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Minden recovers from Hurricane Laura
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Labeled as a Category 4 Hurricane, Laura made its way to north Louisiana with enough strength to cause severe damage to the City of Minden, which led to one of the longest power outages that the City has seen in recent history. City of Minden employees worked tirelessly through the end of last week until they achieved their ultimate goal of restoring power to all citizens. Departments blurred boundaries as the employees simply did whatever was necessary in order to help the city get through the emergency. “What made everything go so smoothly for us was the planning. We met and planned everything out. All of the different
departments crossed over and did other things, which speaks well to the cross-training that the city has in the place,” said Mayor Terry Gardner. “Our city is one of the only cities in North Louisiana that’s 100% energized. Other cities around our area are not, and I don’t know what the reasoning for that is, but I do know that we are very blessed with strong leadership in our city within our different departments, and they did an amazing job getting the city back on.” The power outages also caused an issue with a water pump, causing it to fail. Without a back-up generator, the city could have potentially had to call a mandatory boil. “The Germantown substation powers that water plant, and we got down to 40%. The thing about it is, you don’t want
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to completely drain that water tank, because then you have a mandatory boil. There is a difference between a boil advisory and mandatory boil. Talking to other city employees who have been here thirty plus years, the city has never had a mandatory boil, so we were working feverishly trying to get that tank filling, which we did,” said Gardner. Luckily, when fixing the problem, the city had multiple options, with both Fribrebond providing a generator for the city of Minden to use, as well as Brian Williams, Director of the Webster parish Office of Homeland Security, securing a generator from the state. “I called Graham Walker about needing a generator to power our Germantown Water System, and when I called Graham and asked if they had one
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that we could rent, he wouldn’t allow us to rent one, but he supplied us with the generator, a trailer, and his men to come out and get it installed,” said Gardner. Williams’ generator that he secured through the state is ultimately the one that was able to keep Minden from going into a mandatory boil. “Once I was made aware of the power outage and no generator for the water system, we put in a request through the state of Louisiana, and they got them one within six hours.” This prompt response from both a local businesses and WPOHSEP show that when the time calls for it, there are people here to ensure that the City’s needs are met. Some appreciation was ex-
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Warrant. Steve Cropper, Chief of Minden Police Department stated, “We did have at least three rounds fired at Murphy USA. We have the suspected shooter in custody and are attempting to locate the victim. We are also reviewing video from Walmart and Murphy USA. We are early in the investigation.” “Apparently the altercation between the two was over a sale of a firearm and one party not wanting to pay after getting the firearm.”
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Louisiana deals with aftermath of Hurricane Laura DAVID JACOBS The Center Square
Louisiana residents on Friday began the long cleanup and recovery process after Hurricane Laura – the most powerful storm to hit the state in modern history – left a trail of destruction along the western half of the state. Neal Guidry worked for a major retailer’s storm response team when Hurricane Rita hit Louisiana in 2005, taking a very similar path into southwest Louisiana as Laura. Today, he works for a national tax preparation chain, and as he looked over the damage to his office in Lake Charles, he said the devastation to the city far exceeds what he saw 15 years ago. “This is unbelievable,” he said. “I’ve been through a lot of storms.” Lake Charles, a city of about 78,000 people in southwest Louisiana, is the largest population center that was directly in Laura’s path. The city on Friday lacked electricity and drinkable water, and as Guidry gestured toward thick utility poles that lay across two lanes of a fourlane city street, resembling trees that had been chopped down just above the roots, he guessed that restoring power would take three to four weeks.
