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the calendar year with the way we seem to be progressing,” said Bloxom.

The most recent Mind- “The City Councilman en City Council Meeting from B and C are preventmarks the third month in ing District A from having a row that the City Council representation.”

Mayor Gardner also has failed to have enough members to hold a quo- stated that a delayed sperum for the regular City cial election to elect a new Councilman for Council Session.

Dist. A could end Since no items up costing the city could officially be thousands. “If we voted on, Mayor don’t get it apTerry Gardner took proved by then to the opportunity to have the election talk to the viewing on November the public watching 3rd, this is going from home about GARDNER to cost the city some of the items between ten to fifon the agenda, acting City Clerk Michael teen thousand dollars beFluhr gave an update re- cause we’ll be doing it by garding Minden’s finan- ourselves,” said Gardner.

Given the success of cials, and both present Councilmen provided holding a special session comments regarding the in late May by having an absent Councilmen and agenda with a limited number of items, Countheir absence.

Gardner referenced the cilman Bloxom suggested growing list of agenda holding another one for item the Council needed this Wednesday in order to vote on, including the to get an election for the hiring of two police offi- Dist. A Council seat on the cers, awarding bids for the November election ballot Minden Airport’s 2.1 mil- before the deadline.

“That has to be sublion dollar rehabilitation project, electing a Mayor mitted to Baton Rouge by Pro Tempore, awarding a June 17. Anyone in Dist. bid for road overlays, and A would be able to file for appointing an interim the November 3 election,” Council Representative said Bloxom.

When asked for comfor Dist. A. On the subject of ap- ment, Councilman Keith pointing a representative Beard of Dist. D brought for Dist. A, Councilman attention to the delay that Pam Bloxom of Dist. E the absences were causstated, “We need to adopt ing for some of the City’s a resolution ordering a much needed overlays.

“One of the items that’s special election to elect a council representative really disappointing, esfrom Dist. A. That’s the pecially for those folks election of people in Dist. who live on .. Pine, Horton A, that’s not the appoint- , and Fincher that we’re ment from the Governor.” trying to get fixed,” said “Without that special Beard.

“So I just want residents election being called, it’s not going to make the of those streets to know November Ballot. Dist. A that we want to get those could go without representation until the end of See, COUNCIL, Page 2

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Early Thursday morning Minden High School held a special graduation ceremony for two of its graduates who are going on to serve in the United States Military, Alisdair Logan Ruff, who will be enlisting with the Marines Corps, and Imuniq Schdaviyun Thornton, who will be enlisting with the Air Force. “This morning we are proud to recognize our two seniors who have enlisted with the military in order to serve our country,” said Minden High School Principal Becky Wilson.

Community honors local historian John Agan WILL PHILLIPS Minden Press-Herald

On the day that would have been John Agan’s birthday, many gathered outside of the Minden Civic Center in order to celebrate the life of the beloved Webster Parish Historian.

Master of Ceremonies for the event was b1 Bank’s Tracey Campbell with 2020’s Miss Minden Joy Davis singing Amazing Grace. Countless others also took to the podium in order to share their memories of John and the impact he’s had on their lives, the City of Minden, and Webster Parish as a whole.

“Thank you for spending a few minutes with us to honor the man who spent the greater part of his life ensuring that the history of Minden and Webster parish is documented for future generations,” said Tracey Campbell.

“Through his writings, and later his elev-

en books, John taught us a lot about our local history. He helped us understand Minden’s rich German heritage.

He provided a glimpse into the lives of Minden’s founders.

He shared with us stories that weren’t always pretty. Stories of economic hardship, of street duels, social injustice, slavery, and segregation, john believed that we must understand our history, because history often tends to repeat itself,” said Campbell.

Campbell also shared with the crowd the words of David Specht, Owner of Specht Newspapers.

“John’s love of history, and the accuracy of remembering it all was a gift to us all. It’s something we have truly lost.

No one will ever know the full story of how much work John put into chronicling the history of our community. But one thing is for sure, there is a void left by his departure,” said David Specht.

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Tracey Campbell, Master of Ceremonies for John Agan Day, starting the event for the crowd who gathered to celebrate the life of Webster Parish Historian John Agan.

Agan’s brother-in-law Bob Jameson was present and affirmed to everyone there Agan’s love of his city.

“Anybody who’s read

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Agan: Dorcheat Museum gives praise of success to Agan’s knowledge Continued from Page 1 don’t have to read very long to discover that he had a lifelong love for his hometown. He thought Minden, Louisiana was the only place in the world to be from. He couldn’t imagine being from anywhere else,” Bob Jameson, Brother-In-Law. Schelly Francis, Director of the Dorcheat Museum, stated that she doesn’t think the Dorcheat Museum would’ve been as successful as it is today without John’s

knowledge, and expressed how much Minden has lost with a man who knew as much as Agan.

“They say when you lose someone older, it’s like losing a library of knowledge. John isn’t what I considered the older generation, he was only a year older than myself. Losing John is like losing not just a library of knowledge, but like losing a search engine of information,” said Francis.

Lastly, Gene Reynolds, former State Represen-

tative for Dist. 10, shared with those in attendance the influence that Agan has had in politics.

“He taught me about political perspectives. He taught me about political history. Treds over the past fifteen to twenty years, and how to run a campaign. And not only how to run a campaign, but how to run a class campaign. Where you treated everybody with respect, and their ideas with respect,” said Reynolds.

Council: Special Council Meeting still failed to meet a quorum Continued from Page 1 overlays, it’s on our agenda to take care of that.”

On top of that, Beard also saw fit to challenge the notion that the Councilman are able to continue to do their jobs while not attending meetings or voting on items.

“I think there was a comment that was made, that you can do your job and not come to meetings. I think I heard that comment was made. As far as a Councilperson, that maybe I could stay home and not have to come to meetings and I could still be a good person, obviously not. As you’ve shared tonight, obviously there’s a lot of things that we need to get done.”

Following Councilman Bloxom’s earlier suggestion of holding a meeting with a limited agenda, the mayor and Council found themselves in the Pelican room once again Wednesday afternoon, and once again they found themselves still without the number of councilmen needed for a quorum.

For this meeting the only items on the agenda were the hiring of two police officers, the hiring of a fireman, awarding bids for an overlay project on the Minden Airport, awarding bids for road overlays, and holding adding an election for a Dist. A representative to the November election ballot.

After it became clear that the Councilmen were not going to attend the meeting in person, Councilman Pam Bloxom of Dist. E asked Gardner to read an email from Terika Williams-Walker explaining why she has chosen not to attend meetings.

The email read, “How ironic, Pam asked for certain items to be on the agenda and it’s done. It took a year for you to entertain a discussion for the employee manual after repeated requests (by me) for it to be added to the agenda. Where’s the equality in that situation?

It’s not.

With that being said, the employee manual has not been fully addressed, revised, and voted in; therefore, I’m not voting on any personnel items.

I will attend a meeting that addresses the resolution for the special election, street overlays, and airport.”

Given the items of hiring a fireman and two policemen were on the agenda, and that’s a personnel item, it explains why she didn’t choose to attend today’s meeting, signaling that she may be so inclined if those items were not on the agenda.

Addressing a point brought up in the email, Mayor Terry Gardner stated, “The employee manual is not an agenda item, that’s a workshop item, which we workshopped that at least four or five sessions. We were almost at the end of it waiting on the previous city attorney to review it and then COVID-19 hit, so that got put on hold.”

On top of that, Councilman Bloxom reiterated a point she made in the Regular Session of the City Council meeting Monday about how these absences are preventing Dist. A from being represented.

“I want to restate that Councilmen for Districts B and C are preventing Dist. A from having any representation. So I think the ball should be in the court of those living in Dist. A to encourage Mrs. Walker and Mr. Bradford to attend a meeting in order to schedule an election so they can get a City Councilmen put in place,” said Bloxom.

“However we might be able, if she’ll come, to get the council seat scheduled for an election, but our deadline on that is June 17.”

