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Less than a week away, on Tuesday, March 3, the 78th Annual Chamber Gala, presented by Gibsland Bank & Trust, will take place at the Minden Civic Center. This year’s gala will be titled “The Future is Now” and the night will be emceed by Tracy Campbell and Jake Chapman. “The Gala is a great networking opportunity as well as a time for our local businesses to shine. Furthermore, it’s an opportunity for the community to come together and look at the accomplishments that Minden has made in 2019, and look forward to what’s in store for 2020 and beyond,” said Jana Morgan, Greater Minden Chamber CEO/ President. The awards to be announced at the gala include Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, and Community Partner of the Year. In addition, the Minden Lions Club and Young Women’s Service Club will reveal the Man and Woman of the Year. In the Business of the Year category, the finalists are Fibrebond Corporation, Gibsland Bank and Trust, and TG Companies. In the Small Business of the Year category, the finalists are Fishy Stitches and Gifts, Mike’s Hometown Spirits, and Spillers’ Appliance and Furniture. In the Business Person of the year category, the finalists are Larry Gipson (Harris’ Corner), Catherine Hunt (Lindsey Realty), and Jeff Lee (b1BANK). In the Community Partner category, the finalists are: Community First High School, Krewe de Ambassadeurs and, Louisiana Adult and Teen Challenge Center. Finalists were selected by a committee from nominations received by the chamber. Criteria such as local impact, historical body of work, previous winner status, among others were
Lieutenant Governor Bill Nungesser and Volunteer Louisiana have announced nine 2020 Champions of Service. The Champions of Service were selected from a pool of statewide nominees of people, groups, and businesses in Louisiana who demonstrate compassion, dedication, leadership, initiative, innovation, and/or creativity in addressing community challenges while serving others. “I am proud to help honor the achievements of our service champions while encouraging others to become active volunteers in their communities,” said Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser. “The 2020 Champions of Service, as well as the thousands of other volunteers across Louisiana, show the strength of Louisiana’s character and the resilience of our spirit.” Volunteer Louisiana recognizes six regional champions as well as statewide AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and corporate champions. Of the nine selected, Minden’s very own Ethan Jeffus was selected as the Northwest Champion. “Ethan Jeffus of Minden,
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LA, is a high school student who is actively involved with a variety of community organizations, including volunteering with the local food pantry, nursing homes, and also as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer. Ethan currently serves as the Junior Civitan International Director where he started a project collecting socks to give as gifts to residents at a local nursing home during Christmas. This was so successful that for the second year of the project, Ethan grew the sock collection and donations to include Shreveport, Bossier, Minden, Ruston, and West Monroe, which distributed socks to residents in their local nursing homes,” stated the Volunteer Louisiana Press Release. When asked about receiving the nomination, Jeffus said, “Being nominated for this statewide award is a great honor to me. Over the years I have volunteered with a multitude of COURTESY PHOTO non-profit organizations. I feel Ethan Jeffus has been chosen as one of the nine 2020 Champions of Service the greatest part about receiv- For his display of volunteerism in Northwest Louisiana. ing this award is that I wasn’t expecting it. Volunteering in greatly leads me to believe a esser and the Volunteer Louithe efforts to meet the needs need has been met and I hope siana Foundation, will honor of the community has always to continue to meet the needs these winners at the Champibeen a passion of mine. To re- of the community.” ons of Service Awards Lunceive state-level recognition for Volunteer Louisiana, along cheon on April 22 during Nabeing an outstanding volunteer with Lt. Governor Billy Nung- tional Volunteer Week.
Biden claims momentum as Sanders marches past debate fray CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Eyeing a South Carolina victory to rescue his presidential ambitions, Joe Biden claimed one of the state’s most coveted endorsements on Wednesday as Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders marched past the blistering assault from his rivals on the debate stage the night before. And Pete Buttigieg, a leading critic of both Biden and Sanders, canceled multiple events on the day saying he was sick. The developments came just three days before South
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and his Democratic rivals unleashed a roaring assault against Sanders during a contentious debate that tested the strength of the undisputed front-runner in the party’s presidential nomination fight. Sanders faced the brunt of the attacks for much of the night, and for one of the few times, fellow progressive Elizabeth Warren was among the critics. The Massachusetts senator pressed the case that she could execute ideas that the
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Second Front BLOTTER Recent arrests in Webster Parish Brian Carson, 65, of the 2600 block of Walnut Road, was arrested for driving while intoxicated and careless operation of a motor vehicle. Jamie Dean, 36, of the 400 block of Green Trail, was arrested for improper supervision of a minor. Derrill Pennington, 34, of the 3400 block of Highway 159, was arrested for possession of a schedule II substance with intent to distribute. Laquarius Martin, of the 800 block of Fincher Road, was arrested on multiple warrants. Britt Moody Sr., 64, of the 2000 block of Highway 531, was arrested for failure to appear in court. Michael Duck, 37, of the 100 block of Loop Road, was arrested on two warrants. Brian Sims, 51, of the 300 block of Ellis Drive, was arrested on a warrant.
