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Labor Day brings govt. closures, schedule changes

Man eludes police, arrested on drugs, firearms charges

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Late last week, a series of crimes including, speeding, flight from an officer, and possession of drugs and a firearm led to the arrest of a convicted felon, which just so happened take place on the same day as his birthday.

The individual arrested was Harold Brown.

The events started when a police officer “observed a Chevrolet autoBROWN mobile bearing a Texas license plate driving northbound on Lee Street,” according to the booking report.

The officer then “measured the vehicle’s speed at 60 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. After observing the speeding infraction, (he) followed behind the vehicle and activated (his) emergency lights attempting to conduct a traffic stop,” according to the report.

The vehicle did not stop and instead “accelerated at a high rate of speed trying to avoid elude (the officer). The suspect vehicle disregarded multiple stop signs and traffic control lights while also driving into oncoming traffic on multiple occasions in a dangerous manner,” according to the report. Later the vehicle entered a residential area while still traveling at a high rate of speed.

However, the vehicle did finally stop “in a driveway (along the 400 block of McIntyre Street), when (Brown) exited the vehicle, refused to comply with (the officer’s) commands to stop and ran into the residence,” accordSee, ARREST, Page 2

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This upcoming Monday, Sept. 2, will be Labor Day in the US. As per usual, government offices such as the Post Office, Sheriff’s Office, Court House, School Board Office, and City Hall will be closed. Schools and banks across the Webster Parish will be enjoying the day off as well.

The holiday does interfere with some monthly local government meetings that typically take place on the first Monday of the month, such as the City Council meeting and the School Board Meeting. Due to this, the City Council meeting will take place the day after, on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the regular time of 5:30 p.m. The School Board meeting will take place the following Monday on Sept. 9 at 6 p.m.

CLAIBORNE PARISH – Two Claiborne Parish juveniles were killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday night, according to a press release from Louisiana State Police Troop G. On August 28, 2019, shortly after 8:00 p.m., Troopers assigned to Louisiana State Police Troop G began investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash on Louisiana Highway 2, east of Louisiana Highway 9. The crash took the lives of two Haynesville juveniles.

“The preliminary investigation revealed a 2003 Honda Accord, driven by 17-year-old Tony Singleton, was traveling west on Louisiana Highway 2,” The release read.

“Singleton lost control of his vehicle, traveled into the opposing lane, and was struck by an eastbound Chevrolet Suburban.”

According to the release, Singleton and his passenger, 15-year-old Neal Dequez, were not restrained and sustained fatal injuries. The driver of the Chevrolet Suburban, who was properly restrained, sustained moderate injuries and was taken to a local hospital.

“Toxicology samples from both drivers were obtained and will be submitted for analysis,” the release read.

This crash remains under investigation.

“Buckling up is the single most effective thing you can do to protect yourself in a crash,” read the release.

“Failure to take a few seconds to buckle up can have devastating consequences. Louisiana law requires every person in a vehicle, regardless of seating position, to be properly restrained day or night.”

In 2019, Troop G has investigated 17 fatal crashes resulting in 19 deaths.

Labor Day History While Labor Day is now simply seen as a much appreciated day off of work, sometimes it’s imSee, LABOR DAY, Page 2 EDUCATION

Scores show student progress statewide DAVID JACOBS The Center Square

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The percentage of Louisiana public school students who are fully prepared for the grade they started this year is “in the mid-40s in reading and in the mid-30s in math,” state education Superintendent John White said.

“For years, Louisiana and most other states used a dishonest standard for what it means to be WHITE fully ready,” he said. “We raised our standards, which revealed serious deficits.”

However, students are showing progress year-over-year, particularly in reading, for example.

“You can both celebrate the progress that we’ve made and

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insist that progress must be accelerated,” White said.

Under state law, students who have not met basic proficiency standards must receive intensive support over the summer or throughout the year, the education department says.

Louisiana’s accountability system measures not only where students ended up, but how much progress they made to get there, White said.

On Tuesday, the education department released information highlighting schools, systems, subjects, and groups where student progress is accelerated, and areas of challenge where students are fall-

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The data follows the release last month of student subject-area proficiency rates on the LEAP 2025 tests and will factor into the annual school performance scores set to be released this fall. The student progress measure makes up 25 percent of an elementary or middle school’s overall performance score and 12.5 percent of a high school’s overall performance score.

On average, students are showing more improvement in reading than in math. Students who scored in the “basic” range the prior year are showing the most growth on average compared to other levels.

Scores on the LEAP test are reported on five levels: unsatisfactory, approaching basic, basic, mastery or advanced.

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Second Front BLOTTER Recent arrests in Webster Parish Gregory Jennings, 65, of the 100 block of Ratliff Drive, was arrested for DWI 2nd offense, improper lane usage, possession of a schedule I substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and introduction of contraband into a correctional facility.

Harold Brown, 28, of the 400 block of Fort Street, was arrested for aggravated flight of an officer, possession of a schedule 1 substance, and possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony.

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New rollback for methane releases from oilfields ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies would face looser controls on emissions of potent climate-changing methane gas under a proposal expected from the Trump administration as soon as Thursday, oil industry and environmental groups say. The government’s plan would ease requirements on oil and gas sites to monitor for methane leaks and plug them.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s move would be the latest in a series by the administration easing Obamaera emissions controls on the oil, gas and coal industries, including

from methane leaks.

The oil and gas industry is the nation’s primary source of methane emissions, according to the EPA, accounting for nearly one-third in 2016.

Methane is a component of natural gas that’s frequently wasted through leaks or intentional releases during drilling operations. The gas is considered a more potent contributor to climate change than carbon dioxide, although it occurs in smaller volumes.

A study by the Environmental Defense Fund, an advocacy group, concluded that the oil and gas industry was emitting far more of the heat-trapping gas than is reported to the EPA.

Undrevion Brown, 22, of the 800 block of Pine Street, was arrested for possession of a schedule I substance and illegal carrying of a weapon.

My name is Tina Hawkins Douglas and I’m a candidate for the Webster Parish Clerk of Court.

I’m a native and lifelong resident of Webster Parish. I’m currently employed with the Webster Parish Sheriff’s Office and assigned full time as a school resource officer to Webster Jr. High. I’m responsible for the safety of 634 students, administrators, and staff. I was previously employed with the Minden Police Department, where I served as juvenile officer, school resource officer and DARE Instructor. I was employed at the police department for eight years, until I decided

Arlandas Green Jr., 37, of the 600 block of District Drive, was arrested for failure to appear in court.

Labor Day: Strikes, riots lead to holiday Arrest: Police find drugs,

Tiffany Deveraux, 35, of the 100 block of Watson street in Doyline, was arrested for failure to appear in court.

Sylvester Coleman, of the 400 block of Fourth Street, was arrested for remaining in places or land after being forbidden.

Ontario Walker,27, of the 800 block of Woods Street, was arrested on a warrant for distribution of a schedule I substance.

Ashley Shine, 23, of the 700 block of Cherry Street, was arrested for simple criminal damage to property.