“I wish if we knew for a fact if we were going to schedule another meeting with just those four items, would it be worth the trouble, because we still don’t know wheth-

Police Jury Secretary/Treasure retires after 15 years of service

er Mrs. Walker is going to show up or not,” said Bloxom.

When talks of making an agenda for a meeting that Councilman Walker would potentially attend, Councilman Keith beard of Dist. D voiced some of his frustration that they were even having to do that in the first place.

“I don’t like tailoring this and the meeting just for certain people, I’m tired of that. I didn’t realize when we were elected that we could pick and choose what we could vote on,” said Beard.

I’m not trying to be ugly, but it’s getting old.

I don’t remember in the last year and a half, anybody, working around what my concerns were or my desires. There were many times where I came to meetings and I felt like my vote did not count.

But I was elected to serve on this council.

For the last year and a half, it was frustrating to come to meetings and feel like my vote did not matter, but as an adult, and as an elected official, I came anyways, I sat through meetings where I was sometimes ridiculed, made fun of, voted against, and I didn’t have the vote either, but I went ahead and did what I was supposed to do and what I was elected to do.”

Nearing the end of the meeting, Councilman Bloxom also stated, “The Mayor, Keith Beard, and myself are all transplanted into Minden, and we’re working like crazy to save our city and make it all that it can be, and the two council members who were born and raised here are the ones that who have decided that they aren’t going to obligate themselves to the position that they were elected to.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council meetings are currently closed to the public. However, they can be viewed live at the City’s Youtube Channel, City of Minden Feels Like Home.

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Tuesday marked Ronda C. Carnahan’s last Webster Parish Police Jury Meeting as Secretary-Treasurer after a fifteen-year long career. Her retirement is set to start on July 1, and it was clear from the comments made by her fellow colleagues that she will be greatly missed.

President of the Police Jury Jim Bonsall stated, “She’s helped me for fifteen years. Helped me out of trouble more than once. She’s got a talent for looking ahead and seeing what we’re going to need, and she helps us be prepared for that, helps us get through that.

That’s one of the reasons that I decided to run this last time. It’s because I knew there was going to be this change, and I wanted to be a part of it. We’re going to miss you.”

OBITUARIES

Loretta Shepherd Butler KINGWOOD Loretta Shepherd Butler, “WoWo”, age 92, formerly of Arcadia, LA, passed away on April 30, 2020, in Kingwood, TX. Loretta was born on August 17,1927, to Gurvy Shepherd, Sr. and Cinchona Lucky Shepherd and grew up in Minden with her two older brothers, Gurvy Jr., and John Henry. After graduating from Minden High School in 1944, she worked in the Personal Department at Louisiana Ammunition Plant in Minden and received a Business Management degree from La Salle Extension University. While she worked there she met and married Jerry Rougon Butler of Arcadia, a returning war veteran, and became a very active leader in the Arcadia community. Loretta went to work as office manager at Cook & Co. (later to become American Metal Products & Lear Seigler, Inc.) She then went to work as the first local employee of Cabot Corporation (now Haynes International) as office manager and later purchasing agent until her retirement in 1987.

Loretta served on the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, including two terms as President. She was an active member of the Bienville Parish Depot Museum committee, board member of the Bienville Parish American Heart Association, president of the Fidelis Club, the Inter Nos Study Club and co-founder and president of the Arcadia Service Club. She was also an active member of the Arcadia American Legion Auxiliary. In 1991, she began serving as a member of the Board of Commissioners for Bienville Parish Hospital Service District #2 and as a Consumer Representative on the State of Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals in Baton Rouge. In addition, she served on the advisory committee for Claiborne Home Health in Homer.

Loretta was appointed as Bienville Parish representative to the Northwest Louisiana Private Industry Council. In 1996, Loretta was named the “Heritage Award” recipient by the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, recognizing her for

“contributions to the betterment of life in this area”.

She was an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Arcadia and served as Children’s Department superintendent, member of the Building Committee and various other capacities. Loretta was a National Accredited Flower Show Judge and award-winning painter. She also enjoyed gardening, travel, reading, cooking, swimming, watching all cooking shows and sports, especially baseball, football and basketball.

Loretta was preceded in death by her husband, Jerry Butler and her parents and brothers. Loretta is survived by her two daughters: Rebecca Butler Reeves (Steve) of Kingwood, TX, and their children Joseph “Trey” Reeves of Kingwood, TX, Jeremy (Jennifer) Reeves of Austin, TX and Jodi Reeves Boatright (Caj) of Kingwood, TX; and Beverly Butler Harrison (Mickey) of Pearland, TX and their children Gina Baragona Wood (Brandon) of McKinney, TX, Bridget Baragona Truxillo (Dave) of Houston, TX and Tony Baragona of Park City, UT. And her fa- vorite people in the world were her great-grandchildren; Audrey Wood, Ty Boatright, Hayden Wood, Jake Boatright, Cade Reeves, Olivia Wood, Rosalie Truxillo, Addi Belle Reeves, Charlotte Truxillo, Drew Rebecca Boatright and Dave Truxillo, III. She is also survived by nephews, Charles Butler (Ellen) and Reverend Robin Butler (Diane), as well as, Billy Poland, a member of her extended family.

Loretta’s family wants to thank the loving caregivers who took care of “WoWo” during her last 1 1⁄2 years in Arcadia; Barbara Annette Abney, Sharon Jackson, Willie Mae Reese, Tracie Dewhurst and Rosie Crawford. We also wish to offer a special thanks to Mike Towns and John Balance who helped Loretta is so many ways A Celebration of Life for Loretta will be held at a later date. For a notification of the details, you may send your email to rebeccaruth1948@gmail. com. Memorials in Loretta’s name can be sent to First United Methodist Church in Arcadia, the Arcadia Library or the Arcadia Cemetery Association, PO Box 454, Arcadia, LA 71001 or to your favorite charity.

Loretta will be remembered for loving everyone she met!

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OBITUARIES

Robin Lynn Carey Robin Lynn Carey passed away Saturday, May 30, 2020, in Little Rock, AR, following a heroic battle with brain cancer. She was born in El Dorado, AR, on March 24, 1964.

She graduated from Claiborne Academy in 1982. She proudly spent many years serving on the Board of Directors for her dad’s company, CMI. Robin will be remembered as a wonderful and proud mother, loving daughter, and beloved sister and friend. She was known for her outstanding hospitality,

Rita Michael Ware Rita Michael Ware was born on July 7, 1964 to the late John David Swan and Luler Ware Harris. Rita accepted Christ at an early age at the Zion Hill Baptist Church and was baptized by Rev. J.J. Jones. Rita attended Union Elementary School and graduated from Doyline High School. She was a proud Doyline Panther fan. After graduation she entered the United States Navy and served her country for 12 years. She furthered her education by attending Northwestern State University and earned a degree in General Studies. Rita was employed by Minden Medical Center for 26 years. During her time there she met a lot of people and they came to know and love her by her smile, laughter and personality. Rita served actively at the Zion Hill Baptist Church. She was in the Mass Choir where she was served as Choir Treasurer until her health failed.

She also previously served as the Youth Choir Director and was a faithful Bible Study attendee. She loved

Roderick C. Gill The Life Book of Roderick C. Gill (Scooter) was opened when he was born to Lakesha Gill and Roderick Flournoy on November 12, 2001 in Minden, Louisiana. Roderick was reared by his godmother Rose Fuller. Roderick accepted and believed in Christ. He attended Mt. Pilgrim Baptist Church under the leadership of Rev. Billie J. Hawkins.

Roderick received his formal education through the Webster Parish School System. He was an exceptional student who touched the hearts of each and every person he came in contact with. He was a member of the Minden Crimson Tide Football Team and was a member of the Senior class of 2021.

Roderick’s life was the influence of a beautiful rose, and his influence will forever live on through those lives he touched. He was a very loving, energetic young man, who touched many lives and melted the hearts of each and every individual he came in contact with on a daily basis. He had a heart of gold and a humble spirit.

He loved his family and friends. There wasn’t a day that went by where he wasn’t expressing or verbalizing his

fun-loving nature, red hair, and beautiful smile. Also, for her remarkable inability to pick just the right sandal to wear or throw pillow to purchase (“This one or this one? This one or this one?”).

