The Times-Picayune 09-19-2025 by The Advocate

Partialsettlementreached in Hard Rock collapse

BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

Nearly six years afterthe Hard Rock Hotel collapsedonCanal Street while under construction, the committee that represents more than400 workers, bystanders and business owners who claim they were harmed by thedisaster have reached atentativesettlement with the building’sowner

Attorney Walter Leger Jr.announced the “agreement in principal” with 1031 Canal Development and its insurers on Thursday morninginOrleans Parish Civil District Court.Itcame during a hearing that had been scheduled ahead of an upcoming trial in thecase.

Details of thesettlement must still be ﬁnalized and will not be disclosedpublicly,said Leger,co-lead counsel for the plaintiff steering committee. The deal does not apply to dozens of other lawsuits ﬁled by victims —aswell as by 1031 CanalDevelopment —against the engineer,contractors and steel manufacturer involved in building the 18-story hotel.

“Thisisonly apartial settlement,” Leger said in an interview after the hearing. “Wereserveour rights to sue theothers and so does 1031 …But it is a big, bigstep and the ﬁrst step in settling this case.”

The development comes less thana monthbefore the sixth anniversary of

the massive structuralfailure, which caused the top three ﬂoors of the $85 million building to pancake and collapse, killing threeworkers,injuring hundreds of othersand shuttingdowncommerce on surrounding city streets formonths. In thewake of the disaster, more than 130 lawsuits were ﬁled against developer 1031 CanalDevelopment, whichis owned by MohanKailasand his family; Citadel Builders, thegeneral contractor; dozens of subcontractors; and their insurance companies.The cases were eventually consolidated, and settlement talksbegan in 2023.

While adozen or so individual suits

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Trumptakes Fedﬁring to SupremeCourt

BY MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Trump administration on Thursdayasked the Supreme Courtfor an emergency order to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’sboard of governors. TheRepublican administrationturned to the high court after an appeals court refused to go along with ousting Cook,partof President Donald Trump’seffort to reshape the Fed’sseven-membergoverningboard and strike ablow at its independence. The White House campaign to unseat Cook marks an unprecedented bid to

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BY STEPHANIE RIEGEL Staff writer

BY MARIEFAZIO Staff writer

The University of New Orleans is down about800 students thisfall, a signiﬁcant decrease for the small institutionwhere ayearslong enrollment slump hasfueledanongoing ﬁnancial crisis.

About 5,700 students areenrolled at UNO this school year,according to afall head count shared with faculty and staffthis week thatincludesundergraduate and graduate students, as well as high schoolers whotake courses at UNO. The total is down from about 6,500 students last fall and afar cry from the university’s peak of 17,000 students.

“Enrollment waslower than we’dhoped, yet understandable given the challenges we’ve experienced over thecourse of the past year.” KATHyJOHNSON, UNO president

UNO President Kathy Johnson said in an email to faculty and staff this week thatthe university’srevenue will be $1.1 million less than anticipateddue to theenrollment decline. The reduced revenue comes as the university’s ﬁnancialcrisis hasled to layoffs and furloughs, building closures and other cost-cutting measures over thepast year “Enrollment was lower thanwe’d hoped,” she wrote, “yetunderstandable giventhe challenges we’ve experienced over thecourse of thepast year.”

Still,Johnsonsaid, theuniversity is not operating at adeﬁcit, as it waslast

Kristin Gisleson Palmer, aformer New Orleans City Council member with decades of experience restoringblightedproperties, has been named executive director of the Preservation Resource Center ForPalmer,58, taking over the 51-year-old nonproﬁt organization, which works to

preserve and revitalize historic neighborhoods across the city,issomething of a homecoming, she said Tuesday Oneofher first jobs out of collegeinthe early1990s waswith the center.She later returned to the organization for several years before running forcouncil, where sheserved two nonsequential terms. “I feel like Iamcoming full circle,” saidPalmer.“I love thePRC so much. This is something Ihavealways wanted to do.” Palmer succeedsDanielle

STAFF FILEPHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

The HardRock Hotelwas under construction on Canal Street in NewOrleans when it collapsed on Oct. 12, 2019.

PHOTO PROVIDED

Former NewOrleans CityCouncil member Kristin GislesonPalmer is thenew executivedirector of the Preservation Resource Center

House panel advances bill for vehicle AM radio

WASHINGTON A panel of U.S. House lawmakers advanced a bill this week that would require the inclusion of AM radio in all new vehicles for eight years.

“I know quite well how crucial AM radio is for receiving emergency alerts during hurricane season, for consumers and rural communities to people stuck without electricity or internet during a national disaster,” said U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla.

The measure, amended Wednesday by the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce is an apparent compromise between emergency management groups, automakers and fans of talk radio shows that are broadcast primarily through AM channels. The auto industry has opposed AM requirements in new vehicles, citing costs and declining AM radio listenership.

The bill directs the U.S. Department of Transportation to, within a year, issue a rule requiring automakers to offer AM radio in their new vehicles at “no additional” cost “beyond the base price of the passenger motor vehicle.”

Teen’s body found in car registered to singer d4vd

A decomposed body found inside an impounded Tesla in Los Angeles has been identiﬁed as that of a teenage girl who went missing last year

Several news outlets reported the vehicle was registered to the singer d4vd, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, 20. Neither his representatives nor police responded to requests for comment. Authorities have not implicated d4vd in her death Celeste Rivas, 15, was found dead inside the vehicle, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Ofﬁce conﬁrmed Wednesday Officials have not determined her cause of death

The body was discovered Sept. 8 at a tow lot in Hollywood after someone noticed a stench coming from the Tesla, police said, according to news outlets In a statement, the medical examiner’s ofﬁce said the body “was found severely decomposed.”

An unnamed representative for d4vd told NBC Los Angeles that the singer has been cooperating with authorities since the body was found. It’s not clear why his car had been impounded. D4vd (pronounced “David”) is a Houston-born singer-songwriter who went from recording music in his sister’s closet to becoming one of Gen Z’s most buzzed-about artists. His music blends indie rock, R&B, and lo-ﬁ pop, which has made him a fresh, genre-bending voice in today’s alt-pop scene.

Autopsy finds Miss. student died by suicide

CLEVELAND,Miss.— An autopsy by the ofﬁce of Mississippi’s state medical examiner concluded that a Black student found hanging from a tree at Delta State University died by suicide, police said Thursday

The police department in Cleveland, where the campus is located, announced the ﬁndings in a news release. It said the autopsy results were consistent with a preliminary examination of the body by the Bolivar County coroner, which found no evidence of foul play

The 21-year-old student’s death was discovered early Monday. Even before the autopsy results were announced, the student’s family and their lawyers had called for an independent autopsy and implored police to show them any security camera recordings and other video gathered as evidence. Cleveland police released no details of the autopsy’s ﬁndings other than to say the cause of death was hanging and the manner of death had been ruled a suicide. It said results of toxicology tests are still pending and could take weeks.

A story Wednesday incorrectly said that the law ﬁrm Berrigan Litchfield donated $7,000 to Holly Friedman’s District A City Council campaign. The ﬁrm donated $6,000. The TimesPicayune regrets the error CORRECTION

Judge blocks deportations

Administration trying to deport Guatemalan migrant children who came to U.S. alone

BY REBECCA SANTANA and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press

WASHINGTON A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the U.S. alone back to their home country, the latest step in a court struggle over one of the most sensitive issues in Trump’s hard-line immigration agenda.

The decision by U.S. District Judge Timothy J Kelly comes after the Republican administration’s Labor Day weekend attempt to remove Guatemalan migrant children who were living in government shelters and foster care.

Trump administration ofﬁcials said they were seeking to reunify children with parents who wanted them returned home. “But that explanation crumbled like a house of

cards about a week later,” Kelly, who was nominated by Trump, wrote. “There is no evidence before the Court that the parents of these children sought their return.”

Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin in a statement insisted on the administration’s initial claims that parents requested being reunited with their children “This judge is blocking efforts to REUNIFY CHILDREN with their families. Now these children will have to go to shelters,” McLaughlin said. “All just to ‘get Trump.’ This is disgraceful and immoral.”

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Advocates for the children also submitted a whistleblower account to the court that suggests many of the children who were

found eligible for deportation had likely been victims of child abuse, like death threats, gang violence, and human trafﬁcking, Kelly noted in his order

“The court saw through the government’s repeated misrepresentations of critical facts to try to justify the indefensible targeting of vulnerable children who would have faced danger if forcibly sent to other countries,” Efrén C Olivares, vice president of litigation & legal strategy at the National Immigration Law Center said in a statement.

There was already a temporary order in place preventing the removal of Guatemalan children. But that was set to expire Tuesday Kelly granted a preliminary injunction extends that temporary protection indefinitely, although the government can appeal. Kelly did rebuff advocates’ push to block the removal of children

Stalking suspect ambushed Pa. police officers, killing 3

Prosecutor says shooter was armed with a rifle at his ex-girlfriend’s home

BY MARK SCOLFORO, TASSANEE

VEJPONGSA and MARC LEVY Associated Press

NORTH CODORUS, Pa. — A suspected stalker armed with a riﬂe hid at his ex-girlfriend’s home in the rolling farmland of southern Pennsylvania and ambushed police ofﬁcers who came to arrest him, killing three of them, a prosecutor said Thursday

Police arriving at the scene Wednesday noticed the door to the home was unlocked even though the ex-girlfriend and her mother had locked it before leaving the property for their safety

They opened the door and were immediately fired upon by the suspect, 24-year-old Matthew James Ruth, who was carrying an AR-style rifle with a suppressor, York County District Attorney Tim Barker said He said the suspect fired multiple rounds at the four officers at the door killing three of them. A gunfight then ensued between Ruth and two officers outside. Ruth wounded a sheriff’s deputy

before police shot the gunman to death, Barker said.

Detective Sgt. Cody Becker, Detective Mark Baker and Detective Isaiah Emenheiser were the ofﬁcers who were killed, he said. They all worked for the Northern York County Regional Police Department.

Investigators later found the ex-girlfriend’s dog had been shot dead in the basement.

Neighboring departments stepped in Thursday to help shoulder the workload as agency personnel grieved.

The violence erupted Wednesday afternoon as officers sought Ruth, who they believed had been at the property the night before. A woman he had brieﬂy dated lived there. Her mother called police late Tuesday after she spotted a man wearing camouflage looking into the home with binoculars.

Officers also spoke with the daughter, who had a photo from a trail camera showing someone carrying a rifle outside and aiming a scope at the house, according to a police affidavit.

Ruth eluded police that night, leading them to return the next day with misdemeanor warrants for his arrest. The young woman’s car had been set on ﬁre in August and she said she suspected he may have been involved.

Senate confirms dozens of nominees

BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Senate has confirmed 48 of President Donald Trump’s nominees at once, voting for the first time under new rules to begin clearing a backlog of executive branch positions that had been delayed by Democrats.

Frustrated by the stalling tactics, Senate Republicans moved last week to make it easier to confirm large groups of lower-level, non-judicial nominations. Democrats had forced multiple votes on almost every one of Trump’s picks, infuriating the president and tying up

the Senate ﬂoor

The new rules allow Senate Republicans to move multiple nominees with a simple majority vote a process that would have previously been blocked with just one objection. The rules don’t apply to judicial nominations or high-level Cabinet posts.

“Republicans have ﬁxed a broken process,” Thune said ahead of the vote.

The Senate voted 51-47 to conﬁrm the four dozen nominees. Thune said that those conﬁrmed on Thursday had all received bipartisan votes in committee, including deputy secretaries for the Departments of Defense, Interior, Energy and others.

Among the confirmed are Jonathan Morrison, the new administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece. Guilfoyle is a former California prosecutor and television news personality who led the fundraising for Trump’s 2020 campaign and was once engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr Democrats have blocked more nominees than ever before as they have struggled to find ways to oppose Trump and the GOP-dominated Congress, and as their voters have pushed them to fight Republicans at every turn.

from additional countries, though he said any attempt to remove those children in a similar way would likely be unlawful. Legal advocates working with Kids in Need of Defense visited Honduras last week and found government officials and nongovernmental organizations working “furiously” to receive as many as 400 children back from the United States. Contractors for Immigration and Customs Enforcement picked up the Guatemalan children from shelters and foster care and transported them to the airport. The government has said in court filings that it identified 457 children for possible removal to Guatemala although that list was eventually whittled down to 327. In the end, 76 got as far as boarding planes in El Paso and Harlingen, Texas, on Aug. 31 and were set to depart to Guatemala in what the government described as a first phase.

Man dies from injuries after riding coaster at Universal Orlando park

BY JEFF MARTIN and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man who was unresponsive after riding a roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort’s newest park died from blunt impact injuries, a medical examiner said Thursday Joshua Stephany, the medical examiner for the Orlando area, ruled the death an accident after performing an autopsy

The statement from Stephany did not mention any details about the injuries, including where on the body they were found.

The man in his 30s was found unresponsive after riding the coaster at Epic Universe on Wednesday, the Orange County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce in Orlando said He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead

Dennis Speigel, CEO and founder of consulting ﬁrm International Theme Park Services, called the autopsy’s conclusion “pretty shocking,” and he said it

raised more questions than it answered.

“Was it the head or the chest? Was he banging around? Was he in his seat properly?” Speigel said. “Was it an accident caused by the ride or him doing something?”

The roller coaster involved was Stardust Racers, Universal officials said in a statement. It’s described on the resort’s website as “a breathtaking, dual-launch coaster reaching incredible speeds up to 62 mph.”

Universal opened the park in May It has five themed sections and a 500room hotel. It’s the first major traditional theme park to open in Florida since 1999, when Universal Islands of Adventure debuted. Florida’s largest theme parks are exempt from state safety inspections Instead, the largest theme parks conduct their own inspections and have their own protocols, but they must report to the state any injury or death.

have been settled by 1031Canal including those filed by the families of the deceased workers, Jose Ponce Arreola, Anthony Magrette and QuinnyonWimberly—most of thecases were unresolved until now No criminal charges were ever filed in connection with thedisaster.But in April 2020, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited buildingengineer HeaslipEngineering, steel provider Suncoast Projects and Citadel for their roles in the disaster and fined the firms acollective $220,000.

All three companies have since settled withthe agency,according to records.

An attorney for 1031 Canal Development declined to comment.

Several attorneys representing individual victims contacted Thursdaysaid theyhad been advised by Judge Kern Reese, who is overseeing the case, not to comment and referred all questionsto the plaintiffs committee headed by Leger

The former Hard Rock construction site, at the intersection of Canaland Rampart streets,has been cleared but never redeveloped. Nearby businesses that were shuttered for months have reopened. A new hotel next door to the site is up and running,and much of the city has moved on. But the families of the men who died continue to grieve.

The families of thethree deceased victims arenot technically affected by the proposed settlement agreement announced Thursday as they settled their own wrongful death lawsuitsin early 2024. The amount of the payout, which went to the children of the workers, was never disclosed.

Still, somevictims’ family members said Thursday’sdevelopment brought up familiarfeelings. Angela Magrette hasbeen keeping the memory alive of her brother Anthony Magrette,with ashrine in

the Terrytown home they shared. She also holds amemorial forhim everyyear on the Oct. 12 anniversary of the collapse. She said she is gladother victims of the disaster will be compensated for their pain and suffering, but she doesn’tthink justice has been served.

“A financial settlement is not the samething as owning up,” Magrettesaid Thursdaybyphone “It’sjust away of trying to make thisgoaway.I want to make sure it is never forgotten.”

Thursday’stentative agreement comes aftermorethantwo years of mediationinthe case. Last fall, after thedevelopers rejecteda deal from the plaintiff’s committee on the eve of the ﬁfth anniversary of the collapse, negotiations broke down and the plaintiffs asked the court to set adate foratrial. In the months since, however, the twosides returned to the negotiating table, even while preparing fortrial.

While the tentative agreement is asignificant step toward resolving the case, Leger said it’stoo soon to say how long it will be before afinal settlement is filed and approved by the court. Even once it is, it will likely be under seal.

Leger declinedtoprovide range of payout amountsthatvictims could potentially receive. But he said settlementfunds will be placed into atrust and divided according to theterms of acourtapproved distribution plan.

The money will likely not be divided evenly among the morethan 400 victims, whose injuries range from minor injuries to months of business interruptiontomajor physical and mental disabilities. Rather,funds will be allocated based on individual injuries, Leger said.

Email StephanieRiegel at stephanie.riegel@theadvocate. com.

reshape the Fed board, which was designed to be largely independent from day-to-day politics. No president has fired asitting Fed governor in the agency’s 112-year history Cook, who was appointed to the Fed’sboard by President Joe Biden, aDemocrat, has said she won’tleave herpostand wo n’ tb e “bullied” by Trump. One of her lawyers, Abbe Lowell, has said she “will continue to carry out her sworn duties as aSenateconfirmed Board Governor Separately,SenateRepublicans on Monday confirmed Stephen Miran, Trump’s nomineetoanopenspot on the Fed’sboard. Both Cook and Miran took part in Wednesday’svote in which the Fed cut its key interest rate by aquarter-point. The next opportunity for Cook to cast avote will be at the meeting of the Fed’sinterest rate setting committee, scheduled for Oct. 28-29. Trump sought to fire Cook on Aug. 25, but afederal judge ruled last week that theremoval probablywas illegal and reinstated her to the Fed’sboard. Trump has

accused Cook of mortgage fraud because she appeared to claimtwo properties,in Michiganand Georgia,as “primary residences” in June and July 2021, before shejoined the board. Such claims can lead to alower mortgage rate and smaller down payment than if one of them was declared as a rental property or second home.

“Put simply, thePresident mayreasonably determine thatinterest rates paid by the American peopleshould notbeset by aGovernor who appears to have lied about factsmaterialtothe interest rates she secured for herself —and refuses to explain the apparent misrepresentations,” Solicitor General D. John Sauer wrote in his Supreme Court ﬁling.

But Cook hasdenied any wrongdoingand hasnot been charged with acrime.

According to documents obtained by The Associated Press, Cook did specify that herAtlanta condo would be

a“vacationhome,” according to aloan estimate she obtained in May 2021. And in aform seeking asecurity clearance, she describedit as a“2nd home.” Both documents appear to undercut the Trump administration’s claims of fraud.

U.S.DistrictJudge Jia Cobb ruled thatthe administration had notsatisfied a legalrequirement thatFed governors can only be fired “for cause,” which she said was limited to misconduct while in office. Cookdid not join the Fed’sboard until 2022.

Cobb alsoheld that Trump’sfiring would have deprivedCook of herdue process, or legal right, to contest theﬁring.

By a2-1 vote, apanel of the federal appeals court in Washington rejected theadministration’s requesttolet Cook’sﬁring proceed.

Trump’slawyers have argued that even if the conduct occurredbefore her time as governor, her al-

leged action “indisputably calls into questionCook’s trustworthinessand whether she can be aresponsible steward of the interest rates and economy.”

Trumphas previouslywon orders from the court’sconservative majority to fire thepresidentially appointed leadersofother independent federal agencies,including

the NationalLabor Relations Board and the Federal Trade Commission, even as legal ﬁghts continue. Those firings have been at will, with no cause given.

TheSupremeCourt has distinguishedthe Federal Reserve fromthose other agencies, strongly suggesting that Trumpcan’tact against Fed governors without cause. In itsnew filing to the Supreme Court, theadministrationisasking Chief Justice John Roberts for atemporary order that wouldeffectively remove Cook from the board and amore lasting order from the whole court that would be in place while her legal casecontinues.

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Three construction workers were killed when the Hard Rock Hotel collapsed in 2019.

school year, and officials did not plan to make more cuts. Instead, UNO will fill only “critical” positions, including employees who work directly with students or in health or safety Johnson also asked faculty to limit spending by not purchasing equipment, software or office supplies unless “absolutely essential or paid through external funds.”

The enrollment decline comes as the university prepares to transition from the University of Louisiana to the LSU system, a move endorsed by state policymakers and lawmakers but that UNO’s accrediting agency must still approve. Supporters hope that shifting the university to LSU, where enrollment has climbed to record highs, will help UNO attract more students.

“The future remains incredibly bright,” Johnson said in the email, “as we prepare to transition back to the LSU system with a realigned budget.” UNO’s long-term loss of students

— enrollment peaked at 17,000 students before Hurricane Katrina has wreaked havoc on the university’s budget

Facing a $15 million operational

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del Sol, who stepped down in June after more than 14 years with the organization, including seven as executive director, to run a preservation group in her native south Florida.

“Danielle did such a great job,” Palmer said. “I want to continue to build on and grow some of the programs and initiatives she started ” The center was founded in 1974 by neighborhood advocates and members of the Junior League of New Orleans. Its mission was to help preserve and revitalize historic buildings and neighborhoods in one of the country’s oldest cities.

Over the decades, its programs, education and advocacy efforts have been instrumental in the revitalization of Coliseum Square and the Lower Garden District, the

deficit at the beginning of last school year, Johnson instituted layoffs and furloughs, consolidated colleges and enacted a spending and hiring freeze. This summer, with only about 4,100 students enrolled, university ofﬁcials said they would get rid of most adjunct professor positions to further cut costs.

In her latest email, Johnson said

Warehouse District and Algiers Point, among other neighborhoods.

Palmer got her start while in her early 20s at the center, volunteering for one of its best-known programs, Christmas in October which focused on repairing and renovating blighted houses for elderly and disabled residents. She later went on to run the program, which has since spun off into its own organization and is now known as Rebuilding Together

The experience helped inspire her after Hurricane Katrina to start her own business, Bargeboard, which repairs and restores historic and blighted properties. At its start, the ﬁrm was focused on revitalizing Algiers, where Palmer lives.

“So much attention was focused on the East Bank, and nobody was renovating in my neighborhood,” she said. “So, we started doing renovations and went on to do inﬁll development and new construction.”

recent challenges at UNO have contributed to lower enrollment, including snafus as the university shifted to a new student-management software system, the loss of key staff in student-facing positions and “uncertainty about the future of the university regularly reﬂected in the press.” The university also enacted a policy that restricts students from enrolling in

Palmer, who served as the council member for District C, representing Algiers and the French Quarter from 2010-2014 and again from 2018-2022, said she will continue to own Bargeboard but will step down from running the ﬁrm day to day She said she does not foresee a potential conﬂict of interest in owning a development company

“I don’t think that is an issue,” she said. “This is a small city, and you always have to navigate, but the mission of the PRC is very clear and is something I believe in and am committed to.”

In her new role, Palmer will oversee the center’s $2 million annual operating budget and 15 employees. She will also manage its more than $6 million endowment.

Palmer said one of her ﬁrst priorities will be to grow some of the organization’s outreach and educational programming.

“The PRC is a unique nonproﬁt in that it has an advocacy arm,

classes if they have not paid tuition and fees.

Johnson told staff that UNO has made progress addressing those issues. The university also received funding from the state Legislature this year to help close its budget gap.

In a separate email in response to questions from The Times-Picayune, Johnson said that ofﬁcials had been expecting reduced revenues this school year, but they do not anticipate operating at a deﬁcit.

Christopher Summa, an associate professor of computer science and president of UNO’s faculty senate, said faculty members have begun community outreach to recruit students.

He noted that faculty have been working to obtain grants to help students attend the university, including a recent $2 million award from the National Science Foundation to provide scholarships to lowincome students studying biology and computer science.

“I very much believe in the quality of education that UNO provides,” Summa said. “For many years our faculty have been asked to do more with less, but we continue to maintain high standards in accreditation and the quality of our programs.”

Many faculty and staff members continued working during

an education arm and a programming arm that reaches into the communities,” she said. “That is what excited me — it is a holistic approach.”

She said she also hopes to expand the Revival Grants program launched under del Sol, which helps low-income homeowners make repairs and bring houses up to code.

“It enables people to age in place and stay in New Orleans and thrive in their neighborhoods,” she said “That is what keeps the authenticity alive.”

Palmer sees preservation as a form of economic development that can help attract new residents and businesses to the city by keeping its historic neighborhoods and properties alive. In that respect, she says the center plays a vital role in the life of New Orleans.

“More money stays in a community when you renovate a house than when you tear down

furloughs earlier this year, recruiting students and planning classes even as they went without pay, said UNO’s chapter of the United Campus Workers, a union that represents UNO employees.

“The front line workers of UNO remain its strongest advocates,” the union said, “helping students navigate broken systems, teaching independent studies without compensation, and promoting the university in the community.”

Meanwhile, UNO officials say they are optimistic that the shift to LSU will help boost enrollment.

In her email, Johnson said a transition team will launch in October She added that “exciting opportunities” related to LSU will help UNO recruit prospective students, though she did not share speciﬁcs.

In response to questions, Johnson added that it will be easier for students to transfer to UNO when it’s part of the LSU system. She also said the move will allow UNO to expand recruitment to target adult learners and out-of-state students who may be interested in online degree programs.

“We have high hopes that the transition to the LSU system will allow us to recalibrate potential students’ impression of us,” Summa said, “and highlight our unique position as the New Orleans region’s only public urban research and teaching institution.”

a house, and historic building tax credits have a larger multiplier beneﬁt than any other tax credit out there,” she said. “We also have to remember that the people who come here and move here and live here do so because of our built environment and because this is a special place.”

In a statement, PRC Board chair Hartley Crunk said Palmer was selected because of her experience with the organization.

“Kristin has a long history with the PRC and a unique background that is invaluable to the organization when it comes to making sure the people and places that make this city so special are protected,” Crunk said. “She made sure her time on the City Council was used to continue those efforts.”

Palmer’s ﬁrst day is Sept. 29.

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

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About 5,700 students are enrolled at UNO this school year, according to a fall head count shared with faculty and staff this week.

Kimmel’s future in balanceafter suspension

28 ABC afﬁliates.

BY DAVID BAUDER AP media writer

NEW YORK Jimmy Kimmel’stelevision future hung in the balance Thursday after ABCsuspended his late-night show following the host’scomments about the assassination of CharlieKirk, leaving thenetwork’sparent companyto decide whether supporting him is worth the risk to its business.

Kimmel

Twoother companies thatoperate dozens of ABC stations came out against Kimmel, and theyare being cheered on by aTrump administration regulator who can make life difﬁcult for ABC’s owner,the Walt Disney Co. But advocates for free speech say it’stime for the company to take astand.

Kimmel made several remarks on his show Monday and Tuesday about the reaction to the conservative activist’skilling last week, suggesting many Trump supporters are trying to capitalize on Kirk’s death.“TheMAGAgang(is) desperately trying to characterize thiskid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than oneof them and doingeverything they can to score political pointsfrom

it,” Kimmelsaid. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr,said Kimmel appearedtobemaking an intentional effort to mislead thepublic that the man accused in the fatal shooting was aright-wing Trump supporter Authorities say 22-year-old Tyler Robinson grew up ina conservative household in southern Utah but was enmeshedin“leftist ideology.”

Kimmel has not commented on thesuspension. Hissupporters

sayCarr misread what the comic said and thatnowheredid he speciﬁcally suggest that Robinson was conservative.

60+affiliates refuse to airshow ABC, which has aired “Jimmy KimmelLive!”since 2003, announced the suspension Wednesday shortly after Nexstar Communications Group said itsstations would not show Kimmel because his Kirk remarkswere “offensive and insensitive.” Nexstar operates

Sinclair Broadcast Group said it would not air the show either.The companycalled on Kimmeltoapologize to Kirk’sfamily and make a “meaningfulpersonal donation” to the activist’spolitical organization, Turning Point USA. Sinclair said thatits 38 ABC stations will air a tributetoKirkonFridayinKimmel’stime slot. Local affiliates in the past occasionally grumbled aboutsome showsfromthe network andeven refused to air them. What’snew is that so many stations are working together to apply the pressure at thesametime, said Robert Thompson,founding director of the Bleier Center forTelevision and PopularCultureatSyracuse University

The refusal by 66 stations to air aprogram represents asigniﬁcant ﬁnancialhit. Roughly 230 stations across the country carry ABC programming. The network owns and operates eight of the largest stations, in citiessuchasNew York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston.

Pendingbusinessdeals

Disneyisseeking regulatory approval for ESPN’sacquisition of the NFL Network, and Nexstar needs the Trump administration’s blessing to complete its$6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna.

For both companies, reinstating

Kimmel after asuspension would risk angering Trump, who has alreadyinaccurately claimedthat the show has been canceled.

The Kimmelsuspensionwas met withangerand disappointment in some political circlesand the creative community

“After yearsofcomplaining aboutcancel culture,the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action againstmedia companiesunless they muzzle or ﬁre reporters and commentators it doesn’tlike,” former President Barack Obama said Thursday on X.

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren,DMass., said: “First Colbert, now Kimmel. it sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.”

Kimmel would appear to have “a very narrow path” back to the air on ABC, said Bill Carter,author of “The Late Shift” andanauthority on late-night TV.Disney is doubtless getting pressure fromstakeholders to avoid aﬁght.

But Disney CEO Bob Igerhas no doubt learned that giving in to abully doesn’tmake him go away, Carter said. Iger may see that capitulation in theformofpermanently taking Kimmeloff theair would be astain on his reputation, he said.

BY JILL COLVIN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press

PHOENIX Turning Point

USA, the organization Charlie Kirk foundedtomobilize young, Christian conservatives, has seenamassive surge in interest andsupport since the activist’sassassination last week.

As conservatives mourn Kirk’sdeath, thegroupappears poised to remaina MAGA juggernaut as it plots its future without Kirk at the helm.

The group’s board announced Thursday that Kirk’swidow,Erika Kirk, had been unanimously electedas

its next leaderand will serve as CEO andboardchair

“This was what Charlie hoped forand wanted and he saidsonumerous times,” Tyler Bowyer,the group’s chiefoperating ofﬁcer,said on socialmedia.“Erika is onewith Charlie and Charlie is one with Erika.” Turning Point became a multimillion-dollaroperation under Charlie Kirk’s leadership, and was credited with helpingtoreturn President Donald Trump to ofﬁce. Since Kirk’skilling,his podcast and social mediahave attracted millions ofnew followers. There has been an outpouring of interest in expanding Turning Point’s

footprint on college and high schoolcampuses, the group’s spokesperson says, andfuture large-scale events are continuing as planned.

“It will grow,”saidTurning Point spokesperson AndrewKolvet, whoisalso a producer of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast. “What we’re seeing is that Charlie’s legacy will be much greater, broader,and bigger than we even realized in life.”

Both Turning Point and Kirk’s otherventureshave received unprecedented interest since he was killed.

Kirk’spodcast is now the top showonApple,his social media accounts have gained millionsoffollowers and his

clips have garnered millions of views.

Turning Point has also received over 60,000 inquiries to start newcampus chapters, Kolvet saidThursday. Thegroup currently has3,500 chapters on college campusesand in high schools across the nation.

Aubree Hudson, president of the Turning Pointchapter at Brigham Young University thathelped organize the Utah Valley University eventwhere Kirk was assassinated,said hundreds of students have reachedout about getting involved.

“That’sthe beautiful part of this tragedy, that his movement, Turning Point, is

exploding,” she said. She predicted conservatives who have been afraid to share their viewsatschool will start speaking up.

Turning Point USA is not just acampus advocacy group promoting conservative causes. It andits afﬁliated group, Turning Point Action, played acrucial role in the 2024 election, helping to turn outvoters who don’t typically cast ballots.

It is also afundraising behemoth. Thegroup’stwo primary nonproﬁt arms collectively took in nearly $100 million in 2024, according to formsﬁled with the IRS. Aseparate nonprofit wing called the Turning Point

Endowment hasanother $60.9 million in the bank. Kirk’swidow and the motheroftheir twochildren, Erika Kirk, has vowed to continuethe group’smission. She said during an emotional broadcast from herhusband’sstudio that a planned campus tour this fall would go on, as would the podcast and one of the group’smarquee events “America Fest” —planned forDecember Erika Kirk has afollowing in herown right.The former 2012 Miss Arizona USA has worked as amodel,actress andcasting director,according to abiography on her website.

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Demonstrators picketThursday in response to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night showoutsideWalt Disney Studios in Burbank, Calif.

D.C. leadersdefendcrime-fightingefforts to Congress

BY GARYFIELDS and MATT BROWN Associated Press

WASHINGTON D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser on Thursday defended her policiesto Congress as President Donald Trump’slaw enforcement surge is in its second month and lawmakers act to further limit the city’sauthority She wasinvited to the House CommitteeonOversight and Government Reform to answer questions about crime in the nation’scapital. Trump issued an emergency order last month that federalized the city’spolice department and launched asurge of law enforcement. The emergency order expired earlier this month but federal agencies and the National Guardcontinue their operationsinthe city Bowser listed off the city’s accomplishments in reduc-

ingcrime, acknowledging that the federalintervention hadenhancedthoseachievements.

“Any crime is too much crime,”Bowser said.“But we’re trending in the right direction.”

ing the hearing with alitany of recent offenses, many of them crimes involving current andformer congressionalstaffmembers, including the fatal shooting of Congressional intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym

“These actions send every signal to criminals, especially juveniles, thattheycan commitcrimes in the district without accountability.”

Bowser is leading the city at atimewhenthe district’s self-governance is being challenged in ways never before seen since the passage of the Home Rule Actof 1973,which grants thedistrict some autonomy. Federal leaders retain signiﬁcant control overlocal affairs, including theapproval of the budget and laws passed by the D.C. Council.

