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The Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office was contacted earlier this month about a theft of a Polaris ATV that took place at Muddy Bottoms involving Donald Klick, 19, of Serepta and Leonard Tilley, 19, of Springhill. Deputies drove out to make contact with the ATV owner at Muddy Bottoms’ security office. While looking into the theft of the first ATV, “(the Deputy) was contacted about a second ATV that was stolen as well,” read the booking report. “Park security was notified of a description of both ATVs. Both owners stated that they wanted to press charges.” It was discovered that park security had observed Kilck and Tilley, “get off of the stolen Honda at the eating pavilion and get into a white Chevrolet truck.” Security followed them out of the park and saw it stopped at the intersection of Highway 802 and Walnut Road. “(The Deputy) observed an ice chest in the back of the truck belonging to the owners of the Polaris,” read the report. There was an additional passenger in the car, but they simply filled out a written statement saying they observed the two on the ATVs. Klick and Tilley were advised of their rights and taken into questioning. “The Polaris was found to be badly damaged and left in a mudhole. The Honda was missing a set of speakers and the lightbar was damaged,” read the report. “Both Klick and Tilley were uncooperative and denied knowing about the ATVs.” Both subjects were transported to the BDCC and booked on the charges of unauthorized use of a movable and criminal damage to property.
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Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is waiving federal contracting laws to speed construction of a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, moving the president closer to fulfilling a signature campaign promise in an election year but sparking criticism about potential for fraud, waste and abuse. The Department of Homeland Security said waiving procurement regulations will allow 177 miles (283 kilometers) of wall to be built more quickly in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. The 10 waived laws include a requirement for open competition and giving losing bidders a chance to protest decisions. The acting Homeland Secu-
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rity secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers. “We hope that will accelerate some of the construction that’s going along the southwest border,” Wolf told Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends.” Secretaries under President Donald Trump have issued 16 waivers, and President George W. Bush issued five, but Tuesday’s announcement marks the first time that waivers have applied to federal procurement rules. Previously they were used to waive environmental impact reviews. The Trump administration said the waivers will allow at least 94 miles (150 kilometers)
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Charles Tiefer a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law who specializes in government contracts, said the government “can just pick the contractor you want and you just ram it through ... The sky’s the limit on what they bill.” Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, said waiving a law for contractors to provide the government with certified cost data — such as how much they pay for labor or parts — could lead to grossly inflated prices. “It’s equivalent to buying a car without seeing a sticker price,” Amey said. “This could be a recipe for shoddy work
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block of Ellis Drive, was arrested on a warrant.
Jamie Sayers, 41, of the 100 block of Harrison Road, was arrested on a warrant.
Darryl Kemp Jr., 18, of the 1100 block of Syrup Mill, was arrested on a warrant.
Jeremy Youngblood, 22, of Machen Drive, was arrested for hit and run with injuries, careless operation of a motor vehicle, and driving under suspension.
Berry McCracklin, 18, of the 200 block of Pecanview Drive, was arrested on a warrant.
Chance Lewis, 18, of the 100 block of Boyett Sub Street, was arrested for criminal trespassing and possession of stolen property. Felesha Whitfield, 53, of the 700 block of peach Street, was arrested for o broken tail lamp and possession of a schedule II substance. Tammy Hewitt, 48, of the 100 block of Barnes Lane, was arrested for driving with an open container and possession of a schedule II substance. Tyrin Elkins, 18, of the 900 block of Fulton Street, was arrested for possession of a legal drug without a prescription, violation of a drug-free zone, and possession of a schedule I substance. Kawaskia Bradford, 18, of the 400 block of West Todd Street, was arrested for disturbing the peace with violence and aggravated assault with a firearm. Jaylon Teel, 19, of the 200
Chadrick Warren, 20, of the 800 block of Plum Street, was arrested on a warrant. Tadarien Jackson, 23, of the 200 block of E Roosevelt Drive, was arrested on a warrant. Jameion Green, 31, of the 600 block of Rebecca Street, was arrested for domestic abuse battery with child endangerment and driving under suspension. Kenneth Brown, 56, of the 1600 block of Shreveport Rod, was arrested on a warrant. Bridgette Watson, 41, of the 400 block of Patrick Street, was arrested for disturbing the peace by public intoxication. Javonte Turner, 19, of the 700 block of Murdock Street, was arrested for failure to appear in court. Jamie Taylor, 29, of the 700 block of JA Phillips Street, was arrested for failure to appear in court. Lorenzo Modisette, 54, was arrested for failure to appear in court.