Demetrius Miller, 35, of the 400 block of Front Street, was arrested for
simple burglary, simple and criminal damage to property, and being a fugitive from Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office. Teshia Austin, 28, of the 200 block of S. Fairview Street, was arrested for simple battery, aggravated assault, and disturbing the peace. Brittany Moore, 30, of the 400 block of Morrow Street, was arrested for being a fugitive from the Webster Parish Sheriff Office. Mernard Shine, 41, of the 500 block of WR Reeder Street, was arrested for possession of a schedule Ii substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and being a fugitive from Sibley Police Department. Romulious Coliston, 43, of the 600 block of South Street, was arrested on a warrant. Assidious Harris, 30, of the 400 block of S. Gun Street, was arrested for resisting an officer, possession of a schedule I substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and a probation warrant. Lafonya Enudu, 44, of the 700 block of Sins Street, was arrested on two counts
for aggravated assault with a firearm. Ziyon Crawford, 19, of the 200 block of Hastwell road, was arrested for possession of a schedule I substance with intent to distribute. Antonio Robinson, 20, of the 1200 block of Fulton Street, was arrested for simple possession of a schedule I substance. Sean Simmons, 19, of the 800 block of Clay Street, was arrested for simple possession of a schedule I substance. Cristopher Johnson, 41, of the 300 block of High Street, was arrested for being a fugitive of Webster parish Sheriff’s Office. Jerome Mitchell, 38, of the 400 block of Whitlock Street, was arrested for disturbing the peace, careless operation of a motor vehicle, and a hit & run. Eugene Henderson, 47, of the 600 block of Stone Street, was arrested for failure to appear in court. Kimako Sill III, 20, of the 300 block of S. Abney Street, was arrested for simple criminal damage to property.
Debate: Skepticism for Sanders remained constant Continued from Page 1 Vermont senator could only talk about. “Bernie and I agree on a lot of things,” she said. “But I think I would make a better president than Bernie.” A group of moderates, meanwhile, fought to emerge as the chief Sanders alternative. Biden argued that only he has the experience to lead in the world. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar repeatedly contended that she alone could win the votes of battleground state moderates. And Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, pointed to Sanders’ self-described democratic socialism and his recent comments expressing admiration for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro’s push for education. “I am not looking forward to a scenario where it comes down to Donald Trump with his nostalgia for the social order of the 1950s and Bernie Sanders with a nostalgia for the revolutionary politics of the 1960s,” Buttigieg declared. But the moderates did little to draw separation among themselves, a dynamic that has so far only benefited the Vermont senator. Sanders fought back throughout the night, pointing to polls that showed him beating the Republican president and noting all the recent attention he’s gotten: “I’m hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. I wonder why.” Sanders senior adviser Jeff Weaver argued afterward that the debate didn’t knock Sanders off his front-runner perch. “They threw everything they could at Bernie Sanders. None of it stuck,” Weaver said, adding that some candidates showed “an air of desperation.” Trump, who returned to Washington early Wednesday after a twoday trip to India, responded to a reporter’s shouted question about whether he’d seen the debate: “I did,” he said while stepping into a car. “Not too good, not too good.” The intensity of Tuesday’s forum, with candidates repeatedly shouting over each other, reflected the reality that the Democrats’ establishment wing is quickly running out
of time to stop Sanders’ rise. Even some critics, Bloomberg among them, conceded that Sanders could build an insurmountable delegate lead as soon as next week. The Democratic White House hopefuls will not stand side by side on the debate stage again until the middle of March. That made Tuesday’s debate likely the last chance for some candidates to save themselves and alter the trajectory of the nomination fight. Though Sanders was at the center of the attacks, this week marks something of a high point in his political career. After spending nearly three decades as an agitator who delighted in tearing into his party’s establishment, that very party establishment was suddenly fighting to take him down, a clear sign of his rising status as the leading candidate for the nomination. New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg also faced sustained attacks that gave him an opportunity to redeem himself after a bad debate debut one week earlier. Warren cut hard at his record as a businessman, bringing up reports of one particular allegation that he told a pregnant employee “to kill it,” a reference to the woman’s unborn child. Bloomberg fiercely denied the allegation, but acknowledged he sometimes made comments that were inappropriate. Bloomberg “cannot earn the trust of the core of the Democratic Party,” Warren said. “He is the riskiest candidate standing on this stage.” But Bloomberg will likely remain a force in the contest even as other candidates may quickly face tough choices about the sustainability of their campaigns. Bloomberg has already spent more than $500 million on a national advertising campaign, and his fortune ensures he will remain a factor at least through Super Tuesday. But the skepticism for Sanders was a constant. Buttigieg raised concerns that a Sanders nomination would cost Democrats the House and make it harder to retake the Senate. “We’re not going to win these critical, critical House and Senate races
if people in those races have to explain why the nominee of the Democratic Party is telling people to look at the bright side of the Castro regime,” Buttigieg said. Back in Washington, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday brushed back the down-ballot warnings about Sanders. “I think whoever our nominee is we will enthusiastically embrace — and we will win the White House, the Senate and the House of Representatives,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol. The South Carolina contest offers the first real look at the influence African American voters play in the Democrats’ presidential nomination process. Biden is trying to make a big impression in in the state, where he was long viewed as the unquestioned front-runner because of his support from black voters. But heading into Saturday’s primary after three consecutive underwhelming finishes, there were signs that the former vice president’s African American support may be slipping. One reason: Tom Steyer. The billionaire activist has been pouring money into African American outreach, which threatens to peel away some of the support Biden badly needs. Biden used the Clyburn endorsement to repeat an idea he mentioned, almost casually, at the end of Tuesday’s debate, to nominate a black woman to the Supreme Court. “As president, I’d be honored to appoint the first African American woman. Because it should look like the country. It’s long past time,” Biden said, recalling that Obama nominated the court’s first Latina, Justice Sonia Sotomayor. And he offered a direct message to Democrats in South Carolina and beyond who may be doubting the strength of his candidacy. “If you send me out of South Carolina with a victory, there will be no stopping us,” Biden charged. “We will win the nomination. We will win the presidency. And most importantly, we will end the fear ... of a second term for Donald Trump.”