“Our water plants took a beating. Our capacity is a fraction of what it should be. There is barely a trickle of water coming out of most faucets in the homes of Lake Charles,” Lake Charles Mayor Nic Hunter wrote in a social media post. “Basically, if you come back to Lake Charles to stay, make sure you understand the above reality and are prepared to live in it for many days, probably weeks. ‘Look and Leave’ truly is the best option for many.” Almost 200 miles to the north in Ruston, a northwestern Louisiana city that rarely if ever experiences hurricane-force winds, the damage was nowhere near as severe. But 60 percent of the city’s homes and businesses still were without power Friday afternoon, Mayor Ronny Walker said. Gov. John Bel Edwards on Friday requested the federal government declare a major disaster for 23 Louisiana parishes. If approved, the declaration would allow for federal monetary aid to residents and communities. More than 500,000 state residents remained without power Friday, and 82 water systems serving more than 200,000 people also were down, Edwards’ office said. More than 6,200 National Guard members had been activated for the
response, Edwards, said, adding a “rolling series of evacuations” of nursing homes and hospitals was ongoing. Edwards said Laura, with sustained winds of about 150 miles per hour, was the strongest storm to hit Louisiana at least since the 1850s. He said storm surge, which is when a storm pushes sea water higher than normal, reached 15 feet, but not the 20 feet that was feared, in part because the storm shifted slightly to the east so the strongest winds never reached the Calcasieu Ship Channel. “We didn’t have inundation 30 miles inland as they had predicted,” Edwards said. “That didn’t mean we didn’t have tremendous devastation.” Southwest Louisiana also happens to be the region of the state with the highest positivity rate for COVID-19. State officials have sheltered more than 3,000 evacuees in hotel rooms to avoid putting people in mass shelters where the coronavirus can easily spread. COVID-19 testing was shut down this week, though Edwards said testing will resume Monday. Russell Benoit, pastor of The Lord’s Outreach Worship Center in Lake Charles, sheltered 40 people at the center as the storm passed overnight
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Continued from Page 1 pressed through businesses who took it upon themselves to help feed the city employees who were working hard to restore everyone’s power. “Hugh Wood fed them Jambalaya on the first night that everyone worked extremely late. Walmart donated everything for lunch for two days for all of our employees. We appreciate the community support from all of our businesses,” said Gardner. Mayor Gardner also shared praise for the community for their understanding while the power was out, and their appreciation after the City got it turned back on. “The community themselves, all of our citizens, were very understanding. They made the phone calls that I asked them to do, we explained them the situation, and as a whole they were very supportive,” said Gardner. “We appreciate our community and the spirit they had, as well as the tremendous amount of thank yous we received on Facebook and from phone calls.”
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Minden workers attempt to get power back on for the city after blackouts from Hurricane Laura. Director of WPOHSEP Brian Williams stated that as of Monday morning, less than a 100 people are still without power and all water systems are functional. “If the hurricane would not have turned more east when it moved through Natchitoches, we would’ve been hit harder than we were. Now it’s just getting all the debris picked up,” said Williams. He also requested that citizens be careful when driving around town, and that if they see a public works crew picking up debris, to slow down and
drive safely around them. “We feel very fortunate that while other cities around us are still in the dark, we’re completely energized. In fact, two of our line crews have gone to Ruston to help restore one of our sister cities’ utilities,” said Gardner. “I hope our citizens realize how blessed we are to have the efficient employees that we have, it’s just amazing. Every city employee and every volunteer fireman, they were out on the job, and because of them, everything just went smoothly.”
late Wednesday and early Thursday. He said everyone was doing fine until the roof started to peel off about 1 a.m. On Friday morning, Benoit said he had “three or four vans” to bring his group, which includes members of his church and people who stay at one of the two homeless shelters he runs in the city, to find hotel rooms in Baton Rouge or New Orleans. “They’re stressed out,” he said. “We’re fixing to go east, and we don’t know where we’re going.” Lifelong Lake Charles resident Thomas Young had just returned home Friday after evacuating to New Orleans in time to find steady rain leaking through his now-porous roof. He said he still needed to check on the home of his son, who was in Houston. “It’s going to take a while,” he said when asked how long it would take before life returned to normal. As of 5 p.m. Friday, Edwards’ office had confirmed 10 storm-related deaths, though higher totals were being reported. Four deaths were caused by trees falling on homes, five people died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a generator running inside their home, and one man drowned in his boat, Edwards said.
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Minden Fire Department responding to two different electrical fires that took place in Minden over the weekend, including Hol-Mont Sales on State Road on Thursday and the Women’s Clinic on Homer Road on Saturday.
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Chad Harvey Hammons
Chad Hammons, 47, passed away on August 29 th in his home surrounded by family and friends. He is now sheltered in the arms of God and was welcomed home to the praise of good and faithful servant. He was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2010 and he fought a hard battle and never lost his faith. Chad was a faithful member of Minden Presbyterian Church where he served as an elder. He was employed by Fibrebond, Webster Parish Sheriff’s Department and served as a substitute teacher at Minden High School. No matter where he worked, he left a legacy of respect and friendship. He loved the outdoors, hunting, and fishing and spending time with family and friends. Although Chad was father of the year every year, in 2013 KRMD recognized him as their Father of the year. His wife and children were the loves of his life. Chad is survived by his loving wife of twenty-six years, Racquael, two daughters, Peyton and Alyssa Bass husband Alex; and two sons, Chance and Chase all of Minden; parents Charles and Lillian Hammons of
Leon Mills Leon Mills was born June 23, 1936, to Ethel Lee Taylor and Herbert Mills in Minden, LA. He was reared by his grandparents Gordon and Loueller Shine Ridley. Leon joined Mt. Zion CME in 1957, where he held many positions for many years. He was on the Steward Board, Choir, Class Leader, Finance Committee, Building Committee, and Rainbow Tea Committee. He was a graduate of Webster High School Class of 1957. After high school, he attended Grambling State University, where he finished with a degree in Social Sciences with a minor in Speech, in 1961. Further studies were done at Southern University - Baton Rouge (M. Ed) and Louisiana Tech (+30) Leon served in the U.S. Army from 1961-1963 with the 34th Infantry. The majority of his military duty was spent Augsburg, Germany, where he served with the 34th Infantry.