Committeechair Rep. James Comer berated Bowser and othercity ofﬁcials for D.C. crime, open-

“Thesehigh crime rates are largely driven by historically high rates of juvenile crime, whichwere enabled by ultra-progressive, soft on crime policiesenacted by theD.C. Council and supported by the D.C. Attorney General,” he said.

Comer alsotalked about other changesinD.C. law that had eliminated mandatory minimum sentences for mostcrimes as well as changesthatrestricted local police from pursuing criminals.

“Officers cannotexecute theirduties as effectively leaving morale, retention and recruitment numbers at historic lows for the Metro Police Department,” he said.

Hurricanecentereyesnew system whileGabrielle spins

BY RICHARD TRIBOU Orlando Sentinel (TNS)

The National HurricaneCenter on Thursdaycontinued to track Tropical StormGabriellewhile also eyeingatropical wave moving off the coast of Africa that could become the season’snext named storm.

As of the NHC’s4 p.m. advisory on Gabrielle, the system had 50 mph sustainedwinds located about700 miles east-northeast of the Caribbean’snorthernLeeward Islands, headedwest-northwest at 13 mph.Tropicalstorm-force winds extend out 290miles from its center Gabrielle became the season’sseventh named storm after it intensified from a tropical depression that formed earlier Wednesday

“This motion is expected to continue over the next couple days,followed by anorthwestward turn this weekend,” forecasters said. “Little change in strength is forecast over the next 24 hours,but some gradualintensiﬁcationisforecast shortly thereafter.” Its forecast path has shifted and could

be athreat to Bermuda.Projections have it growing into aCategory1 hurricaneby Sunday,and then Category 2byMonday with 100 mph winds, which would be only thesecondhurricane of the season.

“TheNHC intensity forecastisraised from the previous one, but not as high as the model consensus mostly due to continuity,” the NHC storm discussionreads. “Thereare agrowing number of hurricane models that are indicating Gabrielle could approach major hurricane strengthafter theweekend.”

Atropical wavewas right on thecoast of Africa producing disorganizedthunderstorm activity

“Some gradual development of thissystem is possibleover the weekendthrough themiddle of nextweek whileitmoves west-northwestward across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic,” forecasters said.

TheNHC gave it a20% chance to develop in the nextseven days.

The climatological peak of theAtlantic hurricane season was on Sept.10, but 60% of annual activityhas historically happened after this date, the NHCstated

Trumpthreatens licenses of TV stations that criticizehim

BY CATHERINE LUCEY andKATESULLIVAN Bloomberg News (TNS)

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump suggested that U.S. broadcast networks should face scrutiny over theirlicensesiftheir content is overwhelmingly criticalofhim, anddefendedABC’sdecision to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s show indeﬁnitely over remarks about thedeath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

“That’ssomething that shouldbetalked aboutfor licensing,too.Whenyou have anetworkand you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “They’re licensed. They’re not allowed to do that. They’re an arm of the Democrat party.”

Trump praised FCC Chair Brendan Carr and drew adirect link between coverage that the president viewsas negative andthe prospect of TV licenses being revoked as a consequence.

“I read someplace that the networkswere 97% against me again, Iget 97% negative. Andyet Iwon it easily.Iwon all seven swing

states, the popularvote, whatever.They’re 97% against. They give me totally bad publicity,the press,” Trumpsaid. “They’re getting alicense. Iwould think maybe their license should be taken away.Itwill be up to Brendan Carr.Ithink Brendan Carr is outstanding. He’sa patriot.”

Walt Disney Co.’sABC networksaid it is taking “Jimmy KimmelLive!”off theair indeﬁnitely followinga backlashfrom conservatives over the late-night host’s commentsabout Kirk. Earlier Thursday,Trump backed ABC’sdecision to removeKimmel amid pressure from network afﬁliates who had said they were pulling theshow

“Jimmy Kimmel was ﬁred becausehehad bad ratingsmorethan anything else, and he said ahorriblething aboutagreat gentlemanknown as Charlie Kirk,” Trumpsaid Thursdayduring his press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

“Jimmy Kimmel is not atalented person,” Trump continued. “He had very bad ratings, and they should have ﬁred him along time ago. So, you know,you can call that free speechornot. He was ﬁredfor lack of talent.”

Trump has touted the law enforcement surge as aresounding success in driving down thecity’scrime rate —anassertion Bowser has supported. Butdatashowed that crime wasalready fallingbeforethe federal intervention.

At thehearing, the tone of questionsfrom members of the committee dependedon party afﬁliation.Democrats defended theleadership of thedistrict’sleaders.

Bowser’s appearance beforethe committee came oneday after theHouse passedthe legislation of what wouldbeamajor realignmentofthe district’s criminal justice system.

The bills in question— including lowering the age at whichjuvenilescan be

chargedasadultsfor some crimes to 14 from 16, as well as eliminating D.C.’srole in selecting judgesand leaving that solely to the president, passed out of the committee last week.The HouseRules Committee passed the same group of bills on Monday and the House, with anumber of Democrats supporting the measures, approved the bills.

The bills are not likely to get through the Senate ﬁli-

buster but they are among the most comprehensive crimepackages to advance in Congressinrecent memory The hearing included discussions about D.C.’sdiversity,equality and inclusion programs, reparations and how to define womanhood, areﬂection of how Congress hasthe powertocontrol broadaspects of thecapital’sday-to-day workings, should it choose to.

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FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS

Bed Bath & Beyond to return to Louisiana

Bed Bath & Beyond is coming back.

The company announced

Tuesday it plans to rebrand all of the Kirkland’s Home stores, including the 9 Louisiana outlets, to Bed Bath & Beyond locations Bed Bath & Beyond purchased the Kirkland’s name and brand assets from The Brand House Collective for $10 million in a deal that closed the same day

The rebrandings are set to take place over the next two years. Kirkland’s has stores in Baton Rouge, Lafayette Shreveport, Monroe, Alexandria, Denham Springs, Slidell, Covington and Harvey

The plan to go back to retail locations is a change in strategy for Bed Bath & Beyond

The retailer was known for its blue and white coupons offering deep discounts on kitchen gadgets and home furnishings. By 2019, it had more than 1,500 stores in North America. But the company hit a prolonged sales slump and by 2023 it ﬁled for bankruptcy and liquidated all of its brick and mortar stores. In June 2023, online retailer Overstock.com acquired its intellectual property assets for $21.5 million, and rebranded itself as Bed Bath & Beyond.

After serving as an onlineonly business for a couple of years, Bed Bath & Beyond moved back into the physical retail business.

Hyundai expanding raided Georgia complex

Hyundai Motor Group on Thursday confirmed it is going forward with previously announced plans to expand its Georgia plant, just weeks after an immigration raid delayed the startup of an electric vehicle battery plant at the site.

As part of a broader investment strategy, Hyundai said it would spend $2.7 billion to increase production capacity at the Ellabell site by 200,000 over the next three years, to a total of 500,000 vehicles a year

The company ﬁrst announced the expansion in March at the grand opening of the plant west of Savannah, and had said in August that it would invest an additional $5 billion in United States overall. But the raid, which included arrests of more than 300 South Korean citizens, led to questions about the wisdom of the Asian nation investing in the U.S.

The company said it now plans to produce 10 models of electric and hybrid gas-electric vehicles in Georgia.

Starbucks workers are taking legal action

Starbucks workers in three states took legal action against the coffee giant Wednesday, saying it violated the law when it changed its dress code but refused to reimburse employees who had to buy new clothes.

The employees, who are backed by the union organizing Starbucks’ workers, filed class-action lawsuits in state court in Illinois and Colorado. Workers also filed complaints with California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency. If the agency decides not to seek penalties against Starbucks, the workers intend to file a class-action lawsuit in California, according to the complaints.

Starbucks’ new dress code went into effect on May 12. It requires all workers in North America to wear a solid black shirt with short or long sleeves under their green aprons. Shirts may or may not have collars, but they must cover the midriff and armpits.

Employees must wear khaki, black or blue denim bottoms without patterns or frayed hems or solid black dresses that are not more than 4 inches above the knee The dress code also requires workers to wear black, gray, dark blue, brown, tan or white shoes made from a waterproof material

Wall Street rolls to more records, led by a rally for tech stocks

BY STAN CHOE Associated Press

NEW YORK Wall Street rolled to more records on Thursday as Nvidia and Intel led a rally for technology stocks after announcing a deal that includes a $5 billion investment.

The S&P 500 rose 0.5% and is on track for a third straight winning week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 124 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9%. All three set all-time highs.

Encouraging reports on the economy sent Treasury yields climbing in the bond market, meanwhile, including one that said fewer U.S. workers applied for

unemployment benefits last week than expected. That could indicate the pace of layoffs is slowing, and it was a relief after the prior week’s data showed a disconcerting leap to a four-year high. The job market has slowed so much that the Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its main interest rate for the first time this year in order to give it some help. The Fed also indicated more cuts may be on the way though Chair Jerome Powell warned that the Fed is in a precarious position and may have to change course quickly That’s because the economy is in an unusual situation where the job market is slowing while inflation is remaining stubbornly high at the same time.

Expectations are high on Wall Street that the Fed will keep cutting interest rates, and an unexpected halt could send stocks tum-

bling. Critics say stock prices have already shot too high and become too expensive, in part because of heavy bets on continued cuts in rates.

On Wall Street, smaller stocks led the way They can be some of the biggest beneﬁciaries of easier interest rates, and the Russell 2000 index of small stocks rallied 2.5% to join its bigger rivals in setting all-time highs. It topped its prior record, which was set in 2021. Stocks in the cryptocurrency industry jumped to strong gains, including rises of 7% for Coinbase Global, 20.7% for Bullish and 7.2% for Circle Internet Group Bitcoin climbed above $117,500 following the Fed’s cut to interest rates.

Novo Nordisk saw its stock that trades in the United States rise 6.3% after the Danish company said a newly published study showed its once-a-day pill version of Wegovy helped people lose sig-

niﬁcant weight. It also said that its Ozempic product reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke and death for patients versus another treatment for some people with type 2 diabetes.

On the losing end of Wall Street, the company behind Olive Garden and other restaurant chains sank 7.7% after it reported a proﬁt for the latest quarter that was below analysts’ expectations. Darden Restaurants also raised its forecast for revenue growth this ﬁscal year, but not by much more than analysts expected.

The Walt Disney Co. slipped 1.1% after the entertainment giant announced that its ABC television division had suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indeﬁnitely after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-afﬁliated stations to say they would not air the show

Nvidia to invest $5 billion in Intel

Companies to work on custom data centers and personal computer products

BY KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN AP business reporter

Nvidia, the world’s leading chipmaker, announced on Thursday that it’s investing $5 billion in Intel and will collaborate with the struggling semiconductor company

Nvidia said it will spend $5 billion to buy Intel common stock at $23.28 a share. The investment, which is subject to regulatory approvals, comes a month after the U.S. government took a 10% stake in Intel.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called it “a fusion of two world-class platforms” that combines Intel’s strength in making conventional computer chips, known as CPUs, that power most laptops, with Nvidia’s focus on the specialized graphics chips that are critical for artiﬁcial intelligence.

“This partnership is a recognition that computing has fundamentally changed,” Huang told reporters Thursday “The era of accelerated and AI computing has arrived.”

Intel soared 22.8% for its best day since 1987. Nvidia climbed 3.5% and was by far the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 because it’s Wall Street’s most valuable company

For data centers, Intel will make custom chips that Nvidia will use in its AI infrastructure platforms. While for personal computer products, Intel will build chips that integrate Nvidia technology

The agreement provides a lifeline for Intel, which was a Silicon Valley pioneer that enjoyed decades of growth as its processors powered the personal computer boom, but fell into a slump after missing the shift to the mobile computing era unleashed by the iPhone’s 2007 debut.

Intel fell even farther behind in recent years amid the AI boom that’s propelled Nvidia into the world’s most valuable company Intel lost nearly $19 billion last year and another $3.7 billion in the ﬁrst six months of this year, and expects to slash its workforce by a quarter by the end of 2025.

The U.S. government stepped in last month to secure a 10% stake 433.3 million shares

of non-voting stock priced at $20.47 apiece — making it one of Intel’s biggest shareholders. Federal ofﬁcials said they invested in Intel in order to bolster U.S. technology and domestic manufacturing. The news of Nvidia’s investment caused Intel’s stock price to surge more than 5% in Thursday afternoon trading, resulting in a one-day gain of $2.4 billion for the U.S. government’s stake.

Huang said Nvidia has been in talks with Intel for about a year Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, who joined the press call with Huang on Thursday said he’s been talking to Nvidia since he was named Intel’s new leader in March.

“This is a very big, important milestone,” Tan said. “I call it a game-changing opportunity that we can work together.” Nvidia has soared because its specialized chips are underpinning the AI boom. The chips, known as graphics processing units, or GPUs, are highly effective at developing powerful AI systems.

The deal between the two chipmakers comes as China moves to be less dependent on U.S. semiconductor technology This

week, Chinese ofﬁcials reportedly forbade several large domestic technology companies from purchasing Nvidia chips, and Huawei announced that it was expanding its development of AI chips and manufacturing. While Nvidia and Intel, both headquartered in Santa Clara, California, will work together to develop new chips, a manufacturing deal has yet to be struck between the two. The potential access to Intel’s chip foundries by Nvidia poses a risk to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which currently manufactures the tech giant’s ﬂagship processors. Huang emphasized Thursday that both his company and Intel remain “very successful customers” of TSMC.

Of Nvidia’s own Intel stake, Huang said “the Trump administration had no involvement in this partnership at all,” though “would have been very supportive, of course.”

Huang has been in Britain on a visit that coincides with Trump’s trip to the country, and he has been attending events with the president along with other Silicon Valley bigwigs.

BY DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press

The Federal Trade Commission and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general sued Ticketmaster and its parent company Thursday, saying they are forcing consumers to pay more to see live events through a variety of illegal tactics.

The FTC said Live Nation and its subsidiary, Ticketmaster, have deceived artists and consumers by advertising lower ticket prices than what consumers must pay and falsely claiming to impose strict limits on the number of tickets consumers can buy for an event. In reality, the FTC said, Ticketmaster coordinates with ticket brokers who bypass those ticket limits. The FTC said brokers use fake accounts to buy up millions of dollars worth of tickets and then sell them at a substantial markup on Ticketmaster’s platform Ticketmaster beneﬁts from the additional fees it collects from those sales, the FTC said.

The Associated Press left messages seeking comment Thursday with Beverly Hills, Californiabased Live Nation Entertainment.

Ticketmaster controls 80% or more of major U.S. concert venues’ primary ticketing, according to the FTC. Consumers spent more than $82.6 billion buying tickets from Ticketmaster between 2019 and 2024, the agency added.

“American live entertainment is the best in the world and should be accessible to all of us. It should not cost an arm and a leg to take the family to a baseball game or attend your favorite musician’s show,” FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson said in a statement.

The lawsuit was ﬁled in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Joining the lawsuit were the attorneys general of Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Nebraska, Tennessee, Utah and Virginia.

Ticketmaster has been in lawmakers’ sights since 2022, when it spectacularly botched ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour The company’s site was overwhelmed by fans and attacks from brokers’

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give commands to a robot at Nvidia’s booth during the 3rd China International

Chain Expo at the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing in July

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More Americanssay Israel hasgonetoo faronGaza

BY AAMER MADHANIand LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press

WASHINGTON At amoment ofgrowing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S.adultsviewIsrael’smilitary action in the Palestinian territory as excessive than at the beginningof the war,according to anew poll. About half of Americans say the military response from Israel in the GazaStrip has “gone too far,” according to the surveyfrom The AssociatedPress-NORC Centerfor Public Affairs Research. That’supfromNovember 2023, when 40% said Israel’smilitaryaction had gone too far.ThatAP-NORC poll was conductedshortly after Hamasstartedthe conﬂict by launchinganOct.7,2023,assault on Israel in which militants killed about 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.

But at the same time, Americans overall, particularly Republicans, are less likely to say that negotiating aceaseﬁre shouldbe a high priority for the U.S. government than they were just afew months agowhen the U.S. was holding ceaseﬁre talks with Hamas.

The shift in Americanattitudes about Israel’sactions comes as Israel begins an expanded ground offensive on Gaza City Israel is facing increased international scrutiny over its conduct in Gaza, with ateam of independentexperts commissioned by the United Nations’ HumanRights Council this week announcing it has concluded that Israel is committing genocide.

“The level of innocent women and children suffering,” said Renee Hollier,ofLafayette, Louisiana, whodescribed herself as apoliticalindependentand mother of a toddler.“There’s justnojustiﬁcationfor this kind of suffering to continue.” Bipartisan uptick in ‘gonetoo far’ view The poll found abipartisanuptick in Americans finding Israel’smilitary response has “gone too far.”

About 7in10Democrats say thisnow,up from 58% in November 2023.And roughly half of independents say the same, compared with about 4in10in the earliermeasure. Republicans have also moved slightly, from 18% to 24%

Concern about overreach from Israel was high in January 2024, when 50% of U.S. adultssaid Israel had“gonetoo far,”but that fell slightlyasthe war continued. And 45% of U.S. adults now say it’s“extremely or “very” importantfor theU.S.toprovide humanitarian relief to PalestiniansinGaza, similar to Americans’ views atthe startof the war but up slightly from 41% in March

Changing viewsonnegotiating ceasefire Despite thegrowing view that Israel has overstepped,Americans are less likely to consider it ahigh priority to negotiate apermanent ceaseﬁre between Israel and Hamas than they were when the Trump administration was heavilyinvolved in negotiations.

That downwardshift is primarily driven by Republicans. About half of U.S.adults sayit’s“extremely”or“very” important,down from 59% in March but in line with views from last year Republicans havegrownlesslikely to say it’s “extremely” or “very” important for theU.S. to negotiate apermanent ceaseﬁre since earlier in the year,while Democrats haven’tshifted.

Israeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu has said theconﬂict will continue until Hamas is eliminated and the remaining hostages are released from captivity.Hamas has saidits assault was in response to the more than decadelong blockade of Gaza, Israeli raids inside West Bankcities, increasingattacks by settlersonPalestinians and the growth of settlements.

In interviews, Americans across the political spectrum were dour about the prospects of the Trump administration mediating a lastingceasefire. During the campaign, Trump pledged to quickly end the IsraelHamas war as well as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He’sstruggled with both.

Approval of Trump’shandling of the conﬂictisdown slightly amongU.S.adults to 37%, compared with 44% in March.

Dems prioritize two-statenegotiations

Larry Kapenstein, 71, aDemocrat from Middletown, Pennsylvania, saidhe’sworried about the conﬂict’slong-term ramiﬁcations for Israel’s economy and standing in the world. “I side withIsrael, and Ithink they’re inthe right in this, but Ithink Netanyahu hasjusttaken this toofar,” Kapenstein said. “There’sgot to be abetter way.”

About 3in10U.S.adults saiditis“extremely” or “very” important to negotiate theestablishment of an independentPalestinian state, unchanged from January 2024. But that belief is especially pronounced among Democrats: About half now say this is highly important, up from 41% in 2024. That compareswith19% of independents and 14% of Republicans.

Thesurveyalso found slightly less support for militaryaid for Israel. About 2in10 U.S. adults said it is “extremely” or “very” important for the U.S. to provide aid to Israel’s military to ﬁght Hamas, down from 36% at thewar’sstart. The decline has been particularly dramatic amongDemocrats, from 30% at thebeginning of the war to 15% now Lehks Wright,50, of Albany,Georgia,who is an independent, said it’sdifﬁcult to justify spending billions of dollarsbackingIsrael’s military when theTrump administration is calling for sweeping cutsinfederal spendingonhealth care and other social programs.

The AP-NORC poll of 1,183 adults was conducted Sept. 11-15, using asample drawn from NORC’sprobability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed tobe representative of theU.S.population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus orminus3.8 percentage points.

BY FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press

UNITEDNATIONS The United States once again vetoed aU.N. Security Council resolution Thursday that had demandedanimmediate and permanent ceaseﬁre in Gaza andthe releaseofhostages after sayingthat the effortdid not go far enough in condemning Hamas.

All 14 other members of theUnited Nations’most powerfulbodyvoted in favor of the resolution, which described thehumanitarian situation in Gaza as “catastrophic”and called on Israel to lift all restrictions on the delivery of aid to the 2.1 millionPalestinians in the territory.The outcome further highlights U.S. and Israeli isolation on theworld stage regarding the nearly two-year war in Gaza. The vote came just days

ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly, where Gaza will be amajortopic andwhere major U.S. allies areexpectedto recognize an independent Palestinian state. It is a largely symbolic movethat is vehementlyopposed by Israel andthe U.S., dividing the Trump administration from close allies, including the U.K. and France.

The resolution, drafted by the council’s10elected members whoserve twoyear terms, goes further thanprevious drafts to highlight what it calls the “deepening of suffering” of Palestinian civilians.

It also reiterates demands fromprevious resolutions, including forthe release of all hostages held by Hamas and other militant groups following their Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack in southern

Israel that launched the war in Gaza. In opposing similar resolutions since November, the U.S. has complained that thedemands,including aceaseﬁre, were not directly linkedtothe unconditional release of hostages and would only embolden Hamas militants. Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. blastedthe newresolution, saying that it would “not release the hostages and will not bring security to the region.” “Israel will continue to ﬁght Hamas and protect its citizens, even if the Security Council prefers to turn ablind eye to terrorism,” he said in astatement Thursday

The resolutionalso expressed “deep alarm” after areport said Gaza City has becomegripped by famine, and thatit’slikely to spread.

Trumpwraps up U.K. visitwithgratitude forhosts

BY MICHELLEL.PRICE, JILL

LAWLESS and WILL

WEISSERT Associated Press

AYLESBURY, England President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was “tremendously thankful” for the pageantry and splendor lavished on him during his secondstatevisittothe United Kingdom as he wrapped up a trip that largely sidestepped major public disagreements over difﬁcult trade and geopoliticalissues.

The mutual warmth, along with Trump’sabundance of kind words bestowed on the host country,suggested that an all-out charm offensive by the royal family and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hadits desired effect, even though there was anotable lack of progress on somekey matters.

Trump and Starmer signed what both sides hailed as a historic agreement on science and technology,and they held aroundtable with global business leaders where they suggested the deal could mean signiﬁcant job gains. Among the topics tackledmostly in private talks between Trump and Starmer were the wars in Ukraine and Gaza and U.S. tariff rates on steel imported from Britain.

“The bond between our countries is like no other anywhere in the world,” Trump said at anews confer-

Even high-proﬁle points of dissent, such as Britain’simpendingmovetorecognize a Palestinianstate,stayedcordial. “I have adisagreement withthe prime ministeron that score,” Trump said, adding that “it’s one of our few disagreement,actually.”

When Trumpwas asked about his lack of progress in brokering adeal to end Moscow’swar in Ukraine andheacknowledged that Russian President Vladimir Putinhas “let me down,” Starmerescalatedthe ﬂattery anotch. The prime minister said he and Trumphad discussedhow to “decisively increase the pressureonPutin”and that Trumphad “led theway here.”

archive of wartime leader Winston Churchill, who coined the term “special relationship” forthe bond between the allies.

It’ssomething Trump’s British hostshavestressed repeatedly,almost 250 years afterthatrelationship endured arocky start in 1776.

ence at Chequers, the 16thcentury manor house northwest of London that serves as aruralretreat for British leaders. The U.S. and U.K., theAmericanpresident said, have“done more good for the planetthan any other nation in history.”

Starmer saidthat “time and time again,itisBritish and American men and women, side by side, changing the path of historyand turning it towardsour values, towards freedom,democracy and the rule of law.”

The very end of the trip sawTrump’shelicoptercarrying him from Chequers to the airport at Stansted for hisﬂight to Washington make an unscheduled land-

ing at alocal airﬁeld due to what theWhite Housecalled a“minorhydraulic issue.”

No one was injured, and a backup chopper completed thejourney

The Trump-Starmermutual admiration followed King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s feting of Trump and ﬁrst lady Melania Trumpat WindsorCastle on Wednesdaywith all the pompthe monarchy can muster,including the biggest military honor guard ever assembled for astate visit

Trumpcalled the king and queen “two fantastic people” and said he was” “tremendously thankful” and “grateful beyond words” for the hospitality.

‘Genuinely like each other’

At an earliersigning ceremony for the agreement meant to promote tech investment, Starmer referred to the Republican president as “my friend, ourfriend” and spoke of “leaders who respect each other and leaders who genuinely likeeach other.”

TheTrumps’ final day in Britain began by bidding farewell to thekingand queen at Windsor Castle and ﬂying by helicopter to Chequers for more spectacle: aceremonial honorguard withbagpipers, in anod to Trump’sScottish heritage, and aparachute demonstration. He also was shown the

To coincide with the visit, BritainsaidU.S.companies had pledged $204 billion in investment in the U.K., including $122 billion from investment firm Blackstone in the next decade. Investment will also flowthe other way, includingalmost $30 billion by pharmaceutical firm GSK in the U.S. U.K. officials say the deal will bringthousands of jobs and billions in investment in artificial intelligence, quantumcomputingand nuclear energy.Itincludesa U.K. arm of Stargate, aTrumpbacked AI infrastructure project ledbyOpenAI, and ahost of AI data centers around theU.K. American companiesare announcing $42 billion in investment in the U.K.’s AI sector,including $30 billion from Microsoftfor products including Britain’slargest supercomputer British officialssaidthey have not agreed to scrapa digital services tax or water downinternet regulation to getthe deal,some details of which have yettobeannounced.

There was less movement on tariffs. In May,Starmer and Trumpsaid they had agreed to reduce U.S. tariffs on Britain’skey auto and aerospace industries. Talks on lowering duties on steel and aluminum to zero from their current level of 25% have stalledeven with apromise four months ago of asettlementwithin weeks. Trump wasaskedinaFox News Channelinterview, taped in Londonand aired whileheﬂew home, whether he would be willing to decrease tariffs on U.K. steel. He wasnoncommittal, saying, “We’re making alot of money.” Little change on Ukraine While the primeminister has playedamajor part in European efforts to shore up U.S. support for Ukraine, Trump’svisit offered few major advancements. Trump even insisted at one point, that the conﬂict “doesn’taffect the U.S.” The president has expressed frustration with Putin, but has not made good on threats to impose new sanctions on Russia. The king, in his statebanquet speech Wednesday night, offered Trumpa gentle nudge,noting “as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine, to deter aggression andsecure peace.”

BY MIKE STOBBE and LAURA UNGAR Associated Press

ATLANTA— U.S. HealthSecretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’shand-picked vaccine advisory committee on Thursday recommended the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopt new restrictions on acombination shot that protects against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella.

The panel advised that the vaccine known as MMRV not be given before age 4 and that children in this age group instead get separate vaccines —one against MMR and another for varicella, or chickenpox. The vote was 8-3, with one member abstaining.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices put off an expected vote on hepatitis Bshots given to infants on the day they are born. On Friday —when it also takes up COVID-19 shots —it’sexpected to decide whether to recommend thatsomebabies can waita month for those shots.

The committee makes recommendationstothe CDC director on how alreadyapproved vaccines should be used.CDC directorshave almost always accepted those recommendations,which are widely heeded by doctors and

guide vaccination programs. Public health expertsworry thevotes will raise unwarranted concerns among parents.Kennedy, aleading antivaccineactivist before becoming thenation’stop health ofﬁcial, has made or proposed numerous changes to the nation’svaccine system, including ﬁring the entire17-member panel earlierthis year and replacing it with agroup that includes several anti-vaccinevoices. Expertsare also concerned the panel’sactions couldnarrow access to the vaccines. The group voted 8-1, with three abstentions, to keep MMRVcoveredfor kids as young as 12 months underthe Vaccines for Childrenprogram,which pays forabout half theshots given to kidsinthe U.S

Several committee members expressedconfusion during that follow-up vote on whether to align payments underthe programwith themore restrictivevaccine guidance theyhad just passed. Another federal ofﬁcial noted that there are other government insurance programs, including Medicaid, thatwill need to stop paying for that early combo dose.

Focuson rare seizures

Discussions on the MMRV vaccinefocusedlargely on rare instances of feverish seizures associated withthe ﬁrst dose that is currently giventokids between ages 1and 2.

Committeemember Dr CodyMeissner saidsuch

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seizures maybe“avery frightening experience” for families, but medical experts agree they’re not linked to brain function or school problems.

The panel lastdealt with the issue in 2009, whenit said either the combination shotorseparateMMR and varicella shotswere acceptable for the first dose,but that separate doses were generally preferred. Today, 85% of kids receive separate doses for theﬁrst round, according to information presented at the meeting.

Some doctors and public health experts saytheyare notaware of any new safety datathat would explain therevisiting of those vaccination recommendations —and, in fact, manyofthe studies discussed Thursday were more than adecadeold. Discussion of hepB shot

As manyas2.4 million peopleinU.S.are estimated to have hepatitis B, which can causeserious liver infections, andhalf are unaware of infection, aCDC presenter told the panel. In adults, the virus is spread through sex or through sharing needles during useinjection-drug use.But it can also be passed to ababy from an infected mother,and as many as 90% of infected infants go on to have chronic infections.The virus canalsoliveonsurfaces formorethenseven days at room temperature, andunvaccinated children living with anyone with a

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chronic infection is at risk of infection.

AhepatitisBvaccine was ﬁrst licensed in the U.S. in 1981. In 2005, the ACIP recommendeda dose within 24 hours of birth for allmedically stable infants who weigh at least 4.4 pounds. Infant vaccinations are stressed for women whohavehepatitis B or those who have not been

tested for it. The infant shots are 85% to 95% effective in preventing chronic hepatitis Binfections, studies have shown.

Following the 2005 recommendation, hepatitis Bcases among infants fell from 5,494 cases per year in 2005 to 2,214 cases in 2023.

During Thursday’sdiscussion, somecommittee members questionedwhether babiesborntomoms who test positive for hepatitis B are the only ones whotruly need avaccine in thefirst day of life. By giving virtually all babiesthe hepatitis Bright after birth, “Are we asking our babies to solve an adult problem?” asked committee member Dr.Evelyn Grifﬁn.

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President DonaldTrump and Britain’sPrime Minister Keir Starmer smile while holding amemorandum of understanding between the twocountries’ governments after abusiness roundtable ThursdayatChequers near Aylesbury, England.

Confusion grows around budget deficit

N.O. officials cite several numbers at meeting

is instead reporting a $65 million fund balance deﬁcit.

BY BEN MYERS Staff writer

As New Orleans Mayor LaToya

Cantrell’s administration prepares measures to address the city’s budget deﬁcit there is confusion over what the shortfall actually is.

Officials tossed around various numbers at a City Council budget committee meeting this week, without explaining how they were different. Council members asked about the 2025 budget deficit; administration officials responded by discussing the fund balance deficit.

Committee Chair Joe Giarrusso and the Bureau of Governmental Research. That amount includes a $73 million personnel cost overrun and a $30.5 million reduction in estimated revenue.

The 2025 budget deﬁcit — the difference between the budgeted expenses and revenue and the actual spending and collections that accrue over the year — is more than $100 million, according to Budget

The Cantrell administration while reporting the cost overrun and certifying the reduced revenue estimate, has not provided a number for the budget deﬁcit It

The fund balance, which rolls over from year to year, is the amount left in the bank after accounting for revenue and expenses It goes into deﬁcit when there are remaining expenses after the money is used up to plug budget holes. The administration’s $65 million fund balance deﬁcit factors the use of the available balance to cover the personnel overrun and other unbudgeted spending, ac-

SUNNy WALK

cording to a slide presentation. Giarrusso said in an interview on Thursday he’s skeptical of the administration’s $65 million fund balance deﬁcit, in part because it includes more than $30 million in unbudgeted expenses that aren’t detailed.

“If that is the case, we have more than one problem. We have two problems,” Giarrusso said, referring to both a budget deﬁcit and a

A beam of sunlight illuminates walkers, bottom left, as they stop to chat recently on top of the Mississippi River levee in the Holy Cross neighborhood of New Orleans.

Louisiana unemployment benefit rising

Employer tax set to decrease

BY ALYSE PFEIL Staff writer

The maximum weekly unemployment benefit in Louisiana will soon increase from $275 to $282 after state leaders on Thursday got an updated economic forecast of the state’s unemployment claims.

Employers can also expect a cut in the unemployment insurance taxes they pay per employee into the state’s unemployment fund. The wage base, or the wages businesses pay the tax on each year, will decrease from $7,700 to $7,000.

“On average overall, Louisiana employers will see about a 9 to 10% drop in their tax burden,” said Susana Schowen, secretary of the Louisiana Workforce Commission.

“Each employer is going to see something slightly different,” she added.

The changes are set to take effect Jan. 1. and are happening because the state’s unemployment fund is expected to grow more than previously forecast.

The balance in the fund is projected to increase by $82 million and reach roughly $1.196 billion by August 2026, according to updated ofﬁcial economic projections adopted by state leaders on

Thursday The current balance is $1.114 billion.

The fact that the fund is on track to surpass $1.15 billion triggers the lower employer taxes and higher beneﬁt payments. “Good policy and an efﬁciencyminded administration result in better outcomes for our businesses and our people,” Schowen said.

During the years of the

Metairie man dies after altercation with wife

BY MICHELLE HUNTER Staff writer

A Metairie grandfather of ﬁve died after authorities say his wife stabbed him and hit him with a vehicle during an altercation in Waggaman.

