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City of Shreveport to end ‘Saggy pants’ law SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The city of Shreveport, Louisiana, has moved to abolish a 2007 ordinance banning people from wearing pants below their waistline.

The Shreveport Times reports the City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to abolish the law.

Police data show it resulted in the arrests of a total of 699 black men and 12 white men.

The law has been questioned since 31-year-old Anthony Childs died in February after

an officer tried to stop him for sagging pants. Police say Officer Traveion Brooks chased and shot Childs three times.

A coroner’s report says Childs was ultimately killed by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The ordinance said arrests and searches couldn’t solely be based on violating the ordinance. Police Chief Ben Raymond says it’s unclear if anybody was arrested for the violation alone.

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Governor John Bel Edwards Signs HB89 surrounded by supporters and staff of North West Louisiana Technical College.

Dr. Earl Meador named college chancellor Special to the Minden Press-Herald

At Wednesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting, Governor John Bel Edwards was joined

by Representative Wayne McMahen, former Senator Robert Adley, Minden businessman James Madden, Board of Regents Chairman Marty Chabert, and others as he signed House Bill 89 into law. The bill which was authored by Representative McMahen renames the former

Northwest Louisiana Technical College as the Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College. This action paves the way forward for the college to offer a more comprehensive learning experience for the region by offering both technical/ workforce training and academic programs and provides for an expansion of its mission.

As such, the Board accepted staff’s recommendation to adopt a new mission statement:

Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College is committed to providing quality workforce training and transfer opportunities to students seeking a competitive edge in today’s global economy.

Also, related to Wednesday’s action, was the elevation of Earl Meador to the position of college chancellor. Meador had previously served as Director of Northwest Louisiana Technical College since June 2017.

Louisiana Medicaid program spending $400M under projections BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Medicaid program will spend about $400 million less than expected in the nearly ended budget year, largely because tens of thousands of people were booted from Medicaid rolls amid bolstered computer checks of eligibility.

The latest Medicaid forecast for the budget year that ends June 30 showed the program was expected to spend about $12 billion on the government-financed insurance coverage this year, rather than the $12.4 billion allocated for health services.

Nearly all the money Louisiana

won’t spend is federal financing that simply won’t be drawn down from Washington, said the Louisiana Department of Health’s chief financial officer Cindy Rives. The small general state tax dollar savings already was taken by lawmakers and spent elsewhere in the just-ended legislative session.

The less-than-expected spending mainly stems from more frequent checks of whether people enrolled in Medicaid earn too much to qualify for the coverage, Rives said.

The health department has begun using an upgraded computer system that does quarterly eligi-

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bility checks, rather than previously performed annual checks, and uses more wage data for comparison.

More than 30,000 people lost their Medicaid coverage at the end of March after the first use of the upgraded system, and more are threatened with removal from the program later this month if they can’t prove their eligibility.

Nearly 1.6 million people, onethird of Louisiana’s residents, are enrolled in Medicaid. But the number of people receiving the See, MEDICAID, Page 3

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This Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Minden Airport will be hosting a Burger Bonanza Airport Open House and Fly-In. This event is open to the public and will serve as a way for the Minden Airport raise awareness. “A lot of people don’t actually know Minden has an airport, and those that do, they don’t really understand the importance of it,” said Steven Burdeaux, Manager of the Minden Airport.

The event will host a variety of entertainment, including burgers, music, a spot landing competition, and hot air balloon demonstrations.

Burdeaux said that the main goal of the event is to, “Get pilots to fly in and see what we’ve got to offer, showcase the airport, give them a venue to visit with other pilots and aviation people.”

The Burger Bonanza Airport Open House and Fly-In was created through a collaboration of the Greater Mind-

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en Chamber of Commerce, the City of Minden, and the Minden Airport itself, and will be sponsored by b1BANK, Shell Aviation, KSA Engineers, Walmart, Gibsland Bank and Trust, Benton and Brown, Wimberly Agency, and Minden Coca-Cola Bottling Company.

Given the title of the event, there will be burgers being sold, and pilots, active duty military, and first responders eat free. The burgers are being provided by the sponsor GBT. The band aptly named “Flight Delay” will be playing live at this event.

There will be a Spot Landing Contest open to pilots with an entry fee of $20. The challenge is to see “Whoever can land the closest or on a spot in the runway” according to Burdeaux. Timberland LLC is presenting that event. The winner gets a case of oil or $100 and all proceeds to go to Pilots for Patience. Pilots for Patients is a non-profit group of pilots that donate their time, aircraft, and

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Second Front BLOTTER Recent arrests in Webster Parish Michael J. Reeves, 44, of the 100 block of sibley, was arrested for reckless operation, passing in a no passing zone,and flight from an officer.

James L. Walker, 57, of the 100 block of Doyline, was arrested for Driving while intoxicated, no seatbelt, and open container.

Cheyenne S. Shockley, 20, of Coushatta, was arrested for remaining while being forbidden, and violation of protective order Tykiesha L. Mitchell, 27, of the 1000 block of Gibsland, was arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous schedule one substance (marijuana), and monetary instrument abuse.

Kelly W. Hall, 58, of Springhill, was arrested for schedule one drug (hydrocodone pills), and an active warrant.

Dana B. Moore, 43, of the 200 block of Taylor Arkansas, was arrested for three counts of forgery, and three counts of monetary instrument abuse.

Alee Grisby, 32, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for bench warrant (failure to show up in court), and seatbelt violation.

felon.

Jefferson Markray, 61, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for a State warrant and theft.

Kentrevion Rogers, 19, of the 500 block of Minden, was arrested for attempted second degree murder.

Lillian Warren, 26, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for three bench warrants.

Kameron Jackson, 24, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for theft.

Demarcus Willis, 29, of the 300 block of Minden, was arrested for synthetic marijuana and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance schedule 1.

John Pwell, 44, of the 400 block of Minden, was arrested for theft, and remaining after being forbidden.