Dodson; sister, Jodie Caskey husband Daniel of Dodson; In-laws, Jackie and Richard Roton of Haughton, Sister in-law, Rachael Culpepper and husband Mike of Benton, brother in-law, Richie Roton of Minden; and a host of nieces and nephews whom he dearly loved. He is preceded in death by maternal grandparents Dorothy and Clyde Richards, paternal grandparents Orville Hammons and Mary Capps. Visitation will be held Monday, August 31, 2020 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Minden, Louisiana. Services will be Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at First Baptist Church at 10:00 a.m. with Pastor Keith Marriott and Pastor Nicholas Almasy officiating. Serving Pallbearers are Jeff Mercer, Rodney Parker, Dale West, Chad Lee, Brady Stanberry, Robert Davis; Honorary Pallbearers are Brain McCoy, Kyle Swain, Carlos Martin, Murph Hollingsworth, and Sheriff 's Department. Special thanks to Dr. Gregory Scott Phillips, Dr. Manish Dhawan, MD Anderson of Houston, UAMS of Little Rock, and Minden Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Leukemia and Lymphoma Foundation. Rose-Neath Funeral Home 211 Murrell Street Minden, Louisiana 71055 (318) 377-3412
On April 16,1966, Leon was initiated into the Gamma Omicron Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Offices held were Keeper of Records and Seal, Keeper of Peace, and Vice Basileus. Awards received were Omega Man of the Year, Unsung Hero, Education Awards, 25year, 40 year, and 50 year service awards. He was also a Life Member of the fraternity. Left to cherish his memories are his wife of 58 years, Margaret Jackson Mills. Two children LaTonya M. Allums (Patrick, deceased) and Le’Vester L. Mills (Malondon) all of Minden, LA. One grandchild Kendal T. Allums, of Minden, LA. Two sisters Roxie Wilkins (Dwayne), of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Monica Gilbert (Leon, deceased), of Lithonia, GA. Aunts, Roberteen Wallace, of Sibley, LA and Louise Payton of Shreveport, LA. A cousin reared like a brother, Julius Shine (Nancy) of Hanford, CA. Three godchildren -Weltonia Harris of Houston, TX , Johnny Jackson (Carrolo) of Camden, AR, and Belinda Norton (John) of Minden, LA, and a host of other relatives and friends. The angel of silence entered his life August 10, 2020.
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OTHER OPINION
An unwelcome twist on an unwanted ritual Some familiar rituals are not comforting. Tabulations of deaths. Searches for the missing. Picking up the pieces of homes, businesses and lives. Hurricane Laura arrived two days before Saturday’s 15th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. And it hit roughly a month short of the same anniversary of Hurricane Rita — kind of an unscheduled, unwanted re-enactment of a southwest Louisiana disaster with much of the original, not particularly enthusiastic, cast. This would be difficult enough without a pandemic, which complicated not only unwelcome disaster routines like searching for shelter but the big health trend of 2020 — getting a COVID-19 test. Laura’s approach brought a halt to much of the community testing for COVID-19 in the state at a time when a second surge of the disease appeared to be diminishing — but also at a time just after the return of schools and colleges, when testing is crucial to help determine whether the gathering of students on and off campuses might spark an outbreak. “This is when you would want to be looking really, really hard to see those first signs of whether we’re going to have increased cases, increased pos-
itivity,” Gov. John Bel Edwards said at a news conference before the hurricane struck. Laura’s target area was another complication. “Tens of thousands of individuals from southwest Louisiana, in the area with the known highest positivity of the state, are now evacuating to all parts of the state, and will be there for some period of time,” he said. In addition to stalling community KEVIN testing, the MCGILL hu r r i ca n e — which claimed at least a half-dozen lives when it roared ashore Thursday morning caused an overall disruption in testing of nursing home residents and staff aimed at protecting those in the state who are most fragile and at-risk to severe consequences from the virus. “The testing disruption for nursing homes is that much more concerning because they are among our most vulnerable populations,” health department spokesman Kevin Litten said in an emailed statement
to The Associated Press. “The department is eager to return to our community testing sites and testing regimen for nursing homes, as it’s an important part of our response to COVID-19. But we will need to reevaluate how to logistically and safely do this after Hurricane Laura.” The department said 823 nursing home residents were evacuated out of Laura’s path, despite concerns about moving the vulnerable patients amid the coronavirus. “We have been very concerned about moving people from nursing homes during COVID as well as other evacuees, but the priority was to get everyone safely out of the way of the hurricane,” Kevin Litten, state health department spokesman said last week. “For the nursing homes, we are in close contact with them about their evacuation plans and their ability to isolate anyone who has become sick.” There was little welcome news in any of this. But the exodus of people from the stricken area before and after the storm has provided a much needed lifeline to some of the many businesses devastated by the pandemic — hotels. The state had booked more than 1,000 hotel rooms as alternatives to traditional open