She is survived by her two children, Sierra Lynn Faullin and Chase Redmond Faullin, precious granddaughter, Charlotte Lynn Faullin, parents, Buddy Carey and Linda Oliver Kemp, step-father, Tommy Kemp, sister, Rebecca Gayle Carey, and fur baby, Darla Dog Carey.

A memorial service to celebrate Robin’s life will be scheduled as soon as we can all safely gather together. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in Robin’s honor to the Head for the Cure Foundation, 1607 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO, 64108 or https://www.headforthecure.org.

taking pictures and was always on the scene to capture those moments at “The Hill”. Rita was a member of St. Mary’s Chapter #22 Order of Eastern Star and a member of Anna Pink Ribbon Cancer Foundation. Rita loved her family and always enjoyed the many family traditions of Sunday gatherings, Family and Friend Day, Ware Family Reunions and so many others. She will be greatly missed. Lovingly honoring her memory will be her mother: Luler Ware Harris of Doyline, LA. Two daughters: Shauntoria Shepherd of Doyline and Tia Thomas of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Three brothers: Jarvis Ware(Tamieka), Richmond, VA, Brian Swan, Bossier City, LA and lan Larkins, New Orleans, LA. One niece, Avana Swan and one nephew, Brian Swan, Jr. One Aunt, Rosie Larkins(Steavens) Princeton, LA Two uncles: Jesse Ware and Lee Ware Sr. (Mildred), Doyline, LA. Special cousins who were like sisters: Betty Minniefield, Carolyn Cole, Pamela Herring, Sharon Doyle, Marilyn Gail Burt and Doris Theus. The Young Generation: Stacie Harris, Natalie Douglas, Jamie Jackson Phillicia Edwards, Ursula Carroll. The Minden Medical Center Family and a host of other cousins, relatives and friends. loved and affection towards his family.

His final chapter was closed on Sunday, May 31, 2020, at approximately 10:45 P.M. at Minden Medical Center.

God dispatched Heavenly Angels amidst celestial fireworks and granted Holy Independence to his faithful servant. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, his maternal great grandparents and his paternal great grandfather.

He leaves to cherish his precious memories his parents: Lakesha Gill (Delloranzo) of Heflin, La; Roderick Flournoy of Dallas, Tx; God mother: Rose Fuller of Minden, La; three sisters: Metosha Gill, My’Equanek Gill, Breaundrick Moore all of Minden, La; one brother: De’ Audrick Gill of Minden, La; maternal grandmother: Chantay Harris of Minden, La; paternal grandmother: Gretchen Flournoy of Minden, La; paternal great grandmother: Mattie Flournoy of Minden, La; one nephew: La’Braylen Harper of Minden, La; two nieces: Heavenly Gill and A’siah Harrison both of Minden, La; Aunts: Shereka Harris, Ashley Bailey, Tamia Bailey, Keshia McGlothen, Tomika Dixon all of Minden, La; Uncles: Tyrone Gill of Irving, Tx, and Detavious Elkins of Minden, La; God Sisters: RoLonda Stanley-Allen (Taras) and Stephanie McClinton both of Minden, La, Chaunda Wilson of Blanchard, La; God Brothers: Tommie B. Fuller, Jr. of Killen, Tx, and LaCarlus Fuller of Minden, La; and a host of other relatives and friends.

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Williams: Some Facts Worth Knowing Imagine that you are an unborn spirit in heaven. God condemns you to a life of poverty but will permit you to choose the country in which you will spend your life. Which country would you choose? I would choose the United States of America.

A recent study by Just Facts, an excellent source of factual information, shows that after accounting for income, charity and noncash welfare benefits such as subsidized health care, housing, food stamps and other assistance programs, “the poorest 20% of Americans consume more goods and services than the national averages for all people in the world’s most affluent countries.” This includes the majority of countries that are members of Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, including its European members. The Just Facts study concludes that if the U.S. “poor” were a nation, then it would be one of the world’s richest.

As early as 2010, 43% of all poor households owned their own homes. The average home owned by persons classified as poor by the Census Bureau is a three-bedroom house with one-and-a-half baths, a garage and a porch or patio. Eighty percent of poor households

have air conditioning. The typical poor American has more living space than the average non-poor individual living in Paris, London, Vienna, Athens and other cities throughout Europe. Ninety-seven percent of poor households have one or more color televisions — half of which are connected to cable, satellite or a streaming service.

Some 82% of poor families have one or more s m a r t phones.

WALTER E. Eighty-nine WILLIAMS percent own microwave ovens and more than a third have an automatic dishwasher. Most poor families have a car or truck and 43% own two or more vehicles.

Most surveys on U.S. poverty are deeply flawed because poor households greatly underreport both their income and noncash benefits such as health care benefits provided

by Medicaid, free clinics and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, nourishment provided by food stamps, school lunches, school break-

fasts, soup kitchens, food pantries, the Women, Infants & Children Program and homeless shelters.

We hear and read stories such as “Real Wage Growth Is Actually Falling” and “Since 2000 Wage Growth Has Barely Grown.” But we should not believe it. Ask yourself, “What is the total compensation that I receive from my employer?”

If you included only your money wages, you would be off the mark anywhere between 30% and 38%. Total employee compensation includes mandated employer expenses such as Social Security and Medicare. Other employee benefits include retirement and health care benefits as well as life insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, vacation leave, tuition reimbursement and bonuses. There is incentive for people to want more of their compensation in a noncash form simply because of the different tax treatment.

The bottom line is that prior to the government shutdown of our economy in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans were becoming richer and richer. The question before us now is how to get back on that path.

Speaking of the COVID-19 pandemic, Just Facts has a cou-

ple of interesting takes in an article by its co-founder James D. Agresti and Dr. Andrew Glen titled “Anxiety From Reactions to Covid-19 Will Destroy At Least Seven Times More Years of Life Than Can Be Saved by Lockdowns.”

Scientific surveys of U.S. residents have found that the mental health of about one-third to one-half of all adults has been substantially compromised by government reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic. There are deaths from non-psychological causes, such as government-mandated and personal decisions to delay medical care, which has postponed tumor removals, cancer screenings, heart surgeries and treatments for other ailments that could lead to early death if not addressed in a timely manner.

Interesting and sadly enough, New York state enacted one of the strictest lockdowns in the U.S. but has 22 times the death rate of Florida, which had one of the mildest lockdowns.

As I pointed out in a recent column, intelligent decision-making requires one to not only pay attention to the benefits of an action but to its costs as well.

Walter E. Williams is a professor of economics at George Mason University.

OTHER OPINION

Buchanan: Assaulted and vilified, the cops save the cities On the fifth night of rioting, Minnesota was the political looting and arson in Minne- home of Vice Presidents Huapolis, the criminal elements bert Humphrey and Walter were driven from the streets.

Mondale and Senators Eugene By whom? By the same cops McCarthy and Paul Wellstone, who had been the constant liberal icons all. The state has objects of media derision and not voted Republican for presmob hatred. ident since 1972. Even Ronald Without the thin blue line, Reagan never carried Minnefar larger sectors of dozens of sota.

America’s cities would be in Yet, of his home state, this citruins, burned to the ground by adel of liberthe mobs that showered police alism, Walz and their vehicles with rocks, said last bricks, bottles, Molotov cockweek, “Systails and any debris that could temic racbe thrown at them. ism must be Because they were the first addressed if responders in these riots, the we are to secops were the first targets of cure, justice, criminal assault and the last peace and line of defense of the law-abidorder for all ing.

MinnesoWherever they had to draw PATRICK tans.” back or pull back, anarchy en- BUCHANAN Query: sued.

How does Consider the decision of “systemic racism” permeate a Mayor Jacob Frey and Police blue state dominated for deChief Medaria Arradondo to cades by liberal Democrats? surrender and abandon the 3rd What explains the failure of Precinct. As police cars pulled Democrats who have long run out and the cops fled, the exhil- Minnesota to root out racism? arated rabble invaded, pillaged Why have liberals failed to and burned the precinct. exorcise racism where they And America saw, in aston- rule? Are even good Minnesota ishment, a triumph of anarchy. liberals infected with the virus?