Sebastian King, 68, was pronounced dead after Jefferson Parish sheriff’s deputies found him lying wounded in a ditch alongside Live Oak Boulevard in Waggaman on Tuesday night.

An autopsy determined King died of blunt- and sharp-force injuries, according to the Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Ofﬁce.

King’s wife, Carmella Battiste Motley, 60, of Metairie, was arrested and booked with seconddegree murder, said Sgt. Bran-

don Veal, spokesperson for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Ofﬁce. The news of King’s death left his relatives, friends and former co-workers blindsided. “He was one of the most wonderful people you’d ever want to meet,” said Sara Galliano, the director of outreach for God’s House Church in

STAFF PHOTO By CHRIS GRANGER

Doug Manship, ex-publisher of TheAdvocate, dies at 82

He wasgrandson of CapitalCity Pressfounder

BY ELLYN COUVILLION Staff writer

Douglas “Doug” Manship Jr., aformer publisherof The Advocate and grandson of the founder of the newspaper’spublishing company, died Wednesday at 82.

Manshipdied at home, where he was in hospice care under the care of his wife, Dianne, said his brother Richard Manship. Richard Manship said he and his wife had visited with his brother and were driving home when they learned he had died.

“I would classify Doug as the true journalist in the family.Helovedwriting,” said Richard Manship, who retired last year as president and CEO ofﬁcer of the Manship Media Co., which owns WBRZ-TV,the Baton Rouge ABC station, and KRG-TV in Weslaco, Texas. “His was always alabor of love.”

Manship was agrandson of CharlesManship Sr., who

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fund balancedeﬁcit. “But if it’snot the case,then Idon’t want to go down awhole rabbit hole of saying we’ve got multiple problems until we have more due diligence.”

Council members and administration officials have argued since Januaryabout the condition of the city’s ﬁnances, and the argument continuedatsome length at Wednesday’scommittee meeting.Council members said they’ve received mixed messages, while Finance

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armed robbery,conspiracy to commit armed robbery, false imprisonment while armed with aweapon, intimidation of awitness, and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors were seeking thedeath penalty, butEvery agreedtoplead guilty in exchangefor life in prison, the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’sOfﬁce said. “Aft er more than nine years, our family is ﬁnally seeing an end to this painful journey,” Friloux’smother,Jamie Reaves, said in court. “Today,the defendant accepted responsibility forthe brutal murder of our daughter, Taylor,and will spend the rest of hislife in prison without the possibilityofparole. He will never again walk free.” Friloux’srelatives, including Reavis, gave victim impact testimony before Every’ssentencing by Judge Lee Faulkner of the 24th Judicial District Court.

The trial had been delayed for years by questionsof mental competency. Every was treated and reexamined many times, leadingtosometimes contradictory ﬁndings from physicians. Some noted that he required psychotic medications, while others found that he was malingering, faking his symptoms, court records said.

Atrial datewas ﬁnally set on Feb. 24 after Faulkner ruled him competent enough to stand trial.

Earlymorning ambush

Every had been charged

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founded Capital City Press in 1909 with abusinesspartner, James Edmonds. Charles Manship Sr.later bought out Edmonds to becomethe sole owner Doug Manshipwas one of the four Manshipgrandchildren to run the company until sellingitto the Georges Media Group in 2012. In a2007 interview,Manship said that as achild, peoplewould ask him if he was going to becomethe publisher of thenewspaper Workinginthe family business wassomething he never really questioned. Althoughhebriefly flirted with the idea of becoming a doctor,achemistry course put anend to that idea, he said Manship earned adegree in radio/television speech from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, now known as theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette. He served as editor of the school newspaper,The Vermilion, during his senior year. Manship held several roles at The Advocate over the years,startingoff cleaning up aroom that was filled with oldnewspapers. “I thinkit

Director Romy SchofieldSamuel said her warnings hadbeen written off. By theend ofthe meeting, however, council members and administration ofﬁcials agreed city ﬁnances need urgent attention and seemed to reach atruce, albeit ashaky one.

“Movingforward, we’ve gottohave bettercontrol on overhead,the budgets, hiring, travel, the whole works,” said newlyminted Chief Administrative Officer Joe Threat. Threat saidhewill soon propose apackageofrevenueand savingsmeasures, some of which will require

took me allofone summer to do that,”hesaid in a1999 interview During his career at The Advocate,Manshipworked in advertising, the pressroom andasdirector of pro-

council action. Thosemeasures could include overtime restrictions, amore expansive hiring freeze and furloughs, though officials saythey want to avoid furloughs if at all possible.

The proposals notably did not include any new fee proposals, which have been publicly contemplated in other recent meetings. They do include newdebt: Mayor LaToya Cantrell’sadministrationisconsidering bond salestodig out of thebudget hole.

If enacted, the measures would combine for $100 million in savings and revenue, replenishing thefund bal-

motions. He was the paper’s first full-time Washington, D.C., correspondent,served as news features editor, spenta dozenyears as an editorial writerand was the ﬁrst director of online opera-

ance to $35 million, according to the administration.

Changesevery day

Council member Eugene Green,eyeing the administration’sslide on the fund balance deﬁcit, questioned theaccuracy of the reporting— including by The Times-Picayune —onthe $100 million budget deficit.Herepeatedly asked administration ofﬁcials for the correct budget deficit numberand gotdifferent answers.

Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Jonathan Harris sidestepped the question andsaidhehad only read

with planning and executing the June 29, 2016, robbery of the Raising Cane’srestaurant in the 3300 block of Williams Boulevard. Every was aformer employee and had worked there with 21-yearold Friloux,authoritiessaid.

Three co-defendants— Gregory Donald Jr., 27; Mark Crocklen Jr., 33; and Ariana Runner,31— have alreadypleaded guilty in thecase.

Every was armed with aknife while Donald was wielding ablack-and-yellow box cutter when the pair ambushedFriloux, the shift manager,and two other employees as they took out the trash at the restaurant about1:15a.m., Kenner police said.

Oneofthe employees immediately recognized Every even though he and Donald werewearing bandannasto mask their faces, authorities said.

Holding Friloux atknife-

point, Every forced her to have other employees open theback door from inside.

Once inside, Everyisseen on surveillance camera lunging twice at Friloux, stabbing her in the chest, Kenner policesaid at the time.

The two employeeswho had been by the dumpster outside ran for help, but they unwittinglyheaded straight for thegetaway vehicle, manned by Crocklen, police said.

Every forced Friloux to hand over about $1,000 from thestore’ssafe. Despite alreadyhaving the cash in hand, Everycrouched over Friloux as she lay on the ground andrepeatedly stabbed her in the neck, head and chest before ﬂeeing, authorities said. Within days,Kenner police had all four suspects in custody.Every andthe defendants confessed their involvementtoauthorities

COVID-19 pandemic,the money in the unemployment fund dwindled. In late summer 2020,itheld just $188 million, though it was steadilyreplenished over subsequentyears. The expected growthin the fund is partially aresult of recentchanges that cut backonhow longunemployment can be claimed. In 2024, state lawmakers andGov.JeffLandry altered Louisiana’sunemployment program.Previously,people out of ajob could getbeneﬁts for up to 26 weeks. Now under thecurrent scheme, thelength of time ajoblesspersoncan collect unemployment benefits is tied to the state’sunemploymentrate. At Louisiana’scurrent unemploymentrateof4.5%, people can collect beneﬁts for up to 12 weeks.

and were indicted.

‘I will neverforgive you’ Friloux’sfamily learned Wednesday aboutthe plea negotiations when they met with theDistrict Attorney’s Ofﬁce, saidReavis and her

tions, arole he started in the late 1990s. Manship became publisher of The Advocate in 1999. He retired in 2007. Linda Lightfoot, who worked with The Advocate

the$100 millionfigurein the newspaper.Hethen said the only deficit he is aware of is the $73 millioninunbudgeted personnel costs. The deputy finance director, Freda Richardson-Taylor, told Green the fund balance deficit is $63 million, aslight deviation from the administration’s PowerPoint presentation. Threat repeated the$63 millionfigure to reporters seeking clarification after the meeting. Harris said that wasthe first timehe’d heard that number “That number changes every day,” Harris said.

Deﬁcits,however they’re

partner,SuziGuerin, Friloux’sgodmother

Though they wanted to pursuethe deathpenalty,Reavissaidacceptingthe plea meantthatthe family,and those who knew andloved Friloux, would no longerbe subjected to years of painful court proceedings.

“It’sover,and we can ﬁnally moveforward andbegin our healing process,” Reavis said Thursday afternoon.

During the sentencing hearing, Reavis and ﬁve othersaddressedEvery and the court, confronting him aboutthe “bright andvibrant woman” whose life he stole, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Ofﬁce.

“She wasnot yours to take, but youdid it anyway,”Reavis said in court while holding an urn with Friloux’sashes. “I will never forgive you.”

“I told him to look at me,” recalled Guerin of the hearing. “He kept his head bowed like the coward that he is.”

Otherdefendants

Faulkner sentenced Every to lifeinprison forFriloux’s murder.Healso ordered

for 42 yearsand retired as executive editor in 2007, said Manship“wassodevoted to journalism.”

Lightfoot said whileManship was involved with the operations of the newspaper as amember of the family, “his real heart,Ifelt, wasin journalism.”

“He wasalso very forward looking,” she said. “He was a leading force in making sure the newspaper kept up with technology.”

While publisher,Manship oversawthe replacement of the paper’sold printing presses with acomputerized production center at 6700 Bluebonnet Blvd. The center waslater moved to its current location on Rieger Road Fred Kalmbach, managing editor of The Advocate, recalled as ayoung reporter chatting with Manship about was going on about town. “He was working in the newsroom at the time, and liked to getthe latest from the reporters,” Kalmbach said. “He wasalways open and friendly.”

EmailEllyn Couvillion at ecouvillion@theadvocate. com.

calculated, are based on projectionsand difficult to pin downinreal time. Threat, who was promoted into his new position this month, said he is frequently askedtoapprove unbudgeted expenses, which could ultimately affect whatever the city ﬁnally has to make up.

“I’ve got hiring forms coming in my ofﬁce for approval. I’ve gottravel coming in to my office for approval. I’ve gotcontracts coming to my office for approval. That number is moving all the time,” Threat said, speaking to reporters after the meeting.

that Every serve 50 years foreachcount of armed robbery,25years forthe robbery conspiracy charge, 10 years forfalse imprisonment, and20yearseach for witness intimidation and obstruction of justice, court officialssaid. They areto be servedatthe same time without the beneﬁt of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Gregory and Crocklen pleaded guilty to alesser charge of manslaughter,two counts of armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery,false imprisonment while armed with aweapon, intimidating or injuring a witness, and obstruction of justice.

Donald wassentenced to 89 yearsinprison, and Crocklen was sentenced to 40 years. Runner, whohelped recruit conspirators and was aware of the robbery’splanning, is awaiting sentencing while on home incarceration afterpleading guilty to conspiracy to commit armed robbery andobstruction of justice. Her next court date is Nov. 5, court records said.

STAFFFILE PHOTOByPATRICK DENNIS

Doug Manship Jr., left, then-publisher of The Advocate, and hisbrother DavidManship smile as the first copies of an edition roll off the presses in 2006.

as King’swife,was also present and taken into custody

Detectives learned that the couple was inside the SUV when an “altercation occurred” between them, Veal said. Authorities did not saywhat led to the ﬁght.

In addition to the stab wounds, detectives said theysuspect King was hit with the vehicle, according to authorities. No other details were immediately available.

Motleywas being held Wednesday evening at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on a$500,000 bond.

Kindheartedman

“I’m in disbelief that someone would do this to him,” said Mark Lowe, 52, afriend and former coworker of King’satSecond Harvest.

King’sex-wife,Rose King, 68, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, sharedtwo adultdaughters with him andWednesdaycalled him akindhearted and generous person.

“He was very gregarious, the life of the party,” she said.

King was one of six siblings, born and raised in DaniaBeach, Florida, just outside of Miami. Sebastian andRoseKing married and divorced each other twice.

“But he always remembered my birthdays and called me on holidays,” she said. “He had ﬂaws, like everybody else. But he was not aviolent person.” Sebastian King, who had been caring for his elderly mother,relocated to the New Orleans area in about 2012, Rose King said.

King loved working for SecondHarvest because it provided an opportunity to give backtothe community,Lowe said.

Though he didn’tactively root against theNew Orleans Saints, King was a Miami Dolphins fan and also cheered for the Miami Heat and the University of Miami. When he wasn’tworking, King could be found at church or volunteering, Lowe said.

“He would go to the hospital and pray for me when Iwas sick. He would minister to homeless camps. He would speak to the guys at our church for Father’s Day,”Galliano said.

After many scrapes withthe law as ayouth, King had straightened out his life, friends and family say.King hadbeen an elder in his church backin Florida and freely spoke about his past to help others.

“That was part of his ministry,” Galliano said. “You don’thave to be a product of your past. You don’thavetokeep doing those things. Yougrow up and you move forward.”

Lowe last spoke with King on Sunday.King just calledtosay hello and check in on afriend.

“HesaidIwas on his mind, and he prayed with me because Iwas injured,” Lowe said. “He was agood man, andhe will be missed.”

Friends plan to host a celebration of life ceremony for Sebastian King from noon to 3p.m. on Oct. 4atGod’sHouse Church, 7301 Lapalco Blvd., Marrero.

Email Michelle Hunter at mhunter@ theadvocate.com

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BrendaHolman Allen, retired Social Worker, Civil Rights Activist, and cherishedmatriarch passed away at her home in Harvey,LAonSeptember 8, 2025. BornonJanuary 3, 1940, to thelate Lillianand Elmo HolmaninNew Orleans, LA.She was a graduateofSt. Mary's Academy; received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees fromSouthern University in Social work. She was apediatrics Social Worker IIIfor many years at Charity Hospital and University Hospitaluntil Hurricane Katrina forced her to retire in 2005. During her career, she assisted many families in need. Brendawas acivil rights activist in thelate 60's participating in protests for causesfor equal rightsfor Black people.She leavesto cherish her memories,her sons, Richard and Raymond Allen, grandchildren Raymond,Raychon and RayshadAllen, Shane Henderson, and Angel Tate, seven great-grandchildren and ahost of nieces, nephews, and cousins.A funeral willbe held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, 2025, at theGreater Little ZionBaptist Church, 5130 Chartres Street, New Orleans, LA.Arrangements entrusted to Heritage Funeral Directors. 4101 St ClaudeAve.,New Orleans, LA., 70117

Beasley, Shneitha Shnella'Shoney'

On August 31, 2025, Shneitha Shnella Beasley, affectionately knownas Shoney,” heardthe Lord callher name andcarefully took hishandand transi‐tionedintoeternityatthe age of 51 yearsyoung.Ms. Beasley leaves to cherish preciousmemories, her daughters,Tyshone,’ TyKeah, herbonus daughter Ashley, bonus sonTyrone, her mother,Carolyn Little, sisters:Wanda,Teshawn Trinell andLynell, brothers: Cornelius,Alonzo, Donnell DarrenByrd, Dennis Byrd, and Cory Smith. Shewillbe rememberedwithdevotion byher companionTerence Wilson,and ahostofother relatives andfriends.She was preceded in deathby her father’s VernellByrd and Herman Beasely. A Celebration Servicehonor‐ing thelifeand legacy of the late Shneitha Shnella Beasley will be held on Sat‐urday,September 20, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at TheCityof LoveChurch,8601 Palmetto Street,New Orleans, LA 70118. Visitation will begin at9:00a.m.BishopLester Love, ofﬁciating. Interment willfollowatProvidence MemorialParkand Mau‐soleum, Metairie,LA. Guestbook Online:www anewtraditionbegins.com (504) 282-0600. DonavinD Boydand Linear Brooks BoydOwners/FuneralDi‐rectors

EricLeslie Bell departed this life on September 8, 2025, at theage of 31. Son of Kimand Erica Bell Merrick.Husband of ArnelleBell. Father of Brayden and LiaBell, Aliyah Israel, Lowen and Londyn Washington and LaurynJack. Brother of Brandon, Brad, and Blake Merrick.Heissurvivedby numerous relativesand friends who willhonorhis memory.

ACelebrationofLife will be held Saturday, September 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at King Solomon B.C.,2385 NCourseaultSt., Lutcher, LA., Visitation from8:00 a.m.-9:45 a.m. on Saturday. Interment: JeffersonMemorial Cemetery 11316 RiverRd, St.Rose Professional services entrusted to thecaring staff of Hobson Brown Funeral Home 134 Daisy St. Garyville, LA 70051 985-5352516

Alexander"Red" Ceaser Jr.,age 88, passedaway peacefullyonSeptember 8, 2025. Alifelongresidentof New Orleans, he wasborn onFebruary5,1937, to the lateAlexander Ceaser Sr and Edna MaeCeaser. He isprecededindeath by two sons,Alexander CeaserIII andAlexander CeaserNeville; twosisters Cecile Ceaser andLillie Mae Ceaser Jackson; and one brother, William (Julius)Ceaser. He is sur‐vived by ﬁve daughters: Sandy (Tyrone) Moore, KeishaPope, Lynette Boyd Zinna Daniels, andChristie Thomas; oneson,Noel Ceaser; and15grandchil‐drenwho lovingly carry on his legacy.Mr. Ceaser was educatedinthe Orleans ParishSchool System and dedicated over 65 yearsof service to St.RitaCatholic Church andSchool.Healso workedatWhitney Bank for more than 20 years. Familyand friendsare in‐vited to attend aMemorial Service honoring thelife and legacy of Mr.Alexan‐der Ceaser,Jr. at Haven Trinity MethodistChurch, 1238 JolietSt.,New Or‐leans,LA70118 on Satur‐day,September 20, 2025 at 11:00am.Pleasesignthe onlineguestbook at www charbonnetfuneralhome. com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors.(504) 581-4411.

It is with abrokenheart thatweannouncethe passing of BrianJoseph Celestin, who transitioned toHeaven, on 16 Septem‐ber 2025, after battlingan aggressive form of kidney cancer. Brianwas born in New Orleans, LA to James and Marthiel Celestin.A proud veteranofthe UnitedStatesArmed Forces, he wasprecededin death by hisfather, James Celestin, andlovingdo‐mesticpartner,Sandra Brown. He is survived by his mother,sister, and nephew. Although this is goodbye forfamilyand friends,wehavefaith that we’ll be together again. Until then,heisresting in our hearts.Private Burial Services. Youmay sign the guest book on http://www gertrudegedddeswillis. com. Gertrude Geddes Willis FuneralHomeInc in charge(504) 522-2525.

Cuccia, Dominick Joseph

Dominick Joseph Cuccia passedaway on Thursday, September 4th at theage of 44. NativeofMetairie,LA. ResidentofBaton Rouge LA. Dominick is survived by hispartner of 9years JamieParsons; herdaughter Victoria Parsons; father DomCuccia; brotherTed Cuccia; sister-in-law Brielle Cuccia; godchild and niece Lennon Cuccia; niece PresleyCuccia; nephews Jayden andAshton Boudreaux; and numerous othergodchildren. He is preceded in death by his motherSheila Green Cuccia.

Whetheryou knew him as Dominick, Nick or Dom, he will be remembered as

aman of few wordsbut everyone of them counted. He carried himself with a quietintensity, loyal to the bone, protectivetothe end, and hissarcasmwell,thatwas legendary. He wasthe kind of man whowould stand between you andthe worldwithout hesitation.Beneathhis dry humor and quietdemeanor wasa heartthat beat fiercelyfor his people. He washappiest outdoors, at thefarmin Mississippi, and especially fishing. He lovedworking with hishands andcould createanythingheput his mind to. Though histime here wasfar too short, Dominick's impact will echo in the lives he touched and thememories he leaves behind.Hewill be deeply missed andlovingly remembered Relativesand friends are invited to attenda memorial at Williams Boulevard Baptist Church 3000 Williams Blvd,Kenner, LA,onThursday, September 25th from 10:00 AM until1:00 PM with servicestofollow. In lieu of flowersthe familyasks for donations to be sent to the American Diabetes Association in his name (https://diabetes.or g/ways-to-contribute).

ElenaMaria Davillier, bornonJune 27, 1946, in New Orleans, Louisiana, passedawaypeacefully on September 9, 2025, after a lengthy andcourageous battlewithbrain cancer She wasprecededindeath byher parents, ValenceE Davillier Jr.and Madeleine Green Davillier; her brother,AlanA.Davillier Sr. (Beverly); andher cher‐ished daughter,Rachel SaraMoore.Elena is sur‐vived by herlovingson Jason K. Moore(Brooks), and herbeloved grandchil‐dren, Corinne, Devin, Lan‐don Williams,and Ian Crutchﬁeld, who affection‐ately called her“Nanee.” She is also remembered withlovebyher siblings: Valence E. DavillierIII, MonicaD.Barrois (Errol), Barry Davillier, Jeffrey Davillier (Amber), Jill D. Coleman (Cedric),and Joy D.Chauvin (Jack),aswell asbyRosie,her treasured kitten. Hermemorywillbe cherishedbynumerous

Celestin,Brian Joseph

Davillier, ElenaMaria

Ceaser Jr., Alexander 'Red'

4B ✦ Friday, September 19, 2025 ✦ nola.com ✦ The Times-Picayune aunts, nieces,nephews, godchildren,cousins neighbors,dearfriends, and fellow parishioners of St. PatrickCatholicChurch. The Mass of ChristianBur‐ial will be held on Friday September 19,2025, at St Patrick Catholic Church 12424 Brogdon Lane,Baton Rouge,LA70816. The Rosarywillbegin at 10:00 a.m followed by theFu‐neral Mass at 11:00 a.m. In‐terment will take placeata later date.Servicesare en‐trusted to Rhodes Funeral Home.

John G. Diaz, Jr. passed peacefully on August 17, 2025. Anative New Orleanian, John was born on January 9, 1938, in St. Peter Claver parish.He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Vida Diaz, his sister, Gwendolyn Gadsen, and his beloved wife, Charmaine Reed Diaz John graduated from St. Augustine CatholicHigh School and was proud to be their fourth drum major. He attended Southern University and was drum major there before moving to Los Angeles, where he worked for Pacific Bell phone company. He and Charmaine shared alove of traveling throughout the United States and Europe Atrue lover of the arts, he enjoyed the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Orleans Museum of Art, and especially his passion for jazz music. John looked forward each year to the Louisiana Jazz &Heritage Festivalwhere he celebrated the music that inspired him throughout his life. To the delight of family and friends,hewas also an extraordinarycook who loved sharing meals and hospitality. He delightedin sharing birthdays with loved ones. After retiring to New Orleans, John was activein Our Lady of the Rosary Church as cross bearer and usher. He leaves to cherish his memory his caring sistersin-law, Charlee Reed Jones and Aloma Reed Lykes; his goddaughter, Adriane Powell; friends; and his Pleasure Street neighbors. AMass for the repose of John's soul will be celebrated on Saturday, September 20, 2025, 4PM, at Our Lady of The Rosary Church 3368 Esplanade Avenue NOLA 70119

CharlesMurphyDufrene departedthislifeonFriday, September 12, 2025 at his homeinWestwego, LA,at the ageof84. He wasa de‐voted husband,fatherand friendwho dedicatedhis lifetohelping others.He proudly served hiscountry inthe United States Marines andwillbedearly missedbyhis loving fam‐ily.Son of thelateMurphy and AliceRomineDufrene Beloved husbandof20 years to KristyLynn Dufrene.Devoted father of BrandyLynnDufrene.He was thebrother of Berna‐dineand Earl Cordwell, Ed Tassinand thelateNick Cordwell, andwas the grandsonofthe late Leonard andAmelia Romine. Mr.Dufrene is also survivedbyother relatives and devotedfriends allof whomheloved dearly.At Mr. Dufrenerequest,there willbenopublicservices. Arrangementsentrusted to RobinsonFamilyFuneral HomeofBelle Chasse LA, (504)208-2119.For online condolences,pleasevisit www.robinsonfamilyfuner alhome.com

Eaglin,DanielAugustin

Daniel Augustin Eaglin a lifelong native New Or‐leanian,passedaway peacefullyonSaturday, August30, 2025 at theage of81. Born November14, 1943, to thelateAlton Eaglin,Sr. andVeraBailey, Daniellived afulllifede‐ﬁnedbyfamily, hard work and love forhis city.A man ofmanytalents,hetrav‐eledthe worldasa Mer‐chant Seaman,workedas a chef,baker,business ownerand laterbecamean electrician,foundinghis own companybeforeserv‐ing as an OperatingEngi‐neer with theNew Orleans School Boardand Shop Steward forhis union.In addition to hisparents,Mr. Eaglin is also preceded in death by siblings,Laneita Johnson, Joanne Bailey, and AltonEaglin, Jr.He leavestocherish precious memories, wife,Sandra ThomasEaglin; sons, DanielA.EaglinIIand Kevin A. Eaglin,Sr. (Khail‐iah); grandchildren, La’Velle K. Eaglin,Rentysha Q.Eaglin and KevinA Eaglin,Jr.;niece,Charlette Jackson (Kelvin);his beloved German Shepherd Duke, as well as ahostof other relativesand friends. Daniel’slegacyofre‐silience, dedication and lovewillliveoninall who knewhim.A Mass of Chris‐tianburialhonoringthe life and legacy of thelate DanielA.Eaglinwillbeheld atSt. Raymond/ St.Leo the GreatCatholicChurch 2916 ParisAvenue,New Or‐leans,LAonSaturday, Sep‐tember20, 2025 at 10 am EntombmentMount Olivet Cemetery, 4000 Norman Mayer Avenue,New Or‐leans,LA70122. Visitation 9 am in thechurch.Please signonlineguestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors (504)581-4411.

Egana, Patricia Virginia 'Pat'

Patricia Virginia “Pat” Egana,a shiningexample ofselflessness, love,and unwavering dedication passedawaypeacefully on September 14,2025, at the age of 72. Born on October 25, 1952. Patwas the beloved daughter of the lateMyrtleSmith and JosephEgana Jr.She grew upinNew Orleans, Louisiana,where sheac‐ceptedJesus Christ at an early age andremained steadfast in herfaith throughouther life,even duringits most difficult seasons.Her infectious laughter, caring nature, and abilitytoturnany mo‐ment into acherished memorymadeher agiftto all who hadthe privilegeof knowing her. Patgradu‐atedfromGeorgeWashing‐ton Carver High School in 1970, where sheexcelled and builtlifelongfriend‐ships.A hardworkingand ambitious individual,she was dedicatedtoher fam‐ily andhad apassion that lefta lastingimpacton everyonearound her. Pat’s lifewas abeautiful testa‐menttothe poweroflove, family, andsteadfastdevo‐tion. As adaughter, sister mother, grandmother, and friend, sheembodiedloy‐alty, kindness, andrespect, alwaysputting theneeds ofothersbeforeher own. She wasa steady presence through everytriumph and challenge,offeringcom‐fort, laughter,and wisdom thatbound herfamilyto‐gether. As amother, Pat pouredher heartintonur‐turingher children,giving thema strong foundation based on unconditional love, encouragement, and guidance. Shecelebrated their accomplishments, supported them through hardships,and taught themthe values of perse‐verance andcompassion. Her home wasa havenof warmthand acceptance where allwho enteredfelt welcomedand caredfor Becominga grandmother filled Pat’sheart with im‐measurablejoy.She de‐lighted in everymilestone andcherished everymo‐

ment with hergrandchil‐dren, from dance-offs to sharedmeals andquiet conversations,creating memoriestheywillcarry for alifetime. Throughher example,theylearned whatitmeans to live with grace,generosity, andan openheart.Pat’s legacy willforever be cherished byall who were privileged toloveand be lovedbyher She leaves behind herde‐voted children:Tanya Gordy Grant(Harold), DereckGordy Sr.(Tequilla), Kevin EganaSr.,Brian Egana (Diedre),and Patrice Kelly (Derin). Patalso leavesbehindher beloved siblings, AntioneEgana (Sylvia)and Gregory Egana.Her legacy liveson inher 19 grandchildren: Brittiany,Brandon,Derrick Tandreckia, Keith, Dereck Jr.,Tashana,Christian, Nakai,Kyren,Kayla,Kevin Jr.,Ke’sean,Bria, Gabrielle, Brian II,Ron’tae,Paris,and Tre,along with 7greatgrandchildren:DwayneIII, Bailey, Brooklyn, Brandon Jr.,Brionna,Bella,and Malayah who broughtend‐lesspride andjoy to her life. Shewillalsobelov‐ingly remembered by a hostofaunts, uncles nieces, nephews, cousins, and dear friendswhose lives shetouched with her kindnessand love.Pat was precededindeath by her mother, Myrtle Smith, her father, Joseph EganaJr., her companion, Frank Gordy Jr., herbrothers, Emile andGilbertEgana, and herstepfather, An‐drewSmith.Thoughshe willbedeeply missed, the warmthofher spirit will continue to live on in all who were blessedtoknow her.Relatives andfriends ofthe familyare invitedto attend theFuneralService atRhodesFuneralHome, 3933 Washington Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70125 on Saturday, September20, 2025 at 1:00pm.Visitation willbegin at 12:00pm.In‐ternment: Holt Cemetery 527 City Park Avenue,New Orleans,LA70119. Arrange‐ments by D. W. Rhodes Fu‐neral Home,New Orleans, LA. FuneralService canbe livestreamed@ www facebook.com/D.W.Rho desFuneralHome/live Please visitwww.rhodesf uneral.comtosignthe on‐lineguestbook

EllisJr.,Charles Wesley

CharlesWesleyEllis,Jr. transitionedpeacefully intoeternal rest at hisresi‐dence on Thursday,Sep‐tember11, 2025, at theage of86, surrounded by his lovingfamily. He wasa na‐tiveofClaiborne County, MS, anda resident of Mar‐rero, LA.Charles wasa re‐tired truckdriver. Beloved husband of 57 yearsto ShelbyJeanEllis.Devoted fatherofAnnette (Patrick) Taylor, Robert Earl Ellis, DennisEllis,BrendaEllis (Fred)Robinson, Roy (Joyce) Ellis, Jennifer Ellis, Michelle Dickinson, ThomasDixon,and Janice Dixon.Grandfather of the lateDennisCarlEllis,Jr. Son of thelateCharles WesleyEllis,Sr. andHattie Mae Sorrells.Brother of James Sorrells of Her‐manville, MS andthe late RobertEllis,WillieLuster Hall, CoatneyOquin, Dorothy MaeOquin,Mary Wilson,GloriaSorrells,and Viola Sorrells.Alsocherish‐ing hismemoriesare 34 grandchildren,33great grandchildren,and ahost ofnieces, nephews, cousins,other relatives, and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamily, also pastors,ofﬁcers,and members of Houseof Grace andall neighboring churches areinvited to at‐tendthe CelebrationofLife atHouse of Grace, 3714 WestbankExpresswaySte 11, Harvey,LAonSaturday, September 20, 2025, at 11:00a.m. ApostlePatricia Frye, ofﬁciating. Visitation willbegin at 10:00a.m. until service time at thechurch Interment: Restlawn Park Cemetery-Avondale,LA. ArrangementsbyDavis MortuaryService,230 Mon‐roe St.Gretna, LA To view and sign theguestbook, pleasegotowww.davismo rtuaryservice.com.Face Masks AreRecommended

Donald Robert Ganier Sr.,age 86, wasbornon August17, 1939 in NewOr‐leans,LA. He passedaway onWednesday,September 10, 2025 in Houston, TX Donaldwas thebeloved fa‐therofDr. Donald Ganier Jr. (Pamela),Rodney Ganier(Hop) andGizelle Ganier-Sims.Adoring grandfather of Dominique Dorsey, Detrielle Bailey, DarianGanier, Aaron Ganier, Landon Sims, BrysonSims, Zakariyya Ganierand JuliaGanier. He was also survived by 6 great-grandchildren anda hostofnieces, nephews, cousins andother relatives and friends. He waspre‐ceded in deathbyhis lov‐ing wife Jacqueline Ganier; his parentsSidneyBernard GanierSr. andMaude Robin;and hisstepfather ClaudeRobin.Relatives and friendsofthe family, alsoPriestand parish‐ionersofCorpusChristiEpiphanyCatholicChurch are invitedtoattend the MassofChristian Burial on Saturday, September20, 2025 at Corpus ChristiEpiphanyCatholicChurch, 2022 St.Bernard Ave.,New Orleans,La. 70116 at 10:00 a.m.Visitationfrom9:00 a.m.until 10:00 a.m. Inter‐mentMount Olivet Ceme‐tery, 4000 Norman Mayer Avenue,New Orleans, LA 70122. Youmay sign the guest book on www.ger trudegeddeswillis.com Gertrude Geddes Willis Fu‐neral Home,Inc.incharge (504) 522-2525.