shelters, hoping that move would help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Baton Rouge hotels were benefiting from bookings of evacuees and first responders ready to head into the stricken areas once Laura passed. “It’s obvious that hotels across the state have been suffering through COVID-19,” said Meredith Conger of tourism agency Visit Baton Rouge. “I’m sure this will be a much needed bump in revenue.” “Obviously no one wants to see that come from any sort of tragedy,” she added. She said the agency had created a webpage to provide evacuees with safety information. The looming bad news is that the peak of hurricane season is not yet past. And the end of the pandemic is not yet in sight, adding an unwanted twist to the unwelcome storm rituals. The oddness of it all is lost on nobody. “With the coronavirus and all this other stuff,” said Ron Leleux, a former mayor of Sulphur, “we’re just kind of running out of surreal experiences.”
Kevin McGill is an Associated Press reporter in New Orleans. Associated Press reporter Melinda Deslatte in Baton Rouge contributed to this analysis.
OTHER OPINION
Sam Hanna: Massive voter fraud in the making Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin put together a reasonable and well-balanced plan for Louisianians who wish to cast ballots in the Nov. 3 presidential and congressional elections. As you might have expected, it was received by Democrats as if it championed the repeal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Ardoin’s proposal is simple enough. It calls for 10 days of early voting ahead of the November elections and it allows for ballots to be cast by mail for voters who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Voters who wish to vote by mail could not simply say they SAM f e a r e d HANNA JR. being exposed to the coronavirus. Instead, those voters would be required to obtain documentation from a health care provider attesting to their coronavirus affliction. That information would need to be submitted to a voter’s local Registrar of Voters office to obtain a mail-in ballot. Sound reasonable? Of course it is, but it’s entirely unacceptable to Democrats, including Gov. John Bel Edwards, who want mail-in ballots distributed statewide sans any restrictions. Well before Ardoin unveiled
his election plan last week, the NAACP and others sued the Secretary of State in federal court, arguing that the Secretary of State’s proposal — which no one had seen at the time — would disenfranchise minority voters. The lawsuit is garbage, but U.S. District Court Judge Shelly Dick, who will preside over it, must entertain it and render a ruling at some point in the near future since the Secretary of State’s office is scheduled to start distributing mail-in ballots to military personnel stationed overseas some 45 days prior to the elections. Dick previously dismissed a lawsuit filed by the NAACP against the Secretary of State — over the same arguments — in the run-up to the July elections. We could expect Dick to rule the same over this latest legal
action, but who knows? Under the state Constitution, the Secretary of State is the chief elections officer in Louisiana. The Constitution says nothing about the Secretary of State needing a governor’s blessing to run an election. But following Hurricane Katrina, the Legislature — in its infinite wisdom — approved a bill that set up this convoluted scheme that requires the Secretary of State to obtain approval from the Legislature and the governor in order to conduct an election during an emergency, such as the emergency we’ve lived with since March. It seems entirely reasonable for a Secretary of State to work with the Legislature in piecing together a plan to conduct elections during an emergency situation, but the notion that the Secretary of State must get
the governor’s blessing as well is ludicrous. After all, the Legislature serves as a check on the Secretary of State’s power. A second check isn’t necessary. There’s not enough time before the November elections to test the constitutionality of the post-Katrina election law in court, but Ardoin should sue the governor over his meddling and let the courts settle it. It’s in the state’s long-term best interest for Ardoin to do it. In the meantime, let’s recognize what the objection to Ardoin’s election plan is all about. It amounts to nothing more than Democrats wanting mass voting by mail, and as we all know, it would open the flood gates to massive voter fraud. It’s that simple.
Sam Hanna is publisher of the Ouachita (West Monroe) Citizen.
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Why are we afraid to be labeled an introvert?