Tumekious Robinson, 51, was arrested for failure to appear in court. LaPatrick Cox, 49, of the 200 block of North Talton Street, was arrested for domestic abuse battery and failure to register as sex offender. Kwanesha Lettman, 30, of te 800 block of Fincher Road, was arrested for domestic abuse battery. Jonecia Malone, of the 800 block of Fincher road, was arrested for domestic abuse battery. Mohamed Musle, 58, of the 200 block of Summit Street, was arrested for failure to appear in court. Laquarius Martin, 35, of the 800 block of Fincher Road, was arrested for being a fugitive from Webster Sheriff’s Office. Gerald Beene, 63, of the 100 block of Magnolia Motel, was arrested for being a fugitive from Dixie inn Police Dept. and failure to appear in court. SheKayla Williams, 31, of the 100 block of Wiggins Lane, was arrested for being a fugitive from Webster Sheriff’s Office. Laurie Fish, 37, of the 1400 block of Lewisville Road, was arrested for Criminal Abandonment. Charles Hiller, 39, of the 700 block of East Street, was arrested for simple burglary.
Louisiana changes law, but still no third-party companies delivering alcohol DAVID JACOBS The Center Square
When Louisiana lawmakers legalized alcohol delivery last year, they set up a system that allowed third-party companies to deliver for stores and restaurants that didn’t want to do it themselves. But the third-party rule came with a catch: Only companies that used direct employees as drivers, rather than contractors, would be allowed to participate. At the time, Louisiana only had one such company that qualified: Lafayette-based Waitr. And now there are none; at least, none have yet come forward. Even Waitr never applied to participate, and the company just announced plans to lay off more than 2,000 employees and move to “an independent contractor driver model.” “A number of Louisiana establishments have received delivery permits and have elected to deliver alcohol using their employees,” said Ernest Legier, deputy commissioner of the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control. “However, the Office of Alcohol and Tobacco
Control has not received any third party applications for alcohol delivery.” Though Louisiana’s rule is unusual among states that allow alcohol delivery, lawmakers who supported the restriction said it was a way to maintain accountability and help ensure the program’s other rules, such as those meant to prevent underage drinking, are followed. State Sen. J.P. Morrell, a New Orleans Democrat, said during a committee debate that “there is a level of comfort” in dealing with “actual employees of the company versus independent contractors.” Companies often use contractors to dodge liability when something goes wrong, he noted. Morrell said he was “vehemently opposed” to allowing contractors to deliver alcohol but added it might be appropriate to revisit the issue after a few years. Rep. Barry Ivey, a Baton Rouge Republican, spoke up against the restriction during last year’s session. He said he was worried about creating a monopoly, since Waitr was thought to be the one third-party food-delivery company
that qualified. Louisiana’s insistence on direct employees contradicts the industry’s standard practice, Ivey said Tuesday. “The whole point is, ‘Hey, you can work when you want to,’” he said. “This is the very definition of a contract worker.” Donny Rouse, third-generation CEO of family owned Rouses Markets, testified in committee against the restriction. In an interview Tuesday, he said his stores already are making food deliveries through companies that use contractors and wants to give his customers the option of adding beer and wine to their weekly order. Rouse and Ivey point to Waitr’s recent struggles as evidence that a direct-employee model is a difficult one to make work. Both hope legislators tweak the law in this year’s session, which begins March 9. “There are a couple of businesses that may be using their own employees to deliver,” Rouse said. “I think the vast majority [of retailers] are waiting for a new law to take effect. Hopefully, we can get something passed this session.”
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Webster & More Security: Waivers will apply to contractors that have already been vetted Continued from Page 1 and paying a much higher price than they should.” Administration officials say providing cost data can be onerous and difficult. Congress gave the secretary power to waive laws in areas of high illegal activity in 2005 in legislation that included emergency spending for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and minimum standards for state-issued identification cards. The Senate approved it unanimously, with support from Joe Biden, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. The House passed it with strong bipartisan support; then-Rep. Bernie Sanders voted against it. The waiver authority has survived legal challenges. In 2018, a federal judge in San Diego rejected arguments by California and environmental advocacy groups that the secretary’s broad powers should have an expiration date. An appeals court upheld the ruling last year. The waivers, to be published in the Federal Register, apply to projects that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will award in six Border Patrol sectors: San Diego and El Centro in California; Yuma and Tucson in Arizona; El Paso, which spans New Mexico and west Texas, and Del Rio, Texas. The move came five days after Defense Secretary Mark Esper approved a $3.8 billion request from Homeland Security to pay for walls in those same areas, and the Pentagon acknowledged that more cuts could be coming to provide additional funding. The Pentagon’s
decision stripped money from major aircraft and procurement programs that touch Republican and Democratic districts and states. The Defense Department transferred $6.1 billion to wall construction from its counter-narcotics and construction budgets after Congress gave Trump only a portion of what he wanted. The administration has been able to spend Pentagon money during legal challenges. The administration said the waivers will apply to contractors that have already been vetted. In May, the Army Corps named 12 companies to compete for Pentagon-funded contracts. Those shortlisted companies are Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. of Dickinson, North Dakota, whose leader has sought publicity on conservative media; Texas Sterling Construction Co., of Houston, a unit of Sterling Construction Co.; a joint venture Caddell Construction Co., of Montgomery, Alabama, and Gibraltar Construction Co. of Annapolis, Maryland; Barnard Construction Co. of Bozeman, Montana; West Point Contractors Inc. of Tucson, Arizona; Southwest Valley Constructors Co. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a unit of Kiewit Corp.; Bristol Construction Services LLC of Anchorage, Alaska; Randy Kinder Excavating Inc. of Dexter, Missouri; CJW Construction Inc., of Santa Ana, California; Burgos Group LLC of Albuquerque, New Mexico; Posillico Civil Inc. / Coastal Environmental Group Inc. of Farmingdale, New York; and Martin Brothers Construction Co. of Sacramento, California.