On September 8that 6:15 in the morning thesun set.James DonaldGarvey Sr.,92years of age, left this world. His last words were "I love you."Herose every morning with warmth,light, and great appreciationfor his colleagues in life.Although his life was filled with accolades, achievements, and tremendous actsof generosity,hebelieved they came by theGrace of God and preferred to remain anonymous. A Singular success he believed he ownedwas running theBoston Marathon, twice. In every community in which he was involved (and there were many) he ledbyloveand asincere admirationfor theworkof others. Among them were theRight to Life Movement, Catholic Charities, Radiofone Inc., St Catherine of Siena Parish, The NewOrleans Track Club, theCajun Dance Community and many others. He willbe sorelymissedbyhis loving wife of 25 years Marge Garvey, his dear sister, LorettaWhyte, his 4children and their spouses, Kathleen(W. Scott Williams d.), James (Kathy), Daniel (Alyson), Timothy(Kristin), his stepson Michael Christner (Melissa), and his 17 grandchildrenBrandon, Katie, Caileigh, Colin, Donald, James, Emerson, Evan, Claire,Tommy, Hannah, Morgan, Addison, Cade, Darcy, Ellie and Caitlin. He was adevoted uncleand granduncleand friend to many many nieces and nephews. Waiting forhim with God are thewife of his youth, KathleenMurphy Garvey (KittyBelle), his parents Thomas and Loretta, 5of their 7children, Mary Francis, Thomas, Richard, Dolores, and Lawrence Amemorial mass will be held at St. Catherine of SienaParish Church, 105 BonnabelBlvd. Metairie, LA on September 20, at 1:30pm, visitationat12:30. To view and signthe online guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.co m

Ruth LeePraterGrayson age 82, passedaway peacefully on Saturday September 6, 2025. Shewas borntothe unionofthe lateJimmy “J.C.” andAn‐niebell Prater on April7 1943, in Torras,LA. Left withmanycherished mem‐ories areher children, Sherrilon Grayson-Thomas (Arnold), VanArmster Grayson andShawanda Grayson-Tunson(Burnell); one sister,Barbara Frazier (Clyde);one brother, SamuelPrater(Shelia); 13 grandchildren,24greatgrandchildren,31greatgreat grandchildren; 4 great-great-great grand‐children; 3godchildren, TamaraStukes-Williams, Wendy Turner and Travaughn Brown; devoted friend, DianaT.Peterson, and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Ruth was preceded in deathby her husband, Armster Grayson,Jr., ﬁve sisters, and onebrother.Celebra‐tionoflifewillbeheldSat‐urday,September 20, 2025, at10:00am at theNineveh Baptist Church,1009 Wilker NealAve Metairie,LA 70003, Rev. SamBaker-Host Pastor. OfﬁciantisRev Floyd A. Grayson, Senior PastorofThe Beulah Bap‐tistChurch 6thDistrict. Visitationfrom9:00am–10:00am.Interment will takeplace at Providence MemorialPark& Mau‐soleum, Metairie,LA70003 Servicesentrusted to RichardsonFuneral Home ofJefferson,River Ridge, LA. www.richardsonfuner alhomeofjefferson.com

Harp, Bennel Marie BennelMarie Harp, born January31, 1952, joined her mother, father, brothers, andthe angels in eternal rest on September11, 2025. Shewas thekind of woman wholived life exactlyon herown terms, with no need for pretense or polish.Unbothered by material things andindifferentto vanity, she spoke hermind with refreshing honesty andcompassion.Those whoknewher quickly realized that herdirectness was matchedonlybyher kindness. Shewas generouswith hertime, her friendship, andher heart—always shininglight on others,never seeking thespotlightherself.An athlete in heryounger years, she spenttimeasa florist before stepping into hertruecalling: along and respected career in Corrections. There,she earned admiration not from demanding respect but from giving it freely andconsistently through heractions.Quietlypowerfuland unassuming, she embodied authenticityin everychapter of herlife. Though she never had childrenofher own, she adored hernieces, nephews, and the children of herclosest friends, many of whom she claimed as herown in the wayonlyshe could.She valuedfamily, friendship, comfort, andgoodconversation—often accompanied by acold beer.Her life wasa rareand striking blendofstrength,humor, loyalty, andindependence. Shewill be deeply missed by herfamily, hercircleof friends, and all whose lives she touched.She is survivedbyher devotedsister andbrother-in-law,Donna andEJHahn; brother, SidneyL.HarpII, andhis wife, Brenda; nieces and nephews, Lydia Hahn, EddieHahn(Candi), Courtney Cassard(Gerald), Amy LaGraize (Paul), and Brooke Hebert;greatnieces and nephews, BreannaHahn, Darren Hahn,Dlayna Jackson, Camille Hahn Ramos, Elbie Hahn,CruzCassard, Thomas LaGraize,Harper LaGraize,Noah Hebert,and Adam Hebert;and greatgreat-nieces,Bry'Onna Hahn,BraylaSteward, and Brinique Steward; along with ahost of special friends, including herchosen family- Dana Aucoin, Kurt Westerman,Cameran Aucoin andDeanieDaigle. Shewas preceded in death by herparents, Bennett Robert and ElsieOurso Harp; brothers, Wayne Richardson-Harp and BennettRobertHarpJr.; grandparents, Sidney and AimeeFalcon Ourso and Sidneyand FlossieBabin Harp; andagreat-niece, LyteciannaHahn. Friends andfamilyare

invited to avisitation and memorial Mass on Saturday, September 20th at Ascension of OurLord Catholic Church,716 Mississippi Street, Donaldsonville from 8:30am untilMass time at 11:00am. IntermenttofollowinAscension Catholic Cemetery.Father Matt Duprewill be officiating Feelfreetocome comfortably, as Bennel wasnot a fan of dressshoes or fancy attire!Ifyou know, you know!

It is with heavyhearts thatweannouncethe passing of ourbeloved Ellen Marie“Dubby” Har‐vey,who left this worldfar too soon at theyoung age of48, after ashort but courageousbattlewith lung cancer.Ellen passed awaypeacefully at home, surrounded by familyand friends.Ellen wasbornat Charity Hospital in NewOr‐leans,Louisiana,onJuly19, 1977, andraisedinBuras Louisiana.She graduated fromBuras High School in 1995 andwentontostudy nursing at Southeastern Louisiana University.After steppingawayfromher studies,she beganthe mostimportant chapterof her life —motherhood.She welcomedher firstson on April 10, 2000, andher sec‐ond sononSeptember 29, 2003, thetwo greatest joys ofher life.After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Ellenmade Baton Rougeher home where shebuilt alife filled withlove, resilience,and cherished memories.She later found hercalling in banking,where shebuilt a successfulcareer and mostrecentlyservedasa RelationshipBankerat LNB.Ellen wasa true peo‐ple person —her cowork‐ers andcustomers adored her.She hada gift formak‐ing everyone feel valued alwaysgoing aboveand beyondtoensurethey werecared for. Ellenloved deeply andpouredher whole heartintothe peo‐ple shecared about. Even whenlifewasn’teasy, she faced everychallenge with strength, courage, andde‐termination.She hada way ofmakingthe best outof every situation, neverask‐ing formuch, butalways givingher alltomakesure she andher boys hadwhat theyneededtothrive. To knowEllen wastruly to loveher —she wasone of a kind.Her spirit was brightand unshakable, filled with honesty, humor, and so much heart. She touched livesinwaysthat words cannever fully cap‐ture, leavingbehindlove and memories that will last forever.She found joyin the simple things:enjoying a cold BudLight, finding waystoget hervegetable gardentogrowasshe wanted, cookinglate-night full-course meals, soaking inthe beauty of theout‐doors, andsharing laugh‐ter with thoseshe lovingly calledher “village boys.” Morethananything, her greatestjoy anddeepest pride were hertwo sons, Koren andKaleb,who were truly herworld.There was nothing shewouldn’tdo for them.Ellen is survived byher devotedsons, Koren and KalebWilliamson; her lovingparents,SheliaBor‐den andHayward Harvey; her sisters, Trichelle Dun‐can andStephanie Borden; her nephews, DavidIII (godson)and Donovan Duncan; herbrother-in-law, David Duncan Jr.; her aunts, Noarnice Riley(Late Herman),IonaPreston, Sherrie DeVore (Kenneth), MonikeTurner(Burghart), and LouSylve;and herun‐cles, Sidney Harvey (Kathy),VictorHarvey, Gre‐gorySt. AnnJr. (Brenda), and Ronald Bartholomew. She also leaves behind her godparents(Aretha Eti‐enne andVictorHarvey),a multitude of cousinsand a circle of dear friends, espe‐

Ganier Sr., Donald Robert

Grayson, Ruth LeePrater

Diaz, John George

Harvey,Ellen Marie'Dubby'

Garvey Sr., JamesDonald

Dufrene, CharlesMurphy

cially AntiguaDenet Franklin, Eniece Bentley and TorieJones,who will forever cherishher mem‐ory.She is preceded in death by herstepdad Stan‐ley Borden,grandparents Edith andGregorySt. Ann Sr.,and Pearland Rev. Hay‐wardHarveySr, aunt Leu‐verta “Toni” Gamblin, un‐clesJoseph, Yogi andEd‐wardBartholomew Thoughgonetoo soon, Ellen leaves behind a legacyoflove, laughter and strength.Her memory willliveoninthe hearts of all who knew her, are‐minderofhow deeply she cared andhow ﬁercely she loved.Relatives and friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to theMemorialSer‐vicetocelebrate "Dubby's lifewhich will be held on Saturday, September20, 2025 at Robinson Family Funeral Home.Serviceswill begin at 9a.m.Pastor BurghartTurnerof Port Sulphur BaptistChurchof‐ﬁciatingand intermentwill beprivate.Funeral plan‐ningentrusted to Robinson FamilyFuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA 70037, (504) 208-2119. For onlinecondolences,please visit www.robinsonfamilyf uneralhome.com.

Elaine "Lanie" Joseph 71,ofGarland, TX, formerly of New Orleans, LA, passed away September 6, 2025

Born November 7, 1953, she devoted her life to family, faith, and teaching cosmetology. She is survived by her daughter Keionna Joseph, grandchildren Travis Henry, Rodernika and Cornika Williams, great-grandchildren Raynard and Rayden Walker, siblings Ursula Lackings, Casandra Foy Cynthia Crenshaw and Kermit Joseph Sr., and many loved ones. She was preceded in death by her parents, Adam and Susie Joseph, son Cornell Harris and several siblings.

Keller, Jeanne Boé

Jeanne BoéKeller, the mostdevoted wife,loving mother, andselﬂessMimi, entered eternity Septem‐ber 17, 2025, at theage of 89. Herbeautiful memory willliveonthrough her husband of 67 years, HaroldKeller, children Ronny Michel (Michael), MattKeller(Monica), Ann Watson(Michael),15 grandchildren,and 26 great-grandchildren.She was preceded in death by her daughter,Kay Serven, and son-in-law Tony Ser‐ven.She wasthe daughter ofthe late Raouland Eu‐phemieTassinBoé,sister ofRay Boéand thelate Raoul (Bobby) Boé, Martha Fourroux, CaireBoé,Alvin Boé,ElmaLeBlanc,and Elizabeth Guidry.Family and friendsare invitedto attend services at First Baptist Church of LaPlace onSaturday, September20, 2025. Visitation is from 10 a.m.-12:00 noon,witha ser‐vicebeginning at 12:00 noon.Arrangementsare being handledbyMilletGuidryinLaPlace.Tosend ﬂowersora memorial gift tothe familyofJeanne Keller, please visitour SympathyStore

vived by her lovinghusband of 45 years, James Lamping. She wasthe devoted motherof ChristopherGant of New Orleans and stepmother to Christine(Jeff) Rhodes of Kansas City, Kansas, Jennifer (Patrick) McCausland of New Orleans and grandmother to Paddy McCausland. She leaves her sisterRebecca (Robert) Ramelli, her nieces Rana (Joey) Cabeceiras, Rachel(Paul) Reinecke and nephew Casey Ramelli. She also leaves hergrandniece Caitlyn Cabeceiras and her grandnephews Jacob Cabeceiras, Robert Ramelli, Reeves Ramelli Roger Ramelliand Pierce Reinecke

Debby was bornApril 20th, 1950 in Council Grove, Kansas,the daughterof Lesterand Georgiana Wendlandt. Herfamily moved to New Orleans in the late 1950's. She graduated from St. Martin's Episcopal School in 1968 and received adegreein Marketing from the University of New Orleans in 1975.Debby briefly worked forDrawing Board GreetingCards of Dallas, Texas before embarking on alifelongcareer as a healthand beauty aids broker. Debby wasan owner and partner of Pinnacle Sales and Merchandising,Allen, Texas.

Debby lovedbeinga wife, mother, sister and aunt.She loved her family and of course,her precious Shih Tzus.

PleasekeepDebby in your heartsand prayers.

Larry Lindsey, age72, nativeofMorgan, City and resident of Gibson,LA, passedawaypeacefully on September 3, 2025. He leavestocherish hismem‐ories,his children Jas‐maine Lindsey, Shelita Lindsey Bailey (Willie), Johnathan Lindsey, sib‐lings WayneLindsey,Ellis Roach,Debra Lindsey, Karla Lindseyand Laura Lindsey.Hewas preceded indeath by hiswife, Carrie Lindsey;parents,Robert and LauraLee Lindseyand brother,Robert Lindsey. Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeSer‐viceonSaturday, Septem‐ber 20,2025 at Gertrude GeddesWillis-Terrebonne FuneralHome, 617 Bond Street,Houma,LA70360 at 10:00 a.m. Visitation from 9:00a.m until 10:00 a.m. Private Burial.You may signthe guestbookon http://www.gertrudeged deswillis.com. Gertrude GeddesWillis-Terrebonne FuneralHome, Inc. in charge(985) 872-6934.

Moisant, FelixJ International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers LocalUnion #130: The Ofﬁcers andMembers ofthislocal union are herebyrequested to attend the FuneralMassofFelix J. Moisant on Saturday,Sep‐tember20, 2025, at Mary, Queen of PeaceChurch, 1501 W. Causeway Ap‐proach, Mandeville,LA 70471. Visitation will begin at10:30 a.m. Themasswill begin at 11:00 a.m. By Order of:ErnestC.“Corky” Cortez. Attest:RodneyR Wallis, Business Man‐ager/Financial Secretary

Adam Nelson,and Ashlei Nelson, nine grandchildren, two greatgrandchildren and threesiblings: Albert Charles Nelson (Jean),Glo‐ria Robinson (Stephen), and Jerry Mitchell (Kathy) and ahostother relatives and friends. Richardson Fu‐neral Home of Jefferson, River Ridge, LA,incharge ofarrangements. www.ric hardsonfuneralhomeofjeff erson.com

In Loving Memory of MarthaRay Pipkins(1946–2025).OnFriday, Septem‐ber 5, 2025, Martha Ray Pipkins peacefully de‐partedthislifeatthe age of79, leavingbehinda legacyofgrace,devotion, and quietstrengththatwill echothrough generations. Marthawas thecherished daughterofthe late Walter Cooper,Sr. andIda K. Cooper,bornonJune 9, 1946, in NewOrleans,LA. She wasa belovedwifeto Oscar P. Pipkinsand a guiding lighttoher daugh‐ters, JanelleJames and Sharvon Kamaya,whose lives were shaped by her unwaveringloveand wis‐dom.Martha’snurturing spiritextendedfar beyond her immediatefamily. She was aproud grandmother ofsix,eachofwhomcar‐riesa pieceofher heart and hervalues. Shealso lovinglyembracedtwo bonus grandchildren, three godchildren,and wasa treasured aunt to ahostof niecesand nephewswho found comfortand counsel inher presence.A gradu‐ate of DillardUniversity School of Nursing, Martha began hercareer at Mercy Hospital, where sheserved asa pioneeringcharge nurse.She laterworkedfor the City of NewOrleans HealthDepartmentasa WellChild Clinic NurseSu‐pervisoruntil herretire‐mentin2006. Martha wasa lifelongmemberofFirst African BaptistChurch of the 6thDistrict, baptized byRev.Dr. C. S. Gordon,Sr. She served faithfullyasa deaconess, Sunday School teacher,and Senior Choir member, dedicating her lifetofaith,family, and service.Martha’slifewas a quiet testamenttofaith resilience,and compas‐sion. Whetheroffering a listening ear, awarmmeal, ora word of encourage‐ment, shegavefreelyand fully.Her home wasa haven,her hearta sanctu‐ary.She wasprecededin death by hersiblingsWal‐ter Cooper,Jr.,Eddie Cooper,and Mary Ann Cooper,withwhomshe shareddeep familial bonds and enduring memories Marthaleavesbehindto cherish hermemory, her husband of 48 years, Oscar P.Pipkins;two daughters, Janelle James(Justin)and Sharvon Kamaya (Gino); fourgrandsons,Peter James,Mason James, Mar‐cel James, andEthan James;2 granddaughters Justine Jamesand Ariyah Kamaya; twobonus grand‐daughters,Christina Agastinho andKimorah Djoko;brother-in-law, Mor‐ris Pipkins; sister-in-law, BrendaAdams-Byrd; aunts, a host of nieces,nephews, cousins,friends,church members,and neighbors. Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtocele‐brate herlifeata funeral service on Saturday,Sep‐tember20, 2025, at Fellow‐shipMissionaryBaptist Church,2805 GeneralTay‐lor Street.Visitationwill begin at 9:00 a.m.,followed bythe serviceat11:00 a.m. Intermentwilltakeplace atMount Olivet Cemetery Arrangementsentrusted to D.W.RhodesFuneral Home 3933 Washington Ave. Pleasevisit www.rhodesf uneral.comtosignthe on‐lineguestbook

Dorislefther earthlylife unexpectedly, yetpeace‐fully,onSeptember 13, 2025 surrounded by the loveofher family. Born on November24, 1937 in New Orleans,Louisiana,Doris was thedaughterofthe lateRaymond Joseph French, Sr., andClare LouiseFischer.She at‐tendedSt. Mary’s Domini‐can High School andgrad‐uated from St.Mary’sDo‐minican Collegein1959 Doris metthe love of her life, SeptimePoirrier, Jr.in 1954 andwed in 1960. They wentontobuild abeauti‐ful life andfamilytogether for 65 years. Dorishad the opportunity to pursue her career in the fieldofnutri‐tion, howevershe choseto followthe path of adedi‐cated wife andfull-time mothertoher threegirls She wasdevoted to her familyand always puttheir needsahead of herown Doris wasknown forbeing a kindhearted, compas‐sionate,and devout Catholic.She instilled these characteristicsinher girls andprovideda living example of unconditional loveand acceptance of all. Onceher children were all ofschool age, shedecided tojointhe workforceagain and begantoworkasan office accountant at Green‐lawnElementary, andre‐mainedthere until herre‐tirement. It washer wayto contributetothe family fi‐nanceswhile maintaining a schedule that didnot takeher away from herpri‐ority —family. Over the courseofher career,she was awardedand recog‐nized forher outstanding workand dedication to the staff andchildren. Shecre‐atedmanylasting friend‐ships during that time, manyofwhomshe spoke tojustdaysbeforeher passing.Doris enjoyedthe beautyofnatureand had quite thegreen thumb. Her azaleas were always beau‐tiful andframedeach house shelived in;her porch wasnever void of flowersorplants. Shetrea‐sured thetimespent with her friends, caredfor those inneed by delivering com‐munion to homebound, and excelled at spoiling Sep,aswellastheir five grandchildren andtwo great grandchildren. Doris was an anchor forher fam‐ily,alwaysconstantinher support,givingofher time and asteadfastreminder thatGod is firstand all elseisaccording to His plan. Herlifewas abeauti‐ful storyintertwined with love, loyalty, andfaith Doris is preceded in death byher husband,Septime JosephPoirrier, Jr who was laid to rest on Septem‐ber 12, 2025. Sheissur‐vived by theirthree daugh‐ters: MicheleZelenko (Bob),AngeleFitzhenry, and Jeanelle Scheurich (Steven). Shewas the proud grandmotherof Brock Fitzhenry(Emily) Spencer Fitzhenry, Kade Fitzhenry,Kaitlyn Scheurich andZachary Scheurich andthe adoring great-grandmother to Laikyn Fitzhenryand AubreyFitzhenry.Doris is rememberedbyher sib‐lings RaymondFrench, Jr (Elaine)and Rosemary Gremillion(Bruce) as well asher many nieces, nephews andextended familymembers.The fam‐ily extendstheir heartfelt thankstothe caregivers who have been with Doris inthe recent yearsand to the doctorswho tried valiantly to give us just a bit more time with her. The Lord’spurpose forDoris on earth wasfulfilledand He has welcomed herback home. Funeralserviceswill beheldonWednesday September 24, 2025 at Greenwood FuneralHome, 5200 CanalBlvd. NewOr‐leans,LA70124. Family and friends areinvited to at‐tendvisitationbeginning at 9:30 a.m.,followedbya

Mass of ChristianBurialat 11:00 a.m. Intermentwill followinGreenwood Cemetery. We also invite you to shareyour thoughts, memories,and condolences online at www.greenwoodfh.com

Randle,Diane Ross

DianeRossRandleen‐tered eternalrestonSatur‐day,September 13, 2025, at the ageof79. Shewas a nativeofNew Orleans, LA and resident of Marrero, LA. Dianewas agraduate ofWalterL.Cohen High School Classof1963. She was aH RManager with D H Holmes /Dillard‘s for18 years.Beloved wife of JosephRandle, Jr.Loving motherofRoxann(Clyde) Brent,JosephRandle, III, Troy(Cassandra) Randle, and Keiva(Paul)Francis Daughterofthe late Arthur and Irma Ross. Grand‐daughterofthe late John and Beulah Ellis. Sister of Debra (Lester) Mayho, Tammy Ross,Karen (Rob‐bie)White,Alcee (Patricia) Ross, Willie Ross, Larry Ross, andHerman(Elisa) Ross. Daughter-in-lawof the late AlineRandle, also survivedby13grandchil‐dren, 14 great-grandchil‐dren, anda host of nieces nephews,cousins,other relatives andfriends.Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cersand membersofMt. ZionMissionaryBaptist Church,and allneighbor‐ing churches areinvited to attend theCelebration of LifeatMt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church,701 Huey P. LongAve., Gretna,LAon Saturday, September20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor Terry L. Robinson,Sr. ofﬁci‐ating.Visitationbeginsat 8:30a.m.until servicetime atthe above-named church.Interment:Rest‐lawnParkCemetery-Avon‐dale, LA.Arrangementsby Davis Mortuary Service, 230 Monroe St., Gretna,LA. Toviewand sign theguest‐book,pleasegotowww davismortuaryservice.com. Face masksare recom‐mended.

EugeniaAnn Ross Robinsonentered eternal restather residenceon Wednesday,September 3, 2025, at theage of 54. She was anativeofNew Or‐leans,LAand aresidentof Waggaman, LA.Eugenia was agraduateofO.Perry WalkerSeniorHighSchool and continuedher studies atSidneyCollier Technical College andWilliam Carey College.She wasemployed withthe VA Hospital as a registered nurse. Beloved

daughter of Jeanne Marie Lewis Ross,and thelate EugeneJosephRoss, Sr SisterofTonyRoss, Gre‐goryRoss, WayneRose, WalterRose, DarrellRose, Barry Ross,Frederick Ross SundayRoseVictor, Debra RossLewis,SheilaRoss, Lilac Ross Jonesand the lateJohannLee Ross, also survivedbya host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relativesand friends. Relatives andfriends of the familyare invitedtoattend the CelebrationofLifeat Davis Mortuary Service, 6820 Westbank Expressway Marrero,LAonSaturday, September 20, 2025, at 11:00a.m. Visitation begins at9:30a.m.until service timeatthe abovename parlor. Interment: Will Be Private.Toviewand sign the guestbook,pleasego towww.davismortuaryse rvice.com.FaceMasks Are Recommended

Robinson,Janet MariePorter

JanetMarie Porter Robinson, age84, was calledhometobewiththe LordonFriday, September 5,2025, at herresidence She wasa native of New Orleans,LAand aresident ofAvondale, LA.Janet was employedwithLoyolaUni‐versity School of Lawand was recognized forher dedicationbythe Dean of the School of Lawwiththe PresidentialMedal.She re‐tired in 2019, after 21 years ofdistinguished service. Janet wasa faithfuland activememberof NazareneMissionaryBap‐tistChurch,where shewas a deaconessand the Motherofthe Church.Fol‐lowingHurricane Katrina, Janet became amemberof Macedonia BaptistChurch, continuingher callingasa deaconess anddevoted student of theSunday School.She wasanavid New OrleansSaints, LSU football andLSU women’s basketballfan.Janet en‐joyed traveling, particu‐larly goingoncruises, where shecould enjoyfel‐lowship,relaxation, and adventure.Beloved wife of the late Albert Robinson, Jr. DevotedmotherofJu‐dithLynnPorter, Joslyn Marie Robinson (Warren) Sullen, Albert (Airgrecker) RobinsonIII, JoyAnn Robinson, andJill Faith Alexander.Grandmother of the late Albert Robinson IV Daughterofthe late Jesse and JessicaPorter. Janetis alsosurvivedby14grand‐children21great grand‐children, 3godchildren, and ahostofnieces, nephews,cousins,church familyand friends. Rela‐tives andfriends of the family, also pastors, ofﬁ‐cers, andmembers of Macedonia BaptistChurch, NazareneMissionaryBap‐tistChurch,and allneigh‐boringchurches arein‐vited to attend theHome‐going CelebrationatMace‐donia BaptistChurch,1219 Cohen Street,Marrero,LA onSaturday, September20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. Pastor AlbertC.Mickel, ofﬁciat‐ing.Visitationwillbegin at 9:00a.m.until servicetime atthe church.Interment: RestlawnParkCemeteryAvondale, LA.Arrange‐mentsbyDavis Mortuary

Pipkins, Martha Ray

Joseph, Elaine Lanie

Lindsey, Larry

Robinson,Eugenia AnnRoss

Case againstChevron aboutfacts,not politics

investment.

Louisiana is unapologetically pro-energy.Our people proudly support and participate in exploration, production and refining oil and gas We won’tapologize for powering our nation. As Louisiana’sattorney general, Iled the nation fighting the Biden administration’s flawed energy policies. Louisiana successfully blocked a moratoriumonoil and gas leasing and led the attack on overzealous permitting requirements, aban on LNG exports, flawed social cost of carbon metrics and more But fighting for responsible energy policy does not require us to ignore environmental impacts. In its continued efforts to avoid accountability,however,Chevron and its surrogates are taking a new tack: misdirection. Chevron’s strategy is flawed for two reasons: First, its conduct is indefensible; and second, it’sjust plain wrong in its characterization of the coastal zone litigation. The trial that took place in Plaquemines Parish is agood example of what’snecessary to impose liability.InPlaquemines Parish, generations worked in the oilfield, their livelihoods dependent on continued oil and gas industry

But in theﬁrst of 42 cases to go to trial, aPlaquemines jury found Chevron responsible for about 25% of $2.7 billion in damages to the parish.

How did such an oil and gas industry friendly jury reach such a result? Easy: Because the evidence revealed Chevron’spredecessor Texaco unlawfully dumped four billiongallons of toxic wastewaterinto the Louisianamarsh for decades, while knowingly and intentionally ignoring permitting requirements. At the same time, it proﬁted from selling storagetootheroil companies. Thoseare the facts that recently leda jurytohold Chevronaccountablefor itsrole in the destructionofthe Louisianacoastline.Eventhen, the jury only held Chevron accountable for about 25%ofthe damage,recognizing that other factors contributed to someofthe damage.

The coastal casesare distinctly different from frivolous climate change “nuisance”lawsuits,contrary to Chevron’sattempts to characterizethemasthe same Ihave vigorouslyopposed those kinds of actionsbecause even if such acause of action could supply avehicletosue,proving that aparticular defendant’s actions directly causedparticulardamage is virtually impossible.

other companies to dispose of their toxic wastewater,while dumping Texaco’sown waste into our marsh. This conduct continued until the late 1980s, while Texaco lied to regulatory authorities about its activities, including dates of discharge, volumes and lab data.

Dumping 4.2 billion gallons of toxic waste for four decades into our marsh was irresponsible and illegal. But why does Chevron have to pay? Because it assumed the liabilities of Texaco, and it has proﬁted (and continues to proﬁt) from that purchase.

Not so with the coastal suits: These lawsuits require proof that aparticular defendant engaged in unlawful activitybefore1980 thatcontinued after 1980, and that caused actual identifiable harm. The Chevron case is atextbook caseofpollution and direct permitting violations, not vague nuisanceclaims. From the mid-1940s through the mid-1980s, Texaco discharged four billion gallons of toxic wastewater intothe marsh in the Delacroix field. This was an illegal discharge under then-applicable rulesand regulations. It getsworse.Texaco flatly

OneBig BeautifulBillwill enhance, notharm, Medicaid

ignored thepermitting rules established under Louisiana’sState and Local Coastal Resources Management Actof1978. The linchpin for liability is proof of activity continuing after the act’sSept. 20, 1980, effective date. There were safer alternatives. Useofdisposal wells was the industry standard, as Texaco’s internal documents and its operations elsewhere proved. And it was feasible —several sites could have been converted at minimal expense. Texaco even owned adisposal well in anearby ﬁeld and charged

The verdict did not hold Chevron accountable for damage it did not cause, such as erosion caused by hydrology changes or hurricanes. The Plaquemines jury award of $645 million reﬂectsthoughtful deliberation, not“hometown” justice.

The facts disproved Chevron’s case —itliedabout itsconduct being lawful; it liedabout theduration of itsunlawfulactivity; anditlied aboutthe breadth of itsunlawful activity.

Quitesimply,Chevron chose proﬁts over people andthe law— anditcontinues to do so every day it refuses accountabilityfor itsactions. This is not controversial

Liz Murrill is Louisiana’s attorney general.

Saving historic buildingsﬁrst line of defenseagainst storms

Some people in Washington enjoy scaring Americans to score political points. The current debate on Medicaid is aprime example Since President Donald Trumpsigned the 2025 reconciliation bill, which some callthe OneBig Beautiful Bill, intolaw, those opposing the legislation,mostly Democrats, have been telling anyonewho will listen that the new law will cut Medicaid beneﬁts to Americans in need If you believe that,you also believeinthe Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, and that Jimmy Hoffa died of natural causes.

of Americans who collect Medicaid. The newlaw requires those on theprogram to confirm their income twice ayear so officials can find themillionaire Medicaid recipients and send them packing and/or put them in jail.

In the20years since Hurricane Katrina, New Orleansand the people who live here have been described as resilient so often that somenow cringe at theterm. Extreme weather has become ordinary,and the expectation that people should repeatedly bounce back from disasters has become exhausting.

Here’sthe reality:Anyone who loses Medicaid benefits under the OBBB was not eligible for them in the first place.Infact, Medicaidwill grow 2.7% each year for the next decadeunderthe new law.Does that soundlike acut to you? TheOBBBdoes not cut Medicaid benefits for those who need them, butit does make sure that people who are not eligible forthese benefitsdo notcollect them.Since 2019,Medicaid spendinghas increased 60%. It’sunsustainable. If we wanted to ensure that Medicaid exists for current and future generations, Congress had to get to the bottom of thisunsustainable growth rate and makesome significant changes. One reason Medicaid costshave ballooned is that states such as California, Illinois and Minnesota expanded Medicaid accessto illegal immigrants. An estimated 1.4million illegal immigrants collected Medicaid benefits in violation of federal law.The OBBB stops this. It ensuresthat Medicaid only benefits American citizens in need —not foreign nationals livingin our country illegally

The OBBB also protectsMedicaid by stopping fraud. Awoman in Louisiana, for example, was recently charged with Medicaid fraud after underreporting her income to claim she qualified forbenefits. Officials became suspiciousafter the woman purchased aLamborghiniand underwent cosmetic surgery

The OBBB will helpensurethatLamborghini drivers are not among themillions

The new law will also help block doubledippers. Millions of Americanshave signed up for Medicaid in two states or for both Medicaid and taxpayer-subsidized Obamacare. There are 2.7 million doubledippersthat we know of. This costs the American taxpayer $14 billion per year

TheOBBB will stop it.

Afinal change that the OBBB makes to protect Medicaid benefitsfor those in need is to add awork requirement. Under thenew law,healthy people with no dependentswill have to work, look for work, go to school or volunteer for 20 hours per week to keep their Medicaid benefits.

Most fair-minded Americans believe that thefederal government should save Medicaid forthose who truly need it: individuals withillnesses or other disabilities, pregnant mothers, full-timecaregivers andthe elderly.But manypeople on Medicaid can work but choose not to.

We cannot afford to pay thebeneﬁtsof those whodonot need them, and the new law will ensure that those who can work do workifthey want Medicaid. Sometimes thebest way to get back on your feet is to getoff your butt.

So yes, it’strue that the OBBB cuts Medicaid for some individuals. But therest of the story is that they weren’teligible for Medicaid in theﬁrst place.

Many of thosepublic ofﬁcials telling lies aboutthe OBBB are doing it because they needtojustify voting againstthe main provisioninthe OBBB: thebiggest tax cut in Americanhistory.They know most Americans are too busy going to work and raising their families to read through the Medicaid provisions in thebill, and they are choosing to scare people withlies about cuts to the program.

The truth is that the OBBB will leave Medicaid stronger than ever by protecting beneﬁtsfor those who truly need them.

John Kennedy represents Louisiana in the U.S. Senate.

At thePreservation Resource CenterofNew Orleans, we expect thatbuildings, unlike people,can and should remain resilient. The chiefpurpose of buildings is to protect people,and theyare a primary line of defense in keeping NewOrleans aresilient city

The devastationfrom Hurricane Katrina was unprecedented, creating layers of loss that have continued to manifest over two decades.The impact on neighborhoods,from Katrina andsubsequent storms, remains visible in vacant lots where houses collapsed or were demolished, or in blighted properties that were abandoned when families were unable or unwilling to return.