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Gala: For more information call the Greater Minden Chamber at 377-4240 Continued from Page 1 applied. “We are excited to see such a worthy list of finalists,” said Morgan. “All of the nominees represented a wide array of businesses and individuals.” The Greater Minden Chamber would also like to thank their sponsors: Gibsland Bank and Trust-Presenting Sponsor, Citizens National Bank-VIP Reception Sponsor, Fibrebond Corp-Diamond Sponsor, Pafford EMS-Diamond Sponsor, Regional Hospice- Diamond Sponsor, b1BANK-Gold Sponsor, Coca Cola Bottling Co.
of Minden-Gold Sponsor, Madden Contracting-Gold Sponsor, Meadowview Health and, Rehab-Gold Sponsor, Minden Medical Center-Gold Sponsor, Rose-Neath Funeral Home-Silver Sponsor, Town and Country Health and Rehab-Gold Sponsor, The Gardner GroupGold Sponsor, Mike’s Hometown Spirits-Social Sponsor, Wimberly Agency Entertainment Sponsor, Minden Family Dental-Awards Sponsor. “We encourage everyone to get their Gala tickets soon, as this event is often a sellout,” Morgan said. For more information, call 377-4240.
GOVERNMENT
Louisiana governor: Judge should resign after racial slurs BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Gov. John Bel Edwards called Wednesday on a Louisiana judge to step down after she admitted to using racial slurs in angry text messages. The Democratic governor said the “state deserves better.” Edwards said in a statement that District Judge Jessie LeBlanc “has compromised her ability to preside as a judge, and she has damaged the judiciary. She should resign.” LeBlanc, who is white, told WAFB-TV in an interview Sunday that she admits using a slur to describe a black sheriff’s deputy and a black law clerk in text messages she sent to Assumption Parish Chief Deputy Bruce Prejean as their extramarital affair ended. She told the TV station: “I profusely apologize for that. I should have never said it.” But she also said she has no plans to resign and instead is gearing up to seek re-election when her current term in Louisiana’s 23rd Judicial District expires in December. The district includes Assumption, Ascension and St. James parishes.
“The admitted and repeated use of racial slurs by a judge who has taken an oath to administer justice fairly and impartially is wrong, period,” Edwards said in a statement. “There is never any circumstance or context in which such derogatory and degrading language is okay.” The Louisiana Legislative Black Caucus also called on the judge Wednesday to immediately leave the position, saying if she refused to do so, the state’s Judiciary Commission should start an independent investigation of her conduct. District Attorney Ricky Babin and the district’s lead public defender have filed a court motion asking that LeBlanc voluntarily recuse herself from criminal matters in Assumption Parish, or be forced to do so because of the affair. Babin also said that hundreds of the judge’s cases are now under review. LeBlanc, who took office in 2012, said she doesn’t believe the affair would cause any trial verdicts in her court to be overturned.
EDUCATION
State dedicates $1.135 million for programs at Southern’s Shreveport campus DAVID JACOBS The Center Square
Louisiana Economic Development will dedicate $1.135 million to spur workforce, aerospace and entrepreneurial programs at Southern University’s Shreveport campus, officials announced Friday. The performance-based grants include $750,000 for new information technology initiatives, $175,000 for the new community kitchen and business incubator
known as MS KICK, $125,000 for facility improvements in the Airframe and Powerplant Maintenance Program, and $85,000 for advancement of LED’s Small and Emerging Business Development Program, officials said. “More career options and diversity exist in today’s economy than ever before, and synchronized workforce and higher education programs are the key to unlocking those opportunities,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said.
OBITUARIES
Ray McCormick A Celebration of W. Ray McCormick’s life will be held at 1:00 P.M.