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Police: Uber driver who drove wrong way shoots at passengers NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An Uber driver accused of firing shots at passengers who told him he was driving the wrong direction has been arrested in Louisiana. Ahmad Ahmad, 53, picked up the passengers after midnight Sunday morning from a bar in New Orleans, news outlets reported. They requested that he take them to a location in Kenner, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of the downtown area. When Ahmad began driving the passengers across the Mississippi River, the passengers informed him he was going the wrong direction, New Orleans police said in a news release. An argument began and Ahmad stopped the car.
One of the victims called police while another ordered another Uber. After the second ride-hailing driver arrived, Ahmad allegedly took the key out of that car’s ignition, got a gun from his own vehicle and then fired shots at the victims. Police said the victims were able to run away from the gunfire. Ahmad drove away but was arrested after he returned to the shooting scene. Ahmad was booked in jail in Orleans Parish on aggravated assault, theft and illegal use of weapons charges. He has since been released. It’s unclear whether he had an attorney who could comment on his behalf.
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Secret Service goes on the road to help curb school violence MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service is taking its effort to curb school violence on the road to help thousands of educators, law enforcement personnel, mental health professionals and others learn how to identify people who may be threats. The latest stop in the Secret Service tour is this week in Miami, where officials say about 700 people will attend a session Wednesday by the agency’s National Threat Assessment Center. Similar events have been held in Los Angeles and Chicago since the November 2019 release of the latest analysis of school violence. The events come just a few days after the second anniversary of the Valentine’s Day 2018 massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland that killed 17 people and wounded 17 others. The fathers of three students killed that day are part of the effort and spoke Tuesday during a news conference at the Miami Secret Service field office. “It’s all about getting the word out,” said Tony Montalto, whose 14-year-old daughter Gina was slain. “We set out to make America’s schools safer.” The Secret Service report is the most comprehensive review of school attacks since the Columbine shootings in 1999. The report looked in depth at 41 school attacks from 2008 through 2017. Lina Alathari, chief of the National Threat Assessment Center, said the research was launched just after the Parkland mass shooting. She said the Secret Service wants to spread the message as far as possible so that
local officials can identify potential school violence perpetrators before they strike. “Our agency provides this training for free to the community,” Alathari said. The report covers school attacks from 2008 through 2017 at K-12 schools. They were chosen if the attacker was a current or recent former student within the past year who used a weapon to injure or kill at least one person at the school while targeting others. Those attacks killed 19 people and injured 79 others. Ryan Petty, whose 14-year-old daughter Alaina died in the Parkland shooting, said the point of the Secret Service training sessions is to create a greater understanding of who might be plotting school attacks — especially greater focus on students who exhibit behavioral problems, are being bullied or have other psychological issues. The man accused in the Parkland slayings, Nikolas Cruz, had well-documented mental health issues but little was done. Had a more thorough evaluation of Cruz been done, Petty said, perhaps the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting would have been averted. “It would have made all the difference in the world,” Petty said. Cruz, now 21, faces the death penalty if convicted in the Parkland shootings. His attorneys have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence, but prosecutors have rejected that and his trial is expected to begin later this year.