Even in mild weather,water remains thebiggest adversary to historic structures here. Moisture and other aspects of New Orleans’ harsh climate take a toll on thebuildings we rely on, with near constant humidity,extremeheat, frequent ﬂooding and termites.

Despite this, historic buildings remain ubiquitous, and that is no coincidence. Not every building in the past was built to last, but the buildings that have survived are proof of both quality construction and resiliency.Historic buildings were built with thelocal environment in mind. Foundations were raised to allow water to rise and recede without entering the house, shutters protected windows from wind and debris and roofs were pitched to discourage rain from pooling.

Using suitable materials was as critical as these design features. Old growthwood, especially native-grown cypress, had more time to grow,making it denser than the lumber available today,aswell as moreresistant to rot and the appetites of insects. Historic plaster,unlike modern drywall, can dry if it gets wet during astorm.Additionally,akey ingredient in plaster is lime (made from limestone), which is mold resistant. If properly maintained, the durability of these historic materials makes it harder to damage them. When damage does occur,repairs are often possible instead of wholesale replacement. Saving these quality materials from the landfill and encouraging (and when necessary,enforcing) proper maintenance of historic buildings is agood place to start when thinking about building resiliency.However,skyrocketing insurance costs have introduced additional threats to New Orleans. For this reason, appropriately incorporating new and robust building strategies, with proven historic construction methods and materials, is imperative to New Orleans’ future. For example, fortified roofs that are designed to prevent damage from high winds, hurricanes, hailstorms, severe thunderstorms and tornadoes can be installed on historic buildings. The Louisiana Department of Insurance is funding a$10,000 lottery-style grant for homeowners who install a fortified roof on their home, and hopefully the program will continue to expand. The lottery opened on Sept. 2 and closed on Sept. 12. The more roofs of this kind installed, the more likely it is residents will see discounts on insurance rates.

The PRC was one of many local organizations that mobilized immediately after Katrina to get families back into their homes. Now,the PRC’swork to keep people in their homesremains morecrucial than ever,educating about and advocating forsmartpreservation practices that save what has worked in the past while integrating what New Orleans needs forthe future.

MaryNellNolan-Wheatley is the Preservation Resource Center’s advocacy coordinator and public policyresearch director

STAFF FILE PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Boaters travelnear Shell Island, abarrier island west of Buras in Plaquemines Parish. In the first of 42 coastal damagecases to

COMMENTARY

ISSUEOFTHE WEEK OUR POLITICAL CLIMATE

The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk —the latest in aseries of recent violent assaults on prominent political figuresfrom both parties —has left the countryonedge. It’s also prompted nationwide soul-searching over whythis keeps happening, what canbedone to stop it,how to preserve free expression despite deep divisions and howtoconductcivil conversations acrossideological lines. Here aretwo perspectives on where we stand at thisfraught moment.

Have we enteredanother eraofpolitical violence?

In his life’swork, CharlieKirk, the rising star in conservative politics, did not give me, or millions of Americans like me in the political center or left, agreat deal of optimismabout the direction of our nation’spartisan politics.

But his brutal assassination,captured in horriﬁc video images none of us can unsee, poses adire threat to our democracy,and it is theduty of all of us, regardless of political loyalty,to renounce and defuse any further political violence.

Ideplored Kirk’spolitics. Istilldo. But hispolitics did not merit violence of any kind. In the outpouring of rage that followed the news of his shooting, many voices on theright,from the exalted studios of Fox News to the lowest sloughs of social media, bayed that the “left” did this, and that theleft would pay

Ididn’twish violence on Charlie Kirk. NobodyIrespect,oreven know, wished for it.

Quite the opposite.I actually appreciated Kirk’ssuccess at motivating young people —mostlydisenchanted and disengaged young men —toengage in politics as ameans to building thenationtheywantedtolive in. Kirk’senergy,dedication andtalent in that direction were truly impressive. What, Isometimes wondered, were the folks on my side ofthe political divide doing to reach outtothe young in this way? Whowas ourmovement builder? Kirk is gone, and Iknow what that must feel liketohis friends and admirers on the right. Butwehave had more than enough wacky politically motivated violence in recent times. We have barely recovered emotionally from the June assassinationsof Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, her husband, Mark,aswell as the attempted assassination of Minnesota state Sen. John Hoffman and hiswife Yvette, and daughter Hope. Hortman and Hoffman were Democrats, as were most of the70potential targets found on alist compiledby thesuspectedassassin, VanceLuther Boelter Boelter was indicted in Julybya federal grand jury on sixcounts, some of which carry the deathpenalty. We don’tknow his motive, althoughit seems to have been political.

But I’m unaware of any Democratic politician or voice with any reach in American politics that called for reprisal for his crime with violence.

Indeed, Boelter’s crimes were cited by Democrats and others after Kirk’s assassination to counter claims by PresidentDonald Trumpand others that political violence was aproblem produced by “radicals on the left.”

In stark contrast to how politicians should actattimes like this —namely, callingfor unity and calm and for allowingjustice to take its course Trump, certain membersofCongress and an unfortunate stream of voices in right-wing media sounded moreeager to throw more kerosene on theﬁre.

As someone who has promoted free speech, regardless of which side is tryingtospeak out,Ihope that Democrats andRepublicans can approach this crisis with compassion, humility andself-reﬂection, and even learn some things from theother side.

Remember that California Gov Gavin Newsom invited Kirk to be the ﬁrst guestonthe Democratic governor’s“This is Gavin Newsom” podcast in March. Among other interesting thingsthat emerged from that encounter was Newsom’sadmission that his 13-year-old son wanted to stay home from school to meet Kirk, whom he followed on TikTok.

Iunderstand.Myown adult son hasbecome my unofﬁcial right-wing political adviser,ﬁlling me in on who Kirk was and how he seems to have more pull with afeisty,irreverent sector of the“manosphere” than the more conventional pols.

Butasanold geezer,Iremember the sort of tit-for-tat violence that plagued this country in the1960s —and I dread its possible return.

Ihave no desire to see thereturn of such eruptions.

Neither does Michael Fanone, the former Metropolitan Police ofﬁcer who was beaten almost to deathbythe Jan.6mob at the U.S. Capitol.

“I have nothing but contempt for Kirk’s politics,” said Fanoneina Facebook post after Kirk’sdeath. “He poisoned young minds withgrievance, conspiracy,and hate. Butviolence has no place in American politics. None.”

Fanone learned ﬁrst-hand what the threat of democracy slipping away feels like. He’drather not feel it again. Neither would I. EmailClarence Pageat clarence47page@gmail.com.

CharlieKirkleaveslegacy of free speech,anti-violence

For thoseofusofacertain age, the assassination of CharlieKirkbrought back memories of othermomentous assassinations —the moment of disbelief and then stomach-turning horror on ﬁrst hearing the news, the sense that events were tilting wildly out of kilter,the fear thatmoreterrible things were in the ofﬁng. Iwas acollege sophomore visiting another school on thatsunny Friday afternoon in November 1963 when Iheard, andfor afew seconds did notbelieve, that President John Kennedy had been shot and killed in Dallas. Ihad been intending to attend aSaturday football game, which, of course, was canceled, and somehow made it back home, dazed, on abus.

In thedays that followed, Kennedy’s family and admirers, and muchofthe media, attributed his assassination to an atmosphere of right-wing hate in Dallas. It was solemnly asserted that America was fundamentally aviolent nation.

Butinthe messier and not universally accepted reality, the assassin was acommunist who hadlived and married in Russia and had been in touch with Soviet agents.

In theyears that followed, Icame to think that Americans had been especially shocked and shaken because this assassination was notconsonant with the popular narrative of American history.Inthe nation’stwo bloodiestwars, thecountry was led by two commandersinchief who died suddenly just aboutatthe moment of victory.

President Abraham Lincoln was struck down by aConfederate supporter just days after the surrender at Appomattox. President Franklin Roosevelt died suddenly of acerebral hemorrhage just weeks before thesurrender of Germany and four months beforethe atomic bombs produced thesurrender of Japan.

After their deaths, they were seen as martyrs who aged before their people’seyes and seemed to give theirlives to thecause of making the nation stronger and better

The death of Kennedy was not like this at all. He was famously vigorous and had not seemed to age significantly in office (though secretly he wasin dreadful health) Disorder followed. Less than five yearslater,aWhiteracist murdered

Martin LutherKing Jr., andaPalestinianterrorist murdered Robert Kennedy.These were yearsofunsuccessinVietnamand violent riots in major cities, of unanticipated inﬂationand of largely unpunished terrorist bombings andhomicides, years in whichfourconsecutive presidents were driven from ofﬁce. Americanolonger seemed providentially blessed.

All these thoughts cameinto my head with the news of the assassinationofCharlie Kirk, 80 yearsafter the deathofRoosevelt, and twice 80 yearsafter the assassination of Lincoln. Kirk wasnot as prominent aﬁgure as these leaders, and at 31 was not as prominent yetasKing or Robert Kennedy were when they were taken from us. The assassinationofKirk, as many have noted, is just one of many instances of violenceagainst political ﬁgures, including the two attempts, onenearly successful, to assassinate President Donald Trump.

People my ageusedtoask each otherwhere theywerewhen they heardthatPresident Kennedy was assassinated. Today,young people tell me thattheir parents were not yetalive on thatawful daynearly 62 yearsago.People my age rightly lament thatAmericanhistory is not properly taught, andIgather that few Americansanymore contemplate the awfulsymmetry of their successful commanders in chieffalling at the moment of victory

Perhaps thatcan be an advantage

Perhaps it is easiertonavigate the rapids of political controversy withoutthe expectation of providential blessing. Perhaps it is well to remember that the wartime Presidents Lincoln and Rooseveltwerehugely controversial in their terms, hated by millions of their fellowcitizens, by no means assuredofthe electoral majorities the recordbooksshowthey won. Many of their policies and procedureswereindeed departures from the norms of the time,asmany of the policiesand procedures of the current president are. People will disagreeabout suchthings. The optimist in me wants to think that most Americanswill emerge from this tragedy andbemoreinclinedtorespectfully tolerate disagreement. Is that too much to hope for? MichaelBaroneisonX @MichaelBarone.

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Amemorial honoring conservativeactivistCharlie Kirk is held Sept.12atthe LSUStudentUnion Theater

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Sharp, CarlaFortner

CarlaFortner Sharp, 76 ofFolsom, Louisiana passedawayMonday, Sep‐tember15, 2025, peacefully surrounded by herloving family. Carlawas born Sep‐tember25, 1948inNew‐port, Arkansas to Buddy Lewis andThelmaFortner Carla’s life wasone de‐ﬁnedbyfaith,love, and family. Shewas adevoted wife, mother,grand‐mother, great-grand‐mother, aunt,and friend Her kindness touched everyoneshe met. Shewas anactiveand committed memberofFirst Baptist ChurchinCovington.She loved herLordand Savior ﬁercely,and sheserved him honorably. For26 years,Carla wasmarried toher belovedhusband and soulmate,HezzieKen‐nethSharp.Their marriage was atrueexample of love and devotion,joining to‐gethertwo familiesinto one.Carla wasthe proud motherofthree daughters: JillArdoin(Tony), Joy Glover, andJulie Glover Through hermarriageto Kenneth,she lovingly em‐bracedhis children Ken‐nethSharp (Sherry), StevenSharp (Michelle), and ElizabethBrockhoeft (Eric)asher own. Carlais alsosurvivedbyher loving sister, DianeRuff; sister-inlaw,Ellen Fortner; 15 grandchildren;11great grandchildren;and ahost ofniecesand nephews thatweredeartoher heart.Carla waspreceded indeath by herparents; her brother, John Hyman Fortner Sr.; hersister, Dorothy Doss;her brothers inlaw,PaulDossand Jon Ruff; hergrandson, Joseph WaldronJohnson Jr.; and

DEATHS continued from herchildhood best friend CherylSharp.Carla was brilliant anddetermined. She graduatedfromCov‐ingtonHigh School.She earnedher Bachelor of Sci‐enceinparalegal studies whenshe graduatedCum laude from Tulane Univer‐sity. Shealsowentonto obtainher NotaryPublic certiﬁcation provingthat her thirst forknowledge and dedication to herpro‐fessional growth neverwa‐vered.Carla will be remem‐bered notonlyfor herin‐telligenceand accomplish‐ment, butalsofor her warmth, quick-wit, andthe laughtershe broughtinto every room.She hadan ex‐traordinary gift formaking othersfeel valued and cherished.Her family will forever treasure thecount‐lessmemoriesshe created withthem. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend theFuneral Service on Friday,Septem‐ber 19,2025 at 2:00 pm at E.J.FieldingFuneralHome, 2260 West 21st Avenue Covington,LAwithvisita‐tionbeginning at 12:00pm until servicetime. Inter‐mentwillfollowinFussell Cemetery, Fussell Ceme‐teryRoad, Covington, LA E.J.FieldingFuneralHome has been entrustedwith funeralarrangements. Pleasesignthe guestbook atwww.ejﬁeldingfh.com

Williams,Peggy Lee

Peggy LeeWilliamswas borntothe late Vincent Williams andRoseMary Espadron. Shewas also the stepdaughterofthe late Raymond Espadron,Sr. and Hilda Williams. Shewas the devotedwifeof49 years to Vernon Byron Williams,Sr. To this union two children were born, VernonByron Williams,Jr. and TonieceWilliams. Peggy grew up in Pointeala-Hache,LAand received her high school diploma fromPhoenix High School classof1976. Shespent her

career in accountingat MurphyOil Refinery re‐named Valero Meraux Re‐finery.She waspreceded indeath by hermother, RoseMaryEspadron, her father, VincentWilliams, her stepfather,Raymond Espadron, Sr., herfather and mother-in-law, Herbert Williams Jr.and Irma Cross Williams,her sisters, Helen Griffin, CarolynEncalade (Lawrence), andSusan Simon,her brother, Kerry Williams,her brothers-inlaw Clarence Griffin, ClarenceBen,Jr. andHer‐bertTerry Williams,III. Peggy leaves to cherish her fondestmemoriesher husband,VernonByron Williams,Sr.,her son, Ver‐non ByronWilliams, Jr., her daughter, Toniece Williams,her grandchil‐drenKeiara, Jalan, Taiand JaseWilliams, sistersRose Griffinand MarlenaCowart (Edward,Jr.), Stacey and Elizabeth Williams,her brothers-in-law,Byron Williams,Sr. (Wyona), Ger‐ald Griffin, andDave Simon,her sisters-in-law, Yvonne Ben, Jacqueline LaFrance, Othella Hughes (Leary),PamelaJiles(Rev., Dr. MichaelJiles),and Con‐stanceWilliams, herGod‐daughters,Akera Alexis and CarinellaIsidore anda hostofnieces, nephews cousins,other relatives and friends. Relativesand friends of thefamilyare in‐vited to attend thecelebra‐tionoflifeservice which willbeheldonSaturday, September 20,2025 at Our LadyofPerpetual Help, 8970 LA-23, Belle Chasse LA70037. Thevisitationwill begin at 9:00 am followed byan11:00 am mass. Fa‐therKyleDavewillofficiate and entombment will fol‐low in thechurch's ceme‐tery. Funeralplanningen‐trusted to Robinson Family FuneralHome, 9611 LA-23, Belle Chasse,LA70037, (504) 208-2119. Foronline condolences,pleasevisit www.robinsonfamilyfuner alhome.com

Williams-Spiller,Evelena Blanche

We aredeeply saddened toannouncethe peaceful passing of EvelenaBlanche Williams-Spiller,a cher‐ished matriarch, on Wednesday,September 3, 2025. Shewas surrounded bythe warmth andloveof her familyatthe remark‐ableage of 99. Evelena leavesbehinda legacy of kindnessand compassion She is survived by herchil‐dren, Evelena“Marie” Jones (Gleanford), Gloria and Napoleon Williams; her granddaughter, Shar‐nellJones-Farlough(Jai‐son); hergreat-grandson, Shamaa’d; andtwo bonus grandchildren,Kierceand Kais; andher brother, John Williams,ofYubaCity, CA Evelena is preceded in death by herparents,the lateJosephWilliams, Sr and Mary J. Williams;the lateSamuelJoseph Williams andWillieLee Spiller.She cherishedher roleasa sister to thelate AnnieBellScie, Ida, Joseph, Jr., James, and HowardWilliams. We invite familyand friendstojoin usinCelebrating Evelena’s Extraordinary Life on Sat‐urday,September 20, 2025, for 10:00 a.m. at Franklin Avenue BaptistChurch,lo‐cated at 8282 I-10 Service Road, NewOrleans,LA. Vis‐itation will beginat8:45 a.m.PastorFredLuter,Jr. willofﬁciatethe service. Serviceswillalsobe streaming on www franklinabc.com.Following the service, we will layher torestatProvidence MemorialPark& Mau‐soleuminMetairie, LA.We inviteyou to shareyour memoriesand condo‐lencesinher Guestbook Online: www.anewtraditi onbegins.com(504) 2820600. DonavinD.Boydand LinearBrooksBoydOwn‐ers/FuneralDirectors

Williams Sr., Demetrius Carnell

DemetriusCarnell Williams Sr 50, of Harvey Louisiana,passedaway peacefully on Monday September 8, 2025, sur‐rounded by hiswifeand kids. Demetriuswas born onMay 27, 1975, in Baton Rouge,Louisiana to Ve‐nessa Williams.Hegrew upinBaton Rouge, Louisiana,and laterrelo‐cated to Harvey,Louisiana where he spentthe last 20 years of hislife. Demetrius issurvivedbyhis devoted wifeof13years,Devoney Muse-Williams;fourpre‐cious daughters, Demetria (Wayne),Dekel,Demitrius and Daria; threebeloved sons, DemetriusJr.,Devon, and DeJon; andtwo trea‐sured granddaughters Wynterand RaineBrown Healsoleavesbehindhis lovingmother, Venessa Williams;his father,Fred‐erick Taplin (Oletha); brother,Tolderick Williams;niece,Tamia Williams;nephew, Tolder‐ick Williams Jr.; father-inlaw,Kenneth Muse;broth‐ers-in-law, Kenyon Muse and AbdulRauf; hissisterin-law,Schante Muse;and

godson,DenverMuse. Demetrius wasalsosur‐vived by ahostofuncles, aunts, cousins, andfriends who will foreverremember his spirit.Demetrius was precededindeath by his paternalgrandparents, Gloriaand Eugene Givens; his maternal grandparents Maryand JC Williams;his stepfather, Herman Haile; his brother, Patrick Williams;his mother-inlaw,JackieMuseand two uncles, Lionel Williams and SedricRichards. Family and friendsare invitedto the CelebrationofLifeSer‐vicehonoringthe life of Mr. DemetriusCarnell Williams,Sr.,atVictory Christian Center,411 Opelousas Ave.,onSatur‐day,September 20, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Visitation at 10:00 a.m. Interment: Rest‐lawnCemetery, 3540 US 90, Avondale, LA.Pleasesign the online guestbook at www.charbonnetfuneralho me.com. Charbonnet Labat Glapion,Directors.(504) 581-4411.

Saints keep eyeonfuturewith movesatWR

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

Alot changed for the New OrleansSaints between the end of last year and thestart of this one, but when trainingcampopened their wide receivergroup was essentially the same as the one they ﬁelded in 2024.

The only addition New Orleansmadeto its receiving corps was BrandinCooks,a 31-year-old entering his 12th NFL season. And Cooks didn’tfeel like much of achange: He is roughly similar in size andskillset to the Saints’ two starters, and he spent three seasons in New Orleans to start his career Now fast forward to mid-September,and theSaints have added threenew receiverstotheir group, two by trade andone by

waiver claim. Devaughn Vele, Ja’Lynn Polk andTreyPalmer have all joined the Saints since Aug. 20. Of thethree, only Vele has appeared in a Saints uniform, but that seems beside the point: Thesemoves all appeared to be made with one eye on the future.

“We’re alwaystrying to getbetterasa team, both nowand in the future,” said head coach Kellen Moore. “. .Wefeel like we have areally good receiver room, and we’re really trying to build it intoabig-time strength.Wewere able to acquire these guys, we’ve got aton of depth in that group, and …I thinkithelps us nowand in the fu-

ture as we continue tobuild this thing.” New Orleans now has sixreceivers on theiractiveroster.Ofthem, Cooks is the only one who has morethan four years of NFL experience. Each of the three receivers the Saints acquired has at leastone more year remaining on their rookie contract after this season, with Vele and Polk both havingtwo years left.None of them will have acap number higher than $2.2 million on the remainder of their contracts. Thatﬁgurestobeimportant as both Chris Olave andRashid Shaheed are coming up on new deals. Polk will not play this season,asheison

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BY GUERRYSMITH

Contributing writer

RunningbackMaurice Turner could miss his third consecutive game when Tulane plays 13th-rankedOle Miss in amatchup of unbeaten teams on Saturday (2:30p.m., ESPN).

Coach Jon Sumrall offeredno guarantee he’d play after the Green Wave helda walkthroughpractice in theCaesars Superdome on Thursday morning. Turner tweaked an ankle in the ﬁrsthalf of theseason opener against Northwestern but returned to play through it, ﬁnishing with 88 yards on 14 carries.

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“Two weeks ago he was, like, doubtful to questionable,” Sumrall said. “Last week Ithought questionable to probable, and Istill think questionable to probable. He looked really good on Monday.Helooked really crappy on Tuesday.Helooked pretty OK yesterday.” Turner will travel with the team and will be a game-time decision assuming he handles Friday’srun-through practice without asetback.

“He’sgot areal shot to play,”Sumrall said “It’sreally not the ankle at this point. It’snot ajoint issue. It’smore like working out the muscle, almost like acalf, not quiteaslow as an Achilles, but it’skind of moved alittle bit. We’re bringing in an outside massage person today that works withthe Saints players to see if we can’tworkitout.”

The Wave has held its own without Turner. Arnold Barnes and Zuberi Mobley converted third downs with second effort on Saturday against Duke. FreshmanJavon Gordon leads the runningbacks with122 yards on 27 carries, with Mobley right behind himat 107 yards on 21 attempts (5.1 average).

“I like that room,” Sumrall said. “Zuberi ﬂashed the most at South Alabama. Javon Gordon is an impressive youngster.Duda (Barnes) hadthe third-down conversion as a checkdown (receiver). Theguyshavebeen really admirable withhow they’ve stepped up in Mo (Gordon)’sabsence.”

Things to watchfor as LSUhosts Southeastern aheadofSEC play

BYWILSON ALEXANDER Staff writer

Theonlyother time LSU playedSoutheastern Louisiana in the modern era, it had asloppy offensive performance earlyinthe 2018 season. TheTigers still won 31-0, but they puntedsix times andwerenearlyheldscoreless in the second half inside their own stadium.

Thelastthing No. 3LSU needs right now is another game like thatagainst Southeastern at 6:45 p.m. Saturdaynight. LSU’soffense hasstruggled to get going the ﬁrst three weeks,ranking last in theSEC with20points scored per game. In theory,playing Southeastern gives LSUachance to work on its issues and play its backups in the secondhalf. That’s really what this gameshould be for theTigers:

BY SCOTTRABALAIS Staff writer

TheSoutheasternConference on Tuesdaywill announceeach school’s three “annual” football opponents and their six rotating opponentsfor 2026, The Advocate haslearned. SEC schools votedinAugust to move from an eight- to anine-game conference schedule beginning next season. The move

one moretuneup before SEC play begins to heat up at No.13Ole Miss next weekend.Ifit’snot,that would be ared ﬂag.

Here are four things to watch for.

HasGarrett Nussmeierreallyturnedacorner?

LSU coach Brian Kelly revealed this week that quarterback Garrett Nussmeier hasbeen playing through atorso injury that he developed in preseason camp.It limited what he could do at practice, Kelly said,and so LSU was “not doing alot” in the vertical passing game. But Kelly said repeatedly that Nussmeier has turned acorner,sohebelieves Nussmeier needs to play against Southeastern instead of taking aweek to rest. Nussmeier

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is expected to add to SEC teams’ strength of schedule

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STAFF PHOTO By MICHAEL JOHNSON

wide receiver Chris Hilton makesa catch during warmupsahead of agame against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 6at TigerStadium.

STAFFFILE PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER Tulane running back MauriceTurner runs with the ballduring aseason-opening game against the NorthwesternWildcats on Aug. 30 at yulman Stadium.

Headed to the LSU Hall of Fame

Six former greats to be inducted including Johnson, Brady, Dupree

BY KOKI RILEY Staff writer

On Friday, LSU will induct six members into its athletics hall of fame at the Manship Theater in Baton Rouge.

The latest inductees include women’s basketball point guard Temeka Johnson, former men’s basketball coach John Brady, former men’s golf coach J. Perry Cole, gymnast Rheagan Courville Branton, women’s basketball AllAmerican Cornelia Gayden and men’s basketball guard Ronald Dupree.

Here’s a closer look at each inductee.

Temeka Johnson

Johnson was a four-time AllAmerican and the winner of the Nancy Lieberman Award in 2005, an honor handed to the nation’s top point guard. She finished her LSU career ﬁrst all-time in assists, also finishing eighth in Division I history in the same statistic.

Johnson’s excellence helped guide LSU to its first two Final Four appearances (2004, 05). She also holds the LSU record for assists in a game (17 against Georgia in 2005)

“I was small and always came up against so many people that always told me what I couldn’t do,” the 5-foot-3 Johnson said in an LSU news release. “That has made me feel that every area of my life is a success.”

J.Perry Cole

In 11 seasons as men’s golf coach, Cole led the program to national championships in 1940 and 1942. He helped star golfer Earl Stewart

win an individual national championship in 1941 and led LSU to ﬁve Southeastern Conference titles.

Cole also served in World War I, and during World War II helped start the Louisiana State Guard. For his efforts, he was upgraded from the rank of major to the honorary rank of colonel.

“He was a leader in battle, in his family, and in the classroom,”

Chris Garcia, who accepted the honor on behalf of Cole’s family said, “but above all else, he was dedicated to LSU.”

Rheagan Courville Branton

Courville Branton’s gymnastics résumé speaks for itself.

The former Tigers star earned 23 All-American honors, won 26 all-

around titles (the most in school history) and matched a school record with ﬁve SEC individual titles.

Additionally Courville Branton was a two-time NCAA national champion in the vault and scored at least 9.90 on 110 routines in four seasons at LSU.

“I’ve always had a passion for LSU,” Courville Branton said. “I grew up cheering for every sport; my whole family loved LSU, it was really just in my DNA. It was the school I wanted to represent ever since I was a little kid.”

Ronald Dupree

Dupree ﬁnished his four seasons in Baton Rouge with at least 1,000 points, 200 assists and 100 steals.

He’s one of just 16 players in program history to accomplish such a feat.

In LSU history, Dupree is ninth all-time in points and rebounds.

He’s one of just ﬁve LSU players to crack the top 10 in both categories, joining former greats Shaquille O’Neal, Bob Pettit, Jasmin Mitchell and Rudy Macklin.

“It means a ton. It means validation for all the work,” Dupree said. “This means ‘I did it.’ People appreciate and identify the contributions that I have given and was blessed to be able to give.”

John Brady

Brady guided the Tigers to their last Final Four appearance in 2006 and that year led LSU to its ﬁrst outright SEC championship in 21 seasons.

In 10 seasons at LSU, Brady had the third-most wins for a coach in program history and was the only coach in LSU history to defeat two No. 1 ranked teams. He reached the Sweet 16 twice and won the SEC Coach of the Year award two times.

“When I received the call, I was so emotional that I couldn’t speak,” Brady said. “How humbling it is to be in a list of outstanding athletes and coaches who have come through LSU. I’m grateful for the players and the coaches who allowed me to be in this position.”

Cornelia Gayden

Despite standing at just 5-9, Gayden averaged more than 22 points and eight rebounds over four seasons in Baton Rouge. She led the SEC in points from 1993-1995 and was an AP All-American in 1995.

Against Jackson State in 1995, she set the NCAA record for 3-pointers in a game with 12 and ﬁnished her LSU career with the NCAA record for 3-pointers made (337) “Words can’t describe how grateful I am,” Gayden said. “It means the school, the ofﬁcials, and everyone on the committee thought enough about me to say that I was one of the best.”

LSU hoops to face UCF in exhibition game

BY TOYLOY BROWN III Staff writer

LSU men’s basketball team will play Central Florida in an exhibition game at noon on Oct. 26 at Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Florida, according to a Thursday release from UCF

This will be the ﬁrst time a coach Matt McMahon-led LSU team will play a power conference opponent in an exhibition game. The fourthyear head coach had his team play Loyola-New Orleans in an exhibition contest last season, winning 110-48.

LSU played UCF last season in the sixth contest of the regular season. The Tigers won 109-102 in triple overtime in the thirdplace game of the Greenbrier Tipoff Classic held at the Colonial Hall at The Greenbrier in West Virginia Jalen Reed, who returned to Baton Rouge for his redshirt junior season, had 21 points on 7-of-12 shooting, 13 rebounds, four assists, two blocks and a steal.

Kershaw to retire after 18 seasons with Dodgers

LOS ANGELES Three-time Cy

Young Award winner Clayton Kershaw will retire at the end of this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Thursday

The 37-year-old left-hander who got his 3,000th strikeout in July will make his ﬁnal regular-season start at Dodger Stadium on Friday night against the San Francisco Giants.

The 11-time All-Star and 2014 NL MVP is in his 18th major league season, all with the Dodgers, which ties him with Zack Wheat and Bill Russell for the most years in franchise history Kershaw won World Series championships in 2020 and 2024.

Kershaw has a career record of 222-96 and 15 shutouts, which lead active major league players.

McLaughlin-Levrone makes history in 400

TOKYO Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters, running 47.78 in a historically fast one-lap race at the world championships Thursday Pushed by second-place finisher Marileidy Paulino, who clocked a 47.98 of her own on the rain-slickened track in Tokyo, McLaughlinLevrone captured her first global title in the 400 flat after dominating the hurdles for the past four years. The second- and third-fastest times in history in this race trail only the 47.60 by East Germany’s Marita Koch, set Oct. 6, 1985 one of the last remaining vestiges in track from an Eastern Bloc doping system that was exposed years after it ended.

Former S.C. QB Shaw stable following collapse

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Former South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw was in stable condition Thursday a day after he collapsed while coaching his son’s ﬂag football team. The City of Simpsonville stated that Shaw was coaching at Gracely Park on Wednesday, and the incident occurred approximately 15 minutes after the game began. Shaw 33, was taken by emergency services to Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. The City of Simpsonville reported that he was in stable condition as of Thursday morning.

Shaw was South Carolina’s starting quarterback from 2011 to 2013. He passed for 6,074 yards and ran for 1,683 while posting a 27-5 career record. He was inducted into the school’s athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.

Spain overtakes Argentina to lead FIFA rankings

The Tigers’ ﬁrst regular season game will be Nov 5 against Tarleton State at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center

This upcoming matchup will be the ﬁrst time in program history that the Tigers visit the Knights’ home arena. Excluding the exhibition, LSU will play four high-major teams in its 13-game nonconference slate. Its toughest opponent will likely be Texas Tech on Dec. 7. The Red Raiders return an AP secondteam All-American in JT Toppin and are coming off an Elite Eight appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

The recipe for the ‘biggest golf event ever’

Ryder Cup might be most anticipated one

BY DOUG FERGUSON AP golf writer

Take the loudest and rowdiest event in golf. Put it on a public golf course in New York notorious for its proud and raucous crowds. Now fill it with 50,000 flag-waving fans at Bethpage Black. It’s a recipe that has made this Ryder Cup the most anticipated of them all.

“I think hands down it’ll be the biggest golf event ever,” said Justin Thomas, the most experienced American on his team despite playing in only his fourth Ryder Cup. If all that isn’t enough, President Donald Trump wasn’t about to miss out on the ultimate “us versus them” sporting event. He plans to be there for the opening session on Sept. 26 when the Americans try to win back the Ryder Cup. The passion is unlike any other golf tournament, all for a 17-inch gold trophy donated by an English

seed merchant (Samuel Ryder) for a friendly golf competition between teams on both sides of the Atlantic in 1927. After nearly a century, it doesn’t seem all that friendly at times.

“When you’re a part of it, it really it changes you forever it really does,” said U.S. captain Keegan Bradley, who has gone 11 years since he last was part of it.

Bradley never unpacked his suitcase from his Ryder Cup debut in 2012. It’s still in his garage at his Florida home. He has pledged not to open and remove whatever is in there in whatever condition it’s in — until he’s part of a winning team.

Bradley nearly took matters into his own hands, on the verge of becoming the ﬁrst playing captain in the Ryder Cup since 1963 until he decided against it. All he wants is the trophy Luke Donald returns as captain, trying to join Tony Jacklin as the only European skippers to win back-to-back and fully aware it might not be as easy as it looked in Rome. He returns the same 12

faces, one different player — Rasmus Hojgaard replaces his identical twin Nicolai.

“Even though we have a lot of continuity, this is a different animal,” Donald said. “We understand how difﬁcult it is.”

The U.S. team made sure to avoid the mistake from two years ago, when all but two of its players went a month before the Ryder Cup without playing. They practiced together and played together at the Procore Championship last week in California, and retreated to a mansion among the vineyards as their private hang.