Steven Bynog, 52, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for possession of schedule 2 (meth) and schedule 4 (alprazolam).

Megale Dawson, 28, of the 600 block of Minden, was arrested for bench warrant (failure to show up to court).

Jennifer Lee, 38, of the 600 block of Minden, was arrested for two bench warrants.

Lakeedrick Mims, 32, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for illegal use of weapons, and possession of a firearm by a convicted

Ratriquez Miller, 22, of the 100 block of Minden, was arrested for bench warrant.

Laricker Washington, 29, of the 700 block of Minden, was arrested for failure to signal to turn, no insurance, no drivers license, and possession of paraphernalia.

Senderrick Harris, 30, of the 200 block of Minden, was arrested for possession of a controlled dangerous substance schedule two (meth).

Masalyn Harper, 53, of the 1000 block of Princeton, was arrested for simple burglary.

Medicaid: Nearly one-third of Louisiana residents are enrolled Continued from Page 1 taxpayer-financed health insurance coverage has fallen by more than 80,000 since January, according to health department data.

About 50,000 of those exiting the coverage were non-elderly adults enrolled in Medicaid through the expansion program enacted by Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2016. The latest Medicaid forecast report shows 450,000 people in the expansion program.

Rives said it’s unclear if the decline in enrollment — or the smaller-than-expected level of spending on health services — will continue or be a shortterm anomaly.

“To say that’s an ongoing trend, I don’t have the data to support that,” she said.

Health department leaders say some people enrolled through Medicaid expansion likely have fluctuating or seasonal changes in employment that could keep them going in and out of the Medicaid program throughout the year, as their wages

change.

“We don’t know what the churn is going to be, which people are going to come back, and only time will tell,” Rives said.

The budget for the finan-

cial year that begins July 1 includes expectations that spending on Medicaid services will grow to $12.6 billion. A final tally of this year’s spending won’t be complete until October.

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ACCIDENT

Louisiana driver dies in wreck with train GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — Louisiana State Police are investigating a train crash that claimed a woman’s life.

Authorities say it happened about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on Louisiana 54 in St. John the Baptist Parish.

A preliminary investigation shows the crash occurred as the driver, whose name and hometown were not released, drove around a stopped car and through the railroad crossing arms, which were in the down position with lights and audible warnings functioning.

Authorities say the driver ran underneath the moving train and sustained fatal injuries.

The parish coroner’s office pronounced her dead at the scene.

State police say an autopsy will be performed to determine whether she was impaired and a positive identification.

No other injuries were reported.

Bonanza: Spot Landing Contest open to pilots with prizes Continued from Page 1 fuel to transport sick people to hospitals.

This is also an opportunity for people to see the new developments that have been made to the Minden Airport. Burdeaux said that “The old facilities were too close to the runway. That turned into a safety issue.”

This meant that a lot of the buildings that were locat-

ed too close had to be removed and placed elsewhere.

They were able to re-do most of the airport, minus the runway, through attaining “Federal Aviation Administration and the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development Grants, with little to no cost to the taxpayer” according to Burdeaux.

This event will take place at the Minden Airport, located at 100 Aviation Drive, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 12.

OBITUARIES

Dr. Vernon Lee Farmer Dr. Vernon Lee Farmer passed suddenly on June 7, 2019 at Willis Knight Hospital. His memories will be cherished by his wife (Evelyn Shepherd) one son, Vernyatta Farmer of Glen Burnie, MD; one step-daughter, Jordan Wynn of Frisco, TX and six grandchildren – Jacob Lee Farmer, Gabriel Adam Farmer, Ahwar Yawam James Farmer, Mawashalam Abib Farmer, Yaila Patience Farmer, and Kalahahla Faith Farmer. He also leaves three brothers: Charles Farmer (Thelma) of Houston, TX; Jerry Farmer (Janice) of San Antonio, TX; and Eugene Coleman (Denise) of Reno, NV; two sisters, Carolyn Wallace of Hemet, CA and Joyce Jackson of Shreveport, LA. He

cational Leadership and Director of Doctoral Studies.

He later served as acting dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Research and assistant vice president of academic affairs. During this period, he was also presiding chair of the Graduate Council.

In addition to Dr. Farmer’s positions above, he played an active role in university governance at GSU. Meanwhile, he served three terms on the faculty senate, one term as president and two terms as vice president. He served four terms on the promotion and tenure committee, three terms as chair. Dr. Farmer also chaired the University Informal Hearing Committee. In his concentrated effort to enhance scholarly research and publishing at GSU, he chaired the university research and publication committee.

During Dr. Farmer’s career at GSU, he distinguished

also leaves three brother-in-laws: Lannis Shepherd,

himself through his teaching, research publications

Dallas, TX; Carl Shepherd (Shihi Pei), Irving, TX;

and services. His concentrated scholarship led to

Charley Shepherd (Heidi), Dubberly, LA and numer-

numerous published works, including refereed books,

ous nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.

book chapters, monographs, journal articles and con-

Vernon L. Farmer was the distinguished Arlynne

ference proceedings.

Lake Cheers Endowed Professor in the College of Edu-

Funeral services will be held on June 14 at 11:00

cation at Grambling State University (GSU). He earned

am at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church, 595 Central

the A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from the University

School Road in Dubberly, Louisiana. The repast will

of Michigan’s Distinguished Center for the Study of

be held at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church. Funeral

Higher Education in Ann Arbor. In 1990, he joined the

services are entrusted to Benevolent Funeral Home in

Grambling family as head of the Department of Edu-

Minden, Louisiana.

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Opinion

DAVID A. SPECHT JR., EDITOR AND PUBLISHER dspecht@press-herald.c.om

203 GLEASON STREET

Downtown Minden business rescues newspaper publisher In this Amazon, Wayfair, ZapI charged the battery the best pos world, many folks may not way I knew how — driving all think where you do business over creation without turning matters. Well, when it came to off the engine at stops. a dying battery in my truck, it All seemed to work well, until most certainly mattered.