One wonders what the world thought as it, too, watched.

What we witnessed this week Now, consider the political in Minneapolis is a failure of coloration of Minneapolis. liberalism. The leadership of Frey, who ordered the sur- the city and state could not perrender, is a far-left Democrat. suade the protesters it claims Gov. Tim Walz is a liberal Dem- to represent to remain peaceocrat, as are both U.S. sena- ful. And when rioting, looting tors including Amy Klobuchar. and arson erupted, and attacks Minneapolis Congresswoman on police began, that leaderIlhan Omar is a soul sister of ship sat morally and politically Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. paralyzed.

The elites could not condemn both the killing of George Floyd and, with equal moral vehemence, the violent and criminal element that came to permeate the ranks of the protesters.

They failed to get sufficient law enforcement or the National Guard into the city on time, or to declare and impose a curfew, or to use requisite force to halt the rioting and looting.

As a result of their incompetence or cowardice, the custodians of the lovely city of Minneapolis let her be gang-raped by a criminal mob.

Why have those leaders not turned in their resignations?

Comparisons have been drawn to the 1960s.

In the summer of 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. In 1965, the Voting Right Act was enacted after Selma. Then came one Great Society program after another, as LBJ declared at Howard University, we are moving beyond equality of opportunity to “equality of result” in America.

However, in August 1965, Watts exploded, the worst race riot since Lincoln sent Union troops to put down the New York draft riots of 1863.

Newark and Detroit had uprisings of similar magnitude in 1967.

In April 1968, for days after the assassination of Martin Luther King, U.S. cities were pillaged and burned, Washington, D.C., among them.

LBJ’s Kerner Commission said the cause of the riots that had come out of the black com-

munity was actually “white racism.”

Said Richard Nixon speaking for the silent majority: They seem to blame everybody for the riots but the rioters themselves.

Liberals of that era, too, seemed morally disarmed and politically paralyzed when it came to confronting criminal elements that emerged from minority communities and voted Democratic.

Such situations invariably seem to produce in liberals a paralysis where the crimes are attributed to a “few bad apples” hiding among all those “peaceful protesters.”

There is much chatter about “speaking truth to power.”

What does that mean today?

At the least, the recognition that while the killing of George Floyd was an atrocity that cries out for justice, so, too, does the rampant criminality that exploded in its aftermath.

But because of the failure to condemn that criminality, and the paralysis of Minnesota’s political leadership class, the black community in Minneapolis has lost hundreds of businesses — some forever — that had provided them with the necessities of a decent life.

Liberals may equate the term “law and order” with racism, but without law and order, there is no justice and no peace.

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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Black Lives Matter March in Downtown Minden

On Sunday, June 7 starting at 11 a.m., the Black Lives Matters march will gather in the Civic Center parking lot and then march down Broadway as a show of support along the protests being held across the nation against racial injustice.

“We will begin our march at the Civic Center and March north on Broadway until we get to Homer Road. Then we will March south on Broadway back to the Civic Center where we will end in prayer,” the organization’s flier read.

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FROM THE BACK PORCH

Talents are doubled when shared with friends As we were sitting on the porch ed her of the orange push-ups we relaxing after a long day at the ate when we were children. Hubby doctor’s appointment with Hub- planted it in a pot and it is growing by, I looked across the yard and tall and green. We’re looking forsaw evidence of some gracious ward to seeing the outcome later. friends who shared their Also across the talents with me. yard is a small althea Liz and Sandra are blessbush from Liz. She ed with the talent of growgave me two, one ing beautiful flowers and white and one lilac, sharing them with friends. but, I lost one so I‘m I count myself fortunate not sure what I have to be among their friends as it hasn’t bloomed and the recipient of some of yet. She has shared their flowers. others across the Growing entwined on an FANNIE MOORE years, but I never old buggy wheel is a mornhave much luck with ing glory that we planted last year flowers. I water too much or too and it brought such joy to Hubby little and don’t give them the lovafter he returned from the hospi- ing care their former owners did. tal. It was full of blue violet blooms Flower growing has never been and he spent many hours on the among my talents, however, I enporch looking at this lovely gift joy the beautiful pictures they, and from our friend. It has come back other friends share on Facebook. this year and he is now watchAnd I admire their talents for ing it closely, waiting for the first growing them. blooms to appear.

Growing flowers is a great talSandra, who gave it to us, ent, but I have other friends who stopped by a few weeks ago to see have wonderful talents of paintif it was still living (she knows my ing beautiful pictures of flowers, talent for killing flowers) and was people and farm scenes. Actually going to replace it if I had done it I don’t know if there is anything in. When she came she brought a Deborah and Linda (Poncho) tiny green shoot and suggested we can’t paint. During the Christcould put it in the ground or in a mas season, they were painting pot. It will grow to a large size can- the little red truck that is such a na lily and will bloom an orange popular sight at Christmas time. sherbet color. She said it remind- Some were hauling trees home to

be decorated and some were just sitting among deserted farms or various places.

Linda painted one sitting in front of an old deserted house and it caught my eye. My daughter had given me a floral arrangement in a box that read “Country Roads Take Me Home” and I knew I had to have that painting to go with it. I inquired about the possibility that she might sell it and was told she needed to get it framed first, then she would let me know. I kept hoping she would decide to let me have it.

And, sure enough, she did. I woke one morning, looked out the door and there was a package.

Inside was the picture, beautifully framed, and I fell in love all over again. I called to thank her for letting me have it and asked for a price. She graciously said, “It’s an anniversary gift for you two.” I was overwhelmed and reluctant to accept such a precious gift. She insisted, and I will forever be in her debt. It now hangs on the wall in my living room.

Deborah paints beautifully and as I was admiring the flowers she had painted, I suggested she should have them made into note cards. They would make great cards and I was sure she could sell them.

A few weeks later, she posted

that she was picking the cards up from the printer the next day, so I immediately asked where and when I could get some.

Last week she came by and brought her beautiful cards and let me choose which ones I wanted.

There were a variety of flowers and one of a cowboy out checking his herd and his fence. Reminds one of the movies we used to watch about the old west. Her cards were so beautiful that I wanted to buy one of every print, but I reluctantly refrained. Now, I have some beautiful cards that anyone would be delighted to receive.

But, now that I have them. I want to keep them all. Guess I’m not as generous as my sweet friends.

I will enjoy looking at them a while, then I will eventually part with them and let some of my other friends enjoy their beauty. (And let them know where they can get some like them) These ladies don’t know how much I treasure their friendships and admire their talents. I know I can never repay them as I do not possess such wonderful talents as either of them.

Maybe I should send them a card.

Fannie Moore is a journalist who lives in Shongaloo where she enjoys writing on a variety of subjects.

LIFE IN A PANDEMIC

What Phase 2 of re-opening will look like for Webster Parish Governor John Bel Edwards announced Monday that Louisiana will be moving into Phase 2 of re-opening. While this is a sign that Louisiana is flattening the curve and reducing the amount of hospitalized COVID-19 patients, it doesn’t give everyone the go-ahead to return to life as it once was.

Social distancing and mask-wearing while out in public are still strongly advised, and those that are still deemed high-risk should continue to stay home.

In order to ramp up it’s testing capacity, Webster Parish will be partnering with the National Guard and set up three testing sites across Webster Parish.

“We’re going to set up three sites in the parish. The south end of the parish will be at the Minden Fair Grounds. The middle of the parish will be at the North Webster Lower Elementary in Cotton Valley, and on the north end we’re partnering with the Springhill Medical Center,” said Brian Williams, Director of the Webster Parish Office of Homeland Security.

“The difference between this testing and the testing currently going on in the parish is first off, this testing is completely free, you just have to be 18 and have an ID. You don’t have to have a doctor’s order to get the test, and you don’t have to be

symptomatic.”