That got the attention of Justin Rose. He was doing a Q&A at his Rose Ladies Open in England earlier this month when he needled the Americans trying to bond as a team.

“I think America have tried too hard to become a team, whereas Europe is a bit more natural and organic, and I think it comes from deeper roots in a way,” Rose said.

Europe had all but one of its 12 players at the BMW PGA Championship in England. They met one night and received virtual reality

equipment that would allow them to experience some of the noise and heckling that might occur at Bethpage Black.

“I think we’ve been talking about the Ryder Cup in Bethpage probably for 10 years, the anticipation of it what it’s going to be like, how intense it’s going to be,” Rose said. “New Yorkers are crazy, and I think they become sort of caricatures of themselves. I think they feel like they have to live up to that reputation. So, fully expect absolute chaos out there.”

That’s one reason winning a Ryder Cup on the road hasn’t been easy the last decade.

The Americans won on home soil four years ago with their biggest shellacking ever against Europe 19-9 at Whistling Straits, which prompted Jordan Spieth to say, “If we play like we did this week, the score will look the same over there.”

But it didn’t.

Europe won for the seventh straight time at home in 2023 by a ﬁve-point margin. That prompted Rory McIlroy to say winning a Ryder Cup away from home is the biggest accomplishment in golf.

ZURICH — Spain and Lamine Yamal took top spot from Argentina and Lionel Messi in the FIFA men’s rankings published on Thursday, and lead for the ﬁrst time since being dethroned as world champion in June 2014. Spain’s two-win start to a 2026 World Cup qualifying group this month — against Turkey and Bulgaria — lifted the European champion from second place behind 2022 World Cup winner Argentina, which fell to third.

Argentina’s loss in a World Cup qualiﬁer in Ecuador also let France rise one place to No. 2. England stayed at No. 4, and Portugal climbed one place to No. 5. Mexico and the United States were Nos. 14 and 16 respectively as the World Cup co-hosts both fell one place. Canada, the third co-host next year, is No. 26.

Indy runner-up Malukas replaces Power at Penske Team Penske finally confirmed Thursday that David Malukas will replace Will Power in a decision that has dogged Power — in his 17th and final year with the organization — since it was rumored to have happened as early as the IndyCar season-opening race in March. Malukas will take over the No. 12 with sponsorship from Verizon in what Team Penske called a multiyear agreement. Malukas has never won an IndyCar race but at 23 years old is more than two decades younger than Power, a two-time series champion, Indy 500 winner and the greatest qualifier in IndyCar history with 71 career poles. Malukas, a first-generation Lithuanian American from Chicago, becomes only the second driver in Penske history to drive the No. 12.

STAFF FILE PHOTO By MARK SALTZ

LSU’s Temeka Johnson drives past Vanderbilt’s Jenn Hall on Feb 19, 2004, in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center

14 former NC State athletes

ﬁle lawsuit alleging abuse

BY AARON BEARD AP sportswriter

RALEIGH, N.C. — Fourteen former N.C. State male athletes have ﬁled

a lawsuit in state court alleging sexual abuse under the guise of treatment and harassment by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine, expanding a case that began with a federal lawsuit from a single athlete three years ago

The lawsuit filed Wednesday evening in Wake County Superior Court alleges years of misconduct by Robert Murphy Jr., including improper touching of the genitals during massages and intrusive observation while collecting urine samples during drug testing

Murphy at N.C. State from 2012-22, is among nine defendants named individually Others are school ofﬁcials accused of negligence in oversight roles.

Twelve athletes are “John Doe” plaintiffs to protect anonymity, while two former men’s soccer players are named. One is Benjamin Locke, who ﬁled the original complaint in August 2022. The other is one of two athletes who ﬁled their own federal lawsuits in February and April 2023. The Associated Press typically doesn’t identify those who say they have been sexually assaulted or abused unless the person has spoken publicly which Locke has done.

Durham-based attorney Kerry Sutton, who has represented plaintiffs in all four lawsuits, ﬁled to dismiss those pending Title IX lawsuits before moving the case to state-level jurisdiction — though now with 11 additional plaintiffs. Wednesday’s lawsuit outlines similar allegations of Murphy’s conduct and the school’s response. It alleges concerns about Murphy reached former athletic director Debbie Yow and other senior athletics officials, but nothing substantive was done to investigate nor prevent Murphy from “free rein” in working with male athletes despite being told to stop

The lawsuit alleges Murphy’s conduct was known to the point that athletes on multiple teams joked derisively about it, while multiple athletes refused to let Murphy treat them again It also alleged Murphy’s observation methods while collecting drugtesting samples were “unsettling and undignified,” with athletes exposed from calves to chest and sometimes with Murphy standing closely in the same bathroom stall.

“These 14 athletes have come forward together hoping to encourage others abused by Rob Murphy to see it wasn’t just them, they did nothing wrong, and NCSU should have protected them,” Sutton said in a statement on behalf of co-counsels Lisa Lanier and Robert Jenkins.

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A lawsuit filed Wednesday evening in Wake County Superior Court alleges years of misconduct by former director of sports medicine Robert Murphy, including improper touching of the genitals during massages and intrusive observation while collecting urine samples during drug testing

“A culture of fear in the NCSU athletics department led to this tragic set of circumstances. Athletes afraid of losing their scholarship or their spot on the team, trainers afraid of reporting their boss, coaches afraid of getting involved, directors afraid of harming NCSU’s reputation. Murphy took advantage of those fears to get away with abusing what we believe may turn out to be hundreds of former Wolfpack athletes.”

Seth Blum, who has represented Murphy along with fellow Raleighbased attorney Jared Hammett, said Murphy has been falsely accused.

“In three years of representing Robert Murphy in and out of court, we have yet to see one scrap of credible evidence that he assaulted anyone,” Blum said in a statement Thursday “He is a talented professional who has been targeted as an early victim in the new frontier of mass torts: suing universities for spurious allegations of sexual assault.

“Put simply, Robert Murphy did not do this.”

Defendants include Yow, who retired in 2019; former chancellor Randy Woodson; and current AD Boo Corrigan. In an email Thursday, spokesman Mick Kulikowski said N.C State wouldn’t comment on pending litigation. Yow declined to comment, deferring to the school, in a text message to the AP

Locke’s 2022 lawsuit stated he learned during the Title IX investigation that former men’s soccer coach Kelly Findley allegedly told a senior athletics official in

February 2016 that Murphy was engaging in conduct “consistent with ‘grooming’ behavior.” That was a key point when a federal appeals court in January reversed the dismissal of the “John Doe 2” lawsuit, determining that Findley’s comment was “objectively” an allegation qualifying as notiﬁcation to school ofﬁcials.

Wednesday’s lawsuit alleges Findley had raised concerns after the 2012 season to a senior athletics ofﬁcial and wanted Murphy removed as the team’s trainer. The senior ofﬁcial reassigned Murphy to other teams in 2013, but Murphy resumed working with soccer the next year in what the lawsuit calls “a self-directed return.”

That official’s successor later instructed Murphy multiple times from 2016-21 to stop treating male athletes or hanging around the soccer team, and instead focus on administrative duties. Yet as Murphy “failed to comply,” the school took no corrective action and elevated him to director of sports medicine in 2018, the lawsuit states. Murphy went on administrative leave in January 2022 amid the Title IX investigation tied to Locke, whose first lawsuit stated he learned that Murphy no longer worked at N.C. State after an “involuntary separation” that summer That Title IX investigation ultimately found “a violation would have been substantiated via the preponderance of the evidence standard” if Murphy remained, according to a letter to Locke from the school’s Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity

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league starting in 2024.

LSU expected then that its annual opponents would be Ole Miss, Texas A&M and Alabama, but that may not be the case when the schedule revealed.

Coach Brian Kelly, speaking Thursday after LSU’s ﬁnal major practice session in preparation for Saturday’s home game with Southeastern Louisiana (6:45 p.m., SEC Network), said athletic director Scott Woodward has been made aware of the Tigers’ annual opponents, but he has not.

“The AD here knows, but the head coach doesn’t,” Kelly said “You can make a case for a halfdozen teams to be (LSU’s) natural rivals, but other teams want those games as well.”

Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione, speaking Wednes-

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Sumrall also plugged redshirt freshman Jamauri McClure, the Wave’s ﬁfth-string running back who had long gains in both of the Wave’s preseason scrimmages and had 84 yards in 10 carries against UAB last year in his only extended action.

“I talked to him this morning about hey, man, you might be the most gifted dude out here,” Sumrall said. “He asked if he had been better recently I said, yeah, it’s consistency and detail daily You have to strain all the time and be urgent all the time. I haven’t given up on Jamauri. He’s going to be a good player It’s just everybody’s timelines are a little different. I’ve coached first-round draft picks that didn’t start until their third or fourth year of college.”

Aside from Turner, the only other regular contributor with an uncertain status is defensive end Gerrod Henderson, who hurt his right arm in the second quarter against Duke and did not return His eight tackles are tied with Trevon McAlpine for the team lead among linemen. Sumrall labeled him questionable.

“Training room he’s cleared,” he said. “His status is going to be how he feels. There’s nothing keeping him from playing in regard to a medical diagnosis. It’s what is his conﬁdence in using it and being able to play the way he feels comfortable.”

Hall pass

Look for Liberty transfer Jordan Hall to start his second consecutive game at right guard, with Reese Baker lining up next to him again at right tackle.

Tulane rushed for 156 yards and allowed only one sack against Duke while going primarily with that setup along with center Jack

day on SEC Network host Dari Nowkhah’s radio show in Oklahoma City, said that at one time OU thought its three permanent opponents would be Texas, Missouri and Arkansas for geographic reasons.HesaidOUwillplayTexas annually,butthattheschoollearned early on in the process that it would not get Mizzou and Arkansas.

The SEC created a temporary eight-game schedule for 2024 and 2025 with the arrival of OU and Texas and the elimination of East and West divisions. LSU and Oklahoma were paired as season-ending opponents for both seasons, with LSU making its first-ever trip to Norman, Oklahoma, on Nov 29.

LSU needs a season-ending opponent who does not have another bigger rival it traditionally plays around Thanksgiving weekend That rules out schools like Texas A&M and Texas, Ole Miss and Mississippi State, and Alabama and Auburn.

Hollifield, left guard Shadre Hurst and left tackle Derrick Graham. Darion Reed started the ﬁrst two games at right tackle, and Baker played guard.

“We deﬁnitely still have a lot to improve on, but we’ve meshed really well,” Holliﬁeld said. “When we get doubles and combos, I don’t think anybody can stop us. We’re moving dudes.”

The Wave is creative up front, too. Twice against Duke backup center Elijah Baker lined up as a tight end, went in motion and clobbered defense end Wesley Williams right after the snap.

“The whole offensive staff has good ideas,” Sumrall said. “I think that’s (offensive line) coach (Evan) McKissack’s concept. We wanted to put a big body on their edge player When you play gifted edge players, it’s like how do we affect this guy We whacked him a little bit with a big body We like to have unique things we do each week that are not on tape.”

Lagniappe

Ole Miss has won 20 non-conference regular-season games in a row dating to a 28-20 loss to 23rd-ranked California at home in 2019. Tulane is seeking its first perfect non-league record since its 12-0 season in 1998. Wave wideouts have zero touchdowns through three games.

has done “some things in practice he hasn’t done in the last month” this week, Kelly said.

“We had to limit a lot of things that we did the first three, four weeks,” Kelly said. “He’s ﬁnally coming to practice, feeling good and getting into a good rhythm. This was his best week of practice. So we want him to go and play the game at a level where he’s comfortable. To hold him back at this point would not be the right thing for him.”

If that’s the case, will he be able to throw deep? Nussmeier is 4 of 13 for 132 yards, one touchdown and one interception on passes more than 20 yards downfield, according to Pro Football Focus. He badly underthrew a ball deep down the left sideline against Louisiana Tech, and it got picked off. Nussmeier can show whether or not he’s able to make that kind of throw again regardless of the competition level.

Ideally Nussmeier won’t even play the whole game, giving sophomore quarterback Michael Van Buren a chance to get reps It looked like LSU would have an opportunity to play Van Buren against Louisiana Tech, but that never happened because the starters struggled to put the game out of reach. Two weeks later, there ought to be a chance to evaluate the backup quarterback

Third-down execution

One of the things Kelly circled this week that LSU needed to improve the most on offense was its execution on third-and-short LSU is 17 of 41 on third down, which ranks 70th in the country It

went 4 of 14 on third down against Florida, and it failed to convert four third downs that were within 4 yards of the line to gain.

“We stayed ahead of the chains in most instances, but now you’ve got to go convert in short yardage,” Kelly said. “I think short-yardage conversion needs to be a high percentage for us, and it should be.”

Though it will be tough to judge if LSU has really improved against an opponent that should be overmatched, it’s an area of focus.

Perhaps we’ll get some clues as to whether or not LSU has changed anything through its play-calling

and formations. Jack Pyburn as a fullback again, perhaps?

Wide receivers Chris Hilton has only been targeted three times, and he has one catch for 1 yard, which he then fumbled. Much bigger things were expected of the senior wide receiver He showed what he can do at the end of last season with 198 yards and three touchdowns in two games, and unlike so much of his career, he isn’t injured.

“I think we’ve got to get Chris Hilton involved more in the vertical passing game,” Kelly said

Green questionable, Weeks doubtful to play

LSU sophomore tight end Trey’Dez

Green is questionable to play and fifthyear senior linebacker West Weeks is doubtful to play on Saturday against Southeastern Louisiana, coach Brian Kelly said on Thursday.

Green suffered a knee injury during the fourth quarter of LSU’s home opener against Louisiana Tech before sitting out Saturday’s win over Florida with the injury.

“He was out at practice today,” Kelly said,“moving around, throwing the ball to him a little bit.

Weeks injured his calf in the third quarter last weekend against the Gators. Kelly said on the SEC Network on Monday that LSU doesn’t believe Weeks’ injury is a “long-term situation. Besides Weeks and Green, Kelly said freshman defensive lineman Zion Williams was a full-contact participant in practice on Thursday after sitting out last week’s game while in concussion protocol.

Freshman offensive lineman Solomon Thomas has also been out since the beginning of preseason practices with a broken foot. Kelly said last week that the former Florida State pledge is out of his walking boot and “moving around.”

“I think he’s probably a few weeks from being in a position where he can take reps,” Kelly said.

Koki Riley

Monday

Similarly Oklahoma transfer

Nic Anderson hasn’t been much of a factor. He only has four catches for 26 yards and a touchdown. Against Clemson and Florida, he played a combined 35.2% (43 of 122) of the offensive snaps. Ander-

son and Hilton are clearly in rotational roles behind LSU’s starting receivers at the moment.

A look at the freshmen

After ﬂashing against Louisiana Tech, freshman running back Harlem Berry only played four snaps against Florida. He had one carry for 2 yards. Kelly has said multiple times that Berry, the No. 1 running back recruit in the nation last year, has to learn more about how to play running back within the system. That means understanding protections and reads.

“There is some development there where he’s a little bit behind everybody,” Kelly said on his radio show last Thursday “but it’s unmistakable his running ability.” Kelly said LSU would have to ﬁnd ways to get Berry on the ﬁeld that don’t require him to do all those things. That did not come to fruition against Florida, a game in which Caden Durham (30 snaps) and Ju’Juan Johnson (21 snaps) handled the workload at running back But Berry should get a lot more playing time this week.

Same thing goes for freshman offensive lineman Carius Curne, who has only played one snap this season.

Kelly said last week Curne had to get a shot in his knee at some point because he had a pinched fat pad, which “was a very difﬁcult situation for him to manage early on.” But he was taking second-team reps again last week.

This would be an ideal game for him to get playing time It would help his development, and LSU could see if he’s ready to challenge redshirt freshman Weston Davis at right tackle.

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LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier looks to make a pass against Louisiana Tech on Sept. 6 at Tiger Stadium. Nussmeier has been playing through a torso injury that he developed in preseason camp.

STAFF PHOTO By SOPHIA GERMER Tulane offensive lineman Reese Baker keeps the Northwestern Wildcats away during a game on Aug. 30 at yulman Stadium.

Saints bring back Dekkers (again), cut Wilson

BY LUKE JOHNSON Staff writer

Hunter Dekkers has made yet another appearance on the New Orleans Saints transactions log, and this time the team let a veteran receiver go to make room for the young quarterback on the roster

The Saints terminated the contract of veteran receiver Cedrick Wilson in order to bring Dekkers back. Wilson signed a two-year deal with the Saints before last season, but he did not make the 53-man roster out of training camp.

After adding several receivers in the last month, Wilson’s path to the playing ﬁeld was extremely limited. He caught 20 passes for 211 yards and a touchdown in 15 games with the Saints last season.

Since ﬁrst joining the team after a tryout this summer, Dekkers has been signed six times and waived ﬁve times — and this is his second time signing back with New Orleans this week. New Orleans has used his roster spot as needed to plug various leaky positions as injuries have cropped up. New Orleans wants to develop Dekkers, but he’s had scant opportunity to participate in practices with three quarterbacks in front of him.

“A fourth quarterback can be tricky on the roster, especially as injuries come up and you’ve got to navigate it as best you can,” Saints coach Kellen Moore said. “We like Hunter obviously we’ve invested a lot of time, we’ve tried to utilize as

many resources as we can to keep him here.

“Unfortunately there are some challenges with the roster at times.”

Fuaga DNP again

Last week, Taliese Fuaga missed Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury but returned later in the week and played in the Saints loss to the San Francisco 49ers.

He did not follow a similar pattern this week.

Fuaga (back/knee) was one of four Saints players who did not participate in practice Thursday, joined by defensive end Chase Young (calf), guard Dillon Radunz (toe) and receiver Trey Palmer (hamstring).

With New Orleans traveling to Seattle on Thursday evening, the team already made the decision to rule Radunz out for the game because he did not travel with the team. Radunz started the ﬁrst two games of the season at left guard.

Fuaga’s absence suggests the Saints may be without him for their Week 3 game against the Seattle Seahawks.

If Fuaga were not able to play against Seattle, the Saints may have to lean on Asim Richards, whom they acquired in a trade with the Dallas Cowboys last month in exchange for future draft considerations.

Richards played 32 offensive snaps in relief of Fuaga during a Week 1 loss to the Arizona Cardinals, allowing 2 pressures in 23 pass blocking snaps.

guard Blake Hance during the second half against the Los Angeles

on Sunday in Nashville, Tenn.

NFL kickoffs require a new set of skills for kickers and returners

BY NOAH TRISTER AP sportswriter

The biggest gaffe of the NFL season so far may have occurred in Pittsburgh last weekend, when a Steelers rookie let a kickoff bounce into the end zone and left the ball sitting there, apparently unaware that Seattle could — and did score a touchdown by falling on it. That type of mistake is a coach’s nightmare, but for the league it was probably a sign of progress. Kickoffs are no longer a dull formality After more rule tweaking this season, it really does feel like anything can happen.

“Is this better than 12 touchbacks a game? Yes,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said.

The NFL introduced the so-called dynamic kickoff last year, limiting how far the coverage team has to run and establishing a landing zone inside the 20-yard line. This year touchbacks on kicks that reach the end zone on the ﬂy put the ball on the 35 instead of the 30. Now there’s a big incentive for kickers to land the ball between the 20 and the goal line, and that’s altered the nature of the job.

“Essentially, what we used to do on kickoffs is almost obsolete for most kickers,” Tennessee Titans kicker Joey Slye said. “I’m having honestly more of a trouble keeping it in play out of the end zone than really past the 20. So I think a lot of kickers are having that issue as well.” Booming the ball into — or through the end zone for a touchback used to be a perfectly good option. Even last season, that approach was common. With touchbacks putting the ball on the 35, however it makes more sense to try to force a return with a short-

season opener The Saints have maintained throughout that his injury is not something that will keep him out long term, though the pass rusher is on track to miss his third straight game

New Orleans also added receiver Devaughn Vele to the injury report Thursday Vele was limited with a hip injury while guard Trevor Penning — the likely starter at left guard if healthy was limited for the second straight day

‘Solid debut’

Rookie safety Jonas Sanker made his starting debut with the Saints last week in place of the injured Julian Blackmon, and while he didn’t earn a rave review from his defensive coordinator, he did show some encouraging signs.

“It was just a solid debut,” said Saints defensive coordinator Brandon Staley “He looked like he belonged. There were no catastrophic rookie plays. And I thought that he ﬂashed enough on the tape.

“Ithoughtitwasagoodtacklingperformanceforhim,andthat’swherehe needs to start. And then hopefully, as he gets more experience, then you’ll see even more playmaking.”

er kick If the ball doesn’t make it to the 20, then the opposing team takes over on its own 40 — not that much worse for the kicking team than the 35 after a touchback.

And if the ball hits the ground before it reaches the return man, that brings even more uncertainty into play

“It’s not a basketball, and you don’t know how it’s going to end up ricocheting off the ground doing a bunch of different things,” Miami Dolphins special teams coordinator Craig Aukerman said. “So the biggest thing that we tell our players is, hey, once it’s on the ground, it can roll anywhere. And that’s the best part about the kick.”

For kickers, there’s been an adjustment.

“I think it takes away when you have a good kicker because good kickers, you separate yourself by being able to kick it higher and farther and placing it, and the hang time and all that,” Bills kicker Matt Prater said. “But now, hang time’s irrelevant and distance is irrelevant. So for young strong guys, I think it takes away their strengths.”

The touchback rate on kickoffs has plummeted from 65.5% last season to 16.7% in 2025. That’s resulted in almost no change in postkickoff field position, which has averaged right around the 30-yard line this season and last, but there’s been an uptick this year in action, unpredictability and variety

Kaleb Johnson was the poor Pittsburgh return man who let the ball go through his hands and into the end zone, allowing George Holani of the Seahawks to recover the live ball for a TD. Although distance isn’t a priority anymore for kickers, they do have a chance to show off their creativity trying to create tricky bounces for returners.

Moore said Wednesday that Fuaga’s absence was more related to the back injury than it was the

knee that bothered him in Week 1. Young has not practiced since injuring his calf days before the

Sanker played each of the Saints’ 68 defensive snaps, ﬁnishing with eight tackles (ﬁve solo). According to Pro Football Reference, Sanker was not charged with a missed tackle, and several of his plays came one-on-one against 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey in space.

Bucs aim for ﬁrst 3-0 start in 20 years

BY ROB MAADDI AP pro football writer

TAMPA,Fla The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are off to a 2-0 start for the fourth straight season under coach Todd Bowles.

They haven’t been 3-0 yet.

“That’s a problem that we’ve got to try to solve. We’re looking more ahead for that as opposed to just being happy being 2-0,” Bowles said “It’s a long season. We’ve got a lot of work to do and we’ve got a lot of things to get better at. We haven’t been 3-0. So, that’s a big challenge for us this week as opposed to sitting there and saying we’re 2-0 and being happy and then getting our (tails) kicked on Sunday.”

It’ll be a throwback day for the Buccaneers when they host the New York Jets in their home opener Baker Mayﬁeld and his teammates will wear the original white creamsicle uniforms to commemorate the franchise’s 50th season. More than 100 former Buccaneers will be in attendance to join the celebration.

“I think that’s great, but that’s not going to help us get to 3-0,” Bowles said.

The Jets won’t have starting quarterback Justin Fields because of a concussion. Tyrod Taylor will take his place in the lineup.

New York’s Aaron Glenn is still looking for his ﬁrst win as head coach. Mayfield and the Bucs faced him in each of the past two seasons when he was the Lions defensive coordinator

Mayﬁeld had 349 yards passing, three touchdowns and two interceptions in a 31-23 playoff loss in Detroit on Jan. 21, 2024. He threw for 185 yards, one TD, one pick and ran for a score in a 20-16 win over the Lions last September

“Obviously Aaron being in Detroit, the way they’re coached overall under Dan Campbell and that philosophy of (having) a complete unit — physical, they play really, really hard,” Mayﬁeld said. “Their defensive coordina-

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injured reserve with a shoulder injury, making the 2024 secondrounder a clear future play by the Saints. The speedy Palmer is eligible to play now, but has not yet appeared in a game after the Saints claimed him following roster cuts, and his path to being an impact player is perhaps the most limited of the three.

Vele is the one who provides clear help in both the immediate sense and in the future.

New Orleans has brought Vele along slowly since acquiring him in a trade with the Denver Broncos in August which was the plan. The Saints intended to

tor, Steve Wilks, is somebody I’ve been around in a couple different places. They just ﬂy around, do what they’re supposed to do, and do it at a high level.”

Wilks was an assistant coach in Carolina when Mayﬁeld spent half of a forgettable season with the Panthers.

Special showdown

The game features a matchup of old friends among the head coaches with Glenn and Bowles.

Glenn, who is in his ﬁrst year as an NFL head coach, played for the Jets for eight of his 15 NFL seasons — including in 2000, when Bowles was New York’s secondary coach. Glenn spent two seasons with Dallas, in 2005 and ’06, where his secondary coach was again Bowles.

Now, Glenn is in the position Bowles held for four seasons from 2015-18 — as the Jets’ head coach.

“This is a personal game for me from the aspect of, I know Todd Bowles on a level that is unlike a lot of coaches relationships I have in this league,” Glenn said. “I’ve leaned on him quite a bit throughout my coaching process and he’s been a really good friend. So, when I

limit Vele to a speciﬁc menu of plays until he became more comfortable with an offense that his teammates have been exposed to since this spring.

“I definitely feel a lot more comfortable with the playbook; things are clicking a lot better,” Vele said.

“I’m understanding the guys and understanding my role as well, and trying to fulﬁll that role they have for me. I’m happy to be here.” The 6-foot-5, 210-pound receiver has played only 41 offensive snaps in the ﬁrst two weeks, with the bulk of his playtime coming on running downs, and has only seen three targets. But he’s made them count.

In the opener against the Arizona Cardinals, Vele made a nice 13-yard catch on the sideline that moved the chains as the Saints

say ‘personal,’ that’s where that comes from.”

Familiar foes

Taylor was Cleveland’s starting quarterback in 2018 when the Browns took on the Jets in Week 3. It was the last game he started for the franchise.

Taylor suffered a concussion shortly before halftime and was replaced by his backup: Mayﬁeld. The No. 1 overall pick that year made his NFL debut and led the Browns to a comeback victory Mayﬁeld started the rest of that season.

Both quarterbacks have ended up in several other spots since, and the two will face each other as opponents Sunday They last squared off in 2021, when Mayfield was still in Cleveland and Taylor was with Houston and the Browns won 31-21.

“Happy for Baker,” Taylor said. “He’s a competitor Haven’t caught up with him much since we parted ways in Cleveland, but I always watch him from afar and I’m proud of the way he’s been able to handle himself and the way he’s carrying the Tampa Bay team and just his success over the years.”

made a late push to attempt to tie the game. Then, last week against San Francisco, he lined up in the slot and used his body to out-leverage the cornerback, beating him for a 3-yard touchdown.

“The targets haven’t shown up yet; that’s just a matter of time,” Moore said. “... He’s a really good football player, and we feel really good about him.”

“A matter of time” might be a good phrase to keep in mind when thinking of the Saints receiver room. They reshaped the group in the span of a month, and while it has yet to truly impact the games, the team clearly has a plan for what it wants the position to look like.

Email Luke Johnson at ljohnson@theadvocate.com.

ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO By GEORGE WALKER IV Tennessee Titans kicker Joey Slye, right, celebrates a field goal with

Rams

STAFF PHOTO By DAVID GRUNFELD

Saints quarterback Hunter Dekkers throws a pass during a Organized Team Activities on June 5. Since first joining the team this summer, Dekkers has been signed six times and waived five times — and this is his second time signing back with New Orleans.

ASSOCATED PRESS PHOTO By ERIC GAy Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield, right, is stripped of the ball in the second half of a game against the Houston Texans on Monday in Houston.

THEVARSITYZONE

Lethal combination

BY CHRISTOPHER DABE

Staff writer

Easton Royal learned at an early age how to calm his mother’sworries aboutplaying football.

The Brother Martin standout watched highlight videos of former NFLrunning back Marshawn Lynchand observedhow the ﬁve-time Pro Bowler withmore than 10,000 career yardsrushing useda powerful stiff-arm to keep defenders at bay.

So,whenDemetrice Royal signed upher son to play for the Slidell YouthFootballAssociation at age 6despite her worriesthat he could get hurt, Easton copied some of what he saw in those videos —and he put his mother at ease withhow well healso could stiff-arm defenders.

“He rarely got tackled,”said Demetrice Royal, whose son has become an increasingly sought-after recruit whoranksamong thebest prep football players in the country.

Now a16-year-oldjunior, the6-foot-1, 195-pound state track qualiﬁer has playeda key role in Brother Martin’s2-0 start to the season.

The ﬁve-star prospect scored three touchdowns in acomeback against East Ascension and had another three-touchdowngame againstSt. Paul’sthat also included apassing scoreonatrick playalong withhis nine receptions for 243yards.

The next game is Friday on theroad against New Hope High(Mississippi), followedbythe openingofDistrict 9-5A play against Jesuit in Week 4atTad Gormley Stadium.

Clearly,Royal is an important playerfor Brother Martin.

BY SPENCERURQUHART Staff writer

The Willow School struggled to ﬁeld afootball team after the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Lions are now back to scoring points in bunches this season.

With an increased roster size and star wide receivers Ahmad Vappie and Darryl Franklin, the Lions are off to a2-0 start. Vappie is the school’salltimeleader in yards receiving and Franklin third.

The junior duoand a deeper roster helped Willow beat Country Day 33-20 last Friday after losing to the Cajuns last season. Willow openedthe season with a 48-8 victory over Ascension Christian.

“Our numbers had been low,” Willow coachJ.J. Smith said. “When you have more people and have more depth, you can do more things. We have experi-

“Meand my coaches know teams are goingtotry to takemeaway,” Royal said. “They’re game-planning different ways to getmeinthe ball instead of always lining me up at receiver ” Sometimes that means puttinghim at tight end. Sometimes in the backﬁeld.

“It’sfun,” Royal said about the attention he hasdrawn from opposing defenses. “It really challenges me to be able togoout there and still play good, because at the end of the day you’ve still got to play football.”

In theyouth leagues, Royal played nearly every skill positiononoffense. On defense, he played mostly linebacker and in the secondary. He also played nose tackle for one team.

For his 10U team,heplayed quarterback and became “our little Lamar Jackson,” said Demetrice, asingle mother of three boys —the other two aged 20 and 7—and who works in hospice care as aregistered nurse.

Butwhen Easton reached high school, he gotchallengedfor theﬁrst time. Alwaysthe bestplayer on the ﬁeld before then, Royal never learned how to practice at the pace that coach Mark Bonis expected from his players.

Midseason that year was when things really started to click. The third-year varsity player scored his ﬁrst touchdown on a 91-yard catch-and-run against Rummel in the eighth game of his freshman season. His scoring pace increased as asophomore when he returned four kickoffs for touchdownsand emerged as an all-district selection with nine touchdown receptions as a wideout.

“Every year he has gotten better and better and better,” Bonis said. “He’sone of our

ence.Someofour guys that started as freshmen are now juniors. They understand what’sgoingon.”

Vappie ﬁnished with seven catches for 116 yards and two touchdownsinthe Country Day win. MarcusJoseph had team-high 122yards receiving on four catches and two TDs. Seniorquarterback KaidenThomastossed four TD passes.

Vappie’s first touchdown from Thomas was afade route from 9yards out, and he followed that with a 56-yard catch for another score. The 6-foot-2 Vappie, who hasmore than 1,500 yards receiving in his career, credits second-yeardefensive coordinatorCJHolmes, a Willow alum andJackson State player,for helping him develop.

“Coach CJ hastaught me alot of thethings that I (didn’t) know,” Vappiesaid. “Whenever Iget theball, I just trytomakethe most out of it. The ﬁrst touchdown (against Country Day)really setthe tone for me, and the second touchdown on the deepballreallysolidiﬁed it.” Vappiehas received recruiting interest from UL andSoutheastern Louisiana.

Franklin hasgotteninterest from Grambling.

Franklin has seen more time as arunning back this season, finishing with 61 yards rushing on six carries against Country Day.He has more than 1,300 career yards receiving.

“This season has been real positive,” Franklin said.

“The key to success is taking those mental reps at practice andlistening to what my coach is saying. Being able to turn alittle 5-yard route into abig run.”

Thomas, in his ﬁrst season as the starting quarterback, had astrongshowing during thisyear’sspring gameand in 7-on-7 tournaments this summer,which included atournament win at LSU.

“Kaiden hadn’tplayed avarsity snap his whole career (before to this year),” Smith said. “Whenhis chance did come,heappreciateditand madethe mostofit.”

best practice players that we’ve ever had, and Imean that.”

Recruiting attention skyrocketed during the track and ﬁeld season in the spring when Royal posted school-record times in the100 (10.3 seconds) and 200 (21.32) on the way to becoming aClass 5A state runner-up in the 100.

Then came the4.29-second 40-yard dash time at acamp in the summer

“Atthat point,everything came in,” Bonis said.