Monday.

During my anniversary weekMy son Joshua and I take our end back in May, I noticed my newsstand money to the bank push button start on the truck on Monday mornings. When was acting funny. The truck I pushed the start button, the would start, but it sounded as if only sound my truck made was the starter was struggling. a “click.”

Once we returned home, it Luckily, Tina brought her vewouldn’t start. An aside — I hicle to work that day and we thank God for keeping were able to adjust it running until we reon the fly. However, turned home.

“Ye Olde King Ranch” I broke out the wasn’t going anymanual and read a where. process to reset the Mondays are crazy push button start. days at the newspaper That seemed to work, already, and I didn’t but things still didn’t have time to deal with act right. Since I am this issue. I did what constantly on the go, I any Minden downwaited until Saturday towner would do. I to bring the truck to a DAVID SPECHT JR. went to see John Colnation-wide chain to lins at A.J. Price. have the battery tested.

“Sounds like a bad battery According to the expert with to me,” John immediately said. the tester, the battery just need- “We can change that out. Do ed a charge, but didn’t flag as you have it here?” “bad.”

“Nope,” was my reply. “It’s OTHER OPINION

down the street at the Minden Press-Herald. I can go try to take the battery out and drive it up here.”

“That’s not necessary,” John said. “We have a portable booster. Just give me your keys and we’ll take care of it.”

And that he did. One of the fine employees of A.J. Price came and resurrected my truck long enough to get it “up the street.” They replaced the battery and brought my truck back to me.

What could have been a major ordeal spanning hours that I didn’t have, turned out to be a minor inconvenience for a short amount of time. I have John to thank for that.

Businesses like A.J. Price prove once again the importance of shopping locally. I am forever grateful to them, and they will continue to have my business.

Where we do business matters, every single day.

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EDITORIAL CARTOON

Are Abortion & Gay Rights American Values?

“My religion defines who I am. gians.

And I’ve been a practicing CathTo Iger and Hollywood, howolic my whole life,” said Vice ever, Georgia’s law radically rePresident Joe Biden in 2012. “I stricts the “reproductive rights” accept my church’s position on of women, and is a moral outabortion as ... doctrine. Life be- rage. gins at conception. ... I just reWhat we have here is a clash of fuse to impose that on others.” values.

For four decades, Biden What one side believes is prebacked the Hyde Amendment, serving the God-given right to which prohibits the use of the life for the unborn, the other retax dollars of Joe’s fellow Catho- gards as an assault on the rights lics to pay for what they view as of women. the killing of the innoThe clash raises cent unborn. questions that go beLast week, Joe yond our culture war to flipped. He now backs what America should the repeal of the Hyde stand for in the world.

Amendment.

“American interests Ilyse Hogue of and American values NARAL Pro-Choice are inseparable,” Pete America welcomed Buttigieg told Rachel home the prodigal son: Maddow. Secretary of “We’re pleased that Joe State Mike Pompeo Biden has joined the told the Claremont rest of the 2020 Demo- PATRICK Institute: “We have cratic field in coalesc- BUCHANAN had too little courage ing around the Party’s to confront regimes core values — support squarely opposed to for abortion rights.” our interests and our values.”

But when did the right to an Are Pompeo and Mayor Pete abortion — a crime in many talking about the same values? states before 1973 — become a The mayor is proudly gay and “core value” of the Democratic in a same-sex marriage. Yet the Party? right to same-sex marriage did And what are these “values” not even exist in this country of which politicians incessantly until the Supreme Court discovtalk? ered it a few years ago.

Are they immutable? Or do In a 2011 speech to the U.N., they change with the changing Secretary of State Hillary Clintimes? ton said, “Gay rights are human Last month, Disney CEO Bob rights,” and she approved of U.S. Iger said his company may cease embassies flying the rainbow filming in Georgia if its new an- flag during Pride Month. ti-abortion law takes effect: “If This year, Mike Pompeo told (the bill) becomes law, I don’t the U.S. embassy in Brazil not see how it’s practical for us to to fly the rainbow flag. He excontinue to shoot there.” plained his concept of his moral The Georgia law outlaws al- duty to the Christian Broadcastmost all abortions, once a heart- ing Network, “The task I have is beat is detected, some six to informed by my understanding eight weeks into pregnancy. It of my faith, my belief in Jesus reflects the Christian conserva- Christ as the Savior.” tive values of millions of GeorThe Christian values Pompeo

espouses on abortion and gay rights are in conflict with what progressives now call human rights.

And the world mirrors the American divide.

There are gay pride parades in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, but none in Riyadh and Mecca. In Brunei, homosexuality can get you killed.

To many Americans, diversity — racial, ethnic, cultural, religious — is our greatest strength.

Yet Poland and Hungary are proudly ethnonationalist. South Korea and Japan fiercely resist the racial and ethnic diversity immigration would bring. Catalans and Scots in this century, like Quebecois in the last, seek to secede from nations to which they have belonged for centuries.

Are ethnonationalist nations less righteous than diverse nations likes ours? And if diversity is an American value, is it really a universal value?

Consider the treasured rights of our First Amendment — freedom of speech, religion and the press.

Saudi Arabia does not permit Christian preachers. In Afghanistan and Pakistan, converts to Christianity face savage reprisals. In Buddhist Myanmar, Muslims are ethnically cleansed.

These nations reject an equality of all faiths, believing instead in the primacy of their own majority faith. They reject our wall of separation between religion and state. Our values and their values conflict.

What makes ours right and theirs wrong? Why should our views and values prevail in what are, after all, their countries?

Under our Constitution, many practices are protected — abortion, blasphemy, pornography, flag-burning, trashing religious beliefs — that other nations regard as symptoms of a disintegrating society.

When Hillary Clinton said half

of all Trump supporters could be put into a “basket of deplorables” for being “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic,” she was conceding that many Trump’s supporters detest many progressive values.