Rex Taylor, 53, of the 100 block of N Ash Street, was arrested for resisting by force.

Kenisha Franklin, 27, of the 300 block of S. Randall Street, was arrested for failure to appear in court.

Kameron Jackson,24 of the 200 block of Beech Springs Road, was arrested for failure to appear in court and remaining in places or land after being forbidden.

William Washington, 40, of the 600 block of Goodwill Street, was arrested for interfering with police.

Jan Washington, 50, of the 600 block of Goodwill Street, was arrested for interfering with an officer.

Continued from Page 1 portant to look back on holidays like this and understand how and why they came to be.

In the late 1800s, while the Industrial Revolution was in full stride, the average worker worked twelve hours a day, seven days a week. It’s also important to note that child labor laws hadn’t even been conceived of yet, and children as young as five or six were working in factories for a fraction of the wages as adults. On top of that, they were working in labor conditions that by today’s standards would not have been anywhere up to code.

Near the end of the 1800s, labor unions were created and started gaining influence, to the point of organizing strikes and

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to step out on faith and qualify to run in the next election for Webster Parish Clerk of Court.

I am running for the Clerk’s position because I believe I represent an excellent combination of background, ability, desire, and my proven commitment to Webster Parish. My family has a strong history of service

protests to combat poor working conditions, long working hours, and low wages.

Some of these protests became violent, such as the Haymaker Riot that took place in Chicago in the 1880s, during which many workers and policemen lost their lives. During that same decade, 10,000 workers rallied to march from City Hall to Union Square in New York City, which was the first-ever Labor Day march to take place.

The idea of a holiday for working men caught on across the country, and many states started to recognize the first Monday of September as such.

However, this notion wasn’t officially recognized by the country as a whole until 1894. What

to the community and parish and I would like to be a part of that legacy. I look forward to working for and with the citizens of Webster Parish. I humbly ask for your support and vote.

Tina Hawkins Douglas Candidate for Webster Parish Clerk of Court

brought Congress’s attention to the issue was when the workers of the Pullman Palace Car Company in Chicago went on strike to protest wage cuts and the firing of notable union members.

This strike had a huge negative effect on railroad traffic nationwide. In a poor attempt to break up these strikes, the federal government dispatched troops to Chicago. What followed was a series of riots that took the lives of more than a dozen of the workers on strike.

In an attempt to get back in the good graces of the American workers, Congress passed an act to make Labor Day an official holiday, and President Grover Cleveland later signed it into law on June 28, 1894.

weapon inside suspect’s vehicle Continued from Page 1 ing to the report.

The officer then instructed Brown to exit the residence, and after a brief period, Brown complied. After, the officer checked out the vehicle and “Observed a firearm (highpoint 9mm handgun) on the passenger seat of the vehicle. Upon search of the vehicle, (the officer) located one small plastic bag of sus-

pected natural marijuana in the center console of the vehicle,” according to the report.

Soon after Brown was advised of his Miranda Rights and was later transported to Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on the charges of aggravated flight from an officer, possession of a schedule I substance, possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony, and speeding.

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Hurricane on track for Florida after strike in Caribbean DÁNICA COTO Associated Press

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Dorian posed an increasing menace to Florida Thursday as it pushed over open waters after doing limited damage in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Dorian was expected to grow into a potentially devastating Category 3 hurricane before hitting the U.S. mainland late Sunday or early Monday somewhere between the Florida Keys and southern Georgia.

“Hurricane Dorian looks like it will be hitting Florida late Sunday night,” President Donald Trump tweeted. “Be prepared and please follow State and Federal instructions, it will be a very big Hurricane, perhaps one of the biggest!”

Dorian blew through the Virgin Islands as a Category 1 hurricane on Wednesday while raking nearby Puerto Rico with high winds and rains.

The storm caused an islandwide blackout in St. Thomas and St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and scattered power outages in St. Croix, government spokesman Richard Motta said. The storm also downed trees and at least one electric pole in St. Thomas, he said.

And there were no reports of serious damage in the British Virgin Islands, where Gov. Augustus Jaspert said crews were already clearing roads and

inspecting infrastructure by late Wednesday afternoon.

Early Thursday, Dorian was centered about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north-northwest of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said its top winds were blowing at 85 mph (140 kph) as the storm moved northwest at 13 mph (20 kph).

The Hurricane Center projected the storm could have winds of 125 mph (200 kph) by the time it reaches the mainland.

Also imperiled were the Bahamas, with Dorian’s forecast track running just to the north of Great Abaco and Grand Bahama islands.

In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency for counties that could be in the storm’s path, and he urged people to have a week’s worth of supplies on hand.

County governments along the state’s central east coast distributed sandbags and many residents rushed to warehouse retailers to load up on water, canned food and emergency supplies.

Puerto Rico seemed to be spared any heavy wind and rain, a huge relief on an island where blue tarps still cover some 30,000 homes nearly two years after Hurricane Maria.

The island’s 3.2 million inhabitants also depend

on an unstable power grid that remains prone to outages since it was destroyed by Maria, a Category 4 storm.

Several hundred customers were without power across Puerto Rico, said Ángel Figueroa, president of a union that represents power workers.

Police said an 80-yearold man in the northern town of Bayamón died Wednesday after he fell trying to climb up to his roof to clear it of debris ahead of the storm.

Associated Press writers Adriana Gómez Licón in Miami and Mike Schneider in Orlando, Florida, contributed to this report.

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Will Bibi’s war become America’s war? conducted hundreds of strikes President Donald Trump, against pro-Iranian militias and who canceled a missile strike ammunition depots to prevent on Iran, after the shoot-down of the transfer of missiles to Heza U.S. Predator drone, to avoid bollah in Lebanon. killing Iranians, may not want a Understandably, Israel’s U.S. war with Iran. But the same weekend actions have brought cannot be said of Bibi Netanya- threats of retaliation. Hezbolhu. lah Secretary-General Saturday, Israel Hassan Nasrallah has launched a night atwarned of vengeance tack on a village south for the death of his of Damascus to abort people in the Syria what Israel claims was strike. a plot by Iran’s RevQuds Force General olutionary Guards’ Qassem Soleimani reQuds Force to fly “killportedly tweeted from er drones” into Israel, Tehran, “These insane an act of war. operations will be the Sunday, two Islast struggles of the raeli drones crashed PATRICK Zionist regime.” Leboutside the media BUCHANAN anese President Mioffices of Hezbollah chel Aoun called the in Beirut. Israel then attacked alleged Israeli drone attack on a base camp of the Popular Beirut a “declaration of war.”

Front for the Liberation of PalLast Friday, in the 71st week estine-General Command in of the “Great March of Return” north Lebanon. protests on Gaza’s border, 50 Monday, Israel admitted to a Palestinians were wounded by strike on Iranian-backed mili- Israeli live fire. In 16 months, tias of the Popular Mobilization 200 have died from gunshots, Forces in Iraq. And Israel does with thousands wounded. not deny responsibility for last America’s reaction to Israel’s month’s attacks on munitions weekend attacks? Secretary of dumps and bases of pro-Iran State Mike Pompeo called Nemilitias in Iraq. tanyahu to assure him of U.S. Israel has also confirmed support of Israel’s actions. Some that, during Syria’s civil war, it Iraqi leaders are now calling for

the expulsion of Americans.