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If Duterte wants us out, let’s go Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has just given us notice he will be terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in the islands. His notification starts the clock running on a six-month deadline. If no new agreement is negotiated, the VFA is dissolved. What triggered the decision? Duterte was offended that one of his political allies who led his anti-drug campaign in the islands, which involves extrajudicial killings of drug dealers, had been denied a U.S. visa. Yet, Duterte has never been an enthusiast of the U.S. presence. In 2016, he told his Chinese hosts in Beijing: “I want, maybe in the next two years, my country free of the presence of foreign military troops. I want them out.” The Pentagon is shaken. If there is no VFA, how do we continue to move forces in and out to guarantee our ability to honor the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty? Defense Secretary Mark Esper called Duterte’s action “a step in the wrong direction.” President Donald Trump openly disagreed: “If they would like to do that, that’s fine. We’ll save a lot of money.” The Philippine Islands are among the largest recipients of foreign aid in East Asia, and we’ve provided $1.3 billion in military assistance over the last two decades. But money shouldn’t be the largest con-
sideration here. Trump has been given a historic opportunity to reshape U.S. and Asia policy along the lines he ran on in 2016. He should tell Duterte that we accept his decision and that we, too, are giving notice of our decision to let the 1951 treaty lapse. And following expiration of that treaty, the U.S. will be absolved of any legal obligation to come to the defense of the Philippines. Time for Manila to take charge of its own defense. PATRICK J. BUCHANAN Indeed, what is the argument for a treaty that virtually dictates U.S. involvement in any future war in 7,600 islands 8,000 miles from the United States? When we negotiated the 1951 treaty, it was a different world. We had entered a Cold War with Stalin’s USSR. We were in a hot war in Korea that would cost 37,000 U.S. lives. Gen. Douglas MacArthur had just been relieved of his command of U.S. forces in Korea by Harry Truman. A disarmed Japan had not fully recovered from World War II. The Communist armies of Chairman Mao had overrun China and driven our Nationalist allies off the mainland. The Viet Minh were five years
into a guerrilla war to drive the French out of Indochina. Today, the Cold War is long over. Vladimir Putin’s Russia is no threat to the Philippines. Nor is China, though Xi Jinping has occupied and fortified islets like Mischief Reef in the South China Sea that are within the exclusive economic zone of the Philippines. There is no U.S. vital interest at risk in these islands to justify an eternal war guarantee or treaty commitment to fight Beijing over rocks and reefs in the South China Sea. Trump should seize this opportunity to tell Duterte that when the VFA, which guarantees immunity for U.S. forces in the Philippines, is dissolved, the 1951 Mutual Defense Treaty is dissolved. A message would be sent to Asia, and the world, that Trump was serious when he said that he intends to revisit and review all the defense alliances and war guarantees entered into 60 and 70 years ago, to address threats that no longer exist in a world that no longer exists. The U.S. has a long history with the Philippines, beginning in the War of 1898 with Spain, when Admiral George’s Dewey’s Asian squadron sank a Spanish fleet in Manila harbor, and we invaded, occupied and colonized the islands, thus emulating Europe’s imperial powers and abandoning the anti-colonial legacy of the Founding Fathers. “Take up the White Man’s burden,” Rudyard Kipling ad-
monished us. After Filipino patriots fought for nearly four years to liberate their islands from the Americans, as they had from the Spanish, inflicting on U.S. soldiers and Marines thousands of casualties, the New York Herald replied to the Poet of Empire: “We’ve taken up the white man’s burden/Of ebony and brown/Now, will you tell, Rudyard/How we may put it down.” After Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the Japanese invaded and occupied the islands, until Gen. MacArthur made good in on his famous pledge on leaving Corregidor, “I shall return.” In 1944, we liberated the islands. A year after Japan’s surrender, on July 4, 1946, we granted the Philippines full independence. And that nation and people, far more populous and prosperous than in 1946, should take full custody of the defense of their own sovereignty and independence. At the end of the Cold War, nationalists in Manila ordered the U.S. to vacate the great naval base we had built at Subic Bay. We should have used that expulsion to let the 1951 security treaty lapse. Trump should not miss this opportunity.
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
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Wall Street Journal: What we learned from New Hampshire The good news for democracy Tuesday was that in New Hampshire they know how to count votes. That’s especially good news for Bernie Sanders, who was denied his election night TV time in Iowa last week but not this time as he narrowly won the Granite State. Whether that’s good news for the Democratic Party is another story. The socialist from next-door Vermont repeated his triumph from 2016, albeit with a smaller (26%) share in a much larger field. The result showed the loyalty of Mr. Sanders’s millennial and left-wing supporters despite a heart attack and his 78 years. In poll after poll, in state after state, Mr. Sanders has retained that plurality base of more than 20%. The New Hampshire win after his near-tie in Iowa gives him considerable momentum going into Nevada, then onto South Carolina and the Super Tuesday states on March 3. He is already leading in California, the March 3 state with the biggest delegate count. That plurality if it holds will keep him above the 15% threshold
needed to rack up delegates all the way to the Milwaukee convention. In a splintered field, which it may continue to be for some time, Mr. Sanders has staying power even if most Democratic voters prefer someone else. Donald Trump took similar pluralities all the way to the Republican nomination and the White House in 2016. The other winners Tuesday night were Midwesterners Pete Buttigieg (about 24%) and, in a mild surprise, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar at 20%. We say mild because she was the star of Friday’s debate and had risen in the weekend polls. She won a major chunk of late-deciding voters. Ms. Klobuchar may also have benefited from the campaign implosion of Joe Biden, as she picked up his theme of electability and a “return to normalcy” after the Trump Presidency. Her challenge now will be to raise enough money to organize and compete as the race expands to more populous states. She has always struck us as a candidate with the gravitas
and message to give Mr. Trump a strong race in swing states. Mr. Buttigieg capitalized on his apparent Iowa victory and showed he can attract voters who think Mr. Sanders is too far left to beat Mr. Trump. The former South Bend mayor has enough money to compete in the next states, but he will need to show he can appeal to minority voters in addition to the white gentry liberals who like his biography and his ability to speak in Barack Obama -style aspirational tones about progressive progress. South Carolina will be a major test of his staying power. The biggest losers were Mr. Biden (8%) and Elizabeth Warren, the Senator from neighboring Massachusetts who invested heavily in New Hampshire. She fell below the delegate threshold line with about 9% and will have to rebound in Nevada and South Carolina or reconsider her campaign. The candidate with the plan for everything has never been able to supplant Mr. Sanders as the champion of the millennial progressives.