A press-release from the WPOHSEP states, “As Louisiana moves into Phase 2 on Friday, June 5, 2020, free drive through testing will be offered to state residents who are 18 years or older with a valid ID. All persons will stay in their vehicle while the test is conducted. The test sites will be set up by the Louisiana National Guard.”

There will be 50 tests available on a first come first served basis. Webster Parish will host testing from 8:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the following locations: 1. Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden.

2. Thursday, June 25, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley.

3. Friday, June 26, 2020 at Springhill Medical Center, 2001 Doctors Drive, Springhill.

4. Monday, June 29, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden.

5. Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley.

6. Wednesday, July 1, 2020 at Springhill Medical Center, 2001 Doctors Drive, Springhill.

7. Thursday, July 2, 2020 at the Minden Fairgrounds, 800 Goodwill Street, Minden.

8. Friday, July 3, 2020 at the N. Webster Upper Elementary School, 6245 Hwy 160, Cotton Valley.

Williams had some good news to share regarding Webster Parishes COVID-19 numbers. “Based on the list I got today, our current numbers from day one are 114, but once you take off all the people that have been positive on that list for a month or two, there’s only twenty-seven within a fourteen-day window that could still be positive in the parish, which is good that we have that low a number in our parish,” said Williams.

He also stated that the total number of COVID-19 deaths among Webster Parish Citizens is five and that currently, the parish is seeing two new cases every other day.

While Phase Two will mainly allow businesses that have already opened back up under phase one to do so at 50% capacity, one aspect of summer life for kids that many thought wouldn’t happen this year could potentially make a return.

“New things that will be open are schools and youth activities, summer camps, that sort of thing,” said Williams. However, based on the CDC guidelines that he was referring to, summer camps would not be able to have their campers stay

overnight.

Gov. Edwards office also released a roadmap highlighting some of the broader changes that would be happening under Phase 2 of re-opening.

“In Phase 2, churches, places of worship, and many more businesses will be able to operate at 50 percent capacity with social distancing, masks for public-facing employees, and increased sanitation. In addition, the state strongly recommends that businesses consider offering temperature checks before a person can enter and posting the symptoms of COVID-19 outside with a request that symptomatic individuals not enter,” the statement read.

“Phase 2 in Louisiana will last at least 21 days. Because more businesses will be open to more patrons and because the CDC has clarified that the illness is most likely to spread through the air and not on surfaces, the order will strongly encourage individuals to wear masks whenever they are in public and will recommend that people who enter businesses that are not taking proper precautions consider the risk to their health and their family in doing so.”

As far as the City of Minden is concerned, they will continue to keep their commons closed to the general public except

by appointment. Temperature checks will continue to take place upon entry and masks are to be worn by those entering the building.

The hold on the payment of utility bills will last throughout June, but regular payments will go back into effect on July 1. “We will go back to business as usual, and people will have to pay their late fees, and we’ll do cut-offs if people don’t pay,” said Gardner.

“What we will do is work out a payment plan with them over a three month period where they can get caught up on their bill.”

Gardner also states that the Recreation Complex will be somewhat open, with the caveat of city pools, waterparks, and public restrooms remaining closed for the remainder of the summer.

He also stressed once again the importance of people not forgetting to take the proper precautions that have allowed Louisiana to curb the spread of the virus in the first place.

“We need to remind everybody when we get into Phase Two that it’s not a race, everyone coming out of the gates doing what they want to do,” said Gardner.

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STRANGER FROM A STRANGE LAND

Many people love the smell of freshly mown grass. Not me.

It’s an olfactory reminder that my yard too likely needs mowing. I always said I preferred shoveling snow to cutting grass on the chore chart, but even in Missouri you did much more of the latter than the former.

If I had to shovel snow weekly for a season then likely it too would’ve become an odious task.

Running out the gas from the mower at the end of autumn’s final cut was a satisfying annual ritual. In Missouri that happened in early October. In Louisiana it’s later in November.

And starting up the mower for a new season of grass cutting in March? I find that depressing.

In late 2015 prior to my migration south, I took the venerable Lawn-Boy to a Missouri shop for servicing prior to winter hibernation. That cost $151.41. That sleep of customarily a few months extended to three years after our move because we lived in a rental house where lawn care was provided.

The Lawn-Boy sat covered in a shed, albeit a doorless shelter, just waiting for the phone to ring. I’m certain in addition to the accumulated grime that rats from an abandoned house next door also visited frequently. In 2018 we bought a house of our own with a lawn of our

The Mighty Lawn Boy own. Rousing the long dormant Boy cutting grass for just a few Lawn-Boy the following spring weeks. Then it checked out proved hopeless and so it was again and wouldn’t start. Back off to the small engine repair to the shop. Then back to mowshop. ing. Back to not cooperating.

They regarded my Lawn-Boy ack to the shop for still more as a museum piece. One fellow repair. All in 2019. Three trips. said, “These things are bullet I dropped $167.21 on the beast proof.” I asked why you didn’t last year. Combined with Missee them much anymore. He souri servicing, that’s a total repeated, “Because they’re bul- of $318.62 and there we might letproof.” I guess that’s bad for be approaching fiscal territory business. The market demands where it’s cheaper to invest in constantly updated disposable a new push mower. I’ve nevgoods like delicate modern er considered a riding mower. phones and computers. Con- Never even piloted one. They’re sumers want what more expensive they’re made to beand I’ve always had lieve is the latest and yards with challenggreatest. ing geometric corMy dad Roger, who ners, hills, slopes, did not pass on his and obstacles I’m talents for mechanimore likely to navical repair to me, kept gate around or run his old Briggs and DIRK ELLINGSON down than to move.

Stratton push mowLawn mowing was ers running for deone of the few ways cades. He bestowed upon me to generate income for a teen the Lawn-Boy and I assumed it boy in the 1970’s and I cleared too would run for years. Plus, I $5 to $8 per yard. Some cusnever want to spend money on tomers insisted I bag the grass, new mowing gear. I don’t enjoy a real affront to my interest in the task. It’s hot and loud. Too and dedication to yardwork. much of a Yang environment You had to empty the bag evfor a Yin person like me. That’s ery couple of rows. Even my another problem I have adapt- dad didn’t require this sort of ing to the south. It’s most of- meticulous nonsense. Plus, the ten bright, loud and hot. I like ground up grass is good mulch things dark, quiet and cool. for the green blades to regrow Local Minden repair last ensuring the cycle can continyear kept the hobbled Lawn- ue. Why waste that organic fer-

tilizer in a trash bag?

A friend was horrified I didn’t automatically bag the mown grass. And he said I should be doing something called edging. I wasn’t doing that either.

If I didn’t have lawn pride, I certainly didn’t have sidewalk pride. He made his teen daughter edge and she and I commiserated over her dad’s stringent lawn standards.

As teens, my brother Eric and I despised the chore. He cut the back yard and I cut the front. He had more square footage but I had hillier terrain. We learned to lower the wheels to give the yard a proper scalping which in theory would require less frequent cutting. But we didn’t always conspire on synchronous wheel height and Roger detected that the backyard grass was chopped a different level than the front. Sometimes we sliced it so short it would die off in dry August. That was okay with us but not our father. He had tougher standards. But he didn’t make us bag and edge.

Never a yardwork perfectionist but always a goodenough-onist my disdain for lawn mowing continued into my adulthood. I participated when needed and to keep from receiving threatening letters from the city. Eric turned lawn neglect into an art form when he lived on rural prop-

erty and I saw firsthand what could happen if you really let a lawn go. The plants took over.

There was vegetation growing through his exterior roof and leafing through a crevice inside the living room. Like a weird houseplant with roots outside.

Soil eroded under his front entry and the concrete porch eventually seceded from the house. His property was clearly in decline and yet he continued his strict policy of non-interference. He has since married and moved and his wife Erin is responsible for all the yardwork.

This year I yanked the LawnBoy cord before winter had officially ended with trepidation and dread that another trip to the small engine repair shop was in my near future. Much to my surprise and delight, it started without protest. It mowed without rebellion. It’s going good in recent weeks. Like the temperamental motorcycle, I only feed it premium gasoline.