Why is Netanyahu now admitting to Israel’s role in the strikes in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq? Why has he begun threatening Iran itself and even the Houthi rebels in Yemen?

Because this longest-serving prime minister in Israeli history, having surpassed David Ben-Gurion, is in the battle of his life, with elections just three weeks off. And if Netanyahu falls short — or fails to put together a coalition after winning, as he failed earlier this year — his career would be over, and he could be facing prosecution for corruption.

Netanyahu has a compelling motive for widening the war against Israel’s main enemy, its allies and its proxies and taking credit for military strikes.

But America has a stake in what Israel is doing as well.

We are not simply observers. For if Hezbollah retaliates against Israel or Iranian-backed militias in Syria retaliate against Israel — or against us for enabling Israel — a new war could erupt, and there would be a clamor for deeper American intervention.

Yet, Americans have no desire for a new war, which could cost Trump the presidency, as

the war in Iraq cost the Republican Party the Congress in 2006 and the White House in 2008.

The United States has taken pains to avoid a military clash with Iran for compelling reasons. With only 5,000 troops left in Iraq, U.S. forces are massively outmanned by an estimated 150,000 fighters of the pro-Iran Popular Mobilization Forces, which played a critical role in preventing ISIS from reaching Baghdad during the days of the caliphate.

And, for good reason, the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, with its crew of 5,600, which Trump sent to deter Iran, has yet to enter the Strait of Hormuz or the Persian Gulf but remains in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman, and, at times, some 600 nautical miles away from Iran.

Why is this mighty warship keeping its distance?

We don’t want a confrontation in the Gulf, and, as ex-Admiral James Stavridis, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, says: “Anytime a carrier moves close to shore, and especially into confined waters, the danger to the ship goes up significantly. ... It becomes vulnerable to diesel submarines,

shore-launched cruise missiles and swarming attacks by small boats armed with missiles.”

Which is a pretty good description of the coastal defenses and naval forces of Iran.

Netanyahu’s widening of Israel’s war with Iran and its proxies into Lebanon and Iraq — and perhaps beyond — and his acknowledgement of that wider war raise questions for both of us.

Israel today has on and near her borders hostile populations in Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq. Tens of millions of Muslims see her as an enemy to be expelled from the region.

While there is a cold peace with Egypt and Jordan, the Saudis and Gulf Arabs are temporary allies as long as the foe is Iran.

Is this pervasive enmity sustainable?

As for America, have we ceded to Netanyahu something no nation should ever cede to another, even an ally: the right to take our country into a war of their choosing but not of ours?

Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”

The American Press on a new measure to get unclaimed savings bond values to citizens Those old enough to remember may recall savings bonds being purchased to help finance World War II. Others may know of savings bonds their grandparents bought for them many years ago. There are some cases, however, where the bonds were either lost at some point or simply forgotten about.

Without the specific information needed to claim the bonds, such as serial numbers or when they were issued, they can’t be cashed. Even worse, U.S. Treasury Department won’t disclose that information.

Things sometimes get misplaced. We are talking decades here. If those bonds were lost, how are people expected to re-

member such detailed information?

All told, the Treasury has $25 billion in savings bonds that are either gaining interest or have matured over time. One U.S. senator from Louisiana is determined to make sure residents have access to those earnings.

Republican John Kennedy said Louisiana residents make up $337 million of the savings bonds being held by the Treasury. He’s backing legislation, the Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2019, to help people get that money in their hands.

“This money — much of it generated through the financial sacrifice of the ‘Greatest Generation’ — shouldn’t sit in the U.S. Treasury,” Kennedy wrote in a

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“It should be given to the families who are entitled to it.”

This type of crusade isn’t new for Kennedy. Before his move to the Senate, he served as Louisiana’s treasurer for 17 years. During that time, he said 600,000 people statewide got more than $400 million in un-

claimed property.

Kennedy said states do a good job of making sure money gets back to its rightful owners.

Searching for unclaimed property in Louisiana is a cinch. Entering the name of an individual or business online is usually all that is needed to bring up a searchable database.

Unclaimed property amounts can vary. Most get small amounts of money, while others’ lives can be forever changed. Kennedy mentioned savings bonds purchased in the 1940s by the Segal sisters of Missouri that grew over time to be worth more than $670,000.

If Kennedy gets his way, records of the more than $300 million in stashed-away bonds would go to Unclaimed Property programs.

The Treasury has held on to these savings bonds for too long.

Louisiana residents should be free to access the money generated from them.

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Biden: Racism in US is institutional ERRIN HAINES AND JUANA SUMMERS Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Racism in America is an institutional “white man’s problem visited on people of color,” Vice President Joe Biden said, arguing that the way to attack the issue is to defeat President Donald Trump and hold him BIDEN responsible for deepening the nation’s racial divide.

Taking aim at incendiary racial appeals by Trump, Biden said in an interview with a small group of reporters on Tuesday that a president’s words can “appeal to the worst damn in-

stincts of human nature,” just as they can move markets or take a nation into war.

Biden is leading his Democratic challengers for the presidential nomination in almost all polls, largely because of the support of black voters. He has made appealing to them central to his candidacy and vowed to make maximizing black and Latino turnout an “overwhelming focus” of his effort. The interview, more than an hour long, focused largely on racial issues.

“White folks are the reason we have institutional racism,” Biden said. “There has always been racism in America. White supremacists have always existed, they still exist.” He added later that in his administration, it would “not be tolerated.”

By highlighting the nation’s

racial tensions and placing blame on Trump, Biden is showing that he, too, is willing to make race a core campaign issue, but from the opposite perspective of the Republican president. Turnout and enthusiasm among black voters will be critical for the Democratic nominee, notably to try to reclaim states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. He also emphasized a crossover appeal to both black voters and non-college-educated white voters.

To accentuate his appeal to black voters, Biden said that he will advertise in black publications and engage with cultural institutions like the black church, black fraternities and sororities, and historically black colleges.

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New Light Missionary Baptist Church New Light Missionary Baptist Church is celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of its pastor, Rev. Craig Williams, Sunday, Sept. 1 at 3 p.m. Special Speaker will be Rev. Joe Gant Jr., pastor of Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Shreveport. New Light Missionary Baptist Church is located at 413 W.R. Reeder Street in Minden.

Greater St. Paul Baptist Greater St. Paul Baptist Church presents its annual choir day celebration, “Making Melodies with Your Heart,” Ephesians 5:16 on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 2 :30 p.m.

Please join us as we sing praises unto our Lord and savior Jesus Christ. Greater St. Paul is located at 510 High Street in Minden.

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For the second time, Lt. Caleb McGraw administered the Oath of Enlistment to his father, Petty Officer First Class Lee McGraw as he re-enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve. He is pictured with his daughter Colleen.