True, but in the era of Trump, why should her liberal values be the values America champions abroad?

With secularism’s triumph, we Americans have no common religion, no common faith, no common font of moral truth.

We disagree on what is right and wrong, moral and immoral.

Without an agreed-upon higher authority, values become matters of opinion. And ours are in conflict and irreconcilable.

Understood. But how, then, do we remain one nation and one people?

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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Life AROUND TOWN

Union Grove VBS Vacation Bible School will be held at Union Grove Baptist Church .Monday- Friday, June 10 - 14, 2019 at 6 PM daily.

New Light VBS New Light Baptist Church will be hosting their Vacation Bible School “Super Training University with Jesus’, June 10th-14th; time 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.

Greater St. Paul VBS Don’t miss S.T.U. (Super Training University - Vacation Bible School). Come and take part in this fun-filled Bible Program. There will be plenty of crafts, games, snacks, and most of all Bible training to inspire everyone to excel in everything they do! June 11 - 13, 2019 - 6:00 p. m.; 8:00 p. m. at the Greater Saint Paul Baptist Church, 510 High Street, Minden, Louisiana.

Reverend Royal Scott, Jr., Pastor, Sister Catherine Jefferson. Directress.

Webster Council on Aging Enrollment for the Webster Council on Aging will run until Wednesday, June 12 at the close of business. Anyone over the age of 18 is welcome to sign up to become a member. The annual meeting for the Webster Council on Aging located at the 1482 Sheppard Street will be held Thursday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m.

The public is cordially invited to attend. All members are welcome.

Community Vacation Bible School St. John Divine Baptist Church in Sibley Louisiana will be hosting a Vacation Bible School On June 17-19 starting at 6:30 p.m. each day. All are invited.

Union Grove Colorama Program The Pastor Aide Department of Union Grove Baptist Church cordially invites you to come worship with us on Sunday, June 30, 2019 at 3 pm for our Colorama Program featuring speakers from the surrounding area which includes Evangelist Jacqueline Lockett, Sis. Jeanine Franklin, Sis. Kiatonyia Major, Sis. Mara Davis, Sis. Carmesha Grant, & other dynamic speakers.

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Whatever Happens in the Dark always comes to Light The number one thing I said to my kids as they were growing up was, “Whatever happens in the dark always comes to light.

So be careful.”

When kids are growing up they will tell a fib at one time or another. Most moms can tell when their kids are lying.

Kids, you should know that when your mom asks you a question, 99 percent of the time she already knows the answer and she is waiting to see if you own up to it. In some cases, we moms might not know the full story,but it always comes to pass one day or another.

I started saying this to my kids early on and they can tell you to this day if you ask them, “What did your mom TINA always tell SPECHT you?”

In fact, I still use the saying today — not only with my kids, but others also.

I believe adults also need to hear, “Whatever happens in the dark always comes to light.”

They tend to be sneaky at times and think that if no one sees what they covered up it doesn’t matter. Some things are revealed right away and other things take time. It can take years to surface but mark my words, it will come to light.

When you hide things in the dark, it causes you stress, anxiety, and sleepless nights. God already knows what happened so you might as well confess and move on.

Hiding things can get you into more trouble than if you just came right out with it in the first place.

I remember growing up my parents would say, “tell the truth now and you won’t get in as much trouble. If I find out

later you were lying you will be in much more trouble.”

I can’t say I have never told a lie in my life or did anything in the dark, but it has been a long time. I am a honest person and tell it like it is to a fault at times.

The, you will wake up fresh and ready to conquer another day.

No one is perfect and never will be. Our goal each day should be to live our lives to the fullest.

Love hard and forgive often.

Let God handle the rest.

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be. But, don’t ask me to tell you the truth if you are not ready to hear it.

Sometimes being quiet is the best thing you can do. We all fall short every day of our lives. It is how we handle it that counts.

It would be wise to go to bed each night with a clear conscience by asking forgiveness.

seasoned salt and coat meat

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heat oil until hot. Add meat,

bell peppers (cut) and cook

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thing nice to say don’t say it.”

I am going to be kind as I can

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and juice and beef broth. Add

flour to thicken while stirring to

make a gravy. Add gravy to slow

cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours.

Tina Specht is co-publisher of the

Minden Press-Herald. She shares her

thoughts and recipes each Thursday.

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One Good Thing “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

Philippians 1:3-6 NIV

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an you think of one good thing about the person you are arguing with?

Whether this person is someone you consider an adversary or the person you have decided to spend the rest of your life with, thinking of something positive about the other person may allow you to bridge the gap and soften the differences you are having. It is also important to tell the other person that you value them and that you admire this good quality in them. We often forget to thank the people who are closest to us. Family members often take each other for granted. Kids expect their parents to provide for them, and this leads to them rarely thanking Mom and Dad for the meals they provide, or for taking them to and from activities. Thank the people in your life for what they do, and be sure to notice the good that others do. Find at least one good quality in everyone you come in contact with every day, and build from there. This is a very simple and constructive way to build others up while strengthening our relationships.

–Christopher Simon

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INSPIRATION

LOST AND FOUND I love to read the Gospels. Luke 15 is one of my favorite passages to read and ponder over the implications. It contains the three parables of ‘lost and found’ objectives: lost and found sheep, lost and found coins and lost and found sons. It has been called “the gospel in the gospel.” It contains the ‘distilled essence’ of the good news which Jesus came to tell (William Barclay).

As the tax collectors and ‘sinners’ gathered around Jesus to hear his teachings, the Pharisees and teachers of the law accused him of welcoming the sinners.

