a month prior to Thanksgiving, prior to Christmas, is a lot of money for a lot of working families, and a lot of people who are on ﬁxed income,” said District E council member Jason Hughes. Hughes, who chairs the council’s Public Works Committee, said he wouldn’t make up his mind until after he holds town hall meetings in the Lower 9th Ward and New Orleans East on Sept. 1 and in New Orleans East on Sept. 2. Hughes didn’t call for a vote on the proposal in committee, which ensures that it will be open for debate at the next full council meeting.

Long-held issue Moreno is attempting to retool a department that has struggled with inefﬁciency.

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A painting of Dolly Parton with a black bow hangs out front of the storefront in Natchitoches that served as Truvy’s No. 2 or Truvy’s West in ‘Steel Magnolias.’

ing one chat, Horton asked what Parton’s real hair color was. “She put her ﬁngers in my hair and said, ‘It’s about your color.’ ” The effect the movie and the all-star cast had on Natchitoches remains. Madison Chaplin works at Steel Magnolia House Bed & Breakfast on Jefferson Street, which served as the home of mom M’Lynn and daughter Shelby Eatenton and now houses tourists who ﬂock to the home to spend the night in a room. She said guests talk about Parton, but “they talk about all the stars. As soon as they come in the door, they’re quoting the movie,” she said. “Guests come from all over, but I would definitely say the majority are Southern

people.” Horton remembered that fans “just wanted to touch her. It was amazing to watch the people.” Sarah Zeagler, a native of Hall Summit who said she “grew up on (Parton’s) music” in nearby Red River Parish, was a high school student when the movie was ﬁlmed in 1988. She rode with her aunt to Natchitoches to try to land a role as an extra but found out they weren’t the only people interested. “I got nowhere close,” she said. “I didn’t even get in the door; there were too many people.” Wednesday, she stood in the lobby of the Natchitoches Convention and Visitors Bureau, where she is now the tourism director.

The office also faces the Cane River on Front Street, just down from the stand-in storefront for Truvy’s No. 2, where a painting of Parton — about 3 feet by 5 feet in size and visible to anyone passing by — adorns the walkway. “The movie has had a huge impact on our community,” Zeagler said. “I would say the largest number of people who come through our door want to know everything they can see from the movie.” Along with the bed-andbreakfast, tourists are shown a litany of “Steel Magnolias” filming locations around Natchitoches. And they pay, drawn to the town where it was filmed as if they need to touch the spots where Parton and all the others stood. As Trichel prepared to pull off down Front Street Wednesday, her plan was to see more sites and, later that night, watch “Steel Magnolias” for the 1,001st time. She credited writer Robert Harling and the movie’s cast for its success, but she said it was the woman with the blonde locks that tied it tightly to the heart of the town. “With her personality and her heart, it just touched you,” she said. “She was just perfect.”

complaint. That would seem to fulﬁll Moreno’s previous pledge to accompany a sanitation fee hike with added service, but the strike team would also cost an additional $575,000. District B council member Lesli Harris said she would prefer stronger enforcement of illegal dumping ﬁnes.

“I’m trying to get the cost off the backs of our residents,” Harris said. Resident Chris Lang told council members that the administration should consider restructuring contracts with the city’s three haulers before seeking a fee hike, speciﬁcally when it comes to recycling. Fewer than half of New Orleans

households have recycling carts, but contractors are paid a recycling rate for all service locations, according to bid documents. “I don’t unequivocally oppose a sanitation fee increase,” Lang said. “The way in which it’s been handled right now, I think, is inappropriate and concerning.”

A cross-stitch of a line said by Truvy, played by Dolly Parton, is displayed in Steel Magnolia House Bed and Breakfast in Natchitoches.

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Jacque Horton, left, worked as Dolly Parton’s stand-in for three weeks on the set of ‘Steel Magnolias’ in Natchitoches in 1988. the star during three weeks working in a building on the NSU campus as Parton’s stand-in. Most of the work was standing around, either waiting off-set until called or standing in spots where the stars would work during up-

coming scenes while lights and other facets of production could be adjusted. “She was so down-to-earth that she stayed around on the set (when other actors went to trailers between scenes),” Horton said. Dur-

In a report last week, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor found more than 20,000 service locations — about 12% of the entire service list — that are either nonexistent, vacant, duplicates or otherwise ineligible for service. City officials are now working with the city’s three garbage haulers to sort through the auditor’s findings, with the hope of coming up with an accurate location list within six months. In addition to raising the fee, Moreno’s proposed ordinance aims to strengthen location verification with regular audits that match billing and service locations. Council President JP Morrell said he supports the measure because the administration’s focus on location accuracy will ensure the fee aligns with service costs — and it could even lead to fee reductions. “As the city uncovers which addresses should not be on the rolls, that will result in a savings,” Morrell said. “If you have a transparent sanitation fee, when there are savings, the ratepayers will see the savings.” The sanitation fee hike is one of the more politically delicate proposals Moreno has put forth in her first year, since many residents are still smarting over the reduction in weekly pickups after Hurricane Ida ﬁve years ago. Curbside trash and recycling collapsed after Ida,

prompting former Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s administration to rework sanitation contracts to ensure more reliable service. The new contracts required haulers to use new equipment with improved technology, and to ensure workers receive higher wages and benefits. Complaints over missed pickups plummeted by 80% under the new contracts, city officials said on Thursday, but the cost of service sharply increased. The reduction in weekly pickups was meant to help cover the added cost. But costs have continued spiraling with inflation and added locations, resulting in a sanitation deficit that is growing every year. The deficit this year is projected to be $25 million, according to the administration. “We are not here trying to make a profit. All we’re trying to do is stop the bleeding,” said city Chief Administrative Officer Joe Giarrusso. Sanitation Director Matt Torri, responding to a hypothetical question from Morrell, said the earliest twice-weekly service could possibly return is 2028, based on operational needs of contractors.

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AP transportation writer Air trafﬁc controllers in Washington and the pilots of President Donald Trump’s helicopter met to discuss communication issues one week before a jet was allowed to take off just as Marine One left the White House, federal investigators said Thursday. Controllers reported not receiving the standard three-minute warning call ahead of Marine One flights and both sides agreed to an alternative in those instances — but that plan to relay the radio call through someone else was

dures put in place after last year’s midair collision near the busy airport that killed 67 people, but ofﬁcials stressed that the president was never in danger. The Pentagon also has a longstanding agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration to provide controllers with a three-minute warning before the president’s helicopter takes off that predates last year’s crash. The NTSB said recordings from the tower showed that the controllers never heard the calls from Marine One’s pilot that day warning that the helicopter was getting ready to take off, but separate recordings posted by ATC.com show

Hawk helicopter on Jan. 29, 2025, that all takeoffs and landings at the airport would be halted any time a helicopter passes by on a conﬂicting route. The FAA has acknowledged that the helicopter and airliner brieﬂy got too close before the two aircraft started to move away from each other. The airplane quickly climbed above the helicopter after Marine One’s pilots saw the plane and paused until it safely left the area. The NTSB said preliminary estimates show the helicopter and plane were just over 0.8 mile apart laterally and about 700 feet apart vertically at their closest. The crew

One was getting ready to head to Andrews Air Force Base with the president aboard that day. A recording posted by ATC.com showed the Marine One pilot telling the tower that the helicopter was “three minutes to life” just like the 2013 agreement between the FAA and the military calls for. But the controller seemed surprised a few minutes later when the helicopter took off. “Uh, Marine One, you said, uh, you’re proceeding as briefed?” the controller asked before giving the helicopter directions and commenting, “OK, no three minutes, roger, proceed as briefed.”

trollers and the military had been a longstanding issue. During a congressional hearing, it came out that a hotline connecting the Pentagon to the tower at Reagan hadn’t been working for more than three years, and the FAA hadn’t even realized it. The NTSB said that after this incident involving Marine One, FAA technicians determined that there wasn’t adequate line of sight between the radio receiver at the airport and the location where the helicopter takes off at the White House. So those radios were moved from the neighborhood where they had been located to the top of the tower at Reagan.

Patriot missile stocks in Europe are ‘beyond critical,’ officials say BY EMMA BURROWS and BEN FINLEY Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is experiencing a “beyond critical” shortage of advanced missile interceptors in Europe largely driven by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, a U.S. defense official in Europe and a NATO official told The Associated Press, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in NATO countries to a potential Russian attack. The U.S. defense official said the most concerning shortfall involves Patriot missile interceptors, which can shoot down Russia’s highspeed ballistic missiles. The NATO official confirmed the low inventories of Patriots among American and NATO forces in Europe. Both spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive military matters. In the event of a Russian ballistic missile assault on, for example, a military headquarters or power plant, NATO could be in a similar position to Patriot-starved Ukraine and be forced “to take punch after punch in the mouth,” the U.S. defense official said. In Europe, the American mili-

tary “definitely” does not have enough Patriots to stop any possible sustained ballistic missile attack and would have “very limited” capability to defend against a single ballistic missile strike or a stray Russian missile that goes off course, the U.S. ofﬁcial said. It illustrates the cascading fallout from Trump’s decision to launch a war against Iran, a conflict that reaches the six-month mark Friday. U.S. missile stocks in Europe have been moved to the Middle East, where U.S. and Gulf allies have fired off significant numbers of interceptors, including Patriots, to thwart Iran’s drones and missiles. Some of those attacks have killed and wounded American troops. Though a Russian ballistic missile attack against NATO countries is not imminently expected, CIA Director John Ratcliffe went to Moscow this week to warn Russia not to attack, The Wall Street Journal reported. Asked by reporters Thursday whether Ratcliffe delivered that message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump offered a roundabout response. “I don’t want to comment on that, but they’re not going to attack,” Trump said.

European and NATO officials say Russia could be in a position to attack countries in the alliance by 2030. Patriot stockpiles are projected to rebound by then. In the meantime, Russia’s war in Ukraine could hinder its ability to carry out any missile attack on Europe as it would be a challenge for Moscow to ﬁght an air war on two fronts.

Pentagon denies shortages U.S. Army Col. Martin O’Donnell, a senior NATO military spokesperson, said it is “simply not the case” that the number of Patriot missiles in Europe is beyond critical. NATO, he said, is able to “block punches” and has enough air defense munitions available to defend itself as well as to donate to Ukraine. Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement Thursday that claims of U.S. munition shortages “are false.” “We have everything required to strike at the time and place of the President’s choosing,” Parnell said. “Across multiple combatant commands, we have already executed successful operations while maintaining a deep, ready arsenal to defend our people and our interests.” Officials in Ukraine, however,

Ratko Mladic, former Bosnian Serb warlord who oversaw atrocities, dies BY JOVANA GEC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press

BELGRADE, Serbia — Ratko Mladic, the bullish Bosnian Serb general whose forces besieged the Bosnian capital for several years in the 1990s and carried out the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, died Thursday while serving a life sentence for his crimes, U.N. officials said. He was 84. Mladic died at a hospital in The Hague, Netherlands, U.N. court officials said. A Mladic relative who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation confirmed the reports. The U.N. tribunal for war crimes committed during the wars in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s sentenced Mladic to life in prison in 2017 in what was considered a key step toward bringing justice to the victims. He had been in custody since 2011 after many years on the run. The ruthless, blue-eyed former communist officer-turned nationalist warlord was one of the most notorious figures of the conflict that left more than 100,000 people dead and over 1 million homeless. He commanded his troops to “scorch the brains” of the Bosnian Muslims and boasted of being a “Serbian god.”

A rise to power When the ethnic war in Bosnia and Herzegovina started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state. Serbs under Mladic’s control laid siege to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and other cities and villages, established concentration camps for detained non-Serb civilians and enemy soldiers, and systematically killed prisoners. In Sarajevo, Serb troops kept the city isolated while killing civilians with snipers and heavy artillery. In 1995, Mladic’s troops slaughtered more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica. But Mladic and his admirers have never repented. He was seen by many as a patriot fighting for the first pan-Serbian state. Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison. Munira Subasic, from the Mothers of Srebrenica group, said she had mixed feelings about Mladic’s death and deplored that Mladic’s crimes are still being denied by many Bosnian Serbs. “Today, a major war criminal died, the criminal of the Balkans,” Subasic said. But while mothers of victims “are still carrying the pain in our souls” 31 years later, “we are

are begging for more Patriots to defend against Russian missile attacks, while previous U.S. transfers to Ukraine have drawn down some of the American supply of the interceptors. Kyiv says only U.S.-made Patriots can stop Russia’s advanced ballistic missiles, which increasingly are getting through Ukrainian defenses, including as part of a barrage overnight into Thursday. The U.S. supplied hundreds of Patriot missiles to Ukraine over the course of the 4½-yearlong conﬂict, but the Iran war was the tipping point for shrinking inventories, said Ed Arnold, senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, a military think tank in London. The U.S. military in Europe also is grappling with critical shortages of the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, a mediumrange ballistic missile designed to strike behind enemy lines, the two ofﬁcials said. But the overall munitions picture in Europe is less dire than on air defenses alone because some European militaries have their own offensive missiles, such as the Taurus and Storm Shadow, which are both long-range air-

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Europe has few alternatives The dearth of Patriot interceptors in Europe would leave few alternatives for shooting down Russia’s more advanced ballistic missiles, which can be combined with swarms of inexpensive drones to overwhelm defenses, experts say. The Patriot system tracks the missile, predicts its path and launches within minutes, all while carrying out complex calculations to ensure the interceptor ﬁnds its target. One Patriot battery can only cover a limited area: for example, a small military base but not a whole city. Ukraine has received Patriots from American and European stockpiles since Russia’s 2022 invasion, with the U.S. providing about 600 of the interceptors during the Biden administration, said Mark Cancian, a retired Marine colonel who is now senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. But the Iran conﬂict has used up 65% of U.S. Patriots, amounting to roughly 1,500 of the nation’s 2,330 interceptors, CSIS says.

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really matters to New Orleanians: Henry found. Questions about taxes threatened to trip up reelection effort candidacy,” But 11 judges with the 4th Cir- electing a magistrate judge based

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The Louisiana Supreme Court is allowing New Orleans Magistrate Judge Juana Lombard to run for reelection this year, declining Thursday to reverse a state appeals court in New Orleans that agreed she could run despite questions about her taxes. Chanel Robinson Debose, an attorney who has spent several years as a prosecutor for the Loui-

siana Board of Embalmers filed for extensions or and Funeral Directors, didn’t need to do so. qualified against Lombard Orleans Parish Civil and, along with voter JackDistrict Judge Veronica Henry last week disqualison Voss, challenged the incumbent’s candidacy. fied her, saying Lombard Debose and Voss cited hadn’t done enough to state Department of Revprove she did file her state Lombard taxes, despite proof of a enue records showing no federal return and refund record that Lombard filed state taxes for 2023. Lombard cer- for the same tax year. Lombard tified on her candidate qualifying “could not have known whether form that she filed her last five her 2023 state tax returns were years of federal and state returns, filed when she signed her notice of

cuit Court of Appeal reversed her decision without dissent. A majority found that Lombard had a “good-faith belief that she was being truthful” when she signed her qualifying form. The Louisiana Supreme Court on Thursday denied Debose’s writs, declining to review the appeals court’s decision. Afterward, Lombard expressed gratitude in the high court’s ruling, which keeps her candidacy viable to retain her seat. “Now, we can get back to what

on their credentials, record, and experience,” she said in a statement. “I’m excited to remind the people of our great city all that we’ve accomplished, from specialized court creations to efﬁciency that sees hundreds of cases progress through my court each year.” As the city’s only elected magistrate judge, along with four appointed commissioners, Lombard oversees the signing of warrants and detention orders for felony

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Riders board a St. Charles streetcar during a heavy downpour near the New Orleans Uptown universities. According to the National Weather Service, rain chances are expected to decrease to about 50% Friday and 30% to 40% Saturday before rising to 50% to 60% Sunday, with highs in the upper 80s to around 90.

Council to hire outside firm to study water bill increases Jefferson residents voice complaints

BY LARA NICHOLSON Staff writer

Jefferson Parish Council members called for a reexamination of the parish’s water billing system — and said they may even change it — during a meeting Wednesday following complaints from several residents about skyrocketing bills, a frequent issue since Parish President C y n t h i a L e e Lee Sheng Sheng and the council introduced annual rate increases and new smart meter technology in 2021. The council approved a resolution by Jefferson Parish Council member Timothy Kerner Jr. on Wednesday for an outside ﬁrm to study the parish’s water and sewer rate structure and how

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Prosecutors rest case in staged wrecks trial Defense gears up in New Orleans

BY JAMES FINN Staff writer

Federal prosecutors rested their case Thursday and defense attorneys began presenting evidence in a case involving a disbarred Kenner city judge and a man accused of helping him murder a federal witness to cover up a sprawling staged-collisions insurance scheme. The prosecution’s final witnesses in the trial, a pair of FBI special agents, laid out how the bureau spent years investigating allegations of the wide-ranging conspiracy to stage wrecks with

18-wheelers and, later, the murder terial shows that Alfortish perpeof a key FBI informant in the case, trated sweeping fraud by enlistCornelius Garrison III. ing “slammers” to stage wrecks Prosecutors spent nearly three with big-rigs, then filing lawsuits weeks presenting evito secure bogus injury payouts. He’s accused of dence against Sean Alfunneling plaintiffs to his fortish, the disbarred fiancee, Vanessa Motta, an attorney accused of masinjury attorney convicted terminding the staged in March for her role in collisions scheme, and the scheme. Leon “Chunky” Parker, The other bucket of the alleged triggerman in evidence included call Garrison’s shooting inside Alfortish records, location data, his mother’s entryway in seized firearms and other mateSeptember 2020. The prosecution’s evidence fell rials prosecutors used to try to into two main categories. One prove that Alfortish and Parker included ledgers, crash reports calculatingly planned to kill Garand testimony from insurance rison — a prolific “slammer” who defense lawyers, federal agents worked with Alfortish for years — and others. Altogether, the U.S. to stifle his FBI cooperation. Justice Department says the maAlfortish has pleaded not guilty

to fraud and murder, claiming Garrison and other drivers were, in fact, traditional runners who brought legitimate crash victims to his lawsuit referral business for litigation. Parker has admitted to participating in a single staged wreck but denies a role in Garrison’s killing. Both defendants have sought to pin the killing on Ryan “Red” Harris, a Garrison protégé whose relatives frequently participated in staged collisions. Harris has struck a plea deal and testified this month that all three men orchestrated the hit on Alfortish’s orders after Alfortish asked for assistance in silencing Garrison. Harris claims Parker — a

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New Orleans attorney pleads guilty to federal charge Former prosecutor defrauded client’s family

just hoping to stay out of prison. Ruffin pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge, admitting she milked large sums last year from a client’s out-ofstate family for bogus services. Ruffin, 48, allegedly convinced the BY JOHN SIMERMAN parents of former client Kai HanStaff writer sen to send $250,000 in Venmo and New Orleans defense attorney wire transfers to help his cause. U.S. District Judge Anna St. Tanzanika Ruffin announced her plans last November to run for a John, a nominee of President Donvacant seat on the Orleans Parish ald Trump who was confirmed to criminal court bench. Now she’s the federal bench in March, ac-

cepted Rufﬁn’s guilty plea pending a Dec. 3 sentencing. The maximum sentence under the charge is 20 years. Rufﬁn is a former Orleans Parish prosecutor who has practiced law in Louisiana since 2004. The Louisiana Supreme Court suspended her license in March pending the outcome of her criminal case. St. John ordered her to remain on the same bond pending sentencing. According to the March 13

indictment, Ruffin claimed she needed the money to resolve Hansen’s case and ensure that no civil lawsuits would arise later. Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney David Courcell’s ofﬁce called it a scheme to defraud the parents. Hansen, a 23-year-old Colorado man, hired Rufﬁn after his arrest last year for assaulting a New Orleans detective outside a Bourbon Street cigar bar. State prosecutors

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Gunman in triple shooting sentenced to life Shooter convicted of killing one, injuring two others

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

A Jefferson Parish judge sentenced a New Orleans man to life in prison plus 50 years after he was convicted of killing one person and injuring two others during a confrontation over the payment of a drug debt, according to authorities. Judge Donnie Rowan of the 24th Judicial District Court on Aug. 20 ordered that Arsenio Adams, 37, spend the rest of his life in prison for the shooting death of 62-year-old Sterling Woods, the Jefferson Par-

ish District Attorney’s Office said. Authorities said Adams went to the Old Jefferson home of Woods’ 63-year-old girlfriend on the night of May 14, 2019, and demanded money. When the residents said they could not pay, Adams opened fire with a rifle inside the Clermont Street apartment, hitting Woods eight times and shooting Woods’ girlfriend in the shoulder, according to authorities. Adams left the residence, but he returned a short time later and banged on the front door while identifying himself as a police officer, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office investigators. He forced his way back inside the residence and shot a 64-year-old man in the arm.

“Arsenio Adams was on a mission for one thing that night: To collect on his drug debt,” Assistant District Attorney Taylor Somerville told jurors during the trial. “When they didn’t have it, he lit the house up like a Christmas tree, shooting Mr. Woods eight times.” Jurors convicted Adams of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder, being a convicted felon in possession of a ﬁrearm, aggravated damage to property and simple cruelty to an animal, the latter charge for shooting a victim’s pet dog during the confrontation, authorities said. Woods’ relatives provided victim impact statements during the Aug. 20 sentencing hearing. His daughter, who was not named by the District Attorney’s Ofﬁce, told

the court her father was not perfect, “but he did not deserve to be killed and shot eight times. A loving father, brother, uncle and grandfather. We truly miss him.” Rowan sentenced Adams to 50 years in prison for each count of attempted murder. But the judge ordered that the sentence for shooting the 64-year-old victim run consecutive to his life sentence for Woods’ murder, the District Attorney’s Ofﬁce said. Adams was ordered to serve 20 years each on the gun and obstruction charges and six months in parish jail for shooting the dog, the District Attorney’s Ofﬁce said. Those sentences are to be served at the same time. In a separate case, Adams was also sentenced to two years in pris-

Police: One killed in New Orleans East shooting Crashed vehicle may have hit furniture store outbuilding

Forest neighborhood, according to the New Orleans Police Department. At 12:53 p.m., police responded to a call about a victim who was shot inside a car in the 5700 block of Crowder Boulevard. The vicBY WILLIE SWETT Staff writer tim was declared dead on scene by New Orleans EMS. A second person who was inside One person died Wednesday after shots were ﬁred at two people the car at the time of the shooting inside a vehicle in the West Lake exited the vehicle afterward and

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Credibility questioned Lawyers for both defendants have attacked Harris’ credibility and emphasized a lack of concrete evidence placing their clients at various meetings before the hit and at the scene of the killing. Coupled with a lengthy presentation of FBI-gathered location data, Harris’ word amounts to the prosecution’s main evidence of both Parker and Alfortish’s involvement. Harris has said that he, Parker and Alfortish met at Harris’ family auto shop the day before the murder to plan the hit. But under questioning from Alfortish defense lawyer Shaun Clarke, an FBI location data specialist named Blake

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Continued from page 1B its revenues stack up against its ongoing 20-year, $2.3 billion infrastructure improvements initiative, spearheaded by Lee Sheng. Council members also said they’d propose additional action on the matter in the coming months as well, including an appeals process for bill disputes, expanded in-person customer service, protections for ratepayers and an audit from an outside plumber to determine how often abnormally high bills are caused by leaks in the home. The actions come in response to growing pushback from residents in recent years who say their utility bills have inexplicably spiked by up to thousands of dollars as the water department installs new meter technology capable of reading water usage more accurately for its 160,000 customers. “My water bill has gone up from $150 to $450 to $650,” said Jackie Hughes, one of the residents who complained. “I’ve had everything checked out. Nothing’s leaking and there’s nobody in the water department to talk to. Where do I go from here? I can’t keep paying $600.” About half of the parish’s water meters have now been replaced and can now track water usage in real time using a smartphone app, with the other half to be ﬁnished by next year, officials said. Lee Sheng’s infrastructure package,

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Continued from page 1B arrestees. She is also currently chief judge of Orleans Parish, a rotating position. Debose is Lombard’s lone challenger in the race. The election is Nov. 3. “I respect the decision of the majority and will continue engaging with voters across our great city,” Debose said in a statement. The Supreme Court also ruled Thursday on another challenge to an incumbent’s candidacy. In the

fled the area, according to NOPD. The person was detained but later determined to be another victim and not a suspect in the gunfire, officials said. The person was uninjured. A large section of Crowder Boulevard near Universal Furniture was roped off with police tape as homicide detectives investigated Wednesday afternoon. Police said they found the victim in the

driver’s seat of a vehicle that had crashed. The vehicle appeared to have slammed into an outbuilding in the furniture store’s parking lot. The victim’s identity has not yet been released. NOPD said the investigation was ongoing and no other information was immediately available. Staff writer Marco Cartolano contributed to this report.

Downing last week acknowledged there was no direct evidence placing all three men in the same place that day. On Wednesday, the FBI special agent who led the investigation of Garrison’s murder recounted how agents served warrants on Harris’ apartment, auto shop and digital devices in November 2020 after the license plate on his Jeep Gladiator came up as a match with a vehicle seen near Garrison’s mother’s home before his death. More than three years would pass and multiple warrants would be served before police arrested Harris in 2024 for his role in the murder. Parker defense lawyer Richard Schroeder grilled the second FBI agent, Michael Heimbach, on Wednesday about repeated lies Harris told the feds after that arrest. Heimbach acknowledged Harris had been untruthful in multiple negotiation sessions with the

government, leaving out key facts about the use of burner phones, a getaway car and other details. “He omitted information we expected to hear,” Heimbach said. “That’s why we keep interviewing him and challenging him on the information he’s providing us.” Harris gave an additional conﬂicting statement on the witness stand this month, Heimbach noted, when he insisted Parker had destroyed one of two “burner” phones allegedly used in the killing. (Harris previously told agents in detail how he destroyed both phones by breaking them and discarding them on the interstate, FBI records show.) Heimbach acknowledged it was “possible” that Harris had acted alone in the killing.

which she said will prevent critical infrastructure problems in the future, includes a program to replace aging pipes installed in the ’50s and ’60s and to switch customers to a monthly billing system, among other upgrades. Lee Sheng defended her administration’s work, saying that many of those whose bills spike likely have leaks in the home caused by old pipes or other plumbing issues, and that it may take more than one plumber to identify the leak. “Y’all could say … ‘We want to erase all of this.’ It’s not going to stop one complaint from coming in, because if you have a leak, you have a leak,” Lee Sheng told the council. “So that’s why I don’t like the topic that we’re confusing these horrific stories that probably are a leak with the rate increase that is needed and necessary for our future generations.” She and her administration added that bill spikes seem more widespread from social media and calls to council offices than they actually are based on consumption data and that the rate increases are still highly competitive compared to New Orleans utility rates. From January to April of this year, the water department received 1,500 calls for high consumption, less than 1% of total customers. “Absolutely the rates are going up, but it is necessary and they are still very reasonable,” Chief Operating Officer Mark Drewes said. But Parish Council members say they’ve grown skeptical of that

explanation as complaints have continued coming in, and they said that the parish hasn’t done a good enough job on outreach about utility bill changes and how to identify leaks. Jefferson Parish Council member Deano Bonano said he’d propose an audit of parish home leaks by an outside plumber because of the public’s distrust in the water department. “The public just doesn’t trust when we tell them that,” Bonano said. “That’s why it would be better coming from a third-party professional than us.” The parish offers a utility services dashboard on its website that includes utility service appointment scheduling, frequently asked questions about water bills and information on leak detection and prevention. Lee Sheng said she supported studies or audits of the water department but would oppose the creation of a new appeals process, which has been proposed by Jefferson Parish Council member atlarge Jennifer Van Vrancken. Van Vrancken said there’s currently no formal appeals process for when customers disagree with their water billing, like when bills spike for one month with no explanation or when a plumber does not identify a leak or any other issue with the system. “At some point, if the water department says you have a leak or you use the water, and a plumber is saying no, where do you go?” Van Vrancken said. “I think a third par-

ty appeals process makes sense.” Van Vrancken also said she’d like for the parish to expand in-person water department customer service to offer walk-in services, although water director Sidney Bazley said that would not be feasible because previous attempts to offer walk-ins resulted in lines stretching out of the building. Lee Sheng said the parish already regularly reduces bills when leaks are fixed by licensed plumbers or when the parish finds fault with its equipment. Parish spokesperson Rachel Strassel said in the last year, 3,747 accounts had bills adjusted due to leak detections that collectively resulted in $2.5 million in reductions. Van Vrancken and Kerner both said they would consider pausing or scaling back the schedule of water rate increases, which go into effect at the start of every year, so long as it did not harm necessary capital projects. Kerner said he also plans to propose a “Bill of Rights” with protections for customers at the next council meeting on Sept. 9. “We can’t discount that people are feeling unheard and have needs that we need to address,” Van Vrancken said. “If we need to tweak the rates or pull back on the rate increases in some manner because the community just can’t bear the cost, then we need to find a balance of improving our infrastructure and charging a fair rate. It’s not an all-or-nothing discussion.”

case of 23rd Judicial District Judge Steven Tureau, the state 5th Circuit Court of Appeal had found he should be disqualiﬁed, also for failure to ﬁle state taxes. The Supreme Court declined to revisit that decision as well. The court’s reasons in both cases were uncertain. John Adcock, an attorney for Debose and Voss, had argued that the high court has repeatedly insisted upon more proof than Lombard could muster to back her claim on the qualifying form. He pointed to previous rulings that have demanded evidence of transmission or that the government received the tax

filing. The Supreme Court sent mixed messages in March, however, when it allowed John Fuller to run for criminal court judge in Orleans Parish. Adcock argued that Fuller supplied far more evidence of filing than Lombard. Fuller’s case also cast doubt on whether the tax year in question, 2020, was too old to count against him. That argument, and how spring elections come into play, didn’t apply in Lombard’s case. Lombard was the first incumbent elected official in recent memory in New Orleans to face disqualification

based on the tax certiﬁcation, which has tripped up numerous political challengers over the years. The last incumbent barred from taking ofﬁce in New Orleans, former Criminal District Judge Frank Marullo, was barred on account of his age. “Louisiana courts have said for more than a century that the public is best served when voters have the widest possible choice of candidates,” Lombard’s attorney, Jerome Matthews, said of the decision to keep her on the ballot. “This case ends where it should, with the choice in the hands of the voters of Orleans Parish.”

vanna Gardner, the mother of Harris’ child, to testify. Harris has said he tricked Gardner into texting Garrison to draw him outside his home before he was shot. She, too struck a deal with the government and is awaiting sentencing on a count of witness tampering. It’s unclear whether Alfortish or Parker will take the stand themselves. Alfortish’s brother, Todd Alfortish, was named on a list of potential witnesses at the start of the trial. Clarke on Thursday called two men who worked with Alfortish as defense witnesses. One, Angel Junio, testiﬁed that his duties working for Alfortish’s referral business included investigating whether crashes might have been staged. “When I used to investigate the case myself, and there was the same story multiple times, the same as Defense to call witnesses the other stories, I used to say, ‘This As the defense ramps up its case, case is no good,’” Junio said. “(Motta court watchers are waiting to see and Alfortish) respected what I had whether either defendant calls Jo- to say.”

on after he admitted his part in a scheme to smuggle drugs into the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center while awaiting trial, the District Attorney’s Ofﬁce said. Adams pleaded guilty to having contraband in the correctional center, attempted conspiracy to distribute drugs and obstruction of justice. Authorities accused Adams of colluding with Tonisha Poole and former Gretna jail corrections ofﬁcer Christopher Thomas to bring suboxone, a drug used to treat opioid addiction, into the facility, authorities said. Both pleaded guilty in 2024 and were sentenced to two years in prison. Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@theadvocate.com.