Food: chicken and dumplings, Vienna sausage, soup, crackers, macaroni and cheese, biscuit mix, cornbread mix, rice Clothing: men’s tennis and dress shoes, large and XL short The author and aviator, Anne sleeve shirts, pants and jeans Morrow Lindbergh, born in (32 and 34 waist) Household Goods: towels 1906 wrote “The world does not and washcloths understand, in either man or Many thanks to the community for supporting UCAP. woman, the need to be alone.”
Anne was also the wife of avi-
that?
in the orphanage, then to be in
ator Charles Lindbergh whose
We live in a society of con-
a most difficult role as a minis-
child was kidnapped in 1929
stant background noise. as
ter’s wife -- too much to write
and later found dead.
though we are afraid to be alone
Anne went to the sea to spend
with ourselves.
Anyway we have to walk in
She went on to say
six weeks alone -- to
Michael and Quella Walker are hosting a Prayer in the Park event at Jacqueline Park on Saturday Sept. 5 starting at 9 a.m. The title says “Praying for Community & Leaders, Law Enforcement, & Back to School.” Those attending are asked to wear face masks. For more information, contact Michael Walker at 318210-1799.
“how inexplicable it
write Gift From The
seems. Anything else
Sea, a historic book
will be accepted as a
which delves into our
better excuse. If one
need to be alone and
I need to think, to center
verts accomplish more than
sets aside time for
to restore herself and
down, to renew myself, my cre-
introverts but it takes just a mo-
a hairdresser, a so- SARAH cial engagement, or a HUDSON-PIERCE
to hear herself think.
ative energy.
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shopping expedition,
Prayer In the Park
We can’t get together without
about.
the big screen. That is OK for others but not for me.
That’s my take on it.
At the age of seventy I sense
We tend to extol ex-
that I have a wealth of stories
that time is accepted as invio-
troverts and criticize introverts
that I need to write but how
lable. But if one says: I cannot
for whatever reason..
when I seem to have to steal
come because this is my hour
For Thanksgiving and Christ-
to be alone, one is considered
mas all I wanted was some time
rude, egotistical or strange.
alone.
minutes alone. No one is demanding my
ilization, when being alone is
I need time to think, to reach
cause I care a little too much for
considered suspect; when one
within, to explore what else is
has to apologize for it, make
out there that I need to record
I think we live in a society that
excuses, hide the fact that one
as a legacy for my family and
thinks it’s wrong to want to be
practices it -- like a secret vice!”
friends who care to read my
alone for a span, to hear our-
thoughts.
selves think.
LION’S CLUB
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry to speak at Lion’s Club Jeff Landry was elected Loui-
tional president of the bipartisan
siana Attorney General in 2015.
national Association of Attorneys
During his time in office, Jeff
General.
spending.
Jeff Landry is a Veteran of Desert Storm and left the military
Landry has helped reform Lou-
In 2010, Landry was elected to
isiana’s Department of Justice
serve in the United States House
which he leads. He created the
of Representatives. As one of
Louisiana Bureau of Investiga-
Louisiana’s Congressman, Jeff
tion to fight crime as well as the
Landry became known as the fe-
Louisiana Solicitor general’s of-
rocious advocate of the Constitu-
fice to handle major Litigation,
tion, a leader on national energy
including national cases, as Loui-
policy emphasizing increased
siana cases made their way to the
domestic oil and gas production,
United States Supreme Court.
an activist for conservative val-
Recognized for his leadership,
ues, and a promoter of true re-
He and his wife, Sharon, are
Jeff Landry was chosen as the na-
ductions in wasteful government
raising their son, J.T., in Acadiana.
with the rank of Sergeant. He received the Army Achievement medal, the Army Commendation medal, a National Defense Ribbon, an overseas Training Ribbon, and the Louisiana War Cross from his eleven years of service as a member of the Louisiana National Guard.
ment to research the difference. It’s believed that Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein and Doctor Seuss to name but a few were introverts and may have had a form of autism.
many people are afraid to be
I have placed upon myself be-
So what’s so wrong with all of
I’ve heard it said that extro-
The truth is I believe that
What’s wrong with that?
our need for solitude.
the path they walk.
time but I feel an obligation that
What a commentary on our civ-
She had much to say about
someone’s shoes to understand
others but not enough for me.