Mr. Biden’s fall to fifth place shows that voters may be concluding that his day has passed. His message that he can defeat Mr. Trump loses credibility if he can’t finish ahead of four other Democrats. He can also blame House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who tried to take out Mr. Trump with impeachment but instead gave Mr. Trump a chance to drag in Mr. Biden and his son Hunter’s actions in Ukraine. Tuesday night Mr. Biden made an overt pitch to black and Hispanic voters to salvage his campaign in South Carolina and Nevada. Overall the results show an unsettled race, with Democrats still looking for the candidate they hope can beat Mr. Trump. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg joins the fray on Super Tuesday with the biggest checkbook in the history of politics. But as long as the field contains multiple candidates, Mr. Sanders’s socialist plurality has the advantage. Online: https://www.wsj.com/
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As I go through life, I am realizing my friend group is getting smaller and smaller. This is ok with me. When you are young, you want to be the popular one and want to a part of the “in-crowd.” I don’t do drama and never have. I don’t want to listen to people talking about other people. TINA I have been direct SPECHT all my life. When I was younger I could be downright mean and didn’t care. It is a trait I am not proud of. Nowadays I still find myself being direct but I try to do it in love. Don’t ask my opinion about something if you don’t want to hear the truth. I thought I was getting better at this, but lately, I have heard people jokingly say how direct I am. I don’t want to be known for this. I was upset for a second and realized. What you see is what you get. I now do it in love and not in meanness. I have a bit of anxiety with large groups. I am better at one-on-one or just a few people. I am most comfortable mostly with it just being me and my
Straight to the Point honey. We love to spend time with each other. I thought once we became empty-nesters I would be lost. But nope, we are loving it! I am learning to live above the line and I am teaching my boys to do it also. You will go further in life living above the line and not following in other’s footsteps. Sometimes you have to say, “I messed up and I am sorry,” nothing more and nothing less. If you say I messed up and say “but” it erases everything you said before. When you just say, “I’m sorry,” and give them time to respond, they have a choice to accept it or not. No one is perfect and we fail daily. If you don’t, please contact me and let’s talk so I can see how to not do this daily. I have decided I am moving up in this world and going big. I dream big. I never knew how to dream, but because of this community I am a part of, I am learning and it is amazing. I didn’t know I could do the things I am doing now. I love it! I love helping people, one to get healthy and two helping
others dream big and go after things they never thought they could. The only one standing in my way is me! So I am doing myself a favor and I am walking into this year with my head held high and doing a lot of things afraid. But I am doing it and once it is done it wasn’t as bad as I thought it was. So what I am saying is, be truthful even with yourself. Dream big and do something that you have only been dreaming of. I have several other things I will be doing this year and I am excited and nervous at the same time. This is my breakthrough year and great things are to come. So be honest, say what you mean and mean what you say! Life is short, go get it, whatever it is. Love hard and give grace where needed.
Big Mac Salad 1 lb Ground beef 1 tsp Sea salt 1/4 tsp Black pepper 8 oz Romaine lettuce (or iceberg if desired) 1 cup Tomatoes (chopped) 3/4 cup Cheddar cheese (shredded)
1/2 cup Pickles (diced)
Dressing 1/2 cup Mayonnaise 2 tbsp Pickles (diced) 2 tsp Mustard 1 tsp White vinegar 1/2 tsp Smoked paprika 1 1/2 tbsp Powdered erythritol (or any sweetener of choice; adjust to taste)
Instructions Cook ground beef in a skillet over high heat. Season with sea salt and black pepper. Stir fry, breaking up the pieces with a spatula, for about 7-10 minutes, until the beef is browned and moisture has evaporated. Meanwhile, puree all the dressing ingredients in a blender. If dressing is thicker than you like, thin out with water or oil and puree again. Adjust sweetener to taste. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Combine the remaining salad ingredients in a large bowl. Add the ground beef. Toss with dressin Tina Specht is co-publisher of the Minden Press-Herald. She shares her thoughts and recipes each Thursday.