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Continued from page 1B charged him with disturbing the peace, resisting an officer with force, battery upon a police officer, criminal trespass and simple assault. The indictment against Ruffin claims she strung along Hansen’s parents over months, telling them she needed “restitution” money for the NOPD officer and “settlement” payments to shield Hansen from future lawsuits. In a factual basis underpinning her guilty plea Thursday, Ruffin admitted ginning up a fake nondisclosure agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. The officer never requested nor received any money, Ruffin admitted. Hansen later withdrew a slew of guilty pleas, and Criminal District Judge Nandi Campbell last month convicted him of simple battery and acquitted him of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest in a bench trial. Campbell issued him a suspended sixmonth jail sentence with a year of probation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Maria Carboni said in court Thursday that Ruffin has repaid the parents $250,000 that will be credited toward any restitution. Carboni said Ruffin deposited none of the money in a client account, spending it all on “personal and unauthorized expenditures.” Carboni said that Ruffin also agreed to repay $10,000 each to people described as “Person 1” and “Person 2,” apparently related to a divorce. Ruffin’s attorney, Kerry Cuccia, said those payments were not related to a case but declined further comment. Courcelle issued a statement after Ruffin’s guilty plea. “As a licensed attorney, the defendant had a duty to protect her clients and uphold the law. Instead, she chose to exploit that position of trust for her own financial gain,” he said. “This guilty plea is the proper result for the victims who were harmed by the defendant’s scheme. The outcome sends an unmistakable message to the community — the rules apply to everyone.” In 2011, while employed as a prosecutor for the District Attorney’s Office, Ruffin was suspended by the Louisiana Supreme Court for threatening to prosecute a person who wrote a bad check to a friend of hers, according to records. She lost her job after she “self-reported” the episode. “Are you pleading guilty because you are in fact guilty?” the judge asked. “I am,” Ruffin responded. The suspended attorney, who for several years also ran a downtown soul food restaurant, hugged friends in the courthouse hallway, declining to comment after her guilty plea.

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Chip shortage drives up computer prices

Computer sales drove much of Best Buy’s revenue growth this summer, but it was because of higher prices, not because more were sold. The cause of inflation in this case: data centers. Companies are shifting memory chip production toward more lucrative data center products to meet demand from the artificial intelligence boom, tightening supplies for PCs. As a result, computer makers, forced to change supply lines and fight for deals with chipmakers, passed on the costs, making computers more expensive. Retailers like Best Buy then have to raise their prices or accept lower profit margins. “There is still significant customer demand in this category,” incoming CEO Jason Bonfig said on an analyst call. “Finding the right product for their budget, making sure that we match them with the right product for their particular needs.” Consumers are still priceconscious, executives said, and after a few quarters of growth from upgrades spurred by the end of support for Windows 10, Best Buy expects computer sales to slow in the second half of the year. Still, for the May-to-July period, comparable sales rose 4.1%, driven largely by computer and mobile phone purchases. It was Best Buy’s second consecutive quarter of growth, and the company raised its guidance for the year. It now expects comparable sales to increase 1.9% to 3%, up from earlier guidance of a 1% decline to a 1% increase.

Apple’s layoffs hit Vision Pro, Siri teams Apple is laying off close to 150 employees, the latest tech titan to reduce staff amid the artificial intelligence boom. Recent government filings showed that the iPhone maker is cutting 147 positions, mostly from its headquarters in Cupertino, California. It also disclosed layoffs in Sunnyvale. Many of the roles were in software engineering and machine learning, according to the filings. The teams affected were across Apple’s Vision Pro and Siri digital assistant projects, Bloomberg reported. Last year, Apple paused further development of its Vision Pro headset to focus on smartglasses to rival Meta’s Ray-Ban products. The cuts come before a leadership change: Chief Executive Tim Cook steps down in September, and hardware chief John Ternus takes the helm. The company is looking to catch up with AI competitors with future projects. From January to May, U.S. technology companies announced 123,653 cuts, up 66% from the same period in 2025, according to a June report from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

Jobless aid applications slip to 203,000 WASHINGTON — The number of people ﬁling for U.S. unemployment beneﬁts fell last week, remaining at historic lows as layoffs are rare and most Americans enjoy job security. Jobless claims slipped to 203,000 last week from a revised 207,000 the week before, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out week-to-week ups and downs, ticked up slightly to 205,500. So far this year, employers — companies, nonprofits and government agencies — have added an average 61,000 jobs a month. That is an improvement on the 9,700 they averaged last year — the weakest hiring outside a recession since 2002 — when the lingering effects of high interest rates and Trump’s erratic trade policies discouraged companies from hiring.

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Tech stocks leading Wall Street Nvidia, Salesforce and others say AI is creating big growth

Nvidia was the strongest force pulling the market higher, and the chip giant rallied 8.7% after once again delivering stronger profit and revenue for the latest quarter than analysts expected. More importantly for Wall Street, it also BY STAN CHOE gave forecasts for upcoming revAssociated Press enue growth that topped analysts’ NEW YORK — Technology stocks estimates, suggesting demand reled Wall Street on Thursday after mains strong for chips to power Nvidia, Salesforce and others re- artiﬁcial-intelligence projects. “AI has reached its inflection ported even fatter proﬁts for the point,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang spring than analysts expected.

said. “It’s doing useful work. Its tokens are productive and proﬁtable.” That helped calm some of the worries that have built around AI stocks generally, which have been under pressure recently. After rocketing higher for years because of the frenzy around AI, stocks in the industry are confronting skepticism that they shot too high and that booming demand for AI chips may fade if the AI revolution does not produce as much proﬁt as promised.

Another big tech company, Salesforce, jumped 22.6% after it said that AI helped it deliver one of its best quarters in history. It reported stronger profit than analysts expected, and CEO Marc Benioff said it’s “seeing incredible demand for our AI and data products” and that it’s “turning AI into customer success at unprecedented scale.” Elsewhere, though, trends were more mixed across big U.S. companies, and the majority of stocks within the S&P 500 fell.

Meta’s new rules for children go further, but critics say not enough Social media giant to enact time limits, other changes BY BARBARA ORTUTAY and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press

OAKLAND,Calif.— Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences thanks to a historic $18 billion settlement Meta Platforms reached Wednesday with 48 U.S. states. Besides the money, which will be paid out over a decade, Meta has agreed to strengthen its age estimates to keep kids under 13 off its platforms and teens in age-appropriate accounts, enact a hard limit of two hours a day for users under 18, block kids from the apps from midnight to 6 a.m., and hide “like” counts, among other changes. Meta said the new safeguards will only apply in the United States, with most in place for 10 years. While acknowledging the changes go further than Meta has ever gone when it comes to child safety, critics and children’s advocates cautioned that they won’t solve its myriad problems overnight. Arturo Béjar, a former Meta engineering director, said the settlement is a “significant milestone,” but parents should not see Instagram as suddenly safe for children. “The agreement has a big problem in that it allows Meta to define harm,” Béjar said in an interview Wednesday. “It’s one thing to say, ‘Yeah, you only get like two hours of alcohol or two hours of cigarettes a day,’ but it’s still as bad for you because of what’s getting delivered.” Béjar, the first witness to testify during the federal trial cut short by the settlement, would like to see Meta address the effect of content recommendations on teens, which he says can prove addictive. While teens might put their phone down when they hit the twohour limit, they can be distressed about it because the way the platform is designed leaves them craving more. Meta said people over 18 also can adopt versions of the new controls individually, such as daily time-limit reminders, but there will not be an option for them to opt into the overall settings for what teens experience on the platform.

Stronger age checks To protect kids, ﬁrst Meta has to know who they are. While the company has already been using artiﬁcial intelligence to determine if kids are lying about their age — either to sign up if they are under 13, which is not allowed, or to use adult accounts when they are 13 to 17 — the AI did not always work. Under the proposed settlement, Meta agreed to strengthen its age-checking technology using its own as well as third-party tools, with regular outside audits on how well

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Nicklas Akers, California senior assistant attorney general, left, and Deputy Attorney General Megan O’Neill exit court after tech giant Meta reached a settlement to end a landmark trial over teen social media addiction in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday. it is working. The agreement also includes specific goals around false positive rates — that is, minors who are identified as over 18. And if a user is identified as under 13 and kicked off the platforms, Meta will check the ages of their friends, too. “Meta has one of the most sophisticated infrastructures in the world to detect fake accounts,” Béjar said, but Meta had “no goals, no metrics” to detect and check the ages of kids suspected to be under 13.

Some safety features will be on by default Critics have faulted Meta over many of its safety features that users have to manually turn on, or opt into themselves. Of the host of safeguards listed in the settlement, many will now be on as a default. This includes the two-hour time limit, which can only be turned off with a parent’s permission, as well as the night mode that blocks use between midnight and 6 a.m. Still, under the agreement other features will be opt-in, such as turning off video autoplay or showing posts in chronological order rather than having algorithms decide what to show kids scrolling through their feeds. Questions around default settings came up at the trial this week when a lawyer for the states suing Meta pressed Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, on the low adoption rate among teens for the “take a break” feature, which prompts users to step away after scrolling a while. Very few teens used the feature when Instagram ﬁrst introduced it, but since launching separate teen accounts in 2024, Meta has made it the default setting for teenage users. Still, if a teen didn’t want to take a break,

they could simply swipe away the notiﬁcation.

It may take time to see the results Some researchers have found that many past protections Meta has rolled out are ineffective or don’t work as advertised. “It is a little premature, unfortunately, to tell if exactly all the changes we want to see are going to happen,” said Yaël Eisenstat, director of policy and impact for the Cybersafety Research Center, which recently audited dozens of safety tools offered by both Meta and other social media companies and said most fell short. Still, Eisenstat said, Wednesday’s settlement is monumental in showing that alternative approaches are possible. For years, Meta “decided to go against the advice of some of their own internal employees and continue to ignore the fact that these design features were unsafe in search of proﬁt,” said Eisenstat, who also previously worked at Meta, then Facebook, before leaving the company in 2019. The measures outlined Wednesday at the very least show that there are technically feasible options that can make the platform safer, she said — something whistleblowers and others have already “been saying very loudly.” Like others, Eisenstat stressed that there is a lot of work left to be done — and that it will require a combination of technical solutions, market forces and government regulation. “There’s no singular silver bullet for ﬁxing all of this,” she said. “I’m just glad that at least we are catching up a little bit now.”

Starbucks union calls for boycott as contract negotiations drag BY MEGAN ULU-LANI BOYANTON The Seattle Times (TNS)

The fight between the union representing thousands of Starbucks baristas and their employer is heating up, as workers call for a boycott. Starbucks Workers United announced the boycott — spurred by stalled contract negotiations — on Tuesday. Unionized employees are pressing customers to not spend money at Starbucks until a contract with improved pay, hours and staffing is reached, along with a mitigation of alleged labor law violations. “We’re fed up with Starbucks refusing to finalize a fair union contract that would cost the company less than one day’s sales,” Workers

United wrote on Instagram. Starbucks spokesperson Jaci Anderson responded: “As we have always been, we’re committed to engaging in productive bargaining.” Workers United pointed to its publicized statement. “At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers,” the union said. “Choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law-breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it.” The call to action came the same day as the return of the brand’s beloved pumpkin spice latte. Anderson said Starbucks has seen no impact

to its business due to the boycott. The longstanding conflict to finalize the first union contract at Starbucks has spanned five years. Close to 17,000 stores are located in the U.S. Workers United represents workers in around 700 coffeehouses. Nationwide, more than 200 stores went on strike in November. Seattle was a focal point in these protests, with several locations participating in the metro area. Most of the striking employees returned to work the next month. “After the conclusion of the biggest strike in Starbucks history earlier this year, our union of over 12,000 baristas got the company to meet us at the bargaining table again,” the union wrote. “Unfortunately, Starbucks has only dragged

their feet instead of making real movement toward ﬁnalizing union contracts.” Workers United claims that the Seattle-based coffee giant has failed to address “low pay, understaffing, weak protections, inaccessible hours and more.” It disapproves of the money spent on artiﬁcial intelligence, social media advertising and compensation for CEO Brian Niccol. But according to Anderson, “Starbucks has competitive pay, industry-leading benefits, and meaningful opportunities to grow a career,” she said. “People love working at Starbucks. In the meantime, the union is pushing customers to support other unionized coffee shops, including Seattle’s General Porpoise.

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Obituaries Bellanger, Melissa Ann

Melissa Ann Bellanger of Lafitte, Louisiana passed away peacefully on August 20, 2026 at the age of 59. She dedicated her life to helping people. She was a life member of Lafitte, Barataria, Crown Pointe Fire Department for 20 plus years. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and dear friend to all who knew her. She enjoyed singing, dancing, the New Orleans Saints, watching wrestling, laughing with friends, her dolphins, but most of all being with all her grandkids. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Huey P. Long Ancar and Freda Rodi Ancar, and her brother, Ferren Frank Billiot. she is survived by her husband, Ted Bellanger Sr., and 3 children, Ted Bellanger Jr. (Diana), Heather Chauncy (Terry Jr.) and Candie Watson (Ryan). She is also survived by 12 grandchildren: Levi, Greyson, Wyatt, Shayla, Jensen, Watson, Memphis, Briley, Kinsley, Abby, Baylee, and Vanessa; her siblings Elizabeth Ancar (Larry), Michael Ancar (Jennifer), and Paul Billiot; nieces and nephews Anthony, Alissa (Renee) , Cody, Jonathan, Austin (Mary), Joshua (Jen), Hope (Marco), Jessica (Nick), and Chester III, Brandi (Michael), Bekka (Tony), Christopher, and Margot. A Funeral Service will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, August 29, 2026 in the Chapel of Westside Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 5101 Westbank Expressway, Marrero, with Pastor Jeffrey Smith officiating. Visitation will begin at 8:00 AM. Burial will be in Restlawn Cemetery in Avondale, Louisiana. Repass will be held at Barataria Baptist Church, 2596 Jean Lafitte Blvd, Lafitte.

Chaffe III, David Blackshear Hamilton

David Blackshear Hamilton Chaffe III (Black) a prominent New Orleans business and social figure, died peacefully at home on August 22, 2026. Mr. Chaffe was born and lived in New Orleans, Louisiana, for 86 years until his retirement to his home in DeLisle, Mississippi in 2019. He was preceded in death by his father David Blackshear Hamilton Chaffe, Jr., his mother Enola Inez Verlander Chaffe, his sister Martha McIlwaine Chaffe Weese, and his brother John Francis Coleman Chaffe. He is survived by his beloved wife of 71 years, Nancy Rawlins McIver Chaffe; their four children,

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Mary Hamilton Chaffe (the late Alan) Brooks, David Blackshear Hamilton Chaffe IV (Stephanie), William Bryan McIver Chaffe (Mary), and Anne McIlwaine Chaffe (Tedrowe) Eichin; and nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Chaffe graduated from Isidore Newman School in 1951 and attended Tulane University on a U. S. Navy scholarship. He was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy at his graduation in 1955 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. While at Tulane, Mr Chaffe was a member of the Kappa Alpha order and was elected to membership in Tau Beta Pi (engineering), Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership), and Kappa Delta Phi (recognizing outstanding student leadership, loyalty, and service to Tulane). Following three years of service on active duty in the United States Navy, Mr. Chaffe returned to New Orleans to work for one year at Southern States Equipment Co., Inc., and then entered the securities business as a Registered Representative at Kohlmeyer & Company. In 1963 Mr. Chaffe became a founding member and president of Viguerie, Hayne & Chaffe, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange member firm with memberships in numerous other securities and commodities exchanges. When that firm was merged with Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs and Company in 1969, Mr. Chaffe became a partner upon incorporation, an executive vice president, director, and manager of the Corporate Finance Department. In 1981 Mr. Chaffe joined two associates to acquire Becker & Associates, Inc., a marine contracting firm. In response to former client requests, Mr. Chaffe formed Chaffe & Associates, Inc. to offer corporate finance services to private companies. After Becker and Associates, Inc. closed its activities in 1985, Mr. Chaffe expanded Chaffe and Associates, Inc., serving as its president until 2009 when he became chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Chaffe was an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship in the A. B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University and later an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the Levy - Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship at that school. Mr. Chaffe was a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Engineering of Tulane University, a member of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital of New Orleans, and the Board of Directors for the World Trade Center of New Orleans. He was a guest speaker on business valuation and other business topics at educational seminars and universities in Louisiana and Mississippi. Mr. Chaffe was also a qualified expert on valuation and corporate finance matters in local, state, and federal courts. Mr. Chaffe was a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO) and sat on the board of directors of several private and public companies. Mr. Chaffe was a member of the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club where he served as a director and as president from 1970 to 1973 when that club relocated to its present location. He was a member of the Boston Club where he served as president from 2010 to 2012 and otherwise as a member of the board of government and vice president. He was also a member of the Lakeshore Club and the Louisiana Club. Mr. Chaffe was a member of the Louisiana Society of the Sons of the Revolution and the Society of Colonial Wars in Louisiana where he served as governor. He was also an active member and served on the board of directors of the Pass Christian Yacht Club. He was very active in numerous carnival organizations and served as a member and lieutenant of several. An avid outdoorsman his whole life, Mr. Chaffe was at most ease at his home, "Halcyon Days" in DeLisle, Mississippi, where he could fish and garden to his heart's content. He delighted in sharing the numerous fish from the bay and the abundant produce from his vegetable and flower gardens with his many friends and acquaintances. He enjoyed many evenings sharing a glass of wine and a fresh meal on his front porch overlooking Bayou DeLisle. A visitation will be held at 10:00 a.m. with a funeral service to follow at 11:00

a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in New Orleans on September 1, 2026. His body will be interred in Metairie Cemetery in the family tomb. To view and sign the family online guestbook and share your memories of Mr. Chaffe, please visit lakelawnmetairie.com In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Trinity Episcopal Church (New Orleans and Pass Christian), Saint Charles Ave. Presbyterian Church, and the Manning Family Children's Hospital.

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Amanda was proceeded in death by her loving husband of 61 years Clarence Coleman; Grandparents: Annie Tyler, James Morgan, and Tom Poose; Her beloved aunts: Alberta Stalbert and Estelle Moore; Brothers: James Morgan and Jimmie Morgan; Sisters: Cecilia, Gloria, Stella, Annie, Audrey, and Brenda. Amanda leaves to cherish her precious memories her 2 Loving Sisters: Cynthia (Cornelius) Shelton, and Louise Jeanmarie Thomas. Godchild: Vestina Jeanmarie, Sister-in-Love: Bertha Minor. Brother-inLove: Elroy, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, family, and friends. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on 2026-08-29 at Branch Bell Baptist Church, 1231 St. Maurice Street.

Coleman, Penny

Penny Coleman, Jr., 84, entered eternal rest on July 19, 2026, at University Medical Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Born on May 18, 1942, to the late Anna Taylor and Penny Coleman, Sr., was a proud member of the first graduating class of George Washington Carver High School in 1960. He was united in matrimony on December 31, 1960, to the late Carol Ann GilbertColeman. Mr. Coleman served his country as a Sergeant in the United States Army. He later worked for the State of Louisiana Department of Transportation. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents and siblings: Alton, Elwin, Raymond, and Darryl Coleman, Demarias Penn, Jeraldine Williams, Marion Walker, and Anna Mae C. Dunbar; children: Brian, Timothy Hughes, Penny III Coleman, and Leslie Pugh; his granddaughter Gerhonda Elphage and great-grandson Dwight Elphage. He leaves to cherish his memory his children: David, Gerard, and Stacy P. Coleman, Melanie Taylor (Aaron), Bryanna Tate, and Nicholas Davis. Grandchildren: Keendra, Geramy, Germale and Gerard Elphage, Monchel Melrose (Paul), Brittney M. Kelly (Jamaal), Tamika C. Taylor (Samuel), Joshua, Jeremyah, and Melisha Taylor (Davon), Jaquan, Derrick, Keviona, Johansen, Johanna Coleman; Penny Reed and Palmas Collins, a host of great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins, friends, and his beloved aunt Jackie C. Hughes. A Graveside Service with Military Honors will be held on Friday, August 28, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Drive, Slidell, LA 70460. Guestbook Online:

may sign the guest book on www.gertrudegeddeswi llis.com. Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home Inc., in charge (504) 522-2525.

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Gaudin, Theda Barre' Reverend James Houston Jr. was born to the union of Mr. James Houston, Sr. and Missy Houston on June 25th, 1932. To this union, 11 more siblings were born. He received his elementary and high school education in Utica, Mississippi, public school system.

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Amanda Morgan Coleman was born on February 17th, 1946, to the late James Morgan Sr. and Lillie Jones. Her home going from her earthly life took place on August 17th, 2026.

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Theda Barre' Gaudin was born to the late Marguerite Cuiellette and Lawrence Barre'. She passed away peacefully on August 11, 2026 surrounded by her family. Theda married Jules Gaudin on September 18, 1948 and from that union Jules, Jr., Julianna, Osana and Susan were born. She graduated from Xavier Preparatory High School and attended Xavier University. For 40+ years she was a pillar of Catholic education teaching at Blessed Sacrament, Epiphany, St. Raymond, Corpus Christi, Immaculate Heart of Mary and University Day Care Center. Theda was preceded in death by her six brothersLawrence, Clarence, Lloyd, Ferdinand, Stanley and Stanford, daughter-in-law Diana Gaudin and her grandson Derrick Gaudin. She is survived by her sisters-in-law Marguerite Jeffrion and Mary Barre' of Seattle. To cherish her memories she leaves behind her husband Jules, Sr., her children, Jules, Jr.(Diana,deceased), Julianna (Norey III), Osana (Peter Jr.) and Susan (Laurance). She also leaves to mourn seven grandchildren and twelve greatgrandchildren. She will be greatly missed by everyone. A funeral service will be held from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM on 2026-08-29 at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church, 5621 Elysian Fields Avenue.

Pastor Houston met and married Georgia Mae Davis on February 18th, 1950. They were blessed for over 64 years of marriage. The Lord blessed this union with 10 children, Bernice (the late James) Gossner, Carrie Mae (the late Perry) Smith, Janie Mae Houston, Linda Joyce Houston, Willie Jean (the late Wilson Sr.) Goffner, Ruby Lee, (the late Lee McClure, Ernest Lee, (the late Emma) Houston, Mary Ann, (the late Frank) Briden, Willie James ( the late Carol) Houston, and the late Robert Lee Houston. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the celebration of life service on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at Greater Mount Calvary International Worship Center 1600 Westwood Drive, Marrero, LA 70072. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m., Service will begin at 10 a.m. Apostle Terry Gullage officiating and entombment will follow at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Gretna, LA.

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Gloria Mae Goodman Randall passed away on August 15, 2026, at the age of 96. Gloria is survived by her sons Lionel Jr. (Cheryl) and Kelvin (Lisa), 3 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Gloria is also survived by a host of nieces, nephews, extended family and friends. Gloria is preceded in death by her husband of 54 years Lionel C. Randall Sr., her parents Charles and Mary Goodman, all of her siblings, Willie Goodman (Manuella), Mercedes Simmons (Lawrence Sr.), Hazel Bush (Claren), Eliska Davis, Genevia Goodman, and Melvina Powell; and one (1) grandson Micah J. Randall. Family, members of Third Missionary Baptist Church of St. Bernard, LA and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, August 29, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at The Boyd Family Funeral Home, 5001 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans, LA 70126. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Rev. William Lloyd, officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman Mayer Ave. New Orleans, LA 70122. Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditionbegins .com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin D. Boyd Owners/Funeral Directors.

Gloria "Sweet" Jackson, age 85 was born on April 6, 1941, in Clinton, Louisiana, was called home to receive her crown adorned with precious gems on Monday, August 17, 2026. Gloria received her early education in Clinton, Louisiana, before moving to New Orleans, where she graduated from Walter L. Cohen High School. In her later years, she joined First African Baptist Church. She later moved her membership to Macedonia Baptist Church, where she served faithfully. She was also a proud member of Central City Senior EOC. Gloria leaves to cherish her beautiful memories: to her son, Troy Jackson; her great-niece, Erica Warner; and her great-greatnieces, Amaya Medeiros, Jessica Medeiros, Mariah Edwards. A heartfelt thank you to Lawrence and Juanita Hill and their family, whose love, friendship and steadfast support have meant more than words can express. Thanks brother, Cousin, Tyrone Jones, husband Joseph McCroy. She was preceded in death by her parents, Georgia Lee Taylor, and David Jackson, the love of her life John H., her grandparents, Julius "Papa" Taylor and Fanny Robinson Taylor; her sisters, Dorothy P. Stewart(Eldred), Lizzie Robbins; her niece, Tokiwa Warner, nephew; Thomas "Bubba" Sambo; aunts: Nancy Taylor; Suslest Sambo (McAdoo), Elizabeth Taylor Jones ( Horace Sr.); great aunt, Nancy "Auntie" Boatner, great-uncle; Lee Robinson, cousins; Ida "Peaches" J. Williams ( Alcus "June"); Francis "Doll" Roehagans (George); Horace "Joe Louis" Jones, Jr.; David "Billy" Jones; Anderson "Moose" Jones; and her god sister, Reversia Johnson and a host of family and friends of New Orléans and Clinton. Louisiana. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Friday, August 28, 2026 at Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, 2120 Jackson Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70113 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Interment Asbury Cemetery, Clinton, LA. You

On August 6, 2026, Clifton Johnson Jr. aka "Harold Buck O 5" was murdered. He was preceded in death by his parents Marylin and Clifton Johnson Sr. and was rebirthed to his mother, Antoinette Johnson, who also preceded him in death. Harold was #7 of 15 siblings who cherished him. He was uncle Harold to 27 nieces, 17 nephews, 7 great nieces and 7 great nephews. He is survived by 7 aunts and 5 uncles a host of family and friends. Second Bethlehem Baptist Church 3016 College Court New Orleans, La. Viewing 12pm. Service 1pm. 985-318-7574.

Lawson, Annie Ruth Smith

Annie Ruth Smith Lawson passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 22, 2026, at her home. Annie was born on May 15, 1959, to the late Norwood Junior and Helen Stein Franklin Smith. Annie was a lifelong member of Zion Travelers 2nd Missionary Baptist Church, where she faithfully served as Church Secretary for many years. She was a proud graduate of Walter L. Cohen Sr. High School, Class of 1977. Throughout her career, Annie worked in Patient Registration and later as a Collector at Memorial Medical Center. She continued her career as a Collector at Touro Infirmary/LCMC. She leaves to cherish her memory her loving husband, Reginald Frank Lawson; daughter, Angela "Twinkie" Nicole Lawson Robinson (Matthew Sr.); grandson, Khalil Mansion; step-grandson, Matthew Robinson Jr.; brother, Johnny Lee Smith (Sandra); sisters, Irma Jean Smith Simmons (Ervin) and Sheryl Dean Smith Johnson (Tremaine); and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Annie will be deeply missed and lovingly remembered by all who had the privilege of knowing and loving her. A celebration of life will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., at Zion Travelers 2nd Missionary Baptist Church, 3719 Laurel St., New Orleans, LA 70115. Rev. Rudolph Laurent, Pastor/ Officiant. Viewing will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. A repast will immediately follow the service at the church fellowship hall. Interment will be on Monday, August 31, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Southeast Louisiana Veterans Cemetery, 34888 Grantham College Dr., Slidell, LA 70460. Professional services entrusted to Richardson Funeral Home of Jefferson, 11112 Jefferson Hwy., River Ridge, LA 70123. www.richa rdsonfuneralhomeofjeffers on.com.