I went through years of pain
alone, to hear themselves, to learn how to deal with pain which is why some people become closet drinkers. Enough said, and maybe not. Contact Sarah at sarahp9957@aol.com
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NFL stunner: Jags waive Fournette after failing to trade him JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jaguars moved another step closer to purging Tom Coughlin’s tumultuous tenure in Jacksonville. The team waived running back Leonard Fournette on Monday, a stunning decision many outsiders view as the latest in a series of head scratchers that could help the franchise tank the season and get the No. 1 draft pick. “If that’s the case, then the realization is if that happens, then I’m not going to be here,” coach Doug Marrone said. “At the end of the day, if I don’t win enough games or do enough with this team, I don’t foresee me still being employed. I’m doing everything I can to make sure we have the best team to make sure we win football games. That’s as simple as I can be on it.” Coughlin wanted Fournette as the centerpiece of his old-school, run-first philosophy. It worked in 2017, although it became clear that Fournette needed to be a better pro. He was fined repeatedly for being late and skipping mandatory functions. The Jaguars spent months trying to trade Fournette, the fourth overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft who’s coming off a career year. He was on the block during the NFL draft and again over the summer. “We couldn’t get anything, a fifth, a sixth, anything,” Marrone said. So they dumped the 25-year-old former LSU star one day after trading former Pro Bowl defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to Minnesota in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2021 and a conditional fifth-rounder in 2020. Jacksonville also traded Jalen Ramsey, fellow cornerback A.J. Bouye and defensive end Calais Campbell in the last 10 months. “It’s going to fall to me as to who those best players are,” Marrone said. “At the end of the day, I’ve got to be able to field a team that I believe gives us the best chance to win. That’s what my role is and that’s what I’m doing.”
Still, no one expected Jacksonville to part ways with Fournette less than two weeks before the opener. He is due $4.17 million in guaranteed salary this season if someone claims him. If he clears waivers, he would become a free agent. Jacksonville voided all the remaining guarantees in his rookie deal in December 2018, so Fournette would need to file a grievance to get any money from the Jags in 2020. Fournette’s time in Jacksonville took a turn in 2018, which ended up being the worst season of his football life. He was injured, suspended and on the bench in crunch time. He was fined, criticized and admittedly not in ideal shape late in the year. The Jaguars voided his guarantees following his one-game suspension for fighting with Buffalo linebacker Shaq Lawson, and Coughlin ripped him for being “disrespectful” and “selfish” for sitting on the bench — while injured and inactive — during the season finale. Adding to the chaos, Fournette was arrested in April 2019 for driving with a suspended license. He bounced back last year with his best season. He topped 1,600 yards from scrimmage in 15 games, carrying 265 times for 1,152 yards and catching 76 passes for 522 yards. He scored only three touchdowns. He also fumbled just once in 341 touches. Fournette has 2,631 yards rushing, 1,009 yards receiving and 19 touchdowns in three seasons since he was now-fired personnel chief Coughlin’s first draft pick since returning to Jacksonville. But with Coughlin gone, general manager Dave Caldwell put Fournette on the block and declined to pick up the fifth-year option in his rookie deal. Marrone insisted Fournette did nothing to prompt his release, instead pointing to his fit in coordinator Jay Gruden’s new scheme. “It strictly has to do with on the field,” Marrone said.
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Hidden lake produces big bass for Willis
Glynn Harris
Special to the Press-Herald North Louisiana is known for lakes that produce big bass. Caney Lake holds the state record with other lakes such as D’Arbonne, Claiborne, Bistineau, Black and Caddo getting in on the action as well. There is one lake, however, that has quietly and without fanfare, been a quality bass producer since it was formed 63 years ago when Kepler Creek was impounded to form 2000 acre Kepler Creek Reservoir, locally known as Kepler Lake. Billy Willis, 62 year old bass angler from Ruston, has caught bass in virtually all these lakes but had not really tried for big bass on Kepler until this past weekend. “A guy I work with has a friend who has been telling him about catching big bass on Kepler so I decided to give it a try,” said Willis. Arriving at the lake around 7:00 Saturday morning August 22, the lake nestled and virtually hidden in the hills of Bienville Parish, Willis spent several hours without catching a bass. It was not until around 11:00 that his luck changed for the better. “There were a couple of other bass fishermen on the lake and they were picking up some schooling fish, nothing of any size. They eventually moved on so I moved into the area where they had been fishing. This lake is loaded with stumps and the bass had been schooling around a particular area. I noticed that the stump line was in about three feet of water but there was a drop off next to the stump line that dropped quickly to six feet. I decided to give it a try,” Willis said. He was fishing with a Shimano reel mounted on a 7’4” Falcon rod with 20 pound fluorocarbon line. His preferred method of fishing is using a Carolina rig and below a swivel, he had tied a two to three foot 12 to 15 pound leader, a 2-0 hook to which was attached a green pumpkin Fluke with gold flake. “There were lots of shad in the area so this color matched what the fish were feeding on. I caught a couple of school fish around the stumps and I decided to back off and fish the drop off that was away from the stumps,” he said. Casting to the edge of the drop off, Willis let the lure go to the bottom and immediately felt something hit. He set the hook and knew it was into something pretty big because it hardly budged, he continued. “Fortunately I was able to work the fish away from the stumps into the deeper water but because it never came to the top, I assumed I’d hooked a big catfish because most bass will come to the surface and try to shake off. This
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Billy Willis, Ruston angler, displays his 10 lb., 9 ounce bass he caught on Kepler Lake. fish just kept pulling until it seemed to give up and I was able to bring it to the boat. It was only then that I saw I’d hooked a really big bass,” he said. Placing the bass in his live well, Willis noticed that the
bass quickly turned belly up. He had planned to release the fish but because of the stress or the heat of the day, the fish soon expired. He had no scale with him and it was only after he returned home a couple of
hours later that he weighed the dead fish which tipped the scales at 10 pounds, 9 ounces. One has to wonder what the big female would have weighed when she was full of eggs in March rather than in August.