LIFESTYLE CHANGES
Apps help volunteers get excess food to the hungry Food waste and hunger are two enormous problems that some non-profit groups say can be addressed together by getting the extra food to the people who need it. New apps are making that easier. The USDA estimates that more than 30% of the food in America is wasted each year. Besides food waste at home, there is also a lot of commercial food waste: restaurants preparing more food than customers buy, and grocery stores ending up with perishables approaching their expiration dates. To battle commercial food waste, “food rescue” groups use volunteers to pick up donated food and deliver it to nonprofits that feed the hungry. “KFC is preparing chicken continuously, Chipotle is preparing food continuously. We rescue it while it’s still hot and freeze it quickly,” says Bill Reighard, founder and CEO of Food Donation Connection. The nonprofit has been battling food waste since 1992, coordinating donations from companies like Pizza Hut. Another group, Feeding America, has built a nation-
wide network arranging regular pickups of surplus food from major grocery chains for delivery to more than 200 food banks. Advocates say more and more people are volunteering, due to environmental concerns. Taking food that would be wasted to those in need is a good way to fight the despair and inaction that many people feel in the face of climate change and inequality, says Leah Lizarondo, co-founder of the nonprofit 412 Food Rescue, based in Pittsburgh. “It’s a step that you can take today,” she says, “and it’s very clear what your impact is. It’s as clear as feeding someone that day.” Along with arranging food pickups from supermarkets, Lizarondo’s nonprofit created an app called Food Rescue Hero that works almost like Uber or Lyft: People who are out in their cars can log in and see if any unwanted food is available at a nearby restaurant or store. They can volunteer on the spot to deliver it to a food pantry or soup kitchen. Food Rescue Hero is now available in San Francisco, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Virginia. Last fall, Food Rescue
Hero announced a partnership with Reighard’s Food Donation Connection to build a shared online platform. No launch date has been announced yet, but tech teams at both nonprofits are collaborating to make volunteering easier nationwide and even globally. “That whole ‘last mile logistics’ issue” is a challenge throughout the food recovery industry, Reighard says. Traditionally, many charities picked up donated food themselves in fuel-inefficient trucks, he says. Collaborating with drivers who are already on the road is faster and more environmentally friendly. Feeding America’s MealConnect app embraces the same approach. It has used since 2014 for pickups at chains like Walmart and Target. Those scheduled pickups continue, but beginning last summer, volunteers can also sign up to do impromptu, smaller food rescues. Once they’ve registered at MealConnect.org or via the app, volunteers get a brief training session at a food bank and are outfitted with a small toolkit of food safety equipment. Volunteers might be “be-
tween classes, or maybe they’re retired, or they’re an Uber or Lyft driver that wants to take a break from driving people around,” says Justin Block, managing director of MealConnect at Feeding America. The group currently has 300 active volunteers, he says. Beth Weinman, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at Fresno State, says reducing food waste isn’t enough; we also need to produce less food. And William G. Moseley, director of the Food, Agriculture & Society Program at Macalester College, adds: “We need to be careful that app-based volunteerism does not undercut the need to press governments and the public sector to reform policies and address structural problems.” But as more people participate in rescuing commercial food, the hope is they may become more vocal about hunger issues in their community and more conscious of food waste at home too. Melissa Rayworth writes lifestyles stories for The Associated Press.
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Living in the state of contentment
In Phil 4:11, Paul encourages his friends to ‘be content wherever you are’. He explains how he has known what it is to have a ‘good life’ and what it means to be poor. Study his life and we Bill Crider can see Paul grew up in a moderate, wealthy Jewish family in Tarsus, was educated in Jerusalem, sitting under the best of teachers, and was widely known among the Jewish leaders of the day. Follow Paul from his conversion experience (Acts 8/9) to his wilderness experiences, being shunned by the early church, and later as a traveling missionary living on whatever
he could manage – we gather there were some rough times he dealt with. Imagine covering the miles and territory on foot, many times alone, on those long missionary journeys! Even when traveling with his companions, they needed food, shelter and clothing. We can hardly imagine how hard such times were. God was seeing ‘what kind of man this Paul really was.’ So over the years and miles, Paul learned he could depend on the promises of the Lord. He had learned the secret of contentment in every situation…whether with a full stomach
UPWARD LOOK
Commit and Trust
“Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it.” Psalm 37:5 NASB
concerns, cares, and future over onto the Lord. To commit your way, your whole life, to the Lord describes letting Him guide and direct your every step, your every thought and action. Lord Jesus, I commit my way, my whole life, over to Your control. Guide my every step so that I will bring gloMax Hutto ry and honor to You.
To live righteously in the midst of an evil world, the believer must be totally committed to the Lord, completely relying on Him to direct his way. The word commit was used to describe rolling the bundles a person was carrying over onto the back of a camel. Thus, it is the picture of rolling all your burdens,
Max Hutto is a Baptist Minister and a resident of Minden. More information can be found at www.upwardlook.org.