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Was the debate beat down fatal for Mayor Mike? Wednesday night in Las Vegas, Mayor Mike Bloomberg learned what it is like to be thrown up against a wall and frisked. At the opening of the Democratic debate, his first, Mayor Mike was greeted by his nearest neighbor on stage, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, with this warm welcome: “We’re running against ... a billionaire who calls women ‘fat broads’ and ‘horse-faced lesbians.’ And, no, I’m not talking about Donald Trump. I’m talking about Mayor Bloomberg.” Bloomberg was not only charged with misogyny and sexism but racism for his stop-and-frisk policy, which the NYPD pursued during his three terms as mayor. By Bloomberg’s own admission, stop and frisk singled out black men between 16 and 25. Undiscussed were the positive results of the policy. Gun homicides in New York fell to levels below those attained by his predecessor, Rudy Giuliani. And if those most often frisked were black and Hispanic men, the lives saved and the woundings prevented were also mostly those of people of color. Yet, a question that remains after this debate was one that was puzzling even before the debate. Why did he do it? Why did Bloomberg, who is not on the Nevada or South Carolina ballot, decide to join the debates before these contests? Today, the mayor’s campaign
is probably buying tens of millions of dollars in ads to undo the damage done to him under the remorseless fire on his character, campaign and record from his rivals Wednesday night. These attacks were predictable and predicted. Why did he submit to this? Who counseled Bloomberg to climb into the ring? Ad Feedback By investing $350 million in ads in primary states since November and PATRICK J. crafting BUCHANAN scheduled appearances while avoiding adversarial talk shows and candidate debates, Bloomberg had propelled himself from nowhere into the top tier of candidates in every state on Super Tuesday. Why did he abandon a winning strategy to walk out, unprepared, onto a stage full of enraged and exasperated rivals who think he is buying and stealing a nomination for which they have fought for a year? Why did he volunteer to enter a forum where he had to know his rivals would become a flash mob before he answered his first question? This was campaign malpractice of historic dimensions. It is going to take hundreds of
millions of dollars in new ads to undo the damage done to Bloomberg’s reputation among the millions of voters who got their first impression of the mayor from the debate. Where does the race stand before Saturday’s caucuses in Nevada? Sen. Bernie Sanders, his energy restored after his heart attack a few months back, his lines honed by a year’s repetition, was at the top of his game Wednesday night, fending off attacks and fighting back with a passion and ferocity that Bloomberg never exhibited. With his popular vote victories in Iowa and New Hampshire, five national polls showing him taking the lead from Joe Biden, and contributions pouring in from his huge army of small donors, Sanders is the favorite to win in Nevada and man to stop. But after Super Tuesday, March 3, he may be unstoppable. A new Washington Post poll Wednesday shows Sanders with a huge lead among young voters and in a statistical tie with Joe Biden among African Americans. And he is flush with cash. March 4 could see Sanders with an almost insurmountable lead that could have him enter the Milwaukee convention with a majority of delegates or a plurality so huge as to make it politically impossible for his adversaries to gang up on him and take the nomination away. For who would be the beneficiary of such a robbery on
the convention floor? The same Bloomberg his rivals described Wednesday night as a misogynist, sexist and racist. Bloomberg’s campaign is sounding the alarm that Sanders could soon amass an insurmountable delegate lead if the Democratic field stays split, and is urging the other candidates to drop out. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Vice President Biden are being told that if they do not get out of the race and clear the lane for the mayor, they will get a socialist as their nominee, and the party will deserve the fate November will bring — a second term for Trump. Bloomberg’s strategist Kevin Sheekey was pointedly warned by staffers on Thursday: “If Biden, Buttigieg, and Klobuchar remain in the race despite having no path to appreciably collecting delegates on Super Tuesday (and beyond), they will propel Sanders to a seemingly insurmountable delegate lead by siphoning votes away from (Bloomberg).” As the other candidates cannot beat Sanders, Bloomberg’s campaign is saying, they should step aside and clear the field for Mayor Mike. This would call for a spirit of self-sacrifice and measure of esteem for the mayor not evident on that stage Wednesday night.
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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Election 2020: Those meddling kids According to selected mem- by the Democratic National bers of the “US intelligence Committee to put anyone but community” (“selected” for Bernie over the top for its presitheir loyalty to, and willing- dential nomination, by hook or ness to promote the line of, crook, he’s winning primaries the Democratic Party estab- and caucuses and leading in lishment) Vladimir Putin and the national polls. the Russian government just In states where anyone’s even love them some Donald Trump allowed to and Bernie Sanders. Can’t get challenge enough of ‘em. If November is a Trump, he’s Trump/Sanders shoot-out, the pulling 85Kremlin wins either way. 95% supYes, it’s silly. It might even be port from funny if so many people didn’t Republican take it so seriously and if it voters. wasn’t so on the nose in aping The ReJoe McCarthy’s Red Scare tacpublican tics. establishTHOMAS Here’s why it’s silly: Donald KNAPP ment went Trump and Bernie Sanders are through also much beloved by those an agonizing process in 2016, meddling kids (yes, I grew up eventually coming to terms watching Scooby-Doo, Where with having its party taken Are You!). over and remade. By Trump, No, not the Russians. The yes, but more importantly by voters. Trump’s voters. Like K-pop and post-RoseThe Democratic National anne The Conners, I find the Committee’s “success” in 2016 appeal of the two northeastern was also a double failure: It authoritarian septuagenarians managed to rig the presideninexplicable, but it’s very real. tial primary contest to ensure Despite Herculean efforts that its preferred candidate
won the nomination, but it couldn’t carry the general election and couldn’t bring itself to accept responsibility for that. It was easier to blame !THEM RUSSIANS! for Hillary Clinton’s failure than to admit that Democratic voters weren’t enthusiastic about her and didn’t turn out for her in the needed numbers. And the DNC still hasn’t read the memo. Having abjectly failed to make Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, or Elizabeth Warren palatable to pluralities, it’s still trying to whip those meddling voters into line behind Pete Buttigieg or Amy Klobuchar instead of accepting Bernie as their choice. Now, in desperation, it’s playing the “Russian meddling” card again. Is there foreign meddling in American elections? Presumably so, and by several governments, just like there’s American government meddling in foreign elections. The only countries which don’t experience foreign meddling in their elections are countries which don’t hold real elections.
But in the case of US elections, the Russian meddling doesn’t even rise to the level of background noise, let alone to the level of excuse for the losing candidate’s defeat. Interested in meddling? OK, let’s talk about meddling. Over the last 130 years or so, the two “major” parties have conspired to limit voters’ choices with “ballot access” laws, exclusory beauty pageants disguised as “debates,” etc., such that both internal dissidents and “third party” candidates are severely handicapped from the start and seldom win “major” party primaries or break into double digits in November. That’s meddling for real. But suddenly it isn’t working reliably anymore. Poetic justice, perhaps? Thomas L. Knapp (Twitter: @thomaslknapp) is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism (thegarrisoncenter.org). He lives and works in north central Florida.