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For the second time, Lt. Caleb McGraw administered the Oath of Enlistment to his father, Petty Officer First Class Lee McGraw as he re-enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve. The ceremony took

Marvel celebrates 80th anniversary with massive comic

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Marvel Comics is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a massive issue that pays tribute to its history and introduces a new object with implications for the superhero universe going forward.

The Marvel Comics 1000 issue, available Wednesday, pays homage to many of Marvel’s most recognizable characters, including Iron Man, the Hulk and Spider-Man, and also spotlights some lesser known ones.

Each page is devoted to a year in Marvel’s history, with the first one recounting the creation of the Human Torch in Marvel Comics No. 1 in 1939.

A mix of serious and humorous stories follows, like the page devoted to 1944 in which Captain America explains why he fights, Dr. Strange’s struggle to keep his magic cape smelling fresh (1951), the introduction of Groot (1960) and a page devoted to Iron Man’s suit for 2008, the year Marvel’s blockbuster film franchise launched.

“I definitely wanted this to be a range of experiences and not have it be an 80-page chucklefest” nor “an 80-page downer,” said Tom Brevoot, the issue’s editor.

place at Eagle Park at Turner’s Pond on August 25, 2019.

Family members were present including Miss Colleen Dana McGraw, daughter of Lt. McGraw and granddaughter of Petty Officer First Class McGraw.

As an Ensign, the young-

er McGraw administered the Oath of Enlistment to the elder, on August 31, 2013. Lt. Caleb McGraw is stationed at Naval Air Station Lemoore in Lemoore, California. Petty Officer McGraw lives in Minden and serves with CBMU 202, Det Jacksonville, Florida.

BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Seuss is hitting the road this fall with a large interactive exhibit that will immerse visitors in some of the most iconic books by the beloved children’s writer.

The exhibit is centered on a maze based on “Oh, the Places You’ll Go,” the Dr. Seuss book that urges children to explore the world and move mountains despite the pitfalls and challenges. Children and adults will be able to explore rooms based on “The Cat in the Hat,” ‘’The Lorax,” ‘’Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?” and other works.

The 15,000-square-foot (1,400-square-meter) exhibition announced publicly Wednesday is scheduled to open in Toronto in October.

There are plans to take it to Boston, Seattle, Houston and several other North American cities.

“I wanted to explore the books and bring the characters to life in a new and engaging way,” said Susan Brandt, president of San Diego-based Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the company founded by Audrey Geisel, the late widow of Theodor Seuss Geisel, who under the pen name Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated dozens of children’s books.

Because the exhibit is based on Geisel’s children’s books, there are no references to his earlier and more controversial political cartoons.

When structure returns, it leads to better living Structure is the way of life.

Or is it? I have to say I need structure in my life. I can fly by the seat of my pants every now and then. But, then things start getting crazy and I have to stop and regroup.

I think everyone needs structure or order in their lives.

We have to have it in all areas or chaos comes into TINA play.

SPECHT This summer has gone by so fast and we have been very busy. We have several irons in the fire so to speak, and you add traveling to that, and things can get out of hand real fast.

Back to school is a good thing for so many people. In the summer, people get off schedule and laid back on a lot of things. I don’t have kids going to school anymore but I know what is was like to get back in routine and structure back in my life.

This year was no different.

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6-Can Casserole Ingredients 1 can(s) chicken 1 can(s) green beans 1 can(s) cream of mushroom soup 1 can(s) chicken and rice soup 1 can(s) evaporated milk, 5 oz can 1 can(s) crunchy chow mein noodles, reserve 1/2 cup 1/2 lb shredded cheese, reserve 1/2 cup Directions Dump everything into a casserole dish and mix together.

Top with reserved cheese and chow mein noodles. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.

Life has been crazy busy this summer and we are loving every moment of it. But, I had to stop myself this week and say time out. I needed to regroup and think a few things through.

When you don’t have structure going on your life is full of chaos and running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

First and foremost, I start my morning with prayer. Without God I am nothing. Normally, while my husband is in the shower, I’m still in bed. There is no better time to talk to God

than before you even get out of bed. Then, take time to take a shower and eat breakfast.

For me, breakfast is a fueling.

I must fuel my body with in the first hour of waking up. I have to get my metabolism going.

This wakes it up first thing so it can get a jump start and keep going. I need all the help I can get.

We all have a daily routine we do, and if we get off track, we forget something along the way. I love daily tasks set before me. I am a note taker, and

then check it off things. I still like the old way — on paper.

We are striving to live a better life — to live above the line.

So I am always looking for ways to better “my future self.” How does that look for you?

Structure helps us to live a better life and go somewhere.

I don’t want to be where I am at three months from now. I always am looking at my future self and seeing what I can do now to get to where I want my future self.

Life is crazy, hard and sometimes not fun. But I have decided to live my life to the fullest. I encourage you to wake up every morning with a plan.

Put God first in all that I do and strive to make my life better each day.

Do I fail at this sometimes? I sure do. We all fall short from time to time. But this is where we pick ourselves up by the bootstraps and make tomorrow a new day.

Life is a journey! Have fun along the way.

Tina Specht is co-publisher of the Minden Press-Herald. She shares her thoughts and recipes each Thursday.

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Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do “Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.”

Luke 11:4 NIV One of the last things that Jesus did before dying was to ask God to forgive those who were torturing him. It should be remembered that he was flogged, crowned with thorns, and made to carry his cross to the crucifixion site. And there, after having nails driven through his hands and feet and hung up to die, Jesus says “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” (Luke 23:34 NIV) Notice that Jesus is praying for histormentors, and he isn’t personally saying that he forgives them, but asking God the father to forgive them.

At this point in his suffering, the human side of Jesus may have been unable to forgive them, and all he can do is pray for their forgiveness. We do well to recall these words when we are wronged, and to give our tormentors the benefit of the doubt. They may not be intentionally harming us, and even if they are, they may not realize the harm they are doingto their own souls by sinning. And finally, we should offer up this prayer toGod to forgive them, as we hope that God will likewise forgive us.

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INSPIRATION

Working for the right purpose Everyone has opinions about work: some agree work is honorable, necessary, and wholesome to the welfare of society.

Others may feel work is “for someone else”, meaning they are willing to live off of the support of the gov- Bill Crider ernment and sympathetic supporters. Don’t you think 99.99% think the former approach is the best, the right way to work?

It is important to develop a proper attitude of working,

starting at an early age. On most farms, even the younger children were given chores to do on a regular basis. Chores might include: stacking wood, feeding the chickens, shelling corn, fetching water, gathering eggs, and the like. As they children grew, they were given more important assignments, such as: working in the garden, barnyard chores, and working in the fields.

Teenage boys can always find work mowing, working flower beds, cleaning gutters, and such. Industrious girls can stay busy baby-sitting, light housekeeping or running errands for senior adults. Proverb 22:6 & 13 are much used passages that are packed with wisdom about training our children to have the right attitude about life,

work, manners and purpose. V 6: Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it; V 13: Do not love sleep or you will grow poor; stay awake and you will have food to spare.)