or with hunger pains, having plenty or in constant want! He knew how to live on almost nothing or with every convenience available. (Phil 4: 10-14) And here Paul pens one of the most precious of promises: “For I can do everything God asks me to with help of Christ who gives me the strength and power.” Paul, in his spiritual maturity had learned the secret of living the Christian life – depend completely on the leadership of the Holy Spirit to provide spiritual power and energy! Do nothing on your own, but in everything rely on the power of the Risen Lord. We know contentment is not a natural inclination of man. Grumbling, discontent, INSPIRATION
Be the change
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Two Prophets Elijah prophisied when He was taken to heaven in Ahab was king of Israel in a fiery chariot and Elisha Samaria. Jesabecame prophet. bel was queen. Before Elijah was Ahab wanted a taken away, Elisha piece of land that asked for a double was owned by portion of his spirNaboth, but he it which was given would not sell to him. Elisha did it to Ahab. His twice as many mirwife Jesabel had acles as Elijah. One Naboth killed so of Elisha’s miracles, that Ahab would he made an ax head get the land. Eli- Mack Ford swim. jah told them that Thank you Lord both would die. It happened for Prophets. just as Elijah said. Elisha was Mack Ford is a retired busito be a prophet after Elijah. nessman and lives in Minden.
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critical of others and murmuring are as natural to us as thorns are to the land. We must cultivate the precious things of the earth – things we encounter along life’s journey. Charles Spurgeon wrote: [If we want wheat, we must plow and sow wheat; if we want flowers, we must provide that tender care and plants bulbs in proper season. Contentment is a flower of heaven and if we want it, we must cultivate our heart for it to come forth. It is not a product of natural man.] So Paul’s contentment has been learned over years of God cultivating his heart. He was whipped, ran out of cities, stoned, flogged and mistreated. Yet, he was led by the
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Holy Spirit to ‘get up, brush himself off, plow some more, maybe in another area, under the watch care of the Lord. Paul, when he wrote this letter to dear friends, was an old gray-haired man “on the borders of death” – a prisoner of Nero shut up in a dungeon prison in Rome. Yes, he had learned his lesson, using great discipline over the years… and now he can tell his friends: “I am content wherever life finds me.” Paul knew contentment was not learned in a life of ease, but demanded great discipline over a long period of time. It was acquired slowly over time due to the wear and tear of sacrificial discipline while living a rugged life. It was a
life directed by the Lord himself! Nothing less! Paul would tell you and me to ‘hush complaining and murmuring about how tough life is, how hard it is to serve the Lord in this day and time – put a smile your face, let the light of the Living Lord illumine your life and serve the Lord with gladness.’ Be content wherever you are…whatever He has called you to do, work as unto the Lord. Our reward is not an earthly one, but a Divine Reward awaiting us in glory. Rise and shine and give God the glory! No excuses accepted! Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center
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TIDE TOP GRIFFINS MINDEN 55 - NORTH DESOTO 37
Minden needs one more win on friday at woodlawn for a shot at a post-season berth
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jjmarshall@press-herald.com Minden picked up a crucial win on Tuesday over North DeSoto at The Palace. Curtis Carter led the Tide in scoring with 11 points. “We did a good job defensively,” Minden head coach Rennie Bailey said. “That allowed us to get in a groove and get going on offense.” A.J. Coleman pitched in with ten points as the Crimson Tide picked up win number 12 this season. As it stands, Minden will almost certainly need a win over Woodlawn on Friday night to have a shot at post-season play. “We need to beat Woodlawn if we want to keep playing,” Bailey said. “But I think it’s a winnable game. “We need to take care of the ball and defend and rebound at a high level. If we do that, we can beat them.” The Tide play at Woodlawn on Friday night at 6 p.m. in Shreveport.
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Minden’s Curtis Carter attacks the basket in the Tide’s win on Tuesday night.
MLB
Player discipline possible for future sign-stealing offenses Major league players could be punished for future sign-stealing violations in the wake of the Houston Astros’ scandal that only resulted in discipline for managers, coaches and executives. Commissioner Rob Manfred and union head Tony Clark both said Tuesday that MLB and the players’ association are discussing potential rules changes regarding sign stealing and technology. “Written proposals have been exchanged, and we have made it clear to MLB that no issue is off the table, including player discipline,” Clark said in a statement. Houston manager AJ Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were banned for one season by Manfred and subsequently fired by the team last month after MLB released the findings of its investigation into the Astros. Former bench coach Alex Cora is expected to be disciplined when baseball announces the results of its probe into the Boston Red Sox, who cut ties with Cora as manager due to his involvement with Houston’s illegal sign stealing in 2017 and 2018. Carlos Beltrán, the only Astros player mentioned in the MLB report, was not disciplined by the league but was let go in his new role as New York Mets manager. No players were punished by MLB, and opponents from other teams have expressed dismay over that fact since spring training opened last week. Many have also called for Manfred to strip Houston of its 2017 World Series title. Manfred said he’s never seen so much “commentary from players about other play-
ers.” The commissioner said Tuesday that MLB reached out to the union seeking player cooperation in the probe after initial investigation efforts were unsuccessful. Manfred said the union asked for player immunity in exchange for that cooperation, and Manfred agreed “because we were at a bit of a stalemate,” he said. Responding to Manfred’s comments Tuesday, Clark said MLB contacted the union to inform it of the investigation on Nov. 13, the day after The Athletic published an article detailing Houston’s scheme. Clark said the players’ association and MLB agreed on player immunity later that day. “Any suggestion that the association failed to cooperate with the commissioner’s investigation, obstructed the investigation, or otherwise took positions which led to a stalemate in the investigation is completely untrue,” Clark said. “We acted to protect the rights of our members, as is our obligation under the law.” Clark said Astros players were never informed of MLB rules regarding technology-aided sign stealing and noted the commissioner had said after past sign-stealing transgressions years before that club personnel — and not players — would be held responsible for future violations. He added that among the items now being discussed with the league are “potential rule changes affecting sign stealing, in-game technology and video, data access and usage, club audits and disclosures, player education, and enforcement — including the potential for player discipline.”