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Buds & Blooms Educational Seminar The Piney Hills LA Master Gardeners will host their annual Buds & Blooms educational seminars Feb. 29 at the First United Methodist Church, located at 903 Broadway Street. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. and lectures will run from 9 a.m. until noon. Cost to attend is $15. For more information, please call 318-464-0594, 318-371-1371, or visit www. phlmg.com.
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42 Years of Pastoral Service Valley Springs baptist Church is honoringt pastor Ray D. Jiles for 42 years of pastoral service. The service will be help on March 1 startng at 2:30 p.m. with Special Guest Pastor marandalous Holland of St. james Baptist Church. The service is located at 212 Fuller Road in Minden.
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Mr. PaTony Morrow, vice president of lending at B1 Bank, recently visited Lakeside’s CIW (Certified Internet Webmaster) class. The students had been studying financial needs as it relates to paying for college and Mr. Morrow helped them to realize the importance of not only saving for college, but substantiating a line of credit and how that plays into having a credible credit score for later in life purchases.
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When fine just isn’t good enough
This week, I heard a mentor of mine go live on Facebook about the word “fine.” Yes, the word fine. She was asking what is fine in your life? Is your fine really ok? Is your marriage fine? Is your job fine? Are the people you hang out with fine? Then, she goes on to say, is fine really TINA fine? Are you really SPECHT happy with the fine in your life. My mentor began to tell a story about how she had to stop and look at all the “fines” in her life. None of them were where she wanted them to be. Who can fix your fines? Only you. I began thinking about my life over the past two years and thought, “Oh, how I have grown.” I am not where I want to be but I am headed in the right direction. I was thinking about all my “fines.” Where am I at with them? Are they really fine or is there work to be done about them? We go through life a lot of times just settling for what we have. Whether it is our mar-
riage, our career, our friends or our family. You have a choice to make your fine the way you want it to be. If your marriage is just fine, then work on it. If your job is just fine, then make it better or find a new one. In my new journey in life, I am finding out some of my fines are not good enough. I liked my job and helping at the newspaper but I love being a certified health coach and helping others. I don’t have too many friends and I am really fine with that. I set boundaries up with my family from time to time and that makes it really fine. You have to figure out you and what makes you fine (happy)! Life is short and going around just settling for fine is not good. I wouldn’t and won’t live life in a miserable state. I will be happy in all I do. I love to be around people that live above the line — that have integrity. I have experienced a lot of this in the last two years and I want more! My new friends and the community I hang out with are amazing. There is virtually no
negativity! It is amazing watching us work together and no one fighting or trying to one up someone. Be the CEO of your life. Find your fines in life and give them a good look over. I bet you can tell where they are really fine or not. If not, why not make a change. You have a lot to look at. Your life, your marriage, your health, your finances, your friends and family. That is just a few. I had an awakening this week and I thought I would share to let you have the same awakening. I love to help people find joy in all areas of their life. Start with one area and go from there. You won’t be sorry. Most of you know when a woman says she is fine and nothing afterwards she is not really fine. Pay attention to the people around you and take notice. You may be why their “fine” is not fine.
Stuffed Green Bell Peppers Ingredients: 7.5 oz 93% lean ground beef, cooked (1 1/2 Lean) 2 oz or 1/2 cup 2% reduced fat Mexican Cheese (1/2 Lean)
1/2 cup cooked cauliflower, grated (1 Green) 1/2 cup Rotel diced tomatoes with green chilies (1 Green) 2 green peppers (4 Greens) 2 tsp low sodium taco seasoning mix (4 Condiments) 2 tbsp salsa (2 Condiments) Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut the tops off of the green peppers and discard. Cut peppers in half from top to bottom. Remove the seeds and membrane of the green peppers. Boil the peppers for about 5 minutes or until tender. Drain. Combine cooked ground beef, rotel tomatoes, grated cauliflower, taco seasoning, salsa, and half of the cheese in a medium size bowl. Pour the mixture into the green peppers and sprinkle the top with the other half of cheese. Bake for about 20 to 25 minutes or until cheese has melted. Enjoy! 2 Servings with 1 Lean, 3 Greens, and 3 Condiments (2 Pepper Halves) Tina Specht is co-publisher of the Minden Press-Herald. She shares her thoughts and recipes each Thursday.
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Good News INSPIRATION
“Let there be light”, the Creator spoke, “and there was light”. Darkness disappears when light appears. It dispells the darkness. And so it has been that way since the beginning of time. All through the ages, the Light has been shining. Sometimes Bill Crider it seemed so bright, sometimes maybe just a flicker. But it has been shining. The Eternal Light of God! But “men love darkness more than light”, so they grope in it; Paul wrote that men are like sheep with no shepherd, wandering around in circles not knowing which direction to go. It is like bacteria that multiplies when there is a warm damp surroundings to
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The light of the world is Jesus thrive in. Sin is that way too. From the beginning we see it happening - Adam and Eve in Eden, naked. And they did not even know it or it made no difference. But, when the forbidden fruit met their lips, their ‘eyes were opened to an awareness of things around them!’ That’s when they sensed there was a guilt that spread over them. Darkness appeared to them! And the separation from God dimmed the Light that had shone so brightly. From that time, all through the Old Testament, we see the Light shining through the Patriarchs, judges, kings that God would raise up to lead the people. God’s covenant was
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renewed and presented to each new generation. Those around them knew about God’s presence. There was a special aura about each man that made the Light much brighter. Not only could the God-fearing people sense it, but so could the heathen enemies from warring tribes, both near and far. The Light was shining even when people could not see it—or chose not to. John 1:1 wrote of the “Word” being in the beginning with God. “The Word was with God and the Word was God”. Of course, he was speaking of Jesus Christ. He is the Light of the world, shining in a sea of darkness. Jesus said: “If I be lifted up (so all can see me), I will draw all men to me”? (John 12:32). Wherever He went, whatever He did, those around Him saw
the Light of God’s presence in Him. Even as Jesus hang on the Cross, there were those who recognized him to truly be the Son of God; yes, the Light of the World! Not only did Jesus teach us about His being the Light of the World, but as He concluded the Sermon on the Mount, He looked at His disciples and said, “YOU, TOO, ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD! DON’T PUT THAT LIGHT UNDER A BASKET, HIDING IT FROM THE WORLD AROUND YOU. NO, LET IT SHINE BRIGHTLY FROM THE HILLTOPS OF YOUR LIFE. LET EVERYONE SEE IT SO THEY MAY GLORIFY YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.” ( Matt 5:14). Jesus is now telling us we are joint heirs with Him. We are part of the Light of the World. We bring honor and glo-
INSPIRATION
Rest or Worry and Anger My Brother’s Keeper?
“Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing.” Psalm 37:7-8 NASB Worry and anger seem to consume our culture. The psalmist was perplexed and Max Hutto angered by the injustice of the wicked prospering, especially while the righteous struggled and suffered. Yet God’s instructions were to put aside
anger, wrath, and fretting. These emotions lead one to do evil. The righteous person is to trust in the Lord, to wait confidently in the Lord, and to be totally committed to following God’s way of righteousness and holiness. Lord Jesus, help me not to be consumed with worry, anger, and wrath. Instead help me to live a righteous life as I rest, wait, and trust in You.
Max Hutto is a Baptist Minister and a resident of Minden. More information can be found at www.upwardlook.org.
LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED
Elisha and General Naamon The kings of Syria had a General by the name of Naamon. He was a leper. A young Israeli girl told Naamon that a prophet named Elisha could heal him of his disease. General Naamon took some silver and clothes and went to Israel to find Mack Ford Elisha. When he found Elisha he expected him to come out and lay his hands on him, but Elisha told him to dip himself seven times in the river Jordan. This upset Naamon and he would not do so. One of his soldiers told him to follow El-
isha’s instructions. He did so and was healed of his leprosy. He offered him silver and clothing, but Elisha refused it. After General Naamon left, Elisha went after him and said Elisha changed his mind. General Naamon gave some silver and clothing. When the servant got back to Elisha he told him because of his greed he would have leprosy the rest of his life and it came to pass. Help us lord not to covet worldly things.
Mack Ford is a retired businessman and lives in Minden.
Do you have friends armed his trained serand family members vants, born in his own that have stepped house, three hundred away from God? Have and eighteen, and puryou made an effort to sued them unto Dan. show them the love And he divided himand compasself against sion of Christ? them, he and I ask these his servants, questions not by night, and to survey but to smote them, evoke serious and purthought. God sued them has charged unto Hous not to be Bernard Harris III bah, which lazy and apis on the left athetic towards our hand of Damascus. brothers and sisters And he brought back but to be proactive in all the goods, and their salvation. Abram also brought again his (Abraham) figured brother Lot, and his this concept out with- goods, and the womout having to be told en also, and the peoby anyone. A situa- ple.” Abrams example tion arose in which lot shows us that no matand his family were ter how people treat us taken captive. Rather mercy, compassion, than leaving Lot and and love are always his family to fend for the solution. Abram themselves, Abram was truly his brother’s springs into action. keeper. Genesis 14:14-16 KJV “And when Abram Bernard Harris III is a heard that his brother Haughton firemAN AND A LOCAL was taken captive, he RESIDENT OF MINDEN
ry to our Heavenly Father by allowing Him to shine through us. We are not God, but we can reflect His love, mercy and grace by the way we treat others. As we enter the season that focuses on Jesus’ last days on earth, some may feel that Light is growing very dim, as we consider the condition of our country, see calamities around the world and hear of the ‘acts of God’ bombarding us. It seems as the Light sometimes really is flickering. But did it not grow dim when Jesus was praying in the garden? (“If it be Thy will, Father, let this cup pass from me”)! But then it burned brightest as He approached the Cross! And when Jesus said these words from the cross: “Into Thy hands I commit myself; Father, it is finished!” Then the Light shown
its’ brightest. This Light continues to shine in our churches, in our communities, in the lives of dedicated disciples of Jesus Christ around the world. We must keep our lamps trimmed, wicks ready to burn. Never before has the urgency for the Light to shine in the darkness been so strong. And we have the strong and sure promise of Jesus: The Light shone in the darkness, but the darkness could not extinguish it! (John 1). The Light still shines! May during the Lenten season we allow the Light of our Lord shine brighter in our lives as we make fresh commitments and resolves to let ‘Him live and shine through us.’ Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center
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jjmarshall@press-herald.com Lakeside has plenty of unfinished business to attend to, starting with a first round battle at #13 Bunkie tonight. The Warriors will bring five All-District performers to Bunkie after the 2020 District 1-AA All-District team was announced. Branthony Brown and Austin Sims were named to the first team while Lamar McKinsey and Orlando Roberson earned second team honors. Ondray Miles was named honorable mention. Reginald Martin of North Caddo was MVP and Allen Tew of Jonesboro-Hodge won Coach of the Year.