Bill Crider “He even ate with them.” This was against their acceptance of what a ‘rabbi/teacher’ should be doing. A ‘good Jew’ was forbidden to have any dealings with such people. The Pharisees made every deliberate effort to avoid any contact with these sinners - “people of the land.” They did not look with joy over the repentance of a sinner before God, but their attitude was to be joyful when a sinner is obliterated before God. “Now what is He going to say to defend himself of this offensive behav-

UPWARD LOOK

ior?” Perhaps they were thinking this. But Jesus responded by telling these parables.

The parable of the lost sheep caught the ear of everyone. They all could identify with the shepherds’ plight of losing just one sheep. (If a sheep was lost the shepherd must at least bring home the fleece to show how it had died.) The shepherds who found all their flocks in the ‘resting pens’ could return home for the evening. But the whole village would be ‘on watch’ for that shepherd who had gone out in the wilds of night to find that lost one. And when the shepherd came with the lost sheep across his shoulders, the entire village came to rejoice with him with shouts of joy and thanksgiving. (This is a picture that Jesus drew of God when a lost sinner is found brought home. “God knows the joy of finding sheep that have gone astray.”) The message to the Pharisees is this: Man may give up on sinners but God will not! (Ouch, that hurts).

The next parable involves a poor peasant woman who loses one of her ten coins. For one living on the edge of poverty every coin was important. Very little stood between hunger and starvation, so this coin ‘must be found.’ So she frantically

swept the floor until she found it.

She joyfully shouted to the neighbors “come and rejoice with me, for I have found the lost coin.” The joy of the Father is like that when a lost sinner comes home….like a lost coin that finally was found! The angels in heaven even rejoice over just one sinner who repents! (What about you Pharisees: Are you rejoicing when one who has been lost is found and reunited with the kingdom of God? Parable 3 has been called ‘the greatest short story in the world.’

In Jewish life, the father was not free to leave his property to those he desired. The elder son must get 2/3 and the younger would get 1/3 of the property/ wealth. The three characters in this parable are: the younger son (representing sinful man running from God; but later repents and returns with a penitent heart), the father (God, the loving Heavenly Father who is always looking and searching for His wayward children); the older brother (representing the Jewish leaders who could not forgive the younger brother nor could they honor the Father’s wishes for the younger son who returned in true repentance).

We know the story well. We learned it in childhood. The younger son demanded his inheritance

Supports and Thwarts

“The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked.”

Psalm 146:9 NASB Worshiping and praising the Lord, the psalmist Max Hutto continues describing God’s character as One who helps the

helpless and perplexes the wicked. The Lord protects, supports, and shows compassion on the strangers and aliens in the land as well as the orphans and widows, for these are often destitute, defenseless, and oppressed. The Lord thwarts, frustrates, undermines, distorts, and diverts the plans of the wicked, bringing them to ruin. While man’s plans

are fickle and fleeting, God is forever faithful to His character.

Lord Jesus, guide me to be more compassionate and righteous in my character and actions. You are my help and hope as I trust in Your protection and faithfulness.

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

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before the father’s death! His father gave him his request. Soon the lad was in a distant land, living a riotous life, plundering his funds foolishly.

He ended up with a task forbidden to a Jew by law. “Cursed is he who feeds swine.” Dirty, alone, hungry, without any funds, eating the slop with the pigs he fed – he was at rock-bottom. At this point, he came to his senses/himself. Jesus implies ‘when we come to our senses, we are already on our way home and willing to take our fair punishment.’

The father could be seen each morning searching the horizon for his “lost” son, hoping he would return. He knew his son’s heart was broken as well. (Parents know those things). As the son approaches his forgiving father, he was prepared with an oral confession. He was willing to be his father‘s slave; expecting nothing in return. We can well see: the son is not the hero of this parable. It should be called the Parable of the Loving Father. His deep love for his son was more than enough to cover his son’s sins. The father had been waiting, watching, hoping, searching every day for his son. So he met the lad, with forgiveness in his open arms. That which was dead is now alive!

The older son shows his immaturity by disrespecting his father with

no sympathy toward his brother. He showed a self-righteous and nasty character. Jesus was making his point to Pharisees: the love of God is far broader than the love of man; God can forgive when men refuse to forgive. His finger was pointed to the religious and teachers with this message: “The Father has offered His vast kingdom to you, but you have rejected the long-promised Messiah. You cannot see that you are the lost sheep, you are the lost coin and the lost son, and how God, the Father wants to rejoice in your embracing Him as revealed in the Messiah.”

This is a very personal soul-searching parable for all fathers and children. We fathers should have a forgiving spirit, loving beyond all limits our family just as the Father had for his wayward son. Call your children to “come home and live peaceful among the family.” Children, look deep into this parable and seethe importance in obeying your parents, to honor them and realize that God’s way is always best. Spend some time this season seeking ways to put this parable into action in all your relationships. Happy Father’s Day!

Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center

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PREP FOOTBALL

NBA FINALS

Glenbrook unveils new turfed Raptors say they’re simply staying in the moment indoor practice facility

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Glenbrook’s indoor facility will allow the Apache football team space to practice and work on conditioning during poor weather.

JJ Marshall

jjmarshall@press-herald.com Glenbrook coach Drew Maddox is hoping to build a football program that can compete with the rest of Webster Parish. After a season of long games with exhausted two-way players and dwindling numbers, the Apache football program is shaping up.

After a spring game that saw more than enough

young players to fill two entire teams, Glenbrook now has a state-of-the-art indoor, turfed practice facility and weight room.

“It just shows the commitment that we have at Glenbrook to the development of not only academics but also athletics,” Maddox said. “The turf will always be a place to run inside during bad weather.”

Prior to the turf, the football team would perform

conditioning drills on concrete or not at all during rainy days.

“It’s padded turf,” Maddox said. “So we can do all of our dynamic lifts on it, like power cleans.”

The turf will be more forgiving on players’ knees and legs than concrete.

“It just allows us more in every aspect of athletic development,” Maddox said.

“It’s a big step in showing the level of commitment."

NCAA BASKETBALL

Bail reduced for man accused in LSU basketball player death

BATON ROUGE, La. — The man accused of fatally shooting an LSU basketball player has had his bail reduced by more than half so he can participate in certain programs.