Paul makes several references to the nature of work. In 2 Thess 3:10: “We gave you this rule: If a man will not work he shall not eat”, referring to those who were able to work. He encouraged the Corinthians to ‘work with your own hands’ (1 Cor 4:12).

He makes it clear that as long as work is moral, legal and within one’s scope of doing well, all should be eager to work. He reminds Timothy (1 Tim 2:14-26) to work as one not ashamed to be working for the Lord! In fact, he stresses that whatever we do, we ought to work as if we are

UPWARD LOOK

Almighty power “He has shown His people the power of His works by giving them the inheritance of the n a t i o n s .”

Psalm 111:6 HCSB The Almighty God demonstrated His Max Hutto great power to the Children of Israel. Not only did He redeem them from

slavery in Egypt, but He also gave them the Promise Land.

God powerfully defeated the sinful Canaanite nations who had inhabited the land. The Sovereign God had made a covenant promise that the land would be the inheritance of the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The psalmist praised the Almighty God who faithfully kept

His covenant through His powerful and wondrous works.

Lord Jesus, I praise You for how You powerfully conquered sin and death on Calvary’s cross. I look forward to the Promise Land of Heaven provided by Your grace.

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

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LET NOT YOUR HEART BE TROUBLED

The Bible speaks Proverbs 9:10: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

13:2: He that spareth the rod, hates his son.

14:12: There is a way which seemeth right to a man, but in the end thereof is the way of death.

17:28: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.

18:21: Death and Mack Ford life are in the power of the tongue.

18:24: A man that has friends must show himself friendly.

21:1 The king’s heart is in the hand

of the Lord,like the rivers of water, He turneth it whither soever He will.

22:3: A prudent man foresees evil and hideth himself, but the simple pass on an are punished.

11:22 As a gold ring in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman without discretion.

Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and very wicked, who can know it?

33:3: Call unto me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things.

Thank you, Lord, for your word.

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presenting it as an offering/gift unto the Lord. Now that’s a new twist, even for us today.

We often hear folks say something like this: “If I can just hang on two more years, I will have got my 25 years in, so I will just hand in my keys and tell the boss man to take this job and shove it” etc. Wrong attitude for anyone, surely for a believer! Work as if we are working for the Lord, for that really is what we are doing! If we were the White House chef, we must perform our work for the highest purpose we can. That goes beyond pleasing people at a state function, even pleasing the president. Each task, each dish should be designed with such care as if we were presenting it as a joyful offering unto the Lord. For when we

are faithful in such tasks toward others, it will not only benefit them but also honor our Lord.

And isn’t that what we want to do? Just think what a revolution this would cause in the world of work across the globe: if all Christians were to set the standard and ‘employ work ethics as if working for the Lord and not just for the money, benefits, and such!

So as we celebrate a day honoring the responsibility of work, let’s be reminded all that we do is for the glory and honor of the Lord. God is the one all of my work is done! This is the purpose of our work.

Bill Crider is Chaplain of Minden Medical Center

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DeShields robs homer, Jurado pitches Rangers past Angels 3-0

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — With Mike Trout watching from the bench, Ariel Jurado and the Texas Rangers’ relievers largely overwhelmed the lesser Angels.

And when they didn’t, Delino DeShields was there to help out.

Jurado pitched six innings of two-hit ball to earn his second victory since June, and DeShields reached over the center field fence to make a spectacular homer-steal-

ing catch in the Rangers’ 3-0 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

DeShields kept the game scoreless in the third when he reached up and over to take a homer away from Brian Goodwin.

The outfielder’s timing and reach were both impeccable, and they allowed him to rob a friend.

“He hit it and I just timed it up,” DeShields said. “It’s something I take pride in, my

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FOOTBALL

Springer leads rally as Astros down Rays 8-6 HOUSTON (AP) — Houston starter Gerrit Cole wasn’t able to extend his career-long winning streak on Wednesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays.

But his offense made sure he didn’t take a loss either.

George Springer broke a tie with a bloop RBI single in Houston’s three-run seventh inning and the Astros rallied for an 8-6 victory to extend their winning streak to six.

The game was tied at 3-all in the seventh when Joey Wendle tripled off Cole on a grounder to right field. There was one out in the inning when a grounder by Jesús Aguilar skipped just past a diving Aledmys Díaz and into left field for a single to send Wendle home and make it 4-3.

Cole dropped down into a squatting position and pounded his fist into his glove as he saw the ball roll into the outfield.

But the Astros got him off the hook to keep his career-long 11 game winning streak intact with the rally in the bottom of the inning. Diego Castillo (2-8) took over for starter Ryan Yarbrough and walked Yuli Gurriel with no outs. Diaz then doubled on a line drive to left field and Gurriel slid into home just in front of the tag to tie it up again.

There was one out in the inning and runners on first and second when Springer knocked a ball into shallow center field. Second baseman Eric Sogard sprinted and dived to try and grab it but it dropped just past him to allow a run to score and Houston to take a 5-4 lead.

“We played good defense and we were forced to answer a few blows by them and credit to them for those blows,” Cole said. “When you play good teams you’re not going to be able to be perfect, especially when they put good swings on good pitches. So for us to answer back and to keep the pressure on as we get deeper into the game is what we need to do.”

Jose Altuve then grounded into a force out that left Springer out at second. But Sogard, who struck out four times Wednesday, threw the ball into the Astros dugout for

defense.

“We’ve got a (pitcher) out there that struggled his last outing. You just want to give your best effort for your teammates. Off the bat, I didn’t really think it was going to keep going. I’m glad I took a peek at the wall to see where it was.”

DeShields wasn’t completely certain he caught it until he looked in his glove, remembering an incident earlier this season in which

an error while trying to turn a double play, sending another run home.

Alex Bregman had three hits and an RBI and Gurriel hit a two-run homer which tied it in the fourth. The Astros tacked on two more runs in the eighth on an RBI single by Martin Maldonado and a bases-loaded walk.

Cole allowed six hits and four runs in 6 1/3 innings, but did not factor into the decision.

“He throws every pitch with intensity,” Hinch said. “I think it’s too generic to say he’s really focused now early but he comes out and sets a tone that is close to second to none.”

He struck out 14 to tie a season high and set a franchise record with his 15th double-digit strikeout game this season, besting J.R. Richard who had 14 such games in both 1978 and 1979.

Will Harris (4-1) struck out three in 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Roberto Osuna allowed a two-run homer to Willy Adames with one out in the ninth to cut the lead to 2, but retired the next two batters to end the game.

Yarbrough yielded four hits and three runs in six innings.

“I thought his game plan was really, really good,” manager Kevin Cash said. “You don’t make that lineup go quiet for five and six innings like he did without having some good stuff. Mixing and changing speeds and he did that again tonight.”

Cleanup hitter Ji-Man Choi hit a two-run homer, but the top three batters in Tampa Bay’s lineup went 1 for 12 with 10 strikeouts as the Rays lost their fourth in a row.

Cole walked Choi to start to start the second and he advanced to second base on a balk.