During the jamboree this season against John Ehret, Royal wore receiver gloves with the University of Florida logo. He has other gloves from LSU, Florida State, Houston,Ohio State, Ole Miss and Texas A&M each among the dozens of schools to make an offer —and he decides on which gloves to wear simply by closing his eyes and feeling around until he grabs apair

Another interested school was IMGAcademy,asports-focused training academy for high school aged students in Florida. IMG extended an invite before Easton was a sophomore, by which time he had morethan 20 scholarship offers, but the family could not afford the$90,000-plus tuition forboarding students, Demetrice said.

Besides, Easton already had several scholarships offered, which caused Demetrice to wonder,“What else couldIMG give him?”

Thegoal for Easton and his teammates this season is astate championship. Much of theteam’ssuccess could rely on how well he plays therest of theseason, always ready to stiff-arm thenext defender

ContactChristopher Dabe at cdabe@ theadvocate.com

Senior MarkRhodes was Willow’sleading rusher with 137 yards on 16 carries.

Willow’sdefense hasbeen stout, allowing an average of 14 pointsthrough two weeks. The unit is led by defensive backs TyrellJohnson and Cyrus Buckels.

Willow is ineligible to compete for postseason and districthonors, but the goal is to regain playoff eligibility for 2026 when Vappie, Franklin and the rest of the junior class are seniors.

“Wecan’t win astate championship (this year), so that’ssomething on their shouldertoshow we were good enough,” Smith said.

“We’ve just got to go one step at atime and not get caught up in the hype until we accomplish our goals.”

Nextupisa Week 3matchup against East Jefferson (02) at 7p.m. Saturday at Joe Yenni Stadium

The Lions are looking to avenge lastseason’s lossto theWarriors.

“I feel like we can really go 10-0,” Vappie said. “(We want to)prove apoint that we’re really here for business.”

Email Spencer Urquhart at surquhart@theadvocate.com.

Rummel at Shaw Rummel (1-1) used a strongrushing attack behind apowerful offensive line to take back the Megaphone from Shaw (1-1) last season after the Eagleswon it theprevious year for the ﬁrst time since 2009. TheRaidersare coming offa 30-17 victory against U-High at the Caesars Superdome. Jaden Terrance andCoryan Hawkins combined for more than200 yards from scrimmage and threetouchdowns —including akickoff-return touchdown by Terrance —inthe bounce-backwin afterlosing at Lafayette Christin by one point in Week 1. For Shaw, which lost in Week 1against Karr, safety Rontrae Carter is the leading player on adefense that returnednine starters from last season. Chalmettevs. Holy Cross Chalmette (1-1) returned ﬁve all-districtplayers including quarterback Breez Wilson from ateam that defeated Holy Cross 9-7 and snapped asix-game series losing skid last season. The Owls are coming off a27-12 loss to Lakeshore. HolyCross (2-0) will enterTad Gormley Stadium comingoff qualitywins against E.D. White andDe La Salle with JokobyFarriainhis first season at quarterback after he transferred from St. Augustine SouthPlaquemines at BelleChasse

Belle Chasse (2-0) has won the past six meetings between theparish rivals, andthe Cardinals will enter this meeting having scored 131 points in two shutout wins. Quarterback Amari Ambrose and Dillan Carter have combined for10of the team’s15touchdowns on offense. Ambrose has three passing touchdowns in additiontohis four rushing scores.

WEEK 3SCHEDULE

South Plaquemines (2-0) hasRoderick Parker as a ﬁfth-year starter at quarterback. Eighth grader Eyan Taylor scored three TDsinacomebackagainst Bogalusa last week. Alexandria at Destrehan Destrehan (1-1) was shorthandedbyinjury when the Wildcats lost to eventual Division Inonselect state runner-up Alexandria (2-0) on the road last season. Butnow withquarterback Jackson Fields healthyand withLSU commitment Jabari Mack and standout running back Malachi Dabney at his disposal, the Wildcats could have thefirepower necessary to keep pace with an Alexandria team that topped 50 points in both of its twogames this season. Destrehan scored 58 against Bonnabel in Week 2. St.Augustine vs.Legacy(Texas)

Twohigh-scoring offenses will meet when ﬁve-star quarterback Keisean Henderson of Legacy School of Sport Sciences (Texas) —aHouston commitment —visits TadGormleyStadium on Saturday Both teamsare averaging better than 50 points per game. St. Augustine wonthe ﬁrst twogames by identical 56-6 scores.

Leading wideouts for the twoteams include Texas A&M commitment Mike Brown of Legacy (Texas) along with St. Augustine juniors MiguelWhitleyand Ray’Quan Williams,who have combined for six TDs. ChristopherDabe

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Brother Martin’srunning back Easton Royalstiff-armsJohn Ehret’sAngel Mejia as he headstothe endzone fora touchdown during the Ed Daniels Classic Jamboree on Aug. 29 at JoeZimmermanStadium in Marrero. Royal, a five-star collegeprospect, has six touchdowns through twogames.

Vappie Franklin

(3-0) vs.Southeastern (2-1), 6:45 p.m.

No. 13 Ole Miss (3-0) vs.Tulane(3-0),2:30 p.m. NW St. (1-2) at Prairie View(1-2),6 p.m.

SouthernMiss. (2-1) at LA Tech (2-1), 6:30 p.m.

UL (1-2)atE.Michigan (0-3),2:30 p.m.

E. TexasA&M (0-2)atGrambling (2-1),6 p.m.

McNeese St. (1-2)atUtah St. (2-1),7 p.m.

Friday’s game

TOP25 No. 22 Indiana (2-0)vs. Indiana St.(2-0), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

TOP25 No. 3LSU (3-0) vs.Southeastern (2-1),6:45 p.m.

No. 4Miami (3-0)vs. Florida (1-2), 6:30 p.m.

No. 6Oregon (3-0)vs. Oregon St. (0-3),2p.m.

No. 7Flor. St. (2-0)vs. Kent St. (1-2),2:30 p.m.

No. 8Texas (2-1) vs.Sam Hou. St.(0-3),7 p.m.

No. 9Illin. (3-0) at No.19Indiana(3-0),6:30 p.m. No. 11 Oklah. (3-0)vs. No. 22 Auburn (3-0), 2:30 p.m.

No. 13 Ole Miss (3-0) vs.Tulane(3-0),2:30 p.m.

No. 15 Tenn. (2-1)vs. UAB(2-1),11:45 a.m.

No. 16 Utah (3-0) vs.No. 17 Tex. Tech (3-0),11a.m.

No. 18 Geo. Tech (3-0) vs.Temple (2-1), 3:30 p.m.

No. 20 Vander. (3-0) vs.Georg. St.(1-2), 6:30 p.m.

No. 21 Mich. (2-1) at Nebraska(3-0),2:30 p.m.

No. 23 Missouri (3-0) vs.S.Carolina (2-1), 6p.m.

No. 24 ND (0-2) vs.Purdue (2-1), 2:30 p.m.

No. 25 S. Cal (3-0) vs.Mich.St. (3-0), 10 p.m.

Thursday’s games

SOUTH Rice (2-1)atCharlotte (1-2), n Friday’s games

EAST Columbia(0-0) at Lafayette (2-1), 5p.m. Iowa (2-1)atRutgers (3-0), 7p.m. SOUTHWEST Tulsa(1-2) at Oklahoma St. (1-1),6:30 p.m.

Saturday’s games

EAST Central St. (Ohio) (0-0)atMorgan St.(0-3) 11 a.m. Holy Cross (0-3) at Yale (0-0), 11 a.m. North Texas(3-0) at Army(1-1),11a.m. San Diego (1-2) at Princeton(0-0),11a.m. Villanova (1-1)atMonmouth (NJ) (2-1),noon Delaware St. (2-1)atSt. Francis (Pa.) (0-3), noon Troy (1-2)atBuffalo(2-1),2:30 p.m. Ball St. (1-2)atUconn (1-2), 2:30 p.m. Howard (2-1)vs. Hampton (1-2), Md., 3p.m. Youngstown St. (2-1)atTowson(2-1),5p.m. Lehigh (3-0)atBucknell (2-1), 5p.m. Cornell(0-0) at Albany(NY) (0-3), 6p.m. SOUTH SC State (2-1) at South Florida (2-1), 11 a.m. Bowling Green (2-1)atLouisville (2-0), 11 a.m. Arkansas (2-1) at Memphis (3-0), 11 a.m. Syracuse (2-1)atClemson (1-2), 11 a.m. Wofford(0-3) at VirginiaTech (0-3),11a.m.

UAB(2-1) at Tennessee (2-1), 11:45 a.m. BlueﬁeldSouth (0-0)atPresbyterian (3-0) noon Harvard(0-0) at Stetson (1-2), noon VMI (1-2)atRichmond (1-2),1p.m. Mercer (1-1)atThe Citadel(1-2),1 p.m. Samford(0-3) at W. Carolina(0-3),1:30 p.m. EdwardWaters (0-0)atBethune-Cookman (0-3), 2p.m. James Madison(1-1) at Liberty (1-2),

n It’sabug’slife when CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: OVO runs at the Smoothie King Center Friday through Sunday. Theunique production, a mashup of musical, performance, acrobats and lighting effects will look at the diverse worldof insects leadingto adazzling finale. The show runs at 7p.m. Friday and Saturday, 3p.m. Saturdayand 1p.m. Sunday.Ticketsstartat$57. smoothiekingcenter.com.

n The Alario CenterinWestwegoisthe site for the annual WESTBANK HERITAGEFOOD &MUSIC FESTIVAL Saturdayand Sunday from noon to 9p.m. The free fest at 2000 Segnette Blvd. includesRockin Dopsie Jr.and the Zydeco Twisters,ShamarrAllen, Choppa, Mia Xwith the Original Pinettes Brass Band, BigPokey Bear and more.Plus amarketplace, kidszone with interactive gamesand aGospel Explosion Sunday at noon inside the center.westbankfest.com.

MontyPython’sJohnCleesetalks

lemurs,medieval

taunts and‘TheHolyGrail’turning 50 aheadofthe NewOrleans stop of histourcelebrating theclassic

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

John Cleese wants you to know

he’snot dead yet.

He appeared in multiple James Bond, Harry Potter and Shrek ﬁlms and co-wroteand costarred in the hit 1988 heist comedy “A Fish Called Wanda ” But he secured his place in cinematic historyasco-founder of British comedytroupe Monty Python.

The medieval spoof “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” is an all-time comedyclassic. To commemorate the ﬁlm’s50thanniversary,Cleese is on theroad with ashow dubbed “Not Dead Yet: John Cleese and theHoly Grail at 50.”

He introducesascreeningof the ﬁlm, then shares his remembrances and perspective, and answers audience questions.

The “Not Dead Yet” tour stops at New Orleans’ Mahalia Jackson Theatre on Wednesday.Tickets are still available.

The following interview with Cleese, lightly edited forlength and clarity,isfrom arecent episode of “Let’s Talk with Keith Spera,” which airs on WLAE-TV and WWNO 89.9 FM.

Adecade ago, you embarked on atour called “Last Time to See MeBeforeI Die. Your current tour is called“Not DeadYet.” Obviously you are amused by your own longevity. Absolutely.The end of next month, I’m 86, which is quite alot. When Iwas young and thought of people who were 86, they were nearly dead. I’m nearlydead. ButI’ve probably got afew more years because my biologicalage is only 69. I’ve had vertigo, so I’m moving around like somebody who’s rather old. ButI’m pretty

n Forthree days, the CARDEN INTERNATIONAL CIRCUS will be at the PontchartrainConvention and Civic Center in Kenner on Williams Boulevard at the lake,withsix shows of acrobats, elephants, camels and music with participation activities as well. Showtimes are 7p.m. Friday;noon, 3:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday; and 1p.m. and 5p.m. Sunday. Tickets startat$10. spectacularcircus.com.

In good spirits

DJ Soul Sister’s salute to the GapBandwill be herlastBirthday JamatTipitina’s

BY KEITH SPERA Staff writer

DJ Soul Sister is 50. Technically,it’sMelissa Weberwho recentlyturned50. Her DJ Soul Sister alter ego is as timelessasthe old-school funk andR&B she spins on vinyl during her long-running Saturday night “Soul Power” show on WWOZ-FM and at her gigs across town.

“You know that oldadage that you’re notsupposed to ask a womanher age? Ilove telling people I’m 50,” she says. “I’m still having fun doingwhatI love.”

On Saturday,she hosts her 19th annual Birthday Jamat Tipitina’s,whichwill also be a tribute to theGap Band. After an opening set by DJ Soul Sister,power trio The Nth Power andspecial guests–blues-based guitarist Eric Gales, Dumpstaphunk’sIvan Neville and Tony Hall, saxophonist Skerik and more—will pumpout Gap Band classics. Saturday’sshow marks the end of an era: it will be the ﬁnalSoulSisterBirthday Jamat Tipitina’s.

Over theyears, herBirthday Jamshave featured a slew of special guests. Trombone Shorty &Orleans Avenue played the first one 19 years ago. Sincethen, she’s shared thestagewithgo-go master Chuck Brown, veteran R&B/ funk bands Zapp and Switch, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Dumpstaphunk and others. But the production, logistics and economics of such shows aren’t easy.It’snot cost-effective to bring aband to New Orleans just foraspeciﬁc September date.

Python

John Cleese, left,stars as Lancelot in the 1975 film ‘Monty Python and the HolyGrail.’

Going forward, sheplans to host similar showswhenevera suitable act is readily available.

“Tipitina’sremains committedtopresentingartists that Ilove and want to see, but it doesn’tnecessarily have to be during Virgo season in September,” she said.

“If someone is routed in the Southand near NewOrleansin March, Icould present ashow

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Actor andwriter John Cleese is perhaps best known as aco-founder of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

co-founder

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DJ Soul Sister celebrates her 50th birthdaywithasalute to the Gap Band.

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Dear Heloise: Whencomposing

an email, write the entire message,review it, then ﬁll in the recipient’s name. This avoids unintentionally sending the wrong message to the wrong person. (I learned this the hard way.)

Jeanne T.,inCleveland, Ohio

Just rollingalong

TODAYINHISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Friday,Sept. 19, the 262nd day of 2025. There are 103 days left in theyear

Dear Heloise: In reference to Nita H., in Westbrook, Maine, who asked about cleaning wooden rolling pins, here is another take on the subject. The inside mechanism is awell-oiled machine, so Iwas always told that it should not be put in water.Itruins the metal rolling parts and keeps them from operating correctly Just like the pan to your bread machine isn’tsupposed to be submerged in water,neither shouldthe rolling pin. So, Iusually wipe it wellwith apaper towel, then maybe use adamp, soapy,wrung-out dishcloth if needed. Then Ijust dry it with another paper or cloth towel. Ilove your column!

—J.L.K., in Wyoming

works in afactory that is not air-conditioned.The hot temps are brutal andmakehim very thirsty.So, my daughter started putting watermelon pieces in his lunch, and things changed for the better Forwhatever reason, watermelon actually controls aperson’sthirst more than water.Maybe this is an ancient and well-known remedy.We wanted to share because it madethe summer factory work bearable for her hubby SueB., in Fort Wayne, Indiana Sue, watermelon has somediuretic properties. However,watermelon is 92% water,according to the National Watermelon Promotion Board and is often recommended for people after an intense workout. It also containselectrolytes such as potassium and magnesium and contributes toa person’soverall hydration in hot weather.Add to this thefact that ice-cold watermelon tastes great on ahot day —Heloise Tangledaprons

J.L.K., thanks for your hint. I just take the scratchy sideofa sponge, wet it, and pour alittle dishwashing soap on it. Then I scrub the roller on the outside. Ialso use the sponge to wipe off the soap and ﬁnally dry it on a paper towel. Istill have and use my mother’srolling pin, which she received as agift before her wedding.

—Heloise Watermelon savesthe day

Dear Heloise: My son-in-law

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what you’re doing.

Alot of the time you don’t really know what the audience is thinking. Youget astanding ovation and you think, “They might do that if I’d just come outwith a broom and swept the set.”

“Holy Grail” wasMonty Python’s first movie.

When we satdowntowritethis film in 1972, we hadn’tany idea what we were doing. We wrote afirst draft that was absolutely terrible and threw 90% away because the only thing we liked wasMichael Palin’swonderful little sketch about thecoconuts We thought, “That’slovely.That’s what the whole film is about.”

The budget was 240,000pounds for asix-week shoot, which is nothing. And now it’supthere with the great comedies. It’s a miracle. Youobviously didn’tspend awholelot of money on the film’skiller rabbit.That wasn’t CGI. There was none of that. If it was on the screen, we actually did it It was apretty miserable experience shooting in Scotlandin April.Itwas damp and cold and misty all the time. But we were young, so we deserved it.

In “Holy Grail” your roles included the Black Knight, Sir Lancelot, the Taunting FrenchGuard and Timthe Enchanter.Which character did you identify with most? Iloved the Taunting French Guard. GrahamChapman andI had done some reading andwe discovered they really didhave tauntersbefore a(medieval) battle. The armies werelined up and they’d come out and taunt the other side. It was superfluous —if they’re in the mood for abattle, you don’treally need to wind them up any more. We’d been reading about“Arabian Nights” and strange rococo insults and threatsand curses like, “May your mother be afflicted by the fleas of athousand camels,” that kind of thing.Calling someonean“empty headed animalfoodtrough wiper” still makes me laugh. Much of the dialogue in the original This Is Spinal Tap” and the new sequelwas improvised. But Monty Python moviedialogue wasscripted.

With Python, we were basically six writers who happened to perform our own material. Improvising can produce wonderful characters. Butthe problem is there’s no superior mind keeping its mind on the plot.There was aﬁne director in England who always improvised things, but the endings tend to not be very good.

The ending of “Holy Grail” is prettyawful too (laughs). Idon’t think there was any way we could come up with aproper ending because we already established two or three different time periods

Todayinhistory: On Sept.19, 2022, Great Britain and the world said aﬁnal goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at astate funeral thatdrew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers —and crowds who thronged the streetsofLondon. Also on this date: In 1796, President George Washington’sfarewell address was published. In it,America’s ﬁrst chief executive advised, “Observe good faithand justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”

In 1881, the20th president of theUnited States, James A. Garﬁeld, died 21/2 monthsafter being

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shot by Charles Guiteau; he was succeeded by Vice President Chester A. Arthur In 1957, the United States conducted itsﬁrst contained underground nuclear test, code-named “Rainier,” in the Nevada desert. In 1988, Olympic diver Greg Louganis suffered aconcussion after striking his head on the diving board during the preliminary round of the3-meter springboard diving competition at the Seoul Summer Games; Louganis would recover from theinjury and win agold medal in the event the following day

In 1995, The NewYork Times and The Washington Post published the manifesto of Unabomber TedKaczynski, which proved instrumental in identifying and capturing him In 2008, struggling to stave off

ty” quarterly,instead of monthly. “Fifty said, ‘I can’t do it (monthly) anymore,’”Weber said. “And Ican’tbeout allnight long. They will start earlier and end earlier.”

ﬁnancial catastrophe, the Bush administration laid out aradical bailout plan calling foratakeover of ahalf-trillion dollars or more in worthless mortgages and other bad debt held by tottering institutions. Relieved investors sent stocks soaring on Wall Street and around the globe.

Today’sbirthdays: Actor Rosemary Harris is 98. Singer-songwriter Paul Williams is 85. Singer Bill Medley (The Righteous Brothers) is 85. Singer Sylvia Tyson (Ian and Sylvia) is 85. R&B singer Freda Payne is 83. Actor JeremyIrons is 77. Model-actor Twiggy Lawson is 76. TV personality Joan Lunden is 75. Musician-producer Nile Rodgers is 73. Rock singer Lita Ford is 67. Musician Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) is 63. Country singer Trisha Yearwoodis61. Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is 60.

Band fan even before she was afan of Parliament-Funkadelic, the act with whichshe is most associated.

Dear Heloise: Ijust read about Carolyn’s trouble withwashing her apronsand having them get tangled. She couldtry pinning a safety pin to each strap and to the side of the apron. If thestrap is still too long, double the strap backand pinitagain. —Brenda V., via email Brenda, she could also dry her apronsona lineoutside. —Heloise

Send ahint to heloise@heloise. com.

featuring aband in March. So the birthday thingisending, but the conceptofpresenting musicthat Ilove at Tipitina’swill continue on an as-needed basis.” Her relationship with Tipitina’s datesback to herdaysdeejaying during drummer Johnny Vidacovich’sweekly Thursday night gig.

“Tipitina’swas thefirst major club that invited me to be on their stage,” Webersaid. “Theysaw somethinginmethat Ididn’teven seeinmyself. They were responsible for my elevation to larger-scale performances.Tipitina’sisa major part of mystory.”

Comefall, she plans to moveher “Hustle Party” —which was at No Dice on St.ClaudeAvenue —toTipitina’s. She’ll throw her “Hustle Par-

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John Cleese, right,and his fellowMonty Python members costumed as knights forthe 1975 film ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail.’

goingoninthe ﬁlm.

During filming,did yourealize you didn’t have aproperending?

There was ascreening quite early on.The people who backed the ﬁlm were almost entirely very famous (British) rock bands, like PinkFloyd, JethroTull, Genesis They found there was some tax loophole for bands if they invested in an artistic thing.

So they all cametosee the ﬁrst draft and panicked because the moviewas so terrible.

“Holy Grail” still holdsup.

One of theadvantages of (the medievalsetting) anddoing “Life of Brian”inthe time of Christ was that they can’tdate. They’re in that period. That helps alot. Those early (comedy ﬁlmmakers), Iadmirethem so much.Laurel and Hardy and W.C. Fieldsand Buster Keaton were laying down some of the rules of comedy.I still watch that stuff because it’s probably funnier than most of the things being done today.They were just being funny without anyhelp from technology

That thingwhere thebuilding fell around Buster Keaton (in “Steamboat Bill Jr.”) —Idon’t know howhedid that.

Is it true that your family’ssurnamewas originally “Cheese”?

My dadwas bornReginald Francis Cheesein1893. Hisdad was John Edward Cheese. When my dad wasinhis early twenties, he went off to ﬁght in the ﬁrst World War. That’swhen he changed his name, because he was fed upwith being teased. Ithink Cheese is arather nice name

One of the few compensations forbeingrelatively famous is that peoplenow know what my name is,though they mispronounce it. My dadalwayscalled it “cleez.” Americanshavecommitted microaggressionsagainst me by pronouncing my name“cleece,” as thoughthey go to thesupermarket to buy cheddar“cheece.” John Cheesesounds likea MontyPython character

I’veoften thought it would be funatthe endofmycareer to change my name to Jack Cheese. Then Icould go live in Monterrey

You’re tall

Iwas six four and ahalf when I was 14. So it was not easy to fade into thebackground, which is what you want to do when you’re ateenager

Youuse your height to comedic advantage.

Ithink so. AlsoIwent to a privateschool where we were expected to be theofﬁcers in the army.You got promoted if you had theright accent, because it was very class obsessed.

Going to that kind of school taught you how to behave like a banker or aconservative politician or somebody important, like ahead of aschool or an organization

When somebody is abit cuckoo, it’s much funnier if they’re important.Ifthey’re sittingathome watchingtelevision without ajob, there’snothing very funny about them being abit cuckoo. But if they’re in charge of the secret service, it becomes afunnier situation.

It seems likeyou were predisposed to making people laugh and poking fun at things.

Icame from avery tiny,sleepy, seaside town. If you were very posh, you might becomeanaccountant. Mainly you would have anice shop and sell shoes or somethinglike that. Becomingacomedian was rather less likely than becoming amatador —itjust wasn’tonthe radar screen. Igot into it by accident. At Cambridge, Iwas going to study science, and then Iswitched to law I’d always done left-hemisphere, logical stuff.

It was only when Ijoined the Cambridge Footlights(astudent sketch comedy troupe) and started writing and realizing Icould makepeople laugh that Ihad any idea at all …itnever occurred to me before.

Meanwhile, she’spumped about this weekend’sfarewell Birthday Jam. The Nth Power is powered by drummer Nikki Glaspie,who was amember of Beyoncé’sall-female band, saxophonist Maceo Parker’s band and local band Dumpstaphunk. Bassist Nate Edgar and guitarist Nick Cassarino round outthe trio. They’rewell-equipped to cover the Gap Band. Hailing fromOklahomaand led by singerCharlie Wilson and his twobrothers, the Gap Band’sstring of early-’80s hits included“YouDroppeda Bomb On Me,”“Party Train,” “Burn Rubber,”“Oops Upside Your Head,” “Yearning For Your Love” and “Early in the Morning.”

As alittle girl, Weber was aGap

Somebodypicked up the Footlights studentrevue and put it in the West End (theater district in London). It played forseven months. By the end of it, we were all in show business, because it paid much better than the professions we thought we were going into, like teaching or advertising or law

Youaffirmed yourBritish-ness by appearing in acouple of James Bond moviesduring the Pierce Brosnan era.

Ienjoyedthemsomuch. I loved PierceBrosnan. He’sareally nice guyand waslovely to work with.

The producers allowed me to do alittle bit of writing of the scenes Iwas in. So when Igot on set with Pierce, Iwas happy with the script and very happy with him.It was avery good experience. Whereas, if you add both my Harry Potter appearances together,Ithink my total screen timeis 36 seconds.

Hopefully awell-compensated 36 seconds. No. People were so keen to be in Harry Potter they paid them half what they normally got. The people at thetop of the ﬁlm business are unfathomably greedy

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Monty Python co-founder John Cleese appeared as the apparition NearlyHeadless Nick in aHarry Potter movie.

Is there arole you regret turning down?

The one that still makes me sad is when (director and “Muppets” puppeteer) FrankOzrang me up immediately after “A Fish Called Wanda” andasked me to be in “DirtyRotten Scoundrels.” It was theMichael Caine role.

My marriage was awreck, as usual, so Idid not feel Icould just go straight off and do another movie and be away for two monthswhen Ididn’tknow whether Iwas married or not. So Iwent back to England. Within aweek Iknew that Iwas not going to go on being married, but then it was too late.

Ialso turned downthe role that Anthony Hopkins played in “The Remainsofthe Day.” Iloved the script,and then they brought in (Nobel Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter) Harold Pinter and he took all the humor out. Ithought it wastoo much of a downer without the leavening effect of thehumor,soI passed on that.

ButIshouldhave just done these movies. As Michael Caine always said, “Ifit’snogood, it disappears in three weeks and nobody remembers it. It’s not a

“The Wilson brothers, Iloved the mostinthe early ’80s. The Gap Band was huge.Their music was funky andunapologetic.And they were wearing cowboy hats. That’s whyI love wearing cowboy hats.” She’llbewearing oneSaturday at Tip’s.

“Years ago, Iused to say Iwas going to retire from performing live in clubs when Iwas 40. Then I said, ‘I’ve got afew moreyears in me. 45 will be the number.’ “And here Iamat50, and I’mnot done yet. But Ihave slowed down, on purpose.” Next year on her birthday,“maybe I’ll just sit at homeand watch ‘Sanford &Sons.’ Who knows? At 50, Ican just do whatever Iwant.” Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

black markforever against your name.”

Aspeciesoflemurisnamedafteryou.Is that the greatest honorofyourlife?

Deﬁnitely.This very nice guy called me from Zurich and said, “I’m azoologist and Ilove your work. I’ve just discovered anew species of lemur in Madagascar May Iname it after you?” Lemurs are just the mostenchanting little creatures. They have amatriarchal society.The womenmake all the important decisions, just like in Britain. When they go to war with another tribe of lemurs, the way they conduct the aggressions is they secrete somepoorly smelling stuff from glands near their tail. Then they wavetheir tails around to waft this appalling smell over to the enemy,who does the exact sametothem.There’sanappalling stink, but nobody gets injured. You’ve said,“I takealmost nothing seriously.” Do youstill have the same attitude toward life?

Igrew up very conventional middle class —mydad sold insurance. They werenice and decent people but they weren’tvery imaginative.

It’s taken me years to realize certain key facts. First of all, almostnobody knowswhat they’re talking about.

Once you realize that 85% of people don’thave any idea what they’re talking about —it’sjust mouth music —that changes your attitude. Yourealize it’samiracle that anything works. Youbecome very tolerant about the fact that things go wrong all the time, because you’re expecting that to happen.

And Inever understood why America as asociety is so obsessed with money.Americans have almost forgotten how to live because money has become so central to their lives. That is beginning to spread to England. Nottothe beautiful places out in the countryside, but that’show London is now

We’d all be better offspending more time laughing

One of the things Italk about in the Q&A (of his show)ishow important laughter is. If we laugh, it moves us to apart of our brain where we can cope with difﬁculties moreeasily IdoComicCons and meet fans. I’mstruck by how manypeople say to me, “Thank you forhelping me through difﬁcult times.”

Aweek ago awoman said she’d had twovery long sessions of chemotherapy and the only reason she got through it waswatching my comedy

It’s very touching, particularly at my age, to see how manyolder people say,almost with atear in their eye, “Thanks formaking me laugh all these years.”

Laughter does us good. When I makepeople laugh, I’mhappy Email KeithSpera at kspera@ theadvocate.com.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) When in doubt, step aside and become aspectator. What you learn will be valuable and help you when it is time to act What you start now will lead to higher income, abetter position andgreater prosperity.

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ARIES (March21-April19) Youare overdue for achange. Be original, collaborate with someone you love to be around and make plans that will lead to fond memories.Don't getangry; getmoving and see what happens.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Express yourself through your actions.Looking and feeling your best will enhanceyourlove life and boost your confidence. Pick up the pace, and you will thrive.

GEMINI(May 21-June 20) Shareyour thoughts, entertain, and participate in events and activities that pump you up. Refuse to let emotions and ego prevent you from doing what's right.

CANCER (June 21-July22) How you approach people will be thedeciding factor in whatyou receive in return. Be open to suggestions,and something good will transpire.

LEO (July 23-Aug.22) Avoid temptation. Verify information before enteringa joint venture or signing up for something thatmay not deliver whatyou expect.Time is on your side.

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hisspadeking,cashthediamondace,and play the diamond queen. West wins and leads another spade, but declarer takes thatontheboardanddiscardshisremaining spade on the diamond jack. Then he plays on trumps, home and dry. Count losers and winners; at leastone will help. ©2025 by nEa, inc., dist. By andrewsmcmeel syndication

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TITLETOIMMOVABLE

TAXESWEREADJUDI‐CATEDTOTHE CITY

FORCECOLLECTIONOF TAXES. THENAMES OF SAID DELINQUENT TAX DEBTORSAND THELEGAL DESCRIPTIONFOR EACH OF THEPROPERTIESTO BE OFFEREDFOR SALE AREASFOLLOWS: BINDERRICHARD J 7000 DORCHESTER ST NEW ORLEANS, LA 70126 TAXES OWED AREWITH THATPORTION OF GROUND, TOGETHER WITHALL THEBUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON,AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,SERVI‐TUDES, PRIVILEGES,PRE‐SCRIPTIONS, ADVAN‐TAGES ANDAPPURTE‐NANCESTHEREUNTO BE‐LONGING OR IN ANYWISE APPERTAINING,SITUATED IN THETHIRD DISTRICT OFTHE CITY OF NEWOR‐LEANS,STATE OF LOUISIANA,INSQUARE 16A,SECTION II, PART OF LAKRATT SUBDIVISION (KENILWORTH)INAC‐CORDANCEWITHA PLAN OFSUBDIVISION MADE BYTHE DELAUREALENGI‐NEERS, INC.,DATED JUNE

SAME IN WIDTHINTHE REAR BYA DEPTHBETWEEN EQUAL ANDPARALLEL LINES OF 120FEETALL IN ACCORDANCEWITHA PLANT OF SURVEY MADE BYADLOE ORR, JR.

p p is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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sep19-oct24-2t $99.24

g mineral rights of record affectingthe property

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 17, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN

PIECEORPOR‐

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:849-868

KEVINLIRETTE ANDLIRETTE REAL ESTATE, LLC VERSUS 1100 CLEARVIEW, LLC, MARK SUBERVILLE, MARY SUBERVILLE, CLEARVIEW VENTURES,LLC, ANDNOR-JOE IMPORTS, LLC

property bears amunicipalAd‐dressof1100 ClearviewPark‐way, Metairie, Louisiana, 70001

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter ofCredit.