Madison, Wilton Michael

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marked by love, laughter, and a legacy that will continue to resonate through generations. A lot of fond memories were spent and shared at his parents' home in Bunche Village, Metairie, which we affectionately referred to as "Grandma Gladys House." A celebration of Wilton's life will be held at Robinson Family Funeral Home on August 29, 2026, visitation will begin at 8:30 a.m., and service will begin at 10:00 AM. A celebratory repast to follow at 7744 Mistletoe St, Metairie, Louisiana.

Meskill, Patricia Margaret 'Pat'

Patricia "Pat" Margaret Meskill June 23, 1945 - August 6, 2026 Pat lived and died in the city she loved, New Orleans. She chose this town to be her home, and the French Quarter was her truest love. It was there that she lived her fullest life. Careers in banking and retail balanced a dance-card filled social life. Also, Pat was an avid swimmer, reader (loved the newspaper), and civic minded. She lived with style and grace accentuated by a high sense of mischief and merriment. Pat is missed by Linda, Nancy (who was like a daughter to Pat), Sue, Philipe, Debbie, Marinnette, Delanie, Allie, Bill, Pete, Sandra and more folks than this tribute can hold. Pat was a beauty, inside and out.

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Terry G. Migaud, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away surrounded by family. He was the beloved husband of Nancy Littleton Migaud for 58 years and the proud father of Christy Migaud Johnson (Ken), Stacey Migaud Coughlin (Daniel), and Thomas Migaud (Maira Harris). He was Paw Paw to his cherished grandchildren: Emily Johnson, Katelyn Migaud, Adeline Coughlin, Brandon Coughlin, Cameron Coughlin, Cole Migaud, and Penelope Boesen. Born to Thomas Milner Migaud and Blanche Savoie Migaud, Terry was one of five brothers. He is preceded in death by Warren, Peter, and Gregory, and survived by Glen, Brenda (wife of Warren), and many nieces and nephews. Terry worked over 30 years for the Kansas City Southern Railroad, serving as a switchman and longtime Union Representative, and later spent 20 years as office manager at Income Tax Return Service. A lifelong outdoorsman, Terry was a dedicated member of the Hell Divers Scuba Club since 1971, holding multiple state spearfishing records and appearing in The Hell Diver's Rodeo. Club members affectionately called him Papa Smurf and T-Bird, honoring his steady leadership and fearless spirit. "In the Hell Divers, Terry was Papa Smurf — the diver who led with wisdom, laughed with heart, and faced every rig, every fish, and every challenge with fearless calm." Terry also treasured his Vacation Krewe — currently a Family of 19 made up of Nancy, his children, his grandchildren, and the four Cohens — who spent the last ten years traveling together and watching all the kids grow up side by side. Their annual trips created laughter and memories he planned for endless hours. Mike, Karen,

Liam, and Rhys Cohen became part of the family he loved so deeply. Terry will be remembered for his loyalty, humor, courage, and generosity. He touched countless lives and will be forever loved and missed. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Service at Garden of Memories Funeral Home, 4900 Airline Drive Metairie, LA 70001 on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am with the service starting at 12:00 pm. Online condolences may be offered at www.gardenofme moriesmetairie.com.

Spot, Gloria

Gloria Spot departed this life on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at the age of 71. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a Funeral Service at D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home, 3933 Washington Ave. New Orleans, LA 70125 on Saturday, August 29, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Visitation will begin at 10:30 a.m. Interment: Providence Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangement by D. W. Rhodes Funeral Home. Please visit www.rhodesfuneral.com to sign the online guestbook. Funeral can be live streamed at www.facebook.com/ D.W.RhodesFuneralHome/ live

Smith, Margie Williamson Suggs Jr., Perry

Margie Williamson Smith was born on March 1, 1933, to the late Odele and Edward Williamson. She entered eternal rest on August 23, 2023, at Riverbend Nursing Home in Belle Chasse LA. She was 93 years old and a native of Port Sulphur LA., until relocating to New Orleans. Celebration of life services will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at Greater Macedonia B.C. of Port Sulphur, La. Visitation will begin at 9 a.m., Service at 11 a.m. Pastor Mandrell Pansy officiating and interment will follow at Roxie James Cemetery. The family will receive guest for a visitation at Robinson Family Funeral Home on Friday, August 28, 2026, from 6 - 8 p.m.

Perry Suggs, Jr., age 43 departed this life on August 11, 2026. Son of Hazel Cherry and the late Dr. Reverend Perry Suggs Sr. He was blessed to have a bonus father that loved him dearly, Don Cherry Sr. Brother of Sherida Suggs Smith (Reynauldo), Don Cherry Jr. (Tierra), and Cedric Cherry Sr. (Akeisha). He is survived by a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. A celebration of life service will be held on Saturday, August 29, 2026, at Providence B.C. #1, 240 Pine St, Laplace, LA 70068. Pastor Willie Smith, Officiating. Visitation begins at 9:00 am followed by service at 10:00 am. Interment Providence B.C #1 Cemetery, LaPlace, LA. Final arrangements entrusted to the caring staff at Hobson Brown Funeral Home, 134 Daisy St., Garyville, LA 70051, 985535-2516.

Williams, Charles H.

Charles Henry Williams Jr. better known as "Chuck" passed away on August 14, 2026, at the age of 66. Charles Henry Williams Jr. is survived by his Devoted wife Wanda Hall Williams children Shawand Williams, Sherrell Williams Johnson (Anthony), Charome Williams (Quinnshelle). Also survived by a host of other relatives and friends. Preceded in death by his parents Charles Sr. and Gerturde Williams, FatherIn-Law John Hall, niece Jacquelyn Williams, nephew Joshua Williams and late son Charles Williams III. Family and friends are invited to attend the Celebration of Life Service on Saturday, August 29, 2026, for 10:00 a.m. at Fifth African Baptist Church, 3419 South Robertson St. New Orleans Louisiana 70115.. (Church is located on Louisiana Ave.) Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. Elder Dr. Kenneth Nora, officiating. Interment will follow at Garden of Memories located at 4900 Airline Drive, Metairie LA. 70001. Guestbook Online: www.an ewtraditionbegins.com (504)282-0600. Linear Brooks Boyd and Donavin

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La. must support policies that help international trade labor, probably won’t stick. MeanYet again, Washington is announcing a flurry of import while, Washington has launched tariffs, stoking uncertainty for harsh import tariffs over countrybusinesses and consumers. To un- level disputes and sectors such as pharma, steel and aluderstand what this means for Louisiana, it is imporminum. Trump is correct that tant to look at President trade disparities need to be Donald Trump’s broader addressed, while many in approach to trade since Congress are also correct taking office. Jerry to question whether he Trump has long argued Hingle has gone too far and overthat the United States is GUEST disadvantaged in interreached his authority. COLUMNIST This matters here in Louinational trade. It’s true that U.S. tariffs have hissiana. The state exports nearly $93 billion in goods and torically been lower than those imports over $33 billion each year, of many trading partners, while supporting more than 180,000 American exporters often face jobs, according to the U.S. Departcomplicated nontariff barriers that make it difficult to sell their ment of Commerce. Louisiana also products overseas. earns billions in service exports In the spirit of putting “America and international tourism. The esFirst,” Trump instructed his adtimated $1.25 billion economic imvisers to seek any nuanced trade pact of Louisiana hosting a Super law that, if broadly interpreted, Bowl is tiny compared to the boost allows the president to impose that international trade brings to tariffs without congressional apour economy. The trade shake-up has not been proval. The first attempt, under easy. For Louisiana exporters, the guise of economic security, was struck down by the Supreme the biggest concern is retaliation: other countries imposing tariffs Court. Two subsequent attempts, one to address America’s balance on Louisiana products in response of payments and the other center- to U.S. tariffs. Many have threating on countries’ use of forced ened to do just that. Businesses

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The Port of South Louisiana handles billions in trade and cargo each year. on both sides of trade are uncertain about whether, and when, to factor tariffs into their prices. Consumers are feeling the pinch, but tariffs only account for .5% to .8% percentage points to overall inﬂation, according to the Federal Reserve. Food prices have risen sharply — particularly in New Orleans — but much of that is tied to higher fuel, fertil-

izer and operating costs. There is some good news: Washington is refunding tariffs that were later ruled unlawful. Of the $165 billion in refunds owed to importers, $100 billion is in the pipeline — although getting it through the pipeline and on to consumers is a long and litigious process. But there isn’t much cause for alarm. Trump’s weaponized

tariffs grab media headlines but those weapons are sparingly deployed if at all. Legal rulings, special interest carve-outs and truces often resolve trade measures before taking effect. Tariffs that do eventually stick have mixed effects on Louisiana: Some industries (steel, aluminum and seafood) may beneﬁt from tariff relief while others (manufacturing, farming) may face higher costs. Meanwhile, Washington is forging new economic and trade agreements with dozens of countries that could give Louisiana exporters new markets and new opportunities. For Louisiana, the lesson is simple: Tariffs are useful when they target unfair trade or remedy broader strategic objectives, but they can create as many problems as they solve. Louisiana should support efforts to make international trade fairer — but we should also demand that those efforts strengthen, rather than weaken, the state’s ability to compete in the world economy. Jerry Hingle is the president of International Trade Associates in New Orleans.

There are some things that Ye concert should raise questions for community Katrina couldn’t wash away Not my community, not my problem. doesn’t fully unwind with one ad, and the That’s the sentiment running messages we’ve received this past through a lot of what’s been said week suggest a lot of his audience online since our local Jewish orgahasn’t unwound it either: people calling Jews controlling, untouchnizations raised concerns about the upcoming Kan(Ye) West show at able, above criticism, accusing us the Caesars Superdome. Messages of just angling for a cut and asking, and comments telling us nobody in so many words, when we started Aaron cares, or that the outright hatred letting “those people” decide anyBloch of Jews is reasonable, warranted. thing for the rest of us. GUEST Comments telling us to mind our None of that is a Jewish opinion. COLUMNIST own business and to “stay home, It’s sitting in public view, in his lock and board (your) windows.” lyrics and in our comment sections Here’s why we think it’s everyalike. Research on dehumanizing rhetoric shows it measurably one’s business. increases real-world hostility We are your neighbors. We have and violence toward the targeted been for a long time. The first docugroup, hostility that reaches other mented Jewish resident of New minorities too, not just the one it Orleans, Isaac Monsanto, arrived in David started with. 1724, and Jewish New Orleanians Shepard This isn’t abstract. Earlier this have been part of this city’s life GUEST year, a teenager set fire to Beth ever since. Jewish philanthropy COLUMNIST Israel Congregation in Jackson, helped found Touro Infirmary in Mississippi, the state’s oldest syna1852, still one of the oldest continuously operating hospitals in the country. gogue, telling investigators he targeted The Stern family helped get Dillard Uniit for its “Jewish ties.” In March, a man rammed his vehicle into Temple Israel in versity off the ground, now the oldest West Bloomfield, Michigan, and opened historically Black university in Louisiana. fire before he was stopped, an attack In 1949, Rabbi Julian Feibelman brought United Nations Ambassador Ralph Bunche the FBI called a targeted act of violence to speak at Temple Sinai, the city’s first ma- against the Jewish community. Neither man needed a concert to act on jor integrated public meeting. And in the 1990s, Holocaust survivor Anne Levy stood what he believed. They needed only the belief itself, the kind that gets reinforced on the steps of the Louisiana Capitol and every time the hateful rhetoric goes unanconfronted David Duke to his face. None of that is separate from New Orswered. We’re not asking for a canceled concert. leans’ story; it’s part of it. Just that the songs glorifying Nazism and If you’d like to learn more, the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience will be the merchandise carrying swastikas stay out of the one place all of New Orleans opening its doors and waiving admission comes together, the Superdome. fees from Aug. 28-30. We’d ask something more of our neighThat history is worth knowing, but it’s not really the reason to care right now. bors, too. Kanye West will come and go, The reason is simpler and more urgent. performing here for one night before movKanye West has spent the last several ing to the next city on his tour. What won’t years espousing antisemitic rhetoric, move on is all of us, still living in this city peaking a year ago with the release of a the morning after: the Jewish community, song called “Heil Hitler.” He’s praised the Black community, the Catholic and Hitler, called himself a Nazi and sold Muslim communities, everyone who calls shirts printed with swastikas. When New Orleans home. How we treat each “Heil Hitler” came out, his X account had other when a moment like this comes along roughly 30.6 million followers, close to says more about who we are than anything twice the size of the entire global Jewish that happens on a stage for one night. population. Even a small fraction of that audience walking away believing “Ye was Aaron Bloch is the director of Jewishright” about Jews is a meaningful number. Multicultural and Governmental Affairs We want to be fair. West published a full- and David Shepard is the chair of the page apology in The Wall Street Journal Jewish Community Relations Council at earlier this year, and so far, so good. But the Jewish Federation of Greater New four years of extreme antisemitic rhetoric Orleans.

Before y’all read this, let me tell y’all started creeping around the Gulf, Granny something. Every year around this time, wasn’t looking at her like she was some somebody asks me about Katrina. “Kateb monster. She was looking at her like, “Baby … what was it like?” I never answer right … I done met your cousins already.” Lord away. Not because I don’t know, but behave mercy. If only we knew. Then there was Mama. Mama wasn’t cause I don’t know which Katrina they’re saying much, and that’s what bothered asking about. See, everybody has one. Ask me. Usually, she’d have something to say somebody from the Lower 9th, and they’ll about everything. Not this time. She’d tell you one Katrina. Ask somebody from look at the television, then out the window, St. Bernard Parish, and they’ll tell you anthen back at the television. You ever seen other. Ask somebody from Bay St. Louis, somebody trying not to worry? That’s what Waveland, Biloxi or Gulfport, and baby, she looked like. She wasn’t panickyou’ll be there all day listening. One storm. Thousands of stories. ing. She wasn’t crying. She was just This one is mine. quiet. Sometimes silence says more As a matter of fact, my Katrina than a whole conversation. doesn’t even start with the storm. The closer Katrina got, the quieter It starts with my lawnmower. Isn’t the neighborhood grew. It almost Kateb that something? When I think back felt like the whole neighborhood Shunnar was holding its breath. Looking on Hurricane Katrina, my mind GUEST goes to that Saturday before the back now, maybe it was, because at COLUMNIST 6:10 a.m. Katrina was second-lining storm, when I was outside, actthrough the Gulf Coast, and let me ing as if I were competing in a tell ya, she had footwork. landscaping competition. I cut the At my grandma’s house off Franklin Avgrass, edged the sidewalk until it looked like somebody had drawn it with a ruler, enue, the water reached her windows, and and even swept the driveway twice bemy uncle and aunt had to get her into the attic. They then broke through the roof to cause a few leaves had the nerve to blow flag for help, and after two days they were back where I had already cleaned. airlifted to another safe location. That SatI then put away all the outdoor furniture and made sure everything around the urday before the storm was the last time I house was tidy. Then I got me a cold drink, saw my grandma alive. put my hand on my hip and smiled. Man, Time passed and the day came when we I was proud of that yard. All the while, were finally able to come home. I wish I Katrina was somewhere out in that Gulf, could tell y’all I was ready for what I was probably laughing at me. Funny how life about to see. I wasn’t. Nothing prepares lets you spend all day fixing something you you for opening the door to a life that won’t even have tomorrow. doesn’t exist anymore. Now, don’t get ahead of me. We’ll get As I rode through the city with my mothto the storm. First, allow me to tell y’all er, we both cried. about my Granny. Everyone was trying to And somehow, we kept going. Not beconvince her to leave. She looked at all of cause we were fearless. Not because we us like we had completely lost our minds. had all the answers. Because quitting “I rode out Betsy. I rode out Camille. I wouldn’t put our homes back together. ain’t running from no storm.” That was it; It wouldn’t bring our loved ones back. It conversation over. Anyone who knew my wouldn’t dry one floor, hang one sheet of Granny knew that once she made up her drywall, or nail one shingle. So, we got up. mind, you had a better chance of moving Again. And again. And again. Lake Pontchartrain than changing her Every August, I still think about Katrina. mind. She stayed. I think about my Granny and the people we Looking back, I still hear those words: “I lost. I think about the people who stayed. ain’t running from no storm.” Sometimes I think about the people who came from I wish I didn’t. Now, don’t get me wrong. across this country to help strangers. And Granny wasn’t being stubborn just for before I remember the storm, I remember the sake of it. That generation saw storms the people. differently than we do. To them, hurriAfter all these years, that’s what Katrina couldn’t wash away. canes had names and history. Betsy came. Camille came. They cleaned up, buried what needed burying, fixed what needed Kateb Shunnar is a writer based in New fixing and kept on living. So, when Katrina Orleans.

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ISSUE OF THE WEEK CANADA TRADE WAR President Donald Trump recently imposed punishing tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks fizzled. Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs of its own, hitting the American steel and aluminum industries particularly hard.Though Canada’s economy is about one-twelfth the size of the U.S. economy, some say the Trump administration miscalculated in expecting Canada to cave to U.S. demands. Polls show a lack of public support for the tariffs.Will Trump’s trade war have longlasting effects? Here are two perspectives:

Insulting Canada is just Trade war reveals Trump’s sick economy policy loss of trust home, abroad Oh good, another war. This time, a is perhaps Trump’s most hostile astrade war with Canada, and for no oth- sault on Canadian pride. Trump had er reason than ... what? To give Donald referred to former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as Governor Trump a new stage for big-league bullying? To divert attention from the Jef- Trudeau. (He’s quite the card.) He called the border between our two frey Epstein files? Who knows. Whatcountries “an artificially drawn line” ever. Trying to humiliate our closest ally does not serve American interests, and said he would use “economic force” to make a takeover hapya think? I say “trying” because pen. Trump’s powers are much While visiting the Oval Ofdiminished. Canadians are callfice last year, Carney said that Canada “is not for sale” and ing Trump’s bluff, as are other “won’t be for sale ever.” Trump countries and even some forFroma responded, “Never say never.” merly supine Republican lawOver the weekend, Trump’s makers. And it’s getting harder Harrop first vice president, Mike to ignore the loose screws ratPence, provided a dose of sobritling around his head. We won’t go into the particulars of ety. “American consumers pay Amerithis latest trade dispute. Canada as can tariffs,” he said. “My hope is, for well as the United States appeared to the sake of American families and for have thrown in last-minute demands. the sake of the American economy, And Trump’s new tariffs on $20 billion that what we’re looking at here is negoworth of Canadian goods affect only tiation and not confrontation in a trade about 5% of Canada’s exports to the war.” U.S. Though Trump’s tantrums should The bigger story here is the willingfly over the northern border like bad ness of Canadian Prime Minister Mark weather systems that will pass, the abuse has long-term effects that have Carney to defend his nation’s honor already come back to bite us. Against even at a cost to his economy. Trump’s wishes, Canada is now doing Moments after the tariffs went into its separate deals with China. He has effect, Trump recycled a golden oldie threatened a 100% tariff on Canada of abuse by posting on Truth Social, over that. “Canada wants the benefits of being a A recent Angus Reid survey of CaState, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers, for nadians found that more than 75% many years, massive amounts of Tarwanted Carney to hold his ground, even as 90% worried about economic iffs. No More!!!” About our great farmers, Trump has costs. The Canadian pollster has also found that 79% of Americans still liked just lowered taxes on foreign beef in Canadians. But even if Canadians don’t an obvious attempt to cut prices for think Americans dislike them, the fact steaks and hamburgers before the remains that the voters elected Trump midterm elections. The higher prices twice. were a godsend to American cattle Trump just said he’ll tack 50% tariffs ranchers already coping with wildfires, droughts and restrictions on shipments on vehicles and parts from Canada. of young Mexican cattle to be fattened A silver lining is that Trump’s broadin U.S. feedlots. sides have become so unhinged, the “You don’t put America first by putprospects of his Republican enablers retaining that much power after Noting U.S. cattle producers last,” U.S. Cattlemen’s Association President Jus- vember are much reduced. Trump may be seeming more temtin Tupper said in response. Trump keeps saying that the U.S. porary, but in the meantime, we have doesn’t need Canadian products. But another war, a ridiculous trade war. guess what his new round of tariffs doesn’t include? Canadian oil or gas. Froma Harrop is on X, @FromaHarrop. Talk of turning Canada into a state Email her at fharrop@gmail.com

As President Donald Trump escalated his China and Iran, “the principal targets” of trade war with Canada, Prime Minister Mark the new U.S. strategy, “largely shrugged off Carney responded with a direct and damning Washington’s announcement.” Iranian Depucomment: “We’ve recognized from the start ty Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi even that America has changed,” he said. “We rec- mocked the new approach, pointing out that it was only adopted after the military option ognize that sometimes, its signature is writhad fizzled. “Is this a victory or an admission ten in pencil.” of U.S. defeat?” he taunted on social media. One of the most valuable assets in politics At home, enthusiasm for the Iran war is trust. Leaders can only be effeccontinues to erode. In a new Reuters tive, in the long run, if other stakepoll, just 31% of Americans express holders — voters, allies, rivals — resupport, down from 37% in March and spect, believe and trust you. To keep 34% earlier this month. your word. To play straight. Declining trust in Trump also shows Trump, as Carney makes clear, is up in another vital forum: the bond now squandering that trust, both at Steve home and abroad. Increasingly, his Roberts market. Nations must pay higher inword is no longer good. His promises terest rates to sell bonds if investor — and threats — are no longer taken confidence drops, and recently, the U.S. seriously. Treasury had to offer a yield of 5.3% in order A Pew Research Center poll of 36 countries to market 30-year bonds, the highest rate in reports that “76% of respondents had ‘no con- 19 years. By contrast, Canada can sell bonds at 4.11%. fidence’ in Trump and 57% had an unfavorIn an attempt to reassure investors, Treaable opinion of the United States.” In most of the countries, Pew adds, “people had a more sury Secretary Scott Bessent announced a positive impression of China than of the U.S.” buyback of up to $4 billion in outstanding Some of that dwindling confidence is bonds, but as The Wall Street Journal reportsummed up in the popular meme TACO, or ed, “Markets Brush Off Treasury’s Buyback Trump Always Chickens Out. But the damage Plans.” goes deeper than that. It’s not just that he’s “The president’s fulminations and his adtrusted less. He’s also feared less. ministration’s efforts to intervene in currenTrump has always been a bully, operating cy and bond markets have an air of desperaon the premise that if you apply enough pres- tion, which is only making matters worse and turning market sentiment in an even more sure — on business associates, Republican unfavorable direction,” said Eswar Prasad, lawmakers, TV networks — the other side an economics professor at Cornell Univerwill always blink first. But he’s badly miscalculated the resilience and resistance of sity. national leaders in Ottawa — and in Tehran, That air of desperation was reflected in anBeijing and Moscow. other administration move: importing ground The fallout is also affecting domestic polibeef at discount prices in order to lower tics, since several states with key Senate rac- grocery bills before the November election. As with Trump’s crusade against Canada, his es — like Michigan, Maine and New Hampaction alarmed Republican candidates, this shire — border Canada and depend heavily time from cattle-producing states. on trade with their neighbors. Vulnerable “This is a bad idea,” proclaimed Rep. AshRepublican candidates are deeply alarmed, with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine complaining ley Hinson, the Republican candidate for an that Trump’s tirades “will increase costs for open Senate seat in Iowa. Maine families” and trigger “higher costs, “Flooding the market with lower quality risk, and uncertainty for Maine businesses.” beef compromises Nebraska farmers and If anything, Iran’s leaders are even more ranchers,” added Nebraska Sen. Pete Rickdefiant and less intimidated. Since the etts, who is also running this fall. president’s six-month bombing campaign has Trump’s deals and promises might now be failed to crush that regime’s resolve, Trump written in pencil, but his record is now being is now firing fiscal fusillades, pressuring written in ink — bold red ink. other countries to cut ties with Iran and sufEmail Steven V. Roberts at stevecokie@ focate its economy. gmail.com. But as news website Semafor reported,

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SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has been added as a defendant in an ongoing Louisiana lawsuit aiming to create a ﬁfth year of eligibility for 30-plus athletes, according to a new court ﬁling obtained by The Advocate on Thursday. Last week, the plaintiffs in the case, including three football players who have since committed to LSU, sued the NCAA and were granted a temporary restraining order making them eligible to compete in Sankey the 2026-27 academic year. Two of those athletes, tight end Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris, were ruled eligible despite previously signing NFL contracts. This week, the SEC adopted new rules prohibiting member schools from adding athletes who entered the NFL, NBA or WNBA drafts without withdrawing, as well as athletes who signed with or were rostered by

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Saints running back Travis Etienne, left, runs the ball as Dallas Cowboys safety Jalen Thompson defends during a joint practice on Aug. 18 in Oxnard, Calif.

Saints follow joint practice trend; will rest starters in final exhibition BY MATTHEW PARAS Staff writer

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Former Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin talks to defensive tackle Zxavian Harris during the second half against LSU on Sept. 27, 2025, in Oxford, Miss. Harris is seeking a fifth year of eligibility with LSU.

DALLAS — Kaden Elliss has been on several teams that have gotten off to fast starts. And if there’s a correlation between playing in the preseason and accomplishing that, well, the New Orleans Saints linebacker has struggled to find one. When he first entered the league, Elliss was on a Saints team that experienced a traditional ramp-up. The starters would play a drive one week, a quarter the next and then a half before sitting for the finale. Then, when the linebacker switched teams, the Atlanta Falcons took a different approach to get ready for the regular season. One year, Elliss played only a drive in the preseason. The next, he didn’t play at all. “As long as you have the right guys, I think that’s what’s more important,” Elliss said. “The culture. The buy-in to the coaches and what they’re preaching.” Elliss’ observation feels especially p y relevant for this year’s Saints. On Wednesday, coach Kellen Moorre announced that the team’s starters will again sit in Friiday’s

It’s time for LSU to end eligibility fights When deciding whether to become LSU’s football coach, Lane Kiffin sought advice from one of the best voices he could find: Nick Saban, his former boss and mentor. The one-time LSU coach and all-time coaching great told Kiffin not to pass on the opportunity to go to a school that offered every resource needed to win at the highest level, even though Lane’s then-Ole Miss program was on the eve of the College Football Playoff. Fast forward nearly nine Scott Rabalais months. With LSU on the eve of its season opener against Clemson, it’s time for Kiffin to heed a few other words from Saban long ago. Words on another topic but still relevant: “It’s time to move on.” Saban spoke those five words back in 2002 when he got one too many questions from reporters at his weekly news conference about LSU’s unbelievable Bluegrass Miracle victory at Kentucky. Saban was beyond ready to turn the focus to that

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preseason finale against the Dallas Cowboys, meaning that the first-team won’t see any in-game action before New Orleans’ Week 1 (Sept. 13) opener in Detroit. The decision marked a departure for Moore, who took the opposite approach in his first season. But the second-year coach concluded that ultimately, the Saints received valuable work in three separate joint practices and the games weren’t worth the additional risks given how the Saints roster is already littered with injuries. By practicing against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys and the Los Angeles Rams, Moore noted the Saints received 145 snaps in a highly competitive environment — a workload that the Saints should benefit from by the time the regular season kicks off. But will it be enough? This offseason, the Saints have openly said they want to start faster than they did in 2025. That applies not only to their record — when New Orleans began a lowly 1-8 — but also to how the Saints literally begin games. Last year, the Saints were outscored in the first quarter

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Whaat I’ve liked, loved and loath hed about training camp The New Orleans Saints have completed train ning camp and are just about two w weeks away from opening the regularr season. Sixteen prractices, three joint workouts and two preseason games have provided am mple opportunity to evaluate the roste er and inform my opinion on h head coach Kellen Moore’s sec cond team. Time for some ﬁnal observations as w we — thankfully — head to tthe real games, starting Sep pt. 13 in Detroit.