He took third on a wild pitch before the Rays took a 1-0 lead on a sacrifice fly with one out by Wendle.

Choi’s homer to the bullpen in right-center came with one out in the fourth to make it 3-0.

Houston cut the lead to 2 in the fourth on an RBI single by Bregman. Gurriel’s home run came with two outs in the inning to tie it at 3-all.

he dislodged the ball out of his own mitt while making the play.

He playfully bit down on the baseball before throwing it back to the infield, and he pointed at Goodwin.

“I guess he knew I made a good catch,” DeShields said.

“I guess he wasn’t that hurt about it. I kind of felt bad, but it’s part of the game. Who knows, he might get me one day.”

Nick Solak had an RBI sin-

gle in the sixth and Isiah Kiner-Falefa added a two-run double in the eighth as the Rangers won the season series 10-9 over their fellow AL West also-rans. Texas took four of six from the Angels in two series over the past 10 days.

“I feel like every game we’ve played with them has been like tonight, where one hit or one pitch decides the game,” Texas manager Chris Woodward said.

UP NEXT Rangers: Lance Lynn (149, 3.85 ERA) takes the mound in Arlington on Thursday for the opener of a four-game weekend series against the Seattle Mariners and Félix Hernández (1-4, 6.09 ERA).

Angels: After a day off at home, rookie José Suárez (25, 6.67 ERA) makes his 13th career start Friday to open a three-game series against the Boston Red Sox and Nathan Eovaldi (1-0, 6.64 ERA).

HALL OF FAME

J.W. SLACK INDUCTED TO LA TECH H.O.F.

J.W. Slack (left) with Hayden Slack (middle) and Terry Slack (right).

Nico Van Thyn RUSTON -- Sixty years after he played his last football game for Louisiana Tech, J.W. Slack is going to be inducted into the Tech Athletics Hall of Fame.

In the 1950s, he was a do-everything back and athlete for Bossier High and then arguably one of the more underrated players in Bulldogs’ football history.

A three-year starter, all-conference as a senior on one of Tech’s best-ever teams, a solid running back, safety, punter, placekicker, kick returner, and team leader, the honor is for much more than just football.

James Watkins Slack -- always just J.W. to everyone -- followed with a notable career in law enforcement, numerous contributions to life in Bossier City and Parish, and with Tech, where he has remained a fan and supporter, and created a legacy.

The Slacks are the first three-generation football family in Tech history.

Two of J.W. and Ginger’s sons played defensive back for Tech -- the oldest, Terry, in 1974-77; the youngest, Jay, in 1984-87. And Terry’s son, Hayden, was a walk-on wide receiver who earned a scholarship to play for the ‘Dogs in 2011-12. (Middle son Dwayne also played in high school, as an offensive lineman, but not in college.)

But the Tech Athletics Hall of Fame was a missing honor.

J.W. thought it was possible in September 2001 when he was chosen as one of Tech’s top 50 football players on its All-Century (100-year) team.

But the call did not come until early in 2019.

“They caught me so unprepared,” he said of his response when told of his impending induction. “I thought it was never going to happen. Good gosh, I don’t even remember what I said.”

“One great individual and one heckuva great athlete,” said Dr. Billy Bundrick, the Tech legend as longtime team physician, orthopedic surgeon and university support-

er who when he played end in 1959 was a team co-captain with Slack. “No one could ever say anything bad about J.W.” If there is one regret, it is that Mary Virginia Williamson Slack -- “Ginger” -- is not here for this occasion. She was his No. 1 fan; they met as sophomores at Bossier High, married in August 1954 before J.W.’s senior season and were married for 56 years.

The three sons gave them six grandchildren.

Her death, at 74, in November 2010 came after nine years of treatment for multiple myeloma (bone cancer) through which J.W. made her a promise -- “I will make every step you make” -- and lived up to it through eight years of treatments. The only exception was when he missed a trip because of heart bypass surgery.

“We got closer than we’d ever been,” he says in reflection.

“She was the matriarch of our family,” J.W. said, “a silent person who never jumped on me or criticized me. She was

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a good mother, a good wife. I could have looked the world over and not done better.”

A pause, and a chokeful thought: “I miss her so much.”

The youngest of eight children in his family, he grew up on Waller Street in Bossier, and after his early football roots, developed into the star player at Bossier High in 1953 and ‘54, an All-City choice (unanimously as a senior).

He was the Bearkats’ team captain his last two years, with several three-touchdown games, As a senior he was a second-team All-State selection in Class A, easilyh his district leading scorer with 106 -- 16 touchdowns, 10 PATs. He ran for 1,130 yards.

In his final home game against powerful Springhill, he scored all 19 Bossier points (in a 32-19 loss).

In the spring, he was a sprinter in track and field, and a speedy centerfielder in baseball. \And yet, his college days had a rocky start and they almost began, of all places, at arch-rival Northwestern

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Continued from Page 8 State, where he reported for two-a-day practices. But he did not stay long.

He returned to Bossier and soon called coach Joe Aillet at Tech, who added him to the squad deep into fall practice.

In Coach Aillet, as so many at Tech did, he found “the person who had more impact on my life than anyone except my parents. ... He was my mentor, my coach -- a brilliant coach -- and, more importantly, he was my friend.”

He played some as a sub for the outstanding 1955 Bulldogs, but not enough to letter and left school. After working in the oilfields, he asked Aillet for another chance and earned 24 credit hours in the spring and summer semesters to be eligible to play in the fall.

He became a Tech regular at running back and safety for three Gulf States Conference-title seasons -- records of 6-4, 7-3 and 9-1, including a combined 13-2 GSC record.

As a sophomore in 1957 -when he played both ways, rushed for 350 yards, punted, placekicked, and returned kicks -- he earned Tech’s Billy Moss Memorial Trophy for contributions to the team.

The ‘59 team, one of three Aillet-coached Tech teams that had 9-1 records (also 1955 and 1964), was one of the best defensive team in school history, if not the best -- six shutouts and only 48 total points by opponents. The only spoiler was a 13-6 opening loss at Lamar.

“Two or three games I did really well,” J.W. said, and in typical modest fashion, quickly added, “If I am bragging on myself, I’m sorry.”

The capper was the season’s biggest test, a 10-8 slugfest with Memphis State -- ranked No. 7 nationally

among small-college teams -- on a cold, sleeting, and J.W. noted, “miserable” mid-November day in Ruston.

Norris “Bud” Alexander’s late 26-yard field goal settled that game, but Jim Dawson’s story in The Shreveport Times emphasized Slack’s contributions.

Calling him “a solid candidate for Little All-America honors” as he mentions Slack scoring the game’s first TD and kicking the PAT in the first quarter, Dawson went on to write: “Slack was magnificent in every phase of the game.

His booming punts kept Memphis in deep holes much of the time, his defensive play was sharp and his ball-carrying was sensational. Slack led the rushers with 84 yards on 23 pile-driving carries.”

Indeed, after the season, J.W. earned one All-America honor.