PIERRE G. WALKER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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sep19-oct24-2t $90.77

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:857-149

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS TERRYD.GAD‐DIS, JR. A/K/A TERRYDAVID GADDIS,JR. AND TERRYD GADDIS,SR. A/K/ATERRY DAVIDGADDIS, SR

improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1007 Romain Street

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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sep19-oct24-2t $88.12

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:856-957

TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST2019-3, U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE vs JEAN SONTAG GERACI AND LORI A. GERACI

Corporation, datedJanuary 30, 1989, acopy of which is at‐tached to Act registered in COB2294 folio 03409.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, Money Order, or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

CRIS R. JACKSON Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:854-971

Way. Lot10 measures 62 feet fronton SantaMaria Drive, 62.01 feet in therear, by depthsof94.55 feet alongthe southernlymost sideline and 93.29 feet along thenorthernly‐most sideline Allasmorefully shownon survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc.,dated May 16, 1991.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

EMILYA MUELLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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West Esplanade Avenue), adis‐tanceof576.24 feet to thePoint of Be‐ginning, con‐taining19.643 acres; subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property ForInforma‐tional purposes only:The Im‐provements thereonbear theMunicipal No 45 RueChardon‐nayAve,Condo D, Kenner,LA 70065.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Baywood and designated as Lot44ofSquare "C", said Square "C"isbounded by FairﬁeldDrive, Carlisle Drive South, Ridge‐ﬁeldRoad, High‐land DriveWest, Carlisle DriveNorth and Wall Boulevard. Lot44com‐mences at adis‐tanceof320 feet from a pointonthe southeasterly pointofcurve that forms the intersection of Carlisle Drive Northand Wall Boulevardand measures thence 55 feet frontonWall Boulevard,bya width in the rear of 68.29 feet,bya depth of 136.24 feet on thesideline nearest Carlisle Drive Northand a depth of 119.79 feet on theop‐posite sideline, allin accordance with asurveyby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Inc Surveying& En‐gineering, datedSeptem‐ber3,1987, a copy of which is annexedhereto andmadea part hereof;subject to restrictions servitudes, rights-of-way andoutstanding i l

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritofFIERI FACIAS from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 28, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onOcto‐ber 29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all therights, ways, privileges servitudes,ad‐vantages and prescriptions (bothliberative andacquisitive) thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereof known as BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION, SECTIONF,in Block174, boundedby Clearview Parkway, West Metairie Av‐enue,South Park Derive and N. Park Drive, designated as LOTNO. 18A,on printofsurvey by Sterling Man‐dle, Surveyor, datedMarch 11, 1969. Beingthe same property ac‐quired by 1100 Clearview, LLC from Strategic Ventures LLCbyAct be‐fore Claudia Trapani, Notary Public,dated April12, 2005 and registered in COB3144, Filion 91, of the recordsofJef‐ferson Parish Louisiana. Said

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMay 14, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 29,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, andall of the rights,ways, privileges servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as LOTNOS.18 AND19, SQUARE 16, SUBURBAN PARK SUBDIVI‐SION,asper plan by J. W. T. Stephens,CE, datedAugust 25,1917, andac‐cordingtosaid plan,Lot Nos. 18 and19 adjoin andcach measures 25 feet fronton Bainbridge Street (now Romain), the same in width in therearby a depth of 125 feet between equaland parallel lines; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-ofwayand out‐standing mineral rights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERSOF THEASSET BACKED SECURI‐TIES CORPORA‐TION HOME EQ‐UITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES AMQ2007-HE2 ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES AMQ 2007-HE2 VS CARLOS RUS‐SELL ANDDE‐SHANON COBB RUSSELL (A/K/A DESHANON COBB, DESHANON RUS‐SELL)

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-291 NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC VERSUS MARK PATTER‐SON

That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all of thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereof known as SOUTHWOOD WEST SUBDIVI‐SION EXTEN‐SION,desig‐natedasLOT 17, SQUARE 1, which said square is bounded by Southwood Drive, Mimosa Drive, Fire ThornDrive (side),and Mt Laurel Drive (side),saidlot commences at a distance of 641 feet from theintersection of Southwood Driveand Mi‐mosa Drive, and measures thence 53 feet frontonSouth‐wood Drive, same in width in therear, by a depth of 100 feet,between equalparallel lines. Allas more fully shownonsur‐veybyBFM

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune13, 2024, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allimprove‐mentsthereon, all rights,ways, servitudes,and privilegesthere‐untobelonging, lyingand situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisiana, Parish of Jeffer‐soninthatsub‐division known as St.Mary Subdivision, lo‐catedand des‐ignatedwith a plan of resubdi‐vision by Michael W. Flores,dated May20, 1985 ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish counselunder OrdinanceNum‐ber16513, ﬁled in COB1313, folio 60, desig‐natedasLot 10, of Square C, bounded by SantaMaria Drive, 10th Street,Cande‐lightDrive, (side) and theMayronne CanalRight of

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 31, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: UNIT NO.45D of CHARDONNAY VILLAGECON‐DOMINIUM, City of Kenner Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, and an undivided .3187% interest in andtothe commonele‐mentsthereof allasindicated in theCondo‐minium Declara‐tion of CHARDONNAY VILLAGECON‐DOMINIUM, cre‐ated peract be‐fore George Scariano, Notary,dated August 25, 1981, recorded under EntryNo. 982849, COB 1010, folio 474, of thecon‐veyancerecords of theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, as designated and shownonthe Plan of Joseph F. Varisco, Jr Reg‐isteredLand Surveyor,dated 2/9/81, revised April27, 1981, andJuly29, 1981, annexed as Exhibit BtosaidDecla‐ration,which said Declaration affects theim‐movableprop‐erty and improvements thereonsitu‐ated andmore

fullydescribed as follows: That Certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all theimprove‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes and appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCityof Kenner,Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as PARCEL 22-A, CHATEAUES‐TATESSOUTH, beinga resubdi‐vision of PAR‐CEL22-A, CHATEAU ESTATESSOUTH, allinaccord with asurvey thereofbyJ.J Krebs& Sons, Inc, C.E.,dated Janu‐ary4,1973, re‐visedMay 7, 1973, approved by theCityof Kenner, UnderOrdi‐nanceNo. 1526, adoptedMay 14, 1973, registered in COB789, folio 938, Jefferson Parish,and ac‐cordingtosaid survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons, Inc., datedC.E., datedJanuary 4, 1973, revised May7,1973, said parcel is designated as Parcel 22-Aand mea‐suresasfol‐lows:Com‐mencingatthe intersection of theWesterly Right of Waylineof Duncal Canal andthe NortherlyRight of Waylineof 35thStreet, (now West Esplanade Avenue), which is thePoint of Beginning, mea‐suresthenceN 01 degrees 95'28" WA Distance of 1611.35 feet to a Pointonthe SoutherlyRight of Waylineof CanalNo. 11; thence mea‐suresS 87 de‐grees 53'36" W ADistanceof 526.27 feet to a point; thence S 2degrees 06'24" Ea distance of 78.18 feet to a Point; thence S 16 degrees 59'46" E, adis‐tanceof28feet to apoint; thence along thearc of a curvetothe left having aradius of 234.00 feet (the long chord of which bearsS 58 de‐grees 23'53" W, 118.01 feet a distance of 119.03feet to a point; thence along theare of a curvetothe righthaving a radius of 241.00 feet (the long chordofwhich bear S, 45 de‐grees 49'54" E, 140.46 feet, a distance of 142.53 feet to apoint;thence alongthe areof acurve to the righthaving a radius of 394.00 feet (the long chord of which bears S11degrees 24'39" W, 509.67 feet,a distance of 554.25 feet to a point; thence alongthe arcof acurve to the righthaving a radius of 822.00 feet,(the long chordof which bearsS 11 degrees 58'41" E473.19 feet), a distance of 479.98 feet to a point; thence S 4degrees 44'59" W, adistanceof 318 feet to aPoint; thence mea‐suresinan Easterly direc‐tion,along the NortherlyRight of Waylineof35th Street (now

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $182.88

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT

24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-998

NEWREZ LLC D/B/ASHELL‐POINTMORT‐GAGE SERVIC‐ING VS GREG LASSITER A/K/AGREGORY LASSITER By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 25, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: CONDOMINIUM UNIT 124 of BEAU CHATEAU CONDOMINI‐UMS,together with all therightsand appurtenances thereuntoap‐pertaining,in‐cludingrightsto the "CommonEle‐ments" and "limited com‐monelements" as provided in the Condominium Declaration, in‐cludingthe sur‐vey, plot,plans andother in‐struments annexedand recorded in COB 983, folio940, of theParishof Jefferson; said Condominiumis situated in and on that certain portionorpor‐tionsofground describedas follows:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments

thereonand all therights, ways privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theCITY OF KENNER, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON,State of Louisiana, in that part thereof knownas CHATEAUES‐TATESNORTH, SECTION2, SQUARE 11, beinga resubdivisionof Parcel 1, ChateauEstates in accordance with survey by J.J. Krebs andSons, Inc., datedJune 19, 1972, approved by theCityof Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 1420, adopted July 10, 1972, registered in COB676, folio 23, Jefferson Parish Louisiana;ac‐cordingtosaid survey SQUARE 11 is bounded by MaconDrive, Sunset Boule‐vard,Chateau Boulevardand St.JulienDrive; thesaidlot is designated andmeasures as follows: Lot A-1forms the corner of St Julien Drive andChateau Boulevardand measures 175.26 feet on St.Julien Drive, by a widthon Sunset Boule‐vard side of 163.51 feet,and adepth and fronton ChateauBoule‐vard of 380.21 feet anda depth on thesidelinead‐joiningLot A-2 of 380 feet;Lot A-1 beingcom‐posedofapor‐tion of LotA,as persurveyby R.L. Schumann, L.S.,dated September1, 1977, revised September1, 1977, revised September9, 1977, approved by the Kenner City Councilunder OrdinanceNo. 2210, adopted December 27, 1977, regis‐teredinCOB 915, folio 951; subjecttore‐strictions,servi‐tudes, rights-of-way and outstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe property Improvements thereonbear theMunicipal No.1020 St Julien Drive #124

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges. TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale. NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

ZACHARYGAR‐RETT YOUNG Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $135.77

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:866-825

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE

LOAN TRUST 2006- WFHE4, ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006WFHE4 VERSUS DONA JEWEL SHAW,(A/K/A DONA JEWEL QUINTANILLA)

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly15, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit:

That certain pieceorportion of ground,situ‐ated in the Stateof Louisianainthe Parish of Jeffer‐son, East Bank of theMissis‐sippi River, and in Section44, T 13 S, R 10 E, in thesub‐division known as Jefferson Heightsand in Block13, bounded by BradleyDrive, DodgeAvenue RiversideDrive andJefferson HeightsAvenue, designated as Lot“C” on asur‐veymadeby Gilbert, Kelly & Couturie,Sur‐veyors and Engineers, datedMarch 20, 1971, acopyof which is an‐nexedtoven‐dor’sact of purchase and accordingto which said Lot “C”commences at adistanceof one hundred ten (110’)feet from thecornerof DodgeAvenue andBradley Drive, and measures thence forty (40’)feet front on Bradley Drive, thesame width in the rear, by adepth be‐tween equal andparallel linesofseventyﬁve (75’)feet

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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sep19-oct24-2t $106

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:866-388 WELLSFARGO BANK,N.A VERSUS VINCENTP DAVISAND DAWN LEFORT DAVIS, (A/K/A DAWN LEFORT, DAWN DAVIS)

PENNY M. DAIGREPONT

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:860-678

DICT DRIVE. LOT37 MEASURES 60 FEET FRONTON CARVER DRIVE, SAME WIDTHIN THEREAR, WITH ADEPTH OF 90 FEET BETWEEN EQUALAND PARALLEL LINES

THEFOLLOWING IS FORINFOR‐MATIONAL PUR‐POSESONLY:

Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 2080 Carver Drive, Marrero, LA 70072

This sale is sub‐ject to all supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

made J. J. Krebs and Sons,Inc., dated March11, 1977, andapproved by theJefferson Parish Council, by OrdinanceNo. 12822 on April 14, 1977, recorded under EntryNo. 766676, more particularly de‐scribedasfol‐lows:

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJuly8 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber 29,2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: Acertain lotof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon, and all therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances andad‐vantages there‐unto belongingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, within theCity of Westwego, in that part thereof known as West Park HeightsSubdivi‐sion,and ac‐cordingtosur‐veybyDon A. Garland, C. E. datedJuly24, 1971, said lotis designated as LotNo. 81 of Square No.106, which said square in bounded by Kenney Drive, 13thStreet LeCompte Drive, and17thStreet and according thereto, said lot commences at a distance of 569 feet from thein‐tersection of Kenney Drive and13thStreet andmeasures thence 71 feet frontonKenney Drive, thesamewidth in therear, by a depth of 70.75 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND SOCIETY. FSB, NOTINITS INDI‐VIDUAL CAPAC‐ITY BUTSOLELYAS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VERUSSECURI‐TIZATION TRUST 2024-INV1,PETI‐TIONER VS NEIGHBORS LOUISIANALLC ANDTIMOTHY JEHRRODHAS‐SONA/K/A TIM‐OTHY J. HASSONA/K/A TIMOTHYHAS‐SONAND TAJH A. HASSON A/K/ATAJH HASSON, DEFENDANTS

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

BRIGHAMJ LUNDBERG

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Lot6,SquareQ, bounded by AmiteDrive, Suwannee Drive, Potomac Driveand NiagaraDrive, andsaidlot commencesat a distance of 280 feet from the corner of AmiteDrive and SuwanneeDrive andmeasures thence 60 feet frontonAmite Drive, the same width in therear, by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines.All as more fully shownona sur‐veybyJ.J Krebsand Sons Inc.,dated April 7, 1978, January 18, 1979, May15 1979 andOcto‐ber5,1979. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchaseprice is dueatthe time of thesale.

Aug15-sep19-2t $113.53

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:829-886

WILMINGTON SAVINGSFUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEEOF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUSTF VERSUS THEUNOPENED SUCCESSION OF RANDYM GUIDROZA/K/A RANDYM GUIDROZA/K/A RANDYGUIDROZ ANDMARYJO GUIDROZA/K/A MARY JO MYERS

GUIDROZA/K/A MARY J. GUIDROZA/K/A MARY GUIDROZ

A/K/AMARYJO MYERS

A/K/AMARYJ MYERSA/K/A MARY MYERS A/K/AMARY MYERSGUIDROZ A/K/A MARY M. GUIDROZ

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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ingdescribed property to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground with all thebuildings andimprove‐mentsthereon and allofthe servi‐tudes, rights andappurte‐nances there‐untoapplying situated in the Parish of Jefferson, Stateof Louisiana, in TRUDEAU PLAN‐TATION SUBDI‐VISION formerly part of squares19 and21, Upland Subdivision, designated as LOTNO. 18, bounded by N. Upland Avenue ShirleyStreet, Ferris Placeand West Metairie Avenue,which said lot commencesat a distance of 458.53 feet from thecornerofN Upland Avenue and ShirleyStreet, andmeasures thence 65 feet frontonN.Up‐land Avenue, thesamein width in the rear,bya depth alongthe side line nearer to West Metairie Avenue of 81.36 feet,bya depth alongthe side‐line nearer to W. Metairie Avenue of 81.36 feet;by adepth alongthe oppo‐site sideline of 80.64 feet.All in accordance with asurveyof F. G. Stewart, Sur‐veyor, dated September12, 1958 andfurther in accordance with survey by R.L. Schumann &Associates datedFebruary 25, 1982, said property has thesame designation, measurements andlocationas aforementioned

p Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Acertain piece or portionof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurte‐nances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theParishof Jefferson, State of Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as HARAHAN CITY SUBDIVISION, beinga resubdi‐vision approved by theCityof Harahan, regis‐teredin COB3200 folio 666, EntryNo. 10755474, and accordingto which said lot thereonis designated as LOT124-Aof SQUARE N-2. Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear theMunici‐palNo. 726 Oak Street,Harahan, Louisiana 701231

Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

This sale is sub‐jecttoall supe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liens and privileges. TERMS- 10% down balancein 30 days

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit WA MAIORANA,JR Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

Lot“C” is composed of portions of orig‐inal Lots 1, 2, and3 as shown on aplanof subdivision made by H. L. Zander,Sur‐veyor, dated February 14, 1924. Said por‐tion or pieceof property is also in conformity with thesurvey attached to this actand pre‐paredby Wilton J. Dufrene, Land Surveyor,dated March9,1988 andcertiﬁed to Adrian F. LaPeyronnie, III andGulfSouth Bank &Trust Co Having amunic‐ipal address of 4610 Bradley Drive, Jefferson, LA 70121

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter ofCredit.

Having amunic‐ipal addressof 1237 Kenney Drive, West‐wego, LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJanuary 7, 2025,I have seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onSep‐tember 24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN GROUND,TO‐GETHER WITH ALLTHE BUILD‐INGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON, AND ALLTHE RIGHTS, WAYS,PRIVI‐LEGES, SERVITUDES ANDAPPURTE‐NANCES THERE‐UNTO BELONG‐INGORINANY‐WISE APPERTAINING SITUATED IN THESTATE OF LOUISIANA, PARISH OF JEF‐FERSON IN LIN‐COLNSHIRE, BEINGA SUBDI‐VISION OF A PORTIONOF SECTION7,87, 88, TOWNSHIP 14 SOUTH, RANGE 23 EAST,WEST OF THEMISSIS‐SIPPIWHICH PORTIONOF GROUND,AC‐CORDINGTOA PLAN OF SUBDI‐VISION BY J.J. KREBS ANDSONS, INC., DATEDSEPTEM‐BER3,1970, AP‐PROVED BY OR‐DINANCENO. 9889 OF JEFFER‐SONPARISH COUNCIL, DATED NOVEMBER 19, 1970, REGISTERED IN COB726, FOLIO 57, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO.10022, DATEDFEBRU‐ARY25, 1971, REGISTERED IN COB730, FOLIO 287 SAID LOTS DESIGNATED AS LOTNO. 37 OF SQUARE MAND AREMOREPAR‐TICULARLY DESCRIBEDAS FOLLOWS: SQUARE MIS BOUNDEDBY LINCOLNSHIRE DRIVE, CARVER DRIVE, BENE‐

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:789-110 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS TRUSTEEFOR ARGENT SECURITIES INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-M1 VS DANIEL R. HOGAN, III, (A/K/A DANIEL R. HOGAN, DANIEL HOGAN, DANIEL HOGAN III, DANIEL RICHARD HOGAN, III, DANIEL RICHARD HOGAN) AND APRIL BOURGEOIS HOGAN, (A/K/A APRILHOGAN, APRILBOUR‐GEOIS, APRILB HOGAN)

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

EMILYE HOLLEY Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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Aug15-sep19-2t $106.12

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-583

ACERTALN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements thereon, andall therights, ways, means, privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, located in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF LOUISIANA, des‐ignatedasLOT M-11-A, CLEVELAND ES‐TATES"ON THE LAKE", as more fullyshown on a Plan of Cleve‐land Estates"On the Lake", Section 43, T12S-RI0E, Jefferson Parish,LA, by Ronald Clement, P.L.S., datedAugust 03, 2018, andas supplemented by aplanof Re-subdivision of Lots M-9, M10, M-11 &M-12, andKhanCourt into Lots M-94, M-10A, M-11A,M-12A andKhanCourt (Lot M-18) ClevelandEs‐tates"on the lake"Subdivi‐sion locatedinSec‐tion 43, T12SR10E,Jefferson Parish,LA, by Ronald Clement, P.L.S., datedSeptem‐ber29, 2020, registered at COB3445, folio 918, in theofﬁ‐cial recordsof theClerk of Courtfor the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana. FORINFORMA‐TIONAL PUR‐POSESONLY: Theimprove‐mentsthereon bear the MunicipalNo. 1 KHAN COURT, METAIRIE,LA.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

LAETITIA BLACK Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

datedApril 23, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: ACERTAIN TRACTOFLAND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, all rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages and appurtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, located in SectionSeven (7)T 14 S, R 23 East,said tractoflandis describedas part of Farm No H-4A andH-305 and measuringone hundred four and35/100 (104.35')feet frontonForty (40')foot road, and by asimilar widthinthe rear,onpro‐posedextension of St.Thomas Street,and by a depthbetween equaland paral‐lellines of 737.1 feet,asshown on survey by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc., Sur‐veyors,dated February 17, 1966, attached hereto and made part hereof on which said tractisidenti‐ﬁed as Square 2. LESS ANDEX‐CEPT:

Portionof ground de‐scribedinthe OrderofExpro‐priation by and between State of Louisiana throughthe De‐partment of Highways and FarrellJ.Hunter datedMay 30, 1975, Docket #176-005, 24th JDCfor the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, recorded in COB#836 folio 887, Jefferson Parish, This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:865-716 LIBERTY BANK ANDTRUST COMPANY VS COLIN ROCKE By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune12, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 b k

U.S. BANK NA‐TIONAL ASSOCI‐ATION, NOTIN ITSINDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEEOFTHE NEWRESIDEN‐TIAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST2024NQM2 VERSUS KEVINP.MMA‐HATA/K/A KEVINMMAHAT ANDGINA TEDESCOMMA‐HATA/K/A GINA MARIE TEDESCOA/K/A GINA M. TEDESCOA/K/A GINA TEDESCO A/K/AGINA T. MMAHAT A/K/AGINA MARIEMMAHAT A/K/AGINAM MMAHATA/K/A GINA MMAHAT By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedJune 3, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:863-866 FIRSTHORIZON BANK VERSUS PAUL DUHON,IV ANDRAVEN ROBINSON By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause,

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 15, 2025, September19, 2025

Aug15-sep19-2t $92.89

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-898 MIDFIRST BANK VERSUS ROXANNE JACQUOTAKA ROXANNE JACQUOT BRYANT

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the

24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 27, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onSep‐tember24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, ways, privileges, servitudes,ad‐vantages andappurte‐nances there‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as BELT BRIDGE SUBDIVISION, designated as LOT3A, SQUARE S-27, which square is bounded by MarreroStreet, Laﬁtte Street (side),Second Street,and First Street (side) beinga resubdivisionof lots 3and 4of said square per subdivisionplan by BFMCorpo‐ration L.L.C.,dated April5,2004, registered in COB3125, folio 225, approved by the JeffersonParish Planning De‐partment on June 11, 2004, as authorized by Ordinance No.19782, adoptedAugust 14, 1996, amendedJuly 21, 1999, as per OrdinanceNo. 20737, andac‐cordingtosaid resubdivision plan,LOT 3A commences at a distance of 50 feet from the intersection of MarreroStreet andSecond Street andmea‐suresthence 50 feet fronton MarreroStreet, same width in therear, by a depth of 100 feet between equaland paral‐lellines;subject to restrictions, servitudes rights-of-way andoutstanding mineralrights of record affect‐ingthe prop‐erty

MailingAd‐dress: 323 Mar‐rero Court, Westwego,LA 70094

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder, or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

CANDACEA COURTEAU

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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$101.89

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-819

U.S. BANK TRUSTCOM‐PANY,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEEFOR VELOCITY COM‐MERCIALCAPI‐TALLOAN TRUST2024-5 VS MC AUTOMO‐TIVESLLC By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedMarch 19, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceedtosell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058,onSep‐tember24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit:

That certainlot of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improve‐mentsthereon, all rights,ways, servitudes,priv‐ilegesand ad‐vantages there‐untobelonging or in anywise appertaining situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part known as theTownof McDonoghville (now part of the City of Gretna), in Franklin Place, and designated as LotNo. 14 of Square No.108, bounded by Cook,Solon and Monroe Streets and Franklin Avenue LotNo. 14 mea‐sures32feet frontonFranklin Avenue, same in width in therear, by a depth of 120 feet between equaland paral‐lellines and formsthe cor‐nerofCook Street and Franklin Avenue Franklin Avenue is also knownas Franklin Street Parcel ID: 0100002246 Beingall the same landsand premises con‐veyedtoMCAu‐tomotivesLLC by Duke’s Castle LLCin a ActofCredit Sale dated 10/18/2023 and recorded 10/20/2023 in Book 3491 Page 441 andinDocu‐ment Number 12346702 in the Land Recordsof Jefferson Parish,LA. TaxMap No.: 0100002246 Property Ad‐dress: 1501 Franklin Street, Gretna,LA70053

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

RYAN M. MCCABE Attorney for Plaintiff

Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: August 15, 2025, September19, 2025 Aug15-sep19-2t $95.54

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA

NO:867-369

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOM‐PANY,AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THEHOLDERS OF THEJ.P MORGAN MORT‐GAGE ACQUISI‐TION TRUST 2007-CH5ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐TIFICATES, SE‐RIES 2007-CH5 VERSUS THEOPENED SUCCESSION OF LINDA PEEK STOCKTON (A/K/A LINDA STOCKTON, LINDA P. STOCK‐TON) AND CHRISTINE STOCKTON BARBIN AND STEVEN M. STOCKTON AND JAMESC STOCKTON,III

LOT(S) 9A, SQUARE 172, BRIDGEDALE SUBDIVISION, JEFFERSON PARISH LA IMPROVEMENTS THEREONBEAR THEMUNICIPAL NO.904-906ZIN‐NIA AVENUE, METAIRIE,LA. 70001

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

AMYR.ORTIS Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:862-779

HSBC BANK USA, N.A.,AS TRUSTEEONBE‐HALF OF ACESE‐CURITIES CORP HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST ANDFOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERSOF ACE SECURITIES CORP.HOMEEQ‐UITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-ASAP6, ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGHCER‐TIFICATES VERSUS SONYAREED GREEN,INHER CAPACITY AS IN‐DEPENDENTEX‐ECUTRIXOFTHE SUCCESSION OF VERONICA MARSHREED ANDGERALDP REED,SR. By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedApril 1, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: Allthatcertain lotorparcelof ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, means, servitudes,pre‐scriptions, appurtenances, advantages and component partsthereunto belongingorin anywise appertaining, lyingand being situated in the Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in that part thereofknown as Park Place Subdivision, Section2,being aresubdivision of Lots in Square 6, 7, and9 of Park PlaceSubdivi‐sion,Section 2, andaccording to aplan of resubdivision by J.J. Krebs& Sons,Inc Civil Engineer &Sur‐veyors,dated November 9, 1983, revised February 21, 1984, approved by theJefferson Parish Council on March 14, 1984 under OrdinanceNum‐ber15927, said portionof ground is desig‐natedasLot 239A,Square7 which square is bounded by Kingsway Drive East,Westside Drive, Plaquemines Parish and Northerly boundaryof Subdivision, and said lotcom‐mences at adistanceof 521 feet from theintersection of Kingsway DriveEastand Westside Drive, andmeasures thence 50 feet fronton Kingsway Drive East,same width in the rear,bya depth of 102 feet between equaland paral‐lellines

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-634

MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC. VS BRODIE P. ARCENEAUX

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 10, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings and improvements, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes,ap‐purtenances and advantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in thePARISH OF JEFFERSON, STATEOF

LOUISIANA, IN GARDEN PLACE SUBDIVISION, bounded by Garden Place, Jefferson Highway, West‐ernboundaryof subdivisionand Mississippi River, desig‐natedasLOT "G"ona survey made by J. J. Krebsand Sons Inc.,Surveyor, datedSeptem‐ber19, 1977, re‐visedonMarch 6, 1978, accord‐ingthereto said lotforms thecornerof Garden Place andJefferson Highway, mea‐suresthence55 feet fronton Garden Place, a width in the rear of 80 feet by adepth and frontonJeffer‐sonHighway of 172.47 feet anda depth on theopposite sideline of 150.33 feet This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

EMILYA MUELLER

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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pp line of 110 feet, by awidth in therearof 58.66 feet,all in accordance with survey of AdloeOrr, Jr.& Associates,C.E., datedJuly 11, 1962.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letterof Credit

COREYJ.GIROIR

Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III

Sheriff Parish of Jefferson

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JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-439 CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SER‐VICES, LLC VERSUS RONDAVERON‐ICASTEWART

said lotadjoin and measureeach 32 feet fronton Avenue “D,the same in widthin therear, by a depth between equal andparallel linesof125.81 feet.And ac‐cordingtosur‐veybyJ.Perry Hotard,C.E., datedFebruary 5, 1976, ca copy of which is an‐nexedtoact passed beforeKaren L. Knight,N.P., datedFebruary 10, 1976, being a sale by Dorothy Rivers,wifeof Clarence Bel‐lamore,etalto JeffersonSav‐ings &LoanAs‐sociation, said lots aresit‐uatedinthe same Parish, Square andSub‐division,which square is bounded by Av‐enue “D”, 10th Street,Avenue “C”(side), West‐bank Express‐way (formerly9th Street side)has thesamemea‐surementsand designations as hereinaboveset forth.

This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit FOERSTNERG MEYER Attorney for Plaintiff JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $110.36

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:867-626 PP GROUP, LLC VERSUS ROBERT MICHAELTROIA ANDMELISSA ANNTROIA

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND

SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust7, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: ONECERTAIN LOTOFGROUND, together with allthe buildings andimprove‐ments thereonand all of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tudes, andap‐purtenances thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situ‐ated,inthe

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck, Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with irrevocable Bank Letter of Credit

JUDICIAL ADVERTISE‐MENT 24THJUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF JEFFERSON STATEOF LOUISIANA NO:861-578 PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC VS STEPHENMAL‐LORY HAYES A/K/ASTEPHEN M. HAYESA/K/A STEPHENHAYES ANDALLISON ELIZABETH MURPHY A/K/A ALLISONE MURPHY A/K/A ALLISON MURPHY By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedFebruary 13, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Sep‐tember 24, 2025 at 10 o'clock a.m. thefollow‐ingdescribed property to wit: That certain pieceorportion of ground,to‐gether with all thebuildings andimprove‐ments thereon, andall of therights, ways,privi‐leges, servi‐tude’s,appurte‐nances and advantages be‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated in theState of Louisiana, in theParishof Jefferson, in TerrytownSub‐division,Section 3, beingpartof Oakdale Subdivision, Section“B”, FirstWard, allin accordance with thesurvey of AdloeOrr, Jr & Associates,C.E., datedOctober 9, 1959, ap‐proved by the JeffersonParish Council under ord. no 4545, adopted April21, 1960, registered in COB510, folio 492, Parish of Jefferson, LA,on July 20, 1960, andinplan book 39, folio 66, ofﬁce of the clerkofcourt, Parish of Jeffer‐son, LA,which said property is more fullyde‐scribedasfol‐lows,towit: Lotno24, in square no 59, bounded by Cooper Road,E Forest Lawn Drive, Fordham Placeand Her‐itageAvenue, which said lot commencesat a distance of 358 feet from thecornerof Cooper Road andE.Forest Lawn Drive, and measures thence 61 feet frontonCooper Road,by a depth alongthe side line nearer to E. Forest Lawn Driveof 110 feet,by a depth alongthe oppositeside li f f

By virtue of and in obedienceto aWritof SEIZUREAND SALE from the 24thJudicial District Court, Parish of Jeffer‐son, Stateof Louisiana, in the abovenum‐beredand enti‐tled cause, datedAugust6, 2025, Ihave seized andwill proceed to sell to thehighest bidder at public auction, at the JeffersonParish Sheriff'sOfﬁce Complex, 1233 Westbank Ex‐pressway,Har‐vey, Louisiana, 70058, on Octo‐ber29, 2025 at 10 o'clocka.m thefollowing describedprop‐erty to wit: THAT CERTAIN PIECEORPOR‐TION OF GROUND,to‐gether with all thebuildings an improve‐mentsthereon, andall the rights,ways, privileges, servitudes, appurtenances andadvantages thereuntobe‐longingorin anywiseapper‐taining, situated,lying andbeing in the City of West‐wego, Parish of Jefferson, State of Louisiana,and formingpartof “Whitehouse Subdivision” ac‐cordingto a plan of Hotard &Webb, C. E.,dated May 3, 1941, as per second revision datedJuly9 1943, acopyofwhich is attached to actofsaleby MarreroLand& Improvements Association, Ltd.,toRudy Tassin, passed before Ernest M. Conzelmann, late Notary Public of Jeffer‐sonParish, datedJuly30, 1943, andac‐cordingtosaid plan said lot is designated as LotNo. TwentyNine (29) of Square No Forty-One(41), which is bounded by Ninthand Tenth Streets, Avenue “C”and “D”;

PARISH OF JEFFERSON CITY OF KEN‐

NER, STATEOF LOUISIANAin that part thereofknown as GRANDLAKE ESTATESSUBDI‐VISION,Section 2, beinga por‐tion of Sections 10,11,14 and15, Township 12 South, Range9 East,desig‐natedas ParcelsY containing 5.005 acres; Parcel 13Acontaining 3.2295 acres; Parcel 13-Bcon‐taining 3.5736 acresall in accordance with aplansub‐division dated June 6, 1977 made by Harris & Varisco, Survey‐ors, approved by theCityof Kenner under OrdinanceNo. 2112, approved July 25, 1977, said lotisdesig‐natesasfol‐lows,towit: LOTNO. 17 of SQUARE B, which square is bounded by Grandlake Boulevard, South Lafourche Court, East Lafourche Court, North Lafourche Court, Grand‐wood Boulevard, SouthCata‐houlaCourt East Catahoula Court, North Catahoula Court, southern boundarylineof Parcel Y, Jeffer‐sonParish4th Drainage Dis‐trictCanal and thesouthern most boundary line of thesub‐division.Said LotNo. 17 com‐mences at a distance of 561.08 feet from thecornerof Grandwood Boulevardand South CatahoulaCourt andmeasures thence 66 feet frontonEast CatahoulaCourt same widthinthe rear by adepth of 100 feet be‐tween equal andparallel lines. Allas more fullyshown on survey of Ster‐ling Mandle Surveyor,dated October15, 1980, resurveyed No‐vember 20,1980 to show im‐provements Improvements thereonbear MunicipalNo.: 3308 East Cata‐houlaCourt, Kenner, Louisiana70065. This sale is sub‐ject to allsupe‐rior security in‐terests, mort‐gages, liensand privileges.

TERMS- Thefull purchase price is dueatthe time of thesale.

NOTE:All funds must be Cashier'sCheck Certiﬁed Check, MoneyOrder,or Personal Check with Bank Letter of Credit

JEFFREY M. TOEPFER Attorney for Plaintiff

JOSEPH P. LOPINTO, III Sheriff Parish of Jefferson TheNew Orleans Advocate: September19, 2025, October24, 2025 sep19-oct24-2t $118.30

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