News outlets report a judge cut 20-year-old Dyteon Simpson’s bail from $350,000 to $149,000 on

Monday.

The change allows Simpson to go through Baton Rouge Parish Prison programs not offered to anyone with bails greater than $150,000.

Judge Donald Johnson says if anyone attempts to bail out Simpson, another court date would be set and

evidence would be presented.

Simpson has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the 2018 death of LSU basketball player Wayde Sims, who was shot in the head during a fight outside of a fraternity party near Southern University before the 2018 season.

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — There was a predictable sting that pained the Toronto Raptors after Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

They were so close.

And then they had to fly so far.

Whatever they were feeling after Monday night’s loss to Golden State is in the past, which is consistent with the way the Raptors have tried to handle their business throughout playoffs. Game 6 of the title series — one where the Raptors have outplayed the two-time defending champion Warriors — is Thursday night, when Toronto will take a second shot at grabbing its first NBA title.

“The moment is the moment, but we still are staying in it,” Raptors guard Kyle Lowry said. “We’re not too up, we’re not too down. We’re just, ‘One game, hey, we lost it.’ Now we’ve got to move on to the next one.”

The next one — the next chance to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy — has arrived.

Golden State’s 106-105 victory in Game 5 sent the series back to Oracle Arena, which the Raptors have basically turned into Jurassic Park West this season.

The Raptors are 3-0 on the Warriors’ home floor, all three of those wins coming by double digits, two of them in this series.

Thursday is the last NBA game that’ll be played at Oracle. The place will be rocking.

The Raptors won’t mind

whatsoever.

“You’ve got to be a little more tough-minded on the road,” Raptors coach Nick Nurse said.

His team has been tough-minded everywhere.

Take away Golden State’s 18-0 run at Toronto to start the second half of Game 2 — a game where the Warriors still needed a final-seconds 3-pointer from Andre Iguodala to close the win out — and a 9-2 run to pull out a dramatic comeback victory for the champs in Game 5, also in Toronto, this series has largely been controlled by the Raptors.

Not many probably expected that to be the case.

Through five games, the Raptors have been outscored in only four of the 20 quarters. They’ve won every fourth quarter, albeit by small margins. They’ve struggled guarding Klay Thompson — he’s 20 for 35 from 3-point range in the series — but the rest of the Warriors, Stephen Curry included, are being held to 33 percent from beyond the arc.

And now the Warriors know Kevin Durant’s not coming back to help the cause.

“Toronto is tough to guard because they have got a lot of passers and a lot of shooters and they put you in some difficult spots,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “But everybody who came in (Monday) was prepared to play and they were flying around and rotating. We did everything we could to hang in the game on

the road and we were able to pull it out. So we know that’s what it’s going to take here as well.”

Raptors coach Nick Nurse, to his credit, hasn’t changed his principles much during the playoffs.

When his team was down 1-0 to Orlando, down 2-1 to Philadelphia and down 2-0 to Milwaukee, he kept insisting that the score of the series doesn’t matter until someone wins four games.

Same rules apply now.

Up 3-1, now up 3-2, it’s still eyes on the prize — even though the ultimate prize was seconds away from being in hand Monday.

“They all hit you hard,” Nurse said. “Listen, I’m like anybody that was there. The outcome of that one changes things a little bit. But I’ll say this: I’m absolutely thrilled to be coaching in another finals game. This is awesome.”

One last win, and it’ll be the most awesome night in Raptors history.

And the missed chance of Game 5 will be forgotten.

“You don’t want to dwell on it, you don’t want to harp on it, you don’t want to let it seep in or leak out or let it drain you, because that can be an emotional blow if you let it,” Raptors guard Danny Green said.

“But we don’t want it to be an emotional blow to our team.

We want to stay physically and mentally and emotionally confident and not doubt ourselves and understand that we know we can play better.”

MLB

Moustakas hits 2-run HR in 14th as Brewers beat Astros 6-3

HOUSTON (AP) — On a night when the Milwaukee Brewers struck out again and again, piling up a season-high 24 Ks against the Houston Astros, one big swing by Mike Moustakas made all those whiffs way easier to swallow.

Moustakas hit a two-run homer during Milwaukee’s three-run 14th inning, and the Brewers struck out 15 times against Houston ace Justin Verlander before rallying for a 6-3 victory over the Astros on Wednesday.

Christian Yelich started the 14th with a single against rookie Cionel Perez (1-1) for Milwaukee’s first hit since the ninth. After Ryan Braun lined out, Moustakas hit a drive to right for his 21st homer.

“Obviously, 24 punchouts isn’t what we were looking for, but ... we got a W so we turned a negative into a positive and found a way to win against a great ballclub over there,” Moustakas said.

Jesús Aguilar added a pinch-hit RBI single as Milwaukee won for the fifth time in six games. Ryan Braun, Yasmani Grandal and Eric Thames also went deep for the Brewers, and Adrian Houser

(2-1) pitched two scoreless innings for the victory.

“I bet you there’s not too many times a team struck out 24 times and won the game,” Yelich said. “All those weird baseball things happen and that’s another example of it.

Honestly, it’s just a really good win and a hard-fought win.”

Verlander set a career high for Ks while allowing three runs in seven innings.

The 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner led the way as Houston set a franchise record for strikeouts, surpassing its previous record of 23 during a 15-inning game on May 31, 2003, against the Chicago Cubs.

“It would feel a lot better if we won,” Verlander said.

“Yeah, cool, great, but we didn’t win the baseball game.”

Houston had a 3-2 lead before Thames connected in the seventh inning for Milwaukee’s third homer off Verlander. It was Thames’ ninth of the season.

Each team had late chances to go in front.

Jake Marisnick singled off Houser with one out in the 13th. Marisnick stole second base, but Houser retired Josh

Reddick and Alex Bregman to end the threat.