The other starting halfback, Paul Hynes, was more explosive and talented enough to play in the AFL for a couple of years. But Slack was the team’s leading rusher in 1959 with 588 yards.

The college three-platoon system of the day in which substitutions were limited and “we might play only 2 1/2 quarters in a game,” Slack saiid, meant that “the stats were weathered down, even for guys like [Heisman Trophy winners] John David Crow (Texas A&M) and Billy Cannon (LSU).”

Slack did finish as the school’s No. 5 all-time rusher at the time.

Pat Garrett was a fellow Tech running back for a couple of years, the fastest man on the Tech campus -- a champion sprinter in track and field -- and later a respected English professor.

“J.W. was a very consistent runner, an up-the-field run-

ner, not sideways like me,” Dr. Garrett said. “He was dependable, so level and consistent.

You could depend on him, and he was the kind of back Coach Aillet liked to have.

“He was quite a guy, admired and well-liked by all of us.”

Billy Bundrick, like Slack, arrived at Tech in the fall of 1955, a year after they made the Shreveport-Bossier AllCity team, Bundrick as an end at Byrd High. Dr. Bundrick recalled that “our offense [Tech 1959] wasn’t wide-open, but J.W. could do whatever was needed for the team. ... We were co-captains, but really he was the head honcho.”

Mickey Slaughter quickly became a J.W. Slack fan as a freshman on the 1959 team.

“He was a wonderful running back and an outstanding safety,” said Slaughter, destined to become a Tech quarterback star who went on to pro football and then was the offensive mastermind of the Maxie Lambright era coaching staff. “He was a really good

tackler and good cover man ...

“He was very strong physically, not very big, but tough.

[On offense] he could cut on a dime, and he was always going forward. ... He had the unique ability of shredding tacklers. Guys would hit him and maybe stop him for a moment, but he would break away and get more yards.

“The best thing about him was his leadership,” Slaughter added. “He was a born leader, in practice and in games. All the guys looked up to him, especially the young ones, and I was one of those.”

After Tech graduation in 1960, with a B.A. in education, there were two brief training-camp tries to play in the new American Football League with the Chargers (Los Angeles ‘60, San Diego ‘61).

“I didn’t do a good job of trying to make the team,” recalled J.W. “I was homesick [for his family] the first year” and a job opportunity with the Bossier Parish Sheriff’s Department -- he had gotten

to know Sheriff Willie Waggoner a few years before -- enticed him in ‘61.

Going into coaching had been a consideration, but the money in law enforcement was more appealing. He did turn down coaching offers a couple of years later.

In two stints with the Sheriff’s Department for much of two decades, he had a variety of jobs, but most notably worked as a juvenile officer dealing with middle and high school students who had discipline problems.

Through the years, he continued on the fringes on law enforcement in special roles in Bossier.

J.W. also was a serial candidate for political offices in the city and parish. He ran for clerk of court in 1967, for tax assessor in 1971 (lost in a runoff ), and for sheriff -- the job he most desired, to succeed Waggoner after his death -- in 1976, finishing third in a 10man race.

He found a longtime place in the Bossier Parish School Board as the District 7 representative, selected to fill a spot vacated by a death in July 1998.

He has served in that role for more than 20 years, running unopposed. He was school board president in 2004 and a bond issue was passed in that year.

He says now that “we have been able to accomplish a lot” in his time on the board, building new schools and boosting facilities. “... I don’t take credit for that, but I guess we were doing something right.”

He also became a Masonic Lodge member, and he and Ginger were always involved in their Baptist church activities. Their religious convictions carried through to the family.

Terry Slack, after a decade coaching career at Airline High, including five years (1984-88) as head coach, became Northwest Louisiana area director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and has been FCA state director since 2011. Hayden now is the Northwest Louisiana area director.

Unsurprisingly, Terry and Hayden both call him “my biggest hero.”

But other than the usual father/son/grandson play around the house, the former star player did not coach them.

“He never interfered,” said Terry. “He must have made a decision to back off and let my coaches do the coaching in junior and high school. ...

He did not really get technical with me in talking football. “ ... People thought I would be a running back because he was,” Terry added. “I played there a little, but mostly I was on defense.”

Hayden played at Calvary Baptist under head coach Doug Pederson, who went on to be the Super Bowl-winning coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. J.W. did offer Hayden advice on punting, but very little.

“Wish I had had some of his speed,” said Hayden. “Obviously I did not know him as a player, but I know him as a man. He’s a Godly man, with high character, and I know the great example he set for our family.”

Of his Tech days, J.W. was especially proud to have been teammates -- as others were -with the three Hinton brothers (Pat one year, Tommy for two and Joe for three). And, “I enjoyed my time there and made so many great friends.”

Now, those friends who remain with us and all Tech fans will know J.W. Slack as a Hall of Famer.

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FUN & GAMES

On This Day In History 1988 - Abdul Mohmand becomes the first person from Afghanistan to Visit Space. Mohmand, an Afghan Air Force pilot was a crew member of the Soyuz TM-6, a Soviet spacecraft. He was in space for 9 days, which were spent at the Mir Space Station.

1982 - Meitnerium is Synthesized for the First time. The radioactive synthetic element with an atomic number of 109 and the symbol Mt was first created at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany.

Named after Austrian physicist and discoverer of nuclear fission, Lise Meitner, the element, which is not found naturally, was discovered by a team headed by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried MĂźnzenberg.

1966 - Beatles’ Last Commercial Performance. Popular British rock group, the Beatles, played their last live concert in front of a paying public at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.

The band came together one last time for an unannounced performance in January 1969 on the rooftop of the Apple building in London.

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Continued from Page 10 1949 - Soviet Union Tests its First Atomic Bomb.

Code named Izdeliye 501 or First Lightening, the 22 kiloton atomic bomb was detonated at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan. It is thought that the bomb was a replica of the Fat Man bomb, the plans for which were brought to USSR by spies at the Manhattan project. The US called the Soviet bomb, Joe-1.

1931 - Michael Faraday Discovers Electromagnetic Induction. Michael Faraday experimentally demonstrated that a changing magnetic field can induce a voltage in a conductor. The discovery of electromagnetic induction helped in the creation of electric generators, transformers, and even induction cook tops. An English scientist, Faraday was a prolific researcher and inventor. In addition to discovering electromagnetic induction, he also discovered Benzene and electrolysis. The farad, an International System of Units (SI) measurement of a capacitance – the ability of an object to hold an electric charge was named after Faraday.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Minden Planning Commission Meeting September 5, 2019 – 10:00 a.m.

Pelican Room Minden City Hall On the agenda is a request from Dustin Reynolds for a zoning change on property owned by him located at 220 & 224 W. Union Street. The requested zoning change is from R-2 (Single Family Residential) to B-1 (Neighborhood Commercial).

The purpose of this zoning change is to be able to use the property as an event center/bed and breakfast for private parties, family gatherings, community meetings, weddings, overnight stays, etc.