NFL
REDEMPTION ARC
Saints’ Brees announces intention to return for 2020 season NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Quarterback Drew Brees’ record-setting NFL career is on track for a 20th season — and a 15th with the New Orleans Saints. The 41-year-old Brees announced his intention to return for what would be his 20th NFL season in a social media post on Tuesday. “My feelings about the 2020 season! I look forward to the grind and the journey, for the reward at the end will be worth it,” Brees wrote in his announcement. “Love you #WhoDatNation. Let’s make another run at it!” Brees missed five games with a throwing hand injury that required surgery but was still productive last season while leading New Orleans to a third straight playoff appearance. Brees’ 74.3% completion rate ranked second in NFL history behind only his 2018 record of 74.4%. He also passed for 27 touchdowns while throwing just four interceptions and was selected to a fourth straight Pro Bowl, the 13th of
his career. His decision to return will set in motion negotiations on a new contract. His last contract voids automatically at the end of the current league year that concludes March 18. A person familiar with the situation says new contract negotiations have yet to begin and there is no immediate timetable for reaching a deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Brees nor the Saints have publicly discussed the matter. Saints coach Sean Payton and general manager Mickey Loomis both have stated an interest in bringing Brees back if the quarterback, who turned 41 on Jan. 15, still wanted to play. If recent history is a guide, negotiations should not be problematic. Twice since 2016, Brees has accepted two-year deals that, while still generous, were geared more toward providing the Saints a measure of salary cap flexibility than pushing
the limits of the NFL QB market. Last season, Brees contract was worth nearly $23 million. Brees is the NFL’s all-time leader in completions with 6,867, yards passing with 77,416, and touchdowns with 547. His career touchdowns mark is most vulnerable, just six ahead of 20year Patriots veteran Tom Brady. Although Brady’s contract also is expiring, he has stated his intention to also keep playing, be it in New England or elsewhere. With 74,571 career yards passing, Brady also would have been in realistic one-season striking distance of Brees’ yardage mark if Brees decided to retire. Meanwhile, Brees’ decision is likely to have implications for the younger quarterbacks on the Saints’ roster. Backup Teddy Bridgwater, who has resurrected his career in New Orleans, could find opportunities to be a starter elsewhere. Bridgewater was a firstround draft pick by Minnesota in 2014, but missed
most of three seasons from 2015-17 with a career-threatening knee injury before spending the past two seasons as a backup with New Orleans. He didn’t always put up prolific passing numbers during Brees’ absence in 2019, but went 5-0 as a starter while completing 67.9% of his passes for 1,384 yards, nine TDs and two interceptions. Saints’ third-string QB Taysom Hill also played a regular role, though not always in conventional ways. In addition to periodically subbing in for Brees as a read-option QB, he also has contributed in the receiving and running game and on special teams. Hill has stated that he also would like an opportunity to become a starter. But his unproven record as an every-down QB could weaken the market for him as a restricted free agent and make returning to the Saints his best option.
Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to LaDayeshia Allen of Lakeside. She is this week’s Wilson Orthopaedics Athlete of the Week for her play at the guard position for Lakeside. Allen was an All-Area performer last season and continues to lead Lakeside in scoring. The Press-Herald’s Athlete of the Week feature is brought to you every other Thursday by Wilson Orthopaedics in Minden.
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FUN & GAMES
On This Day In History 1988 - The Nagorno-Karabakh War is triggered by der Autonomous Oblast’s secession from Azerbaijan. Today, Nagorno-Karabakh is a de facto independent state, but the territory is still internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. 1962 - The first U.S. citizen to orbit the Earth lands safely in the Atlantic Ocean. John Glenn’s 5-hour spaceflight came almost a year after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961. 1944 - U.S. bombers attack German aircraft manufacturing centers, in a bombing campaign See, HISTORY, Page 9
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that became known as the “Big Week”. The goal was to achieve air superiority to secure the invasion of Europe.
1913 - Works to build Australia’s capital city commence. Canberra is an entirely planned city and was chosen as the Australian capital as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne. 1877 Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake” is premiered. It is one of the world’s bestknown ballets. On this Day in History is brought to you by www.timeanddate.com
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