Softball season has returned, and it’s shaping up already to be an excellent one for Webster Parish. With a number of All-Parish performers returning to area lineups, a number of local teams seem to have legitimate chances of chasing more state titles, following Glenbrook’s path from the MAIS season in late 2019. Here are the scores from Tuesday: Lakeside 13, North Webster 0 Reigning All-Parish MVP Laney Taylor shut down North Webster by throwing a complete game shutout and leading the Lady Warriors to a 13-0 victory on Tuesday in Springhill. Lakeside secured the victory thanks to nine runs in the third inning. The offensive firepower by Lakeside was led by Mary Franks, Lillian Jolly, Kaylee Davis, Ella Neilsen,
Sydney Robinson, and Frances Robinson who all drove in runs in the inning. Lakeside opened up scoring in the first inning when an error scored one run. Then the nine-run inning put Lakeside over the top, with Taylor’s excellence continuing on the mound from last season. Taylor lasted five innings, allowing just one hit and zero runs with three strikeouts. Davis and Taylor put up multiple-hit games for the Lady Warriors. Doyline 15 Minden 1 Lexi Normand made a smooth transition from the basketball court to the softball field. Just one week after helping the Lady Panthers to one of their best seasons in history, Normand opened Doyline’s softball season with a bang by leading the Lady Panthers to a 15-1 victory over Minden. Normand drove in five runs and had two doubles and one single in the win. An eight-run fourth inning put Doyline over the top for the win. Keily Sumlin hit a home run for Doyline, and joined NorTERRI COOPER/COURTESY PHOTO mand, Ryleigh Warmack, Holly Estes, Unika Miller and Layla Reigning All-Parish MVP Laney Taylor went back to Baker with multiple-hit games. work on the mound in a shutout victory on Tuesday.
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LA Tech falls 2-1 at No. 19 Baylor
WACO, Texas – Bre Hernandez was solid in the circle but Louisiana Tech came up just short of the upset as the Lady Techsters fell 2-1 Tuesday night to No. 19 Baylor at Getterman Field. Hernandez tossed 6.0 strong innings, allowing just two runs on six hits and two walks while striking out one. Trailing by one run heading into the final innings, Bailey Wright led off with a single down the left field line to put the tying run on first base and moved to second on a fielders choice where no out was recorded. A sac bunt by Zoe Hicks put runners on second and third for Sloane Stewartson who hit a bullet that was caught by the Baylor shortstop. Lindsay Edwards was then retired on a ground ball back to the circle to end the game. LA Tech (3-12) took an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning. Jordyn Manning reached on a hit by pitch and moved to second on a bunt single by Madie Green. After a sac bunt by Brooke Diaz moved the runners to second and third, Bailey Wright drove Manning home with a sac fly to left field. The lead was short-lived when Baylor tied the game with a solo home run leading off the bottom of the second inning by Aliyah Pritchett. Baylor then took a 2-1 lead as Pritchett once again struck, this time with a two-out RBI double to right field. Tech returns to action Wednesday night when the travel down I-20 to face ULM at 5 p.m. at Warhawk Field in a game that will be on ESPN+.
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Bulldogs return to Bowling Green to face Hilltoppers tonight
RUSTON – Louisiana Tech will make a return trip to Bowling Green, Kentucky on Thursday to face off against WKU at 7 p.m. inside E.A. Diddle Arena. The matchup will be nationally-televised on CBS Sports Network with John Sadak and Chris Walker calling the action. Fans can also listen to Dave Nitz call the game on KXKZ 107.5 FM (Ruston), KOKA 93.3 FM (Shreveport) and KJVC 92.7 FM (Mansfield) as well as on the LA Tech Athletics app. LA Tech (20-7, 11-4 C-USA) opened Bonus Play with a thrilling 73-71 victory at league-leader North Texas, ending the Mean Green’s 10-game home winning streak. DaQuan Bracey was sensational in the contest, scoring a season-high 26 points on 9-of-15 shooting. The senior scored 20 of those in the second half, including the team’s last 11 points. His last made field goal, a running right-handed layup off the glass, with 1.4 seconds left proved to be the
game-winner. It marked his second game-winning basket this month (hit a three-pointer to beat Old Dominion on Feb. 1). It was the 16th time in Bracey’s career scoring at least 20 points in a game. He leads the team in scoring with an average of 12.9 points per game while shooting 48 percent from the field and from three. With the win, LA Tech be-
came the first C-USA team to reach 20 overall victories this season, marking the 26th time in program history with 20+ wins. The Bulldogs have won 20+ games in seven of the last eight seasons. It also moved the Bulldogs into a tie for second in the league standings and only one game back of first place. The team they are tied with is the next opponent WKU (18-9, 11-4 C-USA)
who suffered its first conference loss at home this past Saturday, falling 72-70 to Charlotte. The Hilltoppers continue to be one of the best offensive teams in the conference, averaging 75.5 points per game. They have scored 80+ points in three league games this season. Still, a lot of their damage comes from the free throw line where they shoot 78.6 percent which ranks first in the league and seventh in the country. On the flipside, they rank fourth in the nation in fewest personal fouls per game (13.4). WKU is led by junior guard Taveion Hollingsworth who is averaging 15.3 points per game. LA Tech has lost four straight meetings against WKU in Bowling Green, including the matchup three weeks ago in which they fell 65-54. The Bulldogs trailed by 20 at halftime and shot a season-low four three throws while the Hilltoppers were 19-of-23 from the foul line.