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Leonard leads Clippers past Doncic, Mavs to reach second round
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers knocked him around and shut his teammates down, and still Luka Doncic kept coming. Kawhi Leonard wasn’t worried, because nothing rattles him in the postseason. “This is playoff basketball and everything is not going to go your way,” Leonard said. “You’re going to have downs and ups. Just got to keep playing.” Now his team will keep playing into the second round. Leonard had 33 points and 14 rebounds and the Clippers eliminated Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks with a 111-97 victory Sunday in Game 6 of the first-round series. Doncic capped a superb first postseason with 38 points, nine rebounds and nine assists, keeping it interesting into the fourth quarter even while playing without injured teammate Kristaps Porzingis. But with Leonard reaching the 30-point mark for his career-best fifth straight playoff game and a strong defensive effort, the Clippers simply had too many answers. “I’m proud of our team, how we fight,” Doncic said. “I think we fight until the end. The Clippers have an amazing team so it was hard, but I think we gave everything.” The No. 2 seed in the Western Conference advanced to a second-round meeting with either Denver or Utah. The sixth-seeded Jazz were trying to close that series out in six games later Sunday. Paul George and Ivica Zubac added 15 points apiece for the Clippers, who turned up their defense in this one after winning Game 5 with the best offensive performance in their postseason history, when they shot 63% and romped to a 154111 victory. Perhaps it was too much
to ask to be that sharp again after a four-day layoff, but they didn’t need to be even while playing most of the game without starting forward Marcus Morris, who was ejected for a flagrant foul against Doncic in the first quarter. Leonard also had seven assists and five steals. The Clippers said he was the first player in at least the last 20 postseasons with 30 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals in a game. “You can tell he was the one guy that shoots to close out a series,” Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. “He was calm. He got us in place.” The Mavericks had only two field goals in the first six minutes of the third quarter, both by Doncic, and by the time he made the second the Clippers had opened the half with a 20-3 run that turned a six-point lead into a 77-54 lead. But Doncic wouldn’t quit, with a 3-pointer and two three-point plays in the final 1:28 to cut it to 85-74. He made another 3 that trimmed it to 88-82 with 9:27 to play but Dallas couldn’t get any closer. Los Angeles began putting the ball in Leonard’s hands and he delivered with eight straight Clippers points before consecutive 3-pointers by Reggie Jackson pushed it to 10589. Dallas was in its first postseason since 2016 but quickly learned about the physicality, mixing it up with Morris on multiple occasions. The Clippers led by two when Morris was ejected for swinging his arm down and striking a driving Doncic in the head or neck area. The Clippers picked up their defense in the second period, limiting the Mavs to 17 points and 33.3% shooting to open a 57-51 advantage at the break. TIP-INS Clippers: Patrick Beverley had a pregame workout be-
fore sitting out for the fifth straight game with a left calf strain. Rivers said the guard had a good practice Saturday and was getting closer to returning but just wasn’t ready yet. Mavericks: Porzingis missed his third straight game with torn cartilage in his right knee. ... Dorian Finney-Smith scored 16 points. MORE ON MORRIS Trouble between the Mavs and Morris started in the opener, when Doncic was called for palming the ball and Morris tried to take it out of his hands. He ended up grabbing Doncic, starting a scrum that led to the ejection of Porzingis. Morris later denied trying to hurt Doncic, who battled a sprained left ankle, when he stepped on his foot. But referee Scott Foster said Morris’ reputation didn’t factor into the decision to give him a flagrant foul 2 Sunday, an automatic ejection. “Of course not,” Foster said. DOC’S DAY OFF Rivers spent part of the Clippers’ day without a game Saturday watching his son Austin help the Houston Rockets beat Oklahoma City in Game 5 of their series. It was the first game Rivers attended in the bubble but hardly his first time watching his son play at Disney. Austin Rivers was a Florida prep star at Winter Park High School. “It was funny, I usually bring, like, a notepad. I didn’t have anything. I just kind of sat and watched the game,” Rivers said. “You still coach during the game. Not him, but just both teams and you watch what you can do and I got a little mental scouting in. But more importantly it was a great detox for me just to sit there and enjoy basketball in a gym that I’ve been a fan, a spectator, literally hundreds of times.”