Pinch hitter Myles Straw walked leading off the Houston 10th, but was caught trying to steal second base. He was initially called safe, but the Brewers challenged the call and it was overturned.

Josh Hader walked Tyler White, but Marisnick grounded into a double play to end the inning.

“Hitting is hard. They threw some pretty good arms at us,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said.

“They’re a good team, and yes, it doesn’t feel good when you go quietly like that.”

Singles by Yelich and Moustakas left runners at first and third with one out in the ninth.

But Roberto Osuna struck out Grandal and Thames to escape the jam.

UP NEXT Astros: Following an off day, Houston hosts Toronto in the first of three games on Friday night. Gerrit Cole (55, 3.72 ERA) is scheduled to start. Cole yielded three runs — one earned — and struck out a season-high 14 in seven innings but did not factor in the decision in a 4-3 win over the Orioles in his last start.

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NCAA SOFTBALL

NCAA BASEBALL

LA Tech softball named NFCA Mid-East Mallard named to ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region Team Region Coaching Staff of the Year

RUSTON, La. – Following its historic run to a pair of Conference USA titles and an NCAA Regional appearance, Louisiana Tech’s coaching staff was named the NFCA Mideast Region Coaching Staff of the Year along with Southeast Missouri State.

Head coach Mark Montgomery, Associate Head Coach Emerald Doria, assistant coach Bianca Duran, volunteer assistant coach Mike Forsythe and graduate manager Brooke Morris took home the prestigious honor after guiding the Lady Techsters to 45 wins.

LA Tech joined SEMO and James Madison (Northeast Region) as the only non-Power 5 recipients of the award out of 10 separate regions.

Oklahoma (Central), Minnesota (Great Lakes), Virginia Tech (Mid-Atlantic), Oklahoma State (Midwest), Washington (Pacific), Alabama (South), Florida (Southeast), and UCLA (West) were the other recipients.

“This honor means so much to me because this one recognizes our entire staff,” said

Montgomery, who led Tech to the program’s first ever regular season conference title and the second C-USA Tournament title in the last three seasons. “It was an incredible season and I owe so much to my assistant coaches. It was truly a team effort.

“But as a staff, we owe a lot to our players too. They bought in to what we were teaching and they came together. They overcame so much adversity and would never allow anything to stand in the way of them reaching their goals. It will be a team and a season that I think we will all relish.”

Tech overcame numerous injuries throughout the season which saw Montgomery and Co. play only eight games with their entire roster during the 61-game season. The Lady Techsters 45 wins were the second most in program history and the 19 regular season league victories were the most.

Tech overcame the emotions of the April 25 EF3 tornado that demolished its facility while ravaging the Ruston

community and University campus. Two days later, the Lady Techsters swept a threegame series against then league-leading WKU, outscoring the Hilltoppers 19-2 at the ULM Softball Complex. Tech took two of three the following weekend at Southern Miss to claim a share of the C-USA regular season title.

The Lady Techsters then won three straight games in three days in Birmingham to capture the C-USA Tournament title, and earn the program’s 11th appearance in an NCAA Regional. Tech defeated Monmouth 1-0 before falling to No. 15 Texas Tech 3-1 in an elimination game.

Tech saw a program record seven players earned all-conference honors, including Player of the Year Jazlyn Crowder and Freshman of the Year Lindsay Edwards.

Tech saw a program record five players earned all-region honors and eight players earn all-state honors.

Montgomery was named C-USA Co-Coach of the Year and LSWA State Co-Coach of the Year.

RUSTON, La. – A day after signing a free-agent contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, Tech senior Mason Mallard received some more collegiate hardware, as he was named to the 2019 Central ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Second Team, the organization announced Wednesday.

Mallard, the club leader in batting average (.374), slugging percentage (.545), onbase percentage (.470), runs (65 – most by a Bulldog in a single season since 2007), hits (83 – tied for 6th most in program history), total bases (121) and stolen bases (20for-26, 45 career – 7th most in program history), will now be eligible for ABCA All-America honors announced later in the month.

The Tech senior started every game at first base in

2019, playing a position he picked up less than a month prior to the start of the season, and recorded a fielding percentage of .984, making just eight errors in 499 chances.

The Conference USA First Team member was named the league’s Hitter of the Week on May 13th and twice named the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (LSWA) Hitter of the Week. Mallard also picked up national honors as Collegiate Baseball recognized the senior as one of its National Players of the Week on May 13th.

His 83 hits ranked 25th among national leaders.

The Tech first baseman also owned the team’s longest reached –base streak of 36 games, while starting all 58 games at first base.

Mallard put together a career performance against one of Tech’s biggest in-state foes, going 4-for-5 with three doubles, three RBI and four runs scored in the Bulldogs’ 12-1 dismantling of then No. 15 LSU in Baton Rouge back on May 7th.

The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee, which is chaired by Tommy Raffo of Arkansas State University. ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors.

The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Americans will be announced on Saturday, June 15.

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On This Day In History 2002 - The United States withdraw from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The ABM Treaty was signed in 1972 by the Soviet Union and the United States. It regulated the establishment of anti-ballistic missile shields against nuclear missiles. Critics bemoaned the treaty’s termination for its potential negative effect on nuclear proliferation.

2000 - The leaders of South Korea and North Korea meet in an historic summit. The talks were initiated by then President of South Korea, Kim Dae-jung. For the implementation of his “Sunshine Policy”, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2000.

1983 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central solar system. The U.S. space probe crossed the orbit of Neptune, which at the time was classified as the furthest planet See, HISTORY, Page 11

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1971 - The New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers.

The secret study of the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War revealed the government’s lies concerning the scale of U.S. activities in Vietnam and neighboring countries. Daniel Ellsberg, an employee of the RAND Corporation, leaked the documents to the New York Times, and he was later tried but not convicted of espionage.