Summer is nearly here and cutting grass is probably my least favorite weekly task, yet I’m proud the Lawn-Boy is still at it.

And I suspect the going rate today were I to hire a teen laborer would be a lot more than $5 to $8.

Dirk Ellingson is a minden, la resident and is currently a pharmacy technician at the local walgreens.

LIFE IN A PANDEMIC

Amid virus, those in India’s largest slum help one another KOHIMA, India (AP) — There are no secrets in the tightly packed lanes of Dharavi, India’s largest slum. Everyone knows when an alcoholic husband turns violent, when children are scolded, or when a family has its television turned up too loud.

So, news that someone had been hospitalized with the new coronavirus rocketed through the 1 square mile (2.5 square kilometers) that is home to around a million of Mumbai’s poorest residents.

Born and bred in Dharavi, Kunal Kanase watched authorities ignore everyday disasters, like overflowing sewers and domestic violence. He knew better than to wait for help.

The 31-year-old student and community activist hounded government helplines trying to get authorities to quarantine the neighbor’s family. Unable to get through, he tweeted at the Mumbai police, who quickly came to take the man’s family to a quarantine center.

“I used to teach his two children and felt good for the family since they were relatively safer now,” he said from the tiny two-room apartment he shares with his parents and younger

brother.

Kanase is among many unsung heroes working to protect some of India’s most vulnerable people from the ravages of the coronavirus and the economically devastating nationwide lockdown that has left millions unable to feed themselves.

When a woman who lives just two houses — less than 10 feet (3 meters) away — from Kanase became sick with COVID-19, he once again tried to notify authorities. He was unsuccessful and no one ever came to test or isolate the six other members of the woman’s household.

Kanase would watch as health workers scrambled to stem the outbreak, suiting up to disinfect the squalid lanes and flying drones over the shantytown to surveil people’s movements.

Dharavi has had more than 1,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases, and is among Mumbai’s most affected pockets.

The caseload in the city known for Bollywood and the country’s most important stock exchange stood at more than 41,000 on Thursday, and has overwhelmed the under-funded health system.

Mumbai and elsewhere in

Maharashtra state in central India account for the largest share of the country’s more than 210,000 confirmed infections , of which more than 104,000 have recovered. India has recorded about 6,000 deaths.

The rate of infection and the loss of life have been relatively small compared to the United States, United Kingdom and other hard-hit countries. But epidemiologists say India is still weeks away from peak coronavirus transmission.

Dharavi is known to the world as the setting of the 2008 Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire.” Set between busy train tracks and the heavily polluted Mithi River, which separates the slum from Mumbai’s modern skyscrapers, the neighborhood is a maze of tiny alleys, each one full of scores of people, many living in tin shacks.

Families or groups of migrant workers often pile into a single room. Hardly anyone has a private bathroom.

Without reliable running water, the most worrying concern is sanitation. The neighborhood was able to avoid another disaster this week when it was spared damage from a cyclone that hit the city.

Kiran Dighavkar, a Mumbai official who is overseeing medical workers and volunteers in Dharavi, said his staff is focused on cleaning the neighborhood’s 500 toilet complexes.

Each is visited by at least 1,000 people a day.

“These people have to come out twice a day, for food and to use the toilets. So you can imagine how tough it is to practice social distancing,” Dighavkar said.

Kanase and his team at Dharavi Diary, a group of young leaders who work to improve conditions in the slum, have been working to help those affected by the pandemic, handing out bags of rice, flour, cooking oil and sugar — enough to feed a family for two weeks.

But they lack the resources to provide for everyone and often must filter out the needy from the neediest.

Each day the slum’s poorest — often migrant workers originally from elsewhere in the country — line the main street waiting for food handouts from Dharavi Diary and other volunteers, groups and government agencies.

India’s poor — in Dharavi and the rest of India — have born the brunt of the nationwide lockdown, which finally began to ease this week. Many migrant workers fled cities for their native villages in the countryside rather than risk starvation, sometimes walking for hundreds of miles (kilometers).

For Kanase, the pandemic has highlighted how even in hardship this tightly knit community can come together to aid each other.

“I live in Dharavi and I am proud of it,” he said.

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THE FIRST BIG QUARANTINE!

In the spring of 1955, a big scare was placed on the Crider farm. James, my brother two years older than me, was diagnosed with Undulant Fever. Why, us farm folks had never heard of that before. We had no idea how or why it chose to visit us. We had work to do!

The work force had dwindled from 7 farm hands to three – graduation and marriage had reduced the amount of work my daddy could crank out of us.

After being identified with the fever, the Health Department sent out an investigator to confirm it with the family and to ‘nail a quarantine notice’ on our front door. No one, except my daddy, could leave the farm for four-six weeks. He could only buy groceries, attend to family business and attended the Masonic Lodge meetings each month. That meant chopping cotton, working the corn field and the garden, and helping with the regular farm chores depended all on my younger brother, Leonard, and me.

We had a bad case of ‘hurts’. James was being

UPWARD LOOK

pampered with ice cream, cokes and kool-aid while we toiled in the hot sun all day long, for the entire summer. ‘On the other side of fence’, we didn’t fully realize what he was wrestling with day-byday. Undulant fever causes fatigue, fever, chills, night sweats, loss of appetite, joint/ muscle, back pain and head- Bill Crider aches. And I think he experienced all of that during that long, hot summer. Of course, he had to have a window-fan to help cool the 100 degree days and nights. Also, quilts were placed over the windows to shield the bright sun.

He was told there might be some form of blindness, loss of hair, and damage to the heart. (Affect the heart values, leading to brucellosis-related issues.) He was warned that he may never participate in sports his upcoming senior year. That was really BAD NEWS for him.

Brucellosis (or Undulant Fever) can be highly contagious; it is caused by ingestion of unpasteurized milk or uncooked meat from infected animals. Also, eating other raw dairy products – ice cream, butter, and cheese – can transmit the bacteria.

I have thought of this over and over during this current pandemic, remembering how our family became very anxious over every detail.

We could hardly wait until that quarantine was lifted. The infected cows were isolated and eventually killed. The remaining few were vaccinated and seemingly recovered.

They were tested by the USDA/health department and pronounced ‘safe’. In order to continue using the milk and butter, daddy purchased a pasteurizer for our milk. Eventually, James grew stronger and was able to get back his strength. He was also able to help some pick cotton

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Max Hutto is a Baptist Minister and a resident of Minden.

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INSPIRATION

Together In Matthew 22 a lawyer as yourself.’ The entire law tried tempting the lord by and all the demands of the asking him a question “ prophets are based on these which is the greattwo commandest commandments.” I read this ment?” The Lord word and I maranswered him vel at the power (Matthew 22:37of God and his 40 NLT)“‘You divine wisdom. must love the Lord Jesus gave us two your God with commandments all your heart, all to be the backyour soul, and all bone of our entire your mind.’ This belief system. At Bernard Harris III is the first and the heart of those greatest commandment. A commandments stands one second is equally import- word and that word is love. ant: ‘Love your neighbor We live in a world that is

wrapped in chaos and struggling to find peace. We rely on the people around us to give us the solution but God already has. The solution to our problems has always been love over hate, faith over fear, and togetherness over separation. I would like to encourage everyone this week to give your worries to God and lift up everyone around you in his love.

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that fall.

When school began, just to prove ‘he could play basketball’, he pushed himself hard and was named to the All-State Basketball Team. This was a positive note we look back and ‘wonder why we had to face that hurdle when we needed his help in the worst way.’ But we made it, he made it and we were a stronger family as a result of this.

And with what we are dealing with today, let me encourage you to ‘hang on and wear that mask a little longer’. We are seeing some hope, a light at the end of the tunnel, but we must be careful and make sure we are ‘looking out for our neighbor, even if some just KNOW THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CONTACT THIS CONRONAVIRUS.’ (I heard one man say, ‘he was too tuff’…..let’s hope so)!

There will be many positive factors we can identify as we look in the rear mirror, driving down the highway ‘full speed’ in a few months.