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Shough, Zach Wilson and Spencer Rattler all converted scoring opportunities into touchdowns during red zone drills. Shough hit Devaughn Vele for a beautiful throw and catch in the back of the end zone to open the scoring. Wilson found Barion Brown on a perfectly timed corner route for another touchdown a couple of series later. Rattler then scrambled in for another TD. It was good to see the offense dent the end zone so many Jeff and in so many different Duncan times What I’ve liiked… ways after struggling in this area to start camp. The improvement of the red zone It will need to translate to the offense. regular season if the Saints hope to The Saintts’ struggles in the red improve on their 6-11 mark from a zone have b been well documented. year ago. They were the worst team in the NFL in thiss critical area a year ago. Accordinglly, it’s been a point of em- What else I’ve liked: phasis all offseason and throughout The signing of Daniel Carlson: I was bullthe start off camp. And we’re ﬁnally ish on Tanner Brown and Charlie starting to see some improvement. Smyth to start camp, but both have At Wedne esday night’s open pracä See DUNCAN, page 5C tice at Tulane, quarterbacks Tyler

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Alcaraz opens U.S. Open title defense BY BRIAN MAHONEY AP sportswriter

NEW YORK — Carlos Alcaraz will open the defense of his U.S. Open title against an opponent who made a strong run at Wimbledon while the Spaniard was sidelined with an injury. Along with some interesting opening-round matches, the draws for men’s and women’s singles Thursday delivered one what-could-have-been possibility: Had Serena Williams decided to play, there could have been a Williams sisters showdown in Round 1. When Venus Williams was given a wild card into the event at 46, the U.S. Tennis Association initially held one spot, which surely would have gone to Serena if the six-time U.S. Open champion wanted to play after returning to tennis for the first time since 2022. When the 44-year-old decided to only compete in doubles, the USTA awarded that last wild card over the weekend to American Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion. On Thursday, Venus Williams and Kenin were randomly drawn to face each other. Main draw play at the final Grand Slam tournament of the season begins Sunday. Alcaraz is the No. 2 seed and will face Roman Saﬁullin. It will be Alcaraz’s first singles match since April, after the two-time U.S. Open champion was forced to miss the French Open and Wimbledon because of a right wrist injury. The Spaniard returned to play with Serena Williams in the mixed doubles tournament and looked rusty. He may have to be sharper against Saﬁullin, who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon, upsetting Andrey Rublev and Joao Fonseca along the way before falling to 24-time Grand Slam singles champion Novak Djokovic in four sets. Safiullin also upset Alcaraz, ranked No. 2 at the time, in the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris in 2023.

LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces said Thursday that forward NaLyssa Smith is out for the season with a left leg injury, dealing a huge blow to the defending WNBA champion’s repeat hopes. Smith suffered the non-contact injury at the 3:15 mark of the third quarter in Sunday’s 88-78 win over the the Toronto Tempo. Smith has averaged 11.8 points and 6.4 rebounds over 37 games this season and was leading the league in ﬁeld goal percentage at 63.8%. The loss of Smith will put a lot more on the shoulders of Aces star A’ja Wilson, who is in the mix to win her ﬁfth MVP trophy while averaging 26 points and and two blocks per game this season. The Aces entered Thursday with a 26-13 record, the third-best mark in the Western Conference.

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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain returns the ball during a mixed doubles match at the U.S. Open on Tuesday in New york. Alcaraz avenged that loss the following year at the Paris Olympics in their lone other meeting. Alexander Zverev, the French Open champion who became the No. 1 seed in New York when Jannik Sinner pulled out with a knee injury, will open against Italian Lorenzo Sonego. Two-time defending women’s champion Aryna Sabalenka opens against Camila Osorio. The topranked Sabalenka, who has struggled during the North American hard-court season, could face Wimbledon champion Linda Noskova, the No. 6 seed, in the quarterﬁnals. The other potential women’s quarterfinals: No. 2 Elena Rybakina vs. No. 8 Iga Swiatek, No. 3 Jessica Pegula vs. No. 7 Karolina Muchova, and No. 4 Coco Gauff

vs. No. 5 Mirra Andreeva, the French Open champion. Pegula, who opens against Elena-Gabriela Ruse, would play the Williams-Kenin winner in the second round. The potential men’s quarters: No. 1 Zverev vs. No. 6 Alex de Minaur, No. 2 Alcaraz vs. No. 8 Ben Shelton, No. 3 Felix AugerAliassime vs. No. 5 Flavio Cobolli, and No. 4 Djokovic vs. No. 7 Daniil Medvedev. No. 10 seed Arthur Fils, coming off the title in the Cincinnati Open, faces two-time Grand Slam finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas, who was once ranked No. 3, in the ﬁrst round. Stan Wawrinka, the 2016 U.S. Open champion who received a wild card to play in his final Grand Slam tournament before retiring, faces Matteo Berrettini,

the 2021 Wimbledon runner-up, to open a second straight major tournament. Berrettini won in four sets — all tiebreakers — at the All England Club. Rublev, the No. 23 seed, faces 2014 U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic. No. 13 Lorenzo Musetti, who reached the quarterfinals in New York last year, opens against Britain’s Arthur Fery, who lost to Zverev in the Wimbledon semifinals. Some first-round matches won’t be determined until the conclusion of the qualifying tournaments, which were scheduled to finish Thursday. Potential women’s contenders such as No. 11 Marta Kostyuk and No. 17 Alex Eala were among those waiting to see who they would face in their openers.

Lee makes Tour Championship debut BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

ATLANTA — Min Woo Lee made his first trip to the Tour Championship a memorable one, playing bogey-free on a rain-softened East Lake for an 8-under 62 that matched his career low on the PGA Tour and gave him a twoshot lead Thursday. A pair of runner-up finishes this year, at Pebble Beach and the Scottish Open, made Lee a lock to be among the top 30 players who get a shot at the FedEx Cup, the $10 million prize and a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour. He just hasn’t felt like a top-30 player in recent weeks. “Very average two weeks the last two weeks. It was probably the saddest I’ve been on the golf course, which is not good,” Lee said. “We’re really lucky to be out here and play some good golf to get into the playoffs. It just felt so hard.” There was no such feeling in the opening round of the final event of the FedEx Cup season. He rarely was under stress to make par, made four of his eight birdies from outside 10 feet and wound up with a lead over Viktor Hovland, Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup. Scottie Scheffler started his day with a 6-foot par putt and never came close to another bogey in his round of 65. He also was nearly recovered from the hand, foot and mouth disease he picked up last week that gave him blisters on his feet, hands and throat. The hands were the biggest problem. Those are fine. There’s still a few in his throat, and he sounded much better

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Min Woo Lee plays his tee shot on the third hole during the first round of the Tour Championship on Thursday in Atlanta. than a week ago. The greatest testament came from Matt Fitzpatrick, who also played with him in the opening round at Bellerive last week. “I played with him last week and he said, ‘Man, I thought I pissed you off or something. You didn’t talk to me for two days,’ ” Schefﬂer said. “I was like, ‘No, man, I just couldn’t speak.’ ” Schefﬂer is No. 1 in the FedEx Cup — he picked up a $23 million bonus last week — but that doesn’t matter at East Lake. Under the current format, any of the 30 players who win the Tour

Championship are deemed the FedEx Cup champion. Tommy Fleetwood, who opened with a 66 in his title defense, was the FedEx Cup champion despite not winning all year until the Tour Championship. Lee is in the same situation this year. Only one other — Ludvig Aberg — from the eight players at 65 or better has yet to win this year. The immediate payoff for Lee was changing to a slightly heavier shaft in his irons after his coach felt he was swinging faster than usual. The shaft helped to slow it down, and it worked.

He birdied the par-5 18th for a 62, matching the score he shot at the Nicklaus Tournament course at PGA West to start the year. That was the California desert at The American Express, a tournament known for its low scoring. This one might have been easier given the conditions. Rain about an hour before the first tee time made the greens softer, and it showed in the scoring. All 29 players in the field were at even par or better, and the course played to 66.7 Missing from the field was 2025 U.S. Open champion J.J. Spaun, who withdrew after five holes because of a shoulder injury. Spaun said he felt a sharp pain in his right shoulder blade on Tuesday and he spent two days trying to manage it. “Today it felt a lot better, like mobility-wise,” he said. “But I think with the torque and the amount of force in a golf swing, it just doesn’t feel very comfortable. I’m nowhere in my game health-wise to be able to compete at the highest level.” BMW Championship winner Wyndham Clark birdied two of his last three holes to salvage a 67. Gary Woodland, back at the Tour Championship for the first time since 2019, Adam Scott and British Open champion Ryan Fox were among those joining the group of players at 68. Rory McIlroy, the only three-time FedEx Cup champion, opened with a 68. Russell Henley, who grew up just over an hour south in Macon, had 18 pars in his round of 70.

Three-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Leonard Williams and the Seattle Seahawks have agreed on a three-year, $90 million contract extension that includes $56 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced the extension. The 32-year-old Williams was a second-team AP All-Pro last season when he helped the Seahawks win the franchise’s second Super Bowl title. Williams signed a three-year, $64.5 million deal with Seattle in 2024, after the Giants traded him to the Seahawks in October 2023. He was set to become a free agent in 2027.

Good Good no longer title sponsor of PGA Tour event

ATLANTA — Good Good Golf lost its partnership with Callaway on Thursday and no longer will be title sponsor of a PGA Tour event in November as the fallout continued over a video for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground who was trying to touch the golf club. Good Good, among the most popular in the YouTube Golf space, has said the video was meant to be a spinoff from the movie, “Obsession.” But the criticism was immediate and relentless, and the pressure began mounting by the day. The video was deleted the same day it was posted on Aug. 20, but it continued to make the rounds on social media and apologies from Good Good and Callaway had little effect.

49ers owner York arrested in prostitution sting in Ohio

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Commissioner Roger Goodell said the NFL is looking into whether San Francisco 49ers owner Jed York will be punished for violating the league’s personal conduct policy after he was caught in a prostitution sting in Ohio. York was arrested in a mobile home park by the Mahoning Valley Human Trafﬁcking Task Force after police said he was attempting to pay $160 for sex with a woman he believed to be a prostitute. York was booked into jail and was released after posting a $5,000 bond. York was initially charged with engaging in prostitution, but prosecutors amended that to disorderly conduct. He was sentenced to one day in jail for both offenses.

Colts activate receiver Pierce ahead of game vs. Lions

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Colts activated receiver Alec Pierce from the physically unable to perform list Thursday, two days before their ﬁnal preseason game against the Detroit Lions. Pierce had surgery on his left ankle in March after signing a fouryear contract extension worth $114 million. He had a platelet-rich plasma injection, which uses a person’s blood to accelerate healing, prior to the start of free agency. But Pierce told reporters in June when that didn’t work after two months, he opted for surgery. He now has more than two weeks to ramp up his activity before the Colts host the Baltimore Ravens in the Sept. 13 season opener. He caught 37 passes for 824 yards, 22.3 yards per catch, and a careerbest seven touchdowns in 2024.

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THE VARSITY ZONE FOOTBALL PRE VIEW n DISTRICT 9-5A LOOKING BACK Edna Karr Last year: 14-0 (state champion), 7-0 in 9-5A St. Augustine Last year: 12-2 (state runner-up), 6-1 in 9-5A John Curtis Last year: 9-3 (semifinals), 5-2 in 9-5A Rummel Last year: 8-5 (quarterfinals), 4-3 in 9-5A Brother Martin Last year: 7-5 (second round), 3-4 in 9-5A Jesuit Last year: 6-6 (second round), 2-5 in 9-5A Holy Cross Last year: 4-7 (first round), 1-6 in 9-5A Chalmette Last year: 6-4, 2-2 in 7-5A

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St. Augustine sophomore wide receiver Miguel Whitley reaches the ball into the end zone to score a touchdown as Rummel and St. Augustine face off on Oct. 19, 2024, at Tad Gormley Stadium.

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sky is the limit for him,” St. Aug WR Whitley St.“The Augustine coach Robert Valsaid. “We’re just really exgoes from band dez cited about Miguel. The game is to slow down for him.” to football star starting Before football, Whitley felt

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Miguel Whitley came to St. Augustine thinking he would someday join the famed Marching 100. “I was so in love with band,” said Whitley, who grew up marching in Mardi Gras parades while playing the trombone. His plan changed when he stepped on the football field for the first time. Now a star wide receiver, Whitley (6-1, 180) is an Ole Miss commit entering his final high school season. “A couple years ago I never would have thought I would be in this position that I’m in right now,” Whitley said. Last season, Whitley caught 47 passes for 933 yards and 14 touchdowns, helping St. Augustine reach the state finals for the first time since 1979. District 9-5A coaches have twice selected Whitley as an all-district receiver.

at home playing the trombone and marching with The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders, a nonprofit that provides music education for children from low-income households. “He would fall asleep to videos of bands playing,” said Tiffany Whitley, his mother. “I’m like, this kid here is really dedicated.” Then one Saturday, while tossing a football with some of his bandmates, Whitley thought, “Dang, football is fun.” “So, I went back home and asked my mom, ‘Can I play football?’ She told me no. She said she didn’t want me to get hurt.” When Whitley enrolled at St. Aug, he asked a second time, thinking he could find time for both activities. “Come on, mom,” he pleaded. Finally, she said yes. “When I hit the field, it was like it all went together,” Whitley said. He played one game on the eighth-grade team and immediately moved up to junior varsity.

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Miguel Whitley played the trombone with The Roots of Music Marching Crusaders.

As a freshman, Whitley joined the varsity team and scored a touchdown in the season opener. He became a starter in Week 3 and scored again in Week 6 against Holy Cross, when he beat a defender on a deep pass. “After that everybody started knowing my name,” Whitley said. St. Augustine quarterback Jaelle Noble has been throwing to Whitley since the two played together on the JV team. He remembers one catch in par- Contact Christopher Dabe at cdabe@theadvocate.com ticular.

9-5A title four years running with a 25-1 record in league games during 1. Two-time reigning state champion that span. Edna Karr enters the season with 2. John Curtis returns QB London a 27-game winning streak but is Padgett and three college-committed without the 25 college signees that defensive backs, including TCU-bound helped the Cougars during their Jewelz Tapp, from a team that reached dominant title run. Karr has won the the semifinals and lost in the final

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Continued from page 1C pro leagues. The SEC has threatened to fine programs 50% of a sport’s budget if a former pro athlete is added, as well as suspend the team’s coach for half the season. But the plaintiffs’ attorneys argue the temporary restraining order out of Baton Rouge, which they seek to turn into a longer-lasting preliminary injunction, covers SEC institutions because the conference works in concert with the NCAA. “Rather than telling the SEC, you must obey the Court order enjoining the unfair NCAA rules that you were ‘heavily involved in’ creating, the NCAA allowed the SEC to continue to attempt to improperly circumvent this Court’s order,” read the plaintiffs’ request for an order to show cause, which was filed Thursday afternoon. “These draconian penalties have the effect of making it impossible for the Plaintiffs to play for any SEC school in the 2026-27 year despite this Court’s order based on new rules the SEC created — as mirrors of the NCAA rules this Court enjoined last week.”

The athletes’ attorneys have also amended their initial request for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction against the NCAA to include the SEC and Sankey, “solely in his role as commissioner of the SEC,” as defendants. The amended complaint asks the court to void the SEC’s new penalties, arguing they violate the state’s constitution. The lawsuit also seeks an injunction that stops the NCAA or SEC from enforcing any bylaw that would prevent an athlete from transferring, which would include the SEC’s rules against intraconference transfers. Sankey was also named as a defendant in a lawsuit ﬁled in Dallas on Thursday that resulted in a temporary restraining order for another two dozen athletes. “The SEC out of nowhere, just retroactively, passed a bill that tried to block what we’ve done with the NCAA. So I just want to bring them into the hearings so they can’t do that,” said Tony Clayton, an assistant counsel in the case. Clayton also represents LSU men’s basketball player RJ Luis, who won an injunction this past Monday that allows him to play for Will Wade’s squad despite entering the draft, signing a two-way NBA

“We played at Hahnville,” Noble said. “It was a deep pass and he took it off the dude’s head.” Defensive end Darren Coates remembers another one. “Last year, the Holy Cross game, he caught a one-handed touchdown,” Coates said. “I was like, ‘Wow.’ That was eye-opening for me.” Whitley isn’t the only weapon in St. Augustine’s receiving corps. Ray’Quan Williams is a Tulane commit, while Derrick Bennett caught the winning touchdown pass in the semiﬁnals against John Curtis. The return of Williams and Bennett is one reason why Whitley believes another trip to the Caesars Superdome is possible. “We’ve got to do the work,” Whitley said. “Every day, day in and day out, working. From sunup to sundown. You got to have those leaders on the team to carry the team if you want to be special and go to those places.” Now when he scores touchdowns, he hears the same marching band he once thought he would be part of. “I still love the band,” Whitley said.

second to St. Augustine. 3. Joining Nussmeier among new starting QBs is St. Augustine’s Jaelle Noble, a backup last season. Cooper Odle of Holy Cross transferred from U-High. Splitting reps at Brother Martin are Hudson Fields and Justin Morgan. At Jesuit are Sully Sullivan

contract, and playing in Celtics preseason games. The Baton Rouge lawsuit that includes three LSU football commits, including Notre Dame defensive end Junior Tuihalamaka, has been scheduled for a hearing this coming Monday to determine whether they receive a preliminary injunction against the NCAA and the SEC. Tuihalamaka isn’t affected by the SEC’s new rules because he never signed a pro contract. Clayton said he’s asked for Monday’s hearing to be pushed back to Thursday so Sankey or SEC representatives can attend. “These kids didn’t do anything wrong; these kids weren’t scoring touchdowns in the NFL. To just arbitrarily, out of nowhere, pass (an SEC) law with a retroactive effect to it, just isn’t fair,” Clayton said. “The NCAA, they gotta stop acting like dictators. It’s not Nazi Germany. They can’t do anything they want to do. They have to consider the constitutional rights of these young athletes. “They don’t shed their constitutional rights at the doorstep of LSU.” As part of Thursday’s updated ﬁlings, Southern defensive end Ckelby Givens was included as a plaintiff. Givens

Juelz Batiste DE | Edna Karr, Sr. The state’s best edge defender (per Rivals and 247Sports) is a 6-foot-5, 230-pound Ole Miss commit who practices daily with star left tackle Zion Wesley (6-3, 295), a Mississippi State commit. Ja’ir Burks WR | Jesuit, Sr. The two-time reigning state hurdles champion and Tulane commit caught 34 passes for 615 yards and five touchdowns last season, plus a kickoff return TD against Brother Martin. Colton Nussmeier QB | Rummel, Sr. The four-star Georgia commit transferred from a school in Texas. The lefty threw for 3,284 yards, 28 touchdowns and four interceptions, plus four rushing scores, over the past two seasons at Flower Mound Marcus. Easton Royal WR | Brother Martin, Sr. Rivals and 247Sports rank the Texas commit as the top wide receiver in the country, as shown with his 59 catches for 1,214 yards and 15 touchdowns last season. He also ran for three touchdowns, returned a punt for one score and threw a TD pass. Miguel Whitley WR | St. Augustine, Sr. The Ole Miss commit had 47 catches for 933 yards and 14 touchdowns, helping the Purple Knights to the state finals for the first time since 1979. Tulane commit Ray’Quan Williams is due back soon from last season’s knee injury.

and Mani Vandenweghe. At Karr are Forest Johnson and Marlon Jones. 4. Returning all-district selections include St. Augustine OL Elijah Menville, Jesuit OL Griffin Vorhaben, Brother Martin LB Brady McCluskey, Holy Cross DB Savoy Guidry and John Curtis DB Prentice Mackeyon.

was previously made eligible by a class-wide, federal injunction out of Colorado, but that order was later stayed by an appellate court. If Givens receives a prelim-

From Rummel are RB Jaden Terrance, DL Russ Lewis and DB Mitch Harris. 5. Chalmette is back in the Catholic League for the first time since 2013. QB Breez Wilson and LB David Gonzales were all-district selections in 7-5A last season.

inary injunction at the state level, he would be eligible. The defensive end has been one of the most dominant players in the Southwestern Athletic Conference, collect-

ing 46 tackles for loss over the last two seasons. Spokespersons for LSU athletics and the SEC have yet to respond to requests for comment from The Advocate.

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‘They see something in me’

Inside tight end Wright’s early career decision that set his trajectory from NFL to LSU

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

Dae’Quan Wright was a junior at Perry High when everything clicked. Throughout his first two years, Wright was a basketball player at heart. His ambition was to play in college for a major program, not play football in the Southeastern Conference. He even tried to quit the football team once basketball season started during his sophomore year. “We had to talk him off the ledge there,” Perry offensive coordinator Eric Devoursney said. “(He was a) 15-year-old kid who told me his whole life, he was going to play basketball at Duke.” But one scholarship offer changed everything. Georgia Tech offered Wright a football scholarship during his junior year. His high school coaches had told him for years that his future was in football, but it wasn’t until that moment that he truly believed them. “That’s what really changed everything when I got my first offer,” Wright said. “That’s what really just made me be like, ‘Okay, they see something in me.’ “I need to take advantage of this situation.” Georgia Tech’s decision changed the trajectory of Wright’s life, kicking off a football career that has taken an even more unexpected turn over the past week. After two seasons playing tight end at Virginia Tech and two more at Ole Miss, Wright is attempting to become the first player to return to college football after

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Dae’Quan Wright runs a drill during practice for the Philadelphia Eagles at their training facility on June 9. After the Cleveland Browns cut him this week, Wright is seeking to join LSU for a fifth year. playing in the NFL. After participating in training camps with the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, Wright will try to come back to college and play for LSU this season. A Louisiana judge last week placed a temporary restraining order against the NCAA, clearing the path for Wright and more than 30 other athletes to compete this upcoming season. Wright, along with former New Orleans Saints and Ole Miss defensive tackle Zxavian Harris and former Notre Dame edge rusher Junior Tuihalamaka, attempted to transfer to LSU following the Louisiana TRO. For Harris and Wright, the biggest remaining obstacle came on

Tuesday, when the Southeastern Conference implemented new rules prohibiting NBA, WNBA and NFL players from returning to college. In response to the SEC’s latest ruling, Harris, Wright and the 30-plus other athletes’ lawyers amended their lawsuit to add the conference and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey as defendants. Much of the reason why Wright, Harris and others ﬁnd themselves in this legal battle is because of the NCAA’s decision to grant all current and future athletes ﬁve seasons of competition. The NCAA passed the rule in June, and a Colorado court ruled soon after that all recruits from the Class of 2022 — Wright’s class — should be eligible

Fatherhood motivating Tulane RB Turner more BY GUERRY SMITH Contributing writer

Long after being labeled Tulane’s most mature player by coaches and teammates, running back Maurice Turner took on a new layer of responsibility early Tuesday morning. He and his wife, Whitney, welcomed a baby boy into the world at 1:42 a.m. “I told some of my teammates yesterday that when I was holding him in my hands, I started bawling like a baby,” Turner said. “It’s just a blessing that’s unmatched.” The birth of Tysen Miles Turner is only the beginning of what his dad believes will be a truly special year. Limited by injuries from reaching his potential to this point, a fully healthy Turner (5-foot-10, 196 pounds) expects to break out in his ﬁfth and ﬁnal college football season. After transferring from Louisville, he felt like he was on his way in 2025 as he rushed for 86 yards on 14 carries in the Green Wave’s opener against Northwestern. Unfortunately, a noncontact high-ankle sprain in that game sidelined him for the next three weeks and curtailed his mobility severely for the rest of the year. “It just kept nagging,” he said. “I tried to keep cutting on it, but it just wasn’t feeling the same.” Another ankle injury forced Turner to miss eight games in his last of three seasons at Louisville in 2024. His career-best 160-yard performance on 31 carries as a freshman in a 2022 bowl win against Cincinnati was becoming a distant memory, so he looked for a change of scenery. It was not as simple as just moving by himself. Married in July of 2024, he and Whitney went to New Orleans together for the next chapter in their lives when he chose Tulane out of the transfer portal. They became a couple all the way back in their freshman year at Coffee High in Douglas, Georgia, a little town in the southeastern part of the state. “My wife changed my life for real, just being there through thick and thin,” he said. “Wherever I went, she’s been on my side. Her supporting me while I’m playing football and me supporting her while she went through

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Tulane coach Will Hall high-fives running back Maurice Turner before the start of practice on Aug. 7 at yulman Stadium. pregnancy and having our son, it just boosted everything to another level.” Whitney chose the name Tysen with his approval, hurting Turner’s feelings a bit when she said she did not like the name Maurice. He wanted a middle name that started with an N so his son’s initials would be TNT like dynamite, but he settled for TMT when they went with Miles. Tysen was born soon after Turner locked down Tulane’s starting job for the second consecutive preseason camp — something coach Will Hall said might have occurred even if late-2025 revelation Jamauri McClure had not injured a foot that likely will sideline him for the Sept. 5 opener at Duke. Meticulous before Tysen arrived, Turner is even more motivated now. “Mo really sacriﬁces for others already, but when you become a father, all of a sudden you’re not the most important thing in your life anymore,” Hall said. “He’s extremely driven to have a great senior year with everything he’s been through, and he’ll be a great father. There’s no doubt about that.” The Wave has few doubts about his ability on the ﬁeld, either. Possessing terrific change of direc-

tion when he sticks his foot in the ground, he is dangerous as a runner and a receiver out of the backﬁeld. “He’s explosive,” quarterback Kadin Semonza said. “Every time he touches the ball, it’s a problem for the defense. Whatever way we can get the ball in his hands, we’re going to do it.” After missing so much time the past two seasons, Turner cannot wait. “I’m just truly blessed and honored to be back out here,” he said. “God brings everybody through trials and tribulations. I went through a trial and I feel like it made me tougher and more prepared to go out this year and be able to have a legendary season.”

Lagniappe Tulane conducted a one-hour special teams workout at its indoor practice facility on Thursday morning while a steady rain fell outside. … Starting center John Bock remains sidelined by a foot injury but has not been ruled out of the opener. Sophomore Gavin Marks, who was an All-America pick at FCS-level Mercer last year, has practiced with the ﬁrst unit in Bock’s place. … The Wave will work out Friday morning before taking Saturday and Sunday off.

to play this season. If the NCAA had passed its new directive over the winter, there’s no doubt in Wright’s mind that he would have just returned to college for a fifth season. “At the end of the day, it’s just all bad timing,” Wright said. “If this happened last December, or even in January, we would have been able to make a decision then on if we were gonna stay in college or not. Most people probably would have stayed. You never know.” However, lawsuits and the transfer portal were nowhere near Wright’s mind when Georgia Tech came calling in high school. That scholarship offer was the boost he needed on the field. He started touching the ball more, improving to the point where he became a three-star prospect, per the 247Sports Composite, and gained recruiting interest from Florida and Tennessee. “His class ended up winning three regional championships, and we hadn’t won a regional championship at this school since 1959, until his class came from here,” Perry coach Kevin Smith said. “He was a big part of that.” Not only did Wright’s production on the field increase after the offer, but his character off the field began to shine more as well. Instead of demanding the ball, Wright would tell his coaches which teammates needed to touch the ball more. He began to embrace the “coffee bean culture” that defines Perry’s program, becoming a positive influence on his teammates and changing the culture at Perry for the better. He also refused to miss any time

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Continued from page 1C Saturday’s game against a formidable 10th-ranked Alabama team. Turned out Saban’s irritation was well founded. The Crimson Tide crushed the Tigers 31-0. Bama was good, but the Bluegrass Hangover played a factor in the rout. Alabama was ineligible for the Southeastern Conference title that year because of NCAA sanctions. LSU runs a similar risk if it keeps pushing to add former NFL and NBA players this season in the face of a new SEC ruling against such additions. Kiffin wants to bring in former Ole Miss tight end Dae’Quan Wright and defensive tackle Zxavian Harris, among other players cut from NFL teams. Will Wade wants to add former St. John’s guard RJ Luis to his roster. All three received beneficial — and shall we say highly predictable — temporary restraining orders in Baton Rouge courts to be eligible to play this season despite having signed pro contracts with the Eagles and Browns (Wright), the Saints (Harris) and Jazz and Celtics (Luis). The SEC, however, said: “Not so fast, my friends.” At a meeting of conference presidents and athletic directors this week in Birmingham, Alabama, the league hastily whipped up a rule banning such players from being added to rosters at their member schools. If breached, the ban would authorize the SEC to fine a program half its operating budget, suspend that program’s head coach for half a season and revoke the offending school’s conference voting privileges. Meanwhile, our former colleague Ross Dellenger wrote a piece Thursday saying the College Football Playoff committee may consider banning teams with returning NFLers from participation in their tournament. You remember the CFP — the very thing LSU hired Kiffin to get the Tigers into regularly? But let us set those nuclear options aside for a moment and focus on the here and now as it pertains to LSU football. The LSU football team is now just over a week away from beginning the most highly anticipated season for the Tigers I can ever remember. This is a distraction the Tigers do not need. Period. Not this close to kickoff against a Clemson squad that, while currently a 101/ 2-point underdog, is still plenty good enough to spring an upset in its first-ever visit to

due to injury. At one point during his senior year, he played three games with a cast covering his broken hand despite playing receiver. “I’m so stinking proud of him,” Smith said. “I don’t know what to do.” Wright did a little bit of everything for Perry. Besides being its top pass catcher, he also served as Perry’s wildcat quarterback and was the punter. He still holds the record for the third-longest punt in school history at 53 yards. He was a good basketball player, but Devoursney always saw his future in football. “Especially his junior year and then really his senior year, we knew when he showed up to the game, we were scoring two touchdowns, guaranteed, just because he was out there,” Devoursney said. “It wasn’t quite that same effect in basketball.” There’s not much Wright can take away from his high school career that directly helps him in his battle with the NCAA and SEC in court. Smith and Devoursney didn’t teach him law theory on the gridiron. But focusing on what he can control was a point of emphasis drilled into him during his time at Perry. There’s not a lot he can do about those who don’t like that he’s trying to return to school, and there’s even less he can do to dissuade the SEC and NCAA from attempting to box him out of a return to the sport. “Control what you can control,” Devoursney said. “And he can’t control what everybody is saying. All he can control is how he plays, or how he reacts to this.”