1950 - South Africa implements the Group Areas Act. The law assigned geographically separate residential and business areas for different racial groups, forcing non-whites from the most developed areas. It was a major pillar of the apartheid system of racial segregation and oppression.

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ing to order and asked Juror Steve Lemmons to open the meeting with prayer.

Cadet Astasia Lavelet with YCP at Camp Minden then led in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Journal Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Randy Thomas moved, secWebster Parish onded by Mrs. Special Education Jerri Lee to apwill be destroying prove the apall Special Edpointment of Terry ucation records Joe Pearce for a on students who three-year term exited the pro- Mr. Bonsall asked to replace Marilyn gram before for additions to Rasberry, resigMay 2014 and / the agenda: nation – Webster or have reached Parish Fire Distheir 27th birth- Mr. Steve Ram- trict#9 Shongaday (Birth year of sey moved, sec- loo. Motion car1992 and earlier). onded by Mr. ried unanimously.

If you would like Randy Thomas to your records, con- add to the agenda Mrs. Jenny Duke, tact the Webster under item # 10.

Director of the Parish Special District 11, Webster Parish Education Office $900.00.00 to the Police Jury Office at (318) 377-7052 Village of Heflin of Homeland Sebefore Thursday, for work on the curity and EmerJune 20th, you Heflin City Build- gency Preparedmust provide a ing. Motion car- ness submitted picture ID and ried unanimously. her resignation signatures will be effective May 6, required to obtain There were no 2019. Mrs. Duke these records. comments con- will continue to cerning the agen- work by computer June 5, 2019 da. and phone for the June 6, 2019 next week. Mrs. June 12, 2019 Ms. Vera Davison Duke expressed June 13, 2019 moved, seconded her appreciaMinden Press-Herald

by Mrs. Jerri Lee tion to the Jury to approve invoic- for their support. es for payment Public Notice pending review.

Motion carried A public sale will unanimously. be held Saturday, June 22nd @ Mr. Daniel Thom6:00am for the fol- as moved, seclowing item boat. onded by Mrs. This sale will be Jerri lee to adopt held at Harmon’s the minutes of the Automotive & May 7, 2019 ComTowing’s yard mittee meetingsat 1422 Sibley Road, AdminisRoad, Minden, LA trative, Buildings 71055. and Grounds, Environmental, Last Registered Finance, EquipOwner: JC Fodale ment, Community Energy Services Services, EcoImpound Info: nomic DevelopVehicle was ment, Intergovtowed off private ernmental, and property at the Water Resourcescorner of Industri- , the May 7, 2019 al Drive & Talton Regular Meeting, on 2/27/19 as per and the Special the property own- Called Meeting on er’s request.

May 9, 2019. MoBoat Info: tion carried unani2012 24’ Encore mously.

HULL ID ENB11738H112 Out- Mr. Jimmy Wilboard Gas Motor liams, Mayor Town of Sibley, June 6, 2019 spoke to the Jury June 13, 2019 concerning a Minden Press-Herald property to annex into the Town Limits of Sibley. Ret. MINUTES OF Judge Graydon THE REGULAR Kitchens asked to MEETING discuss the matter WEBSTER with the City AttorPARISH POLICE ney for Sibley, Mr. JURY Paul Kitchens beJune 4, 2019 fore the Jury acts on this request.

M E M B E R S No action taken.

PRESENT: Jim Bonsall, Presi- Mr. Bruce Blanton dent; Vera Davi- moved, seconded son, Vice Pres- by Ms. Vera Daident; Jerri Lee, vision to approve Steve Lemmons, the following for Steve Ramsey, Legal Journal and Allen Gilbert, Publication JourRandy Thomas, nal for the year Dustin Moseley, July 1, 2019 to Bernard Hudson, June 30, 2020: Bruce Blanton, Minden Press Daniel Thomas HeraldLegal MEMBERS AB- Journal SENT: Nick Cox Springhill Press and News JourMr. Jim Bonsall nal – Publication called the meet-

Mrs. Duke is taking a position in Pennsylvania where she is now living.

Mr. Jim Bonsall, President officially appointed Mr. Brian Williams to the position of Director of Homeland Security and OEP effective immediately. Mr. Williams has assisted Mrs. Duke and has or is in the process of securing the certifications needed for the position. The Jury welcomed Mr. Williams.

Savannah Jones, Webster Parish Library Report, Webster Parish Coroner, Dr. Max Stell Ms. Moseley & Cadets of the Youth Challenge Program at Camp Minden COMMITTEE REPORTS: Mr. Steve Ramsey moved, seconded

by Mr. Steve Lemmons to approve the action taken at the Road Committee Meeting held earlier today.

Motion carried unanimously.

bert to approve the action taken at the Finance Committee Meeting held earlier today. Motion carried unanimously.

Mr. Jim Bonsall then gave Presidents’ closing remarks.

There being no further business to bring before the Mrs. Jerri Lee Jury, the meeting thanked Savan- adjourned. nah Jones for her report from the Library and she Ronda C. Carnatold the Jury that han Mrs. Melinda Da- Secretary-Treavidson and Mrs. surer Wanda Finley are attending a train- Jim Bonsall ing session out of President town today. Mrs. Lee then reported June 13, 2019 on the Legislative Minden Press-Herald Day that was held on May 5, 2019 Mr. Steve Ram- Mr. Steve Lem- there were 5 Jusey moved, sec- mons moved, rors that attended. onded by Mr. seconded by Mr. Mrs. Lee wished Randy Thomas Bernard Hudson Jenny the best in to approve use to approve the ac- her next endeavor of recreational tion taken at the and welcomed Mr. funding for District Water Resources Brian Williams. #11, $900.00 to Meeting held earthe Village of He- lier today. Motion Mr. Dustin Moseflin for use on the carried unani- ley also extended Village building. mously. his appreciation Motion carried to Mrs. Duke and unanimously.

Ms. Vera Davison welcomed Brian moved, seconded on board.

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