Athlete of the Week
Congratulations to Holly Estes of Doyline. She is this week’s Holcomb’s Body Shop Athlete of the Week for her performance in the Lady Panthers’ win over Minden on Tuesday. Estes joined three other Lady Panthers with multiple hits. The Press-Herald’s Athlete of the Week feature is brought to you every other Thursday by Holcomb’s Body Shop in Minden.
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On This Day In History 2010 - A massive earthquake strikes Chile. The tremor measured 8.8 on the Richter scale and left more than 500 people dead and thousands injured. 2002 - A Muslim mob set fire to a train carrying Hindu pilgrims. The attack killed 59 people, including many women and children. 1943 - Non-violent protests in Berlin prevent the deportation of 2000 jews. The “Rosenstrasse protest” was carried out by the “Aryan” wives and relatives of detained Jewish men. See, HISTORY, Page 9
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1933 - Germany’s parliament building is set on fire. The Nazis used the Reichstag fire to justify harsh repression against political opponents. The event is considered pivotal in the establishment of Nazi Germany. 1932 - The neutron is discovered. English physicist James Chadwick was later awarded the Nobel Prize for his discovery. On this Day in History is brought to you by www.timeanddate.com
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NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Sarepta, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of the Town of Sarepta, State of Louisiana (the “Town”), on January 14, 2020, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the Town on SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2020, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the Town qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit: PROPOSITION (MILLAGE) Shall the Town of Sarepta, State of Louisiana (the “Town”), be authorized to levy a thirteen and eighty-four hundredths (13.84) mills tax on all the property subject to taxation in said Town (an estimated $80,000 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2021 and ending with the year 2030, for acquiring, constructing, improving, maintaining and/or operating public facilities, works, improvements and equipment of and for the Town for the following purposes: 1. sewers and sewerage disposal, 2. streets, roads and drainage, 3. parks and recreation, and 4. police protection, including police salaries? The said special election shall be held at the polling place for the following precinct, which poll will open at seven o’clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of
La. R.S. 18:541, to-wit: PRECINCT 08 The polling place for the precinct set forth above is hereby designated as the polling place at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioner-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law. The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $5,000. Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law. The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Municipal Building, 24444 Hwy. 371, Sarepta, Louisiana, on TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2020, at SIX O’CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the returns and declare the result of the said special election. All registered voters of the Town are entitled to vote at said special election and voting machines will be used. THUS DONE AND SIGNED at
Sarepta, Louisiana, on this, the 14th day of January, 2020. ATTEST: /s/ Peggy Adkins Mayor /s/ Charlie Livingston Clerk February 20, 2020 February 27, 2020 March 5, 2020 March 12, 2020 Minden Press-Herald
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION Pursuant to the provisions of a resolution adopted by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Webster, State of Louisiana (the “Governing Authority”), acting as the governing authority of Doyline School District No. 7 of the Parish of Webster, State of Louisiana (the “District”), on February 3, 2020, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election will be held within the District on SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2020, and that at the said election there will be submitted to all registered voters in the District qualified and entitled to vote at the said election under the Constitution and Laws of the State of Louisiana and the Constitution of the United States, the following proposition, to-wit: PROPOSITION (MILLAGE RENEWAL) Shall Doyline School District No. 7 of the Parish of Webster, State of Louisiana (the “District”), continue to levy a special tax of five and fifty-six hundredths (5.56) mills on all property subject to taxation in the District (an estimated $119,500 reasonably expected at this time to be collected from the levy of the tax for an entire year), for a period of ten (10) years, beginning with the year 2021 and ending with the year 2030, for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, repairing, improving, maintaining and/or operating schools and school related facilities, equipment and programs for the District? The said special election shall be held at the polling places for the fol-
lowing precincts, which polls will open at seven o’clock (7:00) a.m. and close at eight o’clock (8:00) p.m., in accordance with the provisions of La. R.S. 18:541, to wit: PRECINCTS 1 5 ( P A R T ) 18(PART) 4142 43(PART) The polling places for the precincts set forth above are hereby designated as the polling places at which to hold the said election, and the Commissioners-in-Charge and Commissioners, respectively, shall be those persons designated according to law. The estimated cost of this election as determined by the Secretary of State based upon the provisions of Chapter 8-A of Title 18 and actual costs of similar elections is $9,400. Notice is further given that a portion of the monies collected from the tax described in the Proposition shall be remitted to certain state and statewide retirement systems in the manner required by law. The said special election will be held in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 6-A of Title 18 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, as amended, and other constitutional and statutory authority, and the officers appointed to hold the said election, as provided in this Notice of Special Election, or such substitutes therefor as may be selected and designated in accordance with La. R.S. 18:1287, will make due returns thereof to said Governing Authority, and NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the Governing Authority will meet at its regular meeting place, the Parish School Board Office, 1442 Sheppard Street, Minden, Louisiana, on MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2020, at SIX O’CLOCK (6:00) P.M., and shall then and there in open and public session proceed to examine and canvass the re-
turns and declare RENTAL the result of the 3BR 1BA said special election. All registered ALL ELECvoters of the DisTRIC $500/ trict are entitled to mo $250/ vote at said spedep. NO cial election and PETS! voting machines will be used. 2BR 1BA THUS DONE $450/ mo. AND SIGNED at $250/ dep. Minden, LouisiCall Jim 268ana, on this, the 7937. 3rd day of February, 2020. ATTEST: Johnnye Kennon President Johnny Rowland, D E A L S ! Jr. Secretary February 27, 2020 March 5, 2020 March 12, 2020 March 19, 2020 Minden Press-Herald
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