Tiger Stadium. “What is he, Kellen Winslow?” asked Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, one of ESPN’s resident loudmouths, of Wright. No, he is not. Just like Harris isn’t Aaron Donald. And neither of them is a Heisman Trophy-caliber quarterback like Sam Leavitt. While we’re at it, Luis isn’t going to be LSU’s next “Pistol” Pete Maravich, either. Wright and Harris would likely be rotational players, bolstering LSU’s depth but unlikely to change the arc of the Tigers’ season to an exceptional degree. Luis, the Big East’s 2024-25 player of the year, would certainly make a much bigger impact on the men’s basketball team. But none of them — none — are worth the potential penalties. The juice isn’t worth getting squeezed. On one hand, I get it. I do believe the ex-NFL players seeking a fifth year should have been afforded the opportunity to return this season. The NCAA drew an arbitrary line on the calendar and said those who graduated from high school in 2022 were out, and those who graduated in 2023 were in. Meanwhile, athletes who played before this group were granted extra seasons because the pandemic shut down college sports in 2020. I don’t believe Luis should get another year, however, because he decided to forego eligibility to turn pro in the first place. LSU hired Kiffin and Wade to be aggressive in recruiting. To push envelopes. To boldly (perhaps recklessly) go where other coaches haven’t gone before. But LSU courts real crippling sanctions over these players. Already nationally considered a pariah for hiring Kiffin and Wade, LSU risks really Texas Tech and Brendan Sorsby-like condemnation if it proceeds on this course of action. Wright, Harris and about 30 other similarly fated athletes seeking to return to college — including former LSU defensive end Jack Pyburn but not Luis, who has a separate case — are set to get a hearing Monday on their collective TRO. They are not backing down and, in fact, on Thursday added SEC commissioner Greg Sankey as a defendant in their suit. As of now, it appears LSU is full speed ahead on supporting them and trying to get them on the field. Instead, LSU should tell the players, “Sorry, we want you, but it’s just not going to work out” and walk away. It’s time to move on. For more LSU sports updates, sign up for our newsletter at theadvocate.com/lsunewsletter

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NFL will play a record Penix will not play in Falcons’ ﬁnal 9 international games preseason game BY KEN MAGUIRE

AP sportswriter

The Associated Press

LONDON — The NFL will play a record nine games internationally this season and they include three cities hosting for the first time: Melbourne, Australia; Rio de Janeiro; and Paris. Jacksonville and San Francisco both play two games abroad: the Jaguars back-to-back in London; the 49ers in Melbourne and later in Mexico City. Here’s some handy information about the games and locations.

Melbourne, Week 1 Talk about pushing boundaries. The Los Angeles Rams face the San Francisco 49ers in a game at Melbourne Cricket Ground. The league has never staged a regularseason game so far from home. It’s a nearly 16-hour flight from the West Coast. The NFL West matchup will kick off at 10:35 a.m. local time Friday, Sept. 11, in Melbourne — which will be 8:35 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10, on the U.S. East Coast. The 100,000-capacity stadium, known as “The G,” is the largest on the NFL schedule this season. Aussies call American football “gridiron” so as not to confuse it with Australian Rules Football. Visitors might want to look up Shane Warne to get a ﬂavor of Australian cricket history.

Rio de Janeiro, Week 3

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Workers prepare a goal post inside the FC Bayern Munich soccer stadium for an NFL game on Nov. 9, 2022, at Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany. in 2016. Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels will look to make his international debut after missing last year’s Madrid game because of injury.

Paris, Week 7 The NFL finally makes it to the City of Light. Practices in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower perhaps? The New Orleans Saints have the French connections and the Pittsburgh Steelers have the star quarterback — Aaron Rodgers — for the first regular-season game in Paris. The 42-year-old Rodgers headlined Dublin’s debut as a host city last season and figures to be in the spotlight at Stade de France on Oct. 25. The 80,000-seat stadium, located just north of the capital in SaintDenis, was the centerpiece of the 2024 Paris Olympics — Tom Cruise descended from the roof during the closing ceremony. It opened in 1998, when it hosted the FIFA World Cup final — France beat Brazil 3-0.

“America’s Team” is coming to the famed Maracanã Stadium on Sept. 27. The Dallas Cowboys will play just their second-ever regular-season international game when they face the Baltimore Ravens. In 2014, the Cowboys beat the Jaguars 31-17 at Wembley Stadium. Rio is hosting for the first time and has what looks like a good QB matchup: Dak Prescott vs. Lamar Jackson. The league has committed to playing at least three regular-season games in Rio over the next five years. There have been two previous games in Brazil — both in Sao Paulo. Dallas to Rio is an estimated 10hour flight. The Maracanã has staged two Madrid, Week 9 men’s World Cup finals — in 1950 Joe Burrow goes international and 2014. It was also the site of the for the first time — as a player anyopening and closing ceremonies of way. The Bengals quarterback was the 2016 Summer Olympics. a hit at Vogue World 2024 in Paris. He’s set to make his international London, Weeks 4-6 debut at Bernabeu Stadium when London has been a mainstay for Cincinnati faces the Atlanta Falthe NFL since 2007. Forty-two cons on Nov. 8. It will be Cincinof the 62 regular-season games nati’s first game outside the U.S. played internationally so far have since a 24-10 loss to the Rams in been staged in London. Three London in 2019 in Zac Taylor’s first more are on tap this season. season as head coach. The Falcons The first two will be at Totten- lost to the Colts in Berlin last seaham Hotspur Stadium: Indianapo- son. The 83,186-capacity Bernabeu lis vs. Washington on Oct. 4; and Philadelphia vs. Jacksonville on is home to Real Madrid soccer club — one of the most recognized Oct. 11. The Jags pull double duty by sporting brands in the world. Real staying to face the Houston Tex- Madrid’s soccer team has more ans on Oct. 18 at Wembley Stadi- Instagram followers — 180 milum — and by doing so will become lion — than the combined total of the first team to play two home all 32 NFL teams. Last year, Bernabeu hosted games abroad in the same season. The Jags, who have a 7-7 record Spain’s first regular-season game in London games, are undergoing when the Miami Dolphins, led by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, beat stadium renovations at home. Washington’s only other trip to the Washington Commanders 16London ended in a 27-27 tie — or 13 in overtime. Tagovailoa has a “draw” as the locals would call since joined the Falcons. it — with the Cincinnati Bengals

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Continued from page 1C by a margin of 93 points — the league’s worst since at least 2000. The offense mustered just 29 ﬁrstquarter points. The defense gave up nine opening-drive touchdowns. Results like that suggest this year’s squad could use all the work they can get. But that idea frankly may not be rooted in reality. The Saints are far from alone in opting to sit their starters for the preseason. The exhibition season’s overall value, too, seems to come up every year — with the same debate tirelessly taking place. Instead, the Saints followed a trend that has exploded across the league. Increasingly, teams have used joint practices — not preseason games — as a tune-up for the regular season. And while the Saints have long participated in these sessions, they took an

unconventional step this year by scrimmaging against three different teams. “Our goal was three joint practices,” Moore said. “We were going to get some really good work. And I think we accomplished what we wanted to with that. It puts us in a really good position.” An offseason presentation by the league also might have inﬂuenced the thought process. At the NFL owners’ meetings this past spring, coaches were given data about the beneﬁts of joint practices compared to preseason games, including how the risk of injuries was reduced because of the lack of tackling. A total of 28 teams participated in at least one joint practice. Fifteen had multiple. The Saints were one of three teams with three. Last year, there were 29 teams to take part in a joint practice — but only one, the Miami Dolphins, had three separate sessions. “If you get two joint practices

Munich, Week 10 The Patriots-Lions matchup in Bavaria looks promising. New England reached the Super Bowl last season but the big draw will be a homecoming for Detroit wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. The star’s mother was born in Germany and he has a big following among the NFL’s large German fan base. The Nov. 15 game at Bayern Munich’s home stadium will be the third NFL game in Munich. The ﬁrst one, in 2022, was Germany’s first regular-season NFL game and Tom Brady led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers past the Seattle Seahawks 21-16. Days earlier, Brady had been gifted lederhosen. The crowd sang ‘Take Me Home, Country Roads’ — and the seventime Super Bowl champion called it “one of the great football experiences that I’ve ever had.” Note to visiting fans, if you enjoy downing pre-game beers, probably best to bring some with you on the train ride to the stadium. Seahawks fans complained no alcohol was served by vendors outside the venue.

Mexico City, Week 11 The NFL returns to Mexico City for the ﬁrst time since 2022 for a matchup between the 49ers and Minnesota Vikings on Nov. 22. Azteca Stadium, which has been renamed Banorte, hosted the very first regular-season game played outside the U.S. when the Arizona Cardinals beat San Francisco 31-14 in 2005 before a crowd of 103,467. (A CowboysGiants regular-season game in 2009 eclipsed 105,000). The ﬁrst play from scrimmage was a wild one — a strip-sack that resulted in a touchdown. Four years ago, the 49ers were prepared for the high altitude and beat the Cardinals 38-10. Azteca then underwent renovations for the 2026 World Cup and its current capacity is 87,523. The Vikings played in Dublin and London in consecutive weeks last season and are 5-1 overall in regular-season international games.

in, that’s the equivalent of getting two preseason (games) in,” Arizona Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur said. “It is an amped up environment. … For some reason, the data says that if you end up having those joint practices, you have a less injury risk going into the ﬁrst four weeks of the season.” “I certainly love it from an intensity standpoint,” Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson told reporters. Ironically, LaFleur’s approach to the preseason also serves as a cautionary tale. The first-year coach played rookie running back Jeremiyah Love a surprising 23 snaps in a preseason loss to the Las Vegas Raiders and the former third-overall pick unfortunately suffered a high-ankle sprain that now has him in danger of missing Arizona’s opener. The Saints, too, had to account for their own injury situation. According to Sharp Football Analysis, a website that tracks training camp injuries, the Saints have suf-

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons coach Kevin Stefanski said Wednesday quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who joined team drills for the first time on Monday, will not play in the team’s final preseason game at Miami on Friday night. The decision could have strong implications on Penix being available for the start of the regular season. The much-anticipated competition between Tua Tagovailoa and Penix for the starting job was put on hold through much of training camp as Penix continued his recovery from his 2025 season-ending injury to his left knee. Penix was limited to seven-on-seven and individual drills before his first 11-on11 work this week. Though Penix will not have played in any of the team’s three preseason games, Stefanski insisted he was encouraged by the quarterback’s progress. “I thought he did well,” Stefanski said of Penix’s performance in practice on Wednesday. “I thought he looked good. He

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Continued from page 1C struggled with consistency in recent weeks. Enter Carlson, who was one of the best kickers in the league only a few years ago. The Saints don’t need him to be a savior. They just need him to convert the gimmes and stabilize the position. He’s more than capable of doing that. Chris Olave’s Guardian Cap: The veteran receiver hasn’t said whether he will join the growing number of players who will wear the protective headwear in games, but it’s good to see him wearing it during practice. The Saints and Olave have a lot invested in each other this season. Considering his extensive injury history, I hope he elects to wear the Guardian Cap full-time.

What I’ve loved…. The running of Kendre Miller. Granted, it’s a limited sample size. And I understand your skepticism because we’ve been down this road before. But … Miller has looked terriﬁc since returning from a back injury early in camp. He’s arguably been the most impressive runner on the roster — and that includes Travis Etienne and Alvin Kamara. Of course, Miller’s problem has never been talent. It’s been availability — and dependability. So until he proves it over the course of a full season, it’s been to curb your enthusiasm. But he certainly can add juice to the backﬁeld. And his emergence could be a godsend for a unit that has been riddled by injuries to Kamara (knee), Ty Chandler (knee) and Devin Neal (hamstring).

moved around well. I think all that work, like I’ve told you guys the whole time, and you’ve seen it with your own eyes, like he’s put a lot of work into this. I think you see that in his getting away from center, making throws, etc.” Stefanski said Tagovailoa will start at Miami, followed by Cooper Rush and undrafted rookie Jack Strand. Tagovailoa would appear to be the favorite to open the season as the starter, but Stefanski would not rule out the possibility Penix will play. “I’m not going to get into Week 1,” Stefanski said. “Obviously, I’m best served and we’re best served by keeping it day to day and focusing on what’s in front of us. “Really, this was an important week for Mike. First time out there with people around you and the offensive line, the defensive line. I think going through a drill where you got to move up in the pocket or get chased out of the pocket, whatever it is. So, I thought a really good ﬁrst step for Mike in that regard. But outside of this week, I don’t think it’s fair to go further.”

have four legitimate starting safeties on the roster. There might not be a Pro Bowler among them, but it’s a smart, rock-solid group that will be the strength of the defense this season.

What I’ve loathed … The continued devolution of preseason games. They’ve always been somewhat perfunctory. Now, they’re all but meaningless, a series of gloriﬁed charades. The Saints rested 37 players in their preseason opener, including their entire projected starting lineups on offense and defense. They sat 38 players against the Rams last week. And head coach Kellen Moore said he plans to employ a similar strategy in the exhibition ﬁnale against Dallas on Friday night. Moore said he and the staff have seen enough of the Saints’ regulars during joint practices against the Jaguars, Cowboys and Rams to conduct a satisfactory evaluation of the roster. I’m sure the Saints’ banged-up roster aided his decision. That means Shough, Chris Olave, Chase Young, et al, will have played zero preseason snaps when they line up against the Detroit Lions in their regular-season opener on Sept. 13. If this Saints preseason hasn’t convinced you that the preseason schedule has become a complete waste of time, I don’t know what will. I think we can all agree: The NFL can’t go to an 18-game schedule quick enough.

What else I’ve loathed:

The safety room: In Justin Reid, Julian Blackmon, Jonas Sanker and Jordan Howard, the Saints

The NFL’s onerous discipline. I get it. The ﬁght-marred joint practice between the Saints and Cowboys got completely out of hand and was counterproductive for both teams. But a $500,000 ﬁne is excessive, even by NFL standards. I expect both teams to appeal, if they haven’t already.

fered the second-most injuries this summer — behind only the San Francisco 49ers. The Saints have already lost ﬁve players — Bryan Bresee, Dillon Radunz, Moliki Matavao, Rejzohn Wright, and Ty Chandler — for the season, and several others whose injuries could linger into the season. The latter list includes running back Alvin Kamara (knee), defensive end Cam Jordan (hamstring), cornerback Quincy Riley (groin) and wide receiver Jordyn Tyson, the last of whom will be out at least two months with a hamstring injury. New Orleans has been so injured that Moore recently had to combine the second and third units in practice. “We’ve kind of eliminated the 3’s, so to speak,” Moore said, “just because of the bodies available.” As teams embrace the value of joint practices over the preseason, the format of the sessions has also changed.

Gone are the days when teams would hold back-to-back joint practices against each other. The clubs now prefer to be one-and-done to reduce the chances that the outing breaks out in a fight. Typically, coaches found that the second day would result in more skirmishes after a heated first practice. Of course, that’s not foolproof. The Saints can attest to that: New Orleans and Dallas were hit with $500,000 fines after multiple fights broke out last week at their joint practice in Oxnard. Even then, the Saints felt like the practice was still productive. As much as the fights disrupted the flow of practice, several players remarked that they didn’t let the tension linger and focused on the next snap. “I love the work that we’ve been able to put into this,” Moore said. Soon, that work will shift to preparing for the Lions. And the Saints may find out just how much those joint practices mattered.

What else I’ve loved:

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UEFA prepares complaint over World Cup sell-off BY GRAHAM DUNBAR AP sportswriter

MONACO — UEFA is preparing a criminal complaint against FIFA president Gianni Infantino in Swiss courts for possible financial mismanagement over his failed plan to sell future World Cup profits to private investors. The governing body of European soccer announced its intentions in court documents filed Thursday in the U.S. seeking access to possible eviInfantino dence related to the sell-off plan, which was withdrawn after a furious backlash by UEFA and other global soccer leaders. The move increases the pressure on Infantino, who is facing the biggest crisis in his 10 years as FIFA’s leader. UEFA filed documents in a Manhattan court requesting discovery of potential evidence from the New York investment fund, Thrive Capital Management, founded by Josh Kushner — the younger brother of President Donald Trump’s son-inlaw Jared Kushner. UEFA also filed a request in a southern Florida district for authorization of discovery “in a foreign proceeding” against FIFA itself, which has offices in the Miami suburb of Coral Gables. Under the plan revealed in late July, Thrive and Kushner were to be the anchor investors intending to pay FIFA $4.2 billion for a 20% stake in a subsidiary that would run the soccer body’s commercial events, including the World Cup. “UEFA and its counsel are contemplating a Swiss criminal proceeding against Infantino and possi-

bly other FIFA officials for criminal mismanagement under Article 158 of the Swiss Criminal Code,” UEFA’s lawyers state in a 56-page document seen by The Associated Press. The document suggests the $4.2 billion figure could be a “fraudulently off-market price promoted by Infantino for his own benefit.” FIFA is expected to have about $5 billion in cash reserves after the World Cup in North America boosted its revenue to a record $15 billion over the 2023-26 commercial cycle. “The question is therefore why the FIFA president believed he needed outside investors to expand development funding,” UEFA said in a statement. Infantino dropped the sell-off plan on Aug. 1 after intense criticism led by soccer officials in Europe.

ly low enterprise value of only approximately $20 billion, a ﬁgure that was neither the product of an open, competitive auction, nor tested by any independent valuer.” Thrive declined to comment. FIFA was approached for comment.

Poor results in FIFA trials

It was unclear if UEFA would send a potential criminal complaint to the Swiss federal prosecution office in Bern or to local prosecutors in FIFA’s home city Zurich. The Swiss attorney general’s office has a poor record in recent years prosecuting cases of alleged corruption linked to FIFA and soccer officials. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter, former UEFA president Michel Platini and the influential Qatari president of Champions League title UEFA warnings holder Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser UEFA first threatened to take al-Khelaïfi, all were acquitted twice legal action on Aug. 3 when it at trials in Switzerland. warned FIFA against destroying or hiding any “relevant materials” Committed to replacement related to the plan. Thursday’s leThe crisis has raised questions gal move was revealed to its mem- about Infantino’s future. Just ber federations in Monaco just months ago, he was widely expected two hours before the Champions to win another four-year term in the FIFA election set for March 2027, League draw began. “Infantino claimed that the plan but a growing number of soccer fedwould ‘unleash the commercial erations around the world but mainpotential and opportunity that ly in Europe have withdrawn their FIFA has,’ ” UEFA lawyers told the support, with some joining UEFA in courts. “In truth, it was a vehicle calling on him to step down, ideally for Infantino and that small circle before the Nov. 18 deadline for canto acquire a permanent stake in didates. and otherwise profit from FIFA’s “Should the current FIFA presimost valuable assets to the detri- dent nevertheless seek another ment of FIFA, its members, and mandate, UEFA will join forces other parties within the football with its partner confederations to ensure that member associations family. “Under the terms Infantino an- are offered a credible alternative,” nounced, those investors stood the European body said, “one comto acquire a permanent financial mitted to integrity, accountability, interest in FIFA’s commercial arm development and genuine institufor $4.2 billion, implying an absurd- tional change.”

MLB Friday

American League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CLEVELAND -138 Kansas City at N.Y YANKEES -173 Boston at TORONTO OFF Seattle Chi. White Sox -117 at MINN. at ATHLETICS OFF Baltimore National League FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at CHI. CUBS -201 Cincinnati Miami -149 at WASH at ATLANTA OFF Colorado Pittsburgh -114 at ST. LOUIS at SAN FRAN. OFF Arizona Interleague FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LA Dodgers -223 at DETROIT Houston -132 at N.Y METS at TAMPA BAY -135 San Diego at MILWAUKEE -181 Texas Philadelphia -143 at LA ANGELS

LINE +118 +140 OFF -105 OFF LINE +162 +122 OFF -108 OFF LINE +179 +107 +110 +147 +117

Pro football NFL preseaon glance Thursday’s games

Buffalo 28, Pittsburgh 27 New England at Cleveland, n San Francisco at Las Vegas, n L.A. Rams at L.A. Chargers, n

Friday’s games

Washington at Baltimore, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 6 p.m. Houston at Carolina, 6 p.m. N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 6:30 p.m. Tampa Bay at Jacksonville, 6:30 p.m. Arizona at Green Bay, 7 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s games

Detroit at Indianapolis, noon Chicago at Tennessee, 5 p.m.

College football Thursday’s games EAST

Maine 21, Towson 18 Delaware St. 41, Stony Brook 34 Lafayette (0-0) at Georgetown (0-0), n

SOUTH

Ohio Dominican 42, Morehead St. 40 S. Illinois (0-0) at West Florida (0-0), n MVSU (0-0) at Nicholls (0-0), n Gardner-Webb (0-0) at Austin Peay (0-0), n Chattanooga (0-0) at West Georgia (0-0), n Houston Christian (0-0) at Southeastern (0-0), n Concord (0-0) at Davidson (0-0), n Glenville St. (0-0) at Elon (0-0), n Anderson (SC) Trojans (0-0) at Furman (0-0), n Virginia-Wise (0-0) at Presbyterian (0-0), n E. Illinois (0-0) at Murray St. (0-0), n Cent. Arkansas (0-0) at UT Martin (0-0), n Louisiana College (0-0) at Northwestern St. (0-0), n

MIDWEST

Youngstown St. 43, Mercyhurst 10 Charleston Southern (0-0) at Lindenwood (Mo.) (0-0), n Northwestern (IA) (0-0) at W. Illinois (0-0), n Winona St. (0-0) at St. Thomas (Minn.) (0-0), n S.D. Mines (0-0) at Drake (0-0), n LIU Brooklyn (0-0) at North Dakota (0-0), n

Friday’s games

EAST Colgate (0-0) at Fordham (0-0), 5 p.m. William & Mary (0-0) at Villanova (0-0), 5 p.m. Marist (0-0) at New Haven (0-0), 5 p.m. Rhode Island (0-0) at Merrimack (0-0), 5 p.m. New Hampshire (0-0) at Albany (NY) (0-0), 6 p.m. FAR WEST Weber St. (0-0) at N. Colorado (0-0), 8 p.m. Idaho (0-0) at Cal Poly (0-0), 9 p.m.

Saturday’s games

EAST Robert Morris (0-0) at Wagner (0-0), 11 a.m. Lehigh (0-0) at Holy Cross (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Bryant (0-0) at Stonehill (0-0), 5 p.m. Howard (0-0) vs. Alabama A&M (0-0) at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Alabama St. (0-0) vs. Southern (0-0) at Birmingham, Ala., 2 p.m. NC State (0-0) at Virginia (0-0), 2:30 p.m. Campbell (0-0) at ETSU (0-0), 4:30 p.m. Bucknell (0-0) at Richmond (0-0), 5 p.m. The Citadel (0-0) at Wofford (0-0), 5 p.m. Savannah St. (0-0) at SC State (0-0), 5 p.m. Morgan St. (0-0) at NC A&T (0-0), 5 p.m.

Winston-Salem (0-0) at Norfolk St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Va. Lynchburg (0-0) at Hampton (0-0), 5 p.m. Stephen F. Austin (0-0) at McNeese St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Miles (0-0) at Alcorn St. (0-0), 6 p.m. East Texas A&M (0-0) at Mercer (0-0), 6 p.m. E. Kentucky (0-0) at W. Carolina (0-0), 6 p.m. New Mexico St. (0-0) at Florida St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Monmouth (NJ) (0-0) at Tennessee Tech (0-0), 6 p.m. North Alabama (0-0) vs. Samford (0-0) at Huntsville, Ala., 6 p.m. Albany St. (Ga.) (0-0) at Florida A&M (0-0), 6 p.m. Clark Atlanta (0-0) at Grambling St. (0-0), 6 p.m. Jackson St. (0-0) at Tennessee St. (0-0), 7:30 p.m. MIDWEST Fairmont St. (0-0) at Dayton (0-0), 11 a.m. Georgetown (0-0) at Butler (0-0), 12 p.m. Lawrence Tech Blue Devils (0-0) at Valparaiso (0-0), 1 p.m. CCSU (0-0) at South Dakota (0-0), 2 p.m. Jacksonville St. (0-0) at N. Dakota St. (0-0), 4:30 p.m. SE Missouri (0-0) at Indiana St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Sacramento St. (0-0) at E. Michigan (0-0), 5:30 p.m. Stetson (0-0) at S. Dakota St. (0-0), 6 p.m. St. Francis (Ill.) (0-0) at Illinois St. (0-0), 6 p.m. SOUTHWEST TCU (0-0) vs. North Carolina (0-0) at Dublin, 11 a.m. NC Central (0-0) at Texas Southern (0-0), 6 p.m. Okla. Panhandle St. (0-0) at Incarnate Word (0-0), 6 p.m. Abilene Christian (0-0) at Lamar (0-0), 7 p.m. Ark.-Pine Bluff (0-0) vs. Morehouse (0-0) at Little Rock, Ark., 6 p.m. Texas-Permian Basin (0-0) at UT Rio Grande Valley (0-0), 7 p.m. Prairie View (0-0) at Tarleton St. (0-0), 8 p.m. FAR WEST San Jose St. (0-0) at Southern Cal (0-0), 2 p.m. UC Davis (0-0) at Portland St. (0-0), 2 p.m. E. Washington (0-0) at N. Arizona (0-0), 4 p.m. VMI (0-0) at Idaho St. (0-0), 5 p.m. Hawaii (0-0) at Stanford (0-0), 6 p.m. S. Utah (0-0) at Montana (0-0), 8 p.m. Memphis (0-0) at UNLV (0-0), 9 p.m. Montana St. (0-0) at Utah Tech (0-0), 9 p.m.