Legal Description: LOT FRONTING 108 FT. ON WEST UNION ST. X 250 X 124 X 250 FT. IN NW/4 OF SW/4 SEC. 22-19-9, LOT 162 X 113.83 X 124.15 X 89.86 FT. IN NW/4 OF SW/4 SEC. 2219-9 & LOT 18.2 X 89.86 X 103.72 X 93.85 X 98.78 FT. IN NW/4 OF SW/4 & IN SW/4 OF SW/4 SEC. 22-19-9 AND LOT FRONTING 120 FT. ON UNION ST. X 250 X 46 X ? FT. IN NW/4 OF SW/4 SEC. 2219-9 All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

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ADVERTISEMENTS FOR BIDS SEALED BIDS WILL BE RECEIVED by the Webster Parish School Board, Attn: Johnny Rowland, Superintendent., by hand-delivery, at 1442 S h e p p a r d Street, Minden, Louisiana, by mail to the Webster Parish School Board, ATTN: Johnny Rowland, Superintendent, P. O. Box 520, Minden, Louisi-

ana 71058, or electronically at www.centralbidding.com until 2:00 p.m. on Friday, September 6, 2019 for: Lakeside Jr. Sr. High School New Parking and Drive, Sibley, LA Precisely at the above time and place, all proposals in hand will be publicly opened and read aloud and any proposals received subsequent to the opening will be returned unopened. General Conditions and Instructions to Bidders, and Bid Form may be acquired from Webster Parish School Board, 1442 Sheppard Street, Minden, Louisiana or by contacting Jackie Rice, Purchasing Agent, and telephone number (318) 377-7052.

Only the names of proposers submitting a bid will be read aloud. The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids or any combination thereof and to waive any informality in the bidding process.

Copies of the bid packet may be obtained from the Webster Parish School Board, 1442 Sheppard Street, Minden, LA 71055, or at www.centralbidding.com.

WEBSTER P A R I S H S C H O O L BOARD JOHNNY ROWLAND, JR. SUPERINTENDENT August 8, 2019 August 15, 2019 August 22, 2019 August 29, 2019 Minden Press-Herald

PUBLIC NOTICE Minden Planning Commission Meeting September 5, 2019 – 10:00 a.m.

Pelican Room Minden City Hall On the agenda is a request from Fleming World Headquarters, LLC for a parking space variance on property owned

by Dr. John Fleming located at the municipal address of 397 Fleming

Lane. This property is zoned B-4 (Hwy. Commercial).

Fleming World Headquarters plans construction of a new office building. The City of Minden parking space ordinance requires one parking space for each 200 square feet of floor area of an office building (Appendix A, Article 4, Section 4.04).

This request is for a variance from the required 34 spaces to 18 spaces.

Legal Description: A 1.05 ACRE, MORE OR LESS, TRACT OF LAND BEING LOT NO. 10, MINDEN OFFICE PARK-UNIT NO. 2, A SUBDIVSION LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (SW/4 OF NE/4), SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 19 NORTH, RANGE 9 WEST, MINDEN, WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA, AS PER MAP AND PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT OF WEBSTER PARISH, LOUISIANA, IN MAP BOOK 4, AT PAGE 26, LESS A 20 FOOT STRIP ADJACENT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF LOT NO. 11, SAID MINDEN OFFICE PARK-UNIT NO. 2, BEING MORE PA R T I C U L A R LY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN AT A FOUND ¾ INCH IRON ROD LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF A CREEK, BEING THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 10, FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND RUN SOUTH 01 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 20 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 162.05 FEET TO A POINT IN SAID CREEK, BEING THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO. 10, AND THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF LOT NO. 9, MINDEN OFFICE PARK SUBDIVISION-UNIT NO. 2; THENCE RUN SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF

165.65 FEET TO A FOUND ½ INCH IRON PIPE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT NO. 9, BEING LOCATED ON THE EAST RIGHT OF WAY OF FLEMING DRIVE; THENCE RUN NORTH 00 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 09 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 20.00 FEET TO A SET ½ INCH IRON ROD AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF FLEMING DRIVE; THENCE RUN SOUTH 89 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 40 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 200.00 FEET TO A SET ½ INCH IRON ROD; THENCE RUN NORTH 00 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 88.72 FEET TO A CUT “X” IN CONCRETE LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT NO. 10, AND RUN ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT NO. 10 FOR THE NEXT TWO (2) CALLS; THENCE RUN NORTH 79 DEGREES 24 MINUTES 38 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 19.66 FEET TO A CUT “X” IN CONCRETE; THENCE RUN NOTH 81 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 00 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 354.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

In a B-3 District, the required rear yard setback is 20 feet (Appendix A, Article 16, Section 16.04). The Gardner Group is requesting a zero (0) rear setback line.

Legal Description: LOT FRONTING 131 FT. ON GLEASON AVE. X 106 FT. ON DIXIE ST. OUT OF LOT #3, BLK. “B”, FOGLE SUBDIV. All interested parties will be given a chance to be heard.

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REQUEST FOR ARCHITECT PROPOSALS The Housing Authority of the City of Minden, Louisiana, will receive sealed proposals from interested architectural firms until 2:00 PM on Monday, September 15, 2019. The architectural contract will for fiscal years July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.

For detailed duties and scoring criteria contact: Minden Housing Authority 1209 East Street Minden, LA 71055 Phone: 318-3771077 Fax: 318639-9594 e-mail: chundaj11@yahoo.com August 26, 2019 August 27, 2019 August 28, 2019 August 29, 2019 August 30, 2019 Minden Press-Herald

REQUEST FOR AUDIT PROPOSALS

The Housing Authority of the City of Minden, Louisiana, will receive sealed proposals from interested CPA firms until 2:00 PM on MonAugust 15, 2019 day, September August 22, 2019 15, 2019. The auAugust 29, 2019 dit contract will for Minden Press-Herald fiscal years July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.

PUBLIC NOTICE For detailed duties and scoring Minden Planning criteria contact: Minden Housing Commission Authority 1209 Meeting East Street MindSeptember 5, en, LA 71055 Phone: 318-3772019 – 10:00 a.m. 1077 Fax: 318Pelican Room - 639-9594 e-mail: Minden City Hall chundaj11@yaOn the agenda hoo.com is a request from The Gardner August 26, 2019 Group, LLC for a August 27, 2019 rear setback vari- August 28, 2019 ance on property August 29, 2019 August 30, 2019 owned by them Minden Press-Herald located on Gleason Street. This property is zoned B-3 (Central Business District).

MISC.

SHEILA KAY W E A V E R please contact John Cook at 832-689-7995.

EMPLOYMENT

MINDEN FAMILY CARE CLINIC is seeking a Medical Assistant: Primary Purpose and Essential Functions: Assist in examination and treatment of patients under the direction of the Medical Director and Physician’s Assistant. Strong verbal and written communication skills; High school diploma/ GED and Medical Assistant certificate.

Send Resume to michelle@ thefleminggroupllc.com and cbrogdon79@ hotmail.com.

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YARD SALE 5 glove light pole, chandelier, camo hunting clothes, 2 glas round table tops. Friday and Saturday from 7am-until at 1010 Horton St. Minden

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