1. We hunkered down and as a family we did

what we had to do to help each other through. We sacrificed time, finances, and extras in order ‘to make ends meet.’ 2. We became more creative with our resources, food choices and worthy use of our leisure time. 3. We learned to play together and enjoy each other’s company. 4. We learned the world does keep turning even if there are no football, basketball and baseball games (little league, high school, college or pro). 5. We leaned heavier on the Good Lord for direction, strength and confidence that we can make it through, even if the sacrifice is greater than we ever imagine it could be. 6. We learned the intensity of the steel or lead we are made of… and that we can push on a little harder than we thought we could. 7.

Ahead of us, there is still HOPE (Jer. 29:11). And every good gift comes from our God (James 1:17). God promises to ‘show us great and marvelous things.’

(Jer. 33:3). They are right around the bend in life’s river, just over this moun-

tain we are climbing. 8.

We are learning what our parents and grandparents learned in the 30’40’s when they struggled through the ‘Great Depression and World War 2.’ They held on, prayed a lot, and with great determination were victorious.

So, we’ve proved to ourselves, we can face life’s challenges, we can work through the quarantines and ‘stretch our limits’ a bit. And we can make it through this valley, though the shadows are frightening at times.

Yes, we can make it. We will make it, but only by the grace of God and with His mighty hand guiding us and our leaders during this time. Proverbs 3: 5-6 is a worthy passage to commit to memory and repeat it in our prayers daily. (USDA and Mayo Clinic provided information about Undulant Fever).

Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center

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Brees says he ‘completely missed the mark’ in flag comments

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Drew Brees apologized Thursday for comments that were “insensitive and completely missed the mark” when he reiterated his opposition to Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem in 2016, drawing sharp criticism from fellow high-profile athletes and others in the wake of George Floyd’s death.

Los Angeles Lakers great LeBron James, New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins and former NFL player Martellus Bennett were just some of the high-profile athletes to criticize Brees on their Twitter feeds.

Brees, a New Orleans Saints quarterback who won the Super Bowl in the 2009 season, was asked Wednesday in an interview with Yahoo to revisit former NFL quarterback Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem before games to bring awareness of police brutality and racial injustice.

“I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States,” Brees began, adding that the national anthem reminds him of his grandfathers, who served in the armed forces during World War II. “In many cases, it brings me to tears thinking about all that has been sacrificed, and not just in the military, but for that matter, those throughout the civil rights movements of the ’60s, and all that has been endured by so many people up until this point.”

Many athletes have repeatedly said the kneeling was not about disrespecting the flag or the military but instead about police brutality.

Derek Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Floyd, a Minneapolis black man who was handcuffed as the officer pressed a knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes.

In an Instagram post Thursday, Brees said he was apologizing to his friends, teammates, New Orleans, the black community, the

NFL community and “anyone I hurt with my comments yesterday.”

“In an attempt to talk about respect, unity, and solidarity centered around the American flag and the national anthem, I made comments that were insensitive and completely missed the mark on the issues we are facing right now as a country,” he wrote. “They lacked awareness and any type of compassion or empathy.

Instead, those words have become divisive and hurtful and have misled people into believing that somehow I am an enemy. This could not be further from the truth, and is not an accurate reflection of my heart or my character.”

Kaepernick hasn’t yet responded to the initial comments by Brees, but he did retweet a post by Los Angeles Lakers forward Kyle Kuzma before Brees’ apology.

“This shows you that there are a lot of people & companies out there right now that will say they stand with us but only do it so they dont get bashed not because they mean it,” Kuzma wrote above a photo of Brees kneeling alongside teammates before an NFL game.

Brees has previously said he supports those against police brutality but he does not see the national anthem as the proper forum. In 2017, he participated with teammates who knelt before the national anthem but then stood in unison when the anthem was played.

James, who has been a leader in the social justice movement, said Wednesday he couldn’t believe Brees was still confused about what Kaepernick was trying to do.

“WOW MAN!!” James wrote on Twitter. “Is it still surprising at this point. Sure isn’t! You literally still don’t understand why Kap was kneeling on one knee?? Has absolute nothing to do with the disrespect of (American flag emoji) and our soldiers (men and women) who keep our land free. My father-inlaw was one of those.”

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Glenbrook 2019 homecoming queen Alyssa Martin with her father, Darden Gladney and linebacker Luke Meek.

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jjmarshall@press-herald.com On behalf of the Glenbrook Board of Trustees, James Madden sent out a letter this week detailing Glenbrook’s plan to return to the LHSAA in the coming years after competing in Missis-

sippi athletically recently.

“We feel that remaining in the MAIS is no longer in our school’s best interest,” Madden said. “While we recognize this will bring change, we are committed to standing behind this conversion.”

The tentative timeline for Glenbrook’s application is: June 2020: Application decision made by LHSAA Executive Committee.

2020-2021: Glenbrook fulfills second and final year of committment to MAIS. 2021-2022: Glenbrook participates in first year of membership under probation.

2022-2023: Glenbrook School is a full-fledged member of LHSAA. Madden listed a number of reasons for the move.

“With the expected forecast of students, in conjunction with the upcoming scheduled MAIS re-districting this fall, we, at this time, anticipate that our school will be elevated in class, possibly increasing our travel.”

Also listed, was the potential for changing what football means at Glenbrook, and a desire to keep tradition.

“Due to the recent popularity of 8-man football, much local competition has been eliminated,” Madden said. “Historically, schools that make the switch to 8-man do not return to 11man football.”

Ultimately, Madden said it came down to the Board of Trustees’ decision to keep the long-term interest of Glenbrook in mind when making such a big decision.

“The Board of Trustees’ job is to always consider the long-term and ‘big picture’ future of our school,” Madden said. “We feel that this decision is inevitable.

Our desire is that Glenbrook thrives for many generations to come.

“While we wish that the ‘days of old’ could remain for today and tomorrow, they simply are not. We must continue to always improve and put the steps in place to

grow and maintain stability.”

Former Glenbrook football coach Drew Maddox was just hired last month as the new head coach at Louisiana College after building the Apaches into a winning program in just two years at the helm.

His offensive coordinator, David Feaster, has taken over as head coach and will look to lead the Apaches into this new phase in Glenbrook’s storied athletics program.

“We are very fortunate to haveboth Darden Gladney and David Feaster guide us through this transition,” Madden said. “Thank you for your continued devotion to this place so many of our children, faculty and staff call home.”

The Board of Trustees ended the statement with a message of unity and hope.

“We are incredibly proud of Glenbrook and all that it has accomplished,” Madden said. “And you should be as well.”

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On This Day In History 1981 - The first cases of AIDS are reported.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention described five cases of a rare form of pneumonia, a deadly immune deficiency disease which later became known as AIDS. In 2000, more than 40 million people worldwide were affected by it.

1968 - Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated. The attacker, a 24-year old Palestinian, was disgruntled by Kennedy’s support for Israel. The brother of former U.S. President, John F. Kennedy, died on the following day.

1967 - The Six-Day War begins in the Middle East. Israeli forces launched a surprise attack against Egypt, promptSee, HISTORY, Page 10

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Egypt had previously blocked the Straits of Tiran to Israeli traffic and amassed its troops at the border between the two countries.

1956 - Elvis Presley first performs “Hound Dog” live on TV. Presley’s suggestive hip movements during this performance earned him his nickname, “Elvis the Pelvis.”

“Hound Dog” became his best-selling song with about 10 million sold copies.

1883 - The first Orient Express leaves Paris.

The legendary train journey from Paris to Istanbul featured in many works of popular culture, including Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” and Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express.“

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June 5, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF MINDEN, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN IN REGULAR SESSION HELD ON JUNE 1, 2020.

The Minden City Council met at City Hall, Minden, Louisiana, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the following members present: Mayor Terry Gardner, Keith Beard and Pam Bloxom.

Absent: Terika Williams-Walker and Vincen Bradford.

Vacancy: District A. Mayor Gardner welcomed everyone to the meeting.