Pro basketball WNBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta x-Indiana x-New York x-Washington Chicago Toronto Connecticut

W 25 25 23 23 15 11 10

L 13 14 15 15 24 27 28

Pct .658 .641 .605 .605 .385 .289 .263

GB — ½ 2 2 10½ 14 15

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

W 31 27 26 23 15 13 13 8

L 8 11 13 16 23 25 25 31

Pct .795 .711 .667 .590 .395 .342 .342 .205

GB — 3½ 5 8 15½ 17½ 17½ 23

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-clinched playoff spot Wednesday’s games

Golden State 89, Connecticut 64 Seattle 90, Toronto 78

Thursday’s games

Golden State at New York, n Washington at Phoenix, n

Friday’s games

Connecticut at Indiana, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m. Toronto at Las Vegas, 9 p.m. Washington at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Pro golf TOUR Championship par scores Thursday

At East Lake GC Atlanta Purse: $40 million Yardage: 7,440; Par: 70 First Round Min Woo Lee Chris Gotterup Viktor Hovland Collin Morikawa Akshay Bhatia Ryan Gerard Scottie Schefﬂer Ludvig Åberg Sam Burns Matt Fitzpatrick Tommy Fleetwood Ryan Fox Adam Scott Gary Woodland Wyndham Clark

31-31—62 32-32—64 31-33—64 32-32—64 33-32—65 33-32—65 33-32—65 32-33—65 33-33—66 33-33—66 32-34—66 34-32—66 33-33—66 33-33—66 35-32—67

-8 -6 -6 -6 -5 -5 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3

Tom Kim Robert MacIntyre Xander Schauffele Alex Smalley Jacob Bridgeman Patrick Cantlay Alex Fitzpatrick Rory McIlroy Justin Rose Si Woo Kim Hideki Matsuyama Russell Henley Kristoffer Reitan Cameron Young J.J. Spaun

33-34—67 32-35—67 34-33—67 33-34—67 34-34—68 33-35—68 34-34—68 36-32—68 35-33—68 33-36—69 34-35—69 35-35—70 33-37—70 37-33—70

FM Championship par scores

-3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 E E E WD

Thursday

At TPC Boston Norton, Mass. Purse: $4.4 million Yardage: 6,533; Par: 72 First Round Sei Young Kim Emily Pedersen Miyu Yamashita Somi Lee Jenny Bae Allisen Corpuz Lauren Coughlin Hyo Joo Kim Gaby Lopez Hae-Ran Ryu Lottie Woad Arpichaya Yubol Nataliya Guseva Anna Huang Ashleigh Buhai Chella Choi Karis Davidson Amanda Doherty Lindy Duncan Jodi Ewart Shadoff Jin Hee Im A Lim Kim Sophia Schubert Aditi Ashok Nicole Broch Estrup Soﬁa Garcia Nasa Hataoka Charley Hull Soo Bin Joo Minami Katsu Dongeun Lee Mi Hyang Lee Morgane Metraux Kiara Romero Patty Tavatanakit Lexi Thompson Yana Wilson Ruoning Yin Na Rin An Laetitia Beck Hye Jin Choi Hailee Cooper Manon De Roey Perrine Delacour Gemma Dryburgh Ayaka Furue Linn Grant Grace Kim Frida Kinhult Lydia Ko Nelly Korda Brooke Matthews Nastasia Nadaud Cassie Porter Mao Saigo Jenny Shin Jeeno Thitikul Weiwei Zhang Rose Zhang Pajaree Anannarukarn Saki Baba Ana Belac Robyn Choi Olivia Cowan Aphrodite Deng Isi Gabsa Chizzy Iwai MinJi Kang Megan Khang Nanna Koerstz Madsen Andrea Lee Jessica Porvasnik Lizette Salas Linnea Strom Suvichaya Vinijchaitham Chanettee Wannasaen Celine Boutier Helen Briem Hannah Green You Min Hwang Aki Iwai Zoe Jiamanukoonkit Auston Kim Jennifer Kupcho Jeong Eun Lee5 Lucy Li Yan Liu Julia Lopez Ramirez Polly Mack Carolina Melgrati

American League East Division

W 79 75 73 65 65

Tampa Bay New York Boston Baltimore Toronto

West Division Houston Texas Seattle Athletics Los Angeles

East Division

L 54 57 60 69 69

Pct .594 .568 .549 .485 .485

GB — 3½ 6 14½ 14½

W 70 68 64 62 59

L 63 66 70 71 75

Pct .526 .507 .478 .466 .440

GB — 2½ 6½ 8 11½

Milwaukee Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati

W 66 66 64 53 52

L 67 68 70 81 82

Pct .496 .493 .478 .396 .388

GB — ½ 2½ 13½ 14½

Los Angeles San Diego Arizona San Francisco Colorado

Central Division Chicago Cleveland Minnesota Detroit Kansas City

National League

Wednesday’s games

Atlanta Philadelphia Miami Washington New York

W 78 74 68 63 60

L 55 60 66 73 73

Pct .586 .552 .507 .463 .451

GB — 4½ 10½ 16½ 18

W 82 76 67 65 63

L 51 58 68 70 71

Pct .617 .567 .496 .481 .470

GB — 6½ 16 18 19½

W 80 72 71 54 52

L 53 62 63 79 82

Pct .602 .537 .530 .406 .388

GB — 8½ 9½ 26 28½

Central Division

West Division

Wednesday’s games

Arizona 2, Chicago Cubs 0 Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 San Diego 3, Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 9 Miami 4, Boston 0 Colorado 13, Washington 1 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 1 Atlanta 6, L.A. Dodgers 5 Baltimore 8, St. Louis 7

Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Philadelphia 6, Seattle 0 Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Miami 4, Boston 0 Toronto 3, Kansas City 0 N.Y. Yankees 9, Houston 3 Chicago White Sox 10, Texas 5 Baltimore 8, St. Louis 7 Athletics 7, Minnesota 4

Thursday’s games

Washington 7, Colorado 1 St. Louis 7, Baltimore 5 Atlanta 1, L.A. Dodgers 0 Milwaukee 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Arizona at San Francisco, n

St. Louis 7, Baltimore 5 Houston 5, N.Y. Yankees 1 Kansas City 13, Toronto 2

Friday’s games

L.A. Dodgers (Skubal 8-7) at Detroit (Anderson 4-5), 5:40 p.m. Houston (Brown 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 4-3), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (Wacha 7-8) at Cleveland (Bibee 5-13), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Mize 5-7) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 9-6), 6:10 p.m. Boston (Sandoval 1-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Schlittler 11-6), 6:15 p.m. Seattle (Hancock 7-7) at Toronto (Cease 8-5), 6:15 p.m. Texas (Bradford 0-2) at Milwaukee (Henderson 8-2), 6:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Castillo 4-10) at Minnesota (Kremer 2-4), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Painter 3-8) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 4-8), 8:38 p.m. Baltimore (Young 9-3) at Athletics (Lopez 5-4), 8:40 p.m.

Friday’s games

Cincinnati (Lowder 5-8) at Chicago Cubs (Peterson 7-7), 1:20 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Skubal 8-7) at Detroit (Anderson 4-5), 5:40 p.m. Miami (Pérez 7-9) at Washington (Kent 0-2), 5:45 p.m. Houston (Brown 3-3) at N.Y. Mets (Scott 4-3), 6:10 p.m. San Diego (Mize 5-7) at Tampa Bay (McClanahan 9-6), 6:10 p.m. Colorado (Sugano 12-7) at Atlanta (Holmes 8-5), 6:15 p.m. Texas (Bradford 0-2) at Milwaukee (Henderson 8-2), 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Jones 2-5) at St. Louis (Mathews 0-2), 7:15 p.m. Philadelphia (Painter 3-8) at L.A. Angels (Detmers 4-8), 8:38 p.m. Arizona (TBD) at San Francisco (Tidwell 0-0), 9:15 p.m.

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THIS DATE IN BASEBALL Aug. 28 1918 — Tris Speaker was suspended for the rest of the season because of his assault on umpire Tom Connolly following a dispute at home plate in Philadelphia. 1926 — Emil Levsen of the Cleveland Indians pitched two complete-game victories over the Boston Red Sox, 6-1 and 5-1. He did not strike out a batter in either game. The Indians used the identical lineup in both games. 1951 — The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Giants 2-0, snapping the Giants’ 16-game winning streak. The streak enabled the Giants to cut the Dodgers 13½game lead to six. 1971 — In the nightcap of a doubleheader, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Rick Wise hit two home runs to help himself to a 7-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants. 1977 — Steve Garvey of Los Angeles hit three doubles and two home runs in five at-bats, leading the Los Angeles Dodgers to an 11-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. One of Garvey’s homers was a grand slam. 1977 — In a 6-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Nolan Ryan of the California Angles struck out 11 batters to pass the 300-strikeout plateau for the fifth time in his career. 1987 — Mike Schmidt passes Ted Williams and Willie McCovey with 522 home runs 1990 — Ryne Sandberg became the first second baseman in history to have consecutive 30-homer seasons, leading the Cubs to a 5-2 victory over the Houston Astros. 1992 — The Milwaukee Brewers set an American League record with 31 hits and 26 singles in a 22-2 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays.

2003 — Eric Gagne set a major league record with his 44th straight save this season as Los Angeles beat Houston 6-3. Gagne eclipsed Tom Gordon’s 1998 record of 43 in a row to begin a season. 2008 — Cristian Guzman of the Nationals became the second player to hit for the cycle since the franchise moved to Washington, driving in three in an 11-2 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 2014 — San Francisco’s Yusmeiro Petit set a major league record when he retired his 46th batter in a row, and the Giants beat Colorado 3-1. Petit got the first eight Colorado hitters, establishing the mark by striking out Charlie Culberson. That broke Mark Buehrle’s record of 45 straight with the Chicago White Sox in 2009. Petit’s streak covered eight games, six of them in relief. 2016 — Ryan Harlost led Endwell, N.Y., to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. Endwell gave New York its first championship since 1964. 2021 — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Otani becomes the first player in team history to reach 20 stolen bases and hit 40 home runs in a season. 2025 — For the third time this season, a player has a four-homer game, with Kyle Schwarber performing the feat and driving in nine runs in a 19 - 4 Phillies win over Atlanta. Three such games in one season breaks the previous record of two, set in 2002 and tied in 2017. In spite of its frequency this season, the feat has only been performed 21 times in major league history, and the last Phillies player to accomplish it had been Mike Schmidt in 1976.

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An energetic, athletic Benson Boone delivers a flippin’ good show at the Smoothie King Center BY KEITH SPERA

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Benson Boone went through a 20-song set at the Smoothie King Center on Sunday.

Eight. That’s the Benson Boone flip count from the hour and 45 minutes he spent onstage at the Smoothie King Center on Sunday night. Boone is that rare Review arena-level rock star for whom airborne backflips and front flips are not only possible but required. They The crowd cheers on Benson Boone as he performs at the Smoothie King Center. are his signature move. Every flip on Sunday — the of “American Idol,” he quit the first came after the first verse of show. He joined the roster of Night the opening song, “Sorry I’m Here Street Records, founded by Imagine for Someone Else;” the last two Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds were part of the “Beautiful Things” — who, like Boone, was affiliated in finale — elicited a reaction from the his youth with the Church of Jesus crowd. Christ of Latter-day Saints. Boone’s career ascent has been meteoric. After quickly winning ä See BOONE, page 2D over the judges on the 2021 season

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The former Kanye West is seeking redemption and a comeback. Ye fans may not be ready to forgive BY KEITH SPERA

couldn’t miss as a rapper and producer. His “The College Dropout” and “Late Registration” were During concerts on his cur- landmark albums, hugely sucrent tour, the former Kanye West cessful and hugely influential. His Yeezy sneaker line partnerstands atop a slice of a giant LED globe flashing images of Earth. ship with Adidas was enormously The messaging is obvious: Ye, profitable. as he legally renamed himself in Beyond his own records, he 2021, is on top of the world. helped launch the career of John Once upon a time, he really was. Legend, one of the music indusStarting in the mid-2000s, he try’s most stable and nicest guys.

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But as it turns out, positioning yourself as Nazi-adjacent is bad for business, in addition to being just plain bad. Antisemitic comments. T-shirts with swastikas. A 2025 song, “Heil Hitler,” which sampled a Hitler speech. Ye branded himself with all of that as his career cratered.

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TODAY IN HISTORY By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2026. There are 125 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech before an estimated 250,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial. Also on this date: In 1845, the ﬁrst issue of Scientiﬁc American magazine was published; it remains the oldest continuously published magazine

in the United States. In 1862, the Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia, during the Civil War; the Union army retreated two days later after suffering 14,000 casualties. In 1898, pharmacist Caleb Bradham of New Bern, North Carolina, changed the name of the carbonated beverage he’d created ﬁve years earlier from “Brad’s Drink” to “Pepsi-Cola.” In 1955, Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Mississippi by two White men af-

ter he had allegedly whistled at a White woman four days earlier; he was found dead three days later. In 1957, U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina notched the longest speaking ﬁlibuster in Senate history (24 hours and 18 minutes), seeking to stall passage of the Civil Rights Act. (Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey delivered the longest continuous Senate ﬂoor speech from March 31 to April 1, 2025, speaking 25 hours and 5 minutes against President Donald Trump.) In 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of

Chicago as the Democratic National Convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president. In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation as Hurricane Katrina approached the city. In 2013, a military jury sentenced Army Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood that claimed 13 lives and left 30 people injured. Today’s birthdays: Actor Ken Jenkins (TV: “Scrubs”) is 86. Former MLB manager and player Lou Piniella is 83. Former MLB pitcher Ron Guidry is 76. Former U.S. Poet

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Benson Boone performs on stage at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans on Sunday.

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Continued from page 1D The 20-song setlist for Boone’s current Wanted Man Tour includes eight songs apiece from his 2024 full-length debut, “Fireworks & Rollerblades,” and its 2025 follow-up, “American Heart.” His energetic, arena-sized show was decidedly G-rated and family friendly. There is nothing remotely edgy or dangerous about a Benson Boone concert. Which is ﬁne — he speaks his truth. He didn’t have a damaged childhood so, in “Momma Song,” he asks his mother to tell stories about her past so he’ll have those memories once she’s gone. On Sunday, he prefaced that tearjerker by essentially giving his parents credit for his career. Despite having school the next day, kids were out in force at the Smoothie King Center, which wasn’t quite full. One boy of about 5 rocked a powder blue sequined jumpsuit in tribute to what Boone wore for his memorable 2025 Grammy Awards performance (which, yes, involved a ﬂip). The interlude music played between opening act Luna Li and Benson was perhaps meant to mollify the parents in attendance. Classics from AC/DC,

Continued from page 1D In January, he placed a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal. His apology blamed his hateful rhetoric, Nazi shoutouts and erratic behavior on bipolar disorder resulting from an undiagnosed brain injury. He’s getting help, he said, and working his way back from an especially manic four-month period in early 2025 “of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life.” He’s also trying to resurrect his career. On Friday, Ye is slated to stage an elaborate production in the Caesars Superdome for his ﬁrst New Orleans concert in 13 years. Many thousands of tickets are still available, but a lack of recent hits is the least of his problems. Ye is a classic example of whether art can be separated from — and appreciated despite — the ﬂaws of the artist. Prominent politicians, athletes and actors have similarly done bad things, then asked voters or fans to forgive them. In Ye’s case, some fans are ready to forgive/forget and focus on the music and the show. Others are unable or unwilling to do so. The Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans, Anti-Defamation League South Central and other local Jewish groups joined forces to communicate with both their com-

The Police, The Rolling Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival led up to Jet’s lively 2003 hit “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” which immediately preceded Benson’s arrival atop a sloped, tiered, rounded stage with two cutaway “pit” sections for fans. To his credit, he invested in a production as big as the venues it occupies. It used much of what is typically empty space. He spent much of the show running or skipping along a catwalk that stretched nearly the entire length of the arena floor. The long catwalk led to a circular secondary stage with a center circle that elevated to give Boone a jumping off point for flips. He rode atop a star-like pedestal suspended from a track on the ceiling for “In the Stars.” Towering LED screens provided plenty of close-ups. At 24, the ex-diving team member at his Washington high school is still in peak form. He showed off his sculpted physique in either a silver sparkling vest worn over his bare torso or a sleeveless black T-shirt. Given his mustache, he evoked a former jock who drives a Camaro in every movie set in a 1980s high school. His full-throated voice, like the production, filled the space. He emotes in such a way that conveys earnestness, effectively selling the relationship rev-

elations and observations in his lyrics. His four musicians faithfully replicated the recorded arrangements of his anthems. A Mumford & Sons-like bass drum built “Pretty Slowly” into a gallop. Boone is “very passionate” about “The Time Of My Life” and demonstrated that as the song blew up from acoustic guitar accompaniment to fully fleshed out. Boone flashed his own piano chops at various points. He tickled the ivories atop his guitarist’s solo in “Mr. Electric Blue” and followed a stint on the piano with a flip off the piano in “Slow It Down.” The latter blossomed into a fullblown power ballad as he strutted down the catwalk. Momentum faltered during “My Greatest Fear” and “Take Me Home,” only to ratchet up again with “Young American Heart” and its billowing clouds of red, white and blue confetti. He was the show’s main momentum. In especially animated moments, he planted and slid/swept his foot in a motion reminiscent of Queen’s late great frontman, Freddie Mercury. He flexed like a pitcher who just threw the game’s winning strike. He is very much aware of the demographics of his young fanbase. While explaining that “Before You” was about a first love, he observed, “There’s a

to the stage calmly and coolly, shaking hands and smiling like a conquering hero. Onstage, he was pure charisma, backed by a troupe of female dancers costumed like post-apocalyptic ballerinas/birds. They stood in awe of a three-story backdrop that recalled a bas-relief ruin from Pompeii. A DJ and two keyboardists dialed up dramatic synthesized strings, atom bomb beats and live guitar Essence triumphs solos. That streamlined team was In his heyday, Kanye West’s ego sufficiently compelling, especially was massive. But when an outsized when coupled with such an artfully ego is matched by ambition and designed set and a frontman as unability, the result can be thrilling. flaggingly charismatic as West. His 2005 debut at the Essence That ambitious Essence presenFestival in the Superdome was tation was nothing compared to a perfunctory performance that what he’d do on his next tour. found him alone on a bare stage ‘Spinal Rap’ with a DJ. When he returned in 2008, he In December 2013, West brought was absolutely electric. Backed by his “Yeezus” tour to what is now a black-clad, helmet-wearing band, the Smoothie King Center. The he stalked the stage in a fighter’s over-the-top production singlecrouch, working hard from the handedly atoned for decades of opening. “No one can say I don’t rappers performing on empty do my job on this ... stage!” he as- stages. A jagged, white mountain — or serted, accurately. His third trip to Essence, in 2011, was it an iceberg? — dominated stands as one of the great perfor- the main stage. A procession of mances in the festival’s 30-plus robed, anonymous female figures year history, an intelligently con- — priestesses? — opened the show. ceived, visually striking tour de Later, they returned in sheer body force that was as much theater as stockings made of what looked like pantyhose. They braided themconcert. West emerged atop a 20-foot tow- selves around West’s prone figure er in the center of the Dome floor, a in “Guilt Trip” and, for “I Am a statue come to life, rapping “Dark God,” held him aloft. A creepy, gray, Gollum-style Fantasy.” Back on ground level, he strode Yeti with glowing red eyes, a cavemunity and concert organizers to get assurances that antisemitism would not be included in the performance. One leader of a local Jewish organization told me recently that in the 2000s, he was a huge fan of Kanye West’s early albums. And now? “It’s hard to be a fan of someone who says, ‘I don’t like you very much.’ ”

Laureate Rita Dove is 74. Artist Ai Weiwei is 69. Actor Daniel Stern is 69. Olympic gold medal ﬁgure skater Scott Hamilton is 68. Actor Jennifer Coolidge is 65. Film director David Fincher is 64. Country singer Shania Twain is 61. “Pokemon” creator Satoshi Tajiri is 61. Actor Billy Boyd is 58. Actor Jack Black is 57. Actor Jason Priestley is 57. Olympic gold medal swimmer Janet Evans is 55. Actor Carly Pope is 45. Country singer Jake Owen is 45. Country singer LeAnn Rimes is 44. Rock singer Florence Welch (Florence and the Machine) is 40.

lot of people here who have a good 15 years until they have that experience. Your day will come.” “My Greatest Fear” was inspired by one person’s importance, but he now relates the lyrics to everyone attending his concerts, “whether you wanted to be here or you were dragged here by your 14-year-old daughter and you’d rather be watching football.” He noticed an audience member’s facial hair during the last verse of “Before You” and deadpanned, “You have a great mustache.” At the song’s conclusion, he continued, “You caught me by surprise. I thought mine was the best one here.” “Beautiful Things” was among the most-streamed songs globally in 2024 and the obvious scream-along finale of Boone’s show. He went all out, popping off a flip, stripping off his shirt, and taking a victory lap along the barricade on both sides of the catwalk, slapping high fives, dispensing hugs and signing autographs. Back on the stage, he flipped one last time before bounding up the ramp to leap out of sight just as a final pyro blast erupted and “The End” splashed across the LED screens. We couldn’t see it, but he presumably stuck the landing, just as he had all night.

woman with floor-length locks, and Jesus all made appearances. A Catholic Mass procession featured a crucifix, a statue of the Virgin Mary, candles and incense. There were lasers, balls of fire and strobe lights. Snow fell during “Coldest Winter.” In my review, I referred to the spectacle as “Spinal Rap.” West himself spent the majority of that show prowling a spear-tip shard of stage that jutted deep into the standing-room-only audience on the floor. He wore a succession of blingedout, Mexican wrestler-style masks. His face wasn’t visible until the final few minutes of the show.

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fact, a diagnosable mental health issue contributed to his indefensible actions, that would certainly warrant a reevaluation. In the meantime, his actions must be beyond reproach both on and offstage. He avoided any sort of controversy during his Los Angeles concerts in April and Tampa shows in June. Superdome ofﬁcials have expressed conﬁdence that Friday’s show will go smoothly. Forgiveness and commercial rebirth is certainly achievable. Contemporary R&B singer Chris Brown was Public Enemy No. 1 after he assaulted his then-girlfriend, Rihanna. But last year, Brown sold out the Superdome and other stadiums. In November, he and co-headliner Usher will spend two back-to-back nights at the Dome; one of the shows is already sold out. West, not surprisingly, is taking a more roundabout route to possible redemption. After New Orleans, he is scheduled to perform at Soldier Field in Chicago on Sept. 3-4. The only other upcoming performances listed on his website are Oct. 10-11 in Russia and Oct. 24 in Jakarta, Indonesia. It’s as if the tour’s routing was planned by tossing darts at a spinning globe. Maybe the one he’ll stand on Friday in the Superdome.

His eccentricities were already costing him fans back then. Much of the arena’s upper deck was empty for that 2013 concert. What was to come was even more confusing and destructive than an onstage Yeti. There was West’s quixotic presidential campaign. The end of his marriage to Kim Kardashian. His tendency to parade around in public with other barely-clad romantic partners. A detour into religious services that seemed somewhat cult-like. And then the Nazi phase. It’s one thing to confuse fans. It’s another thing to engage in hatespeak — and tacitly embolden others to do so. That kind of damage is not un- Email Keith Spera at kspera@ done by one public apology. If, in theadvocate.com.

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Bridge By PHILLIP ALDER Mike Fitzpatrick, a congressman from Pennsylvania, said, “Internet safety begins at home, and that is why my legislation would require the Federal Trade Commission to design and publish a unique website to serve as a clearinghouse and resource for parents, teachers and children for information on the dangers of surfing the Internet.” So you have to surf the Internet to learn about the dangers of surfing the Internet! In today’s deal, declarer not only has to see the danger to his contract, but then must also work out how to survive. How should South play in six hearts after West leads the diamond queen? Most pairs treat South’s three-heart response as forcing for one round. The aide-memoire is “six and 16” — at least a six-card suit and 16 high-card points. North raises, knowing that two honors doubleton are easily as good as three low. South has three possible losers: two spades and one heart. However, as long as he can ruff his spade losers, he can afford a heart loser. Or, if he has no trump loser, he can afford one spade loser. Whenever you can ruff a loser in the shorter trump hand, it is almost certain to be the right line of play. So, South should immediately cash his two top spades and ruff a spade in the dummy — but with which trump?

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Here, if South ruffs with dummy’s 10, East overruffs and returns a trump to defeat the contract. Instead, though, declarer ruffs with dummy’s king, returns to his hand with a diamond, and ruffs his last spade with the heart 10. East may overruff, but that is his only trick. © 2026 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrews mcmeel syndication

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word game InstRuctIons: 1. Words must be of four or more letters. 2. Words that acquire four letters by the addition of “s,” such as “bats” or “dies,” are not allowed. 3. additional words made by adding a “d” or an “s” may not be used. 4. proper nouns, slang words, or vulgar or sexually explicit words are not allowed.

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true sept setup spur spurt step strep suer suet super sure

loCKhorNs hidato Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

today’s thought “For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalms 84:11 Trust the Lord. He takes care of His own. — G.E. Dean

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Scrabble GramS dIrectIons: make a 2- to 7-letter word from the letters in each row. add points of each word, using scoring directions at right. Finally, 7-letter words get 50-point bonus. “Blanks” used as any letter have no point value. all the words are in the Official sCraBBlE® players Dictionary, 5th Edition.

Yesterday’s Puzzle Answer

jump Start

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InstructIons: 1 - Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 thorugh 4 (easy) or 1 through 6 (challenging) without repeating. 2 - The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners. 3 - Freebies: Fill in the single-box cages with the number in the top-left corner.

Wallace the brave

Drabble

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HErE is a plEasanT liTTlE gamE that will give you a message every day. it’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your fortune. Count the letters in your first name. if the number of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. if the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. start at the upper left-hand corner and check each of your key numbers, left to right. Then read the message the checked figures give you.

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APARTMENT Fabulous French Quarter Furnished 1BR $1625. INCLUDING UTILITIES/WIFI. Brand new Bath & Kitchen (Custom Cabinets, SS Appliances). 504-388-2880

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PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT: INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: NOAB TITLE: SEWER PUMP & LIFT STA‐ TION MAINTENANCE SER‐ VICES EVENT NO: 4749 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: NON-PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SLDBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: Friday, August 14, 2026, at 8:00 AM CST DEADLINE TO RESPOND: Monday, August 31, 2026, at 1:00 PM CST PRE-BID CONFERENCE & SITE VISIT: N/A Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If you wish to receive no‐ tification of addendum posted by the Bureau of Purchasing about this event, register as a sup‐ plier or update your sup‐ plier account (if already registered) and select the following commodity code(s): COMMODITY CODE(s): 913-81 The City of New Orleans strongly encourages mi‐ nority-owned and women-owned busi‐ nesses, socially and eco‐ nomically disadvantaged businesses and small businesses to respond to this solicitation, or to participate in subcon‐ tracting opportunities pursuant to this solicita‐ tion. For more information about this event, go to www.nola.gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Por‐ tal” under “BIDS & CON‐ TRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Portal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr., Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 14th, 21st & 28th, 2026 NOCP 9220 197486-aug 14-21-28-3t $97.17 PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS TITLE: SET-ASIDE- DPW 835INSTALLATION OF SCHOOL ZONE FLASHING BEACONS UPGRADES CITYWIDE SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4754 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: CONSTRUCTION SER‐ VICES DBE OPPORTUNITY: YES (35%) RELEASED ON: AUGUST 21, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 @1:30 P.M. PRE-BID CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2026 @ 1:30 P.M. TEAMS: Meeting ID: 237 122 877 476 165 Passcode: FA9eT7me +1 504-356-4110,, 338254929# Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 968-83, 550-80, 550-85, 550-88, 550-89, 550-96, 968-77, 968-82, 914-38 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 21, 28 and September 4, 2026 NOCP 9234

Public Notices Bids/Proposals p listed above. No bids will be received after the date and hour speciﬁed. The right is reserved to reject any and all bids and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Director of State Procure‐ ment FAX (225) 342-8688

PUBLIC NOTICE --Notice to Proposers SP# 2181 Sealed proposals will be received by the Office of State Procurement, 1201 North Third Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, LA until 10:00 AM CT on 09/30/2026 for So‐ licitation Number Doc2268168859 - Request for Proposal (RFP) for Dental Benefit Program Management for LDH. The RFP may be ac‐ cessed at https://portal. us.bn.cloud.ariba.com/ dashboard/public/ appext/comsapsbncd iscoveryui#/RfxEvent/ preview/1110022440?anI d=ANONYMOUS No proposals will be con‐ sidered after the date and hour specified. The right is reserved to reject any and all proposals and to waive any infor‐ malities. Amy Vincent Chief Procurement Offi‐ cer Phone (225) 342-8010 198794-AUG 28-1T $11.77 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. 192988-jul 2-aug 31-t PUBLIC NOTICE --The Lowlander Center (https://www.lowland ercenter.org/) is an‐ nouncing a Request for Proposals (RFP) due Monday, August 31, to deconstruct spoil banks for a Canal Spoil Re‐ placement (Backfilling) Project. Please email admin@lowlandercenter. org with any questions by Tuesday, August 11. All questions and an‐ swers will be posted on the Lowlander Center canal backfilling project page (https://www.low landercenter.org/canalbackfilling) by Tuesday, August 18. Please see the project page for RFP, per‐ mits, plat maps, back‐ ground information about the project, and an informational slidedeck. This project is partially funded by the National Oceanic and Atmos‐ pheric Administration (NOAA), through a grant agreement with the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation, grant award number: NA23NOS4730219. The views and conclusions contained in this docu‐ ment are those of the au‐ thors and should not be interpreted as represent‐ ing the opinions or poli‐ cies of the U.S. Govern‐ ment or the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and its funding sources. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by the U.S. Government, or the Na‐ tional Fish and Wildlife Foundation or its funding sources. 196005-aug 1-31-31t $$4,838.79 PUBLIC NOTICE --The New Orleans Public Facility Management, Inc (“NOPFMI”) is issuing a Request for Propos‐ als (“RFP”) to obtain pro‐ posals for C-2251 Provide Data Tracking for Elec‐ tricity, Gas, Water and Waste. Proposals are due Thurs‐ day, September 17, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. at which time Proposals received on time and in the cor‐ rect location will be con‐ sidered. RFP Documents may be obtained online at https://www.central auctionhouse.com/ Category/10822/NewOrle ansErnestNMorialConv entionCenter or by con‐ tacting the Contracts De‐ partment at (504) 5823562 or via email at con‐ tracts@mccno.com. All Proposals must be sub‐ mitted in accordance with the RFP Documents. 198627-aug 28-sep 8-2t $20.10

Public Notices DEQ Permits

PUBLIC NOTICE --Request for Scenic River Permit on (Bogue Chitto River) The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) as Administrator of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System is currently considering the application of The Camp Bed and Breakfast LLC for a permit to stabi‐ lize actively eroding riverbank areas along the east bank of the Bogue Chitto River within privately owned property in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Copies of the application can be re‐ viewed by the public at the LDWF main ofﬁce, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. The public is invited to comment on this permit request for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) days. Responses should be mailed to LDWF Scenic Rivers Program, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. 198496-aug 25-31-7t $724.65

PUBLIC NOTICE ---

Request for Scenic River Permit on (Bogue Chitto River)

Sealed bids will be re‐ ceived by the Procure‐ ment Section of the Divi‐ sion of Administration, 1201 N. 3rd. St., 2nd. Floor, Suite 2-160, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 10:00 A.M. for the follow‐ ing: RFx No. 3000026632, *Rebid* Mand Site* Jani‐ torial Service – DPS/OMV, 9/15/26 Bid proposal forms, in‐ formation and speciﬁca‐ tions may be obtained by accessing the bid num‐ ber in LaPac at www.doa. la.gov/doa/osp/ or from the procurement section li d b bid ill

p mailed to LDWF Scenic Rivers Program, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. 198498-AUG 25-31-7T $724.65

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198784-AUG 28-1T $12.05

198158-aug 21-28-sept 43t $131.55

NOTICE TO BIDDERS SP# 2179

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The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) as Administrator of the Louisiana Natural and Scenic Rivers System is currently considering the application of Tullier Investments LLC for a permit to stabilize ac‐ tively eroding riverbank areas along the east bank of the Bogue Chitto River within privately owned property in Wash‐ ington Parish, Louisiana. Copies of the application can be reviewed by the public at the LDWF main ofﬁce, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA. The public is invited to com‐ ment on this permit re‐ quest for a period of forty-ﬁve (45) days. Re‐ sponses should be il d i