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AP Preseason All-America Team
The 2020 AP Preseason All-America Team (x-team not scheduled to play in the fall; y-opted out of season): FIRST TEAM Offense Quarterback — Trevor Lawrence, junior, Clemson. Running backs — Chuba Hubbard, junior, Oklahoma State; Travis Etienne, senior, Clemson. Tackles — x-Penei Sewell, junior, Oregon; Alex Leatherwood, senior, Alabama. Guards — x-Wyatt Davis, junior, Ohio State; Trey Smith, senior, Tennessee. Center — Creed Humphrey, junior, Oklahoma. Tight end — x-Pat Freiermuth, junior, Penn State. Receivers — Ja’Marr Chase, junior, LSU; DeVonta Smith, senior, Alabama. All-purpose player — y-Rondale Moore, junior, Purdue. Kicker — x-Keith Duncan, senior, Iowa. DEFENSE Ends — x-Kayvon Thibodeaux, sophomore, Oregon; y-Gregory Rousseau, junior, Miami. Tackles — Marvin Wilson, senior, Florida State; y-Jaylen Twyman, junior, Pitt. Linebackers — y-Micah Parsons, junior, Penn State; x-Hamilcar Rashed Jr., senior, Oregon State; Dylan Moses, senior, Alabama. Cornerbacks — Derek Stingley Jr., sophomore, LSU; x-Shaun Wade, junior, Ohio State. Safeties — Richard LeCounte, senior, Georgia; Andre Cisco, junior, Syracuse. Punter — Max Duffy, senior, Kentucky. SECOND TEAM Offense Quarterback — x-Justin Fields, junior, Ohio State.
Running backs — Najee Harris, sneior, Alabama; Kenneth Gainwell, sophomore, Memphis. Tackles — Samuel Cosmi, junior, Texas; x-Cole Van Lanen, senior, Wisconsin. Guards — x-Nolan Laufenberg, senior, Air Force; x-Alijah Vera-Tucker, junior, Southern California. Center — x-Tyler Linderbaum, junior, Iowa. Tight end — Charlie Kolar, junior, Iowa State. Receivers — Tylan Wallace, senior, Oklahoma State; y-Rashod Bateman, junior, Minnesota. All-purpose player — Jaylen Waddle, junior, Alabama. Kicker — Gabe Brkic,
sophomore, Oklahoma. Defense Ends — Carlos Basham, senior, Wake Forest; Quincy Roche, senior, Miami. Tackles — y-Jay Tufele, junior, Southern California; x-Levi Onwuzurike, senior, Washington. Linebackers — Chazz Surratt senior, North Carolina; Nick Bolton, junior, Missouri; x-Paddy Fisher, senior, Northwestern. Cornerbacks — Patrick Surtain II, junior, Alabama; y-Caleb Farley, junior, Virginia Tech. Safeties — x-Jevon Holland, junior, Oregon; Trevon Moehrig, junior, TCU. Punter — x-Adam Korsak, junior, Rutgers.
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On This Day In History 2004 - 350 people and children are killed in a massacre in Beslan, North Ossetia. Armed Chechen rebels took over 1000 people including school children at a school. The rebels demanded international recognition of an independent Chechnya. The hostage crisis lasted for 3 days and ended after Russian troops stormed the school. 1985 - The Wreck of the sunk ship Titanic is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. A French-American expedition group found the wreck, which sunk on 14 April 1912 on her first voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, U.S. 1979 - Pioneer 11 makes its closest approach to Saturn. The NASA built space probe was the first probe to encounter Saturn - it See, HISTORY, Page 9
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flew by the planet at a distance of 13,000 miles (21,000 km). After its flyby, the probe went on a trajectory to go outside the Solar System. All contacts with it were lost a few weeks later. 1952 - Life magazine publishes parts of the Old Man And The Sea. One of American author Ernest Hemingway’s best-known works, the novel tells the story of an old man and his fishing misadventures. Within a few days of the publication of the excerpt, 5 million copies of the magazine had been sold. 1914 - Passenger Pigeons become extinct. Martha, the last Passenger Pigeon known to man, died at the Cincinnati Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio effectively making Passenger Pigeons extinct.
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