There was no quorum of the council present, therefore there was no meeting. Mayor Gardner announced that a Special Session would be held on Wednesday,

June 3, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. in the Pelican Conference Room giving the council a choice of attending in person or by telephone conference as allowed by the Governor’s proclamation during the Covid 19 emergency crisis.

Terry L. Gardner, Mayor ATTEST: Michael Fluhr, City Clerk June 5, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

WEBSTER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING MINUTES FOR MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 6:00 P.M. The Webster Parish School Board met in a called meeting in the Educational Services Center, 1442 Sheppard Street, Minden, Louisiana on Monday, April 27, 2020. Due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, roll call was done as the members were present using chrome books and self-distancing. The following members in attendance at the school board office: President Johnnye Kennon, Linda Kinsey and Fred Evans; Frankie Mitchell at home; Ronnie Rhymes at home, Jeri O’Neal at home; Jerry Lott at home; Penny Long at home; Charles Strong at home; Margaret Edens and Malachi Ridgel at North Webster High School; Glenda Broughton at J.E. Harper Pathway to Excellence Center.

Prayer was given by Jerry Lott. Pledge of Allegiance was led by Margaret Edens.

ITEM #2.

Approve Minutes from the Regular Board Meeting March 2, 2020.

Motion to approve was made

by Malachi Ridgel; seconded by Frankie Mitchell.

Motion passed.

ITEM #3.

To consider and take action with respect to adopting a resolution confirming an election date change pursuant to proclamation of the Governor; establishing a new date to canvass the returns of the election; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. The resolution was read by Johnny Rowland,

Superintendent of schools. Motion to approve was made by Penny Long; seconded by Fred Evans.

Motion passed.

ITEM #4. To consider ratification of adopting Declaration of Public Emergency due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. Motion to approve was made by Frankie Mitchell; seconded by Margaret Edens.

Motion passed.

ITEM#5. To consider approval of change order proposal #007 requesting 29 additional calendar days due to inclement weather on new parking and drive at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School. Motion was made by Jerry Lott to approve; seconded

by Fred Evans.

No questions; this motion was approved.

ITEM #6.

To consider approval of change order proposal #008 requesting 21 additional calendar days due to inclement weather on new parking and drive at Lakeside Jr./ Sr. High School.

Motion to approve was made

by Jerry Lott; seconded by Frankie Mitchell.

Motion passed.

ITEM #7. To consider approval of change order proposal #009 requesting 15 additional calendar days due to inclement weather on new parking and drive at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School. Motion to approve was made by Jerry Lott; seconded by Linda Kinsey. Motion passed.

ITEM #8.

To consider approval of change order proposal #010 requesting 15 additional calendar days due to inclement weather on new parking and drive at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School. Motion was made by Jerry Lott; seconded by Ronnie Rhymes. No objections; motion passed.

Vice President Charles Strong made a motion that items #9 thru #24 be done by global voting with the exception of Item #17 and that Item #24 be pulled. This was seconded by Jerry Lott. Motion passed.

Requests for District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund ITEM #9.

Rat-

ify approval of payment to Altec Environmental Consulting, LLC, invoice #658788 in the amount of $29,764.39 using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund.

ITEM #10.

To consider approval to purchase 15 Chrome books and 1 charging station from Detel Computer Solutions in the amount of $5,195.00 at Webster Jr. High School using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund.

ITEM #11.

To consider approval to purchase 25 Laptops and 2 Desktops from DETEL for E.S. Richardson Elementary School in the amount of $29,097.00 using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund.

ITEM #12.

To consider approval for purchase and install four new Promethean ActivBoards with projectors and sound bar from AXI Education Solutions in the amount of $10,205.00 for E.S. Richardson Elementary School using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund.

ITEM #13.

To consider approval for Homeland Safety Systems to replace 11 storm damaged security cameras at Richardson Elementary for $5,866.30 using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax Fund.

ITEM #14.

To consider approval for Mechanical Cooling Services to repair the water chill pump at Webster Jr. High School in the amount of $1,950.00 using District 6 ½ Cent Sales Tax. Request for Sarepta Maintenance Fund ITEM #15.

To consider approval to purchase 330 Chromebooks and 11 Carrier 30 cart with baskets in the amount of $115,115.00 for North Webster Jr. High School using Sarepta Maintenance Fund.

Requests for Doyline Maintenance Fund ITEM #16. Ratify approval of payment to Mechanical Concepts for emergency HVAC repairs at Doyline High School for invoices: S-2530 for $4,305.75, S-2531 for $1,721.96, and S-2364 for $5,790.00 using Doyline Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #17.

To consider approval to purchase a Betco High Speed Buffer from VCC Janitorial Supply for $1,039.97 using Doyline Maintenance Fund.

Requests for Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund ITEM #18. Ratify approval of payment of $1004.50 to Mechanical Concepts for emergency HVAC repairs at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School using Consolidated District 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #19. Ratify approval of payment of $1596.40 to Lone Star Communications for emergency fire alarm repairs at Lakeside Jr./ Sr. High School using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fu nd.

ITEM #20.

To consider approval for Diversifire to install a new Bogen Nyquist Phone and Intercom system at Lakeside Jr./Sr. High School for $57,000.00 to replace the current system that has been damaged by lightning on multiple occasions, using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #21.

To consider approval for Hercules Ag and Outdoor to repair and raise the cafeteria awning at Central Elementary School in the amount of $3575.00 using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #22.

To consider approval for G&G Drywall and Construction to close in the moved principal’s office at Lakeside Jr./ Sr. High School for $12,721.31 using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #23.

To consider approval for Jim Bonsall Builders to repair and remodel the gym Concession at Lakeside Jr./ Sr. High School for $15,700.00 using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #24.

To consider approval to purchase a new Lazer Z X-Series 801 Mower from HolMont Sales for $10,269.21 using Consolidated 3 Maintenance Fund.

ITEM #25. PERSONNEL REPORT. Frankie Mitchell asked

about the number of positions open at this time.

Personnel Director Robin Tucker stated only one positon for teachers and other school personnel reports of vacancy items.

ITEM #26.

School Community Liaison Report.

Ursula Hullaby informed the board members that our students are being fed, and contact with businesses are being done.

Walmart is giving bags from the Springhill and Minden stores.

We are still taking care of the needs of our community during these times.

ITEM #27. Sup e r i n t e n d e n t ’s Report.

The superintendent stated that we would reach out to Dr. Pole at LSBA and see if they will waive these 6 hours for our board retreat being cancelled.

Go to our website and check out our Portal of Crovid-19. There are so many people that we need to thank.

They are meeting through Google, accounting department, special education department, school food services, principals, supervisors. Every student was contacted by their teachers.

We don’t know what our new normal will be. I want to applaud our principals and Mr. Washington.

For our seniors, we are trying to make it. We plan to make a graduation for them, and we hope to have something for our students in the near future. I am so impressed with our leadership of our teachers.

He stopped to receive questions by the board members.

Frankie Mitchell asked how efficient is our equipment in our schools? Penny Long questioned 3 Financial Disclosure forms; are they due at the same time.

Frankie Mitchell informed her that they were, yes.

Margaret Edens asked about grading of the student’s final grade. This will be discussed at staff meeting this week. Further explanation was given by Mr. Rowland. Frankie Mitchell stated she agrees with all that he is saying; I think we

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should consider helping them out and at the next grade that we make up remediation.

No child will be left behind or in the cracks Mr. Rowland stated.

Margaret Edens stated that this is a huge undertaking. Jerry Lott’s question: no student or all students will have the grades that they had as the last day of school?

Mr. Rowland answered all of their questions.

There being no further questions or business, the meeting adjourned at 6:40 P.M. ITEM #28. Announcements Sales Tax for the month of February 2020 Sales Tax for the month of March 2020 Next Board Meeting – May 28, 2020 JOHNNYE KENNON, PRESIDENT JOHNNY R. ROWLAND, JR., SECRETARY June 5, 2020 Minden Press-Herald

A public notice to review and adopt the proposed budget of the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office for 2020-2021 will be held in the office of the Webster Parish Sheriff at 10:00a.m. on June 25, 2020. Any interested parties may inspect this budget during normal business hours.

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