PUBLIC NOTICE --ADVERTISEMENT TO INVITATION TO BID CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SPONSORING DEPARTMENT: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE (EMS) TITLE: MEDICAL SUPPLIES SOURCING EVENT NO.: 4768 TYPE OF SOLICITATION: MATERIALS-SUPPLIESEQUIPMENT DBE OPPORTUNITY: WAIVED RELEASED ON: AUGUST 28, 2026 DEADLINE TO RESPOND: SEPTMEBER 11, 2026 PRE-BID CONFERENCE: SEPTEMBER 3, 2026 Dates are subject to changes via an adden‐ dum posted by the Bu‐ reau of Purchasing on the City’s supplier portal. If this solicitation is fed‐ erally funded, prospec‐ tive bidder/respondent must pay particular at‐ tention to all applicable laws and regulations of the Federal government and the State of Louisiana. The Bureau of Purchas‐ ing uses commodity codes to notify suppliers of the release of a sourc‐ ing event and subse‐ quent modifications via addendum. Note that you would receive those noti‐ fications if you selected the following commodity code(s) before the re‐ lease of the sourcing event: COMMODITY CODE(s): 257-26 The City of New Orleans is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages minorityowned and womenowned businesses, so‐ cially and economically disadvantaged busi‐ nesses and small busi‐ nesses to respond to this solicitation, or to partici‐ pate in subcontracting opportunities pursuant to this solicitation. Any person with disabilities requires special accom‐ modation must contact the buyer listed within the bid no later than seven (7) days prior to bid opening. For more information about this sourcing event, go to www.nola. gov and click on “BRASS Supplier Portal” under “BIDS & CONTRACTS”. Once on the Supplier Por‐ tal, search “Open Events.” Thank you for your inter‐ est in doing business with the City of New Or‐ leans. James C. Simmons, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Advertising Dates: August 28 and September 4, 2026 NOCP 9257 198814-aug 28-sept 4-2t $76.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --BOARD OF ZONING ADJUSTMENTS PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Monday, September 21, 2026 10:00 a.m. City Council Chambers City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, 1st Floor, New Orleans, Louisiana The Board of Zoning Ad‐ justments, in accordance with Article 4 of the Com‐ prehensive Zoning Ordi‐ nance of the City of New Orleans, will hold a pub‐ lic hearing on the follow‐ ing items: Variances – Unfinished Business 1. BZA029-26 1614 Poland Avenue / Poland Ave LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Fresia Galvez 2. BZA054-26 906 Philip Street / Charles and Sarah Anderson 3. BZA057-26 10 Audubon Boulevard / Rena Jolly Qualified Personal Resi‐ dence Trust, Sherman Strategies, Becca Gieger 4. BZA070-26 2502 Jeffer‐ son Avenue / Blue Or‐ leans, LLC, Sean Fowler Variances – New Business 5. BZA071-26 41 Allard Boulevard / Gregory and Angele Romig, Shuler Construction, Chris Shuler 6. BZA072-26 6040 Win‐ chester Park Drive / Rickey and Ada CraigeRoberson 7. BZA073-26 1037 Mazant Street / D T Home & Maintenance LLC, Dammond Lockhart, Ana Elizabeth Phelps 8. BZA074-26 1803 S. Car‐ rollton Avenue / Paul and Brandy Swanson, Emily Edmondson, Noli Design, LLC 9. BZA075-26 5010 Freret Street / SIVURI Invest‐ ments LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 10. BZA076-26 5230 Pitt Street / Kurt and Leah Eischen, Lupin Architec‐ ture, Lawrence T. Lupin 11. BZA077-26 6019 Louisville Street / Ryan C. Marcomb, Zach Smith Consulting & Design, Laura Barth 12. BZA078-26 709 State Street / Connor Bancroft and Gabrielle Daigle 13. BZA079-26 1519 Joseph Street / Stephen and Caroline Parrish, Webre Consulting, Nicole Webre 14. BZA080-26 906 Dante Street / Dantes-Burthe L.C., Colin Rusovich, Made Design, LLC, David Merlin Director of Safety and Permits Decision Appeals – New Business 15. BZA081-26 3343 Es‐ planade Avenue / Team McLoughlin LLC, Zach Smith Consulting & De‐ sign, Ron Loesel Notice under the Ameri‐ cans with Disabilities Act: This meeting is ac‐ cessible to people with disabilities. Should you need further assistance, please contact the Front Desk in the Main Lobby or the ADA Administra‐ tor: (504) 658-4020 (voice), 711 LA Relay Ser‐ vice, or e-mail emhurst@ nola.gov. Please be ad‐ vised there is a courtesy telephone available for 711 calls for people with hearing or speech im‐ pairments at the wel‐ come desk of City Hall, First Floor, Main Lobby. This communiqué is available in alternative formats upon request.

Legal Notices

August 28, September 4, 11 and 18, 2026 NOCP 9246 198801-aug 28-sept 4-1118-4t $180.80 PUBLIC NOTICE --Jefferson HOME Consortium FY-2025 PERFORMANCE REPORT (CAPER) The Jefferson HOME Con‐ sortium, which includes Jefferson Parish, the City of Kenner, and St. Charles Parish, is an‐ nouncing the availability of its draft Fiscal Year2025 Consolidated An‐ nual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for the use of CDBG, HOME and HESG grant funds provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De‐ velopment (HUD). The purpose of this report is to inform residents of the accomplishments made in carrying out priorities and specific objectives identified in the Consoli‐ dated Plan and Annual Action Plans. It covers the 2025 fiscal year from July 1st, 2025 to June 30th, 2026. Copies of this report will be available for public review begin‐ ning Friday, August 28th, 2026. Anyone wishing to review the report may do so by contacting the Jef‐ ferson Parish Depart‐ ment of Community De‐ velopment at 504-7366262. Persons wishing to com‐ ment on the CAPER re‐ port must respond by phone or in writing at the address listed below no later than 4:30 PM, Fri‐ day, September 25th, 2026. It is anticipated that this report will be submitted to the U.S. De‐ partment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) no later than Mon‐ day, September 28th, 2026. Jefferson Parish Commu‐ nity Development De‐ partment 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd, Suite 605 Jefferson, LA 70123 Office Phone 504-7366262 Honorable Cynthia Sheng Parish President

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Stephanie Brumfield Department of Community Development ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provi‐ sions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, Jefferson Parish shall not discrimi‐ nate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or ac‐ tivities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommoda‐ tion under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A sev‐ enty-two (72) hour ad‐ vanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters. ADA Coordinator/ Dept. of Citizens Affairs 1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403 Jefferson, LA 70123 (504) 736-6094 barry.sprague@jeffparish .gov Louisiana Relay Services TTY Services: Dial 711 or 800-846-5277 https://hamiltonrelay. com/louisiana/index. html 198730-aug 28-1t $67.50 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,536 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal 4916 South address Robertson Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servitude agreement; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agree‐ ment will incorporate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment. Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER

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CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9250 198806-aug 28-1t $20.94 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,538 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would approve rates for slip leases located on or over property owned by the City of New Orleans at the Municipal Yacht Har‐ bor; to approve slip leases granted from the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Manage‐ ment Corporation (“MYHMC”) to individual lessees pursuant to Sec‐ tion 2-928 of the Code of the City of New Orleans beginning in 2027. Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9252 198808-aug 28-1t $17.57 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider at its regu‐ lar meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,537 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would authorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agree‐ ment to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroach‐ ments on/over portions of public right-of-way lo‐ cated at the municipal address 5400 Magazine Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement. Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9251 198807-aug 28-1t $20.60 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,540 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a hotel over 5,000 square feet in floor area in an HU-MU Historic Urban Neighbor‐ hood Mixed-Use District and the Transient Lodg‐ ing Interim Zoning Dis‐ trict, on Square 464, Lots 15 and 16, in the Seventh Municipal District, bounded by Earhart Boulevard, Short Street, Fern Street, and Oleander Street (Municipal Ad‐ dresses: 7979 Earhart Boulevard and 3127 Short Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 58/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Office of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9254 198810-aug 28-1t $18.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of September

17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,539 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would amend and reordain Arti‐ cle 25 of the Comprehen‐ sive Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 4264 M.C.S., as amended by Ordinance No. 26,413 M.C.S. and subsequent amendments) to add the existing billboard located at 100 Poydras Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 to the list of receiv‐ ing locations for elec‐ tronic conversion and to make recommendations for any other amend‐ ments deemed neces‐ sary. ZONING DOCKET NO. 47/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Ofﬁce of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9253 198809-aug 28-1t $18.92 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,542 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a bed and breakfast (accessory) in an HU-RD2 Historic Urban Two-Family Residential District and the Transient Lodging Interim Zoning District, on Square 717, Lot 1-A or Y, in the Sixth Municipal District, bounded by Cadiz Street, South Roman Street, South Prieur Street, and Upperline Street (Munici‐ pal Address: 3200 Cadiz Street). ZONING DOCKET NO. 65/26 Said ordinance may be seen in full in the Ofﬁce of the Clerk of Council, Room 1E09, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9256 198813-aug 28-1t $18.25 PUBLIC NOTICE --OFFICIAL NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of New Orleans will consider its regular meeting of September 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., to be held either via video conference or in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E07, the adoption of Ordinance Calendar No. 35,541 introduced at the meeting of August 20, 2026. SAID ORDINANCE would establish a conditional use to permit a standard restaurant in the HU-B1 Historic Urban Neighbor‐ hood Business District and the Magazine Street Use Restriction Overlay District, on Square 153, Lot A, in the Fourth Mu‐ nicipal District, bounded by Sixth Street, Seventh Street, Camp Street, and Magazine Street (Munici‐ pal Address: 2901 Maga‐ ZONING zine Street). DOCKET NO. 60/26

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PUBLIC NOTICE --Public Notice - Jefferson HOME Consortium Amendments to the Fiscal Year 2024 Action Plan In accordance with De‐ partment of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) guidelines, Jeffer‐ son Parish is publishing this summary of pro‐ posed changes to the Jefferson HOME Consor‐ tium’s Fiscal Year 2024 Action Plan for CDBG ac‐ tivities. Please contact the Jefferson Parish De‐ partment of Community Development at 504-7366262 or attend the public meeting listed below for more details. Summary of Changes to the FY24 Action Plan Due to changing commu‐ nity needs funds are pro‐ posed to be reallocated from Fiscal Year 2024 Limited Homeowner Re‐ pairs, “Resilient Hous‐ ing”, program, ($150,000 remaining balance), to CDBG Housing “Activity Delivery” to include costs such as Lead Hazard Re‐ duction, HOME Program, Owner Occupied Rehabil‐ itation and other eligible related programs and costs. due to Additionally, changing community needs funds are pro‐ posed to be reallocated from Fiscal Year 2024 CDBG Public Services – Jefferson Parish Emer‐ gency Management De‐ partment, “Community Preventative Interven‐ tions”, in the amount of $65,000 and moved to Na‐ tional Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) for eligible CDBG Public Services.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9255 198811-aug 28-1t $17.91 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that Beth A. Branch, President and Chief Executive Ofﬁcer of the Board of Commis‐ sioners of the Port of New Orleans (“Board”), determined on August 24, 2026, that active ne‐ gotiations regarding po‐ tential economic devel‐ opment for the purpose of assessing, evaluating, and negotiating potential commercial opportuni‐ ties and facility capabili‐ ties related to stevedor‐ ing and cargo handling services at Board facili‐ ties within the Board’s jurisdiction are being un‐ dertaken, and that com‐ munications and docu‐ ments related to such negotiations shall be conﬁdential pursuant to La. R.S. 44:22.1 (Port Eco‐ nomic Development Ne‐ gotiations). 198837-AUG 28-1T $36.51

The Jefferson Parish Housing Services Development District (HSDD) Proposed Annual Agency Plan for Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2027, will be available for a 45-day public comment period beginning on August 14, 2026, and concluding at the close of business on September 28, 2026. The Annual Agency Plan is located on the HSDD website at www.jphsdd.org and can also be viewed at the HSDD Office Building, 121 Pailet Drive, Harvey, LA 70058, Monday through Thursday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Concerned residents should submit their Annual Agency Plan comments to the attention of Dorian Rawles, Executive Director, at the HSDD Office Building, 121 Pailet Drive, Harvey, LA 70058 or via email address info@jphsdd.org. All written comments will be accepted through close of business on or before September 28, 2026. Oral comments will be accepted in person at the Annual Agency Plan Public Hearing scheduled for Monday, September 28, 2026, at 6:00 p.m. in the HSDD Office Building located at 121 Pailet Drive, Harvey, LA 70058. The Jefferson Parish Housing Services Development District endeavors to make all public meetings accessible to persons with disabilities. If you are a person with a disability and require reasonable accommodation(s) to participate in programs and services offered by HSDD, please contact Christie Coleman, Office Manager, by phone at (504) 342-4475 or by email at info@jphsdd.org .

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1221 Elmwood Park Blvd., Suite 403 Jefferson, LA 70123 (504) 736-6094 barry.sprague@jeffparis h.gov Louisiana Relay Services TTY Services: Dial 711 or 800-846-5277 https://hamiltonrelay. com/louisiana/index. html 198778-aug 28-1t $77.94 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 1484 Tchoupitoulas Street ; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; pursuant to Ordinance Calendar No. 35,533. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 3, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall.

A Public Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026 at 4pm in Room 405 of the Yenni Bldg. 1221 Elm‐ wood Park Blvd. Jeffer‐ son LA. 70123.

AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL

A JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL RESOLUTION APPROVING THE PRO‐ POSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ACTION PLAN DE‐ SCRIBED ABOVE WILL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE EASTBANK JEFFERSON PARISH COUNCIL MEET‐ ING ON WEDNESDAY, SEP‐ TEMBER 30TH, 2026 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE JOSEPH S. YENNI BUILDING, 1221 ELMWOOD PARK BLVD. JEFFERSON LA. 70123.

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In addition to the Public Meeting comments can be submitted to the Jef‐ ferson Parish Depart‐ ment of Community De‐ velopment, Joseph S. Yenni Parish Office Build‐ ing, 1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Suite 605, Jef‐ ferson, LA. via telephone (504) 736-6262 or email at JPCDPrograms@ jeffparish.gov prior to the close of business (4:30 P.M.) on Monday, September 28th, 2026. Honorable Cynthia Lee Sheng Parish President Stephanie Brumfield Department of Community Development ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE In accordance with provi‐ sions of the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008, as amended, Jefferson Parish shall not discrimi‐ nate against individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in its services, programs or ac‐ tivities. If you require auxiliary aids or devices, or other reasonable accommoda‐ tion under the ADA Amendments Act, please submit your request to the ADA Coordinator at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance or as soon as practical. A sev‐ enty-two (72) hour ad‐ vanced notice is required to request Certified ASL interpreters. ADA Coordinator / Department of Citizens Affairs

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

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PUBLICATION DATES: August 14, 21 and 28, 2026 NOCP 9221

PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 4916 South Robertson Street; to fix the mini‐ mum price and terms of said servitude agree‐ ment; to declare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorporate space that is neither needed for public purposes nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agreement; pursuant to Ordinance Calendar No. 35,536. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9247 198803-aug 28-sept 4-113t $55.74 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to au‐ thorize the Mayor of the City of New Orleans to i

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y enter into an agreement to grant a servitude to an adjacent property owner for encroachments on/over portions of pub‐ lic right-of-way located at the municipal address 5400 Magazine Street; to fix the minimum price and terms of said servi‐ tude agreement; to de‐ clare that such use as granted in the servitude agreement will incorpo‐ rate space that is neither needed for public pur‐ poses nor shall such use interfere with the use of the public right-of-way; to set forth the reasons for said servitude agree‐ ment; pursuant to Ordi‐ nance Calendar No. 35,537. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026, and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9248 198804-aug 28-sept 4-113t $54.75 PUBLIC NOTICE --PUBLIC NOTICE Pursuant to LSA R.S. 33:4712 the City of New Orleans hereby gives no‐ tice of its intention to ap‐ prove rates for slip leases located on or over property owned by the City of New Orleans at the Municipal Yacht Har‐ bor; to approve slip leases granted from the New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor Manage‐ ment Corporation (“MYHMC”) to individual lessees pursuant to Sec‐ tion 2-928 of the Code of the City of New Orleans beginning in 2027; pur‐ suant to Ordinance Cal‐ endar No. 35,538. This ordinance is sched‐ uled for final adoption on September 17, 2026 and may be seen in full in the Clerk of Council’s Office, 1300 Perdido Street, Room 1E09, City Hall. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATES: August 28, September 4 and 11, 2026 NOCP 9249 198805-aug 28-sept 4-113t $45.66

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PUBLIC NOTICE --REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS Procurement of New Ship-to-Shore Container Handling Gantry Cranes Notice is hereby given that the Board of Com‐ missioners of the Port of New Orleans (Board) is requesting the submittal of qualiﬁcations from crane manufacturers who can provide new ship-to-shore container handling cranes and re‐ lated parts. All Request for Qualiﬁcations (RFQ) documents will be avail‐ able for download via Central Bidding at www. centralbidding.com on Friday, August 28, 2026. The RFQ documents may also be obtained from the SEBconnect App, available on both the Apple and Google play platforms. Written proposals, shall be submitted electroni‐ cally via www.central bidding.com no later than 11:00 AM (CST), on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, to be considered for the contract. Failure

OFFICIAL NOTICE OF POLLING PLACE LOCATIONS Under the authority of LA.R.S. 18:536 and Ordinance No. 7180 M.C.S., the Council of the City of New Orleans, hereby publishes the following change in polling place locations: MOTION NO. M-26-340 CITY HALL: August 20, 2026 BY: COUNCILMEMBERS HUGHES AND HARRIS WHEREAS, Louisiana Revised Statute § 18:534(A) provides that once a polling location is established it may only be changed by the parish governing authority; and WHEREAS, § 18:534(B)(1) provides that once a polling place has been established, its location shall not be changed during the period beginning on the date when qualifying period opens until after the date of the general election, “unless the polling place becomes unavailable due to an emergency caused by an act of God or when privately owned property being used as a polling place becomes unavailable through no fault of the governing authority”; and WHEREAS, the earliest qualifying period for the November 3, 2026 general election opened on August 5, 2026; and WHEREAS, Kipp Central City (Sylviane Williams) at 3127 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Sarah T. Reed High School at 5316 Michoud Boulevard serve as polling locations for Ward 2, Precinct 6 and Ward 9, Precincts 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, and 41D, respectively; and WHEREAS, by memo dated August 11, 2026, the Orleans Clerk of Court notified the City Council that several schools’ facilities currently serving as election day polling locations, including Kipp Central City and Sarah T. Reed High School are no longer available through no fault of the governing authority, but rather due to permanent school closures; and WHEREAS, the Orleans Clerk of Court recommends emergency relocation of polling locations for Ward 2, Precinct 6, and Ward 9, Precincts 41, 41A, 41B, 41C, and 41D to Booker T. Washington at 1201 N. Roman Street and Epiphany Missionary Baptist Church at 5200 Cannes Street, respectively; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT MOVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, That the following polling location changes are hereby established as the official polling places for the below specified precincts in Orleans Parish for the November 3, 2026 general election: Ward/ Precinct: 02/06

09/41 09/41A 09/41B 09/41C 09/41D

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Kipp Central City @ Sylviane Williams 3127 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Sarah T. Reed 5316 Michoud Blvd.

Booker T. Washington 1201 N. Roman St. Epiphany Missionary Baptist Church 5200 Cannes St.

BE IT FURTHER MOVED, That the Clerk of Council shall immediately forward certified copies of this motion to the Governor of the State of Louisiana, the Louisiana Secretary of State, the Clerk of Court of Orleans Parish, the City Attorney and the Registrar of Voters for Orleans Parish for their further handling. THE FOREGOING MOTION WAS READ IN FULL, THE ROLL WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF, AND RESULTED AS FOLLOWS: YEAS: Green, Harris, Hughes, McCarron, Willard - 5 NAYS: 0 ABSENT: King, Morrell - 2 AND THE MOTION WAS ADOPTED. AISHA R. COLLIER CLERK OF COUNCIL PUBLICATION DATE: August 28, 2026 NOCP 9240

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to submit required infor‐ mation by the deadline will cause disqualiﬁca‐ tion and removal from further consideration on this Project. No informa‐ tion may be changed or submitted after the deadline. All questions, correspon‐ dence, inquiries, and other communications regarding this procure‐ ment shall be directed to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Or‐ leans, Procurement De‐ partment, 1350 Port of New Orleans Place, New Orleans, LA 70130 or pro‐ curement@portnola.com no later than 5:00 p.m. (CST) on Monday, Sep‐ tember 14, 2026. Answers to all questions will be provided electronically at www.centralbidding. com and on the SEBcon‐ nect App, without regard to which proposer sub‐ mitted the questions, in the form of an addendum provided to all Respon‐ dents who are listed with the Board as having re‐ ceived the RFQ. The Board shall not be re‐ sponsible for any oral in‐ struction. 198764-aug 28-sept 4-113t $85.05

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 873-761 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VERSUS TIFFANY D. SYLVESTER ODOMS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 17, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, Township 14 South, Range 23 and 24 East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, and designated as PARCEL P-2A-1, all as per plan thereof made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E., May 15, 1973, re‐ vised September 16, 1975, revised April 11, 1974, revised May 11, 1975, and De‐ cember 29, 1975, and ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ord. No. 12331, recorded in COB 858, folio 638, and which said portion of ground was subdivided into WOODMERE SUBDIVISION, SECTION 4, all as per plan of resubdivision thereof made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E., dated December 16, 1975, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 12331, recorded COB 858, folio 638, said piece being designated as follows: LOT 1259, SQUARE "GG" bounded by North Deerwood Drive, Alex Korman

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Boulevard (side), South Deerwood Drive (side) and Deerwood Court, and said lot commences at a distance of 310.00' feet from the corner of Deer‐ wood Court and North Deerwood Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100.00' feel between equal and paral‐ lel lines; all as noted on print of survey of J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated May 23, 1977, resur‐ veyed July 2, 1977 to show improve‐ ments. Munici‐ pal No. 3841 N. Deerwood Drive, Harvey, LA 70058. (“Property”). This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH C. PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-219 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS LATOIA M. BAZILE MARCHAND WIFE OF/AND CLYDE JOSEPH MARCHAND III By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 17, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: CERTAIN PIECE OR PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and al the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in Township 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East, South Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, known as the Harvey Canal Property, Jeffer‐ son Parish, Louisiana, for‐ merly desig‐ d l

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g nated as Parcel Q-2-B, which said portion of ground has been resubdi‐ vided into Woodmere South Subdivision, Section 3, all as per plan of re‐ subdivision made by J. J. Krebs and Son, Inc., C. E. & S., dated October 10, 1983, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 15784, recorded in COB 1064, folio 925, and as per Act of Dedication be‐ fore Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, dated February 2, 1984, recorded in COB 1067, folio 270, same being desig‐ nated as fol‐ lows: Lot 722, Square Q, which said square is bounded by Clover Lane, De‐ strehan Avenue, Cimwood Drive and Keith Way Drive and said Lot 722 commences a distance of 725 feet from the intersection of Keith Way Drive and Clover Lane, and mea‐ sures thence 60 feet front on Clover Lane, same width across the rear by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all as per survey made by J. J. Krebs and Son, Inc., C. E. & S., dated August 23, 1985, resur‐ veyed October 16, 1985, to show improve‐ ments. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-363 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS KILEY CLAIRE COLOMES A/K/A KILEY CLARK COLOMES A/K/A KILEY CLAIRE MARKEY DIVORCED WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH ANTHONY MARKEY III By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 30, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10

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o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: TWO CERTAIN LOTS OF GROUND, TO‐ GETHER WITH ALL THE BUILD‐ INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON AND ALL OF THE RIGHTS, WAYS, PRIVILEGES, SERVITUDES, APPURTE‐ NANCES AND ADVANTAGES THEREUNTO BE‐ LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING, SITUATED IN THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN SQUARE NO. 43, CANAL STREET SUBDIVISION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SURVEY OF ERROL E. KELLY, SUR‐ VEYOR, DATED JULY 16, 1964, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO ACT BEFORE JOHN H. HAM‐ MEL, JR., NO‐ TARY PUBLIC, DATED JULY 23, 1964, SAID LOTS ARE DESIGNATED AS LOTS NOS. 5 AND 6 AND ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: LOT NOS. 5 AND 6 IN SQUARE NO. 43, CANAL STREET SUBDI‐ VISION ARE BOUNDED BY OAKLAWN DRIVE (FOR‐ MERLY WHIT‐ NEY BOULE‐ VARD), EAST WILLIAM DAVID PARKWAY (FOR‐ MERLY PARK STREET), URSU‐ LINE STREET AND HARRISON AVENUE. SAID LOTS NOS. 5 AND 6 ADJOIN EACH OTHER AND EACH LOT MEA‐ SURES 25.0' FEET FRONT ON OAK‐ LAWN DRIVE, THE SAME WIDTH IN THE REAR BY A DEPTH OF 110' FEET BETWEEN EQUAL PARAL‐ LEL LINES. ALL OF WHICH IS IN AC‐ CORDANCE WITH A SURVEY OF J.L. FONTCUBERTA, SURVEYOR, DATED AUGUST 30, 1976, A COPY OF WHICH IS ANNEXED TO AN ACT OF SALE BE‐ FORE ROY L. PRICE, NOTARY PUBLIC DATED SEPTEM‐ BER 7, 1976 AND DULY RECORDED IN COB 872, FOLIO 871 FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1976 AND ALSO IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SURVEY OF S.K. LANDRY, LAND SURVEYOR, DATED DECEM‐ BER 3, 1976 AS ANNEXED TO THE ACT DATED JANUARY 13, 1977 AND RECORED AS COB 882, FOLIO 898, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA. BEING MORE RE‐ CENTLY SHOWN ON SURVEY BY DADING, MAR‐ QUES & ASSOCI‐ ATES, INC., DATED APRIL 27, 1995, A COPY OF WHICH IS AN‐ NEXED TO THE ACT DATED APRIL 28, 1995 AND RECORDED AS COB 2916, PAGE 766, JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check

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with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 829-503

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. VERSUS BRANDON K. HURST A/K/A BRANDON HURST

US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST VS MARIA LUISA GARCIA A/K/A MARIA L. GARCIA A/K/A MARIA GARCIA AND VALENTE PINA

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 2, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit:

By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated Decem‐ ber 28, 2022, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the high‐ est bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Expressway, Harvey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit:

That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, in that part thereof known as Moisant Place in Square No. 6, Lot No. 10, bounded by Clay Street, Fourteenth Street, Moisant Drive and Twelfth Street, which accord‐ ing to a survey by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated February 26, 1960, recertiﬁed & resurveyed on November 16, 1968, said Lot No. 10 com‐ mences at a distance of 152.31 feet from the corner of Clay Street and Fourteenth Street and measures thence 50.77 feet front on Clay Street, same width in the rear, by a depth of 112 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel, all in accordance with a dated March 7, 1974, a copy of which is annexed to an act before Joseph F. Di‐ Maria, N. P., dated March 12, 1974.

That certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in Town‐ ship 14 South, Ranges 23 and 24 East, Southeastern Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, known as Harvey Canal Property, desig‐ nated as Parcel P-2-A-2-A, all as per plan of resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E. & S., dated March 15, 1973, revised Febru‐ ary 26, 1973, April 11, 1974, May 5, 1975, De‐ cember 29, 1975, and October 19, 1976, and ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordi‐ nance No. 12617, adopted November 18, 1976, recorded in COB 879, folio 409, and which said portion of ground was subdivided into Woodmere Sub‐ division, Section 5, all in as per plan of resubdi‐ vision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E. & S., dated October 19, 1976 and October 21, 1976, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 12617, recorded in COB 879, folio 408, and as per Act of Dedica‐ tion before Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, dated December 21, 1976 and recorded in COB 880, folio 822, same being designated as follows:

24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-154

This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of

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Lot 1456, Square NN, which square is bounded by Ac‐ cacia Lane, Woodmere Blvd (side), Eastview (late Oakmere Dr.) Drive (side) and Alex Korn‐ man Blvd.., and said lot commences 425 feet from the corner of Accacia Lane and Alex Korn‐ man Blvd., with a 60 feet front on Accacia Lane, same in width in rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines; all as shown on sur‐ vey by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C. E. & S., dated June 30, 1978, staked August 17, 1978, resur‐ veyed Novem‐ ber 1, 1978 to show improvements. And in accor‐ dance with sur‐ vey of Gilbert, Kelly & Cou‐ turie, Inc. dated March 6, 1993, a print of which is annexed hereto and made a part hereof, said lot is situated in the same square, subdivision and has the same measurements as hereinabove set forth. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 793-387 DITECH FINANCIAL LLC VS EDNA J. JEFFERSON A/K/A EDNA JEFFERSON, WILLIE T. JEFFERSON, SR. A/K/A WILLIE JEFFERSON, SR. A/K/A WILLIE T. JEFFERSON A/K/A WILLIE JEFFERSON AND LESLIE MARIE JEFFERSON A/K/A LESLIE M. JEFFERSON A/K/A LESLIE JEFFERSON A/K/A LESLIE MARIE CLAI‐ BORNE JEFFER‐ SON A/K/A LESLIE MARIE CLAIBORNE A/K/A LESLIE M. CLAIBORNE A/K/A LESLIE CLAIBORNE A/K/A LESLIE CLAIBORNE JEF‐ FERSON A/K/A LESLIE C. JEFFERSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 15, 2019, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public i h

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p auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in SQUARE NO. 7 OF LAKE TIM‐ BERLANE ES‐ TATES, SECTION 1, by bounded Lake Salvador Drive, Lake Ar‐ rowhead Drive, South Boundary of Subdivision and East Boundary of Subdivision, designated by LOT NO. 221 on a survey made by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated May 19, 1983, re‐ vised August 11, 1983, a copy of which is annexed to an act passed be‐ fore Gerald Wasserman, No‐ tary Public, dated Novem‐ ber 9, 1983, and according thereunto, said lot commences at a distance of 270 feet from the corner of Lake Salvador and Lake Arrowhead Drive, measures thence 90 feet front on Lake Salvador Drive, same width in the rear by a depth of 120 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 858-390 U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NA‐ TIONAL ASSOCIATION , AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-ININTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WACHOVIA BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AEGIS ASSET BACKED SECURI‐ TIES TRUST 2004-6, MORTGAGE BACKED NOTES VERSUS MONIQUE PREJEAN RILEY A/KA MONIQUE P. RILEY A/K/A

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MONIQUE RILEY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of FIERI FACIAS from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 3, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in Township 14 South, Range 23 and 24 East, Southeast Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, known as Har‐ vey Canal Prop‐ erty, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for‐ merly desig‐ nated as Parcel Q-2-B, which said portion of ground has been resub‐ divided into Woodmere South Subdivi‐ sion, Section 3, all as per plan of resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., C. E. & S., dated October 10, 1983, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 15784, recorded in COB 1064, folio 925, and as per Act of Dedica‐ tion before Odom B. Heebe, N. P., dated February 2, 1984, recorded in COB 1067, folio 270, same being des‐ ignated at follows: Lot 907, Square T, which said square is bounded by Sweet Gum Drive, Cimwood Drive, Touch‐ wood Drive and Destrehan Av‐ enue, said lot 907 commences at a distance of 338.07 feet from the point of cur‐ vature of Sweet Gum Drive into Destrehan Av‐ enue, and mea‐ sures thence 60 feet front on Sweet Gum Drive, same in the width across the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines; all as per survey made by J. J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., I. S., dated December 12, 1986, resurveyed Feb‐ ruary 9, 1987. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff

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Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 855-837 AMERICAN THRIFT AND FINANCE PLAN, L.L.C. D/B/A STATE-FARM ACCEPTANCE VS PATRICK SIMMONS By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated March 13, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, prescrip‐ tions, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances, thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana, parish of Jeffer‐ son, in TERRY‐ TOWN SUBDIVISION, NUMBER 8, being a part of SECTION D of Elmwood Subdi‐ vision, located in Sec‐ tion 17, Town‐ ship 13 South, Range 24 East, and in Section 30, Township 14 South, Range 24 East, all in ac‐ cordance with the survey of Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, C.E., dated April 22, 1964, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 6610, registered in COB 590, folio 515 on May 7, 1964, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, and in accordance with the plan of resubdivision made by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated July 29, 1972, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 10847, recorded in COB 771, folio 606 and further in accor‐ dance with the plan of resubdi‐ vision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated Decem‐ ber 30, 1976, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordinance No. 12700, recorded in Entry Number 751524, and more particu‐ larly described as follows, to-wit: LOT 18-D, SQUARE 126, TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION, NUMBER 8, Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana, which said

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Square is bounded by Holmes Boule‐ vard, May Street, North Marlin Court and Oak‐ wood Drive, and which said lot measures and is located all as per plan of resubdivision by J. J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E., dated Decem‐ ber 30, 1976. And Ac‐ cording to sur‐ vey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated February 8, 1977, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act passed before Nat B. Knight, Jr., Notary Public, dated May 4, 1977, being a sale by Pearson Homes, Inc. to Jefferson Savings and Loan Associa‐ tion, said lot is situated in the same Parish, Subdivision and Square and has the same designation as hereinabove set forth. Said Lot 18-D measures 51' front on Holmes Boulevard, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 11 O' between equal and paral‐ lel lines. Lot 18D commences 55'50" from the corner of Holmes Boulevard and May Street. All as more fully sown on a sur‐ vey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated August 29, 1988. The improve‐ ments thereon bear the Munici‐ pal No. 596 and 596A Holmes Boulevard., Gretna, Louisiana 70056. Being the same property ac‐ quired by Patrick Sim‐ mons from Co‐ lette Netter Spears, wife of/and Leonard Spears by act dated 30 May 2002, passed before Donald B. Hingle, Jr., No‐ tary Public, and recorded under COB 3076, folio 599, Instrument No. 10233004. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. JOSHUA P. MATHEWS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 865-338 PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS CLARENCE RAY FLYNT, JR. A/K/A CLARENCE RAY‐ MOND FLYNT, JR. AND STEPHANIE WILLIAMS FLYNT A/K/A STEPHANIE WILLIAMS FRICKEY FLYNT By virtue of and in obedience to

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a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 3, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes and appurtenances thereunto ap‐ plying, situated it the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as RANCH ACRES EXTEN‐ SION, which said piece or portion of ground is shown on that certain subdivi‐ sion plan by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc, dated 9/17/71, ap‐ proved by Ordi‐ nance No. 10688 of the Jefferson Parish Council adopted May 25, 1972, registered in COB 764, folio 803, and is fur‐ ther described in ac‐ cordance with survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated March 23, 1977, resur‐ veyed to show improvements on May 7, 1977, as LOT 29 of SQUARE 5, which said lot commeneces 239.53' feet from the intersection of Mesa Drive and Ames Boule‐ vard, and mea‐ sures thence 66.97' feet front on Mesa Drive with a width in the rear of 52.27 feet, by a depth on the sideline nearer Sierra Street of 93' feet by a depth on the opposite side‐ line of 94.15' feet; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property . The Improve‐ ment thereon bearing Munici‐ pal 2616 Mesa Drive, Marrero, LA 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. BRIGHAM J. LUNDBERG Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026

NO: 863-866

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FIRST HORIZON BANK VERSUS PAUL DUHON, IV AND RAVEN ROBINSON By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 23, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND, together with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, all rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, located in Section Seven (7) T 14 S, R 23 East, said tract of land is described as part of Farm No. H-4A and H-305 and measuring one hundred four and 35/100 (104.35') feet front on Forty (40') foot road, and by a similar width in the rear, on pro‐ posed extension of St. Thomas Street, and by a depth be‐ tween equal and parallel lines of 737.1 feet, as shown on survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Surveyors, dated February 17, 1966, at‐ tached hereto and made part hereof on which said tract is identiﬁed as Square 2. LESS AND CEPT:

EX‐

Portion of ground de‐ scribed in the Order of Expro‐ priation by and between State of Louisiana through the De‐ partment of Highways and Farrell J. Hunter, dated May 30, 1975, Docket #176-005, 24th JDC for the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, recorded in COB#836 folio 887, Jefferson Parish, Which has the address of 3891 Laﬁtte Larose Highway, Mar‐ rero, LA 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. AMY R. ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-493 THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AN OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES VERSUS THEODORE CAL‐ LOWAY (A/K/A THEODORE H. CALLOWAY) By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 14, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, advan‐ tages and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in Township 14 South, Range 23 and 24 East, Southeast Land District of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐ sippi River, known as Har‐ vey Canal Prop‐ erty, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for‐ merly desig‐ nated as Parcel Q-2-B, which said por‐ tion of ground has been resub‐ divided into WOODMERE SOUTH SUBDIVI‐ SION SECTION 3, all as per plan of resubdivision made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., CE. & S., dated October 10, 1983, ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordi‐ nance No. 15784, recorded in COB 1064, folio 925, and as per Act of Dedication before Odom B. Heebe, Notary Public, dated February 2, 1984, recorded in COB 1067, folio 270, same being des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows: LOT 873, SQUARE S, which said square is bounded by Sweet Gum Drive, Destrehan Av‐ enue, Primwood Drive, and Cim‐ wood Drive, and said Lot 873 commences at a of distance 55.56 feet from the point of cur‐ vature of Sweet Gum Drive into De‐ strehan Avenue, and measures thence 65 feet front on Sweet Gum Drive, same in width across the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines; all b

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p as per survey by JJ. Krebs and Sons, Inc., L.S., dated Novem‐ ber 6,1986, resur‐ veyed January 7, 1987, to show improvements. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. WILLIAM S. TEBBE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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mare fully shown on sur‐ vey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, CE., dated December 31, 1964, and said lot commences at a distance of 62.04 feet from the point of curve of Creagan Avenue into Oak Lane (“Property”). This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ZACHARY GAR‐ RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-111 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS REAGHAN LEE FABACHER By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 29, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, Louisiana, in that part known as BELLEVUE GAR‐ DENS SUBDIVISION now, formerly Cypress Gar‐ dens, Section 1, designated as LOT 15 of SQUARE 6 on survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, C.E., dated June 26, 1963, revised and cor‐ rected May 7, 1964, under Or‐ dinance No. 1250 of the City of Gretna, and according to which said square is bounded by Claire Avenue, Cypress Park Drive, Oak Lane, Creagan Av‐ enue, Bellevue Subdivision Ex‐ tension No. I, tract line and the Verret Canal right of way, measures 55 feet front on Creagan Av‐ enue, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. All as

Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-827 MIDFIRST BANK VERSUS LISA M. EDMOND By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 22, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise appertaining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, in that part thereof known as GOLDEN HEIGHTS SUBDI‐ VISION, SEC‐ TION K, being a resubdivision of original Lots E4C, E-4D and H102C, Ames Farms Subdivi‐ sion, Southside Plan‐ tation, all as per plan of resubdi‐ vision thereof made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., C.E.&S., dated June 23, 1977, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council by Ordinance No. 13105, adopted Octo‐ ber 12, 1977, recorded Entry No, 795398 in COB 910, folio 471, as per act of dedication before Bern‐ hardt C. Beebe, Notary dated Public, November 14, 1977, recorded Entry No. 797119 in COB 911, folio 531, and said prop‐ erty is more

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particularly de‐ scribed as fol‐ lows, to-wit: LOT 48, SQUARE 2, which square is bounded by Ames Boule‐ vard, Avery, West Pearl, Hammer‐ ick and Romig Drives, and Ehret Road, and said lot mea‐ sures as follows: LOT 48 mea‐ sures 60 feet front on West Pearl Drive, same in width in the rear, by a depth of 105.00 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. The above de‐ scription and measurements are also in ac‐ cordance with the survey made by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., Surveyors, dated Novem‐ ber 13, 1978, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to act of purchase before Curtis A. Hen‐ nesy, Notary Public, dated January 16, 1980, registered in COB 975, folio 61, and which survey further indicates that said LOT 48 com‐ NO. mences at a dis‐ tance of 195 feet from the earner of West Pearl Drive and Avery Drive. Said measure‐ ments are more fully shown on a Plan of Survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated February 5, 1985, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to an act passed before Miles J. Blazek, Jr., N.P., on February 28, 1985, and recorded at COB 1197, folio 188. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FRED J. DAIGLE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-414 FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2020-2 VERSUS MATTHEW S. DAVID INDIVIDU‐ ALLY AND AS SURVIVING SPOUSE IN COMMUNITY WITH TONI BRUNO DAVID By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐

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bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated May 5, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in any wise apper‐ taining situated in the PARISH OF JEF‐ FERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in FERRIS PLACE SUBDIVISION, UNIT NO. 2, which is part of original Lot No. 8 of the Trudeau Plantation, and in accordance with survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Civil Engineers, dated January 20, 1955, said lot is situated in SQUARE NO. 6 of said subdivision which is bounded by Jade Avenue, Shirley Street, Aetna Street, and the westerly line of Ferris Place Subdivision, Unit No. 2, said lot being desig‐ nated as LOT NO. 62 and mea‐ sures 60 feet front on Jade Avenue, with the same width in the rear, by a depth be‐ tween equal and parallel lines of 90 feet. All as more fully shown on survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associ‐ ates, Inc., Civil Engineers, dated Novem‐ ber 30, 1955; said Lot No. 62 com‐ mences at a dis‐ tance of 191.55 feet from the corner of Jade Avenue and Aetna Street. All as more fully shown on sur‐ vey by Sterling Mandle, Land Surveyor, dated June 21, 1975, a copy of which is an‐ nexed to act be‐ fore Charles Barera, Notary Public, dated July 11, 1975; subject to restrictions, servitudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineral rights of record affect‐ ing the property . This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT

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24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-821 REGIONS BANK VERSUS LAQUINTA BECK By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 21, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ TION OF GROUND OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Oak Knoll Subdi‐ vision, being a resubdivision of Ames Farms Subdivision, Section D, Farm Lots B-26, B-27, B-28 and B29, per survey of Ned Wilson & Associates, C.E., Land Surveyors, August 24, 1981, revised on Sep‐ tember 15, 1981, October 28, 1981, November 16, 1981 and No‐ vember 17, 1981, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council under Ordi‐ nance No. 15006 on December 16, 1981, and registered in COB 1081, folio 510 and in Plan Book 108, Folio 17, further des‐ ignated as fol‐ lows: Lot 263, in Square bounded by Oak Bayou Avenue, Glen‐ wood Drive, Eden Roc Subdivision and Barataria Boule‐ vard and the said lot com‐ mences at and forms the corner of Glen‐ wood Drive and Oak Bayou Av‐ enue and mea‐ sures thence 50 feet between equal and parallel lines and with front and depth of 113.95 feet on Glenwood Drive all as further shown on sur‐ vey of Wilton Dufrene, Land Surveyor, May 6, 1983, resurveyed to show improve‐ ments August 18, 1983, further in accordance with a survey by Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor, dated March 11, 1988. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit.

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L. GRAHAM ARCENEAUX Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 877-822 STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION VERSUS MATIALDO SCOTT PIERRE A/K/A MA‐ TIALDO SCOTT PIERRE, JR. By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 24, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the PARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF LOUISIANA, in the CITY OF GRETNA, in ROSE PARK SUBDIVISION, being LOT 17, SQUARE "N", bounded by Rose Drive, Claire Avenue, 25th and 27th Streets. Accord‐ ing to survey of Hotard & Webb, C.E., dated April 15, 1954, said Lot 17 commences at a distance of 268.15 foot from the corner of Rose Drive and 27th Street and mea‐ sures thence 53.63 feet front on Rose Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 96 feet, be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans PRINT ADVERTISING WORKS

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Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-116 LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC VS JEANNE PHILIPS POWELL WIFE OF/AND JAMES E. POWELL By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 8, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OR PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improvements thereon, situ‐ ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in Square No. 11, Lynn Park Sub‐ division, bounded by Curry Court, East line of subdivision, Versailles Street (late Gail Street) and Lynette Drive, desig‐ nated as Lot No. 128 on the survey made by Gilbert, Kelly and Couturie, Inc., Surveying and Engineering, dated August 24, 1978, and redated July 24, 1983. For refer‐ ence, and according to said survey, said Lot No. 128 commences at a distance of 200 feet from the corner of Curry Court and Lynnette Drive, and measures thence 60 feet front on Curry Court, the same in with in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and parallel lines. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. FOERSTNER G. MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA

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NO: 877-515 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR CWHEQ RE‐ VOLVING HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-D VERSUS LIBORIO AYALA AND BLANCA JIMENEZ AYALA By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 24, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the following de‐ scribed prop‐ erty to wit: A CERTAIN LOT OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages, thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana in that part thereof known as TERRYTOWN SUBDIVISION NO. 2-A, desig‐ nated as LOT 10A of square 8 thereof, per plan of resubdivision by Adole Orr, Jr., dated August 17, 1961, an‐ nexed to Jeffer‐ son Parish council Ordi‐ nance No. 5280, registered in COB 541, folio 624, entry no. 217128, Conveyance Records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana, as amended by Jef‐ ferson Parish Council Ordinance No. 5287, registered in COB 541, folio 624 entry no. Con‐ 217130, veyance Records of Jef‐ ferson Parish, Louisiana. And according to said plan, said LOT 10-A is located and measures as follows: said Lot 10-A commences 523 feet from the in‐ tersection of the southwest‐ erly right of way of Apollo Street and the northwesterly right of way line of Athena Av‐ enue, as measuring along said line of Apollo Street. Said lot 10-A measures thence 62 feet front on Apollo Street, a width in the rear of 69.12 feet, by a depth of 110 feet on its sideline nearer to Athena Av‐ enue, and the same depth on the opposite sideline. And according to a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., Surveying & En‐ gineering, dated April 21, 1990 said lot has the same desig‐ nation, location and dimensions as mentioned above, except said Square 8 is shown to be bounded by Apollo Street, Athena Avenue, Amapola circle (side) and Ado‐ nis Way (side), a copy of said survey

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is annexed to an act bearing in‐ strument No. 9017691 JD 8-19-26 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. MARGIE R. SCOTT Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 866-485 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VERSUS GINO MONACO By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated July 10, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A certain piece or portion of ground with all of the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon and all of the servi‐ tudes, rights and appurte‐ nances there‐ unto applying, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Maplewood Park, Addition No. 1, all as more fully shown on the plan of subdivi‐ sion made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and As‐ sociates, C.E., dated June 6, 1966, and ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council on June 30, 1966 by Ordinance #7788, regis‐ tered in COB 640, folio 84 and according thereto said lot is designated and measures as follows, to-wit: Lot Thirteen (13) of Square Four (4), which said square is bounded by Marvin Court, Otis Street, (the extension of Marvin Court) Maplewood Drive, the northerly line of the subdivision and the westerly line of the sub‐ division, Lot Thirteen (13) measures sixty feet (60’) front on Marvin Court, same width in the rear by a depth f i h

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p of eighty seven and 33/100 (87.33’) feet be‐ tween equal and parallel lines. Lot 13 lies nearer to and commences seven hundred sixty one and forty feet (761.40’) from the corner of Otis Street (the ex‐ tension of Mar‐ vin Court) and Maplewood Drive all as more fully shown on survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and Associates, C.E., dated July 30, 1968 and on another survey made by Adloe Orr, Jr. and As‐ sociates dated November 6, 1968. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 869-597 NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING VERSUS JULIEN CADIS, III By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated October 28, 2025, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privi‐ leges, servi‐ tudes, appurte‐ nances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the State of Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, M. A. Green Addition Subdi‐ vision, bounded by N. Howard Avenue (a/k/a Howard Avenue), We‐ ston Street, Northwestern Line of M. A. Addition and Dalton Street, designated as lot no. 20 and measures as follows, to-wit: Lot no. 20, in Plot C, of M. A. Green Addition Subdivision, commences 50

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feet from the corner of N. Howard Avenue and Weston Street and mea‐ sures thence 50 feet front on N. Howard Avenue, the same width in the rear, by a depth of 110 feet between equal and parallel lines. All in ac‐ cordance to a survey by Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie, Inc., dated June 5, 1999, a copy of which is at‐ tached to act no. 9941997. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certified Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 874-628 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION VS DARIUS DIJON GUERIN By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated April 16, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: ONE (1) CERTAIN LOT OR PARCEL OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, situated in the Parish of JEF‐ FERSON, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision known as PELI‐ CAN BAY, and being desig‐ nated on the official plat of said subdivi‐ sion, on file and of record in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of said Parish and State, as LOT NUMBER TEN, SQUARE FOUR‐ TEEN (10-14), said subdivision, said lot having such size, shape and dimensions and being subject to such servitudes as are shown on said map, Which has an address of 5037 Park Shore Drive, Marrero, LA 70072. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and

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g g privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. ELIZABETH CROWELL PRICE Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 872-416 CITIMORTGAGE, INC. VERSUS PHILIP K. KREY A/K/A PHILIP KREY By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated February 2, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: A certain piece or portion of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ad‐ vantages and appurtenances thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that subdivision as Cottar Park, as shown on a plan drawn by J.J. Krebs, Civil Engineers on December 3, 1938, and ac‐ cording to which said lot are designated as by the nos 7 and 8, bounded by Crestmont Drive, Magnolia and Crestmont Park and Metairie High School property, which lots adjoin each other and measure as fol‐ lows: Lot no. 7 is nearer to and begins at a dis‐ tance of 153.59 feet from the corner of Crestmont Drive Magnolia and Drive and mea‐ sures thence 25.14 feet front on Crestmont Drive, 25 ft. in width in the rear, by a depth of 122.89 feet on the side line dividing it from lot no. 6 lot no. 8 adjoins lot no. 7 on the side nearer Crest‐ mont Park and measures 25.15 feet front on Crestmont Drive, 25 feet in the rear, by a depth of 125.60 feet on the side line di‐ viding it from lot no. 7 and a depth of 128.31

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p feet on the side line divid‐ ing it from lot 9. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ terests, mort‐ gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds must be Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 876-425 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COM‐ PANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2007-2, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 VERSUS MARIA RODAS TOVAR, IN HER CAPACITY AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATRI X OF THE SUCCESSION OF MIGUEL ARMANDO TOVAR A/K/A MIGUEL AR‐ MANDO TOVAR A/K/A MIGUEL A. TOVAR A/K/A MIGUEL TOVAR By virtue of and in obedience to a Writ of SEIZURE AND SALE from the 24th Judicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the above num‐ bered and enti‐ tled cause, dated June 9, 2026, I have seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐ pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ ing described property to wit: That certain lot of ground, to‐ gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereof known as Woodmere Subdivision, section number two, in accordance with the subdi‐ vision plan of J.J. Krebs & Sons, C.E., dated May 5, 1975, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council of June 12, 1975, under ordinance no. 12053, regis‐ tered in COB 839, folio 588, which said lot is designated as follows: Lot 106, Square A, is bounded

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by Deerpark Dells Drive, (side), Court South Dells Court (side), Woodmere Sub‐ division section one and Oak‐ mere Drive. Lot 106 measures 62 feet front on Deerpark Drive, same width in the rear, by a depth of 100 feet between equal and paral‐ lel lines. Lot 106 commences at a distance of 375 feet from the corner Deerpark of Drive and Oak‐ mere Drive. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. COREY J. GIROIR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-063 WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR FINANCE OF

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AMERICA STRUCTURED SECURITIES ACQUISITION TRUST 2025-HB1 VERSUS WILLIAM DALLAS COOK By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated April 23, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐ tember 2, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the follow‐ described ing property to wit: That Certain Piece or Portion of Ground, to‐ gether with all buildings the and improvements thereon and all the rights, ways, privileges, servitudes, ap‐ purtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, Realty Valley Company Subdi‐ vision Extended, all in accordance with a plan of resubdivision by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, CE, dated October 26, 1964, revised 19, November 1964, approved by the Jefferson Parish Council Ordi‐ under nance Number 6877 on Novem‐ ber 19, 1964, registered in COB 603, Folio Decem‐ 861on 7, 1964, ber which portion of di

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p ground is designated follows:

Lot 12 in Square which 30, is square bounded by Far‐ Drive, rington Cedar Street, Fourteenth Street and Drive. Gaudet Lot 12 forms the of corner Drive Gaudet and Fourteenth Street and mea‐ sures 76.84 feet front on Four‐ teenth Street,69.42 feet in width in the rear, by a depth on the sideline of Lot 13 of 94.18 feet and a depth and front on Gaudet Drive of 62.07 feet. All in ac‐ cordance with survey by Adloe Orr, Jr. & Associates, CE, dated March 30, 1960. This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. RADER JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: July 24, 2026, August 28, 2026 Jul 24-aug 28-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

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STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 875-007 PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC VERSUS MIRANDA L. EGLE A/K/A MIRANDA LONG EGLE MISTRETTA By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated April 24, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: THAT PORTION OF GROUND, to‐ gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, situ‐ in the ated Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof known as WEST‐ GATE SUBDIVI‐ SION, being a resubdivision of a portion of Highway Park Subdivision, ac‐ cording to a plan of West‐ Subdivi‐ gate sion, by Roussel and Galloway, C.E., dated June 1955, 30, recorded in Plan Book 27, folio 29, revised January 17, 1956, recorded in Plan Book 28, folio 45, which of portion ground is designated as 9, in LOT "R", SQUARE by bounded Minnesota Av‐

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enue (formerly Cypress Street), 26th Street (for‐ 18th merly Street), Missis‐ Avenue sippi (formerly Fir Street), and 25th Street (for‐ 7th merly Street), said lot commences at a distances of 413.50 feet from the corner of Minnesota Av‐ enue and 26th and Street, measures thence 59.7 feet front on Min‐ nesota Avenue, same width in the rear, by a depth of 128.8 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and all as lines, fully more shown on the survey of J. J. Krebs and Sons, Inc., C.E. and S., dated September 16, ("Prop‐ 1978 erty"). This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - The full purchase price is due at the time of the sale. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. CANDACE A. COURTEAU Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐ MENT 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON

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STATE OF LOUISIANA NO: 866-839 KIRKLAND FINANCIAL LLC VERSUS NAILOR SERVICES, LLC By virtue of and in obedience to Writ of a AND SEIZURE SALE from the Judicial 24th Court, District Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, in the num‐ above bered and enti‐ cause, tled dated June 1, I have 2026, seized and will proceed to sell to the highest bidder at public auction, at the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Ofﬁce Complex, 1233 Ex‐ Westbank pressway, Har‐ vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ ber 7, 2026 at 10 o'clock a.m. the de‐ following prop‐ scribed erty to wit: **TO BE SOLD SEPARATELY** ATTACHMENT “A” THAT CERTAIN PIECE OR POR‐ OF TION to‐ GROUND, gether with all the buildings and improve‐ ments thereon, and all of the ways, rights, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances and advantages be‐ thereunto longing or in situ‐ anywise ated in the Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of in Louisiana, part that thereof known as ORLEANS VILLLAGE, SEC‐ TION ONE, being a part of the re‐ subivision Lots H-402, H-401, and H-403 of Ames Farm, Township 14 South, Range 23 East, South‐ west Land Dis‐ trict of Louisiana, West of the Missis‐

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sippi River, which resubdi‐ vision was ap‐ proved by the Jefferson Parish Council on May 14, 1978, under No. Ordinance same 9654, being registered in COB 715, folio Jefferson 582, Parish, Louisiana, which said ordi‐ nance was in accor‐ dance with a certain plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated August 11, 1964, and according to said survey, said lot is desig‐ nated and mea‐ sures as follows, towit: LOT 24, SQUARE F, bounded by Racine, Rue Sauvage Avenue (side) Rue Louis Phillppe; Caddy Drive, Rue Mon‐ (side) tespan and Ruse Racine (side). Said Lot 24 begins 432.31 feet from the corner of Rue Racine and Rue Louise Phillppe and measures thence 60 feet front on Rue the Racine, same width in the rear, by a depth of 85 feet be‐ equal tween parallel and lines. All in ac‐ cordance with a plan of survey by J.J. Krebs & Sons, Inc., dated March 8, 1971. All as is more fully shown on the Mandle Sur‐ Inc., veying, dated April 4, 1996, annexed to an act registered in C.O.B. 2938, folio 75. The improve‐ ments thereon bear the munici‐ pal No. 2129 Rue Racine, Marrero, LA 70072 ATTACHMENT

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“B” A certain lot or of portion to‐ ground, gether with all buildings the improve‐ and ments thereon, all ways, rights, servitudes, and advantages thereunto be‐ longing or in anywise apper‐ taining, situated in the Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana, sit‐ uated in Addition "A" Townsite of Number Three (3), according to a plan or map showing subdivision of Farm a9 of the Ames Farms at Southside, Parish of Jeffer‐ son, State of Louisiana, made for the Ames Farm Land Co., Inc., of New Or‐ leans, Louisiana, a blue print of said map being annexed to an act passed be‐ fore Frank J. Tilotson, Notary Public, on June 19, 1924, the said Farm Lot "a9" being shown on a map made by J.W.T. C., Stephens, and M.E., dated Orleans, New Louisiana, March 6, 1920, a copy of which is in the office of the Clerk of Court for the Parish of Jefferson , and also in the office of the Jef‐ ferson Title Co. Gretna, Of Louisiana, and according to which sketch addition "A" of townsite No. 3, said lot is desig‐ nated as LOT Six (6) of Block Number (7), Seven by bounded Street, Cross Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Ames Boule‐ vard, said Lot Number Six (6) Lot adjoins Number Five (5) and measures Forty-five and 09/100 (45.09')

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feet front on Boule‐ Ames vard, Forty-ﬁve and no/100 feet (45.00') in width on the rear line along a drainage ditch, Hundred One Forty-two and 90/100 (142.90') feet in depth on the North Line ad‐ joining Lot Num‐ ber 5, and a depth on the other side Line along Sixth Av‐ enue of One Hundred Fortyfour and 92/100 feet (144.92') The improve‐ ments thereon bear the munici‐ No. 1321 pal Boule‐ Ames vard, Marrero LA 70072 This sale is sub‐ ject to all supe‐ rior security in‐ mort‐ terests, gages, liens and privileges. TERMS - 10% down balance in 30 days. NOTE: All funds be must Cashier's Check, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit. W. A. MAIORANA, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson The New Orleans Advocate: August 28, 2026, October 2, 2026 Aug 28-oct 2-2t

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